Why would GodJesus want A third Temple?

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davewatchman
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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Sept 15, 2018 15:45:03 GMT -6

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Post by davewatchman on Sept 15, 2018 15:45:03 GMT -6

Sept 14, 2018 20:13:18 GMT -6 rant said:

But there will BE a third Temple in Israel!! So it written.

It sure looks that way. There's a lot of people who think there's going to be one. So it's an emotional hot button issue. I would tip toe around it or not touch it with a ten foot pole for the sake of the Elect. This note here written by venge did a great job of it. Very nice.

Sept 15, 2018 13:39:40 GMT -6 venge said:

Sept 14, 2018 20:13:18 GMT -6 rant said:

But there will BE a third Temple in Israel!! So it written.

Where is it written?

There is Ezekiel's future temple which is debated if it is literal or spiritual.
Then there is the one that the Anti Christ sits in which is also defined as literal and non literal.

In all cases, proponents of both sides argue good cases. Nonetheless, it is still undecided and cannot (BE) a definite.

Can a third temple be built? Yes.
Will a physical stone building be built? No one knows.
Will a non physical temple be built in the future? Yes, as its being built right now through living stones and Christ the chief cornerstone.
Does a physical stone temple need to be built in order to satisfy prophesy? Nope.

More work needs to be done on research, but one thing is for sure....there is no definite YES or NO. Only what each believes.

But we might be too short on time for this thing to be built. Something could let go at anytime.

And there's a theory this is all due to your buddy Paul and his story on the Man of Sin. Paul seemed to be drawing from the OT in many places, and some think Daniel 8 and Isaiah 14 and even Matthew 23 or wherever Jesus' words written there came from.

See, there's also a Temple in Heaven. Moses had a seat in the earthly temple, which was a copy and a shadow of the real one in Heaven. But that didn't matter at that time because Moses had the job of relaying God's directives to the children of Israel. Remember all the times God told Moses: "Speak to the children of Israel?

"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout ...

"Speak unto the children of Israel,
and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations.

"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
'The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.

This is just a sample of what could probably be a much bigger list. Then after saying these things to Moses, Moses would take his seat in the Temple of God and tell the people what God wanted them to do.

I'm sure Paul could explain the details of this with greater accuracy and eloquence than i. But this should paint the picture of a possibility that Paul might have been drawing from certain other areas of scripture.

"so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

"so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God

"so that he sets himself up in God's temple,

"So he will seat himself in the temple of God,

He will "seat himself".

In Matthew 23, Jesus said:

"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat"

"The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses"

They have "seated themselves".

In the chair of Moses.

Moses was the teacher of the Law, the Word of God. He was long gone when Jesus said this so the Scribes and the Pharisees had really just taken over Moses' job or his "seat", which was Moses' place of authority in the Temple of God. The scribes and the pharisees didn't take a literal seat. They had taken over Moses' job, his seat of authority, of dictating what God wanted the camp to do..

Our end time Antichrist, Paul's "man" of sin, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, has attempted to take over God's job by influencing the shift in morality and the trend in increased lawlessness. "Anti" can also mean "in place of".

God said: "Remember the Sabbath", "You shall not murder", "You shall not commit adultery" and "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination".

Antichrist says: You can forget about the Sabbath, legalize pornography, legalize abortion, legalize same sex marriage and feel free to have a gender modification.

When the "man" of sin seeks to change these specific times and these particular Laws, he by default, has magnified himself above all that is called God or is worshiped and has set himself up in God's "seat" of authority in God's Temple thereby claiming to BE God. Lucifer has accomplished this now by giving his power and his throne and his great authority to the composite beast.

"Worship" comes from the word "proskuneo" and can also mean to "submit to" or "to obey". And he has been at work on this for a long time using various human agents but make no mistake it has been the dragon's hand inside the glove.

