Marching to the Temple Mount

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As our forefathers in the biblical times did when they made the pilgrimage on the Feast of Succoth (the Feast of Tabernacles), the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement made an exiting pilgrimage to the Temple Mount, the location of the First and the Second Temples and the location of the Third Temple which is soon to be rebuilt on the 17^th of Tishrei 5767 (October 9, 2006).

This major event was an important part of the historical campaign of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement and her mission to build the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in our lifetime. It was another important step in the intensive activities of the Movement. The Faithful Movement marched to the Temple Mount with a large model of the Temple and other vessels reconstructed to be used in the Third Temple which attracted a lot of attention from thousands of Israelis who came to be blessed by the Priestly Blessing as the priest did in the biblical times inside the Temple. The model is carried again and again by the Faithful Movement to the Temple Mount to bring to the attention of Israel and all the world that the Faithful Movement is determined to rebuild the Temple as a practical event in our lifetime and not as it was in the past, a vision for the distant future when the Messiah comes. According to the prophetic Word of G-d, the Temple should be built before the coming of the Messiah in the prophetic time that we are now living in that He called the end-times. This model during the march of the Faithful Movement to the Temple Mount touched the hearts of so many Israelis and guests from outside of Israel who participated in this pilgrimage and awoke in them a deep excitement and desire to see the rebuilding of the Temple in their lifetime.

Marching with model of the Temple to the Temple Mount

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The Faithful members who went up onto the Temple Mount found the most holy place of Israel and all the world in a sad condition, still desecrated by the presence of the Islamic mosques the Muslims who have continued to desecrate the holy hill of the G-d of Israel for such a long time. The feeling was like the Shekinah of G-d is weeping with tears calling the children of Israel to purify the Temple Mount from the presence of the pagan foreigners and their pagan houses and to rebuild the Temple of G-d so that He can again dwell among His people Israel and all His creation. The Temple Mount Faithful Movement pilgrims swore at this sad moment not to rest day and night until the Temple is rebuilt and the hundred thousand Israelis who pilgrimaged on this day to the Western Wall (not the right place) to be blessed by hundreds of priests will go up to the Temple Mount (the right place) to be blessed by the priests exactly as G-d commanded them.

Esther, Gershon and William Van der Hooven, a great Dutch friend of Israel
came with a group of people from all over the world to bless warmly
the Faithful Movement and her campaign to rebuild the Temple and Israel

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There is a great progress in the work and the campaign of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement in Israel and all over the world. More and more people are demonstrating their desire to immediately see the purification of the Temple Mount and the rebuilding of the Temple. They demonstrate before the government and the Israeli authorities the ideas of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement not to fear the Arab and Islamic enemies of Israel but to trust only the G-d of Israel and to immediately build the Temple as He expects them to do. When we pilgrimaged on this day at the Temple Mount we felt the presence of G-d so strongly all over the mountain like He was saying to us: "Time is short and soon the Temple will be again My house where I will dwell among my people Israel and all the world as I have desired so many years since the Second Temple was destroyed."

It was an exciting moment when the prayers of the Faithful pilgrims to the Temple Mount prayed the holy prayer of our forefathers to the G-d of Israel: "Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord; This is the gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will give you thanks; for you have answered me, and you have become my salvation." (Psalm 118: 19-21).

Gershon Salomon called on the Israeli Government in his word to immediately remove the Arab Islamic presence on the Temple Mount, to immediately stop the desecration of the holy hill of G-d, to purify the place which is the heart and the soul of Israel from their presence and to rebuild immediately the Temple. He stated that the fulfillment of this expectation from the G-d of Israel will also remove the Islamic Arab enemies from all over the land of Israel, will stop the terror and wars against Israel and bring peace to Israel and all the world. He reminded them of the promise of G-d to Israel that He will not allow any of her enemies to touch her if Israel will fulfill His request to build the Temple and open a new time in the life of Israel and all the world. He reminded them that if they will do so no one will even have a desire to the land that He gave them in an eternal covenant: "For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God" Exodus 34:24. Gershon called on the people of Israel to finish their worship near the Western Wall, which represents destruction and exile, and to go up to the Mountain of G-d to build the Temple and to worship there at the right place where G-d dedicated it to worship Him.

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The Biblical Ceremony of the Blessing
and Prayers for Water Near the Ancient
Siloam Pool that was Recently Discovered
in the Archeological Diggings in the City of David

This was also the Pool where the Pilgrims used to Baptise Themselves Before their Pilgrimage to the Temple

After the pilgrimage of the Faithful Movement to the Temple Mount the pilgrims marched to the City of David on their way to the Siloam Pool, that was dug by King Hezekiah in the First Temple age, to make the biblical ceremony of the blessings of the water exactly as our forefathers did when the Temple existed. On their way to the Siloam Pool they passed the Palace of King David that was just recently discovered and other exciting archeological discoveries from the First Temple age.

The Siloam Pool that was also discovered in the last year was an important project of King Hezekiah, one of the most righteous kings of Israel. His goal was to bring the water of the Gihon and the Siloah Springs inside the City of David so that the Israelis would have water at times when the enemy would surround the city. This project survived until today and we can see the water running from outside the City of David to this exciting pool.

Marching to the Siloam Pool

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In the biblical times when the Temple existed the pilgrims together with the priests, the King of Israel and all the residents of Jerusalem would march from the Temple in a great and exciting celebration all the way to the City of David to the Siloam Pool to pray to the G-d of Israel, for a blessed year with rain and a lot of water. The high priests used to draw water from the pool and march to the Temple Mount and to pour it on the alter. Tradition says that anyone who had never seen this celebration and joy in his life never saw a real celebration and joy.

The Temple Mount Faithful pilgrims did the same ceremony on this day. It was an exciting event. An historical circle was closed at these moments between our forefathers and our generation that has returned to Jerusalem and is working towards the rebuilding of the Temple and renewing all the biblical traditions and ceremonies. When we stood in the pool we felt like we were standing in the footsteps of our forefathers and the Priests, the Kings and the Prophets of Israel.

At the front of the Siloam Pool

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This exciting day will never be forgotten. It brought the Faithful Movement and all the people of Israel and their many friends from all over the world much closer to the godly desired moment of the rebuilding of the Temple and the coming of Mashiach ben David. All of this is soon to happen, G-d willing, soon and in our lifetime.

Everyone in Israel and the world is called on to stand with, to encourage and to help the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement, spiritually and practically to fulfill her godly cause in our lifetime. Let us together open a great godly moral time in the life of Israel and all the world. This cause is no longer a dream but it will soon be a practical reality in the life of all of us.

The Temple Mount Faithful Movement has started to prepare her Hanukkah march to the Temple Mount, the tombs of the Maccabees and Jerusalem together with the cornerstones for the Third Temple. This event will take place on the 20^th of December, 2006. Everyone in Israel and all over the world is invited and called to participate in this exciting event and to be a part of it. Everyone who wants to participate should contact the Movement for details and to confirm their coming to the event.

See full sized photographs from this and other demonstrations.