“IIRC, I contributed toward the Temple when I was in Israel in 1973.”
The physical temple was destroyed in 70 AD (and there’s no mention of a third, future temple in the NT) for very good reason: Christ is the Temple.
So, hotshot . . . could you please explain to our readers . . .
just
HOW
is the Anti-Christ going to set up his image
INSIDE OF CHRIST THE MESSIAH???
Thought I’d heard of everything. Sheesh.
Oh, and where in Christ’s physical body
is THE HOLY OF HOLIES for the Anti-Christ’s image to be set up in?
His head? Naw.
His heart? Naw.
His lungs? Naw.
His little pinky toe? Naw.
Quite mystifying.
“..there’s no mention of a third, future temple in the NT..”
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2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
==> 2Thes 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
==> Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand: (Daniel 9:27)
AMEN!
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." -- Colossians 1:16-17"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: