Also the Exciting Story and Godly Mystery of the First Cornerstone Since the Year 70 CE That Was Prepared and Taken to the Holy Temple Mount on Sukkot in the Year 1989-1990.

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement was founded in the year 1967 after the godly and miraculous Six Days War in order to answer the call of the G‑d of Israel to His people to build the Third Holy Temple on the Holy Temple Mount in Jerusalem with no delay. The victorious war brought the liberation of the Holy Temple Mount by the G‑d and people of Israel and proclaimed G‑d’s expectation that the time for His people Israel to rebuild His Holy House was at hand! The rebuilding of the Holy Temple will allow the people of Israel to fulfill the call of G‑d to be ‘a kingdom of priests, a holy nation and a light to the nations‘ (Exodus 19:5, 6; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6). The Faithful Movement has conducted many activities in order to achieve this goal. One of the most important activities of the Faithful Movement that began in the year 1990 and continues until today and will continue in the near future was the preparation of the cornerstone to be laid on the Holy Temple Mount in the same location as the First and Second Holy Temples, which will start the major process of the building of the Third Holy Temple. It was an act that opened a new age in the end-time history of Israel and the entire world. When this major project of the Movement is completed by the rebuilding of the Holy Temple, it will change the face of all humanity when G‑d reigns from Jerusalem and His Shekinah (divine presence) will affect all mankind and the world with His just and moral standards and the right way of living for every human being.

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The Presence of God in the Six Day War

I have often heard people comment that if they had lived in “Bible times,” it would be easy to believe in and obey God. It has been my experience that these people have failed to observe the many things that God is doing in their own generation.  Many Bible prophesies have been fulfilled in the last century, unfortunately, few have realized their fulfillment because of their preconceived concepts, taught to them by Western “Pagan-based” Christianity. 

IF YOU HAVE EYES TO SEE…then see!

Modern Miracles!

The tenuous nation of Israel stands on alert and the brink of despair. All is quiet. Only a recognized entity for 19 years, the country faces not one, but four well supplied enemies. Outnumbered and under equipped, government estimates of causalities range from 10,000 to total annihilation. The day is June 5th, 1967.

Opposing the small nation is a sizable coalition of forces, supported and supplied primarily by the USSR and Britain. This combined army stands strong at roughly 465,000 troops, 2,880 tanks and 900 aircraft compared to Israel’s 264,000 soldiers (of which 200,000 are reservists), 800 tanks, and 300 aircraft. (Israeli History, Six Day War). Days before the war, President Nasser of Egypt declares “The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel…to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not declarations” (Liebler, p. 60)

Israel’s one hope, its allies the United States and Britain, stay out of the conflict in both military might and support due to conflicting interests in the middle east and the stigma of the Vietnam war. To make this clear to the world, the US state department declares “Our position is neutral in thought, word and deed” (AP, June 5, 1967). Planning for the worst case scenario, Israel begins to convert its national parks into mass burial grounds and school children dig sand to protect their homes. The UN removes its troops from the Sinai and Israel stands alone.

This tense moment leads up to one of the most amazing victories even perpetrated, but why and how was God involved in this conflict? To answer that question we must look at the Bible and see what the future is for Jerusalem, the land of Israel, and the Jewish people as a whole.

Jerusalem and the surrounding area is the setting for much of the Bible. Most importantly, it was built by God’s favored and appointed ruler, King David, who allied the previously scattered 12 tribes under the united nation of Israel. The city is also the home to the first temple, built by David’s son Solomon. Thus, history and ancestry strongly connect the Jews to the area, as David and all his descendents are from the tribe of Judah. What connects Christians is that Jerusalem will be the future home of the most important Jew ever born, Jesus Christ, who will unite the tribes and the whole world under his rule and will build a temple that will NEVER be destroyed. This will represent the spiritual building of Jerusalem and the temple, just as David and Solomon fulfilled the physical building. Matthew 5:34 states that Jerusalem will be the “city of the Great King”, referring to Christ and this spiritual kingdom he will build there in the end days.

JUDAH STILL IDENTIFIED AS GOD’S PEOPLE!   The Sabbath Covenant

The historically undisputable fact is that Judah has retained the seventh day Sabbath to this day, and are the most faithful observers of the Sabbath on the face of the earth!  Will you be honest enough to take almighty God at His word, that keeping the Sabbath is the identifying sign between people that keep the Sabbath day and God their CREATOR.  To deny this is to deny God’s covenant promise to all true Sabbath keepers.

