THE PAST HISTORY OF JERUSALEM TEMPLE MOUNT
It is difficult to
overestimate the importance of Jerusalem Temple Mount Temple Mount
How did Jerusalem Temple Mount
religions believe that the Temple Mount
place?
In our first section, we will consider the
history of the Temple Mount
CHAPTER 2
THE LEGACY OF ABRAHAM:
THE JEWS, JERUSALEM MOUNT MORIAH
There is an
outcropping of starkly bare rough limestone rock in Jerusalem Temple Mount
Few places in the world have been . . . as sacred as this city, this flattened mountain and this rock. While the world lasts and as long as the sons of men believe that one spot on it is more sacred and hallowed than another, this will remain so.1
Few places in the world have been . . . as sacred as this city, this flattened mountain and this rock. While the world lasts and as long as the sons of men believe that one spot on it is more sacred and hallowed than another, this will remain so.1
Solomon Steckoll
In every age, the
memory of Jerusalem
past, and our happiest hopes for the
future, connect themselves with ‘the city of our God.’2
Alfred Edersheim
The story of Jerusalem Temple Mount
In the first eleven chapters of the book
of Genesis we have the record of God creating the universe, humankind, the Fall of humankind, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel
Beginning at the twelfth chapter of
Genesis, and continuing through the rest of Scripture, we have the story of
God’s dealings with humankind through a specific race—the descendants of
Abraham.
Abraham’s Importance To The World The importance of
Abram (whose name was later
changed to Abraham) cannot be overestimated.
Today there are three
major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that believe in only
one God. Each of these
world religions has one central person whom they revere. The outstanding figure
among the Jews is Moses, the giver of the Law. The Muslims look to Mohammed,
the last and greatest of the prophets. Christians worship Jesus, God’s only
Son, and the promised Messiah.
Yet each of these
three world religions trace their beginnings back forty centuries ago to the
same man, Abraham.
Jesus, Moses, and Mohammed were all physical descendants of this man Abraham. Thus Abraham is a central figure in three
of the major world religions in our day.
The Call Of Abraham
The reason for
Abraham’s importance is because of a specific covenant that God made with
him. Four thousand years
ago, God called Abraham out of a sinful culture, and made him
promises that still apply today.
We read the
following in Genesis.
Then the LORD told
Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. I
will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a
blessing to others. I will bless
those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the
earth will be blessed through
you” (Genesis 12:1-3 NLT).
God took Abraham from the place where his
fathers had served other gods and led him to the Promised Land. According to
God’s promise, this land would belong to his descendants forever.
The Promise Of Descendants
Among other things, God promised Abraham
that he would have a tremendous number of descendants. The Bible says Abraham believed God’s promise.
He brought him
outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able
to count them.” Then he
said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as
righteousness (Genesis 15:5,6 NRSV).
The Lord made
Abraham a promise and Abraham believed the promise. The Borders Of The Land Are Defined
God specifically told Abraham the borders
of the land that was to belong to him and his descendants. The Bible puts it this way.
Now the people of Sodom
The Lord also said.
On that day the LORD
made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land,
from the river of Egypt Euphrates ” (Genesis 15:18 ESV).
Such were to be the
borders of the land.
The Promises Are Repeated
In Genesis 17, these promises are repeated
and enlarged upon. The promises made to Abraham and his descendants are
everlasting. God said.
I will keep My
covenant between Me and you, and your offspring after you throughout
their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the
[God] of your offspring after you. And to you and your offspring after you
I will give the land where you are residing—all
theland of Canaan
the
This covenant, or
agreement, that God made with Abraham’s descendants cannot be revoked. It was later confirmed
to Abraham with an oath.
The Book of Genesis has the following to
say about what occurred between the Lord and Abraham. We read.
The angel of the
LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself, declares the
LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I
will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars
in the
sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of
the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth
will be blessed, because you have obeyed me” (Genesis 22:15 -18 NIV).
God confirmed the
covenant with Abraham.
God’s Promises To Abraham Are Many
God’s Promises To Abraham Are Many
God made a number of promises to Abraham
and his descendants. We can sum them up in the following way.
1. A great nation will descend from Abraham and
Sarah.
2. Abraham’s name shall be blessed.
3. Whoever blesses Abraham’s descendants will
be blessed.
4. Whoever curses Abraham’s descendants will be
cursed.
