Amos 9:9-15

                                                

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and
drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  Verse 9,10 sums up the events of the four phases of the mass return studied in timeframe 2.

  Israel was a nation that at it's beginning crossed over the Jordan River with the 'Ark of the Covenant' into the promised land and defeated 31 kings including that great city of Jericho. A nation that reached its height under King David and Solomon. However, because of sin and disobedience to the covenant God made with them, they have been scattered among all nations for over 2500 years (see Israel's history - charts in timeframe 2 intro).



  Now in these last days of their worldwide dispersion we studied how God was going to bring them all back from all nations, but first their must be repentance and turning back to Jehovah God of their fathers to receive the blessings of Deuteronomy 28 and Levitcus 26. In phase 1 the coming 'Day of calamity' will see many Jews going to Egypt by ship from many nations where they have been living for centuries. Also, as part of the 'Day of calamity' we saw in phase 2 that the land of Israel will become a prey to their worst enemies and they have destroyed many of its cities and made the land most desolate and casting lots for who owns Jerusalem. Many Jews are killed and the ones that were able to make it out had no where to flee but Egypt. We studied in phase 3 that God will plead with the Jews face to face in Egypt as He did with their fathers in the days of Moses. We read that a remnant will repent and turn to obey all that God had commanded them through Moses. Those that do not repent die in the wilderness of Egypt. Those that did repent, the 'Ark of the Covenant' appeared to their joy and the surviving remnant stood up as an exceeding great army and are brought out of Egypt a second time with great power and victory over their enemies (phase 4). They now have more land than they did before and the Ark is on Mount Zion. The Jews, because of obedience, are under the blessings of Deut 28 and Lev 26 once again (see timeframe 2-intro . The 4 phases of timeframe 2 accomplished God's purpose to sanctify His Holy Name among the nations who are deceived and lied to by Antichrist and his doctrines. With the mass return being accomplished the whole house of Israel (all 12 scattered tribes since the time of the 70 years exile) are now out from the Gentile nations and back in the land with the 'Ark' on Mount Zion. See phase 4 page 2 for scriptures confirming this truth.

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
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  Notice verse 14 talks of the mass return to the land of Israel to build the waste cities and inhabit them. The cities were wasted in the 'Day of calamity' (see comments on verse 9, 10 above). In verse 11 The prophet likens this period of reconstruction (timeframe 3 we are now studying) to the time of the 'Tabernacle of David' that is - the house or reign of David. Let us look at the pattern in the days of David when He built up 'Zion - City of David' in the days of old. The first thing David did when he became King was to bring the 'Ark' to 'City of David' (1 Chronicles 15:28, 2 Sam 6:12) and house it in a tent of curtains until Solomon His Son built the temple as told to Him by the Prophet Nathan (2 Sam 7:12)

1 Chronicles 15:28
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

2 Sam 6:12
12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

The City of David is Zion (2 Sam 5:7)

2 Sam 5:7
7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

Ark dwelleth within curtains (2 Sam 7:2)
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2 Sam 7:2
2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

The temple was built by Solomon, David's son.  (2 Samual 7:12)

2 Sam 7:12
12  And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will  establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Effect of the Ark of God in their midst. Shouting with great joy so much the earth rang again (great celebration) (1Sam 4:5)

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

The Ark was God's throne of protection and mercy in their midst. David established 24 hour praise and worship around the Ark (1 Chronicles 16:6,37)

1Chronicles 16:6,37
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
37  So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:

1Chronicles 15:16
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

1 Chron 15:22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

1Chron 15:27
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

1Chron 16:4
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

1Chron 28:13
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

1Chron 28:21
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

2 Chron 5:12
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

2 Chron 7:6
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

  From some of the above scriptures we see then David also saw to it that the priestly system was carrying out the offering and sacrifices the law demanded. As long as the Jews were in obedience to the law, God's promised blessings of security over their enemies and blessings on their land flowed. Likewise, in timeframe 3 with the 'Ark' in 'Zion' the Jews will go on a great building campaign to restore Jerusalem and all the ancient high places as in the days of David. David type worship and praise will be restored and the priestly system of offerings and sacrifices. All this will go on while the temple will be built to house the 'Ark' in a permanent home as in the days of Solomon. Some would say that the law was done away with. God's covenant with Israel will be honored to the letter.  However, the law cannot bring everlasting righteousness and holiness and peace. Jesus, the only one who could keep the law established a better and higher covenant open to both Jews and Gentiles. The blessings of that covenant will be in full effect when the Jews as a nation accept Christ as their Messiah. This will not happen till the end of Daniel's 70th week (last 7 years before Christ returns) when they call upon Jesus to save them from Antichrist and his armies. This will not happen till after the rapture when Christ will return and defeat Antichrist and his armies (see Kingdom).

