Mystery Babylon is a CITY Per God's Word

[Davy]

Outside the city of Jerusalem is not Jerusalem. Hello! This is common sense.

And there it is... brethren, that silliness that is even greater by rejecting the very Revelation 11:8 verse that points directly to JERUSALEM where Lord Jesus Christ was crucified!!

Those who reject that remind me of atheists who will use ANY EXCUSE not to believe in God, even with their making up the lie that aliens seeded man and the creation, and not GOD!

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

And there it is... brethren, that silliness that is even greater by rejecting the very Revelation 11:8 verse that points directly to JERUSALEM where Lord Jesus Christ was crucified!!

And there is it, brethren, Davy's denial of clear scripture shines through again. Jesus was NOT crucified in Jerusalem as John 19:20 and Hebrews 13:12 explicitly teach. But, I guess those verses are not in your Bible.

Those who reject that remind me of atheists who will use ANY EXCUSE not to believe in God, even with their making up the lie that aliens seeded man and the creation, and not GOD!

Wow. You are pathetic. Comparing me to atheists. Someone who worships the Great God and Savior Jesus Christ daily reminds you of atheists. You need to repent of your judgmental attitude. Which one of us is going by what scripture teaches here? Clearly, it's me.

John 19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

I have scripture on my side. You have...nothing.

Why don't you tell everyone how Jerusalem reigns over all the kings of the earth (Rev 17:18)? Why don't you tell everyone how Jerusalem is "the hold of EVERY foul spirit and a cage of EVERY unclean and hateful bird"? Why don't you tell everyone how "ALL nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of" Jerusalem's "fornication" (Rev 18:3)?

 

[Zao is life]

Because JERUSALEM is where Jesus and Apostle Paul revealed where the coming pseudo-Christ/Antichrist is going to appear, working GREAT SIGNS and WONDERS and MIRACLES, to deceive the whole world (except Christ's elect).

Why are you making blanket statements that contain a false claim? There is nowhere in the New Testament where Jesus or Paul revealed that the coming Antichrist will appear in a temple in Jerusalem. Paul called the temple in Jerusalem the hieron the only time he spoke about it in his epistles, but he repeatedly called the church the naos, and God's temple where the man of sin will appear, he called the naos.

The naos refers to the actual sanctuary of God in the gospels (and in the New Testament). The temple buildings which contained the naos is called the hieron, but the last time the gospels use the word naos in reference to the temple in Jerusalem, is in the verses describing the tearing of the veil. Thereafter the first time God's actual sanctuary is referred to is in Acts, where we are told that God does not dwell in a naos made with hands - and the temple in Jerusalem is never again referred to in the New Testament as a naos after the verses talking about the tearing of the veil. It's always referred to as the hieron after that.

Not even where we read the priests of the temple in Jerusalem calling it the holy place is the word naos used. The Greek uses the words hagios topos (holy place) when it records the priests in Jerusalem accusing Paul of defiling that temple.

Paul called the temple in Jerusalem the hieron the only time he spoke about it in his epistles, but he repeatedly called the church the naos, and God's temple where the man of sin will appear, he called the naos.

These are facts and you show that you do not believe the New Testament when you falsely claim that Jesus and Paul taught that the Antichrist will appear in a "holy temple" that is not holy, and not the sanctuary of God.

It is impossible to defile a temple that is not the holy sanctuary of God, no matter what Hindu or Buddist or Roman or Greek idols appear in it, or no matter who seats himself up in a building in a city that is not the holy city and calls it the sanctuary (naos) of God.

The Revelation of Jesus never refers to Babylon the Great or the city spiritually called Sodom and Egypt as "the holy city" - but it calls New Jerusalem the holy city three times - and Revelation 11:1-2 is talking about the holy city and the naos.

All of you who believe that the man of sin will be able to defile a sanctuary that is not the sanctuary of God (the naos) in a city that is not the holy city, show only that you do not believe what Jesus and Paul taught about the sanctuary of God, or the Revelation of Jesus Himself when He called only New Jerusalem the holy city - but did not call the Jerusalem that you want to call "holy" by the title "the holy city".

In fact, you show that you do not believe the New Testament, because the only New Testament Temple or sanctuary of God is the body of Christ in the world - the place where the Holy Spirit dwells.

It's impossible for anyone to defile any other "temple".

