Shimon Peres came to power over Rabin's dead body
I met Yitzhak Rabin in the Israeli Parliament in 1982 during Hanukkah. I was able to talk with him briefly and mention I was associated with Ambassador College in Pasadena, California.That was a tactful way of saying I'm a Christian since I knew he personally knewHerbert W. Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God, including the Plain Truth magazine. Herbert Armstrong had formerly presented him with a gift of Steuben crystal.I was a volunteer at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan at the time, in Northern Israel near Haifa. Just so happens Yitzhak Rabin had lived there for over a year in the late '50s.
I initially considered Prime Minister Rabin -- born in Jerusalem -- a traitor for surrendering too much to sworn Arab enemies who had not changed their goal of genocide, only their tactics; for going against clear security concerns he once expressed. (I was in a cafe in Jerusalem when he was shot in Tel Aviv). I refused to attend his funeral, although I had attended the funeral of Meir Kahane, former Israeli parliament member and rabbi, some years before.
Later I found out Yitzhak Rabin was apparently being pressured by the dark powers that be to continue to go against what he knew was wrong and that he resisted and was therefore MURDERED by them for coming to his senses. Shimon Peres came to power over the dead body of Yitzhak Rabin.
I do not believe Yigal Amir murdered Rabin. (I've met Avishai Raviv several times at demonstrations -- he's the government agent provocateur who goaded Yigal Amir to murder Rabin). Yigal Amir is a patsy, the fall-guy, as is thoroughly expounded upon in Who Killed Yitzhak Rabin? by Barry Chamish, his first book that broached the subject and clearly indicts the traitor and murderer suspect Shimon Peres (whose Hebrew name appropriately means vulture).
I repeatedly condemn Shimon Peres as a kapo of compromise, a prostitute who serves his German-Jesuit EU masters, a traitor who has sold and is selling out Jews, Jerusalem and Israel and say as much in my book Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.
I am on public record against the perfidy of Shimon Peres and continue to expose him. He was the Bolshevik in charge during my unjust deportation, who was very much aware of an article published in Jerusalem where I expose the EU plans for Jerusalem's occupation.
The Israeli Secret Police (six men interrogated me) had a computer disk with Beyond Babylon on it and said many would read it and examine it during their investigation of me during their wild goose chase. I told them to make sure then Prime Minister Shimon Peres read it.
New evidence further PROVES Yigal Amir did not kill Yitzhak Rabin. It's past time Israelis demand: REOPEN THE RABIN FILE. And now with the release of the Kempler video, many are doing just that!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Yitzhak Rabin's blood on Shimon Peres?
Arise Ye, Saints and Knights
by Barry Chamish
On Yom Kippur, the former Nazi, Pope Benedict XVI, announced that he would approve Pope Pius XII as a saint. Pius, the Holocaust Holy See, could have done much to stop the slaughter of the Jews...
Everyone, but one in Israel, objected to Benedict's plans to raise the butcher pope to sainthood. Unfortunately, the one who did not object was Pres. Shimon Peres. He was too busy planning the pope's visit to Israel for that. And then, on Nov.4, the anniversary of the Peres' murder of Yitzhak Rabin, the Vatican will be mending its ties to the Moslems in Rome..
Pope Benedict made Peres very jealous when he named his plotter buddy, 'Rabbi' David Rosen, a Papal Knight. Not to be undone by his pipsqueak co-conspirator, Peres is pushing hard to be made a knight himself, this time by Queen Elizabeth II of the British Commonwealth...
Arise Ye, Saints and Knights
by Barry Chamish
On Yom Kippur, the former Nazi, Pope Benedict XVI, announced that he would approve Pope Pius XII as a saint. Pius, the Holocaust Holy See, could have done much to stop the slaughter of the Jews...
Everyone, but one in Israel, objected to Benedict's plans to raise the butcher pope to sainthood. Unfortunately, the one who did not object was Pres. Shimon Peres. He was too busy planning the pope's visit to Israel for that. And then, on Nov.4, the anniversary of the Peres' murder of Yitzhak Rabin, the Vatican will be mending its ties to the Moslems in Rome..
Pope Benedict made Peres very jealous when he named his plotter buddy, 'Rabbi' David Rosen, a Papal Knight. Not to be undone by his pipsqueak co-conspirator, Peres is pushing hard to be made a knight himself, this time by Queen Elizabeth II of the British Commonwealth...
Arise Ye, Saints and Knights
Friday, October 24, 2008
Noble like the Bereans
As a Bible-believing Christian, I encourage folks to be noble like the Bereans and search the Scriptures to see whether these things are so, and to remember the early Sabbath-keeping Church of God were falsely accused of being "cult members" by those proud and stubborn religious people who preferred idolatrous traditions over the plain truth of the Bible. God is witness.
Acts 24
14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they [traditionalists] call a cult, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
Acts 28
22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.
Do You Prefer TRADITION Over Truth?
Is The Plain Truth Too Strong?
The Plain Truth about Herbert W. Armstrong & the Worldwide Church of God
Acts 24
14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they [traditionalists] call a cult, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
Acts 28
22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.
Do You Prefer TRADITION Over Truth?
Is The Plain Truth Too Strong?
The Plain Truth about Herbert W. Armstrong & the Worldwide Church of God
Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem
"Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem"
(Psalm 122:2)
Tishrei 24, 5769/October 23, 2008
The twenty two days of the holiday season of the month of Tishrei, which includes Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, the seven day festival of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, are days of high spiritual energy. We emerge from Simchat Torah at once exhausted from the spiritual exertion, and at the same time sensing our spiritual batteries charged as we face the coming year.
Our new beginning "coincides" with our return to the book of Genesis, whose first verses we read on Simchat Torah and whose first chapters we read on this upcoming Shabbat, Shabbat B'reishith: The Sabbath of Beginning. Nothing brings forth so vividly and compellingly the challenges that lay before us as we enter a new year, as the Genesis description of Adam HaRishon - the first man, his fall, at it were, after eating from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, and the new and less exalted reality in which he found himself.
The story of Adam HaRishon is, of course, the story of us all. Not only are we all his descendants, but, our sages teach, each and every one of our souls was contained in the soul of Adam. When he erred we were all effected. But the significance of this is not that we are tainted or cursed, G-d forbid, but that we were all created directly by the hand of G-d and imbued with a pure soul. And having been an integral part of the fateful "miscue" of Adam we are empowered, no doubt, to play our part in the final rectification and redemption of mankind.
This twin challenge of rectification and redemption is both worthy of us and we are worthy of it. May G-d grant us the strength and courage to rise up the the tests that await us.
The events of the just concluded festival of Sukkot have inspired us with evidence of a spiritual sea change that is sweeping across the land of Israel. The loud and clear response of the thousands of visionary souls among the children of Israel, "the men, the women, and the children, and your stranger in your cities," precisely as prescribed by Moses, (Deuteronomy 31:12), to journey to Jerusalem and to assemble together as one, (hakhel), on the site of G-d's Holy Temple, (and later within the walls of Jerusalem's ancient city), and even the hesitant but positive response of the police who flanked us as we read from Torah with our feet firmly planted on the Temple Mount, fill us with confidence that the upcoming year will be one of great spiritual strides for the nation of Israel and for all the nations which place their trust in the G-d of Israel.
As a spontaneous expression of our gratitude and excitement, at the conclusion of the holiday season we gathered together in the Temple Institute's video studio and taped an informal discussion between Rabbi Chaim Richman and Temple Institute Director Yehudah Glick about the Hakhel events which the Temple Institute conducted during the first of the intermediary days of Sukkot, and the unprecedented response of the people of Israel who arrived from the four corners of the land by the hundreds and thousands to participate in the biblically commanded Hakhel ceremony and to ascend in reverence to the Temple Mount, where Torah verses were recited aloud to mark the Hakhel.
The Rabbi and Yehudah describe the spiritual awakening they were witness to and the growing reconnection of the Jewish nation with the Temple Mount, the holiest place on earth.
Click here to view.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "Topography of the Temple Mount, Part I: Maimonides' Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The Rambam describes the topographical requirements of the very contour of the Temple Mount." Click here to view.
Two new weekly Torah teachings are also available online this week. Parashat V'Zot Habracha which draws the five books of the Torah to a close, and parashat B'reishith which begins the yearly reading of Torah all over again:
"And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of G-d, blessed the children of Israel [just] before his death." (Deuteronomy 33:1) Moses remains entirely dedicated to the children of Israel up to the moment of his death, even as he knows that these will be his last words and that he will not join his people in entering into the land of Israel. Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat V'Zot Habracha (Deuteronomy 33-34).
Adam HaRishon - the first man contained within his soul the souls of all his progeny until the end of time. His "downfall" which occurred when he ate from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge became our opportunity to serve G-d even through our "evil urge." Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat B'reishith (Genesis 1:1-6:8).
This coming Tuesday, October 28th, Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven will return with Temple Talk. The opening Torah readings of B'reishith and Noach, the upcoming month of MarCheshvan, the events of Sukkot, and their hope and plans and visions for the new year of 5769 will all be part of the discussion.
Blessings from the holy city of Jerusalem,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
www.templeinstitute.org
(Psalm 122:2)
Tishrei 24, 5769/October 23, 2008
The twenty two days of the holiday season of the month of Tishrei, which includes Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, the seven day festival of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, are days of high spiritual energy. We emerge from Simchat Torah at once exhausted from the spiritual exertion, and at the same time sensing our spiritual batteries charged as we face the coming year.
Our new beginning "coincides" with our return to the book of Genesis, whose first verses we read on Simchat Torah and whose first chapters we read on this upcoming Shabbat, Shabbat B'reishith: The Sabbath of Beginning. Nothing brings forth so vividly and compellingly the challenges that lay before us as we enter a new year, as the Genesis description of Adam HaRishon - the first man, his fall, at it were, after eating from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, and the new and less exalted reality in which he found himself.
The story of Adam HaRishon is, of course, the story of us all. Not only are we all his descendants, but, our sages teach, each and every one of our souls was contained in the soul of Adam. When he erred we were all effected. But the significance of this is not that we are tainted or cursed, G-d forbid, but that we were all created directly by the hand of G-d and imbued with a pure soul. And having been an integral part of the fateful "miscue" of Adam we are empowered, no doubt, to play our part in the final rectification and redemption of mankind.
This twin challenge of rectification and redemption is both worthy of us and we are worthy of it. May G-d grant us the strength and courage to rise up the the tests that await us.
The events of the just concluded festival of Sukkot have inspired us with evidence of a spiritual sea change that is sweeping across the land of Israel. The loud and clear response of the thousands of visionary souls among the children of Israel, "the men, the women, and the children, and your stranger in your cities," precisely as prescribed by Moses, (Deuteronomy 31:12), to journey to Jerusalem and to assemble together as one, (hakhel), on the site of G-d's Holy Temple, (and later within the walls of Jerusalem's ancient city), and even the hesitant but positive response of the police who flanked us as we read from Torah with our feet firmly planted on the Temple Mount, fill us with confidence that the upcoming year will be one of great spiritual strides for the nation of Israel and for all the nations which place their trust in the G-d of Israel.
As a spontaneous expression of our gratitude and excitement, at the conclusion of the holiday season we gathered together in the Temple Institute's video studio and taped an informal discussion between Rabbi Chaim Richman and Temple Institute Director Yehudah Glick about the Hakhel events which the Temple Institute conducted during the first of the intermediary days of Sukkot, and the unprecedented response of the people of Israel who arrived from the four corners of the land by the hundreds and thousands to participate in the biblically commanded Hakhel ceremony and to ascend in reverence to the Temple Mount, where Torah verses were recited aloud to mark the Hakhel.
The Rabbi and Yehudah describe the spiritual awakening they were witness to and the growing reconnection of the Jewish nation with the Temple Mount, the holiest place on earth.
Click here to view.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "Topography of the Temple Mount, Part I: Maimonides' Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The Rambam describes the topographical requirements of the very contour of the Temple Mount." Click here to view.
Two new weekly Torah teachings are also available online this week. Parashat V'Zot Habracha which draws the five books of the Torah to a close, and parashat B'reishith which begins the yearly reading of Torah all over again:
"And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of G-d, blessed the children of Israel [just] before his death." (Deuteronomy 33:1) Moses remains entirely dedicated to the children of Israel up to the moment of his death, even as he knows that these will be his last words and that he will not join his people in entering into the land of Israel. Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat V'Zot Habracha (Deuteronomy 33-34).
Adam HaRishon - the first man contained within his soul the souls of all his progeny until the end of time. His "downfall" which occurred when he ate from the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge became our opportunity to serve G-d even through our "evil urge." Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat B'reishith (Genesis 1:1-6:8).
This coming Tuesday, October 28th, Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven will return with Temple Talk. The opening Torah readings of B'reishith and Noach, the upcoming month of MarCheshvan, the events of Sukkot, and their hope and plans and visions for the new year of 5769 will all be part of the discussion.
Blessings from the holy city of Jerusalem,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
www.templeinstitute.org
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Temple Mount Visit Cut Short by Arab Mob
Temple Mount Visit Cut Short by Arab Mob
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) A mob of dozens of Arabs threatened and nearly surrounded a group of Jewish worshipers who visited the Temple Mount over the Simchat Torah holiday on Tuesday. The police told the Jews to leave.
The Arabs, who were preparing for a demonstration, approached the Jewish group and chanted "Allahu Akbar" - a phrase ostensibly praising G-d, but often used to herald an imminent terrorist attack.
The police then intervened, told the Jews they should cut their visit short, and arrested two Arabs suspected of inciting the mob. No one was hurt.
Last week, during the Sukkot holiday, Temple Institute Director Yehuda Glick was arrested for several hours while waiting in line with hundreds of others to visit the Temple Mount. The police accused him of "instigation and provocation" in the framework of his activities to encourage Jews to visit the Mount, and asked for a court order keeping him away from the area for six months. Even after the police reduced their demand to 20 days, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge Morris Ben-Attar ordered them to release Glick immediately.
The judge stated emphatically that the Jewish right to pray on the Temple Mount is legally guaranteed by the State of Israel.
Some 400 people visited the Mount, Judaism's most sacred site, on Tuesday morning, and another 500 attempted to do so that afternoon - after having coordinated their plans with the police in advance. Despite this, the police were not prepared for such large numbers, refused to allow them in - and arrested Glick in the process.
Speaking later with Arutz-7, Glick expressed "sorrow that the police, instead of admitting their failure in preparing for the hundreds of visitors - even though they knew about them for months in advance - chose instead to take revenge on someone who has led an approach of cooperation with the police."
Glick said that the Tuesday holiday visit did not even start off smoothly: "It was a group of 16 members of the family of Rabbi Yosef Elboim, who has been promoting Temple Mount awareness for 40 years. But the police said that only 15 people were allowed up at once... It took them 20 minutes to decide that the 16th person could also go up. Then, while the Arabs were preparing to demonstrate, the police didn't do anything, and when it began to be a little dangerous, they told the Jews that they had to leave."
Ascent to the Temple Mount is a matter of rabbinic dispute. Many say that it is forbidden according to Jewish Law, because of the danger of setting foot in Biblically-prohibited areas. Other rabbis, however, say that these areas can be clearly delineated, and that those who immerse in a ritual bath [mikveh] and take other rabbinically-prescribed precautions before their visit can be assured that they will walk only in permitted areas. The latter add that it is not only permitted, but also recommended, to visit the Mount under these circumstances.
