The Hurva Synagogue will be dedicated for the third time.

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Video: First Visit to the Rebuilt Hurva Synagogue

by Yoni Kempinski

(IsraelNN.com) The restoration and construction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem nears completion, with the dedication of the synagogue scheduled for next Monday, March 15. The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter has completed one of the artistic aspects of the project – restoration of the synagogue’s wall paintings. Arutz Sheva TV brings you in to the synagogue for a first visit to the restored Hurva.

First Visit to the Rebuilt Hurva Synagogue

The Hurva Synagogue will be dedicated on the eve of Rosh Chodesh (first day of the Hebrew month) Nissan, 5770 (the day construction of the Biblical Tabernacle was completed), in the presence of ministers, Members of Knesset, rabbis and other dignitaries.

Hurva to Reopen After 62 Years – Without Netanyahu

(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not plan to attend the historic reopening of the Hurva synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday. A senior diplomat told Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew news service that the PM will absent himself in order to avoid conflict with the United States or the Palestinian Authority.

The prime minister will address crowds at the Hurva ceremony by video instead. The diplomat who spoke to Arutz Sheva would not divulge the exact content of Netanyahu’s address, but hinted, “we’re not sure that the nationalists are going to like what he intends to say.”An official statement from the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Netanyahu would not attend the Old City ceremony, but said his absence would be due only to time constraints. “The Prime Minister has a very full schedule these days,” the statement said.

Netanyahu was criticized by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden this week for allowing Israeli Jews to build homes in the Jewish neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, an area that has never had Arab residents and is located between the densely populated Jewish neighborhoods of Sanhedria and Ramot. . The PA harshly criticized Netanyahu as well, accusing him of torpedoing negotiations by allowing Jews to move into parts of the capital that the PA lays claim to.

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12

Dear ____________,

Thank you for writing. I am glad the studies were a blessing to you. I have an entire series of studies setting forth the truth of the Pre-tribulation rapture which I will be glad to send to you or any of our readers who request them. Just ask for “The Pre-tribulation Rapture Series.”

Dear brother, I DO NOT know that the rapture of New Testament believers has to fit within the holy days of the Jewish calendar, for the Lord’s New Testament church is primarily a Gentile entity. The Lord’s church is not Jewish, and therefore it is possible that the church does not have to conform to the Jewish holy days.

However, that question is up to the Lord. The church may indeed have to conform to them! We will soon see! If it is required that the prophecies regarding the Lord’s church be fulfilled in accordance with the Jewish holy days, then it appears to me that everything predicted leading up to the rapture of the church is coming together like a hand fitting into a glove.

Brother, the Lord Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey on the 10th day of Abib [Nisan] nearly 2,000 years ago in exact fulfillment of His appearance as the Messiah [King] predicted in Daniel 9:25, bringing the 69 weeks of Daniel to fulfillment on that exact day. Four days later He was crucified [cut off] in direct fulfillment of Daniel 9:26(a).

The Lord Himself verified this truth three times in Luke 19, verses 40, 42, and 44. Then knowing how precise the Lord is all through His inspired Word, I see no Scriptural reason why the 70th week of Daniel may not commence right where the 69th week left off, with only the 2,000 years of GRACE intervening.

If this should be the case [?], then the Tribulation period [the 70th week of Daniel] will begin on Abib 11 on the Jewish calendar which this year begins at sundown in Israel on March 25th. This date therefore then looms on the horizon as a distinct “possibility.”

Quite significantly, the Jews back in November began building an altar according to the exact specifications set forth in the Scriptures. That altar is now complete! On January 12th KorbanPesach.org, a committee of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, sent an invitation to Jews all over the world to come to Jerusalem on Passover this year to reinstitute the actual, literal sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb.

They plan to buy enough lambs so that every Jew who attends will be able to partake of the meat of their Paschal lamb exactly as specified in Exodus 12. They are anticipating at least a million Jews coming to Jerusalem to observe the Passover this year, which will occur on March 29-30.

Brother, for the following information I am glad to give credit to Bob Mitchell who wrote about this on his Interesting Prophecies on January 8th. I also want to express my appreciation to a dear sister in Australia [who prefers that her email address not be circulated] who forwarded this information on to me. I am sharing it with you and other readers by rewriting it in my own style and adding my own comments.

Remember that Peter in Acts 2:17-21, when speaking to the Jews in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost [Acts 2:5; 2:14; 2:22; 2:36; 2:39(a)], and transliterating from Joel’s prophecy, clearly stated, “I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams…..”

Both the context and the wording used here makes it clear that this statement is speaking of the Jewish people. This cannot be denied by anyone who understands the grammatical construction of sentences and has a real desire to “rightly divide the Word of truth,” 2 Timothy 2:15.

