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What is so special about Western Wall?

Hammzah

Hammzah

Member
Why can't those people just rebuild the entire concept? Why are they waiting for the entire thing to collapse? What so special about it?

Why can't they just knock it all down and rebuild it again from scratch? To me it seems as if they are worshiping death, because the reality is death, and the death takes over everything and everyone.
 
Terrywoodenpic

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
It is a rare survivor from a temple that was ordered to be totally destroyed.
I can understand Jews revering it, it is all that remains. And on many occasions Jesus and his disciples entered its portals and worshipped and taught there. It is a great pity that there is not more left of the original structures.
 
74x12

74x12

Well-Known Member
rosends said:
The Western Wall is a section of the retaining wall around the temple mount compound. It happens to have a proximity to particular holy areas which were situated on the mount and is a section we have access to. In rabbinic understanding there is an idea of sanctity associated with the wall
Mystical Secret of the Western Wall

The Western Wall (Kotel)
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Interesting. Are you aware some people now believe the temple was not on the temple mount at all? They believe it was in the city of David instead near the Gihon spring. I myself am undecided for now on this topic.
 
rosends

rosends

Well-Known Member
74x12 said:
Interesting. Are you aware some people now believe the temple was not on the temple mount at all? They believe it was in the city of David instead near the Gihon spring. I myself am undecided for now on this topic.
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Sure, some people believe that. I've seen the websites. Some people believe there was never a temple at all. Go figure.
 
74x12

74x12

Well-Known Member
rosends said:
Sure, some people believe that. I've seen the websites. Some people believe there was never a temple at all. Go figure.
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Historical record is certain there was a temple. We even have the carvings of the menorah from the Roman triumph in Rome.
 
Tali018

Tali018

Member
Hammzah said:
Why can't those people just rebuild the entire concept? Why are they waiting for the entire thing to collapse? What so special about it?

Why can't they just knock it all down and rebuild it again from scratch? To me it seems as if they are worshiping death, because the reality is death, and the death takes over everything and everyone.
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Why can't it currently be built on? The status quo created by the Israel-Jordan Treaty of 1994.
 
Shaul

Shaul

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
74x12 said:
Interesting. Are you aware some people now believe the temple was not on the temple mount at all? They believe it was in the city of David instead near the Gihon spring. I myself am undecided for now on this topic.
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Those that believe that are fools no less than those that think the holocaust didn’t happen. This lie (and I use the term advisedly) has been pushed by the Palestinians. It is baseless and pernicious.
 
74x12

74x12

Well-Known Member
Shaul said:
Those that believe that are fools no less than those that think the holocaust didn’t happen. This lie (and I use the term advisedly) has been pushed by the Palestinians. It is baseless and pernicious.
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Nah, this is something else. It's actually a Christian guy and some Jews also believe it based off of excavations and certain key Bible passages which they take as proof. It has nothing to do with Palestinians. I'm aware of the politics however.
 
Buddha Dharma

Buddha Dharma

Dharma Practitioner
74x12 said:
Interesting. Are you aware some people now believe the temple was not on the temple mount at all? They believe it was in the city of David instead near the Gihon spring. I myself am undecided for now on this topic.
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The Samaritans claim that the original house of God was the moving tabernacle, which came to rest on Mt. Gerazim at a certain point in history. They claim that the House of the Lord at Shiloh was on Mt. Gerazim. Do you consider that claim with any seriousness? Curious
 
Terrywoodenpic

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
roger1440 said:
Do you some sort of inside source? You are the only person to seem to know this.
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When Vespasian sent his son to destroy Jerusalem and kill and disperse the Jews. He certainly did not put the temple on the "to be saved" list Titus did as he was instructed in CE70 and did his best to destroy everything, and Jerusalem was raised to the ground.

The Jewish diaspora did not have a homeland again till after WW2.
 
74x12

74x12

Well-Known Member
Buddha Dharma said:
The Samaritans claim that the original house of God was the moving tabernacle, which came to rest on Mt. Gerazim at a certain point in history. They claim that the House of the Lord at Shiloh was on Mt. Gerazim. Do you consider that claim with any seriousness? Curious
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I haven't researched it enough to say one way or the other. It is an interesting question though.
 
roger1440

roger1440

I do stuff
Terrywoodenpic said:
When Vespasian sent his son to destroy Jerusalem and kill and disperse the Jews. He certainly did not put the temple on the "to be saved" list Titus did as he was instructed in CE70 and did his best to destroy everything, and Jerusalem was raised to the ground.

The Jewish diaspora did not have a homeland again till after WW2.
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As of yet, you haven't told me your source.
 
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