“Comfort my people, comfort them, says your God. Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her fighting is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice cries, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. ... And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. ...  You who bring good news to Zion, get up to the high mountain; You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his hire before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.” (Isaiah40:1-3,5,9-11)

Tisha B’Av (27/07/04) is the day commemorating the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE and the Second Temple in 70CE. Despite the fact that it was a fast day when everyone in Israel read the Book of Lamentations sitting on the ground mourning the destruction of both Temples, the deep feeling was that we are living at the time of this comfort. Both Isaiah and Jeremiah prophesied the destruction of the Temples and Jeremiah also wrote the book of Lamentations. But they also prophesied the comfort and rebuilding of the Temple. Both prophesied of the time in which we are now living which they called the end-times. The focus of all these end-time prophecies of comfort is the redemption of the people and land of Israel, the regathering of the Jewish people to the land of Israel which G–d gave them in an eternal covenant, the rebirth of the people and land of Israel, the rebuilding of the temple and the coming of Mashiach ben David to Jerusalem. The exciting prayers of Rachel, one of the 2 mothers of the Israeli people, which were prayed in the last 2000 years of destruction were answered by the G–d of Israel:

“Thus says the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Thus says the Lord; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for your future, says the Lord, that your children shall come again to their own border.” (Jeremiah31:14-16)

In 1948, and even earlier, these prayers of our mother and the prayers of the prophets and the people of Israel started to be answered by the G–d of Israel in such an exciting way before all the nations as G–d promised. Like a fast stream of water the children of Rachel and Leah began to be regathered to the land of Israel. It was an exciting godly event of the rebirth of the people and land of Israel. Waste cities and villages in the land were rebuilt and small Israeli children are playing in the streets of Jerusalem as Zechariah prophesied.

“Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts; I was zealous for Zion with great zeal, and I was zealous for her with great fury. Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the Holy Mountain. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for the fullness of days. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.” (Zechariah8:1-5)

Jeremiah expressed the redemptive plan of G–d with Israel in the end-times in such beautiful words:

“The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he has done it, and until he has performed the intents of his heart; in the latter days you shall consider it. At the same time, says the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus says the Lord, The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest. The Lord has appeared to me, far away, saying, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have remained true to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel; you shall again be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go out dancing with those who make merry. You shall yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit. For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God. For thus says the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout on the hilltops of the nations; proclaim, praise, and say, O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the ends of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who labors with child together; a great company shall return there. They shall come weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will make them walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, where they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Hear the word of the Lord, O you nations, and declare it in the islands far away, and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, like a shepherd keeps his flock. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be like a watered garden; and they shall not languish in sorrow any more. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning to joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the Lord.” (Jeremiah30:24-31:13)

The climax of these times in which we are now living in Israel was prophesied by Micah, Isaiah and others.

“But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for Torah shall go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide concerning far away strong nations; 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. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken it.” (Micah4:1-4)

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement carries this key event in the redemptive process of Israel as the focus of its godly and historical campaign. The complete redemption of Israel and the godly end time revolution all over the world will not come to pass until the end-time house of G–d, the eternal house of G–d is built. We heard the call of G–d to make this vision a reality in our lifetime and we have answered it over the past 30 years since the liberation of the Temple Mount and Biblical Jerusalem by the soldiers of G–d, the forces of Israel. This campaign will not stop until this vision comes to pass. We know that time is short and nothing can stop this vision and the end-time vessel of G–d, the Faithful Movement, from making it a reality soon in our lifetime.

