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}}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the former site of a Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. Jesus was presented at the Herodian temple as a baby. He returned as an adult to overturn the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 135. This temple was destroyed Emperor Constantine, who later converted to Christianity. | }}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the former site of a Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. Jesus was presented at the Herodian temple as a baby. He returned as an adult to overturn the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 135. This temple was destroyed Emperor Constantine, who later converted to Christianity. | ||
| − | The [[Dome of the Rock]], an Islamic shrine, was built in | + | The [[Dome of the Rock]], an Islamic shrine, was built by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik in 691. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built about 710. As the site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven, Al-Aqsa is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Although the Temple Mount was captured by the Israelis in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, it is still managed by an Islamic religious authority called the Waqf. |
==Prophecy== | ==Prophecy== | ||
Revision as of 12:24, March 31, 2020
| Temple Mount | |
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| Arabic name | |
| Arabic | الحرم القدسي الشريف |
| Romanization | al-Haram al-Qudsī ash-Sharīf (Noble Sanctuary) |
| Hebrew name | |
| Hebrew | הר הבית |
| Romanization | Har ha-Bayit |
The Temple Mount, biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the former site of a Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. Jesus was presented at the Herodian temple as a baby. He returned as an adult to overturn the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 135. This temple was destroyed Emperor Constantine, who later converted to Christianity.
The Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, was built by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik in 691. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built about 710. As the site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven, Al-Aqsa is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Although the Temple Mount was captured by the Israelis in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, it is still managed by an Islamic religious authority called the Waqf.
Prophecy
Various prophecies in the old and new testaments foresee the rebuilding of a Jewish temple. For example, in a letter to a Christian community in Thessalonia, Paul prophesied as follows:
| “ | 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.[1] | ” |
References
- ↑ 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 (ESV).