Will the Jewish Third Temple Soon be Rebuilt?

"body">two Islamic buildings currently stand.
"Impossible." "It's never going to happen." "It willGershon Saloman, an Israeli soldier during the
be the end of the Middle East as we know it."Six-Day War, has never forgotten the words his
These are comments from people whenevercommander exclaimed after victory, "The Temple
someone mentions that Israel will build the ThirdMount is again our hands." That same day,
Temple on the temple mount in Jerusalem. I haveSaloman heard God's call for him to rebuild the
to say that I would totally agree with them dueThird Temple. Since 1967, Saloman has formed
to the political climate in the world. However,the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful
there's this little book called the Bible that explainsMovement; their objectives are:
not only that the Jews will build a Third Temple,Liberating the Temple Mount from the Arab
but gives instruction to the two witnesses as tooccupation of the Dome of the Rock and the Al
where exactly to build it on the temple mount.Aqsa mosque.
Revelation 11:2-3 states, "But leave out of yourConsecrating the Temple Mount to the Name of
measuring the court outside the sanctuary ofGod.
God; omit that, for it is given over to the GentilesRebuilding the Third Temple in accordance with
(the nations), and they will trample the holy citythe words of all the Hebrew prophets.
underfoot for 42 months (three and one-halfAs of May 25, 2006, the Faithful Movement has
years). And I will grant the power of prophecy todedicated two 6 ½ ton marble
My two witnesses for 1,260 (42 months; threecornerstones for the Third Temple. The stones
and one-half years), dressed in sackcloth."for the future temple are already prepared.
Although there is some dispute as to whom theEven more amazing, on October 10, 2006, MK
two witnesses are--Enoch? Elijah? Moses?--there is(Member of Knesset) Uri Ariel drew up plans to
not a dispute that the third Jewish Temple will beconstruct a synagogue on the temple mount. How
built, the only question is when.unbelievable! Ariel has announced his intentions
The first Jewish temple (Solomon's temple) waspublicly to the world. Not to mention, British
built circa 950 BC and was destroyed in 586 BChistorian, Sean Kingsley claims in his book, God's
by the Babylonians. The second Jewish templeGold, that the Temple treasures stolen by the
(Herod's Temple) was built around 20 BC and wasRomans in 70 AD are buried in the Judean
destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. Since thenwilderness waiting to be discovered.
the only remnant of Herod's Temple has been theMany people believe that after Gog-Magog war,
Western Wall. Islamic buildings, the Dome of thewith Israel's miraculous defeat of the Persian and
Rock and the Al Aqsa mosque, now occupy theRussian army; the Jews will build the Third Temple
area on the mount where the temples previouslyon the temple mount in Jerusalem to the God of
stood. Decades after the destruction of Herod'sIsrael who astoundingly saved them from their
Temple, the Muslims built the Dome of the Rockenemies. The Temple sacrifices of the past will
and the Al Aqsa in 688 AD and 705 AD,once again be instituted. Seemingly unbelievable
respectively. The Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsaevents are rapidly taking place in the world that
are two of the most important symbols in Islam.many thought would never happen. As Biblical
However, ever since Israel reclaimed the city ofprophecy continues to line-up, remember the
Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day war, there haswords of Jesus Christ, "When these things begin
been ongoing discussion among the Jewsto take place, stand up and lift up your heads,
regarding rebuilding the third temple where thebecause your redemption is drawing near.