Will Israel have a temple during the tribulation, and for how long?
Israel will indeed have a temple during the tribulation, for the first three and a half years. The Antichrist will put his stamp of approval on it, and Israel will be elated to have temple worship restored. Preparations are already made by the Temple Institute, awaiting permission to build.
Les teaches that temple worship will come back on the scene, and Israel will once again have her temple and temple worship for the first three and a half years. The Antichrist will put his stamp of approval on that, and Israel will be so elated because without the temple they are hopeless, like a flat tire. The Temple Institute in Israel already has garments hanging on mannequins and all the instruments needed for sacrificial worship, waiting only for permission to build. Les notes uncertainty about how the Mosque of Omar will be handled—whether it will be compromised or destroyed by war or nature—but we know Israel will have her temple. Israel is looking for their Messiah to come the first time, not recognizing that Christ was the Messiah.