Does Bible prophecy
predict that the Jewish people
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will rebuild their
temple in Jerusalem?
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You are about to find
out on His Voice Today.
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Welcome to
another His Voice Today.
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with Steve Wohlberg.
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Welcome back to His Voice Today,
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we are continuing a
controversial series
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dealing with Israel issues.
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We have two programs to go,
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we talked about:
All Eyes on Israel
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in the last program,
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we talked about:
Israel and Jesus Christ
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and this program is called:
Titanic Truths about the Temple.
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Hold on to your
seats, get ready...
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we've got a lot to cover.
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It is no secret that
Christians around the world...
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Bible-minded,
Prophecy-focused Christians
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are looking to Israel,
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they are looking
to the Temple Mount
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and they are waiting
with breathless longing
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for Israel to put
down the first stone
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in the building of a Temple
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which they see as...
predicted in Scripture
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and a Temple that
will one day become
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the "center of the storm... "
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the eye of Bible Prophecy...
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the focus of the
book of Revelation.
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In this series, we are
examining some popular beliefs
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and we're taking a closer look
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to see what the
Bible actually says
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and so, we're going to
revisit the topic of the Temple.
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What does the Bible say?
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There are
actually three major verses
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that are being used today
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by sincere scholars,
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prophecy teachers,
they're quoted on television,
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on the radio, they
have been incorporated
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into books, novels,
television programs, and movies,
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and these three
proofs that are being offered
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are the "proof texts" that
are used to supposedly support
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the structure that
there will be, for sure,
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a Temple rebuilt on the
Temple Mount inside Jerusalem
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this is what we're told,
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something that is
solid in Bible Prophecy...
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three texts... the
first section that is used
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to support this teaching
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is from the book of
Daniel chapter 9 verse 27,
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something that is
supposed to happen
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in the midst of what's called
the 70th week of Daniel...
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we'll take a look at
that in a few moments.
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The second text is
from 2nd Thessalonians
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chapter 2 verse 4
where Paul talks about
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Antichrist
entering the Temple of God,
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and we'll look at that,
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and then the last
section that is used
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is the book of Revelation
and the many Temple texts
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that are described in
that book that are applied
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to a rebuilt Jewish
Temple over in Israel,
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so, let's take a look at
these three different areas
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these three Scriptures
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and Revelation deals
with a host of Scriptures.
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Let's go back to the
book of Daniel chapter 9
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and zero in on verse
27, Daniel 9 verse 27,
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this is perhaps
the "mother text"
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in the Old Testament that
Christians interpret to predict
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that there must be a
rebuilt temple over in Israel.
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I'd like to read
this text, Daniel 9:27,
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the Bible says, "And he... "
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and it's a
controversial issue who "he" is,
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"... he shall confirm the
covenant with many for one week:
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and in the midst of the
week he will cause the sacrifice
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and the oblation to cease... "
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Hal Lindsey has written a book
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called, "The Late
Great Planet Earth"
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it came out in the 70s,
it's been a blockbuster success,
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and there's a whole
host of other books out there
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that basically
agreed with Pastor Lindsey
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and this book
interprets Daniel 9:27
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as applying to Antichrist,
in verse 40... or I'm sorry...
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on page 45... Hal
Lindsey talks about
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God's last seven years of
dealing with the Jewish people
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and this is how he interprets
verse 27 when it says,
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"he shall confirm the covenant"
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Hal Lindsey says that
"he" is the Antichrist
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and he will break his
covenant with the Jewish people
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and he will cause
the Jewish Temple worship
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according to the
Law of Moses to cease...
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and then he says, on page 46
of The Late Great Planet Earth,
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"We must conclude, therefore,
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that a third
Temple will be rebuilt
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upon its ancient
site in Old Jerusalem. "
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The idea is that if
"he" is the Antichrist,
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and if "his
confirming the covenant"
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means... he makes a
covenant with the Jews,
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and it says, "for one week"
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he interprets the
seven days of the week
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to be seven
years, of tribulation,
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and if the
Antichrist will do that...
