THE RAPTURE

[PlainWord]

Indeed there will be. Though it has not yet been built. Later, Jesus will build the Millennial temple accroding to Zech.6:12-13.


Quasar92

JESUS NEVER BUILDS ANOTHER PHYSICAL TEMPLE. YOU REALLY SHOULD ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK.

Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Paul teaches this:

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Eze 40:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.

Zec 6:

“Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the Lord...

Ephesians 2:20

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone

1 Peter 2:4

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Christ is the cornerstone and we are its individual stones. this is figurative and some still don't get it will all their degrees and study. sad.

 

[miknik5]

JESUS NEVER BUILDS ANOTHER PHYSICAL TEMPLE. YOU REALLY SHOULD ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK.

Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Paul teaches this:

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Eze 40:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.

Zec 6:

“Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the Lord...

Ephesians 2:20

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone

1 Peter 2:4

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Christ is the cornerstone and we are its individual stones. this is figurative and some still don't get it will all their degrees and study. sad.

Hey, that's after all has been accomplished! That the NEW JERUSALEM will come down from Heaven,as a bride adorned for her HUSBAND...
That happens after the last enemy has been put under HIM...when HE has avenged the deaths of all the prophets and all those who destroy the earth...

Right now, are all the "vessels" marked HOLY TO GOD?
And in the 1000 year reign are all the "vessels" marked HOLY TO GOD?

 

[miknik5]

We get it sir...
It's those who have not entered in by THE DOOR yet who don't get it...

 

[miknik5]

Revelation 11 hardly contains a prediction that a third man-made temple will be built in Jerusalem prior to the return of Christ. It says none of that. There is no other passage which contains a clear prediction of a third temple being built either.

Rev 11 simply mentions "the temple of God," correct. But in what context? Do we know what year John was told to measure the temple? By the time John was taken to heaven, there was no temple on earth. The Book of Revelation is highly figurative. It is written like a big picture or image. It is more figurative than literal. Just look at exactly John was told to measure:

1. the temple of God
2. the Alter
3. those worshiping at the Alter

Do you measure people? The passage shows a comparison, "those worshiping" and "those outside in the courtyard, the Gentiles," right? In other words, those worshiping or "SAVED" and those "UNSAVED," those who "BELIEVE IN GOD" and those "WHO DON'T." This could be the point.

If John were to measure anytime from AD 70 to today, he would find no temple to measure and would find plenty of Gentiles (Muslims) treading the city. We are not given any of the measurements so maybe John wasn't able to measure? We have other passages in Revelation where John sees souls under the alter, in the Temple of God which is clearly in heaven. You see, there are plenty of alternative meanings.

Dan 9:27 makes clear that the temple will remain desolate (after Titus destroys it) until the wrath. Please avoid jumping to conclusions especially using Revelation to trump other clearer passages.

Do I measure people?
No.
But the "craftsmen" can and will and do...

Please avoid leaving out the rest of the STORY...

 

[miknik5]

JESUS NEVER BUILDS ANOTHER PHYSICAL TEMPLE. YOU REALLY SHOULD ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK.

Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Paul teaches this:

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Eze 40:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.

Zec 6:

“Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, And He shall build the temple of the Lord...

Ephesians 2:20

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone

1 Peter 2:4

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Christ is the cornerstone and we are its individual stones. this is figurative and some still don't get it will all their degrees and study. sad.

Another thing sir.
Whoever said that JESUS would build another temple?
This temple has NOTHING to do with JESUS.

But it will be built...because those who haven't entered in by way of THE TRUE VEIL into that TRUE TEMPLE/HOUSE/BODY...don't understand ...which is why the temple will be built...

Which is why sacrifices will be reinstated.
Which is why those who are appalled at all the atrocities which will happen during the last days will be troubled in their hearts while the "violent men of the covenant" won't be...

These two groups will be "measured" and separated

 

[Quasar92]

You sir are the KING OF LA LA LAND. Since you have ZERO ability to "rightly divide" (knowing when to see figurative and literal) you make tons of private interpretations. This is exactly what you do with your pre-trib doctrine. You have no precise teaching that says Christ returns before the GT so you rationalize it. In so doing, you fail to understand future events and what is really prophesied.

