The Rapture of the Church is not to Heaven

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Galgal

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Ezekiel Chapters 40-46 represents the 2nd Zerubabbel temple built in 536BC before the cross of Calvary
Nothing of the sort. The Temple described by Ezekiel was never built. This is a well-known fact. Judaism agrees that Ezekiel's Temple was never built, the Jews know that they did not build this Temple because they did not understand its structure, they could not understand the description of the dimensions in Ezekiel.

In addition, the Third Temple violates the law of Moses, there are many changes that cannot be explained unless we accept that Jesus Christ was the Messiah of Israel promised by God. The Third Temple is the Temple of the Second Coming of Christ and it could not be built until now.
 
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"The sea is no more" means that the unbelieving world will no longer exist, all people will believe in God and Jesus Christ.

I don't know if you are correct or not, but there appears to be numerous people who take the sea in the literal sense, that it means a literal body of water. Except some of what is recorded in Ezekiel 47 contradicts that. There is still a sea per Ezekiel 47 and that Ezekiel 47 is obviously involving the same age and the same things Revelation 22:1-2, for example, are involving.

After all, there can only be one endless age not 2 endless ages. The latter makes zero sense and everyone knows it. Clearly, Ezekiel 47:12 is involving an endless age, as is Revelation 21-22 as well.

Ezekiel 47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.


If there is no more literal sea as of Revelation 21:1, then why is this verse contradicting that? Verse 8 is involving the same age verse 12 is involving. And verse 12 is involving the same age Revelation 21-22 are involving. Why would the Bible be contradicting itself here, where, in the OT it insists there are still literal seas, but in the NT it insists there are no longer literal seas? The Bible obviously isn't contradicting itself though, therefore, it is one's interpretation giving the false impression the Bible is contradicting itself.

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.


Once again, this verse demands that an endless age is in view. How can the fruit thereof never be consumed unless the fruit thereof is endless? If it wasn't endless, obviously it could be consumed eventually. Not to mention, both Ezekiel 47:12 and Revelation 22:1-2 have the following in common as well--- it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary(Ezekiel 47:12)---and yielded her fruit every month(Revelation 22:2), then Revelation 22:1 meaning the waters and sanctuary meant in Ezekiel 47:12.
 

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Thank you Truth7t7, Yes, I had read similar in the search. I got 2 Samuel 22:31 and Psalm 3:3 as references to. The search mentions that these verses do not describe the Star of David as we would know it today. Instead, they may be referencing the “shield” or “protection” of God, which is metaphorically linked to David, describing God as a shield or protector, rather than a physical star-shaped symbol. The term “Magen David” (or Shield of David) was a later rabbinical development and is not found in the original Hebrew text.

I was curious about just that.
I Disagree, the star of David was brought back from Babylon and is described as the star of Moloch, Chiun, Remphan as the holy Bible clearly describes

In the occult it's called a "Hex"agram used in ceremonial magic
 

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The Star of David is a symbol of the Messiah.

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The six pointed star comes from Israel's captivity in Babylon and is a symbol used in the occult that was used and worshipped by Israel

Amos 5:26-27KJV
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
 
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If there is no more literal sea as of Revelation 21:1, then why is this verse contradicting that? Verse 8 is involving the same age verse 12 is involving. And verse 12 is involving the same age Revelation 21-22 are involving. Why would the Bible be contradicting itself here, where, in the OT it insists there are still literal seas, but in the NT it insists there are no longer literal seas? The Bible obviously isn't contradicting itself though, therefore, it is one's interpretation giving the false impression the Bible is contradicting itself.
The scripture is very clear concerning the words "There Was No More Sea" in Revelation 21:1 below

In the verse below the word "Sea" represents "Multitudes Of People", there are no more Multitudes left, narrow is the way to salvation and "Few" will find it

Revelation 21:1KJV
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Matthew 7:14KJV
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Mystery Babylon The Whore (Jerusalem) doesn't sit on literal water, but on Multitudes of People

Revelation 17:1KJV
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

The Beast doesn't rise out of literal water "Sea", he rises out of the Multitudes of People on earth

Revelation 13:1KJV
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
 

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I don't know if you are correct or not, but there appears to be numerous people who take the sea in the literal sense, that it means a literal body of water.
God doesn't care how people understand. If people don't understand God, then let them read the Bible more and ask God. God knows how to answer when people don't have idols before Him.

