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Original location of the Jewish Temple. What if all the scholars are wrong?

The Real Location of the Jewish Temple

By Dr Mark | April 8, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment

Show Summary: Tradition and preconceived notions are hard to overcome. And nowhere is this more true than Jerusalem and the location of the Jewish Temple — the one built by Solomon and later rebuilt and expanded by Herod. Scholars and centuries of tradition say the location of the Jewish Temple was the Temple Mount where the Dome of the Rock stands. What if they’re all wrong?

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Air Dates: April 8 & 9, 2017 | David Sielaff

We’re joined this week by David Sielaff, the Director of the Associates for Scriptural Knowledge (ASK). They were founded by Dr. Ernest L Martin, who was one of the leading proponents of the true site of the Jewish Temple being located in the original City of David. Dr Martin was the author of The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot.

Whether it’s politics or or the media or academia or even religion, each of these have their “experts.” And the experts are right and everyone else is wrong. Or at least not as right. And there is an incredible amount of arrogance that comes with that puffed up sense of self, which in turn creates a mental roadblock that prevents experts from seeing alternate possibilities.

Location of the Jewish Temple: The rock under the Dome of the Rock — The rock under the Dome of the Rock. Does this look like a threshing floor to you?

The Bible says the location of the Jewish Temple was over a threshing floor. This is what a threshing floor looks like — An actual ancient threshing floor. What David bought would have looked something like this.

Take the original location of the Jewish Temple. The one built by Solomon and then later rebuilt and greatly expanded by Herod the Great. The Bible says that King David bought some property on which to build the Temple: the threshing floor floor of a Jebusite (the Jebusites had settled Jerusalem before David conquered it). Centuries of tradition place it on the so called “Temple Mount” where the Dome of the Rock now stands.

But threshing floors were flat. And smooth. Because farmers would use shovels and rakes to toss the grain up into the air to separate the grain from the chaff, you’d want a smooth surface to make the shoveling part easier. Look at the pictures here. Does the rock under the Dome look at all like it could have been a threshing floor?

Location of the Jewish Temple

The Jews would like to rebuild their Temple. But the Dome blocks them from doing so because the Dome of the Rock is the third holiest site in Islam and tearing it down would start the third world war.

But what if all those experts are wrong? What if the original location of the Jewish temple wasn’t on the Dome of the Rock at all?

Tune in this week to find out why all those “experts” could be incredibly wrong—and just think what that means for the Jewish people.

Links Mentioned

David Sielaff’s organization: Associates for Scriptural Knowledge – askelm.com. There is a ton of good information here not only on the location of the Jewish Temple but lots more on the intertwining of history, science, and scripture

Books

Bob Cornuke’s Temple: Amazing New Discoveries That Change Everything About the Location of Solomon’s Temple.
Dr. Ernest L. Martin’s The Temples That Jerusalem Forgot

Arguments supporting original location of the Jewish Temple (not on so-called “Temple Mount”)

On The Location of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem (see esp “The Southern by Lambert Dolphin and Michael Kollen (via TempleMount.org)
Similar/Supporting Research from archeologist Tuvia Sagiv: “The Site of The Golden Dome of the Rock: Former Altar of Ashtoreth the Phoenician Goddess” (except Tuvia thinks the Temple was on the Temple Mount, between the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque)
VIDEO: Q & A with Bob Cornuke (Temple & other topics)
VIDEO: Ken Klein on the original location of the Jewish Temple

Academics’ Advocate

Aqueducts of Jerusalem and Threshing Floor not near Gihon Spring via Bible.ca
Bob Cornuke’s Theory challenged via Temple Mount Location
Siphon aqueducts were first used at the palace of Knossos on Crete. Founded in 7,000 BC, the first palace was built in 1,900 BC, about 1000 years before Solomon. It was abandoned between 1380–1100BC (more on Knossos)
Cassius Dio on Temple and Bar Kocha revolte: “At Jerusalem, Hadrian founded a city in place of the one which had been razed to the ground, naming it Aelia Capitolina, and on the site of the temple of the [Jewish] god, he raised a new temple to Jupiter. This brought on a war of no slight importance nor of brief duration.”

Just for Fun

Picture of what the temple site would have looked like, with Fortress Antonia
Israeli Institute Prepares Priests for Jerusalem’s Third Temple
Fun Video! – 3D Tours of Jerusalem. See “Holy Sepulchre,” “Jewish Temple” and more. Run on autopilot for a guided tour.
Another fun video, 3D panoramas of Jerusalem
Archeological Excavations and Discoveries in the City of David via cityofdavid.org
- Video: Central Drainage Tunnel — could this be the runoff from the Temple?
- Video: The Spring House (a tower, apparently guarding the Gihon Spring)
Map: Charles Wilson’s famous 1876 Survey of Jerusalem overlaid on modern-day Jerusalem
Some wider background on Herod Agrippa, location of the Jewish Temple, its destruction, etc.
Some wider background on Herod Agrippa, Temple, its destruction, etc.

