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Jim Bramlett
Dec 10, 2004
Dear friends:
An article about the new Sanhedrin by Arutz Sheva IsraelNationalNews.com makes the below totally fascinating statement (see http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73311):
"A tradition is recorded in the Talmud (Tractate Megillah 17b, Rashi) that the Sanhedrin will be restored after a partial ingathering of the Jewish exiles, but before Jerusalem is completely rebuilt and restored. Another Talmudic tradition (Eruvin 43b; Maharatz Chajas ad loc; Rashash to Sanhedrin 13b) states that Elijah the Prophet will present himself before a duly-ordained Sanhedrin when he announces the coming of the Messiah. This indicates that despite common misconceptions, a Sanhedrin is a pre-, not post-messianic institution." (My emphasis supplied.)
So far the Talmudic tradition has proved correct, in that only a partial ingathering of Jewish exiles has occurred, plus Jerusalem is not completely restored -- and the Sanhedrin has been restored just in the past 60 days! Wow! Right on time.
If the part about Elijah is true, will God send back the real Elijah, or will it be a type, as was John the Baptist? Will the real Elijah be one of the two witnesses in Revelation 11, who are killed, then after 3 1/2 days are brought back to life and taken to heaven? Speculation: Could it be that before they are killed, or before they ascend, they make the above announcement of the coming Messiah to the Sanhedrin, which would certainly cause "terror to strike those who saw them" (Revelation 11:11)?
The Talmud states, "He (Elijah) announces (to the newly formed Sanhedrin) the coming of the Messiah," but it does not say they will immediately believe him. It may just be a prophetic statement, with some time needed for it to sink in, but when fulfilled it will be a confirmation to them. At that time, God says, "They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son... On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity" (Zechariah 12:10, 13:1, NIV).
But it seems significant that just after that passage about the two witnesses in Revelation 11, it is written: "The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.'"
He is coming. Blessed be His holy name.
Jim
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