The Third Temple

 The Third Temple

By Richard P. Joseph

In the 10th century Before Christ, Solomon built the first temple.  It was built with elegance and opulence and was considered one of the wonders of the ancient world.  Israel was in its hey-day when riches flowed and silver was as common as stones.  It was the highpoint of Israel’s greatness.  It didn’t last long as you can guess.  Sin and idol worship soon replaced the worship of YHVH.  

Once idol worship became the norm in Israel, God did what he promised to do in Deuteronomy, and punished his people.  He sent in the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, who completely destroyed the temple, slaughtered the people, and carried many off into captivity.  After 70 years they were brought back and a second temple, though much inferior to the first temple, was built.  When Herod the Great became (vassal to Caesar)king over Israel, he greatly improved the temple and made it a magnificent building once again.  Jesus was born during the time of Herod’s (second) temple.  

The funny thing about all of this, is that during the Babylonian captivity, the prophet Ezekiel was given a vision of a new temple in “the land of Israel”.  Oddly, he never mentions Jerusalem.  And in this city was a marvelous temple built.  The weird thing about all of this is that, when the second temple was built soon after, it was not the temple that Ezekiel described.  Also, nowhere does Ezekiel even tell anyone to build it, he just describes a glorious temple somewhere in the land of Israel but never instructs anyone to build it.  Every detail of the temple and the city and the people are described but nothing like that ever physically happened.  So where is that temple or when will it be built?

Well, if you listen to any futurist pastor who is thoroughly indoctrinated in zionist propaganda, they will tell you that the chosen people (modern day rabbinical Jews living in Israel) will soon build that temple which will usher in the end times scenario.  However, if you ask someone who understands the bible in its true context, they will tell you that this is clearly a spiritual temple.  In fact in Ezekiel 48:35 he says that the name of that new city is  “The Lord Is Here”.  

Revelation 22:3  3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

That is the same thing that John  said in Revelation when describing that same temple.  John’s vision was the fulfilment of Ezekiel’s vision.  Just read Revelation 21-22 and compare it with Ezekiel 40-47.  

Ezekiel caps his vision off by describing a small stream coming out of the threshold of the temple and flowing eastward.  This stream begins to swell and grow deeper as it goes, eventually becoming a small river, and then a mighty river.  That doesn’t sound like a physical place, it sounds to me like a spiritual movement sort of like when Jesus told his apostles to go and make disciples of all nations starting in Jerusalem then to Samaria and to Galilee and then to the ends of the earth.  It sort of sounds to me like what exactly happened when Jesus came and became the fulfilment of the old law and established the new covenant in his blood, but do take my word for it, let’s see what Jesus himself said.

John 2:19-20

19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

Today we hear of mentally deranged people identifying as the opposite sex or as an animal or some other weird thing.  Jesus did something like that too!  Jesus identified as a temple!  He told the Jews that they would destroy that temple and in three days he would raise it up again.  He did raise it up and it became Ezekiel’s third temple complete with a stream flowing out of it and it became a river that I swim in daily.  What goes around comes around and just as the Jewish priests couldn’t understand this metaphor, we still have today most of the pastors of this earth still not getting it.  They are waiting for modern rabbinical Jews to build that third temple.  Nothing has changed for those that are spiritually blind.  Jesus is the Third Temple.  Nothing else needs to be built and we don’t have to wait.  The light of God fills the temple and the Lamb is the Lamp. 

The Crusades Were Right (The Lie You've Been Told)

