Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ (Jeremiah 7:4)
During the ministry of Prophet Jeremiah, he witnessed the Israelites placing their trust in the temple rather than in God. This verse reflects his warning against such misplaced trust. Historically, Jeremiah cautioned the people that their focus on ritualistic worship and sacred edifices would not save them from God’s judgment. God had previously demonstrated His willingness to remove such sanctuaries, as it was the case with Shiloh (Jeremiah 7:14; 26:6; 1 Samuel 4:29-22), because the people’s trust was wrongly rooted in the temple rather than in God, who sanctified it.
Over the past decades, US presidents, Cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, judges, members of Congress from the Senate and the House, governors, and even mayors from both political parties have gone to kiss, touch, pray, and/or add their secret requests to the Western Wall in Israel.
What the Western Wall Is and Is Not
The Western Wall of Jerusalem is a retaining wall that was not part of the Second Temple structure, which was built by Herod the Great (c. 20–19 BCE). However, the Temple itself was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Jesus Christ, whom the Jews and those who visited and kissed the Western Wall have rejected, prophesied the destruction of that very Temple. (Luke 19:41-4). Here it is seen that Jesus, the true Living God, has condemned the temple through Jeremiah and almost every prophet before him. And when He came to live among them, He prophesied the destruction of the second one. In John 4:21-24, Jesus made it clear that God would be worshiped by believers in Spirit and truth, not on a mountain nor in Jerusalem.
The question remains. Why do US politicians, Jews, some Christians, and Muslims go to the Western Wall?
To the Jews, the wall may represent mourning, memory, national survival, and longing for restoration. Maybe a loss of identity rather than a biblical command for worship.
The Wall sits adjacent to Haram al-Sharif, a site of immense Islamic importance. Engagement with the area is often tied to broader religious and political realities rather than to devotion to the Wall itself.
“Christians” who go to pray as if this place is godly and that God will hear their prayers there, better believe it offers special access to God; they contradict Jesus Christ’s own teaching. “The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father… God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(John 4:21–24) Those Christians need to spend more time in Bible study under a godly man who knows the word of God and preaches it unaltered. Because anyone who does kiss, touch, or pray at the wall is involved in idol worship.
Most U.S officials and Western leaders see the Western Wall as less of a religious site and more of a symbolic stage, a way to signal alliances with the Jewish state, to gain political favor and campaign contributions from the Jewish lobbies such as AIPAC in America; they call it “a show of support to Israel.” Not because they believe in God and practice the word of God.
Are those politicians Christians? The answer is no. They are not. They pray to a wall built by a non-Christian king, which was part of the actual temple where God used to communicate through his priests, such as Zechariah. Even if the Holy of Holies part of the Temple were still here today, it would still be a relic of the past with no spiritual value to those who believe in Christ Jesus.
Prophet Jeremiah stood at the Temple gate and proclaimed to Israel that chanting sacred slogans would not save them. Trusting in a structure while they ignore justice, “oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shedding innocent blood in this place,” repentance and obedience were self-deception.
The modern equivalent is not chanting “This is the Temple of the LORD,” but treating sacred ruins as sources of moral authority, divine approval, or spiritual power, especially when doing so masks injustice, the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians, the “hasbara” campaign to change the mind of the church of God to support Israel war, and or political ambition.
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