Will Israel rebuild the temple and reinstate Sabbath worship before the Tribulation?
Yes, the context indicates Israel will, before too long, have the temple and institute Sabbath worship. Religious Jews are pressing Sabbath observance, and temple worship will establish the Sabbath, shutting down entertainment and business. The passage ties these developments to the end-time setting but does not specify a precise pre-Tribulation timetable.
Les explains that secular Jews want nothing of it, while religious Jews have almost mandated that they must go back and keep the Sabbath. He says everything is getting set, even in Israel, where before too long they will have the temple, and in temple worship they will institute the Sabbath day. That means shutting down nightclubs, movies, entertainment, and business to establish the Sabbath. Present-day Judaism, he notes, limits Sabbath walking distance to about a mile or a mile and a half. Jesus' reference is that because they will have to go many miles, they should pray the flight does not happen on a Sabbath, since it will be like leaving Israel the night of Passover. Les sees the same miraculous movement as the exodus from Egypt at the Tribulation's midpoint, when Jews in Jerusalem realize the treaty signer is their mortal enemy. There will also be a tremendous earthquake in chapter 11 that same day, and they will congregate and flee Jerusalem as a mixed remnant.