{"id":305,"date":"2011-11-10T13:31:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=305"},"modified":"2011-11-10T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T18:31:08","slug":"a-blessing-on-the-temple-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/11\/a-blessing-on-the-temple-mount.html","title":{"rendered":"A Blessing on the Temple Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When my son and I visited Israel over the summer, we visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n<p>Since the Muslim wakf is in charge of the area, they frown on non-Muslims praying or reading their Bibles. I was actually ushered away from the interior of the famed Golden Gate&#8230;I don&#8217;t know what I was doing wrong but an armed security guard yelled at me!<\/p>\n<p>However, we managed to face the Mount of Olives on the east\u2014the biblical scene of the Messiah&#8217;s return in the end of days. We prayed together facing the Mount of Olives. It was very meaningful!<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line is this: there are those of us who actually believe the Bible is true and we eagerly anticipate the Creator renewing creation. It will happen, and to see the actual sites&#8230;wow. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/files\/2011\/11\/Mt.-Olives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/11\/Mt.-Olives-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-306\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount of Olives in Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my son and I visited Israel over the summer, we visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Since the Muslim wakf is in charge of the area, they frown on non-Muslims praying or reading their Bibles. 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