Chapter 9.12
The Embassy,
Trump and God
The
New Embassy – The Peace Talks – Two State Illusion
The
Jewish Messiah - The Christian Messiah – Prophecies
The
Temple Institute – The Temple Furniture & Vessels
Jerusalem
the Two State Illusion; home to Jews, Christians & Muslims
First
Word
King David fought against the Jebusites and captured JERUSALEM and then spiritually
declared it to be the CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL;
it was called the
City of David.[1]
In 1948 Israel was re-born; the “dry
bones” of Israel prophetically began to come back together in the
fulfillment of Bible prophecy,[2]
the Jews began to come back to the state of Israel. It is the right of Israel to decide the
location of its capital.
In 1950 Israeli Knesset
passed a law declaring Jerusalem to be the ETERNAL,
UNDIVIDED CAPITAL of the state of
Israel.
In 1955 President Clinton signed a
statute declaring that “Since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital
of the state of Israel”; but politics and political correctness has prevented
all embassies from being located there. TRUMP STIRRED THE BUCKET when he
announced that the US will relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem.
On December 6, 2017, when Trump
recognized Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel, he did not decree something
into existence, he just affirmed what already was.
This is not only of political importance, but of great theological
importance. Many of us have not really thought
about it but, Christianity
began in Jerusalem. This is where
Jesus was crucified, died and was buried, then He was resurrected and for some
40 days, revealed Himself alive to over 500 people.[3] This is where Abraham’s Faith would be tested
on mount Moriah with his only son Isaac. This is where Solomon built the temple; where
all nations could come and worship the One God of Israel. This ETERNAL,
UNDIVIDED CAPITAL is home to Jews,
Christians and Muslims.
The importance of the Embassy in Jerusalem
is that it is one more building block in the fulfillment of prophecies that
sets the stage for the Second Coming of Christ. In
this part of the world, moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is not just an
explosive powder keg; it’s the Detonator. Even symbolic gestures can have very real,
and dangerous consequences.
The peace process requires
avoiding provocation at all costs. The
world’s embassies have NOT stayed out of
Jerusalem based on anti-Israel antagonism; they have stayed out because of a well
weighed and thought out plan to support the peace process; viewing Jerusalem as
a city that is shared by Jews,
Palestinians and Christians and to respect each one’s traditions.
Jared Kushner, Trumps
son-in-law has been meeting with the Israelis, Palestinians and Muslim leaders
to forge a peace plan; the moving of the US Embassy could undermine his
endeavors. Turkish leaders say it’s like
pulling the pin
from a hand grenade and for a while it looked like the U.S. could no
longer be the mediator in the Middle East talks, but finally in 2020 Kushner was successful.
What
does this all mean?
Does Trump’s decision usher in the Seven Years of
Tribulations and the Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse? This has set
off a firestorm of debate not only for political reasons, but also on
theological presuppositions for Christians who have been pushing for this. Oddly enough, decisions endorsed by the Bible
could result in more violence and bloodshed.
The international community does NOT recognize
Israel as SOVEREIGN over sites that
are also holy to the Muslims and Christians.
The conflicted past, plus the widespread present conflicts on the “Temple Mount”
appears to be ushering in the Biblical future.
Trump may not even be aware of the
ramifications of the moving the embassy to Jerusalem, that he is pressing Biblical history forward to its final
conclusion. This decision was
expected to have dangerous repercussions which could derail the peace talk
efforts and unleash unrest, turmoil and violence as well as further complicate
the matters of the Middle East.
For Christians,
the Holy City of Jerusalem is where Jesus Christ the Messiah as
prophesized will return and rule as King.
Christians all can agree that He WILL return, but all
don’t agree on HOW He will return.
For the Jews
this is God’s Holy City, the city of peace and the dwelling place
of God; the home of Abraham and David; this is city where they will receive
their awaited Messiah.
This is not really about peace or a Two
State Solution or Illusion, it’s about End Time Prophecy. Robert
Jeffress, one of Trump's evangelical advisers, said: "Jerusalem
has been the object of the affection of both Jews and Christians down through
history and the
touchstone of prophecy."
