Dedicating the Temple
What does dedicating the temple really mean?
Chanukah (Hanukkah) is a festival celebrated by Jews world wide and especially in the United States of America. Chanukah has also came to be celebrated by many of the Children of Truth (followers of the Man of Truth) in the United States and other countries as well. Why would the Children of Truth celebrate a Jewish holiday? What does Chanukah have to do with following the Man of Truth ?
Chanukah means "dedication". In particular it is celebrating the Maccabees dedicating the Temple after driving out the Syrian king of Greek descent who had desecrated it.
This was the third time that the Temple had been dedicated. The First Temple was dedicated by King Solomon (2 Chronicles 6:1-3). The First Temple was destroyed because of the disobedience of the Jews and then the Second Temple was commanded to be built when they returned to obedience (Ezra 5:11-13). The Second Temple was then built in troublesome times as the Prophet of Truth had foretold (Daniel 9:25). The Second Temple was then dedicated a second time by the people of Israel (Ezra 6:15-17). Then the Syrian king of Greek descent desecrated the Second Temple after he was pushed out of Egypt as the Prophet of Truth had foretold (Daniel 11:29-31). That is when the Maccabees rose up and drove out the Syrian king of Greek descent at great personal cost because of their dedication to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) (Daniel 11:32-35). After eight days of cleaning, the Second Temple was dedicated a second time. This second dedication of the Second Temple is commemorated by the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) celebrated at the Second Temple (John 10:22-23).
This Second Temple had been greatly expanded after the Maccabees by Herod the Great to show his dedication to the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) until it had become the largest religious structure in history. It grew to the point of being able to hold 300,000 people at a time. The only other structure of any kind in history that could hold as many people was the Circus Maximus in Rome. It was twenty times the size of the Temple of Diana in Ephesus that Herodotus had listed as the greatest of the seven wonders of the ancient world while the First Temple was still in ruins (Acts 19:26-28).
People had given so much gold for use in the Second Temple to show their dedication to the Law of Truth that it was likely the largest single accumulation of gold in one place in all of history (Matthew 23:16). It had many beautiful buildings inside of it (Matthew 24:1). All of these massive and majestic buildings caused it to be considered to be the most beautiful building in the world (Mark 13:1-2). These buildings were decorated with costly stones and gifts that people had given to show their dedication to the Father of Truth (Luke 21:5). The rulers and people of Israel had been expanding and decorating the Second Temple for 46 years to show their dedication to the Law of Truth when the Man of Truth celebrated the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) there (John 2:20).
The people of Israel were so dedicated to the Second Temple that it became even more magnificent than the First Temple that Solomon had built (Haggai 2:9).
However, dedicating the Temple in this manner was not pleasing to the Father of Truth. He brought about destruction of the First Temple because the people of Israel had been dedicated to the First Temple but not to Him (2 Chronicles 7:19-22). The Man of Truth said that His Father would also destroy the Second Temple (Matthew 24:1-2). Not only the Second Temple, but the entire city of Jerusalem, was destroyed because the people of Israel had been dedicated to the Temple but not to the Son that the Father of Truth had sent (Luke 19:41-44).
Their dedication to the Second Temple was useless because they were not dedicated to the Son that was greater than the Temple (Matthew 12:6-8). In like manner, many that call themselves the Children of Truth are dedicated to their church or synagogue but they are not dedicated to the Father of Truth that they gather to worship in their building!
While buildings to congregate in are necessary and the Father of Truth honors the dedication of buildings to be used for His purposes this by itself is not the kind of dedicating the temple that pleases Him.
No building can contain the Father of Truth for the universe cannot contain Him (1 Kings 8:27). How could He dwell on the Earth? (2 Chronicles 6:18).
His Son was with Him when He created everything and was like the Father of Truth in every way (John 1:1-3). His Son, the Man of Truth, dwelt among men (John 1:14). It was the same as if His Father was personally dwelling among men on the Earth (John 14:8-10).
The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) dwelt between the Cherubim on the lid of the Ark of the Covenant that was in the Holy of Holies in the First and Second Temple (Isaiah 37:16). That same Spirit dwelt in the Man of Truth (Luke 4:1). The body of the Man of Truth was the temple that mattered more than the massive and beautiful buildings that had been dedicated to the Father of Truth (John 2:20-22).
The same Spirit of Truth dwells in the Children of Truth (Romans 8:11). Since the Spirit of Truth dwells in the Children of Truth then each of their bodies is also a temple that matters more than their large and beautiful buildings that have been dedicated to the Father of Truth (1 Corinthians 3:16). He will destroy those that defile this temple (1 Corinthians 3:17).
How can this temple be defiled?
It can be defiled by sexual sin (Romans 1:24). Homosexuality is one way to defile this temple (Romans 1:26-27). However, anyone engaging with sex with a partner of the opposite sex other than their spouse is also defiling the temple (1 Corinthians 6:15-17).
