The Jewish Priests are NOW in Training for the Third Temple-3

"I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.  You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth."  (Isaiah 62:6–7)

Laying the Corner Stone of the Third Temple

“In building the Temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the Temple site while it was being built.”  (1 Kings 6:7)

A group called “The Temple Mount Faithful,” led by Gershon Salomon, has actually prepared the cornerstones for a new Temple, using diamond rather than steel cutting tools, so as to conform with the Bible injunction that no metal tool be used in the construction of the Temple—an edifice of peace. The six-ton stones have been consecrated with water drawn from the Biblical pool of Siloam.  For the last several years, Salomon and his followers have attempted to place these cornerstones on the Temple Mount but each time they have been stopped by the Israeli police. Noting that the Temple must be rebuilt on the Temple Mount, Salomon said, “Unfortunately, weakness of the Israeli leadership did not allow us to bring the cornerstones to the right place.  The end-time Temple should be built on the same location as the First and the Second Temple.” 

The Dome of the Rock occupies the spot where the First and Second Temples
were located on the Temple Mount.

What is Judaism’s most holy site is Islam’s third holiest site, following Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

A Hadith (sayings about Mohammad) describes Mohammad as having embarked in a dream to meet with the other prophets of the Bible at what is described as being “the farthest mosque.”  This is interpreted to mean Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. Here he was reportedly taken up into the second heaven where he spoke with the angel Gabriel, Isa (Jesus) and Yahya (John the Baptist).  Next, it says, he went to the third heaven where he met Joseph, and on to the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh having met such luminaries as Aaron, Moses, Abraham and God Himself. At the present time the Temple Mount (which in Arabic is referred to as Haram al-Sharif or the “Noble Sanctuary”) is home to both the gold-covered Dome of the Rock, which supposedly encloses the rock from which Mohammad is believed to have ascended to heaven, and the Mosque of Omar or Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Muslim claim of ownership to the Temple Mount site seems to make any Jewish attempt to build a Third Temple futile.

The Muslim world ranks the Al-Aqsa Mosque its third holiest place.

Daniel Predicts the End-Time Temple

Why would Temple vessels be created and Temple priests are trained in the face of such obstacles?

The prophets Daniel and Ezekiel as well as the apostle Paul make it quite clear that another Temple will be built, so the preparation of modern-day priesthood is an act of anticipation and faith. Verses that describe the end-time Temple prepare us for this eventuality. Daniel 9:27 explains that a covenant of one “seven” (seven years) will be made between a man of desolation and the people—a kind of peace treaty that allows the Jewish People to resume sacrifices and offerings.  But at the three and a half year mark, everything will change. “He will make a firm covenant with the many for one week [seven years], but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering.”  (Daniel 9:27) To put an end to offerings presumes a Temple is in place. But still, how could anyone convince the Muslim Waqf to build a Temple on the site where Muslims deny all Jewish rights or claims?

The apostle Paul gives us a clue when he wrote to the Thessalonians: “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day [the Day of the Lord] will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.  He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.”  (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4)

The Dedication of the Temple by Solomon

The man doomed to destruction is often referred to as the anti-Messiah, a man whom billions of people will follow during the time of peace right into three and half years of Jacob’s trouble, often referred to as the Great Tribulation. We cannot stop this man from appearing or from demanding to be worshiped as God in the rebuilt Temple. We can, however, prepare ourselves to recognize the signs of his appearing and to build ourselves and others up in the faith so that we will persevere through the persecutions that will run rampant during that time, even unto possible death. While many believe rapture will save Believers from this time of trouble, the reality is that tribulation is already here for millions of Believers facing death and destruction at the hand of Muslim radicals. As Ruth Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, wrote in 1975, “I would rather prepare myself to go through the tribulation and be happily surprised by an unexpected rapture, than expect to be raptured only to find myself going through the tribulation.  Perhaps not very scholarly way of approaching the problem, but true none the less.” We can prepare to overcome tribulation and recognize false messiahs through Yeshua HaMashiach and the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). Through the Ruach, we will experience peace, hope, joy, and righteousness, and be victorious in the face of persecution until the great Day of the Lord puts a final end to persecution and suffering everywhere.

“Come, Adon Yeshua.”  (Revelation 22:20)

Hai.....reader, you can be part of the great end-time move of God upon the Jewish People that the prophets foretold.

 Let’s share the truth of the Good News that Yeshua is the long-awaited Jewish Messiah through our testimony and the Hebrew prophecies.