“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.” Exodus 31:16-17

While the Jews do not now recognize Christ as their messiah, it is not because they refuse to, its is because they have been blinded by design. When Jesus says “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do, (Luke 23:34) he is not addressing those specific men who executed the son of God, but all Jews that did not recognize Jesus as the messiah and do not acknowledge him to this day.

Jesus Christ is making the statement that the Jews would not be condemned for the horrible sin that they had unknowingly committed. Because their refusal of the true messiah is all part of the plan set by Christ and God the Father since the beginning of creation (someone had to kill Christ), Judah still is identified as part of God’s people, and qualifies to receive aid from heaven when God wills it. The Bible makes it even more apparent that God has a special plan for Judah in the last days. Judah’s state of being, which obviously hasn’t happened yet, is described in Genesis 49: 8-12.

“Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you. You are a lion’s cub, O Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness – who dares to rouse him? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his (JESUS CHRIST).”

This leads us back to the setting of 1967 and the Six Day War. As we know, Israel is not destroyed by overwhelming odds. Instead, in a matter of six days, facing four competent enemies, the small nation miraculously quadruples its land and retakes many holy sites including Jerusalem and the temple mount. Israel reports 760 casualties, while the Arab deaths hover somewhere around 18,000 men (Bard, 1967 War). The conflict is filled with many first hand accounts of awe-inspiring happenings that are hard to explain even today, and bring to mind the scripture in Jeremiah 30: 16-17:

“But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil. But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.”

Even today, and especially in 1967, this scripture personifies how much of the world hates the Jews and all the rest of the tribes. They secretly detest God’s people and especially envy Judah because they have been visibly blessed and protected by God. This is obvious when you see many of the miracles performed, that as a whole, cannot be explained by an other logical force than God’s protection of his people and of his holy land.

One of these notable occurrences happens during the capture of the Arab city of Shechem which has been very important to Jews and Christians alike. This city is where God promised Abraham the land before him, the place where Joseph, the father of Ephraim and Manasseh is buried, and the place where Israel would go to accept their kings (Geographical Significance, p 2). Israel is prepared for a bloody and long battle when approaching Shechem. The city is heavily guarded and filled with tens of thousands of inhabitants, all prepared to fight occupation. According to Colonel Uri Banari the army was very surprised when instead they walked into the city unharassed. “At the entrance to Shechem stood thousands of Arabs who waved white handkerchiefs and clapped their hands. In our naiveté, we returned greetings and smiles. We entered the town and wondered: We are advancing and there is no disorder, no panic, the local armed guards stand by with rifles in their hands keeping order, and the crowds are cheering. Suddenly something happened which changed the entire picture in a moment. One of our officers wanted to disarm an Arab guard. When the latter refused, our officer fired a shot in the air. At that moment, all the crowds disappeared and streets emptied out. The Arabs began sniper fire…Only later, did I understand. The residents of Shechem thought that we were the Iraqi forces who were due to arrive from the direction of Jordan. The numerous enemy tanks were (uselessly) situated on the other side of Shechem. They woke up to their error too late” (Eye Witness accounts, Israeli National News).

In other towns, the same interesting pattern followed. Towns that should have take long bloody days to conquer fell in hours. Arab soldiers, veterans of other wars, simply dropped their weapons and ran. “The Arabs were surprised; the fear of the Jews fell upon them. In Hevron, and in Shechem, in Jenin and in Jericho the Arabs were heavily armed. There was not even one small Arab village without arms. With great haste, the Arabs, however, hid their weapons and didn’t consider using them. They raised their hands up, and flew white flags of surrender from every edifice. The fear of G-d fell upon hundreds of thousands of proud Arabs, who were filled with hatred and loathing for Israel. Only yesterday, they had sworn to fight until their last drop of blood” (HaTekufa HaGedola, p. 452). The Israelis “approached the heavily defended Kusseima outpost. As the Israelis drew near, they heard massive explosions. When they arrived they saw that the Egyptians, for no apparent reason, had destroyed their equipment and abandoned the base! As the day continued, it became clear that the Egyptians were hastily abandoning many of their outposts, some with all their supplies left behind” (June 5, Chabad).

