Who is Destroying the Temple of God?

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Who's Destroying the Temple of God ?
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WHY WAS THE TEMPLE DESTROYED?

• 2Ch 716 I have chosen and consecrated this
  temple so that my Name may be there forever. My
  eyes and my heart will always be there.
• 2Ch 719 But if you turn away and forsake the
  decrees and commands I have given you and go off
  to serve other gods and worship them,
• 2Ch 720 then I will uproot Israel from my land,
  which I have given them, and will reject this
  temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will
  make it a byword and an object of ridicule among
  all peoples.
• 2Ch 721 And though this temple is now so
  imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and
  say, Why has the LORD done such a thing to this
  land and to this temple?
• 2Ch 722 People will answer, Because they have
  forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who
  brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced
  other gods, worshiping and serving themthat is
  why he brought all this disaster on them.

• The choices of Gods people brought the
  destruction!

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GODS PEOPLE DESTROYED THE TEMPLE BY CHOOSING TO
ABUSE IT

• 2Ki 214 He (Manasseh) built altars in the temple
  of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In
  Jerusalem I will put my Name.
• 2Ki 215 In both courts of the temple of the
  LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
• 2Ki 216 He sacrificed his own son in the fire,
  practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted
  mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the
  eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
• 2Ki 217 He took the carved Asherah pole he had
  made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD
  had said to David and to his son Solomon, In
  this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen
  out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my
  Name forever.

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GODS PEOPLE DESTROYED THE TEMPLE BY CHOOSING TO
NEGLECT IT

• 2Ch 296 Our fathers were unfaithful they did
  evil in the eyes of the LORD our God and forsook
  him. They turned their faces away from the LORD'S
  dwelling place and turned their backs on him.
• 2Ch 297 They also shut the doors of the portico
  and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense
  or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary
  to the God of Israel.
• 2Ch 298 Therefore, the anger of the LORD has
  fallen on Judah and Jerusalem he has made them
  an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you
  can see with your own eyes.

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GODS PEOPLE DESTROYED THE TEMPLE BY CHOOSING TO
DISOBEY WHILE WORSHIPING HIM

• Jer 79 Will you steal and murder, commit
  adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and
  follow other gods you have not known,
• Jer 710 and then come and stand before me in
  this house, which bears my Name, and say, We are
  safesafe to do all these detestable things?

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GODS DISPLEASURE WITH HIS PEOPLE FOR THEIR
CHOICES

• Eze 86 And he said to me, Son of man, do you
  see what they are doingthe utterly detestable
  things the house of Israel is doing here, things
  that will drive me far from my sanctuary?
• Eze 818 Therefore I will deal with them in
  anger I will not look on them with pity or spare
  them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not
  listen to them.
• Eze 1018 Then the glory of the LORD departed
  from over the threshold of the temple
• Eze 119 I will drive you out of the city and
  hand you over to foreigners and inflict
  punishment on you.

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THE TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED BY THE CHOICES OF GODS
PEOPLE

• TO ABUSE IT
• 2. TO NEGLECT IT
• 3. TO DISOBEY WHILE WORSHIPING HIM
• GOD WAS NOT PLEASED HIS PEOPLE MADE CHOICES THAT
  DESTROYED THE TEMPLE

• That was Gods view of the temple in the Old
  Testament.

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JESUS VIEW OF HOW THE TEMPLE WAS TREATED

• Jn 214 In the temple courts he found men selling
  cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at
  tables exchanging money.
• Jn 215 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove
  all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle
  he scattered the coins of the money changers and
  overturned their tables.
• Jn 216 To those who sold doves he said, Get
  these out of here! How dare you turn my Fathers
  house into a market!

• JESUS WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE ABUSE OF THE
  TEMPLE

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JESUS INTRODUCED A NEW SYMBOLIC DWELLING PLACE

• Jn 218 After Jesus cleared the temple the Jews
  demanded a sign that he had the authority to do
  this.
• Jn 219 Jesus answered them, Destroy this
  temple, and I will raise it again in three days.
  
