Update on Red Heifers From Temple Institute

Most of my readers know that Christians don’t need Temples and Red Heifer ashes to worship Jesus.  The reason we watch for this news of the Jews is because THEY will be building the 3rd Temple and will need ashes of a red heifer to enter it.  So we watch the Jews so we can discern the times.  If we see decorations go up for Thanksgiving we can know that Christmas is close.  In the same way when we see Jews looking for a messianic figure, talking about Temples and looking for red heifers we can discern that the end of the age is at hand.

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Jewish tradition maintains that the red heifer is the most enigmatic and difficult to understand law that God gave us in the Torah. The Jewish sources discuss the multitude of details in depth, covering the laws regarding the requirements and aspects that disqualify the heifer, as well as the performance of the ceremony and how it was conducted during the days the Temple stood in Jerusalem. Few scholars are experts in the red heifer. Over a decade ago, the Temple Institute launched its red heifer project and tasked Rabbi Azariah Ariel with studying the subject in depth.

It should be emphasized that the red heifer is used to purify the nation of Israel from impurity resulting from proximity to or contact with a dead body. This state of purity is necessary for Jews to ascend to the Temple. Non-Jews do not become ritually impure and do not enter the Temple, so the mitzvah of the red heifer is not relevant to them, though the Talmud describes the purchase of a red heifer from a non-Jew to be used to purify Jews for the Temple service. 

It should also be emphasized that Jews are currently the only verifiable descendants of Israel. Jewish law explicitly states that Jewish identity is genealogical, passed down from mother to children. Being part of the nation of Israel is not nor has it ever been a result of belief.

On July 1, a red heifer that had been housed at Shiloh by the Boneh Israelorganization was prepared and burned on a pyre of wood at an undisclosed location in Samaria. The ceremony was carried out by a Kohen (a Jewish man descended from Aaron the priest). The cow was one of five red calves that were brought from Texas to Israel by Boneh Israel in September 2022

The Temple Institute statement reads as follows:

In light of incorrect information that has been published regarding the red heifer, the Temple Institute would like to announce:

1. For about ten years, the Temple Institute has been engaged in preparations for producing the ashes of the red heifer, both from an educational and practical perspective. The observance of these commandments, the raising of a red heifer according to Torah law, and the production of kosher ashes for the purification of the ritually impure, is very complex and includes thousands (!) of details, which require great knowledge and skill in execution. Therefore, the process also includes a number of practical experiments and exercises.

2. About three months ago, a practice was held in the Samarian mountains, in which a simulation of the making of the ashes of the red heifer was conducted.

3. Of course, ashes of the red heifer that are not made on the Mount of Olives while facing the site of the Holy Temple are completely invalid (Mishnah, Para 4:2; Rambam, Para Aduma 4:5). Therefore, we clarify that the simulation was only an exercise, part of a series of exercises that were and, with G-d’s help, will continue to be conducted, before we are properly prepared to fulfill the mitzvahaccording to Torah requirements. The act was not kosher for additional reasons, including: a heifer was chosen for the exercise whose overall color was red, but was, nevertheless, the most invalid and unkosher of the heifers in our possession. (Its tail was damaged, and it had a defect.) Likewise, the priestly garments worn by the kohen conducting the practice exercise were not consecrated. The purpose of the exercise was to improve our readiness for producing the ashes, and indeed, the exercise improved our understanding of the process, as well as the kohen’sskill, and also revealed various weak points that we must deal with, such as the proper way to lead the heifer to its destination.

4. For this reason, the ashes were mostly left by us in place without any care on our part. We did collect samples of the ashes by people who are tamei met, (impure due to contact with a corpse), and are therefore rendered ineligible for performing this mitzvah, only for the purpose of checking whether the equipment we have is suitable for the task, and important lessons were learned in this regard as well. In any case, all of the ashes are completely ineligible.

5. Anyone who claims otherwise, that the heifer was kosher and the ashes produced from it are kosher for the purpose of purification, is mistaken and misleading, either intentionally or unintentionally.

