Building The Temple

Let's review; there have only been two temples in Jerusalem since time began. The first was Solomon's temple which was destroyed when the Babylonians hauled the Jews off to Iraq about 600 B.C. The second temple is commonly referred to as Herod's temple and was a rebuild of Solomon's temple and was built when the Jews returned from their Babylonian exile of about 70 yrs. Please remember that it was this second temple that Jesus would have worshiped at while on earth. Also remember that the second temple was the one that Jesus pointed to and said, "Not one stone will remain standing...". His words were of course fulfilled in 70 AD when Rome destroyed Jerusalem and scattered the Jews to all ends of the known world.

And there has NEVER BEEN A JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM SINCE.

But the pressure and desire is building to build a third one. This is huge news for prophecy watchers since the bible is very clear that the anti christ will sit in this third temple and demand to be worshiped. And this won't happen until the Tribulation....and the rapture of the church will happen BEFORE the Tribulation. So I encourage you to keep looking for Christ sudden return to snatch us (His bride) and also keep listening for the trumpet which I believe will happen seconds before we are snatched.

And progress towards the building of the third temple continues;

The Temple Institute began work on the sacrificial altar Thursday, Tisha B’av, the day the Second Temple was destroyed almost 2,000 years ago.

The Temple Institute has already built several of the Temple vessels such as the Ark and the menorah, and has now embarked on an ambitious project to build the altar, which will ultimately measure 3 meters wide by 3 meters long and 2 meters tall.

During Thursday’s ceremony, which took place in Mitzpe Yericho just east of Jerusalem, the Temple Institute laid the cornerstone for the altar and demonstrated how tar will be used to cement the stones together. The Institute plans on bringing the altar to its proper place on the Temple Mount when the Temple is rebuilt.

Read full article here; http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132664

Another interesting piece of info is the desire of the Jews. Even a few years ago I remember reading that it was only a small minority of Jews in Israel who desired a third temple to be built. Today, Joel Rosenberg is telling us that it is now a substantial majority of Jews in Israel that want a temple.

* REBUILDING THE TEMPLE? -- Both the Old and New Testaments indicate a Third Temple will be built in the last days. Cynics and skeptics abound, to be sure. But a new poll published this week finds that a stunning 64% of Israelis want to see the Jewish Temple rebuilt on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. And it is not just religious Orthodox Jews who want to see the Third Temple built soon. Remarkably, 47% of secular Israelis want this as well, reports Ynetnews.com. Only 36% of Israelis oppose the building of the Temple.

Finally remember that a few big hurtles exist for the building of the third temple....there are currently two Muslim mosques on the temple mount. When God says it's time, I am certain that a miraculous circumstance will happen that will clear the mount of these mosques and prepare the way for the third temple.

I'm wondering if the rapture of the church might provide enough of a "global circumstance" to set in motion the chain of events necessary for the soon revealed anti-christ to sign the peace agreement between the Jews and Arabs which allows the temple to be built?

Thoughts??