5. His descendants will continue forever.
6. His descendants will inherit a Promised Land
with clearly defined borders.
7. The ownership of the land belongs to them
forever.
Against seemingly impossible odds, these
promises have been literally fulfilled. The fact that they have been
fulfilled, as the Lord had promised, demonstrates both God’s existence
and faithfulness.
The Promised Son
One special promise
that God made to Abraham was that of a son. Abraham and his wife Sarah waited year after year for the promise
to be fulfilled. Yet no child was born. Eventually they reached the place where they were beyond the
child-bearing years. In a lapse of faith, Abraham took his handmaiden Hagar and
had a son through her. The son’s name was Ishmael. The Bible says Abraham and Sarah wished Ishmael to be the
son of promise.
Sarai said to Abram. “Go and sleep with
my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed .
. So Abram slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant.
When Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress Sarai
with contempt . . So
Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael (Genesis 16:2,4,15 NLT).
Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael (Genesis 16:2,4,15 NLT).
Ishmael became the father of the Arab
people. Though Abraham and Sarah did not want God’s promises to be fulfilled in Ishmael, he was not
the son that God had promised.
The Lord Appears To Abraham
The Bible says
that the Lord appeared to Abraham when he and his wife Sarah were advanced
in age. At that time
He promised that they themselves would have a son the next year. Sarah laughed when she overheard the promise.
The LORD appeared
to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. Then one of them
said, “About this time next year I will return, and your wife Sarah will
have a son.” Now Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent
nearby. And since Abraham and Sarah were both very old, and Sarah was long past the age of having children, she laughed silently to herself. “How could a worn-out woman like me have a baby?" she thought. "And when my master-- my husband-- is also so old?” Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, 'Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is anything too hard for the LORD? About a year from now, just as I told you, I will return, and Sarah will have a son” (Genesis 18:1,10-14 NRSV).
nearby. And since Abraham and Sarah were both very old, and Sarah was long past the age of having children, she laughed silently to herself. “How could a worn-out woman like me have a baby?" she thought. "And when my master-- my husband-- is also so old?” Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, 'Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is anything too hard for the LORD? About a year from now, just as I told you, I will return, and Sarah will have a son” (Genesis 18:1,10-14 NRSV).
Though both Abraham
and his wife Sarah were beyond the child-bearing years, God proved to be faithful to His Word. Abraham and Sarah
had a son whom they named Isaac, which means “laughter.”
Abraham Is Brought To Mount Moriah
About thirty years later, when Isaac had
grown into a man, God asked Abraham to make the supreme sacrifice. After
waiting so long for a son to be born, the Bible records that God told Abraham to take this beloved son of promise and
offer him as a burnt offering.
Some time later God
tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of
Moriah. Sacrifice
him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you
about” (Genesis 22:1,2 NIV).
Abraham acted in
obedience to God, and went on a three day journey to the site which God
had chosen—the land of Moriah Mt. Moriah Jerusalem
The Binding Of Isaac
When they reached the specific mountain
that God had chosen, Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his only son Isaac.
Then Isaac spoke to
his father Abraham and said, “My father.” And he replied, “Here I am, my son.” Isaac said, “The fire and the
wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham
answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my
son.” Then the two of them walked on together (Genesis 22:7,8 HCSB).
At the last moment, God stopped the hand
of Abraham as he was about to sacrifice his son. Instead, Abraham offered a ram as a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah
And Abraham called the name of the
place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of The LORD
it shall be provided.” (Genesis 22:14 NKJV).
