If you are like me you are finding it harder and harder to keep up with everything that is happening in our World currently. So many different places and events to watch. We must always bear in min though that Israel is God’s timepiece. Today we are going to look at what is happening on the spiritual side in Israel.
I am not looking at the war. We all know it is happening. That is a post for another day.
Here is a list of some of my related posts:
Whose LAW? What LAW? Which LAW?
ISRAEL – EYES ON JERUSALEM
THE ISSUE OF THE TEMPLE – Part 1
The Issue of the Temple – Part 2
70 Nations to Serve Israel
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Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on fifth day of Sukkot
Israeli settlers have stormed the complex in groups and attempted to perform ‘Talmudic rituals’, according to a Waqf official.
Since Sunday, thousands of settlers have been carrying out provocative tours of the mosque complex following calls by ultranationalist Jewish groups.
Many Israelis are tired of the farce of the Temple Mount being controlled by Arabs. Many feel it is time for Jews to be praying on the Temple Mount. Rather than acting out of fear that the Arabs will take retribution, they feel they need to Fear GOD and not man. The Temple Mount Belongs to Jerusalem, and Jerusalem belongs to the JEWS! Well, actually it belongs to GOD. It is the place where HE wrote His name.
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Those who believe Scripture contains a literal fulfillment of the biblical covenants for the Jewish people and the Land of Israel recognize rebuilding the Temple is part of this promised future. In Jeremiah’s presentation of the New Covenant for Israel, we read:
Behold, days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she shall be called: the LORD is our righteousness.’ For thus says the LORD, ‘David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to prepare sacrifices continually.– Jeremiah 33:14–18, NASB
This passage speaks about the Messianic Age when all Israel will be saved and restored to the Land of Israel. At that time, a righteous descendant of David, the Messiah, will sit on the throne in Jerusalem, and the Temple will again stand complete with its Levitical priesthood. If this is to be a future reality, is there any sign of preparation for a third Temple in Israel today?
Since 1987, when the Temple Movement began preparations for the rebuilding of the Third Temple, efforts to see this become a reality in the 21st century have been slowly progressing. While modern Israel and a large percentage of the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora are secular, Orthodox Jews do not believe these people will play a role in the rebuilding of the Temple since it is a spiritual work. It is Orthodox Jews who revived the Sanhedrin, the religious body that supervised the halachic (legal) issues related to the Temple and who intend to see it rebuilt in a proper way.
The importance to Orthodox Jews of rebuilding the Temple lies in its role in the redemption of the world, which they believe can only take place once the Temple is rebuilt. Gershon Salomon is director of the Temple Mount Faithful, an organization that has been trying to prepare Israeli society to accept and promote the rebuilding of the Temple through demonstrations at the Temple site, the construction of a cornerstone for the Third Temple, and the making of various Temple-related utensils. Salomon has said: “[Building the Third Temple] is an act which must be done to complete the redemption of the people of the Bible in the Land of the Bible. I cannot imagine an Israeli State or Israeli life in this country without the Temple Mount in the center of this life.”
However, many religious Jews do not support this idea because they have adopted a Diaspora mentality and a spiritualized way of thinking, which sets aside hope in a literal fulfillment of the biblical prophecies regarding a future Temple. For them, the present political situation on the Temple Mount with Muslims controlling the site is acceptable. Jewish leaders in the Temple Movement believe the Jewish people are not living on the spiritual level God intended because of the absence of the Shekinah (Divine Presence) from the world. Rabbi Chaim Richman, Director of the Temple Institute, which has produced all the ritual vessels necessary for the function of the Temple and works to train priests for this future work, says there is a connection between the need for a new level of spiritual attainment and the rebuilding of the Temple: “The Shekinah is brought about only through the Temple.…In terms of our mission as a people, we cannot in any way reach our spiritual status without the Temple.” For Orthodox Jews committed to reestablishing the Temple, both the present problems of the world and the problems faced by the Jewish people will be solved only by rebuilding.
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A New Jewish Temple?
Are we any closer to the rebuilding of the Temple today? The world is radically opposed to Israel’s claims in Jerusalem, much less their contested ownership of the Temple Mount. On a practical level, Jews are banned by Israeli law from praying at the site, and those who visit are daily accosted by Muslims, such as the Women in Black, who maintain a constant vigil on Jewish presence at the site. In addition, the Islamic authorities officially deny that a Temple ever existed at the site. Nevertheless, recent developments have contributed to the Temple Movement’s goals and the realization of the rebuilding of the Temple in our lifetime.
Answering the charge of denial a Jewish Temple ever existed on the site, archaeologists discovered in decades-old research that the site of the Al-Aqsa mosque, which Muslims believe was built by Abraham, was once a place for Jewish ritual preparation for entering the Temple. The evidence for this came from a report filed by British archaeologist Robert Hamilton who had documented excavations of the mosque’s foundations after it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1927. He discovered beneath the floor of the mosque the remains of a Jewish miqveh (ritual pool used for purification). It dated to the time of the Second Temple when Jews immersed at this site before entering the Temple precincts. These findings, hidden deep in the British Mandatory archives department because they embarrassed Muslim officials, now provide evidence that the ancient Temple stood on the modern Temple Mount and was a place of Jewish presence.
