Jerusalem & Temple Mount In Headlines Almost on a Daily Basis Now

The Jews rejected Jesus as their savior when he first came to earth.  Their 2nd Temple was destroyed by the Romans about 70AD and they have not had a Temple since that time.

Even just a few years ago, if you went to the streets of Israel and asked the average citizen whether or not they wanted a 3rd Temple to be built.....you would find that most citizens didn't really have a desire either way.

But, in the last few years that has all changed.  Today a majority of Jews (those who have not accepted Christ as savior) want the 3rd Temple to be built.

All this focus on Jerusalem and the Temple Mount should be one other indicator that points us to the possible nearness of The Great Tribulation.

As Jerusalem’s Jubilee celebration approaches, the Israeli parliament has, for the first time, proposed establishing a government body focused on strengthening the connection between the Jewish State and its holiest site: The Temple Mount. This move has generated anger among Palestinian politicians, who believed recent efforts by the UN to erase this Jewish connection were successful.

In a move that has attracted the ire of the Palestinians, Culture Minister Miri Regev and Jerusalem Minister Ze’ev Elkin proposed a new foundation to promote the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.  A $550,00 yearly budget will be added to the already existing Western Wall Heritage Fund, establishing the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation. It will be responsible for “research, information and advocacy” about the Jewish connection to the site.

Arab MKs attacked the proposal in the Knesset, claiming the site is holy exclusively to Islam.

Ahmad Tibi of the Joint Arab List decried the foundation in the Knesset hearing, declaring, “The Al Aqsa Mosque and the Holy Sanctuary (The Dome of the Rock), and all of its surrounding land, are holy to Islam and they are all an Islamic Mosque.

“That is how it has always been, and that is how it will remain, despite the conquest, and despite this new funding.”

MK Yehudah Glick (Likud), who has been advocating universal prayer at the site for many years, was enthusiastic.

“After many long months, I am pleased that our efforts have finally produced fruit. This is a good time, and thank God it has finally arrived, albeit fifty years late (actually 2,000 years late). The Israeli government has recognized that the Temple Mount  is our national site.”

The move comes as Israel is about to celebrate Jerusalem’s Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the IDF conquering the city in its entirety in the 1967 six day war. At a cabinet meeting last week, Regev unveiled the logo for the occasion, explaining its significance.

“It tells the true story of Jerusalem,” she said.”The base of the digit 5 is a harp, reminiscent of David, King of Israel, who founded Jerusalem as our eternal capital 3,000 years ago. The head of the 5 is a lion – the symbol of the modern city of Jerusalem.”

She noted that some had criticized the logo’s wording describing the event as the “liberation” of Jerusalem rather than its unification.

“The fact that Jerusalem was liberated should be above all political dispute,” Regev said to the ministers. “I am saddened that any Israeli, whether right or left, is bothered by this.

“The Jewish nation’s bonds to Jerusalem are perhaps the deepest there have ever been in history between a people and a city. If we are unable to tell ourselves that we have liberated Jerusalem from generations of foreign conquest, how can we complain against the rest of the world for not recognizing our intrinsic connections to the city?”

Regev was referring to a series of UNESCO resolutions last summer which tried to erase any connection between Judaism and its most holy sites, renaming them in Arabic, while blaming Israel entirely for the conflict in the region.

The Israeli government has not allowed Jews to pray on the Temple Mount since shortly after the Six Day War, when it gave control of access to the site to the Waqf (Muslim authority). According to the agreement between the government and the Waqf, Jews were permitted to visit the site for the first time since the destruction of the Temple, but were prohibited from praying.


Read more at https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/85006/time-jerusalem-jubilee-knesset-strengthens-state-connection-temple-mount/#82h117Xsyzvr0HlB.99

Incredible!.....did you catch what the Arabs said?;

Arab MKs attacked the proposal in the Knesset, claiming the site is holy exclusively to Islam.

Seriously?....it's amazing that the world doesn't look at the Arab's who say this and say, "How purposely ignorant must you Arab/Muslims actually be to say this with a straight face?"

The mountain of proof that the Jews were there in Jerusalem AND on the Temple Mount with Solomon's and Herod's Temple over 3000 years ago is EVERYWHERE!!

Also, Jerusalem is NEVER mentioned in the Koran...while it shows up hundreds of times in the Bible.

God loved Jerusalem.  Satan wanted it for himself since God loved it.  Satan spoke to Muhammad, Muhammad took a sword and demanded people all around him submit to Satan/Allah.  Islam then kicked out Christianity from  Arab lands and converted most Arabs by threats.  The Arab/Muslims ultimately took over Jerusalem and built a Mosque to Allah and covered a rock with a golden dome to honor Muhammad.

Today we find that the Jews want to reclaim some of their Temple Mount history....and the Arabs are sounding stupid again.

I wonder when they will learn?  Probably not anytime soon.  It seems they have been on the wrong side of things for thousands of years now.

Nehemiah 4
But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.