A key purpose of the Temple, from the words of King Solomon at the First Temples dedication to the words of the prophets and so many other Jewish sources in the Talmud and later, has always been to manifest the One God to the entire world—a house of prayer for all nations (Isaiah 56:7). Talmud and history both record the active participation of non-Jews in the rites of the Temple. Proximity to shrines of Islam and Christianity that draw millions of visitors annually fulfills the mandate of the Temple to bear witness to the One God to the entire world. The vision proposed is not a compromise, but rather the radical fulfillment of the Jewish mission and the role of the Temple, as well as a core tenet of both Islam and Christianity, to bear witness to the One God and to fulfill the prophecy, “On that day will God be One and his Name One.”
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:35:45 +0000
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