Temples

What is the reason of the heavenly Temple?
And why a Temple is not in the New Jerusalem.

Straightshot said:

It is a dimensional structuring

The Lord has a temple outside of the material universe [Revelation 11:1]

When His eternal kingdom comes with a material new heavens and earth there will be no need for a temple on the earth [Revelation 21]

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Wrong. God lives in the material universe. The Temple in Revelation is not a spiritual structure...but it is a master-plan of what was constructed on earth. Is this Heavenly Temple just an illustration for us in a vision (not in reality) to know the meaning of prayers and service and the order of the future events?

dfw69 said:

That's a good question... I myself would like to know

My only guess is the temple in heaven is where god throne is ....it's a place of judgement... when judgement ends ... it is no longer needed

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Revelation 4:1-6
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things." Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. read more.
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

Revelation 20:11
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.


Isaiah sees the Lord “high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1).

God’s throne:
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16). Inside the Jewish Temple was the Ark of the Covenant, which was a “copy of the true” (Hebrews 9:24: For Christ (AFTER DEATH) has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. ), and it had a “mercy seat” where God’s presence would appear (Leviticus 16:2
and the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.


Ok, After death Jesus came to God (because the earthly Temple was just a copy of the Heavenly Temple). But what is the Heavenly Temple?

The Mediator’s Death Necessary

16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”21 Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

The Earthly Sanctuary

1Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience— 10 concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.


Ok note these verses: " which are copies of the true things".
After death flesh of Jesus was broken like the curtain in the Jewish Temple.
And He came to God the Father in heaven through the veil like in the Temple, that is His flesh broken for our salvation to come to the “mercy seat”.

50 When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. 51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. Mathew 27


Ok we see now everything was symbolic to explain us what is the way of salvation through the death of Jesus.

But there is another picture of the Heavenly Temple given us for understanding of the future events:
The question is: Was this Temple again a symbolic desription of what happens in Heaven and on earth a sort of a vision like we considered above. Or is this a constructed building?

What we see in the Heavenly Temple?

Seven-branched lampstand:
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.

We will continue consideration tomorrow..

dfw69 said:

I'm not sure what you mean by everything was symbolic..... Jesus literally fulfill the work of the high priest of god in fulfilling the atonement sacrifice in which he made a way to the father in heaven (which is the Holy of Holies where his throne is)

We are redeemed from judgement of the law and set free from bondage of the law ...because the judgement of the law was fulfilled in Christ instead of us, killing him instead of us ,paying the debt of sin against the law which is death

Christ also fulfilled the law for us and has obtained the promises of the law for us ..He has also obtained the righteousness of the law for us as well ...

Because of his work for us, we will one day be able to literally approach heavenly throne in the temple of god with confidence in due season when our full redemption is completed and Jesus promises are literally fulfilled ...

Because of all this ,the old covenant is fulfilled for us believers....and all it's old ordinances and obligations to the temple



The temple in heaven still remains because judgement is not complete for all men ... there is a judgement still yet to come ... judgement will fall during the wrath of god and judgement will take place after the 1000 year reign

After that death ends ... if death ends it's safe to say judgement ends as well ... no need for the temple institution any longer ...
That is why there is no temple in the new heaven new earth period

Man will one day attempt to rebuild the temple during the false messianic age ... and judgement will eventually fall because of it ...

one of davids sons will attempt to reestablish the covenant but he will be a man of sin and he is not permitted to rebuild the temple, yet he will do so ...Only the true prince of peace is allowed to build the millennium temple who will bring true peace to this world

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I agree with you, brother.
But TRY to understand what is the Heavenly Temple according to the references I gave you above.

Jews should put the curtain in the Jewish Temple. Why? What is the purpose of this curtain? This curtain should separate priests from the Holly of Holies and the throne of the mercy. Why? Because this is an EXPLANATION for us that in future the killed body of the Son of God should remove any separation between God and people enabling us to come to the throne of mercy to receive forgiveness of our sins.

