Israeli Flags on The Temple Mount

 As we have said numerous times, Israel is God's timepiece and Jerusalem is the minute hand and The Temple Mount is the second hand.

With that thought, this news coming from The Temple Mount is interesting.

As most of you know, Israel willingly gave up control of The Temple Mount after they took over Jerusalem during the 1967 War.  They did this to appease the Muslim Ummah and gave control to the Waqf who polices and keeps order.  The Al Aqsa mosque and also the Dome of the Rock are on the Temple Mount and considered the 3rd holiest site of Islam.  The Waqf would NEVER let Jews onto their holy site...which is extremely racist by today's standards, but I digress.

Today we read that not only did Jews ascend the mount but they carried Israeli flags and were NOT asked to leave.

A small group of Jewish worshippers stood near the Dome of the Rock on Sunday morning, unfurled seven Israeli flags, and sang Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem. The scene would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. For decades, even minor displays of Jewish national expression on the Temple Mount were met with immediate intervention by police. This time, the participants remained on the site, sang openly, and completed the demonstration without being removed.

The Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, has witnessed a dramatic increase in Jewish visitors in recent years. The sight of Jews ascending the mount, praying quietly, bowing, and now publicly displaying Israeli flags reflects a significant shift in enforcement policies at the site.

The event took place shortly after the Temple Mount was reopened to Jewish visitors following a four-day closure for a Muslim holiday. Video footage circulating on social media showed approximately 10 Jewish worshippers carrying 7 Israeli flags near the Dome of the Rock before singing Hatikvah.

Those displaying the flags were not removed from the compound. According to participants and Temple Mount activists, enforcement authorities acted in accordance with policy changes implemented under National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Rabbi Elisha Wolfson, head of the Temple Mount Yeshiva, welcomed the development.

“It is a great joy to see the process of the return to Zion growing stronger, and to witness the many advances on the Temple Mount,” Rabbi Wolfson said. “There is no doubt that the minister is carrying out a genuine revolution.”

Following the reopening of the site, the Temple Mount Yeshiva published updated visiting hours and encouraged Jews who meet the requirements of ritual purity to ascend the mount.

The display quickly drew international criticism. Turkey condemned the incident, accusing Israel of undermining the status of the site. Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates issued similar statements, describing the raising of Israeli flags and the singing of the national anthem as violations of longstanding arrangements governing the compound.

Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Sufian Qudah called the event “an unacceptable provocation” and reiterated Amman’s position that the Islamic Waqf is the sole authority responsible for administering the site.

The legal status of the flag display is more complicated than many international reactions suggested.

No Israeli law explicitly prohibits carrying an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount. Israeli law protects freedom of expression and freedom of movement, and the Israeli flag is the national flag of the State of Israel. The restrictions that have traditionally limited Jewish activity on the mount have largely arisen from police policy and administrative decisions intended to preserve public order rather than from legislation passed by the Knesset.

The Temple Mount operates under a framework commonly referred to as the “status quo,” a set of arrangements developed after Israel captured eastern Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967. Under that framework, the Jordanian Islamic Waqf retained responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the Islamic holy sites, while Israel maintained overall security control and authority over access to the compound.

Here;  Israeli flags and Hatikvah on the Temple Mount signal a new reality - Israel365 News

The Jewish demand to have access to the Temple Mount is only going to increase.  The demand to have a Jewish Temple rebuilt there is only going to increase.  Bible readers know that there will be a 3rd Temple built there one day because the Antichrist will go into it and declare himself to be God.  

But the Antichrist won't be revealed until after the rapture.  So the fact that Jews are on the Temple mount and interrupting the status quo should be one more sign that we should not be surprised if the trumpet blows soon and all believers are called up to meet Jesus in the clouds.

Even so, Come Lord Jesus!