Dear Sherry,
 
Thank you so much for re-posting your discussion of the reasons the temple in the Tribulation may be the body of believers (you, of course, implied, believers who are born again, since even Satan and the demons are believers in Christ as the Son of God and tried to eliminate him by killing him at Calvary).
 
Congratulations!  I thought you presented a solid, logical basis for there being no need for a physical temple during the Tribulation. Bravo!
 
The rent veil, the finished work of Christ by dying as the Lamb of God and the definite statements in scripturee that you cited show clearly that the new temple after Christ's death and resurrection would be the body of true, born again believers. These people would believe in Jesus' teachings, who obey his commandments and confess their new sins as soon as possible, repenting and trying not to sin again.
 
I agree completely with your argument and think the Jewish people who want to revert back to temple sacrifices in a new physical temple are still in denial of Jesus' messiahship. They are waiting for a new messiah, having rejected Jesus. This is not a position that can be supported in the New Testament, I believe, and should be rejected by born-again believers. It is over--Jesus IS the MESSIAH!
 
I never could understand the need for another physical temple. The need for additional sacrifices ended when Jesus died to fulfill the law. Now God accepts Jesus' death as the final sacrifice that was symbolically established by the unblemished lamb sacrifices in the Jewish temples built by Solomon and re-built by Herod.
 
Keep up your excellent work in studying and thinking through the meaning of the Bible verses. I enjoyed your post and hope to see more in these last days.
 
Yours in Christ,
 
Robert