Now let’s continue on. What we’re going to do is find out where the Temple was located. We know that it was west of the Mount of Olives. The Mount of Olives stood east. And on the Mount of Olives was the Miphkad Altar where you could look directly down into the Temple area, which becomes a very important point in locating where Jesus was crucified. Now we can’t find the exact spot, but we can be close enough to it to be assured that He was crucified on the Mount of Olives. Now we’re going to look at some other diagrams, and we’re going to show concerning the Temple.

Now let’s go to the next geographical drawing, which is a line drawing showing the elevations. Here is where they believed the Temple mount was, but we’re going to see that’s not where it was. And the reason why it wasn’t there, and the reason why they assume that it is there today.

Now I want you to see the Kidron Valley going here. Notice again it shows the depths. But what do we have over here? This is the Mount of Olives. And what they would do, they would come down the Mount of Olives this way, cross over to the bridge, and we are going to see that the Temple was actually where the Gihon Spring is located. Why did they get it confused? How did that ever happen? What is the importance of the Gihon Springs? Now notice again that it shows going down this way.

Now let’s look at the next one showing the elevation, which becomes an important thing to understand. Ok, the elevation. First of all let’s begin with the dotted line on the bottom. This is the Kidron Valley. The dotted line, as it goes from south to north is the Kidron Valley during the days of David. Right now, here shows the Kidron Valley here. That’s what it is today. Now then, here is the southeast ridge, showing where the temple area was, and I’ll point that out to you. Let’s come up this way, and I want you to notice this darkened area with the big mound here, and the other darkened area right here. Then you come up and you come to the Dome of the Rock.

Now we’re going to read, in a little bit, that this is where the City of David was. And the reason that this darkened area is here, to show that both of these - this mount right here - was cut down during the days of the Hasmonian empire. That is during the days of the Maccabees. It was cut down and the dirt was used to fill in the Tyropean Valley and build upper Jerusalem. Here is where the spring of Gihon was, located directly below here. Where the Dome of the Rock is, there is no water. There is no natural water. And that becomes a profound and important marker as to where we can establish that the temple was located, and we will see it was located here. Now also this top ridge as we go here, this is the western hill. This is the western hill.

Now let’s look at one more. Here is a reconstruction of the Temple area and what it really looked like. And it’s vastly different than what is projected today. Now first of all let’s look at this. This is the Kidron Valley. We’re going to see that this buildup of rock here was a tremendous thing and a great work. We are also going to see that directly below this were the Gihon Springs, where they could have the water to cleanse the Temple, to bathe the priests, to clean the sacrifices, and everything you see.

Here is the Temple area. Now it’s not very big. The Temple area is only 600 feet by 600 feet by 600 feet. You can see the Temple as it’s facing east. I want you to also notice something that’s very important. That is the walkways on the top of the colonnades, all the way around. I’ll explain what that is for. Then when we come up the colonnades up to here we have Fort Antonia.

Now, Fort Antonia was a total of 36 acres. Right here is where the Dome of the Rock is. So we will see that the Dome of the Rock is not the location of the Temple. And the Dome of the Rock was Fort Antonia, which was the Roman fort. Each one of these towers (three of the four towers), were 50 cubits high, or about 75 feet. The southeast tower, right here, was 75 cubits high, or 105 feet high, and this gave the Romans great view into the Temple area. Now as you look at the base of Fort Antonia going down into the Valley of Kidron, you see that they had three layers of stone which were smooth stone, and they were put together with iron rings, and this was so that an enemy could not come up and dig in and attack the fort. So this was a very secure area.

Now this shows an overview of it looking down. When the troops, the Roman troops, always constantly guarded the temple. They would come down on this walkway on the top of the colonnades. This was actually 45 feet wide. It gave them almost instant access to the Temple area. And of course the Temple area was very small. Now here it shows the Temple facing east. Here would be the Temple facing west. So you can see the impossibility of Jesus being crucified near the place of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, because that was west. Now I want you to keep this in mind because we’ll talk about this a little bit later here.

Now let’s take the printout we have on The Temple Mount at Jerusalem, and this is a summary written by Robert Martin, taken from the book by Earnest Martin, The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot. Now when that’s combined with this other book, The Secrets of Golgotha, and they both cover much of the same ground - where Jesus was crucified. But this one deals on the location of the Temple. Because with all the material that we have and that we’ve seen with the maps that we have seen, that looking across from the Mount of Olives right down into the Temple area, had to be a location where Jesus was crucified.

