For centuries Jews have remembered and mourned the destruction of the Temple through traditions such as crushing a glass at weddings or leaving unpainted a patch of wall opposite the entrance to one's home - each stressing that nothing can be perfect or complete without the Temple.

Temple Institute Director Yehuda Glick
Built by Solomon in about 950 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, the Temple was rebuilt about 70 years later but finally razed by the Romans in 70 CE.

Talmud scholar Rabbi Yohanan wrote: "During these times that the Temple is demolished, a person is not allowed to fill his mouth with laughter. This is because the verse [Psalms 126] says, 'Then our mouths will be filled with laughter,' and does not say 'Now our mouths will be filled with laughter.' And when is 'then'? 'Then' will be when the Third Temple is rebuilt."

In other words, "Jewish life without the Temple is like fish out of water," says Rabbi Chaim Richman, head of the international department of the Temple Institute.

An author of 10 books on the Temple, Richman adds: "Do you realize that 202 commandments out of 613 must have the Temple to be fulfilled? Without the Temple, Judaism is a skeleton of what it's supposed to be."

To this end, the Temple Institute was founded in 1987 with the explicit goal of rebuilding the Temple. Located in the Jewish Quarter, some 100,000 visitors, about half of them Christian, visit the institute each year to learn about the First and Second Temples and preparations for the Third Temple.

The institute is presently involved in education, research and constructing vessels for use in the longed-for Temple.

Richman relates a story about Temple Institute founder Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, a paratrooper who helped liberate the Old City, including the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, in June 1967.

A Jordanian Muslim guide led the soldiers around the Temple Mount explaining where the Temple and other fixtures, such as the menora and altar, had stood. When asked why he was helpful, the guide explained, "We have a tradition that one day the Jews would win a war and rebuild the Temple. This is my contribution. I assume you're starting tomorrow."

Although Temple Institute staff have been called lunatics, zealots and racists by some, they maintain that there is nothing more natural for the Jewish faithful to do than make preparations for the Third Temple.

"The hallmark of the Third Temple is unparalleled peace and harmony," says Richman. "I believe that the best that a Jew can do is to have the integrity to believe and do as much as possible toward building the Temple."

According to Richman the first step in this process is soul searching. "The answer is returning to our spiritual roots. This adds up to building up the holy Temple. It's the vehicle that builds up reconciliation between God and man… not just Jewish people."

To achieve this, the Temple Institute aims "to rekindle the flame of the holy Temple in the hearts of mankind" through various educational initiatives. Toward that end the institute invests about $500,000 yearly in publications, tours and seminars as well as maintenance of its Web site.

But the long-term goal, Richman says, is "to do all in our limited power to bring about the building of the holy Temple in our time."

How exactly this will be achieved is a point of contention.

According to Temple Institute director Yehuda Glick, many devout Jews believe the Temple "will come down somehow from heaven."

He insists a legend like that can be very hard to overcome, even though no Jewish sources support the idea.

"We must understand that 'heavenly' doesn't automatically mean mystical, superficial magic. During the Six Day War, the people of Israel were facing a major catastrophe and, in human eyes, we had no chance - we were to be wiped out. In six days we overcame enemies from every border and reunited Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. That is no less a miracle," says Glick.

"So too when we look back at 1938 [before the Holocaust] and see we were almost wiped out," he continues. "Who would have believed we were just 10 years from seeing the words of the prophets coming out of the Book and materializing [the establishment of Israel].

"We have total faith that we are to do what we are obligated to do. He has His ways to surprise us. But it must come from a wide-range call and action."

RABBI MOSHE Silberschein, a professor of rabbinic literature at the Hebrew Union College, affirms the educational efforts of the Temple Institute. "I think the institute has educational value, helping children to see with their own eyes what they read about in the Bible and Mishna. It has value in helping them to visualize what the sacred service was like during the Second Temple period of Jewish history."

