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==Prophecy==

==Prophecy==

There are various prophecies in both the old and new testaments that concern the rebuilding of the temple. For example, in a letter to a Christian community in Thessalonia, Paul prophesied as follows:

There are various prophecies in both the old and new testaments that concern the rebuilding of the temple. For example, in a letter to a Christian community in Thessalonia, Paul prophesied as follows:

{{cquote|Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day [the day of the Lord] will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.<ref>2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 (ESV).</ref>}}

{{cquote|Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day [the day of the Lord] will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.<ref>2 Thessalonians 2:3–4, ESV.</ref>}}

According to Paul, the Old Testament prophecies concerning the rebuilding of the temple were fulfilled by the coming of Jesus: {{cquote|Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.<ref>1 Corinthians 3:16-17. (ESV).</ref>}}"The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man," according to Acts.<ref>Acts 17:24.</ref>

According to Paul, the Old Testament prophecies concerning the rebuilding of the temple were fulfilled by the coming of Jesus: {{cquote|Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.<ref>1 Corinthians 3:16-17, ESV.</ref>}}"The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man," according to Acts.<ref>Acts 17:24.</ref>

Revelation says that the messianic temple will be built in heaven, not on the Temple Mount: {{cquote|Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.<ref>Revelation 11:19. (ESV)</ref>}}

Revelation says that the messianic temple will be built in heaven, not on the Temple Mount: {{cquote|Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.<ref>Revelation 11:19, ESV.</ref>}}

The temple prophesied by Ezekiel is about one mile square, too large to fit on the Temple Mount.<ref>Ezekiel 42:15-19.</ref> Together with the temple grounds, it will be 51 miles by 21 miles.<ref>Eze 45:1-2</ref> A mountain near Jerusalem, either Zion<ref>“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” (Psalms 2:6, ESV) Zion here refers Ophel, which is just south of Temple Mount.</ref> or Moriah, will grow miraculously to accommodate, according to Isaiah:{{cquote|It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.<ref>Isaiah 2:2-3 (ESV).</ref>}}Non-Jews were excluded from the historical temples, but the messianic temple will be for people of all nations. It will be presided over by a messiah, which should be understood simply as a position that combines the roles of high priest and king.

The temple prophesied by Ezekiel is about one mile square.<ref>Ezekiel 42:15-19.</ref> Together with the grounds that surround it, it will be 51 miles by 21 miles.<ref>Ezekiel 45:1-2.</ref> A mountain near Jerusalem, either Zion<ref>“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” (Psalms 2:6, ESV) Zion here refers Ophel, a hill just south of Temple Mount.</ref> or Moriah, will grow miraculously to accommodate, according to Isaiah:{{cquote|It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.<ref>Isaiah 2:2-3, ESV.</ref>}}Non-Jews were excluded from the historical temples, but the messianic temple will be for people of all nations. It will be presided over by a messiah, which should be understood simply as a position that combines the roles of high priest and king.

==Muhammad==

==Muhammad==