Israel news - Jerusalem architects begin work on Third Temple Blueprints Keep reading to the end of this email for the story on the architectal plans for the Third Temple. Nations Up in Arms Over Additional Housing in Jerusalem Neighborhood I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:2) Last week, the Jerusalem municipality announced the final approval for a building project that will add over 2,500 homes to Jerusalems Givat Hamatos neighborhood. Although the plan was announced last week, it was put into play about two years ago. The United States, France and Germany criticized the move, seeing the growth of the neighborhood as endangering the two-state peace process, and calling for a reversal of the decision. This sentiment, of course, aligns with a dramatic universal shift toward the insistence that Jerusalem be divided so that it becomes the capital of an Arab state and the capital of a Jewish state. U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said of the mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood that its expansion would poison the atmosphere not only with the Palestinians, but also with the very Arab governments with which Prime Minister Netanyahu said he wanted to build relations. She also said that it called into question Israel’s ultimate commitment to a peaceful negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.” We condemn the Israeli authorities decision to build 2,610 homes in Givat Hamatos, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement. One cannot claim to support a solution and at the same time do things against without consequences being drawn, including at the European Union level, Fabius threatened. (JPost) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the condemnation, indicating that internationals had not learned the facts before responding. It’s worth learning the information properly before deciding to take a position like that, he said. The last phase of a building project is a statutory formality that does not require publicizing. Although the Givat Hamatos expansion was widely publicized two years ago during the first phase, its recent approval was again widely publicized by incendiary anti-settlement group Peace Now—leading to the condemnations. If this decision is upheld, it would mark the creation of a new settlement in east Jerusalem for the first time in more than 15 years, Fabius erroneously stated, disregarding the reality of the already existing, mixed-ethnicity neighborhood. Netanyahu reminded world leaders that Arabs in Jerusalem purchase homes freely in the west of the city and nobody says that’s forbidden. I don’t intend to tell Jews that they can’t buy homes in east Jerusalem, he said. Nevertheless, that is the very thing that the proposed two-state peace plan intends to accomplish—in addition to divvying up the rest of the Promised Land in a dangerous patchwork quilt of unworkable borders. The Obama plan would force Israel to give it all up, to divide Jerusalem, and return to indefensible borders. This would be a grave error, writes author Joel Rosenberg. It would severely jeopardize Israeli national security. It would do so in direct defiance of the Holy Scriptures. And it would draw the judgment of the Lord Almighty against the United States and all other countries involved in the process. As the world increasingly pressures Israel to return to the Israel-Jordan truce lines (aka the 1967 borders or Green Line) even though Jordan itself has renounced all claim to those lands, it becomes increasingly clear that key end-time prophecies concerning Israel and Jerusalem are being fulfilled. The prophet Joel, as one example, warns that God is not on board with plans to divide His land: I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. (Joel 3:2) However, YAHSHUA (Jesus) reassures us that Believers who live in these last days should not fear, but eagerly await His return. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. (Luke 21:28) Anti-Semites, Conspiracy Theorists Converge for Tehran Conference Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies—make your way straight before me. (Psalm 5:8) Anglican vicar Stephen Sizer, who has a long record of anti-Israel activity, was in Tehran, Iran last week where he attended the New Horizon Conference, fraternizing with those who desire the destruction of the Jewish State. The personal adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mohsen Ghomi, opened the conference by boasting that the conference is “the biggest threat to Zionists.” Ghomi also stated that “American officials are puppets of the Zionist lobby who are taking advantage of American ignorance.” When asked, Sizer claims he attends events by Holocaust deniers to preach about YAHSHUA HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah); however, in Iran he used his soap box to promote the idea that Israel is an occupier and a power that controls the BBC and other mainstream media. (Algemeiner) Sizer spoke on The Israeli Lobby in England. Also on the panel were Sizers Canadian and U.S. counterparts and 9/11 skeptics Kevin Barrett from Truth Jihad Radio and Globalization Studies Professor Anthony Hall, as well as nine other national representatives. (CST Blog) A disturbing new element in this anti-Jewish gathering is the appearance on the guest list of a few high-visibility US anti-war and anti-Israel activists who claim their positions are not motivated by anti-Semitism, said Anti-Defamation League Director Abraham H. Foxman. (JPost) Other attendees included anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne Mbala Mbala, who popularized an inverted Nazi salute from his routines, and Mark Siljander, a former U.S. representative from Michigan found guilty of being connected