Another reason for such a quick defeat of the Arab force was air supremacy by Israel. Even though the Jews had many fewer aircraft, on the first day of the war they destroyed most of the Egyptian air force in less than twelve hours (Six Day War, Leeds). Yet the details on how this was accomplished are even more mysterious and interesting. On the first day of the war, “a Jordanian radar facility detected an unusually large number of aircraft heading towards the sea. The officer on duty immediately sent a message, “Inab,” the code-word for war, to Jordan military headquarters. The message was encoded and passed on to Egypt’s defense minister in Cairo. Miraculously, however, the Egyptian coding frequencies had been changed the previous day, and the Jordanians were not updated…Though Egypt had sufficient anti-aircraft ammunition to destroy all the attacking Israeli planes, miraculously, no order was given for these missiles to be launched” (June 5, Chabad). Thus the Israelis accomplished their air missions to destroy with practically no resistance after the first day.

In addition to the overwhelming fear by the Arabs, there are also many documented cases of large numbers of adversaries being inexplicably overtaken by just a few Jewish soldiers. In one such incident on the second day of the war, an Arab tank commander surrendered his obviously superior army to an Israeli force of 12 tanks. He later claimed that while only a few enemy tanks were present, a desert mirage made him see hundreds (The Six Day War: Recognizing the Miracle). Yisrael, a paratrooper sent to take the Tiran Straits recalls yet another incident. “The Israeli soldiers didn’t have to parachute out of the airplanes. They landed like spoiled tourists in the airport, because the Egyptian regiment which was on guard there fled before the Israeli trips were visible on the horizon. After landing, I was sent with another reserves soldier, an electrician, to patrol the area…(when) an Egyptian half track appeared before us filled with soldiers and mounted with machine guns on every side. We had only light weapons with a few bullets that couldn’t stop the half track for a second. We couldn’t turn back, so we stood there in despair, waited for the first shot, and for lack of a better idea, aimed our guns at them. But the shots didn’t come. The half track came to a halt, and we decided to cautiously approach it. We found 18 armed soldiers inside sitting with guns in hand, with a petrified look on their faces. They looked at us with great fear as though begging for mercy. I shouted ‘Hands up!’ …I asked the Egyptian sergeant next to me, ‘Tell me, why didn’t you shoot at us?’ He answered, ‘I don’t know. My arms froze – they became paralyzed. My whole body was paralyzed, and I don’t know why (Eye Witness accounts, Israeli National News).

Israel also found that the Golan Heights of Syria, once thought to be impossible to overtake, fell easily into their hands despite the difficult terrain and strong Syrian fortifications. One such account tells how “Commander Musa Klein’s platoon had only twenty-five men at his disposal (after significant troop losses). But they continued up the Golan heights. When they reached Tel Fakhr, Klein ordered his men to charge the position, unaware that it was one of the most heavily fortified Syrian positions. It had bunkers, trenches and a double row of wire; an arsenal of antitank guns, machine guns and 82mm mortars. The handful of soldiers were worse off than sitting ducks… Syrian Captain Ahmad Ibrahim Khalili gave his men instructions not to fire until the Israelis reached the wire. In no time at all, however, it was too late. In the Syrians’ own words: “The Jews are already inside and we’ve taken heavy casualties.” Commander Klein and his men were victorious, and continued up the Heights” (Israeli History, Six Day War). Even more incredible is the chronicle of Ammunition hill “which was captured by an Israeli scout by mistake when he accidentally fell into a Jordanian trench on a moonless night at 2:00 AM and started shooting from the hip.” Not only did this outcome seize the hill but was the critical event that lead to the capture of the old town of Jerusalem, including the wailing wall, only 30 hours later (Six Day War, Recognizing the Miracle).

There are many many more accounts to fill these pages, and perhaps one or two strange happens could be seen as chance. However, when we consider the sheer number of accounts of people who were able to succeed against a superior force against all odds or logic, it is at times overwhelming and suggests a miraculous nature. To demonstrate this point, think of one high ranking west point official who was asked why they do not study the tactics behind arguably one of the most impressive routes in history? He responded that “the US Military Academy studies wars fought throughout the world, they do not study the Six Day War because what concerns West Point is strategy and tactics, not miracles” (Six Day War, p2). Even historians struggle to explain the victory. As one secular newspaper said “Even a non-religious person must admit this war was fought with help from heaven” (Eyewitness Accounts, Arutz Sheva).

