UN worried by Temple Mount clashes

Posted by on 6 March 2010 | 0 Comments

In the News...

By ABE SELIG, JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP.  March 6, 2010.

The United Nations Security Council expressed concern overnight Friday after Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian rioters, Israel Radio reported.

Israel has crossed every red line and made prospects for peace even dimmer in clashing with Muslim worshipers on the Temple Mount, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement released Friday evening.

Abbas said Israeli security forces, which he termed the “occupation army,” were “provoking” members of other faiths in a way that could “set off a religious war in the region.” He warned that “Israeli escapades” in east Jerusalem would have repercussions not just in the city and the Middle East, but also in Muslim world.  Read More

Donnie's Remarks...

Violence around the Temple Mount is escalating and there is talk that a religious war may be brewing.  Muslim authorities are calling on the international community and the Quartet on Middle East peace -- the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations -- to "pay heed to the gravity of the Israeli violations and the threat they pose to the region now and in the future."

The Temple Institute News Update reports what Minister-without-Portfolio Bennie Begin has to say about this: ‘'We will never relinquish the Temple Mount.  Speaking Monday (Feb. 4, 2010) at a gathering in Jerusalem, he said the city's status as the capital of Israel has been undermined over the last few years.  Far ranging plans have been put on the negotiating table, not only in east Jerusalem, but proposals have been made for Israel to relinquish Jewish sovereignty over Temple Mount, the Mount of Olives, and the City of David,"  Begin went on to say that "in the name of the Israeli government, such proposals and ones like them will not be considered under any condition."

Zechariah gives us a specific prophecy sign concerning the city of Jerusalem.  This city will become a major problem for the entire world just prior to the Lord's return.  

Zechariah 12:1-3 (NASB77) [1] The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, [2] "Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. [3] "And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

The rebuilding of the temple is also one of the key prophecy signs that Christians should watch for to indicate if we are approaching the End Times. In Biblical times, the temple was the center of Jewish worship and the only place where Jews were to offer sacrifice.  This push to allow Jews more access to the Temple Mount will continue to escalate their desire, and ultimate demand, to build the Third Temple.  I believe that soon the Temple Mount, the rebuilding of the Third Temple and animal sacrifices will be at the heart of the Middle East conflict.

See Prophecy Sign #6