Temple
MOVEMENT
Today
by Randall Price—— ANSWERED BY KEITH HUNT
In reciting their thrice-daily prayers, observant Jews around the world turn in the direction of the site of the former Temple in Holy Jerusalem. However, according to a recent survey of Israel's public, 43 percent of secular Israelis and 92 percent of religious Jews (an average of 52 percent of the entire Jewish public) support Jews being allowed to physically pray at the Temple Mount.
The 1,300-year-long Muslim occupation of the site, as well as their political clout, makes the realization of this goal problematic. It has caused the Israeli government to support their unwavering prohibition of any non-Islamic act of worship (prayer, Torah reading, even carrying a Bible or ancient Temple drawings) on the Temple Mount. Countless riots, skirmishes, and even war have erupted here over alleged Jewish attempts to exercise their religious claims to the site. (The second Intifada, known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada after the Islamic name for the sacred site, claimed its rise from Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount in September 2000.)
At the center of the Jewish call to reclaim the Temple Mount is the Temple Movement, birthed in Israel as a result of Israel's 1967 conquest of eastern Jerusalem that made possible Jewish access to the Temple Mount for the first time in almost 2,000 years. Because one-third of the 613 commandments were unable to be fulfilled due to the absence of a Temple, the rabbis that participated in the Temple Mount's deliverance in the Six Day War believed it was time to reverse this situation. Many of the early efforts of these rabbis were in education, but after the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, the rabbis who advocated a return to the Temple Mount were galvanized into organizations to prepare recovery of the site from Muslim occupation in order to rebuild a Third Temple.
Over the next two decades these disassociated groups of Orthodox Jews developed competing research and activist organizations that promoted social awareness of the need for a Temple and appealed to the government to end the ban on Jewish prayers on the Temple Mount. The two most vocal and conspicuous organizations have been the Temple Institute, founded by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, a member of the Israeli Paratroop Brigade during the Six-Day War and one of the first to reach the Western Wall, which is dedicated to preparing the ritual vessels for the Temple service; and the Temple Mount Faithful, headed by Gershon Salomon, whose unit in the war also reached the Temple Mount, that has sought to reverse the political prohibitions against Jewish worship at the site and prepare for the rebuilding of the Temple. Today there has been a significant proliferation of new organizations, and no less than ten of the former established organizations share an active central administration.
Once consigned to extremist fringes by the government and the media, the Movement is now endorsed by many Orthodox rabbis who have withdrawn their ban on visiting the Temple Mount, and joined by a growing number of moderate rabbis, who regularly visit the site themselves. Even the Education Ministry has taken sides by encouraging pupils to visit the Temple Mount.
The Movement is also supported by those in the Israeli government in recent years. In 2012 Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom was a guest of honor at the annual Temple Mount Conference sponsored by Temple Movement organizations, and many Knesset members have visited the site with others even participating in public demonstrations with the Temple Movement. Moreover, Knesset Members Aryeh Eldad (National Union) and Ze'evElkin (Likud) tabled a bill calling for a change in the legal status of the Temple Mount. The status quo agreement established in 1967 called for the site to be under Israeli sovereignty but administered by the Islamic Waqf and that non-Muslims had no rights or access to the site for religious purposes. The Waqf violated the status quo from 2000-2003 by forbidding Jews to enter the site for any reason, resulting in a closure of the Temple Mount to all persons, including government officials. This bill would make it possible for Israel to exercise real sovereignty and permit the prayers of all people at the site.
The government support is interesting in light of one of the goals of the Temple Movement being the political overthrow of the current secular democratic government and the reestablishment of the Davidic Monarchy. This has been a particular project proposed by the revival of the Sanhedrin, the ancient Jewish high court of law dissolved in A.D. 358. Prof. Hillel Weiss, a literature teacher from Bar-Ilan University, and chairman of Friends of the Temple, is at the front of seeking to restore the Sanhedrin, and since 2004 various rabbis have met as a "renewed Sanhedrin" to discuss its formal institution and implementation of goals such as rebuilding the Temple and returning to the sacrificial system.
