What Is The Significance Of The Proposed Synagogue To Be Built On The Temple Mount?
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October 13, 2006
A couple of days ago, I
placed a link on my website that stated Israel was considering building a
synagogue on the temple mount.
Certainly, this would be
major news if the Arab world allowed this to happen.
Personally, I don’t ever see this happening but I guess anything is
possible.
So what if the Arab world
did allow this to happen? As I
said, this would be a major occurrence, but the truth is, a synagogue does not
make a temple.
So what is a synagogue?
A synagogue is like a local place of worship, a church for praying,
education, and a social welfare and community agency. The point is no sacrifices can be done in a synagogue.
So what is the temple? The
temple is the sole place where Jews gather worldwide to worship and where the
priest can perform sacrifices. It
is in the temple alone that sacrifices can be administered.
The fact is, according to
all the research I have read, no sacrifices have been performed since the Romans
burned the temple to the ground in AD 70. And
don’t look for that to change!
This is significant for one
reason and one reason only. According
to Daniel 9:27, during the tribulation period, the antichrist will enter the
holy temple and stop the sacrifices:
“And he shall confirm the
covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined
shall be poured upon the desolate.”
The key to this verse is
“he [antichrist] shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease”.
When the antichrist comes to power, sometime between the start and middle
of his reign the real temple will be built. It is at this time that the daily sacrifices will resume
after most 2000 years. But without the rebuilding of the temple the sacrifices
can not resume and this passage can't come to pass.
How this will happen is unknown…but according to the Bible it will happen…and when it does it won’t be fulfilled in a synagogue.
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