Donna Danna (4 June 2026)
"TO EAR: 'The Holy Place' Was Inside The Temple & Not On The Mount of Olives"


This is in reply to your 5/22 post THE TEMPLE WILL NOT BE BUILT in which you brought up the idea that the Holy Place where the abomination of desolation stood was on the Mount of Olives which was east of the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem. Although the city of Jerusalem is called the holy city in the Bible according to KJV Search Results for "holy" AND "city" the holy place in the Bible as Jesus knew it was first inside the tabernacle and then inside the temple just before the veil that separated it from the most holy place called the Holy of Holies according to KJV Search Results for "the" AND "holy" AND "place" I explained all this in my 4/27 post TO CHANCE -- Why The Armies Surrounding Jerusalem Are Not The Abomination of Desolation Please read it before continuing to read the rest of my post below.

I also explained in my 4/27 post that the areas of land outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem were considered unclean and not holy, and that was where the lepers were sent, crucifixions took place and where the Jewish people were buried. The Mount of Olives was not part of the old city of Jerusalem during Jesus' time although it is considered a part of Jerusalem now. The Mount of Olives is well known for it being a burial site. According to the article "The Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery,[1] located in Jerusalem, is the largest and the oldest historic Jewish cemetery in the world. It is also considered to be the most holy Jewish cemetery in the world. Having been in continuous use for more than 3,000 years, the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery contains approximately [2]150,000 burialsThe Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery is also known as "The City of the Dead",[3] in contrast to the nearby city of Jerusalem, which has been dubbed "The City of Life". The close proximity to Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem[4] is one of the reasons that the Mount of Olives was chosen as a burial site."  

So Jesus was not referring to the Mount of Olives outside the old city of Jerusalem's walls as being 'the holy place'
where the abomination of desolation would be standing according to Matthew 24:15. He was referring to the "the holy place" inside the temple.  If you continue reading this Bible passage from Matt. 24:16-22, Matt. 24:21-22 states that Jesus said, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." The "great tribulation" in these verses sounds like the great tribulation of 3 1/2 years or 1,260 days with the 7 seals being opened with war, famine & death being released, those being killed who won't worship the image of the Antichrist beast, the 7 trumpet judgments & the 7 vial or bowl judgments with a great deal of mankind being killed. 

Since Jesus said the abomination of desolation would be standing in "the holy place" according to Matt. 24:15 and "standing where it ought not" according to Luke 13:14, He meant it would be standing in "the holy place" inside the temple which is yet to be rebuilt. This is backed up by 2 Thess. 2:3-4 which says, "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." According to your 5/22 post you believe this to be an Islamic temple known as the Dome of the Rock Mosque on the Temple Mount that the Antichrist will sit in. However, when the apostle Paul wrote these verses inspired by the Holy Spirit in about 51 AD, the Islamic religion didn't even exist at the time. It wasn't until 622 AD that the first Islamic mosque was built according to the article at Masjid Quba | The First Mosque in Islam | Pilgrim so Paul was not talking about an Islamic temple (mosque) for the god Allah that the Antichrist will be sitting in.  Paul was referring to the Temple of God that is going to be built in Jerusalem by the Jewish people for the Lord God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, and their daily animal sacrifices for the atonement of their sins will be taken away once again. 

According to an article dated 8/29/2016 the Sanhedrin Appoints High Priest in Preparation for Third Temple - Israel365 News "A significant step was recently taken towards reinstating the Temple service when the nascent Sanhedrin selected Rabbi Baruch Kahane as the next Kohen Gadol (high priest). The selection was made as a precaution for Yom Kippur. If the political conditions should change, allowing the Jews access to the Temple Mount, they will be required by Torah law to bring the sacrifices. Rabbi Kahane is confident that if that should happen, Temple service could begin in less than one week."