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Join Us for the March to the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av


The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement will march to the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av 5768 (August 10, 2008) at 11:00 AM (Jerusalem time) in remembrance of the day of the destruction of the First and Second Temples and the soon-to-be built Third Temple.

The First Temple was destroyed in 586 BCE and the Second Temple, built in 516 BCE, was destroyed in 70 CE. It has been the biggest desire, hope and prayer of the Jewish people over the past 1,938 years to rebuild the Temple and to fulfill the major commandment of G-d: "And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them" (Exodus 25:8). The building of the Third Temple symbolizes the hope of the Jewish people for our national redemption, our regathering to the promised land from the four corners of the world, the rebuilding of the Land and once again making Jerusalem the holy and eternal capital of the G-d and people of Israel. It symbolizes our hope for the endtimes in the Land and for the coming of Maschiach ben David. Through prophecy the Jewish people have known that this is the key to all the endtime events. This is as Isaiah, Micah and others prophesied.

"The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come, the mount of the Lord's house shall stand firm above the mountains and tower above the hills; and all the nations shall gaze on it with joy. And the many peoples shall go and say: 'Come, let us go up to the mount of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that He may instruct us in His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.' For instruction shall come forth from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Thus He will judge among the nations and arbitrate for the many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war. O House of Jacob! Come, let us walk by the light of the Lord." (Isaiah 2:1-5)

We are now living in the critical and exciting endtimes. The promises of the G-d of Israel and the hopes of the past 1,938 years have been fulfilled in the land of the covenant exactly as G-d promised. Three major events will take place in the near future:

  1. The return of Israel to all the parts of the land which G-d promised to Israel in an eternal covenant to Abraham and his seed: "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, 'To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates'" (Genesis 15:18);
  2. The rebuilding of the Temple on Mt. Moriah — the Temple Mount — in exactly the same place as the First and Second Temples, just as G-d commanded us;
  3. The coming of Maschiach ben David, the seed of King David, who will be the king of Israel, just as G-d promised (Isaiah 11).

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement was anointed to fulfill G-d's endtime plans, and to again make Israel a Biblical nation with its mission to be "a holy nation, a kingdom of priests and a treasure among the nations" (Exodus 19:5-6). The march of the Movement to the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av will be a major step in making all of this a reality in our lifetime. We want to bring about the promises of G-d through Zechariah during the life of this generation exactly as G-d expects us to do: "And the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me, saying, 'Thus said the Lord of Hosts: "The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth month, the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month shall become occasions for joy and gladness, happy festivals for the House of Judah; but you must love honesty and integrity."'" (Zechariah 8:18-19)

Knowing and feeling all of this, and even "smelling" it in the air of Israel, the Temple Mount Faithful Movement will march to the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av with deep feelings of the responsibility which rests on the shoulders of this Movement towards these critical and exciting events.

At 11:00 AM on the morning of Tisha b'Av, we will gather in front of the western gate of the Temple Mount. We will first march up to the Temple Mount with prayers for the purification of the Temple Mount from the pagan Islamic presence and for the immediate rebuilding of the Temple, without further delay. We will stand before the site of the Temple and the location of the Holy of Holies, the place from where the Shekinah has never moved. With tears for the destruction of the First and Second Temples and for the hope of rebuilding the Third Temple, our prayers will come from the bottom of our hearts to the location of the Shekinah.

We will hold an assembly of mourning dressed in sackcloth and ashes like our forefathers did when they saw the destruction of the Temple, and we will tear our clothes. We will march with dark flags and the Israeli flags with the Star of David. After this we will sit on the holy ground of the Temple Mount reading the Book of Lamentations in front of the Hulda Gates.

At the same time, this event on Tisha b'Av will be a festival of hope, faith and obedience to the Word of G-d. We know that behind the darkness the great light of G-d and His prophetic endtime promises of redemption are waiting for us. We know that the darkness and the evil are temporary and that soon they will be removed and all the evil plans against Israel will be thrown onto the refuse heap of history. We know that soon Tisha b'Av will become a day of joy, exactly as G-d promised.

Everyone is called to be with us on the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av and to be a part of this godly event and work; to be a part of the light that we are soon going to see. This is the expectation of G-d Himself for everyone today. Do not miss this challenge.

In G-d we trust.

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