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and then it says,
"in the midst of the week
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which would be 3 and a 1/2
years into the tribulation,
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"he" referring to the Antichrist
according to Pastor Lindsey,
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he shall cause the sacrifice
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and the oblation to cease.
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In order for the Antichrist
to cause sacrifices to cease,
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then they must
have been restarted
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and that's why Hal
Lindsey says in his book,
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"we must conclude,
therefore," based on this text
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and his
interpretation of this text,
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"that the
sacrifices must be restarted
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and the Temple must be
rebuilt over in Israel. "
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Now, I refer to Pastor
Lindsey's interpretation
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as the "New View"
or the "New School"
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it's amazing for
Christians to discover
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that this interpretation,
which is so common today,
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really was not understood,
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at least the text
wasn't interpreted that way
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by well-respected
Bible Commentators
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in the past... including
Matthew Henry who wrote the
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most popular series
of Commentaries ever
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Adam Clarke,
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the British Methodist
he had a different view,
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and so does the Jamieson,
Fausset and Brown Commentary
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and so does this book
that I've mentioned before
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in previous programs called
"Christ and the Anti-christ"
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this book came out
many, many years ago,
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it came out in
the 1800s, 1846...
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it has a series of endorsements,
at the beginning here
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from people like Moses
Hoge who was Presbyterian,
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Pastor Robert
Howell who was the Pastor
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of the First Baptist
Church in Nashville, Tennessee,
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Edward Wadsworth, Pastor of the
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Methodist
Episcopal Church in Virginia,
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James B. Taylor, the
Corresponding Secretary
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of the Foreign Mission Board,
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of the Southern
Baptist Convention
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in Richmond, Virginia,
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they all endorsed this book,
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and this book takes a very
different view of Daniel 9:27.
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It refers to the 70th
week, that last seven years,
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and on page 47,
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it says, "Sometime during
that remaining seven years,
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Jesus was to die as
a sacrifice for sin,
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here are illusions
to events so palpable
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P A L P A B L E that
one would think that the
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people among whom
this prophecy occurred
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could not possibly have
misapplied the prophecy. "
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This book says,
"The 70 weeks of Daniel
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are in the past,
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centuries ago, we are
not to look to the future
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for the fulfillment
of these predictions
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we must look to the
past, and if to the past...
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where is there one who
can have any adequate claims
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to being the subject
of these prophecies...
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only Jesus... He and
He only can claim them
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and to Him they
most certainly refer. "
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This book and many
other books, the Old School...
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interpret the Bible this
way, that when verse 27 says,
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"... he shall confirm"
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that "he" is Jesus
Christ and the context
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of verses 24 to 27,
focus on the Messiah,
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the word "Antichrist" is
not mentioned in this text,
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the Old School interprets
the 70th week of Daniel,
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as following the 69th week
that when the prophecy says
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there will be 70 weeks...
we have that 70th week...
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which is understood as 7 years,
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which I agree with,
it is seven years...
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but is that seven
years in the future
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or did the
seven-year period of Daniel 9:27
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occur in the past?
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Now, the Old School says
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that the 70th week
follows the 69th week.
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He shall confirm the covenant...
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the word "confirm" is used
by Paul in Romans 15 verse 8
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that says that
Jesus will confirm
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the promises
made to the Fathers.
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He will confirm the covenant
with many for one week...
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the words "covenant" and
"many" are the exact words
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that Jesus Christ used
the night before He died.
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In Matthew 26 verse
28, Jesus broke the bread
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and passed out
the juice and He said,
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"... this is my
blood of the new covenant
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which is shed for many
for the forgiveness of sins. "
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So Jesus used the
word "covenant" and "many"
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and it says He
would do this for one week
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and in the midst of the week
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which would be 3
and a 1/2 years in,
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and Jesus' public
ministry was exactly...