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I've written about how the religious rights of Jews and Christians are trampled daily after suffering such abuse during Simchat Torah years ago. Sad nothing has changed!
The Last Great Day
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) A mob of dozens of Arabs threatened and nearly surrounded a group of Jewish worshipers who visited the Temple Mount over the Simchat Torah holiday on Tuesday. The police told the Jews to leave.
The Arabs, who were preparing for a demonstration, approached the Jewish group and chanted "Allahu Akbar" - a phrase ostensibly praising G-d, but often used to herald an imminent terrorist attack.
The police then intervened, told the Jews they should cut their visit short, and arrested two Arabs suspected of inciting the mob. No one was hurt.
Last week, during the Sukkot holiday, Temple Institute Director Yehuda Glick was arrested for several hours while waiting in line with hundreds of others to visit the Temple Mount. The police accused him of "instigation and provocation" in the framework of his activities to encourage Jews to visit the Mount, and asked for a court order keeping him away from the area for six months. Even after the police reduced their demand to 20 days, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge Morris Ben-Attar ordered them to release Glick immediately.
The judge stated emphatically that the Jewish right to pray on the Temple Mount is legally guaranteed by the State of Israel.
Some 400 people visited the Mount, Judaism's most sacred site, on Tuesday morning, and another 500 attempted to do so that afternoon - after having coordinated their plans with the police in advance. Despite this, the police were not prepared for such large numbers, refused to allow them in - and arrested Glick in the process.
Speaking later with Arutz-7, Glick expressed "sorrow that the police, instead of admitting their failure in preparing for the hundreds of visitors - even though they knew about them for months in advance - chose instead to take revenge on someone who has led an approach of cooperation with the police."
Glick said that the Tuesday holiday visit did not even start off smoothly: "It was a group of 16 members of the family of Rabbi Yosef Elboim, who has been promoting Temple Mount awareness for 40 years. But the police said that only 15 people were allowed up at once... It took them 20 minutes to decide that the 16th person could also go up. Then, while the Arabs were preparing to demonstrate, the police didn't do anything, and when it began to be a little dangerous, they told the Jews that they had to leave."
Ascent to the Temple Mount is a matter of rabbinic dispute. Many say that it is forbidden according to Jewish Law, because of the danger of setting foot in Biblically-prohibited areas. Other rabbis, however, say that these areas can be clearly delineated, and that those who immerse in a ritual bath [mikveh] and take other rabbinically-prescribed precautions before their visit can be assured that they will walk only in permitted areas. The latter add that it is not only permitted, but also recommended, to visit the Mount under these circumstances.
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I've written about how the religious rights of Jews and Christians are trampled daily after suffering such abuse during Simchat Torah years ago. Sad nothing has changed!
The Last Great Day
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Last Great Day
On Simchat Torah (Festival of the Rejoicing of the Law/Last Great Day) I went up to the Temple Mount with my Bible to pray. Although I do not usually wear a kippa (skull cap), I took one with me.
My first challenge was to pass the guards near the Temple Mount entrance; if they saw me with my Bible they would not let me enter. I silently prayed all the way up to the site where God's Temple stood twice, and will be rebuilt for a third and final time, that I would be able to go in. I got past the guards.
You say Jewish guards prevent Christians and Jews from exercising their religious right to pray on the Temple Mount? That's right! Only Muslims have unlimited access to Judaism's most holy site. Only the Koran is permitted within. The Tanach (Jewish Scripture, known to much of the world as the "Old Testament") and Christian Scriptures (the New Testament) are forbidden. Yet Israel claims to respect the religious rights of all people.
Israel has no law against Christians and Jews praying or reading scriptures on the Temple Mount. However, it does have an unwritten agreement with the Wakf (Muslim religious authorities) prohibiting this. No sign is posted, stating: "Warning! Christian and Jewish prayers are forbidden! Bibles not allowed inside by Muslim religious authorities. Proceed with caution!"
I do not accept that Moslems have the authority to forbid me from reading appropriate Psalms or the New Testament account of Jesus celebrating the Water Libation Ceremony (Psalms 120-134, John 7:37). My question was, where should I read those passages? I ended up between the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa mosque, just to the right of the place where Moslems wash their hands and feet. I was on the other side of the raised platform there, if you face the Mosque of Omar.
First, I nervously sat and read. Then I put on my black kippa, stood up and started to read for a few minutes until I became distracted by fears of being attacked by the Moslem guards. I sat down, took off my kippa, and continued to read. Then one of the Wakf guards noticed me and asked what I was reading. I replied, "Yes, it's my book." He took it from me and saw that it was a Bible. He demanded to know if I was a Christian or a Jew. When I told him I was a Christian, he asked me why I was wearing a magen David (Star of David).
I did not feel obligated to explain that it was a gift from my mother and youngest sister, and told him, "Give back my Bible." He ordered, "You have to leave now!" Again I said, "Give back my Bible." When he refused, I demanded its return more loudly. He raised his fist as if to hit me and warned me not to raise my voice. This attracted the attention of some passing tourists, who gathered around us. I told them, "This thief has stolen my Bible!"
The Wakf guard told me to leave again and threatened to hit me. He said he would give me back my Bible outside. Since there was no reason for him to confiscate it in the first place, I told him to return it to me then and there and I would go. At this point he radioed an Israeli policeman, who came running. The Israeli handcuffed my right hand, which I raised and showed to the assembled tourists, saying, "This is Israeli democracy!" I asked the Israeli repeatedly, "What law have I broken?" knowing that I had not broken any law, yet was being treated like a common criminal.
I am shocked that Jewish police in the Jewish State help maintain Moslem domination of the Temple Mount by suppressing Christian and Jewish religious rights there. Is it the Temple Mount or the Mosque Mount?
An Israeli policeman led me away. I told the bewildered tourists, "This is what happens to a Christian or Jew who wants to read the Bible where the holy Temple stood. This is what happens to Christians and Jews who want to pray where our prophets and patriarchs prayed, and where Jesus and his disciples taught."
Why the exclusive religious rights for Moslems? And Israel wants to hand over control of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem and Joseph's Tomb to Moslem religious authorities?! Are they crazy or what?
In the police station at the Western Wall Plaza, the officers wanted to know who else was with me. They were relieved to find that I was alone. (They should have known I was performing a mitzva [religious commandment]). The police said they arrested me for my own protection. I told them they should have arrested the Wakf guard who threatened me! Why not remove, once and for all, the threat of Moslem violence? Why reward Moslem extremists?
The police laughed in disbelief when I told them I am a Christian and that my Bible includes the New Testament, which they returned to me. A Druze officer said, "But you must respect other religions." He remained silent when I asked, "Where was their respect for mine?" I explained that our Biblical goal is to enable everyone to come and pray on the mountain where God's Temple stood, and in the Temple when it will be rebuilt. It is prophesied to become a "House of Prayer" for all nations.
The police told me I could return to the Temple Mount as a tourist - without my Bible. I said that I do not want to go up there only as a "tourist;" I want to pray there. When they asked me how many times I had been up there, I said "a thousand." They wrote that down in their report. They said I could make a short statement for the record. I said something to this effect: "Is it too much to ask during this 3,000th anniversary of King David's Jerusalem to peacefully read his inspired words on the Temple Mount?"
When I left the police compound, one of the policemen told me I did a good thing. Once outside, I was met by some Jews who saw the incident and congratulated me.
I pray that this unfortunate encounter will raise awareness of Israel's religious discrimination against Christians and Jews. The situation must change. It will when enough people cry "Basta!" (Italian for "enough!").
May the day soon come when Christians, Jews and Moslems can say: "My House shall be called a house of prayer for all Peoples." (Isaiah 56:7). The Bible says:
"Moreover, concerning the stranger, who (is) not of Your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for Your Name's sake. For they shall hear of Your great Name, and of your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm, and will come and pray toward this house. Hear you in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to You for, that all peoples of the earth may know Your Name, to fear you, as (do) Your people Israel, that they may know that Your Name is called upon this house that I have built." (I Kings 8:41-43)
"And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to serve Him and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants - everyone who observes the Sabbath - I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." (Isaiah 56:6-7)
"And it shall come to pass at the end of days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established at the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. And many nations shall go, and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord...and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths,' for out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Micah 4:1-2)
(This article was originally published in the Jerusalem-based, Root and Branch Association newsletter, January 1996.)
See Israel's 1967 Protection of Holy Places Law they have failed to enforce and refused to uphold.
David Ben-Ariel is a Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.
My first challenge was to pass the guards near the Temple Mount entrance; if they saw me with my Bible they would not let me enter. I silently prayed all the way up to the site where God's Temple stood twice, and will be rebuilt for a third and final time, that I would be able to go in. I got past the guards.
You say Jewish guards prevent Christians and Jews from exercising their religious right to pray on the Temple Mount? That's right! Only Muslims have unlimited access to Judaism's most holy site. Only the Koran is permitted within. The Tanach (Jewish Scripture, known to much of the world as the "Old Testament") and Christian Scriptures (the New Testament) are forbidden. Yet Israel claims to respect the religious rights of all people.
Israel has no law against Christians and Jews praying or reading scriptures on the Temple Mount. However, it does have an unwritten agreement with the Wakf (Muslim religious authorities) prohibiting this. No sign is posted, stating: "Warning! Christian and Jewish prayers are forbidden! Bibles not allowed inside by Muslim religious authorities. Proceed with caution!"
I do not accept that Moslems have the authority to forbid me from reading appropriate Psalms or the New Testament account of Jesus celebrating the Water Libation Ceremony (Psalms 120-134, John 7:37). My question was, where should I read those passages? I ended up between the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa mosque, just to the right of the place where Moslems wash their hands and feet. I was on the other side of the raised platform there, if you face the Mosque of Omar.
First, I nervously sat and read. Then I put on my black kippa, stood up and started to read for a few minutes until I became distracted by fears of being attacked by the Moslem guards. I sat down, took off my kippa, and continued to read. Then one of the Wakf guards noticed me and asked what I was reading. I replied, "Yes, it's my book." He took it from me and saw that it was a Bible. He demanded to know if I was a Christian or a Jew. When I told him I was a Christian, he asked me why I was wearing a magen David (Star of David).
I did not feel obligated to explain that it was a gift from my mother and youngest sister, and told him, "Give back my Bible." He ordered, "You have to leave now!" Again I said, "Give back my Bible." When he refused, I demanded its return more loudly. He raised his fist as if to hit me and warned me not to raise my voice. This attracted the attention of some passing tourists, who gathered around us. I told them, "This thief has stolen my Bible!"
The Wakf guard told me to leave again and threatened to hit me. He said he would give me back my Bible outside. Since there was no reason for him to confiscate it in the first place, I told him to return it to me then and there and I would go. At this point he radioed an Israeli policeman, who came running. The Israeli handcuffed my right hand, which I raised and showed to the assembled tourists, saying, "This is Israeli democracy!" I asked the Israeli repeatedly, "What law have I broken?" knowing that I had not broken any law, yet was being treated like a common criminal.
I am shocked that Jewish police in the Jewish State help maintain Moslem domination of the Temple Mount by suppressing Christian and Jewish religious rights there. Is it the Temple Mount or the Mosque Mount?
An Israeli policeman led me away. I told the bewildered tourists, "This is what happens to a Christian or Jew who wants to read the Bible where the holy Temple stood. This is what happens to Christians and Jews who want to pray where our prophets and patriarchs prayed, and where Jesus and his disciples taught."
Why the exclusive religious rights for Moslems? And Israel wants to hand over control of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem and Joseph's Tomb to Moslem religious authorities?! Are they crazy or what?
In the police station at the Western Wall Plaza, the officers wanted to know who else was with me. They were relieved to find that I was alone. (They should have known I was performing a mitzva [religious commandment]). The police said they arrested me for my own protection. I told them they should have arrested the Wakf guard who threatened me! Why not remove, once and for all, the threat of Moslem violence? Why reward Moslem extremists?
The police laughed in disbelief when I told them I am a Christian and that my Bible includes the New Testament, which they returned to me. A Druze officer said, "But you must respect other religions." He remained silent when I asked, "Where was their respect for mine?" I explained that our Biblical goal is to enable everyone to come and pray on the mountain where God's Temple stood, and in the Temple when it will be rebuilt. It is prophesied to become a "House of Prayer" for all nations.
The police told me I could return to the Temple Mount as a tourist - without my Bible. I said that I do not want to go up there only as a "tourist;" I want to pray there. When they asked me how many times I had been up there, I said "a thousand." They wrote that down in their report. They said I could make a short statement for the record. I said something to this effect: "Is it too much to ask during this 3,000th anniversary of King David's Jerusalem to peacefully read his inspired words on the Temple Mount?"
When I left the police compound, one of the policemen told me I did a good thing. Once outside, I was met by some Jews who saw the incident and congratulated me.
I pray that this unfortunate encounter will raise awareness of Israel's religious discrimination against Christians and Jews. The situation must change. It will when enough people cry "Basta!" (Italian for "enough!").
May the day soon come when Christians, Jews and Moslems can say: "My House shall be called a house of prayer for all Peoples." (Isaiah 56:7). The Bible says:
"Moreover, concerning the stranger, who (is) not of Your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for Your Name's sake. For they shall hear of Your great Name, and of your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm, and will come and pray toward this house. Hear you in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to You for, that all peoples of the earth may know Your Name, to fear you, as (do) Your people Israel, that they may know that Your Name is called upon this house that I have built." (I Kings 8:41-43)
"And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to serve Him and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants - everyone who observes the Sabbath - I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." (Isaiah 56:6-7)
"And it shall come to pass at the end of days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established at the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. And many nations shall go, and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord...and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths,' for out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Micah 4:1-2)
(This article was originally published in the Jerusalem-based, Root and Branch Association newsletter, January 1996.)
See Israel's 1967 Protection of Holy Places Law they have failed to enforce and refused to uphold.
David Ben-Ariel is a Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.
Shame on Colin Powell!
Colin Powell's surrender to race over reason
After all is said and done, all the pretty platitudes and syrupy speeches about the "brotherhood of man," "aren't we all equal?" and other abused mantras are mouthed mindlessly, some are shocked to see that RACE MATTERS.
Yes, race matters. Whites have been fooled into thinking it doesn't, our God-given privileges and proper status undermined as others gain ground we've conceded falling for treacherous PC lies.
We really shouldn't be surprised at what we're seeing with our own eyes (yet too many remain in denial and have a harsher rude awakening on the way), as realists, hotly branded as "racists" and tar and feathered as "White supremacists" (as if hateful name-calling dismisses the truth to power such brave souls speak), have warned about these consequences for years.
Colin Powell's surrender to race over reason is only the tip of the iceberg of the betrayals and blackmails the United States can expect to suffer under a Black Marxist regime as that fraud and foreigner, Barack Obama, would foment.
The rise of Obama is truly "a spiritual event," representing the decline of the United States, a CURSE that White Israelites are suffering from by increasingly militant minorities (due to our idolatry and immorality - Daniel 9:11), even as our White Israelite brethren in raped Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ruins) and besieged South Africa suffer from the primitive majority they shamefully empowered.
Whether folks like it or not, the alternative to White Power is Black Power and history proves what a miserable failure that has been: how neighborhoods and nations go into rapid decline and everybody suffers, since the Blacks have demanded the most and contributed the least to world civilization and show no signs of improvement.
