Lesson 40
background notes
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doctrinal / teaching points
1. The glory of the Lord will return
to the Millennial Temple.
2. The sacrifice of the Lamb will be
remembered at the Millennial Temple.
practical application
You can’t have it both ways!
questions
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The glory of the Lord departed
from the Temple and from Israel as we saw in
Ezekiel, chapters 10 and 11. Did the glory of
the Lord return to the rebuilt Temple when the
Jews returned from the Babylonian captivity? Did
the glory of the Lord return to the expanded and
rebuilt Temple of Herod the Great? Has the
glory of the Lord returned to Israel? Will the
glory of the Lord return to any temple that is
built before or during the Tribulation Period of
the future?
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We sometimes refer to the glory of
the Lord as the _____________ glory. The glory of
the Lord signifies the Lord’s _____________. When
will the glory of the Lord return to the
Temple? From which direction will the glory of the
Lord return to the Temple?
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The altar in the Millennial Temple
will be consecrated with sacrifices and used for
sacrificial offerings. Levitical priests from the
line of Zadok will minister before the Lord at the
altar. In light of Hebrews 10, verses 12 and 18,
which says, “But this Man, after He had offered one
sacrifice for sin forever, sat down at the right
hand of God . . . Now where there is remission of
these, there is no longer an offering for sin,” why
will there be literal sacrifices on this literal
altar in the literal temple in the future?
answers
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After the glory of the Lord
departed from the Temple, it did not return to
the Temple rebuilt under Zerubbabel after the
captivity or to the Temple expanded by Herod,
and it has not returned to Israel. And the glory
of the Lord will not return to any temple that
is built before or during the Tribulation
Period.
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The glory of the Lord is sometimes
referred to as the Shekinah Glory, and
signifies the Lord’s presence. The glory of
the Lord will return to the Millennial Temple from
the east.
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The author of Hebrews is pointing out
that the Old Testament sacrifices did not take away
sin. Their purpose was to point forward to the one
great sacrifice of the Lamb of God for all time. As
the Old Testament sacrifices looked forward to the
cross, so the sacrifices during the Millennium will
look back in remembrance of the work of Christ on
the cross. They will be memorial in character, not
efficacious in character. That is, they will not
take away sin. Even though the Lord will be here on
this earth in His glory, unsaved people (not
everyone born during the 1000 years will become a
believer) will need to be reminded and taught that
salvation is necessary and only possible because the
Lord Jesus went to the cross and died as the Lamb of
God for the sins of this world. The literal
sacrifices during the Millennium will be that
constant reminder.
discuss / consider
Discuss the spiritual needs of people
who are born during the 1000-year reign of Christ
here on earth. Consider the number of people who
will come to the Millennial Temple to worship, and
the purpose and impact of the sacrifices at the
altar in the Temple.
challenge
Take time to list several of the
Messianic prophecies for the first coming of Christ
that you know came true exactly as predicted. Then
list several prophecies concerning the second coming
of Christ and His 1000-year reign on earth,
including some of the details of the Millennial
Temple. Can you recognize the need for hermeneutical
consistency in order to interpret the prophecies
regarding the second coming of Christ literally,
just as the prophecies of the first coming of Christ
were to be interpreted literally?
memorize
- “And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east . . . the glory of the Lord came into the temple by the way of the east gate which faces toward the east . . . and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.” From Ezekiel 43: 2-5