On Tisha B’Av The Temple Mount Faithful Movement took an important step towards this fulfillment when in the early morning of 27^th July 2004 we carried 2 large marble cornerstones (each of 6½ tons) around the walls of Biblical Jerusalem and through the streets of downtown Jerusalem. The cornerstones were cut according to Biblical law not by the use of iron or other metal instruments but by diamond cutters. They were carried on a large truck. Banners informed Jerusalem in large Hebrew letters that these were the cornerstones for the Third Temple. The flags of Israel with the Star of David and the Temple flags of the Faithful Movement covered the top of the stones like a “chuppah”. As a bride is taken to her marriage under a chuppah, the holiness and the Shekinah of the G–d of Israel covered these 2 stones which soon, after 1934 years, were again seen in the city of G–d and His Temple, the eternal capital of the G–d and people of Israel. Godly history was made by the Faithful Movement at this moment. We felt the presence of the G–d of Israel and His holiness all over the streets where the cornerstones were carried. For almost 2000 years the G–d and people of Israel longed and desired to see this event in the rebuilt Jerusalem. This exciting morning made it a reality despite the fact that the cornerstones could not be laid on the Temple Mount in the same location of the First and Second Temples because of fear on the part of the Israeli Authorities of Arab reaction and the pressure that comes from all the world. We knew that time is so short and soon all the walls and obstacles will fall and disappear like dust in the wind as the G–d of Israel promised again and again through all His prophets, We felt that the encouragement of G–d and His blessing through Zechariah were coming to pass on that morning and will soon be completed on Mt. Moriah.

        “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, saying that the temple might be built.” (Zechariah8:9)

Members of the Faithful Movement prepare the cornerstones on the truck for the official drive around the walls of the city and through downtown Jerusalem.

In the midst of all the sorrow, the fast and the mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples, we felt on this morning that another promise of the G–d of Israel started to be fulfilled when He promised that all the fasts for the destruction of the Temple and others would become days of joy.

        “And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall become times of joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts to the house of Judah; therefore love truth and peace.” (Zechariah 8:18,19)

The cornerstones on the truck driving through the streets of Jerusalem. Police motorcycles cleared the way and gave honor to the holy stones.

One day, when the history of these exciting godly days of redemption will be written, this godly end-time event will be in the focus of it and will be considered as the first step, the opening, of the building of the end-time Temple.

After the event of the cornerstones, the Temple Mount Faithful and many Israelis who joined them, marched to the Temple Mount together with a model of the Third Temple which they carried as a clear message to the G–d of Israel that we are faithful to His vision and call to immediately rebuild His house and as a message to Israel that we are ready to do it and to make it a reality in the life of this generation and as a message to all the world that nothing can prevent it and that no pressure from the world can stop the Word of G–d and His determination to make this vision a reality. Despite the fact that the Temple Mount was closed by the Israeli Authorities, unfortunately as a sign of weakness and fear of possible Arab reaction and riot, our spirit and determination to make this vision of G–d a reality were inside the Temple Mount. Like Joshua who circled the walls of Jericho seven time and blew the shofars until the walls fell, we continued to circle the walls of hostility on the Temple Mount until they will fall.

The model of the Temple surrounded by members of the Faithful Movement in front of the Temple Mount.

Thanks to the G–d Israel they really started to fall when He answered our marches and demonstrations on the Temple Mount and created an earthquake in February this year and as a result of it a huge crack appeared along the eastern wall of the Temple Mount including the location of the Golden Gate through which Mashiach ben David will enter. Another large bulge appeared on the southern wall from where millions of Israeli pilgrims entered the Temple Mount. One of the walls in the Western Wall area collapsed and pieces of stone started to fall even from the Western Wall where Jews pray today. Engineers have stated that the walls cannot be repeatedly repaired for a long time and will eventually collapse. It is so important to share what I heard together with all the people of Israel that in the near future another major earthquake, which will be much stronger that the one in February will occur in Israel and the focus of it will be on the Temple Mount. What is even more exciting is that as a result of the February earthquake, no building in Israel was damaged besides the roof of the Dome of the Rock and the ceiling of the office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Knesset. It was a clear message of G–d to the Arabs and Moslems to leave the Temple Mount sooner than even it is possible before He will do it in a terrible day of Judgment on them. It was also a clear message to Prime Minister Sharon to answer the call of G–d, not to fear anyone in the world but only to trust the G—d of Israel to remove the enemy of the G—d and people of Israel from Mt. Moriah and to purify the Temple Mount and to rebuild the house of G–d.

