Known to Muslims as the Haram Al-Sharif and to Jews as Mount Moriah, the 1.55 million square foot sacred platform in the heart of ancient Jerusalem was once home to a magnificent and glorious temple belonging to the Jews. This sacred temple was violently destroyed, but its archaeological remains ...

The temple Jesus knew was one of the great engineering marvels of the ancient world. But, in 70 AD the Roman army of Flavius Titus destroyed both the city and the beloved temple of the Jews leaving only traces of its former glory. Only its foundation and the rubble scattered at its base remain, b...

For a Jewish worshipper, a visit to God’s Holy hill was exciting and joyous, and filled with many traditions, but with King Herod’s exquisitely designed Greek and Roman architecture in view the journey was only intensified and captivating. A pilgrimage up to the temple, and a visit inside its be...

Out of all the buildings on the temple mount, the inner courts were the most important of all. Within its walls a highly emotional experience awaited the Jewish pilgrim as he brought his sacrifice near to the door of Yahweh’s sacred dwelling, and up to the courts of the Lord. Once inside, what wo...

This first temple of the Jews was destroyed by the Babylonians, and the second by the Romans in A.D. 70., but many of the stones of a once glorious past are still visible. These stones often occupy the thoughts of various Jewish worshippers who long for the rebuilding of another temple. But will ...