Who owns the Temple Mt. in Jerusalem?
The Temple Mt is "The Place" where God chose His divine presence to rest (Isa 8:18)
It was from here that God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam. The Temple Mt is where Abraham bound Isaac. Abraham trusted God & by "Faith" offered Isaac as a sacrifice
God intervened & spared Isaac’s life, by providing a ram instead. Abraham called this place “The LORD Will Provide"
Due to Abraham’s obedience on Mt Moriah, God told him that his descendants will take possession of the city
About 1000 years later at this very location, King David "bought" the threshing floor (37 acre Temple Mt area) from Araunah the Jebusite. & built an altar to the Lord so that a “plague may be held back from the people” (2 Sam 24:18-25 & 1 Chron 21:21-26)
Here David made a peace offering unto the Lord (1 chron 21:26). The LORD excepts & answers by shooting fire from Heaven onto the alter of burnt offering.. Upon David’s death, Solomon built a Temple on the same site.
2 Chron 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in Mt Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father. The place that David bought & prepared, the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Solomon’s Temple lasted over 4 hundred years until it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 587/586 BC
70 yrs later the Temple was rebuilt on the same site. It was this temple that Jesus cleansed (Jn 2:15
In 70 A.D the Roman's again destroy the Temple
All that remains of the Temple Mt of that era is a portion of a retaining wall known as the Western or Wailing Wall
A site of prayer for Jews for centuries. God called Abraham to Mt Moriah & still has plans for the Temple Mt
The Bible indicates that a 3rd Temple will be built on or near the site of Solomon’s Temple (Dan 9:27
Today a problem given the obstacles that stand in the way. Currently Jordan administrates the Temple Mt holy places thru the Waqf (Islamic trust)
Yet nothing can stop God’s sovereign plans
Muslim control of this area simply fulfills the prophecy of Luke 21:24 that Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled
The LORD gave His Chosen people Israel for an everlasting inheritance. Num 34:1-15
The LORD puts HIS NAME on JERUSALEM!
Kings 21:4
4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name"
1st God, the true owner promises the land to Abrahams descendants. God then has King David "BUY IT"
So, who really owns the Temple Mt?
The Temple Mt is "The Place" where God chose His divine presence to rest (Isa 8:18)
It was from here that God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam. The Temple Mt is where Abraham bound Isaac. Abraham trusted God & by "Faith" offered Isaac as a sacrifice
God intervened & spared Isaac’s life, by providing a ram instead. Abraham called this place “The LORD Will Provide"
Due to Abraham’s obedience on Mt Moriah, God told him that his descendants will take possession of the city
About 1000 years later at this very location, King David "bought" the threshing floor (37 acre Temple Mt area) from Araunah the Jebusite. & built an altar to the Lord so that a “plague may be held back from the people” (2 Sam 24:18-25 & 1 Chron 21:21-26)
Here David made a peace offering unto the Lord (1 chron 21:26). The LORD excepts & answers by shooting fire from Heaven onto the alter of burnt offering.. Upon David’s death, Solomon built a Temple on the same site.
2 Chron 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in Mt Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father. The place that David bought & prepared, the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Solomon’s Temple lasted over 4 hundred years until it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 587/586 BC
70 yrs later the Temple was rebuilt on the same site. It was this temple that Jesus cleansed (Jn 2:15
In 70 A.D the Roman's again destroy the Temple
All that remains of the Temple Mt of that era is a portion of a retaining wall known as the Western or Wailing Wall
A site of prayer for Jews for centuries. God called Abraham to Mt Moriah & still has plans for the Temple Mt
The Bible indicates that a 3rd Temple will be built on or near the site of Solomon’s Temple (Dan 9:27
Today a problem given the obstacles that stand in the way. Currently Jordan administrates the Temple Mt holy places thru the Waqf (Islamic trust)
Yet nothing can stop God’s sovereign plans
Muslim control of this area simply fulfills the prophecy of Luke 21:24 that Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled
The LORD gave His Chosen people Israel for an everlasting inheritance. Num 34:1-15
The LORD puts HIS NAME on JERUSALEM!
Kings 21:4
4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name"
1st God, the true owner promises the land to Abrahams descendants. God then has King David "BUY IT"
So, who really owns the Temple Mt?