Many Orthodox Jews are pushing for the construction of a third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. With all the hype coming out of Israel, you would think it was on the verge of being built.

But in an article for the Times of Israel, Eliezer Wolf, an Orthodox Jew, put a bit of a damper on this enthusiasm. In his article about the prospects of a third Jewish Temple, he writes, “In the past 60 years, we haven’t built the Third Temple, nor are there any substantial plans or efforts to do so.”

The reality is that the Jews are nowhere close to building a third Temple.

One of the biggest hindrances to its construction is the Muslim administration of the Temple Mount through the Jordanian Waqf. It currently restricts Jewish access to the site and is firmly opposed to a Jewish Temple.

The Muslims also have two Islamic buildings on the Temple Mount, the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. To make matters more complicated, the mosque is built over the very site where the Jewish Temple once stood. So building a third Jewish Temple would require the removal of the mosque.

But Charisma News reports that Pastor Billy Crone recently discussed the possibility of constructing a very different type of temple during an interview with Mondo Gonzales on his program, Prophecy Watchers.

It would be so unique that it technically would not be considered Jewish. Because of that it might even gain the approval of Muslims.

Crone heads a ministry called Get a Life Church, which broadcasts its services online. These sermons are broadcast to home fellowship groups around the world.

Crone says that some Jews are pushing for the construction of an interfaith temple that would house all the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

It would be patterned after a similar facility called Abrahamic Family House, located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. It opened in 2023, and is home to the Ahmed El-Tayeb Mosque, St. Francis Church, a Roman Catholic congregation, and Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue

In addition to separate spaces for each congregation, the facility has a shared space where all three can meet together.

Crone added that one of the advocates for such a facility is Yehuda Glick, an American rabbi who now lives in Israel. For several years, Glick has advocated for greater Jewish access to the Temple Mount.

Glick added that such an interfaith facility might even solve another major hindrance. Because it technically would not be a Jewish Temple, it would not have to be built on the original Temple site. It could be constructed alongside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, as there is room for a third building on the Temple Mount.

He is also convinced that Muslims might be amenable to such an interfaith site. It would be a compromise of sorts.

The Rabbi also believes that an interfaith temple would even fulfill an Old Testament prophecy that describes the Temple being a house of prayer for all peoples and nations:

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”—Isaiah 56:7, NASB

In the interview, Pastor Crone alleged that the Roman Catholic Church might even be a strong ally in constructing an interfaith temple.

He noted that in 2024, the Vatican received a delegation from Abu Dhabi’s Abrahamic Family House.

“Now, the reason why the Vatican is promoting that is because the Vatican has an agenda, and the Vatican wants to be in charge of all religions,” Crone alleged during the interview with Gonzales.

Whether that is true, I do not know.

But as I have stated in the past, I do not believe God will allow the Jews to build a third Temple. God still has plans for Israel.

But the Lord may allow an interfaith temple to be constructed, because in one sense it is no different from any other religious structure such as a mosque.

As for Rabbi Glick’s claim that an interfaith temple would be a house of prayer for people of all nations, I am convinced that this prophecy has already been fulfilled through the Church.