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The Third Temple Is Now Being Built Before Your Very Eyes......Again!!
 
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The Third Temple Is Now Being Built Before Your Very Eyes......Again!!


Or, perhaps slightly more accurately, an exercise in 'christian' sensationalism, wishful thinking, literalism run amok - take your pick. Regardless, there is most definitely an element of deja vu involved, for this is the story that simply refuses to die. It is the original 'fake news' story that shows all the other fake news stories a clean pair of heels. Bearing in mind this book was published around 1970, and the author himself testifies that he has been hearing such stories for some 40 years by then, we can say with some confidence that this 'story' has been doing the rounds for nigh on 90 years! Amazeballs!

Yet well-informed Christians like refreshed, with all the advantages conferred by the use of modern technology in the conduct of basic research, is still incapable of recognizing it for what it is - a piece of unadulterated sensationalistic garbage, nevermind the thoroughly anti-christian sentiment that occupies its core.

I'm pretty sure I've posted this quote before, but in view of the recent revival in these threads for the umpteenth time of the story that just keeps on giving, I thought it apropos to produce it here yet again as a timely reminder. Or 'refresher' if you prefer.

This anti-Christian idea of a new Jewish Temple in preparation for the Coming of the Lord is a fantasy that seems to possess premillennialists like some raging fever, resulting in utterances and writings that can only be described as delirious wanderings. How often, during the past 40 years, have we listened to "preachers" tell of plans that have already been prepared for this new Temple, and of work going on secretly in various parts of the world for the construction of different parts of this supposed architectural wonder. We have felt ourselves sickened as men who are supposed to be proclaimers of unalterable Divine Truth, have sold themselves to become purveyors of baseless fables in the interests of an unscriptural theory. These Temple fairy stories accord very well with premillennialism, being akin to its delusional character. Let the reader ponder the following example of premillennial sensationalism, and may the deplorable deception be a warning to all who are prone to fall for these things.

We refer not to some isolated record in a corner of remote obscurity, but to that formerly great magazine, "The Christian", for 100 years a steadfast witness. In its later years, under new control, it degenerated into a shadow of the old, an unholy mix of  "pop Christianity", modernist eulogies, Romanist reports and prophetic sensationalism. Then sudden death came in 1969. Some would say it was suicide. One staff member told me they knew nothing of the close-down until one week beforehand. But let us not digress. We deal with prophetic inventions, and here is a report, in great banner headlines, spread over two pages of the issue of August 4th, 1967:

"ERECTION OF TEMPLE IMMINENT"
"Israeli government representatives have ordered 60,000 tons of finest Bedford stone from Bedford, Indiana, to be used in the erection of Jerusalem Temple." 

Then followed a report:—

"Five hundred railcar loads of stone from Bedford, considered to be among the finest building stone in the world, is being freighted pre-cut to exact specifications, and one consignment has already been despatched to Israel. Shipments are being handled by Pier 26 in New York. This report, received from authoritative sources in Sellersburg, Indiana, said that cornerstones for the Third Temple are already in Israel. Materials for this Temple have been in secret preparation for seven years, and it s believed American Jews are mainly responsible for financially undergirding the whole project.

"Strong rumours from other usually reliable circles say the two freestanding pillars for the new Temple have already been cast in bronze. If the pattern of Solomon's Temple is followed the twin hollow columns may be named Jachin and Boaz. The meaning of these names. 'Jehovah will establish' and 'In Him is strength', symbolising the continuity and power of the Davidic dynasty founded upon God's great covenant with David ( 1 Samuel 7:8-17 )."

The article went on to say:

"This Third Temple must be built to fulfil biblical prophecy: thus it passed out of the realm of political responsibility into the sphere of Divine appointment…The Church, as spiritual Temple during this present time, must give way to a material Temple in the next movement of God's plan for Israel and the nations".

What a hubbub of excitement this raised amongst premillennial speculators! But wait! Will you hear the truth? Eight weeks later, there was a devastating sequel. In the issue of September 29th there appeared an insignificant heading. (No banner headlines this time!) It read simply, "Jerusalem Temple". Then followed a letter from the Jewish Ambassador in London, as follows:—

"Allow me to refer to a story in a recent issue of your publication concerning the shipping of stones from the USA for the alleged purpose of rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem. I would like to point out that this story is AN ABSOLUTE AND COMPLETE FABRICATION IN ALL ITS ASPECTS (emphasis ours). There are no such plans for the rebuilding of the Temple; no shipments for such a purpose have been made from the USA or elsewhere, and the matter has not been considered either in secrecy (as the report alleges) or openly. In view of the fact that the Temple area is now occupied by shrines of other faiths, both Christian and Moslem, and we would never touch these, the entire story must be considered an invention."

M. H. Sharon, Counsellor (Press), Embassy of Israel, London, W.8.

A further reported sequel was that a well-known British Pastor-evangelist in New York (a premillennialist) was asked by friends in Britain to investigate. He found, on enquiry at New York harbour, that there was no such pier as that named, no such shipment of stone—not a word of truth in the whole fabrication!

When the great apostolic preacher was charged with "madness" he replied, "I am not mad, but speak forth the words of truth and soberness." Such we conceive to be the bounden duty of every Christian witness, be it preacher, writer or magazine. But here is an example of sheer "madness". Surely, "The Christian" should have acknowledged its folly and error in the same banner headlines with which it published the fabrication.

We do not record this piece of tragic "Christian" (?) journalism as proof of the error of premillennialism. Our proofs are infinitely stronger— the Scriptures expounded in this work. Nevertheless, we are compelled to bear witness that this kind of thing is far from uncommon in premillennial circles. Particularly is this so in the Dispensational variety. Many a time we have almost felt like weeping as we have listened to Dispensationalist preachers, or read Advent magazines presenting lurid pictures of so-called "signs of the times" and alleged "prophetic developments". Sober Bible exegesis is abandoned for speculative extravagance, akin to the above reported "Temple Story". Let it be a warning to all who read this, first, to test all sensational stories as to whether they are true or false; and second, to ponder whether these anti-Christian "prophetic" stories are, after all, only a natural outcome of the basic delusion—the doctrine of premillennialism. "A corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."

Arthur Carver, The Great Consummation, p134

 

 
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