OPINION (RT) – While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s video tour from Jerusalem omits Muslim sites, Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, it does include a model of the Third Temple some Jewish groups want in place of it. The iconic mosque and shrine are located on Temple Mount, one of the holiest sites in the world for Muslims, Christians and Jews. The video posted by the State Department shows Pompeo visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Western Wall,
followed by a model of the Third Temple, which some groups want to erect on Temple Mount triggering concerns that Muslim sites would be affected. The Third Temple plays an important eschatological role in Judaism and is associated with the era of the Jewish Messiah. While most Jewish-Orthodox scholars believe the Messiah will ultimately rebuild the Temple, some hardline religious organizations call for an immediate construction of it in the present times. READ MORE
There is no way they can build a third temple on top where the Dome of the Rock is. It is by necessity not possible if taking the rituals of sacrificial cleansing to task. The priest, by requirement, has to have running water from a stream or spring. That is not near the top. You would have to walk south below the wall of David where the Spring of Gihon exist and is flowing with fresh water. You cannot use pipes to cleanse sacrifices. It must be extremely close to the Altar of God. That again points to the Spring of Gihon. Just a thought.