The Cross and its Shadow - Stephen N. Haskell

where the angel of the Lord appeared to David,
was on this same spot. The prophet told David to
erect an altar on the threshing-floor, and there
David made a special consecration to the Lord. A
few years later the temple, which was erected
without sound of hammer, occupied this same plot
of land. (2 Chronicles 3:1) God had conquered and
He designed the place should be hallowed by His
presence. But His people were unfaithful, and
when the Lord of light came to His own temple, He
was despised and crucified, and the holy city and
the site of the sacred temple passed into the hands
of the Gentiles.
Satan is guarding this spot vigilantly at the
present time, intending never again to relinquish
his hold upon it. But the time is coming when, in
spite of Satan and all his host, the same Saviour
who was rejected in His own temple shall place His
feet upon the Mount of Olives, (Zechariah 14:4-11)
and the entire site of old Jerusalem will be purified;
then the New Jerusalem will come down from
heaven and rest upon that spot made sacred by the
consecration of God's chosen people. God's
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