Now let’s talk about the Temple here, and let’s talk about the things that he covers. Now this is just a six-page summary. And this is a 300 and some page book. So we’ve garnered it down to the very bare essentials, and by the way this book is now out of print, unfortunately.

Now just follow along with me. “Josephus gives a different perspective of the Temple than what is accepted by most historians today…” that we have in this book here. Which shows that it’s going to be a great, mammoth temple. No, it’s not going to be a great mammoth temple. Just no way around it. You know, all the pictures that are shown of what the Jews’ conceive the temple will be like, what they are doing is this: they are praying that God will cause an earthquake and destroy the Mosque of Omar, which is the Dome of the Rock. And then they can be allowed to build their temple there. Well, lo and behold, where are they going to get the water? Because, as we will see, we’ve got the information here, which shows the size of Fort Antonia and the size of the Temple, and so forth.

Let’s come to the second paragraph where he talks about how the Jews don’t like to accept Josephus, but he was a historian and saw these things. Second paragraph, page one: “However, Josephus was fully aware of the cardinal features of the Temple Mount: It was built directly over the subterranean Spring of Gihon,...” Not where these maps that I’ve shown you show where it was located. As we have seen, Gihon was located right under the Temple area. Where they say the Temple area was, up here where Fort Antonia was, it wasn’t there. And the reason is, is that this whole shaded area…now I told you to pay special attention to this: this big mound was actually higher than the Temple area and cut off the view of the Temple from the south looking north. In the days of Simon the Hasmonean, as recorded in the book of Josephus, they totally cut - not Josephus, but the Maccabees - they totally cut down the mound where the City of David was. So the Temple was located, then, right here. Fort Antonia is right here.

Now also, continuing now in the second paragraph, “These features [with the spring and so forth] were also witnessed by Aristeas of Egypt three hundred years before Josephus and confirmed by the Roman historian Tacitus (115 AD), who quoted eyewitnesses that were in Jerusalem before 70 AD. Josephus informs us that Mount Zion, the City of David, was the first citadel protecting the Temple Mount from the south. Later, John Hyrcanus (Maccabees) built a palace north of the Temple Mount called Baris.” Baris later became, as we will see, Fort Antonia. It was used by the “Hasmonean princes…and later, Herod the Great made it into a citadel. He renamed it Fort [or that is, Tower] Antonia, in honor of Marcus Anthony. With great effort, Herod built Fort Antonia into a large enclosed area for the Romans to garrison an entire Legion [of 10,000 troops] along with their auxiliary personnel.” It would require a separate community to be built. So we have not understood the great power and presence and force of the Roman troops and Fort Antonia in relationship to the Temple.

Now let’s continue on. “Josephus Understood the Symbolism of the Gihon Spring: Gihon Spring was the only natural spring of pure water within five miles of Jerusalem in any direction. Pure water was an indispensable requirement for the essential rituals of the Temple. Because of this spring of pure water, [it] the Temple was a microcosm of the Garden of Eden. (One of the rivers that flowed through the Garden of Eden was the river Gihon.) The water of Gihon was symbolic of the Water of Life...The Gihon Spring was about a quarter mile south from today’s Dome of the Rock.” Which was the location of Fort Antonia. Ophel, which is the second little mount here, this is Ophel right here. “Ophel and the Gihon Springs are synonymous....This information is [a vital key] crucial in determining the correct location of the Temple Mount.” So you see, you have a problem. Wherever Ron Wyatt dug was not in the place where the Temple was. And if you have ever read anything about how these various sites in Jerusalem were discovered, it was by dreams and visions. And so, likewise today, associated with where the Temple was, and associated with these things are also dreams and visions, which are just as lying today as they were then.

Now please understand this: never gauge anything on the sincerity of people in presenting their cause, because they can sincerely believe something, which is not true. However, if Ron Wyatt truly did make a video of it, and he went back to his hotel - as it is claimed, when he was in Jerusalem - and saw the video of what he had seen with of the Holy of Holies and the Ark of the Covenant, then he should have kept it so we would have known about it. But he took it back and allegedly gave it to one of the four angels that was in that subterranean place that he allegedly had excavated, which was allegedly right under the place where Jesus was crucified. But he didn’t excavate under the Mount of Olives. And the subterranean caves of the Temple were below the Temple, and not below where Jesus was crucified on the Mount of Olives.

