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David Nikao Wilcoxson
Hi David,
Continuing to study topics from your site. I wondered after reading the Temple article, who is in charge of building the third temple-Israeli’s/Jewish folks of the Vatican?
A broader question of Revelation. Is Scripture saying that the old physical/political Roman Empire evolved into a religious/political entity that we have today?
And do you know of any fellowships in the Hampton Roads area of VA?
Thank you again.
Grace and peace to you and your readers,
Lorrie
Hi Lorrie 🙂 The Roman beast has evolved over the years. After Satan used it to try to wipe out the Early Church, killing 10 million saints; the enemy learned that persecution only caused Messiah’s church to grow faster. So Satan had Emperor Constantine create the Roman religion of Christianity, to deceive and kill from within.
Instead of being an enemy outside the gates, they pretend to be a part of the true Church (the temple of God), and so now deceive 1.2 billion Catholics with a false salvation message. And their teachings permeate Protestant Churches.
My Come Out Of Her website addresses many of the changes which the Roman church has made. http://comeoutofher.org
Sorry, I don’t know of any fellowships in VA. It’s hard to find one in CO.
Grace, peace and love to you,
David
Thank you, David!! Just saw your response after sending my next questions. Should have looked before writing again. Blessings! Lorrie
Thank you for your perspective of the end times prophecies, especially how they relate to the constellations. It is clear that the book of Revelations, the prophetic scriptures throughout the Bible pertaining to the timing of Christ’s return are extremely complex. My reason for reading your commentaries was to see what others had to say about the temple being rebuilt prior to Jesus’ return. Your explanation seems to have a strong basis and it makes very good sense to me. I am also following the Jewish holiday calendar as is pertains to the life of Christ. Have you done a study of the Jewish holidays, how the recent blood moons have lined up with the Jewish calendar, and what that means for the Bride of Christ and Jesus returning for His bride. This makes more sense to me than trying to find explanations for all the numerous “bowls” in Revelations and trying to find what seems to be arbitrary military conquests to satisfy what bowl we has satisfied. It seems to me that we are sometimes taking a stab at understanding cryptic meanings. Here is an interesting look at the Coming of Christ as it pertains to Jewish holidays. The Rapture on Rosh Hashana? http://www.prophecyupdate.com/the-rapture-on-rosh-hashana.html
Thank you for your comment Dana! I don’t see any Scriptural justification for a rebuilt temple, as all of the prophecies that people cite to justify it, have already been fulfilled.
The real temple that Elohim indwells, that is made without hands, is already formed. Messiah is the cornerstone, the disciples are the foundation, and the saints are the little stones with make up the walls.
I have studied the Father’s seven Holy Feast Days and how Messiah is still in the process of fulfilling them, to redeem His set-apart people. I believe that the Feast of Trumpets represents His return.
I believe that we are in the midst of the 6th bowl, and interestingly, that is where Messiah proclaimed that He is coming soon as a thief in the night. A thief to those who do not know prophecy fulfillment, which is most Christians, who have been deceived by the futuristic explanations. Here is a summary study that shows were he are in the fulfillment of Revelation: http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/revelation-fulfillment-timeline-summary/
The challenge with that article on the Rapture on Rosh Hashana, is that it cites a futuristic 70th week of Daniel.
The concept of a futuristic 70th week of Daniel is a deception from the Jesuits of Rome, who created it to deflect blame away from the Popes, as the Protestant Reformers had rightly identified them as the Son of Perdition and the antichrist beast.
There is no future 7-year tribulation period, as the 70th week of Daniel was fulfilled on time, after the 69th week;
when Messiah and His disciples confirmed with the Jews that He is the promised Messiah who ratified the everlasting
covenant with His blood, as the Passover Lamb.
The seven years ended after the Jewish leaders stoned Stephen to death, marking their final rejection of their promised Messiah. Then the book of Acts clearly shows a dramatic shift, as the Gospel was also preached to the Gentile nations. Here is a study series that proves it out: http://70thweekofdaniel.com
Hi David,
You do good work.
Have you considered Satan had already corrupted the truth through Saul/Paul from within, even before Constantine played his part?
Hi Steven, thank you for your comment. No, I’ve never considered what Paul taught to be contrary to the Torah or to Messiah.
I would have expected that you know that you have only one father. Paul modernized the hierarchical system of slavery that makes up all modern beast systems today. I urge you to consider someone who clearly has some insight that must be refuted in order to continue having faith in Paul. Test all spirits.
Sorry about that.
Anyway, if you have time read Jesus Words Only. Doug Deltondo is the author.
He has some insight. I want to share it with you, only if you like.
Best Regards
I do know that we have only one Father. Paul repeatedly pointed to Elohim the Father, so I can only guess that you’re believing that Paul was the first Pope, who are also called Father.
I’m not clear about what you’re referring to with the modern beast systems today. The last beast is Roman. The Roman beast was in power during Messiah’s ministry, and it will be in power until Messiah returns.
What is Doug Deltondo’s background? Is he a Catholic? Protestant? SDA? Where did he attend school?
I think it’s interesting that the description in his book says ‘First, Paul never made a valid prophecy’.
Paul said that the restrainer would hold back the Son of Perdition from taking power. That was an exact description as the Roman Emperors restrained the Popes of Rome from taking power. Then after the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 A.D., the Popes were empowered as the leader of church and state of Rome in 538 A.D. And they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus.
Paul said that the Son of Perdition would enter the temple and proclaim to be God. The temple that Paul was talking about is not the physical temple, as that was still standing when Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians. He was pointing to the true temple of Elohim, the body of saints; as Messiah is the cornerstone, the disciples are the foundation, and the saints make up the walls.
The Popes have falsely proclaimed to be the leader of the true church, thus they insert themselves into the temple of God. They have proclaimed to be God, to forgive sins and to provide salvation.
Here’s a study that show how the Popes fulfill Paul’s prophecy as the Son of Perdition. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-son-of-perdition-of-2-thessalonians-2/
Here’s a study about the Popes rising to power after the restrainer, the Roman Emperor was removed from power. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/prophecy-points-to-the-leader-of-the-roman-beast/
Paul said that there would be a ‘falling away‘ before the Son of Perdition rose to power. The falling away happened when Emperor Constantine created the Roman religion of christianity, and move people away from Scriptural truth; about the Holy Feast Days, the Sabbaths, etc. Here’s a study series about the falling away, and all that was changed. http://comeoutofher.org
So the prophecies that Paul made have been fulfilled in exact detail.
The irony of the title of Doug’s book is that it proclaims “Jesus’ words only”. Messiah was not called by the Greek name Jesus. His parents called Him by His Hebrew name, Yahusha, which means “Yahuah, the Father, saves”.
And I doubt that he knows that the Father’s personal, covenant name, the tetragrammaton, YHUH; was replaced in Bibles by the titles of god and lord. Read the Old Testament, and you see how important the NAME of the Father is.
Interestingly, when Messiah confronted Saul on the road to Damascus, the text says that Messiah spoke in Hebrew, and He used His Hebrew name.
Here’s a study that proves out the names of the Father and the Son.
http://comeoutofher.org/they-removed-the-names-of-the-father-and-the-son/