Rebuilding the Temple

Rebuilding the earthly Jewish temple is not the harbinger of the end times for me, a realized millennialist. It's the testimony that I oppose. The Levitical priesthood was a temporary addition to the Promise that foreshadowed the ministry of Christ. When that which was typified was accomplished, the types were no longer of any use. In fact, Paul stated that to reestablish them is to make ourselves transgressors, Gal. 2:18.

The Spirit speaks expressly, that as long as an earthly tabernacle stands, it testifies that the way into the holiest is not made manifest, Heb. 9:8.

The impetus behind the effort to rebuild the temple is anti-Christ, and I oppose it.

 

“....The rise of the Antichrist as the last stage before the Second Coming may be compared with the betrayal and the Crucifixion before the Resurrection. Thus actively aiding and abetting the Antichrist, in order to speed up the Second Coming, is tantamount to playing the role of Judas betraying Christ - if he betrayed Christ in order to quicken the Redemption.......Such an approach is called "antinomian", and Christ foresaw it when he said: "the Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed" (Mat 26:24).......So-called Christian Zionists are antinomians as they side with the Antichrist in order to quicken the Second Coming, but woe to that man who helps Antichrist to destroy the world. Whether they believe in the Second Coming of Christ or not, people who knowingly implement antichristian plans are better called "the Antichrist Zionists". Rise of the Antichrist Zionists is a part of the prophesied Apostasy of the Church. But our feeling towards them are like that towards misled brothers. They were ensnared by their spiritual longing for Christ. We do not mind that they are fundamentalists - we regret that they are not sufficiently fundamentalist.....”

Quotation from 'The Second Coming', an essay by Israel Shamir