In my post #1006, I showed you three passages ALL FROM PAUL that contain the phrase "temple of God." Paul only uses the phrase "temple of God" a total of FOUR TIMES. The correct way to "rightly divide" is to allow the Bible to interpret itself and not interject your own world view. So, let's look at all four times Paul uses the phrase and see if it is a spiritual temple or a literal temple:

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? SPIRITUAL

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
SPIRITUAL

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” SPIRITUAL

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. UNKNOWN

So the first three passages Paul is clearly teaching that WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. We have three witness or companion passages where Paul teaches this. When we come to the fourth, you want to throw away Paul's figurative teachings and literalize the fourth one. The default position, if you understood how to rightly divide, is that WE ARE NOW THE TEMPLE OF GOD so if you see the phrase again, you first apply this unless you have evidence that Paul has reverted back to a physical building which is a mistake because Paul has NEVER referred to "the temple of God" the phrase as a building.

Now let's look at John's teachings. How does John use "temple of God." In what context we need to ask ourselves.

Revelation 3:12

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more... FIGURATIVE (we aren't a literal pillar in a building)

Revelation 11:19

Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. FIGURATIVE (but this temple of God is clearly in heaven which makes it spiritual because we are told later that there is no need for a temple when God is around because He and the Lamb are the Temple)

This brings us to the below. The other two times they are figurative.

Revelation 11:1

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. UNKNOWN (literal would seem the likely answer if taken by itself)

This is where it gets tough. The verse is figurative because you don't measure people, you count them. It also seems figurative in that was John to actually take a measuring stick and measure the temple's height, length and thickness and report back the results? If so, we have no indication that he did this because no measurements were given. No measurements for the altar were given either and no measurements of the people there were reported.

Given the fact that in the passages where "TEMPLE OF GOD" is used as a phrase by both John and Paul in each instance where it is clear, they are used FIGURATIVELY, we should default to figurative. The two times it is not clear we have to decide if these authors wanted us to switch back to the literal meaning of temple or continue using the new figurative meaning that each taught.

We also have the teaching of Christ whereby He teaches that He will rebuild the Temple in 3 days. This is clearly FIGURATIVE. Would any writer of God's Word refer to a new man-made temple, "the TEMPLE OF GOD" after they killed His Son? Would God honor another temple built by hands?

As you point out, CHRIST builds a new temple. This temple is not built with human hands. You really struggle with the figurative. With all your Biblical education you still CANNOT get out of the physical and into the spiritual. You literalize everything even things which are clearly figurative.

You cite Zec 6 and are correct in that this is a future CHRIST "built" temple. But you see it as a building. You then cite Eze 40 and correctly see it as a future CHRIST "built" temple but again see it as a literal building. The language of Eze 40 is this:

[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city.

Ezekiel is taken in a SPIRITUAL state and he sees SOMETHING LIKE a city. Any time you see the words "SOMETHING LIKE" that is your trigger to know it is FIGURATIVE. Didn't they teach you that in Bible School??? You ignore John's teaching:

Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Paul teaches this:

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

But you sir, mock me because I understand things that you do not. Your schooling is for naught (and all the big Christian names you cite) if you (and they) cannot grasp the deeper spiritual (figurative) meanings throughout the Bible. You remind me of Nicodemus.

THERE IS NO MORE PHYSICAL TEMPLE TO BE BUILT WITH BRICKS AND STONES

You don't have a clue as to what your talking about! Allegorically spiritualizing the prophetic Scriptures began to die out after WW I when it became clear, Jesus was not going to return in the 1,000 years Amillennilists thought He would be, miss-translating the Bible in their denial of the 1,000 year reign of Christ on the earth, according to Rev.20:6 as well as the pre-trib rapture of the Church, recorded in Jn.14:1-2, 28; 1 Thess.4:16-17 and 2 Thess.2:3 and 7-7. Eschatology is not interpreted from the seat of the pants as you do!


Quasar92

 

[Quasar92]

P.S. Computer problems.

THERE WILL BE TWO MORE TEMPLES BUIT IN jERUSALEM!

Zechariah 6:12-13King James Version (KJV)

"12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

This temple is described in Ez.40 through 47.

