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Josh Davis: In Daniel 9:27, we read that the Antichrist will cause the sacrifice to cease. This verse tells us, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week." That's the Antichrist confirming this covenant with Israel for one week, which is the seven-year reference there.

"In the midst of this week," around the three-and-a-half-year point, "he shall cause the sacrifice and 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."

Now, some have said, "Oh yeah, Daniel wrote that, but it was historically fulfilled when that man, Antiochus Epiphanes, sacrificed a pig on the altar of the Jerusalem Temple back in 167 BC." But friends, we know this cannot be the case because Jesus told His followers that this was still future, almost 200 years after Antiochus Epiphanes.

In Matthew 24:15, Jesus told His disciples, "When you therefore shall see," notice it's future tense, "the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand." So we understand according to the words of Jesus and according to the words of Daniel that there will be a place of sacrifice, Jewish sacrifice, when the Antichrist is on this earth.

The big question that we've been seeking to answer is, "Where will this be?" What if some of the future explanations or current explanations talking about the Dome of the Rock specifically are wrong? What if there is a location that lines up much better with the biblical data? Helping us understand all these things and joining me again today is Mark Linsted. Mark, welcome back.

Mark Linsted: Thanks, it's a pleasure to be back with you today to discuss these things and to get the information out there, hopefully in the hands of those who will use it, understand, and enjoy it as much as I have during this study. We started off by saying that there are some people who try to say that it is at Neblus. There are some who try to say it's at the City of David. It's Yasser Arafat himself who said it's at Neblus.

But if he would have just read some of the things that his religion puts out in print, like the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which is a guide to the Temple Mount printed in 1925, it flat-out says right here that its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. He should have read a book that was printed before he was born to know that the Jewish Temple Mount is there at Mount Moriah, right there in Jerusalem.

We talked a little bit about the location chosen by God, and that location was a threshing floor. We talked also how we know that the East Gate now is the same location of the East Gate of the first Temple. If you take that threshing floor spot on the Temple Mount and you draw a straight line from the east through the Temple Mount, it comes across a tiny cupola called the Dome of the Spirits or the Dome of the Tablets.

That looks just like a first-century threshing floor right there. You can see it with your own eyes when you're there, and I think it draws a perfect X marks the spot. I really think the Dome of the Spirits or Tablets, whichever name you like to call it by, is exactly where the Holy of Holies is going to be during the Tribulation.

Josh Davis: This is fascinating. Friends, we're visiting with Mark Linsted. The book I've promised you we'd tell you how you can get a copy of is called Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery. He's highlighting some of these details for us. You can pick up a copy by giving us a call at 1-800-652-1144 or visit swrc.com. Mark, you can continue making that case that you're building with all this evidence.

Mark Linsted: Well, we talked about their thresholds against my thresholds and their posts against my posts. This is all in Ezekiel chapter 43 and chapter 44. It discusses how that will be. It says that you're going to measure off from the profane place and you're going to see their posts against my posts and their thresholds against my thresholds.

I think that's why we can see that this temple will be built on the Temple Mount, and there will be some of the Muslim or Islamic structures still there. It's really important for us to see this because I think we're living in the last days. I think we're right on the edge of the Rapture and the Tribulation, and those could happen at any time.

Think about the massive worldwide holy war that would happen if you were to remove the Dome of the Rock or even Al-Aqsa Mosque. If you were to clear that, let's just say some crazy person goes up there and blows it up. Do you think that tomorrow they'll say, "Oh, okay, everything's fine now. Go ahead and build a Jewish temple there"?

Or do you think we're going to see years and years of fighting and squabbling and political and religious issues that are just going to delay this? Unfortunately, I think that some people who feel that way might be falling into that realm of the wicked servant who says, "My Master delays another day." They think so much has to happen that there's no way that Christ could come back today.

I think we're so far away from that understanding now that we can see, actually, those things don't have to go anywhere. If the Holy of Holies belongs north of the Dome of the Rock, they could build a tabernacle there in a matter of hours today. If the Antichrist confirms a covenant with many and Israel feels like they're at peace and safety and they're ready to go, they can sacrifice. They're going to go up there instantly and put a tabernacle up there.

Some of the most interesting things I think about is when we talk about Jim Barfield with the Copper Scroll Project. He's done some translation there, and they've found what I would call Solomon's hoard that he stored up for the Temple. They followed this and found a place that says it's buried 900 talents of polished gold. They've done some metal detecting and right where they say that is supposed to be, there's a precious metal deeper than they could even measure.

