Al-Aqsa Mosque & lack of a Jewish Temple - a sign from God?

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According to the Tanakh, the forgiveness of sins requires sacrifices made in the temple, particularly the Yom Kippur rituals. The Temple was destroyed in 70CE and cannot be rebuilt because of the Muslims and the Al-Aqsa mosque. Could this be a sign from God that sins are now to be forgiven by other means?

The Talmud says that 40 years before the temple's destruction, there were signs associated with Yom Kippur rituals that showed that God no longer accepted them:
http://www3.telus.net/public/kstam/en/temple/details/evidence.htm
http://www.fivedoves.com/light/4miracles.htm
http://www.ensignmessage.com/archives/mysteriousevents.html

Christians say this was because Jesus died as the atonement for sins in 30 or 31 CE, thus fulfilling Daniel 9:27 and making temple sacrifices and offerings redundant. Could the modern lack of a temple be a hint from God pointing to this?

The Messianic prophecy in Daniel also points to the time that this would happen as being around 30/31 CE:
http://home.sprynet.com/~pabco/daniel9.htm
http://www.tagnet.org/prophecymadeeasy/chapter09.htm
(seePage 93 and below of above link)

Articles arguing or the time period to start in 457 BCE:
http://dedication.www3.50megs.com/457.html
http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/documents/70weeks&457BC.pdf
http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/documents/Whendid70WksofDan9begin.htm

Articles arguing for it to start in 445 BCE, using 360 day "prophetic years":
http://members.aol.com/crossfires/messiah/timing.htm
http://www.therefinersfire.org/daniel_9.htm

Answer 1

I think so. In Ephesians 2:19-22 and 1 Peter 2:1-10, it speaks of Jesus Christ as the cornerstone of the new temple, with all the believers as "lively stones," making up the new temple of God.

But many (most?) Christians believe that the Jewish people will rebuild their temple in the end times of this world, and that a thing called the "abomination of desolation" which was prophesied by Daniel I think... will occur there in the newly built temple.

Here is a web site that directly relates to the end-times rebuilding of the Jewish temple, with good references to scripture: http://www.lastdaysmystery.info/will_the_jewish_temple_be_rebuilt.htm

And here are a few scriptures that relate to end-time prophecy, which you could look up at http://www.biblegateway.com/ if you don't have a Bible handy:

Luke 21:5-6
Matthew 24:15-18
Daniel 9:27
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

I hope this helps somewhat. I am no expert, but this is all of great interest to me.

Answer 2

Not true.
If one believed that a blood sacrifice was necessary before God would forgive you, then even one example where God forgave without a blood sacrifice would prove that this idea is UnBiblical. There are many such examples, but the most interesting is found in the Book of Leviticus. The reason this is so interesting is that it comes right in the middle of the discussion of sin sacrifices, which is found in the first chapters. In Leviticus 5:11-13, it states, "If, however, he cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, he is to bring as an offering for his sin a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering." One can also see that one does not need a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins in the Book of Jonah 3:10. There, the Bible simply states that God saw the works of the people of Ninevah. Specifically it says that the works God saw were that they stopped doing evil, and so God forgave them. There are plenty of other examples, and the idea that one needs a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins is UNBIBLICAL.

Answer 3

Blood sacrifice was done away with by the infinite sacrifice of the Savior of mankind, who is Jesus Christ.
The sacrifice that Christians are required to make today is the sacrifice of a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
Having a broken heart means to feel a deep, sincere sorrow for our sins and motivates us to repent and change our lives to be in total harmony with the teachings of Christ.
Having a contrite spirit means to be humble and teachable, and not stuck in our pride and the traditions of our fathers.
Peace be unto you, and best of luck in your search for truth.

Answer 4

the temple was destroyed two times, in both instances because of disloyalty to G-d and for no other reason. forgiveness of sins does not require animal sacrifices, and the idea of that does not come from christianity, but from our own hebrew scriptures which tell us that we do not need animal sacrifice to be forgiven, since animal sacrifices only atone for unintentional sins anyway, not intentional ones, with only one or two minor exceptions.

http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/explanation02.html

Answer 5

Friend you fail to see that one day soon that temple you see now will not be there, because Israel will have that land & build their temple back again, But it is true that salvation now comes through the Blood of Jesus Christ, & not though animal sacrifice.

Answer 6

Sacrifices are not NECESSARY to atone for sins. They're not even required: they are required for the glory of G-d, but not for sins. Teshuvah is for sins.

Answer 7

it all depends on what you want to believe, but now adays you need no temple for your sins to be forgiven, all you need is your heart; the biggest temple of all time

Answer 8

Any sign from God should be interpreted as "Iove one another." He's not into battles waged in his name.