After all the amazing stories and evidence, one may still wonder why this is relevant to modern day Americans, who at times seem so far removed from the current nation of Israel? However the answer is quite clear. The Jews, be they a small group surrounded by hostile forces, are only a miniscule remnant of the 12 tribes and the only tribe who has not lost its identity. Because they obey God and have retained most of his laws (Sabbath observance, holy days, clean food, the laws of Moses) they have a special covenant to Jerusalem and God the Father that many Americans and people around the world have forgotten they possess. The Jews carry the lineage of the “Conquering Lion of Judah”, Jesus Christ and when Judah finally recognizes Christ, they will become one with him and the rest of Israel. Zechariah 12:8-13:1 describes the time when Judah will embrace Jesus Christ and accept him. “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spiritof grace and supplication. They will look onme, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo….On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.”

Because of this future repentance, which is already prophesied, Judah will continue to be blessed through Abraham’s physical inheritance, which has never been removed from them. It is important to remember however that the other 10 tribes are a part of that struggle and a portion of God’s people too. Eventually the Israeli people, including ALL 12 tribes, will be a united people standing as a clear example that heavenly aid and victory come to those that God has set his hand upon. It is not a Jewish battle, it is our battle, for the place that God himself will inhabit.

Do you have ears to hear?

This newsletter serves to inform the entire world about the cornerstone activities of the Faithful Movement during the last twenty-eight years during which the Movement has carried the historical cornerstone, again and again, in order to lay it on the Holy Temple Mount. In the near future, the Faithful Movement will continue her efforts and determination, in coordination with the government and the Knesset (parliament) of Israel, to lay the cornerstone and to start the process of rebuilding the Holy Temple. Today, the cornerstone is located in Jerusalem not far from the Holy Temple Mount in a historically biblical area and is ready to be moved by the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement to the Holy Temple Mount to start the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.

In the year 1989-1990, the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement dedicated an initial cornerstone in order to immediately start the building of the Third Holy Temple on the Holy Temple Mount in Jerusalem with no delay. It was the first cornerstone ever dedicated for the Holy Temple since the destruction of the Second Holy Temple in the year 70 CE. The Faithful Movement carried this cornerstone, weighing six-and-a-half tons, to the Holy Temple Mount in a very exciting and historical ceremony that was not seen in Jerusalem since the dedication of the First Holy Temple by King Solomon almost 3,000 years ago. Unfortunately, the government of Israel was not yet ready for such a major, revolutionary, and historic event. The government authorities gave us permission to carry the cornerstone only to the area of the southern gates of the Holy Temple Mount above the ancient City of David. We were forbidden to take the cornerstone inside the Holy Temple Mount in order to place it close to the ‘foundation rock’ on the Holy Temple Mount on the location of the foundation of the First and Second Holy Temples. The Supreme Court of Israel rejected our petition to locate the cornerstone inside the Holy Temple Mount. One of the judges asked Gershon Salomon, the chairman of the Faithful Movement: “Who anointed you to do this major event?” Gershon immediately replied to the judge: “The G‑d of Israel, the history of Israel, the Israelis of the generation of the destruction and also two hundred generations thereafter who were often times taken to their deaths with the Name of the G‑d of Israel on their lips and the deep desire in their hearts to see the rebuilding of the House of G‑d. Even our generation gives me the authority to build the Holy Temple of G‑d with no delay. One thousand nine hundred and twenty years of destruction, exile and waiting for this moment are enough! Now, we should fulfill the expectation of the G‑d of Israel for His people Israel to rebuild His Holy House with no delay in the lifetime of our generation”.

The story of this cornerstone has been very special, mysterious, and godly. It was the hand of G‑d that directed Gershon to a stoneworker in Jerusalem by the name of Ezra Alafi. This special man made aliyah (returned to his homeland of Israel) from the exile of Babylon, today modern Iraq. When the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement decided it was time to start the building of the Third Holy Temple, Gershon visited Ezra Alafi’s home in Jerusalem and asked him to contribute and prepare a large cornerstone, like the stones in the First and the Second Holy Temples. Upon hearing Gershon’s inquiry, Ezra almost fell from his chair. He could not even speak for some moments because of his great excitement and his eyes filled with tears. When Gershon asked Ezra why he was so excited, he answered: “My family members were workers of stone even before we were exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon. A tradition that has passed along our family from generation to generation says that my forefathers were the builders of the Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem and that we shall be the builders of the Third Holy Temple in Jerusalem as well. It is only the G‑d of Israel who brought you here to me in order to fulfill this historic message within my family. You are here at my home not by an accident.” At that moment Gershon’s eyes filled with tears and he found himself thanking the G‑d of Israel for this most incredible and godly experience that he would never forget for the rest of his life. For Gershon, this experience with Mr. Alafi was a remarkable confirmation that it is the G‑d of his forefathers who called Gershon to build His Holy Temple. Both Mr. Alafi and Gershon thanked G‑d from the bottom of their hearts for this major privilege and moment in their lives.

