Pastor's Comments December 4, 2009

“Therefore WHEN you see the ‘abomination of desolation’, spoken of by Daniel the prophet STANDING in the HOLY PLACE” (whoever reads, let him understand) THEN let those who are in Judea FLEE to the mountains (Matthew 24:15-16).

Though we may be unable to perceive it— this could begin January 7, 2010! (Please review my Personal with the Editor, September/October 2009 publication of the Philadelphia Remnant) And when one or more of the major prophetic end-time events begin to materialize, then we can come to know the approximate time of the beginning of the Great Tribulation, the departure for the place of safety, and at that point, to then realize the approximate time of the return of Jesus Christ?

Over the past few years there have been news items regarding the continued preparation for a new Temple to be built in which to worship, and to once again offer animal sacrifices. This would fulfill an end-time prophecy in Daniel:

New items here and there, along with more recent ones, indicate the time is very near for the completion of all the materials needed for its immediate construction and other essentials needed for the Levites and Priesthood to fulfill the needs for the sacrificial offerings.

GN June 1960— “No direct indication of how long sacrifices will be offered, but they are to be abolished 1,150 days by the Pope.”

NOTE: The 1,150 days is a reference to Daniel 8:13-14 – yet to be fulfilled, see Matthew 24:15-21; Revelation 11). The sacrifices were offered twice daily: “For 2,300 days (margin: literally, evenings-mornings); then the Sanctuary will be cleansed” (Daniel 8:14). This gives a total of 1150 days. “. . . The vision refers to the time of the end” (verse 17).

Considering our modern construction methods, and the fact that the religious leaders have everything in readiness for its construction, and with very zealous and energetic builders, we could see it up and functioning in months, not years! Almost overnight it can materialize!

Consider the following comments from members regarding news items of some few years ago, but yet very meaningful. News items that were found and passed on to other members about what is in the planning of a new Temple:

"Getting back to the Temple: Some do not think a Temple will be built in this age and perhaps that is true as far as a great Edifice is concerned but it does seem that much has been put into the effort to do something and I am of the opinion that the Jews will do something, right or wrong.

“I believe I mentioned that Clyde Lott, a cattle Breeder from Mississippi, who developed the Red Heifer, and was for a time very close to Rabbi Richman of the Temple Institute, told me they expected a short war which would bring the Temple Mount under the control of the Jews.

“As you know there has been an effort to go up on the Mount every year to set a corner stone but the Jerusalem police have prevented such action because of the problems it would bring. However, the cornerstone is over there, stored, until they CAN go up and set it. If they get to do that, a Temple or something to serve as such, could be constructed very quickly, taking into account modern building methods where whole walls are set up in one piece.

"Hello all, ________ called last night to say that Hal Lindsey has reported that the Institute has prepared everything needed to begin the Sacrifices EXCEPT the location to do so which is to them, the Temple Mount. Clyde Lott, the fellow who developed the Red Heifer, was of the opinion that a short war would ensue during which the Jews would come into possession of the mount. A thought in all this is the new PM who was just elected to replace Arafat, and if there will be a deal made or that war WILL happen. All this will certainly bear watching."

"Hey ______ I just got a message from ___ _________ who reminded me that the Sanhedrin was also very recently re-established. Things do seem to be going together."

“Will Jews begin proclaiming "Long live the king" in the near future? According to a group of 71 Jewish scholars who met this week in the Old City of Jerusalem in the form of a modern-day Sanhedrin - a duplicate of the religious tribunal which convened during the time of the Second Temple - a coronation day is growing closer

As one member of the group put it, "We would have liked it to happen yesterday. But we are willing to wait until tomorrow." There hasn't been a genuine Sanhedrin in Israel for nearly 1,600 years; the last one to be proclaimed was in France, by Napoleon, for political gain. Shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel, religious affairs minister Judah Leib Maimon raised the notion of reinstituting the ancient body, to no avail. The group composed largely of Kahane sympathizers that gave itself the name Sanhedrin in October, however, met Sunday to discuss the creation of a Jewish monarchy in the State of Israel. For the past several years a group called the Monarchists has conducted extensive research into the lineage of several families in an effort to discover who has the closest bloodline to the biblical King David - a requirement for any future Jewish king. Rabbi Yosef Dayan from Psagot, known for his recent threats to place a death curse on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is said to be a leading candidate to become the "king of Israel."

"Dayan has the best lineage to King David," several members of the Sanhedrin told The Jerusalem Post. They say he has two documented ancient sources which draw a direct line between him and the males in his family to King David some 3,000 years ago. "Many people can show they are descendants of King David, but they cannot show that the line is only male," one Sanhedrin member explained. "That makes Dayan the leading candidate to become king."

“The Monarchists have consulted with non-Jewish experts on lineage. They concurred that, without a doubt, Dayan is a direct descendent of the House of David.

