Jewish Temple Allure

John R. Houk
© August 6, 2009

WorldNetDaily sent SlantRight.com some interesting information about the Temple Mount today. The title got my attention: “What? Muslim leader wants Temple rebuilt.”

I am a Christian Right prophetic oriented kind of guy. I fall into that group of Christians that believe the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple is one of the signs the Last Days are very near.

I am also aware there are a group of Jewish Rabbis that have resurrected the Sanhedrin which existed in the days Jesus walked the earth before the Resurrection. Also I am aware there is a Jewish group that you can read about at the TempleInstitute.org that is in the process of (or has completed) the Temple Instruments and Vestures for a new Temple and Jewish Priesthood.

I could not believe that I was reading a Muslim leader wishes the Temple to be rebuilt. Not only does this leader encouraging the rebuilding of the Temple but is advocating it occur on the Temple Mount!

I wonder what the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades think of that. I sense a good old fashioned fatwa of death to be issued for such insults to Islam and dar al-Islam.

Anyway … the WorldNetDaily email is also a plug for the book “The Islamic Anti-Christ” by Joel Richardson. Richardson has a syncretic view of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Hence the plug for a Temple Mount with a Jewish Temple with the vision that the three faiths can all worship there. I assure you this is a view that Orthodox Jews would not tolerate. I probably don’t have to mention that the Muslim Arabs that call themselves Palestinians would also not tolerate such an interfaith presence on the Temple Mount which they call Haram E-Sharrif.

JRH 8/6/09
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What? Muslim leader wants Temple rebuilt
Jewish Sanhedrin rabbis unite with Turk on common cause


WorldNetDaily
Sent to SlantRight: Thu 8/6/2009 10:54 AM

With the Middle East still in chaos and rumors of war in the air, the idea of rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple on a foundation occupied and administered by Islamic militants might seem fanciful – even preposterous.

But the author of a new book, "The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth About the Real Nature of the Beast," returned from Turkey recently with news that a prominent Islamic teacher and best-selling author and Jewish Sanhedrin rabbis are conspiring to do just that.

In a column penned in WND today, author Joel Richardson reveals the historically unprecedented development.

Adnan Oktar, who uses the pen name of Harun Yahya, is a controversial but highly influential Muslim intellectual and author with more than 65 million of his books in circulation worldwide. Oktar recently met with three representatives from the re-established Jewish Sanhedrin, a group of 71 Orthodox rabbis and scholars from Israel, to discuss how religious Muslims, Jews and Christians can work together on the project.

"The objectives of the alliance include waging a joint intellectual and spiritual battle against the worldwide growing tide of irreligiousness, unbelief and immorality," explains Richardson, who met in Turkey with Oktar. "But even more unusual is their agreement with regard to the need to rebuild the Jewish Temple, a structure that Mr. Oktar refers to as the 'Masjid (Mosque)' or the 'Palace of Solomon.'"

An official statement about the meeting has been published on the Sanhedrin's website. Concluding the statement is the following call:

"Out of a sense of collective responsibility for world peace and for all humanity we have found it timely to call to the World and exclaim that there is a way out for all peoples. It is etched in a call to all humanity: We are all the sons of one father, the descendants of Adam, and all humanity is but a single family. Peace among Nations will be achieved through building the House of G-d, where all peoples will serve as foreseen by King Solomon in his prayers at the dedication of the First Holy Temple. Come let us love and respect one another, and love and honor and hold our heavenly Father in awe. Let us establish a house of prayer in His name in order to worship and serve Him together, for the sake of His great compassion. He surely does not want the blood of His creations spilled, but prefers love and peace among all mankind. We pray to the Almighty Creator, that you harken to our Call. Together – each according to his or her ability – we shall work towards the building of the House of Prayer for All Nations on the Temple Mount in peace and mutual understanding."

Oktar explained his vision for the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple to Richardson:

"The Palace of Solomon is a historically important palace and rebuilding it would be a very wonderful thing. It is something that any Jew, a Christian or a Muslim should welcome with enthusiasm. Every Muslim, every believer will want to return to those days, to experience those days again and, albeit partially, to bring the beauty of those days back to life."

Oktar added that the Temple of Solomon "will be rebuilt and all believers will worship there in tranquility." During his meeting with the Sanhedrin Rabbis, Oktar expressed his belief that the Temple could be rebuilt in one year:

"It could be done in a year at most. It could be built to the same perfection and beauty. The Torah says it was built in 13 years, if I remember correctly. It could be rebuilt in a year in its perfect form."

