Why is Israel so happy about getting the temple back?
Israel is elated because the restored temple and its worship end a condition likened to a flat tire—hopeless without it. The temple's return signals national restoration and fuels anticipation, as the people look for their Messiah, though they await Him without recognizing Christ as the Messiah.
Les explains that temple worship will come back, and the Temple Institute already has garments, instruments, and everything ready for reinstitution, waiting only for permission to build. Israel will once again have her temple and temple worship for the first three and a half years, with the Antichrist approving it. Israel without the temple is just about like a flat tire—hopeless—so this is their anticipation, and everything is with the mindset that they are looking for their Messiah, though they look for Him to come the first time, not the second, because they do not recognize that Christ was the Messiah.