Who is seated in the Temple of your body, and whose image do you worship?

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We are told in the scriptures that our bodies are like houses, and like “temples”that are made for God’s Holy Spirit to dwell in. But not every man’s temple is being ruled by the Spirit of God.

There is another spirit that is seated in the place of authority that God had created for His image and Spirit to dwell in, and be worshiped; and that other spirit is the god of this world.

The seat of authority I speak of is the heart and mind of man, just as the head rules over the house of the body. Just like the head of Christ is God the Father, and the head of the body (the Church) is Christ.

We are told by Paul that a falling away from the faith would come and that man of lawlessness would be revealed “in them”.

Paul said this spirit “in”man would exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he as God would sit in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

Many believe Paul is talking about a flesh and blood man called Antichrist, that is to be seated in a literal brick and mortar temple in Jerusalem.

But I would remind you our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against “spiritual wickedness.”

Also many believe a third temple must be rebuilt in Jerusalem in order to fulfill this prophecy. But what many may not understand is that God often reveals spiritual things by first showing them in a natural way.
 

No doubt there was a literal brick and mortar temple in Jerusalem, but it was destroyed in 70 ad as Jesus foretold.

The first tabernacle and Temple was a type and shadow of spiritual things to come. The pattern of earthly things would be revealed in the pattern of heavenly things.

But God showed in the pattern of the earthly tabernacle, Temple, and sanctuary, that it was a place for God to put His name, and a place for God to dwell. 

But we saw by God’s words to the Old Testament prophets, why God said He would depart from the people and the sanctuary that was made for God to dwell.

It was the overspreading of all the abominations the people and the priests had done that brought on it’s destruction. It is much the same with the temple of our bodies.

Paul said, if any man defile the temple of God (referring to our bodies) him will God destroy.

Jesus told us in Mark 7:17-23 what defiles a mans house, and all these things is also what the Devil desires.

In the beginning man was made in the perfect image of God, spiritually speaking. But that inward image was corrupted in man when iniquity was found in man.

And from that time the Serpents desire became mans desire, and so this is also how man worships “the image”of the first beast, which is the Serpent.

But man also worships another image when he lives in sin, and that image is “the image of man,” or the image of self; as sin is self serving; or a form of “self worship.”

In this way man in his own mind has become his own god, because he does not worship the One True God.

The desire of the Serpent, is the same desire that works in the sinful man, because they are of the same spirit.

It is this spirit and 7 other wicked spirits that were foretold by Jesus to enter back into man’s house (temple) to fulfill the prophecy of the mystery of iniquity. Jesus showed this mystery in Matthew 12:43-45

So this wicked generation Jesus spoke of would have all these evil spirits enter into the temple of their bodies. And these wicked spirits would move mankind to a form of “self worship”by serving the lusts and desires of the flesh; which is the same desire to sin as the god of this world.
 

In this way, they have set themselves up in their own hearts and minds, worshiping and “serving the creature” over that of the Creator.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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False again.

Paul never said the man of sin is a spirit.

 

 

³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

⁴ Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

 

once more Paul plainly states that this man would be destroyed at Christ coming.Satan is only bound at Christs coming.Satan is not destroyed at Christs coming like the man of sin is.

 

 

⁸ And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

 

 

Your not going to be able to learn anything if you keep changing the words of the prophets and apostles to suit your view.You need to change your view to fit their words.

 

 

 

Edited June 23, 2023 by Shilohsfoal

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God does not dwell in temples made with the hands of men.

Acts 7:48

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Acts 17:24

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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46 minutes ago, Shilohsfoal said:

False again.

Paul never said the man of sin is a spirit.

 

 

³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

⁴ Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

 

once more Paul plainly states that this man would be destroyed at Christ coming.Satan is only bound at Christs coming.Satan is not destroyed at Christs coming like the man of sin is.

