THIRD TEMPLE NEWS

VCO · Oct 11, 2020

IT SAYS ALSO SAYS JERUSALEM WILL BE TORN UP AND LOOKS LIKE A PLOWED FIELD. And it was ! ! !

Jeremiah 26:18 (GW)
18 “Micah from Moresheth prophesied at the time of Judah's King Hezekiah and said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD of Armies says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble, and the temple mountain will become a worship site covered with trees.'

Micah 3:12 (ESV)
12 Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

Jeremiah 50:28 (ESV)
28 “A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, vengeance for his temple.

Here is ANCIENT JERUSALEM, and ANCIENT MOUNT ZION, starting just WEST of that Main Farm House. That was the TEMPLE AREA the very Northern Edge of the Ancient City of Jerusalem, also nicknamed the City of David. Archaeologists are finding the cities below where the 70 A.D. City was TORN UP BY THE ROMANS. NO WALLS, NO BUIDING, NO STREETS, absolutely everything was TORN UP by ROMAN'S in 70 A.D.

The Red Lined area is approximately where the Solomon's TEMPLE was Located. He built it on the site were KING DAVID put his Tabernacle. KING DAVID Tabernacle is almost a 100% identified. Here it is, with BLOOD CHANNEL to drain the excess blood away, chiseled into BEDROCK that used to be ORNAN's Threshing Floor. In 1915 it was just a POTATOE FIELD.

That approximately 6" raised stone at the back in this picture, was the SACRIFICE ALTAR of King David's Tabernacle.
So, Herod's Temple was Built on top of Solomon's Temple was located. It was Herod's Temple that the ROMAN'S utterly Destroyed in 70 A.D.
It was Solomon's Temple that the Babylonian's Destroyed in 589 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of the city and its temple in the summer of 587 or 586 BC.

Keras · Oct 11, 2020

VCO said:

Amos 1 and 2:1-5 remain to be fulfilled. Plus over 100 other prophesies that graphically tell us how the Lord will send fire to destroy His enemies. Isaiah 66:15-17 is a good example of this dramatic and world changing Day, A Day of punishment of a similar magnitude as Noahs flood. Matthew 24:37-39

As for where the new Temple will be located: who cares? The lord will direct His faithful people to the right place and not only that, to where we can find the Ark of the Covenant and all the Temple furnishings to be place in the new Temple.

When the Temple in Jerusalem will be literally rebuilt in the future, then the close connection between the Temple and the Ark means that the Ark will be present then.

In Revelation 11:1-2 it states ... go and measure the Temple of God and the altar....for 42 months the Gentiles will trample the Holy city underfoot.
Matthew 24:15 So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ of which Daniel spoke, standing in the Holy place... Daniel 9:27...he will put a stop to the sacrifice and offerings
Isaiah 60:13 the glory of Lebanon will come to you, to adorn His holy sanctuary, to honor the place where I stand.
Ezekiel 43:1-12...the Glory of the Lord came into the Temple by the East gate.

These, and other, texts make it clear that the Temple will exist again on the Temple mount, complete with reinstated rituals, Isaiah 56:7, until the Return of Jesus and His Millennial reign. But as we see the AC will stop them for 3 ½ years.
The original purpose for building a Temple was to house the Ark. This implies that that which is housed is greater than that which houses it. If so, then the return of the Ark is a necessary adjunct to the rebuilt Temple.

It might be argued that since the Presence of God had departed from the Ark/Temple, then the Ark no longer retains its sanctity, and is no longer necessary. But, the Temple continued to have its spiritual significance for long after that happened. Jesus Himself sanctified the Second Temple by His presence in it; throwing out the traders and teaching people in it.

Along this line, it may also be argued that the consummating nature of Christ’s atonement for sin ended the need for the Ark’s mercy seat. Yet it is apparent that the Temple had sanctity for Jesus during His life and continued to do so for the early Church.
If the Ark truly awaits rediscovery, perhaps hidden under the Temple Mount, or at Mt Nebo; 2 Maccabees 2:4-8, then that day will see the building of the Third Temple.
Haggai 2:6-9 These are the words of the Lord; In a little while from now, I shall shake the heavens, the earth and the sea. I shall shake all the nations and the treasure of all nations will come here and I shall fill this House with splendor. Mine is the silver and the gold – the splendor of this latter House will surpass that of the former. In this place I shall grant prosperity and peace.