There's been too many signs that have occurred that are not replaceable in time. They will never happen again. Kingdom against kingdom. WW1, WW2 and 1948 + 70. Seven sets of 70 weeks since the Exodus in 1437 BC that ended in 1994 with Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, Suleiman's 1535 decree lining up 62 weeks latter with the Knesset decree in 1969 + 49, the third moon of our tetrad picking up 21 years after Jupiter was hit 21 times in 1994. The Revelation 12 sign confirms the tetrads by pointing to a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus which marks out the last 420 days of the 1260 until the "darkened" sun.

But it's the Abomination standing where it ought not to be exactly 1290 days before a "darkened" sun and a moon that will not give her light that makes me so sure. That one's pretty hard to fake, even for a dragon empowered composite beast.

So, sorry for the rant, Rant. But i can console you by letting you know that it could have been longer. I skipped the Isaiah 14 and Daniel 8 part of the theory.

The weather is uncharacteristically nice in my neighborhood.

Have a beautiful rest of this wonderful Sabbath Day.

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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Oct 12, 2019 19:39:50 GMT -6 rt likes this

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Post by disciple4life on Oct 12, 2019 19:39:50 GMT -6

rant ,Natalie ,davewatchman ,venge ,
Greetings, fellow watchmen and women.

First off, I have to say that the title of the Thread is a lot like a 'Garden path question'- asking someone a question that is loaded, or has incorrect information built in. "Have you stopped beating your wife - Yes or No. "Do you think Hobbits/Palestinians should be allowed to have passports.?

I mention this specifically, because I hear people over and over and over keep on saying things like - 'Our body is a temple', - 'We are the temple'..., 'Christ died for us and paid for our sins - we don't need a temple', 'the temple is symbolic' and on and on.

The thread should be posed as a statement, or a simple question. Will there be a third Temple ? Yes, Definitely.
Will there be a physical literal 3rd Temple? Yes, Definitely.
Will we [Christians] worship there. ? Absolutely not.
Will there be literal sacrifices, with real priests and real lambs, and real red heiffers? Absolutely Yes.
Will the sacrifices take away our sins, or anyone's sins. Absolutely not.
Will Christians see the third temple ? Probably not, but this depends on your view of the rapture/ Tribulation and sequence of events.
Does God want a third temple? Absolutely not.
Do we Christians need a third temple? Absolutely not.
Will we see the start of the construction of the third temple? Maybe.

I couldn't find where the quote came from in this thread, so I copied it from davewatchman 's post immediately above. Answers in blue are mine- Disciple4Life
    Venge said "Then there is the one that the Anti Christ sits in which is also defined as literal and non literal.   Where is it defined as non-literal?

    In all cases, proponents of both sides argue good cases. Nonetheless, it is still undecided and cannot (BE) a definite.

    Can a third temple be built? Yes.
    Will a physical stone building be built? No one knows. Yes, people know, 100% for sure, - they have the exact detailed plans. Stone, ? Not sure, but may be brick, stucco, wood and metal or a combination of materials.
    Will a non physical temple be built in the future? Yes, as its being built right now through living stones and Christ the chief cornerstone.
    Does a physical stone temple need to be built in order to satisfy prophesy? Nope.   Doesn't have to be 100% made of stone. but a literal, physical temple, yes, absolutely.

    More work needs to be done on research, but one thing is for sure....there is no definite YES or NO. Only what each believes."

Nope, sorry, my friend. You don't have to support it, you don't have to approve of it, and you can think it's symbolic, all you want. But this is settled in the minds of most Christians and certainly settled in the minds of countless rabbis and most Jews.

No Christian on this forum that I have seen or read believes that we will worship there, or that the sacrifices will take away sins, or that we "need a temple" it's not for us. The eyes of the Jews have been blinded, and then, they will be opened. The consensus believe this will be with the Antichrist doing blasphemy in the temple.

There is a lot of speculation and opinion on who the two witnesses are, but not the temple, venge.

Because you see that our bodies are the temple, you seem to think that the Jews all must/ should just agree with you and stop their plans, which have been in the works for decades. Countless articles and countless videos from the red-heifer to the Temple institute, to the commemorative Trump/Cyrus third temple coin - which I have.

The question is not whether there will be a temple. - It's all but finalized. The question is when, and where exactly. There are very compelling reasons as to why the location of the 2nd temple is not the so-called temple mount, but several hundred yards lower. All the most important details are in place.

