CLUES FROM SOLOMON
1 Kings 10:19-21 Six steps led up to Solomons throne and on each side of those steps was a lion.
6 lions, 6 steps, 6 lions (666)
1 Kings 10:14 six hundred three score and six talents (666) of gold, in todays money would be over a billion dollars.
Solomon was the son of David, the king of Israel, Solomons reign was one of peace, his name actually means peace, so he was viewed by many in Israel as the prince of peace and the messiah. Solomon built the temple and on the day of its dedication fire came down from heaven, 2 Chronicles 7:1, Revelation 13:13 , 1 Kings 18:38.
Solomon became a man of sin. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , 1 Kings 11:1-8 The beast and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire, the second death , a final everlasting punishment for anyone committing the unpardonable sin. These two were once converted, like Solomon, but they blasphemed the Holy Spirit .
Solomon was exceedingly rich. Daniel 11:43
The dream of every Jewish person is the coming of their idea of a messiah even in Christs day. Acts 1:6 The Jewish people long for the glory days of Solomon when Israel was the premier nation on Earth. 1 Kings 10:23 All other nations paled in comparison to Israel thus giving us an important clue into the identities of the 8 kings in Revelation 17:10-11 The eighth king is one of the previous seven who each in their day was the preeminent nation on the Earth, Solomons Israel was definitely one of these seven and in the future will be the eighth king. The Jewish people in that day will think the antichrist is their promised messiah, the false Christians will think he is Jesus, perhaps the Islamics will think he is the Mahdi , their version of the messiah. The kingdom of the antichrist is not Rome or Babylon, Iraq or united Europe, it is the resurrected Israel. The beast/ antichrist a Solomon figure. Thus antichrist creates an image of the beast, the one that rises up out of the sea, symbolic of the worlds people, where their population made Aliyah or return to Israel. Israel a beast, a nation, that was, is not and yet is, the only nation in history that totally disappeared only to return again in 1948. The ten horns of the beast are ten nations antichrist will enter with into a covenant and the seven heads are the seven mountains, not hills, that are around Jerusalem. One of these heads or mountains suffered a deadly wound but the wound is healed, the temple on Mount Moriah was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD but a third temple will be built and begin again thus healing this wound and the sacrifices made. Then a beast out of the Earth a false prophet Elijah who calls fire down from heaven to deceive, this is a deception based on Matthew 17:11. The harlot is the capital of Israel , Jeremiah 3:3 Revelation 17:5 , who controls the beast nation, as this harlot is in Revelation 17:3 mounted on the beast and from where the antichrist will rule as a king and priest. Exodus 13:9-16 , Deuteronomy 6:8 , Deuteronomy 11:18
Antichrist will bring the people under the law of Moses, denying Jesus, this is why there is a temple with sacrifices. The mark of the antichrist is like the head and hand tyings of the ancient Israelites.
The revival of the law is an excellent deception because it is biblically based, even today there are people who claim to be Christians that keep the law of Moses. Once antichrist enters into the holy of holies and says he is God the Jews will instantly realize their error and reject antichrist thus bringing in the time of Jacobs trouble that spills over on to all nations. The harlot will be punished double for sins, Isaiah 40:2 , Revelation 18:6 . In Jerusalem was found the blood of prophets and saints and the slain on Earth Revelation 18:24 , Matthew 23:5 This will be when the mark of the beast will be demanded. This will be the great tribulation, a time unmatched in history for its horrors.
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A JEWISH BABBI ABOUT THE JEWISH VIEW OF 666
Chukas Numbers 19:1 - 22:1 The Six Sixty Six of Chukas © By Dr. Akiva G. Belk
This study of mysticism in Hebrew Gematria is dedicated in the loving memory of Isadore and Fanny
Pannitz, may they rest in peace.
We read in this week's parsha, "This Statute of the Torah that Hashem commanded, saying, Speak to B'nei
Yisroel, And they shall take to you [the] perfect red cow with nothing deformed in it, with no lifting up,
going up upon it [no yoke]. Numbers 19:2
Chassidim, notice the words:
Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom, meaning "{the red perfect cow} with nothing deformed in it."