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from His baptism to His
death, 3 and a 1/2 years,
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it says, "in the
midst of the week,
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He would cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease. "
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So the Old School understands
this as applying to Jesus Christ
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in His death on the
cross which put an end
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to the sacrifices of
the Jewish Temple System,
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they were no longer of any value
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when Jesus died,
He's the great sacrifice
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and then in 70 A.D.
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when the Romans came
and destroyed the Temple...
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the Temple was
burned to the ground
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and the sacrifices
have never been restarted
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because there
isn't a Temple over there
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and so Protestant
Scholars of the past
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have understood Daniel 9:27
as applying only to Jesus Christ
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and it makes sense
when you think about
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the whole issue
of the sacrifices.
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In the book of
Hebrews chapter 10 verse 12,
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the Bible says that Jesus Christ
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offered one sacrifice for
sins forever... only one...
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there would never
be anymore sacrifices.
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In Hebrews chapter 9 verse 1,
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the Bible talks about
the Old Covenant Sanctuary
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and the Temple Service
and then in chapter 8 verse 31
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it says that that
old Temple Service
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was getting ready to vanish away
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and it did
vanish away in 70 A.D.
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when it was
destroyed by the Romans.
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Now think about
it, let's just say
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that the Jewish people did
rebuild a Temple over in Israel
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and let's say that
they did restart sacrifices,
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what would the reinstitution
of those sacrifices
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be saying to God,
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what would it be
saying to Jesus Christ?
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Could the Lord
bless such an endeavor?
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Well, according to the Bible,
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Jesus offered one
sacrifice forever.
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When He said, "It is
finished," it was done
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and if the Jewish
people rebuild a Temple
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and restart sacrifices,
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those sacrifices
would be a public,
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official and open
and obvious and blatant
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denial that Jesus Christ
was the final sacrifice...
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He died for the
sins of the world.
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Could God bless the
reinstituting of sacrifices
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that ended with
the death of His Son?
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The answer is obvious,
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He could never
bless such an endeavor.
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And so, primary
argument number one,
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from Daniel 9:27 where
this verse is interpreted,
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that He would cause
the sacrifices to cease,
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this is applied to the
Antichrist in the future
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during the
seven-year tribulation,
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to me the evidence
just doesn't fit that view.
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I believe in the Old
School represented by this book,
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represented by Matthew Henry,
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Adam Clarke,
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown,
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scholars for hundreds of years
who have interpreted this text
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as applying to Jesus Christ
who confirmed the covenant
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and especially in the
midst of the seven years
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when He died on the cross and
put an end to all sacrifices.
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So if you
understand this text that way,
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and if you
understand that the 70th week
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logically follows the 69th week,
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and that this is history
centered in Jesus Christ,
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then the first
argument of Daniel 9:27
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supporting the concept of a
rebuilt Temple over in Israel,
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that argument
just really doesn't...
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it doesn't work, so
that's argument Number One.
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What about the Second One?
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What about 2
Thessalonians chapter 2?
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2 Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 4
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finds Paul talking
about the coming of Antichrist
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and about the Antichrist
entering the Temple of God
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now let's take a look at this.
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2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 1,
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Paul said, "We
beseech you, brethren,"
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he's writing to the church,
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"by the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ,"
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when Jesus will come...
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"and by our
gathering together to him. "
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Jesus is going to come down,
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and He's going to
gather His church,
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from around the
world, verse 3, Paul says:
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So here's the text.
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Christians today
often look at this verse
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and say, "Well
look, Paul predicted
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that this man of sin would
enter into the temple of God
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and he would show
himself that he is God"
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and they interpret
this text they say,
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"See, there's got to
be a Temple over in Israel
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for the Antichrist to walk into
and show himself that he's God
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during the seven
years of tribulation. "
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But the question is,
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"Is that really what
this text is saying?"
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Again, I refer to the
view that I just shared
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as the "New View"
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believe it or not,
there is another view,
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there is an older
view... there is an ancient view
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that was taught by many,
many, many Protestant Scholars
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for hundreds of years,
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I've got in my hands here
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a book called,
"Romanism And The Reformation"
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written by a man by the
name of H. Grattan Guinness.
