Well, the Jews are gonna build another temple in Jerusalem when the time is right. They have the materials gathered, the instruments made, & are breeding animals such as red heifers to be used in temple rites. And let us remember that Judaism still follows the Old Covenant. (I'm not saying it's RIGHT; i'm just saying what they do.)
This temple will be where the antichrist will commit the "abomination of desolation", that is, he will set up his statue in that temple & proclaim himself to be God. That's the AOD ! (Of course, that would be evil wherever it's done, but Scripture says it'll be done in the temple, & it was not done in the old temples. The Romans merely destroyed the temple, against Titus' wishes.)
And the people Jewish by birth are still Jews & Israelis no matter what their religion. "Replacement Theology" is false.
You haven't attempted to argue the Scriptures I quoted. As for
"And the people Jewish by birth are still Jews & Israelis no matter what their religion. "Replacement Theology" is false."
What did John say?
Mat. 3:9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham."
Jesus also -
John 8:
39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”
“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
How are today's Jews different in attitude to those Jews who rejected their Messiah when he was walking among them?
Your argument isn't with me - it's with SCRIPTURE. Paul wrote that the man of sin will sit in the TEMPLE.
2Thess.2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
This event has not yet occurred, and, since the old temples in J are all gone, a new one will be rebuilt so prophecy can be fulfilled.
Note that 2 Thes. 2 follows 2 Thes. 1, and 1 Thes. In 2T1 Jesus explains what will happen when Jesus returns for vindication of his people & punishment of the wicked, persecutors.
BUT
Something must happen first.
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
That reads like extreme Preterism! According to 1T4:13 some were thinking those who had died were missing the Kingdom. And Paul there writes about "we" as if those then living would see the kingdom. So he corrects any wrong impression by writing again 2T.
The great unfulfilled prophecy of Jesus before his final coming for resurrection & judgment was the destruction of Jerusalem & the temple. (Mat. 24 et al) The temple was still standing & sacrifices were continuing. Worse still wicked & rebellious leaders were in charge. Christians were decidedly unwelcome in Jerusalem. They were exalting themselves above the Son of God. They threw James from the temple pinnacle. Antichrists the lot of them. They are not named in Scripture - Scripture (including Revelation was written before the destruction.
Paul had explained to the Thessalonians -
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
- antichrist & co are already alive & at work in the first Century but were restrained by something or someone they knew about.
I think that restraining force was the Christians still in Jerusalem until the seige, when the Christians warned by Jesus in his Olivet prophecy fled the city.
Mat. 24:15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Rev. 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“ ‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Jesus carefully explained that the events would occur in the lifetime of those who rejected him -
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
The question remains, is the "coming" Jesus speaks of a coming to judge those who rejected him in AD 70, described in symbolic language as we (partial) Preterists maintain, or a yet future coming as part of the complex Futurist prophetic teaching.
Jesus carefully distinguishes the two comings -
33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
and in the rest of the chapter instructs us in godly living as we live
after that first century coming. Mat. 24:37-51