Occasionally I like to point out the utter theological confusion surrounding the number 666. Christians /
Messianics teach that this is the mark of the beast. They teach anyone receiving this mark on their hand or
forehead will be doomed to eternal hell. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF WHAT PARSHAS
CHUKAS TEACHES!
First we know that the command of Chukas at first glance appears to be a paradox. Those who prepare
the perfect red cow become unclean so those who are unclean will become clean. This seems to coincide
with the Christian / Messianic thought that the False Prophet who works with the False Jewish Messiah
will lead 2/3rd's of Kal Yisroel and much of the world to accept the mark of the beast and as a result, G-d
forbid, be tormented in the fires of hell for eternity! That is what they believe...
Thank G-d we do not share that mistaken theology!!
Holy readers, according to Rashi the perfect place, the clean place where some of the Parah Adamah {the
perfect red cow's ashes} will be placed outside of the camp {outside of Jerusalem} refers to the Mount of
Olives. Christians / Messianics believe this is the location of their proclaimed messiah's {Jesus'} second
coming.
Now, Chassidim, notice that the purpose of the Parah Adamah is for cleansing... for purification. In other
words, for sprinkling upon one's forehead and upon one's hand {and body} which are the very places
Christians / Messianics claim to be EVIL!! These acts... these marks... {in Hebrew meaning} these signs...
are the very acts... signs... marks of Jewish purification using the Parah Adamah!
The ashes {of the beast, the perfect red cow} stored on the Mount of Olives are there for the Kohen
Godal to use in preparation of another Parah Adamah. According to our sages the first Parah Adamah
lasted till the time of Ezrah. After the return from Babylonian captivity a second Parah Adamah was
prepared. Seven more Parah Adamos were needed before the destruction of the second Bais Ha Mik
Dosh. The tenth Parah Adamah will be prepared by the Moshiach on the Mount of Olives.
In addition to this the Gematria Kotel of Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom, meaning "{the red perfect
cow} with nothing deformed in it" is 666, the very number Christians / Messianics associate with the mark
of the beast.
Now isn't it interesting that Christians / Messianics have Jesus first appearing on the Mount of Olives... Yet
Jesus is NOT a Kohen {"PRIEST"}! Jesus was a Nazzerite born to the tribe of Judah, according to the
New Testament. So according to the Torah Jesus cannot under any circumstances ever be the Kohen
Godal {"High Priest"} as Christians / Messianics claim. Jesus could NEVER enter the most holy place,
NEVER prepare the Parah Adamah and NEVER make atonement for sins. Only a Kohen descended from
Levi and from Aharon can fulfill these Torah commands!!
So the teachings of the New Testament are in complete contradiction to the teachings of preparation of the
Parah Adamah as commanded by Hashem for the purification process, as taught in Parshas Chukas! The
New Testament teaches that Jesus is the purifier. The Torah teaches that the ashes of the Parah Adamah
prepared in accordance with the Torah are required for purification.
Mystically speaking Chukas warns all Jews of false and erroneous teachings that oppose and contradict the
Torah! The Gematria 666 represents the perfect red cow as commanded by Hashem. It also represents
"Our Righteousness." Neither the perfect red cow nor Hashem {"Our Righteousness"} is the mark of the
beast.
Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom {the red perfect cow with nothing deformed in it}
655 = Mem 40 Vav 6 Mem 40 - Hey 5 Bais 2 - Nun 50 Yud 10 Aleph 1 - Reish 200 Shin 300 Aleph 1
666 = 655 + 11 letters
Tzeed Koh Say Nu {[G-d] Our Righteousness}
666 = Vav 6 Nun 50 Yud 10 Sav 400 Vav 6 Kuf 100 Dalet 4 Tzaddi 90
Blessings and peace!