I liked the idea mentioned above that God lives in a Temple in Heaven and He has a throne: "My only guess is the temple in heaven is where god throne is ....it's a place of judgement... when judgement ends ... it is no longer needed"

Ok if God lives in the place which was symbolized for us for our understanding and called by the word "Temple" then we can understand why God commanded to perform Jewish rituals in Jewish Temples.

One of you said:
"The Lord has a temple outside of the material universe [Revelation 11:1]".
I corrected this statement saying that this is a reference to the Third Jewish Temple on our planet. This Temple should be in our material universe.

Now let's reread everything said by me above one more time after this explanation and let's move forward considering what we see in the "Heavenly Temple" in Revelation starting from the chapter 1.

What we see in the Heavenly Temple?

(1) Seven-branched lampstand (Rev 1):
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.

(2) The Altar of the Heavenly Temple (Revelation 6:9-11).
Note: I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained..
The altar mentioned in Rev 6:9 is associated with people who were slain for their testimony to God..this is altar of sacrifice.
This altar is connected with people who have been martyred for the sake of Jesus and Christianity. In other words, their lives were sacrifices offered up to the Lord on this symbolic altar. Also, their souls are depicted as being under the altar, which makes sense when you consider that this is where the blood of the sacrifice would flow (Lev 4:7), and that the life is in the blood (Lev 17:11).

So, the flow of blood on the Heavenly Altar is clear now!
This symbolism was used here by God to explain us that soon more saints/Christians must be sacrificed for their testimony to God’s word. When exactly? Soon.During the future tribulation period.

(3) Incense (Revelation 8:3-5):
Revelation 8:3-5 – 3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel’s hand.

5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

This Bible passage begins with an angel who seems to be doing the same work that were done by the priests of Israel. This angel stands before the Altar with the golden censer (i.e. fire pan) and he had fire from the altar.

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

Do you remember, brothers, what is the last 7th trumpet?

Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom of the Son of God Proclaimed on our planet!!!!
15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms" of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever (HE IS THE KING ON OUR PLANET)!” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, (THEY REFER TO THE SON OF GOD BECAUSE THIS IS HIS NAME: "THE ONE WHO IS TO COME"
The One who is and who was and who is to come,"
Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenanth" was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

(5) The Arc of the Covenant (Rev 11)
Revelation 11:19 – Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

What is the meaning of the Arc of the Covenant?
The Arc means that God is remembering His relationship with Israel and this is LITERALLY His presence on earth.
Christ, the Son of God who is God like His Father will appear on the earth in person to establish here His Millennium reign.

(5) The Tabernacle of Testimony in Heaven/smoke (Rev 15):
5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 6 And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands. 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever. 8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

What is the Tabernacle of Testimony?
The term "testimony or witness" referred primarily to the tablets of the Ten Commandments which stood as a witness of the Mosaic Covenant/Mosaic Law. “And you shall put into the ark the Testimony which I will give you” (Ex. Ex. 25:16). This testimony set forth God’s law, especially as embodied by the Ten Commandments and the laws of the NT, and now stands as a witness against the immoral and sinful actions of the nations in their rejection of God. The “tabernacle of the Testimony” (Ex. Ex. 38:21) was the meeting place with God, also called “the tabernacle of meeting” (Ex. Ex. 30:26), where God would meet with the children of Israel. It contained “the ark of the Testimony” (Ex. Ex. 30:26; Ex. 21:7) from which it derived the name tabernacle of the Testimony. The Levites were entrusted with the service of the tabernacle of the Testimony, to transport and attend to it (Num. Num. 1:50). God’s presence dwelt between the cherubim over the mercy seat of the ark within the tabernacle.

When the Heavenly Temple was opened, the Ark of the Covenant (the “testimony” ) was seen together with manifestations of judgment (Rev. Rev. 11:19). Meaning: this is a manifestation of God’s judgment for those who fall short of the testimony (witness) of the law and who have not sought the Son of God for refuge from God’s wrath. God OPENS the Temple to meet with us and to JUDGE us. Like Moses talked to God face to face, we also will face the God's Judgement.

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls" of the wrath of God on the earth.”

NOW note: WHAT IS THE TEMPLE?