6. There are currently four red heifers at the Shiloh site, some of which are owned by Rabbi Ariel, head of the Temple Institute. Their halachic status has not yet been definitively determined, and we are monitoring them.

7. The real red heifer will be made, G-d willing, when we have a kosher red heifer (according to the opinion of the rabbis of the Temple Institute and the rabbis they consult with), and when we are ready in all other aspects of the matter. This is a long process that requires patience and perseverance.

 https://israel365news.com/413978/update-and-clarification-regarding-the-red-heifer/

Building Designer Babies in Silicon Valley

 What if a woman could go to the store and order the perfect child?  No more defects.  No chromosome issues, no chance for birth defects, no chance for an undesirable skin color or hair color, choose the sex…it would be perfect!

But of course mankind is playing with creation which brings him in conflict, again, with the Creator.

When will God say, “Enough!”?  It has to be getting close.

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For months, behind closed doors in San Francisco, a small biotech company has been chasing a dream that feels more like a prophecy from the future -- the creation of a genetically engineered baby. 

Bankrolled by two of Silicon Valley's most powerful figures -- the CEO of a leading artificial intelligence company and the founder of a major cryptocurrency exchange -- the startup claims its mission is to eliminate hereditary disease by editing the human embryo itself.

It sounds noble: end suffering before it begins. Yet beneath the rhetoric of compassion and progress lies a chilling question -- are we about to cross a line that can never be uncrossed?

The New Frontier: Designing Life Itself

The project, launched by a young scientist trained under one of the world's pioneers in gene-editing, has already raised tens of millions of dollars. Its leaders claim to be developing the technology to safely alter embryos -- not to create "designer babies," they insist, but to prevent tragic genetic diseases before birth.

But as the money flows and the ambitions expand, the moral ground beneath these efforts grows thinner by the day. Once we begin rewriting the genetic code of the unborn, who decides what is "better"? Who decides which traits to preserve -- and which to erase?

Today it may be cystic fibrosis. Tomorrow it could be intelligence, beauty, strength, or emotional temperament. The boundary between healing and enhancement blurs quickly when technology and ambition collide.

And make no mistake: this is ambition at its purest. The investors behind these projects are the same figures driving the artificial intelligence revolution -- men who believe technology can and should reengineer every aspect of human life. First, they taught machines to think. Now they want to rewrite the code of humanity itself.

The Myth of Perfect Life

The promise of genetic editing sounds compassionate: no more inherited pain, no more children suffering from incurable diseases. But buried within that promise is a darker message -- that imperfection itself must be eliminated.

This vision treats human weakness as a glitch in the system, something to be "fixed" rather than something that can reveal grace, resilience, or dependence on others. The danger is not just scientific -- it's spiritual. Once humanity begins to view life as a problem to be optimized, it loses sight of the miracle of creation.

Each child, no matter how flawed by human standards, bears the image of God. Our suffering does not make us less human; it reminds us that we are not gods. When humanity starts playing Creator, we trade wonder for control and compassion for efficiency.

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9109#google_vignette

Islam and Next Religious Majority

 It’s not hard to do the math.  15 years ago I read a book by historian Mark Steyn called America Alone. He did the math of the average Muslim woman having 4-5 kids while the average American, French, English, Swedish, Italian woman has 1.5 kids.  It doesn’t take long for compounding to flood the world with Islam.

Of course Jesus can do what He wants and He is appearing to thousands of Muslims every day in dreams and visions and they leave the lies of Islam to follow Him.

It would appear the stage is being set for a global religion that will worship the Beast.  And it seems to have Muslim and Catholicism and Judaism all coming together for this Tribulation event.

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Something is changing in the heart of America--quietly, steadily, and with consequences that will touch every church and every family. Across our cities and suburbs, the landscape of faith is being rewritten. While Christianity once shaped nearly every corner of American life, another faith is now rising--Islam--and it's growing faster than most realize.

In the last half-century, the number of Muslims in the United States has multiplied many times over. Mosques that once stood only in major urban centers now appear in quiet suburbs and small towns. Muslim families are young, vibrant, and multiplying--while Christian families, and Americans in general, are shrinking in number. A simple truth hides behind all the statistics: in just two or three generations, America will not look the same spiritually.

