JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:50 pm
Wootah wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:39 pmWhat was the evidence that God had returned to his temple?
He spoke there and those present heard him.
Wootah wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:39 pmJesus cleaned it out so was God there at the time?
Yes
Wootah wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:39 pmWhen did God leave?
When he saw all He needed to see.
JehovahsWitness wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:26 am
Wootah wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:56 pmHow long did God stay at his temple for?
God stayed at the temple for as long as necessary.
Wootah wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:56 pm
Did Jesus know God was in the house when he turned over the money tables?
Of course.
I think that a very important factor is missing in the above equations about Jehovah being in that physical temple.
Acts 7:47–48 (KJV 1900)
But Solomon built him an house. 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 17:24 (KJV 1900)
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;
So we can be sure that whatever Malachi 3:1 is saying regarding Jehovah coming to his temple has nothing to do with him coming to the physical temple but with another temple altogether, his own physical body.
John 2:19–21 (KJV 1900)
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
If we study the words in Malachi 3:1 translated as "come to" (בּוֹא), we see that it's very often used to describe entering into something.
Genesis 6:18 (KJV 1900)
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come (בּוֹא) into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Genesis 7:13 (KJV 1900)
In the selfsame day entered (בּוֹא) Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
This fits perfectly with what God said he would do in Malachi 3:1.
Malachi 3:1 (KJV 1900)
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: (this is Jhon the Baptist)
And the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, (what Israel was seeking for was the messiah (the Christ) to deliver them) and to restore Israel. But here it says that they sought Jehovah to come. And he did, in the form of the body of Jesus Christ did Jehovah come to his temple).
Even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
Behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
The words, "even the messenger" are not 3 separate Hebrew words, but one. That makes the correct translation, "
even the messenger" which is not describing someone else but the same individual spoken of earlier, Jehovah who was to come.
This of course continues to agree with many other passages throughout the Bible.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV 1900)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
How can a child that is born be called the everlasting Father? Because this child was none other than God in the flesh, or in his temple.
Also:
Isaiah 7:14 (KJV 1900)
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
And shall call his name Immanuel. (And the fulfilment tells what this name means).
Matthew 1:23 (KJV 1900)
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Continual agreement teaches us that we are on the right path in our understanding.
1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV 1900)
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory. (This was Christ)
Jesus Christ is Almighty God in the flesh? The Bible continues to say yes, without the need to add or change the text.
John 1:1 (KJV 1900)
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (The Word is Jesus Christ and we're told that he was God in the very beginning).
John 1:14 (KJV 1900)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
God was made flesh and dwelt among mankind? Everything we have read so far from the scriptures agrees that tis was absolutely the case. This is why this passage is so important to understand:
1 John 4:1–3 (KJV 1900)
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Confessing that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not a literal verbal confession because anyone can confess that. Even Muslims confess that. But the confession being spoken of here is of everything the scriptures mentioned above. Every spirit (person) that confesses that Jesus is come in the flesh has to do with acknowledging that
God has come in the flesh. This is where a major test comes in with anyone who believes to be a true child of God, because denying everything that talks about how God came in the flesh in the form of the man Christ Jesus, reveals the blindness of those individuals who claim they can see, just like the Pharisees.
John 8:24 (KJV 1900)
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins.
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