In front of the eastern (Mugrabe) gate of the Temple Mount the chairman of the Faithful Movement, Gershon Salomon, called on Prime Minister Sharon to accept and answer this message and not to miss the great privilege that G–d gave him to be a real leader of His people, to rebuild His Temple, not to give in to the pressure that comes from all the world to give the Biblical Jerusalem of Israel and other Biblical areas in the land to the Arab enemies of the G—d and people of Israel, so-called “Palestinians” and not to establish a so-called “Palestinian” state or any other foreign state in the holy land that G–d gave only to Israel for a godly purpose in an eternal covenant. He called on Sharon to open the gates of the Temple Mount to the cornerstones. He told him that only the rebuilding of the Temple will create a real peace when the enemies of Israel are removed from any part of the holy land and a godly peace will also come to all the world. He called on the people of Israel to stop praying near the Western Wall which is a sign of destruction and exile and to immediately start the worship only on the Temple Mount.

Gershon Salomon speaking to the crowd and to all the people of Israel in front of the western gate of the Temple Mount. Together with the other members of the Movement, he wears sackcloth to symbolize the mourning for the destruction of the Temples.

Before the G—d of Israel, on His holy hill, he and all the Faithful Movement and the crowd swore in the name of all the people of Israel and its wonderful friends all over the world, never to stop the godly campaign of the Movement to rebuild the house of G–d which will open the gate for the coming of Mashiach ben David, and to make Israel a Biblical nation with a Biblical mission as G–d anointed and dedicated them to be. We swore never to forget but to be completely faithful to the covenant that the G—d of Israel made with His people Israel and the holy land which He gave to them.

The crowd and the Faithful on the ramp marching to the western gate of the Temple Mount.

The Book of Lamentations was heard again in front of the Holy of Holies when all the members of the Faithful Movement and the crowd read it sitting on the ground but this time with a deep feeling and knowledge that soon the mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples will become a day of rebuilding and joy for Israel and even for all the world. when the shofar was blown during this time we felt that the gates of heaven, which G–d told us the location of which is above the Temple Mount, was opened again after 2000 years of destruction. Everyone could hear the Voice of G–d encouraging us. Jerusalem, which was destroyed by the Romans 1934 years ago and has been controlled by foreigners for so many years, experienced an exciting time in the midst of her redemption and rebuilding during this godly and exciting moment.

The members of the Faithful Movement sitting on the ground mourning and reading the Book of Lamentations.

The Tisha B’Av event of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement was reported in all the news media of Israel and the world. All eyes were directed on this day to the Temple Mount Faithful Movement, to the 2 cornerstones and the march to the Temple Mount. Everyone understood and felt that the campaign of the Temple Mount Faithful for the rebuilding of the house of G–d is at the focus of all the end-time redemptive and critical events and as a key to these exciting and critical times in which we are now living.

In the midst of our prayers of mourning after the reading of the Book of Lamentation ware the Psalm of mourning  and The Psalm of redemption.

“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.” (Psalm79)

“A Song of Ascents. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like men who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad. Bring back our captivity, O Lord, like the streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who goes forth weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come back with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Psalm126)

The Faithful, together with the large crowd that grew during the event surrounded the gates of the Temple Mount and in front of each gate we swore -

“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.” (Psalm 126:5,6)

The Faithful, with all the crowd, sang the Israeli national anthem in front of the gate of the Temple Mount which is next to the Holy of holies and the closest place to it.

“As long as a Jewish heart beats and as long as Jewish eyes look Eastward,

Then our two-thousand  year hope to be a free nation in Zion and Jerusalem is not lost.”

Our faces and hearts were directed to the east, to the location of the Holy of Holies and were deeply connected with the spirit and Shekinah of G–d which will again soon dwell there.

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement is in the midst of a critical and exciting campaign. We are so privileged to carry this mission which He gave us as a great privilege. As I said, time is short and everything in this godly vision is soon to come to pass. Everyone is called on to be a part of it and to share this great privilege with us. Stand with the Faithful Movement with all your devotion and dedication as so many people in Israel and all over the world have done over the years. Help us in any way that you can and I am sure that very soon we shall experience the moment of the fulfillment when we shall stand hand-in-hand in the rebuild house of G–d on Mt. Moriah and we shall thank Him for the privilege that He gave us to be a part of the campaign for its rebuilding at an exciting and critical time when it was so needed.

The media around the model of the Temple interviewing the members of the Movement.