- They have been training real priests for years.

- As Sam mentioned, priests have been breeding red heiffers for years, and one is over two years old now, and not white hairs.

- They have all the priest garments, with all the stones to the exact specifications as in the OT.

- They have all the gold instruments for the alter, and incense, and even a giant solid gold menorah, which is visible to the public.

- They have just last year, performed a real Passover enactment, with a real male lamb, on a real altar, with real fire and a real knife and on the temple mount, - 3 days before Passover.

****Multiple sources say that a few high level rabbis actually know the exact location of the ark of the covenant.

For someone to keep insisting that all this work and literal materials and cost of breeding heifers, and gold instruments, and training priests is all for a symbolic is denial.

Is a permanent, physical brick and mortar building necessary for prophecy to be fulfilled? Permanent - not necessarily, but physical structure- YES.

In the OT, there was the tabernacle, which was carried and the Lord's presence was there, and the ark was there, and it served all the same purposes at the later, permanent temple. Non-portable. But Jews won't sacrifice in Wal-Mart, or a synagogue in Jericho, or Bethlehem.

This goes back to the red heifer and the temple institute. All you need to do is ask them, if the actual plans and actual instruments and actual priests are all for a symbolic temple. To do sacrifices you need several things, - priests, altar, tools, special knife, male lamb 1 year old, red heifer for special ceremony, and a temple.

The Anti-Christ will do some horrible act that is blasphemous to Jews. It won't be wearing a mullet, or appearing with a man-bun, or cheering for the Cubs.

There is room for discussion on whether the rapture will be at the beginning, middle or end, but the overwhelming majority of Christians agree that the temple and sacrifices are a large and integral part of the tribulation.

If we see construction actually start, then all the Pre-tribbers would be re-thinking our position. This would be THE clue The tribulation has started.

Most Christians would agree that the temple doesn't take away our sins, and as Christians, we are the temple, but they also see the huge/ vital role it plays in end times, and so when we hear news about another development, regarding the temple, or the red heifer, etc, or the Temple Coin, - it's another converging sign, like the Revelation 12 sign, and the falling away of many from the faith, - we know that these are birthing pains.

The best way I can explain it, is the war in Syria. Do I just want war to see people killed? No. Can I stop it, or can anyone stop it? Furthermore can anyone do anything to delay God's ''appointed time" [Feast] No.

When we see news of the Russia, Iran, Turkey alliance, it means we're just that much closer to the rapture. If I thought I could make it closer, I would try to have a war start in my city.

Making Alcoa, Tennessee a ruinous heap won't speed up the Second Advent and being in denial about the temple won't slow it down.

Maranatha

Disciple4life.

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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Oct 14, 2019 5:19:12 GMT -6 via mobile cwood85 likes this

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Post by venge on Oct 14, 2019 5:19:12 GMT -6

disciple4life

You said;
Venge said "Then there is the one that the Anti Christ sits in which is also defined as literal and non literal.”
Where is it defined as non-literal?

I have answered that question many times with scripture from multiple sources in this forum. I’m not going to beat a dead horse. You and others are free to wait for a third temple to be built in Israel and the man of sin to sit down in it. There is no need to discuss it further from my point. You will believe what you already believe, so my reasoning from scripture is already invalidated. When I say “you”, I’m not referring to you specifically.

There are many posts I haven’t been able to reply to lately, been very busy with work. (At work now). I would say, some traditions of men should be looked at again to see if they agree with scripture. At the very least, realize that it may not happen like you think it will play out. It’s better to make yourself a fool, then wise and be wrong.

I’d suggest looking at this:
1. What does it mean to sit in God’s temple
2. Has anyone sat in his temple before?
3. Has anyone sat on his throne before?
4. Has anyone sat in a heavenly place before?
5. What type of man has done this?

rt
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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Dec 11, 2019 10:33:08 GMT -6 Natalie, mike, and 2 more like this

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Post by rt on Dec 11, 2019 10:33:08 GMT -6

Okay I am going to take a stab at answering this question

Yes there will be a third temple, however there have already been more than three, here IMO is a list of all the temples that have and will exist.

