Editing Temple in Jerusalem (section)

==Building a Third Temple==
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[[File:Visionary Ezekiel Temple.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Ezekiel's Temple as imagined by [[Charles Chipiez]] in the 19th century.]]
[[File:Ground Plan of Ezekiel's Temple.png|thumb|right|"Ground Plan of Ezekiel's Temple" by dispensationalist author [[Arno Clemens Gaebelein|A. C. Gaebelein]]|upright=1.4]]

Ever since the Second Temple's destruction, a prayer for the construction of a Third Temple has been a formal and mandatory part of the thrice-daily [[Jewish prayer]] services. However, the question of whether and when to construct the Third Temple is disputed both within the Jewish community and without; groups within Judaism argue both for and against construction of a new Temple, while the expansion of [[Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic religion]] since the 1st century CE has made the issue [[Religious significance of Jerusalem|contentious]] within [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Islam]]ic thought as well. Furthermore, the complicated [[Positions on Jerusalem|political status of Jerusalem]] makes reconstruction difficult, while Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock have been constructed at the traditional physical location of the Temple.

In 363 CE, the Roman emperor [[Julian the Apostate|Julian]] had ordered [[Alypius of Antioch]] to rebuild the Temple as part of his campaign to strengthen non-Christian religions.<ref>Ammianus Marcellinus, ''Res Gestae'', 23.1.2–3.</ref> The attempt failed, with contemporary accounts mentioning divine fire falling from Heaven but also perhaps due to sabotage, an accidental fire, or an [[Galilee earthquake of 363|earthquake in Galilee]].

The [[Book of Ezekiel]] prophesies what would be the Third Temple, noting it as an eternal house of prayer and describing it in detail.