You don't believe it? You don't want to believe it? Read this revealing article written by a Black African man and free your mind of its shackles, get off the politically correct plantation, let the truth set you free:
Why Black People Have Remained Backwards
May our Great Creator God, the God of Israel, the God of the Bible, restore sanity in our White Israelite lands, and grant repentance that proper White power may be restored, blessing every color and creed.
After all is said and done, all the pretty platitudes and syrupy speeches about the "brotherhood of man," "aren't we all equal?" and other abused mantras are mouthed mindlessly, some are shocked to see that RACE MATTERS.
Yes, race matters. Whites have been fooled into thinking it doesn't, our God-given privileges and proper status undermined as others gain ground we've conceded falling for treacherous PC lies.
We really shouldn't be surprised at what we're seeing with our own eyes (yet too many remain in denial and have a harsher rude awakening on the way), as realists, hotly branded as "racists" and tar and feathered as "White supremacists" (as if hateful name-calling dismisses the truth to power such brave souls speak), have warned about these consequences for years.
Colin Powell's surrender to race over reason is only the tip of the iceberg of the betrayals and blackmails the United States can expect to suffer under a Black Marxist regime as that fraud and foreigner, Barack Obama, would foment.
The rise of Obama is truly "a spiritual event," representing the decline of the United States, a CURSE that White Israelites are suffering from by increasingly militant minorities (due to our idolatry and immorality - Daniel 9:11), even as our White Israelite brethren in raped Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ruins) and besieged South Africa suffer from the primitive majority they shamefully empowered.
Whether folks like it or not, the alternative to White Power is Black Power and history proves what a miserable failure that has been: how neighborhoods and nations go into rapid decline and everybody suffers, since the Blacks have demanded the most and contributed the least to world civilization and show no signs of improvement.
You don't believe it? You don't want to believe it? Read this revealing article written by a Black African man and free your mind of its shackles, get off the politically correct plantation, let the truth set you free:
Why Black People Have Remained Backwards
May our Great Creator God, the God of Israel, the God of the Bible, restore sanity in our White Israelite lands, and grant repentance that proper White power may be restored, blessing every color and creed.
Monday, October 20, 2008
PCG
Philadelphia Church of God (PCG)
Philadelphia Church of God Leads the Laodicean Era (Part 1)
When Gerald Flurry wasn't anything in his own sight or mind God used him and now, unfortunately, it appears to have gone to his head, all the new revelation (simply a deeper understanding of some things), and he forgets that all truth is from and belongs to GOD and that God can use a donkey to deliver it (1 Cor. 4:7). Gerald Flurry has become so swollen in his own imagination that he fails to see that he is the leader of LAODICEA! He knows what warning God is giving the Laodiceans, of which he is chief! He had better heed his own words...
Philadelphia Church of God Leads Laodicean Era (Conclusion)
"It's certainly not my place to determine if what you believe God has shown you is true or not, but would you mind presenting Mr. Flurry with an abbreviated version of what you feel is inspired... as I highly doubt that he would have time to read your whole book."
Stephen Flurry and The Philadelphia Church of God
Stephen Flurry, son of Gerald Flurry, pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God (based in Edmond, Oklahoma), has published a book that Amazon sells, Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W. Armstrong.
The Work of God Must Go Forward!
The Work of God must go forward. The only work that's left to do now is focus on the NATIONAL LEVEL. We must get out God's ultimatum and fast! Europe is on the rise and Jerusalem is getting international attention (Zech. 14:2). Soon God's two witnesses will rise and shine in a world of darkness (Isa. 60:1-2). God's about to restore His lamp to the Middle East! (Rev. 11:3; 1 Kgs. 11:36; Amos 9:11; Zech. 12:8).
PCG: Carrying on Business as Usual
If you truly saw what is coming on this Earth, and had a vision of tomorrow, you would know that the Gathering Storm darkens as you sip champagne and boast that you're rich and in need of nothing, woefully ignorant that the Two Witnesses will soon be wearing sackcloth and fasting, not wining and dining at black tie dinners!
The Church of God Must Warn the World!
We know that certain prophecies were not to be fulfilled until these "last days." Therefore their sealed messages weren't to break their silence until the appointed time (Dan. 12:9). With the advent of the nuclear age, we've been living, for the first time in history, with the weapons of mass destruction that can erase all life from off planet Earth! (Matt. 24:21-22).
Politics in the Church of God Hinders Progress
Gerald Flurry refused to go forward with Beyond Babylon and fell backwards, treading old ground and is now going in circles, business as usual, as Europe rises and Judah and Israel have yet to be warned.
Worldwide Church Of God All Over Again?
Let’s see to it that Philadelphia Church of God (Judah) doesn’t go the way of the Worldwide Church of God (Israel). These biblical principles still apply: don’t put undue trust in men; work out your own salvation, it’s not a group affair; beware the scholarly approach that demands you rely on men - not God’s Spirit or personal Bible study.
The Watchmen
"I have set Watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem"
God has called us to do a Work! Anyone can and should do good works in private, but God has called us collectively to COME OUT OF THE CLOSET and deliver His Message! We're to help save individuals and nations from the coming Holocaust!
Philadelphia Church of God Leads the Laodicean Era (Part 1)
When Gerald Flurry wasn't anything in his own sight or mind God used him and now, unfortunately, it appears to have gone to his head, all the new revelation (simply a deeper understanding of some things), and he forgets that all truth is from and belongs to GOD and that God can use a donkey to deliver it (1 Cor. 4:7). Gerald Flurry has become so swollen in his own imagination that he fails to see that he is the leader of LAODICEA! He knows what warning God is giving the Laodiceans, of which he is chief! He had better heed his own words...
Philadelphia Church of God Leads Laodicean Era (Conclusion)
"It's certainly not my place to determine if what you believe God has shown you is true or not, but would you mind presenting Mr. Flurry with an abbreviated version of what you feel is inspired... as I highly doubt that he would have time to read your whole book."
Stephen Flurry and The Philadelphia Church of God
Stephen Flurry, son of Gerald Flurry, pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God (based in Edmond, Oklahoma), has published a book that Amazon sells, Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W. Armstrong.
The Work of God Must Go Forward!
The Work of God must go forward. The only work that's left to do now is focus on the NATIONAL LEVEL. We must get out God's ultimatum and fast! Europe is on the rise and Jerusalem is getting international attention (Zech. 14:2). Soon God's two witnesses will rise and shine in a world of darkness (Isa. 60:1-2). God's about to restore His lamp to the Middle East! (Rev. 11:3; 1 Kgs. 11:36; Amos 9:11; Zech. 12:8).
PCG: Carrying on Business as Usual
If you truly saw what is coming on this Earth, and had a vision of tomorrow, you would know that the Gathering Storm darkens as you sip champagne and boast that you're rich and in need of nothing, woefully ignorant that the Two Witnesses will soon be wearing sackcloth and fasting, not wining and dining at black tie dinners!
The Church of God Must Warn the World!
We know that certain prophecies were not to be fulfilled until these "last days." Therefore their sealed messages weren't to break their silence until the appointed time (Dan. 12:9). With the advent of the nuclear age, we've been living, for the first time in history, with the weapons of mass destruction that can erase all life from off planet Earth! (Matt. 24:21-22).
Politics in the Church of God Hinders Progress
Gerald Flurry refused to go forward with Beyond Babylon and fell backwards, treading old ground and is now going in circles, business as usual, as Europe rises and Judah and Israel have yet to be warned.
Worldwide Church Of God All Over Again?
Let’s see to it that Philadelphia Church of God (Judah) doesn’t go the way of the Worldwide Church of God (Israel). These biblical principles still apply: don’t put undue trust in men; work out your own salvation, it’s not a group affair; beware the scholarly approach that demands you rely on men - not God’s Spirit or personal Bible study.
The Watchmen
"I have set Watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem"
God has called us to do a Work! Anyone can and should do good works in private, but God has called us collectively to COME OUT OF THE CLOSET and deliver His Message! We're to help save individuals and nations from the coming Holocaust!
Biblical Ceremonies on Temple Mount
2000 Years of Silence Come to an End:
Hakhel Ceremonies Performed on the Temple Mount and in the Old City of Jerusalem
Chag Sukkot
Tishrei 18, 5769/October 17, 2008
While the nations of the world are being rocked by financial turbulence and meteorological volatility, in the holy city of Jerusalem history is being written with a steady hand amidst increasing signs that the long awaited redemption is at last drawing near. October 15th, the first day of Chol Hamoed, (1st day of the intermediate days of Sukkot), the designated day for the Biblically commanded "gathering" ceremony:
The unique commandment recorded in the book of Devarim - Deuteronomy - known as the Hakhel (literally, "gather together") tells us that the King of Israel is to gather together the entire nation of Israel - men, women and children - to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem once every seven years, during the intermediary days of the Festival of Sukkot, at the conclusion of the seven year Sabbatical cycle. There, he is to read the Torah before the entire congregation, from selected passages in the book of Deuteronomy. The purpose of this special gathering is to inspire the people to walk in the ways of G-d and cling to His Torah:
"'At the end of [every] seven years, at an appointed time, in the Festival of Sukkot, [after] the sabbatical year, when all Israel comes to appear before HaShem, your G-d, in the place He will choose you shall read this Torah before all Israel, in their ears.'" (Deuteronomy 31:10)
After months of quiet but intensive behind the scenes meetings with Israel's Internal Security Minister, top Jerusalem police officials, members of Israel's Knesset, and relevant parliamentary committees, (all the tireless effort of Yehudah Glick the Temple Institute's Director), word went out across the length and the breadth of the land of Israel that a Hakhel ceremony would be taking place on Biblical schedule upon the Temple Mount.
On Wednesday morning over 1000 Jews arrived at the Temple Mount's Moghrabi Gate entrance in order to perform the once-in-seven years commandment. To learn more about this historic event and to see photographs, please click here.
At the very same time, while conducting an on-the-Temple Mount Hakhel ceremony for the first time in 2000 years, the Temple Institute's entire staff was also busy with last minute preparations for a second Hakhel gathering, this one in the Gan Tekuma park adjacent to the Jewish Quarter inside of Jerusalem's old city walls. This Hakhel ceremony included, along with the appropriate Hakhel readings from Deuteronomy, a presentation of many of the Institute's accomplishments from the past (5768) year.
Included were newly fashioned silver trumpets, the golden crown - tzitz - of the high priest, the first time wearing of bigdei kehuna - priestly garments for the lay priests, by five distinguished kohanim - priests, and the official unveiling of the just completed Kiyor Nechoshet - Brass Laver for the sanctification of the hands and feet of the priests before they begin their daily service in the Holy Temple. The two ton Kiyor had been transported by truck prior to the first day of Sukkot from the northern Israeli city of Akko, where it was manufactured by the Buchbut Metalworks Factory. It spent the night in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Choma. Following the conclusion of the first day of Sukkot the Kiyor was then delivered to the Temple Institute. Arriving in the old city at two in the morning, it was lowered by crane into Gan Tekuma, where it was guarded throughout the night by a number of dedicated volunteers.
Meanwhile, the sound and lighting systems and the main stage for the ceremony were being put in place. The ceremony was scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM, but already hours before curious onlookers, intrigued by the massive Kiyor, now covered by a blue tarp, began to gather round.
By the time the Hakhel ceremony began, thousands of spectators had already gathered, spilling out of Gan Tekuma into the adjacent open areas. The road above Gan Tekuma filled with people making vehicular traffic impossible. The old city wall which ran high above behind the stage likewise filled with onlookers.
A very moving evening ensued. Each of the five kohanim, (Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Avi Kahane, Menachem Cohen, Ariel Reigel and Micha Katz), took turns reading Hakhel verses from a Torah scroll, after which they stood and sounded the silver trumpets. The golden tzitz was placed upon the head of one of the priests. A description of the details of the priestly garments followed, and as a grand finale the Kiyor was unveiled.
The enthusiastic assembly crowded around the Kiyor. Children touched and explored the Brass Laver, while parents described to them how the laver works and how the priests much sanctify their hands and feet each day. The Hakhel ceremony had officially concluded, but for well over an hour people thronged around the Kiyor, savoring, as it were, the magic of the moment, beholding the unfolding of history, the march of destiny. To see photographs from the Hakhel ceremony, please click here.
After emerging from the cleansing, powerful experience of Yom Kippur, we enter into the Sukkah to experience the loving embrace of the Divine Presence. "Armed" with the unique commandment of the Four Species (etrog, lulav, hadasim and aravot), we celebrate the "season of our joy," a time of renewal and the ingathering of our strengths and potentials. But Sukkot is even more than all that it brings with it the promise of Divine Inspiration and even the renewal of prophecy. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman in this special Sukkot edition of Temple Talk for a tour de force of this incomparable season of pure joy.
To learn how Sukkot is observed in the Holy Temple, please click here.
This week features the latest Bat Melech video teaching by Rabanit Rena Richman, entitled, "Rachav: Profile in Repentance, Part II: Rachav, the women of "ill-repute" who lived in the wall of Jericho not only hosted the two spies sent by Joshua, but used the opportunity their presence afforded her to repent of her past deeds, and become herself a righteous woman of valor." Click here to view.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "The Sukkot Special: Deep secrets of the joy that characterizes the holiday of Sukkot." Both part I and part II are currently online. Click here to view.
Chag Sameach - a joy filled Sukkot to all,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
http://www.templeinstitute.org/
Hakhel Ceremonies Performed on the Temple Mount and in the Old City of Jerusalem
Chag Sukkot
Tishrei 18, 5769/October 17, 2008
While the nations of the world are being rocked by financial turbulence and meteorological volatility, in the holy city of Jerusalem history is being written with a steady hand amidst increasing signs that the long awaited redemption is at last drawing near. October 15th, the first day of Chol Hamoed, (1st day of the intermediate days of Sukkot), the designated day for the Biblically commanded "gathering" ceremony:
The unique commandment recorded in the book of Devarim - Deuteronomy - known as the Hakhel (literally, "gather together") tells us that the King of Israel is to gather together the entire nation of Israel - men, women and children - to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem once every seven years, during the intermediary days of the Festival of Sukkot, at the conclusion of the seven year Sabbatical cycle. There, he is to read the Torah before the entire congregation, from selected passages in the book of Deuteronomy. The purpose of this special gathering is to inspire the people to walk in the ways of G-d and cling to His Torah:
"'At the end of [every] seven years, at an appointed time, in the Festival of Sukkot, [after] the sabbatical year, when all Israel comes to appear before HaShem, your G-d, in the place He will choose you shall read this Torah before all Israel, in their ears.'" (Deuteronomy 31:10)
After months of quiet but intensive behind the scenes meetings with Israel's Internal Security Minister, top Jerusalem police officials, members of Israel's Knesset, and relevant parliamentary committees, (all the tireless effort of Yehudah Glick the Temple Institute's Director), word went out across the length and the breadth of the land of Israel that a Hakhel ceremony would be taking place on Biblical schedule upon the Temple Mount.
On Wednesday morning over 1000 Jews arrived at the Temple Mount's Moghrabi Gate entrance in order to perform the once-in-seven years commandment. To learn more about this historic event and to see photographs, please click here.
At the very same time, while conducting an on-the-Temple Mount Hakhel ceremony for the first time in 2000 years, the Temple Institute's entire staff was also busy with last minute preparations for a second Hakhel gathering, this one in the Gan Tekuma park adjacent to the Jewish Quarter inside of Jerusalem's old city walls. This Hakhel ceremony included, along with the appropriate Hakhel readings from Deuteronomy, a presentation of many of the Institute's accomplishments from the past (5768) year.