This new impetus of Jewish fervor for the Temple Mount has crossed religious lines and has attracted young secular Zionists. As Eldad has explained, "What had been marginal once upon a time is gaining momentum. Temple Mount is perceived as avant-garde. It attracts the young. Maybe older people had become accustomed to Temple Mount belonging to the Arabs and waiting for the [third] Temple to fall from the heavens."
The new mainstream status of the Temple Movement has been a factor in the Palestinian Authority ratcheting up their revisionist rhetoric denying a Jewish Temple ever existed at the site and to make the withdrawal of Israel to the pre-1967 war lines and the demand for Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state a non-negotiable starting point in renewed peace talks. From the side of the Israeli government, the pressure exerted by the EU and the United States to comply with Palestinian demands, as well as the threat by the Arab states and fear of provocation over Jewish claims to the Islamic holy sites, has prevented any official support of the Movement's goals. However, one constant in the Middle East is that a lot can change in a short amount of time.
The Temple Movement is of particular interest to those who take a future and literal interpretation of the biblical prophecies concerning the second coming of Yeshua and of Israel's restoration. The New Covenant predicted by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31-33) and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 36-37) included a renewed Davidic rule and Temple priesthood, including the rebuilding of the Temple and revival of animal sacrifices (Jeremiah 33:15-22; Ezekiel 37:27-28). In addition, Yeshua's statements in the Olivet Discourse, as well as those of Paul, foretold a rebuilt Temple would stand before the return of Messiah and be desecrated by the Anti-messiah (Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4), apparently in fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy (Daniel 9:27).
THIS IS WHERE THIS SO-CALLED PhD GUY GOES OFF THE TRACKS; CONCERNING THOSE PROPHECIES HE DOED NOT HAVE A CLUE, AS TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING——I HAVE EXPOUNDED THEM IN DETAIL ON MY WEBSITE. IT IS THE OLD PROTESTANT RAMBLE FROM THE SCOFIELD BIBLE, PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY - Keith Hunt
As the Temple Movement prepares for the return of the Temple, many prophetic students believe such actions signal the nearness of the return of Messiah as the Scriptures declare: "Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come..." (Malachi 3:1).
THE TEMPLE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS CLEARLY EXPOUNDED BY THE APOSTLE PAUL. AS THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH—— LOOK UP THE WORD TEMPLE AS PAUL USED IT—— LOOK IT UP WITH STRONG’S CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE— LOOK UP HOW PAUL USED THAT WORD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. JESUS WILL INDEED ONE DAY SUDDENLY COME TO HIS NEW TESTAMENT TEMPLE—- THE SAINTS HIS BRIDE, AND WILL REJOICE WITH HIS TEMPLE - Keith Hunt
Randall Price received his Th.M. in Old Testament from Dallas Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Middle East Studies from the University of Texas. He also did graduate study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is Distinguished Research Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at Liberty University and the Founder & Director of World of the Bible Ministries, Inc. He has published numerous books on the subject of the Temple and the Middle East conflict.
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THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRAYING AT THE WAILING WALL, AND BUILDING A TEMPLE WITH ANIMAL SACRIFICES, BEFORE THE MESSIAH COMES AGAIN.
PRICE HAS ALL KINDS OF "CREDENTIALS" INCLUDING A PhD, YET HIS UNDERSTANDING OF END TIME BIBLE PROPHECY IS LIKE ALL MESSIANIC JEWS OR FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT PROPHETS, APPALLING TO SAY THE LEAST.
THERE ARE MANY "SECTS" IN JUDAISM. WHAT PRICE DOES NOT TELL YOU IS THAT ONE LARGE "ORTHODOX" JEWISH SECT TEACHES THAT THE NEXT TEMPLE CAN ONLY BE BUILT BY THE MESSIAH.
THE BUILDING OF A PHYSICAL TEMPLE HAS BECOME A CENTER POINT IN PROTESTANT END TIME THEOLOGY. BUT END TIME PROPHECY NEEDS NO PHYSICAL TEMPLE. THE SECTIONS OF SCRIPTURE USED TO SUPPORT THE IDEA ARE ALL FULLY EXPLAINED ON MY WEBSITE UNDER "PROPHECY."