Jeremiah 3:18 In those days Judah will be reunited with Israel, together they will come from the North into the Land that I gave to their forefathers.
Jeremiah 3:16-17 In those days, when you have increased and become fruitful in the Land, says the Lord, no one will speak any more of the Ark of the Covenant, remember it or resort to it. At that time, Jerusalem will be called the Throne of the Lord, and all the nations will gather to honour the Lords name.
“When you have increased and become fruitful” refers to the time after Judah and Israel have rejoined and gathered into the Land of Greater Israel. After that, the Lord Jesus will Return and commence His Millennial reign. Then the Ark will no longer be required.
Ref; In search of the Temple treasures, by Randall Price

VCO · Oct 12, 2020

Keras said:

You have GOT TO KEEP YOUR Interpretation simple. OR ELSE you go off the DEEP END. I am not focusing on the Fourth TEMPLE, JUST the THIRD TEMPLE, the one Antichrist will sit in, and try to show He is GOD. But they cannot BUILD IT until the RED HEIFER is sacrificed, because the PRIESTS consider themselves unclean, until they wash in spring water mixed with RED HEIFER ASHES, and they are ALL OUT of ASHES. Then the Catch 22, the Sacrifice has to be done traditionally on the Mount of Olives, in a Tabernacle. And the grave yard is full of dead bodies which defiles the Priests all over again. So they have to build a BRIDE OVER THE GRAVEYARD, or the somehow the Sanhedrin has to declare one HELICOPTER Kosher.

Look at the Distance they will have to span with that BRIDGE.

See that RED rectangle, that is where Most Jews wrongly want to build the Temple. That has Never been level Bedrock Ground for the Ornan the Jebusite's Threshing FLOOR. That is an optical illusion as it is almost Square in reality, and EAST it the Bottom of the Picture and North is the Right Side. The Real Temple Site is 800 feet to the South with the EAST front door starting at that point. Why Is that important, as GOD TOLD DAVID TO BUY THE THRESHING FLOOR of ORNAN the Jebusite, TO BUILD HIS TABERNACLE, and Solomon was told to Build on that same site the TEMPLE.

So if the Jews want to build on the WRONG SITE, they still have to build the Bridge from that South East Corner of the so-called Temple Mount, all the way over just past that BACK WALL Fence, you see in the lower left side of this Picture. Or try to talk the Sanhedrin to make a RULE CHANGE and somehow declare one Helicopter Kosher. That GRAVE YARD wraps all the way around the entire South Side of the Mount of Olives too.

Now can you see why I hopefully have people Discuss what the Jews are determined to do to build the Temple in the Wrong Location or the Right Location. Therefore Biblical Prophecy has LITTLE to do with this thread. YES, I know that JESUS IS THE FINAL SACRIFICE, but the JEWS DO NOT KNOW THAT. So until the Two Witnesses of Revelation get Here in Chapter 11, I am sure they will continue in their traditional ways. I suspect that the Sanhedrin will find a way to declare one Helicopter Kosher.

VCO · Oct 12, 2020

I just did a search and Kosher almost all ways refers to Food and how it is prepared. HOWEVER, they are now offering a factory obtaining a kosher certification. https://oukosher.org/blog/industrial-kosher/rabbi-answers-how-to-become-kosher-company/
Now it may have to be labeled differently, but the same principle, would have be maintained, for a factory of Helicopter Parts. For instance, ALL PARTS HAVE TO BE Manufactured in ISRAEL, A Raw Material must be mined or made in ISRAEL, ETC. Perhaps that Red Oblong Circle, should be a LITTLE further WEST.

After the Sanhedrin, approves the Plan. Then the Priests could enter the Helicopter, go from the correct TEMPLE SITE to the top of Mount of Olives, to the Tabernacle. After the Red Heifer is Sacrificed and the necessary ashes are then mixed with the water from the Gihon Spring, then they purify the Priests and the Pilots, have them BLESS the Helicopter, and sprinkle water mixed with the ashes of the Red Heifer on the Helicopter. Then Fly the Priests to the correct Temple Site, have them stay in tents until the TEMPLE IS BUILT. That Helicopter could then be permanently assigned to the TEMPLE.

That is just Speculation, but I imagine that is how it could be done.

🡻 RED Oblong CIRCLE - Correct Location of the TEMPLE.

