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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“...verse 24: “I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.” (emphasis added) ...”


Speaking of prophetic misdirection, how do you know that the current disposition of Israel is the final gathering of that nation ?

Christ’s own prophecy was that “not one stone” would remain. Well, the Wailing Wall is still there, which suggests that it is at least possible for a future defeat and total Wailing Wall destruction.


8 posted on 05/31/2024 3:55:29 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Reverend Wright; SaveFerris; Roman_War_Criminal

The wailing wall is not part of the old temple.its where the Roman’s had their fort.
See this link: https://popular-archaeology.com/article/wailing-at-the-wrong-wall/

“ Sam’s arguments have been built on the foundations of research by earlier scholars, most notably that of Dr. Ernest L. Martin, whose research and subsequently published book, The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot, also argued that Fortress Antonia actually encompassed the area traditionally ascribed to the Temple Mount and that the temple was more accurately located on the Ophel mound over the area of the Gihon Spring, in the old City of David to the immediate southeast of the traditional Temple Mount precinct.”

That makes more sense as the temple having a natural source of water ties in with the description of The Holy Spirit as living water.
Besides, over the centuries, a lot of sacrifices on the temple grounds would lead to a lot of blood and you just don’t see the bloodstains around the Dome of of the rock area that is currently touted as the temple site.
Butchering a sheep also requires water to clean up and using the spring of Gihon makes more sense than hauling water uphill to a barren spot.
With that, the wailing wall is not part of the second temple and what you see is the final gathering of Israel, never more to be dispersed.


9 posted on 05/31/2024 4:59:35 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Reverend Wright

That “wailing wall” is actually the western wall of fortress Antonia that Herod the Great built for Caesar to house a Legion of Roman soldiers.
After the total destruction of Jerusalem in 136AD the only thing left standing was fortress Antonia.
The temple was about 600 yards down the hill from the southwest corner of the fortress to the northwest corner of the temple compound.
There was a covered staircase that ran down to the temple from the fortress.
It is mentioned in Acts 21: 27-40 and into CH 22.
Where the temple was is down in the old city of David. The Israeli archaeologists have found evidence of the first temple, down the hill from the old fortress in the city of David, right where it should be.
It was also near the gehon spring, which is the only fresh water source for miles around.


13 posted on 05/31/2024 6:08:22 PM PDT by coincheck (Salvation is for today, not tomorrow, you might not make it that far.....)
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