Post by witness1 on Jan 20, 2018 12:47:44 GMT -6
Now is the question of the abomination. I do not think the 3rd temple is the throne of God. I also do not agree that believers are the temple referenced in 2 Thessalonians. That argument falls quite flat as you say.
So here I am throwing out an idea. It's a wild one. Me saying this out loud feels similar to when I told my unbelieving friend that, "I think I will disappear soon so here's a key to my house. Everything in it is yours." This is crazy. Yet we are about to enter into an age of miracles so I'm putting everything on the table. I read this theory online last fall when I was questioning the idea that the 3rd temple is God's throne and I was looking for another explanation. And you know what happens when you read online theories... hard to sift for truth. Yet here it is.
The idea presented was that God's throne is in heaven. His temple, the place where He dwells, is heaven. We see this many times in Revelation... this vision of the temple/throne of God.
The idea was that the abomination may be Satan sitting on God's actual throne in heaven.
When I presented this theory to a real-life friend, she said she thinks the war in heaven in Revelation 12 is satan trying to take God's throne. Wow. Interesting connection if this is true. I still hold the idea that Revelation 12 gives us the picture on the front of the box. It tells us the picture we are trying to make- whether these blue pieces are water or sky.
I could never make this idea of satan sitting on the throne fit with the traditional model because we have always thought the abomination occurred at the middle. But... this proposed interpretation of Dan 9:27 would mean that the abomination is at the beginning. And that does actually fit with Rev 12 as well as 2 Thess.
Now, if Satan were to actually sit on God's throne for a moment, God would have to allow it. Could this be the Great Delusion God sends? Allowing heaven to be opened and earth to see this abomination? Is it crazy to think that we could see heaven opened on earth? It happens at the end of Revelation 11. This time, the ark of the covenant is seen inside the temple. Could it happen another time at the beginning to allow us to see this abomination? I know this is a wild theory!
And I'm not holding this view tightly. Things may go down according to traditional thought and the temple of God may be the 3rd temple. But this does reconcile a lot of (what I perceive to be) holes. This is me saying, "Maybe that's a plane over there."
So here I am throwing out an idea. It's a wild one. Me saying this out loud feels similar to when I told my unbelieving friend that, "I think I will disappear soon so here's a key to my house. Everything in it is yours." This is crazy. Yet we are about to enter into an age of miracles so I'm putting everything on the table. I read this theory online last fall when I was questioning the idea that the 3rd temple is God's throne and I was looking for another explanation. And you know what happens when you read online theories... hard to sift for truth. Yet here it is.
The idea presented was that God's throne is in heaven. His temple, the place where He dwells, is heaven. We see this many times in Revelation... this vision of the temple/throne of God.
The idea was that the abomination may be Satan sitting on God's actual throne in heaven.
When I presented this theory to a real-life friend, she said she thinks the war in heaven in Revelation 12 is satan trying to take God's throne. Wow. Interesting connection if this is true. I still hold the idea that Revelation 12 gives us the picture on the front of the box. It tells us the picture we are trying to make- whether these blue pieces are water or sky.
I could never make this idea of satan sitting on the throne fit with the traditional model because we have always thought the abomination occurred at the middle. But... this proposed interpretation of Dan 9:27 would mean that the abomination is at the beginning. And that does actually fit with Rev 12 as well as 2 Thess.
Now, if Satan were to actually sit on God's throne for a moment, God would have to allow it. Could this be the Great Delusion God sends? Allowing heaven to be opened and earth to see this abomination? Is it crazy to think that we could see heaven opened on earth? It happens at the end of Revelation 11. This time, the ark of the covenant is seen inside the temple. Could it happen another time at the beginning to allow us to see this abomination? I know this is a wild theory!
And I'm not holding this view tightly. Things may go down according to traditional thought and the temple of God may be the 3rd temple. But this does reconcile a lot of (what I perceive to be) holes. This is me saying, "Maybe that's a plane over there."
I think it's fine to hash out some of these ideas. It makes me dig into His Word and think about things. 
