Jeremiah 44:21-22
[21] The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind? [22] So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
I am not even going to attempt to touch on the abomination of desolation. Or the son of prediction which, possibly, Daniel shows us in bodily form. What I do want to touch on is the "abomination" part. Here are a few questions I have. They may be crazy questions but they are serious ones I am hoping those with more understanding can clarify.
Mark 13:2
[2] And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 19:44-46
[44] And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. [45] And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; [46] Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
God dwells in a house made without hands now. The stones were overturned. Why would God return to a temple made WITH hands and consider it Holy ground therefore what is done within that temple be an abomination to God? Why turn the physical stones over and tear a physical house down and raise it again in three days, Spiritual? Why would God consider anything done in a man-made structure against Him now that He tore down and crucified the flesh. Why would He call it an abomination, a sacrifice in a house without His anointing or blessing? I get the verses about, he will be taken out of the way before that wickedness be revealed...but can someone explain to me why God would then return to a temple made with hands and fill it, making it Holy once again?
Matthew 27:39-40 KJV
[39] And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, [40] And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Mark 13:14
[14] But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Mark 3:28-29 KJV
[28] Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: [29] But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Which makes those who reject the Spirit of God: antichrist??? Sons of disobedience.
Last question: the remnant, would they not return to be drawn to Christ?
Not a man made structure or a physical Israel...but rather gathered to the Spiritual Israel? They have seen Jesus, do they not now have to "see" Christ? Why would God return to the Old covenant and the flesh? I get the seventy weeks of Daniel (this I have been told) but when the Jews open their eyes to the truth: that they crucified their King. Will they not be drawn to Christ? Not a building or a physical place...but Spirit.
John 12:32
[32] And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
It appears you are seeing spirit as good and better and flesh as evil or less than. There is plenty of evil in the spirit realm. And the flesh is weak now due to the fall. satan is a spiritual being and he fell also.
That God has created a Temple in the Heaven can be seen in (Heb. 9:11-12). "...Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,...by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,....." Does this not indicate a structure in Heaven where God's presence is known? And when Scripture speaks of the throne of God, and the throne of Jesus Christ, do you not see them as real thrones. (Rev. 7:15) Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them." Se also, (Rev. 11:19), (Rev. 14:17), (15:5), (16:17).
In other words, God's work in our salvation, in making us a temple of His Spirit, does not change things in Heaven. The Heavenly Temple and thrones will remain. And with God's creation of the earth and His purpose for it, it is important to have a temple on earth as it is in heaven. "Thy kingdom come, they will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Thus the tabernacle and temple are built exactly to represent the one in Heaven. (Heb.8:5) "Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount." See also, (Ex. 25:8-9), (25:40), (26:30).
God's purpose to establish His kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven has always had to do with Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple. Messiah is ruling in Jerusalem, and Israel serves as a priestly nation to the world. This has never yet been accomplished. You see it being set up in the book of Revelation. (Rev. 11:15) "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."
We the Church at this present time are the temple of God on earth. But our presence one day will be removed and once again there is the need of the Temple to be built.
Stranger