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Guinness has been
dead for a long time,
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he wrote this book in the
late 1800s... in the 1890s...
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at least that's
when it was published,
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he has been
called England's greatest
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Bible Prophecy
Teacher ever and in this book
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and I've read it
from cover to cover,
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he agrees with Charles Spurgeon,
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the great
Baptist Pastor in London,
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he agrees with John Calvin,
who wrote, "The Institutes... "
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who started the
Presbyterian Church
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he agreed with John Wesley
who founded the Methodist Church
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in Wesley's comments
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he talked about 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2
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he agrees with Matthew
Henry, the great Commentator
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who in 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2
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had a very different view of
the Temple... what this means.
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Now let's just
take a close look at it
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and see what Paul is
really talking about.
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In verse 3 he said again,
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"Let no man
deceive you by any means:
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for that day will not come,
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except there come a
falling away first,"
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the expression "falling away"
the Greek word is Apostasia
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which means that there would
be an apostasy or a falling away
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from Jesus and from Bible truth
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that would happen
in Christian history
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and this would happen
before Jesus comes to gather us.
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It says, "there will
be a falling away first,
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and that man of sin would be
revealed, the son of perdition;"
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that "man of sin" is a
reference to Daniel 7 verse 8
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where Paul talked
about a little horn
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rising up out of
the head of the beast
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who had eyes
like the eyes of a man
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and a mouth
speaking great things
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and it says that that man of sin
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would oppose and exalt himself
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above all that is called
God or that is worshipped
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so that he... as God
would sit in the temple of God
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showing himself that he is God.
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The word for
temple... the Greek word,
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you don't have to be a Greek
scholar to understand the Bible
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but sometimes it's helpful.
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Now the Greek word that
Paul used here was "Naos"
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Naos for Temple, and
when Paul used that word
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in his writings,
he never applied it
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to a literal rebuilt
temple over in Israel.
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Let me show you
how he used that word.
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In 1st
Corinthians chapter 1 verse 2,
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Paul is writing
to the church of God
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and then in chapter 3 verse 16,
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writing to the
church, Paul said,
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"Know ye not that you are
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the temple of God,
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and the Spirit of
God dwells in you?"
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So... and the word
he used here was Naos...
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that the church is the
Naos or the temple of God.
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In Ephesians chapter 2,
Paul used the word again.
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Ephesians chapter 2 verse 22,
Paul is writing to the church,
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21 and 22... and he
said that you as a church...
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So, here we've got the word
"temple" applying to Christians
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who are being
built up into this temple
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and the Greek word there
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that Paul used
for "temple" was Naos.
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Naos... and he was
applying that to the church.
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Guinness... in his book,
"Romanism And The Reformation,"
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has a whole section
on the use of this word
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and the Antichrist
coming in to this...
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to the temple of God,
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let me see if I can find
that quote, here it is...
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page 49... Paul talks
about the son of perdition
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which is 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3
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which is a term that
Jesus applied to Judas
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in John 17:12, he referred to
Judas as the "son of perdition"
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Judas was an insider...
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a disciple who
betrayed Christ with a kiss
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and Guinness applies
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"the son of
perdition" to a secret enemy
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who seems to be a friend,
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a familiar
friend yet a fatal foe
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who betrays with a
kiss and says, "Hail Master"
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and then he goes on and says,
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"Observe the place
occupied by the man of sin
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which is the temple
or the house of God. "
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Guinness says, "This is not
and cannot be any Jewish temple.
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Paul who uses this expression
in his prophetic portrait
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of Romanism employs
it both in Corinthians
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which we've seen and
Ephesians which we've seen
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with reference to
the Christian church.
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To Paul emphatically
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the temple of God
was the church of Christ.
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This is the temple in which
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his prophetic eye saw
the man of sin seated. "
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It's a fact that
Protestant Scholars,
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Luther, Calvin, Huss,
Jerome, Wesley, Spurgeon,
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the list goes on and on...
