Tribulation Force II

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, ² not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ^[a] had come. 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^[b] 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^[c] in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering to him cannot happen until

1. Falling away or great apostasy.
2. The man of sin be revealed.

So, from this verse, the idea of the imminent return of Jesus is not true.  Jesus could not come back on 11/27/2012 - How can I say that? I didn't say it, God's Word said it.

So, as far as I am aware the man of sin has not been revealed yet, there is no abomination of desolation, and there is no temple, and there hasn't been 3 1/2 years of tribulation.

Why does there need to be a temple?  Remember, when I said at the start, I worked at the end and came forward, it falls into place easier this way. We often want to jump in to the tribulation but there's plenty to happen prior to that.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+9&version=NKJV

Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

The Anti-Christ shall make a covenant with Israel for one week, a week being a period of 7, in this case 7 years.  Mid-way through that 7 years, he breaks that covenant allowing their daily sacrifices .  Where are the daily sacrifices?  Only in a temple consecrated for worship would this occur.

This is where we align the 3 1/2 years of tribulation which follows 3 1/2 years of peace.

Lots of history going on here folks.
First , there has to be the Anti-Christ arisen to prominence to have some clout to 'allow' Israel with their temple worship, secondly there has to be even be a temple build for this - now I am not architect but Ive seen pictures of the temple and have some understanding of its dimensions and etiquette.  It wont go up over night, but when they decide to rebuild it, they will begin as soon as possible and get complete it as soon as possible.

There's not only the temple, but the trained Priests of the correct lineage, skill, purification and all of the elements that go into temple worship.

Check out the Temple Institute and what they already have ready.
http://www.templeinstitute.org/ -Allot of items are already prepared.

Also, a great read where I learned allot about the temple is this book which I highly recommend.
http://www.amazon.com/New-Temple-Second-Coming-Generation/dp/1400071070 - The things that have happened that have been documented here are amazing.  I'll just say one - they found with the dead sea scroll,s a copper scroll which contained a cryptic message akin to a treasure hunt.   They followed that clue which spoke about a tree and a cave - and found a jar.  The contents of the Jar have been analyzed to contain oil used to annoint which the Jews will use to 'anoint' in the ceremonial sense Jesus when they see him and accept him as Messiah.  http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/347306.aspx

The oil is described in the old testament, I will see if I can find the scriptural reference later but it only mentions a flower type such as Daisy, it does not mention the particular Daisy.  Perhaps that's hard to understand why this matter, any Daisy would do, not so for Jewish temple worship, it must be exact as God has decreed lest they would consider it an abomination.  So back to the jar and the gelatin block that used to be oil, its been analyzed and they know the exact ingredient list to make anointing oil now.  Read that book above, its amazing.

Right so we need a temple and we need an Anti-christ and we need daily sacrifices and the most holy place where the abomination of desolation shall be placed to defile the temple and thus begins the great tribulation.

What could be the aod? - I am sure there are lots of ideas, could be an idol, could be an unceremonious animal slaughter, could be a murder of a priest or a multitude of things.

Many people have said the Dome on the Rock needs to be removed, I am going to say I am not convinced, they don't actually know where the temple MUST go until they excavate the old ruins, and they wont do that with proper cleansing and procedure and skilled priests do the work lest they accidentally stumble into the most Holy place and it needs to be cleansed and they wont do that unless all of the political and religious obstacles are removed.  Did you know a secular Jew signed away the rights to the temple mount to a Muslim?  He thought it would bring peace.

The Dome may even be in the court of the gentiles which is absent from the instruction John is given when told to measure the temple.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+11&version=NKJV

It is possible it can be tolerated to remain.

Again, lots of history to unfold here.