By David J.
Stewart
2nd Thessalonians
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.”
The history of the temples in Jerusalem are fascinating to say the least.
Most fascinating is the next and final temple to be rebuilt at any time,
which will be the end times temple that the Bible mentions during the
Tribulation period. It is in this temple that the coming Antichrist will
commit the abomination of proclaiming to be God. The daily sacrifice and
Jewish worship will cease and the temple rendered desolate.
Here is an
eye-opening excerpt from Dr. Max D. Younce's life-changing book, I KNOW
WHO HOLDS TOMORROW...
The Rebuilt Temple: Revelation 11:1-2.
There are five temples:
-
Solomon's,
Zerubbabel's,
Herod's, (standing at the time of Christ and destroyed in 70
A.D. by Titus and the Roman Army),
Antichrist's Temple, spoken of here in Revelation 11,
Christ's Temple that will stand during the Millennium (Ezekiel,
Chapters 40-48).
“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel
stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar,
and them that worship therein.” (v.1)
“But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure
it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall
they tread under foot forty and two months.” (v.2)
We know this is
the rebuilt Tribulation Temple, as the Antichrist makes a covenant with
Israel almost immediately after the Rapture (Daniel 9:27). A dear friend
of mine for many years who had visited Jerusalem several times, and was
a missionary to the Jewish people, and had this to say concerning the
Tribulation Temple. “The Jewish Rabbis had revealed to him that the
temple's structure was already pre-cut and needed only to be assembled,
and which could be erected within a couple of months. The water supply
and modern facilities are already there to flush the blood of their
sacrifices to the Brook Kidron and on down to the Dead Sea.”
Then, after 3 1/2
years, the Antichrist breaks his covenant with Israel and seats himself
in the Temple, declaring himself to be God. He is described in 2
Thessalonians 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.”
The Antichrist
seeks to exterminate all Jews, if he can. (Read Matthew 24:15-22).
According to Zechariah 13:8,9, only one out of three Jews will survive
in their land. The Jews will be run out and the Gentiles will occupy
their land, Jerusalem, and the area adjacent to the Temple in
worshipping the Antichrist.
“But
the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not;
for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they
tread under foot forty and two months.”
This is the
fulfillment as the Gentiles will totally dominate the Holy City
(Jerusalem) and the court which is outside the Temple “is given unto
the Gentiles.” They will tread under foot, i.e., occupy, Jerusalem
for forty-two months. This is the last 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation,
before Christ comes in judgment and will establish His Kingdom for a
1,000 years. There will be no Jews in Jerusalem, as they are scattered
throughout the world. (Matthew 24:15-22)
SOURCE: Dr. Max D. Younce, I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW,
pg. 150-151; ISBN-13-978-0-9833648-2-5; Morris Publishing.
Here are some more eye-opening End Times video
sermons by Pastor Younce...
After Babylon in 586
BC annihilated the first temple built by king Solomon, the second temple was
built by Zerubbabel in 515 BC...
"About 70 years after the destruction of
Solomon’s Temple and the Jewish deportation an entirely new Temple was
built on Mount Moriah, by a decree of the Persian king. The new Temple
was dedicated on March 12, 515 BC, some very old people who could
remember Solomon's Temple regarded it a poor thing in comparison with
the splendor of the original Temple. Yet their prophet Haggai predicted
far greater glory for it in days to come (Haggai 2:3-9)."
SOURCE:
Zerubbabel's Temple
Herod greatly
renovated the second temple built by Zerubbabel, hiring 10,000 skilled
laborers to do the renovation...
"None of the
restorations or extensions of the Second Temple of Zerubbabel could
compare with the work begun by King Herod I (the Great) at the beginning
of 19 BC. Herod complained that the Temple of Zerubbabel was built like
a fortress and was shorter than that of Solomon’s Temple by about 90
feet because of a decree made by Darius, the Persian king. King Herod no
doubt wanted to be remembered forever as the builder of the greatest
temple of the Jews.
Although the reconstruction was equal to
an entire rebuilding, still the Herodian Temple cannot be spoken of as a
third Temple, for Herod even said himself, that it was only intended to
be regarded as an enlarging and further beautifying of that of
Zerubbabel’s.
The work of rebuilding the Temple began in
19 BC which was the 18th year of King Herod’s reign. There were 10,000
skilled laborers and according to Josephus (Ant. 15.11.2) the laity
could not enter certain parts of the building, therefore 1000 Levites
were specially trained as builders and masons, and carried out their
work so efficiently and carefully that at no time was there any
interruption in the sacrifices and other services. The work was started
by leveling larger portions of the Temple Mount, so that the new
building might be erected on a broader base. It was also made much
taller, so that the white stone gleamed in the bright Palestinian sun
and could be seen from miles away.