Included were newly fashioned silver trumpets, the golden crown - tzitz - of the high priest, the first time wearing of bigdei kehuna - priestly garments for the lay priests, by five distinguished kohanim - priests, and the official unveiling of the just completed Kiyor Nechoshet - Brass Laver for the sanctification of the hands and feet of the priests before they begin their daily service in the Holy Temple. The two ton Kiyor had been transported by truck prior to the first day of Sukkot from the northern Israeli city of Akko, where it was manufactured by the Buchbut Metalworks Factory. It spent the night in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Choma. Following the conclusion of the first day of Sukkot the Kiyor was then delivered to the Temple Institute. Arriving in the old city at two in the morning, it was lowered by crane into Gan Tekuma, where it was guarded throughout the night by a number of dedicated volunteers.
Meanwhile, the sound and lighting systems and the main stage for the ceremony were being put in place. The ceremony was scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM, but already hours before curious onlookers, intrigued by the massive Kiyor, now covered by a blue tarp, began to gather round.
By the time the Hakhel ceremony began, thousands of spectators had already gathered, spilling out of Gan Tekuma into the adjacent open areas. The road above Gan Tekuma filled with people making vehicular traffic impossible. The old city wall which ran high above behind the stage likewise filled with onlookers.
A very moving evening ensued. Each of the five kohanim, (Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Avi Kahane, Menachem Cohen, Ariel Reigel and Micha Katz), took turns reading Hakhel verses from a Torah scroll, after which they stood and sounded the silver trumpets. The golden tzitz was placed upon the head of one of the priests. A description of the details of the priestly garments followed, and as a grand finale the Kiyor was unveiled.
The enthusiastic assembly crowded around the Kiyor. Children touched and explored the Brass Laver, while parents described to them how the laver works and how the priests much sanctify their hands and feet each day. The Hakhel ceremony had officially concluded, but for well over an hour people thronged around the Kiyor, savoring, as it were, the magic of the moment, beholding the unfolding of history, the march of destiny. To see photographs from the Hakhel ceremony, please click here.
After emerging from the cleansing, powerful experience of Yom Kippur, we enter into the Sukkah to experience the loving embrace of the Divine Presence. "Armed" with the unique commandment of the Four Species (etrog, lulav, hadasim and aravot), we celebrate the "season of our joy," a time of renewal and the ingathering of our strengths and potentials. But Sukkot is even more than all that it brings with it the promise of Divine Inspiration and even the renewal of prophecy. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman in this special Sukkot edition of Temple Talk for a tour de force of this incomparable season of pure joy.
To learn how Sukkot is observed in the Holy Temple, please click here.
This week features the latest Bat Melech video teaching by Rabanit Rena Richman, entitled, "Rachav: Profile in Repentance, Part II: Rachav, the women of "ill-repute" who lived in the wall of Jericho not only hosted the two spies sent by Joshua, but used the opportunity their presence afforded her to repent of her past deeds, and become herself a righteous woman of valor." Click here to view.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "The Sukkot Special: Deep secrets of the joy that characterizes the holiday of Sukkot." Both part I and part II are currently online. Click here to view.
Chag Sameach - a joy filled Sukkot to all,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
http://www.templeinstitute.org/
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Sphinx Organization violates civil rights
The Sphinx Organization violates the rights of White children!
Re: Sphinx Organization isn't Racist?
Federal funds of $60,000 awarded to Sphinx in '04, it must be determined if they have since received even more.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROCEDURES FOR FILING CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Who Can File An individual may file a formal complaint with the Office of Civil Rights if they believe that they have been discriminated against by an organization which has received Endowment funds, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability and age. In order to be eligible to file a formal complaint with OCR, you must be a member or a representative for a "protected class." A protected class is comprised of persons who fit into any of the aforementioned categories. Thus, if you believe that you have been discriminated against on the basis of your race, color, national origin, disability, sex, or age, you are a member of a protected class. Federal law prohibits discrimination against any of these classes of individuals. http://www.nea.gov/about/Civil.html
Re: Sphinx Organization isn't Racist?
Federal funds of $60,000 awarded to Sphinx in '04, it must be determined if they have since received even more.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROCEDURES FOR FILING CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Who Can File An individual may file a formal complaint with the Office of Civil Rights if they believe that they have been discriminated against by an organization which has received Endowment funds, on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability and age. In order to be eligible to file a formal complaint with OCR, you must be a member or a representative for a "protected class." A protected class is comprised of persons who fit into any of the aforementioned categories. Thus, if you believe that you have been discriminated against on the basis of your race, color, national origin, disability, sex, or age, you are a member of a protected class. Federal law prohibits discrimination against any of these classes of individuals. http://www.nea.gov/about/Civil.html
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Halloween
EACH YEAR millions around the world observe the strangest of all festivals, Hallowe'en.
What about this strange festival? CLICK HERE to find out more!
What about this strange festival? CLICK HERE to find out more!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Fox Report on PCG
A story on the PCG (Philadelphia Church of God) by Nick Winkler, a reporter at Fox 25 in Oklahoma City, will air in November.
Priestly Blessings
Tens of Thousands at Blessing of the Priests at the Kotel
by Hana Levi Julian
(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of Kohanim, Jewish men descended from members of the priestly class in the People of Israel, gathered at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem on Thursday morning for the traditional Birkat HaKohanim.
The Western Wall plaza was packed with some 50,000 Jewish worshippers who streamed into Jerusalem from all over the country and around the world especially for the event.
During the recitation of the blessing, the Kohanim gathered into groups spread their prayer shawls over their own heads, spreading out their arms over the congregation to form a small enclosure that prevented congregants from seeing them during the actual blessing. There is a custom for the congregants who are being blessed to avoid looking at the Kohanim during the blessing as well.
Kohanim have the tradition of being direct descendants of the first High Priest of the Jewish People, Aharon (Aaron), the brother of Moshe (Moses), and as such have a separate status in Judaism. All Kohenim are members of the Tribe of Levi by direct patrilineal descent, although not all members of that tribe are Kohanim. The Levites who were not Kohenim served as Temple assistants and provided the music and songs to accompany ceremonies, among other tasks.
Following the ceremony, Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger recited a prayer he composed especially for the occation, asking G-d to "rescue" Jonathon Pollard, imprisoned in America for more than 20 years on a single count of espionage for handing classified information to Israel, an allied nation, and kidnapped IDF St. Sgt. Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since June 25, 2006.
Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar followed with a supplication of his own composition as well, asking G-d to take away distress from the People of Israel, to end the numerous tragic motor vehicle accidents that have destroyed so many lives in the country over the past year and the sicknesses that have affected so many people, and finally to decimate Israel's enemies.
To both blessings, some 50,000 voices answered with a resounding, "Amen!" according to an eyewitness, who added that security officers were discreet but clearly present. "It wasn't an overwhelming presence, you didn't get the feeling they were imposing themselves on you, but you did see them everywhere," he said. "I saw one soldier up on a roof with binoculars."
by Hana Levi Julian
(IsraelNN.com) Thousands of Kohanim, Jewish men descended from members of the priestly class in the People of Israel, gathered at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem on Thursday morning for the traditional Birkat HaKohanim.
The Western Wall plaza was packed with some 50,000 Jewish worshippers who streamed into Jerusalem from all over the country and around the world especially for the event.
During the recitation of the blessing, the Kohanim gathered into groups spread their prayer shawls over their own heads, spreading out their arms over the congregation to form a small enclosure that prevented congregants from seeing them during the actual blessing. There is a custom for the congregants who are being blessed to avoid looking at the Kohanim during the blessing as well.
Kohanim have the tradition of being direct descendants of the first High Priest of the Jewish People, Aharon (Aaron), the brother of Moshe (Moses), and as such have a separate status in Judaism. All Kohenim are members of the Tribe of Levi by direct patrilineal descent, although not all members of that tribe are Kohanim. The Levites who were not Kohenim served as Temple assistants and provided the music and songs to accompany ceremonies, among other tasks.
Following the ceremony, Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger recited a prayer he composed especially for the occation, asking G-d to "rescue" Jonathon Pollard, imprisoned in America for more than 20 years on a single count of espionage for handing classified information to Israel, an allied nation, and kidnapped IDF St. Sgt. Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since June 25, 2006.
Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar followed with a supplication of his own composition as well, asking G-d to take away distress from the People of Israel, to end the numerous tragic motor vehicle accidents that have destroyed so many lives in the country over the past year and the sicknesses that have affected so many people, and finally to decimate Israel's enemies.
To both blessings, some 50,000 voices answered with a resounding, "Amen!" according to an eyewitness, who added that security officers were discreet but clearly present. "It wasn't an overwhelming presence, you didn't get the feeling they were imposing themselves on you, but you did see them everywhere," he said. "I saw one soldier up on a roof with binoculars."
Temple Congregation Ceremony
Thousands Gather for Temple Congregation Ceremony
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) The Temple Institute in Jerusalem's Old City succeeded on Wednesday in arousing a spirit of longing for the Holy Temple amongst a crowd of thousands that gathered for a re-enactment of the Hakhel ceremony.
Of the two once-every-seven-years Biblical commandments - Shemittah and Hakhel - the first lasts for a whole year, while Hakhel takes only an hour or two, but packs a great burst of inspiration into that short period. Binding only when the Holy Temple is standing, it involves a public Torah reading by the King of Israel for the entire nation - men, women, and children - for the purpose of rousing all to stand in awe of G-d and follow the Torah's statutes.
The word Hakhel (pronounced Hock-hel) literally means, in fact, "Gather the people together" (Deut. 31, 10-12).
The Temple Institute held a smaller-scale re-enactment of the event in an Old City park on Wednesday, the first day of the Intermediate Days of the Sukkot holiday following the Shemittah year. Though only 500 people had been expected, several times that amount arrived. The event began with a procession of Kohanim, wearing priestly garments of the type used in the Temple and sounding of silver trumpets of the type sounded in the Temple, making their way through Old City streets until their arrival at the central stage.
Following the afternoon Mincha prayer, Rabbi Yehuda Glick of the Temple Institute introduced the rabbi-priests who were to read from the Torah. Among them were Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat, Rabbi Menachem Cohen of Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, and Rav Avi Kahane, as well as Rabbi Azariah Ariel - the head of the Temple Institute's kollel - and Yeshivat Shilo head Rav Araleh Harel.
The passages read aloud included Deut. 1 ("Behold, I have given you this Land; come and inherit this Land promised to your forefathers to give their descendants"), Deut. 11 (about the rewards for fulfilling the Torah and the negative consequences of not doing so), and others.
New Temple Vessel Serves 12 Priests at Once
The ceremony also featured the unveiling of the just-completed Kiyor HaNechoshet, the water source to be used for washing by the Priests several times a day. Built to replicate the Kiyor used in the Holy Temple, it is about nine feet high, weighs two tons, and is made mostly of copper. It comes complete with a computerized system that enables heated water to be used on weekdays, and non-heated water on Sabbaths and festivals, when heating the water is not permitted. Twelve priests can wash their hands and feet at once; each one presses one of two buttons to indicate whether he wants a large amount of water, such as after completing preparing an animal offering, or a small amount to merely purify his hands and feet.
The kiyor was built by Moshe Buchbut, a budding Torah scholar and a member of the family that owns Buchbut Metal Industries in the city of Akko (Acre). He repeated his explanations countless times to the many excited vistitors who asked how he built it and how it works. The Buchbut's decided to build the kiyor during the Second Lebanon War. "From the moment we made the decision," a family spokesman said, "we have been blessed, both in terms of Katyushas that seemed to stop hitting us during the war, and financially."
The actual faucets are expected to be installed in the coming weeks. The kiyor is now standing in a plaza in the Jewish Quarter, and is expected to be placed inside a protective glass container, as is the Temple Institute's Menorah. It had been hoped that the kiyor would be placed in the Western Wall Plaza, but this will apparently not occur in the near future.
A short film describing the Simchat Beit HaShoevah water pouring festival - a mainstay of the Sukkot ceremonies in the Holy Temple - was also screened. The film was prepared, as were the Temple vessels and clothing, by the Temple Institute.
Not Consecrated
Rabbi Glick explained that though the vessels were prepared in fulfillment of the Biblical commandment to fashion them - "we even recited the blessing 'He Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to fashion the tzitz [Priestly headplate],' for instance" - the vessels have not been consecrated to the Holy Temple and may therefore be used for other purposes, such as education.
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) The Temple Institute in Jerusalem's Old City succeeded on Wednesday in arousing a spirit of longing for the Holy Temple amongst a crowd of thousands that gathered for a re-enactment of the Hakhel ceremony.
Of the two once-every-seven-years Biblical commandments - Shemittah and Hakhel - the first lasts for a whole year, while Hakhel takes only an hour or two, but packs a great burst of inspiration into that short period. Binding only when the Holy Temple is standing, it involves a public Torah reading by the King of Israel for the entire nation - men, women, and children - for the purpose of rousing all to stand in awe of G-d and follow the Torah's statutes.
The word Hakhel (pronounced Hock-hel) literally means, in fact, "Gather the people together" (Deut. 31, 10-12).
The Temple Institute held a smaller-scale re-enactment of the event in an Old City park on Wednesday, the first day of the Intermediate Days of the Sukkot holiday following the Shemittah year. Though only 500 people had been expected, several times that amount arrived. The event began with a procession of Kohanim, wearing priestly garments of the type used in the Temple and sounding of silver trumpets of the type sounded in the Temple, making their way through Old City streets until their arrival at the central stage.
Following the afternoon Mincha prayer, Rabbi Yehuda Glick of the Temple Institute introduced the rabbi-priests who were to read from the Torah. Among them were Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat, Rabbi Menachem Cohen of Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, and Rav Avi Kahane, as well as Rabbi Azariah Ariel - the head of the Temple Institute's kollel - and Yeshivat Shilo head Rav Araleh Harel.
The passages read aloud included Deut. 1 ("Behold, I have given you this Land; come and inherit this Land promised to your forefathers to give their descendants"), Deut. 11 (about the rewards for fulfilling the Torah and the negative consequences of not doing so), and others.
New Temple Vessel Serves 12 Priests at Once
The ceremony also featured the unveiling of the just-completed Kiyor HaNechoshet, the water source to be used for washing by the Priests several times a day. Built to replicate the Kiyor used in the Holy Temple, it is about nine feet high, weighs two tons, and is made mostly of copper. It comes complete with a computerized system that enables heated water to be used on weekdays, and non-heated water on Sabbaths and festivals, when heating the water is not permitted. Twelve priests can wash their hands and feet at once; each one presses one of two buttons to indicate whether he wants a large amount of water, such as after completing preparing an animal offering, or a small amount to merely purify his hands and feet.
The kiyor was built by Moshe Buchbut, a budding Torah scholar and a member of the family that owns Buchbut Metal Industries in the city of Akko (Acre). He repeated his explanations countless times to the many excited vistitors who asked how he built it and how it works. The Buchbut's decided to build the kiyor during the Second Lebanon War. "From the moment we made the decision," a family spokesman said, "we have been blessed, both in terms of Katyushas that seemed to stop hitting us during the war, and financially."
The actual faucets are expected to be installed in the coming weeks. The kiyor is now standing in a plaza in the Jewish Quarter, and is expected to be placed inside a protective glass container, as is the Temple Institute's Menorah. It had been hoped that the kiyor would be placed in the Western Wall Plaza, but this will apparently not occur in the near future.