Look around. America's Christian majority is shrinking. In 1970, about nine out of ten Americans identified as Christian. Today, that number has dropped to around six in ten--and falling fast. Meanwhile, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the nation. Muslim families, on average, have more than two children, while most American families now have fewer. Immigration from Muslim-majority nations continues year after year, and with it comes a wave of young people who will raise the next generation here.

It's not hard to do the math. A growing, youthful population with strong family structures and religious commitment will inevitably shape the future of a nation. In contrast, Christianity in America--especially among younger generations--is aging, declining, and increasingly silent in public life.

What happens when the balance shifts? What will our nation look like when Islamic culture begins to influence public life, education, and law on a scale we've never seen before?

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=9093

Solar Storm Coming and Could Trigger Auroras

Did any of you go outside last night at look North?  The Northern Lights were visible to everybody here in Buffalo, Mn.  So yes, they’re beautiful to look at but let’s remember that the same solar storms that produce them could one day knock out our power grid.  I think we can all kind of imagine what would happen in America if the lights went out for 10-20-30 days or more.  You’re talking about chaos, the likes of which have never been seen before.  A storm of this magnitude has happened in the past.  The Carrington Event is something we have blogged on over the years.  Look it up.  

It’s a reminder to us all how tiny, insignificant and helpless we are to control anything while we spin on this globe, hurtling around the sun.  And yet God holds it all in His hands.

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Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications.

 In the past few days, the sun has burped out several bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections that could reach Earth Tuesday night and early Wednesday. The potential severe geomagnetic storms could disrupt radio and GPS communications, according to forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

How bright the auroras are and how far south they are visible will depend on when the solar bursts get here and how they interact with Earth's atmosphere. The vibrant displays could be visible across much of the northern U.S., and as far south as Alabama and Northern California.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/12/g-s1-97533/solar-storms-auroras

A Furry Honey Badger is Running as a Democrat for Congress

 Here’s how the logic goes for many of the unregenerate Democrats;

“Since evolution made us all, some folks are women trapped in men’s bodies and vise versa.  Since we KNOW this is true we must also know that some people may look human but they are really animals trapped in human bodies.  And this is why we Democrats have endorsed a honey Badger for Congress!”

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The Democrats seem to be having an existential identity crisis between communist Islamists and just plain old bat-crap crazy Marxists. Michigan is a prime example of the latter, where Sam Smeltzer, better known as Elyon Badger, is running for a seat in the House of Representatives.

He is a gay, furry-loving, self-identifying honey badger who celebrated conservative TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s and UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassinations and believes that America deserved 9/11. That last one got him banned on X, and he now spews his evil, hateful rhetoric on Bluesky and Instagram.

Smeltzer is a 36-year-old IT specialist who is all for taxing the rich, government-run healthcare, and fighting for the demented freedom of furries, according to The Washington Free Beacon. He is seeking to represent Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District between political events and attending furry conventions.

The flamboyant Democrat is running against Bridget Brink, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, but she has been raising far more money than he has, and he is lagging behind her. However, due to an October front-page photo shoot in Michigan’s Between the Lines LGBT newspaper that touts his “honey badger energy,” his campaign is beginning to surge.

Smeltzer is just one of many weird, off-the-wall Democrats calling for violence while claiming they hate America as they run for political office.

https://rairfoundation.com/furry-honey-badger-marxist-dem-who-celebrated-charlie/

More on Tucker Carlson and Right Wing Antisemitism

Last Sunday I had the privilege of addressing our Adult Education class at church.  I spoke briefly about Tucker Carlson and how he seemed to be a young Christian and maybe was following a pattern of replacement theology and turning on Israel and the Jews.

Today, Rapture Ready is taking on some of the same discussion, including mention of Martin Luther and his screed against the Jews.

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False Teaching Generates Antisemitism

Tucker Carlson recently made headlines with his anti-Jewish rant during his podcast interview of Nick Fuentes, a commentator with antisemite beliefs. They cleverly displayed their racial prejudice under the guise of questioning Israel’s prominent place in world affairs.