Still, Silberschein does have some misgivings about the institute "once the institute goes beyond teaching history, heritage and sacred texts, and starts talking about building the Third Temple." If, for example, a bulldozer were brought in to clear the path for the building of a Third Temple, that would be "tantamount to starting World War III," he says. "This is hardly an auspicious way to fulfill the biblical verse in Isaiah 56, 'For My House shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations.'"

Rabbi David Forman, former director of the Israel office of the Union for Reform Judaism, also takes issue with the institute's aims. "I'm opposed for two reasons: one is purely ideological/theological, and the second is practical/political," says Forman. "Firstly, the reconstruction of the Temple would thrust us back to a time where the expression of worship for God was exercised through sacrifice. According to our tradition, when the Temple was destroyed, the notion of sacrifice went by the wayside, and instead, in the rabbinic period, a new form of worship came into being - prayer - which seems to be a far more civilized way of asking, praising, thanking and praying to God.

"Secondly, it [rebuilding the Temple] would be terribly disruptive because of the emotional attachments the three monotheistic religions have to Jerusalem, the holy city, and to alter it and the status of the holy sites in any way that would impinge on spiritual longing would be a recipe for disaster and could lead not just to a local conflagration but to a wider one given the tension it would create," he explains, adding that "it would exacerbate an already sensitive situation that would engage the entire world community and certainly the Islamic community."

(Jerusalem Post / October 2008
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Ya'akov

Piper, this is an interesting subject, I noticed that you quoted many scholars and much great historical facts. Thank you. But one thing I would like to ask you if you don't mind what is your take on the third temple?

Was this forseen by Ezekiel? Is it a Spiritual Temple or literal.

Do you believe that this will happen? Or are you just rambling about something?

Peace,

Joshua

Secrets,

The below is a progression of verses that I am convienced point directly to the Messiah, Yeshua of Nazaret. Beginning with the promise to King David:

When King David was getting close to death, the L_rd spoke to him and said:

1st Chron, Chapter 17:

11 "When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 "He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

(Notice David was to have a descendant, one of his line (sons) who (notice verse 12) "shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne forever".

(Piper - I believe these verses are saturated with a description of the Messiah, who will be that descendant, and it will be he who will build the "final" Temple.)

Another scripture that suggest the same:

Zech 6:

12 "Then say to him, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the LORD.

(Piper-Another verse that is quite bold in stating that the man whose name is "Branch" wll build (not rebuild) the temple. Branch comes from a Hebrew word actually meaning sprout/stem.)

Notice also the words of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 11:

NAU Isaiah 11:

1 Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;
4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Revelation seems to confirm the words of Isaiah:

Revelation 19:

15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
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There are those within Judaism today who contend that the Messiah will have to build the 3rd Temple. But, it was not the Messiah who built the first two, so why will it have to be him who will build the 3rd? The truth is, the Messiah does not have to build the 3rd one, or if there is another after that, the 4th one. In my opinion, he will build the final one, whenever that will take place. Yes, I do think the final Temple of the Messiah will be the one Ezekiel witnessed, beginning in Chapter 40. So, if there is a 3rd Temple built by man, and should it be the one preceeding the Messiah's, then what will become of it? Perhaps one of two scenarios: 1) It is destroyed like the other two by war and tribulation, or 2) It is consumed at the return of the Messiah. The description of the Temple of Ezekiel is very specific, very descriptive.

Perhaps the 3rd Temple will come about as the result of a treaty of some type. I do know that within the heart of many Jewish people, there is a stong desire to see it become a reality. Devout Jews (like Daniel) often pray three times a day, coinciding with the times of the day the sacrifices would have been offered in the Temple. They teach that "prayer" has taken the place of the sacrifices, but my reasoning is that without the sheding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sin, hence Yeshua gave us a far more perfect sacrifice that even the blood of animals. He knew the Temple would be destroyed, and provided uninterrupted sacrifice for all generations that "believe" in him. But when he returns, and we shall have "knowledge" of him, he will walk among us, and there will be animal sacrifices given at his Temple. Why, his/our Father commands it for one, and because there will still be sin on the earth even while he is here with us, so such sacrifices will be made and those nations who do not conform, will get no rain. This is scripture.