A short film describing the Simchat Beit HaShoevah water pouring festival - a mainstay of the Sukkot ceremonies in the Holy Temple - was also screened. The film was prepared, as were the Temple vessels and clothing, by the Temple Institute.
Not Consecrated
Rabbi Glick explained that though the vessels were prepared in fulfillment of the Biblical commandment to fashion them - "we even recited the blessing 'He Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to fashion the tzitz [Priestly headplate],' for instance" - the vessels have not been consecrated to the Holy Temple and may therefore be used for other purposes, such as education.
God-given Names
God-given Names
I was born David A. Hoover on January 10, 1960 in Bowling Green, Ohio. However, I legally changed my name to David Ben-Ariel (with the help of my Jewish lawyer) during the Spring of 1989. It cost me $300.00.
It also required that I take out a small ad in a newspaper announcing my intentions 30 days beforehand. I placed my ad in the Bowling Green Sentinel.
I also had to appear before a judge (it depends on what county you were born) for him to privately question my motivations. He was assured by my lawyer that I wasn’t running from the law or trying to escape some outstanding debt, but that my reasons were religious in nature. The judge accepted that but wanted to impress upon me that I could have "trouble" with that name in America, without elaborating. I felt he meant because it was Jewish and/or could be difficult for some to know how to pronounce. I told him I wasn’t concerned about it since I planned on moving to Israel anyway.
My reasons for changing my name were religious in nature. Why? Because I honestly feel that Ben-Ariel is a God-given name. And why would I feel that way? Because after a Hebrew class where my teacher mentioned how many people change their names when they move to Israel, I went home wondering what surname I would have in Israel, knowing my first name is already Hebrew.
I had always liked the Hebrew last name of Ben-Ammi, after reading it in Leon Uris’ book Exodus, since it means "son of my people," but while thinking about it and wondering what name my father would’ve given me, if he would’ve given me a Hebrew name, I didn’t know. I then knelt down in prayer and asked God what name, IF ANY, would He give me since He's my Heavenly Father, and I couldn’t ask my dad because he died when I was twelve.
I expected God to perhaps lead or guide or influence me to like a particular name, but immediately ARIEL flashed into my mind and immediately I rejected it. Why? Because it means "the Lion of God" and I felt such a name only belongs to Jesus Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. While wondering about the name of Ariel, I remembered that Israel’s defense minister was Ariel Sharon (whom I’ve since met in Jerusalem and Hebron). I reluctantly decided to keep the name in reserve (since it was really impressed upon me!) until God or circumstances might lead me to accept another, and went to bed.
The Bible mentions MANY INCIDENTS where God chose to change someone’s name or to name them before their birth. It is unusual but it’s not unscriptural. There was Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac (Gen. 17:5, 15, 19); Ishmael (Gen. 16:11); Solomon (I Chron. 22:9) and Solomon’s nickname Jedidiah (2 Sam. 12:25); Cyrus (Isa. 44:28; 45:4); John the Baptist (Lk. 1:13); Jesus (Matt. 1:21); Peter and the two brothers James and John whom Jesus nicknamed "sons of thunder" (Mk. 3:16-17); just to name a few.
God promises to give us each a new and unique name in the Kingdom, either in place of or in addition to our current one (Rev. 2:17), as well as sharing Jesus’ new name and bearing the Father’s name as Priest-Kings (Rev. 3:12, 14; Ex. 28:36; Lev. 8:9). God has many name or titles, descriptive of His wonderful qualities and characteristics (Isa. 9:6). The Jews even teach that God’s Hebrew name Elohim (literally Gods) is plural due to the fact that God is too great to be constrained to one name, and is used in the sense of the royal "We." That’s why Elohim said "let us...." We understand that it’s also because there’s presently two God-Beings in the one Kingdom of God, like Adam and Eve were two separate people who both shared the surname Adam as one family unit (Gen. 2:24; 5:2; John 10:30).
God has His reasons why He would change someone’s name and who are we to question Him? The April 1980 issue of The Good News magazine (published by the Worldwide Church of God) carried an article called "History of the Church" that helps us to understand why Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter: "...and He gave him a surname prophetic of the moral and spiritual strength he would eventually demonstrate. Jesus bestowed upon him the new name, before he had earned it that it might be an incentive to him to realize what Jesus had expected."
After going to bed, about to fall asleep, Isaiah 29:1 flashed into my mind. What’s amazing is that I had never memorized that Scripture! It reveals that Ariel is a nickname for JERUSALEM!I now understand why God the Father had chosen Ariel for me. Anyone who knows me knows that Jerusalem is always on my mind (Jer. 51:50), especially after my first visit there to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in 1980, as mentioned in From Toledo to Jerusalem and Israel Work History (Worldwide Church of God).
God has shown me that He’s stirred me up and given me a burning desire for Jerusalem and Israel (Isa. 62:1, 6-7). I finally realized that God was calling me a "SON OF JERUSALEM."I got out of bed, got down on my knees with tears in my eyes, and thanked God for truly knowing us inside and out, just like His Word says, and embraced the new name God had given me! I also accepted it as a SPIRITUAL GOAL: to live worthy of one named after holy Jerusalem and all that it ideally represents.
I end my prayers facing Jerusalem every night with "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" (Jerusalem of Gold), a plea for Jerusalem to fulfill its calling (2 Chron. 6:38-39; Dan. 6:10).
Later, I began to understand how Ariel can also refer to Judah and King David. Since my family tree is traced back to the British and Scottish Royal Families (the Royal House of David) it’s also befitting that Ben-Ariel can mean "son of David" and "son of Judah" (whose tribal emblem is the lion).
I’m convinced that the God of the Bible, the God of Israel, and the God of my forefather David, has blessed me with the name of Ariel. Even if I chose Ariel for myself -- which I did not, I originally objected to it -- there wouldn’t be any harm in that since such a practice is Biblical: "One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel" (Isa. 44:5).
God surnamed me Ariel back around 1982, however it wasn’t until 1989 that I finally changed my name legally. I knew that even though God had given me the name that I didn’t necessarily have to change my name. I was also hesitant to do so because I am the only son and the only Hoover males alive (that I’m aware of) were my grandfather and myself. I didn’t want the name to die out, not that I’m married and have any sons anyway (although God assures His spiritual "eunuchs" that we’ll be given excellent and eternal names - Isa. 56:5). I began to see that Hoover was possibly an Anglicized form of the German Huber (since many immigrants changed their names upon arrival in America).
I also didn’t want to hurt or offend my grandfather (Arthur Hoover of Risingsun, Ohio) or possibly get disinherited, but I made up my mind that since I was about to seek citizenship in Israel, starting a new chapter in our family history, I was going to take the lead and change my name. My grandfather ended up dying about four months before the fact, unaware of what I planned to do. So now I’ve been David Ben-Ariel for years and my family and friends are used to it.
My God-given name is ESTABLISHED BEFORE GOD who mentions Jerusalem twice in it: the City of David and Ariel.
I was born David A. Hoover on January 10, 1960 in Bowling Green, Ohio. However, I legally changed my name to David Ben-Ariel (with the help of my Jewish lawyer) during the Spring of 1989. It cost me $300.00.
It also required that I take out a small ad in a newspaper announcing my intentions 30 days beforehand. I placed my ad in the Bowling Green Sentinel.
I also had to appear before a judge (it depends on what county you were born) for him to privately question my motivations. He was assured by my lawyer that I wasn’t running from the law or trying to escape some outstanding debt, but that my reasons were religious in nature. The judge accepted that but wanted to impress upon me that I could have "trouble" with that name in America, without elaborating. I felt he meant because it was Jewish and/or could be difficult for some to know how to pronounce. I told him I wasn’t concerned about it since I planned on moving to Israel anyway.
My reasons for changing my name were religious in nature. Why? Because I honestly feel that Ben-Ariel is a God-given name. And why would I feel that way? Because after a Hebrew class where my teacher mentioned how many people change their names when they move to Israel, I went home wondering what surname I would have in Israel, knowing my first name is already Hebrew.
I had always liked the Hebrew last name of Ben-Ammi, after reading it in Leon Uris’ book Exodus, since it means "son of my people," but while thinking about it and wondering what name my father would’ve given me, if he would’ve given me a Hebrew name, I didn’t know. I then knelt down in prayer and asked God what name, IF ANY, would He give me since He's my Heavenly Father, and I couldn’t ask my dad because he died when I was twelve.
I expected God to perhaps lead or guide or influence me to like a particular name, but immediately ARIEL flashed into my mind and immediately I rejected it. Why? Because it means "the Lion of God" and I felt such a name only belongs to Jesus Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. While wondering about the name of Ariel, I remembered that Israel’s defense minister was Ariel Sharon (whom I’ve since met in Jerusalem and Hebron). I reluctantly decided to keep the name in reserve (since it was really impressed upon me!) until God or circumstances might lead me to accept another, and went to bed.
The Bible mentions MANY INCIDENTS where God chose to change someone’s name or to name them before their birth. It is unusual but it’s not unscriptural. There was Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac (Gen. 17:5, 15, 19); Ishmael (Gen. 16:11); Solomon (I Chron. 22:9) and Solomon’s nickname Jedidiah (2 Sam. 12:25); Cyrus (Isa. 44:28; 45:4); John the Baptist (Lk. 1:13); Jesus (Matt. 1:21); Peter and the two brothers James and John whom Jesus nicknamed "sons of thunder" (Mk. 3:16-17); just to name a few.
God promises to give us each a new and unique name in the Kingdom, either in place of or in addition to our current one (Rev. 2:17), as well as sharing Jesus’ new name and bearing the Father’s name as Priest-Kings (Rev. 3:12, 14; Ex. 28:36; Lev. 8:9). God has many name or titles, descriptive of His wonderful qualities and characteristics (Isa. 9:6). The Jews even teach that God’s Hebrew name Elohim (literally Gods) is plural due to the fact that God is too great to be constrained to one name, and is used in the sense of the royal "We." That’s why Elohim said "let us...." We understand that it’s also because there’s presently two God-Beings in the one Kingdom of God, like Adam and Eve were two separate people who both shared the surname Adam as one family unit (Gen. 2:24; 5:2; John 10:30).
God has His reasons why He would change someone’s name and who are we to question Him? The April 1980 issue of The Good News magazine (published by the Worldwide Church of God) carried an article called "History of the Church" that helps us to understand why Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter: "...and He gave him a surname prophetic of the moral and spiritual strength he would eventually demonstrate. Jesus bestowed upon him the new name, before he had earned it that it might be an incentive to him to realize what Jesus had expected."
After going to bed, about to fall asleep, Isaiah 29:1 flashed into my mind. What’s amazing is that I had never memorized that Scripture! It reveals that Ariel is a nickname for JERUSALEM!I now understand why God the Father had chosen Ariel for me. Anyone who knows me knows that Jerusalem is always on my mind (Jer. 51:50), especially after my first visit there to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in 1980, as mentioned in From Toledo to Jerusalem and Israel Work History (Worldwide Church of God).
God has shown me that He’s stirred me up and given me a burning desire for Jerusalem and Israel (Isa. 62:1, 6-7). I finally realized that God was calling me a "SON OF JERUSALEM."I got out of bed, got down on my knees with tears in my eyes, and thanked God for truly knowing us inside and out, just like His Word says, and embraced the new name God had given me! I also accepted it as a SPIRITUAL GOAL: to live worthy of one named after holy Jerusalem and all that it ideally represents.
I end my prayers facing Jerusalem every night with "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" (Jerusalem of Gold), a plea for Jerusalem to fulfill its calling (2 Chron. 6:38-39; Dan. 6:10).
Later, I began to understand how Ariel can also refer to Judah and King David. Since my family tree is traced back to the British and Scottish Royal Families (the Royal House of David) it’s also befitting that Ben-Ariel can mean "son of David" and "son of Judah" (whose tribal emblem is the lion).
I’m convinced that the God of the Bible, the God of Israel, and the God of my forefather David, has blessed me with the name of Ariel. Even if I chose Ariel for myself -- which I did not, I originally objected to it -- there wouldn’t be any harm in that since such a practice is Biblical: "One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel" (Isa. 44:5).
God surnamed me Ariel back around 1982, however it wasn’t until 1989 that I finally changed my name legally. I knew that even though God had given me the name that I didn’t necessarily have to change my name. I was also hesitant to do so because I am the only son and the only Hoover males alive (that I’m aware of) were my grandfather and myself. I didn’t want the name to die out, not that I’m married and have any sons anyway (although God assures His spiritual "eunuchs" that we’ll be given excellent and eternal names - Isa. 56:5). I began to see that Hoover was possibly an Anglicized form of the German Huber (since many immigrants changed their names upon arrival in America).
I also didn’t want to hurt or offend my grandfather (Arthur Hoover of Risingsun, Ohio) or possibly get disinherited, but I made up my mind that since I was about to seek citizenship in Israel, starting a new chapter in our family history, I was going to take the lead and change my name. My grandfather ended up dying about four months before the fact, unaware of what I planned to do. So now I’ve been David Ben-Ariel for years and my family and friends are used to it.
My God-given name is ESTABLISHED BEFORE GOD who mentions Jerusalem twice in it: the City of David and Ariel.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Obama in the flesh
Obama in the flesh
I saw the Messiah today (if you believe Nation of Islam cult leader Louis Farrakhan) at the Maumee Bay State Park. My friend Carl and I had just finished walking the boardwalk (a great 2 mile stretch that meanders through woods and meadows near Lake Erie), and started to walk back to my car that was parked near the yellow-taped off area where all the Sheriff and Police are stationed for Obama's visit and Barack Obama was there shaking hands with tens of people. Looks just like he does on TV! ;-)
I walked right up and wanted to hand him one of my business cards (like I gave out yesterday to media, police and people), and was only 3 feet from him but that was when he was on the way out, was turning around to get into the waiting van, the Secret Service had open for him.
I wouldn't have shaken his hand, because that's a gesture you come in peace, without a weapon, and mean well. I don't believe Obama, a foreigner and fraud, means well for the United States. How could he after being indoctrinated by Jeremiah Wright and others in hateful Black Liberation Theology for over 20 years?
I don't hate Barack Hussein Obama, but I do despise the beliefs and the murderous and treacherous attitude of those Obama is known to surround himself with (from Jeremiah Wright to Louis Farrakhan to other Communists and Socialists and terrorists) since I love the United States of America and pray God Bless America. That being said, like the lady in Holland, Ohio told Obama this past Sabbath, "I won't vote for you, but I will pray for you." Amen.
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If Obama's the Messiah...
I saw the Messiah today (if you believe Nation of Islam cult leader Louis Farrakhan) at the Maumee Bay State Park. My friend Carl and I had just finished walking the boardwalk (a great 2 mile stretch that meanders through woods and meadows near Lake Erie), and started to walk back to my car that was parked near the yellow-taped off area where all the Sheriff and Police are stationed for Obama's visit and Barack Obama was there shaking hands with tens of people. Looks just like he does on TV! ;-)
I walked right up and wanted to hand him one of my business cards (like I gave out yesterday to media, police and people), and was only 3 feet from him but that was when he was on the way out, was turning around to get into the waiting van, the Secret Service had open for him.
I wouldn't have shaken his hand, because that's a gesture you come in peace, without a weapon, and mean well. I don't believe Obama, a foreigner and fraud, means well for the United States. How could he after being indoctrinated by Jeremiah Wright and others in hateful Black Liberation Theology for over 20 years?
