Abd-Al-Malik ibn Marwaw a 7th Century Muslim King completed the construction of the Dome of the Rock on top of the old Temple Mount at Jerusalem in 692 A.D. This was 55 years after he captured the city of Jerusalem which at that time was a predominately Christian city! Muslim’s believe Mohammad ascended to Heaven from this location! Also Abraham sacrificed from this location. It is shaped with 8 sides and is supported by 24 columns. They believe it is where the Temple of Solomon was located. The Knights Templar were quartered there after the Christian Crusaders took back Jerusalem from the Muslims in 1099 A.D. The Dome was used as a Christian church for nearly 100 years until the Muslims recaptured the city in 1187 A.D. So why did this Muslim King build this structure over the old Temple Mount? Some scholars believe to proclaim the emergence of Islam as a supreme new faith linked to Biblical tradition yet distinct from the religion of the conquered Christians! The message of Islam’s supremacy was also conveyed by the Arabic inscriptions, with selected Quran passages that outline Islam’s view of Jesus–i.e., denouncing the Doctrine of the Trinity and the Divinity of Jesus, while emphasizing the unity of God and affirming Jesus status as only a prophet. Source; Encyclopedia Britannica Comment: Islam is a copycat religion! Notice the 24 columns or 24 elders! Suleiman the Magnificent sealed the Eastern Gate of the old Jewish Temple at Jerusalem in 1541 A.D. However centuries earlier Muslim Kings did this then when the Christians took back Jerusalem they knocked the brick and mortar closures down from the eastern Gate. Then when the Muslims took the city back they sealed the Eastern Gate! Why? Jesus came through this gate riding a donkey on Palm Sunday! When Jesus returns to Jerusalem at his second coming he will enter the city through the Eastern Gate! The building of the Dome of the Rock was an attempt to stop the construction of another Jewish Temple! Because Jesus is going to enter this Temple and walk through the Eastern Gate at his second coming! Think about this for a moment? What if after the Rapture of the Church the Dome of the Rock becomes the Jewish Temple? Soon after the Rapture of the Church we enter into the 7 year tribulation period where the Anti-Christ rules the world as a political leader but his power is shared by the False prophet! The False prophet will be the one world religious leader! Christians will be gone off the earth or about one third of earth’s population! We know the Anti-Christ will be Jewish and a homosexual from scriptures! However what religion will the False prophet be? I maintain it or he will represent Islam! The Anti-Christ will rule from Jerusalem and the False prophet from Rome! Sometimes what we know helps us to determine what we do not know! We always look to Christ but Jesus left many signs in the scriptures that will preclude his second coming! Only a Jew the Anti-Christ would be trusted by another Jew! Only a Jew and a Muslim could make a deal to set up Jewish worship in the Dome of the Rock! Will the Dome of the Rock be the re-built Jewish Temple? It would surprise the Muslims and the Jews if Jesus would one day soon walk through the Eastern Gate and into the Dome of the Rock with all the Arabic scriptures on the walls proclaiming he is a false Messiah at his second coming! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com