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Jerusalem Wall Collapse Sparks Jewish-Muslim Row: MUSLIMS CONTINUE ATTEMPT TO ERASE JEWISH HISTORY
rEUTERS ^ | Jerusalem Wall Collapse Sparks Jewish-Muslim Row

Posted on 02/15/2004 12:17:52 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The collapse of part of Jerusalem's Western Wall during a rare snowstorm sparked a row between Jewish and Muslim clerics Sunday as one rabbi called it a miracle no worshippers were hurt.

The collapse late Saturday of an 800-year-old embankment next to where Jewish women pray at the site commonly known as the "wailing wall" sent people fleeing from tumbling rocks.

The Muslim authority for the area, the Waqf, blamed Israeli building work nearby for the problem; but an Israeli architect said construction by Arabs was making the wall unstable.

"It's a miracle nobody was hurt," said rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich, blaming time and the weather for the collapse.

Engineers were also looking at whether a small earthquake last week might have played a part in the incident. Israeli police kept people away from the site Sunday.

The head of the Waqf, whose authority includes the Al-Aqsa mosque above the wall, said it had been complaining about Israeli renovations of the Western Wall plaza for some time.

"We've been saying it could cause problems," said Adnan al-Husseini.

Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar said it was the fifth time in two years that parts of the walls had begun to crumble, buckle or crack as a result of what she called unsupervised construction by the Waqf -- a charge the Muslim clerics deny.

"What concerns me most is the Temple Mount itself is in danger of collapsing...The earthquake has certainly done more damage but nobody goes to check," she told Reuters.

Jewish women worship separately from men and Rabinovich said partitions would be set up in the men's section to allow women to pray there until their area was made safe after the collapse.

New Yorker Frady Schwartz, praying at the wall Sunday, was unfazed; she said with a shrug: "It's in God's hands."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Israel
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To: Cinnamon Girl
Well if this is UNIVERSAL then maybe the rapture theory is correct...Because I know I would rather be killed than accept a false Messiah, I will only worship the one I know to be Jesus Christ and how he will manifest himself in the 2nd coming I will not be convinced no matter what this Man who people will claim is Messiah, I don't care how much PEACE is in the world...
61 posted on 02/15/2004 4:27:39 PM PST by missyme
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To: Hand em their arse
Have you read the "Left Behind" series?

Yes. And the first books in both LaHaye's and Jenkins's new solo series. Jenkins's is WAY better. LaHaye made a serious mistake when he ditched Jenkins for his new series.

MM

62 posted on 02/15/2004 4:28:14 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: Chris Talk
Which means what?
63 posted on 02/15/2004 4:28:44 PM PST by missyme
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To: missyme
Don't worry, the Antichrist will deny that Jesus is what he claimed... the Antichrist will be a Muslim, that much is clear.

In Revelation, it says "And I saw three unclean spirits like Frogs, come out of the mouths of the Dragon [Satan], and the Beast [UN world govt] and the False Prophet [Muhammad].

Steer clear of those 3 baddies and there will be no problem.
64 posted on 02/15/2004 4:30:37 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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To: Thinkin' Gal
http://www.aish.com/wallcam/Window_on_the_Wall.asp
65 posted on 02/15/2004 4:34:12 PM PST by Ladysmith
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To: Cinnamon Girl; Chris Talk
Is this might what you are speaking of?

SIX SIGNS GIVEN BY JESUS TO INDICATE HIS COMING AND THE END OF THE AGE

In Matthew24:3 Jesus was asked, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" Jesus told his apostles to look for the following signs prior to his second coming and the end of the age.



1. FALSE PROPHETS AND CHRISTS

Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."

Matthew 24:11 "And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many."


In the last several years many have claimed to be the Messiah. Jim Jones and David Koresh are examples of these false christs as well as countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false christ, the antichrist. Many New Age groups, some even NGO's working for the United Nations, are anxiously awaiting the antichrist, preparing the way for his acceptance as the head of the hierarchy of gods and the one who will usher in world peace.

2. WARS

Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end."



Rumors of wars in all areas of the world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.



Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

More people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the globe.

