To Edwina, and all 5doves,
truly …an exciting week this was! Things moving very quick. Is this THE SUMMER of HIS Grace?
The news are just breathtaking:
1) Hamas Summer Camp Sparks 'Lynch Mob' on Temple Mount
Watch
video of hundreds of Arab rioters curse and throw shoes at Jews at holy
site, day after committee recommends keeping status quo.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182153#.U66IJrGCpdd
2) Kidnapped Teen's Mother Speaks Out at the UN
June 24:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182102#.U66ID7GCpdd
Mother of Kidnapped Teen Makes Emotional Address to Knesset
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182161#.U66IyrGCpdc
(Rachel, weeping for her children…)
3) and on top of that - now all over in the news: “Red Heifer” >> & >> This week’s Parashat “Chukat”!!!
a) The red heifer ties all the parts of the parashat together.
Weekly
Torah Portion: Chukat (The Red Heifer) The Thin Red Line: Parashat
Chukat describes so many seemingly unrelated events, yet it is the
profound fundamental truth contained in the commandment of the red
heifer - parah adumah - that ties all these events so tightly together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUtJJNjbmE4&feature=youtu.be
b) Temple Talk Radio: The Humility of Not Knowing
This Just in from the Obama White House: They're Just Jews
Kidnapping Crisis & the Red Heifer Connection: The Hypocrisy of a World Gone Mad
This
week we read parashat Chukat, starring the enigmatic red heifer, secret
of purity. As the kidnapping crisis of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frenkel
and Gilad Sha'ar continues, this week's Temple Talk takes a sobering
look at the authentic Jewish values of unity, mutual responsibility,
prayer, and vengeance. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman struggle to
find any remnant of sanity in a world gone mad, drunk on
self-righteousness. Enter the red heifer, symbol of purity and humility,
with perfect timing, to remind us -- and to remind the world's leaders
-- how little we know. Fasten your seatbelts for the ultimate Temple
Talk unplugged! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cco6kxEb4_4
c) now in the news: Red Heifer Discovered! – Major Obstacle To The Rebuilding Of The Jewish Temple Removed
Up
until now, one of the major barriers to the rebuilding of the Jewish
Temple in Jerusalem has been the lack of a red heifer…. And now one has
been discovered…
…
& Look at this (long ….however very profound) article… amazing !!!
…already in 1994 : "This is the heifer that will change the world," (but
obviously was not – maybe this time!). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/readings/forcing.html
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Mat
24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto
him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Revelation 11
1
And there was given me a reed like to a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them
that worship therein.
2
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it
not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread
under foot forty and two months.
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RE:
‘Ark of the Covenant’ I like to mention that the Temple Institute is
saying (in a recent Temple Talk, and anywhere in a Temple Instiute
facebook comment): “we know exactly where it is!” This is amazing.
Well,
RE: Red Heifer – I remember vividly the monthly bible hours of our
precious late pastor Bro. Schirrmacher – around 1982 to 1986!!! when he
preached about the red heifer and reported about the search for the
ashes of the red heifer in certain caves in Israel (Vendyl Jones). For
me this was exciting!! He also preached about the significance of the
temple mount … the rock where Abraham bound Isaac … and so on… He was
looking for the Lord’s coming to perhaps 1987 when the ‘70th Jubilee’ would begin?
Yes
we are waiting surely since the 1970ies… … Well, Bro. Schirrmacher and
others …passed away … things seemingly continue … BUT the hope of our
Lord’s Return was and is always ‘renewed’ by our Lord’s amazing Grace!!!
There is much more on my heart, perhaps another time…
Edwina, how good you quote 1 THESSALONIANS CH4 VS13-18 Praise the Lord! Yes, also my favorite verses:
BROTHERS,
WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT ABOUT THOSE WHO FALL ASLEEP, OR TO
GRIEVE LIKE THE REST OF MEN, WHO HAVE NO HOPE. WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS
DIED AND ROSE AGAIN AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL BRING WITH JESUS THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN HIM.
ACCORDING TO THE LORD'S OWN WORD, WE TELL YOU THAT WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE, WHO ARE LEFT TILL THE COMING OF THE LORD, WILL CERTAINLY NOT PRECEDE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
FOR
THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, WITH A LOUD COMMAND, WITH
THE SOUND OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE
DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST.
AFTER
THAT, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIUVE AND ARE LEFT WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER
WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET WITH THE LORD IN THE AIR.
AND SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOR EVER. THEREFORE, ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THESE WORDS.
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Yes, let’s ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THOSE WORDS
Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus
Yes, may the Lord shine His Face upon you and all who are waiting for His Return
Shalom,
friedrich/germany
– pls look at your bible Hezekiel 34, 22 … + John 10, 12 -14