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown,
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Adam Clarke and
Matthew Henry's Commentary,
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all applied 2nd
Thessalonians 2 verses 3 and 4,
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to a falling away,
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and to the
development of the Papal power
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and to an
apostasy centered in Rome
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that was centered in a man...
in a leader of the Roman Church,
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who brought his
traditions and his theories
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into the Temple of
God which is the church
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bringing
traditions into Christianity
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just like Judas
betrayed Christ with a kiss
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so this is someone
that claims to be a friend
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but actually leads away from
Jesus and from solid Bible truth
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that's the way they
understood this prophecy.
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I'm not creating
something that isn't real
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but this is a
fact, study history,
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study the Protestant
Scholars, they all applied
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2nd Thessalonians chapter 2...
the temple of God to the church
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that apostasy and
corruption had come into...
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as a result of the Papal
power, now, think about this,
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Paul said that the Antichrist
would bring his deceptions
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into the temple of God...
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it's the temple
of God, Paul says.
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If the Jewish people
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ever did rebuild the temple,
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just about... like I
talked about the sacrifice,
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if they
restarted their sacrifices,
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could God ever
bless those sacrifices,
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since those sacrifices
pointed forward to Jesus Christ?
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Definitely not.
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And if they rebuilt the temple,
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and restarted
sacrifices, think about this,
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could that
temple ever legitimately
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be called "The Temple of God"
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if that temple... by its
very nature and the sacrifices,
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by their very nature... are
an actual denial of Jesus Christ
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and His death on the cross?
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It's impossible.
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If the Jewish people
did rebuild the temple
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it could never be
called "The Temple of God"
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because its sacrifices
would deny God's own Son.
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And so, based on that
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and based on all the
research that I've done,
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it just doesn't make sense
that 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2
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verse 4 would be
applied to a rebuilt temple
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especially when the Greek
word, "Naos" is always applied
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in 1st Corinthians 3:16
and Ephesians 2:21 and 22,
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to the Christian church.
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So that's argument Number two,
we've looked at Daniel 9:27,
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we've looked at
2nd Thessalonians 2:4,
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now the last basic argument
is based upon a series of texts
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which are in the
book of Revelation
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and I call them "Temple Texts. "
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Temple Texts in Revelation.
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The temple is mentioned
many times in Revelation,
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it is true, but
if you look carefully
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at these verses, honestly,
and I've done this many times,
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you'll never find one text
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in Revelation
00:22:25.04\00:22:26.37
applying to an
earthly temple, not a one...
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Revelation 11:19 talks
about the temple of God
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which was opened in heaven
and there was seen in His temple
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the ark of His testament
and there are lightnings,
00:22:37.72\00:22:39.65
noises,
thunderings, an earthquake,
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.12
and a great hail. "
00:22:41.16\00:22:42.49
So, here is the temple of God...
but it's up there in heaven
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where Jesus Christ is
our great High Priest.
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Revelation 16
verse 1, John wrote,
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"... I heard a great
voice out of the temple"
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and it's the
temple up in heaven,
00:22:54.47\00:22:56.14
saying to the seven
angels, 'Go your ways
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and pour out the vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth. '"
00:22:58.37\00:23:01.64
Revelation 16 verse 16,
00:23:01.68\00:23:03.98
which talks about
the battle of Armageddon,
00:23:04.01\00:23:06.92
describes how "he
gathered them together
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to a place called in the
Hebrew tongue, Armageddon. "
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The very next verse says,
00:23:12.25\00:23:13.72
"and the seventh angel poured
out his vial into the air;
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and there came a great
voice" a booming voice...
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"out of the temple of
heaven, from the throne, saying,
00:23:20.73\00:23:26.27
'it is done!'" and then...
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all these things
happen on the earth,
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there's a huge earthquake,
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the cities of
the nations crumble,
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the mountains sink,
the islands disappear,
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and great Babylon is destroyed
at the end of chapter 16.
