The First and Second Holy Temples in Jerusalem have been destroyed, with the world awaiting the building of the Third Holy Temple (Third Beit HaMikdash).
Why is the world concerned with the building of the Third Holy Temple, and not just the Jewish People?
The answer can be found in the prophecy of  Yeshayahu (Isaiah) - when there will be universal peace at the Time of the Redemption, and the building of the Third Holy Temple.

For Jewish People it is a commandment to learn about the Third Holy Temple.

The Third Temple app allows you, in a game motif, to learn the basic structure of the Third Holy Temple in a fun, informative, and exciting manner.

After a brief introduction, the second page of the app shows the general  floor plan of the Third Holy Temple. On the third page you move the various structures of the Third Holy Temple into their proper places. When a structure is in its proper place there is applause.  In case you do not remember the proper placement, you can hit the Back tap at the upper left corner to take another look at the floor plan. When you have completed placing the structures, press the See the Beis Hamikdash button. The screen will go blank as you hear the sound of the shofar (ram’s horn),  followed by thunder and lightning, and the descent of the Third Holy Temple. Although the app is in the form of a game, it nevertheless helps in our understanding of the Third Holy Temple, which hastens its building.

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According to Jewish tradition, the Mashiach is born on Tisha B’Av.  According to the Rambam, it is the Mashiach who will lead the Jewish People in the building of the Third Beit HaMikdash, that is never to be destroyed.

Positive Mitzvah 20: Build a Mikdash for G-d

Shemot 25:8: “They shall make a Temple (Mikdash) for Me, and I will [then] dwell in their midst.”

We are commanded to build a Temple for His service. There sacrifices are to be offered and the perpetual fire is to burn, thither the [prescribed] pilgrimages are to be made, and there the festivals and assemblages are to be held every year.

The Sifre says: “The Yisraelim were obliged to fulfill three Mitzvot upon their entry into the Land: to appoint a king over themselves, to build the Temple, and to annihilate the offspring of Amalek“ (Berachot, Tosefta 7:1). Thus it has been made clear to you that the building of the Temple is a distinct Mitzvah in itself.

The provisions of this Mitzvah as a whole, that is to say, those relating to the building of the Sanctuary, its design and its divisions, the building of the Altar, and the related laws, are explained in a Tractate specially devoted to the subject, namely Tractate Middot.  In like manner the design of the Menorah (Candlestick), of the Shulchan Aruch (Table), and of the golden Mizbeach (Altar), and their positions in the Temple are explained in the Gemara Menachot and Yoma.

All of the Prophets prophesied concerning the Acharit HaYamim (the End of  Days), Yeshayahu perhaps most beautifully:

וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית-יְהוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים, וְנִשָּׂא, מִגְּבָעוֹת; וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו, כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם.

And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים, וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל-הַר-יְהוָה אֶל-בֵּית אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב, וְיֹרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו, וְנֵלְכָה בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו:  כִּי מִצִּיּוֹן תֵּצֵא תוֹרָה, וּדְבַר-יְהוָה מִירוּשָׁלָים.

And many peoples shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord  from Jerusalem.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

Category: Educational, Family
Released: June 03, 2010
Publisher: Elite Performance and Learning Center, PS
Price: $0.99 (buy app)

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