The Possible Biblical Reason there is an Islamic Mosque on the Temple Mount

July 25, 2015 by Rodrigo Silva

The Possible Biblical Reason Why There is an
Islamic Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

2 Kings 21:4 (NKJV) “He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

  

An artist’s depction of the Temple of God in Jerusalem

 The God of the Bible said that the place where He chose to put his name is the city of Jerusalem, more specifically the Temple Mount where the Israelites built the house of the LORD.

In Isaiah 14:12-15 we read that Satan fell from heaven and that his wish was to ascend (be exalted) above the clouds to be like the Most High God. Satan also said he would sit on the “mount of the congregation” (verse 13). 

This apparently is a clear reference to Satan’s desire to be worshiped like God by sitting on the mount of the congregation of Israel, the site of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where the house of the LORD was built.

Now here is the interesting thing about this passage. The Hebrew word for “ascend” is the Hebrew word “ALAH.” The word means “to ascend”, “to go up” and “to exalt”. Is it possible that Isaiah is giving us the identity Satan would use to sit on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by using the word ALAH in Hebrew?

 

 

Notice the Hebrew word “ALAH” traslated as “ascend.”

Soon after Mohammed supposedly received divine revelations from the Islamic god “Allah” brought  to him by an “archangel” named Gabriel, Mohammed sought to conquer lands for Allah until he reached Jerusalem. 

Islamic tradition believes that  Mohammed miraculously ascended to heaven from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and as a result, Muslims decided, under the Umayyad Caliphate, to build an Islamic mosque on the Temple Mount, the very site where Yahweh God chose to put his name and to have a house or temple built for him. 

“For you (Satan) have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend (ALAH)  into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation (the Temple Mount) On the farthest sides of the north;” (Isaiah 14:13)

Why does Satan want to sit on the furthest sides of the north? Because that is where Mount Zion, the mount of God, the Temple Mount is.

“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the “sides of the north, the city of the great King.” (Psalm 48:2)

It is possible that the Hebrew text is giving us a clue about Satan’s identity to be used as he wishes to be exalted above the stars of God and as he sits on the mount of the congregation, the Temple Mount where God chose to place his divine name.
 
We know that when the Messiah Jesus returns, he will rebuild the Temple of the LORD on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where He will reign as king for a thousand years (Zechariah 6:12-13). We also know that prophecy seems to clearly indicate that Judaism will build a temporary temple which will be desecrated by the Islamic Antichrist. 

For now, the abomination of desolation seems to have been partially fulfilled in the spiritual and physical realms with Satan sitting on the Temple Mount in an Islamic mosque as “Allah” which desecrates the name of Christ by having writings on its walls which say that God is not a son and that He can’t have a son, a direct blasphemy denying that the Messiah Jesus is the son of God.

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