• Jn 220 The Jews replied, It has taken forty-six
  years to build this temple, and you are going to
  raise it in three days?
• Jn 221 But the temple he had spoken of was his
  body.

• JESUS BODY WAS THE NEW TEMPLE OF GOD

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THE PLACE OF OUR BODIES IN THE N.T.

• 1Co 619 Do you not know that your body is a
  temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom
  you have received from God? You are not your own

• 1Co 620 you were bought at a price. Therefore
  honor God with your body.
• Ro 121 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view
  of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living
  sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godthis is your
  spiritual act of worship.
• 1Co 615 Do you not know that your bodies are
  members of Christ himself?
• 1Th 416 For the Lord himself will come down from
  heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of
  the archangel and with the trumpet call of God,
  and the dead in Christ will rise first.
• Ro 823 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have
  the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as
  we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the
  redemption of our bodies.

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OUR BODIES ARE A SYMBOLIC DWELLING PLACE OF GOD

• THE 1ST TEMPLE WAS DESTROYED BY THE CHOICES OF
  GODS PEOPLE
• TO ABUSE IT
• 2. TO NEGLECT IT
• 3. TO DISOBEY WHILE WORSHIPING HIM
• GOD WAS NOT PLEASED HIS PEOPLE MADE CHOICES THAT
  DESTROYED THE TEMPLE

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I FEEL LIKE A PROPHET

• Ex 410 Moses said to the LORD, O Lord, I have
  never been eloquent, neither in the past nor
  since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow
  of speech and tongue.
• Ex 413 But Moses said, O Lord, please send
  someone else to do it.

• Jer 16 Ah, Sovereign LORD, I said, I do not
  know how to speak I am only a child.
• Jer 18 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with
  you and will rescue you, declares the LORD.
• Heb 1136 Some faced jeers and flogging, while
  still others were chained and put in prison.
• Heb 1137 They were stoned they were sawed in
  two they were put to death by the sword. They
  went about in sheepskins and goatskins,
  destitute, persecuted and mistreated
• So how do we avoid destroying the temple of God?

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US PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE

• Rigorously reviews 100 interventions to prevent
  60 illnesses
• Recommendations are independent of U.S.
  government and based on evidence
• Findings Abundant evidence that the majority of
  deaths in lt 65 y/o are preventable!

• Levels of evidence
• I Prospective trials
• II Retrospective trials
• III Expert Opinion (Weak recommendations
  likely to change as data becomes available)

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EPISTEMOLOGY

• SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• Hypothesis that accurately predict reflect
  knowledge that is less often proven wrong
• Consensus of experts is often proven wrong

• BIBLICAL METHOD
• Dt 1821 You may say to yourselves, How can we
  know when a message has not been spoken by the
  LORD? 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name
  of the LORD does not take place or come true,
  that is a message the LORD has not spoken.
• Mt 713 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide
  is the gate and broad is the road that leads to
  destruction, and many enter through it.

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OUR CHOICES CAN DESTROY THE TEMPLE OF GOD

• Diet

• Exercise
• Avoid tobacco
• Limit alcohol
• Safe sex
• Screening
• Medications

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COMMON DISEASES

• Heart attack 28.5
• Stroke 6.7
• Diabetes mellitus 3.0
• Chronic lung disease 5.1
• Influenza and pneumonia 2.7
• Cancer 22.8
• Breast cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Colon cancer
• Lung cancer
• Cervical cancer

• These are common conditions that destroy the
  temple of God.
• They can all be prevented, or their effects
  diminished by choices we make.

