ISRAEL WATCH: 7.3.21 - Trending Temple Tensions

Trending Temple Tensions – Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ Author’s Note: I use some text, to some extent in this article,from my recent book with Tom Horn—ANTICHRIST and the Final Solution. It is the most contested land in all the world. Diplomats fear it is the one place on earth that could ignite war that couldn’t be stopped. If conflict ever got startedover this piece of real estate, nuclear exchanges could ultimately result in and bring about World War III. God Himself considers this promontory the most important point on the planet. In Heaven’s economy, it is His touchstone to His creation called man. All of this was fulfillment of prophecy. Daniel the prophet was told centuries earlier that the city, Jerusalem, and the sanctuary, the Jewish Temple, would be completelythrown down, with not one stone left upon another (Daniel 9: 26–27). The Temple Mount remains without a Temple of God until this day. Muslim structures dot the flattened surface, with the Dome of the Rock, the golden, domed structure so familiar to anyone who has seen Jerusalem’s skyline, the central feature. Tensions between Jews and Muslims constitute the fuse that makes this landmark the singular most volatile point on earth. The Jewish Temple will, God’s Word promises, again dominate the promontory. But the next Temple—the Third Temple—will be the center of history’s most horrific era, the Tribulation,also known as “Daniel’s seventieth week.” The Temple that Solomon built had at its heart the Holy of Holies, a 15-foot cubed inner sanctum wherein sat the Ark of the Covenant, the elaborately prepared containerwherein the shekinah glory, the very presence of God, would dwell. That spot is still somewhere upon the Temple Mount—Mt. Moriah, most scholars believe. Religious Jews still are afraid to walk upon the Temple Mount grounds for fear of accidentallytreading upon that one spot on earth where God chose to reside. The Temple and the Holy of Holies constituted God’s touchstone to humanity—and particularly to the Jews. It is the place where Abraham was to offer Isaac, before God intervenedwith the ram caught by its horns in a thicket, thus providing the sacrifice Abraham made to the God of Heaven. Not far from the spot of the Holy of Holies is Golgotha, where the Son of God—Jesus the Christ, the once-and-for-all sacrifice for all the sins of mankind—hung on the cross.When Christ died, the veil in the Temple’s Holy of Holies tore from top to bottom, giving man direct access to God the Father through that sin-sacrifice, God’s only Begotten Son. There will be a Third Temple built at a future time, Bible prophecy says. The Third Temple is foretold to be in place during the last seven years of human history prior to Christ’s return. Exactly when the Third Temple will be built is an unknown factor. The prophetic Word tells only that it will exist during the seven years of Tribulation—specifically, atthe three and one-half-year mark of those seven years. Many who study the Third Temple matter believe that structure must begin well in advance of the Tribulation era. The completion of such an edifice, they believe, will takequite a measure of time. Others hold that the Jews are even now contemplating the building of a tent-like structure like Moses’ tabernacle. They believe that worship, with sacrifices reinstituted, could be going on in such a place while the more grandiose Temple is constructed around the temporary structure. With such history and Biblical prophecy that is involved with this place called the Temple Mount, then, it is no wonder that at this late hour we see such tensions developing.Satan and his minions—both supernatural and human—are determined to exert earthly power and authority over this promontory chosen by God to bring salvation to the fallen human race. And tension there is at this late hour of the age. The following report chronicles those mounting troubles. Clashes broke out between Border Police and Palestinian worshipers at the Temple Mount on Friday, Israel Police said in a statement. Video footage taken at the compound shows Palestinians throwing rocks at a unit of Border Police officers, who in turn responded with firing rubber bullets to quell theunrest. Nine Palestinians were injured, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Israel Police notes that the clashes began after Friday afternoon prayers, when several hundred worshipers made their way into the compound via the Chain Gate. At the end of prayers, several dozen youths began to throw stones at the police officers stationed at the entrance to the compound. The Jerusalem District Commander of the Border Police force ordered officers to locate suspects involved in disturbing the peace. Police said 16 people were arrested for throwing stones and rioting. The unrest occurred after the Air Force conducted airstrikes on Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip on Thursday night in response to Palestinians continuing to launcharson balloon attacks against Israeli communities near the strip. Clashes at the Temple Mount were one of the purported reasons that Hamas and its allied terror groups in the Gaza Strip began firing the opening salvos resulting in theIDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls, and have since warned that Jerusalem is a “red line.”