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To: colorcountry
You do understand that Paul and the other apostles went to the temple often after the Death and Resurrection of Christ? The veil of the temple was rent, not as an abandonment of the temple, but as a fulfillment of the Law of Moses.


If Temples were supposed to be done away with after the death of Christ, why does Isaiah prophesy of of the Lords House being built in the last days?

Isaiah 2:2-3

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us ago up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the flaw, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

And it was important enough for the Lord to have the Prophet Micah also testify of it.

Micah 4:1-2
1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the claw shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Now one could reasonably argue that it's only referencing the Temple to be built in Jerusalem. One could also reasonably argue that the Law would go froth from Zion AND the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. But either way, there is no repudiation of temples in the last days. The Lord himself has had his ancient servants prophesy of his holy house.

49 posted on 07/02/2008 11:23:12 AM PDT by sevenbak (Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. - Job 21:3)
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To: sevenbak

Mountain? The Temple?

I think Isaiah and Michah are pretty explicit in their prophecy - why must you distort them so? Is it in order to make them be a prophecy of your Mormon Temples?


52 posted on 07/02/2008 11:30:36 AM PDT by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: sevenbak
The veil of the temple was rent, not as an abandonment of the temple, but as a fulfillment of the Law of Moses.

The veil of the temple was rent to signified that the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people.

Such a sign is clearly antithetical to temple secrecy.

54 posted on 07/02/2008 11:32:01 AM PDT by delacoert
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To: sevenbak

“If Temples were supposed to be done away with after the death of Christ, why does Isaiah prophesy of of the Lords House being built in the last days”

I believe God isn’t done with Israel, His earthly people
yet.

Temples have nothing to do with the Church.

Now the religion of mormonism can believe whatever it wants.
Hindus have temples, why not mormonism? I say, Go For It!


59 posted on 07/02/2008 11:40:17 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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