The re-institution of the Sanhedrin is just as prophetic and important a sign of the Second Coming as were the signs of the birth of Israel in 1948 and the reclaiming of Jerusalem in 1967! Just as the nation of Israel had to be back in the land, and just as Jerusalem had to be reclaimed before the last days began to be fulfilled, THE SANHEDRIN MUST BE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY THAT THE SANHEDRIN WILL DECLARE, AT HIS SECOND COMING, THAT JESUS IS LORD AND KING AND BLESSED IS HE! Yes, of course the Remnant of Israel will also declare it at His coming, BUT - at His first coming it was the Sanhedrin that rejected Him and so Jesus stated they will acknowledge Him when He comes the second time. They will be there at His CORONATION to officially declare Him Lord of Lords and King of Kings, to which purpose He is coming to the WORLD. But the purpose of the Sanhedrin will be to annoint Him KING of the NATION of ISRAEL! If the Sanhedrin is about to be reconvened, how close do you think we ARE to the Second Coming?
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Newly
Formed SANHEDRIN Ascend to Temple Mount
In
a dramatic but unpublicized move Monday, members of the newly established
Sanhedrin ascended the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.
Close to fifty recently ordained "samuchim," members of the Sanhedrin, lined up at the foot of the Temple Mount Monday morning. The men, many ascending the Temple Mount for the first time, had immersed in mikvaot (ritual baths) that morning and planned to ascend as a group. Despite prior approval from the Israeli police who oversee entry to the Mount, the officers barred the group from entering the Mount together, saying they could only ascend in groups of ten.
Many of the samuchim refused to ascend under the restrictive conditions, especially as a group of over 100 gentile tourists filed past the waiting rabbis and up onto the holy site. "It is unconscionable that on the eve of Chanukah, which celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple, we should once again be barred from worshipping - by our own people," Rabbi Chaim Richman of Jerusalem's Temple Institute told IsraelNN's Ezra HaLevi.
The Sanhedrin, a religious assembly of 71 sages that sat from the time of the Holy Temple through 425 CE, was the highest Jewish legal-judicial tribunal in the Land of Israel. The great court used to convene in one of the Temple's chambers in Jerusalem. On October 14, the Sanhedrin was reestablished for the first time in 1,600 years, at the site of its last meeting in Tiberius.
Those behind the revival of the Sanhedrin stress that the revival of the legal body is not optional, but mandated by the Torah. "We don't have a choice," says Rabbi Richman, "it is a religious mandate for us to establish a Sanhedrin."
Rabbi Richman, also a member of the Sanhedrin, hopes the body will bring about a revolution in Jewish jurisprudence. Declining to discuss exactly what issues are on the Sanhedrin's agenda, Richman said that one of the main long-term goals of the Sanhedrin, which includes members of Ashkenazi, Sefardi, Hasidic, National-Religious and Haredi communities, is to reunify Jewish observance in Israel. The revival of the Sanhedrin is also considered a crucial development in preparation for the messianic age and the rebuilding of the Temple.