… Meanwhile, violent confrontations erupted between Palestinians and IDF soldiers near Beita in the West Bank, with at least 47 Palestinians hurt from tear gas inhalationand rubber-tipped bullets, according to the Red Crescent. (“Temple Mount: Clashes Breakout between Israeli Police, Palestinians,” Jerusalem Post, Israel News, June 18, 2021) An excellent video analyzing the situation can be accessed at the following: WATCH: https://youtu.be/LorcGu0OxlA Israel and in particular the Temple Mount are at the very heart of Bible prophecy yet future. Things developing at a tremendous pace must certainly mean that major fulfillmentfor the wind-up of the age is at hand. Again, it is crucial that we alert our family, friends and all within our spheres of influence that they must know Jesus Christ for salvation to avoid the most terribletimes of human history just ahead. That heavenly formula for escape of that coming Tribulation and from Hell for eternity is the following: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heartman believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9–10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does the Third Seal Point to the Third Temple? � Tom Mayhew - https://www.rev310.net/post/does-the-third-seal-point-to-the-third-temple Nearly every Bible study I�ve ever seen on the Book of Revelation links the third seal of judgment, the black horse of Revelation 6:5-6, to famine and economic scarcity.It�s been the accepted interpretation for so long it�s often stated as fact without analysis. Take a deeper look into the scriptural connections behind this seal and the black horse, and some interesting insights come to light. Could it be possible the black horseis a prophecy of the Third Temple? The passage is familiar to Bible prophecy students: �And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse;and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny (denarius), and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.� Most studies will tell you the third seal and horse indicate famine because of the color black. If you find one that goes into more detail, you may come across Lamentations5:10, �Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.� Or Jeremiah 4:28, 8:21, or 14:2, where black describes mourning, astonishment, or desolation. One of the earliest church commentators, around 300 AD, made these and another connectionbetween famine and the Revelation 6 black horse. He based it on a comparison of Luke 21:11, where Jesus Christ on the Mount of Olives described end-time birth pangs (wars, rumors of war, famines, pestilences) roughly corresponding to Revelation 6�s first fourseals and the different colored horses. Others have compared the four seals and horses to judgments listed in Ezekiel 14:12-23: the sword, famine, the noisome (evil) beast, and pestilence. One might conclude these common interpretations are accurate enough and move on. Dig a little deeper, though, and you can find other parallels in the Old Testament that,to my knowledge, have rarely been explored in Bible commentaries and prophecy studies. First, the Hebrew words for �black� in the Old Testament verses mentioned above are different from the word that actually means �the color black.� The Hebrew �nichmaru� translated in Lamentations 5:10 as �black� comes from the root word �chamar.� This word, also translated as �yearn� and �kindled,� means to be hot, over-ripened, or scorched, rather than the color black. The Hebrew word translated as black in the Jeremiah passages is �qadar� meaning to �mourn� or �grow dark.� A different Hebrew word, �sahor,� is used for the actual colorblack, such as when referring to black hair in Leviticus 13 or the black horses in Zech 6:2 and 6:6. In the Septuagint, the Greek word �melas,� the actual color black, is used in these Zechariah 6 verses while different Greek words are used in the other passages. �Melas� is also the Greek word used in Revelation 6:5 for black, the actual color of the horse. The two Zechariah 6 verses are the only ones in the Old Testament that mention black horses. It�s wise to remember that virtually every symbol in the book of Revelationappears in an Old Testament passage that reveals or clarifies its meaning. Here, Zechariah is told that these different colored horses represent the �four spirits of the heavens� that stand before the Lord, going forth in different directions to exact judgmenton the regions immediately surrounding Israel. The same Hebrew root word �ruach� is translated into English as �spirit� and �wind.