by Dr. MaryAnn DIorio

August 14, 2025

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Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Thursday, August 14, 2025, and this is episode #13 in Series 2025. This episode is titled, “What’s with the Jewish Temple?”

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Now on to this week’s very important message.

During the past week, word was released that the Jews conducted the first animal sacrifice in 2000 years in Jerusalem, just across from the Temple Mount. Interestingly, the momentous event was kept quiet in order not to arouse any more dangerous activity in an area already under tremendous attack.

Byron Stinson, the cattle rancher from Texas who bred the red heifers and sent them to Israel a few years ago, posted a short video on Facebook showing the event. While there has been much controversy as a result over whether the sacrifice was legitimate or not, the sacrifice seems to have fulfilled Torah requirements.

If, indeed, the sacrifice was legitimate (and I personally think it was), then the world has entered a new era prophetically.

If you’re wondering what this is all about—if you’re thinking, What are you talking about now, Dr. MaryAnn? Animal sacrifices? In this day and age? Now you’ve really lost it!— please hear me out.

The first Jewish temple, built by King Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. on the Jewish feast called Tisha b’AV or the 9th of Av. The second Jewish temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. on the same feast day. This second temple was built under the leadership and supervision of the prophet Nehemiah and was subsequently destroyed by Roman armies under the Emperor TItus. To this day, the Arch of Titus in Rome commemorates this wicked event.

As a result of the Temple’s destruction, the Jews have not had a Temple for 2000 years, and they are very eager to rebuild one.

Why do the Jews need a Temple? They need a Temple because the sacrifices required under Jewish law for the forgiveness of sin require a Temple. But even more than that, prophecy declares that, during the Tribulation, the AntiChrist will enter the Temple and declare himself to be God. In order for the AntiChrist to enter the Temple and for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled, there must be a Temple to enter.

We read this prophecy spoken by Jesus Himself in Matthew 24: 15 – 21:

“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.”

So, the Bible prophesies that in the last days, there will be a Third Temple. In fact, you may be surprised to learn that everything has already been prepared for this soon-to-be-built Temple. All of the utensils have been crafted. All of the priestly garments have been sewn. The Menorah has been made according to the specifications given in the Bible. The priests have been trained for the sacrifices and other rituals. Everything is in order and waiting in the wings for the final command to start building. In fact, I recently saw on the news that road signs pointing to the Temple are being put up throughout Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Also underway is a high-speed rail system leading to the Temple from other parts of Israel.

From the events now taking place in Israel, it is becoming increasingly clear that the command to rebuild the Temple will come any day now.

Given the imminence of the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple, we can know for certain that we are extremely close to the Rapture of the Church. The Rapture is that momentous event that will occur when Jesus Christ appears in the clouds to remove from the earth those who are truly born again and who follow Him. If the rebuilding of the Temple is so close, the Rapture is even closer. And so is the Tribulation, also called the “time of Jacob’s trouble,” when Israel will be punished for not accepting Jesus Christ as the true Messiah when He came the first time. At the end of the Tribulation, one-third of the Jews will, indeed, recognize that Jesus is the Messiah, and they will weep bitterly for having rejected Him 2000 years ago. The prophet Zechariah foretells this in chapter 12, verse 10: ” . . . and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son.”

What about you? Have you recognized that Jesus Christ is the Messiah Who died for you and rose again to save you from the eternal fires of Hell? Are you ready to meet Him when He appears in the clouds to remove His true followers from the earth before the Tribulation? Will He find you ready to go home to Heaven with Him, or will you be left behind? The choice is up to you.

I urge you to make the right choice. You can make it right now. You can choose to be born again and to go up with the Lord in the Rapture. Pray this simple prayer with me now:

Lord Jesus, I want to avoid the horrors of the Tribulation and, worse than that, the horrors of Hell. I want to be born again. I acknowledge that I am a sinner. I believe that You are the Son of God Who died for me and Who rose from the dead. I invite you now to come into my life to be my Savior and Lord. Thank you for paying the price for my sin. Thank You for giving me the gift of eternal life. In Your Name I receive it now. Amen.

If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. You have been given an inheritance by God Himself that includes hope, peace, and joy. Write to me at drmaryann@maryanndiorio.com, and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.

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Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. Yet He doesn’t want to keep you there. As you live in Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.

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