Dr. Akiva G. Belk
ISRAEL TO BE THE 8th KING
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on March 14, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
(March 21, 2021 / Israel Hayom)
It used to be the norm for a right-wing prime minister on the campaign trail to visit settlements. Times have changed; A trip to Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangaria in northern Israel is now more appealing than a stop in Alon Shvut—as is the drive.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly enjoying the view. Enjoying it? Excited by it—he exclaims at every sight that pops up as his armored car passes it—look at that crane, look at the interchange built here, look at the construction. He really does seem moved, and yet these things are something I (and most Israelis) take for granted.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu — the Chief Rabbi of Safed and a member of the Israel’s Rabbinate Council — claims that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of America as a superpower — which will pave the way for Israel to take its place in “guiding civilization forward“:
YES, THE JEWS ARE PLANNING TO REBUILD THE THIRD TEMPLE
Preparation for Rebuilding the Jewish Temple
November 21, 2012
David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061
866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org
The following is excerpted from the new edition of Understanding Bible Prophecy, one of the courses of the Advanced Bible Studies Series published by Way of Life Literature. One of the new sections of the course is “Bible Prophecies Being Fulfilled Today,” and the following study is from that section. The new edition of Understanding Bible Prophecy (September 2012) is completely rewritten and significantly enlarged.
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“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Another sign of the end times is the preparation for the building of the Third Temple. The Temple is mentioned in prophecies pertaining to the antichrist. See Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
The first temple was built by Solomon and the second temple was built by Zerubbabel and Joshua (Ezra 2-5) and later enlarged by Herod the Great.
A visitor is reminded of the Temple on every hand in Israel today. It is even on their coins. The 1/10 shekel features a menorah. The 1/2 shekel has a 7th-century lyre of the type that was used in the Temple. The menorah is also the symbol of the Israeli Knesset or Parliament. There is a large one right outside the Knesset’s main gates and another one in a little garden at the entrance from the main road.
Since the 1980s, the idea of building the Third Temple has gained rapidly in popularity among the Jewish citizens of Israel. In 1986, David Shipler wrote in his book Arab and Jew, “During my five years in Jerusalem [1979-84], the idea of building a Third Temple in place of Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock evolved from a wild notion held by a very few fringe militants into a goal embraced and legitimized by parts of the established right wing.” By 2003, a poll by the Jerusalem Post found that 80% of Jews in Israel want to see the Temple rebuilt.
Since 1994, the Women in Green movement has organized a march around the Temple Mount in recognition of Risha B’Av, the day of mourning over the destruction of the Jewish temple. The march begins with the reading of the book of Lamentations in front of the American Consulate and then proceeds to circle the walls of the Old City. Thousands joined in the march in July 2012. Nadia Matar, the leader of Women in Green, told Arutz Sheva TV, “We walk around the Old City to say that Jerusalem is ours. The Temple Mount is ours. Like a bride going around the groom we go around the Temple Mount, showing our loyalty and our love to Jerusalem. ... Altogether we are saying the land of Israel is ours, Jerusalem is ours, and we pray for the day that Tisha B’Av will turn from a fast day into a day of holiday when we can all dance to the Temple Mount.”
In March 2010 posters calling for the building of the Third Temple appeared on buses plying eastern Jerusalem routes. The posters, sponsored by Our Land of Israel, featured a depiction of the Temple occupying the place of the Dome of the Rock mosque and a Hebrew phrase that translates, “May the Bais Hamikdosh [Jerusalem temple] be rebuilt speedily and within our days.” A leader of Our Land of Israel, Baruch Marzel, said, “We’re representing the truth, in front of everyone, and saying out loud what every Jew believes. That the Third Temple needs to be built immediately on the Temple Mount and that the mosque should not be there” (Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2010). Predictably, the posters caused a storm of protest from Muslims and were removed after a couple of days.