Judas Iscariot was not only one of the disciples of Jesus, he was one of the twelve who were chosen to be His apostles. He is the only other man in the New Testament called "the son of perdition".​

 

[Timtofly]

Outside the city of Jerusalem is not Jerusalem. Hello! This is common sense. The great city Babylon is not an earthly city, it is a spiritual city that is the spiritual opposite of the holy city, New Jerusalem. Earthly Jerusalem has never "reigned over the kings of the earth" (Rev 17:18). Earthly Jerusalem is not "the hold of EVERY foul spirit" (Rev 18:2). Not "ALL nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication" (Rev 18:3).

But, go ahead and be stubborn and keep trying to say He was crucified in Jerusalem even though scripture says He was crucified outside of the city gates of Jerusalem (John 19:20, Hebrews 13:12). And keep ignoring the descriptions of Mystery Babylon that do not fit earthly Jerusalem if you insist.

How can you say Jesus was crucified in this spiritual Babylon? Was Jesus only crucified spiritually?

No one has to say Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, to know Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified.

 

[Zao is life]

How can you say Jesus was crucified in this spiritual Babylon? Was Jesus only crucified spiritually?

No one has to say Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, to know Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified.

Outside the city is not "in" Jerusalem. He was crucified outside the city.

 

[Zao is life]

And there it is... brethren, that silliness that is even greater by rejecting the very Revelation 11:8 verse that points directly to JERUSALEM where Lord Jesus Christ was crucified!!

Those who reject that remind me of atheists who will use ANY EXCUSE not to believe in God, even with their making up the lie that aliens seeded man and the creation, and not GOD!

You reject the New Testament (New Covenant) because after the veil in the Old Covenant temple was torn it calls only the church the Holy sanctuary of God (naos) and only New Jerusalem the Holy City. You reject scripture, and show that you do not truly believe the New Testament (New Covenant), and you would call a building in Jerusalem in the Middle East "the holy sanctuary of God" and "the holy city" even though Christ calls only New Jerusalem the holy city in His Revelation, and the New Testament does not call the temple in Jerusalem the holy sanctury of God (naos) after the veil in it was torn when Jesus died on the cross.

You claim to understand the significance of the tearing of the veil in that temple - but you show by what you say that you do not believe it to be true.

 

[Randy Kluth]

Yes it is stated to be Jerusalem, in the Revelation 11:8 verse for one, where Lord Jesus was crucified.

But there's others that beat your rejection of that Scripture proof, for they try... and claim it was not Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified, because He was crucified outside... the city!

Yes, I've heard that too. Not sure if it's correct though.

My point, however, is that even if I agree with you that Rev 11.8 refers explicitly to Jerusalem, it is not true that any explicit mention of Jerusalem is given to the "great city" in Rev 17. You would have to assume that both "great cities" are the same one, which is not obvious to me. It's possible, but a matter of speculation--not explicitly stated.

Rev 11.8 could also be talking about a figurative application of Jerusalem to the fallen Church which, like Jerusalem, turned against their own Messiah. I don't happen to think that, but it's possible in my book.

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

Yes, I've heard that too. Not sure if it's correct though.

My point, however, is that even if I agree with you that Rev 11.8 refers explicitly to Jerusalem, it is not true that any explicit mention of Jerusalem is given to the "great city" in Rev 17. You would have to assume that both "great cities" are the same one, which is not obvious to me. It's possible, but a matter of speculation--not explicitly stated.

Rev 11.8 could also be talking about a figurative application of Jerusalem to the fallen Church which, like Jerusalem, turned against their own Messiah. I don't happen to think that, but it's possible in my book.

Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Other than the fact that Jesus was not crucified in Jerusalem (John 19:20, Hebrews 13:12), another thing to notice is that the great city is figuratively or spiritually "called Sodom and Egypt". I don't believe for a second that earthly Jerusalem would spiritually be called Sodom and Egypt. It doesn't fit, especially in relation to Egypt.

 

[Davy]

Why are you making blanket statements that contain a false claim? There is nowhere in the New Testament where Jesus or Paul revealed that the coming Antichrist will appear in a temple in Jerusalem. Paul called the temple in Jerusalem the hieron the only time he spoke about it in his epistles, but he repeatedly called the church the naos, and God's temple where the man of sin will appear, he called the naos.
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Why are YOU making 'blanket statements' that originate from the enemies of Jesus Christ?

Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 revealed the coming of the Antichrist to sit in the "temple of God" which is about a future Jewish stone temple that will be built in JERUSALEM for the END.

The "abomination of desolation" prophecy that Jesus quoted in Matt.24:15 from Daniel 11:31 REQUIRES a Jewish stone temple in Jerusalem to fulfill it, as that has NEVER happened to this day. The Romans in 70 A.D. FAILED to get possession of the 2nd temple in Jerusalem as a fire started inside it and burned it down! So the Romans did NOT fulfill that "abomination of desolation" prophecy of placing an IDOL abomination inside the Jerusalem temple that Jesus gave as one of the warning SIGNS of the END.

