Perhaps you missed the part where Christ Himself talks about the temple being desecrated in the future tense?
When folks start hearing this kind of talk it should make Christians all over the world rejoice because Prophecy is being fulfilled. When it does happen (and it will), it’s one major step closer towards His soon return. And the way things are ramping up these days, He might even return before the first brick is laid.
If you don’t believe in Dispensationalism, then this whole discussion is moot. It’s exactly why Christians clamor for a new temple.
Oh, I know why they clamor, I simply disagree with it. I came out of dispensationalism long ago. By God’s grace I’m reformed. It was the study of dispensational eschatology in the 80’s and 90’s that led me to question a lot of what I’d been taught regarding the Bible. And that questioning led me to the Doctrines of Grace, which ultimately opened the Scriptures.
I don’t want it to happen, per se, but I know it’s going to happen.
It definitely has happened by Revelation chapter 11 and that’s how chapter 13 (and the verses you mentioned elsewhere on the thread) is/are able to play out.
Some don’t believe it’s coming. I simply say well, just give it time.