For the Jew, the “Purification” provided through
the ashes of a perfect Red Heifer signals the way for the commencement of the re-building
of the Third
Holy Temple. This will usher
in for the FIRST time the appearance of their long-awaited Messiah. [4] (See
the study on the Red Heifer)
The
New Embassy
In 1989 Land was leased in Jerusalem for $1.00 a
year on a 99 year lease for the building of a U.S. Embassy, but with Al-Qaeda
bombing U.S. embassies, there is now a requirement for a set-back of 100 feet
from adjacent roads that could be used for car bombs and attacks. This makes this current piece of property too
small.
At this writing plans are being considered
now to commandeer an existing consulate building on Agron Road which was
designed specifically for an embassy. So if need be, it could be a temporary
solution while a much larger permanent embassy complex could be built.
There have been regular clashes between Israeli security forces and
Palestinian protesters after Trumps declaration. It seemed to the Palestinians
that the US was taking a position of Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem and
not Palestine’s.
Two
State Illusion
For 30 years there have been
negotiations for a Two State Solution for peace in Israel which all have
failed. In the court of public opinion, fourteen of the sixteen
peace deals were rejected. Today the
Peace Talks are just
an illusion that subsidizes the
diplomats and provides support in economic aid. It supports jobs, soldiers and spies as well
as camouflages Israel’s expansion into the West Bank. America needs this illusion to show that they are still working for peace and
it keeps the pundits and funders happy. We will not have real peace in
Jerusalem until Jesus returns. It’s in the Book
A
one state solution would merge Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip into
one DEMOCRATIC country.
Sounds good, but the Arab Muslims greatly outnumber the Jews thus in a
democracy, Israel
would END forever as a JEWISH state.
The Palestinians want to run their
own independent state and Israel wants an independent Jewish state therefore in
a combined state, neither side can get what they want. The only possible solution is having two
states separating Israel and Palestine.
However, Palestinians in the past five years have gone from a slight
majority favoring a two state solution to a slight majority against it. They feel that this is all Palestinian land
and Jews have NO
right to it. They also REJECT with astounding unanimity the adoption of
any school curriculum that
recognizes Israel.
Before Christ the Messiah could return,
Israel had to become a nation again in the land of their forefathers, and that
happened on May 14, 1948; as
prophesized, “a
nation was born in a day”.[5]
On June 5, 1967, the six day
war began with Israel launching surprise bombing raids against Egyptian
air-fields including an Israeli raid into the Jordanian-controlled West Bank. Israeli initiated aerial clashes over Syrian
territory after Syrian artillery attacked Israeli settlements in the vicinity
of the border. Israeli response followed against Syrian positions in the Golan Heights and into the demilitarized zones along the Syrian
border and culminating in Egypt blocking the Straits of Tiran. Wikipedia
Within six days, Israel had won a decisive
land war. Israeli forces had taken control of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and
East
Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from
Syria. Ever since the six day war, efforts have been
underway to get Israel to withdraw its forces from the territories it had
occupied during the six day war and to go back to the pre-1967 borders in order
to have peace; this of course is not acceptable by Israel’s as their borders
would become in-defensible. Peace
will never come, because the Arabs are never satisfied with what they have and
“giving
the land back” would just stir up another pre-emptive strike by Israel
to protect herself. (Which will happen)
In 1974 the UN passed resolution 194 which presented
a solution for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. This
resolution called for the Peaceful settlement of two states for two groups of people;
for the independent states of Israel and Palestine to live side by side within
secure and recognized borders west of the Jordan River.
The latest resolution in November 2013 was
PASSED 165 to 6. The SIX abstaining COUNTRIES
VOTING AGAINST the resolution were Israel, the United States, Canada, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau.
NOTE ONE: The UN
resolution was passed, but has NEVER
BEEN IMPLEMENTED therefore since Israel has control over all of Palestine;
there will fundamentally never be a two-state solution.
May
of 1948
the population of Israel was 650,000 and at this writing, it
is 8,452,841 and still growing.
NOTE TWO; Trump changed the
strategy of securing peace in the middle east which all the other Presidents have
tried, to securing normalize relations with the United Arab Emirates which was mostly kept secret, perhaps even covert. Trump’s
son in law Jared
Kushner
was the major player pushing this through and at this writing other countries
are expected to also normalize relations with Israel. It is expected that President Trump will get
the Nobel
Peace Prize.