Rabbi Richman, also a member of the Sanhedrin, has been heading a project to restore the sacred Red Heifer to Israel. According to Numbers 19, the ashes of the Red Heifer mixed with water are a necessary element for purifying Jews to enable them to do service in the Temple. During the time of the First and Second Temples, a span of approximately 1,000 years, only nine Red Heifers were used in preparing the waters used to purify Jews. According to Jewish tradition, the tenth one will be used by the Messiah. Richman and other rabbis of the Temple Institute are providing halachic supervision and guidance in partnership with an Israeli cattleman who is an expert in the science of animal husbandry. He is utilizing the technique of implanting the frozen embryos of the Red Angus cattle, which originally come from North America, into Israeli domestic cattle. A red heifer cannot be transported to Israel for use in the Red Heifer ceremony, because the animal cannot have ever worn a yoke and must be born in the Land of Israel. The project is the culmination of years of research at the Temple Institute that fuses ancient religious texts and modern science.
The Sanhedrin and the Temple Movement also hold reenactments of Temple ceremonies for the training of those who are from the priestly class known as Kohanim. This training involves special schooling on the duties of the priests, the use of ritual vessels created for use in the Third Temple, and practice on a newly constructed altar of burnt offering. This altar is unique because it was designed to be disassembled and quickly reassembled in its proper permanent location, because the people of Israel are required to build an altar exclusively on the site of the original altar on Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount. When the time is right, it will be re-assembled on the Mount in the Temple, enabling the sacrificial service to be resumed without delay.
Another recent rediscovery of the Temple Institute has been the revival of the science of producing biblical crimson. This dye was used in the garments of the High Priest, the parochet (the massive curtain that separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place in the Temple), and was an ingredient used in the mixture combined with ashes of the Red Heifer. Professor Zohar Amar of Bar Ilan University discovered that the eggs of the tola’at shani (crimson worm) found in modern Israel would produce the crimson dye.
While the Temple Movement continues to prepare for the rebuilding of the Temple, most understand that some political action must take place to reverse the present situation of control of the Mount by Muslims, in order to allow for Jewish access. This currently may be in process. Concerning the site, Israel’s Supreme Court has stated in its ruling Opinion on the Issue of the Works on the Temple Mount, “The reality on the Temple Mount…is by no means simple. It is extremely delicate and complicated…This is one of those cases in which a judicial ruling is not the reasonable way to decide the dispute, and a decision of this kind goes beyond the boundaries of the law. It is the political echelon, and not the court…that must give content and meaning to the historical call: ‘The Temple Mount is ours’.” In other words, this must be a political, not legal, action. Those who understand Daniel’s prophecy of the seventieth week (Daniel 9:27) know that it is a future political leader, the Antichrist of Revelation 13, who will one day make a deceptive covenant with the Jewish leaders, leading to the rebuilding of the Third Temple.
How might this happen? One possibility was found in an academic book on the politics of the Temple Mount: “Given the emphasis upon the international community’s interest in the sites, under the concept of heritage of humankind, representatives from the international community need to be included as mediators and guarantors. These would likely come from the United Nations (UNESCO) and drawn from regional powers such as the Arab League, NATO, or interested states such as the U.S., the E.U., and Russia…Any proposed legal regime will require interfaith cooperation composed of religious leaders from the region. It may be supplemented by international religious leaders who may serve as mediators.”1 Those who seek to understand biblical prophecy know that the Antichrist will be followed by both political and religious leaders, making this kind of proposal a reality.
It is exciting to see these developments unfold in the Land of Israel regarding the building of a Third Temple as we eagerly watch for the second coming of our Messiah!
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Israeli NGO mints silver coin to fund third temple for the nations
Non-Jewish third temple visitors would express their dedication to the Seven Noahide Laws.
The coin contains 32 grams of pure silver and represents three times the amount of the biblical silver half-shekel that was donated by every Jewish male to finance the daily operation of the temple.
The value of the coins is equal to three half shekels. This corresponds to the three times in a year, which one ascends to the temple. Everyone who donates and receives a coin is an active partner in another step towards the building of the third temple.
Weiss emphasized that the minting of the coin was timed to coincide with the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar when these coins were collected for the temple.
It is currently the Hebrew month of Adar.
“Donating the annual silver half-shekel is incumbent upon the Jews but this is not just a Jewish project,” Weiss explained to The Jerusalem Post.
“The concept of money in the world and all of the basis of commerce has been lost,” he said. “Commerce is how people interact. The 70 nations would come to the temple in Jerusalem on the pilgrim festivals and interact. They would express their dedication to the common values of the Seven Noahide Laws. This would help establish the basis for healthy commerce. If there are no shared values, if one country allows theft or lawlessness or the spilling of blood, there can be no commerce.” So, they are building a “Temple for ALL Nations” – as long as those who plan to come to the Temple submit fully to their “Seven Noahide Laws”.