1. The wilderness Tabernacle
2. Solomon's temple
3. Zerubbabel’s Temple
4. Herod's Temple
5. The temple of the Holy Spirit AKA the church
6. The "tribulation" temple
7. Ezekiel's temple AKA the Millennial temple

Here's a link that describes temples 2,3 and 4 www.biblecharts.org/biblelandnotes/Israels%20Three%20Temples.pdf

Now the next question is why? Why will there be a temple in the Millennium?

The short answer is that God made an everlasting covenant with the Nation of Israel, they entered into that covenant at Mt. Sinai after fleeing Egypt. They promised God that they would do all that He asked them to do. The problem is that they never were able to, they did not keep the laws and ordinances they were told to keep. Over and over throughout the books of Exodus and Leviticus, which contains the law to Israel, they are told by God that they are to keep the laws and ordinances throughout their generations, perpetually.

Exodus 24:5–8
5 He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!”
8 So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

This is in fact the purpose for the 70th week, to restore the nation of Israel so that they can fulfill their oath to God. The only way they can keep the law is through a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. The law won't justify them, Christ will Justify them so that they can keep the law and keep their promise to God.

Ezekiel 11:14–20
14 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
15 “Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.’
16 “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.” ’
17 “Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” ’
18 “When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
19 “And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,
20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

Ezekiel 36:22–31
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
23 “I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.
24 “For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land.
25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
28 “You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.
29 “Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you.
30 “I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.
31 “Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.

This is why Ezekiel's temple will be built for the Millennial reign of Christ, the hurdle that believers today struggle with is the re-institution of the law, because we as the Church are not under the law. We cannot fathom a time when the law would be put back into practice and ordained by God. But what we must understand is that even when the law was practiced under the old covenant, it wasn't the law that justified, it was faith in the promises of God that justified (see Hebrews 11). yes Jesus made atonement once for all, making the law obsolete (Hebrews 8:13). Meaning it has served it's purpose and has been replaced with something new and better. The verses above tell us that God will put His Spirit within them, which will cause Israel as a nation to walk in His statutes so they can observe His ordinances. Clearly the law will be re-instituted for the purpose of restoring Israel to their covenant with God. The New Covenant won't be obsolete, it will be the mechanism for Israel to complete their Covenant with God, for them to keep the law as they promised Him they would do. Jesus Himself says He did not come to abolish the law ,but to fulfill it, IMO the law will be practiced and Israel will understand how Christ fulfilled it all.

Matthew 5:17–18
17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
18 “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Jan 20, 2020 19:33:31 GMT -6 mike likes this

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Post by disciple4life on Jan 20, 2020 19:33:31 GMT -6

Dec 11, 2019 10:33:08 GMT -6 rt said:

Hello RT, and other fellow watchmen,

I really like this last paragraph, RT. Excellent point -particularly re how the law didn't justify before Christ and the same law reinstated won't justify now, or in the tribulation.

I think that while technically there are more than 2 temples, the 2 that really matter, or that are part of the topic are the 2 main temples in Jerusalem. The third one being the one that will all be rebuilt in Jerusalem, the very one which they have all the instruments, and the priests' garments and the solid gold menorah, and the plans.

"Now the next question is why? Why will there be a temple in the Millennium?"

IMO, the one in question, or the one that stirs controversy, and the one that is the topic of so many threads is not a temple in the millennium, but rather the real, physical, brick and mortar 3rd temple which will be built just during the tribulation that there is a controversy over, not the one in the millennial reign or Ezekiel's temple.

Daniel's prophecy speaks of the AntiChrist who desecrates the third temple by doing something profane. Like declaring himself to be God, or sacrificing a pig which is what the pagan leader did which caused the uprising of the Macabees and the re-dedication of the 2nd temple, - it was this feast of the rededication of the Temple that Christ was at, and to which the gospel writer referred.

The real controversy is that people see the temple and the worship/ [sacrifices] as being an abomination, and that somehow, people, the Jews, the Sanhedrin, and by extension anyone who donates to this cause is helping and or condoning the sacrifices.