. . . RED RECTANGLE - INCORRECT Location of the TEMPLE. 🡻

VCO · Oct 13, 2020

The reason I said perhaps the Red Oval above, maybe it should be a little bit WEST of there. Is the Dual Colonnades ran directly SOUTH for 600 feet, off of that Southwest Corner. Go directly west of that grey Dome Mosque on the south end. That 600 feet Colonnades was recorded in the History that Josephus wrote.

Not sure the Roman Tenth Legion would like Herod's name on the Fortress Antonia.
That East Gate should be CENTERED, with the TEMPLE according to Josephus.

VCO · Oct 13, 2020

I was wandering what this was in the red outline, and if it is from the Time of Jesus.

I think I know what it is and yes, it is the Overflow from when Merchants took of the temple.
If Jesus heading to the TEMPLE, came into that Courtyard between TEMPLE and Fortress Antonia, heading toward the Herod's North Gate. I can picture HIS get in madder and madder about all merchants gather close to the TEMPLE. As HE enters the North GATE HE SEES even More of those merchants, in the Court of the Gentiles. AND HE EXPLODES.

John 2:13-16 (NKJV)
13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business.
15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables.
16 And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"

VCO · Oct 13, 2020

And also HE most likely yelled at them:

Mark 11:15-18 (HCSB)
15 They came to Jerusalem, and He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves,
16 and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple complex.
17 Then He began to teach them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
18 Then the chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

Marksixteensixteen · Oct 13, 2020

This is offensive to Christ
His body is the THIRD temple
New and eternal covenant
The house (temple) of Israel is a house of desolation Matt 23

VCO · Oct 13, 2020

Marksixteensixteen said:

No it is not, as what HE has Declared MUST TAKE PLACE, HE IS THE SOURCE OF ALL PROPHECY, and Scripture. You cannot have one prophecy over ruling another Prophecy. YOU HAVE MADE AN ERROR in Interpretation.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-5 (NKJV)
3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

{That great pretender is the Antichrist, who is the Dictator that is completely controlled by SATAN. THAT IS THE THIRD TEMPLE.}

Zechariah 6:13 (HCSB)
13 Yes, He will build the LORD’s temple; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. There will also be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.
{This is Dr. John MacArthur's commentary on the FOURTH TEMPLE recorded in the above verse:

The building of this temple, promised to Messiah, points to the construction of the millennial temple (cf. Isa. 2:2-4; Ezek. 40-43; Hag. 2:6-9).
The MacArthur Bible Commentary.}

Isaiah 46:11-12 (NIV)
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.
12 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are far from righteousness.

VCO · Oct 14, 2020

I had to edit the Chart/Map of the TEMPLE, as it had a grievous error on it. It pictured the Western Wall (erroneously know as the Wailing Wall) on the Temple, I have sufficient evidence that it was really on the West side of Fortress Antonia, about 200 feet from the Southwest Corner Tower.
----------------Western Wall ☟

Josephus measured the Colonnades and said they were about 600 feet long.

These Colonnades lead to TEMPLE is HERE below. Notice the three tunnel on the lower level, they Lead to ROMAN STABLES.

I could not find a side view from the South. Now NOTICE How SMALL they picture Fortress Antonia being. YES that Fortress is where the Colonnades are supposed to come in, could only hold ab out 200 Troops and is attached to the North Wall. They Do Not listen to their OWN Historian, JOSEPHUS. They think he fibs or exaggerates.

I wanted to verify that Josephus DID WRITE that the Colonnades were ONE STADE IN LENGTH, which translates in English to 600 feet long.

Quote:
http://www.askelm.com/TempBook/Temples032.pdf#:~:text=These two colonnades were prominent in the geography,in relation to the Temple by stating that

Recall that Herod built the Tower of Antonia as a fortress to protect the Temple and the City of Jerusalem. In order to render direct protection to the Temple from Fort Antonia, Herod built a causeway of two colonnades (situated alongside one another - one on the west and another adjacent to it on the east with a narrow open space in between). They spanned a distance of one stade (600 feet) from the southwest angle of wall of Fort Antonia directly southward to encounter the northwest angle of the northern and western colonnades of the outer walls of the Temple. Remember that Josephus himself stated that the distance between the southern wall of Fort Antonia and the northern wall of the Temple was exactly one stade (600 feet). 623
623 War Vi.2,6 END QUOTE.

