Jan 27, 2022
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LOCATION OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE ~
PART 2
OPHEL MOUND VS TEMPLE
MOUNT
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DESCRIPTION
In this session we will discuss several items that reveal difference between the currently referred to area of the Temple Mount … AND … where the First and Second Temples (including the Roman rebuild of the Jewish Temple on those locations) were actually located.
We will discuss the following:
■ Size of the Temple compared to Dome of the Rock Complex = Roman Fortress Antonia.
■ Eye witness certifications of both the location of the Jewish Temple AND destruction of the Jewish Temple.
■ Location of the Temple as certified by the Holy Scriptures.
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LOCATION
OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE ~ PART 2
OPHEL MOUND VS TEMPLE
MOUNT
The construction of the Third Jewish Temple could begin immediately IF the Jewish leaders ... and the Temple Institute ... understood that the First and Second Jewish Temples were NEVER located on the Dome of the Rock Complex or Haram al-Sharif.
This is Part Two in a Series to develop a construct proving that
the Jewish Temple was NOT on the traditional location (referred to
as the Temple Mount), but was in the City of David. In this message
we develop the construct that the First and Second Jewish
Temples were located on the Ophel mound just to
the north of the original Mount Zion on the southeast
ridge.
WHO WAS JOSEPHUS
Titus Flavius Josephus, born Yosef ben Matityahu, was a
first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best
known for The Jewish War, who was born in Jerusalem—then
part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother
who claimed royal ancestry.
Born AD 37/38, Jerusalem—died AD 100, Rome—was a Jewish priest,
scholar, and historian who wrote valuable works on the Jewish
revolt of 66–70 and on earlier Jewish history. His major books are
History of the Jewish War (75–79), The Antiquities of
the Jews (93), and Against Apion.
Josephus' works are the most
thorough histories of the period that we have. So long as we retain
some skepticism, his writings provide the greatest insight into
what happened to the Jewish people during a five hundred year
period.
IMPORTANT
Josephus lived in Jerusalem BEFORE the destruction, DURING the
destruction, and AFTER the destruction of the Second
Temple.
According to the historian Josephus Flavius, hundreds of
thousands of Jews perished in the siege of Jerusalem and elsewhere
in the country, and many thousands more were sold into
slavery.
Texts by Josephus mentioned that Herod stated dogmatically
that his Temple (though enlarged to be double in size of
the former Temple) was still located in the same general
area as that of the former Temples.
The eyewitness account of Eleazar―who led the final contingent of
Jewish resistance to the Romans at Masada―stated that the
Roman fortress which had long been in Jerusalem was the ONLY
structure left by 73 C.E.
In other words, Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) was
right:
As Yeshua left the Temple and was going away, his
talmidim came and called his attention to its
buildings. But he answered them, “You see all
these? Yes! I tell you, they will be totally destroyed—not a single
stone will be left standing!” [Mattiyahu (Matthew)
24:1-2]
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NOTICE
The stones of the Roman Fortress (Fort Antonia) were left standing where the Dome of the Rock Complex (Haram al-Sharif) is NOW located … referred to commonly as the Temple Mount area.
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The Dome of the Rock is built on top of the Foundation Stone, which
is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. According to Jewish tradition,
the stone is the “navel of the Earth”—the place where creation
began, and the site where Abraham was poised to sacrifice
Isaac.
The Temple which existed in Jesus' day (and where the First Temple
was previously located) was NOT located on the area referred to NOW
as the Temple Mount (Dome of the Rock Complex or Haram
al-Sharif).
Both the First and Second Temples were located on Ophel mound over
the area of the Gihon Spring.
The Jewish people knew—up to
the period that Islam emerged, even to the time of the
Crusades—that the southeast
ridge was the location
of their "Mount Zion" and the site of all the
Temples built in Jerusalem. Indeed, modern scholars realize that this is
true for the real location of "Mount Zion,"
however, these same scholars and
religious leaders fail to place the "Temple Mount" at that "Mount
Zion" on the southeast ridge where it obviously
belongs.
