oh. and guess exactly where Jesus Christ is returning. you got it! to HIS TEMPLE. it belongs to Him. everyone else is going to get an eyefull when the entire temple mount splits in two. what is under it - do you think?
II chronicles 3:1 'then solomon began to guild the house of the Lord at jerusalem in mount moriah where the Lord appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.' so we know - the jebusites had previously dwelt in this area and that David purchased the site. 'and he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.'
when this temple mount splits - we should see the remains of a temple that looks like this:
'the length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. and the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it with pure gold. and, the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. and he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of parvaim...' the entire description of the temple is in II chron. 3.
people laugh and say - oh, the bible is just stories. when they see the remains of the temple of solomon - they will realize how far back in time that went and how accurate every word of God is. you cannot hide the words of God. even down to the exact measurements and what it was built of. but, God is not only concerned with the history and people's of israel - but the entire world. that's why it will be an 'ensign' to many people. that location is called ZION. isaiah 30:17 'till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
that area is also called 'the mountain of the Lord.' it is the place or seat of jerusalem and where the nations will come to worship the Lord. it is said that before this time the daughter of Zion will be in labor. that is exactly what is happening! the difficulties of israel with enemies on all sides. this is before a 'birth' of a new world government that will be on Jesus or Yeshua's shoulders. 'and the government shall be upon his shoulders...Wonderful, Counsellor, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace....' micah 4 'in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains (a government to exceed all governments) and many people SHALL FLOW UNTO IT. and many nations shall come, and say 'come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.'
'and He shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more....'