In the late 1960s the Temple Mount Faithful (the full name is the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful) was established to rebuild the Temple. Its leader, Gershon Salomon, is a descendant of Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Zalman Zoref, who in the early 1800s was one of the pioneers of the modern movement to prepare for the rebuilding of the Temple. Zoref even sent one of his sons overseas to locate the “ten lost tribes” of Israel, but the rabbi’s life was cut short when he was assassinated by Arabs. The great grandson Salomon is a military officer who has fought in most of Israel’s modern wars, beginning with the War of Independence. During a battle in 1958 on the Golan Heights, a battle in which his company of 120 Israeli soldiers was ambushed by thousands of Syrians, Salomon was run over by a tank and seriously injured (he claims he actually died). When the Syrians were about to shoot him to make sure he was dead, they suddenly ran away, leaving the battlefield in the hands of the little company of Israelis. The Syrians later reported to UN officers that they had seen thousands of angels around Salomon. He says that during that experience he saw the light of God and he knew he still had work to do, which was the rebuilding of the Temple and the preparation of the “coming of Messiah ben David.” Salomon was one of the soldiers that liberated the Temple Mount in 1967.
The Temple Mount Faithful has prepared plans for the Temple and is constructing articles for its operation. Since 1989, they have been trying to place a large stone on the Temple Mount as the cornerstone of the Third Temple. (The first stone was stolen and was replaced in 2001 by two stones.) Each year they parade the stones through Jerusalem on a truck to stir up support for their objective.
In 1986, the Temple Institute was founded with the goal “to see Israel rebuild the Holy Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem.” The founder and director of the Temple Institute, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, was a member of the paratrooper unit that liberated the Temple Mount.
Like the Temple Mount Faithful (but with competing plans), the Institute is preparing articles to be used in the new Temple. At much expense ($20 million has been donated so far) and based on extensive research, they have fashioned priestly garments, the high priest’s golden crown costing $30,000, the high priest’s breastplate with its 12 precious stones inscribed with the names of the tribes of Israel, a copper laver, an incense altar, silver trumpets, gold- and silver-plated shofars, harps, and many other things.
Of special interest is the large menorah that has been fashioned from 95 pounds of pure gold, valued at $2 million. In December 2007 the menorah was moved to an outside location on the Western Wall Plaza across from the Temple Mount. Prior to that it had stood in the old Roman Cardo. The plan is to move the menorah ever closer to the Temple Mount itself and ultimately to place it in the Third Temple. The Temple Institute compared the 2007 dedication of the menorah in its new location to the dedication of the Arch of Titus in Rome 1,900 years ago. Then, the menorah was moving away from the Temple, whereas today it is moving back toward the Temple.
The Temple Institute is constructing a full-scale model of the Temple (covering 269,000 square feet) near the Dead Sea to use for training priests.
In July 2012 the Temple Institute published a video entitled “The Children Are Ready,” depicting children building a model of the Third Temple on an Israeli beach.
Both the Temple Mount Faithful and the Temple Institute have received support from Christians, particularly from charismatics. The Temple Mount Faithful, for example, has been heavily promoted by Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. Even though the Bible says it is the Antichrist who will occupy the Third Temple, these gullible, emotionally-led Christians have given millions of dollars toward the project. The Apostle Paul was persecuted by the Christ-rejecting Pharisees, but these modern Christians join hands with the descendants of the Pharisees in spiritual projects. We believe that Christians should bless and not curse Israel, but this does not mean that we should support their apostasy. The best way to bless the Temple Institute is to preach the Gospel to its members.
In Jewish tradition, the rebuilding of the Temple is associated with the coming of the Messiah. According to Maimonides (also called Rambam), the highest rabbinical authority, any Jew that starts rebuilding the Temple is a potential Messiah. Shimon ben Kosiba was considered a Messiah in the second century when he led a revolt to recapture Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. He was named Bar Kokhba (“Son of the Star”) based on the Messianic prophecy of Numbers 24:17, and a coin was struck depicting the Temple with the Ark of the Covenant inside and the Messianic star on the roof.
By this tradition, it is simple to see how the antichrist will be looked upon as the Messiah.
GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE PROVIDED IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN, AND SOON.
