Trump Must Pray on Temple Mount for God's Help in Bringing Messiah: Sanhedrin

Trump Must Pray on Temple Mount for God's Help in Bringing Messiah: Sanhedrin - By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz -

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"Pray for the peace of Yerushalayim; may they prosper that love thee." Psalms 122:6 (The Israel Bible™)

 

The nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter on Monday to US President Donald Trump, calling on him to ascend to the Temple Mount and pray for world peace when he arrives in Jerusalem next week for his first state visit.

 

If Trump chooses to answer the call, he will not only be making a powerful political statement but enacting precisely what King Solomon described when he first dedicated the Temple 3,000 years ago.

 

Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman of the Sanhedrin, emphasized the timeliness of this call to prayer at this specific point in history.

 

"Trump is standing at a historic cusp, when the world can fall into an abyss of conflict," Rabbi Weiss told Breaking Israel News. "Whether it begins in North Korea or Syria or Europe, the seeds of war are already sown."

 

The prospect of war is truly chilling, but the rabbi explained that the possibility for great global good is equally as strong.

 

"Alternatively, President Trump can choose to be a part of a process to bring the Messiah and unprecedented blessing to the world, in the same manner that King Cyrus played his part in building the Second Temple."

 

Rabbi Dov Stein, the Secretary General of the Sanhedrin, explained that praying at the holy site is essential for President Trump to achieve his lofty goals.

 

"President Trump says that he wants to do good in the world, and if this is indeed the case, then God will surely help him in this endeavor," Rabbi Stein told Breaking Israel News. "In order for any endeavor to succeed, you must ask for God's help. The proper place for a leader to pray is on the Temple Mount. If President Trump does so, he will receive this blessing, enabling him to achieve great success."

 

The rabbi explained that the precedent is described explicitly in the Bible. "When King Solomon completed the Temple some 3,000 years ago, he dedicated the building by calling on foreign kings to come and prayer," Rabbi Stein said, citing the First Book of Kings.

 

Moreover concerning the stranger that is not of Thy people Yisrael, when he shall come out of a far country for Thy name's sake...when he shall come and pray toward this house; hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee, as doth Thy people Yisrael, and that they may know that Thy name is called upon this house which I have built. I Kings 8:41-43

 

"We also feel that if he sees the place for himself, he will better understand the reality of the situation," Rabbi Stein added. "This will give him insight that previous presidents lacked and will help him find a proper solution, something no other leader has been able to bring about."

 

The Sanhedrin's letter to the US President:

 

"We, the judges of the Sanhedrin, the high court according to the Torah of Israel, are pleased that you are visiting Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Nation of Israel in which the creator of the world chose as the site of the Holy Temple.

 

We hope that you will decide to go up to the Temple Mount, Mount Moriah, to the proper areas, and by doing so, you will merit the blessings of King Solomon, who founded the Temple with the intention that foreign leaders will come from afar to bring peace to their lands.

 

If that is indeed your intention, there is but one way to do this: to declare the raising up of the Temple as a universal human goal within the sanctified Biblically defined boundaries.

 

The attempts to find a common language with the enemy pertaining the dividing of Jerusalem and the Land of Israel are futile and will not bring any blessing."

 

The Sanhedrin recently ruled on the precise boundaries of Jerusalem for the purposes of reinstating the Temple service. This ruling involved mapping specific Biblical references as they apply today. These maps were included in the letter sent to President Trump.

 

President Trump garnered support from Evangelical Christians and Jews during his campaign by promising to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. His visit Israel next week coincides with the 50th celebration of the unification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.