3. FAMINES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."



As white, Christian farmers are driven out of Africa in increasing numbers, and foreigners move in to replace life-sustaining crops with poppies that now supply 25% of the worlds drugs, famine spreads across the African continent. The undernourished are not limited to Africa, however. A large portion of the worlds 5 billion people suffers from a shortage of food.

4. EARTHQUAKES

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."



The number and intensity of earthquakes this century is at a level higher than any other time in history. A staggering number of seismic events occur around the world daily. The earthquake seismic monitor IRIS shows all major earthquakes for the last year. Indicated by yellow and red circles, the seismic events of the last 15 days provides strong evidence of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:7 in our day. By contrast, in the years from 1890 to 1900 there was only one major earthquake in the world.

5. TRIBULATIONS

Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."

Christians are under attack throughout the world today. In the United States Christians still enjoy freedom to worship God without suffering much more than ridicule, hatred, or discrimination at work and school. However in many other countries such as China, Sudan, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Russia, and many Muslim nations, Christian suffer much greater persecution and often times death for their faith. During the tribulation this suffering will be worldwide and will continue even to the point of martyrdom. These first 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches, much like the birth pangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches.

6. THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."

This prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio, missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the world right from our own homes, churches and offices.







TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE END OF THE AGE FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL
1. GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS

II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."



For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.

2. APOSTASY (FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH)

I Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."



Churches today are becoming more and more ecumenical, embracing the New Age interfaith agenda, and denying Christ as the only way to salvation. Giving in to the politically correct media and a corrupt society, they have embrace homosexuality as an acceptable alternate lifestyle and preach tolerance and compromise in place of God's truth for the salvation of the world. The environmentalist movement within the New Age movement lures them into a worship of mother earth, belief in past lives, reincarnation, and Karma while demonizing all those who would eat the meat God gave us as nourishment for our bodies.





ELEVEN FULFILLMENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY REQUIRED FOR THE END OF THE AGE





1. EXISTENCE OF A 200,000,000 MAN ARMY IN THE EAST

Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them."



An army of that size had never existed until China's army reached that number in the 1960's.

2. REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (EUROPEAN COMMUNITY)

Daniel 2:32-33 "The head of the statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay."



Daniel 2:40-43 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have the toughness of iron, and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery."



The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire according to Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The two legs are the division of the Roman empire into an eastern portion called the Byzantine empire which ended in the 1400's and a western portion based in Rome which ended in the 400's. The nations of Europe since the Roman empire dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire but continue as separate nations, however, the European Union now has 15 Member States and is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries.

3. RETURN OF THE ONE PURE LANGUAGE, HEBREW, TO ISRAEL

Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will return to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent."



Prior to the restoration of Israel in 1948, Hebrew was a dead language. Now Hebrew is spoken throughout Israel.

4. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORATION OF TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN JERUSALEM

For several end time prophecies to be fulfilled, the temple will have to be rebuilt.



Revelation 11:2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the oly city for forty-two months."



Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolation, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."



Daniel 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary."



Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site, putting the Dome of the Rock within the Court of the Gentiles. This may be the court outside the temple that is left out.



There are many groups already working on preparations for the new temple. The blueprints are already done, the temple garments have been made, and there have already been attempts to lay the cornerstone of the temple. The only thing standing in the way of the construction of the new temple is Islam's third holiest site, the Dome of the Rock and government support for such an undertaking. Some possible scenarios for the rebuilding of the temple are as follows:



1. The persuasion and performing of miracles by the Antichrist and False Prophet convinces the Islamic world to approve the rebuilding.



2. The United Nations will negotiate the rebuilding of the temple following a war with the armies from the North (Russia and Islamic forces). This assumes that the war with the armies from the North is not the battle of Armageddon as some feel and that this attack occurs before the rapture or tribulation period begins. The supernatural destruction of the Russian army and Islamic forces will cause an outpouring of Christian worship and zeal amongst the Jewish people who will reconstruct the temple.



3. It is determined that the site of the first two temples is actually south of the Dome of the Rock, and the court of the gentiles (Dome of the Rock) will be left out of the 3rd temple.



A group in Israel called the Temple Mount Faithful have obtained most of the clothing, instruments and other equipment required for temple worship and are actively preparing for the laying of the third temple's cornerstone.