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU A PHYSICAL TEMPLE IS "NEAR TO COME" FOR ABOUT 100 YEARS PLUS. SOMEONE IN THE 1980s EVEN WROTE THAT THE STONES FOR IT WERE AT A DOCK IN THE USA, READY TO BE SHIPPED OVER TO JERUSALEM. I THINK THE BOAT MUST HAVE SUNK IN THE ATLANTIC.
SOME NOW SAY THE TEMPLE WAS NEVER WHERE THE DOME OF THE ROCK NOW STANDS [THAT IS WRONG ALSO]. AND THEY SAY THE TEMPLE CAN BE BUILT IN SOME OTHER JERUSALEM PLACE. SO WHY HAVE THEY NOT BUILT IT?
THE FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT PROPHETS SAY JESUS CAN NOT RETURN UNTIL THIS TEMPLE IS BUILT, AND JEWS START ANIMAL SACRIFICES—— IT IS A VERY VERY SMALL MINORITY WHO TEACH THIS FAR OUT DOCTRINE; THEY GOT IT FROM A GUY CALLED SCOFIELD IN HIS BIBLE NOTES, PUBLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE CAME UP WITH A PLANET PLUTO EXPLANATION OF THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL 9 CONCERNING THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
THEN THERE WAS ADDED ANOTHER WILD IDEA ABOUT A “SECRET INVISIBLE RAPTURE” OF CHRISTIANS. TEACHING THE NORTH BEAST POWER—A HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, WILL SIGN A PEACE TREATY FOR 7 YEARS WITH THE JEWISH STATE. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 7 YEARS THE ANTI—CHRIST STOPS THE SACRIFICES, WALKS INTO THE TEMPLE AND CLAIMS HE’S GOD. SOME TEACH THE SECRET RAPTURE TAKES PLACE EITHER BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION BEGINS OR HALF WAY THROUGH THE 7 YEARS. THE “CHURCH” IS TAKEN BACK TO HEAVEN FOR THEN EITHER 7 YEARS OR 3 ANND 1/2 YEARS, THEN JESUS COMES IN POWER AND GLORY WITH ARMIES FROM HEAVEN TO FIGHT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON [REVELATION 16].
JUST ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS UNTTER NONE-SENSE!!
IF THEY READ DANIEL 9 IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT BARNES’ BIBLE COMMENTARY, THEY COULD COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH!
THIS PROPHECY HAS ALREADY BEEN FULFILLED IN EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE ; IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH END TIME PROPHECY!
THESE PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND MATHEW 24; MARK 13; LUKE 21. THEY WILL NOT LET THE BIBLE EXPLAIN ITS OWN END TIME PROPHECIES. THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKES DESOLATE IS INTERPRETED FOR US IN LUKE 21—— IT IS THE END TIME BEAST POWER, THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, THE ABOMINATION OF BABYLON THE GREAT OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THE “KING OF THE NORTH” [DANIEL 11:40], MOVING INTO THE HOLY LAND WITH ARMIES SURROUNDING JERUSALEM, AND MAKING IT DESOLATE.
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE POWER THAT DESOLATES THE CITY OF JERUSALEM. WHEN ALL OF THE REMAINING STONES OF THAT TEMPLE MOUNT, WILL COME CRASHING DOWN, AS JESUS PREDICTED, IN MATTHEW 24.
THESE TEMPLE PEOPLE KEEP QUIET ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THAT THEY ARE SECULAR— FEW ARE RELIGIOUS. THE GOVERNMENT IS A SECULAR GOVERNMENT——THEY COULD CARE LESS WHAT SOME LITTLE SMALL SECT WOULD LIKE TO DO.
THE ANIMAL RIGHT’S PEOPLE WOULD BE UP IN ARMS AND PROBABLY BURN THAT EDIFICE TO THE GROUND——PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE WHAT TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE OLD TESTAMENT PRIESTHOOD AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES ENTAILS—— IT IS NOT A SLAUGHTER HOUSE PER SE, FOR ALL PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, TO BE FED——MANY MANY ANIMALS ARE KILLED FOR SOME SO-CALLED RELIGIOUS CEREMONY.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ANIMAL GROUPS WOULD BE UP IN ARMS!