True Location of Solomon’s Temple

By Dr Mark | March 19, 2016 | Comments 2 comments

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Summary: For generations, Jews and Christians alike have believed that the true location of Solomon’s Temple was located on top of what is currently called, the Temple Mount, where the Muslim Dome of the Rock currently is. Some even believe the Holy of Holies was located on the very rock under the Dome. Since retaking Jerusalem, the Jews have prayed at the Western Wall, which they believe is the outer court and foundations of the Jewish Temple. But what if the experts have it all wrong? We talk to Dr. Bob Cornuke, who’s been called “a modern-day Indiana Jones” as he reveals the clues that reveal the true location of Solomon’s Temple.

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Air Dates: Mar. 19 (11a PT) & 20 (7p PT), 2016 | Dr. Bob Cornuke

Are the experts wrong? What if the true location of Solomon's Temple is south of the Temple Mount in the City of David. — The current Temple Mount, facing north. Note the empty area south of it.

If you close your eyes and envision Jerusalem, like most people you probably see the big iconic golden dome known as the “Dome of the Rock.” It is on top of the highest hill in Jerusalem and surrounded by walls. In that same complex, just south of the golden dome is the al-Aqsa Mosque, and the hill and entire complex is collectively referred to as “the Temple Mount.”

The Temple Mount area is also what nearly everyone believes is the previous site of Solomon’s Temple—and where Herod rebuilt the magnificent temple that was the center of Jewish life at the time of Jesus. Christians believe t was in this temple on this spot where he taught and prayed. Where he overthrew the merchants’ tables, where he stood at trial before Caiaphas the High Priest. And it was the veil of this temple that was torn top to bottom after he died on the cross within site of the Temple.

But Herod’s Temple was completely destroyed during the Jewish Wars, which began in 66 A.D. All that remains of the original Temple—according to Biblical archaeology experts and generations of belief—is the area known as Western Wall or Wailing Wall.

Rebuilding the Temple

The Jewish people would love to rebuild their holy temple there but the Jews aren’t even allowed on the Temple Mount. Instead, they’re confined to pray outside the temple complex at the Western Wall. To rebuild the Temple, it must be rebuilt on the original, true location of Solomon’s Temple. But to do that, they would have to destroy the Dome of the Rock (or the al-Aqsa Mosque, depending on which expert you talk to). Needless to say, this would probably set off World War III since it is considered the third holiest site in Islam.

Rebuilding the Temple on the true location of Solomon’s Temple has importance to Christians as well. Because many believe that before Jesus returns, the temple must be rebuilt.

But what if all the experts are wrong? What if the original, true location of Solomon’s Temple is not on the “Temple Mount” at all?

Finding the True Location of Solomon’s Temple

All too often, whether in politics or academia, the “elite” or “establishment” have one way of thinking and it may take an outsider to shake things up. But what if — when it comes to the Temple Mount and the true original site of Solomon’s Temple — what if the “establishment experts” have it all wrong? What if the Jewish people could rebuild their temple right now? And all that needs to happen is to awaken people to the truth in order to overcome generations of perception and establishment thinking.

On this week’s show we talk with Dr. Bob Cornuke about the evidence that disproves the experts. Using his experience as a former police investigator, he walks us through the clues and evidence from Biblical, historical, and eyewitness accounts that would indicate the original site of Solomon’s Temple was south of the Temple Mount, in the City of David.

An illustration showing the true location of Solomon's Temple along with Fortress Antonia — Click to enlarge

Dr. Bob Cornuke is a biblical investigator, an international explorer with over 50 expeditions around the world searching for lost locations described in the Bible. These include the search for Noah’s Ark (with Apollo XV astronaut, James Irwin), the real Mount Sinai, St. Paul’s shipwreck, and even the Ark of the Covenant. In addition to his exploits, Bob holds a PhD in Bible and Theology from Louisiana Baptist University and is the President of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (BASE) Institute located in Colorado Springs, CO. He is also the author of nine books, his latest is Temple: Amazing New Discoveries that Change Everything about the Location of Solomon’s Temple.

Links Mentioned (plus lots more)

All of Dr. Cornuke’s books can be found at BASE Institute .
An excellent resource is Ernst L Martin’s site, Associates for Scriptural Knowledge
Illustration of what Herod’s rebuilt temple would looked like next to Fortress Antonia (via askelm.com)

Articles on the True Location

Dr. Bob Cornuke: Was the Temple Mount Not the Site of Solomon’s Temple?.
Excellent expanded article on the true site of Solomon’s Temple, including diagrams and maps
New Evidence for the Site of the Temple in Jerusalem (written in 2000)
The Real Site of Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem.
The Letter of Aristeas, who visited the reconstructed Solomon’s Temple in the 2nd Century BC, prior to Herod’s complete rebuilding.

Videos on the True Location of Solomon’s Temple

Q & A with Bob Cornuke with Ron Matson
(2014) Bob Cornuke and Chuck Missler discuss the true location of the temple
Bob Mitchell’s Prophecy Update with Bob Cornuke: The True Location of the Jerusalem Temple.
A “flyover” of Herod’s (Solomon’s) temple and Fortress Antonia
Ken Klein has an excellent movie, “The Temple Mount Dilemma – Bible Prophecy Revealed“
Excellent historical video – Rome and Jerusalem at War: The destruction of the Jewish Temple.