The Temple Institute
The Temple Institute, founded by
Yisrael Ariel is an organization
in Israel known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash. The Institute is focused on the controversial endeavor of
establishing the Third Temple. - https://www.templeinstitute.org After almost 2,000 years,
Israel is clearly moving towards the time when the prophesied Third Holy
Temple will be rebuilt on Mount
Moriah. FYI:
There is a controversy about
whether the Temple should be rebuilt by Human hands or by Divine hands.
Jewish tradition believes that the Tenth
and Final Red
Heifer will be sacrificed and burned
by the Messiah Himself. The Temple
Institute believes that the Jews
have the mandate of purification with the Red Heifer & the rebuilding of
the Temple.
Primary Importance of the Temple Institute is to provide
education about the great significance of Mount Moriah; the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem which is the only site in the world that is considered Holy by the
Jewish people, and the only site in the world which God chose to rest His
Divine presence through the establishment of the Holy Temple.
Their ultimate goal is to see Israel
rebuild the Holy Temple in
accordance with the Biblical commandments. The Temple was not only the soul of
the city, but the soul and conscience of the entire earth and a “Wonder of the
World”… and it will be again.
Haggai 2:9 – The third Temple will be
greater than the former
9 The glory (honor) of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,'
says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this
place I will give peace,' says the LORD
of hosts."
(NKJV)
Temple Furniture & Vessels
For the past 30 years sacred Temple vessels and
Priestly garments have been created and fashioned by accomplished craftsmen
according to the exact Biblical requirements, specifically for use in the future Holy
Temple where they will be called into Divine service.
The Menorah; (the seven candlesticks) which
stands today in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's old city is the work of the Temple
Institute’s full time staff of researchers. It was painstakingly crafted and created after
years of extensive research to be used exclusively in the new Holy Temple. It
currently overlooks the Temple Mount. It
weighs 1,000 pounds and contains forty five kilograms of twenty four karat gold
and is valued at three million dollars. (See the study on the Menorah)
Ritual objects HAVE
ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED by the Temple
Institute; the reproduction of over ninety objects that will be used in the new
Temple. Here are a few as listed by
Wikipedia.
1) Copper Laver – For Kohanim to
wash in at the start of the day
2) Small Mizrak – Holds blood
from the sacrificial animals
3) Large Mizrak – Holds blood
from the larger animals
4) Three-pronged Fork – To arrange the
offerings on the altar.[6]
5) Measuring Cup – To measure
meal offerings
6) Copper Vessel - To prepare
meal offerings
7) Silver Shovel – To remove
ashes from the alter
8) Silver Vessel - For wine
libation – For wine accompanying offerings
9) Lottery Box – For Yom Kippur
which is the Day of Atonement: Holiest day of the Year.
10) Silver Alter Cup - For water
libation – For Sukkot
11) Silver libation Vessels – For Sukkot –
Festival of “Booths” or “Tabernacles”; a dwelling.
12) Sickle – To reap the Omer of barley – The Omer is a unit
of measurement
13) Other offering Implements – To offer the
omer of barley
14) Abuy – To roast the
omer of barley
15) Menorah cleansing Vessel – To clean the
Menorah
16) Oil Pitcher – For
replenishing the oil in the Menorah
17) Small golden Flask – For
replenishing individual Menorah lamps
18) Frankincense Censer – For burning
incense - Smoke
19) Incense Chalice – For Ketoret or
incense offering
20) Menorah – The lamp stand for the Temple [7]
21) Table of Showbread – Holds the
cakes or loaves of bread that were always present.
22) Incense Alter – For Ketoret or
incense offering
23) Ark of the Covenant – Holds the Ten
Commandments, Aarons Rod & golden jar of Manna
24) Crown – Worn by the
High Priest – Completed in 2007
25) Garments – Worn by the
High Priest - Completed in 2008
26) Silver Trumpets – Announce
special occasions and offerings
27) Gold plated Shofar – For Rosh
Hashanah – The Jewish New Year.