 

 

⁸ And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

 

 

Your not going to be able to learn anything if you keep changing the words of the prophets and apostles to suit your view.You need to change your view to fit their words.

 

 

 

Well if you read the whole chapter in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 you will see this truth is shown…

”And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. “in them”   that perish; because “they” received not the love of the truth, that “they” might be saved. And for this cause God shall send “them” strong delusion, that “they” should believe a lie: 12 That “they all”  might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

Clearly Paul was talking about more than one single individual man in the above verses using words like “in them, them , they, and they all.”

Wake up people!

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1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

 

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

King James Version

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.”

So how do you “defile the temple of God,”which is the temple of your body?

Jesus gave us the answer…

Mark 7:20-23

King James Version

20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, and “defile the man.”

 

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30 minutes ago, Stewardofthemystery said:

 

Well if you read the whole chapter in 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 you will see this truth is shown…

”And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. “in them”   that perish; because “they” received not the love of the truth, that “they” might be saved. And for this cause God shall send “them” strong delusion, that “they” should believe a lie: 12 That “they all”  might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

Clearly Paul was talking about more than one single individual man in the above verses using words like “in them, them , they, and they all.”

Wake up people!

Paul said he is a man of sin.Not a spirit.It is a false teaching to teach this man is a spirit.

Anyone who has studied prophecy would know Paul is speaking of the king of the north who exalts himself above all that is called God.

Daniel 11

³⁶ “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.

The king of the north is not spirit.He is a man who goes forth to destroy and utterly innihilate many.

Daniel 11

⁴⁴ But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many.

 

He is going to kill hundreds of millions of people in the great tribulation that he brings upon the earth.The only people saved at that time are those who have received the holy spirit.

The man of sin comes to his end when Christ comes as Paul had said.

Daniel 11

⁴⁵ He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at^[f] the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

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56 minutes ago, Shilohsfoal said:

Paul said he is a man of sin.Not a spirit.It is a false teaching to teach this man is a spirit.

Anyone who has studied prophecy would know Paul is speaking of the king of the north who exalts himself above all that is called God.

Daniel 11

³⁶ “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.

The king of the north is not spirit.He is a man who goes forth to destroy and utterly innihilate many.

Daniel 11

⁴⁴ But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many.

 

He is going to kill hundreds of millions of people in the great tribulation that he brings upon the earth.The only people saved at that time are those who have received the holy spirit.

The man of sin comes to his end when Christ comes as Paul had said.

Daniel 11

⁴⁵ He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at^[f] the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

He is “the spirit”that works “in” all sinners.

Ephesians 2:2

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, “the spirit”that now worketh “in”the children of disobedience:
 

He was the “spirit” that was in the garden of God, that entered “into”Adam.  He is the “covering cherub”that works “in” all the wicked rulers of this world.

 

Ezekiel 28:1-15

King James Version

28 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because “thine heart is lifted up,” and thou hast said,  “I am a God,” I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art “a man,” and not God, though thou set “thine heart as the heart of God:”

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and “thine heart is lifted up”because of thy riches:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set “thine heart”as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, “I am God? “ but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;” every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

14 Thou art “the anointed cherub that covereth;” and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till “iniquity”was found in thee.”

The “covering cherub” is “a spirit”that works “in”all the sons of Belial.

2 Corinthians 6:15

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

 

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Stewardofthemystery said:

He is “the spirit”that works “in” all sinners.

Ephesians 2:2

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, “the spirit”that now worketh “in”the children of disobedience:
 

He was the “spirit” that was in the garden of God, that entered “into”Adam.  He is the “covering cherub”that works “in” all the wicked rulers of this world.

 

Ezekiel 28:1-15

King James Version

28 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because “thine heart is lifted up,” and thou hast said,  “I am a God,” I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art “a man,” and not God, though thou set “thine heart as the heart of God:”

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and “thine heart is lifted up”because of thy riches:

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set “thine heart”as the heart of God;

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, “I am God? “ but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;” every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

14 Thou art “the anointed cherub that covereth;” and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till “iniquity”was found in thee.”