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And so, when you
look up the word, "Temple"
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another text in
the book of Revelation
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also chapter 15
verse 5, says that
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Revelation
11:19, Revelation 15:5,
00:23:57.40\00:24:00.70
Revelation 16:1,
Revelation 16:17,
00:24:00.74\00:24:05.01
all of these verses apply
to the temple of God in heaven
00:24:05.04\00:24:09.31
and it's significant
that right after the word,
00:24:09.34\00:24:12.11
"Armageddon" is used
in chapter 16 verse 16,
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then the voice of God thunders
from the heavenly temple
00:24:14.92\00:24:18.69
and says, "It's done. "
00:24:18.72\00:24:20.12
The focus of Revelation...
the focus of the conflict...
00:24:20.16\00:24:25.09
that leads up to the
battle of Armageddon,
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.63
is not an earthly temple,
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.13
it's Jesus Christ
and the forces of God
00:24:29.16\00:24:32.80
against the forces of the devil,
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.57
and the forces
of God are centered
00:24:34.60\00:24:38.27
in Jesus Christ as
our great High Priest
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.38
and in His work in
the heavenly temple
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.78
and in his ministry to
cleanse us from our sins
00:24:42.81\00:24:46.28
by His blood and as Hebrews says
00:24:46.31\00:24:48.65
in chapter 8 and in chapter
10 about the new covenant,
00:24:48.68\00:24:52.35
Jesus wants to write
His law in our hearts
00:24:52.39\00:24:55.02
and this is the work that
God is trying to accomplish
00:24:55.06\00:24:58.13
to prepare us for the
return of Jesus Christ.
00:24:58.19\00:25:02.40
So, "Titanic
Truths about the Temple"
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Daniel 9:27 really doesn't
support a rebuilt temple theory
00:25:05.53\00:25:10.17
because it
applies to Jesus Christ
00:25:10.21\00:25:11.67
and what He did in the
past when He died on the cross
00:25:11.74\00:25:14.54
as a sacrifice for
the sins of the world.
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.91
2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 verse 4,
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.65
talks about the temple
of God which doesn't apply
00:25:18.68\00:25:21.55
to a rebuilt temple because
God's temple is his church
00:25:21.58\00:25:25.15
and we must be on our
guard against deceptions
00:25:25.19\00:25:28.62
that Satan is trying to
bring in... to the church
00:25:28.69\00:25:30.99
and in the book of
Revelation, the temple...
00:25:31.03\00:25:33.40
over and over again
is always referred to...
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.70
always referred to as
the temple of God in heaven
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.43
where Jesus Christ is
our great High Priest.
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.30
On April 10, 1912...
the Titanic set sail,
00:25:41.34\00:25:44.04
on her maiden
voyage, across the Atlantic,
00:25:44.07\00:25:46.74
from England to New York,
00:25:46.78\00:25:48.41
nobody expected
that she could sink
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.71
because she was
considered "unsinkable"
00:25:50.75\00:25:52.98
but she did... she hit
the ice... she went down
00:25:53.01\00:25:56.82
approximately 2,200 passengers
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.59
still on board the
unsinkable Titanic,
00:25:59.62\00:26:02.76
ended up at the
bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
00:26:02.79\00:26:06.36
We must beware of doctrines
00:26:06.39\00:26:10.57
that may consider
themselves "unsinkable"
00:26:10.63\00:26:13.90
but when we really
study our Bibles carefully,
00:26:13.94\00:26:17.17
they just aren't there.
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.84
May God help us to study
Daniel, to study Revelation,
00:26:19.87\00:26:24.15
to study the New Testament,
00:26:24.18\00:26:25.51
to focus our
lives on Jesus Christ,
00:26:25.55\00:26:27.72
not to be led astray by fables
00:26:27.75\00:26:30.22
but to follow the
truth only of the Word of God
00:26:30.25\00:26:32.79
so we can be
prepared for His return.
00:26:32.82\00:26:35.96
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