Although Tucker Carlson professes to be a Christian, the dialogue between the two turned ugly as they attacked what they called “Christian Zionists,” referring to them as having a “brain virus.” They ridiculed the belief of believers like us who believe that Israel has a special place in future Bible prophecy as God’s chosen people.

During the podcast, Carlson displayed his unmistakable bias against the Jewish people while at the same time mocking millions of believers. If he had done so against the blacks or Hispanics, his career as a journalist might be short-lived at best. Instead, many conservatives continue to revere him.

What lies behind his hatred for the Jewish people? Is it not the teaching that God has rejected Israel?

Antisemitism Often Begins Inside the Walls of Churches

Based upon Carlson’s comments and his claims to be a Christian, it’s evident that he adheres to a form of Replacement Theology. This teaching asserts that God rejected the Jewish people after Jesus’ crucifixion and replaced Israel with the church. In other words, there’s no future restoration of a kingdom to Israel and no thousand-year reign of Jesus over the nations. The church inherited God’s kingdom promises to the nation of Israel, albeit spiritually rather than physically.

Historically, the anti-Jewish mindset of those who have held to Replacement Theology beliefs has never stayed within the walls of the church. During the Spanish Inquisition of the fifteenth century, the Catholic Church turned its fury against Jews as well as Protestants. Propelled by its belief that it was God’s true kingdom on earth, they forced hundreds of thousands to either convert or face torture and, in many cases, death. Because of its errant beliefs regarding Israel, the Catholic church persecuted the Jews during this time and forced as many as 100,000 of them to leave their homes in Spain.

Martin Luther, who also taught that God had rejected Israel, preached an angry sermon against the Jews after they failed to convert to Christianity. Adolf Hitler later used this message as a part of his justification for the holocaust.

Now we have a highly respected and influential conservative journalist taking his errant beliefs regarding Israel outside the church walls to the world. His words will influence many Americans, which will give Satan the opportunity to turn his angry words into hatred for the Jewish people. Carlson’s words are music to the ears of Israel’s enemies.

Pastors who deny Israel’s place in Bible prophecy or refuse to talk about Bible prophecy from the pulpit create a vacuum that the enemy seeks to fill with hatred for God’s chosen people. Please know I’m not saying that false teaching is the only reason for today’s rampant antisemitism, but it is one of them.

The Resulting Antisemitism Is Divisive

Not only does the antisemitism embedded in Replacement theology spill over into the world, but it also causes much division. Carlson’s comments are already causing divisions among conservatives. In his podcast, he specifically attacked Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, who agree with him on most political issues. Another conservative commentator, Mark Levin, has also sharply criticized Carlson.

Senator Ted Cruz responded to Carlson’s put-down at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit on October 30, 2025. He said, “In the last six months, I’ve seen more antisemitism on the right than I have in my entire life. This is poison, and I believe we are facing an existential crisis in our party and in our country.”

The popularity of Bible prophecy teachings that come directly from Replacement Theology has long caused divisions among believers, and it’s getting worse. Because we adhere to Premillennial beliefs such as the Rapture, the thousand-year reign of Christ, and the Lord’s future restoration of a kingdom to Israel, we are no longer welcome in many “Bible-believing” churches.

Carlson had this to say about those he described as Christian Zionists: “I dislike them more than anybody … because it’s Christian heresy, and I’m offended by that as a Christian.”

Is this not what Jude wrote about long ago? (verses 17-21) It’s the scoffers, driven by errant theology, who divide the body of Christ.

Antisemitism Is Prophetic

What the Bible reveals about the Tribulation period tells us it will be a horrific time for the Jewish people. Jeremiah 30:7 refers to it as “the time of Jacob’s trouble.” In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus urgently warns the Jewish people living in Israel to flee after the antichrist defiles the temple (Matthew 24:15-22). Zechariah 13:8-9 sadly tells us that only one-third of the Jews will remain alive at the end of the time Jesus refers to as “great tribulation.” It’s this remnant that will turn to Jesus with saving faith.

