Minister calls for Third Temple to be built
Speaking at an archaeological conference next to the West Bank settlement of Shilo and quoted by Maariv, Ariel called for a third Temple to be built on the site, which today is home to the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque and is considered Judaism’s holiest site and Islam’s third holiest.
“We’ve built many little, little temples,” Ariel said, referring to synagogues, “but we need to build a real Temple on the Temple Mount.”
The Jerusalem site was home to Judaism’s first and second Temples, both of which were destroyed, the second one in 70 CE. The idea of building a third Temple, while popular among some religious and right-wing Jews, is considered outside mainstream Israeli discourse by most.
I'll tell you all a secret: I call for the Third Temple to be built three times a day. It's part of our daily prayers. But according to the Prophet Ezekiel, it's going to descend from Heaven all built when God decides that we're ready for it. And there are a lot of things we need to fix before then....Last year, Jewish Home MK Zevulun Orlev also called for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple, saying that removing the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque would mean that the “billion-strong Muslim world would surely launch a world war.” However, he added, “everything political is temporary and there is no stability.”
Labels: al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, Jewish Home party, Temple Mount, Third Temple, Uri Ariel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:47 PM
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But according to the Prophet Ezekiel, it's going to descend from Heaven all built when God decides that we're ready for it.
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Obviously, the Rambam must've been an Am Ha'aretz.
Third temples descend from heaven only when G'd.....
Yet nothing comes about if man does not pursue it actively from down below. Completion is dependent upon blessing from above. So let's start building.
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