Leading rabbis rule Temple Mount is off-limits to Jews

Haaretz ^ | 1/18/5 | Nadav Shragai

[SmithL]

I won't pretend to understand the logic behind this decision.

[KMC1]

So wait...Rabbis are discriminating against Jews...? Oh now this makes sense...

[Texas_Jarhead]

What about non-Jews?

[montag813]

Morons

[Bombardier]

How about Christians? Are we able to go there and help our friends rebuild their Temple?

[bayourod]

Yes. Christ fulfilled the old law.

[TASMANIANRED]

It has to do with Jewish purity.

[Brian328i]

What exactly is a flawless red cow?

[DaveMSmith]

According to this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1297581/posts the restablished Sanhedrin 'been there, done that'.

[snarks_when_bored]

Didn't Freud write a book entitled Superstition and its Discontents?

No, wait, ...

[Sola Veritas]

"How about Christians? Are we able to go there and help our friends rebuild their Temple?"

Nope this not our place. I can think of four reasons:

(1) Christians (even Messanic Jews) are gentiles and in their oppinon we would be defilling the area. We should'nt do this. We should respect their opinions.
(2) I know many Christians want to see the Temple rebuilt because we think it is a necessary step to bring about the return of Christ. I think it is also. However, I don't think God needs my/our help fulfilling prophecy. Let God motivate the Jews to rebuild their temple in His timing.
(3) There is also the "little" problem of the "Dome of the Rock" which is sitting on the temple mount. This is one of Islam's important shrines. The reprocussions would be great. I think we should leave it all up to God.
(4) When Christ said "It is finished" the vale to the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom. The ceremonial law ended. As Christian we should have no interest in seeing the ceremonial law reinstituted (except for fulfillment of prophecy).

[DaveMSmith]

A Red Heifer described in Numbers 19. I saw a piece on TBN last week that stated there were quite a few of them now.

[Nipplemancer]

Yea, all this prophecy stuff just goes way past my head. All I know is that if the 3rd temple is built, we're all screwed (i believe mainly from nuclear annihilation rather than end-times prophecy since someone with nukes will probably get really pissed if these events transpire).

[joesnuffy]

(3) There is also the "little" problem of the "Dome of the Rock" which is sitting on the temple mount. This is one of Islam's important shrines. The reprocussions would be great. I think we should leave it all up to God.

Every place in the world the muslims set foot is 'holy ground' if they so declare it...probably even some US property...wouldnt worry one jot or tittle about them being offended or not- as they will always find offense when it is in their interest to do so

imo

[null and void]

(3) There is also the "little" problem of the "Dome of the Rock" which is sitting on the temple mount. This is one of Islam's important shrines. The repercussions would be great. I think we should leave it all up to God.

Since Jewish law forbids destroying the places of worship of other religions, the møøselimbs will have to do it themselves.

A slightly 'misguided' nuclear tipped missile from Iran should polish the al aqsa mosque clean off the Temple Mount nicely, and flame sterilize the ground to boot...

[Glock17]

Ya know, I'm just a simple Southern Baptist guy who grew up raising cattle and I have no idea what a "flawless red heifer" would be. It all sounds too complicated, so I prefer to just remember the real sacrifice that was made.

[FreedomCalls]

(3) There is also the "little" problem of the "Dome of the Rock" which is sitting on the temple mount. This is one of Islam's important shrines.

I've never had this satisfactorily answered. Why is the "Dome of the Rock" an important shrine in Islam? It is supposedly the place where Mohammad ascended into heaven, but Mohammad died in Medina some 750 miles away.

[gscc]

"Over the years," the rabbis state, "we have lost the exact location of the Temple,"

They have not only lost the location of the Temples, they have lost the location of the Temple Mount. What they are disputing with the Muslims is actually the Roman Fortress Antonia. The temples were actually located south of the presently accepted Dome of the Rock location--down in the area of the ancient City of David over the Gihon Spring. Jesus prophesied with regard to Jerusalem in Matthew: "1Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2“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.” Jesus prophesied it and history attests to the fact that the Romans leveled the entirety of Jerusalem right down to the bedrock. The only thing left standing was the Roman Fortress Antonia which is where the Roman Tenth Legion was stationed until the third century. The current Western or Wailing wall has only been recognized as such since the 1600s. The mystic rabbi which identified it as a wall of the temple Mount was wrong.

[Old Professer]

Like war and peace, religion and logic are antithetical.

[ROTB]

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