The Temple site is deeply rooted in Biblical history. The geography of Jerusalem is interesting. On Mountain Moriah Abraham and Isaac carried out the Akedah. The Akedah is one of the keys of both the Jewish and Christian faiths.
In Genesis 22, God orders Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. After Isaac is bound to an
altar, the angel of God stops Abraham at the last minute, saying “now I know you fear God.” Abraham sees a “sacrificial ram held captive by some nearby bushes and he sacrifices the ram instead of his son.
According to many authorities, Isaac was well able to resist his aged father. He must have climbed on to the altar voluntarily. A Messianic foreshadowing?
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