So why... do you push the LIES by those who go against the Scripture evidence AND the facts today that the Orthodox unbelieving JEWS in Israel today already have the BUILDING MATERIALS READY TO BUILD THEIR 3RD TEMPLE?

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

Why are YOU making 'blanket statements' that originate from the enemies of Jesus Christ?

Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 revealed the coming of the Antichrist to sit in the "temple of God" which is about a future Jewish stone temple that will be built in JERUSALEM for the END.

Explain how a future physical temple could possibly be considered "the temple of God". Why would God want such a temple when we (the church) are the temple of God?

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

 

[Zao is life]

the "temple of God" is about a future Jewish stone temple that will be built in JERUSALEM.

Tell us all where Paul said that and I will tell you where he called a stone temple in Jerusalem the hieron and the church the naos and the sanctuary of God in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 likewise the naos.

Your statement is a blanket statement that has no New Testament backing - the opposite is the case. Your understanding of this is held hostage a thing you believe that has no New Testament support.

 

[Timtofly]

Outside the city is not "in" Jerusalem. He was crucified outside the city.

"And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."

Where is the word "in" found in this verse?

John is talking about earthly Jerusalem using spiritual metaphor throughout the book.

"And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."

"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"

"And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth."

This imagery is all about Israel and her capital Jerusalem. That is where Jesus sets up His throne and Temple that Satan wants and gets for 42 months, God permitting. When Satan takes over, the AoD will be set up, people will need to flee from the area. If this is just spiritual imagery to you without a physical application, then Jesus telling them to flee in Matthew 24 is pointless. How do people flee from spiritual imagery?

Revelation 13:6-7

"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."

This is 100% power over the earth, given to Satan's mystery Babylon ruling in Jerusalem in the temple, and on the throne Jesus built at the Second Coming, the 6th Seal. This is after the 7th Trumpet declaring Jesus as the King of the 7th Kingdom.

"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other (Jesus) is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space (From the start of the 7th Trumpet, until the midst of the week of the days of the 7th Trumpet, 3.5 literal days). And the beast (Satan) that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."

The dragon was but is not only Satan. Satan is the 7th head, but the 8th kingdom. The dragon has 7 heads. The sea beast is the same 7 heads. The scarlet colored beast has the same 7 heads. The first head was Babylon. Mystery Babylon is transferred throughout each kingdom, until the seat is in Jerusalem, where Jesus was declared the King of the entire world, at the 7th Trumpet.

Revelation 13 is the third woe associated with the 7th Trumpet, similar to the 2 woes of the other 2 Trumpets. Not sure why people re-arrange the woes out of order and the Trumpets out of order as well. The third woe is Satan coming to earth knowing his time is short.

 

[Davy]

Tell us all where Paul said that and I will tell you where he called a stone temple in Jerusalem the hieron and the church the naos and the sanctuary of God in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 likewise the naos.

Your statement is a blanket statement that has no New Testament backing - the opposite is the case. Your understanding of this is held hostage a thing you believe that has no New Testament support.

I showed you where to look? 2 Thessalonians 2 by Apostle Paul. So why are you acting like I didn't answer your question??

Are you instead telling me that you do not really understand... what Apostle Paul warned in 2 Thess.2 about the coming false one to sit in the "temple of God" in Jerusalem just prior to Christ's coming to destroy him? Are you shy, and really want me to explain that to you?

 

[Zao is life]

I showed you where to look? 2 Thessalonians 2 by Apostle Paul. Apostle Paul warned in 2 Thess.2 about the coming false one to sit in the "temple of God" in Jerusalem

Paul does not add the words "in Jerusalem" in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 - you do.

Adding your own words to any scripture is a sure sign that whoever reads what you say needs to be extremely circumspect.

In the original language in which it's written (Greek) the word temple is not used. The word that is used (naos) is the word which refers to the actual sanctuary of God (the place where the Holy Spirit's presence is) - and the last time the New Testament uses that word in reference to the sanctuary of God (naos) in the temple structure (hieron) in Jerusalem, is in the verses that tell us about the tearing of the veil in that sanctuary.

After that, the word is only used in reference to the saints and the congregation of the saints and the heavenly sanctuary mentioned multiple times in the Revelation.

Hieron refers to the temple structure - the buildings and entire precincts - in Jerusalem that once housed the sanctuary, and the word hieron continues to be used in every reference to the temple structure in Jerusalem (muliple times in Acts) - so it continues to be used even following the verses telling us about the tearing of the veil in the sanctuary of God (naos) which was in that temple.