Think about this: location 57, which is the Red Heap up on the hill. In there, they say, according to the Copper Scrolls, is the ephod of the high priest from Moses' Tabernacle and the House of Moses, referring to the Tabernacle of Moses. If we know where all this stuff is and the location of the Temple could be on the Temple Mount right where it sits, then peace comes.

They take even the House of Moses and erect it instantly as soon as they can. Every piece that they could probably use, they're going to try, even if it's the ephod. But they don't even need that stuff because we go to the Temple Institute and there are so many things at the Temple Institute that people think are replicas and they're not.

They're actual trumpets built out of the right material, the right size, the right shape. The censers that hold the incense and the vessels that collect the sacrifice, all of that is real. It's not a replica. It's built per the Mishna, per all the tradition, per all the oral Torah, ready to go. The high priest's garments, they have a new ephod already built. If they don't find the one at Qumran, it doesn't matter; they have one ready to go.

They even have the priesthood identified. There's so much of this stuff coming together. So now let's look at this through the lens of, okay, if the Holy of Holies and the Temple can be built with the Dome of the Rock there, what's holding us up from doing it? Really, all that's being held up is to confirm a treaty that makes Israel at peace where they can begin to sacrifice.

There's so much of this convergence of things coming together. You have the red heifers in Israel. We've both seen them. We know Byron, the guy who got them there, is a fantastic man. They even did a red heifer sacrifice and they said it was a practice run. Some people say it was a practice run that was actually a real one disguised as a practice run so nobody would bother them. I'll let you be the judge of that.

But we have now the technology. Let's just say that they say, "Okay, you can do this." And let's say all five of the heifers are disqualified that are there. We have the technology, we've proven it, that if we find one anywhere in the world, we can fly it in. I'm not worried about the red heifer; it can be done instantly. We have everything identified, from the priesthood to the tools to the censers to the collection vessels, all ready to go. We are so close to the Rapture of the church. I don't even know if we'll finish this little conversation before we're raptured.

Josh Davis: That's true. It's amazing. You're talking about the Temple Institute. It's there in Jerusalem. They have the candelabra, the menorah, which was on public display, even a brick altar that can be taken apart almost like a child's Legos connected together. They can take it apart brick by brick and reassemble it very quickly. Like you said, these things could happen within a matter of hours.

One question that comes to my mind as we're discussing these things, and I think it's an important distinction that we need to make, because some people accuse those of us who believe this is in line with the prophetic scriptures, they say, "Well, you all are looking for the Temple and you're looking for the Antichrist and you're looking for these signs." Does the Temple have to be in place? Does the worship have to be resumed before the Rapture can occur?

Mark Linsted: Not at all. Looking for a temple for me could be nothing further from the truth. I merely look at the temple and its desire to be built as a sign of the times or an indication of the season that we're in. We know that during the Tribulation, the Jewish people will return to sacrifice. We know that because in Daniel 9 it tells us that the Antichrist is going to stop the sacrifice.

For something to stop, it has to begin. We know that at the halfway mark of the Tribulation, it's going to stop. And so I think that the sacrifice will begin somewhere around the beginning of the Tribulation. I don't know, it could happen a year before the Tribulation begins, but we do know at the midpoint it's going to stop.

So I'm not looking for the Temple; I'm looking for the second coming of the Lord. Actually, I'm looking for the Rapture first and then the second coming because those are two different things. We see in the Rapture that He comes in the clouds, and at the second coming, He comes physically on the earth again at the Mount of Olives. So there are two different things that are going to happen there.

We know that this all has to occur. So what this tells me is that we're pushing right up against the threshold of the Rapture and the Tribulation, and everything's about ready to let loose because everything's coming together. So I'm not looking for the Temple; I'm looking for the Messiah.

Josh Davis: Amen. I agree with you 100%. I think it's important that we make that distinction because so many people just accuse those of us who hold the pre-tribulation view and talk about the Temple that's coming. This is just one of those indications of the signs of the times, friends.

I do want to remind you, if you'd like to get a copy of this book, it'll help you understand these principles. It'll build Mark's case. He presents a wonderful case in it. The book's title is Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery. It's available at swrc.com or give us a call at 1-800-652-1144.

We've talked about the Temple Institute, we've talked about the red heifers, we've talked some about the convergence and we touched on it briefly in our previous episode. But how do you see this coming together, Mark, of this one world system of worship? And then after we discuss that, let's look at what does all this mean for Christians who are alive today and how should we live in light of these kinds of things? But let's start with how do we see that convergence prophetically speaking.

