CHAPTER VII
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Part I
 

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1. Of which religion is the Dome of the Rock representative? OF ISLAM!
2. Over what is the golden cuppola of the dome built? Over a ROCK!
3. Why is this rock sacred to Islam?

 a) because on this Rock Abraham supposedly offered up ISHMAEL to G-d, not Isaac.
 b) because from this rock Mohammed supposedly lept to heaven upon his white stallion.

There are many sanctuaries in the world dedicated to many different gods: the Asian shrines and temples; the Moslem mosques with minarettes; the Christian churches, domes, cathedrals and chapels; and the Jewish synagogues. Almost all have an inner and an outer “sanctuary”. The Holy Place also was a “sanctuary”, of which the Holy of Holies was the innermost, the most holy portion of the “sanctuary”. 

4. Which single house of worship, or sanctuary, was exclusively ordained by G-d, built according to His instructions, consecrated unto Him and sanctified by Him, for the worship of Him alone, with very specific ordinances? 

THE TEMPLE UPON MT. MORIAH, first built by king Solomon, and rebuilt after the Babylonian exile by Zerubabel and Yehoshua, expanded under Herod the Great.

Any other sanctuary which was NOT ordained by G-d, not consecrated unto Him according to His ordinances and not sanctified by Him for the worship of Him alone, standing in THAT place, is therefore an abomination!14

Churches and Cathedrals have been built in many places, but none of them ever stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in the Holy Place. For a short time a shrine to Jupiter stood in the place with a statue of Hadrian in it, who had built upon the ruins of Jerusalem a Roman city, Aelia Capitolina15. Whatever “sanctuary” stands in the Holy Place, other than the Temple ordained and sanctified by the Holy One of Israel, is an abomination.

The assertion that the Temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt before the Return of our Lord is based on a misunderstanding of what the Lord meant by Holy Place when speaking about the coming abomination (see Matthew 24:15, and Mark 13:14), and to what the apostle Paul referred to in 2 Thessalonians 2:4. The prophecies in Daniel 9:27, 11:31 and 12:11 have been likewise misinterpreted by assuming He meant the Temple, rather than believing that what is written (or left out) is precisely what is also meant. The Greek word used by Paul is “naõs”, which denotes the central sanctuary itself (of the temple) at Jerusalem or elsewhere. The central sanctuary was/is the Most Holy Place. Whereas the word “hiérõn” (not used here) denotes a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts which, in regard to the Temple, would include Court, Holy Place and Most Holy Place. At the time that Paul wrote this letter the Temple in Jerusalem was not as yet destroyed (as has been maintained by some) which becomes clear even only from the account in the book of Acts16. Undoubtedly Paul referred to the still standing Second Temple, in view of the fact that he as well as the other apostles and early disciples anticipated the imminent Return of the Lord17. The Temple was destroyed at 70 C.E. (A.D.), at which time neither Paul nor Peter were alive anymore, both having been martyered under Nero. The “naõs” Paul refers to here is not our “body", for this would spiritualize both place and event (although, indeed, the arch enemy of G-d has set up abominations of  false doctrines and the love of this world in many a church and many a believer’s heart).

In Daniel 11:31, again it is not the entire Temple that is mentioned, which would be HaBeit [HaMikdash], The House [of the Sanctuary], or heykal (in the sense of a large building, such as a palace or a temple), but rather, the sanctuary of the strength - HaMikdash HaMaoz, based on the meaning of maoz (strength), which indicates a sanctuary being a fortified place, a fortress, a place of defense. Never, at any time of Jewish history, have Jews used the Temple, consecrated to the holy worship of G-d, as a place of defense in battle. The Holy One of Israel is our fortress, our strong tower and place of defense, not the Temple. 

It is this “fortress-like” sanctuary which shall [be] profaned, desecrated or violated, or [be] profaning and desecrating. Interestingly, the angel mentions that this Man of Sin will worship the god of  fortresses (or, actually, forces), but not honor any other god. He will worship this “god”18 with every precious metal and stone, apparently investing in this sanctuary to a god of forces a great fortune. And he outmaneuvers by means, or with the aid, of this “god” even the strongest and most impregnable “forces”. 
 
 
 

13 Just click on the picture of the Temple Mount, and it will take you to a web site provided by an Israeli archeologist which covers every aspect of the Temple Mount. The letters "A", "B" and "C" indicate the three areas where archeologists believe the Holy and Most Holy Place of the Second Temple to have been located.
14 A thing that was holy and was created, dedicated or consecrated to noble use and then is being desecrated by something impure, ignoble, sinful, idolatrous, etc., renders that place or thing hateful, loathsome, disgusting and abhorrent, i.e., it has become an abomination.
15 Founded in C.E. 135, named in honor of the emperor and the deities Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Jerusalem was called by that name until the 4th century, when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire under the emperor Constantine. At the fall of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., the Temple was burned and the sanctuary defiled under Titus and Vespasian. Under Antiochus Ephiphanes in 168 B.C.E. the temple was desecrated, the services suspended, a statue of Zeus set up, and the Most Holy Place profaned. In addition, a pig was offered as sacrifice.
16 Acts 2:46; 3:1-2; 21:26-30
17 1 John 2:18; Romans 13:11-12; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; 1 Peter 4:7; 2 Peter 3:8-15; however, they did give room to the possibility of the Lord’s tarrying as we can see from Peter’s words in 2 Peter 3:8.
18 There are many idols in this world: a business, a ministry, a work of art, one’s career, or profession, one’s house, or name, or fame, etc. -- ALL can become “gods”, idols in our lives, if they occupy the throne in our heart and mind, and whatever we plan or do is directed at their “worship”.

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