Wealthy Jews of the dispersion (those
living outside Palestine) sent costly offerings to enhance the
magnificence of the place."
SOURCE:
Herod's Temple - The Jewish Temple in the First Century A.D.
Jerusalem Called Sodom And Egypt
Biblically, Israel is
the center of the world. Everything throughout history has centered around a
tiny nation along the Mediterranean Sea called Israel. Jerusalem is the city
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, it is also a city as wicked as
Sodom and Egypt. Revelation 11:8, “And their dead bodies shall lie in the
street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
also our Lord was crucified.” Wow, Jerusalem is also called Sodom and
Egypt? Sodom is an infamously wicked place, and Egypt always pictures the
unsaved world. It's amazing how accurate the Bible reveals the truth about
so many things.
Israel did not exist
as a nation again until 1948. The Jews were scattered amongst the Gentiles
after 586 BC. Jeremiah 52:30 tells us that 4,600 Jews were taken into
Babylonian captivity. In 722 BC the 10 northern tribes of Israel (their
capital was Samaria) were taken captive by Assyria. Please read,
THE SAMARITANS. Most of the lost northern tribes were scattered
around the Gentile world. Contrary to popular rumor, the tribes didn't
migrate through Europe and become the United States of America.
Today in 2012, the
most hideous evil in America is Hollywood, which is predominantly owned by
the Jews. Hollywood is saturated with adultery, homosexuality and child
abuse. Most movies blaspheme the holy name of Jesus Christ. There is an
overwhelming spirit of Satanism saturating Hollywood. The same arrogant
Christ-rejecting spirit amongst the Jews during Jesus' time is prevalent
amongst most Jews today. Matthew 27:25, “Then answered all the people,
and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.” It does not surprise
me that the Bible refers to Jerusalem as Sodom and Egypt.
There is much
rejection of Christ in Israel. Less than 2% of the population in
Israel today profess to be born-again Christians.[1]
In America, 600,000 of the 2,000,000 Jews living here are active Buddhists.
The Jews are God's people, but they are as idolatrous today as ever,
worshipping other gods! I love Jewish people. I love Muslims. A person
cannot be right with God and hate any race of people. Albeit, the truth is
what it is, and most of God's people are not God's children. Galatians
3:26 and 29, “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
... And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.” No Christ-rejecting Jew will ever be heirs of the
promises of God concerning eternal life, Heaven and all the blessings of
God. Ye must be born again (John 3:5). Romans 2:11 teaches that God is no
respecter of persons. Romans 10:12, “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.”
I only mention that
truth because Zionism is a false doctrine which has crept into many
churches, elevating the Jews above the Gentiles. The Bible says repeatedly
that Hell does not discriminate. No one is guaranteed Heaven simply because
of their heritage or race. John Hagee errantly teaches that the Jews have a
special covenant with God and don't need to be born again to be saved.
Longtime Hollywood director Paul Verhoeven
authored a book in 2007 titled, “JESUS OF NAZARETH.” The
book portrays Jesus as having been conceived after a Roman soldier
brutally raped Jesus' mother, Mary. Verhoeven has already received
financiering to produce a movie based upon his book. Here's what
Verhoeven says about his book on AMAZON.COM...
“Building on the work of
biblical scholars—Rudolph Bultmann, Raymond Brown, Jane Schaberg,
and Robert Funk, among others—filmmaker Paul Verhoeven disrobes the
mythical Jesus. ... Gone is the Jesus of the
miracles, gone the son of God, gone the weaver of arcane parables
whose meanings are obscure.”
—Paul Verhoeven, from profile by Mark Jacobson in New York
Magazine
Hollywood is
predominantly Jewish owned. No wonder God calls Jerusalem Egypt and Sodom!
No one attacks, discredits and blaspheme the Lord Jesus Christ in this world
any more in this world than God's people. And likewise, some of the best
people in this world are Jewish Christians. The farther the pendulum swings
one way, the farther it swings the other. We see both the best and the worst
from God's people. This can certainly also be said for God's children
(Christians). May we all pray and ask the Lord to “lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen” (Matthew 6:13).
Why Do We See The Great Pyramid
and All Seeing Eye Everywhere?
Interestingly, Nebuchadnezzar used an image (Daniel 3:5-7) and
demanded worship at the sound of the music.