This temple was made for the purposes of the Father of Truth and not for fornication (1 Corinthians 6:13). The Children of Truth are dedicating the temple when they flee from fornication (sex outside of marriage) of any kind because fornication destroys the temple (1 Corinthians 6:18). This is the kind of dedicating the temple that that He desires (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
When the Children of Truth give their bodies over to His purposes by living differently that those that do not know Him then they are dedicating their temple (Romans 12:1-2). Their bodies are the temple of the Spirit of Truth and they should dedicate their temple to the will of the Father of Truth just like the Man of Truth did when he paid for their sins with his very life (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). The Children of Truth are dedicating the temple when they put to death all of the evil desires of their bodies (Galatians 5:24).
This dedicating the temple was so important that it was one of only four things that the Gentiles who believed were commanded to continue doing until they could learn more about the Law of Truth (Acts 15:19-21). Dedicating the temple in this manner was one of the four necessary things that the Gentile believers had to continue doing in order to do well (Acts 15:28-30). This dedicating the temple was the same for the Gentile believers as fulfilling an oath in the Second Temple was for the Jewish believers (Acts 21:24-26).
This is dedicating the temple is not not a one time ceremony like the dedication of the First Temple or the dedication of a new building to congregate in. This is dedicating the temple, your body, as a living sacrifice by living according to the reasonable constraints placed upon it by the Father of Truth (Romans 12:1). This sacrifice of dedicating the temple is done daily like those that the priests presented every morning and evening in the First Temple and Second Temple (1 Peter 2:4-5).
If we are not dedicating the temple by keeping our bodies from sin then we will be destroyed for defiling the temple - even if we have been used to bring the Good News to others (1 Corinthians 9:27)! Anyone that is not so dedicating the temple will not have a place in His kingdom (Galatians 5:19-21).
If you are a Child of Truth then you may have realized for the first time that you have been defiling the temple and are wondering what you can do about it. Like the Maccabees, you can put an end to the defilement of the temple by putting an end to your sexual sin like the woman who was caught in adultery (John 8:10-12). Like the Maccabees, you can clean the temple by removing every filthy thought out of your mind and replacing them with thoughts that are fitting instead (Philippians 4:8). Like the Maccabees, you can start dedicating the temple a second time because the Man of Truth is your advocate (1 John 2:1-3).
If you are not a Child of Truth then your body is not the temple of the Spirit of Truth. It will only become the temple of the Spirit of Truth when you come into the House of Truth (Romans 8:9). After you come into the House of Truth then the Spirit of Truth will give you the ability to start dedicating the temple (Galatians 5:21-23). You first come into the House of Truth by calling the Man of Truth your boss in every area of your life because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth.
Chanukah (Hanukkah) is a festival celebrated by Jews world wide and especially in the United States of America. Chanukah has also came to be celebrated by many of the Children of Truth (followers of the Man of Truth) in the United States and other countries as well. Why would the Children of Truth celebrate a Jewish holiday? What does Chanukah have to do with following the Man of Truth ?
Chanukah means "dedication". In particular it is celebrating the Maccabees dedicating the Temple after driving out the Syrian king of Greek descent who had desecrated it.
This was the third time that the Temple had been dedicated. The First Temple was dedicated by King Solomon (2 Chronicles 6:1-3). The First Temple was destroyed because of the disobedience of the Jews and then the Second Temple was commanded to be built when they returned to obedience (Ezra 5:11-13). The Second Temple was then built in troublesome times as the Prophet of Truth had foretold (Daniel 9:25). The Second Temple was then dedicated a second time by the people of Israel (Ezra 6:15-17). Then the Syrian king of Greek descent desecrated the Second Temple after he was pushed out of Egypt as the Prophet of Truth had foretold (Daniel 11:29-31). That is when the Maccabees rose up and drove out the Syrian king of Greek descent at great personal cost because of their dedication to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) (Daniel 11:32-35). After eight days of cleaning, the Second Temple was dedicated a second time. This second dedication of the Second Temple is commemorated by the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) that the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) celebrated at the Second Temple (John 10:22-23).
This Second Temple had been greatly expanded after the Maccabees by Herod the Great to show his dedication to the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) until it had become the largest religious structure in history. It grew to the point of being able to hold 300,000 people at a time. The only other structure of any kind in history that could hold as many people was the Circus Maximus in Rome. It was twenty times the size of the Temple of Diana in Ephesus that Herodotus had listed as the greatest of the seven wonders of the ancient world while the First Temple was still in ruins (Acts 19:26-28).
People had given so much gold for use in the Second Temple to show their dedication to the Law of Truth that it was likely the largest single accumulation of gold in one place in all of history (Matthew 23:16). It had many beautiful buildings inside of it (Matthew 24:1). All of these massive and majestic buildings caused it to be considered to be the most beautiful building in the world (Mark 13:1-2). These buildings were decorated with costly stones and gifts that people had given to show their dedication to the Father of Truth (Luke 21:5). The rulers and people of Israel had been expanding and decorating the Second Temple for 46 years to show their dedication to the Law of Truth when the Man of Truth celebrated the Feast of Dedication (Chanukah) there (John 2:20).
The people of Israel were so dedicated to the Second Temple that it became even more magnificent than the First Temple that Solomon had built (Haggai 2:9).