Richardson later met with Rabbi Abrahamson and Rabbi Hollander, two of the Sanhedrin representatives who conferred with Oktar. Regarding the rebuilding of the Temple, Rabbi Hollander explained, "The building of the Temple is one of the stages in the Messianic process." But another possibility that has been presented is that the Dome of the Rock that sits so prominently on the Temple Mount be used as "a place prayer for all nations."

"This should be fairly simple," explained Rabbi Hollander. "It is said that the structure of the Dome in Haram E-Sharrif (the Temple Mount) was originally meant by (Caliph) Omar to be a House of Prayer for Jews, and the Al-Aqsa for Muslims."

However, he also explained that religious Jews would not be able to enter the Dome of the Rock unless it had first been ritually cleansed according to Jewish halakhic regulations.

This is not the only similar call to rebuild the Jewish Temple, points out Richardson. Yoav Frankel is an Orthodox Jew who has been deeply involved in interfaith dialogue with Muslims and also envisions a shared Temple Mount. The Interfaith Encounter Association is working on a project called "God's Holy Mountain." It sees the day when the rebuilt Jewish Temple will exist side by side with the Dome of the Rock.

Richardson sees such plans tying in to Barack Obama's calls for internationalizing the city of Jerusalem.

A recent poll showed nearly two-thirds of Israelis back the idea of rebuilding the Temple.

"Meanwhile, the work of the Temple Institute, a group that has openly dedicated itself for years to rebuilding the Jewish Temple goes on," writes Richardson.

It has already created many of the most significant priestly utensils and pieces of furniture necessary for the Temple once it is ready.

"The suggestion of rebuilding the Jewish Temple is deeply significant to Christians, particularly those who are students of Bible prophecy," explains Richardson. "According to the Bible, an impostor messiah known as the Antichrist will someday invade the land of Israel and 'set himself up' in the 'God’s Temple.'"

Richardson's book focuses on the striking parallels between the Bible's prophecies about the coming messiah and Islam's traditions regarding the one called "the Mahdi" – Islam’s primary messiah figure, who will one day invade the land of Israel and establish his seat of authority on the Temple Mount.

Richardson's book stands in stark contrast to most other popular prophecy books of the last 40 years.

The student of Islam and the Middle East says that after decades of reading popular prophecy books and even best-selling fiction like the "Left Behind" series, millions of evangelical Christians around the world are expecting the Antichrist to emerge from a revived Roman Empire, which many have assumed is associated with the Roman Catholic Church and the European Union.

Not so, argues Richardson. His book makes the case that the biblical Antichrist is one and the same as the Quran's Muslim Mahdi.

"The Islamic Antichrist" is almost certain to be greeted in the Muslim world with the same enthusiasm as Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses." The author, Joel Richardson, is prepared. He has written the book under a pseudonym to protect himself and his family.

"The Bible abounds with proofs that the Antichrist's empire will consist only of nations that are, today, Islamic," says Richardson. "Despite the numerous prevailing arguments for the emergence of a revived European Roman empire as the Antichrist's power base, the specific nations the Bible identifies as comprising his empire are today all Muslim."

Richardson believes the key error of many previous prophecy scholars involves the misinterpretation of a prediction by Daniel to Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel describes the rise and fall of empires of the future, leading to the endtimes. Western Christians have viewed one of those empires as Rome, when, claims Richardson, Rome never actually conquered Babylon and was thus disqualified as a possibility.

It had to be another empire that rose and fell and rose again that would lead to the rule by this "man of sin," described in the Bible. That empire, he says, is the Islamic Empire, which did conquer Babylon and, in fact, rules over it even today.

Many evangelical Christians believe the Bible predicts a charismatic ruler, the Antichrist, will arise in the last days, before the return of Jesus. The Quran also predicts that a man, called the Mahdi, will rise up to lead the nations, pledging to usher in an era of peace. Richardson makes the case these two men are, in fact, one in the same.

His book was an instant best-seller on the Amazon charts when it debuted Tuesday. It remains No. 1 in two religion categories.
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Jewish Temple Allure
John R. Houk
© August 6, 2009
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What? Muslim leader wants Temple rebuilt

Richardson is the co-author with Walid Shoebat of "God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible" and co-editor of "Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out." "The Islamic Antichrist" is published by WND Books and is available autographed in the WND Superstore.

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Jewish Temples never existed, says top Palestinian negotiator

Here is a good reason as to why the Arabs that call themselves Palestinians cannot be given the Temple Mount part of Jerusalem. The Mohammedans will desecrate all things Jewish and Christian for their revisionist history will give them a reason to do so.

JRH 11/7/08

A Divided Jerusalem Will Destroy Jewish and Christian Sites

My fellow Christians I have to inform you that the Temple attributed to Solomon and the second Temple built by Zerubbabel and later alleged to have been renovated by Herod the Great NEVER existed.