No More Delay

No More Delay

By Richard P. Joseph Writing about the book of Revelation is really an ongoing process that would really consume the rest of your life so the best I can do is make comments as I learn. Maybe by the end of my life I can piece things together in order to comprehend the book. Chapter 14 almost seems like a synopsis of the book so I would like to share what I am seeing. Any comments are welcome. Right away we see the lamb, Jesus, standing on Mount Zion almost like a conqueror. I am not sure why people are waiting for this when John clearly says he saw it. And with him were 144 thousand faithful followers. An obvious reference to Israelites that have recognized Jesus as the messiah. These Jews were heard singing a new song. This new song that nobody else was able to learn is key to understanding what is really happening here. These Jews were not singing the song of Moses and the law, they were singing a new song. A song that the adherents of the old law couldn’t learn and were about to be left behind. The new song represents a paradigm shift in the nature of things. The visitation of Jesus between AD 66-70 brought forth a new world which required a new song. Right at the same time that we see the faithful Jews singing a new song, we see in verses 6-7, the gentiles being brought into this new kingdom by the preaching of the gospel. In verse 8 we see Jerusalem falling. In verse 9-11 we see those that still worshiped the Beast being tormented forever and ever. In verses 12-13 we are to understand the patients of the saints as they had to endure heavy tribulation but that they were now being called the blessed. And all who died henceforth will be blessed also as their labors will follow them into eternity. 12 Here is the [g]patience of the saints; here[h] are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying [i]to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” In 14-20 we see the faithful being reaped and then the unfaithful also being reaped from the earth. The former as a harvest to God and the later to be gathered and burned. In other words, “times up”! The end of Judaism was at hand and was completed. The everlasting kingdom of Jesus Christ had begun. A new order had arisen. In all of this I see what happened between AD 63-70. A tribulation that the Christians had to endure, a rapture of souls out of hades and out of the world, the wrath being poured out upon the followers of the beast which really is probably the corrupt Judaic system that was built on seven hills. This number seven shows that the system was once holy but has become corrupt by the 10 horns it had. It was a grotesque animal that needed to be destroyed. Sadly, most churches still teach that the beast is still here and that God lied about it being dealt with all those years ago. As you read through the book of revelation it is very obvious that all was completed at that time. There are multiple references to this throughout the book. And again I would like to reiterate what I say in most of my articles and that is to remember a few things; That everything in the book of revelation, according to John, was to happen very soon after he wrote it, that the main subject is Mystery Babylon, or in other words, Jerusalem, and it is about one system falling and another rising. Judaism was finished and Christianity was established. Read and weep, then rejoice and lift up your praises to the conquering king of kings. Amen.

Let there be Light?

 Let there be Light?

By Richard P. Joseph

12/7/2025

Genesis 3-5 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. [b]So the evening and the morning were the first day.

This article may elicit more questions than answers but that is what this site is all about, so your comments are welcome as usual.  

Since God is eternal, having no beginning and no end, then the word beginning is really aimed at humans.  However, it is the best way us humans can understand eternity.  Jesus claimed to be the “Beginning and the end”, or in other words, he was the Eternal being Himself.  In other words, Jesus was claiming to be God.  But this article is focused on the word “light”.  

During the first day of creation God created light.  On the fourth day God created the sun and stars.  When God created the sun he used the word “divide” when talking about separating the daytime from the nighttime.  But on the first day he divided “light from darkness”.   To confuse the matter even worse, in chapter two of Genesis, God talks about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Trust me, I won’t make any conclusions in this article.  In fact I will put a disclaimer out;  

“This article is for entertainment purposes only!”

Approaching Genesis from a scientific point of view, I thoroughly believe that the days are 24 hours long.  Otherwise none of the created plants and animals would survive.  I absolutely believe that God is speaking of 24 hour days.  But there is somewhat of a conundrum in chapter one.

If the sun and stars were created on day four, how did God create light on day one?  My hypothesis is that God created energy on day one, not necessarily light.  Light is, of course, energy.  I am not an ancient Hebrew scholar but I do not believe there is a word for “energy” in that language.  Thinking of the theories of thermodynamics, it would make sense that energy would be the first thing created along with matter.  So, it is my belief that God created matter and energy on the first day which makes perfect scientific sense.  On day four, God organized that matter into stars and our sun in order to divide the day from the nighttime and to perpetuate the life on earth that he just created.  And now for the confusing part!!!

During this process, God prepared a paradise garden to place man in.  In this garden he planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  He also planted the tree of life there.  Someone could argue that the light God created was Good and Evil.  But light doesn’t necessarily mean good, it is really the thing that exposes things.  Jesus called for us to do our deeds in the light because we should never be doing things that we are ashamed of.  Criminals operate in the darkness because they are ashamed of what they are doing.  It is really bad that we are now at the point where people are actually proud of their evil deeds and are now attempting to do them in the open.  That is what the PRIDE movement is all about.  It is a push to force a filthy disgusting lifestyle upon the people.  The bad part of it is that most people fell for it.  God is throwing up.  Light comes from Jesus Christ and when he is around he exposes evil.  That is why the world is so set on eliminating Jesus (The light of the world) from the earth.  But I digress.