He said that “what we have now is virtual money, controlled entirely by rulers who do not fear God, virtual money whose worth is determined by the fantasies of men. The value of money must be based on gold or silver and this was expressed every year in the temple in Jerusalem when the value of the silver half-shekel was determined according to the Bible. This is the meaning of ‘mine is the gold, mine is the silver’” as referenced in Hagai 2:8. He also cited the Prophet Isaiah (56:7). So, the Jews want control of all money and to be the determiners of its value.
“For this reason, the first temples were, and the third temple must be, a house of prayer for all nations,” Weiss said. “The Temple was and will be, the only hope for true peace among the nations. History has shown that any effort to bring the nations together that is not centered in Jerusalem, the city of peace, ends in catastrophe.”
“The silver half-shekel was required from the Jews but the temple was also maintained by the nations, from any person seeking to be part of the House of the God of Israel,” he said.
“After the destruction of the temple, Adar took on added significance, as the month in which we celebrate Purim,” Weiss said. “Haman was from the nation of Amalek, so the month of Adar represents the victory over Israel’s perennial enemy, the victory of light over darkness. The temple in Jerusalem and a king of Israel are the most powerful elements in this battle and must be recreated before the War of Gog and Magog fully materializes.”
Towards the beginning of the month of Nisan, the month in which the fire of the Divine Presence descended on the Tabernacle, we all pray for the raising of King David’s Crown once again!
One side of the coin features a crown and the Hebrew name David representing the Davidic dynasty that will be established at the end of days.
There are also images of the seven species of fruit and grain through which Israel is blessed.
The term, “Sanhedrin Court” is also embossed on the face of the coin. The reverse side is embossed with an image of pilgrims ascending to the temple and the words “Temple Coin” in English, Hebrew and Persian.
The year 5782 is embossed in the coin.
Each coin is numbered as part of a limited series and comes with a certificate of authenticity and can be purchased online.
The Mikdash Educational Center, which serves around 60,000 participants each year in a vast range of educational programs – including non-Jews – has produced several coins to support its work.
For more information: Mikdash Education Center
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Prophetic glimpses in to 2022 (and Hebrew year 5782)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (John 1:1-3)
As we wait on the Lord, considering His unfolding word for this season, in the years gone by God has provided glimpses in to what will unfold in 2022, and the corresponding Hebrew year 5782. This is shared for your testing in prayer with Jesus Christ, our Saviour, and with His word.
5782/2022 is principally the year of the voice of the Son. Boundaries start to be drawn, as space is made for the new things birthed in the preceding year as the Father spoke. New houses, and new enterprises start to take shape. Governmental and ruling houses will see great change as old falls away, and the new emerges. The voice of the Shepherd King, who holds the iron sceptre of God, will be heard, and His justice revealed. In amongst turmoil refuge is found in the house of God, not the one made from bricks and mortar, rather that constructed from the living stones of God, that is the saints of Christ.
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (Colossians 1:16)
The Father has spoken, and now the voice of His Son will be made manifest. A new prophetic voice will emerge. It is time for the fathers and mothers to make way for the sons and daughters, it is not a time for holding on to the past.
This (5782) year the voice of Christ will be heard afresh in the house of God. His sound will resonate in and through His saints, and in the body of Christ as they gather to the Lord in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Their is a special grace for the gospel of the Kingdom of God to be preached through us His houses of prayer. So to a grace to receive houses from the Lord, those of prayer, those in heaven, and here on earth.
The year 2021 (5781) is about the Father’s voice. New things emerging, including unusual or new partnership, and creative powers are evident. Strong prophetic and apostolic voices across the kingdom speak forth, and revelations are received. The beginning of new eras starts now, not despising the small things. Dark seeks to counter light but will not prevail. Times for mergers and acquisition will occur. Division will also birth new things. In the year (2022) that follows, the structures begin to emerge to house these things, and the brightness of the Son of God will reveal His voice, for His light brings light to humankind.
For some the journey to the new beginnings has been one seemingly led by shut doors, and in to the unknown, only to find themselves apparently back where they began. But, this is a new beginning, arriving there as if for the first time, as you have gone up the mountain, circling around as you ascended.
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. (Acts 8:4-6)
For sure, much more will be revealed as time unfolds, but our focus is to remain on Christ, as the decade of the mouth and Word of God is made manifest before us.
The numbers and their meanings…
Following provides some insights from the Hebrew characters, where God’s pictographs paint a thousand words, in relation to the numbers 22, and 82, corresponding to the year 2022 and 5782.
82 – Pey (פ); Bet (ב);
22 – Kaf (כ); Bet (ב);
Hebrew meaning of characters – The mouth, Word of God; House (revealed), His heavenly place, Space drawn, boundaries revealed. Palm, Give, Receive, Divine answer/heaven to earth, prayer; House (revealed), His heavenly place, Space drawn, boundaries revealed. Son (of God).
Divine insights – Boundaries start to be drawn, as space is made for the new things birthed. New houses, and new enterprise start to take shape. Governmental and ruling houses see great change as old falls away, and the new emerges. The voice of the Son is spoken and heard.
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