“I would like to believe that the Third Temple will be built in the end times with the coming of the Messiah.”
“Anyone who spends enough time in Jerusalem is sure to discover the Divine Presence (shechinah) – He who dwells in the heavenly (upper) Jerusalem”
Conrad Schick, a 19th century German missionary, scholar and architect, has been described as a kind of “oracle” in Jerusalem
The eternal capital of ancient and modern Israel has much to offer tourists.
One of the biggest historical attractions in Jerusalem is its numerous gates.
One of my favorite pastimes as a child was sitting on the windowsill watching the hustle and bustle along Agrippas Street (adjacent to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehudah shuk, or open air market).
Over 3,000 years ago, King David chose a small Jebusite city in the Judean hills as his capital.
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, rabbi of the Western Wall, says that “Jerusalem is in the heart of every Jew.”
A Christ-Centered perspective on Jerusalem by David Lazarus, an Elder of Beit Immanuel Messianic Jewish Congregation in Tel Aviv.
Following the Six Day War in 1967, all of Jerusalem became the sovereign capital of the State of Israel.
And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the Holy Lamb of God on England’s pleasant pastures seen? (William Blake – Jerusalem)
Like so many Israelis, Oria Amrani (46) never gave much thought to the Temple Mount. But, despite not being religious, her first visit to the Temple Mount, which took place only a month or so ago, transformed her life.
The city of Jerusalem stands at the beginning, but she is also the ultimate goal.
I last visited the Temple Mount some 40 years ago, and even then it was as a tourist.
While the name Jerusalem is usually rendered as “City of Peace,” there are a number of alternative and additional meanings.
Celebrating 50 years since the reunification of the western half of Jerusalem with its eastern half begs the question – what’s on the eastern side?
Even today, when breaking a glass under the chupah – the bridal canopy – every Jewish bridegroom takes the oath “if I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.”
This year we joyously mark 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule.
Christian interest in the Temple Mount can be fairly well gauged by participation in the Temple Mount Sifting Project.