28) Silver plated Shofar – For fast days
– Shofar is a hollowed out rams horn
29) Harp – Musical
Instrument used by the Levitical choir
30) Lyre - Musical Instrument used by the Levitical
choir
The
Take Away
As Christians, when we think of
Jerusalem and the Jews, we are ready to boot out the Palestinians who
are causing so much unrest. I think it’s
worth noting that many Christians are in Jerusalem too. Worldwide there are over 1,000,000 Christian JEWS and over 1,600,000 Christian PALESTINIANS plus the Muslims have the DOME OF THE ROCK on the Temple
mount, so Jerusalem is complicated, it’s not just a Powder Keg; it’s the Detonator. (See the study on the Dome of the Rock)
West Jerusalem is of little importance, it
is East Jerusalem that is so volatile, where located is the “Wailing Wall”
and Temple
Mount and where the third Temple will be built.
Since this is also the holy city of Islam,
we WILL see nations start to
take sides. The Islamic world rejects
Jerusalem being designated Israel’s Capital; believing it should be Palestine’s
Capital.
With Trump’s decisive decision, Christians and
Jews alike are both talking about the re-building of THE THIRD TEMPLE[8] on the exact location
of Solomon’s Temple. The Book says
3 ½ years into the 7 year tribulation period, the anti-Christ will set up a
symbol of himself to be worshipped in the “Holy of Holies” and
thus desecrate the temple.[9] The “Holy of Holies” must
be built in the exact same location which would PROBABLY include the
removal of the Dome
of the Rock by man or an
act of God.
NOTE; the Temple
Institute has everything it needs
for the Third
Temple and a temporary tent like the “Tabernacle of Moses” could be
set up on the Holy of Holies for the sacrifice of the long awaited “perfect” Red Heifer.- This
could happen before the actual
temple begins construction. –
To
the Jews
the Red Heifer to be sacrificed must be perfect and cannot have even
two grey hairs, but it’s not the sacrifice that is important, it’s the ASHES from the Red Heifer that are used in all
future sacrifices in the Temple.[10]
To the Christian;
Jesus was the Final Sacrifice and any further sacrifices will just be symbolic;
a memorial, a remembrance.
To build the Temple archeological
excavations on the temple mount must be conducted to find the foundations, this
is currently prohibited by the Muslims and COULD START A WAR.
Trump
may not be fully aware of ALL the
ramifications of moving the embassy to Jerusalem and he might have just pressed the button
that moves Biblical history forward to its final conclusion. (For
me this is a good thing; I am so ready.)
NOTE; From the Christians Worldview, no sacrifice is
necessary, there is no prophecy remaining; there is nothing else
required to take place for Jesus the Messiah to come back and rapture the
Church;[11]
so eat your desert first, it could be today.
Jerusalem is the City of God[12] and profound
decisions are being made by many nations and cities that affect this Holy
Mountain. Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem[13] and for Godly
wisdom for those in Washington DC as they “THREAD THIS
NEEDLE”. Oddly enough at the Second Coming of Jesus
Christ “on the earth”, the third temple will be completely destroyed by a great
earthquake,[14]
then The
Millennial Temple will be
constructed where Jesus will reign in peace over all the earth for 1,000 years.
[2] Ezekiel 37:1-14 – PROPHECY
to these dry bones of Israel to be reborn
[3] 1 Corinthians 15:4-7 – Jesus appeared to over 500 people
[4] Ezekiel 43:1-4 – The Messiah is coming and will
return through the East Gate
[5] Isaiah 66:8 – A Nation is born in a day --
Ezekiel 37:4-6 – I will put breath in the dry bones of Israel -- Amos 9:14-15 –
I will plant Israel in their own land -- Revelation 21:4 – No more tears, mourning, pain or death
[6] 1 Samuel 2:13 - A three-pronged fork
[7] Exodus 25:31-40 - Make a lampstand of pure gold, with seven lamps
according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain
[9] 2 Thessalonians 2:3 – Anti-Christ will be revealed 3 ½ years into the great
rebellion, the tribulations
[10] Luke 19:42-44 – You should have known the predictions of Daniel; but now they are hidden from your
eyes. -- Matthew 23:37-39
– Jesus will NOT return till the Jews acknowledge
him and say; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
[12] Psalm 48:2 – Jerusalem is the city of the great king
[13] Psalm 122:6 - Pray for peace in Jerusalem
[14] Revelation 6:12-17 – Mountains removed by the great earthquake
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