to terror-funding groups. Meanwhile, the conference session attracted audiences interested in the similarities (between) Nazism and Zionism and the Jewish hand behind the Internet, as well as the Mossads Role in the 9/11 Coup dEtat, which includes 9/11 and the Holocaust as pro-Zionist Public Myths. UN Treats Israel With a Double Standard “These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace.” (Zechariah 8:16) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Nations and the White House last week to build bridges of understanding. On Tuesday, Netanyahu met in person with UN chief Ban Ki-moon emphasizing that the UN has a double standard when it comes to Israel. According to a statement released by the Prime Ministers Office, Netanyahu “declared that there was no justice in the fact that the standard applied to Israel was different than that applied to other countries.” Repeating a theme that he emphasized on Monday at the General Assembly, he told Moon that Hamas, by using its civilians as human shields while simultaneously targeting Israeli civilians with missiles, is guilty of a double war crime. He told the secretary-general that the UN body turns a blind eye to Hamas war crimes in Gaza, as well as the Syrian slaughter of 200,000 innocent civilians, while slamming Israel with undue condemnation for defending itself against Hamas aggression. (BIN) The UN is currently preparing a probe into the Israel-Gaza war. That probe will be manned by William Schabas, who has in the past repeatedly shown himself to be anti-Israel. Even Schabas own co-lecturer and the founder of Human Rights Watch, Aryeh Neier, accused Schabas of anti-Israel bias, saying he should step down from the role for expressing anti-Israel judgments prior to the probes creation. (UN Watch) On Wednesday, Netanyahu met with US President Barack Obama at the White House. Netanyahu continued to show a new way forward in the peace process, telling Obama that it would be helpful to involve the Arab states in the Israel-Palestinian Authority peace process. He said that Israel shares a number of common interests with several leading Arab nations, and that we need to seize upon those common interests to advance security and peace in the Middle East. I remain committed to the vision of peace for two states for two peoples based on mutual recognition and rock solid security arrangements, Netanyahu told the US president. We should make use of the new opportunities, think outside of the box and see how we can include the Arab countries to advance this very hopeful agenda. (Haaretz) Ending his speech to the UNGA, Netanyahu relayed similar optimism for shared prosperity with Israels neighbors while also affirming his duty to protect its people by engaging in strength through truth, saying: “Isaiah, our great prophet of peace, taught us nearly 3,000 years ago in Jerusalem to speak truth to power: “For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent. For the sake of Jerusalem, I will not be still. Until her justice shines bright, And her salvation glows like a flaming torch.” (Isaiah 62:1) Israeli Space Innovation Draws International Attention To whom will you compare Me? Or who is My equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. (Isaiah 40:25–26) Last week, at the International Astronautical Congress, Israeli space technology had the attention of thousands in the space business as they gathered in Israels booth to see the countrys latest innovations. “The confidence that the heads of these agencies and corporations have in Israeli technology is evidenced by the large turnout at this event,” Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri said. “It shows Israel’s special standing in the world of space exploration and technology. The thousands of people who visited our exhibition will, I believe, become strong advocates for Israeli tech in their home countries.” This years congress was held in Toronto, Canada, a nation that leads Israel by one place on the United States-published Futron Space Competitiveness Index. Next years International Astronautical Congress will be held in Israel. If you read the analysis they [the Index] gave, they always say that in terms of technology, we are a leading country, but what lowers our mark, our grade, is the scale of civilian activity. And this is what we are trying to change, said Israel Space Agency head and IDF Reserve General Isaac Ben-Israel. (Toronto Star) The Israel Space Agency was formed in 1983 under the Ministry of Science and Technology and Israel is one of only seven countries that builds and launches its own satellites. Just this summer, the Israeli student-built Duchifat-1 satellite was launched to capture distress signals from around the globe 24/7. As well, Israel has improved an all-weather, night-or-day synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) system and has satellites capable of monitoring minute agricultural shifts—another highly innovated sector in Israel. (Times of Israel) Because high-resolution satellite images are a new standard for consumers, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. aims to build national telecommunications satellites incorporating this feature, to enter a unique niche opposite high-cost U.S. providers. (Space News) Not all Israeli space technology was first built for space; for instance, a tiny medical camera from Israeli medical company Medigus is the eye of the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR). Already adopted by NASA, VIPIR will enable engineers to conduct space-locked equipment repairs. (NoCamels) Israels civilian space technology arises from a spectrum of research, science and commercial-based products, with Hebrew University adding a component to our knowledge of the universes