Volume XII, Page VII
Saturday September 2, 2006 9 Elul 5766 Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19
"3rd Temple Prophecy!"
The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Corinthian church, several years prior to the destruction of the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem around 70 AD.
Actually, Paul knew that when the 2nd Temple veil was torn from top to bottom at the very moment Christ died on that cross at Calvary, this was when the 3rd Temple foundation was laid in the heart and mind of believers by God.
Therefore, the 3rd Temple should be seen through the spiritual eyes of understanding, given to Believers in Christ by Holy Spirit, as the dwelling place for HIS Glory.
The foundation was built upon the solid promise of God through all the Old Testament Prophets, with Christ Jesus being laid as the cornerstone, or the finished work of God's plan for which HIS church was to faithfully build upon.
It has been the ongoing work of Holy Spirit, throughout the generations of Believers in Christ for 2000 years, to fulfill God's plan and design for a spiritual and holy sanctuary within which HIS Glory could inhabit.
Pillars of Faith being erected, the outer court of our flesh, having been skillfully dressed with God's Garment of Praise, and the inner court of our heart, being burned with HIS Holy Fire, becoming a sweet and fragrant aroma in the nostrils of a Holy and Righteous God.
Passing through the Veil, that seamless partition that once separated man from the Holy Presence of Almighty God.
Entering into God's Presence, requires that the Veil be torn, Christ's body symbolized the physical approach, but it is HIS Body, HIS church which the Apostle Paul explains, is the answer to the Greatest Mystery of the age.
How every Believer, having become a Holy Priesthood, is able to PASSthru that veil of separation.
Cleansed with the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God, covering both Priest and Altar, allows Believers unlimited access into God's Glorious Presence.
As the completion of prophesied events near that Day of Fullness, the Holy of Holies will be furnished with the Purified Objects of Worship.
Consuming FIRE is continually burning away the worthless works of the flesh, leaving only the REFINED gold which adorns purified believers laying prostrate in the Shadow of HIS Covenant ark covered with Christ's own blood.
Just as Christ cleared the outer court of the temple of the vileness of mankind, HE did not force HIMself into that sacred area of man's heart, where only God can reside through HIS Spirit.
The exiled Apostle John, gave Believers God's concluding Revelation of Christ Jesus, that HIS 3rd and Final Temple, not one that is built by human hands, but rather a Sacred and Holy Temple, a spiritual sanctuary formed and filled with Holy Spirit, awaiting HIS last and final Glorious Appearance.
When every ear shall hear heaven's final shofar being blown, announcing the completion of the age, where the prophesied temple in all its splendor will be unveiled for the world to see HIS Son coming in Majesty and Power.
Believers eyes must not be focused toward an eastern land that is saturated with turmoil and death, but trained and setting our hearts upward toward heaven, that kingdom realm where Christ reigns, overflowing with Life and the Eternal Blessing of Jehovah God our Father!