Abraham looked
forward to the day when God would provide another sacrifice at that location. Is This The Temple Site
Since God guided Abraham to a specific
spot, the Jews see this as prophetic. They commonly believe that this was
the exact site where the Temple
The exact location
of the altar is extremely precise, and can never be changed . . . and it is
a universally
accepted tradition that the place on which David and Solomon built the altar
(on the site of the threshing floor of Aravnah) is the very same spot on
which Abraham built the
altar on which he bound Isaac . . . this is the same spot on which Noah built an altar upon leaving the ark, and this is the altar which Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices, and upon which Adam was created. The sages said: ‘Adam was created from the very spot that atones
for him.’3
altar on which he bound Isaac . . . this is the same spot on which Noah built an altar upon leaving the ark, and this is the altar which Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices, and upon which Adam was created. The sages said: ‘Adam was created from the very spot that atones
for him.’3
Among many Jews, therefore, it is
believed that this spot on Mount Moriah Temple
The Future Site Of The Temple
The Jews also
believe that this exact spot will be the site where their future Temple
The hill on which
Adam offered his first sacrifice after he was created thereon, where Noah built his altar and
sacrificed, when he left the Ark, where Abraham erected his altar to
bring the supreme sacrifice—his son Isaac; on this hill Solomon built the
first Temple, there also the second one stood and in this very place the Third
Temple will be erected.4
It May Be Golgotha , Not The Temple Site
Some Christians
believe that the spot to which Abraham was directed was not the eventual site
of the
Temple, but rather the site of Golgotha (Calvary)—the place of Jesus’
crucifixion. Indeed, the two traditional sites for Golgotha are found on Mount Moriah
There are some facts that may indicate
that Abraham took Isaac to Golgotha rather than the present-day
Temple Mount Golgotha is on higher ground
than the Temple Mount Temple Mount
Summary To Chapter 2
Through Abraham and
his descendants God promised to fulfill His Divine plan. Abraham and his offspring would testify to the
faithfulness of God and His promises. The entire world would know that God was providentially watching over
them.
The nation of Israel Mt. Moriah Jerusalem Temple
The stage was now set
for the promises of God to be fulfilled toward Abraham’s descendants, the city
of Jerusalem
Endnotes For Chapter 2
1. Solomon
Steckoll, The Temple Mount London
2. Alfred
Edersheim, The Temple, Grand Rapids
3. Chaim
Richman, The Odyssey Of The Third Temple , Israel
4. Chaim
Richman, The Odyssey Of The Third Temple , Israel
PART 1
THE PAST HISTORY OF
It is
difficult to overestimate the importance of Jerusalem ’s Temple Mount Temple Mount
How did Jerusalem and the Temple Mount
religions believe that theTemple Mount
place?
religions believe that the
place?
In our first section, we
will consider the history of the Temple Mount
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CHAPTER 2
THE LEGACY OF ABRAHAM:
THE JEWS, JERUSALEM AND MOUNT MORIAH
There is an outcropping of starkly
bare rough limestone rock in Jerusalem which for thirty centuries past has gripped the minds
and hearts of sons of men as being the most sacred spot on earth. Known to the Jews as the Temple Mount
Few places in the world have been . . . as sacred as this city, this flattened mountain and this rock. While the world lasts and as long as the sons of men believe that one spot on it is more sacred and hallowed than another, this will remain so.1
Few places in the world have been . . . as sacred as this city, this flattened mountain and this rock. While the world lasts and as long as the sons of men believe that one spot on it is more sacred and hallowed than another, this will remain so.1
Solomon Steckoll
In
every age, the memory of Jerusalem has stirred the deepest feelings.
Jews, Christians, and Mohammedans turn to it with reverent
affection. It almost seems as if in some sense each could call it his ‘happy home,’ the ‘name
ever dear’ to him. For our holiest thoughts of the
past, and our happiest hopes for the future, connect themselves with ‘the city of our God.’2
past, and our happiest hopes for the future, connect themselves with ‘the city of our God.’2
Alfred Edersheim
The
story of Jerusalem , the Jews, and the Temple Mount
In the
first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis we have the record of God creating
the universe, humankind,
the Fall of humankind, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel
Beginning at the twelfth
chapter of Genesis, and continuing through the rest of Scripture, we have the story of God’s dealings with humankind through a specific race—the
descendants of Abraham.
Abraham’s Importance To The World
The
importance of Abram (whose name was later changed to Abraham) cannot be
overestimated.
Today there are three major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that believe in only one
God. Each of these world religions has one central person whom they revere. The outstanding figure among the Jews is Moses, the giver of the Law. The Muslims look to Mohammed, the last and greatest of the prophets. Christians worship Jesus, God’s only Son, and the promised Messiah.
Today there are three major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that believe in only one
God. Each of these world religions has one central person whom they revere. The outstanding figure among the Jews is Moses, the giver of the Law. The Muslims look to Mohammed, the last and greatest of the prophets. Christians worship Jesus, God’s only Son, and the promised Messiah.
Yet
each of these three world religions trace their beginnings back forty centuries
ago to the same man, Abraham. Jesus,
Moses, and Mohammed were all physical descendants of this man Abraham. Thus Abraham is
a central figure in three of the major world religions in our day.