1 Kings 10:19-21 Six steps led up to Solomons throne and on each side of those steps was a lion.
6 lions, 6 steps, 6 lions (666)
1 Kings 10:14 six hundred three score and six talents (666) of gold, in todays money would be over a billion dollars.
Solomon was the son of David, the king of Israel, Solomons reign was one of peace, his name actually means peace, so he was viewed by many in Israel as the prince of peace and the messiah. Solomon built the temple and on the day of its dedication fire came down from heaven, 2 Chronicles 7:1, Revelation 13:13 , 1 Kings 18:38.
Solomon became a man of sin. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 , 1 Kings 11:1-8 The beast and false prophet are cast into the lake of fire, the second death , a final everlasting punishment for anyone committing the unpardonable sin. These two were once converted, like Solomon, but they blasphemed the Holy Spirit .
Solomon was exceedingly rich. Daniel 11:43
The dream of every Jewish person is the coming of their idea of a messiah even in Christs day. Acts 1:6 The Jewish people long for the glory days of Solomon when Israel was the premier nation on Earth. 1 Kings 10:23 All other nations paled in comparison to Israel thus giving us an important clue into the identities of the 8 kings in Revelation 17:10-11 The eighth king is one of the previous seven who each in their day was the preeminent nation on the Earth, Solomons Israel was definitely one of these seven and in the future will be the eighth king. The Jewish people in that day will think the antichrist is their promised messiah, the false Christians will think he is Jesus, perhaps the Islamics will think he is the Mahdi , their version of the messiah. The kingdom of the antichrist is not Rome or Babylon, Iraq or united Europe, it is the resurrected Israel. The beast/ antichrist a Solomon figure. Thus antichrist creates an image of the beast, the one that rises up out of the sea, symbolic of the worlds people, where their population made Aliyah or return to Israel. Israel a beast, a nation, that was, is not and yet is, the only nation in history that totally disappeared only to return again in 1948. The ten horns of the beast are ten nations antichrist will enter with into a covenant and the seven heads are the seven mountains, not hills, that are around Jerusalem. One of these heads or mountains suffered a deadly wound but the wound is healed, the temple on Mount Moriah was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD but a third temple will be built and begin again thus healing this wound and the sacrifices made. Then a beast out of the Earth a false prophet Elijah who calls fire down from heaven to deceive, this is a deception based on Matthew 17:11. The harlot is the capital of Israel , Jeremiah 3:3 Revelation 17:5 , who controls the beast nation, as this harlot is in Revelation 17:3 mounted on the beast and from where the antichrist will rule as a king and priest. Exodus 13:9-16 , Deuteronomy 6:8 , Deuteronomy 11:18
Antichrist will bring the people under the law of Moses, denying Jesus, this is why there is a temple with sacrifices. The mark of the antichrist is like the head and hand tyings of the ancient Israelites.
The revival of the law is an excellent deception because it is biblically based, even today there are people who claim to be Christians that keep the law of Moses. Once antichrist enters into the holy of holies and says he is God the Jews will instantly realize their error and reject antichrist thus bringing in the time of Jacobs trouble that spills over on to all nations. The harlot will be punished double for sins, Isaiah 40:2 , Revelation 18:6 . In Jerusalem was found the blood of prophets and saints and the slain on Earth Revelation 18:24 , Matthew 23:5 This will be when the mark of the beast will be demanded. This will be the great tribulation, a time unmatched in history for its horrors.
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A JEWISH BABBI ABOUT THE JEWISH VIEW OF 666
Chukas Numbers 19:1 - 22:1 The Six Sixty Six of Chukas © By Dr. Akiva G. Belk
This study of mysticism in Hebrew Gematria is dedicated in the loving memory of Isadore and Fanny
Pannitz, may they rest in peace.
We read in this week's parsha, "This Statute of the Torah that Hashem commanded, saying, Speak to B'nei
Yisroel, And they shall take to you [the] perfect red cow with nothing deformed in it, with no lifting up,
going up upon it [no yoke]. Numbers 19:2
Chassidim, notice the words:
Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom, meaning "{the red perfect cow} with nothing deformed in it."