Revelation 21:22-23 – 22 I did not see a temple in the city (IN THE NEW JERUSALEM), because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Yes, we see that actually there is NO Heavenly Temple in Heaven. But the reign and presence of God and His Son is the TEMPLE.

Now we understand everything....
Let's make a summary of what we have learned...

Description of the Jewish Temples is the Illustrated Plan of Salvation!!!

Do you know that God does not live in the Temple (2 Chronicles 6:21, 33).

The Bible is consistent from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible says the same story of salvation from God's wrath. The Temple and its symbolism is an example of this. God actually shows us the beginning and ending of God’s plan for the redemption of mankind.

In the Book of Hebrews we are told that the tabernacle, and all its services, were “patterns of things in the heavens” (Hebrews 9:23). Yes, but we as people tend to think that the Heavenly Temple is a constructed structure with actual buildings.
But in reality the physical objects associated with the earthly Temples were “figures of the true” (Hebrews 9:24) or in other words "SYMBOLS" or the “shadow of heavenly things” (Hebrews 8:5). Each physical item had its spiritual counterpart in heaven or in other words "explanation".

If we wish to know what God’s dwelling place is really like and how to live with God in His dwelling place, we must understand the meaning of the three general compartments in the earthly sanctuary, the furniture, and the persons (the priests) who served within the holy areas. All these physical things have spiritual meaning in Heaven.
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest [the Holy of Holies] by the blood of Jesus through the vail.”
Hebrews 10:19–20

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy.”
Hebrews 4:16

If all the literal counterparts have a symbolic meaning (which they do) then we need now to consider the “Tree of Life” ..this tree was growing in the Garden of Eden. But there was also another tree in the Garden called “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:17). Our first parents were allowed, at the beginning, to eat from any tree of the Garden exept from the tree of "Good and Evil" . Where will be this tree located? The identification may also be given in the Bible. We will analyze this together.

It is more correct to say that Eden was the archetype or the pattern for all subsequent temples in the Near East, including the Tabernacle and the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem. The parallels between Eden and the Temple can be summarized as follows:

Note that the entrance into the Jewish Temples was from the East. On the West side was the main part of the Temple the Holy of Holies, and just before the entrance into the Holy Place, was the “altar of burnt offering.” The entrance to all compartments was from the East.
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:24
People cannot enter the Eden Garden from the east side like to the Jewish Temples. They could comunicate with God through the Altars of Cain and Abel.

If you want to return to the Eden Garden where God dwells, then you will need to come ot the Three of Life. Where s this Tree? And what is the forbiden Tree of Good and Evil?

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

What we see here? Man became like God. We know Good and Evil. Now we want to eat from the Tree of Life! How to do this? How to find this Tree? We will discuss this in the second part of our study. Any ideas?


Let me repeat: the Gentiles/unbelievers could only approach God through Israel (a kingdom of priests). All requirements have been fulfilled in Christ, and God the Father can be approached face-to-face now because of the sacrifice of His Son on the Cross.

Now we can approach God directly with ONLY one Mediator, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5, see also Galatians 3:19–24 and Hebrews chapters 8 and 9). Barriers to God no longer exist for you and for me.

Let's go to the Tree of Life! LOL

Heb 9:23-24 — 23 Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

Everything is clear.

No comments yet? Ok we will continue our consideration when people will come to consider this issue with me.

One Christian said:

"The 3rd Temple, for instance has been well proved to happen when the Israelites of God, Christians go to live in the holy Land; soon after the Lord’s Day of wrath clears that area."

Ok give me proofs.
I say:
The Third Temple could be constructed on our planet when Jews return to their Holy Land Israel from all countries of the world... what already happens.

So, soon Jews will construct this Temple. Why? What is the reason of this Temple? Let me share with you my insights which of course could be corrected by you if I am wrong.

But in this thread I speak about the Heavenly Temple of God. There is a difference between them which I uncover....