breadth. Hebrew University researchers worked with internationals to map out our galaxys location amid a much larger visualization of the universe, determining that the Milky Way is actually part of a supercluster that contains a mass of one hundred quadrillion suns and 100,000 galaxies, No Camels reports. University of Hawaii astronomer R. Brent Tully led the research, and named our supercluster Laniakea, which in Hawaiian means immense heaven. To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. (Deuteronomy 10:14) Third Temple Blueprint Campaign Exceeds Funding Target Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building You a temple for your Holy Name comes from Your hand, and all of it belongs to You. (1 Chronicles 29:16) An Internet-based crowdfunding campaign between the Ninth of Av and Rosh HaShanah surpassed its 60-day goal of $100,000, as almost 900 investors pitched in to build the third Beit HaMikdash (בית מקדש, Gods Holy Temple). Drawing $104,814 from its first ever Indiegogo campaign, the Temple Institute stated the 882 pledged contributions would pay for the complete work-up of the future Temples architectural plans. With Temple enthusiasts longing to see the splendor of Solomon restored with a rebuilt Temple, the complex is being planned with a contemporary twist to include underground parking, heating and computerized washing stations that minimize water waste, writes a press release from the Temple Institute. The architects will fuse Jewish law with modern technology to prepare for a fully modern third Temple, Kosher to the letter of the law, states the Temple Institutes international director, Rabbi Chaim Richman. This is not about one group or organization, it’s about bringing about a spiritual reunification of mankind, Richman added. (JP) And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to Him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be His servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to My covenant—these I will bring to My holy mountain and give them joy in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” (Isaiah 56:6–7) The reunification of mankind is still only a hope, since the Temple Mount in Jerusalem remains a stumbling block for the nations who desire to remove it from the sovereignty of Israel (Zechariah 12). Although Israel gave the Jordanian waqf administrative privileges over this holy site in 1967, the Mount remains legally under Israeli rule; however, opponents of Israel deny its legal authority. Ingrid Jaradat Gassner of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, issued a plea to Indiegogo to cancel the Institutes campaign: “Indiegogo should be informed that this is an illegal campaign as defined by their terms, violating international law and human rights, resulting in the destruction of property, inciting for religious intolerance, hatred and violence,” she said. Her plea did not move Indiegogo, which recognized the successfully completed campaign. (JP) While architectural planning is underway, the reality is that Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority appealed to the United Nations on September 26 to set a deadline for Israel to withdraw from all of the West Bank. This would include all of East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. Last week, he apparently circulated a document suggesting that this should be accomplished by 2016. Muslims consider the Temple Mount holy because they believe the prophet Mohammed ascended to Heaven from there in his alleged Night Journey. They consider the entire Mount to be the Noble Sanctuary and claim sovereignty to the area, denying that Solomon’s Temple or Herod’s Temple ever stood there. In doing so, they suppress and reject the overwhelming weight of historical and archaeological evidence. To guard the Mount’s nobility, the Jordanian waqf has refused to allow Jews to pray on the Mount, even silently, arresting those who do. Arab children are being paid monthly salaries by Hamas to harass Jewish pilgrims on the Mount, and riots often erupt against Jewish visitors, causing the one wooden bridge that Jews are allowed to use to enter the Mount to often be closed. (Times of Israel) To help bring peace to the Mount, the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) is discussing various solutions to the problem, such as allowing Jews and Muslims to enter at different times or allocating separate areas for each with a 100-meter buffer zone. The Palestinian Authority condemns any such plans, as their goal is to remove the Jewish presence completely. It seems impossible that a Temple could be built under the current political climate, especially since the Muslim Dome of the Rock has occupied the spot where the Temples once stood since AD 691. Yet, we know from prophetic Scriptures in Ezekiel 40–48 that a Temple will be rebuilt for the Messiah’s return. But before He comes, we also know that the Abomination of Desolation that Daniel spoke of will make a covenant of peace in the land and stand in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15), claiming to be God (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4), so a Temple must exist for those events as well. These are signs to watch for as we prepare our hearts, minds, and spirits for our redemption, which is drawing very near indeed. “He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. In the middle of the seven he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. (Daniel 9:27) Please stand with us in these last days as we bring the Good News of YAHSHUA HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) to the Jewish People and to Arabs in Israel, and around the world. Messianic Ministry in Israel
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:11:46 +0000