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2. 2 Rebuilding the Temple The center of Bible prophecy is the nation of Israel, the center of Israel is Jerusalem, and the center of Jerusalem is the Temple.

3. 3 Rebuilding the Temple Temple # 1 Temple 1 Solomon 970 – 930 B.C. Solomon’s Temple Built Solomon’s Temple Laid Waste 597 BC Burned – 586 BC 1000 BC 500 BC 100 BC 100 AD 0 Model of 1 st Temple

4. 4 Model of Temple 2 Zerubbabel’s Temple Began to Build 538 BC Destroyed By Titus (Romans) 70 AD 1000 BC 500 BC 100 BC 100 AD 0 Rebuilding the Temple Temple # 2 Temple 1 Solomon 970 – 930 B.C. Temple 2 Zerubbabel / Herod the Great Laid waste in 597, Burned in 586 B.C. Remodeled and expanded by Herod 19 BC – 27 AD

5. 5 Al-Haram al-Sharif Rebuilding the Temple The Temple Mount Today Al Aqsa Mosque

6. 6 Old Jerusalem Rebuilding the Temple Temple Location # 1 #1 Mount Moriah is not the Temple Mount. Mt. Ophel is the right place. Overlooking the Gihon Springs 30

7. 7 Rebuilding the Temple Temple Location # 2 Traditional Location of the Temple The Temple Mount Today Opinion #2 The Temples were located where the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa mosque are located

8. 8 Rebuilding the Temple Temple Location # 3 330 Ft Eastern Gate The Northern Conjecture The Temple Mount Today Kidron Valley Mt Of Olives 80 Ft

9. 9 Ezek. 44:1-2 NIV 1 Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut. 2 The LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it.” Rebuilding the Temple The Temple’s Location

10. Update: As of July 1st, 2002, the red heifer born in Israel this past April remains unblemished. NEWS FLASH: Red Heifer Born in Israel! April 8th, 2002 It can now be revealed that less than one month ago, a red heifer was born in Israel. After the heifer's owner contacted the Temple Institute, on Friday, April 5th, 2002, Rabbi Menachem Makover and Rabbi Chaim Richman traveled to the farm where the heifer is located, to inspect and validate her status. The rabbis found her to be kosher and were satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers, chapter 19. This is an important development towards the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.

11. 11 Rebuilding the Temple Red Heifer – A Type of Christ Red Heifer Jesus Christ A rare find No one is like our Lord Must be without blemish their entire life. He was tempted in all ways, but without sin. Taken outside the camp to be slaughtered. Christ taken “outside the gate” (Heb 13:12) Was a means for all to be cleansed. Christ died for the sins of all people Ashes taken to a clean place outside the camp. Jesus was buried in a tomb in which no man had ever laid.