The American Wisdom Series

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Pamphlet #7004

1 Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Measure the Temple Introduction
short version

The visions of the prophets were not given for their understanding during old testament times. They were give for our understanding during these end times. (Please Read Daniel 12:4,8 &9) Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Daniel 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? Before the angel gives answer to this question, he again informs Daniel that the words given unto him concerning the wondrous things that would happen were not for his time, but rather for the time of the end. [9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. The words are given for the time of the 6th Trump, the time of testing, the great tribulation, "the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.  Rev. 3:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Let's look at what Ezekiel found in the 5th Century B.C. when God showed him what was happening inside the temple  (Read Ezekiel 8:5-18) Verse [9] ...Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. Nothing has changed since then! (Read Ezekiel Chapter 13 where Lying prophets are condemned)  Note: 13:5 makes reference to the same "day of the Lord" that John was taken to.Ezekiel's vision of the defiled temple wasn't meant for his time any more then God's visit to him in a flying saucer, as he describes in chapter one, could have been understood prior to our present space age. You and I have no problem whatsoever understanding what the vehicle was that God visited him in because we have actually seen 5 tons of shiny metal fly so many times that it is not at all unusual to us. It's normal everyday life. But imagine someone 2500 years ago who actually saw something like a Jumbo 747 and four F-17 Fighter jets land right before his very eyes!  Well, Ezekiel did see "something like that", only the vehicles that he saw were circular and more high-tech than our crude propulsion aircraft of the 21st century!

Let's measure the temple of God as John was told to do in Rev. 11:1 Rev. 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. Remember John was taken spiritually into the future (Rev. 1:10)  to "The Lord's Day",  the Millennium which in this year 2010 is very close a hand. (documenting that is for another lesson which we will get to later).

Why do you imagine John was told to measure the temple again during these end times? For the same reason Ezekiel was 2500 years ago. Just like the temple was over thrown by the physical King of Babylon in Ezekiel's time the spiritual church is being taken over by the spiritual King of Babylon (Satan, the spurious messiah) during our time. Ezekiel 8:9 ...Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

"The iniquity of the house of Israel (read Christian Church) and Judah is "religious adultery"!" [Was in 586BC, still is 2007AD]  Since judgment begins at the house of God, let's look at the house of God and see what's going on.God doesn't want His children to be like the heathen and believe "Bull", so...