5. APPEARANCE OF THE RED HEIFER AFTER 2000 YEARS

Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening."

A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.

66 posted on 02/15/2004 4:35:20 PM PST by missyme
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To: missyme
In general, though I am sure there are details I could pick at. But that would not serve any purpose here.
67 posted on 02/15/2004 4:36:58 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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To: Chris Talk
I could too, but in general I think there are alot of things that are coming into play..Something all of us should just be aware of...
68 posted on 02/15/2004 4:40:12 PM PST by missyme
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To: Cinnamon Girl
The Muslim practice of occupying the holy places of others will come back to haunt them.

I do not wish to be too near when the rent on the Temple Mount comes due.
69 posted on 02/15/2004 5:01:34 PM PST by Imal (The problem with Islam is fundamental.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

Surprise, Surprise. Who ever thought this could happen.

70 posted on 02/15/2004 5:32:01 PM PST by SJackson (Visit http://www.JewPoint.blogspot.com)
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To: missyme
There have been many false messiahs in history, but never has there been a one that the whole world accepted.
71 posted on 02/15/2004 5:34:49 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
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To: Chris Talk
I don't know that I could link w with that ...

however, you are correct ... after that Third Temple is up, someone, claiming to be Israel's "messiah" will sit in the temple and declare themselves to be "god" ... I don't know when it will happen, but it will happen ...
72 posted on 02/15/2004 5:36:47 PM PST by Bobby777
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To: Cinnamon Girl
Do you think this is the first time it has snowed in 800+ years?

First time since last year. Time to kick the Wakf out and undertake the preservation of the Temple Mount. If they want to continue excavating and trashing it, they need to win the next war.

73 posted on 02/15/2004 5:37:28 PM PST by SJackson (Visit http://www.JewPoint.blogspot.com)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
Not unless Muhammad conquers EUrope and America.
74 posted on 02/15/2004 5:37:30 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
How typical. We build things-muslims make them go down.
75 posted on 02/15/2004 5:37:56 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: missyme
yes, John measures the (future) temple in Revelation 11 ...
76 posted on 02/15/2004 5:38:46 PM PST by Bobby777
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To: Bobby777
That verse is already fulfilled. Muhammad is sitting in the Temple Mount today, and claiming that Allah is the G-d of Israel. That is why we need to remember the NAME of our G-d, which is YHWH.

Christians and Jews believe it was Satan that spoke to Muhammad.
77 posted on 02/15/2004 5:39:22 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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To: Chris Talk
I'm afraid I can't agree with that ... you are, of course, entitled to your own opinion, but "antichrist" actually means "false substitute" for the Real Christ, Who doesn't show up (2nd Coming, that is) until Revelation 19 ...

I expect, by earthquake or otherwise, something will happen that will let the Jews rebuild the Temple ... the Temple is not in operation as the sacrifices and oblations, specified in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, are not in operation today, leaving the Judaic sacrificial system for sin not in operation ... no High Priest, no Mercy Seat etc. ...

the Antichrist will cease these sacrifice and oblation by the Daniel verses you quote ... they must be instituted first in order to be stopped midway through the Trib period ..
78 posted on 02/15/2004 5:44:49 PM PST by Bobby777
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To: Chris Talk
Christians and Jews believe it was Satan that spoke to Muhammad.

I agree with that ... though it's possible he made it all up ... either way, 600 years after the Advent of Christ, the God of Israel wouldn't spawn a new "religion" ... that much is for certain ...
79 posted on 02/15/2004 5:46:25 PM PST by Bobby777
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To: Bobby777
You could well be right, that could happen. When it does you can tell me so.

I was just reminding you that, the verse and prophecy are ALREADY FULFILLED ADEQUATELY by the Islamic abomination that has been on the Mount now for 1313 years. Thus, as an old pastor of mine already long with the Lord used to say, we ought not to set up HURDLES FOR GOD.

If the Lord wishes, he could come back tonight, and that verse would have found no fulfillment except for the hideous travesty that has been on the Mount for so long already.
80 posted on 02/15/2004 5:50:53 PM PST by Chris Talk (What Earth now is, Mars once was. What Mars now is, Earth will become.)
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