The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

What now stands on the Mountain of the LORD? Well, the Dome of the Rock. As we saw in PART III, Satan was thrown from the real Mountain of the LORD (Heaven). It does not surprise me that he has built a temple for himself on the mountain that is a picture or symbol of Heaven here on earth. But should we be bothered by this? Of course not!

“The glory of the LORD went up from within the city [Jerusalem] and stopped above the mountain east of it.” (Ezekiel 11:23)

This event was not the last time the LORD ascended from this particular mountain.

“After he [Jesus] said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ‘Men of Galilee,’ they said, ‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’ Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.” (Acts 1:9-12)

Of all places, Jesus told his disciples of this return while sitting on the Mount of Olives (see Olivet discourse Matthew 24-25). But if they had recalled from their scriptures, this second coming had already been prophesied.

“A day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. … Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. … Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.” (Zechariah 14:1, 3-5)

*By the way, the Mount of Olives stands 200 feet above the temple mount.