Revelation shows the INNER world of man. Ezekiel 40-48 shows the EXTERNAL world. The external is a reflection of the internal.
Except some of what is recorded in Ezekiel 47 contradicts that. There is still a sea per Ezekiel 47 and that Ezekiel 47 is obviously involving the same age and the same things Revelation 22:1-2, for example, are involving.
These things are in different worlds. One is in the material universe. The other is in the spiritual world.
After all, there can only be one endless age not 2 endless ages. The latter makes zero sense and everyone knows it. Clearly, Ezekiel 47:12 is involving an endless age, as is Revelation 21-22 as well.
False conclusion.
Ezekiel 47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.


If there is no more literal sea as of Revelation 21:1, then why is this verse contradicting that? Verse 8 is involving the same age verse 12 is involving. And verse 12 is involving the same age Revelation 21-22 are involving. Why would the Bible be contradicting itself here, where, in the OT it insists there are still literal seas, but in the NT it insists there are no longer literal seas? The Bible obviously isn't contradicting itself though, therefore, it is one's interpretation giving the false impression the Bible is contradicting itself.

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.


Once again, this verse demands that an endless age is in view. How can the fruit thereof never be consumed unless the fruit thereof is endless? If it wasn't endless, obviously it could be consumed eventually.
It says there that the fruits will never end. When some ripen, others will immediately begin to ripen.

This is explained by the fact that animal sacrifices will be made in the Temple. Every day, several cubic meters of blood will be poured into a special sewer. This blood will not mix with the water flowing from under the threshold of the Temple; a special sewer collector is provided for the blood. This sewer is led into a ravine on the western side of the Temple complex. There it will mix with the water and flow into the Nahal Hever bed. That is, the blood of animals will only flow into Nahal Hever, and not into Nahal Arugot, which is further north.

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When the angel measured thousands of cubits of length for Ezekiel with a cord, they moved along the northern bed. There you can see how the tributaries of this bed end up in places that are multiples of 1,000 cubits long. This explains why Ezekiel saw an abrupt change in the depth of the stream: the waters of the main bed merged with the tributaries. When the angel measured the lengths along the northern channel, they returned back to the place of the watershed, which is near the northeastern corner of the temple complex.

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It was then that Ezekiel turned his attention to the trees that were along the Nahal Hever stream, which is in the south. It was into this stream that the blood from the sanctuary flowed. Blood is an excellent fertilizer, so the trees will bear fruit continuously:

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. (Ezekiel 47:12)

because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary - This is water with blood, and blood is an excellent fertilizer.

It would be easier for you to watch the video, where all this is shown - how the measurements described in the book of the prophet Ezekiel were made.


Not to mention, both Ezekiel 47:12 and Revelation 22:1-2 have the following in common as well--- it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary(Ezekiel 47:12)---and yielded her fruit every month(Revelation 22:2), then Revelation 22:1 meaning the waters and sanctuary meant in Ezekiel 47:12.
Revelation speaks of spiritual trees that bear the fruit of the spirit. For example, the Tree of Knowledge (fig tree). Or the Tree of Love (apple tree). Or the Tree of Faith (olive tree). And Ezekiel describes the earthly image of the heavenly, the Third Temple.
 

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The six pointed star comes from Israel's captivity in Babylon and is a symbol used in the occult that was used and worshipped by Israel

Amos 5:26-27KJV
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
You will also say that the Jews had a LITERAL tabernacle of Moloch.

The prophet speaks of the wrong images of God that were in the hearts of those who left Egypt. The Jews did not know any six-pointed star at that time. This sign appeared much later.
 

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I Disagree, the star of David was brought back from Babylon and is described as the star of Moloch, Chiun, Remphan as the holy Bible clearly describes

In the occult it's called a "Hex"agram used in ceremonial magic
That is what the search was showing, and its not always on point, and the search leans a little more apologetically in this thing too. You really have to press it for specifics. I don't know what "the other star" would look like if there were one (I only see the 6 pointed star/hexagram) which it would push back on concerning it having any revelance to what you yourself pointed out. I get in Amos 5:26 Moloch= King and Chiun = "an image" or "pillar"
  1. probably a statue of the Assyrian-Babylonian god of the planet Saturn and used to symbolise Israelite apostasy
Search diverts to image being of a planet (Saturn) not a star yadda yadda

Regardless, the search still pointed out that its not justified in the Hebrew texts (but what that meant, at least to me is that there no such thing as the star of David, not the hexangram itself). In otherwords pagan, I just wanted to know if it was the same thing spoken of in Acts by Stephen or not. It is mentioned by name in the Talmud from what it indicated.

Anyway, I will leave off at that.
 
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