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BREAKING: Major Development In Jerusalem

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Revmitchell, Jul 19, 2017.

  1. Revmitchell

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    I'm not sure how to convey to you both the seriousness and awesomeness of what may be transpiring in Israel. In short, the Jordanian Waqf has effectively lost control of the Temple Mount for the first time since 1967. It is now in the hands of Israeli police. Following the tragic shooting of two Israeli police officers on Friday by Palestinian terrorists, Israeli police assumed control of the Temple Mount. They have since installed metal detectors on all entrances used by Muslim worshipers and the Waqf has called for a complete Muslim boycott until the metal detectors are removed.
    Some Israeli government officials are stating that the Temple Mount status quo, which has been in place since June 17, 1967, has changed:
    The Islamic Waqf’s jurisdiction over the Temple Mount is over and Israel will now work to reestablish Jewish sovereignty over the holy site, said Knesset Member Ari Dichter (Likud) on Tuesday.

    “Israel is the sovereign on the Temple Mount, period. The fact that the Waqf became a sovereign on the Temple Mount ended last Friday,”
    declared Dichter, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), on Israeli public radio, Israel National News reported.

    “The question of our policy [at the Temple Mount] may not be clear to the Palestinians, but it is very clear to us… The Mount will remain under the control of the Israel Police.

    The move comes in the wake of the events of last Friday, when three Palestinian terrorists used the holy site to launch a terror attack against Israeli forces, killing two Israeli police officers. Israel closed the Temple Mount to all visitors in its aftermath, sparking Muslim outrage worldwide.

    However, when the site was reopened on Sunday, Muslim visitors recoiled at new security measures instituted as a result of the attack and refused to enter in protest. The measures include the installation of metal detectors at the entrances used by Muslim worshipers. Waqf officials balked, refusing to ascend to the site and calling for a widespread boycott.

    A Waqf statement released on Monday urged Muslims “to reject and boycott all the Israeli aggression measures, including changing the historical status quo including imposing the metal detectors.”
    When Israel took complete military control of Jerusalem in 1967, its government immediately caved to international political pressure and gave sovereignty of the Temple Mount back to the Islamic/Jordanian Waqf, establishing a status quo in which Jews could worship and pray at the Western Wall, but not on the Temple Mount. That has apparently changed and it has already been reported that Jews are now ascending the Mount to pray. Riots have broken out across Jerusalem.

    BREAKING: Major Prophetic Development In Jerusalem - UNSEALED - World News | Christian News | Prophecy Updates
     
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  2. InTheLight

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    Monday:
    A number of Israeli Jews were able to pray freely on the Temple Mount Monday after a bizarre sequence of events which resulted in Muslims boycotting the site.

    The Jews ascending the Temple Mount were unattended by Muslim guards for the first time in decades. Some could not resist the temptation to pray, and in a poignant display of piety, the first prayers were for the non-Jewish policemen who fell protecting the Jewish people during last Friday’s terror attack at the site.
    As Muslims Boycott Temple Mount in Protest of Increased Security, Jews Seize Rare Opportunity to Pray


    Today:
    Jerusalem District Police Commander Major-General Yoram Halevy ordered that the Temple Mount be closed off to Jewish worshipers and visitors Wednesday morning after a group of Jewish visitors breached the rules of conduct that apply to the holy site.
    Police: Temple Mount closed off to Jews
     
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    Sadly the events in the land that calls itself "Israel" are without prophetic significance.

    The New Covenant was established at Calvary, and every vestige of the Old Covenant was wiped out by the A.D. 70 destruction.

    The Jews were welcomed by the Gospel preached at Pentecost, and many thousands believed. The promises to Abraham included "all nations/families on earth" and after the reluctance recorded in Acts, the unity of believers would be seen rather than separate Jew/Gentile churches.

    There must be countless people of Abrahamic descent in the churches, but that is of significance because the prophesied promises to Israel are fulfilled in Christ, not left unfulfilled for sixty generations.
     
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    ...the status quo that has prevailed on the Temple Mount since 1967 has not changed.
    “Everything remains the same, except it’s a little bit more secure,” Algemeiner [LINK]

    Explosive detectors have been in place in Mecca (Islam's holiest site) for years.

    Rob
     
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