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HEART ATTACK PREVALENCE -28.5

• The leading cause of death 490,000
• 1.5 million have a heart attack/yr
• 1/3 of these die from it
• 1-2 million men have CAD but dont know it
• (yet)
• How many can be prevented?
• Nearly 100

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HEART ATTACK PREVENTION

• How should you be screened?
• A fasting blood test for cholesterol and lipids
• How do you lower your cholesterol?
• Lose wt if above your ideal
• Exercise
• Avoid tobacco
• Role of Alcohol
• Follow cholesterol lowering diet
• Medication
• Very effective
• Safer then high cholesterol

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CHOLESTEROL DIET

• 5 foods that raise cholesterol
• Red meat - limit 3 6oz servings/wk
• Eggs - limit 2/wk
• Dairy - only low fat
• Substitute Smart Balance for butter
• Limit chocolate
• Avoid foods with palm and coconut oil
• Avoid animal fat foods
• Sausage
• Hamburger
• Bacon
• Gravy

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CHOLESTEROL DIET

• 5 foods that lower cholesterol
• Oat bran 1-2 servings daily
• Fish 3-5X/wk
• Carrots 3-4X/wk
• Apples 3-4/wk
• Beans 3-4X/wk
• Also almonds, walnuts, flax seed
• Reducing cholesterol below 150 or LDL below 70
  can open your arteries

• If you cannot lower your Cholesterol by these
  means there are very good medications
• It is much safer to take these than have high
  cholesterol

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STROKE 6.7

• 3 causes
• High cholesterol
• Blood clot
• High Blood pressure 43 million Americans have
  high BP
• How should you be screened?
• Have your BP checked
• Above 135/85 - damaging your heart and arteries

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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE CAN BE LOWERED BY

• Weight Loss
• Exercise
• Avoid salt/sodium
• Medications
• Lowering BP can decrease death from
• stroke by 36
• heart disease by 25

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DIABETES MELLITUS - 3

• 14 million have it
• 50 do not know they have it
• How should you be screened
• Blood test
• How can you treat it?
• Weight loss
• -91
• Exercise
• Special diet
• Medications
• Pills - Insulin

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CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE 5.1

• Do not smoke

• Avoidance can prevent 20 of all deaths (chronic
  lung ds and other diseases)

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INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

• Influenza
• Afflicts 4 million/yr
• 16 million lost days of work
• 40,000 deaths
• Flu shot yearly prevents 70-80
• Pneumonia
• 30-43 of elderly die
• 1 Shot age 65
• Effectiveness not known

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CANCER INCIDENCE

• Breast
• Prostate
• Colon
• Lung
• Cervical

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CANCER DEATHS 22.8

• Breast cancer 8
• Self and Dr. exam
• Mammograms 50 at 5 yrs
• 21 at 18 yrs
• Prostate cancer 5 ?
• DRE
• PSA
• Lung cancer 31
• Avoid smoking 87
• Cervical cancer 1
• Monogamy 100
• Pap smear 100
• HPV immunization 70

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COLON CANCER SCREENING

• Any one of the following screening programs (with
  a digital rectal exam at each screening) may be
  used, beginning at 50 years of age
• Fecal occult blood testing every year
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
• Fecal occult blood testing every year plus
  flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
• Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years
• Colonoscopy every 10 years

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THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS DESTROYED BY OUR CHOICES

• TO ABUSE IT
• 2. TO NEGLECT IT
• 3. TO DISOBEY WHILE WORSHIPING HIM
• GOD IS NOT PLEASED WHEN HIS PEOPLE MAKE CHOICES
  THAT DESTROY HIS TEMPLE

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CHOOSE TO PRESERVE THE TEMPLE OF GOD

• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Diabetes mellitus
• Chronic lung disease
• Influenza and pneumonia
• Cancer

• Diet
• Exercise
• Avoid tobacco
• Limit alcohol
• Safe sex
• Screening
• Medications

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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

• Schedule a physical with your Family Physician or
  Internist
• Have the screening tests they recommend
• Follow the diet they advise
• Take the medications they prescribe
• Do not smoke
• Achieve your ideal weight
• Exercise

• People who do not do these things are destroying
  the temple of God

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CONCLUDING PROPHESY

• If you listen carefully to the advice of the US
  task force and do what is right in their eyes, if
  you pay attention to their commands and keep all
  their decrees, you will not bring upon yourself
  many of the diseases which plague modern people.
  
• Exodus 1526 (NMV)

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WHOS DESTROYING THE TEMPLE OF GOD?

• Dt 3011 Now what I am commanding you today is
  not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
• Dt 3019 . . . I have set before you life and
  death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so
  that you and your children may live.

• YOU DECIDE