I think I really wrote this article just to say that I believe God created “energy” on day one.  Once energy is created, everything else is possible.  

Have a nice day!

My Big Buck and my Dresser Drawer

 My Big Buck and my Dresser Drawer

By Richard P. Joseph

11/6/2025

I am a pretty decent turkey hunter but not so good when it comes to deer.  As an adult I had to teach myself to hunt turkey and deer as I had no mentor as a child.  I Had good luck most turkey seasons but only bagged a few does when it comes to deer, but this year is going better.  I shot my first buck and it was a dandy.  I am still trying to figure out how to mount my 9 point rack.

As if the rack isn’t impressive enough, you should see the sutures.  

All of us have sutures in our skulls.  It is the area between two bones.  As we grow there are soft spots in our skull bones to allow bone growth.  When we become mature our bones ossify and we are left with an odd and curious design.  This design resembles my dresser drawers.

As you can see, the woodworker used what we call dovetail joints.  So what am I getting at?  If the woodworker simply glued my drawers together they would have fallen apart in short order due to the stress on the joints, therefore the dovetail is used which allows the dresser to last for decades and sometimes centuries.  If a buck had two skull bones joined by a straight line, the skull would crack open upon the first rut.  As it is, the sutures in the skull of a deer are vital to its survival.  So my question is; How did evolution think of this design?  Or better yet how is it that scientists can look at this impressive intelligent masterpiece and come up with the idea that “it just happened that way”?  This article is simple and to the point.  No theological degree necessary.  We have been gaslighted for years now and only a few people ever stop and wonder why what we are seeing never matches what they are telling us.  The dovetail design of the deer skull is a beautiful display of an intelligent designer.  I could go on forever describing body organs, cells, molecules etcetera but hopefully you get the point.  These things were created by God and to say anything different is blatant ignorance.  Moses was not making some story up about God creating the heavens and the earth, he really meant it.  And it is obvious.  If I could encourage my readers of one thing, this would be it; never compromise scripture for what some liar tells you.  Don’t be ashamed to say that God indeed created the heavens and the earth and he did it in six literal days.  God does not need millions of years to do a miracle, he only needs a second.  So my advice is see and believe.  Do not doubt.  Have faith in God and in his son Jesus Christ.  No need to compromise on anything.

Amen.

Restoring the Kingdom

 Restoring the Kingdom

By Richard P. Joseph

10/30/2025

The book of Acts is invaluable to understanding the transition from the Old Testament to the New Testament.  It also has many enigmas, especially to those that reject this transition.  In the first chapter, Luke continues his account that he is writing for someone named Theophilus.  Luke’s writing appears to be written to, perhaps, a lawyer that might be involved in Paul’s defense as he was preparing to face court in Rome.   I would like to look at the interesting context of the first half of chapter 1.  

In Acts 1:3 Luke tells us that Jesus, after his resurrection, began teaching the disciples things about the kingdom of God.  

Acts 1:3

  to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many [b]infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Take note that he is teaching them about the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of Israel.  This is important.  He then tells them to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit that was promised from the Father.  

He then compares the gift of the Father to the gift that John the Baptist brought.  One was of water and one was of Spirit.  

Acts 1:5

 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The water represents the physical kingdom and the Spirit represents a Spiritual kingdom.   So we see so far Jesus is teaching them of the Kingdom of God which is going to be a Spiritual Kingdom.  

Now here comes the kicker; The disciples then ask him if he is now going to restore the kingdom to Israel.  

Acts 1:6-8

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

At this point, after living with Jesus for 3 ½ years, they still don’t have a clue, but this is actually a good thing.  None of the disciples actually lived long enough to see the full second coming of Christ and the new kingdom being consummated.  

