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Temple in Jerusalem

Ernest L. Martin (who is also known for his controversial works on the Star of Bethlehem) argued in his book The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot that Al-Aqsa (Haram al-Sharif) is not the location of the last Temple.
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Scriptural and secular historical evidence proves without a shadow of doubt that the Temple of God built by Solomon and the later Temple built by Zerubbabel after the Babylonian Captivity were both constructed about a third of a mile south of the Dome of the Rock (the place where all people today erroneously believe the original Temples of God were built).
The Lord himeself said that there would not be one stone left on another (Mt 24:2, Mk 13:2, Lk 21:6), so what stones are the Wailing Wall.

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Ebla tablets

The Ebla tablets provide information on Syria and Canaan in the Early Bronze Age; they include the first known references to the Canaanites, Ugarit and Lebanon.
These tablets refer to an Amorite LU.GAL (or king) named Amuti in the 2300s BC (D. Gilbert)

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