Posted on 09/25/2001 1:31:33 PM PDT by Doctor Freeze
Maybe a Jewish Freeper can help me understand this...
Why is there a Mosque on the Temple Mount? As a Christian, I have always heard that the Ark of the Covenant used to be located on the Temple Mount (in King Solomon's temple?) and that the rock that Abraham was going to sacrifice Isaac on is on the Temple Mount.
Excuse my ignorance, but why doesn't Israel make it priority number one to retake the Temple Mount? It is holy to us Christians too!!! Thanks for any insight on this basic question that I don't know the answer to.
Misplaced indeed. Good message..
Muslims throughout history have constructed mosques over existing temples and churches whenever they gain control over an area. There are many examples of this throughout the Middle East and Asia. I believe their purpose is to abolish any other form of worship but their's.
BZZZZT! Sorry, wrong answer, thanks for playing!
I'm not Jewish, but do know enough to know that it is currently Passover. Yom Kippur is typically in October, though I think sometimes falls into early November (or is it late September?). That's why the Yom Kippur War of 1973 is sometimes referred to as the October War.
Care to mention a few?
Currently Impossible!
Jehovah-God will NOT permit it because the 70th week of Israel's Prophet Daniel has not begun!
Israel MUST have permission to do so by the Goys.(and they won't give it)
(Israel will NOT truly 'possess' the LAND (Eratz Yisrael) until AFTER the conclusion of 'The Times of Gentiles' (re:Daniel's Israeli Prophecy) is brought to its END by the personal intervention and Davidic/Messianic Reign of Jesus beginning a 1,000 years of fulfilled promises to the 'fathers' by God's Promises!
Jehovah is NOT 'mocked' by either Israel or the Gentiles!!!
Jehovah-God is in control, yet permits mankinds' 'folly' to be contrasted with His Wisdom!
Purpose? To rebuke unto REPENTANCE and TRUST in Saviour-Jesus!
Thanks for the 'ping'.
The mount has to figure in significantly in end time events. God seems to like cliff-hanger endings and lots of creative surprises that give Him Glory.
Certainly God has laid claim to that rather precious piece of real estate in behalf of His chosen ones who basically are thanks to Abraham for being such a good friend. Certainly God is well able to take possession in more overt ways any time He chooses.
I suspect He'll choose to do so in a dramatic way at some point in the not toooo distant future--certainly in our lifetimes and perhaps before too many more hours for all I know.
Or was it because a truly devout Jew will not set foot on the Temple Mount for fear of committing sacrilege by accidentally stepping where the Holy of Holies was located, the place where the Ark of the Covenant was kept and where only select Priests were allowed to go?
The Fatih Mosque of Istanbul. Built over the Church of the Apostles.
The Great Mosque of Damascus. Built over St. John the Baptist Church.
The Adina Mosque of Pandua, India. Built over a Hindu temple.
Furthermore, what you say obtained about 1967-82, but with every passing year since that, more and more feel they know precisely enough just where that Temple stood, as to be able to avoid treading on it, and guide leaflets were available for that purpose.
It was given back to the Muslimsd in 67 on condition they allow all persons to visit and quietly meditate or pray, but this has been violated and Muslims will certainly kill any non-Muslim who goes up there, at present.
May it be speedily reopened in our days.
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