Now let’s continue on here with the last sentence on page one. “Josephus was fully aware of the symbolism involving the Gihon Spring and the Throne or the Holy of Holies of Almighty God, which the learned men of [Jerusalem] Judaism have ignored.”

Now let’s come to the section here, “The Location of Mount Zion, Ophel, and Fort Antonia: Josephus understood that the original site of Mount Zion (it was actually a mound) was located on the southern third of the southeast ridge.” Which is the one we have been looking at all along. “This was where David had built his city, and it became known as the ‘Lower City’ of Jerusalem. The limits of David and Solomon’s Jerusalem were between Kidron Valley to the east and [the] Tyropoeon Valley to the west, with both valleys merging [coming together as we saw] at the south end of the southeast ridge.” The Tyropoeon Valley would be filled in, “...as Jerusalem grew toward the west during the time of King Uzziah. In the latter part of the second century BC, the Maccabees… [filled in]…this valley [even more extensively], and it became known as the ‘Upper City’. The Hinnim Valley was to the immediate west at the south end of the western hill adjoining the Kidron and the Tyropoeon Valleys at the foot of the southeast ridge.”

The southern third of this ridge, on this there were two mounds. “From south to north, the two mounds…” which we saw, the colored area there, “…were about four hundred yards in length.” So we’re not talking about a large area. We’re talking, a total, 1,600 feet, which then is approximately a little more than a quarter of a mile. So we’re not talking very much space here. Then it talks about how it went up and joined the area where the Fort Antonia was.

Now let’s come to page 3, “No Rock Outcropping Associated with the Temple.” See, in the Mosque of Omar, which has the Dome, in the center of it they have that outcropping of rock. And this is where Mohammed allegedly ascended to heaven. So that’s why they built it there. Are there a lot of lying spirits associated with Jerusalem? Yes indeed. Now here is the key: “There is no reference in Scripture or any secular historical source that describes a natural outcropping of rock [being] located at the highest point of the ridge or hill that was associated with the Temple Mount. This includes the sites of the Temple floor, the Holy of Holies and the Altar of Burnt Offering. The Altar of Burnt Offering was formerly used as a threshing floor.” So the top of that second mound was flat.

Now let’s see the size. Now remember how we saw how the Temple lay with that huge wall going up. Let’s come to the third paragraph in this section. “Solomon built the east wall of the Temple that reached upwards from the base on the east side of the hill. The foundation was built below the Kidron Valley floor, and the visible wall began from the bottom of the valley and extended upwards for three hundred cubits (450 feet).” So as one would stand on the Mount of Olives viewing the Temple, it was a very spectacular thing. “[Between] The top of the hill and an artificial embankment that Solomon had built along the Kidron Valley was completely filled in with rubble and large rocks known as millo. The millo filled this embankment until it reached the top of [the hill] Mount Ophel, 300 cubits - about 40 to 45 stories - above the Kidron Valley floor,...” Now if you have ever stood and looked up at a skyscraper, I mean, you get the feeling of what it really was. That’s why this was such a spectacular thing. And I think the picture that was drawn here that we showed you does not do justice to the 450 feet here. I think it should go down proportionately a whole lot more to show 450 feet.

Now, last paragraph on page 3, “Solomon built no walls on the north, west, and south sides. However, in the course of time this hilltop area was enlarged, [by] filling in some of those areas [to the north, to the west, and to the south] and enclosing the hill from its base at the floor of the Kidron Valley in the east and the Tyropoeon Valley in the west. Its southern and northern sides extended westward over the ridge between the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys. The final foundation of the Temple was shaped like a cube, and the area on top of the Temple Mount was a perfect [cube] square platform.” And as we’ll see later, 600 feet by 600 feet. Only two football lengths wide and long. Whereas, Fort Antonia, as we will see, occupied 36 acres.

