http://youtu.be/ZFWClRJOug8  This discussion makes it pretty clear that the Temple was not located on the Temple Mount but rather south of there in the City of David.  Will the Temple soon be rebuilt fulfilling yet another dynamic portion of scripture?

Are they fools to enter the burning house, battlefield or coming storm?  Is it for glory or for self, or is there truly some spirit inside men that calls some to risk injury or death to see their fellow men safe, free and absent harm? What shall we call those who give of themselves while others flee?  Heroes, perhaps it is more than that.  Maybe they knew more of love than the rest of us.  Maybe they understood just how precious each human life is to the God who bore us.

Where has the Spirit gone?  Is He lost, irretrievable to man or have we just forgotten how to address Him and welcome Him into our temples, town homes and churches?  What purpose is served by separating ourselves from the guiding Spirit of God?  To me it would be done to escape the correction, recrimination and whispers of conscience.  This makes the most sense, as a man I want what I want when I want it, so the honesty of a Spirit that always guides, corrects, reproves and admonishes would be a constant and unavoidable nuisance from who, if I were pursuing my own way, I would seek division.  Perhaps, He, just like God Almighty cannot be party to my repeated sin, being Holy, Righteous and True.  That would cause Him to separate Himself from me if I continued in my folly, exacerbating my dilemma, hopefully to the point where the pain was unbearable, forcing me to cry out to God.  Perhaps, the most frightening thought is that the Spirit never came upon me so I have never know Him.  This thought I cannot bear.

Whatever the reason for His exit, I bid Him return to the saints and the churches.  Please Holy Father send us your chastening Spirit to counsel, guide and instruct us toward Your Perfect Will.  Empower us to do those things for which we have been designated ambassador.  Let us demonstrate Your Love to an unloving world, saturated in sin and rapidly losing its direction, sense and honor.  Come back to us so that we might have everlasting relationship with God and one day see You in Your infinite Glory.  Praise You Father for Your Wonderful Spirit, let Him fill me to capacity with Your Goodness, Mercy and Love in these days when those things have become scarce.  In the Name of Jesus the King.