I only have Version 1 on my PC, so I had to rely on another author, quoting what Josephus said. I believe that reference is Josephus book on WAR Version 2, section 6.

I also found quote from Josephus, and maybe I used to feel a little bit Sorry for DAVID, when GOD said his hands were too BLOODY to build the TEMPLE. This quote comes from King Saul said DAVID, and recorded by Josephus:

"that he would willingly give David the virgin in marriage, and said, "I engage myself to marry my daughter to him if he will bring me six hundred heads of my enemies "
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

So much for Feeling Sorry for King David!

VCO · Oct 14, 2020

Here is the Edited Chart/Map:

VCO · Oct 15, 2020

Surprising quotes from Flavius Josephus:

31. About this time it was that Vespasian sent out Trajan against a city called Japha, that lay near to Jotapata, and that desired innovations, and was puffed up with the unexpected length of the opposition of Jotapata. This Trajan was the commander of the tenth legion, and to him Vespasian committed one thousand horsemen, and two thousand footmen.
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and temple, but should leave as many of the towers standing as were of the greatest eminency; that is, Phasaelus, and Hippicus, and Mariamne; and so much of the wall as enclosed the city on the west side. This wall was spared, in order to afford a camp for such as were to lie in garrison, as were the towers also spared, in order to demonstrate to posterity what kind of city it was, and how well fortified, which the Roman valor had subdued; but for all the rest of the wall, it was so thoroughly laid even with the ground by those that dug it up to the foundation, that there was left nothing to make those that came thither believe it had ever been inhabited. This was the end which Jerusalem came to by the madness of those that were for innovations; a city otherwise of great magnificence, and of mighty fame among all mankind.

2. But Caesar resolved to leave there, as a guard, the tenth legion, with certain troops of horsemen, and companies of footmen. So, having entirely completed this war, he was desirous to commend his whole army, on account of the great exploits they had performed, and to bestow proper rewards on such as had signalized themselves therein.
The Works of Flavius Josephus

That was the ORDER GIVEN IN 70 A.D, and the TENTH LEGION continue to occupy the High Ground of Fortress Antonia, now called
so-called Temple Mount.

Book 8, Chapter 2, Section 1.
. . .
When Solomon heard this from God, he presently leaped out of his bed; and when he had worshipped him, he returned to {Ancient} Jerusalem {nicknamed the City of David}; and after he had offered great sacrifices before the tabernacle {King David's Tabernacle}, he feasted all his own family.
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

Book 8, Chapter 3, Section 1.
1. Solomon began to build the temple in the fourth year of his reign, on the second month, which the Macedonians call Artemisius, and the Hebrews Jur, . . .
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

Book 8, Chapter 3, Section 2.
2. Now, therefore, the king laid the foundations of the temple very deep in the ground, and the materials were strong stones, and such as would resist the force of time; these were to unite themselves with the earth {literally anchored IN bedrock}, and become a basis and a sure foundation for that superstructure which was to be erected over it; they were to be so strong, in order to sustain with ease those vast superstructures and precious ornaments, whose own weight was to be not less than the weight of those other high and heavy buildings which the king designed to be very ornamental and magnificent.
The Works of Flavius Josephus.
{The DOME of the ROCK site cannot be it, as there is a PROTRUDING piece of Bedrock, NOT FLAT, and Measurement of the Threshing Floor that King David Bought was Flat Bedrock, 18' x 30'. Below is a threshing floor, a little small, but you get the idea. Not a Flat Rock, unlike the Dome of the Rock.}

Section 2 continued:
. . .
its length was twenty cubits, and it was so ordered that it might agree with the breadth of the house; and it had twelve cubits in latitude, . . .
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

VCO · Oct 16, 2020

I meant to say: A completely FLAT ROCK, unlike the Dome of the ROCK.

Lanolin · Oct 16, 2020

interesting, if confusing.