That's very interesting. Everyone was told to bow to the 90 x 9 foot golden
obelisk when they heard the music (Daniel 3:5). Why did king Nebuchadnezzar
tell the people from all nations to worship the image instead of him
directly? It's because the image projected the man. That's very important to
understand. The Great Pyramid and The All-Seeing Eye are iconic images used
to represent the coming Antichrist and his kingdom, called the New World
Order.
The
Antichrist will do the same thing as did king
Nebuchadnezzar (Revelation 13:15). It is not
mere coincidence that we are seeing occult IMAGES all
over the place today, in our faces. The world is being
prepared to worship the coming Antichrist. If the coming of the Antichrist
weren't near, then we wouldn't see all this preparation for his coming. That
ought to either excite you if you are a born-again Christian, or frighten
you if you are an enemy of the cross of Jesus Christ. We are now living in
the End Times my friend.
The
Lord's Return Must Be Very Near
With the temple ready
to go, just awaiting a peace agreement to free the Temple Mount from Muslim
control, the Lord's return is imminent. World War III is unfolding before
our very eyes. The Middle East in 2012 is like a pressure-cooker. The
military build-up is getting larger every day. The military conflict in
Syria is over destroying the sovereignty of the nations. The globalists
behind the New World Order want to control the Middle East. Syria has
refused to bow down to the New World Order, and so the globalists are trying
to cause civil unrest to divide and conquer Syria.
Anyone who bucks the
system must be eliminated. So they send in Al Qaeda (their jackboot thug
squads) to incite riots and take out local governments. They are trying to
take over the world. What the Communists failed to achieve through two world
wars, they are now accomplishing through stealth by trade agreements,
international financial fraud and covert military operations. Congress is
totally out of the loop.
Even more amazing is
the history of
The Great Pyramid and the
All Seeing Eye, which evidence that Satan has been attempting to achieve
World Domination since the tower of Babel. What most Bible students overlook
is that Nimrod and his followers were also building a city at Babel (Genesis
11:7-9). God confounded them, changing their languages and geographical
locations. The ancient Great Pyramid built by the Egyptians was never
finished. One of the earliest references to the missing top-stone (or
capstone) is from Diodorus Siculus (60 BC). The capstone was left off for
some reason. I believe that it represents the unfinished tower and city of
Babel.
The New World Order is
the completion today of thousands of years of waiting by Satan to usher in
the Antichrist. God at the time in Genesis 11:7-9 would not allow men to
finish Babel. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that God has prevented man from knowing
the times of His workings.
Look closely at the following
picture and you'll see clearly why Iran must be conquered by the elite
Globalists...
Truly a picture speaks 1,000
words!
Freemason legendary
leader, Albert Pike (1809-1892), foretold of World Wars I and II and has
provided us with vivid details of World War III. Pike was a 33rd degree
Freemason and an admitted Luciferian worshipper. The
New World Order is upon us. Pike described World War III in detail,
being fought between Israel and the Arab nations, and then drawing the rest
of the world into the end times conflict.
Pike was privileged to
esoteric (the innermost circle of the occult) information.
Illuminati
founder, Adam Weishaupt, drew up plans for global government in 1775. The
group disbanded a decade later, but in 1848 Karl Marx (whose
real Jewish name was Mordecai Levi, a 33rd degree Freemason)
published his Communist Manifesto, which reiterated Weishaupt's same
plan for World Government (through subversion of government). Marx summarized
his Communist Manifesto into 10 Planks. Marx's 5th Plank called for a
Central Bank. Marx's 10th Plank called for a public school system. In fact,
America today is the total fulfillment of Marx's Communist dream come true.
The information which I've just shared with you evidences that the plot for
Global Domination (World Government) has been in the planning for hundreds
of years.
We are living in
exciting and frightening times of Biblical prophecy. The world is becoming
one big insane asylum. Every Christian believer needs to anchor them self to
the Word of God. The heinous crimes that we read about in the news are
unimaginable. I dare not even mention some of the things that I've read in
the news just this week. How sad! How tragic! Without Jesus Christ people
can become monsters! Anyone is capable of anything if they get away from the
Lord. Most people have never even received the Lord and are wandering in
spiritual darkness. The Bible tells us that the Scriptures are a Lamp unto
our feet in this dark world (Psalms 119:105).
History is unfolding
before our eyes. Prophecy is history written in advance. Only the Bible can
predict the future, because God authored the Bible and He knows the future.
May we trust upon the Lord and lean not unto our own understanding in these
last days (Proverbs 3:5-7).