“The only question now is how to establish the Jewish monarchy in spite of the presiding democratic government. "There are two possibilities," Dayan explained. "The first is that the nation or a majority from within will want the monarchy and will uproot the presiding democratic government." The second, more realistic option, he said, is "the one cited by Maimonides - and that is that no one will know how it will be until it happens." Some of the other ideas discussed at the Sanhedrin meeting included the construction of an altar on the Temple Mount to be used for the Passover Offering during the upcoming holiday.

“One of the ideas, members said, is to climb the Mount and build the altar within minutes and sacrifice the lamb before security forces can stop them. Another, said leading Sanhedrin member Baruch Ben-Yosef, is to pray for a tsunami-like disaster on the Mount. "In one second, God wiped out 150,000 people," he said. "Who knows? Maybe he'll help us if we show him we are ready." Participants also discussed Ben-Yosef's idea of reinstating the Sanhedrin's authority to announce Rosh Hodesh, the beginning of the new lunar month. "It is very important to reinstate the Sanhedrin's authority to announce the month, because it will force people to understand that God gave us the power to control the calendar and our own destiny," Ben-Yosef said.”

“The annual "Temple Mount Dinner" will take place this coming Monday night in the Binyanei HaUmah Convention Centre in Jerusalem. Close to 1,000 people are expected. Rabbi Yosef Elboim, one of the organizers, explained some of the background to this unusual event: "This will be our 11th annual dinner, and it shows that we mean what we say when we pray three times a day about our desire for a return to the Holy Temple. We would like to have permission to light the Menorah twice a day and to bring the ketoret twice a day, as these are actual Biblical commandments that are applicable today. We are actively preparing by studying and involving ourselves so that we will be ready when the time comes."

"There are [many] Biblical commandments that are important to us," Rabbi Elboim continued, "that we perform with a festive meal - such as a wedding, brit milah (ritual circumcision), finishing a course of Torah study, etc. Maimonides made a feast every year on the day that he went up to Temple Mount, on the 6th of Cheshvan."

“One of the main sponsors of the event is past- and future-U.S. Senate primaries candidate in South Carolina, Orly Benny Davis. She arrived in Israel this week for the purpose of "talking about the issue of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount." To begin with, she is pushing for U.S. President Bush to fulfil his pledge to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem. We have to realize that Israel's capital is still not recognized as such in the international arena, and 'Palestinians' are running around the world and talking about Jerusalem as their capital.. .If we don't make sure that the Bush Administration moves the Embassy to Jerusalem, we will have failed. Prof. Hillel Weiss, of the Professors for a Strong Israel organization, told ARUTZ-7 that Davis' intention to "bring peace and love within Israel, and from this to the entire world, via the Holy Temple, is in accordance with the verse stating that the Temple will be a house of prayer for all nations." [Arutz-7, Arieh Zaritsky].

Monday, November 30, 2009 Israel Today Staff

Will the Third Temple be built next year?

“According to a centuries-old rabbinical prophecy that appears to be coming true, on March 16, 2010, Israel will begin construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

During the 18th century, the Vilna Gaon, a respected rabbinical authority, prophesied that the Hurva Synagoge in Jerusalem, which was built during his day, would be destroyed and rebuilt twice, and that when the Hurva was completed for the third time, construction on the Third Temple would begin.

The Hurva Synagogue was first destroyed shortly after its initial construction when Muslims demanding the return of loans tore it down. The synagogue was rebuilt a hundred years later and became the most important Jewish house of worship in the Holy Land, only be blown to pieces by Jordanian troops during Israel's 1948 War of Independence.

In 2001, Israel finally decided to rebuild the landmark, which today stands in the center of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City. The building is scheduled to be completed and the Hurva Synagogue dedicated for the third time on March 15 of next year.”

By using this article does not mean I am in agreement with it. But from where we are in time we know, if it is going to be built, and my personal belief is that it will be, construction for it should be very close. And when the offerings begin to be offered the real countdown begins.

From what can be understood from these quotes over the past few years and more recent ones that have been on the internet reveal the more religious Jews are very excited about the very real prospect of a new Temple being built very soon!

We have heard those prophecies preached to us over and over again from God's late apostle, Mr. Armstrong! Repeatedly, he was used by God to try and drum these things into our minds and with it the imperative need for us to be getting the spots off of our wedding garments.

r. Armstrong has been gone from us for almost a full 24 years (I-16-1986). Though we play his sermon tapes it seems with many it is so easy to let our minds drift while listening to those repeated sermons.

We fail to realize God intends those sermons should be just as meaningful to us now, as they were at the time he gave them. They are much more timely now than they were at the time he gave them. We should be fully alert and listen carefully to what we hear from them, whether they are for our correction or about end-time prophecy, etc.

Please remember, we are only marking time now! Soon it will all be over; and we will then be forever and always in the loving care of God as born-again Family Members of the God Family.

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