However, dedicating the Temple in this manner was not pleasing to the Father of Truth. He brought about destruction of the First Temple because the people of Israel had been dedicated to the First Temple but not to Him (2 Chronicles 7:19-22). The Man of Truth said that His Father would also destroy the Second Temple (Matthew 24:1-2). Not only the Second Temple, but the entire city of Jerusalem, was destroyed because the people of Israel had been dedicated to the Temple but not to the Son that the Father of Truth had sent (Luke 19:41-44).
Their dedication to the Second Temple was useless because they were not dedicated to the Son that was greater than the Temple (Matthew 12:6-8). In like manner, many that call themselves the Children of Truth are dedicated to their church or synagogue but they are not dedicated to the Father of Truth that they gather to worship in their building!
While buildings to congregate in are necessary and the Father of Truth honors the dedication of buildings to be used for His purposes this by itself is not the kind of dedicating the temple that pleases Him.
No building can contain the Father of Truth for the universe cannot contain Him (1 Kings 8:27). How could He dwell on the Earth? (2 Chronicles 6:18).
His Son was with Him when He created everything and was like the Father of Truth in every way (John 1:1-3). His Son, the Man of Truth, dwelt among men (John 1:14). It was the same as if His Father was personally dwelling among men on the Earth (John 14:8-10).
The Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) dwelt between the Cherubim on the lid of the Ark of the Covenant that was in the Holy of Holies in the First and Second Temple (Isaiah 37:16). That same Spirit dwelt in the Man of Truth (Luke 4:1). The body of the Man of Truth was the temple that mattered more than the massive and beautiful buildings that had been dedicated to the Father of Truth (John 2:20-22).
The same Spirit of Truth dwells in the Children of Truth (Romans 8:11). Since the Spirit of Truth dwells in the Children of Truth then each of their bodies is also a temple that matters more than their large and beautiful buildings that have been dedicated to the Father of Truth (1 Corinthians 3:16). He will destroy those that defile this temple (1 Corinthians 3:17).
How can this temple be defiled?
It can be defiled by sexual sin (Romans 1:24). Homosexuality is one way to defile this temple (Romans 1:26-27). However, anyone engaging with sex with a partner of the opposite sex other than their spouse is also defiling the temple (1 Corinthians 6:15-17).
This temple was made for the purposes of the Father of Truth and not for fornication (1 Corinthians 6:13). The Children of Truth are dedicating the temple when they flee from fornication (sex outside of marriage) of any kind because fornication destroys the temple (1 Corinthians 6:18). This is the kind of dedicating the temple that that He desires (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
When the Children of Truth give their bodies over to His purposes by living differently that those that do not know Him then they are dedicating their temple (Romans 12:1-2). Their bodies are the temple of the Spirit of Truth and they should dedicate their temple to the will of the Father of Truth just like the Man of Truth did when he paid for their sins with his very life (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). The Children of Truth are dedicating the temple when they put to death all of the evil desires of their bodies (Galatians 5:24).
This dedicating the temple was so important that it was one of only four things that the Gentiles who believed were commanded to continue doing until they could learn more about the Law of Truth (Acts 15:19-21). Dedicating the temple in this manner was one of the four necessary things that the Gentile believers had to continue doing in order to do well (Acts 15:28-30). This dedicating the temple was the same for the Gentile believers as fulfilling an oath in the Second Temple was for the Jewish believers (Acts 21:24-26).
This is dedicating the temple is not not a one time ceremony like the dedication of the First Temple or the dedication of a new building to congregate in. This is dedicating the temple, your body, as a living sacrifice by living according to the reasonable constraints placed upon it by the Father of Truth (Romans 12:1). This sacrifice of dedicating the temple is done daily like those that the priests presented every morning and evening in the First Temple and Second Temple (1 Peter 2:4-5).
If we are not dedicating the temple by keeping our bodies from sin then we will be destroyed for defiling the temple - even if we have been used to bring the Good News to others (1 Corinthians 9:27)! Anyone that is not so dedicating the temple will not have a place in His kingdom (Galatians 5:19-21).
If you are a Child of Truth then you may have realized for the first time that you have been defiling the temple and are wondering what you can do about it. Like the Maccabees, you can put an end to the defilement of the temple by putting an end to your sexual sin like the woman who was caught in adultery (John 8:10-12). Like the Maccabees, you can clean the temple by removing every filthy thought out of your mind and replacing them with thoughts that are fitting instead (Philippians 4:8). Like the Maccabees, you can start dedicating the temple a second time because the Man of Truth is your advocate (1 John 2:1-3).
If you are not a Child of Truth then your body is not the temple of the Spirit of Truth. It will only become the temple of the Spirit of Truth when you come into the House of Truth (Romans 8:9). After you come into the House of Truth then the Spirit of Truth will give you the ability to start dedicating the temple (Galatians 5:21-23). You first come into the House of Truth by calling the Man of Truth your boss in every area of your life because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).
Come into the House of Truth.
Labels: Adultery, Chanukah, Dedication, Hanukkah, History, Homosexuality, Pornography, Sex
posted by The House Of Truth @ December 01, 2013
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