The Antichrist Blaspheming The Temple of God

God’s dwelling place among men holds a special position in Holy Scripture. His dwelling place where He manifests His glory to the world is sacred and everything that toucheth that place is sacred. The only place on earth where men have seen His glory, except on the Mount of Transfiguration, has been in His temple. The three disciples immediately said after the glory on the mount had subsided, “…let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.” (St Luke 9:33b) His glory and His temple are intimately connected in Holy Scripture. Nothing is a truer gauge of the purity or the coarseness of a given society or culture than their view of God’s temple or His church.

Satan hates the glory of God. It is the grandest reminder of his lost position and favor. He was the archangel responsible to give music to that glory and to protect it with his created gifts. Instead, he desperately tried to steal the glory for himself and lost all he knew worthy of being in the process. Satan knows that nothing moves the heart of men in the right direction more quickly and surely than when they experience or see His glory. It is the proof of the Bible and makes truth come alive. The heart of men is, by the nature of sin, superstitious, and GodÂ’s glory defines and sanctifies that nature with a positive proof of genuine reality. Without seeing the glory of God, the sinful nature wins the contest for the human soul. This is why GodÂ’s church loses its effectiveness when it denies the supernatural spiritual experience.

The present church world has become an intimate part of blaspheming the temple of God. Churches have followed the symbols of Catholicism until the temple/church is unclean in its very architecture. Statues, images of sacred figures, so-called saints, doves, fish, etc., adorn the majority of what should be “The House of God” alone. The only expression, picture, symbol, etc., that should ever adorn God’s house is the empty cross. Much worse than any of the actual church building is what has occurred in the lives of the worshippers. There is no longer a standard for dress when attending worship. Vulgar clothing, cross-dressing of men and women, total loss of Biblical standards for hair, language, pleasure and cheap barnyard dress habits are the order of the day. Even the world is trying to figure out what has happened. Say what you please, but this is blasphemy. When the sacred is lost, the temple is no longer a temple. The very word temple used by the Lord Himself, means “a sacred place.” This is true for the body of every saint of God or that body is not His temple.

The music that reverberates in todayÂ’s temples is perfect for a rock concert or a pagan celebration, but it is repulsive to the God of Holiness and order. Music that turns on the sex drive or causes the animal instincts to surface is not going to bring about a spiritual visitation. A study of the songbook of scripture, Psalms, will give you a perfect understanding of what our God calls worship. All of this is a simple picture of how Satan is using compromise and human imagination in todayÂ’s church to blaspheme the temple of God. But please understand that this is just the beginning. Everything in todayÂ’s church or secular world shows the signs of what is to be fulfilled in the Book of Revelation.

Antichrist Blasphemes The Temple In Heaven
The earthly tabernacle, temple, church, or the Spirit-filled saints themselves are all a shadow of the temple in Heaven. When God gave Moses and David the specifics of the tabernacle/temple, He plainly commanded that they be built after the order He gave them. There could be absolutely no variation. The New Testament message of Jesus Christ was perfectly revealed in the First Testament temple. The saints are now the temple. This is why Apostle Paul gave orders for modesty of dress, no made-up faces, beautiful long hair on the saintly ladies, and absolutely no long hair on the saintly men. This is why the entire life of a saint of God, a temple of the Holy Ghost, must be an open book, free of the worldÂ’s contamination and holy in all conduct. None of this makes you holy, but being made holy by His righteousness, a Bible standard for living, becomes your joy as His temple. His Spirit will never fill your temple until the sacredness of His order is reflected in your life.

During the coming judgment, this blasphemy will reach its greatest expression. We see the entire church world ridiculing purity and holiness and treating a Godly life like it is the plague. When the Godly saints are raptured, Satan and his antichrist will scream their blasphemies against the Heavens where the saints have disappeared. “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” (Revelation 13:5-6)

The anger of the unholy trinity will be violent and he will take his vengeance out on any semblance of the church. The Tribulation saints will face the rage of an offended devil and antichrist because of the glorious Rapture and the escape of the hated Bride of Jesus Christ. Can you imagine Satan, the Antichrist, the false prophet, and all of his demons screaming blasphemies against Heaven, the open Heavenly tabernacle, and all of GodÂ’s raptured Bride? Satan hates the temple of God whether it is a church house standing tall for truth or a saint whose temple is absolutely separated to Bible holiness.

Daniel, by the Holy Spirit, said of this dark period, “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” (Daniel 11:32; 12:10)

Joseph R. Chambers