Now let’s come to “The Gihon Spring” section on page 4. “The Temple Mount had a natural spring with an unlimited supply of water coming from underneath the Holy of Holies. Scriptural references require a water source to be associated with the Temple and its function. The Gihon Spring is referred to numerous times in the book of Psalms and by the prophets. During the time of David and Solomon, Gihon Spring supplied the Siloam Pool and fed the Kidron Valley. Toward the end of the eighth century BC, King Hezekiah built a tunnel to supply underground water from the Gihon Spring to western Jerusalem (2 Chron. 32:30).” And he built it because he was expecting a siege from Sennacherib.

The next paragraph, “Before 70 AD, the Jews often used the word ‘Siloam’ to describe the whole system of the Gihon Spring - Siloam Pool, Hezekiah’s underground tunnel and the channels into the Kidron Valley. (Christians did not use the name ‘Gihon’…)” but they used the name ‘Siloam’ into modern times. “It is most significant that the pure water of Gihon Spring [from] under the Temple Mount ran near the seat of the Holy of Holies, [which is] symbolic of the seat of Almighty God’s throne. John’s description of God’s throne in Revelation shows a river of water coming out from beneath the throne:...”

So here again, we have the symbolism. Because when Moses gave the pattern for the tabernacle, God told him, “Make it after the pattern that is given you.” Then David, when he drew the plans for the Temple, these were given to him from God. So that’s why there had to be the Gihon Spring and the unlimited supply of water. How are you going to wash away all this blood? What are you going to do with it? How are you going to keep it clean so it can be clean? Because these things were supposed to be in clean areas. And how are you going to keep it in such a condition that it’s not going to just be overrun with flies? If you’ve done any slaughtering or anything, you know that the flies come just – bam - instantly. So they had to have all that water. So you can read that, Revelation 22:1. Then it shows, he gives some prophecies of the destruction of the Temple. I’ll let you read that.

Let’s come to the first paragraph after the scriptural references, “Fort Antonia’s walls...” Let’s talk about Fort Antonia. Now, when Jesus was judged in the chamber of hewn stones by the Sanhedrin, where did they take Him? They took Him up to Pilate, didn’t they? Where was Pilate? His residence was there at the northwestern end of Fort Antonia. And the judgment hall was there. Now the Jews didn’t want to enter in there because they would be unclean. And when it’s connected with the Passover, what are you really dealing with? Fort Antonia was actually Roman property. So technically and legally, if the Jews would have entered into Fort Antonia, if they would have - the Jewish priests and so forth - entered into the judgment hall, they would have been in a foreign country and they would have had to have taken the second Passover.

Now let’s talk about Fort Antonia. “Fort Antonia’s walls were 40 cubits (60 feet) high.” Now I tell you, these were intelligent people. They knew how to move stone, didn’t they? And they didn’t do it by grunting and scraping, like they’ve tried to imitate building the Pyramids. They had ways of moving stones. And I’m sure they had crane-like levers to lift the stones up and stack them up and make them fit absolutely perfectly. “Inside these walls, the buildings and grounds were built on a level platform.” That’s the area where the Dome of the Rock is. That’s why it’s all flat. And you see, the Western Wailing Wall where the Jews come to pray at the Western Wailing Wall, so-called, the most holy place in Jerusalem, they’re coming to Fort Antonia and they are still accepting Caesar as their god. Remember they said, “We have no king but Caesar” (John 19:15)? Amazing, isn’t it?

I already talked about the towers. Next paragraph, “Josephus wrote [informs us] that all of Fort Antonia was built over and around a rock outcrop at the summit of the ridge.” Today it is called the Dome of the Rock. Today, the remainder of this protruding rock is covered by a dome that was built by Abdul el-Malik, and completed in 691 AD. This dome mosque “…occupies only a very small fraction of the entire surface area of the 36 acre artificial platform that the Romans built [for Fort Antonia].” So you see, when Jesus said, “All the stones would be removed,” the Temple destroyed, everyone has wondered, “Why are those stones still there,” that they think are of the Temple area? The answer is, that was never the Temple area. That was Fort Antonia. Do you think the Romans are going to destroy their property? No. They kept their fortress there and the troops there, and they literally took every stone down. Now when you look at that and you understand the proportion of it, they took every stone down, all the way to the Kidron Valley, and they had the Jewish slaves do it.