The Heavenly Temple of God
- معبد السماوي


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السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

The Heavenly Temple of God
- معبد السماوي


When Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.
So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
Exodus 33:9-11
9 وَمَا إِنْ يَتَوَارَى مُوسَى فِيهَا، حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ عَمُودُ السَّحَابِ وَيَقِفَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِهَا، فَيَتَكَلَّمُ الرَّبُّ مَعَ مُوسَى،10 فَيُشَاهِدُ جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ عَمُودَ السَّحَابِ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ، فَيَسْجُدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَمَامَ بَابِ خَيْمَتِهِ،

11 فَكَانَ الرَّبُّ يُكَلِّمُ مُوسَى وَجْهاً لِوَجْهٍ كَمَا يُكَلِّمُ الإِنْسَانُ صَاحِبَهُ. وَإِذَا رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ، كَانَ خَادِمُهُ الشَّابُ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ يَمْكُثُ دَاخِلَ الْخَيْمَةِ.
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The Mishkan (dwelling place) of the God of Israel was originally the portable shrine called the Ark of the Covenant, which was placed in the Tabernacle tent after God saved Jews from their slavery in Egypt.

King David, brought the Ark to his new capital, Jerusalem, intending to build there a Temple in order to house the Ark in a permanent place. God told him that he would not be permitted to build a Temple. The task of building therefore passed to David's son and successor Solomon.

Soon God will literally dwell with us if our names will be written in the BOOK of LIFE and if we will ENTER His Dwelling Place....

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: …”8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” Exodus 25
31 “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim. 32 You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver. 33 And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy. 34 You shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy. 35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side. Exodus 26
وَخَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى
8 فَيَصْنَعُونَ لِي مَقْدِساً حَيْثُ أُقِيمُ فِيهِ بَيْنَهُمْ.
9 تَصْنَعُونَهُ وَفْقاً لِمِثَالِ اْلمَسْكَنِ وَالآنِيَةِ الَّتِي أَنَا أُرِيكَ.
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31 وَتَصْنَعُ سِتَاراً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ مَبْرُومٍ ذِي أَلْوَانٍ زَرْقَاءَ وَبَنَفْسَجِيَّةٍ وَحَمْرَاءَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يُطَرِّزَ عَلَيْهِ حَائِكٌ مَاهِرٌ رَسْمَ الْكَرُوبِيمِ.

32 وَعَلِّقْهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّنْطِ مُغَشَّاةٍ بِذَهَبٍ. لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ خَطَاطِيفَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَقَائِمَةٌ عَلَى أَرْبَعِ قَوَاعِدَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ.

33 وَتَجْعَلُ السِّتَارَ تَحْتَ الْمَشَابِكِ. ثُمَّ تَأْتِي بِتَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ (الَّذِي فِيهِ لَوْحَا الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْرِ) فَتُدْخِلُهُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ، إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ السِّتَارَةِ الْفَاصِلَةِ بَيْنَ الْقُدْسِ وَقُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ.

34 وَتَضَعُ الْغِطَاءَ عَلَى تَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ.

35 وَتَنْصِبُ الْمَائِدَةَ خَارِجَ السِّتَارَةِ مُقَابِلَ الْمَنَارَةِ، فَتَكُونُ الْمَائِدَةُ قَائِمَةً فِي الْجِهَةِ الْجَنُوبِيَّةِ.
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Jesus Dies on the Cross
45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:45-54
45 وَمِنَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ظُهْراً إِلَى السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، حَلَّ الظَّلاَمُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا.

46 وَنَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ صَرَخَ يَسُوعُ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «إِيلِي، إِيلِي، لَمَا شَبَقْتَنِي؟» أَيْ: «إِلهِي، إِلهِي، لِمَاذَا تَرَكْتَنِي؟»

47 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهُ بَعْضُ الْوَاقِفِينَ هُنَاكَ، قَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ يُنَادِي إِيلِيَّا!»

48 فَرَكَضَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ إِسْفِنْجَةً غَمَسَهَا فِي الْخَلِّ، وَثَبَّتَهَا عَلَى قَصَبَةٍ وَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ لِيَشْرَبَ؛

49 وَلَكِنَّ الْبَاقِينَ قَالُوا: «دَعْهُ وَشَأْنَهُ! لِنَرَ هَلْ يَأْتِي إِيلِيَّا لِيُخَلِّصَهُ!»

