Last Tuesday I posted a scripture from the book of Jeremiah on FB. I did not know that the very day I posted it was the day Jews mourn the destruction of the temple. So on Tisha B’Av I posted God’s word to the Jews through Jeremiah the prophet.
Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’ -Jer 7:4
Now lest you think these words are about mourning the loss of the temple go and read the context. God was SENDING a nation to destroy the temple. He was saying to the Jews-don’t trust in the temple! Your time is up!
And today the 30 Day video was an excellent BBC video about the Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount. THEN someone forwarded to me an article from PMW that claims that Palestinians deny the Jewish temple ever existed. (I don’t think it is quite fair for PMW to make this claim of all Palestinians. Just as our leaders don’t speak for all of us, so the PA does not speak for all Palestinians.)
The temple is gone but the mount is still the focus of many pious people. Even some Christians devote their lives to rebuilding it to bring the messiah back.
I did not set out to study the temple. It just was part of my chronological reading that I noticed. But it seems to be coming at me from all directions. So I am thinking on these things.
Before you jump on the temple rebuilding bandwagon I hope you watch this.
