Neh. 3:29 “…the gate that looketh toward the east: And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.”
Eastern Gate from inside the Temple Mount
Ezekiel 44:1-3 Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. And he said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut. Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”
Eastern Gate from the Mt. of Olives
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I have the wonderful privilege of visiting the Temple Mount almost every week, and I have determined that it is my all-time favorite place in all of Israel. It’s on the top of the list. It tops the Southern steps of the Temple, the Sea of Galilee, the Western Wall, Ein Gedi, Capernaum, the remains of the tabernacle at Shiloh, and the Rabbi’s tunnel. To me it even tops the City of David, and anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE the City of David. There you can see ruins of his actual palace, the retaining wall (Millo in II Chron. 32:5), Hezekiah’s tunnel, and Jebusite stone columns in front of the Gihon Spring. Even over all of this, I love the Temple Mount. To say that there is a lot of history on that 36-acre plot of land is a total understatement. There is history, but there is also future significance to this place. It is what all believers in Yeshua cry out for. We long for the Day when He will appear in the sky, catch us up with Him, change us in the twinkling of an eye, and return with us to the earth to rule. We will be part of His earthly government!
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