It appears that every time that the disciples asked Jesus for exact dates or specifics about the kingdom, they only got parables or vague answers.  There must have been a reason for it.  I don’t believe that they, at that early point, could really comprehend that Judaism was ending and that the everlasting kingdom would not be one about land or kings or armies but one that was spiritual in nature.  One that transcends all borders and thrones and spears.  One that has no earthly king but only a spiritual king in heaven.  That is one reason that I believe that the second century Christians did not readily understand that the kingdom had indeed come but not to their understanding.  Looking at the verse above, Jesus is giving them a hint.  They were still focused on Israel but Jesus tells them that Jerusalem is only the beginning.  He said that they would be witnesses of him starting in Jerusalem but then moving outward even unto the ends of the earth.  Jesus wasn’t focused on Israel because that gig was up.   We, today, have the real advantage.  We can look at fulfilled history and clearly see what happened.  This is something that Muhamed couldn’t see either.  He came along in the seventh century and still thought it was about land and blood and rules.  He was acting upon the common physical ways of those days never realizing that all of that was obsolete.  The Rabbis did the same thing.  That is why Islam and Rabbinical Judaism is still a type of caveman religion.  This is also why Catholics still cling to physical types of worship and hierarchy.  Once someone understands fulfilled theology, they are really set free.  They have left the physical groping for religion and have entered a free and wonderful existence.  The hardships of religion and formality have been shed and we are free to move and run unhindered and unshackled.  Like the Apostle Paul told us, not to be sucked into senseless arguments about genealogies and things of the law.  We are free now because Jesus has become the fulfilment of the law for us.  

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

So, in the end, the kingdom was restored, not to Israel, but to God and him alone. 

Faith

 Faith

By Richard P. Joseph

10/19/2025

Ephesians 2   8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The above verse is one of the most controversial verses in all of scripture and I can’t figure out why.  In fact, this issue had much to do with Martin Luther splitting from the Catholic church.  I am assuming that the real problem is that most people really don't know what faith means.  So, hopefully, after reading this article the centuries old argument will be solved; finally!

I looked “faith” up in Strong’s concordance and it didn’t help much so I did the next best thing; I looked it up in the bible.  Imagine that.  One of the easiest verses to start with is Ephesians 2:8-10.  In these verses the Apostle Paul is telling us that “works” do not save us but it is actually “grace” that saved us through the “faith” that God gave us.  However, in the next verse he tells us that we are God’s workmanship in Christ Jesus for “good works”, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.   Are you confused yet?  Before I boil this down, let’s take a look at what James (the brother of Jesus) said about faith.  

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 

James 2:14-18

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

So, the argument starts as you hear many protestant preachers say “All you need is faith to be saved” and then you get the Catholics who say “You must also have works to be saved”.  The problem is that those that can’t seem to figure this out have never stopped and defined faith.  I do have to admit that I did hear a preacher once say that “Faith is an action word”.  That actually solves the entire issue.  If you read the epistle of James you will quickly see that Faith is indeed a verb.  Faith is not faith unless there is an act associated with it.  The book of Hebrews describes this well.  Here is one verse.  

Hebrews 11:7

  7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Noah believed God but that wasn’t faith.  When Noah started building the ark, that was faith.  This is really a physics lesson.  James also says that:

James 2:20 

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is [h]dead?

This is the same as describing potential energy with kinetic energy.  A dead log has potential energy (belief) stored up inside of it.  This log is really accomplishing nothing useful just sitting there.  However, if I put a match to it and release the potential energy  (belief) and the log begins to burn, this potential energy now becomes kinetic energy (faith).    In other words, if there is no action taken, there is no faith.  When the bible talks about Abraham believing God and it was counted to him as righteousness, it is because Abraham not only believed God, he took action on that belief.  So James is correct, faith without works is dead, or in other words belief without action is not faith.  James is simply defining what faith is.  So, unless you plan on taking action on your belief then do not call it faith.  If you say you believe in God but never lifted a finger to honor him by your actions then maybe you should re-evaluate your stance.  That is why James talks about actually feeding your starving neighbor instead of just saying that I will pray for you.  He is talking about the helpless people, not the lazy people.  If you say you are a Christian you are saying that you act upon your belief, not just talk about it.  Jesus, many times, told those that he healed that it was their faith that healed them.  For example, the woman that had an issue of blood for 12 years could have just stood there and done nothing even though she believed that Jesus could heal her but she didn’t.  She forced her way through a massive crowd and dove at Jesus’ feet and touched the hem of his garment.  That movement was faith.  So in the end there really is no argument at all.  You can believe in God but in order to be saved you must make a move.  Once you move then God can heal you.  That is how you are saved by faith.  The works part of it is inside the word faith.  You can do a bunch of worldly works which can’t save anybody but you can do the works of faith which can move mountains.