Let me Summarize what I have said before.
How did the JEWS get it SO WRONG? Almost No Commentaries and NONE of the Atlases remained after they we went into Exile from 70 A.D. through 1212 A.D. And Historians like Josephus, were thought to have Exaggerated in their commentaries, so the Jewish Sanhedrin were effectively BLIND, when they arrived in Jerusalem, and they had an ongoing ARGUMENT on where the TEMPLE should be. There were FOUR DIFFERENT Suggestions, so they VOTED on it, and chose the wrong one.
The same with where the OFFICIAL Mount of ZION should be, and they Voted on that too, and they chose the One Mount west of the City of David, which was MORE inaccurate than location of the TEMPLE. Then Voted on what the partial Stone was, on the West Side of the So-Called Temple Mount, and that is the MOST IMBARRASING ERROR, that the 1212 A.D. Sanhedrin MADE. They want to believe it was part of the TEMPLE WALL so Bad, that they ignored all the evidence and the words of Jesus, that IT COULD NOT BE Part of the Temple Wall.
Isaiah 28:14-16 (ESV)
14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am the one
who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
What building do you think that foundation was for ? ? ? I think it was the TEMPLE.
See the Red dotted line that is how wrong the Jews thought the Old City went back to King David's day, was erroneously thought of being up top, Mount Moriah. RECENT discoveries have proved them wrong. The TEMPLE was 600 Feet further South, were King Solomon had built the TEMPLE.
So jump up to my post #2,525, on this same page. and you will see a lady Pointing to the supposed Old City, stating; "
"The only thing you cannot find in the Old City, is Ancient Jerusalem." She is an Official Tour Guide for the City of David, and as such, she is privy to the latest information that Archaeologist have found. They have Proven that Ancient Jerusalem was the City of David, and it never was on Top of Mount Moriah. They found it digging down to 3000 year old level. So how does this Verse get explained, about Mount Moriah:
2 Chronicles 3:1 (HCSB)
1 Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
You cannot have TWO SINGLE PEAKS, being Named the Location of the TEMPLE. and later in this post I will Prove that the temple was build on Mount Zion. It is easy to explain. Mount Moriah was not a SINGLE PEAK, it was the NAME OF THE entire RIDGE that runs from the northern edge of the mountain, all the way past Pool of Siloam to the Kidron Valley. So Yes, King Solomon built the TEMPLE, on Mount Moriah at the Center, which is known as Mount ZION. Therefore the Threshing Floor of Ornan was on southern end of the OPHEL.
Matthew 24:2 (ESV)
2 But he answered them,
“You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
When the Commanding General gave orders to TEAR Down all the Stones of Ancient JERUSALEM, leaving NONE OF IT STANDING. Soldiers who did not obey the orders, we to be executed. SO ALL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM was completely TORN DOWN. ONLY Buildings build by Roman Soldiers REMAINED. And they they renamed the City:
This was followed by the eventual rebuilding and renaming of the city as Aelia Capitolina by Emperor Hadrian in 130 AD. A completely ROMAN City. So the western HAD TO BE PART OF THE Fortress Antonia.
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False Mount Zion further west from City of David.
Notice that is where Archaeologist think they Found King David's Palace. King Solomon remodled it, and built the TEMPLE RIGHT BEHIND IT.
Those two pictures above, may give you an idea of how the four buildings were arranged in the Complex, after Solomon got done building them. The wings on the temple would have been added by Hadrian.
Finally the PROOF that King Solomon Built a TEMPLE to GOD on Mount Zion:
Psalm 2:6 (NJB)
6 ‘I myself have anointed my king
on Zion my holy mountain.'
Psalm 3:4 (NASB)
4 I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And
He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
Psalm 43:3 (NJB)
3 Send out your light and your truth; they shall be my guide,
to lead me to your holy mountain to the place where you dwell.
Isaiah 56:7 (HCSB)
7 I will bring them to
My holy mountain and let them
rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Joel 3:17 (HCSB)
17 Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God,
who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, and foreigners will never overrun it again.
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