If you’ve only been to Israel in the last five years, then you never had a chance to visit inside the Muslim buildings on the Temple Mount. In fact, chances are good you weren’t even allowed on the Temple Mount at all. If you visited before the outbreak of violence in 2000, you likely visited these but probably were not able to enter “Solomon’s Stables” below Al Aqsa Mosque. Now there’s a recent video showing all of that.
When I first saw the link, I ignored it because it didn’t seem that it would have anything of interest to me. Certainly no one has been able to take a videocamera through all of the off-limits areas in recent times. I was wrong. And the 4-minute video is worth watching if you have any interest in seeing the interior of the Dome of the Rock, the Al Aqsa Mosque and Solomon’s Stables. The clip could benefit with an audio commentary explaining what you’re seeing (including some remains of Herodian architecture!), but most of it is easy to understand.
Watch it at ynetnews.com.
Thanks Todd for posting that. I can’t believe what I saw in “Solomon’s Stables.” While we were there, you said that they were escavating and that no body did anything about it. Oh well, now its a huge underground worship center fro the Muslims. It just makes me want Christ to return that much sooner. “Next year in Jerusalem!”
What an interesting post, Todd. I couldn’t believe the size of the underground mosque. Too bad they don’t let us down there anymore. Keep working hard over there!