Sinkholes on the Temple Mount: Illegal Waqf Construction or Prophetic Awakening?

 

https://www.breakingisraelnews.comSinkholes on the Temple Mount: Illegal Waqf Construction or Prophetic Awakening? - By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz - 

 

On that day, He will set His feet on the Mount of Olives, near Yerushalayimon the east; and the Mount of Olives shall split across from east to west, and one part of the Mount shall shift to the north and the other to the south, a huge gorge. Zechariah 14:4 (The Israel Bible™)

 

The Temple Mount has been the scene of several strange phenomena recently; large sections of the ancient stones suddenly falling away, an inexplicable mist that surrounded the Dome of the Rock, a snake crawling out from between the rocks, and now, a sinkhole has appeared adjacent to the Gate of Mercy.

 

Jewish visitation to the Temple Mount is severely limited and the sections of the compound which Jews are permitted to visit are likewise restricted. As such, changes that occur on site are not always immediately noticed.

 

Though the Temple Mount is a bit removed from the geologically active Jordan Rift, a pre-Messiah earthquake is prophesied to drastically change the topography of Jerusalem.

 

On that day, He will set His feet on the Mount of Olives, near Yerushalayim on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall split across from east to west, and one part of the Mount shall shift to the north and the other to the south, a huge gorge. Zechariah 14:4

 

It may be that this dramatic geologic development has already begun. About one month ago, Jews going up to the Temple Mount began to notice a change in the sidewalk adjacent to the area of the stairs going down to Sha'ar HaRachamim (the Gate of Mercy), or Golden Gate as it is known in Christian literature. The sidewalk had sunk visibly and the was cracking as if the ground was opening up underneath the paving stones.

 

The location is highly significant. The gate is described in the prophecy as the gate through which the Shekhinah (Divine Presence) used to appear and will appear again when the Anointed One (Messiah) comes to enter the Third Temple.

 

And Hashem said to me: This gate is to be kept shut and is not to be opened! No one shall enter by it because Hashem, the God of Yisrael, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut. Only the prince may sit in it and eat bread before Hashem, since he is a prince; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall depart by the same way. Ezekiel 44:2-3

 

The gate was sealed by the Muslims in 810 CE, opened by the Crusaders in 1102 CE, and sealed again by Suleiman in 1541 CE. It has been conjectured by scholars that the motivation for sealing the gate was a Muslim attempt to prevent the arrival of the Messiah.

 

Rabbi Yosef Berger, rabbi of King David's Tomb on Mount Zion and a member of the nascent Sanhedrin, believes he may have had a hand in the recent underground activities leading to the sinking sidewalk.

 

"Just before Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), the Sanhedrin stood outside the Sha'ar HaRachamim and blew shofars," Rabbi Berger told Breaking Israel News. "We wanted to do something, anything, to help bring geula (redemption) closer. The connection between the Temple Mount and the Jewish people is a strong connection, like between a husband and wife. Perhaps the mountain heard us."

 

Rabbi Berger explained that the spiritual effort was deeply moving, for the Sanhedrin and perhaps for the mountain as well, but it was not especially pleasant. In addition to sealing the gate, the Muslims have established a cemetery in front of the gate in an attempt to prevent the Messiah from entering.

 

Of course, it may be that the broken flagstones are the result of less spiritual developments.

 

"The level that we now walk on is several meters above what was ground level in Temple Times," Yaakov Hayman, chairman of the United Temple Movements, told Breaking Israel News. "It is all landfill. No one knows what is underground."

 

Unfortunate political realities make it unlikely that any real knowledge of what lies underground will ever be known. This was epitomized by the wanton destruction caused when the Waqf built the El-Marwani Mosque in the so-called Solomon's Stables located in the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount.

 

In the early 1990's. Chief Sephardi Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu began to advocate the construction of a synagogue on the Temple Mount in Solomon's Stables. The large underground space, constructed by King Herod, was empty. It seemed like an ideal solution, allowing Jewish access that was separate from the Muslim entrances. But the rabbi's call for a synagogue was followed by the Waqf converting the space into a mosque capable of hosting 10,000 worshippers. The construction was in gross violation of the status quo and all agreements with the Israeli government, using heavy equipment in a site that was archaeologically significant. The construction greatly weakened the southern wall of the Temple Mount, requiring massive and unsightly repairs.

 

About 350 truckloads of earth was taken from the site and dumped in the Kidron Valley. In a June 2000 interview with the Jerusalem Post, the chief waqf archeologist said that his colleagues examined the material taken out of the site "either before or after the excavation" and "found nothing of special interest." In 2004, Professor Gabriel Barkay began the Temple Mount Temple Sifting Project, laboriously searching through the dirt. Barkay has succeeded in recovering countless artifacts from the Jewish Temple including a partial reconstruction of a tile floor.

 

"The Waqf still works with large machinery on the Temple Mount," Barkay told Breaking Israel News. "There may be an empty space underneath but in any case, the soil is very soft and not suited for heavy equipment. We tried to get the government to prevent this but they did not answer our requests."

 

As the spokesman for the Temple Mount activist organization Yera'eh, Elishama Sandman, is privy to the details of what takes place on and around the Temple Mount.

 

"The earth is certainly moving under the Temple Mount," Sandman told Breaking Israel News. "It is impossible to say whether this is from geological changes or illegal construction. In the same way, it is impossible to rule out divine causes. The Waqf won't let any scientists or archaeologists investigate. And certainly no rabbis. But it is clear that something is happening there."

 

Sandman described past attempts to deal with infrastructure on the Temple Mount in which complaints were bounced between the municipal government, the Israeli government, and the police.

 

"While the officials argued about who should take care of it, the Waqf dug," Sandman said.

 

 

Sanhedrin Urges Candidates for Jerusalem Mayor to Prepare for Third Temple - By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz -

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Yerushalayim built up, a city knit together. Psalms 122:3 (The Israel Bible�)

 

Jerusalem will have a new mayor next week and more than any other election this year will decide the religious nature of Israel's capital. The nascent Sanhedrin has addressed a letter to the two candidates emphasizing the role of the Third Temple in municipal current policy.

 

The Jerusalem mayoral election held last week ran five candidates, but the results were so close that an additional runoff vote next week is needed to choose between the top two. Moshe Lion with 33 percent of the vote and Ofer Berkovitch with 29 percent will run off against each other - with neither achieving the 40 percent of the electorate required to win office.

 

Lion has previously been closely allied with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 1996, Lion was appointed managing director of the Prime Minister's Office, serving simultaneously as his economic adviser. He continued in both those roles until 1999. Netanyahu, however, has not officially endorsed either candidate.

 

Berkovich is the founder and chairman of Jerusalem's "Hitorerut (awakening) in Jerusalem", a non-aligned Zionist political movement. Appointed as one of the city's eight deputy mayors in 2013, he has been instrumental in passing laws to increase affordable housing in the city, such as double-taxing owners of vacant properties and allowing local authorities to utilize public lands for the purpose of building apartments which would be rented out at low prices. He wants to make Jerusalem cleaner and even more high-tech friendly. He has sponsored joint Arab-Israeli cultural and sports projects.

 

"When Arabs see that Jews are fighting with them, shoulder to shoulder, for a clean city and that the eastern part of the city remain clean, it will change their thinking," Berkovich told Times of Israel in an interview..

 

As for terrorism, he believes that if they are provided better municipal services, they will have less reason to turn to Hamas.

 

But the politics of the eternal Jewish capital are most fiercely fought on the battlefield of religion. In addition to his political connections, Lion, religiously observant, was endorsed by leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis, an important asset in a city in which the Haredi represent approximately 35% of the overall Jewish vote.

 

Berkovich, on the other hand, was the only one of the candidates that led a secular lifestyle. He has campaigned for businesses to open on the Sabbath. Not only is that policy distasteful to the city's religious residents, but Berkovich perceives Haredi politicians as having a negative impact.

 

"The other candidates are liable to capitulate to the Haredi extortion, and may not understand the strategic steps the city needs to take in order to flourish and get on the right track," Berkovich told Times of Israel. "They weren't partners in the successes of recent years: the vibrant cultural [scene], economic development, the urban revolution... I don't think they know what is needed, I don't think they know the city well enough, I don't think they understand what to do here."

 

The religious Jewish aspect of being the mayor Jerusalem was amplified to an even greater degree in an open letter that the Sanhedrin sent to the two candidates.

 

"With God's merciful approval, one of you will be chosen as head of the city, may it be built and made ready for its ultimate purpose," the Sanhedrin wrote. "We call on the candidates as well as the voters to make choices based on truth and on the main aspect of Jerusalem, which is the building of the Temple."

 

The Sanhedrin wrote a similar letter to U.S. President Donald Trump after he won the election, calling on him to take a role in building the Third Temple just as Persian King Cyrus helped the Jews build the Second Temple after the Babylonian exile in the sixth century BCE.

 

"Avoiding this essential issue endangers the existence of the city and its identity as the capital of Israel, thereby endangering Israel itself," the Sanhedrin wrote to the mayoral candidates. "Every Jew and all of humanity are commanded to ascend to the Temple Mount."

 

"We expect you, as candidates, to relate to this role the city has as home of the Temple. This subject is not simply a matter of religious belief but must also be expressed in political, fiscal, and educational terms."

 

The Sanhedrin emphasized the importance of Jerusalem in the world. In the letter, they noted that the capital of Israel is frequently the focus of domestic politics and, in the case of Trump, has become an essential part of his platform. In the letter, the Sanhedrin praised Trump for moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.

 

"Jerusalem in its entirety is sanctified as Holy and is the spiritual center of the world, the throne of God. We urge you to make public your plans relating to this aspect of the city. There are several ways this can be accomplished, such as festivals of holiness to replace those of impurity."

 

The Sanhedrin has already begun working toward this end, holding full-dress reenactments of the Temple service before the Biblical feasts. Another glorious example of this was the World Creation Concert held the week before Rosh Hashana, which several representatives from South American countries attended.

 

The Sanhedrin emphasized that the city will change when the Temple is built, requiring massive improvements to its infrastructure.

 

"Jerusalem must prepared to host the millions of pilgrims who will attend the feasts when the Third Temple is built," the letter said. "We also call on the government to prepare a center for an international body to replace the United Nations and the Hague, one that will be rooted in the Bible."

 

 

 

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