It clearly states that in these “last days” Jews would be given prophecies, would see visions, and dream dreams. I am aware that many people today claim they have been given these “gifts,” but it is very obvious that some making the claim have and some haven’t. 1 John 4:1-3 is still in the Bible!

However, when I run across a Jew today who claims to have been given a prophecy or a vision or a dream, I pay a good bit more attention to their claim than I do that of Gentiles making a similar claim. Without apology to anyone!

Then in view of this inspired prophecy given by Peter, I think it is highly significant that…….

In 1217 the Jewish Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel prophesied that the Ottoman Turks would rule over the holy city of Jerusalem for eight Jubilees. A Jubilee is a period of 50 years according to Leviticus 25:8-13. Eight Jubilees would then be 400 years.

Sure enough, 300 years later in 1517 the Ottoman Turks seized control of the city of Jerusalem and ruled over it for the next 400 years. They were finally driven out of the city and the holy land in 1917 by the Allied forces under the command of General George Allenby. The Rabbi’s prophecy about the 400 years was fulfilled exactly to the year.

The Rabbi had also prophesied that during the ninth Jubilee Jerusalem would be a “no-man’s land.” This is exactly what happened from 1917 to 1967, due to the fact that the holy land was placed under British Mandate in 1917 by the League of Nations and literally “belonged” to no nation.

Even after Israel’s war of independence in 1948-49 Jerusalem was still divided by a strip of land running right through the heart of the city, with Jordan controlling the eastern part of the city and Israel controlling the western part of the city. That strip of land was considered and even called “no-man’s land” by both the Israelis and the Jordanians.

Anyone even stepping into that strip would be shot down. I lived during that period of time and well remember the reports in the newspapers and shown on TV about the division of Jerusalem. It was not until the Six Day War in 1967 when the entire west bank of the holy land was conquered by the Israeli army that the whole city of Jerusalem passed back into the possession of Israel. So once again the prophecy made by the Rabbi 750 years previously was fulfilled to the letter.

But that is still not the end of the matter. The Rabbi also prophesied that during the 10th Jubilee Jerusalem would be under the control of the Jews and the Messianic “end times” would begin. The 10th Jubilee began in 1967 and will be concluded in 2017. The Rabbi’s prophecy has been fulfilled to the letter right up to this present day.

There is then no Scriptural reason to believe it will not continue to be fulfilled exactly as it was given, until the conclusion of the seven year Tribulation in 2017. This then means that the pre-tribulation resurrection and rapture of New Testament believers will occur this very year; 2010, and that the Messiah and Savior of Israel will return and establish His Millennial Kingdom in 2017, again fulfilling to the letter the Rabbi’s prophecy.

Glory to God! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Jesus is coming for His people VERY SOON! Praise the God of glory! Thank God for the “blessed hope.”

But this still isn’t the whole prophetic picture. During the 18th century [the 1700’s] Rabbi Vilna Gaon prophesied that the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem, probably the most magnificent Jewish Synagogue in the entire world, would be destroyed and rebuilt twice, destroyed yet again and built a third time. He prophesied that when it was rebuilt the third time, then construction would begin on the [third… ?] Jewish Temple.

The Hurva Synagogue was first destroyed by the Muslims shortly after it was originally built. A hundred years later it was rebuilt a second time. Then it was destroyed for the second time by the Jordanian army during Israel’s war of independence in 1948-49. It lay in ruins until 2001! That year the Israeli government and the Jewish people in Israel began rebuilding it again. Now here is the fascinating relation to end-time Bible prophecy…….

The Hurva Synagogue has just been completed, and is scheduled to be dedicated and officially opened in a grand ceremony in Jerusalem on March 15, 2010. Significantly, the Jewish Rabbinate in Jerusalem has already announced that the plans for rebuilding the Jewish Temple will be presented to the nation of Israel and the Jewish people on March 16, 2010. The Rabbi’s prophecy wins again!

Glory to God! Thank you Lord Jesus! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! O glory be to God! Our Lord’s coming for His people is right at the door! Read Revelation 3:8.

Dear brother and dear readers, it is time for people to GET READY OR GET LEFT! Read John 3:3-7, 3:16, 3:36, 5:24, 14:6, Acts 4:12, 16:30-31, and Romans 10:8-13. DO IT TODAY! Tomorrow may be too late! 2 Corinthians 6:1-2. Then bow your head and your heart before the Lord and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart and grant you true repentance and save you, cleanse you, and make you one of His children. The ONLY way anyone is ever “accounted worthy” is to have the “righteousness of Christ” imputed to you. Compare Luke 21:36 with 20:35-36, and then carefully read Romans 4:1-25.

Any reader who needs spiritual help is urged to contact me or some other true believer in whom you have real confidence. I will count it a blessing to answer your questions, study the Word with you, pray with you, and do whatever I can to help you find salvation in Christ, or the assurance and peace that the Lord wants to give to all of His people. May God grant you His GRACE is my prayer for you.

Dear brother, I hope this answers your questions and gives you additional spiritual insight. Please feel free to email or write to me anytime. My greatest blessing is to be used of the Lord to minister His Word to His people, and to the lost who are seeking Him for salvation. Please keep me in your prayers. God bless you.

Pastor F. M. Riley

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Egyptian sources: Israel prepares to strike Iran from Gulf and N. Iraq
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 3, 2010, 10:12 PM (GMT+02:00)

Arab voices were fanning Middle East war fever Wednesday night, Feb. 3. debkafile’s military sources report that not only are Syrian leaders beating war drums – Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem said in Damascus: “Israelis, do not test the power of Syria since you know the war will move into your cities” – but Egyptian military sources have put out information purporting to outline Israel’s preparations to strike Iran.   Read Full Story

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Secret CIA-Mossad meeting, preparation for new war?
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:49:11 GMT

A secret meeting between the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta and Israeli officials has reportedly centered on Iran’s nuclear program.

In a secret flying visit to Israel on Thursday, the head of the CIA reportedly discussed Iran’s nuclear issue in a sit-down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Mossad Chief Meir Dagan.

The trip, which was originally scheduled to take place in May, follows a recent wave of developments in the Middle East that strongly imply preparations for a possible new military conflict in the region.           Read Full Story

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Assad: Israel pushing Middle East to war
BY JPOST.COM STAFF      04/02/2010

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday said Israel was not serious about wanting peace, and accused the Jewish state of leading the Middle East towards war.

“Israel is not serious about achieving peace since all facts point out that Israel is pushing the region towards war, not peace,” the Syrian state-run news agency quoted Assad as saying in a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Wednesday.

Earlier Wednesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem warned Israel that if war were to break out between Syria and Israel, it would be fought “inside your cities.”

“Israel must stop being the neighborhood bully. Don’t test our determination,” Moallem said during a press conference in Damascus where Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos was also present. “One day you threaten Gaza, the next day you threaten Lebanon, then Iran and now Syria.”                  Read Full Story

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Lieberman: Syria-Israel war would topple Assad regime
By Haaretz Serviceand News Agencies

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that if his country entered a conflict with Israel, it would not only lose, but his regime would also disintegrate, Army Radio reported.

“Assad should know that if he attacks, he will not only lose the war. Neither he nor his family will remain in power,” Lieberman told the audience during a business conference at Bar-Ilan University.
The foreign minister’s remarks come after Assad on Wednesday told Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos that Israel was pushing the Middle East toward a new war.

“Our message should be that if Assad’s father lost a war but remained in power, the son should know that an attack would cost him his regime,” Lieberman continued. “This is the message that must be conveyed to the Syrian leader by Israel.”     Read Full Story

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EXCLUSIVE: US intelligence finds 5,000 Hizballah trained to seize Galilee towns
DEBKAfile Special Expose February 1, 2010, 9:19 AM (GMT+02:00)

Jones was not talking out of the top of his head, but on the strength of solid US intelligence gathered over months on detailed war plans Iran, Syria, Hizballah and Hamas have drawn up to send five Hizballah brigades sweeping across the border to seize five sectors of Galilee, while also organizing a massive Israeli-Arab uprising against the Jewish state.
Hamas would open a second front in the south and in the east. Syria is expected to step in at some stage.
This plan with attached special map was first published exclusively by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 430 on Jan. 22, 2010. Key excerpts appear here.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards instructors at especially established training facilities near Tehran are already well advanced in training a cadre of 5,000 Hizballah fighters in special operations and urban combat tactics to standards equivalent to those current in similar US and Israeli military forces. Read Full Story

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South Lebanon residents brace for new Israel war

AITA SHAAB, Lebanon (AFP) – More than three years after the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, south Lebanon residents are bracing for new conflict amid Israeli warnings against both Hezbollah and its backer Syria.

“If you come back, we’ll be waiting for you,” the Shiite militant group warns Israel on a billboard near the southern village of Aita Shaab.      Read Full Story

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Israel threatens Iran with ‘heavy price’

Israeli National Security Advisor Uzi Arad has threatened Iran with ‘heavy’ measures after reports of US augmentation of forces off Iran’s coast.

Uzi Arad, senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Monday that he believes the situation with Iran may escalate; Tehran may have to pay a heavy price for what he called defying the world.

“Israel is being silent, on acting in the Middle East’s fighting on terrorism, and therefore events that takes place in the region, are on the hype,” Arad told a conference in the coast city of Herzliya.

Arad made the remarks as Israeli politicians have masterminded a wave of undercover operations and terror plots in numerous countries, including Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iran.

In the latest such incident the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, has been accused of assassinating senior Palestinian commander, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, in Dubai on January 20.           Read Full Story

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