– DVD video chapter – Temple Mount

– Location –

Mount Moriah, which is where the Temple was built, is one of the world's most sacred shrines.  This rocky Judean knoll, indistinguishable from a thousand others, has been interwoven with the saga of monotheism for the incredible period of some 4000 years. At the southern end of the Temple Compound is the silver-domed El Aska Mosque, considered the third most holy shrine in Islam, directly behind Mecca and Medina.  Near the center of the Temple Mount stands the Dome of the Rock, originally constructed between 605 and 705 A.D. This brilliant blue structure with the golden dome is perhaps the most recognized landmark in Jerusalem.  Contrary to popular belief, this building is not technically a mosque, but only a Moslem shrine.  The building surrounds a huge stone that is believed to be the very site where Abraham took Isaac in obedience to God's command.  It is also thought that this stone served as the altar in the Temple of Solomon, since there are holes and trenches carved into the rock which may have carried away the blood and refuse of sacrifices.   

– Scripture –

·         Genesis 22:1-2 - Abraham takes Isaac to the "land of Moriah" in order to sacrifice him.

·         2 Samuel 24:8-25 - David buys the threshing floor from a Jebusite named Ornan, and places the Ark of the Covenant there as an altar to God.

·         2 Chronicles 3:1-2 - Solomon builds the Temple on Mt. Moriah.

·         2 Kings 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:18-19 - Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroys the Temple in 587 B.C.

·         Ezra 3:8-13; 6:15-18 - Work on the Second Temple begun by Zerubbabel. 

·         Matthew 24:1-2; Mark 13:1-2; Luke 21:5-6 - Jesus foretells the destruction of the Temple.  This prophecy is fulfilled in 70 A.D. when Titus destroyed both the city of Jerusalem and the Temple.  

– Questions –

 – Map (from www.anova.org) – http://www.anova.org/sev/atlas/htm/112.htm