The Holy Scriptures clearly place the 1st and 2nd Jewish Temples
over and around the Gihon Spring on the
southeast ridge (on top of the original
"Mount Ophel") in Mt. Zion, City of David. But scholars
and religious leaders continue insisting (and even dogmatically
demanding) that the Temples of Solomon, Zerubbabel and Herod were
centered within the parameters of the Haram esh-Sharif.
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IMPORTANT QUESTION
GUESS WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST AND SECOND JEWISH TEMPLES WERE LOCATED ON THE CURRENT “DOME OF THE ROCK COMPLEX” … OR WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE “TEMPLE MOUNT”
■ TEMPLE INSTITUTE: TRADITION SINCE 1099 C.E.
■ ISLAM: BELIEF THAT THE DOME OF THE ROCK IS OVER MOUNT
MORIAH
■ SATAN: IF ISRAEL AND THE JEWS CAN NOW BUILD THE THIRD
TEMPLE IN ANOTHER AREA─NOT THE COMMONLY CALLED TEMPLE
MOUNT AREA─AN AREA WHERE THE FIRST AND SECOND TEMPLES
ACTUALLY STOOD … IT WOULD SPEED UP THE RETURN OF MESSIAH AND THE
JUDGMENT OF SATAN.
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SOME OTHER POINTS TO CONSIDER
The dimensions of the Temple (with its unique shape and characteristics) could NOT be the same as Fort Antonia―Haram al-Sharif = Dome of the Rock Complex—where the “current” Temple Mount is located.
The Haram al-Sharif (current Dome of the Rock Complex referred to
as the Temple Mount) also fits within the average size of a Roman
camp (50 acres), while the temple complex described by Josephus was
only nine acres--typical of other Roman-Greco temple complexes of
the period.
The size of the Fortress
Antonia―based on Josephus and
other evidence―show that around
6,000 soldiers were housed there … PLUS 4,000 support
personnel. It was like a small city with roads, bakeries,
brothels, court rooms and barracks.
Herod built the fortress to protect the Jewish Temple. He named it
for his patron Mark Antony (83–30 BCE). The fortress housed the
Roman garrison of Jerusalem.
Also, IF—as some “Temple Mount proponents
argue”—Fort Antonia was at some other location than the present
Haram al-Sharif (Dome of the Rock Complex), then WHY were
NOT the Herodian stones from Fortress Antonia found together at
another location AND WHY do BOTH Josephus AND
Eleazar―who led the final contingent of Jewish
resistance to the Romans at Masada―certify as
eye-witnesses that the Roman fortress which had
long been in Jerusalem was the ONLY structure left after the
destruction of Jerusalem by Titus and his
forces.
Josephus mentioned the utter ruin of the Temple and all the City of
Jerusalem, but he gave no reference that the Haram
al-Sharif was ordered to be retained or that Titus and his
general staff commanded those walls should continue to remain
intact. But they have survived unto our modern times.
Through the centuries those 10,000 stones have remained in
their original positions making up the four walls of the Haram
[confines of the Roman Fortress Antonia] as a prominent and
dominant architectural facility in the City of
Jerusalem.
SUMMARY
Tradition holds strong that the current Temple Mount is the
original location of the Temples; however, the testimony of
eye-witnesses who were at Jerusalem before, during and after the
diestruction of Jerusalem certify otherwise. In addition—and
certainly more importantly—is the prophecy of Yeshua that
“You see all these? Yes! I tell you, they will be
totally destroyed—not a single stone will be left
standing!”
The First and Second Temples {of Solomon and Zerubbabel) were
located on the Ophel mound just to the north of the original Mount
Zion on the southeast ridge. We will investigate more
concerning this in our following sessions.
I trust this teaching will add insight into the REAL location of
the First and Second Jewish Temples … AND … where the Third Temple
may be built.
Baruch haba b'Shem ADONAI.
Your friend,
Prince
Handley
University
of Excellence
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