Occasionally I like to point out the utter theological confusion surrounding the number 666. Christians /
Messianics teach that this is the mark of the beast. They teach anyone receiving this mark on their hand or
forehead will be doomed to eternal hell. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF WHAT PARSHAS
CHUKAS TEACHES!
First we know that the command of Chukas at first glance appears to be a paradox. Those who prepare
the perfect red cow become unclean so those who are unclean will become clean. This seems to coincide
with the Christian / Messianic thought that the False Prophet who works with the False Jewish Messiah
will lead 2/3rd's of Kal Yisroel and much of the world to accept the mark of the beast and as a result, G-d
forbid, be tormented in the fires of hell for eternity! That is what they believe...
Thank G-d we do not share that mistaken theology!!
Holy readers, according to Rashi the perfect place, the clean place where some of the Parah Adamah {the
perfect red cow's ashes} will be placed outside of the camp {outside of Jerusalem} refers to the Mount of
Olives. Christians / Messianics believe this is the location of their proclaimed messiah's {Jesus'} second
coming.
Now, Chassidim, notice that the purpose of the Parah Adamah is for cleansing... for purification. In other
words, for sprinkling upon one's forehead and upon one's hand {and body} which are the very places
Christians / Messianics claim to be EVIL!! These acts... these marks... {in Hebrew meaning} these signs...
are the very acts... signs... marks of Jewish purification using the Parah Adamah!
The ashes {of the beast, the perfect red cow} stored on the Mount of Olives are there for the Kohen
Godal to use in preparation of another Parah Adamah. According to our sages the first Parah Adamah
lasted till the time of Ezrah. After the return from Babylonian captivity a second Parah Adamah was
prepared. Seven more Parah Adamos were needed before the destruction of the second Bais Ha Mik
Dosh. The tenth Parah Adamah will be prepared by the Moshiach on the Mount of Olives.
In addition to this the Gematria Kotel of Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom, meaning "{the red perfect
cow} with nothing deformed in it" is 666, the very number Christians / Messianics associate with the mark
of the beast.
Now isn't it interesting that Christians / Messianics have Jesus first appearing on the Mount of Olives... Yet
Jesus is NOT a Kohen {"PRIEST"}! Jesus was a Nazzerite born to the tribe of Judah, according to the
New Testament. So according to the Torah Jesus cannot under any circumstances ever be the Kohen
Godal {"High Priest"} as Christians / Messianics claim. Jesus could NEVER enter the most holy place,
NEVER prepare the Parah Adamah and NEVER make atonement for sins. Only a Kohen descended from
Levi and from Aharon can fulfill these Torah commands!!
So the teachings of the New Testament are in complete contradiction to the teachings of preparation of the
Parah Adamah as commanded by Hashem for the purification process, as taught in Parshas Chukas! The
New Testament teaches that Jesus is the purifier. The Torah teaches that the ashes of the Parah Adamah
prepared in accordance with the Torah are required for purification.
Mystically speaking Chukas warns all Jews of false and erroneous teachings that oppose and contradict the
Torah! The Gematria 666 represents the perfect red cow as commanded by Hashem. It also represents
"Our Righteousness." Neither the perfect red cow nor Hashem {"Our Righteousness"} is the mark of the
beast.
Ah Shehr - Ayin - Bawh - Moom {the red perfect cow with nothing deformed in it}
655 = Mem 40 Vav 6 Mem 40 - Hey 5 Bais 2 - Nun 50 Yud 10 Aleph 1 - Reish 200 Shin 300 Aleph 1
666 = 655 + 11 letters
Tzeed Koh Say Nu {[G-d] Our Righteousness}
666 = Vav 6 Nun 50 Yud 10 Sav 400 Vav 6 Kuf 100 Dalet 4 Tzaddi 90
Blessings and peace!
