The Third Temple according to the Midrash
1️⃣ It will be built by God, not by human hands
The Midrash Tanchuma and other sources teach that:
🔹 “The Third Temple will descend from Heaven already built.”
This means it will not be a political or human project, but a divine, perfect, and eternal one.
📜 Psalms 127:1
“Unless Hashem builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
2️⃣ It will be eternal
Unlike the First and Second Temples, which were destroyed:
🏛️ First Temple → destroyed ... moreThe Third Temple according to the Midrash
1️⃣ It will be built by God, not by human hands
The Midrash Tanchuma and other sources teach that:
🔹 “The Third Temple will descend from Heaven already built.”
This means it will not be a political or human project, but a divine, perfect, and eternal one.
📜 Psalms 127:1
“Unless Hashem builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
2️⃣ It will be eternal
Unlike the First and Second Temples, which were destroyed:
🏛️ First Temple → destroyed by Babylon
🏛️ Second Temple → destroyed by Rome
🕍 Third Temple → will never be destroyed
📜 Midrash Rabba
“The work of God’s hands is eternal.”
3️⃣ It will unite Heaven and Earth
The Midrash describes it as a point of total connection between the spiritual and the physical, fulfilling the original purpose of Creation. ✡️
SGT Dinah Scivoletti
Joan of Arc Priory
Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)