I don't hate Barack Hussein Obama, but I do despise the beliefs and the murderous and treacherous attitude of those Obama is known to surround himself with (from Jeremiah Wright to Louis Farrakhan to other Communists and Socialists and terrorists) since I love the United States of America and pray God Bless America. That being said, like the lady in Holland, Ohio told Obama this past Sabbath, "I won't vote for you, but I will pray for you." Amen.
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If Obama's the Messiah...
Obama's not the Messiah
Barack Hussein Obama, that foreigner and fraud, spoke in Toledo, Ohio yesterday at the Seagate Center. Afterwards I went down and distributed a few of my business cards with my book (Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall) and website address (http://www.davidbenariel.org/) on it. Then I continued on to my favorite park in the area: Maumee Bay State Park.
I had just visited Maumee Bay State Park this past Sabbath with a Black brother, Baruch, who believes as I do (against the replacement theology of Sunday for Sabbath and pagan holidays for the biblical festivals, etc.) and joked with him folks would think I was Biden and he was Obama! LOL. We go there often to walk on the boardwalk and fellowship and enjoy God's good creation. We usually see some deer, besides a variety of birds.
At the Maumee Bay Resort & Conference Center I counted over 10 State Trooper and Sheriff vehicles, several police cars, a big trailor for what I reckon was a temporary Sheriff headquarters for the shindig, lots of secret service (who I discovered aren't allowed to take business cards), around 5 stationed golf carts (with a police officer in each) at angles of Maumee Bay Conference Center and some boat out in the water.
Inside the lovely Conference Center I was lounging in the lobby with some dignified senior citizens (one who had declined to be interviewed or photographed by the media), and I questioned aloud, "If Obama's the Messiah, why does he need all the security?" They chuckled and nodded in approval. What a waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money!
I continued, "And if Obama's the Messiah why is he staying at this expensive place rather than at the campground they provide, since this evening starts the biblical festival of Succot (Festival of Tabernacles) and he could set up a booth like Yeshua (Jesus) would do? Of course, those who haven't been Obamatized, who aren't under Obama's sway and haven't fall for Obama's demonic appeal, who aren't smitten with delusions of Obama's grandeur, know Barack Hussein Obama is not the Messiah.
I had just visited Maumee Bay State Park this past Sabbath with a Black brother, Baruch, who believes as I do (against the replacement theology of Sunday for Sabbath and pagan holidays for the biblical festivals, etc.) and joked with him folks would think I was Biden and he was Obama! LOL. We go there often to walk on the boardwalk and fellowship and enjoy God's good creation. We usually see some deer, besides a variety of birds.
At the Maumee Bay Resort & Conference Center I counted over 10 State Trooper and Sheriff vehicles, several police cars, a big trailor for what I reckon was a temporary Sheriff headquarters for the shindig, lots of secret service (who I discovered aren't allowed to take business cards), around 5 stationed golf carts (with a police officer in each) at angles of Maumee Bay Conference Center and some boat out in the water.
Inside the lovely Conference Center I was lounging in the lobby with some dignified senior citizens (one who had declined to be interviewed or photographed by the media), and I questioned aloud, "If Obama's the Messiah, why does he need all the security?" They chuckled and nodded in approval. What a waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money!
I continued, "And if Obama's the Messiah why is he staying at this expensive place rather than at the campground they provide, since this evening starts the biblical festival of Succot (Festival of Tabernacles) and he could set up a booth like Yeshua (Jesus) would do? Of course, those who haven't been Obamatized, who aren't under Obama's sway and haven't fall for Obama's demonic appeal, who aren't smitten with delusions of Obama's grandeur, know Barack Hussein Obama is not the Messiah.
Friday, October 10, 2008
WND Forums - We The People
http://forums.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=11
RE: RE: We The People - Stand up or get stomped on!
Posted by David Ben-Ariel on Oct 11, 2008 00:09
How bizarre that you say the Khazars are not Jews, when THEY - along with their other Jewish brethren - have fulfilled the prophecies concerning Jews being restored to the Jewish homeland of Israel. Many Israelites are professing Christians, British-Israelism is true, but we have our part to play and our Jewish brethren have their part to play and ultimately we will become One Nation Under God, a truly United Kingdom.
Augustine is NOT a Christian, and he promoted the replacement theology of the accursed Roman Catholic Cult, substituting Sunday for Sabbath and pagan holidays for biblical festivals, etc. Won't you let the plain truth set you free?
A Jewish Homeland
http://www.davidbenariel.org/israel/jewish-homeland.htm
Christian Zionists, Jews, and Israel
http://www.davidbenariel.org/israel/christian-zionists-jews-israel.htm
Reply to: corey
Reply to "We The People"- Yes, we Christians DO have "Hebrew Roots". HOWEVER, the "Israelites" spoken of in the "Book of Revelation" are NOT today's Jews. Those who call themselves "Jews" are, in fact, Khazars, converted to Judaism and who originated on the Russian Steppes. The "Israelites" in Revelation are now the Christians. This is called "Replacement Theology" and is NOT new. St. Augustine wrote of this in the 4th Century A.D.
RE: RE: We The People - Stand up or get stomped on!
Posted by David Ben-Ariel on Oct 11, 2008 00:09
How bizarre that you say the Khazars are not Jews, when THEY - along with their other Jewish brethren - have fulfilled the prophecies concerning Jews being restored to the Jewish homeland of Israel. Many Israelites are professing Christians, British-Israelism is true, but we have our part to play and our Jewish brethren have their part to play and ultimately we will become One Nation Under God, a truly United Kingdom.
Augustine is NOT a Christian, and he promoted the replacement theology of the accursed Roman Catholic Cult, substituting Sunday for Sabbath and pagan holidays for biblical festivals, etc. Won't you let the plain truth set you free?
A Jewish Homeland
http://www.davidbenariel.org/israel/jewish-homeland.htm
Christian Zionists, Jews, and Israel
http://www.davidbenariel.org/israel/christian-zionists-jews-israel.htm
Reply to: corey
Reply to "We The People"- Yes, we Christians DO have "Hebrew Roots". HOWEVER, the "Israelites" spoken of in the "Book of Revelation" are NOT today's Jews. Those who call themselves "Jews" are, in fact, Khazars, converted to Judaism and who originated on the Russian Steppes. The "Israelites" in Revelation are now the Christians. This is called "Replacement Theology" and is NOT new. St. Augustine wrote of this in the 4th Century A.D.
We The People
We The People - Stand up or get stomped on!
We The People (Am Yisrael - the Nation/People of Israel) - White Israelite peoples (those Anglo-Saxon-Celtics and White peoples of NW European heritage) - must remember our Hebrew roots (Roots - they're not just for Black folk anymore!) and biblical responsibilities if we are to survive.
It is urgent that We The People remember our Hebrew roots and biblical responsibilities, and break the bonds that shackle our minds and keep us down and under the Gentile heel; We The People must cast off the politically correct yoke of bondage imposed upon us; We The People must utterly reject the replacement theology of the politically correct cultists who have imposed "White guilt" upon us and who engage in pyschological warfare against us daily by building up other races by tearing down the White race, always "advancing" them at our expense. The White Man's Burden has become too great. Charity begins at home. Let us look after our own, first and foremost, and refuse to surrender any more territory.
The choice before us is to stand up or get stomped on - we've already been walked all over with institutionalized reverse discrimination and trampled by flagrant double standards and now they're showing their true colors by coveting the highest office of the land (that the Bible forbids them from occupying*).
Notice Blacks clearly have no shame in promoting one of their own kind (which is somewhat understandable but condemned as backward, redneck and racist when White people do the same), but what is not understandable, what is most unnatural and insane, is how useful White idiots are aiding and abetting their terrorism against us! Let us never forget that We The People are our own worst enemies - not Blacks, not Asians, not Latinos.
We The People wouldn't be in this situation, found in these dire straights, stuck in this muck, if we were in our proper place with God (Daniel 9:11). When We The People remember our Hebrew roots and biblical responsibilities and act accordingly, when we get back in our place with God, they'll be put back into their place, so help us God!
* It's A Sin To Vote For Obama!
http://www.davidbenariel.org/
We The People (Am Yisrael - the Nation/People of Israel) - White Israelite peoples (those Anglo-Saxon-Celtics and White peoples of NW European heritage) - must remember our Hebrew roots (Roots - they're not just for Black folk anymore!) and biblical responsibilities if we are to survive.
It is urgent that We The People remember our Hebrew roots and biblical responsibilities, and break the bonds that shackle our minds and keep us down and under the Gentile heel; We The People must cast off the politically correct yoke of bondage imposed upon us; We The People must utterly reject the replacement theology of the politically correct cultists who have imposed "White guilt" upon us and who engage in pyschological warfare against us daily by building up other races by tearing down the White race, always "advancing" them at our expense. The White Man's Burden has become too great. Charity begins at home. Let us look after our own, first and foremost, and refuse to surrender any more territory.
The choice before us is to stand up or get stomped on - we've already been walked all over with institutionalized reverse discrimination and trampled by flagrant double standards and now they're showing their true colors by coveting the highest office of the land (that the Bible forbids them from occupying*).
Notice Blacks clearly have no shame in promoting one of their own kind (which is somewhat understandable but condemned as backward, redneck and racist when White people do the same), but what is not understandable, what is most unnatural and insane, is how useful White idiots are aiding and abetting their terrorism against us! Let us never forget that We The People are our own worst enemies - not Blacks, not Asians, not Latinos.
We The People wouldn't be in this situation, found in these dire straights, stuck in this muck, if we were in our proper place with God (Daniel 9:11). When We The People remember our Hebrew roots and biblical responsibilities and act accordingly, when we get back in our place with God, they'll be put back into their place, so help us God!
* It's A Sin To Vote For Obama!
http://www.davidbenariel.org/
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Yom Kippur observed in the Temple (Temple Institute)
To learn how Yom Kippur is observed in the Holy Temple:
Table of Contents
Preparations for the Day of Atonement
Intense Practice, Review and Study
Separation Seven Days in Advance
"Read Aloud Yourself"
The Eve of the Day of Atonement
The Elders of the Priesthood
An Oath Before Parting
The Immersion of the High Priest
The Immersion of the High Priest (continued)
The High Priest Sanctifies His Hands and Feet
Sanctifying the Hands and Feet
The Daily Incense Offering
The Courtyard Fills with People
The Yom Kippur Offerings
The Yom Kippur Service
The High Priest's Oral Confession
The Ineffable Name of G-d
The Scapegoat
The Two Goats and the Lottery Box
Drawing the Lots
"Raise Up Your Right Hand!"
The Fateful Lottery
Placing the Lots
A "Tounge of Crimson Wool"
The Miracle of the Crimson Wool
The Second Oral Confession
"Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom, for ever and ever."
The Bullock is Slaughtered
Coals for the Incense
The High Priest's Steps Bear Witness to the Greatness of the Day
The Incense Service
Entering into the Sanctuary
Between the Curtains
In the Holy of Holies
Placing the Coals Down: First Temple
Placing the Coals Down: Second Temple
The Most Difficult Task of All
Not Even One Grain May Fall
Placing the Incense on the Coals
The High Priest's "Short" Prayer
A Time for Brevity
Exiting - and Reentering
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock (continued)
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock (continued)
Slaughtering the Goat Designated "For God"
Sprinkling Against the Curtain
Mixing the Two Together
"The Altar That is Before God"
Dispatching the Scapegoat
The Confession
Across the Bridge
"Take Our Sins and Go!"
Ten Booths
Ten Booths (continued)
To the Cliff
The Scapegoat Dies
The Scapegoat Dies (continued)
The Scouts' Signals
Reading from the Torah
The Burning of the Bull and Goat
Disposing of the White Vestments
A Celebration of Thanks
Ne'ilah: The Closing of the Gates
In Conclusion
Back to Study Tools
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Table of Contents
Preparations for the Day of Atonement
Intense Practice, Review and Study
Separation Seven Days in Advance
"Read Aloud Yourself"
The Eve of the Day of Atonement
The Elders of the Priesthood
An Oath Before Parting
The Immersion of the High Priest
The Immersion of the High Priest (continued)
The High Priest Sanctifies His Hands and Feet
Sanctifying the Hands and Feet
The Daily Incense Offering
The Courtyard Fills with People
The Yom Kippur Offerings
The Yom Kippur Service
The High Priest's Oral Confession
The Ineffable Name of G-d
The Scapegoat
The Two Goats and the Lottery Box
Drawing the Lots
"Raise Up Your Right Hand!"
The Fateful Lottery
Placing the Lots
A "Tounge of Crimson Wool"
The Miracle of the Crimson Wool
The Second Oral Confession
"Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom, for ever and ever."
The Bullock is Slaughtered
Coals for the Incense
The High Priest's Steps Bear Witness to the Greatness of the Day
The Incense Service
Entering into the Sanctuary
Between the Curtains
In the Holy of Holies
Placing the Coals Down: First Temple
Placing the Coals Down: Second Temple
The Most Difficult Task of All
Not Even One Grain May Fall
Placing the Incense on the Coals
The High Priest's "Short" Prayer
A Time for Brevity
Exiting - and Reentering
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock (continued)
Sprinkling the Blood of the Bullock (continued)
Slaughtering the Goat Designated "For God"
Sprinkling Against the Curtain
Mixing the Two Together
"The Altar That is Before God"
Dispatching the Scapegoat
The Confession
Across the Bridge
"Take Our Sins and Go!"
Ten Booths
Ten Booths (continued)
To the Cliff
The Scapegoat Dies
The Scapegoat Dies (continued)
The Scouts' Signals
Reading from the Torah
The Burning of the Bull and Goat
Disposing of the White Vestments
A Celebration of Thanks
Ne'ilah: The Closing of the Gates
In Conclusion
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"And Moses went..." (Temple Institute)
"And Moses went..."(Deuteronomy 31:1)Tishrei 8, 5769/October 7, 2008
"Vayelech Moshe - And Moses went..." Where did Moses go? These opening words of this past week's Torah reading, Vayelech, begin the very verses we read during the ten day period beginning with Rosh HaShana and concluding with Yom Kippur. This week, the week in which, more so than any other week of the Hebrew calendar, we focus our thoughts on repentance, on overcoming our weaknesses, correcting our mistakes, drawing nearer to G-d, this week more than ever we seek G-d's guidance as we stand before Him in judgment and beg His forgiveness.
This week, as we stand on the edge of the unknown, we seek certainty. Yet this week we read the words "And Moses went..." and nobody can tell us to where Moses went. To be sure, the classical Torah commentators seek the answer and even put forth various proposals, but all are in agreement: the verse itself does not provide the answer, neither directly nor indirectly. Not even a clue.
One commentator proposes that Moses went off to the Israelite encampments to take leave of his fellow Jews, bidding them farewell, as the day of his death has arrived. Another suggests that he excused himself from the assembled nation before whom he had been standing, in order to retire to the tabernacle. The Holy Ohr HaChaim describes the journey of Moses' soul to scout out its final resting place in heaven. Each of these propositions is reasonable, each teaching its own sublime message. Yet no one truly knows to where Moses is heading.
Similar ambiguity using the same word, "vayelech - and he went," occurs only one other time in Scripture: "A man of the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi." (Exodus 2:1) The man referred to is none other than Amram, the father of Moses. And the very next verse announces the birth of Moses. Yet, as is the case with "And Moses went..." this verse doesn't tell us where Amram went. Moses, whose history we follow throughout four of the five books of Torah, begins his life in ambiguity and ends his life in ambiguity.