And the way they did it, they would build huge fires; get the rock really hot. Then they would take the water from the Gihon Spring and pour on it, and, crack – crack - crack - and it would crack the rocks, and then they would make them use the iron levers and split it apart. And of course, the Romans would come along and pick out all of the melted gold. Because, see, the gold that melted and went down in the crevice of those rocks from the Temple was more than just the gold overlaying the inside of the Temple. You see, the truth is, the Temple was the bank, the” international bank” of the Jews. And all of the rich Jews put their gold in safekeeping in the Temple. What better place to put it? So they were after all that gold that melted down and ran in the cracks. And they took it down to every single stone. Not one left upon another.

Now let’s come to, “Fort Antonia and the Roman Legion: A Roman Legion had 5,000 infantry troops and with them 5,000 support personnel.” A Legion is 10,000. “[Within the 36 acre fort of Antonia] There were 277 ***(On the audio, Fred says 836, but he meant 277.) military personnel per acre within Fort Antonia.” In there they had their own temple, and in there they had everything that they needed. They could eat their unclean food in there. And that’s where the swine from over in Decapolis came from. The swine were raised on the other side of the River Jordan, and then they were slaughtered and brought over to the Romans up in Fort Antonia. So they had their swine. It would only be expected that the Roman garrison would be the most prominent feature of Jerusalem. This was to continually remind the Jews that they were expected to be subservient to their master’s supremacy. The Temple did not in any way compete with the Roman fortress of Antonia as the most prominent area in Jerusalem. The Roman authority in Jerusalem was there for all to see. The fortress was four and a half times greater than the area of the Temple Mount. It overlooked and dominated the Temple Mount. For the Roman strategy was clearly to dominate the Jews with the use of psychological warfare in order to maintain a level of fear, “…to secure [the] Jewish conformity to Roman authority.”

“The crowds that assembled...” Now here’s what is missed, “...at the Temple during the Holy Days were overseen by 2,000 Roman troops. In order to prevent disorder and riots among the Jews,...” which they were known to do. And you can read of that in Josephus. “...They were stationed on a 45-foot wide walkway built atop the four colonnades the surrounded the Temple grounds.” Three shifts of troops a day, totaling 6,000 soldiers, rotated their guard duties during the festival times. Now that’s why - remember when Paul went up to do sacrifice, and the Jews found him there? And they were ready to kill him? You notice how quickly the Roman centurion and the soldiers were there? Because when they saw this riot developing, they ran down the colonnades, ran down to the Temple grounds, because there were stairs coming down to the Temple grounds, and they reached and grabbed Paul and saved his neck. And then when Paul was on the stairs he asked the Roman centurion, “Can I speak to the crowd?” He said, “Go ahead.” So he spoke to them in Hebrew, told them what he was doing. And you can read that account there in Acts 21 and 22. And as soon as he came to the word “Gentiles,” there was a riot. And so this centurion brought him back, took him up the steps, went on the colonnades and took him up into Fort Antonia for his own safekeeping. Now you’ve got a picture of what it is like. If you look at these diagrams it will help you understand that part of the New Testament even more.

“Josephus’ Description of the Colonnades: The colonnades between the Temple and Fort Antonia were extended around the outer edge of the entire Temple Mount platform. These colonnades were roofed with the roadway 30 cubits (45 feet) wide. The colonnade roadway was the vantage point from which the Roman troops were able to guard the entrances and exits to and from the Temple as well as keep a watchful eye on the inside area of the court (with the exception of the inside of the Temple).” Josephus went on to describe it, and so forth. Let’s come to the last long sentence of that paragraph. There was a plaza of 600 feet between the walls of the Temple Mount and Fort Antonia. And that was, if you go back and look at that, I’ll just hold this up and show it to you. That’s this area right here, and that was actually the Court of the Gentiles. Right in this area. See, so when Jesus made His triumphal entry, He came down the Mount of Olives, across the bridge Kidron, up here, and came in the East Gate. So this gives us a real good bird’s-eye view, as it were, of the Temple area.

So what can we conclude from all of this? We can conclude this. Jesus was crucified on the Mount of Olives near the Miphkad Altar. And they saw down into the Temple area, and when the veil rent in two…now then, Jesus was buried in a sepulcher right near where He was crucified. Now you can follow through on that with The Harmony of the Gospels. Now then, the blood of Jesus Christ - let’s come here to John 19 again - the blood of Jesus Christ was not shed over the Ark of the Covenant, directly below the Holy of Holies in the subterranean caves. His blood was shed on the ground. Now let’s read it.

