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THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR.
On December 10th 2018 on the last day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the altar was dedicated. This stone altar is prepared for use in the Third Temple in Jerusalem.
The rising Sanhedrin released a declaration to 70 nations to be read at the ceremony. It was intended as an invitation to the nations to participate in the Temple and receive its blessings.
The altar is currently in the form of loose stone blocks ready to be transported to the Temple Mount and stored in a manner that will enable then to be transported and assembled at a moment`s notice. When complete, the altar will be a square nine feet on each side and five feet tall, and include a ramp for the priests to ascend.
A full-dress re-enactment of the daily offering took place. Meat was roasted on the newly consecrated altar. The priests also performed the grain offerings accompanied with the wine libation.
A large menorah was lit as part of the ceremony. Rabbi Weiss explained that it is fitting that they should invite the nations to the ceremony since Hanukkah is about bringing light to the darkness. The Jews were meant to do this for the entire world, he said, quoting the Prophet Isaiah.
`For He has said: “It is too little that you should be My servant in that I raise up the tribes of Yaakov and restore the survivors of Yisrael: I will also make you a light of nations, that My salvation may reach the ends of the earth.” (Isa. 49: 6)
Personally, I see this dedication of the altar as revealing how close we are to the tribulation. Remember that Israel will start their daily sacrifices early in the tribulation.
Marilyn.