So anyways...if this ever gets rebuilt, WHO is actually going to build it, when, and would everyone actually be able to visit it?
Where would people stay I mean are there hotels or accomodation nearby?
where are the materials going to come from and the workers or contractors. I mean surely people are going to count the cost of it. Where is the money coming from.
is there a blueprint, architectural drawings, site plans, surveying been done. Who would be overseeing the project.
its one thing to talk about it, but another to actually DO IT.

eternally-gratefull · Oct 16, 2020

Lanolin said:

I look at it this way,

if prophecy says it will be rebuilt, it will, I believe jews from all over would help pay, so I doubt money is an issue, and they have everything else in place, i am sure they have the blueprints in place also

VCO · Oct 16, 2020

Lanolin said:

Third Third Temple will be Built by the Jews, the Fourth Temple (the Millennial Temple) will be Built by CHRIST, Himself.

Zechariah 6:13 (HCSB)
13 Yes, He will build the LORD’s temple; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. There will also be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.
{This is Dr. John MacArthur's commentary on the FOURTH TEMPLE recorded in the above verse:

The building of this temple, promised to Messiah, points to the construction of the millennial temple (cf. Isa. 2:2-4; Ezek. 40-43; Hag. 2:6-9).
The MacArthur Bible Commentary.}

Money, will be donated mostly by Jews, and some by Christians who think that will Expedite CHRIST's Second Coming.

Where will they all the Survivors stay for the Feast of Tabernacles, that must take Place in at the CHRIST BUILT TEMPLE in City of David? Read the Entire Chapter Zechariah 14. You will find the ANSWER, All the Ground between Geba north of Jerusalem and south to Rimmon, across west of southern end of the Dead Sea, will be a PLAIN, when the LORD comes back to start HIS Earthly 1000 Year Kingdom. Besides that LOOK at How much of the World's Population will be DEAD.

Zechariah 14:10 (HCSB)
10 All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be changed into a plain. But ⌊Jerusalem⌋ will be raised up and will remain on its site from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

God is the ONE who INSPIRED all of the BIBLE. Therefore I believe there will not be Churches for the Mortals, they will worship GOD like the Jews did, and the Feast of Tabernacles REQUIRES TWO visit to the TEMPLE.

VCO · Oct 16, 2020

Surprising quotes from Flavius Josephus - CONTINUED:

Book 8, Chapter 4, Section 4:
. . .
and all the Hebrews, with their wives and children, feasted therein: nay, besides this, the king then observed splendidly and magnificently the feast which is called the Feast of Tabernacles, before the temple, for twice seven days; and he then feasted together with all the people. {I read that they are required to be at the TEMPLE twice in seven days, during the Feast of Tabernacles.}

VCO said:

FEAST OF TABERNACLES is you do not stay in HOTELS, you stay in TENTS or small temporary Dwelling, such as these.

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Large Families with lots of kids, requires a larger tent is all:

Keras · Oct 16, 2020

Rebuilding the Temple
The prophetic Scriptures clearly predict that the Third Temple will be built and the offerings and sacrifices reinstated, in the final years leading up to the Return of the Messiah. It is clear, too, that there will be more than just the Jewish people living in the Land of Greater Israel. All the Israelites from all 12 tribes of Israel, plus those grafted in, will migrate to New Israel soon after the Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath, the terrible Day of fire and storms, that will clear and cleanse most of the Middle East.
The place of the new Temple, will be to the North of the existing Dome of the Rock, because this is in the direct line of the now sealed Eastern gate. The Bible, the Torah, and Josephus, all agree that the Temple was in that location.

The Jewish sage, Moses Maimonides, known as Rambam, declared that the Temple will be rebuilt and the exiles from around the world gathered back into the Promised Land.
The Messiah will appear and re-establish the glory of King David.
In the Talmud Yerushalmi, Rabbi Acha says; The Beit Hamikdash [Holy Temple] will be built first, before the advent of the Kingdom of David.
The Pnei Moshe states; The Land will be settled first, then the people will become prosperous, after that they will build the Temple and finally, the Messiah will come.
In the Mar’eh Punim the Gaon Moshe Margolis wrote that when Jacob predicted the future of Judah, he foretold that the Temple would be rebuilt first, then the Messiah would come. But the Jews are not prophesied to build the new Temple.

