Titanic Truths about the Temple

[KenH]

Originally posted by nom_de_cyber_guy:
One main argument supporting the construction of the Third Temple is that it is described by Ezekiel beginning in Chapter 40. No Temple has ever been built to those specifications. The Jews, having rejected Jesus, want to build a Temple for Messiah. If Messiah is to rule for one thousand years in Jerusalem, which I believe that He will, then He will use the Third Temple even though it will have been constructed by Jewish hands for a wrong reason. The Anti-Christ will defile the Third Temple, as you know.

The final temple is already being built and will be finished at Christ's second coming. Not a single stone will be missing:

(1 Cor 3:16 NKJV) Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

(1 Cor 6:19 NKJV) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

(2 Cor 6:16 NKJV) And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people."

(Eph 2:19-22 NKJV) Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, {20} having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, {21} in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, {22} in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

(1 Pet 2:4-5 NKJV) Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, {5} you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

One redeemed by Christ's blood,

Ken
Were it not for grace...

 

[rsr]

Limited animal sacrifice also is practiced by some Muslims, although it appears to be optional except in certain cases.

http://www.islam-online.net/english/News/2001-03/05/article2.shtml

http://www.chai-online.org/islam5.htm#sacrifice

http://www.submission.org/hajj/sacrifice.html

 

[KenH]

It's amazing to me. You would think of all people on earth who would care about the sinful misuse of animals it would be Christians. But it at least sounds like to me that because of a certain suspect eschatology and because some non-Christian groups may be engaging in animal sacrifice, that certain people have no problem with the idea of it happening.

If I am misreading anyone, I apologize. But we must not let our own belief in a controversial subject distort our belief in what we know to be sin. And to offer animal sacrifice is sin nowadays regardless of what group may be practicing it or desirous of practicing it.

One redeemed by Christ's blood,

Ken
Were it not for grace...

 

[LadyEagle]

Wonder where PETA is? Oh, maybe PETA will only be involved if its the Jews, but okay for Satanists and Muslims!

(Thanks for saving me some trouble. I was going to Google to get some links because some people don't seem to realize it is already going on, just not in the rebuilt Jerusalem temple. I saw video of it going on in Afghanistan, too.)

 

[KenH]

Originally posted by EagleLives911:
Wonder where PETA is? Oh, maybe PETA will only be involved if its the Jews, but okay for Satanists and Muslims!

PETA is too busy going after legitimate uses of animals - fur, meat, milk, and pets - to go after those doing the illegitimate stuff.

But if the Jews tried such a thing, I imagine PETA would be there protesting. I guess even PETA can do the right thing every once in a while.

Ken

[ June 18, 2002, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: Ken Hamilton ]

 

[LadyEagle]

Fur coats are legitimate? Maybe back before synthetics!

There are many issues PETA could go after. Do you know how many dogs are slaughtered in China each year and their fur sold for trims on coats (that Americans buy)?

Do you know how many counties in the US have cock fights (even though it is against the law in most places)? It is big business these cock fights. They tie razors on their legs so they can slice each other to death.

How about the dog fights? Plenty of that going on, too. Fight to the death. Gruesome. That's what those lawyers over the dog mauling death in California were doing with those dogs, raising them for the dog fights.

How about dog races? Ever see what happens to greyhounds after they are no longer useful for racing?

How about circus animals? Ever see how they are mistreated?

What about the wild horse races out west, where the animals are made to plunge down ravines to be injured or die?

Or rodeos?

How about experimental animals used by cosmetic firms and the scientific community? Where animals heads are bashed, they are chemically scarred, blinded, burned, tortured, all in the name of "science."

Or, we can talk about corporate chicken farms who keep chickens pinned in small grates, never turn off the lights so they will never go to sleep (chickens won't eat when it's dark), so they can get plumper and of course they are never allowed to exercise. All to meet our consumer demands. But that's okay.

Most of the above examples I've cited happen in America. This is not to mention what happens globally! I didn't mention poaching, for instance. ALL OVER MONEY!

No, I'm not excusing people sacrificing animals. I love animals. They are all special, each and every species, each and every one. They are trusting. They are intelligent, each species in their own way. They aren't evil and deceitful. They operate by instinct, not by evil design or intention.

But there are many, many other legitimate issues PETA could address BEFORE getting into the animal sacrifice area by the Jews. I'm not defending animal sacrifice, but just stating what appears to be pretty obvious to me.

 

[KenH]

Right on, EagleLives911!

I have helped to collect signatures in Arkansas to place an initiative on the ballot this November to upgrade animal cruelty convictions from a misdeanor to a felony - it is specifically written to not bother legal hunting and ranching, etc. - it is to make Arkansas the 36th state to make animal cruelty a felony.

But there are still those that won't sign the petition. Please pray for the effort here in Arkansas that we will meet the deadline at the end of June with enough signatures to place this on the ballot this November. The animals are counting on us.

Ken

 

[LadyEagle]

You Go, Ken!

 

[church mouse guy]

My special thanks to the kind person who told me about the Islamic sacrifice of animals! It was new to me and I am very glad to know it! So now the list includes Santeria (which may have African roots), Hinduism in India, Satanism worldwide, and Islam worldwide.

My own personal opinion is that the heathen believe that without the shedding of blood there is no remission for sin, but they do not recognized the shedding of The Blood Of Jesus On The Old Rugged Cross. Bless His Holy Name!

So of course, the Jews will resume animal sacrifice. They are saying that they will. The US Supreme Court ruled that Santeria could sacrifice animals in this country legally. If someone cuts a the head of a hen off, I see no reason to call the police, because my mother and grandmother used to do it also--although they did it for supper not for voodoo.

Yes, I know my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, although I do not do a very good job of upkeep. But the Third Temple will be the seat of Jesus, King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords, when He returns, hopefully right now! The Hebrew Scriptures, The Old Testament, contains the blueprint for the Third Temple. The Jews are lost people who cling to a religion that no longer has the power of Salvation. That religion practiced animal sacrifice in a Temple in Jerusalem where the Dome of the Rock now stands. The Jews somehow will build a Third Temple and resume animal sacrifices. Satan's world is divided with Satanist, Santeria, Islam, and Hinduism already practicing animal sacrifices. The Jews will join the list and the Anti-Christ will not object since he intends to defile the Temple. I can only say that the sacrifice of animals for religious purposes is a waste of time because of the Resurrection of Jesus bodily from the dead. It is no sin to eat meat if it is prepared to be free of blood as it is a sin to eat blood as they do in the Orient.