See my post 999 and access the two links providing proof for the two temples yet to be built in Jerusalem! The day is coming when you are going to answer to the Lord for the false prophet you are of His Word!


Quasar92

 

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[PlainWord]

You don't have a clue as to what your talking about! Allegorically spiritualizing the prophetic Scriptures began to die out after WW I when it became clear, Jesus was not going to return in the 1,000 years Amillennilists thought He would be, miss-translating the Bible in their denial of the 1,000 year reign of Christ on the earth, according to Rev.20:6 as well as the pre-trib rapture of the Church, recorded in Jn.14:1-2, 28; 1 Thess.4:16-17 and 2 Thess.2:3 and 7-7. Eschatology is not interpreted from the seat of the pants as you do!


Quasar92

With respect, you sir are a lost cause. You should change your avatar to Nicodemus. Most, if not all, of the figurative teachings in the Bible are completely lost on you.

You are clueless about the spiritual temple. Instead, you long for another earthly man-made temple which God would never recognize or allow. Christ is the chief cornerstone and we are the individual stones in a spiritual temple. You reject the teachings of Peter and Paul concerning the spiritual temple instead, you promote the teachings of modern men which you are told NOT TO DO, BUT YOU DO IT ANYWAY!!

The below is the only TEMPLE and no other is taught. I would hope the below would speak to you.

[SUP]16 [/SUP]Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? [SUP]17 [/SUP]If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.[SUP] 18 [/SUP]Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. [SUP]19 [/SUP]For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; [SUP]20 [/SUP]and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” [SUP]21 [/SUP]Therefore let no one boast in men.


You boast in men!! Your modern-day dispensational premillennialism is the least defensible position of eschatology. None of your key tenants are taught. You simply reference scripture that doesn't say what you claim it says.

There is no teaching of a pre-trib return of anybody. There is no reason to return before Israel is attacked to remove the Church. There is no lesson where two returns of Christ can be found. There is no post resurrection return back to heaven taught. There is only one resurrection (one of the just and one of the unjust) and it happens on the last day.

The day before Israel is attacked is NOT the last day. It might be the last day for life as they know it in Israel but not for the rest of us.

 

[miknik5]

There will be a temple rebuilt but it shouldn't be built those who do not understand that GOD is building up HIS KINGDOM now in the BODY of HIS SON will be putting their hand to rebuilding an earthly temple and with it reinstating animal sacrifices


they don't understand the GOSPEL

As to this other temple that JESUS will build? No. I not so sure of this. I don't see anywhere in scripture that JESUS will be building any earthly dwelling but the one temple HE referred to which is HIS BODY

 

[PlainWord]

The day is coming when you are going to answer to the Lord for the false prophet you are of His Word!


Quasar92

This was a disgusting comment not worthy of a true Christian. Because I have a different view of eschatology from yours I'm a false prophet? What if I am right and you are wrong? What will you do to answer to the Lord for your false teachings? Judge not, that you be not judged!!

 

[PlainWord]

There will be a temple rebuilt but it shouldn't be built those who do not understand that GOD is building up HIS KINGDOM now in the BODY of HIS SON will be putting their hand to rebuilding an earthly temple and with it reinstating animal sacrifices


they don't understand the GOSPEL

As to this other temple that JESUS will build? No. I not so sure of this. I don't see anywhere in scripture that JESUS will be building any earthly dwelling but the one temple HE referred to which is HIS BODY

Please show me the prophesy of a third man-made temple with animal sacrifices coming back. I agree the Jews want to build one and the Temple Society has all the plans in place. But God does not allow it and Dan 9:27 teaches that the temple will remain desolate even until the consuming wrath is poured out.

 

[miknik5]

To a Jew, is Jerusalem restored and rebuilt? What, to a Jew is lacking?

 

[miknik5]

Back up plainword. You keep posting only 9:27

 

[PlainWord]

THERE WILL BE TWO MORE TEMPLES BUIT IN jERUSALEM! NO THERE WILL NOT BE!!

Zechariah 6:12-13King James Version (KJV)

"12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

The above temple is spiritual. This is the same temple as discussed below.

[SUP]16 [/SUP]Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? [SUP]17 [/SUP]If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.The above temple is spiritual. The temple of Zec 6 is spiritual. The Branch is figurative for Christ in Zec 6 just as it is in John 15 below:

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Paul gives the same lesson in Romans 11 but you don't understand any of it because you have literalized the entire Bible.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Christ is not coming to dwell in any physical building made with hands. Paul teaches this very clearly.

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

This house is the same one John teaches in John 14:

[SUP]2 [/SUP]In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.

This "house" which is heaven will come down as the new Jerusalem. We each have a room or mansion in this house.

This temple is described in Ez.40 through 47.

The "temple" of Eze 40-47 is not a temple at all. The word, "temple" is not found anywhere in Eze 40-48 instead the word is "house" as the literal word used as proven below:



This is also proven in the Interlinear Bible as shown below:



So everywhere in Eze 40-48 where you see the word, "temple" replace it with "house" since you like to be literal and "house" is the correct word used and in fact is the word used in the KJV.

Ezekiel 40-48 mirrors exactly Rev 21. Ezekiel saw the future new Jerusalem and explains it the best he can based on language familiar to the people of his day.

Compare where Ezekiel was taken and what he saw here...

[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city...

...to where John was taken and shown in Rev 21:

[SUP]10 [/SUP]And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God...

Both were in spirit or dream state. Both were taken to a high mountain and both were shown a CITY, not a temple. John goes on to say:

[SUP]22 [/SUP]But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Thus, there will be no more temples either now or in the future in Jerusalem.

 

[PlainWord]

Back up plainword. You keep posting only 9:27

I will be happy to go back further. How far back to you wish to go?

[SUP]26 [/SUP]And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (Titus and his Roman troops) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary (Temple); and the end thereof shall be with a flood (of solders), and unto the end of the war (of AD 67-73) desolations are determined (Jews will scatter).

[SUP]27 [/SUP]And he (Christ) shall confirm the covenant (of His blood) with many (the world) for one week: and in the midst of the week (3.5 years into His ministry) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease (by becoming the sacrifice for all), and for the overspreading of abominations (many sins of the Jews) he (Christ) shall make it (the Temple) desolate, even until the consummation (the consuming fire of God's wrath), and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate (those not saved).

 

[Quasar92]

I don't believe in a Pre Trib Rapture. If we belong to Christ it makes no difference whether there is one or not in any case.
Our Salvation does not depend on believing it, although one might think so if you go by the amount of ink and hostility directed at those who do not believe in it.

The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what we believe, but rather, what the Scriptures clearly teach us. We need to seek what they are telling us, and to dispose of preconceived ideas and false teachings that contradict them, as we are taught from what has been posted in 501 and 502, on page 26.


Quasar92

 

[Quasar92]

The above temple is spiritual. This is the same temple as discussed below.

[SUP]16 [/SUP]Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? [SUP]17 [/SUP]If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.The above temple is spiritual. The temple of Zec 6 is spiritual. The Branch is figurative for Christ in Zec 6 just as it is in John 15 below:

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Paul gives the same lesson in Romans 11 but you don't understand any of it because you have literalized the entire Bible.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Christ is not coming to dwell in any physical building made with hands. Paul teaches this very clearly.

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

This house is the same one John teaches in John 14:

[SUP]2 [/SUP]In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.

This "house" which is heaven will come down as the new Jerusalem. We each have a room or mansion in this house.



The "temple" of Eze 40-47 is not a temple at all. The word, "temple" is not found anywhere in Eze 40-48 instead the word is "house" as the literal word used as proven below:

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This is also proven in the Interlinear Bible as shown below:

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So everywhere in Eze 40-48 where you see the word, "temple" replace it with "house" since you like to be literal and "house" is the correct word used and in fact is the word used in the KJV.

Ezekiel 40-48 mirrors exactly Rev 21. Ezekiel saw the future new Jerusalem and explains it the best he can based on language familiar to the people of his day.

Compare where Ezekiel was taken and what he saw here...

[SUP]2 [/SUP]In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city...

...to where John was taken and shown in Rev 21:

[SUP]10 [/SUP]And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God...

