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Who Will
Build the Third And Final Jewish Temple?
Thanks for listening – de Andréa
“And they shall make Me a
sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst.” (Exodus
25:8)
Who Will
Build the Third And Final Jewish Temple?
By de Andréa, Opinion Editorialist
for ‘THE BOTTOM LINE’:
for ‘THE BOTTOM LINE’:
Published August 28, 2015
Efforts are underway
to make the Third Jewish Temple a reality. From preparing vessels to be used in ritualistic service to raising red heifers, controversy arises when
questioning who can exactly prepare for and construct the Third Temple on the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The opinion that
the Third Temple will be built by human hands and that the Messiah will have a
major role in its rebuilding is most famously ascribed to the Rambam, a
renowned 12th century Jewish Bible scholar from Spain. Rambam taught that the
very fact that the Temple is being rebuilt will be a major sign that humanity
has reached the End of Days.
There is an opposing
Jewish philosophy that asserts that the Third Temple already exists in Heaven
and will descend onto the Temple Mount at the time God deems is proper. This
position is generally associated with Rashi, the preeminent Biblical
commentator who lived in 11th century France.
Which is correct? And
what will the role of the Messiah be in the building of the Third Temple?
One way of
reconciling these points of view is related to the two accounts of Temple
construction in the Bible. The details of the First Temple, known as Solomon’s
Temple, are described in the Book of Kings, beginning in the sixth chapter.
This description is extensive and quite detailed. The First and Second Temples
were built according to the directions that appear in the Book of Kings.
There is another description
of Temple architecture in the Book of Ezekiel, beginning in chapter 40. This
description is much less detailed, veiled in ambiguous prophecy and much more
difficult to understand.
The two descriptions
come together in the teaching that the Messiah will oversee the construction of
those elements of the Third Temple, which can be understood from the Book of
Kings. Following that stage of work on the Third Temple, God will explain the
construction elements from the prophecy of Ezekiel that are not currently
understandable. It is this knowledge that will come from Heaven, allowing the
Messiah and his laborers to complete the building.
Another way to
reconcile the two opinions is to consider that the Jewish people are commanded
to build a Temple in Jerusalem to serve as a Sanctuary for God. Thus, the
physical building is in the hands of the Jewish nation. Once the Messiah and
his workers complete the external structure, the Presence of God will descend,
filling the Third Temple with holiness.
Until the End of
Days, we will not know which of these opinions is correct. However,
world-renowned Temple Mount activist and founder of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation Rabbi Yehuda Glick told Breaking
Israel News why he is solidly
in the camp of those who believe that the Third Temple will be built by human
hands.
“Anyone who
understands the concept of Bet Hamikdash – The Temple – knows that there
nothing that contradicts this concept more than a Temple from heaven! The whole
idea of the mikdash [a holy place] is that we build Him a sanctuary just as He
creates us a world.”
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2 comments:
It's pretty easy actually to understand, read Rev. 11. The Temple will indeed be built by human hands. The AntiChrist in Daniel 11 commits the abomination of desolation in God's Temple. Rev. 11 describes the Temple being build in the first half of Tribulation, and will be trodden down by the gentiles the last 3.5 yrs of Trib. Jesus, the branch does indeed build the Temple when he returns, so we can assume the Temple built in Trib is destroyed by the great earthquake when Jesus returns and splits the Mount of Olives in half.
Then after the millenium, the New Jerusalem descends from heaven to earth. so there will be 3 more temples, earthly, man made, Jesus rebuilds the Temple, Ezk & Isaiah, then the New Jerusalem, Rev. 21
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