No one can stop or delay God's sovereign plan or his timetable, and no one, nor the Temple Institute, nor the queen of England, or Donald Trump, nor any amount of donations, can speed up or make the temple be built unless and until God allows.

Another reason it's so controversial is that people have different views on the tribulation and the start of it, - what triggers it, and some insist that the rapture is midtrib, etc, so the temple serves as a very significant marker in the tribulation.

If we see the temple built, and sacrifices started, then all bets are off for those of us who believe the rapture is Pre-Trib.

The fact that there are so many key pieces already in place tells us that we are very very close.

We hear over and over ad nauseam - that "we are the temple" - like Christians are not aware of this, and "we have direct access to God" and "the veil was torn" etc, etc, etc.

It is when the AC defiles the temple/ does something profane in this physical 3rd temple, then the Jews' eyes will be opened that he is the Anti-Christ, and they will turn to Christ.

There are multiple confirmed reports that there are 100% red heifers which have no white hairs. This is important because the ashes of the red heifer are needed to consecrate the temple and the sacrifices.
The Sanhedrin, along with the Temple Institute, minted a coin with the 3rd temple on one side, and the image of Trump, superimposed over the image of King Cyrus on the other side.

Last year, there was a full Passover sacrifice re-enactment done on the temple mount on the 10th of Nisan, the first time this was done since the Passover at Christ's death.
If the third temple were not real, a literal physical brick and mortar building, then there would be no point to have all the instruments and garments and real red heifers, and plans.

We are on the cusp, brothers and sisters. -- I'm looking forward to the Harpazo, and believe that Paul was inspired - For those of us who are Christians- "we are Not Children of the night, but are children of the day, so that day will not surprise us like a thief in the night."

It wasn't a surprise when the Thief in the Night [ the nickname for the High Priest ] came through for those who were awake, watching, and it will not be some sudden, surprise for us who are watching either.

Just as it is the case that a woman who gives birth - [another analogy used by Christ for his second advent] does not foolishly think that the birth can happen at any moment - there are very specific and sequential warnings, each one indicating that the time is even closer - first there are contractions, and then the water breaks.

Maranatha - I'm longing for the Feast of Trumpets - 'The Feast when No Man Knows the Day or the Hour' and when the Last Trumpet is blasted, - the day when all Jews believe the Great Resurrection will happen.

Disciple4life.

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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Jan 20, 2020 21:45:23 GMT -6

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Post by boraddict on Jan 20, 2020 21:45:23 GMT -6

I propose that the 1st temple provided a location within which God could dwell with man. Then, after God's children rejected him he had that temple destroyed.

After that spanking wherein Nebuchadnezzar worked to destroy that people, then a second temple was built with Cyrus' blessings.

Before Christ was born that temple was restored to meet their king. However, the people killed their Christ and that temple was destroyed.

Now, once again the people are tasked with building a house wherein the God of this earth might dwell and that is the third temple that must be built prior to Christ's return. Please consider Rev. 11:1-2 that the temple is built with 3.5 years remaining.

That is, the temple of God is built after the beast is destroyed as referenced in Rev. 15:2.

Yes, the rapture is at the beginning of the 7 years but the return of Christ is at the end of the 7 years, in my opinion.

However, the temple is sparsely used for its intended purpose.

Consequently, the 3rd temple goes by the wayside and the Savior brings his holy city wherein he is the temple thereof (Rev. 21): that is, after the earth is cleansed as described in Rev. 16.

The bottom line is that he requires a house to reside within but in the end he provides an entire city.

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Why would GodJesus want A third Temple? Jan 21, 2020 9:42:27 GMT -6

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Post by rt on Jan 21, 2020 9:42:27 GMT -6

disciple4life , boraddict ,

I guess I neglected to mention the original temple, which was and remains the heavenly one, which all the earthly temples were modeled after. So there is an eighth - the heavenly temple.

Hebrews 9:8–12
8 The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed, while the outer tabernacle is still standing,
9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,
10 since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Revelation 11:19
19 And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

Which interestingly no longer exists when New Jerusalem comes to earth.