                         

Isaiah 49:19-26
19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

  God's standard (recognized banner by all the nations ) - the 'Ark of the Covenant' - will be on 'Mount Zion' for all nations to see and receives a certain amout of respect. This is due to Jehovah - God of Israel - giving the Jews the victories over their enemies during the process of the mass return (timeframe 2). The land if Israel will multiply so greatly that it will already become too strait for them. Those that lost family members in the 'Day of calamity' (time frame 2 - phase 2) will be comforted with more children.

Zephaniah 3:20
20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

  Verse 20 is referring to the events of the mass return (timeframe 2) when God turns their captivity. He will make Israel a name and a praise among ALL people of the earth (happens in timeframe 3).

Jerimiah 3:16
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

  In verse 16 Jeremiah says that in the days when the Jews are multiplied and increased in the land -that is - at some point after the mass return (timeframe 2) that they (the Jews) shall no longer say the 'Ark of the covenant' or visit or even remember it. Why would the Jews not think, visit (tourist attraction) or talk about the 'Ark of the Covenant'? Verse 18 answers that question. Jeremiah says 'At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered to it'. This would have to be when Jesus returns and is ruling over all nations from Jerusalem during the millenium (see also Kingdom).The 'Ark of the covenant' is God's emblem or standard of His pledge to give the Jews victory over their enemies and to give them the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When Christ returns the promises to the Jews will then have been completely fulfilled and they will be in total possession of their land and their enemies totally vanquished . Christ as Lord in Jerusalem is the true and living 'Ark of the Covenant' that the wooden 'Ark' of Moses always was a type or picture of. Jeremiah is clearly saying that the 'Ark of the Covenant' which would certainly be a great tourist attraction in the last days and will be on many minds all will end when Christ reigns gloriously Himself in Jerusalem over all the earth. But the 'Ark of the Covenant' will certainly play a dominant prophetic role during timeframe 3, timeframe 4, timeframe 5 till Christ returns and defeats the armies of Antichrist and establishes His Kingdom over all nations forever.


Why the temple will be rebuilt before the rapture


  It is clear the temple has to be built before Daniel's 70th week - the last 7 years before Christ. Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:31, Matt  24:15, talk of Antichrist as the one who commits the' abomination of desolation' which is idol worship to the image of Antichrist (see Rev 13 - beast/false prophet timeframe 4 page 3).

Daniel 9:27
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Mt 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Dan 11:3
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Rev 13:14,15 (see timeframe 4 page 2)
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

2 Thess 2:4 speaks of the time when Antichrist shows the Jews that he is God sitting in the temple. Most likely sitting on the 'Ark of the Covenant' which Jews consider Jehovah's throne here on earth.

2Thess 2:4
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.

Nu 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
Ps 80:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Ps 99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Isa 37:16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

  Rebuilt temple measured for judgment and given over to Antichrist armies (Gentiles) for 3 1/2 years. This agrees with Daniel's 70th week. God is also going to have His two witnesses prophesy at this time (this is the last 3 1/2 years before Christ returns - see two witnesses).

Rev 11:1-3 
1 and there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Dan 12:11,12 (see Daniel 12)
11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.


  Conclusion: The rebuilt temple cannot be built after the rapture for God is judging the earth. It is clear the Jews are already active in temple service and sacrifice by the time of Daniel's 70 week (last 7 years before Christ returns - see above). The only and best time and which certainly makes the most sense is timeframe 3 before the rapture but after the mass return (timeframe 2) when the Jews are all back in their land with the 'Ark of the Covenant'. 'Tabernacle of David' will then be rebuilt as discussed above.