I feel strongly that a 3rd Temple will be raised, perhaps in our life time. Such also may suggest that the Holy Ark has indeed been found, given it was the Temple's main focus, for what is a Temple without the Ark? My only warning to the Christian community is not to speak againt the Temple should it be built. Nor, to speak against the sacrifices, that is a Command from G_d. But be alert, pay close heed to him who will put a "stop" to the sacrifices. Then, all bets are off.....

Ya'akov

I heard a preacher several years ago, (sorry, can't recall who it was), saying that the Jews don't actually have to build a true 'Temple' like the ones they had in the past (large stone structure), on the location - that even a prefab sort of building could do, if they had the altar and all that was needed to dedicate it and begin the sacrifices again.

That would mean it could be set up and functioning in very little time, if the location and everything else is ready.

What are your thoughts on that?

We need to start looking up, I think Jesus' return must be soon.

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Originally posted by Love My Country:
I heard a preacher several years ago, (sorry, can't recall who it was), saying that the Jews don't actually have to build a true 'Temple' like the ones they had in the past (large stone structure), on the location - that even a prefab sort of building could do, if they had the altar and all that was needed to dedicate it and begin the sacrifices again.

That would mean it could be set up and functioning in very little time, if the location and everything else is ready.

What are your thoughts on that?

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Love my Country,

It's my guess that the plans have already been drawn. Your right, I don't think the Temple will be built like it was in the past, but I do think it will go beyond a prefab. It is quite possible that much, if not all of the funding for the construction has already been deposited, not to mention the additional donations that would be given from both Jewish and Christian sources should such a door open. And given the tools of construction today, a Temple could be erected in a number of months, I don't think the building process would be drug out for a long time. So, yes, it could be set up and become functioning within a short period of time.

Thanks for the question, wouldn't it be great if it were built in our lifetime!

Ya'akov

Yes, it would!!!


Rubicon

What about the temple at Elephantine destroyed around 400BC or the one at Leontopolis that was closed about 3 years after the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem ? Sacrifices were supposedly made there too.

Where do these fit in ?

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Originally posted by Piper1:

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Originally posted by Love My Country:
I heard a preacher several years ago, (sorry, can't recall who it was), saying that the Jews don't actually have to build a true 'Temple' like the ones they had in the past (large stone structure), on the location - that even a prefab sort of building could do, if they had the altar and all that was needed to dedicate it and begin the sacrifices again.

That would mean it could be set up and functioning in very little time, if the location and everything else is ready.

What are your thoughts on that?

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Love my Country,

It's my guess that the plans have already been drawn. Your right, I don't think the Temple will be built like it was in the past, but I do think it will go beyond a prefab. It is quite possible that much, if not all of the funding for the construction has already been deposited, not to mention the additional donations that would be given from both Jewish and Christian sources should such a door open. And given the tools of construction today, a Temple could be erected in a number of months, I don't think the building process would be drug out for a long time. So, yes, it could be set up and become functioning within a short period of time.

Thanks for the question, wouldn't it be great if it were built in our lifetime!

Ya'akov

My personal guess would be that it may be built within the next 20 years, 30 at the max. It's just my thoughts on it based upon a few things...

Actually, it could be started at any time after this next election.

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Originally posted by Love My Country:

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Originally posted by Piper1:

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Originally posted by Love My Country:
I heard a preacher several years ago, (sorry, can't recall who it was), saying that the Jews don't actually have to build a true 'Temple' like the ones they had in the past (large stone structure), on the location - that even a prefab sort of building could do, if they had the altar and all that was needed to dedicate it and begin the sacrifices again.

That would mean it could be set up and functioning in very little time, if the location and everything else is ready.

What are your thoughts on that?

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Love my Country,

It's my guess that the plans have already been drawn. Your right, I don't think the Temple will be built like it was in the past, but I do think it will go beyond a prefab. It is quite possible that much, if not all of the funding for the construction has already been deposited, not to mention the additional donations that would be given from both Jewish and Christian sources should such a door open. And given the tools of construction today, a Temple could be erected in a number of months, I don't think the building process would be drug out for a long time. So, yes, it could be set up and become functioning within a short period of time.

Thanks for the question, wouldn't it be great if it were built in our lifetime!

Ya'akov

My personal guess would be that it may be built within the next 20 years, 30 at the max. It's just my thoughts on it based upon a few things...

Actually, it could be started at any time after this next election.

Ok folks, I know this is going to go against what a lot of "theologians" and "interpretations" have suggested but to rebuild the Temple and return to making sacrifices is 180 degrees from true Christian teaching and can only be in agreement with the New Testament in a spiritual sense. I do not say that the law has or ever will be changed but that the law was fulfilled by Christ.

Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.


Luke 16:15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

17And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.


18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.


Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.

Romans 3: 28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

30Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Romans 8: 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.


Romans 13:8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.


Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.


Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

The law is fulfilled by love....
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Conditions must be met...
Galatians 5:18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.


A NEW COVENANT
Hebrews 8:9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

THE TIME OF SACRIFICE HAS COME AND GONE..
Hebrews 9
1Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

5And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.


THE FINAL SACRIFICE
HEBREWS 9: 11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?


NO MORE SACRIFICES WILL BE REQUIRED

HEBREWS 9: 24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

THE PHYSICAL TEMPLE DESTROYED TO BE REPLACED BY A TEMPLE NOT MADE WITH HANDS;
Mark 14:58
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.


JESUS INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF THE BODY AS A TEMPLE
John 2:19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

21But he spake of the temple of his body.


THE BODY IS NOW THE TEMPLE OF GOD
1 Corinthians 3:
16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

1 Corinthians 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?


THE TEMPLE OF GOD WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN HEAVEN BUT NOT ON EARTH THE "ARK OF THE COVENANT IS IN HEAVEN"
Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 14:17
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.


THE EARTH WILL BE DESTROYED AND A NEW JERUSALEM WILL COME FROM HEAVEN
Revelation 21
1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.


THE NEW JERUSALEM HAS NO TEMPLE;

REVELATION 21: 10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.



THE THIRD TEMPLE WAS CHRIST AND HAS BEEN REBUILT AND LIVES TODAY IN THOSE THAT SUBMIT TO HIS SPIRIT.

Giddy up! Now you're talking SOT (uh, except for the part about the earth being destroyed and stuff ).

Just reading about the New Jerusalem almost makes me cry.

If Yeshua did away with the Torah, why are the 10 Commandments so important in the lives of Christians? If those abiding by the law are so wrong, why are the 10 Commandments so important?

And where did Yeshua say that we can live free from His Father's word, and live as we feel comfortable?

It seems many are trying to justify living a life with the law of the Creator. I am sure they hope they are right.

And where in what is known as the Old Testament was it prophesied that the Torah would be done away with by the Messiah? Everything I have seen posted is from the New Covenant.

Romans 10:4 (NIV)
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

The new Jerusalem will desend "after" the 1000 year Messianic Reign, there will be a Temple in Jerusalem during the 1000 years of Yeshua's rule. As far as your contention that the law has been done away with, you are in error. A closer rendition is:

CJB Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart's deepest desire and my prayer to God for Isra'el is for their salvation;
2 for I can testify to their zeal for God. But it is not based on correct understanding;
3 for, since they are unaware of God's way of making people righteous and instead seek to set up their own, they have not submitted themselves to God's way of making people righteous.
4 For the goal at which the Torah aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts.

The Shabbat/Sabbath is perhaps the greatest of feast, when that New Jerusalem desends, we will enter into our Shabbat rest. That 7th day, which one is as of a thousand years....

Ya'akov