This is the case according Muslims. These Muslims are obviously anti-Semitic and anti-Christian racists; however these Muslims are clerics that have a legal standing that is not connected to the illegal terrorists (by European and Slanted Left standards anyway).

The Freedom of Religion typical American might think, “So what? Matters of faith are a personal subjective thought process which is irrelevant to objective facts.”

A typical American might think, “The Christian faith believes Jesus Christ died physically on a cross and three days latter arose from his grave totally alive with full attributes of Godhood. Scientifically this is impossible yet I believe.”

Or a typical American might think, “The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) believe the original native American Indians were the lost tribes of Israel. Scientifically this is ludicrous yet a Mormon of faith subjectively believes this.”

The American point is Freedom of Religion does not affect the day to day lives of American society in a violent way with objective disagreements over subjective faith. In other words – Big Deal, you can believe as you like.

History has not shown this American belief in religion. Christians contrary to their own Scripture were barbaric between themselves and those outside of the faith of Christianity; i.e. persuasion was a violent issue. Greater education and an infusion of secularism has pretty much transformed the Western World to have a greater respect for human life even in the midst of religious and/or non-religious differences.

This is not the case in the Middle East and among many Muslim immigrants (including next generation Muslim Western citizens). Violence is still the foundation of persuasion. Indeed a devout Muslim who actually follows the literal tenets of the Quran, Hadith and so on would not think twice of utilizing violence to justify a violent act.

If you are a Christian or a Jew (ESPECIALLY A JEW) the Mohammedan tendency toward violence and Islamic Supremacism should perk your ears when you hear or read that the Bush Administration and the fading Olmert government are determined to do whatever it takes to establish an Islamofascist Palestinian State. Here is the real bad part of a sovereign Islamofascist Palestinian State: part of the forced deal is to divide Jerusalem between Jewish/Israel sovereignty and Islamofascist/Palestine sovereignty. Even more notorious is a Jerusalem division would place the Temple Mount under the direct authority of Islamofascist Palestine.

The reason a divided Jerusalem is evil is because the Islamofascist Palestinians of have a determined history of destroying Jewish Holy sites and to a lesser degree Christian sites. In addition the predominant Islam thought paraded in the 21st century is that the first and second Jewish Temples NEVER EXISTED.

The discovery has met with skepticism from an archaeologist with Waqf, the Jordanian-controlled trust that manages the 36-acre compound. And it has not pleased some Muslim leaders, who regard the site as an exclusive Muslim preserve. Some have denied that the Jews ever built a temple there. Sheikh Ikrema Sabri, the former mufti of Jerusalem, recently told the Jerusalem Post that the temples of Solomon and Herod never existed.

"There was never a Jewish temple on al-Aqsa, and there is no proof that there was ever a temple," Sabri said. "Because Allah is fair, he would not agree to make al-Aqsa if there were a temple there for others beforehand."

Sabri also said the Western Wall, revered by Jews as the last remnant of a huge retaining barrier built by King Herod to support the vast plaza where the temple stood, has no historical significance for Jews.

"The wall is not part of the Jewish temple. It is just the western wall of the mosque," he said. "There is not a single stone with any relation at all to the history of the Hebrews." (SFGate.com)

Here is another example of denial of facts:

When the kingdom of Jordan ruled Jerusalem's Old City between 1948 and 1967, Jews were barred from sacred sites, and the famous Hurva and Ramban synagogues were blasted into rubble. But since capturing eastern Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War, Israel has ensured Christians and Muslims free access to their holy places. Why? Because from its inception, the Jewish state was a liberal democracy, enshrining religious freedom in its declaration of independence and enforcing it through policy and law.

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The most obvious of these is fundamentalist Islam, which sees alien religious views, even certain Islamic ones, as heretical and a target for violence. The Taliban's destruction of millennia-old Buddhist landmarks; Al Qaeda's bombing of one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines in Samarra, Iraq; and Hamas's attack on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem give us a taste of what Palestinian Islamist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad would do to the Temple Mount, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the City of David, were they to take control.

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There has also been destruction at the level of ideas. As Mr. Gold shows, Muslim and Arab leaders in the past recognized that Jerusalem was the location of Solomon's Temple, but today it has become official policy, taught in schools and backed with pseudo research, that the most sacred place in the Jewish imagination — the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, built by King Solomon and maintained on and off for nearly 1,000 years — never existed. Echoing the Holocaust denial of their Iranian contemporaries, Palestinian leaders, writers, and scholars have embarked on a campaign of intellectual erasure, which Mr. Gold calls "Temple Denial," aimed at undermining the Jewish claim to any part of the land.

