Rebuilding Solomon's Temple

JERUSALEM-David wrote his beloved Psalms to God here. Lazarus was raised from the dead. Jesus of Nazareth walked these streets. Unrest causes anxiety in everyone around, and there are numerous voices, overlapping each other with prayers and requests, at the famous Wall. An appearance of ancient times gives one the nostalgic feelings of memories and familiar events that no one alive today has witnessed. Israeli troops are charging onto the grounds of the Holy Land's holiest site, firing tear gas grenades and small, rubber bullets at protesting Palestinians who retaliate with rocks.

Welcome to Jerusalem. Journeying here to feel closer to God? Well, you certainly will pray a great deal more during your visit, and it would probably be wise to kneel, as not only is it a sign of respect and humility to Jehovah, but may very well serve as a safer position when the gunfire erupts.

The confrontation, which began soon after the midday worship during the Muslim day of prayer Friday, marked the fourth day of protests. Palestinians are protesting against Israel's renovation of a 150-foot walkway leading to the Temple Mount - unless you happen to be Muslim. If this is your choice, then the 150-foot walkway leads to the Noble Sanctuary. In either case, the site is significant to followers both faiths, this dispute could certainly spark a major conflict in this region.

The reports seem familiar, likely a redundancy of previous skirmishes here, so why is it that America, particularly Evangelical Christians, watch for reports on the Holy Land's Temple Mount? Jews believe it to be the site of the ancient King Solomon's Temple. Besides Old Testament Trivial Pursuit questions, what's significant about that to Christians? Prophecy, my fellow traveler! Let us research the King James Bible:

According to the prophet Ezekiel, the First Temple as built by King Solomon will someday be rebuilt.