Mark Linsted: Well, the idea that we should know the seasons. He lambasts a few of the people, Jesus does in the Bible. He says that you think you know the weather but you can't recognize the seasons of the time. That's where we're at right now. We need to recognize the season of the times that we're in.

And as we know from Revelation, there's going to be a one world religion. And from that, how do you get all these religions to come together in one place and try to be the same thing or be the one world religion? I think that the Temple Mount will look much like the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.

I think that once the peace treaty is signed where Israel feels that they can return to sacrifice, that you're going to see the temple erected on the Temple Mount right next to the Dome of the Rock, right near the Al-Aqsa Mosque. I think you're going to see the Christians or the Catholics, right now they call each other the same thing, but I have my own feelings on that.

But I think they're going to say, "Hey, where's our place?" So they're going to allow them to build a chapel or a cathedral or whatever they want up there. And I think we're going to see this convergence of all of these religions into one thing, and they're going to come under the assumption that they're all worshipping the same God so we can all worship together.

There's several verses in the Bible that say, "My mountain will be a mountain of prayer for all nations." And I really think they're going to take that out of context and say, "See, all of our religions can pray. We're all worshipping the same God." Well, like I said the other day, I don't worship the same God as Islam because Islam says that Allah is the greatest deceiver, and biblically the greatest deceiver is Satan. So that's not the same God.

I might even ruffle a few feathers here and tell you that I don't think we worship the same God as the Jewish people because they worship God the Father only. They say, "No, there is no Son, there is no Holy Spirit, it's only God the Father." And they believe the Messiah is a mortal man, he's not divine. How can you read the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, and think that the Messiah is not going to be God?

That's just fascinating to me to write all that off. But they're going to come together under the assumption and the lie that they're probably worshipping the same God. They're going to start to intermingle this ecumenical council. And I really think that you're going to see people who think that they can go, even if they're a Christian by name, to the mosque and pray and it's okay. And I think you might have Muslims going into the Jewish temple and think, "Oh yeah, it's just fine, same God." I think that's how the one world religion is going to come about.

Josh Davis: I agree with you. We see that even in our current day as we're building up to those things. Just recently, the Pope was in Algeria and walked inside of a mosque with the Imam and had a time of what he called silent reflection there together. It's sort of like reading between the lines. It's interesting with Pope Leo, he doesn't really come out and say what he believes about certain things, but his actions speak much louder than his words, whether that be the LGBTQ kind of issues or this ecumenism and the spirit behind those kinds of things.

So I believe that you're certainly on the right track when it comes to those things. And I think when he had the Imam visit the Vatican, didn't he have a Muslim prayer room assembled for them to use, I think here this last visit?

Mark Linsted: I'm not sure about that one myself. I know that he's also reached out to the Church of England. And of course, going back to Henry VIII and how they famously split almost 500 years ago, maybe over 500 years ago now. I was reading recently that for the first time in about 500 years, we saw King Charles, the sitting ruler, and of course as the King of England he's also the head governor over the Church of England. For the first time, he went to the Vatican and prayed together with the Pope.

That's the first time that's ever happened in the history of the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. And of course, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, a lady that's pro-abortion, pro-LGBTQ, the Pope welcomed her to the Vatican, congratulated her, and so we see that spirit rising in our world today. And we understand the setting of the stage for these kinds of events.

Friends, we're talking with Mark Linsted about his new book. It's a fascinating read and a wonderful study. Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery, discovering the true location of the Jewish Temple. That Tribulation temple that will be built, where will it be? And he doesn't just give his case for that; there's a lot of historical information included in this, helping us to connect the dots between Scripture and history and archaeology.

Lots of color photos, lots of color charts, maps, information like that. So you can get a copy of the book by giving us a call, 1-800-652-1144, or visit swrc.com. Mark, we've got a few minutes remaining. Let's just bring it all together. What does all this mean? How should Christians live in light of all these kinds of truths that we're talking about?

Mark Linsted: Yeah, that's really the point of all this, right? What does it even matter? Why does this stuff even come to my thoughts? Why write a book on it? Why try to show this as possible where we're at? Because that's what really matters. As a believer, does it really matter to me if there's a temple built? Not really. Does it matter where the location is built? No, not really.

