In the Old Testament the Temple Of God was first the tabernacle and then Solomon`s temple. Nehemiah rebuilt the temple. The last physical temple was destroyed in 70 AD. Howbeit the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet, |
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;  It doesn`t even make sense that the Creator of all things would live in something that His creation made. |
The New Testament Temple Of God is our individual body and the Body Of Christ as a whole. Know you not that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that He dwells in you? |
If any man defile the temple of the Lord, him shall the Lord destroy; for the temple of the Lord is holy, which temple you are. |
What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have of the Lord, and you are not your own? |
With respect to the Anti Christ sitting in the Temple Of God it is most likely that he establishes his lies and his control over many believers. We see this happening as people who name the name of Jesus have rejected His Word, His authority and His Holy Spirit in favor of a manufactured Jesus who fits into their comfort zone.
The following is from tabernacle ⇒ The tabernacle of Moses was a portable tent in which the people came to worship and make offerings through the priests.
It would be replaced by the Temple Of God which Solomon built on the same pattern.
The individual tabernacles were tents in which the Israelites lived during the wilderness experience.
The Feast of Tabernacles was to make time for the children of Israel to reflect on how God provided for them in the wilderness.
We will observe the feast of Tabernacles in the Millennial Kingdom.
Below is a schematic of the tabernacle and Temple Of God:
Below illustrates how we become the Temple Of God when the Holy Spirit enters our Holy Of Holies in the New Birth. But we must allow Him to enter our Holy Place through Spirit Baptism. And then we must allow Him to enter our Outer Court by submitting our bodies as Living Sacrifices.
Those are are Born Again allow the Holy Spirit access to their Holy Of Holies.
Those who are Spirit Baptized allow the Holy Spirit access to their Holy Place.
Those who submit their bodies as Living Sacrifices allow the Holy Spirit into their Outer Court where He speaks and acts through them.
The Lord Jesus Christ wants to fill our tabernacle so that we are the TempleOfTheHolySpriit. |