We seek certainty, we seek clarity, we seek affirmation. And this week, this week of weeks which concludes with the most holy and solemn day of the year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, G-d, in His infinite wisdom and in His infinite love for us His children, tells us that certainty isn't part of the program. We enter into this world with uncertainty, crying out to G-d. And at the end of the day we exit this world and enter into the next with uncertainty.
This entire life journey, from the moment we emerge from the womb, to the day we are placed in our tomb, is encapsulated in the twenty five hour Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur. After all, we stand before G-d as newborns, availing ourselves of this second chance G-d has given us, this second opportunity called teshuva - repentance and return, which allows us to wash ourselves of our sins and errors and cleanse ourselves of the distance that we have created between ourselves and G-d, and begin anew, pure and unencumbered. And yet we also stand before G-d wearing our white kittel, the very garment in which we will eventually be buried, for after all, we are instructed to repent the day before we die, and therefore should regard every day as the day to repent. So much more so, this the day of days.
We stand before G-d on this day of our life in which our entire life is on the line, both what was, and what is yet to be, and just like Moses, we are not told to where we are going. But one thing is for certain, the only thing, perhaps, in life which is: if we repent, if we do teshuva, G-d will certainly embrace us and grant us life. Teshuva is the foundation upon which all creation rests. Repentance is the principle upon which all life is predicated. But the question we ask: where are we heading? Are we returning to G-d? Are we returning to the person G-d intended us to be? To this question only we ourselves can provide the answer.
On this Yom Kippur, a day of trepidation and uncertainty as we take stock of ourselves, but also a day of great joy, we need, like Moses, and like his father Amram before him, to banish our fears, and step forward in the absolute certainty of G-d's love for us, and His eternal promise:
"Be strong and courageous! ... HaShem He is the One Who goes before you; He will be with you; He will neither fail you, nor forsake you. Do not fear, and do not be dismayed." (Deuteronomy 31:7-8)
Tune in to this week's Temple Talk as Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven discuss the ten days of repentance, the Divine promise which awaits us on Yom Kippur, our seven year rendezvous with Moses coming up in next week's Hakhel celebration, and the powerful life messages of this week's Torah reading of Vayelech.
This week features the latest Bat Melech video teaching by Rabanit Rena Richman, entitled, "Rachav: Profile in Repentance, Part I: Rachav, the women of "ill-repute" who lived in the wall of Jericho not only hosted the two spies sent by Joshua, but used the opportunity their presence afforded her to repent of her past deeds, and become herself a righteous woman of valor. Part I of a two part study of teshuva - repentance." Click here to view.
Please note: The upcoming Bat Melech will air on Wednesday, October 15.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "The Yom Kippur Experience: The sublime joy of repentance. Seen by some from the "outside" as a day of doom and gloom, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, is described by our sages as the happiest day of the year. What could possibly be more joyful than being given the Divine gift of being able to "come clean" before G-d? What happier moment could occur than the experience of G-d erasing our past sins and granting us the opportunity to begin again as righteous ones before Him?" Click here to view.
Please note: The upcoming Light to the Nations two-part teaching, entitled, "The Sukkot Special," will air on Sunday, October 12.
To learn how Yom Kippur is observed in the Holy Temple, please click here to view.
A few days before their planned Sunday, September 28 visit at the Temple Institute's exhibition of Temple vessels in Jerusalem's Old City, the Institute received a phone call from the travel agent representing a group of 200 Indian tourists. There was nothing unusual about the agent's confirmation call, as the Temple Institute enjoys many visitors from India. Nothing unusual except for one thing: Although it was clear he was referring to the 200 Indian tourists the Institute was expecting, the travel agent kept referring to them as the "Jordanian" group. Where, indeed, were our guests coming from? For the answer, please click here to view.
"Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!" (Deuteronomy 31:2) The word of G-d from Mount Sinai speaks to us constantly, day and night, calling upon us to repent. It is up to us to hear this voice. Man himself has a heavenly, spiritual side to whom G-d addresses: "Listen, O heavens, and I will speak!" And man has an earthly, physical side which can weigh him down, to which G-d speaks, "And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!" G-d loves both aspects of man. His voice can be heard, if we but choose to listen. Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 31:2-35:52).
Gemar chatima tova - may we all be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
http://www.templeinstitute.org/
"Vayelech Moshe - And Moses went..." Where did Moses go? These opening words of this past week's Torah reading, Vayelech, begin the very verses we read during the ten day period beginning with Rosh HaShana and concluding with Yom Kippur. This week, the week in which, more so than any other week of the Hebrew calendar, we focus our thoughts on repentance, on overcoming our weaknesses, correcting our mistakes, drawing nearer to G-d, this week more than ever we seek G-d's guidance as we stand before Him in judgment and beg His forgiveness.
This week, as we stand on the edge of the unknown, we seek certainty. Yet this week we read the words "And Moses went..." and nobody can tell us to where Moses went. To be sure, the classical Torah commentators seek the answer and even put forth various proposals, but all are in agreement: the verse itself does not provide the answer, neither directly nor indirectly. Not even a clue.
One commentator proposes that Moses went off to the Israelite encampments to take leave of his fellow Jews, bidding them farewell, as the day of his death has arrived. Another suggests that he excused himself from the assembled nation before whom he had been standing, in order to retire to the tabernacle. The Holy Ohr HaChaim describes the journey of Moses' soul to scout out its final resting place in heaven. Each of these propositions is reasonable, each teaching its own sublime message. Yet no one truly knows to where Moses is heading.
Similar ambiguity using the same word, "vayelech - and he went," occurs only one other time in Scripture: "A man of the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi." (Exodus 2:1) The man referred to is none other than Amram, the father of Moses. And the very next verse announces the birth of Moses. Yet, as is the case with "And Moses went..." this verse doesn't tell us where Amram went. Moses, whose history we follow throughout four of the five books of Torah, begins his life in ambiguity and ends his life in ambiguity.
We seek certainty, we seek clarity, we seek affirmation. And this week, this week of weeks which concludes with the most holy and solemn day of the year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, G-d, in His infinite wisdom and in His infinite love for us His children, tells us that certainty isn't part of the program. We enter into this world with uncertainty, crying out to G-d. And at the end of the day we exit this world and enter into the next with uncertainty.
This entire life journey, from the moment we emerge from the womb, to the day we are placed in our tomb, is encapsulated in the twenty five hour Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur. After all, we stand before G-d as newborns, availing ourselves of this second chance G-d has given us, this second opportunity called teshuva - repentance and return, which allows us to wash ourselves of our sins and errors and cleanse ourselves of the distance that we have created between ourselves and G-d, and begin anew, pure and unencumbered. And yet we also stand before G-d wearing our white kittel, the very garment in which we will eventually be buried, for after all, we are instructed to repent the day before we die, and therefore should regard every day as the day to repent. So much more so, this the day of days.
We stand before G-d on this day of our life in which our entire life is on the line, both what was, and what is yet to be, and just like Moses, we are not told to where we are going. But one thing is for certain, the only thing, perhaps, in life which is: if we repent, if we do teshuva, G-d will certainly embrace us and grant us life. Teshuva is the foundation upon which all creation rests. Repentance is the principle upon which all life is predicated. But the question we ask: where are we heading? Are we returning to G-d? Are we returning to the person G-d intended us to be? To this question only we ourselves can provide the answer.
On this Yom Kippur, a day of trepidation and uncertainty as we take stock of ourselves, but also a day of great joy, we need, like Moses, and like his father Amram before him, to banish our fears, and step forward in the absolute certainty of G-d's love for us, and His eternal promise:
"Be strong and courageous! ... HaShem He is the One Who goes before you; He will be with you; He will neither fail you, nor forsake you. Do not fear, and do not be dismayed." (Deuteronomy 31:7-8)
Tune in to this week's Temple Talk as Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven discuss the ten days of repentance, the Divine promise which awaits us on Yom Kippur, our seven year rendezvous with Moses coming up in next week's Hakhel celebration, and the powerful life messages of this week's Torah reading of Vayelech.
This week features the latest Bat Melech video teaching by Rabanit Rena Richman, entitled, "Rachav: Profile in Repentance, Part I: Rachav, the women of "ill-repute" who lived in the wall of Jericho not only hosted the two spies sent by Joshua, but used the opportunity their presence afforded her to repent of her past deeds, and become herself a righteous woman of valor. Part I of a two part study of teshuva - repentance." Click here to view.
Please note: The upcoming Bat Melech will air on Wednesday, October 15.
Today also features the new Light to the Nations teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, "The Yom Kippur Experience: The sublime joy of repentance. Seen by some from the "outside" as a day of doom and gloom, Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, is described by our sages as the happiest day of the year. What could possibly be more joyful than being given the Divine gift of being able to "come clean" before G-d? What happier moment could occur than the experience of G-d erasing our past sins and granting us the opportunity to begin again as righteous ones before Him?" Click here to view.
Please note: The upcoming Light to the Nations two-part teaching, entitled, "The Sukkot Special," will air on Sunday, October 12.
To learn how Yom Kippur is observed in the Holy Temple, please click here to view.
A few days before their planned Sunday, September 28 visit at the Temple Institute's exhibition of Temple vessels in Jerusalem's Old City, the Institute received a phone call from the travel agent representing a group of 200 Indian tourists. There was nothing unusual about the agent's confirmation call, as the Temple Institute enjoys many visitors from India. Nothing unusual except for one thing: Although it was clear he was referring to the 200 Indian tourists the Institute was expecting, the travel agent kept referring to them as the "Jordanian" group. Where, indeed, were our guests coming from? For the answer, please click here to view.
"Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!" (Deuteronomy 31:2) The word of G-d from Mount Sinai speaks to us constantly, day and night, calling upon us to repent. It is up to us to hear this voice. Man himself has a heavenly, spiritual side to whom G-d addresses: "Listen, O heavens, and I will speak!" And man has an earthly, physical side which can weigh him down, to which G-d speaks, "And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!" G-d loves both aspects of man. His voice can be heard, if we but choose to listen. Click here to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 31:2-35:52).
Gemar chatima tova - may we all be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life,
Yitzchak Reuven
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
http://www.templeinstitute.org/
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
South Africa Ruined by Black Marxists (ANC)
Once the jewel of Africa, this nation is now going the way of the rest of the continent. A new president won’t help matters.
South Africa's Lame-Duck President
South Africa's Lame-Duck President
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Gay and Jewish?
Some anonymous American-Israeli Jewish guy who goes by the good name of "David" has written about his personal struggles with homosexuality...
The Straight Path Home
The Straight Path Home
Thursday, October 02, 2008
PARSHAT VAYELECH
BS"D
YESHIVAT HARA'AYON HAYEHUDI
[The Jewish Idea]
Jerusalem, Israel
HaRav Yehuda Kreuser SHLIT"A, Rosh Yeshiva
PARSHAT VAYELECH
5 Tishrei 5769/3-4 October 2008
GATHER TOGETHER THE PEOPLE
"Gather together the people - the men, and the women, and the small children, and the stranger who is in your cities - so that they will hear and so that they will learn, and they shall fear Hashem your G-d and be careful to perform all the words of the Torah."
Unique among the commandments of the Torah is the Mitzvah of "Hakhel",gathering the people to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem once in seven years to hear the king read a portion from the Torah. Our Rabbis explain to us that the men came to study, the women to listen - and the small children, why did they come? To give reward to those who brought them.
But why would we have infants brought to the Temple? It is a known halacha/law that infants and small children who are prone to disturb services in shul should not be brought so as not to disturb those that are praying; why, then, would we bring tens of thousands of infants to the Temple whose cries would drown out the king from reading the Torah portion? More, why are the women obligated to come to the Temple? For this is certainly a commandment which is regulated by time, and every commandment which is regulated by time, women are exempt from observing. As we find with the commandment of Succoth/Tabernacles, which is a time-related holiday of seven (or in the exiles, eight days), women are exempt from sitting in the succoth. Why, then, on this time-related commandment of "Hakhel" are womenobligated to come up to the Temple in Jerusalem?
The answer, I believe, lies not in the makeup of this particular commandment, which is certainly time-related, but in the fact that it took place in the Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a unique place on earth and has its own physical laws that govern it. The Mishna relates to us that ten levels of holiness descended to the world; eight of these levels are on the Temple Mount. So packed with holiness is this small area of 250 meters by 250 meters, that its not really in this world. This fact is manifested that one-third of the Torah's commandments - two hundred - can be done only in the Temple. The intensity of holiness is so great that only certain people, and only under certain conditions, can go there.
Because the physical laws that govern this world do not govern the Mount, we find that on Yom HaKipurim/the Day of Atonement - the most holy of days, that the Israel courtyard would be full to capacity, so much so that the feet of the people would not be able to touch the ground due to the large numbers of people there, but when they bowed down during the service, the floor miraculously extended and each man had four amot/two meters to himself. Another example to show that the physical laws did not rule in the Temple was the fact that the Holy Ark in the Holy of Holies did not take up any physical space. For the Holy of Holies was 20 amot long, and one measurement from the wall on one side to the Ark in the middle of the room was ten amot; the measure from the other side of the Ark to the opposite wall was also ten amot, meaning that the Ark itself took up no physical space!
It is clear from here that the commandment of Hakhel was meant to bring the women and the small children to this ongoing miracle called the Temple. The intensity of this holy spot obligated the women to also come up and participate in this commandment, and also miraculously kept the youngsters quiet during this important service. How fortunate was the one who saw all this and was able to partake in this great ceremony. But as in years gone by, today, too, we can enjoy some of this great holiness, if only we will it. For one who lives in the Land of Israel already enjoys a level of holiness far above the rest of the world, as the Mishna teaches us: The land of Israel is holier than the rest of the world. How tragic it is, then, to still see the majority of the Jewish people wallowing in the tumah/uncleanness of the exiles. In years gone by, there was no choice for the Jew but to be in the exiles. Today, however, easily enough one can come home to the Land of holiness, of greatness, where Jewish destiny is unfolding and calling him. At any rate, one way or another, willingly or not, the Jew will be coming home, for the lights of the exiles are slowly going out.
With love of Israel,
Levi Chazen
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[The Jewish Idea]
Jerusalem, Israel
HaRav Yehuda Kreuser SHLIT"A, Rosh Yeshiva
PARSHAT VAYELECH
5 Tishrei 5769/3-4 October 2008
GATHER TOGETHER THE PEOPLE
"Gather together the people - the men, and the women, and the small children, and the stranger who is in your cities - so that they will hear and so that they will learn, and they shall fear Hashem your G-d and be careful to perform all the words of the Torah."
Unique among the commandments of the Torah is the Mitzvah of "Hakhel",gathering the people to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem once in seven years to hear the king read a portion from the Torah. Our Rabbis explain to us that the men came to study, the women to listen - and the small children, why did they come? To give reward to those who brought them.
But why would we have infants brought to the Temple? It is a known halacha/law that infants and small children who are prone to disturb services in shul should not be brought so as not to disturb those that are praying; why, then, would we bring tens of thousands of infants to the Temple whose cries would drown out the king from reading the Torah portion? More, why are the women obligated to come to the Temple? For this is certainly a commandment which is regulated by time, and every commandment which is regulated by time, women are exempt from observing. As we find with the commandment of Succoth/Tabernacles, which is a time-related holiday of seven (or in the exiles, eight days), women are exempt from sitting in the succoth. Why, then, on this time-related commandment of "Hakhel" are womenobligated to come up to the Temple in Jerusalem?
