Post by alfie on Sept 15, 2008 0:41:10 GMT -5
The Four Legged Bomb
The other night my pastor preached a sermon (The Four Legged Bomb) on the end times. He noted in his sermon that the Jews in Israel have formed a new Sanhedrin, which was an ancient rabbinical group in Israel. The Sanhedrin was made up of 71 council members and presided over by the high priest. This new Sanhedrin is made up of two thousand rabbis that are dedicated to rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. This temple mentioned in the Old Testament Bible contained the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was a chest in which Moses placed the two stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The Romans destroyed the temple back in the days of Jesus.
After the Arabs invaded and conquered the “Holy Land” The Dome of the Rock was built on top of the temple ruins, and is a sacred place for the Moslems. However, the Sanhedrin has assembled building materials from all over the world to re-build the Jewish temple exactly like the one built in ancient days. They have everything arranged so that the temple can be re-built in a matter of two or three weeks. The Moslems know what the Jews intend to do with the Dome of the Rock and that their intentions are to demolish it. The Moslems now have a group of one million Moslems assembled who will commit martyrdom by suicide against the U.S. and Israel. The Jews will then retaliate with nuclear arms against the Moslems. My preacher believes that a sudden earthquake will destroy the Dome of the Rock instead of the Jews doing it themselves.
In order for the Jews to use the temple they must sacrifice a red heifer on their altar. The problem is a red heifer is very rare and it must contain no more than three white hairs on it or it will be rejected as being impure. The Jews believe that the remains from the old temple contain ashes from the red heifers that were sacrificed during Old Testament times. They want to get hold of the ashes in order to purify themselves. In ancient times, the ashes of a red heifer were mixed with spring water to purify the high priest before he entered the Temple.
Another thing my preacher pointed out is that the Moslems believe that Jesus will return to Mecca to destroy Israel. He also said that Iran will try to destroy us and that the reason the U.S has not sent the military into Iran is because the Iranians have signed a treaty with China. China needs the oil for their emerging role as an economic giant. If the U.S. uses military force against Iran, they will also have to fight Chinese troops. Therefore, it does not look like it will be very long until the U.S. will be destroyed by a nuclear war.
Whether or not all Muslims believe that Jesus will destroy Israel I don’t know. There are Sunnis and Shiites so I suspect that different Muslims would have different views on the subject. But they all believe “He” will come back, convert the world to Islam, and then die (they don't think He died two thousand years ago). That at least is how I understand it. I'm not sure what level of teaching this is--whether it's found in the Koran, the Hadith, or later traditions. It may be legend more than doctrine. What I do know is someday Jesus will return for a thousand years and rule the world from Jerusalem because it is predicted in the Bible.
The other night my pastor preached a sermon (The Four Legged Bomb) on the end times. He noted in his sermon that the Jews in Israel have formed a new Sanhedrin, which was an ancient rabbinical group in Israel. The Sanhedrin was made up of 71 council members and presided over by the high priest. This new Sanhedrin is made up of two thousand rabbis that are dedicated to rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. This temple mentioned in the Old Testament Bible contained the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was a chest in which Moses placed the two stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The Romans destroyed the temple back in the days of Jesus.
After the Arabs invaded and conquered the “Holy Land” The Dome of the Rock was built on top of the temple ruins, and is a sacred place for the Moslems. However, the Sanhedrin has assembled building materials from all over the world to re-build the Jewish temple exactly like the one built in ancient days. They have everything arranged so that the temple can be re-built in a matter of two or three weeks. The Moslems know what the Jews intend to do with the Dome of the Rock and that their intentions are to demolish it. The Moslems now have a group of one million Moslems assembled who will commit martyrdom by suicide against the U.S. and Israel. The Jews will then retaliate with nuclear arms against the Moslems. My preacher believes that a sudden earthquake will destroy the Dome of the Rock instead of the Jews doing it themselves.
In order for the Jews to use the temple they must sacrifice a red heifer on their altar. The problem is a red heifer is very rare and it must contain no more than three white hairs on it or it will be rejected as being impure. The Jews believe that the remains from the old temple contain ashes from the red heifers that were sacrificed during Old Testament times. They want to get hold of the ashes in order to purify themselves. In ancient times, the ashes of a red heifer were mixed with spring water to purify the high priest before he entered the Temple.
Another thing my preacher pointed out is that the Moslems believe that Jesus will return to Mecca to destroy Israel. He also said that Iran will try to destroy us and that the reason the U.S has not sent the military into Iran is because the Iranians have signed a treaty with China. China needs the oil for their emerging role as an economic giant. If the U.S. uses military force against Iran, they will also have to fight Chinese troops. Therefore, it does not look like it will be very long until the U.S. will be destroyed by a nuclear war.
Whether or not all Muslims believe that Jesus will destroy Israel I don’t know. There are Sunnis and Shiites so I suspect that different Muslims would have different views on the subject. But they all believe “He” will come back, convert the world to Islam, and then die (they don't think He died two thousand years ago). That at least is how I understand it. I'm not sure what level of teaching this is--whether it's found in the Koran, the Hadith, or later traditions. It may be legend more than doctrine. What I do know is someday Jesus will return for a thousand years and rule the world from Jerusalem because it is predicted in the Bible.