THEY WOULD STAND IN THE WAY—- PROTEST, PROTEST! I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THEY WOULD BURN IT DOWN, AND MANY TIMES OVER IF THIS “SECT” AND “CULT” REALY DID BUILD A RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER HOUSE TEMPLE.
THE TWO ARAB NATIONS JUST RECENTLY SIGNING A CO-OPERATE [SEPTEMBER 2020] DEAL WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IS HAILED AS SOME BIG DEAL. THEY HAVE MISSED IT! THIS IS NO BIG DEAL AS A CANADIAN REPORTER ON NATIONAL TV, SAID THE TWO ARAB NATION WERE ALREADY IN A FRIENDSHIP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE REPORTER LITERALLY SAID, “THIS IS NOT SOME BIG DEAL.”
2 THESSALONIANS 2 —— THE MAN OF SIN AND THE TEMPLE—— THE WORD “TEMPLE” IS NAOS, VINE’S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY SAYS SHRINE OR SANCTUARY. Page 621.
NOW READ DANIEL 9: 16-18. JERUSALEM IS THE SANCTUARY OF GOD. IN THE HEBREW IS IS “HOLY PLACE.” [MATTHEW 24— VERSE 15]. IT IS NUMBER 4720 IN STRONG’S CONCORDANCE.
NOW READ DANIEL 8: 11 AND THE CONTEXT. THE WORD “SANCTUARY” IN VERSE 11, IS #4720. THE WORD “SACRIFICE” IN THIS SECTION IS NOT IN THE HEBREW. THIS IS AN END TIME PROPHECY [VERSE 17]. FOR “DAYS” IN VERSE 14 THE HEBREW IS “MORNING AND EVENING.” IT IS 1,150 DAYS OR 3 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS, AS IN 30 DAYS TO THE MONTH.
THE WORDS “SANCTUARY” IN VERSES 13, 14, IS #6944 IN STRONG’S CONCORDANCE. IT MEANS—— A SACRED PLACE OR THING; CONSECRATED THING, HALLOWED THING, DEDICATED THING….HOLINESS, SAINT, SANCTUARY.
NOW BACK TO THE WORD #4720.
TURN TO EXODUS 15: 17 —— ISRAEL IS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE “MOUNTAIN OF THINE INHERITANCE” WHICH IS MADE FOR GOD TO DWELL IN. “IN THE SANCTUARY O LORD, WHICH THY HANDS HAVE ESTABLISHED.”
ISRAEL WAS TO DWELL IN THE PROMISED LAND—— THE SANCTUARY OF GOD, THAT HE WILL ONE DAY DWELL IN. BOTH THE HOLY LAND AND THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM ARE THE SANCTUARY OF GOD!
NOTICE ALSO PSALM 78: 54—— ISRAEL WAS BROUGHT TO GOD’S SANCTUARY—— #6944 IN STRONG’S CONCORDANCE.
THE MAN OF SIN, THE FALSE PROPHET OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THE ONE WHO WILL CLAIM GODNESS, WILL ONE DAY SIT IN THE TEMPLE SANCTUARY OF GOD—— THE HOLY LAND AND THE HOLY TEMPLE JERUSALEM! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A PHYSICAL BUILDING.
THE TWO END TIME PROPHECIES OF DANIEL 8:8-17 AND 12:11 [CONTEXT]—— THE WORD “SACRIFICE” IS NOT IN THE HEBREW! IT IS JUST NOT THERE! BUT MANY QUOTE THESE SECTIONS TO PEOPLE TO TRY AND PROVE THERE WILL BE END TIME ANIMAL SACRIFICES BY THE JEWS.
SUCH IS THE SLIGHT OF HAND AND FALSE READINGS OF THE BIBLE, BY SOME, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES” AS JESUS TOLD US TO DO.
ALL THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF FUNDAMENTAL PROTESTANT PROPHETS IS ALL EXPOSED ON MY WEBSITE, ANSWERING THEIR TEACHINGS IN DETAIL.
Keith Hunt
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