THE OUTER COURTYARD
What is the outer courtyard of the Temple? It is the area where Gentile Worshipers were allowed to gather to worship Yahweh, which was next to the Temple. It is also known as the Gentile Court. It says that the Gentile Court was turned over to the nations for 42 months. Why just the Gentile Court? Why not the whole Temple Mount? What is so special about the Gentile Court? If the Beast of the Abyss takes Jerusalem, why does it only trample the Gentile Court, and who is this Beast of the Abyss?
THE BEAST OF THE DARK ABYSS
Before I go further, let me recap what we learned about the Beast of the Dark Abyss. I will quote from Islam in Prophecy by: Daniel Botkin.
"The army of locusts came forth from a dark cloud of smoke that rolled out of the bottomless pit. The "bottomless pit" in Greek is abussos (abussoß), the source of our English word abyss. Some English Bibles simply translate it as "the abyss." It is remarkable that Abul A’la Mawdudi, one of Islam’s most prominent scholars of the 20th century, used the very word abyss when writing about the beginnings of Islam. In a book written to introduce English-speaking people to the basics of Islam, Mawdudi tells his readers that Muhammed and his message came out of "Arabia – the Abyss of Darkness." These are his exact words, and they appear in bold print as a sub-heading in his book. It is no mere coincidence that this outstanding Islamic author unwittingly identified Islam’s source, in bold print no less, as "the Abyss of Darkness," using the very same word that appears in Revelation."
"The army of locusts came forth from a dark cloud of smoke that rolled out of the bottomless pit. The "bottomless pit" in Greek is abussos (abussoß), the source of our English word abyss. Some English Bibles simply translate it as "the abyss." It is remarkable that Abul A’la Mawdudi, one of Islam’s most prominent scholars of the 20th century, used the very word abyss when writing about the beginnings of Islam. In a book written to introduce English-speaking people to the basics of Islam, Mawdudi tells his readers that Muhammed and his message came out of "Arabia – the Abyss of Darkness." These are his exact words, and they appear in bold print as a sub-heading in his book. It is no mere coincidence that this outstanding Islamic author unwittingly identified Islam’s source, in bold print no less, as "the Abyss of Darkness," using the very same word that appears in Revelation."
THE TRAMPLING OF THE GENTILE COURT
Since we have established that Islam is the Beast of the Dark Abyss, let us take a look at how they trample the Gentile Court. Where is the Gentile Court as pertaining to the Temple Mount? On the left is a sketch of where the Gentile Court was in pertaining to Solomon’s and Herod’s Temple, and on the right is the way it looks today.
So, we see that the al-Aqsa Mosque is in the Gentile Court Area, while the Dome of the Rock is right over where the Holy of Holies used to be. There are two prophetic fulfillments that correspond with these two buildings. One pertains to the Gentile Court being trampled while the other pertains to the Abomination of Desolation. There are also many who believe that the Temple was over the Dome of the Spirits which is just above the Dome of the Rock. If that was the case, then both the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa would be in the Gentile Court which would still be in line with the prophecy.
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