Temple worship is considered obsolete because it belonged to the law system, and the law was never given to save anyone—it was a yoke that has been set aside in the age of grace.
Les Feldick teaches that the law was a yoke and burden, never intended to save even the Jew who was under it. The organized temple worship system did not exist until the law was given at Sinai, so when the law ended, the temple system ended with it for the present age. However, Les says temple worship will return during the Tribulation, but without God's presence.
Acts 15:10 — Peter describes the law as a yoke that neither the fathers nor the apostles could bear, showing why the law system—and the temple worship connected to it—cannot be the way to God.
Galatians 5:1 — Paul warns believers not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage, reinforcing the idea that going back to the law is a backwards step.
In Acts 15:10, Peter asks, "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" The text plainly calls the law a yoke—a heavy burden that no one could bear. In Galatians 5:1, Paul writes, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Scripture therefore presents the law as a system of bondage rather than a means of salvation.
Les Feldick teaches that the law—and the temple worship system connected to it—was never given to save anybody. He says, "The law was never given to save anybody. The law was never intended to save even the Jew who was under it" (Clip 0). He also points out that from Genesis 1 to Exodus 20, there was no written list of do's and don'ts and no organized system of God-instituted worship; the organized worship system began only when the nation gathered around Mount Sinai (Clip 6). Because the temple system was tied to the law, it belongs to the age of law, not the present age of grace. Les notes that early Jewish believers continued daily in the Temple because no one had yet told them they were not under law but under grace (Clip 2), but he also teaches that temple worship will return in the Tribulation—without God's presence (Clips 1, 3, 7).
Les points out that from Genesis 1 until Exodus 20, there was no written code from God and no organized system of God-instituted worship. The temple worship system came with the law. Peter called the law a yoke that neither the fathers nor the apostles could bear (Acts 15:10). Les repeatedly says the law was never given to save anybody, not even the Jew under it (Clip 0).
Les observes that after Pentecost, the Jewish believers continued daily in the Temple. The Temple had not locked its doors, and God had not said anything about staying away. Les's point is that no one had yet announced the transition from law to grace at that moment. But the reason the system is obsolete in the present is not that it was immediately forbidden; it is that the entire law structure was a yoke and was never a means of salvation.
Les says temple worship will come back on the scene. He describes the Temple Institute in Israel and its preparations—garments, instruments, and everything ready—so that all that is needed is permission to build the temple. During the Tribulation, the temple will be operating again, but God will not be in it; the Shekinah glory is already gone, and the Antichrist will eventually set himself up as God. So the future temple worship is not a return to God's present program, but a religious system without divine presence.
Les contrasts Israel's temple worship with the Church. Jerusalem was the headquarters of God's operation for Israel, but for the New Testament Church there is no earthly headquarters. This reinforces why temple worship belongs to Israel's past and not to the present Church.
The Law Was a Yoke
Les teaches that the law was a yoke and was never given to save anyone, not even the Jew who was under it; therefore the temple-law system cannot be the way to God today.
Temple Worship Will Return
Les points to the Temple Institute in Israel as evidence that temple worship will return, showing that the old system is not the present one but a future Tribulation program.
Early Believers in the Temple
Les notes that early Jewish believers still met daily in the Temple because no command to leave it had yet been given, clarifying the timing of the transition away from the temple system.
A Temple Without God's Presence
Les explains that a temple can operate with priests and sacrifices while God is not in it, as with the temple in Christ's day and will be again in the Tribulation.
No Earthly Headquarters for the Church
Les contrasts Jerusalem as Israel's earthly headquarters with the New Testament Church, which has no earthly headquarters or temple system.
Revelation 17 Explained: The Rise of the Antichrist's World Religion
Now, even though idolatry is basically dealing in the realm of the spiritual, albeit it be the dark side of the spiritual, yet idolatry still is dealing with man's innate desire to worship something, isn't it? But when you get into a study of pagan worship, especially back at the time of Paul and the New Testament, you want to remember that part and parcel of their worship was gross immorality.
No Organized Worship Before Sinai
Les shows that organized temple worship did not exist until the law was given at Sinai, tying the entire temple system to the law.
Future Temple and the Antichrist
Les says the future temple will be operating during the Tribulation until the Antichrist sets himself up as God, demonstrating the temple system is not God's present dwelling.
Acts 15:10: Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Peter describes the law as a yoke too heavy for the fathers or the apostles to bear.
Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Paul warns believers not to go back under the yoke of the law.
No. Les teaches that temple worship will return during the Tribulation (Clips 1, 7). But in the present age of grace, it is not God's program.
Les says no. He states that the law was never given to save anybody, not even the Jew who was under it (Clip 0).
Les explains that at that time no one had yet told them they were not under law but under grace, so they continued daily in the temple (Clip 2).
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