Don Stewart 
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The Call Of Abraham
The
reason for Abraham’s importance is because of a specific covenant that God made
with him. Four thousand years ago, God called
Abraham out of a sinful culture, and made him promises that still apply today.
We read the following in Genesis.
Then
the LORD told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s
house, and go to the land
that I will show you. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you
famous, and I will make you a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse
those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis
12:1-3 NLT).
God took Abraham from the
place where his fathers had served other gods and led him to the Promised Land. According to God’s promise,
this land would belong to his descendants forever.
The Promise Of Descendants
Among
other things, God promised Abraham that he would have a tremendous number of descendants. The Bible says Abraham
believed God’s promise.
He
brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you
are able to count them.”
Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him
as righteousness (Genesis 15:5,6 NRSV).
The
Lord made Abraham a promise and Abraham believed the promise. The Borders Of The Land Are Defined
God
specifically told Abraham the borders of the land that was to belong to him and
his descendants. The
Bible puts it this way.
Now
the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD. The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him,
“Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the
land that you see I will give to you and to your
offspring forever” (Genesis 13:14-17 NRSV).
The Lord also said.
On
that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give
this land, from the river of Egypt Euphrates ” (Genesis 15:18 ESV).
Such were to be the borders of the
land.
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The Promises Are Repeated
In Genesis 17, these
promises are repeated and enlarged upon. The promises made to Abraham and his descendants are everlasting. God said.
I
will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your offspring after you
throughout their generations, as an
everlasting covenant to be your God and
the [God] of your offspring after you. And to you and your offspring after you I will give the land where you are
residing—all
theland of Canaan
the
This
covenant, or agreement, that God made with Abraham’s descendants cannot be
revoked. It was later
confirmed to Abraham with an oath.
The
Book of Genesis has the following to say about what occurred between the Lord
and Abraham. We read.
The
angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I
swear by myself, declares
the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless
you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the
seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me” (Genesis 22:15 -18 NIV).
God confirmed the covenant with braham.
God’s Promises To Abraham Are Many
God’s Promises To Abraham Are Many
God made a number of
promises to Abraham and his descendants. We can sum them up in the following way.
1. A great nation will descend from Abraham and Sarah.
2. Abraham’s name shall be blessed.
3. Whoever blesses Abraham’s descendants will be blessed.
4. Whoever curses Abraham’s descendants will be cursed.
5. His descendants will continue forever.
6. His descendants will inherit a Promised Land with clearly defined
borders.
7. The ownership of the land belongs to them forever.
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Against seemingly
impossible odds, these promises have been literally fulfilled. The fact that they have been fulfilled, as the Lord had
promised, demonstrates both God’s existence and faithfulness.
The Promised Son
One
special promise that God made to Abraham was that of a son. Abraham and his
wife Sarah waited year
after year for the promise to be fulfilled. Yet no child was born. Eventually
they reached the place
where they were beyond the child-bearing years. In a lapse of faith, Abraham
took his handmaiden Hagar and had a son through her. The son’s name was
Ishmael. The Bible says
Abraham and Sarah wished Ishmael to be the son of promise.
Sarai said to Abram. “Go
and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed . . So Abram slept with Hagar, and she became
pregnant. When Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began
to treat her mistress Sarai with contempt . . So
Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael (Genesis 16:2,4,15 NLT).
Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael (Genesis 16:2,4,15 NLT).
Ishmael
became the father of the Arab people. Though Abraham and Sarah wanted God’s promises to be fulfilled in Ishmael,
he was not the son that God had promised.
The Lord Appears To Abraham
The
Bible says that the Lord appeared to Abraham when he and his wife Sarah were
advanced in age. At that
time He promised that they themselves would have a son the next year. Sarah laughed when she overheard the
promise.
The LORD
appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent
in the heat of the day. Then one of them said,
“About this time next year I will return, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Now Sarah
was listening to this conversation from the tent nearby. And since Abraham and Sarah
were both very old, and Sarah was long past the age of having children, she laughed
silently to herself. “How could a worn-out woman like me have a baby?" she thought.
"And when my master-- my husband-- is also so old?” Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah
laugh? Why did she say, 'Can an old woman like me have a baby?’ Is anything too hard for the LORD? About a
year from now, just as I told you, I will return, and Sarah will have a son” (Genesis 18:1,10-14 NRSV).
