Will we build another temple Israel?

[john w]

Isaiah 56:7
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

 

[patrick jane]

One more time...


For the babes,the sheep, to protect them from the deception of the above poster, clearing the fog on "dwelleth not in temples made with hands;", which drones deceivingly morph into "man made temple," and spin,"he doesn't need a natural temple," and cry, "See!!!"



Was the cross "natural?"

The context:



Acts 17 KJV ff.

Of whom and to whom, with what words, at what time, where, to what intent, with what circumstances, considering what preceded, and what follows(Miles Coverdale paraphrase).

The audience in Athens?
In the synagogue at Athens, Paul "reasoned" that this Jesus was the Messiah, the Christ, proving it from the scriptures. However, in the market place, he used other arguments to persuade the Grecian "opponents" (some other appear later @ Mars Hill).

"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection." Acts 17:18 KJV

Paul's task on Mars Hill was to preach Jesus Christ, but his listeners did not even know there was a one true God.

"For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. ]Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you." Acts 17:23 KJV

Biblically, "ignorant" does not mean "stupid"-it merely means "lack of knowledge." In this context, they were ignorant of the true knowledge of God.


There were approximately 3,000 public altars in Athens. And hence:

"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;" Acts 17:24 KJV(see Acts 7:48 KJV)


"Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;" Acts 17:25 KJV

Paganism is characterized by a physical activity, or something done with men's hands.

That was Paul's point, and the context in which "dwelleth not in temples made with hands;" was given.


The Epicureans, "philosophers", highly "cultivated", artistic people, materialists.....but they did not know God(neither did the Stoicks).Paul was introducing them to the one true God, the One who created them and everything else. Thus, just as the Lord Jesus Christ spoke quite differently to the young woman with a bucket of water in John 4, than He did to "Professor Nic" just one chapter earlier in John 3, Paul needed, and understood, that he had to "come down the ladder", "begin with the basics", in the ladder of truth-baby steps, if you will. He thus set forth, verses 23-31, God's unity, His glory as creator( per Gen. 1:1 KJV,Hebrews 11:6 KJV...), and thus His inherent right to judge His creatures, His manifestation/revelation of who He was in Christ, " he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained", the resurrection of His Christ, "in that he hath raised him from the dead", and the delegation of future judgment to that same man, the Lord Jesus Christ. In effect, He did preach "Jesus", and the resurrection of the dead(verse 18) to them, as being God, who they knew not. He may have developed his theme, as initially outlined in Chapter 13, including preaching mankind's doom due to sin, and the solution to this dilemma, the Jesus of whom they had heard(verse 18), but first they had to know "the basics":The day of Repentance("change your mind"-verses 27-30)), the day of Judgment(God Exists-verses 27-30), the day of ignorance(verse 30). And then leaves, after they divided themselves into 3 groups:

-mockers, scoffers v. 32
-"put it off 'til later" types=procrastinators-"We will hear thee again of this matter" v. 32
-believers-verse 34

The principle confirmed:

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Hebrews 11:6 KJV

First step-persuade the person that God exists-baby step, "plant the seed.". If he/she rejects that, you are "rearranging the deck chairs on the SS Titanic." It would be akin to trying to persuade someone that the grass is green, when they do not believe grass exists.For the first time in their lives the Athenians were introduced to a God who is a living person; One with Whom man could communicate, One Who was accessible. And they needed to "change their mind" about this issue.

Great post.

 

[john w]

Zech. 8
3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

 

[john w]

Joel 3 KJV
17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

 

[john w]

Psalms 132 KJV
13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

 

[john w]

Psalms 135 KJV

21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

 

[john w]

Jeremiah 3 KJV
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

 

[john w]

Psalms 48 KJV
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

 

[marhig]

Translation: Sophistry, humanism=I cannot understand why you believe that God needs a man made temple, so, he does not-that is how atheists dismiss the concept of hell. The bible's running, big picture, theme-restore that which was lost in Genesis.....The LORD God, dwelling on earth, from Jerusalem(passage, after passage), ruling with an iron hand, living with man, with the believing remnant of the nation ..................................................

