Jerusalem Day - The March to the Temple Mount

In 1967 the Arab enemies of Israel surrounded her on all sides and stated that they were starting a war to finally destroy the State of Israel and throw the Israeli nation into the Mediterranean Sea. They were sure that they would succeed to fulfil what they had not been able to do in all the wars that they had conducted against Israel from 1948. However they made a terrible mistake. They again did not take into account the main factor which defeated them in all their former wars: the G-d of Israel Who can be defeated by no power or person. They did not learn from their own experience that they have no way to defeat Him and His determination of thousands of years to protect and save Israel from all her enemies. They were defeated despite they fact that again they were a great majority and Israel a small minority. G-d, together with His faithful Israeli soldiers, defeated them in only six days. Actually, He defeated them after three hours on the first day when the Israeli Air Force destroyed the Arab air forces within three hours of the start of the battle. This war came about unexpectedly and Israel was attacked from all sides — from the south by Egypt, from the east by Jordan, from the north by Syria and even from the Mediterranean. Israel was not prepared for this war and her army was small especially in comparison to the forces which surrounded her from all sides. But as in Biblical times G-d wanted to show the Israelis, their enemies and all the world that He would fight for them no matter the numbers of the enemies and He will defeat them. Suddenly, the Biblical story of Gideon again became a reality when he came to fight against the Midianite enemy with 32,000 soldiers and G-d told him to send everyone home except for 300 who would take part in the battle.

"And the Lord said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me. ... And the Lord said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites to your hand; and let all the other people go every man to his place." (Judges 7:2,7)

This was really a godly war. The Israeli Defence Forces and all the house of Israel felt the presence of G-d in all the battles in this war. Nobody in Israel and all over the world could even imagine what would be the plans of G-d in this war but He handled and led the war in His way with His prophetic end-time purposes and He used all the enemies as with Pharaoh in Egypt to fulfil His goals. His goal was to start another stage in the end-time process of the redemption of Israel and to open another page in the history fo the Zionist revolution. In six days He brought Israel to the main Biblical land of their forefathers again — the land which He gave them in an eternal covenant — to Judea, Samaria, Gaza, the Golan and Sinai. This is the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their seed, Israel, where they dwelt and were later taken into exile by their enemies. Now G-d returned the land to them exactly as He promised in prophesy. The climax of the war occurred after three days when G-d brought Israel back to the place which for thousands of years after G-d spoke to Abraham was and will forever be, the heart, soul and focus of the G-d and people of Israel — the Temple Mount and Jerusalem — the place without which Israel cannot exist. The reason is that here dwells the beloved G-d of Israel, their Creator and the reason for everything in their life. It was the dream of hundreds of generations over almost 2,000 years to return to this place and to the land which G-d gave them; to rebuild His house, the temple; to glorify Him; to worship Him in the place where He chose to dwell among His people, Israel. Now G-d, in His timing and special ways, had answered their prayers and dreams and fulfilled His promises. This was a major time in the history of the relationship between G-d and the people of Israel when He appeared with all His glory, love and strong hand.

When the Temple Mount Faithful marched from Ammunition Hill to the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day it was like all this great time and its glory appeared again. We marched in the same areas where G-d and His soldiers fought in the Six Day War on their way to the Temple Mount. We remembered how G-d was determined in that war to bring Israel to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem and how He did it in such a special way. The Israeli Government sent a message to King Hussein of Jordan that he should not attack Israel and that they would not occupy the Temple Mount and Jerusalem if would comply. However G-d hardened his heart as He did with Pharaoh and he refused and attacked Israel in Jerusalem. G-d defeated him and gave the Temple Mount and Jerusalem — the focus of all His dreams and those of His people, Israel — back to Israel. We again felt the presence of G-d so strongly on our march and He led us to Biblical Jerusalem and to His holy hill.

On the way we commemorated the more than 200 Israeli soldiers who died and gave their lives in the battle for the liberation of the Temple Mount and Jerusalem from the foreign Arab occupiers. In front of Orient House, which is today the focus of the so-called "Palestinian" enemy in Jerusalem, we demonstrated against the new violence, war and more than 70 Israeli who they have killed since they started their attacks 7 months ago. We demonstrated against the existence of the so-called "Palestinian Authority" in the midst of Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount and in the land of Israel. We demonstrated against the evil, anti-godly Oslo Agreement which planted this foreign enemy in the midst of the land of G-d against His Word and His eternal covenant that He made with Israel and told them that He gave the land to them alone in order that they should fulfil His mission amongst His nation and all the world. He warned them not to make covenants with foreign enemies and not to give them any piece of the land that He chose to be His land and the land of His people, Israel. In this demonstration we brought this Word of G-d to the attention of the government and people of Israel and all the nations. We warned them and called on them to immediately cancel the Oslo "covenant with death" as the prophet Isaiah called it; to cancel its evil results and to liberate for G-d and His people, Israel, all those parts of the land which were given away. We stated that the Word of G-d warn Israel and all the nations that as long as this foreign enemy exists on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem and the land of Israel and fight against G-d and His people, there will never be peace in Jerusalem, the holy land and all over the world. The Temple Mount will be like a volcano which will shake like an earthquake because of the sadness of G-d that His holy hill that He gave to Israel is imprisoned by her Arab enemies and His Name and His house are in ruins and daily desecrated. We called on the Israeli Government to fulfil G-d's expectations of them to liberate the Temple Mount and all the parts of the land which were given away to the so-called "Palestinian" enemy and to the other Arabs who are their allies; to immediately purify the hill of G-d from the foreign desecration; and to rebuild the house of G-d. In the ears of the Israeli Government we spoke the Word of G-d as recorded in the prophet Isaiah who prophesied about this anti-godly covenant.

"Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, who rule this people who is in Jerusalem. Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves; Therefore thus said the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation; he who believes shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay by a line, and righteousness by a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it. As often as it goes forth it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night; and it shall be a terror just to understand the report. For the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on it; and the covering is too narrow for him to wrap himself in it. For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be angry as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to do his act, his strange act. Now therefore do not be mockers, lest your bands be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts that a destruction is decreed upon the whole land." (Isaiah 28:14-22)

Everyone in the world should pay attention to this Word of G-d and then they will understand that this evil covenant will never succeed. They will also understand why, as a result of this covenant, Israel has again become the focus of daily terror attacks and violence exactly as the prophet prophesied. The feeling is that he could have spoken the prophecy this morning and not more than 2,500 years ago. There is no doubt that he prophesied about the situation which we now experience in Israel an it would be better for the Israeli Government and all the powers in the world to pay attention to this Word and obey it before it its too late.

When the enemies in Orient House started to counter-demonstrate against us we answered them with what Nehemiah answered the Arab enemy of his time who, in a similar situation, tried to prevent the G-d and people of Israel from redeeming the Temple Mount, Jerusalem and the land through violence:

"When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it displeased them greatly that a man had come seeking the welfare of the people of Israel. ... Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. And the rulers did not know where I went, or what I did. And to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the rulers, and to the rest who would do the work, till then I had not told. Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned by fire; Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we no longer should suffer insult. Then I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; and also of words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab, heard of it, they laughed at us with scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king? Then I answered them, and said to them: The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion, no right, no memorial, in Jerusalem." (Nehemiah 2:10,15-20)

I am so glad to be able to say that all the media from Israel and the world covered this event of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement and brought the real Word of G-d through His messengers of this special time, His faithful messengers of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement, to the government and people of Israel and to all the nations. Again the Temple Mount Faithful Movement showed G-d and everyone that with complete faithfulness they carry the real Word of G-d with no fear of anyone and with all their devotion and dedication.

From Orient House we marched to the other memorial stones for the soldiers who fell in this godly war for His Name and covenant. On the way to the Temple Mount we stopped near the cornerstone for the Third Temple which lies not far from the Temple Mount and we prayed that G-d will open the doors to us that we may soon lay it on the right place on the Temple Mount and to start the building of the Third Temple. In front of the Damascus Gate of the Old City in prayer and dance with the Israeli and Temple flags which we had carried with us on our march, we celebrated the great event of the Six Day War and we thanked G-d for returning to the Temple Mount, Jerusalem and the land that He promised us.

"A Song of Ascents of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand inside your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city which is bound firmly together; There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. For thrones of judgment were set there, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those who love you shall prosper. Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good." (Psalm 122)

All the way from the Damascus Gate through the Old City to the Temple Mount we prayed and danced with the flags.

The Temple Mount and its gates were closed to the many marchers and all the Israelis on this day as it has been for the last seven months since the Arab violence started. The foreign Arab occupiers of the holy hill of the G-d and people of Israel again prevented access to Israelis, Jews , Christians and anyone who is not a Moslem. The former Israeli Government of Barak did not have the spiritual strength to open the gates and to trust G-d's promises with no fear of their enemies. The current Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, stated immediately after election that he would open the Temple Mount and he commanded the security forces of Israel to find the way to do so. Unfortunately his word has not been fulfilled up til now and on Jerusalem Day, the day of the liberation of the Temple Mount, the Temple Mount was still closed to the children of G-d, exactly as the foreign Arabs had previously done when they closed the Temple Mount in the face of Jews, Christian and other non-Moslems and killed anyone who tried to enter. G-d changed this evil situation in the six Day War and the Temple Mount Faithful Movement marched and came to the Temple Mount to encourage the Israeli Government to understand and accept with no fear of any of their enemies what G-d gave to Israel in the Six Day War.

We called on everyone to understand that the destiny of Israel and all the world will be decided on the Temple Mount when Israel will again liberate the Temple Mount, purify it, rebuild the temple and consecrate it to G-d and glorify His Name there and fulfil His desire exactly as He pronounced it in Isaiah

"The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for from Zion shall go forth Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall decide for many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the Lord." (Isaiah 2:1-5)

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement will continue this march to the Temple Mount until this desire and holy Word of G-d becomes a reality in our lifetime and the life of this generation. This is the deepest desire of G-d and we shall continue to be His faithful messengers to fulfil it with all our devotion. Everyone in Israel and all the world who has the Word of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His glorified end-time desires in their hearts is called to give their support and assistance to the Temple Mount Faithful Movement who are acting day and night to make this Word of G-d a present reality. G-d expects everyone to do so and to give a real godly significance to the life which G-d gave them. At the same time we call on each one who reads this word of G-d in this article to pray Psalm 79 together with us.

"A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into your inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be food to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your pious ones to the beasts of the earth. Their blood have they shed like water around Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those who are around us. How long, Lord? Will you be angry for ever? Shall your jealousy burn like fire? Pour out your wrath on the nations that have not known you, and on the kingdoms that have not called upon your name. For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. O do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your tender mercies speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; and save us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake. Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed be made manifest among the nations, and before our eyes. Let the groans of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve those who are appointed to die; And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their insult, with which they have insulted you, O Lord. So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks for ever; we will tell your praise to all generations."