The “covering cherub” is “a spirit”that works “in”all the sons of Belial.

2 Corinthians 6:15

And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

 

 

 

 

No,the man of sin is a man .

He's a lot like Donald Trump..Thinks real highly of himself like the Don does.Very stable genius who claims he's the chosen one.Just really self centered type of guy.

 

Daniel 11

³⁶ “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.

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That Wicked One is A “evil spirit”that works “in”sinners.

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

1 John 2:13

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

1 John 2:14

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

1 John 3:12

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not

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4 hours ago, Stewardofthemystery said:

We are told in the scriptures that our bodies are like houses, and like “temples”that are made for God’s Holy Spirit to dwell in. But not every man’s temple is being ruled by the Spirit of God.

There is another spirit that is seated in the place of authority that God had created for His image and Spirit to dwell in, and be worshiped; and that other spirit is the god of this world.

The seat of authority I speak of is the heart and mind of man, just as the head rules over the house of the body. Just like the head of Christ is God the Father, and the head of the body (the Church) is Christ.

We are told by Paul that a falling away from the faith would come and that man of lawlessness would be revealed “in them”.

Paul said this spirit “in”man would exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he as God would sit in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

Many believe Paul is talking about a flesh and blood man called Antichrist, that is to be seated in a literal brick and mortar temple in Jerusalem.

But I would remind you our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against “spiritual wickedness.”

Also many believe a third temple must be rebuilt in Jerusalem in order to fulfill this prophecy. But what many may not understand is that God often reveals spiritual things by first showing them in a natural way.
 

No doubt there was a literal brick and mortar temple in Jerusalem, but it was destroyed in 70 ad as Jesus foretold.

The first tabernacle and Temple was a type and shadow of spiritual things to come. The pattern of earthly things would be revealed in the pattern of heavenly things.

But God showed in the pattern of the earthly tabernacle, Temple, and sanctuary, that it was a place for God to put His name, and a place for God to dwell. 

But we saw by God’s words to the Old Testament prophets, why God said He would depart from the people and the sanctuary that was made for God to dwell.

It was the overspreading of all the abominations the people and the priests had done that brought on it’s destruction. It is much the same with the temple of our bodies.

Paul said, if any man defile the temple of God (referring to our bodies) him will God destroy.

Jesus told us in Mark 7:17-23 what defiles a mans house, and all these things is also what the Devil desires.

In the beginning man was made in the perfect image of God, spiritually speaking. But that inward image was corrupted in man when iniquity was found in man.

And from that time the Serpents desire became mans desire, and so this is also how man worships “the image”of the first beast, which is the Serpent.

But man also worships another image when he lives in sin, and that image is “the image of man,” or the image of self; as sin is self serving; or a form of “self worship.”

In this way man in his own mind has become his own god, because he does not worship the One True God.

The desire of the Serpent, is the same desire that works in the sinful man, because they are of the same spirit.

It is this spirit and 7 other wicked spirits that were foretold by Jesus to enter back into man’s house (temple) to fulfill the prophecy of the mystery of iniquity. Jesus showed this mystery in Matthew 12:43-45

So this wicked generation Jesus spoke of would have all these evil spirits enter into the temple of their bodies. And these wicked spirits would move mankind to a form of “self worship”by serving the lusts and desires of the flesh; which is the same desire to sin as the god of this world.
 

In this way, they have set themselves up in their own hearts and minds, worshiping and “serving the creature” over that of the Creator.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

I agree.  Not many people take the time to understand the interplay between Satan, the beast and the false prophet.  They all work in concert so that the Satan possessed false prophet exercises dominion.

The man of sin (false prophet) will sit in a position of authority much like the Pharisees sat in the seat of Moses, a position of authority, however, we are not to worship (obey) the man of sin.