| − | An alternative theory described by physicist Asher Kaufman is based on the tradition that the temple was due west of the Golden Gate. This gate was built by Justinian in the sixth century and sealed off by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1541. It was sealed because there is a tradition that the messiah will enter using this gate.<ref>As Jesus has already passed through, sealing the gate fulfills Ezekiel 44:2: ''And the LORD said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut"'' (ESV).</ref> If the location of this gate corresponds to the Herodian gate, that would put the temple at the Dome of the Spirits (or Dome of the Tablets), which is 330 feet north of the Dome of the Rock. This site is sacred to the Sufi sect. Hadrian more than doubled the size of the Temple Mount by incorporating Antonia to the north. So the gate could have been moved to the north in his time. The name Dome of the Tablets suggests that a tradition connected this site to the temple. But the dome was built in the tenth century, by which time the Golden Gate was already at its present location.<ref name="dolphin"/> | + | An alternative theory described by physicist Asher Kaufman is based on the tradition that the temple was due west of the Golden Gate. This gate was built by Justinian in the sixth century and sealed off by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1541. It was sealed because there is a tradition that the messiah will enter using this gate.<ref>As Jesus has already passed through, sealing the gate fulfills Ezekiel 44:2: ''And the LORD said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut"'' (ESV).</ref> If the location of this gate corresponds to the Herodian gate, that would put the temple at the Dome of the Spirits (or Dome of the Tablets), which is 330 feet north of the Dome of the Rock. This site is sacred to the Sufi sect. The name Dome of the Tablets suggests that a tradition connected this site to the temple. But the dome was built in the tenth century, by which time the Golden Gate was already at its present location.<ref name="dolphin"/> |