Though
both Abraham and his wife Sarah were beyond the child-bearing years, God proved
to be faithful to His Word.
Abraham and Sarah had a son whom they named Isaac, which means “laughter.”
Abraham Is Brought To Mount Moriah
About
thirty years later, when Isaac had grown into a man, God asked Abraham to make
the supreme sacrifice. After waiting so long for a son to be born, the Bible
records that God told Abraham
to take this beloved son of promise and offer him as a burnt offering.
Some
time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he
replied.
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of
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Moriah.
Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you
about” (Genesis 22:1,2
NIV).
Abraham
acted in obedience to God, and went on a three day journey to the site which
God had chosen—the land of Moriah Mt. Moriah Jerusalem .
The Binding Of Isaac
When
they reached the specific mountain that God had chosen, Abraham was prepared to
sacrifice his only son
Isaac.
Then
Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.” And he replied, “Here
I am, my son.” Isaac said, “The fire and the
wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” Then the two
of them walked on together (Genesis 22:7,8 HCSB).
At the
last moment, God stopped the hand of Abraham as he was about to sacrifice his
son. Instead, Abraham
offered a ram as a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah
And Abraham called the name
of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of The LORD it shall be provided.” (Genesis 22:14 NKJV).
Abraham
looked forward to the day when God would provide another sacrifice at that
location.
Is This The Temple Site
Since God guided Abraham to
a specific spot, the Jews see this as prophetic. They commonly believe that this was the exact site where
the Temple was later built. It is also an ancient Jewish tradition that many other significant events
occurred of this exact spot. Rabbi Chaim Richman writes.
The
exact location of the altar is extremely precise, and can never be changed . .
. and it is a universally accepted
tradition that the place on which David and Solomon built the altar (on the site of the threshing floor of Aravnah) is the very same spot on which
Abraham built the altar on which he bound Isaac . . . this is
the same spot on which Noah built an altar upon leaving the ark, and this is the altar
which Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices, and upon which Adam was created. The sages
said: ‘Adam was created from the very spot that atones for him.’3
Among many Jews, therefore,
it is believed that this spot on Mount
Moriah Temple .
There is, however, no biblical evidence for any of these events occurring at this place—apart from Abraham’s
binding of Isaac.
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The Future Site Of The Temple
The Jews also believe that this exact
spot will be the site where their future Temple will be built.
The
hill on which Adam offered his first sacrifice after he was created thereon,
where Noah built his
altar and sacrificed, when he left the Ark, where Abraham erected his altar to
bring the supreme
sacrifice—his son Isaac; on this hill Solomon built the first Temple, there
also the second one stood and in this very place the Third Temple will be
erected.4
It May Be Golgotha , Not The Temple Site
Some
Christians believe that the spot to which Abraham was directed was not the
eventual site of the
Temple, but rather the site of Golgotha (Calvary)—the place of Jesus’
crucifixion. Indeed, the two
traditional sites for Golgotha are found on Mount Moriah
There
are some facts that may indicate that Abraham took Isaac to Golgotha rather than the present-day Temple Mount Golgotha is on higher ground than the Temple Mount Temple Mount
Summary To Chapter 2
Through
Abraham and his descendants God promised to fulfill His Divine plan. Abraham
and his offspring would
testify to the faithfulness of God and His promises. The entire world would know that God was providentially
watching over them.
The nation of Israel
began in a supernatural way. Isaac, the son of promise, was miraculously born to Abraham and Sarah, after they had passed
the childbearing years. When Isaac had grown to be a man, Abraham was ordered to sacrifice him at a specific spot that
God determined. Abraham obeyed, and
God brought him to the appointed spot to sacrifice Isaac—Mt. Moriah Jerusalem would later be built, and the Temple constructed. As Abraham was about to offer his son, the
Lord stopped him. God then promised to provide another sacrifice on that mountain in the future.
The
stage was now set for the promises of God to be fulfilled toward Abraham’s
descendants, the city of Jerusalem , and that mountain where God
instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.
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Endnotes For Chapter
2
1. Solomon Steckoll, The Temple Mount London , Tom Stacey
Publishers, 1972, p. 9.
2. Alfred Edersheim,
The
Temple,
Grand Rapids , Eerdmans,
reprinted 1992, p. 23.
3. Chaim Richman, The Odyssey Of The
Third Temple , Israel
4. Chaim Richman, The Odyssey Of The Third Temple , Israel
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