Isiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says (to David): "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
David built the Temple so that God would have a place to rest on Earth. That place is the holiest site for Judaism and is the very basis for its structure. Jews are still forbidden today to walk above on the Temple Mount because that is where God's Spirit had taken up to rest as signs in several languages give ample warning to all. God's resting place is what anchors the Temple and which is its raison d'etre for having been constructed.
Where is this specific site where the Jewish God rested?? It's the exact same spot where these G-d dammed misbegotten Muslims decided to build their Whore house of prayer, the Dome of The Rock, exactly right on top of the spot where the Jewish God's Spirit rested.
So, if you want a Jewish Temple that exists, is built according to the specifications, protocols in which God's Spirit would rest as it did in the previous two Temples, you're not going to build it in Short Hills, New Jersey, just like you won't build a Lincoln Memorial in Astana, Kazakhstan, it's capital city.
And God destroyed it, twice. The last time he made it clear that he had rejected Israel and their religion by his complete desolation of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. God also broke any ties he had to the old order (e.g., to Israel as his chosen people) by taking his kingdom away from Israel and giving it to all nations: Jews and Gentiles (Mat 21:43.) That fulfilled God's promise to Abraham (Gen 22:18) that through Abraham's seed (Jesus Christ - Gal 3:16) all nations would be blessed. This was accomplished by rendering all who believe in Christ as Abraham's seed, and therefore heirs to the promise (Gal 3:29.) In doing so, God also made void any genealogical claims.
>>>Jews are still forbidden today to walk above on the Temple Mount because that is where God's Spirit had taken up to rest as signs in several languages give ample warning to all. God's resting place is what anchors the Temple and which is its raison d'etre for having been constructed.<<<
God's Spirit now rests in the Church, which is also called New Jerusalem. There is no longer any need for a physical temple since all who believe in Christ are now a part of the holy temple (Eph 2:19-22.) The following passages explain the temple part, and also that God has made all nations to be "one blood," thus tearing down the wall between Jews and Gentiles:
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." (1 Cor 3:16-17 KJV)
"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;" (Acts 17:24-26 KJV)
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." (Eph 2:13-18 KJV)
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Rom 10:12-13 KJV)
Joel mentioned the second part when prophesying the destiny of the remnant of Israel who Christ called to be his elect:
"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." (Joel 2:32 KJV)
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