THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (the Book of Books)

THE HOLY JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM

Matthew 24:2King James Version (KJV) 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

It is written in the Bible: Jerusalem will be a cup of trembling, influencing the whole planet and beyond. Already the next intifada, uprising of the Palestinians, is on hand. Regular confrontations between the opposing parties are on the rise. Many riots enfold up and the Temple Mount.

Here once, the beautiful temple of King Solomon stood, the religious centre of the Jewish Faith. He built it with the help of demons, he magically controlled, who laid the foundaintions in one, single nigt. As least, that is what ancient texts, Jewish, Christian and Islamic tell us.

Solomon constructed the religious complex to house the most holy Jewish artefact: the Arc of the Covenant.

In the course of history we can determine a cycle of building, looting, destruction and rebuilding of this Holy place. 5 years after Solomons death (around 950 bc) Jerusalem and the Temple was looted by an Egyptian pharaoh. In 586 bc. Babylonian ruler Nebukadnezar conquered the Holy land, stormed Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple. Many Jews went into exile and returned after 70 years to rebuild the city. Cyrus the Great, the conqueror of Babylon, gave this permission.

Herod, the Roman governor of Kanaan, is known for rebuilding the Temple and made Jerusalem the centre of Jewish worship. In the course of history the Arc of the Covenant had disappeared. The room, where is once stood, remained empty. This is the Temple, where Jesus and his disciples walked.

A Roman general was quite surprised, when in the year 70 ad. the legions broke through the city walls and smashed the Jewish uprising, to find an empty room. He had expected treasure; gold and jewels.

Again the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Romans left no stone upon anther. In the process and in the coming centuries the remnants disappeared and the exact location was lost.

When the conquering Muslim-forces entered the Holy City, the Temple had gone.

Around 800 ad. the Islamic rulers build a Dome on the Temple Mount. This is famous Dome of the Rock, which is of ernormous importance to the followers of Mohammed.

It is not the Dome that is the reason for this, it is the Rock.

According to Muslim tradition it was from this rock that the Prophet departed from for a trip into heaven. But there is more. Here Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Adam and Eve walked here and on this place God gathered the dust to create mankind.

This Rock the navle of Earth, the centre of monotheism: Jewish, Islam and Christian.

The orthodox-Jews want to rebuild the Temple. According to classical views, the 3^rd. For this the Dome of Rock has to go.

They don't realise, that this does change anything. Destroying or moving the Dome will just be another case of cultural barbarism. When the Dome is gone, which was build by christian Byzantine masons, the Stone will still be there. Nothing has changed exept the start of another bitter intifada, will explode.

There is a second, smaller Dome, on the Temple Mount. It marks the place, where once the Arc of the Covenant stood. An object still searched after. A Holy object like this may have the tendency to disappear for a while, to be discovered at a divine moment to fulfill its purpose. Believers are waiting anxiously because we are living in the End of Days. The discovery of the Arc is near. This miracle fulfills ancient prohesy.

With it Solomons 3^rd Temple will be complete, at last.