Another high point of my recent spiritual pilgrimage occurred toward the end of our time in Israel, while we were in the city of Jerusalem. On one of our last days in Jerusalem, we went to the Temple Mount, which is where today we can see the Dome of the Rock. The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim Mosque built over the location of the Temple that Jesus would have visited, worshipped, taught, and even on one occasion cleaned it out. The Temple Mount, which is the entire area on top of Mount Moriah, is open to the public after you go through a 21st Century security check.
As we walked around on top of the Temple Mount (See Pictures Above) around this amazing structure called the Dome of the Rock, we were reminded by our guide that it was only 2/3s of the size of the Tempe in Jesus Day. And although the Temple built by King Herod before Christ was born was completely destroyed by the Romans in AD 70, we have a good feel from records of the day, what it would have looked like and the basic location of it.
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