Twenty-five years ago, one might have said that the nations of the world would never accept such deadly persecution of the Jews. Now, however, we see vast numbers of people marching in support of Hamas in spite of its October 7, 2023, brutal and barbaric massacre of the Jews. Nations openly condemn Israel for seeking to eliminate the deadly threats on its borders.

A sympathizer of Hamas and outspoken antisemitic, Zohran Mamdani, is now the mayor-elect of New York City. As Amir Tsarfati posted on Telegram, many of the Jews who live there are now in fear for their future. Will the Lord use this to bring many of them to Israel?

Is it not ironic that Carlson’s hatred of the Jews and “Christian Zionists” is fulfilling the literal interpretation of Scripture that he ridicules?

The false teaching that God rejected Israel and reneged on His promises to the nation finds its way outside the walls of churches, where it often morphs into antisemitism. It happened in the past. It’s happening now, and make no mistake: it’s music to the ears of those who hate the Jewish people.

 https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

The Price of Gold

 As many of you know, America was on the gold standard following our victory at WWII when we made our currency the ONLY global reserve currency.  We promised to hold 1 ounce of gold for every $35 of paper money we created.  Nixon took us off that on August 15, 1971.

That’s an interesting date for me personally because I was 8 yrs old and we were in the process of moving to New Hope, MN.  We bought a very nice 4 bedroom, 2 bath colonial home on a cul-de-sac with a yard and a park behind that.  A great neighborhood to grow up in!

My parents purchased that house for $35,000 within weeks of Nixon leaving the gold standard.

So simple math would mean that if my parents had 1000 ounces of gold, they could have cashed that in and used it to purchase that home.

Today, gold is valued at just over $4,000 per ounce.  That same 1000 ounces of gold would now be worth $4,000,000 in US dollars.  The same house in New Hope just sold for about $400,000.

That’s what happens when governments create massive amounts of paper dollars backed only by faith and confidence.  The paper money becomes worth less.  When they finally get caught printing money to pay the interest on outstanding debt, it will one day become worthless.

US Military Base to Be Built in Damascus?

 We aren’t sure what to make of this story.  We post it because it speaks of the US building a military base in Damascus.  As you know Isaiah 17 says that Damascus will be totally destroyed and made uninhabitable.  We also think it could be prophetic because of the peace another US military base may harbor in the Middle East and may even involve the Antichrist confirming a peace agreement that is being laid out as we read this.

But we aren’t sure how it’s going to end well when we make peace with a government who is made up of Muslim extremists.

We also know the history of empires and how they all collapse when they can’t support the military bases they built all over the world.  America seems to be repeating this pattern.  Another base?  Another $trillion!  Ah…who cares?  We already owe $38 trillion, might as well be $39 trillion!

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The US is planning to establish a military base in Damascus, Syria, Reuters has reported, as the Trump administration continues to strongly back the new Syrian government that’s led by former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The report said that the US will establish a military presence at an airbase on the outskirts of the Syrian capital for the purpose of enabling a security pact that Washington is attempting to broker between Israel and Syria.

The idea would be for the US military to monitor a potential deal that would include the demilitarization of areas to the south of Damascus. Officials compared it to the US monitoring of the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, which Israel has constantly violated, and the ceasefire deal in Gaza, which Israel has also been in breach of.

A Syrian Foreign Ministry official later told Syria’s state news agency SANA that the Reuters report was "untrue" but did not specifically deny that the US would establish a military presence in Damascus.

"The current stage marks a transformation in the US position towards direct engagement with the Syrian central government in Damascus, and towards supporting the country’s unity while rejecting any calls for partition," the official said.

A Syrian defense official told Reuters that the US had flown to the base in military C-130 transport aircraft to ensure the runway was usable, and a security guard at one of the base’s entrances said that American aircraft were landing there as part of "tests".

Previous reports have said that the Trump administration may sign an agreement with the new Syrian government to formalize its military presence in Syria.

The US has been closing bases in northeast Syria but is expected to maintain its presence at the al-Tanf Garrison in the south, which is situated where the borders of Syria, Iraq, and Jordan converge.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-establish-military-base-syrias-damascus