Dr. Akiva G. Belk
ISRAEL TO BE THE 8th KING
‘I’m going to turn Israel into a world superpower’
An interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Moira Kor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on March 14, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
(March 21, 2021 / Israel Hayom)
It used to be the norm for a right-wing prime minister on the campaign trail to visit settlements. Times have changed; A trip to Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangaria in northern Israel is now more appealing than a stop in Alon Shvut—as is the drive.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly enjoying the view. Enjoying it? Excited by it—he exclaims at every sight that pops up as his armored car passes it—look at that crane, look at the interchange built here, look at the construction. He really does seem moved, and yet these things are something I (and most Israelis) take for granted.
Rabbi Claims Israel Will Replace America As Next World ‘Superpower’ And Jews Need To ‘Embrace Their Destiny’
June 15, 2021 By CFT Team --Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu — the Chief Rabbi of Safed and a member of the Israel’s Rabbinate Council — claims that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of America as a superpower — which will pave the way for Israel to take its place in “guiding civilization forward“:
YES, THE JEWS ARE PLANNING TO REBUILD THE THIRD TEMPLE
Preparation for Rebuilding the Jewish Temple
November 21, 2012
David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061
866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org
The following is excerpted from the new edition of Understanding Bible Prophecy, one of the courses of the Advanced Bible Studies Series published by Way of Life Literature. One of the new sections of the course is “Bible Prophecies Being Fulfilled Today,” and the following study is from that section. The new edition of Understanding Bible Prophecy (September 2012) is completely rewritten and significantly enlarged.
_____
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).
Another sign of the end times is the preparation for the building of the Third Temple. The Temple is mentioned in prophecies pertaining to the antichrist. See Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
The first temple was built by Solomon and the second temple was built by Zerubbabel and Joshua (Ezra 2-5) and later enlarged by Herod the Great.
A visitor is reminded of the Temple on every hand in Israel today. It is even on their coins. The 1/10 shekel features a menorah. The 1/2 shekel has a 7th-century lyre of the type that was used in the Temple. The menorah is also the symbol of the Israeli Knesset or Parliament. There is a large one right outside the Knesset’s main gates and another one in a little garden at the entrance from the main road.
Since the 1980s, the idea of building the Third Temple has gained rapidly in popularity among the Jewish citizens of Israel. In 1986, David Shipler wrote in his book Arab and Jew, “During my five years in Jerusalem [1979-84], the idea of building a Third Temple in place of Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock evolved from a wild notion held by a very few fringe militants into a goal embraced and legitimized by parts of the established right wing.” By 2003, a poll by the Jerusalem Post found that 80% of Jews in Israel want to see the Temple rebuilt.
Since 1994, the Women in Green movement has organized a march around the Temple Mount in recognition of Risha B’Av, the day of mourning over the destruction of the Jewish temple. The march begins with the reading of the book of Lamentations in front of the American Consulate and then proceeds to circle the walls of the Old City. Thousands joined in the march in July 2012. Nadia Matar, the leader of Women in Green, told Arutz Sheva TV, “We walk around the Old City to say that Jerusalem is ours. The Temple Mount is ours. Like a bride going around the groom we go around the Temple Mount, showing our loyalty and our love to Jerusalem. ... Altogether we are saying the land of Israel is ours, Jerusalem is ours, and we pray for the day that Tisha B’Av will turn from a fast day into a day of holiday when we can all dance to the Temple Mount.”
In March 2010 posters calling for the building of the Third Temple appeared on buses plying eastern Jerusalem routes. The posters, sponsored by Our Land of Israel, featured a depiction of the Temple occupying the place of the Dome of the Rock mosque and a Hebrew phrase that translates, “May the Bais Hamikdosh [Jerusalem temple] be rebuilt speedily and within our days.” A leader of Our Land of Israel, Baruch Marzel, said, “We’re representing the truth, in front of everyone, and saying out loud what every Jew believes. That the Third Temple needs to be built immediately on the Temple Mount and that the mosque should not be there” (Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2010). Predictably, the posters caused a storm of protest from Muslims and were removed after a couple of days.