The whole scenario of the end times, has a logical sequence to it. Now in the latter days,, we can see how things are happening that will see a confederation of Islamic states and entities that will be motivated to get rid of the ‘ cancer ‘ in their midst, that is the State of Israel. The moment of their attack, is the moment that God will intervene. This great Day of the Lord, will take the form of a natural event: a Coronal Mass Ejection, a massive sunstrike of cosmic particles, causing intense heat and electrical storms. The attacking armies will be destroyed by their own weaponry, as they all explode before firing. Psalms 7:12-16
This literally fulfils the prayer in Psalms 83:13-18 and Micah 4:11-12

Many prophesies speak of the regeneration of the Land of Greater Israel, “in a very short while”, Isaiah 29:17, after this great clearance and cleansing of the entire area.
Christian Israelites- “His people, who love the Lord and follow in His ways” will then gather “on the mountains of Samaria”. This is described in Ezekiel 20:34-38, Psalms 107
Over 40 prophesies describe how God’s holy people, every faithful Christian, will live in peace and security in their heritage: All of the holy Land. At last, they will be as God originally intended, “a light to the nations”, they will “exemplify My Holiness for all to see”. Ezekiel 39:27-29 [The attack by Gog/ Magog will come during this period]

WE will build the Third Temple, Zechariah 6:15, and “the splendor of this latter House will surpass that of the former”. Haggai 2:9 Zechariah 8:9-13 has wonderful promises of restoration and redemption; Courage! Do not lose heart!
Ref: logostelos.info

VCO · Oct 16, 2020

Surprising quotes from Flavius Josephus - CONTINUED:

Book 8, Chapter 4, Section 4:
. . .
and all the Hebrews, with their wives and children, feasted therein: nay, besides this, the king then observed splendidly and magnificently the feast which is called the Feast of Tabernacles, before the temple, for twice seven days; and he then feasted together with all the people. {I read that they are required to be at the TEMPLE twice in seven days, during the Feast of Tabernacles.}
The Works of Flavius Josephus

Book 8, Chapter 5, Section 1:
1. After the building of the temple, which, as we have before said, was finished in seven years, the king laid the foundation of his palace, which be did not finish under thirteen years, for he was not equally zealous in the building of this palace as he had been about the temple; for as to that, though it was a great work, and required wonderful and surprising application, yet God, for whom it was made, so far co-operated therewith, that it was finished in the forementioned number of years: but the palace, which was a building much inferior in dignity to the temple, both on account that its materials had not been so long beforehand gotten ready, nor had been so zealously prepared, and on account that this was only a habitation for kings, and not for God, it was longer in finishing.
. . .
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

Book 8, Chapter 5, Section 2:
2. This house was a large and curious building, and was supported by many pillars, which Solomon built to contain a multitnde for hearing causes, and taking cognizance of suits. It was sufficiently capacious to contain a great body of men, who would come together to have their causes determined. It was a hundred cubits long, and fifty broad, and thirty high, supported by quadrangular pillars, which were all of cedar; but its roof was according to the Corinthian order, with folding doors, and their adjoining pillars of equal magnitude, each fluted with three cavities; which building as at once firm, and very ornamental. There was also another house so ordered, that its entire breadth was placed in the middle; it was quadrangular, and its breadth was thirty cubits, having a temple over against it, raised upon massy pillars; in which temple there was a large and very glorious room, wherein the king sat in judgment. To this was joined another house that was built for his queen. . . .
The Works of Flavius Josephus.

WOW! Is that SAYING what I THINK it SAYS? David died in Book 8, Chapter 1, Section 1. So King Solomon inherited David's Palace, and he either REMODELED and Added on to it, or Tore it down and built a whole new Palace. When it was FINISHED, it has THREE houses on it. The LARGE One for OFFICIAL BUSINESS, a Back One Just to the North, and Attached to it on the right WAS the one King Solomon built for his WIFE. The one on the left side just out back, was the one having a temple over against it, which is Josephus's way of saying the Temple's outer South Wall was adjacent to the back side of the PALACE's second Building.

That means the Archaeologists are DEFINATELY RIGHT. The Temple was in the Southwest part of the OPHEL. And the Archaeologists have positively identified King David's Palace.

Here is the way that I picture the three Building Palace with only one being adjacent to the TEMPLE:

I don't know if that is CORRECT, but I pictured it with an attached ROOF, with a Breese Way between them. Seems Logical.

Lanolin · Oct 16, 2020

oh ok But that is confusing. One person says jews will build it and jewish people will live their in tents.

others say no we will build it (how?) and we will migrate their from our own countries and live there.

one says its the third remodelled and another says its the fourth.

so what is it, aliyah for jewish people who already are migrating there or mass migration for gentiles? how can all the gentiles fit there?

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