Revelation 21:22
22 And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.

Thanks disciple4life for your post, I pretty much agree with you on what you said there.

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EnochWalked: www.missourinet.com/2024/11/14/congressman-burlison-questions-former-pentagon-worker-about-secret-ufo-programs-and-aliens/ '“Is it multiple types of creatures,” asked Burlison. “Sir, I couldn’t answer that.”' A good question, but evasive answer. Nov 19, 2024 7:10:45 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.yourtango.com/sekf/berkeley-professor-says-even-outstanding-students-arent-getting-jobs "Berkeley Professor Says Even His ‘Outstanding’ Students With 4.0 GPAs Aren’t Getting Any Job Offers — ‘I Suspect This Trend Is Irreversible’" Nov 19, 2024 7:38:23 GMT -6

EnochWalked: "He concluded that this was happening because of an irreversible trend that is also part of a broader issue that's impacting almost every job seeker in every area." "postings for software development jobs have been down more than 30% since February 2020" Nov 19, 2024 7:39:55 GMT -6

EnochWalked: The article doesn't seem to offer a suggestion for what has suddenly caused this problem. Maybe it's inflation, which might not be as much of an issue next year, but we have to consider that the cause is automation / AI. That will only get more powerful. Nov 19, 2024 7:43:33 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-government-commission-pushes-manhattan-project-style-ai-initiative-2024-11-19/ "China is racing towards AGI ... It's critical that we take them extremely seriously,". The new arms race. Nov 19, 2024 19:05:52 GMT -6

EnochWalked: For reference, the Manhattan Project was active for 4 years, with the atomic bombs dropped in the 3rd year. If the Manhattan Project for AI starts some time next year, then that would suggest AGI by 2028. The paper by Aschenbrenner suggested AGI by 2027. Nov 19, 2024 19:11:25 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-829906 "Drowning in drones, Israel turns to Ukraine for expertise. Israeli companies seek Ukraine’s expertise to counter Iranian kamikaze drones." An interesting choice of words. "Drown" is suggestive of "Flood". Nov 20, 2024 5:34:04 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/20/1107002/clear-airport-identity-management-biometrics-facial-recognition/ "The company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future — in exchange for your face." Nov 20, 2024 8:58:07 GMT -6

EnochWalked: "Now you can also use its identity verification platform to rent tools at Home Depot, put your profile in front of recruiters on LinkedIn, and, as of this month, verify your identity as a rider on Uber." All without any chip being injected. This is it. Nov 20, 2024 8:58:55 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.dw.com/en/switzerlands-ai-jesus-answers-questions-of-faith/video-70737962 "Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing religious life at a small church in Lucerne, Switzerland, where a virtual Jesus is caring for the concerns... of the faithful" Nov 20, 2024 10:48:17 GMT -6

EnochWalked: scitechdaily.com/new-ai-tool-tracks-your-steps-by-reading-the-bacteria-you-carry/ "University’s mGPS AI tool traces recent locations based on microbial signatures, aiding forensics and epidemiology by linking bacteria to specific geographic origins" Nov 20, 2024 10:51:56 GMT -6

EnochWalked: drivesncontrols.com/schaeffler-plans-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-in-plants-around-the-world/ "We are excited to welcome Schaeffler as a customer and investor" "scaling the use of humanoid robots will require them to work cooperatively with humans" Nov 20, 2024 11:01:27 GMT -6

EnochWalked: Also Schaeffler: www.just-auto.com/news/schaeffler-layoff-employees-in-europe/ "the job cuts will result in a gross reduction of about 4,700 positions" "The majority of these measures are scheduled to be implemented between 2025 and 2027." Nov 20, 2024 11:02:33 GMT -6

EnochWalked: www.nj.com/politics/2024/11/is-trump-trying-to-kill-us-authoritarian-expert-says-yes.html "There are 5 key areas that authoritarians want to control when they attempt to decapitate a democratic state" "the goal is to... create chaos— and yes, death" Nov 20, 2024 14:20:51 GMT -6