The answer, I believe, lies not in the makeup of this particular commandment, which is certainly time-related, but in the fact that it took place in the Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a unique place on earth and has its own physical laws that govern it. The Mishna relates to us that ten levels of holiness descended to the world; eight of these levels are on the Temple Mount. So packed with holiness is this small area of 250 meters by 250 meters, that its not really in this world. This fact is manifested that one-third of the Torah's commandments - two hundred - can be done only in the Temple. The intensity of holiness is so great that only certain people, and only under certain conditions, can go there.
Because the physical laws that govern this world do not govern the Mount, we find that on Yom HaKipurim/the Day of Atonement - the most holy of days, that the Israel courtyard would be full to capacity, so much so that the feet of the people would not be able to touch the ground due to the large numbers of people there, but when they bowed down during the service, the floor miraculously extended and each man had four amot/two meters to himself. Another example to show that the physical laws did not rule in the Temple was the fact that the Holy Ark in the Holy of Holies did not take up any physical space. For the Holy of Holies was 20 amot long, and one measurement from the wall on one side to the Ark in the middle of the room was ten amot; the measure from the other side of the Ark to the opposite wall was also ten amot, meaning that the Ark itself took up no physical space!
It is clear from here that the commandment of Hakhel was meant to bring the women and the small children to this ongoing miracle called the Temple. The intensity of this holy spot obligated the women to also come up and participate in this commandment, and also miraculously kept the youngsters quiet during this important service. How fortunate was the one who saw all this and was able to partake in this great ceremony. But as in years gone by, today, too, we can enjoy some of this great holiness, if only we will it. For one who lives in the Land of Israel already enjoys a level of holiness far above the rest of the world, as the Mishna teaches us: The land of Israel is holier than the rest of the world. How tragic it is, then, to still see the majority of the Jewish people wallowing in the tumah/uncleanness of the exiles. In years gone by, there was no choice for the Jew but to be in the exiles. Today, however, easily enough one can come home to the Land of holiness, of greatness, where Jewish destiny is unfolding and calling him. At any rate, one way or another, willingly or not, the Jew will be coming home, for the lights of the exiles are slowly going out.
With love of Israel,
Levi Chazen
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God is in the Details: Tabernacle and Temple Plans
David Ben-Ariel on the post " Solomon's Temple The article should give cause to...":
You are either in denial of the Word of God or woeful ignorance of it. God gave Moses and David HEAVENLY BLUEPRINTS and Moses built the tabernacle as commanded and David, as commanded, gave the heavenly blueprints for the temple to his son Solomon whom God had chosen to BUILD HIS HOUSE (that you slander, as the spies slandered the Land).
1 Chronicles 28
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name... and of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6 Now He said to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father... [then David speaks to Solomon]10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.” 11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; 12 and the plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things; 13 also for the division of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles used in every kind of service; also silver for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles used in every kind of service; 15 the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of the showbread, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver; 17 also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls—he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl; 18 and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19 “All this,” said David, “the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.” 20 And David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. [contrary to those who have slandered Solomon and the holy House of God that God inspired to be built and inspired the details and inspired its contruction]21 Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing craftsman will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the leaders and all the people will be completely at your command.”
The Word and Will of God is clear: God chose Solomon to build His House, His Sanctuary, His Temple, and God gave David inspired plans for the Temple of God and David delivered them to Solomon who built God's House and God was with Him in its construction. Thus said the word of the Lord, and yet you slander the holy house of God and contradict the Word of God for your idolatrous ideas!
Your ridiculous notion that Yeshua was speaking of the people of Judah instead of the physical temple when He called it, "My Father's House" is really stretching it in a vain attempt to justify your false teaching. Yeshua proved what house He was speaking of when He cleaned house and drove the moneychangers out of it! Stop handling the Word of God deceitfully and learn to rightly divide the Word of truth or leave it alone rather than condemn yourself.
God has His national and physical reasons for His physical temple, even as the spiritual temple serves its own ordained purpose. They complement each other, they're not in competition, as the early Church of God loved to continue to fellowship and worship in the physical temple. It's not either/or for those who have prayerfully studied this holy subject.
We also know that the New Jerusalem that has no temple is after the initial thousand year reign of Yeshua, how the Earth will have been purified, and made ready for the Father - after the Third Temple has served its holy purpose, as well as the flesh will have fulfilled its purpose, because at that time you'll either be divine or dust.
David Ben-Ariel said...
You've proven you're dishonest and deceitful, failing to address the legitimate questions asked you and failing to post my BIBLICAL PROOF that you're slandering David, Solomon, and the holy blueprints for the Temple (1 Chron. 28).
I would have hoped and prayed you would REPENT of your hateful slander against the Word and Will of God, and holy people and Temple of God, but you haven't and obviously prefer your idolatrous ideas and self-righteous notions, so I won't waste my time with this polluted site any further.
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Thankfully, Banner Kidd relented and published my post that exposes his darkness on this subject by the light of God's Word, the error of his traditional thinking against God's Word and Will for the Temple, but instead of submitting to the Word of God, acknowledging his dangerous slander against David, Solomon and the holy blueprints for the Temple, he vainly attempts to justify his sinful position! Definitely not like the noble Bereans!
Banner Kid doesn't teach Torah or what the Bible or New Testament instruct about the Temples, but promotes his own idolatrous ideas wrapped up with some truth like Satan to mislead others. It saddens and angers me to see the hardness of his heart, his proud and stubborn refusal to submit to the Word that he may keep his own traditions. At least he's a blessing in disguise by providing me an opportunity to address these issues. I hope and pray he repents and rejoices with me in the imminent Third Temple.
Hopefully, at least others can read and see for themselves God clearly called for the construction of the tabernacle and temples and wonderfully inspired the tabernacle and the temple plans (God is in the details) and appreciate they have their place in God's plan and serve a great purpose, then and now.
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Will the pope act like Belshazzar or Cyrus?
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
A House of Prayer For All Peoples?
Major Upheaval in Israel?
Third Temple Coming Soon to Jerusalem!
The Temple of God in Holy Jerusalem
Where's the Temple On the Temple Mount?
You are either in denial of the Word of God or woeful ignorance of it. God gave Moses and David HEAVENLY BLUEPRINTS and Moses built the tabernacle as commanded and David, as commanded, gave the heavenly blueprints for the temple to his son Solomon whom God had chosen to BUILD HIS HOUSE (that you slander, as the spies slandered the Land).
1 Chronicles 28
2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. 3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name... and of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6 Now He said to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father... [then David speaks to Solomon]10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.” 11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; 12 and the plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things; 13 also for the division of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD. 14 He gave gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles used in every kind of service; also silver for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles used in every kind of service; 15 the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of the showbread, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver; 17 also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls—he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl; 18 and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19 “All this,” said David, “the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.” 20 And David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. [contrary to those who have slandered Solomon and the holy House of God that God inspired to be built and inspired the details and inspired its contruction]21 Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing craftsman will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the leaders and all the people will be completely at your command.”
The Word and Will of God is clear: God chose Solomon to build His House, His Sanctuary, His Temple, and God gave David inspired plans for the Temple of God and David delivered them to Solomon who built God's House and God was with Him in its construction. Thus said the word of the Lord, and yet you slander the holy house of God and contradict the Word of God for your idolatrous ideas!
Your ridiculous notion that Yeshua was speaking of the people of Judah instead of the physical temple when He called it, "My Father's House" is really stretching it in a vain attempt to justify your false teaching. Yeshua proved what house He was speaking of when He cleaned house and drove the moneychangers out of it! Stop handling the Word of God deceitfully and learn to rightly divide the Word of truth or leave it alone rather than condemn yourself.
God has His national and physical reasons for His physical temple, even as the spiritual temple serves its own ordained purpose. They complement each other, they're not in competition, as the early Church of God loved to continue to fellowship and worship in the physical temple. It's not either/or for those who have prayerfully studied this holy subject.
We also know that the New Jerusalem that has no temple is after the initial thousand year reign of Yeshua, how the Earth will have been purified, and made ready for the Father - after the Third Temple has served its holy purpose, as well as the flesh will have fulfilled its purpose, because at that time you'll either be divine or dust.
David Ben-Ariel said...
You've proven you're dishonest and deceitful, failing to address the legitimate questions asked you and failing to post my BIBLICAL PROOF that you're slandering David, Solomon, and the holy blueprints for the Temple (1 Chron. 28).
I would have hoped and prayed you would REPENT of your hateful slander against the Word and Will of God, and holy people and Temple of God, but you haven't and obviously prefer your idolatrous ideas and self-righteous notions, so I won't waste my time with this polluted site any further.
************
Thankfully, Banner Kidd relented and published my post that exposes his darkness on this subject by the light of God's Word, the error of his traditional thinking against God's Word and Will for the Temple, but instead of submitting to the Word of God, acknowledging his dangerous slander against David, Solomon and the holy blueprints for the Temple, he vainly attempts to justify his sinful position! Definitely not like the noble Bereans!
Banner Kid doesn't teach Torah or what the Bible or New Testament instruct about the Temples, but promotes his own idolatrous ideas wrapped up with some truth like Satan to mislead others. It saddens and angers me to see the hardness of his heart, his proud and stubborn refusal to submit to the Word that he may keep his own traditions. At least he's a blessing in disguise by providing me an opportunity to address these issues. I hope and pray he repents and rejoices with me in the imminent Third Temple.
Hopefully, at least others can read and see for themselves God clearly called for the construction of the tabernacle and temples and wonderfully inspired the tabernacle and the temple plans (God is in the details) and appreciate they have their place in God's plan and serve a great purpose, then and now.
************
Will the pope act like Belshazzar or Cyrus?
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
A House of Prayer For All Peoples?
Major Upheaval in Israel?
Third Temple Coming Soon to Jerusalem!
The Temple of God in Holy Jerusalem
Where's the Temple On the Temple Mount?
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
The Philadelphia Church of God
Philadelphia Church of God Leads the Laodicean Era (Part 1)
When Gerald Flurry wasn't anything in his own sight or mind God used him and now, unfortunately, it appears to have gone to his head, all the new revelation (simply a deeper understanding of some things), and he forgets that all truth is from and belongs to GOD and that God can use a donkey to deliver it (1 Cor. 4:7). Gerald Flurry has become so swollen in his own imagination that he fails to see that he is the leader of LAODICEA! He knows what warning God is giving the Laodiceans, of which he is chief! He had better heed his own words...
Philadelphia Church of God Leads Laodicean Era (Conclusion)
"It's certainly not my place to determine if what you believe God has shown you is true or not, but would you mind presenting Mr. Flurry with an abbreviated version of what you feel is inspired... as I highly doubt that he would have time to read your whole book."
Stephen Flurry and The Philadelphia Church of God
Stephen Flurry, son of Gerald Flurry, pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God (based in Edmond, Oklahoma), has published a book that Amazon sells, Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W. Armstrong.
The Work of God Must Go Forward!
The Work of God must go forward. The only work that's left to do now is focus on the NATIONAL LEVEL. We must get out God's ultimatum and fast! Europe is on the rise and Jerusalem is getting international attention (Zech. 14:2). Soon God's two witnesses will rise and shine in a world of darkness (Isa. 60:1-2). God's about to restore His lamp to the Middle East! (Rev. 11:3; 1 Kgs. 11:36; Amos 9:11; Zech. 12:8).
PCG: Carrying on "Business as Usual
"If you truly saw what is coming on this Earth, and had a vision of tomorrow, you would know that the Gathering Storm darkens as you sip champagne and boast that you're rich and in need of nothing, woefully ignorant that the Two Witnesses will soon be wearing sackcloth and fasting, not wining and dining at black tie dinners!
The Church of God Must Warn the World!
We know that certain prophecies were not to be fulfilled until these "last days." Therefore their sealed messages weren't to break their silence until the appointed time (Dan. 12:9). With the advent of the nuclear age, we've been living, for the first time in history, with the weapons of mass destruction that can erase all life from off planet Earth! (Matt. 24:21-22).
Politics in the Church of God Hinders Progress
Gerald Flurry refused to go forward with Beyond Babylon and fell backwards, treading old ground and is now going in circles, business as usual, as Europe rises and Judah and Israel have yet to be warned.
Worldwide Church Of God All Over Again?
Let’s see to it that Philadelphia Church of God (Judah) doesn’t go the way of the Worldwide Church of God (Israel). These biblical principles still apply: don’t put undue trust in men; work out your own salvation, it’s not a group affair; beware the scholarly approach that demands you rely on men - not God’s Spirit or personal Bible study.
The Watchmen
"I have set Watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem"God has called us to do a Work! Anyone can and should do good works in private, but God has called us collectively to COME OUT OF THE CLOSET and deliver His Message! We're to help save individuals and nations from the coming Holocaust!
When Gerald Flurry wasn't anything in his own sight or mind God used him and now, unfortunately, it appears to have gone to his head, all the new revelation (simply a deeper understanding of some things), and he forgets that all truth is from and belongs to GOD and that God can use a donkey to deliver it (1 Cor. 4:7). Gerald Flurry has become so swollen in his own imagination that he fails to see that he is the leader of LAODICEA! He knows what warning God is giving the Laodiceans, of which he is chief! He had better heed his own words...
Philadelphia Church of God Leads Laodicean Era (Conclusion)
"It's certainly not my place to determine if what you believe God has shown you is true or not, but would you mind presenting Mr. Flurry with an abbreviated version of what you feel is inspired... as I highly doubt that he would have time to read your whole book."
Stephen Flurry and The Philadelphia Church of God
Stephen Flurry, son of Gerald Flurry, pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God (based in Edmond, Oklahoma), has published a book that Amazon sells, Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W. Armstrong.
The Work of God Must Go Forward!
The Work of God must go forward. The only work that's left to do now is focus on the NATIONAL LEVEL. We must get out God's ultimatum and fast! Europe is on the rise and Jerusalem is getting international attention (Zech. 14:2). Soon God's two witnesses will rise and shine in a world of darkness (Isa. 60:1-2). God's about to restore His lamp to the Middle East! (Rev. 11:3; 1 Kgs. 11:36; Amos 9:11; Zech. 12:8).
PCG: Carrying on "Business as Usual
"If you truly saw what is coming on this Earth, and had a vision of tomorrow, you would know that the Gathering Storm darkens as you sip champagne and boast that you're rich and in need of nothing, woefully ignorant that the Two Witnesses will soon be wearing sackcloth and fasting, not wining and dining at black tie dinners!
The Church of God Must Warn the World!
We know that certain prophecies were not to be fulfilled until these "last days." Therefore their sealed messages weren't to break their silence until the appointed time (Dan. 12:9). With the advent of the nuclear age, we've been living, for the first time in history, with the weapons of mass destruction that can erase all life from off planet Earth! (Matt. 24:21-22).
Politics in the Church of God Hinders Progress
Gerald Flurry refused to go forward with Beyond Babylon and fell backwards, treading old ground and is now going in circles, business as usual, as Europe rises and Judah and Israel have yet to be warned.
Worldwide Church Of God All Over Again?
Let’s see to it that Philadelphia Church of God (Judah) doesn’t go the way of the Worldwide Church of God (Israel). These biblical principles still apply: don’t put undue trust in men; work out your own salvation, it’s not a group affair; beware the scholarly approach that demands you rely on men - not God’s Spirit or personal Bible study.
The Watchmen
"I have set Watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem"God has called us to do a Work! Anyone can and should do good works in private, but God has called us collectively to COME OUT OF THE CLOSET and deliver His Message! We're to help save individuals and nations from the coming Holocaust!
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