Mr. Gold's argument, therefore, comes down to this: Jerusalem cannot be divided without being effectively sacked — with its Jewish and Christian holy places cut off and even destroyed. … (New York Sun)

Muslims deny the existence of the Jewish Temple today; however it is very obvious that is Islamic Supremacist racism. The Jerusalem Waqf of 1925 printed a travel brochure that asserted the Temple Mount was Jewish and that the Jewish Temple existed on the Temple Mount.

There have been tons of artifacts and archeological discoveries that also prove the existence of the Temple. One of the most recent was the discovery of the Hasmonean Jerusalem wall. The Hasmonean dynasty started out well with the Maccabean revolt against Greek/Syrian oppressive rule which one the day and rededicated the Temple. The Maccabean revolt had some miraculous occurrences involving the rededication of the Jewish Temple which is today celebrated as Hanukkah. The Hasmonean wall proves the existence of the Temple.

The Mohammedan denial of the existence of the Temple will lead to Islamofascist actions that history shows will occur. The Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulcher will be heavily oppressed if not destroyed AND total control of the Temple Mount by Mohammedans will result in the eradication of that which is Jewish not to mention the prohibition of Jews to visit the Western Wall of the remains of the Temple.

It is a bad scenario. DO NOT DIVIDE JERUSALEM! DO NOT GIVE TOTAL CONTROL OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT TO MOHAMMEDANS!

JRH 9/5/08

Yes Mohammed, There was a Jewish Temple

Take that delusional Muslims who say there was no Jewish Temple. Once again archeology vindicates the Old Testament and disproves the Quran. The Bible is Truth. The Quran is error.

The Royal Seal of Gedaliah – a Prince in the court of the last King of Judah (Zedekiah) – has been discovered. Where was what discovered? At a Jewish Temple archeological site – Glory to God in the Highest!

JRH 8/4/08
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Old Testament 'proof': Royal seal discovered
Archaeologists unearth ancient relic from prince mentioned in Jeremiah

By Joe KovacsPosted: August 03, 2008 7:35 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

A team of archaeologists in Israel has unearthed what's believed to be the royal seal of an Old Testament prince who is said to have tossed the prophet Jeremiah down a well.

The stamped engraving, known as a "bulla," was discovered earlier this year about 600 feet south of the Temple Mount, but is just now making headlines.

Team leader Dr. Eilat Mazar of Jerusalem's Hebrew University says the imprint was found in clay, astonishingly well-preserved, bearing the name of Gedaliah, the son of Pashur.

"How absolutely fantastic and special this find is can only be realized when you hold in your hand this magnificent one-centimeter piece of clay and know that it survived 2,600 years in the debris of the destruction, and came to us complete and in perfect condition," Mazar said.

Gedaliah is mentioned by name in Jeremiah 38:1 as he served Judah's King Zedekiah in the final days before Jerusalem was conquered by Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.

The prophet's writings tell of the actions that Gedaliah and his fellow princes took against him:

"Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire." (Jeremiah 38:6)

The prophet was rescued after an Ethiopian eunuch pleaded with the king on Jeremiah's behalf, saying, "he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city." (38:9)

The king then ordered 30 men to hoist up the prophet before the city fell to the Babylonians.

The letters on the seal are in ancient Hebrew, and Mazar told WND the relic was recovered through a wet-sifting process. She says the method was learned after the "illegal excavations" by the Waqf, the Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount, who have been dumping debris in huge mounds.

"The wet sifting that we did for the destruction debris from our excavations indeed allowed us to uncover hundreds of different kinds of small finds such as tiny fish bones, Phoenician glass beads, Hebrew, Babylonian and Egyptian bullae and seals, pits and seeds, hematite and limestone weights, arrowheads, figurines, jewelry and more," she said.

This is actually the second recent discovery of an ancient bulla from the time of Jeremiah.

In 2005, Mazar found another seal with the name of Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, who is mentioned twice in the prophet's book. That artifact was found in a stone structure Mazar believes was part of King David's ancient palace.

She added, "It is not very often that such a discovery happens to archaeologists in which real figures of the past shake off the dust of history and so vividly revive the stories of the Bible."
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First-Temple Building Remains Found Near Temple Mt.

Well it looks like the Waqf attempt to destroy any historical remains of the Jewish Temple underneath the Temple Mount has been foiled by the discovery of some remains of the First Temple built by Solomon son of David. Muslims historians have been spreading the lie that the Jewish Temple never existed to prop up their myth that Mohammed took off from a winged horse into the heavens on the site of the Temple Mount. Hello! Old Mo died before Mohammedans conquered Byzantine Christians at Jerusalem giving them the usual Mohammedan choice: Convert, become a person possessing no rights in remaining a Christian or die.

JRH 3/14/08