Giles Fraser: The temple that could start WW3

What is the Third Temple? This mysterious, ancient site in Jerusalem might be the catalyst for world war, writes UnHerd's Giles Fraser. This week he joined Florence Read to take a deep dive into the religious history and precarious future of the Temple Mount.

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[robturvey]

“God is summoned into this place”

What an absurd thing to say. Nobody summons God. He makes up his own mind, otherwise he isn’t God !

[chegayvara]

Correction: the Romans did not use the temple mount as a rubbish tip. They built a temple Jupiter there (would be odd to dump rubbish there after that!). The byzantines largely ignored the place.

It was the catholic crusaders that used it as a dump. It is unusual today that so many Christians, particularly American ones, feel that the wailing wall should be somehow holy to them. The New Testament repudiates all that stuff so praying there is, to be blunt, sinful.

[williamvorkosigan]

Would you say that Christians were more respectful of a former Muslim Mosque location if they built a Christian Cathedral on top of the site? Turning the cathedral in Byzantium into a Mosque was also a sign of respect, was it? The suicidal attitude of our Western Liberal inteligência is staggering.

[zoomby]

We each have The Temple of God. The Temple shines within, when love and forgiveness is given by each of us. That is why Forgiveness is the key to world peace. We forgive our families, our neighbours, our friends as we return our Love and Respect back to God. Be at peace to you one and all ❤❤❤

[RonnieNightDive]

It’s always enjoyable listening to the English discuss history and current events. They’re nearly always unaware of their own historical role in the current mess or they blatantly ignore it.

[leawilliams]

Peace is there for everyone who receives the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ and this peace has been reigning upon the earth despite every attempt made by the synagogue of satan to destroy the peace and tranquil life of Christian societies. There will be no utopia on this earth because God is not going to sit on the throne you build for him. He said so when he was here in the form of Jesus Christ.

[Enhancedlies]

lol, trump saying god saved him from the bullet is a pretty normal thing to say if you are religious. I am not at all, but pretending this is a trump arrogance thing is so stupid

[andrewbaldwin]

Daniel Pipes, the director of the Middle East Forum, wrote a 2001 report on "The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem" which corrects the exaggerated claims that Fraser makes as to the importance of Jerusalem in the Moslem faith. The title of this episode is pure click-bait as Fraser never establishes convincingly that the move to build a third temple is likely to lead to WW3 in the conceivable future. Why isn't UnHerd more concerned about the Russo-Ukrainian War leading to WW3. I don't understand UnHerd at all.
Fraser's TDS-induced venom against Donald Trump seems remarkably unchristian, especially given that he is an Anglican prelate. I notice from the comments a lot of other readers thought the same as me.

[ai-antichrist]

Prophecy is being fulfilled. All of this has been foretold and we are witnessing it happen

[valerieanderson]

The Temple Mount is sacred to THREE world religions, not just two.

[jonb]

Quick question: how was building a mosque on the site of the Jewish temple "respectful"? Make that make sense.

[MarioBishara]

Al Aksa mosque was built 60 years after the death of Mohamed, he never went there, the actual Aksa mosque is in Taif in Saudi Arabia.

[hl]

I’m sorry to knock your show as just what’s happening in other news broadcasts,
But I notice you have an opinion on Christian’s & Jews but not on Islam.
Your show is very SAFE.

[maramé.r]

So respectful they built a mosque on top of it. Probably best to ask followers of Judaism for their thoughts on this. Is there evidence that the Muslim prophet actually went there (and died there) or is it a spurious claim

[brendandoherty]

Giles, I was delighted to see this vid! As you pointed out, this situation has the potential to ignite WW lll! I think that your explanation of the history was extremely clear and it is rare to come across anyone in our country who understands. Thank you for that! HOWEVER - I for one, would be grateful if you could do a follow-up piece in which you describe the overlap between Jewish/Christian/Islamic eschatology and how it relates to the Jewish Finally, a comment from you regarding your understanding of the Bible’s eschatological aspects and whether they are prophetic would be illuminating.
This issue is not going to go away and we need to understand all this if we are to truly grasp what is going on in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the western world has become so secular in its worldview that it cannot see what is going on. 100 days into the Israel/Hamas war, a spokesman for Hamas released a press statement in which he mentioned the red heifers. It is not by chance that the action against Israel is called the Al Aqsa Flood and Iran focuses so strongly on images of the Temple Mount.
I do sincerely hope you do a follow-up Giles!

[Kavala]

Someone has a near-death experience and thinks God may have had a hand... and that makes him arrogant and theologically brain dead?
Interesting, up to that point.

[DavidRodriguez-yykc]

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[summerofplums]

Three perfect red heffers were bred by a Jewish farmer in Texas and flown over to Israel earlier this year, according to one story I read. The sacrificial stage had also been built, and rumor had it that the heffers were sacrificed just before Passover. The story is also linked to astrology, because this year's total solar eclipse passed over the Texas town.

[wildbeastescapes]

I was enthralled until the rant about Trump, which could easily have been edited out.

[DeaDDrone]

It's kind of amusing how uneven the conversation around it is.

For one side its like: this is the history, this is the religious dogma, this is the political situation, these are the factions and these are the actors that may result in religious war that nobody wants.
Meanwhile, the other side is being treated as a force a nature. Just accept they will all go to a worldwide homicidal rage and blow everything up if you dare disrespect the site they built while desecrating the site of the first group.