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Does anyone think God does not know who the remanent of Israel is today? And is it only coincidental that a group of people identified as the descendents of Abraham have congregated together in the Land as the modern nation of Israel?

"According to Bible prophecy, during the reign of the antichrist, the Temple will be rebuilt and full Temple worship restored." Where does it say that? Or more directly, no where does the Bible in fact say the Temple will be rebuilt.

Daniel 9:27 says that approximately three and one-half years before the return of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Daniel 9:26 who is commonly identified as the Anti-Christ (probably correctly; perhaps the False Prophet) will cause termination of the sacrificial worship system.

Although many Christians argue that the sacrifical worship system will not be conducted until the Temple is reconstructed, thus infering that 9:27 is forecasting reconstruction, nothing in the Bible says so.

To the contrary, we would argue that the sacrifices were conducted in a tent from 1461 through 970 BC and that they could be conducted again, absent the Temple. Point is, Christians and others should not be misled to believe Temple reconstruction is an essential element of the Plan--Bible does not say it is.

Issiah Chapter 18 is a forecast of the return of an ensign to the Temple Mount from Ethiopia; there is a fair case that the Ark of the Covenant is in Ethiopia and its return, coupled with perfection of the purification incidents would provide a backdrop for resumption of the sacrifices on the Temple Mount without reconstruction of a building. "In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David . . . . " Amos 9:11. It should be noted that the tabernacle of David in which the sacrifices were conducted prior to Construction of the first Temple has been found and although it is in poor repair, it could well be used.

Lots of Kohites around--God certainly knows who they are and can easily find one who is not defiled.

"So we have lots of problems here that must be solved before the Tribulation Period begins. 1. Ethnic Jews, and not merely religious Jews, qualify to inherit the Land of Promise, according to Scripture . . . . "

More nonsense. Where does it say that? Clearly Daniel 9:27 requires the sacrifical worship system to be in place but not for long and not in a Temple; and not in a land where identified Ethnic Jews are located. Although we see the claim for the ethnics who do inhabit the land who have a creditable claim that they are identifiable descendants of Abraham as providing a foundation for the religious worship system contemplated.

Further, nowhere does it say the tribulation does not start prior to resumption of the sacrifices (or the return of Isreal as a nation either for that matter). To the contrary, in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24), Jesus tells us what starts the tribulation period and we find nothing there about the the events of Daniel 9:27. What we do find (Matthew 24:5) is the first event of the tribulation period: The appearance of claiments to be Jesus Christ. We have already see that.

We need to be very very careful about engrafting these interpretative views onto God's Word. We need to study the events and facts as they develop and consider their implications in the context of God's Prophetic Program. The Pharisees in John 7:41-52 missed the main event in history because they had a view of the scriptural prophecieis that included a series of interpretative additions not found in the Word.