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obin-bobinJewish–Christian Relations 153Temple. 51 The mosque was damaged and Arabs in Jerusalemrioted. Rohan was arrested, put to trial, found insane, and sentback to Australia to spend his life in a mental institution. 52Since the 1970s, a number of Christian premillennialist organizations,groups, and individuals have taken active stepsintended toward the building of the holy Jewish shrine. Most ofthem centered on helping Jews, who like them refused to acceptthe Israeli policy and the status quo, to prepare for the buildingof the Temple. Some of these groups were advocating theiragenda publicly, while others were preparing more quietly forthe reinstatement of the sacrificial system in a rebuilt Temple. 53Such Jews were studying the Temple rituals, manufacturingutensils to be used for sacrificial purposes according to biblicalor Talmudic measures, or trying to develop a new breed ofheifers. Christian premillennialists marveled at such groups andtheir activities, viewing them as “signs of the time,” indicationsthat the current era was ending and the apocalyptic events of theend times were coming near. 54 The Temple Institute, a museumand workshop in the Old City of Jerusalem that has housedutensils and artifacts and was reconstructed since the 1970s byJewish advocates of the building of the Temple, has become asite of pilgrimage for Christian advocates of the second coming.Christians expecting the second coming have been encouragedby the sight of Jews conscientiously preparing the implementsfor use in the Third Temple, and the visits have served toenhance the messianic faith. 55One of the Jewish groups that have established a working relationshipwith premillennialist Christians over the mutual agendaof rebuilding the Temple is the Temple Mount Faithful. Ledby Gershon Solomon, a Jerusalem lawyer, the Temple MountFaithful has been, since its inception in the 1970s, the bestknown of all the Jewish groups aiming at building the Temple.Its periodic attempts to organize prayers on the Temple Mount,not to mention its plans to install a cornerstone for the rebuiltTemple, have enjoyed much media coverage. Pat Robertson, therenowned leader of the 700 Club, a premillennialist evangelicalrobin-bobin
154robin-bobin Rapture, Revelation, and the End Timescharismatic group, and a one-time presidential hopeful, offeredhis support and hospitality to the Jerusalemite group. In August1991 the 700 Club aired an interview with Solomon. Introducinghis guest, Robertson described Solomon’s group as struggling togain their rightful place on the Temple Mount. “We will neverhave peace,” Robertson declared, “until the Mount of theHouse of the Lord is restored.” 56 Solomon, for his part,described his mission as embodying the promise for a universalredemption of humanity. “It’s not just a struggle for the TempleMount, it’s a struggle for the . . . redemption of the world,” hedeclared. 57The relationship between Christian evangelicals and Jewishgroups over the prospect of rebuilding the Temple has been oneof the most unexpected, if not bizarre, developments in the longhistory of Jewish–Christian relations. For both parties, it hasbeen a marriage of convenience. Christian supporters have perceivedthe Jewish groups as instrumental to the realization ofthe messianic age. In their vision, the rebuilt Temple is a necessarystage toward that goal. Similarly, Jewish groups do not carefor the Christian messianic faith any more than Christian premillennialistgroups appreciate the Jewish faith, but they seesuch details as being beside the point. The important thing forthem has been the Christian willingness to support their work.Chuck Smith, founder and leader of Calvary Chapel, a chainof large and vibrant charismatic churches in America andCanada, secured financial support for the exploration of theexact site of the Temple. 58 A premillennialist associate ofSmith’s, Lambert Dolphin, a California physicist and archeologistwho has led the Science and Archeology Team, took it uponhimself to explore the Temple Mount. 59 Dolphin was ready touse sophisticated technological devices and methods, such aswall-penetrating radar and seismic sounding, in his search forthe ruins of the previous Temples. Dolphin worked in cooperationwith and received help from Stanley Goldfoot, an IsraeliJewish advocate of the rebuilding of the Temple. His attempts toresearch the Temple Mount to find conclusive evidence regardingthe Temple’s exact location had been frustrated by the Israelirobin-bobin
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