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Second Temple building found in Jerusalem

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An enormous building that hosted public functions and perhaps city government meetings in ancient Jerusalem is reopening to the public some 2,000 years after its construction.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/grand-2000-year-old-public-building-unearthed-jerusalem-180978128/
 

Great video on find:

 

 

 

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So does this discovery bring us any closer to the construction of the Third Temple - what would be your guess? 🙂

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On 7/10/2021 at 1:12 PM, Novosedoff said:

So does this discovery bring us any closer to the construction of the Third Temple - what would be your guess? 🙂

The last attempt to build the Third Temple during the reign of Julian (361-363 AD) ended in failure.

Emperor Julian, in an attempt to reverse the emergence of Christianity in the Empire, supported reviving Pagan rituals and temples. Possibly, this was also his motivation for building the Third Temple of Jerusalem. 

This effort, however, was soon aborted. Many reasons have been suggested: lack of local Jewish support, sabotage, accidental fire, or the earthquake of Galilee in 363 AD. Julian’s death in battle in 363 AD ended the project.

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”[Julian] proposed to rebuild at a vast expense the once magnificent temple of Jerusalem, which after many deadly contests was with difficulty taken by Vespasian and Titus, who succeeded his father in the conduct of the siege. And he assigned the task to Alypius of Antioch, who had formerly been proprefect of Britain. But though Alypius applied himself vigorously to the work, and though the governor of the province co-operated with him, fearful balls of fire burst forth with continual eruptions close to the foundations, burning several of the workmen and making the spot altogether inaccessible. And thus the very elements, as if by some fate, repelling the attempt, it was laid aside.” (Ammianus Marcellinus Book 23)

https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ammianus_23_book23.htm#C1

 

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