� Compare these four �spirits� with the �four winds� of heaven that exact judgment onElam (Persia/Iran) in Jeremiah 49:36, breathe life into the dry bones of Israel in Ezekiel 37:9, strive upon the great sea in Daniel 7:2 and are held back by four angels in Revelation 7:1 until the seal of the living God is given to the 144,000 servants ofGod from the tribes of the children of Israel (Revelation 7:1-4). The colors of the horses in Zechariah 6, although presented in a different order and not associated with specific kinds of judgments, are the same as those in Revelation6. To me, this makes it clear the four horses of Revelation 6 are the same four spirits/winds of the heavens in Zechariah 6:5 who go forth to bring judgment on the nations standing against Israel. The overall context of Zechariah 6:1-8, the horses and the judgments, points to what follows in the rest of the chapter�the construction of the Second Temple when the Jewsreturned to the land of Israel after seventy years of captivity in Babylon. Even the date when this prophecy was given, the second year of Darius the king of Persia (Zechariah 1:1, 7), is directly and specifically tied to the construction of the Second Temple(Ezra 4:24-5:2, Haggai 1:1, 15 and 2:10, and Zechariah 6:12-15 and 8:9). The judgments of the horses in Zechariah 6 are against the neighboring nations (Babylon, Egypt) involved in the invasion of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple,as well as those who rejoiced over the Jews� captivity in a foreign land (Persia and others). Specifically, after the four horses are released to the North (Babylon), South (Egypt), and East (Persia), Zechariah is given a vision where Zerubbabel and Joshua,the governor and high priest of the returning Jews, are designated directly by God to lead the construction of the Second Temple. As mentioned above, the prophecy is closely tied to the books of Ezra and Haggai, and further announces the coming Branch, theMessiah (Zechariah 6:11-12). This begs the question: are the four horses of Revelation 6 a similar description, or the second fulfillment of Zechariah�s prophecy? Are they the sign of God�s judgmentagainst the nations opposing modern-day Israel after its people have gathered back in the ancient land after having been scattered all over the world, coinciding with the construction of a new, Third Temple? It�s quite possible. Revelation 11 describes a temple, in the �holy city� Jerusalem, which did not exist when John wrote His vision, has not existed since, nor does it exist today. John wastold to measure this temple with a reed in much the same way as the Millennial Temple was measured in Ezekiel 40-42. Similar measurements were recorded for the Tabernacle (Exodus 26), the First Temple (1 Kings 6), and the Second Temple (Ezra 6). This Third Temple of Revelation 11 has a pivotal role in the Great Tribulation as the �holy place,� the site of the �abomination of desolation� (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15,and Mark 13:14). It must�and will�be built to similar standards of the previous temples to serve this specific purpose in God�s timeline. As serious Bible prophecy watchers are aware, the present-day Jewish Temple Institute has made detailed preparations toconstruct the Third Temple, awaiting the geopolitical events that will make it possible. A second Old Testament passage, 2 Chronicles 2:10-15, presents further evidence that the third seal/black horse judgment could point to a Third Temple. It is the only otherpassage in the Bible where wheat, barley, oil, and wine are specifically listed together as measures of wages. In 2 Chronicles 2:1-2 and 2:17-18, King Solomon hired 153,600 workers from Hiram, the king of Tyre, to construct the First Temple. Of those workers,80,000 were woodcutters. In 2 Chronicles 2:10, Solomon promises 20,000 measures of wheat, barley, oil, and wine as wages for the woodcutters. The Hebrew word �corim� (plural of �cor�) is used in this verse for the �measures� of grain and the word �battim� for the �baths� of wine and oil. 1 Kings 5:11 tells a similar story but lists only wheat and oil, and uses �cor� for the measure of both. Further, according to this verse, these were annual wages for Hiram�sworkers. Without getting into a long discussion of Old and New Testament weights and measures, it appears the large amounts of �corim� and �battim� allocated to these thousands of workers could equal daily individual allowances similar to the �choinix,� thedaily ration translated as �measure� in Revelation 6:6. Similar rations were given to the workers who built the Second Temple (Ezra 3:7). The balances held by the rider have been interpreted several ways, but they may bring up a possible connection to Leviticus 19:35-36. Here, the Lord instructs the peoplehow priestly offerings were expected to be measured: �Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard (quantity), in weight, or in measure (capacity). Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God,which brought you out of the land of Egypt.� There is an interesting difference between the equal measures of wheat and barley in 2 Chronicles 2 and the three measures of barley to one measure of wheat in Revelation6. Most commentators say the three-to-one ratio is because barley is a cheaper and lower quality grain than wheat. In my study, I noticed several interesting possible connections to the number three as it might relate to this prophecy. First, the Lord instructed the children of Israel to gather before Him three times a year, at a place of His choosing, to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feastof Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles (Exodus 23:14, 17, Deuteronomy 16:16, 1 Kings 9:25 and 2 Chronicles 8:13). That place of His choosing was ultimately the Temple in Jerusalem. When the nation of Israel split into the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom vs. the tribe of Judah in the Southern Kingdom after Solomon died, the first thing rebel kingJeroboam did was make two golden calves and announce two new places of �temple� worship in Bethel and Dan. This was specifically so the ten tribes wouldn�t travel to the Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 12:26-30) and submit once again to the leadership of theKing of Judah, the line of David. Throughout the history of the Northern Kingdom, this was called �the sin of Jeroboam.� The gathering of the people in Jerusalem three times a year was very important to God. It�s possible the three measures of barley offera hint of that Temple requirement. In Genesis 18, the Lord met Abraham outside his tent in the plains of Mamre to announce a promise and a judgment: the upcoming birth of Isaac and the imminent destructionof Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham told Sarah to prepare three measures of meal into cakes for the three �guests� who showed up to tell him this news. Perhaps the three measures in Revelation 6:6 is a link to the �days of Lot� prophecy in Luke 17:28. Also, inMatthew 13:33 and Luke 13:21, Jesus compared the Kingdom of God to the leaven a woman hid in �three measures of meal,� leavening the whole lump. Perhaps the three measures of barley portend a promise and a judgment, and a subtle hint that contrasts the leavenedKingdom of God with the first annual Temple gathering, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Lastly, there may be a connection to the six measures of barley Boaz gave to Ruth at the threshing floor (Ruth 3:15). They were a token of his intent to fulfill the roleof the kinsman-redeemer, three measures for Ruth and three for Naomi so that Ruth would not go back to her mother-in-law Naomi �empty-handed� (Ruth 3:17). Perhaps this is a hidden promise to the Jews who turn to Jesus Christ at the end of the Tribulation thatthe Kinsman Redeemer, the Messiah, will not leave them empty-handed (Zechariah 12:10-11, 13:1, 8-9). A literal Bible interpretation always looks first for instances where �scripture interprets scripture.� Chuck Missler used to say the Bible is a completely self-containedsystem with many, many interlocking truths, patterns, examples, and types. As Peter said in 2 Peter 1:16-21, we are not following cunningly devised fables, but have a more sure word of prophecy when we consider the supernaturally integrated scripture givento us by holy men of God who were moved by the Holy Spirit. Many prophecy teachers believe the Third Temple will be built in the first part of the Tribulation. Perhaps this third seal and black horse is a more specific hint of the timing. Proverbs 25:2 says, �It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: But the honour of kings is to search out a matter.� Are the third seal and black horse of Revelation 6 ahidden sign of the coming Third Temple? We shall soon see! May this study encourage you to dig into scripture to find more gems God has hidden for us in His Word. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Israel Prepares for the Pre-Messiah Sabbatical Year, Nations Offerto Provide Bounty � David Sidman - https://www.israel365news.com/194383/israel-prepares-for-the-pre-messiah-sabbatical-year-nations-offer-to-provide-bounty/ Speak to B�nei Yisrael and say to them: When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a Shabbat of Hashem. Leviticus 25:2 (The Israel BibleTM) As the Hebrew year nears its end, preparations are being made for the shemittah year. RABBI ELIYAHU: �IT IS OUR MORAL OBLIGATION NOT TO PROVIDE AN INCOME TO ARABS� Despite the Biblical promise of bounty, Jews in Israel are quite concerned about ensuring a source of food for the shemittah year. Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbiof Tsfat (Safed) and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, shut down one of the sources that many religious Jews utilize; produce purchased from Arab farmers in Israel. �It is our moral obligation not to provide an income to those who wish us ill,� Rabbi Eliyahu was quoted as saying by Hebrew-language media outlets. �It is a religious commandmentto buy from Jews and not Arabs.� His decision was supported by Rabbi Haim Druckman, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Mordechai Sternberg, Rabbi David Hai Hacohen and other religious-Zionist rabbis who signed a letterto support Rabbi Eliyahu�s decision. The letter called �to help our brothers and support their livelihood, as the first pioneers who built the land always advocated for Jewish labor,� the letter said. �We considerthe purchase of the produce of [those who are] declared enemies a total prohibition,� the rabbis wrote. Rabbi Eliyahu�s Torah decision was decried by Meretz MK Mossi Raz who called for the attorney-general to investigate Rabbi Eliyahu for incitement to racial hatred. GUATEMALA SEEKS REPENTANCE FOR INQUISITION VIA SHEMITTA Rabbi Hillel Weiss, the former spokesman for the Sanhedrin, related to Israel365 News another possible solution for the shemittah year. In 2018, Rabbi Weiss was involvedin organizing the Creation Concert in Jerusalem. Guatemalan Ambassador Mario Adolfo Bucaro Flores attended the concert as well as several other Temple-oriented events. �The ambassador displayed a deep love of Israel,� Rabbi Weiss told Israel365 News. �He claimed that this was true for many of his countrymen who felt their connection toIsrael was more than just politics. He described it in deeply spiritual terms, even mentioning their connection with the Iberian Inquisition.� �We began to discuss the possibility that some form of agreement could be worked out through which his country could help Israel revive the shemittah as it was observedin Biblical times. This would be a huge act of reconciliation and repentance.� Rabbi Weiss suggested that a similar approach could be used with the Arabs in Israel. �In the end of days, the Children of Israel will certainly repent and embrace Isaac. We just came through a period when not only Hamas in Gaza, but the Arabs inside Israelturned against their Jewish neighbors. Including the Arabs in shemittah could help heal this.� BOUNTEOUS HARVEST THE YEAR BEFORE AND HOLY PRODUCE DURING THE SHEMITTAH Produce grown in Israel in the seventh year takes on an elevated level of holiness. This produce should not be traded commercially nor sent outside Israel. It may not bewasted or used in an unusual manner. However, it is permitted to eat it and it should be treated in a respectful way i.e. leftovers should be wrapped prior to throwing it away. God assures Israel that the year preceding the shemittah will produce a bounteous harvest that will provide all their needs for the year that they do not work the land. And should you ask, �What are we to eat in the seventh year, if we may neither sow nor gather in our crops?�I will ordain My blessing for you in the sixth year, so thatit shall yield a crop sufficient for three years.When you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating old grain of that crop; you will be eating the old until the ninth year, until its crops come in. Leviticus 25:20-22 Other practical methods are used by Jews to access produce during the shemittah such as growing produce in hothouses with raised beds that are technically disconnected fromthe land of Israel. Another technique is referred to as otzar beit din. Under an otzar beit din, a community rabbinical court supervises harvesting by hiring workers to harvest, store, anddistribute food to the community. Members of the community pay the beth din, but this payment represents only a contribution for services and not a purchase or sale of the food. Under this approach, land cannot be sown but existing plants can be tended andharvested, the approach is applied to orchards, vineyards, and other perennial crops. Over 100 years ago, in order to protect the new settlements in the land of Israel, some leading rabbis in Israel devised a method of selling the Land of Israel to non-Jewsin order to avoid the restrictions of shemitta. This technique is referred to as �heter mechira�. Other authorities debated its validity and still others objected to it on the grounds that it transferred ownership of the Holy Land to non-Jews, albeit in onlya symbolic manner. SHEMITTAH: A GUIDE The Shemitah comes every seven years, making it a form of Sabbath that occurs on a yearly, rather than a weekly, cycle. The Sabbath is generally characterized by a cessationthat signifies accepting God�s greater authority in the world. Practically during the weekly Sabbath, this means a cessation of labor, showing that despite spending six days working for the material, we stop on the seventh day to show that God is the truemaster. The same is true for the Shemitah year. We work the land for six years, and on the seventh, we leave the land fallow and the fields are left open for anyone to come and take of the fruit. Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow. Let the needy among your people eat of it, and what theyleave let the wild beasts eat. You shall do the same with your vineyards and your olive groves. Exodus 23:10-11 Other cultivation techniques, such as watering, fertilizing, weeding, spraying, trimming, and mowing, may be performed as a preventive measure only, not to improve the growthof trees or other plants. Additionally, any fruits or herbs which grow of their own accord and where no watch is kept over them are deemed ownerless and may be picked by anyone. A variety of laws also apply to the sale, consumption, and disposal of shemittahproduce. Speak to B�nei Yisrael and say to them: When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a Shabbat of Hashem. Six years you may sow your field and sixyears you may prune your vineyard and gather in the yield. But in the seventh year the land shall have a Shabbat of complete rest, a Shabbat of Hashem: you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest orgather the grapes of your untrimmed vines; it shall be a year of complete rest for the land.But you may eat whatever the land during its Shabbat will produce. Leviticus 25:2-6 All debts, except those of foreigners, were to be remitted. There are several other cases of cycles of seven that are related to this, for example the seven year cycle of a Hebrew slave before he is set free, as described in Exodus21:2. Another aspect of the Shemitah year also has implications for loans, for the same reason. Shemitah was commanded to Israel at Mount Sinai. After 40 years in the desert, the Jews entered the Land of Israel, but the land must be owned in order for it to be forfeitedas the verse specifies. So 14 years later, after they had completed conquering the land, they began counting the seven year cycle. The first Shemitah year was the 21st year after the Jewish nation had entered the land. The Shemitah is part of a larger framework of seven Shemitah cycles, in which we count 49 years, and then the 50th year is the Jubilee year, as described in Leviticus, chapter25. The Jubilee year is observed only when all of the Nation of Israel is in the Land of Israel. Therefore, when the Jews returned from Babylonian Exile, since many chose to remain in the Diaspora, the Jubilee was not observed. For the same reason, it is notobserved today in modern Israel. It is interesting to note that despite the initiation of the Shemitah year being determined by the actions of the Jews, it worked out that the first Shemitah year was amultiple of seven since the creation of the world, according to the Jewish calendar. The year after the destruction of the Second Temple, 3829, was also known to be a Shemitah year, 547 seven-year cycles since the creation of the world. Next Rosh Hashanna(New Year) the Hebrew year will be 5782; precisely 826 Shemitah cycles. SHEMITTAH AND THE MESSIAH Observance of the shemittah is hugely important as the Prophet Jeremiah warned that non-observance led to the exile: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying: �At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee�; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear.� Jeremiah34:13�14 According to Jewish sources, the year after the Shemitah has a special significance relating to the Messiah. The Babylonian Talmud in the Tractate of Sanhedrin, 97a, bringsthe verse from Amos: �On that day, will I raise up the fallen booth (Sukkah) of David.�Amos 9:11 This verse comes in the context of a prophecy about God bringing the nation of Israel back from exile among the nations. Amidst descriptions of the days preceding the Messiah,the Talmud says: �As it is written, in that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen. Our Rabbis taught: in the seven year cycle at the end of which the son of David willcome-in the first year, this verse will be fulfilled.� The Talmud is saying explicitly that the Messiah will come in the first year after the Shemitah. It should be noted that the Talmud describes the days before the Messiahin-depth, and they are especially difficult times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM