People, this thread is about a building, which OT prophets and Paul and even Jesus himself said would be standing when Christ returns,
not about the spiritual temple which everyone here agrees, is not made with hands,
Please keep on topic and in context with the thread
there’s going to be a building built on this earth when Jesus returns ? I must not have ever read that part , I thought there would be no need for a temple anymore after
the new Jerusalem came down from heaven
could you suggest any verses I should look at to catch up to the third building he’s making and eill
Be standing at christs return ? Honestly asking you if you could suggest a study to shown me this
I’m thinking along the lines of all those scripture that there is a temple in heaven where Christ is actually seated on the throne that will actually come down from heaven when the veil is lifted and the earth and all is destroyed .
But when it comes down from heaven the new Jerusalem where the temple is , there will no longer be a temple
“And I saw a new heaven and
a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
“And I John saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
Revelation 21:2 KJV
And
I saw no temple therein: for
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for
the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
And the nations of
them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.”
Revelation 21:1, 22-24 KJV
I guess the point of leaving those scriptures in this thread is that I don’t think there is a third temple that is going to be made by man
God is in his temple in heaven
Christ is the temple of God and is seated on the throne in his kingdom .
It seems from your response that you don’t think heaven actually exists can o ask what you meant by “ the spiritual temple “ are you saying the spiritual thkngs aren’t real and the earthly things are ?
it’s quite opposite
the things that were on earth in the ot , were a pattern of things that have always been in heaven.
The true things of God . The man made tabernacle , temple , even all the details of the candlesticks in the inner room , the holiest of all those things are a pattern of the true things in heaven
I might be wrong but it seems you are looking at the earthly things and not counting it as the
third aspect of God
Father son and Holy Spirit
There were two temples on earth Gods glory dwelt in the first , he dwelt in the second when Christ entered into it the third temple is the one in the heavens where Christ is seated in the end there will be no need for a temple because of this
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4 KJV
Ultimately as you see there’s not going to be a need for a temple because it is absolutely about the spiritual things
“Know ye not that
ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
“What? know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
God is a spirit . No longer would he be worshipped at Jerusalem nor the Temple Mount
“Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:21, 23-24
they needed a man made temple for avid to dwell in so they could have a relationship of sorts with him , the gospel changed it all . Now we have the Holy Ghost present with us so we can have a real connection and worship God in spirit and truth by our lives reflecting his spirit within us
the whole idea of God hidden inside of a temples inner most room , is Old Testament . The understanding God has stepped out into the open dormall
Mankind to know and fellowship with in order to redeem us from death is New Testament
the main message of the gospel of believes is you receive Gods holy spirit that is one with father and son to live inside of you and lead you as a shepherd through life by belief in his word
Jerusalem is his city but it’s not the one on earth it’s on heaven where Christ is until he returns and destroys all the world including the land of Israel then Jerusalem will come from heaven to earth and all things will be as we are told in revelation 21