The next day Ezra Alafi went to his quarry in Mitzpe Ramon, located in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, to look for a special cornerstone and to prepare it for the Third Holy Temple according to biblical law. The biblical law prohibits the use of iron or any other kind of metal in the construction of the Holy Temple of G‑d. Again, in a very mysterious way, there became no need to prepare the special cornerstone. Mr. Alafi discovered a large natural marble stone covered with beautiful natural gold, ready to be the necessary cornerstone of the Third Holy Temple. It seemed like this stone, anointed by G‑d Himself, had waited one thousand nine hundred and twenty years to become the chosen cornerstone for the Third Holy Temple and the catalyst for the building of the Third Temple.

During the Sukkot Festival (Feast of Tabernacles) of that year, we carried the cornerstone on a truck in a very special ceremony that started at the western gate of the Holy Temple Mount and continued to the upper area of the City of David near the southern gates of the Holy Temple Mount. These gates were historically used by Israeli pilgrims to enter to the Holy Temple Mount for worship during the Sukkot Feast. Gershon anointed a high priest and several Levites to follow the cornerstone in order to anoint it. The Levites played biblical music and songs, especially from the Psalms. The cornerstone was covered by a chuppah made from Israeli flags showing the star of David. Gershon dedicated the cornerstone. It was during a similar festival of Sukkot that King Solomon dedicated the First Holy Temple in a very special ceremony not far from this exact location. From this place, King Solomon had taken the Ark of the Covenant from the tent of David and carried it to be placed in the Holy of Holies of the First Holy Temple. It is also incredibly exciting to know that some years after our event at this same exact place, the Israeli archaeologist, Eilat Mazar, discovered the historical and biblical palace of King David. Gershon recited the same prayer of King Solomon when he dedicated the First Holy Temple almost 3,000 years ago (I Kings 8:12-53). The Levites prayed and played music as they did in the Holy Temple. Gershon also prayed the Word of G‑d to our generation:

“Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was zealous for Zion with great zeal, and I was zealous for her with a great fury. Thus says the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called the city of Truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain … Thus says the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; and I will bring them in, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they will be my people, and I will be their G‑d, in truth and in righteousness. Thus says the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, saying that the temple might be built … and will set my temple in the midst of them for evermore. And my dwelling place will be with them: and I will be their G‑d, and they shall be my people. Then the nations shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel when my temple shall be in the midst of them for evermore.” (Zechariah 8:2,3,7-9; Ezekiel 37:26d,27,28)

Later the ceremony with the cornerstone continued down into the City of David to the pool of Hezekiah in order to conduct the traditional ceremony of the water libation with water that was taken from the pool to be poured on the altar and accompanied with prayers for a rain-filled and blessed winter in the Land of Israel.