The case I'm making is that we could see this come to fruition even in our own generation. We could see that this Temple Mount could be a place where the Jews return to sacrifice so closely that what does it really mean to the believer? And my favorite passage is 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 11. It's speaking of the end of the end of the end.

It says, "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved," it says, "what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?" What it's asking you is that you know, we know the end of the story. We know how everything ends. We have a Bible that tells us all the way through the new heaven and a new earth. And this is telling us, you knowing this, what manner of person should you be in all conversation, which means your entire life?

How should you live your life knowing this? And I think that we can see this study and maybe this showing us that it's possible for this to happen even tomorrow if there was a treaty well enough that the Jewish people could return to sacrifice, that the Tribulation could start tomorrow.

Well, if the Tribulation starts tomorrow, the Rapture happens today. I'm going to tell you right now, the Rapture's right before the Tribulation. And it says, you knowing this, how should you live? And I think it should give us an urgency of the times. That's really what it is. Israel's back in the land. Jerusalem is under Jewish control. The Temple Mount being rebuilt, the temple going to be there on the Temple Mount.

What should that mean to us? Well, it should make our witness urgent. It should make everything and everyone we talk to, every interaction we have should be redeeming that time with that person, that opportunity that Christ has given you to share with them the gospel, the good news.

Because our goal is to make heaven crowded. It's not to be the only one there and be happy that I'm the only one there, "Haha, you know, I made it and you didn't." No, our goal is to make it crowded. So our witness should become very, very urgent. It should also give us hope, hope in difficult times. You know, we have that blessed hope that the unbeliever doesn't have, and what a pleasure that is. It should help us live in persecution and say, "You know what? This is only a short time. It's not going to be long before the Rapture happens and He takes His children home."

The bride is taken away for the period of seven just like the Jewish wedding. We're not long for this world and it should create an urgency in the believer. It should say, "Everything I do should be dedicated solely to how do I witness more, how do I live better, how do I show people Christ?"

Josh Davis: Amen. We've got to live with eternity in mind, and I thank you for sharing that with us. With just a minute or so that we have remaining, do you have any closing thoughts that you'd like to share with our audience today?

Mark Linsted: Well, one of the things I'd like to say is I recommend you see Israel on both sides of glory. And that being that you see it before the Rapture and after the Tribulation. I want you to see both sides of it. I would love for the listeners to travel with us to Israel to see these things with their own eyes. I'll take you right to the place I think the Holy of Holies is, and we'll see some excellent things that'll help reassure you of your faith and make you more on fire and passionate for the Lord.

Josh Davis: That's true. Last year, we were there at that spot and I had you talk about it with the group that was with us. And this year, we've got the book and we can say, "Right here it is. Here's the detailed study." And they don't sometimes let us congregate too awful long right around that spot, but we can have a good Bible study and discuss that.

I'm looking forward to that. Yes, friends, Mark serves as our tour host for the SWRC and Prophecy in the News Israel tour. We've mentioned that several times here on Watchman on the Wall, and I want to just extend another invitation to you. Join us this November 1st through the 12th. We're going to be in Israel 10 days.

A lot of other tours are six days, seven days, eight days, but you get 10 full days in the land. We're going to cram in as many sites as we possibly can, and we want you to join us. We've had a good response to the registration. We have a limit of how many that we can take so that you can have that get-to-know-you kind of feel with this tour.

We don't do multiple buses and all the crazy things that some people do with a big tour because we want you to experience the land. We want you to get to know us and get to know the Lord in a better way. So I encourage you to register for this tour by going to swrc.com or give us a call, find out more information about the Israel tour 2026. It's November 1st through the 12th, 1-800-652-1144. And when you call, just ask them for a copy of Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery by Mark Linsted.

Southwest Radio Ministries: Today, we are excited to debut the brand-new book, Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery, by Mark Linsted. What if one of the most widely accepted assumptions in Bible prophecy is wrong?

In Lost and Found, Mark Linsted challenges the long-held belief that the Third Temple must stand where the Dome of the Rock sits today. Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery, by Mark Linsted. Order your copy of this compelling book right now: 1-800-652-1144. You can also order Lost and Found on our website, visit swrc.com.

Friends, if you've ever wrestled with how a new temple could realistically be built, Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery offers a perspective that is as intriguing as it is consequential. Discover what has been missed and why it matters now more than ever. Lost and Found: Solving the Third Temple Mystery, by Mark Linsted. 1-800-652-1144. Tomorrow, Josh Davis will have the latest headlines from the end times, so be sure to tune in.

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