The Third Temple : God's Dwelling or a Deceptive Abomination?
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” – Jesus (John 2:19)
📌 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞: 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞
From the earliest days of Israel’s journey, God made His desire clear: “I
will dwell among them and be their God” (Exodus 29:45). The Tabernacle of
Moses was the first earthly structure built to represent this longing. But
from the beginning, access to God's presence was limited. The Holy of Holies
was off-limits to the people. Only the high priest could enter once a year
on the Day of Atonement—with fear and trembling.
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭
𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
📌 . A Timeline of Tabernacles and Temples
➤ 𝟏. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬’ 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 (𝐜. 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟔 𝐁𝐂)
🔹 Portable tent built in the wilderness.
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God’s glory filled it (Exodus 40:34).
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Eventually fell into disuse during the period of the Judges.
➤ 𝟐. 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 (𝐜. 𝟗𝟓𝟕 𝐁𝐂)
🔹 Grand temple built in Jerusalem.
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Destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC under King Nebuchadnezzar (2
Kings 25).
➤ 𝟑. 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 (𝟓𝟏𝟓 𝐁𝐂)
🔹 Rebuilt after the return from exile (Ezra 6:15).
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Modest in glory compared to Solomon’s.
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Later expanded by Herod the Great.
➤ 𝟒. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 (𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐁𝐂)
🔹 Lavishly renovated version of Zerubbabel's Temple.
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Notably missing: Ark of the Covenant and the Shekinah Glory.
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Destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, as Jesus foretold (Matthew
24:1-2).
📌 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
Every time the people turned their hearts away, God allowed the Temple to
be plundered or destroyed. Why?
Because God never desired to live
in a building made by hands while His people were full of corruption. His
glory departed from the Temple (Ezekiel 10) long before it fell. What was
meant to be a holy dwelling became a place of commerce and pride—just like
in Jesus’ day.
Jesus never entered the Holy of Holies in Herod’s
Temple. In fact, He stayed outside, turning over tables in the courtyard,
declaring, “You have made it a den of thieves” (Matthew 21:13).
And
then He made the most shocking prophecy:
“𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫” (𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰
𝟐𝟒:𝟐).
📌 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭
Jesus did not come to renovate the old system; He came to fulfill it and
replace it. He is the final High Priest, the final Sacrifice, and the true
Temple (Hebrews 9:11–14).
“Do you not know that you
are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
–
1 Corinthians 3:16
Through Christ, the veil was torn. No more
restricted access. God now dwells within His people, not in stones, but in
hearts.
📌 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞?
Dispensationalists and Zionist groups push hard for the rebuilding of a
Third Temple in Jerusalem. They quote Old Testament prophecies but ignore
the fulfillment in Christ and the New Covenant. To rebuild a temple today to
restart sacrifices is a denial of the finished work of Jesus (Hebrews
10:10–14).
📌 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬:
If a Third Temple is built—whose temple will it be?
🔹 God’s? Impossible—He already dwells in His people
through Christ.
🔹 Zionists’? Likely—motivated by
nationalism and false Messianic hopes.
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Anti-Christ’s? Very possible—as Scripture warns of a man of sin who
will sit in a “temple” and claim to be God (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
The deception is strong. A rebuilt temple might stir religious awe,
but it may actually be the platform of the final deception.
📌
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲
As we near the return of Christ, the call is not to fund the rebuilding of
a physical temple but to purify our inner temple. The Antichrist will not
just sit in a building—he seeks hearts that are compromised.
“𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏; 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆.” – 1
𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 3:17
📌𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞
A Third Temple may indeed rise. But do not be deceived. It will not bring
God closer—it may be a trap to lead many away. The glory has already come—in
Christ. And His true temple is you.
Let’s fix our eyes not on the stones of Jerusalem but on the cornerstone
from Heaven.
Clean your inner temple. Be watchful. The Lord is near.
𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 & 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒔, 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒑-𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅
𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆" 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏
𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚, 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬:
🔎 Recommended Reading to Expose the Deception:
✔️ "The End of the Temple: A Study of the New Testament
Fulfillment" – N.T. Wright
✔️ "Zion’s Christian
Soldiers?" – Stephen Sizer
✔️ "Jesus and the Land:
The New Testament Challenge to 'Holy Land' Theology" – Gary Burge
✔️
"Misguided Christian Zionism" – Donald Wagner (articles &
lectures)
✔️ "Christian Zionism: Road-map to
Armageddon?" – Stephen Sizer
These books reveal how many Christians have been duped into
political and theological errors—supporting a temple God never asked
for.
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