Paul used the word hieron when he referred to that temple in Jerusalem but only used the word naos in reference to the saints and the congregation of the saints - because the word is not used in reference to any part of the temple structure in Jerusalem after the verses telling us about the tearing of the veil in that sanctuary, and he used the word naos in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 when speaking about the sanctuary of God that the man of sin will seat himself up in.

And Paul does not add the words "in Jerusalem" in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 - you do - and it's a fail. Your fail.

So easy a primary school child would be able to understand.

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[Davy]

Paul does not add the words "in Jerusalem" in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 - you do.

Adding your own words to any scripture is a sure sign that whoever reads what you say needs to be extremely circumspect.

I added nothing, simply because with "the temple of God" Apostle Paul is pointing to a STONE JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.

That 2 Thess.2 prophecy is about the SAME FALSE ONE that Jesus warned of in His Olivet discourse RIGHT HERE...

Matt 24:15
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
KJV

The "abomination of desolation" that Lord Jesus quoted from the Book of Daniel happens INSIDE A JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. Antiochus IV in 165 B.C. was the pattern for it. But because Jesus quoted this about 200 years AFTER Antiochus IV had already been dead, it means the AOD prophecy is still future, because the Romans in 70 A.D. NEVER FULFILLED IT.

So why... do YOU purposefully go against the written Word of God on what Jesus showed about the AOD being for the 'end' of this world, IN A STONE TEMPLE JERUSALEM? And why... do you also go against His warning for the 'end' about the coming false one He showed below...

Matt 24:21-26
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, "Behold, He is in the desert"; go not forth: "behold, He is in the secret chambers"; believe it not.
KJV

That is the SAME false one that Paul was warning of in 2 Thess.2...

2 Thess 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV

2 Thess 2:8-10
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
KJV

So IF... you believe that "temple of God" Paul referred to means the Christian Church, then you are only following the devils who came up with that baloney because they hate Christ and His Church! The Temple of The Spirit CAN NEVER BE CORRUPTED BY ANY FALSE ONE SITTING IN IT. The TRUE Spiritual Temple is the FOUNDATION of the Apostles, prophets, with Jesus Christ as its CORNERSTONE per Ephesians 2; you ought to read about it sometime. Those who claim Paul's "temple of God" means Christ's Church are deceived by devils, and don't care about the written Scripture!

 

[Zao is life]

Your error has been made obvious already by myself and others - it's the part of YOUR sentence crossed out below, which does not appear anywhere in scripture, and the part that you think because you added it to the scriptures, it means it's true:​

I added nothing, simply because with "the temple of God" Apostle Paul is pointing to a STONE JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.

Everything you have built on top of the above foundation of sand - your entire sandcastle - has been erected on the sea's side of the high tide mark and is going to be washed away by truth and reality - the high tide being the return of Christ in judgment of the man of sin who appeared in the sanctuary of God (the naos), i.e the New Testament sanctuary of God - the one and only sanctuary of God according to Christ and according to His apostles and according to the Greek New Testament's distinction made between the physical temple in Jerusalem (the hieron) and the sanctuary of God (the naos).

"God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." -- John 4:24.

"Just then the temple curtain in the sanctuary [naós] was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart." -- Matthew 27:51

Acts 7:48a
But, the Most High does not dwell in a temple sanctuary (Greek: naos) made with (human) hands.

Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in temple sanctuaries (Greek naos) made with (human) hands.

"And what agreement does a temple [naós] of God have with idols? For you are the temple [naós] of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people." 2 Corinthians 6:16.

"Do you not know that you are a temple [naós] of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple [naós] of God, God shall destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which you are." -- 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.

"Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For the Day of Christ shall not come unless there first comes the apostasy, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple [naós] of God, setting himself forth, that he is God." -- 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.​

See that? In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Paul issues an instruction to all who believe in Christ not to let @Davy deceive them, because Davy is himself deceived by his sandcastle built on top of his sandy foundation on the sea's side of the high tide mark.

 

[strepho]

Mystery Babylon.

It's one world religion.

The great whore is religion.
Talking about revelation chapter 17 .

Waters are people, nations.

17:why are people drunk, intoxicated ??

False doctrine in christianity. Many churches are preparing the flocks for the one world religious system. They are biblically illiterate and ignorant.

Satan as antichrist will come 6th trump to Jerusalem. The son of perdition is satan.
Read 2 thessalonians chapter 2 .
Satan as antichrist comes in peacefully and prosperity.

No war horse.

17:4
Woman is religion and the church. 3

Zephniah chapter 3
Priests have polluted the sanctuary.

