Tuesday, May 24, 2011

What happened to King Solomon's Temple?

The question was asked so I did a little research to try and find out why we have never found the Temple. We can't talk about the Temple without reference to the Ark. Let's start with the journey of the Ark of the Covenant. We know the David wanted to build the Temple but because he angered the Lord by taking a count of his people God let the task of building the Temple fall to David's son Solomon. Solomon went into dept so bad that he sold 20 villages to help pay for the construction. The Temple is/was to be a final resting ground for the Ark. That place is Mt Moria in Jerusalem. It is the highest point in the city and also is said to be the place where Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac, where Jesus is said to have been crucified, and also it is holy to the Muslims because they say Mohammad ascended from there. The center of the temple was called the Holy of Holies because it is where the Ark rested. Some deeply religious people will not even set foot on the Mount for fear of stepping on the actual place the Ark sat. In 587 BC the temple was over run by King Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonians. Babylonians kept carefully detailed notes of what they looted and the Ark was not there. Speculations swirl from the Queen of Sheba's son sneaking it out, (Queen of Sheba is said to have had a son with Solomon named Menelick), to priests arranging to hide it, to it being hidden in the tunnels under the original Temple. Anyway, King Nebuchadnezzar built a second temple over the first one which was destroyed by the Romans in around 70 CE. There is a religious group devoted to reconstructing the temple exactly as Solomon had built it down to the last nail. They are waiting for the return of the Ark to do this. The return of the Ark will fall in line with the second coming of Christ and they want to be ready. Some say the return of this religious artifact will also spark WW3. There is strong reason to believe that the Ark is housed in a church Our Lady Mary of Zion in Ethiopia. It is the only country in the world to base it's entire existence around a single religious artifact. Every church contains a replica od the Ark. I tried to add pictures but they are apparently copyrighted. Fascinating stuff!

3 comments:

  1. This is interesting, I was reading about the temple last night & wondered what happened to it! Thanks!

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  2. Very helpful. Look forward to reading more.

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  3. God did not want David to build the temple because David had blood on his hands from the numerous wars (1 Chronicles 22:8). Although God was angry with David for taking a census of his soldiers, that was not the reason that David was disqualified.

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