In the late 1960s the Temple Mount Faithful (the full name is the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful) was established to rebuild the Temple. Its leader, Gershon Salomon, is a descendant of Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Zalman Zoref, who in the early 1800s was one of the pioneers of the modern movement to prepare for the rebuilding of the Temple. Zoref even sent one of his sons overseas to locate the “ten lost tribes” of Israel, but the rabbi’s life was cut short when he was assassinated by Arabs. The great grandson Salomon is a military officer who has fought in most of Israel’s modern wars, beginning with the War of Independence. During a battle in 1958 on the Golan Heights, a battle in which his company of 120 Israeli soldiers was ambushed by thousands of Syrians, Salomon was run over by a tank and seriously injured (he claims he actually died). When the Syrians were about to shoot him to make sure he was dead, they suddenly ran away, leaving the battlefield in the hands of the little company of Israelis. The Syrians later reported to UN officers that they had seen thousands of angels around Salomon. He says that during that experience he saw the light of God and he knew he still had work to do, which was the rebuilding of the Temple and the preparation of the “coming of Messiah ben David.” Salomon was one of the soldiers that liberated the Temple Mount in 1967.
The Temple Mount Faithful has prepared plans for the Temple and is constructing articles for its operation. Since 1989, they have been trying to place a large stone on the Temple Mount as the cornerstone of the Third Temple. (The first stone was stolen and was replaced in 2001 by two stones.) Each year they parade the stones through Jerusalem on a truck to stir up support for their objective.
In 1986, the Temple Institute was founded with the goal “to see Israel rebuild the Holy Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem.” The founder and director of the Temple Institute, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, was a member of the paratrooper unit that liberated the Temple Mount.
Like the Temple Mount Faithful (but with competing plans), the Institute is preparing articles to be used in the new Temple. At much expense ($20 million has been donated so far) and based on extensive research, they have fashioned priestly garments, the high priest’s golden crown costing $30,000, the high priest’s breastplate with its 12 precious stones inscribed with the names of the tribes of Israel, a copper laver, an incense altar, silver trumpets, gold- and silver-plated shofars, harps, and many other things.
Of special interest is the large menorah that has been fashioned from 95 pounds of pure gold, valued at $2 million. In December 2007 the menorah was moved to an outside location on the Western Wall Plaza across from the Temple Mount. Prior to that it had stood in the old Roman Cardo. The plan is to move the menorah ever closer to the Temple Mount itself and ultimately to place it in the Third Temple. The Temple Institute compared the 2007 dedication of the menorah in its new location to the dedication of the Arch of Titus in Rome 1,900 years ago. Then, the menorah was moving away from the Temple, whereas today it is moving back toward the Temple.
The Temple Institute is constructing a full-scale model of the Temple (covering 269,000 square feet) near the Dead Sea to use for training priests.
In July 2012 the Temple Institute published a video entitled “The Children Are Ready,” depicting children building a model of the Third Temple on an Israeli beach.
Both the Temple Mount Faithful and the Temple Institute have received support from Christians, particularly from charismatics. The Temple Mount Faithful, for example, has been heavily promoted by Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. Even though the Bible says it is the Antichrist who will occupy the Third Temple, these gullible, emotionally-led Christians have given millions of dollars toward the project. The Apostle Paul was persecuted by the Christ-rejecting Pharisees, but these modern Christians join hands with the descendants of the Pharisees in spiritual projects. We believe that Christians should bless and not curse Israel, but this does not mean that we should support their apostasy. The best way to bless the Temple Institute is to preach the Gospel to its members.
In Jewish tradition, the rebuilding of the Temple is associated with the coming of the Messiah. According to Maimonides (also called Rambam), the highest rabbinical authority, any Jew that starts rebuilding the Temple is a potential Messiah. Shimon ben Kosiba was considered a Messiah in the second century when he led a revolt to recapture Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. He was named Bar Kokhba (“Son of the Star”) based on the Messianic prophecy of Numbers 24:17, and a coin was struck depicting the Temple with the Ark of the Covenant inside and the Messianic star on the roof.
By this tradition, it is simple to see how the antichrist will be looked upon as the Messiah.
GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE PROVIDED IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN, AND SOON.
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