Both were in spirit or dream state. Both were taken to a high mountain and both were shown a CITY, not a temple. John goes on to say:

[SUP]22 [/SUP]But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Thus, there will be no more temples either now or in the future in Jerusalem.

You are so easy to refute, PlainWord! Ez.40-47 is all about the coming Millennial temple, which will be built by Jesus, as the Scriptures tell us, in Zech.6:12-13! Regardless of the allegorical fiction you dump all over! Furthermore, ot will be the forth temple built in Jerusalem, but a third temple will be built, for use during the tribulation, as I have previously posted from the Scriptures. For your edification, review the following, that also refute your attempt at spiritualizing this temple!


Israel's Third and Fourth Temples


Millennial Temple Model of Ezekiel's vision, Third 3rd temples, 40-48 Jesus Israeli Land Holy Portion Jewish Messiah Yahshua

Ezekiel 40New International Version (NIV)
The Temple Area Restored
40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there.2 In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3 He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4 The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[a] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

6 Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[b] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.
8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; 9 it[c] was eight cubits[d]deep and its jambs were two cubits[e] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[f] 12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits[g] from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.[h] The measurement was up to the portico[i] facing the courtyard.[j] 15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.[k]16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement. 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement.19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits[l] on the east side as well as on the north.

The North Gate

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22 Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.

The South Gate

24 Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others. 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.

The Gates to the Inner Court

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. 29 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 (The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.
32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.33 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.
35 Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, 36 as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37 Its portico[m] faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

The Rooms for the Priests

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one[q]at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[r] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple, 46 and the room facing north is for the priests who guard the altar. These are the sons of Zadok,who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.”
47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
The New Temple

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[s] and its projecting walls were[t] three cubits[u] wide on either side. 49 The portico was twenty cubits[v] wide, and twelve[w] cubits[x] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[y] and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.




Quasar92

 

[PlainWord]

You are so easy to refute, PlainWord! Ez.40-47 is all about the coming Millennial temple, which will be built by Jesus, as the Scriptures tell us, in Zech.6:12-13! Regardless of the allegorical fiction you dump all over! Furthermore, ot will be the forth temple built in Jerusalem, but a third temple will be built, for use during the tribulation, as I have previously posted from the Scriptures. For your edification, review the following, that also refute your attempt at spiritualizing this temple!

I shouldn't be surprised. You invent multiple returns of Christ and multiple resurrections. We may as well have multiple future temples too.

You are so funny!! The word "temple" doesn't exist in Eze 40. The word is "house" and I proved it!! The measurements taken in Eze 40 were not of the temple, but of the wall to the city!! The gates you cite are in the wall, not the temple. I really feel bad for you.

I didn't draw the above, I merely found it on Google. This would be what the new city looks like when laid out as a drawing. Ezekiel uses the word, "temple" in Eze 41 seven times and once in Eze 42. Look at the KJV and the original text.

The passage in Zec 6 as I pointed out to you is spiritual. Do you think Christ is a real BRANCH? Common man, even you can't be taking that literally? The below is from BibleStudyTools.com. I didn't write it but glad to see they agree with me, and disagree with you!!

The idea in a Branch is that Christ's glory is growing, not yet fully manifested as a full-grown tree. Therefore men reject Him now.
build the temple--The promise of the future true building of the spiritual temple by Messiah ( Matthew 16:181 Corinthians 3:172 Corinthians 6:16Ephesians 2:20-22Hebrews 3:3 ) is an earnest to assure the Jews, that the material temple will be built by Joshua and Zerubbabel, in spite of all seeming obstacles. It also raises their thoughts beyond the material to the spiritual temple, and also to the future glorious temple, to be reared in Israel under Messiah's superintendence (Ezekiel 40:1-43:27'). The repetition of the same clause ( Zechariah 6:13 ) gives emphasis to the statement as to Messiah's work.

The link to the above is here:

Zechariah 6 Commentary - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

 

[PlainWord]

The below is not from me either, but it explains the whole spiritual image that Ezekiel was given. I have never seen this before now as I was looking at images on Google. It sure would explain a lot as why would God bring back animal sacrifices as Christ was sufficient for all.