Jerusalem Delivered

1300 years. The monument is the first piece of Islamic architecture funded by a Muslim ruler that was created as a work of art. It is an Islamic shrine located on a sacred stone called the Temple Mount, a large outcrop of bedrock in the Old City of Jerusalem. It has been venerated as a holy site for over a thousand years and considered one of the most important religious sites in the world by Islam, Judaism and Christian religions. The shrine was constructed with a wooden guilt dome that is…

Jews were forcefully removed from the holy city of Jerusalem.(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Babylonian Exile.) The text, “By the Waters of Babylon”, by Stephen Vincent Benet, the son of a priest visits an abandoned sacred city, which is most likely the city of Jerusalem. “By the Waters of Babylon”, Psalm 137, and two online sources tell important details about the loss of Jerusalem. To begin with, Psalm 137 deals with the loss of Jerusalem. In the Psalm, the Babylonians request the…

in the walled Old City of Jerusalem in the center of the Temple Mount. It is the first domed shrine to be built and is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture. It is the oldest Islamic building to have survived intact in its original form. The building is not only sacred but is also recognised for its beauty. It is gorgeously decorated both inside and outside (Grabar, 2006). The realm of Islam had spread widely with the Islamic conquest of the Palestine, Syria and Jerusalem in the third decade of…

life, he served in many military and political positions. In his early years, he was a prominent part of the Israeli military, serving as the Major General in 1967, and Chief of Southern Command in 1969. After studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and earning a law degree, he began to work his way into the Israeli government. He served as The Minister of Defense in 1981, where he turned from a "military tyrant" to a "conservative pro-settlement politician". In 1984, he was elected as…

impact on the life of Jesus and the face of Judea. Judaic temples, history, rituals, and religious groups all contributed to the historical setting of the New Testament. The Jerusalem Temple has long been a historic site of conflict and religious upheaval. According to Andre Parrot in his book The Temple of Jerusalem, this structure has seen numerous wars, its own reconstructions, and the rise and the fall of the Roman Empire’s control over Judea. Although the Temple has always been a…

Nehemiah during the Persian period (as a consequence of the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonian empire), starting in 537 B.C. finishing with his destruction in A.D. 70; marked the beginning of Israel return after 70 years of exile to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a few years before, the Israelites wandered through the wilderness for 40 years after being free from 400 years of slavery by God. He instructed Moises “the leader” to build a Tabernacle for Him to serve as a house of worship in…

Religion plays a vital role in Jerusalem and more specifically, in understanding it. Although, people of different religions do live their own lives, there has been recorded tension between them. One example is that they all believe to be the heirs of God’s legacy to Abraham (1). He granted His “everlasting favor” to Abraham and his descendants, and with that, all three religions believe that they are just that. With different people of different faiths, all together in one place, the city is…

Crusaders conquered Jerusalem and began to expand the Church (Wilkinson, 1978, p. 11-12). Rebuilding and increasing the size of the Church allowed the conquering Christians to reestablish their dominance in Jerusalem after the Muslims had built their holy buildings on the Temple Mount. Ousterhout notes that while the location of the Tomb of Christ was immutable, the architecture of the building was not (2003,…

revelation from the Hebrew Bible that Solomon reveals that Jerusalem is seen as the place in which God dwells. In Judaism Jerusalem is the holiest city. Jerusalem has long been in embedded into Jewish tradition and study. There are many stories of Jerusalem in the Tanakh. Such as the story of the Binding of Isaac. Prior to the First Temple built by Solomon Abraham was to sacrifice his son Isaac at Mount Moriah. This is the same place in Jerusalem in which Solomon later built the First Temple.…

allegories and robed statues of the gods plus mythological scenes.” In 168 B.C. he conquered Jerusalem, and inside the Jewish temple, slaughtered a pig on an idol he built to the god, Jupiter. In referencing the Abomination of Desolation in the book of Daniel, Christ linked the Antichrist to Antiochus (Mark 13:14). Antichrist — like Antiochus before him — will also set up an idol in the future temple in Jerusalem and sacrifice to it. The Bible also associates the Antichrist to another person —…