Timing: Re-building the Temple or the Rapture?

In a future, and it may be soon, we will be raptured to heaven (1st Thessalonians 4:13-5:11).  But one thing that I wonder about is what Daniel 9:27 says:

He (the coming ruler - vs 26) will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.'  In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

Look at what I highlighted. This tells me two things:

1. From the time the man of sin signs the covenant....Israel will have a Levitical priest system ready and prepared to offer animal sacrifices. 
2. This means, before this covenant is signed, the Third Temple construction is completed and ready. 

According to 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, Jesus would gather us together and depart first and then the "time of the Lord begins and the man of sin is revealed.

So this would mean that the Temple would be built before the rapture.....since this event happens before the tribulation.But how could the Temple possibly be built? The Muslim control Temple Mount  and the Dome of the Rock sits on the site of the Second Temple.

Really? Look at this picture:

Where the Dome of the Rock sits is on the site of the Fortress Antonia. The holy site they covered was an early Christian site to mark where Jesus stood before Pilate. A Church stood on this site...not the Herodian Temple. The actual site of the Herodian Temple is to the south. But the Jews have forgotten where their Temple was.  

 Notice that the Wailing Wall or Western Wall is at the base of the Fortress Antonia...the only structure the Romans did not destroy in 70 A.D. Just as Jesus prophesied....the Temple was completely obliterated.

"Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." Matthew 24:2

• Josephus confirms that Jesus' prophecy was fulfilled to the letter:

Titus, the Roman general, ordered the very foundations of it to be dug up; after which the ground on which it stood was ploughed up by Turnus Rufus. It is true, Titus was very desirous of preserving it, and the city too, and sent Josephus and other Jews again and again to persuade them to a surrender, but one greater than Titus had determined it otherwise. The Jews themselves first set fire to the porticoes of the temple, and then the Romans. One of the soldiers, neither waiting for any command, nor trembling at such an attempt, but urged by a certain divine impulse, says Josephus, mounted the shoulder of his companion, thrust a burning brand in at the golden window, and thereby set fire to the building of the temple itself. Titus ran immediately to the temple, and commanded the soldiers to extinguish the flame; but neither exhortations nor threatenings could restrain their violence; they either could not, or would not hear, those behind encouraging those before to set fire to the temple.  Benson Commentary

 So to the South is where the Second Temple was located:

See Note below

• There is interest in the Southern area as the place to build the Third Temple. However Muslim opposition to any Temple construction anywhere in this area will lead to riots.So this leads to the next question...when will Muslim opposition end so that the Temple can be built and ready to be used for the seventieth seven? I believe the War of Ezekiel 38 and 39 is the answer that will have God intervening both by natural, political and supernatural means. 

• Great Earthquake 
• In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground.  

• Confusion 

I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD . Every man's sword will be against his brother. I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed.

• Supernatural Weather Phenomenon

I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.  And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD .' Ezekiel 38:19-23

• Possibility: Supernatural - Other possibility: Nuclear exchange between US and Russia

• I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD . Ezekiel 39:7

• This will be followed by seven years to bury the bone and burn the weapons:

• " 'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up-the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.  Ezekiel 39:9

• Muslim opposition and World opposition to what Israel will do in regards to re-building the Third Temple will be eliminated. The great earthquake will reduce Muslim shrines, like the Dome to the Rock, to rubble. This seven year period will give Israel time to build the Temple as they will know that the Lord has delivered them from destruction. It will be a return to God under the Law...not in faith that Jesus is their Messiah. This is what the Tribulation will bring them to:

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' Matthew 23:37-39 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus. He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. Acts 3:19-21

• So let me put all of this together on a time line to get a visual representation:

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• This is a possible scenario for the future. I would prefer one that had no trials before the rapture. But I have to proclaim prophecy as I understand them...not as I would like them to be. If we are the terminal generation that will be raptured...we could likely also be witnesses to the coming war, and depending on who survives...could witness the rebuilding of the Third Temple.

• Note:
• These excavations begun by Benjamin Mazar in 1968 were the largest earth-moving archaeological projects in Israel.  Work continued until 1978 but has since resumed in the 1990s under the direction of Ronny Reich.  These excavations are the most important for understanding the Temple Mount because of the impossibility of excavating on the mount itself. http://www.bibleplaces.com/southerntm.htm

• The Third TempleWhen will it be built? by Dr. David R. Reagan
• http://www.raptureforums.com/IsraelMiddleEast/thethirdtemple.cfm
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• A few prophecies still need to be fulfilled before the tribulation by Don Koenig
• http://www.thepropheticyears.com/comments/prophecies%20still%20to%20be%20fulfilled%20before%20the%20final%20seven%20year%20covenant%20with%20Israel.htm

• Will Israel Build a Temple in Jerusalem?
• https://bible.org/article/will-israel-build-temple-jerusalem