All sorts of heathen traditions and customs infiltrated many churches.
Instead of keeping Passover, Easter is observed.
Easter is pagan, heathen.
Traditions of men and false doctrine is taught.


17:5
This is satan one world religious system. Revelation chapter 9, it's 5 month period.
Many Christian people will think antichrist is messiah.

17:6
Woman is one world religious system. Biblically illiterate Christian people duped by antichrist at 6th trump.

Sat under ignorance shepherds, or to lazy to study the bible.

17:7
This has to do with revelation chapter 13.
One world political system. It receives deadly wound at 5th trump. Satan as antichrist comes 6th trump. Heals deadly wound. Now it's one world religious system.

17:8.
Who is perdition ?

Satan. In his role as antichrist.

17:9
Mountains are nations. This is the world, dominion. Antichrist one world system.

7:12

Ten kings. Antichrist has absolutely authority.

7:13

Ten agencies here.
United nations
World bank
World court
Red cross
In forces education
World council of churches.

Those who have gospel armory on, of ephesians chapter 6, will not worship antichrist near future.

Majority will worship antichrist near future
They're not prepared. They're biblically illiterate.

Revelation chapter 19
Righteous acts make up Christian linen. During millennium. Many people will be naked. No linen.

To worship antichrist will cost them.

Luke chapter 16 .

There's Two sides of the gulf.

Those who worshipped antichrist, will go to sheol, called hell. It's holding place for the spirtualty dead or wicked until judgement day.

Psalm chapter 6
Dead can't praise Lord in sheol.

There's consequences to worship antichrist near future.

 

[Phoneman777]

I am amazed at how lack of Bible study some folks are about what the Revelation Mystery Babylon is. It is a CITY per God's Word...

Rev 17:3-6
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
KJV

Rev 17:18
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
KJV

Rev 11:8
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
KJV

Specifically, Rome - the only city that sits on 7 hills and was reigning over the kings of the Earth when John got the vision. Jerusalem - burnt and destroyed decades earlier by Rome - wasn't reigning over anything except Jew carcasses.

 

[Phoneman777]

Satan as antichrist will come

The Dragon is Satan, not the antichrist Beast.

The antichrist Beast is the Papacy.

The False Prophet is apostate Protestantism which claims "Sola Scriptura" but adheres to the Papal doctrine "as a reminder of the Mother Church from which the non-Catholic sects broke away - like a boy running away from home but still carrying in his pocket a picture of his mother or a lock of her hair."

 

[Phoneman777]

I added nothing, simply because with "the temple of God" Apostle Paul is pointing to a STONE JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.

That 2 Thess.2 prophecy is about the SAME FALSE ONE that Jesus warned of in His Olivet discourse RIGHT HERE...

Matt 24:15
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
KJV

The "abomination of desolation" that Lord Jesus quoted from the Book of Daniel happens INSIDE A JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. Antiochus IV in 165 B.C. was the pattern for it. But because Jesus quoted this about 200 years AFTER Antiochus IV had already been dead, it means the AOD prophecy is still future, because the Romans in 70 A.D. NEVER FULFILLED IT.

So why... do YOU purposefully go against the written Word of God on what Jesus showed about the AOD being for the 'end' of this world, IN A STONE TEMPLE JERUSALEM? And why... do you also go against His warning for the 'end' about the coming false one He showed below...

Matt 24:21-26
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, "Behold, He is in the desert"; go not forth: "behold, He is in the secret chambers"; believe it not.
KJV

That is the SAME false one that Paul was warning of in 2 Thess.2...

2 Thess 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV

2 Thess 2:8-10
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
KJV

So IF... you believe that "temple of God" Paul referred to means the Christian Church, then you are only following the devils who came up with that baloney because they hate Christ and His Church! The Temple of The Spirit CAN NEVER BE CORRUPTED BY ANY FALSE ONE SITTING IN IT. The TRUE Spiritual Temple is the FOUNDATION of the Apostles, prophets, with Jesus Christ as its CORNERSTONE per Ephesians 2; you ought to read about it sometime. Those who claim Paul's "temple of God" means Christ's Church are deceived by devils, and don't care about the written Scripture!

Davy, God would no sooner refer to a building where the blasphemous sacrifices offered therein would be a collective Jewish middle finger in His face as the "temple of God" than would a saintly mother's children refer to her house as "the best little whorehouse near your house" - right or wrong?

The reason is obvious.

Yet, Jesuit Futurists presume to sully God's character by making Him a party to blasphemy, despite all the evidence to the contrary, mainly that the earthly temple has ceased to play a role in the plan of salvation by God's tearing of the veil.