Now let’s come here to John 19:34. “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” So He shed His blood. Now we don’t know how high up the cross was that Jesus was crucified on. But it was high enough that there was a spear that it went up into His side. And I have shown before, going through the crucifixion of Christ, that it probably went up His side and pierced His heart so that almost all of His blood would be poured out. Then Jesus was buried, as we read, and put into the tomb. Now then, when He was resurrected, over here in chapter 20, we have covered that, when He was resurrected. Let’s just pick up one verse. John 20:17. Now this is on the Wave Sheaf Offering day. So let’s understand something here very important. Jesus was resurrected, wasn’t He? Whatever blood that He still had on Him after He was resurrected - because His body didn’t see corruption, which meant that the blood that was still with Him on His body or on His garments had not seen corruption either. Where was that taken? We will see.

“Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father: but go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father; and to My God, and your God” (John 20:17). So on the Wave Sheaf Offering day, when Jesus ascended…and where did He ascend from? The Mount of Olives. Whatever blood that was there, His perfect blood of His sacrifice, whatever remnant was left, that was taken to the throne of God in heaven above. Not deposited on an ark of a covenant which God was rejecting and going to destroy forty years after the death of Jesus Christ. So we can conclude, based upon the evidence in the Bible, and based upon the evidence in history, that that could not have been the blood of Jesus. He was not crucified anywhere near the place that would be necessary for any of His blood to come down on the Holy of Holies. Therefore, we can conclude that any of these things have to be another modern lying wonder to confuse people as to the truth about Jesus’ crucifixion. Later we see that Jesus came back to the earth, as we’ve already seen, and appeared to His disciples.

Now let’s come back Acts 1 and let’s look at a couple scriptures that we alluded to before. So isn’t it interesting that Jesus ascended the first time after His resurrection from the Mount of Olives, came back down, was seen forty days and forty nights of His disciples. Then when it was time for Him to ascend into heaven, where did He go? He went out to the Mount of Olives. Let’s read it. And let’s begin here in verse 3. “To whom [that is, to the apostles] also He shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:…” They were all assembled. Verse 4, He said wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit. Then He told them, no, that He’s not going to restore the kingdom to Israel, verse 6. Then He told them, verse 8, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy [Spirit] Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:3-4, 6, 8, part paraphrased). And today that still continues through the writings of the apostles.

While He spoke these things they looked up and He disappeared in a cloud out of their sight, verse 9. And the angel said, “What are you doing looking up here? You go do what He said” (vs. 9-11, paraphrased).

Now notice verse 12, after he said He’s going to come in like manner, He left from the Mount of Olives; and we’ll see in a minute He’s coming back to the Mount of Olives. Verse 12, “Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath days’ journey.” So they went down the road and across the bridge and on over through the Temple area into Jerusalem. Now they may have gone back to the…remember they kept preaching from Solomon’s porch up there in the Temple area.

Now let’s come to Zechariah 14 and we’ll finish with the Mount of Olives. There’s some other things that show after 70 AD that there was a Church of God located on the Mount of Olives that Eusebius writes about, which later became a Franciscan monastery, which later is the area where they found the ossuary for the bones of Simon bar Jonah. So Peter was never buried in Rome.

Now let’s see what Zechariah 14 tells us. The day He returns, verse 4, “And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east,…” That’s where He was crucified. That’s where He ascended into heaven, and that’s where He’s coming back. “...And the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley;...” Boy, that’s going to do in all those armies isn’t it? “...And half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains;...” (Zech. 14:4-5) and so forth.

And so that’s where Christ is going to return, to the Mount of Olives. He taught His disciples there, He lodged there, He prayed His last prayer there, He was crucified there; He ascended to heaven the first time, came back for forty days, ascended to heaven second time from the Mount of Olives, and when He returns from heaven He’s coming right to the Mount of Olives. Now is God consistent or not? Yes. So I think with that in locating where Jesus was crucified and locating the true location of the Temple we can say with full confidence that whatever Ron Wyatt found was not real.

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