Posted on 11/07/2001 6:38:28 PM PST by crystalk
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is an act of hate and of hate speech by Muslims against Jews and Christians. Neither the US nor Britain would ever allow such an object to be created, nor such a collection of slander to be publicly displayed.
Remember, every bit of that oh-so-pretty Arabic arabesque script on this little shrine dating from AD 691, is a slander-in-stone, posing as a sermon-in-stone, against Christianity which had ruled Jerusalem for centuries under Byzantium prior to the Islamic takeover in the AD 638-40 era. "God has no Son. It is Blasphemy to Say He has Taken a Son." would be the least of what is written there. This Dome is not a mosque, and it is an artifact of pure hatred against Christianity.
It also is an artifact of pure hatred against Judaism, for it occupies and stands upon the holy precincts of the Temples of Solomon and of Herod (first and second Temples)...a dog in the manger as it were, which neither itself worships, nor allows the Jews to worship, God as He ought to be. This building is preventing the Jews from re-establishing the Temple and its sacrifices for the good of all mankind and the peace of the world.
As I understand it, the Dome itself stands over the area reserved solely for Jewish men (court of Israel) in the time of Jesus, including the area of the altar of sacrifice and the "holy" (as opposed to Most Holy) place of the Temple (Bet ha Mikdosh) itself. I believe that the place of the Ark of the Covenant in the Most Holy, however, stands on the western steps leading up to the octagonal Dome structure...
Called by Daniel the "Abomination of Desolation" (loathsome thing), this structure was stated in Dan. 11 and 12 to stand until the indignation (wrath) of God against Israel for its sins was over, but that was to end in 1290 or 1335 years from the construction of same in 691. Thus, its fall is up in 1981 or in 2026, and I think the 1981 date referred to the finding of the Ark in that year...
Since in our liberal times, Westerners are called upon to accomodate every nuance of the sensiblilities of Muslims here in our homelands, perhaps Muslims in return would be willing to see this insult and injury to Judaism and Christianity removed and made away in our day. Perhaps it could be disassembled stone by stone and set up in Mecca, a city only Muslims are allowed to visit, and thus it could do less harm there.
Neither of those faiths had any of the events of their holy texts purport to take place in NYC.
Also, churches, temples, and mosques in NYC do not have "billboards" denigrating the tenents of other religions on the outside of their buildings. Combining these is an antagostic act.
Think of it akin to someone going into a church standing during all the services wearing a sandwich board saying "God does not exist".
Islam clearly presses the concept of "conquer their hearts by force" and eliminate the opposing faith.
We hear you loud and clear. Please freepmail membership forms ASAP! Yup...Going up.
Do I really need to point out the irony in your statements?
BTW..............Jesus loves ya anyway, even if I think you're being a jerk.
Instead, Paul says that the end cannot come until the Mystery of Iniquity (Pagan cultus at Mecca) which was already going on...would be revealed under the Man of Sin (Muhammad), ...and time forbids my saying more than to note that this Satanic Mecca cult is said to still be in existence at the Second Coming of Jesus, to be destroyed finally only by the brightness of His coming! (Jews, that is the coming of the Messiah in power as long predicted--and just on the scheduled dates, it is just that some of us think he had put in a brief appearance (in no power) before, before he comes in as the afikomen at the end. Sorry no time here to discuss adequately, another forum awaits
Please tell us more..I have never heard of Man of Sin (Mohamed) or the Satanic Black Stone of Mecca...etc. Can you explain to fellow freepers in layman's terms, Thanks.
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