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I just pointed out that there is a purpose for a rebuilt temple. Jews are not Christians. They don't care what we think. They don't think Jesus is the final sacrifice.

Many of them want to rebuild their church building.

What do you see in scripture that says it absolutely will not be rebuilt by non-Christian Jews?

I am not sure if there is anything in scripture that states that the temple will absolutely not be built. I just don't believe it will happen.

I realize that Jews do not believe that Jesus is the final sacrifice.

Seems to me that what you are both saying is that whether they do or whether they don't, whatever they do is not a matter of biblical prophecy. Any more than building a new Wal-Mart in downtown Jerusalem is a matter of biblical prophecy.

At this time God has given the majority of Jews over to their blinded religion. He is saving the faithful remnant and uniting them to His bride, the Church. It was always God's plan to have one people united under one Messiah inhabiting the new Jerusalem which is above (Gal. 4:26; Heb. 12:22). Peter testified as much in Acts 15:

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged [the gentiles] by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to [the Jews], and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

James continues Peter's thoughts and says something truly remarkable:

Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written: 'After this I will return And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up; So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says the Lord who does all these things.'

James identifies the salvation of the gentiles with the rebuilding of "the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down". This is a reference to the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the true tabernacle of David, torn down and then rebuilt in just three days. In case you missed it, James has spiritualized the OT prophecy and applied it directly to the work of Christ in calling the gentiles to Himself from among the nations.

God has established His new covenant with His people, both Jews and gentiles. The more that gentiles are faithful to the covenant the more Jews will be provoked to jealousy and brought into the kingdom.

That's God's plan and He is sticking to it.