Daniel’s Timeline & the Temple Mount
Is there a place for God’s Holy Mountain in Jerusalem?
A project launched this week hopes to pave the way, through theological research and debate, to a new outlook that would allow all religions to share the complex. Part of this ”vision” is explained in depth in an entry on the Washington Post Web site.
The group says the initiative is “based on five years of research into the requirements for the precise location of a rebuilt Temple”. Its web site quotes a passage from Jewish law, called Halacha, to argue that a new, nearby location could be chosen to build a third temple, not in the spot traditionally regarded as the correct site but has been occupied by the Dome of the Rock since the 7th century:
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/06/19/is-there-a-place-for-gods-holy-mountain-in-jerusalem/
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184891155&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull