BREAKING: Israel under rocket attacks on Passover ~ Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!
Violence broke out Tuesday on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, on the eve of Passover as a group of Jews entered the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in order to offer a Passover Sacrifice! Wow, Jews beginning to “keep the Passover” again with the Sacrifice of the Passover Lamb—how close must the Second Coming of King Jesus Christ be?!
Muslims hurled stones, metal pipes and fireworks at the Jewish worshipers from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque; and Israeli Police responded with force, entering the Mosque and arresting some 300+ Muslims.
Hamas immediately responded with some 9 rockets launched into Southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.
This brief video, though slanted pro-Muslim anti-Israel, gives you a feel of the sights and sounds of these events with actual footage:
Today, Thursday, as the 7-day long Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread continues, some 20 rockets have been fired into Northern Israel out of Lebanon. It has not yet been confirmed if these rocket attacks were launched by Hamas groups in Southern Lebanon or by Iran’s proxy Terrorists Hezbollah, also located in Lebanon.
As Bible-Believing Christians, we know that, other than the Rapture/Resurrection, the next Big event in Bible Prophecy is the Building of the 3rd Holy Jewish Temple on Temple Mount, in the very spot where the Islamic Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which includes the golden Dome of the “Rock,” now stands! The very Rock where Abraham offered his son Isaac and where the Ark of the Covenant rested in the Holy of Holies in King Solomon’s Temple and the subsequent Holy of Holies of Herod’s Temple also stood in the Days of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Here is a photo of the “Rock” under the Dome. Note the man-made perpendicular lines, which match the Biblical dimensions of the Ark of the Covenant and obviously mark the boundaries of where the Ark rested.
For this future Jewish 3rd Holy Temple to be built on this exact location on Temple Mount, this requires that the current Islamic Al-Aqsa Mosque compound first be destroyed. I believe this will happen as a result of the Ezekiel chapters 38—39 War, which includes a great earthquake which will certainly level the entire current Mosque compound; and upon such destruction and victory for Israel over her enemies wrought by the mighty Hand of Almighty God, Israel shall take control of Temple Mount and build the Biblical 3rd Jewish Holy Temple!
Some Bible passages promising the building and existence of God’s 3rd Jewish Holy Temple include: Ezekiel chapters 40—48, Matthew 24:15-21 (fulfilled in Revelation 13:1-18), 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Zechariah 14:16-21, etc.
And:
Ezekiel 37:26-28 (KJV)
26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
And here is the passage which I believe accomplishes the destruction of the current Al-Aqsa Mosque atop Temple Mount and facilitates the building of God’s 3rd Jewish Holy Temple on Temple Mount!
Ezekiel 38:18-23 (KJV)
18And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground [including the walls of the Al-Aqsa Mosque atop Temple Mount].
21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Oh, somebody Shout Hallelujah Praise The LORD Jesus Christ!
I am also persuaded that the Ezekiel 38—39 War and building of God’s 3rd Jewish Holy Temple may well all be accomplished prior to the Rapture/Resurrection! For the Bible is clear in 1 Thessalonians 4:13—5:10, that the Resurrection of the Dead in Christ and Rapture of living Believers in Jesus occurs at a time when Israel and the world is saying, ‘Peace and safety!” (1 Thessalonians 5:3.
For now, and looking for the building of God’s 3rd Jewish Holy Temple, our Christian duty is to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!” As it is written:
Psalms 122:6-9 (KJV)
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
[And here is our prayer]:
7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Oh, blessed be the Name of the LORD Most High!
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