After this historical ceremony, the cornerstone was taken to an area not far from the Holy Temple Mount to await the moment that it can again be taken to the Holy Temple Mount to be laid in the area of the First and Second Temples and start the process of the rebuilding of the Third Holy Temple. However, when the truck tried to unload the heavy cornerstone at that place, the driver could not do it. It looked like the cornerstone was refusing to enter this place. Suddenly the cornerstone fell down on the street and made a huge hole. We decided to leave it at that place temporarily so that everyone could see the cornerstone. On the following day, a description of the event of the dedication of the cornerstone was published together with its picture in all the headlines of the media in Israel and also in the international media. The cornerstone gained international recognition. After a few weeks, when we came to move the cornerstone and to place it in one of the central plazas in Jerusalem, we discovered the cornerstone had disappeared. We did not find it in the same location where it had fallen. We immediately began a search for what happened to the cornerstone. Ezra Alafi discovered that the stone had been moved by the municipality of Jerusalem to the same plaza that we had originally wanted to locate it. All of these events appeared very mysterious. When we found the government workers of the Jerusalem municipality, they shared with us even more exciting and mysterious information. They showed us a photograph of the cornerstone still laying on the street where it had fallen. On the photograph, they wrote, “This is a meteor that came from heaven.” They were sure that the cornerstone came from nowhere and that it could only be a meteor from heaven. They did not know that it is the cornerstone of the Third Holy Temple. The stone appeared to them so important, special, and mysterious that they picked-up the cornerstone and moved it to a particular plaza very close to the Old City of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple Mount. We became even more excited when we figured out that this was the exact plaza where we originally wanted to place the stone. We explained to the municipality of Jerusalem that this stone is the cornerstone of the Third Holy Temple that the Faithful Movement wanted to place on the Holy Temple Mount. The entire story about the cornerstone became even more mysterious and godly. The municipality asked to leave the cornerstone on ‘this plaza’. We immediately agreed with one condition: that any time that we want to take the cornerstone and move it to the Holy Temple Mount, we will be able to do it. They immediately agreed to this condition. They told us that it will be a great honor for Jerusalem and that this cornerstone will be located, in the meantime, on one of the central plazas of Jerusalem. Both of us knew and agreed that every event connected with the cornerstone since we initially came to Ezra Alafi was followed by the G‑d of Israel. We knew that the cornerstone was anointed and prepared by G‑d, not only to be the cornerstone for the Third Holy Temple, but even to be a call to His people Israel that it is time to build His Holy Temple on the Holy Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

This first cornerstone since the destruction of the Second Holy Temple in the year 70 CE opened a new age in the history of Israel and even of the entire world. Every day people prepare cornerstones for buildings, but no cornerstone in the world besides this godly cornerstone for the Third Holy Temple in Jerusalem, could shake the earth and open a new major period in the life of mankind. One cornerstone in Jerusalem for the Third Holy Temple did it! The world media came to Israel in order to cover this extremely major event in the history of Israel and even in the history of the whole world. Religious, political, and cultural leaders and major figures from throughout the world came to be witnesses of this event. They met with the chairman of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement, Gershon Salomon. They blessed him, the Faithful Movement, and Israel. They shared with Gershon that the cornerstone and the soon building of the Third Holy Temple have finally shown the world that G‑d never ever replaced Israel and that it is a critical mistake to think so. The rebuilding of the Holy Temple and the cornerstone confirm biblical prophecies and reveal that G‑d has a special plan for His people Israel to be a holy nation and a light to the entire world and that from Zion will go out the Word of the G‑d of Israel to all the world. Real peace will come to the entire world only when the Holy Temple is rebuilt and the Shekinah of the G‑d of Israel dwells in His Holy Temple on the Holy Temple Mount in Jerusalem. G‑d will reign from Jerusalem and His Shekinah will cover all the earth like a great tower of light that will remove the darkness and will show the moral and godly way of life to every human being.

The event of the cornerstone started the fulfillment of the end-time prophecy of Isaiah and Micah:

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. And many people shall go and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the G—d of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths; for from Zion shall go forth Torah, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And He shall judge among the nations, and shall decide for many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more…. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken it.” (Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-4)

Since the year 1990, the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement has conducted other events with special ceremonies to carry the cornerstone again and again through the streets of Jerusalem. The cornerstone is always welcomed with great excitement and inspiration by the Israelis and foreign visitors alike. The cornerstone is presently located on a very special and historically biblical hill. On this hill was discovered, and not by accident, the tomb of the last king of Israel, Antigonus, who was crucified by the Romans. On this hill was also discovered the tombs of two high priests who served in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. From the present location of the cornerstone, the Holy Temple Mount and the exact location of the Holy Temple are seen very clearly. The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement will continue even more intensively with her holy work to build the Third Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The day is soon to come!

The project of the cornerstone for the Third Holy Temple asks from us many additional expenses. Our plan is to continue to prepare additional stones for the Holy Temple. These preparations for the building of the Third Holy Temple cannot and should not stop. Unfortunately, we have not the necessary funds for the task of preparing more stones for the Third Holy Temple. Your help can save the situation and at the same time, it will give you the opportunity to participate in the important next phase of preparing additional stones for the Third Holy Temple. This is an urgent call to everyone to help and to stand with us in order to bring to pass this holy project.

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