(The Beast) & (The Two Witnesses) Will Be On This Earth Together For 3.5 Years (Then Cometh The End)

[IndianaRob]

IMO:
Jesus will build the temple, see Acts 15:15-18. The temple area contained more than just the Holy place.

There is no temple in the new heavens and earth (Revelation 22:22).

William, look at v.14 right before that quote: "Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name."

Then James says "to this agree the words of the prophets" and cites Amos on rebuilding David's tabernacle.

That's James saying the prophecy is being fulfilled *right then*, in the Gentiles being grafted into the church — not pointing ahead to some future rebuilt temple.

 

[William Barton]

William, look at v.14 right before that quote: "Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name."

Then James says "to this agree the words of the prophets" and cites Amos on rebuilding David's tabernacle.

That's James saying the prophecy is being fulfilled *right then*, in the Gentiles being grafted into the church — not pointing ahead to some future rebuilt temple.

Rebuilt temple is also noted here:

"After this I will return, and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up" (Acts 15:16, citing Amos 9:11-22, Jeremiah 12:15, Isaiah 45:21).

God's acceptance of gentiles into the faith (Acts 1144-48) was good news for the gentiles, since the gentile nations (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome) were not very nice to the Jews.

 

[IndianaRob]

'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up,' (Acts 15:16, citing Amos 9:11-22, Jeremiah 12:15, Isaiah 45:21).

IMO this is God accepting the gentiles into the faith. Good news, since the Gentile nations (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome) were not very nice to the Jews.

William, I read those verses as being fulfilled at that time. Can you explain what in those verses makes you think it's not? What am I missing?

 

[William Barton]

William, I read those verses as being fulfilled at that time. Can you explain what in those verses makes you think it's not? What am I missing?

I was responding to another poster who said we *are* the temple. I agree, believers are the temple of God, in the sense that the Spirit of God dwells in believers (1Corinthians 3:16-17). But IMO the temple of God will be rebuilt, and it will be present all through the millennial reign of Jesus.

In the beginning there was no temple, rather Adam and Eve fellow-shipped with God. There will be no temple in the new heavens and earth (Revelation 21:22).