Of course, you craftily dismiss these passages, even though you've been shown them for years. So, the LORD God dismisses you, and so do I.


Of course, one of the appointed feasts, "the feast of tabernacles," God dwelling on earth,is foreign to you, as you muse, "What is that?"


And, of course, the numerous passages re. this feast, you diss, including....


Zechariah 14:16 KJV And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.


Move on-you're another biblical buffoon, clown.

What? God doesn't need a natural temple, he lives in the hearts of his people, and those born of God are the temple of the living God. Can't you see that?

The true Jerusalem is the new Jerusalem, and the true Jews are those circumcised of the heart by the Holy Spirit and living by the will of God.

Why would God need a natural temple? Jesus told his disciples to go out and preach the gospel in every nation and to every creature, they preached everywhere not just in temples, God needs his word carried within us, so that we can be ready to speak at anytime. And we don't need a temple to do that, we need the living God to bless us with the Holy Spirit to give us a mouth to speak.

Those born of God are living stones, and Christ is there cornerstone. Thus the temple of God is being built and is growing day by day through Christ by the power of the Spirit.

 

[john w]

Zech. 14 KJV
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

9 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

 

[john w]

Isaiah 2:3 KJVAnd many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go 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 law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


Micah 4:2 KJV 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 law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

 

[genuineoriginal]

Revelation was written to the seven CHURCHES of Asia Minor.

From the website:

John’s letter begins with a series of specific messages given by Jesus to the Seven Churches in Asia Minor. If John’s epistle were written after AD 70, say in AD 96 as some suggest, there would have been many, many more churches in that region than just seven.​

Maybe you should have followed the link?

 

[john w]

What? God doesn't need a natural temple, he lives in the hearts of his people, and those born of God are the temple of the living God. Can't you see that?

The true Jerusalem is the new Jerusalem, and the true Jews are those circumcised of the heart by the Holy Spirit and living by the will of God.

Why would God need a natural temple? Jesus told his disciples to go out and preach the gospel in every nation and to every creature, they preached everywhere not just in temples, God needs his word carried within us, so that we can be ready to speak at anytime. And we don't need a temple to do that, we need the living God to bless us with the Holy Spirit to give us a mouth to speak.

Those born of God are living stones, and Christ is there cornerstone. Thus the temple of God is being built and is growing day by day through Christ by the power of the Spirit.

Translation: Opinion, rejecting all of the scriptures that say that He will dwell on earth, as you are a satanist.

 

[Epoisses]

From the website:

John’s letter begins with a series of specific messages given by Jesus to the Seven Churches in Asia Minor. If John’s epistle were written after AD 70, say in AD 96 as some suggest, there would have been many, many more churches in that region than just seven.​

Maybe you should have followed the link?

And Revelation closes with:

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Rev. 22:16

The whole book is written to the church not just the first 3 chapters.

 

[john w]

Joel 3 KJV
21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

 

[genuineoriginal]

What? God doesn't need a natural temple

God doesn't need heaven and earth, but He created them anyway.
God doesn't need mankind, but He created us anyway.
God doesn't need a Tabernacle, but He commanded that one was to be built.
God doesn't need a Temple, but He gave a detailed description of one to Ezekiel.

What does God not needing anything have to do with what He has declared will be built?

 

[john w]

Isaiah KJV
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

 

[Epoisses]

Isaiah 2:3 KJVAnd many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go 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 law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


Micah 4:2 KJV 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 law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Symbolic of the church or the household of faith.

 

[john w]

Psalms 87 KJV

1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

 

[Epoisses]

Isaiah KJV
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

They always quote from the Old Testament because they reject the New Testament.

Children of Hagar the queen of the earth. Sarah is the queen of heaven.