50 فَصَرَخَ يَسُوعُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَأَسْلَمَ الرُّوحَ.

51 وَإِذَا سِتَارُ الْهَيْكَلِ قَدِ انْشَقَّ شَطْرَيْنِ، مِنَ الأَعْلَى إِلَى الأَسْفَلِ، وَتَزَلْزَلَتِ الأَرْضُ، وَتَشَقَّقَتِ الصُّخُورُ،

52 وَتَفَتَّحَتِ الْقُبُورُ، وَقَامَتْ أَجْسَادٌ كَثِيرَةٌ لِقِدِّيسِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ رَقَدُوا؛

53 وَإِذْ خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْقُبُورِ، دَخَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ بَعْدَ قِيَامَةِ يَسُوعَ، وَرَآهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ.

54 وَأَمَّا قَائِدُ الْمِئَةِ، وَجُنُودُهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتَوَلَّوْنَ حِرَاسَةَ يَسُوعَ، فَقَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ حِينَمَا رَأَوْا الزِّلْزَالَ وَكُلَّ مَا جَرَى، فَقَالُوا: «حَقّاً كَانَ هَذَا ابْنَ اللهِ!»
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And WHY the veil was torn?

One Christian said:
“The veil represented the FLESH.
Man's separation from God due to sin and flesh. It was torn when Christ finished His work on the cross. Jesus destroyed the works of the devil and the power of sin when the veil was torn and now through Christ, man had the opportunity to be reconciled back to God and be in fellowship with Him and have the ABILITY to live holy. . Jesus broke through the flesh barrier and condemned sin in the flesh for us. Now, by the power of His Spirit in us we too have broken thru the flesh barrier and we are no longer held captive to flesh and sin. Glory to God!

THIS IS THE GRACE OF GOD! By the infilling of the Spirit, we are no longer debtors to the flesh. We have the grace of God in our walk daily.”

RIGHT.

The veil is the symbol of the flesh of the SON of GOD! The Veil was torn to enable you to APPROACH the God of Israel in His Dwelling Place!

19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us,

through the VEIL, that is, His FLESH,
21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:19-25
19 فَلَنَا الآنَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ حَقُّ التَّقَدُّمِ بِثِقَةٍ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» (فِي السَّمَاءِ) بِدَمِ يَسُوعَ.

20 وَذَلِكَ بِسُلُوكِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ الْحَيِّ الْجَدِيدِ الَّذِي شَقَّهُ لَنَا الْمَسِيحُ بِتَمْزِيقِ الحِجَابِ، أَيْ جَسَدِهِ.

21 وَلَنَا أَيْضاً كَاهِنٌ عَظِيمٌ يُمَارِسُ سُلْطَتَهُ عَلَى بَيْتِ اللهِ.

22 فَلْنَتَقَدَّمْ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِقَلْبٍ صَادِقٍ وَبِثِقَةِ الإِيمَانِ الْكَامِلَةِ، بَعْدَمَا طَهَّرَ رَشُّ الدَّمِ قُلُوبَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ شُعُورٍ بِالذَّنْبِ، وَغَسَلَ الْمَاءُ النَّقِيُّ أَجْسَادَنَا.

23 وَلْنَتَمَسَّكْ دَائِماً بِالرَّجَاءِ الَّذِي نَعْتَرِفُ بِهِ، دُونَ أَنْ نَشُكَّ فِي أَنَّهُ سَيَتَحَقَّقُ، لأَنَّ الَّذِي وَعَدَنَا بِتَحْقِيقِهِ، هُوَ أَمِينٌ وَصَادِقٌ.

24 وَعَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا أَنْ يَنْتَبِهَ لِلآخَرِينَ، لِنَحُثَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً عَلَى الْمَحَبَّةِ وَالأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ.

25 وَعَلَيْنَا أَلاَّ نَنْقَطِعَ عَنِ الاجْتِمَاعِ مَعاً، كَمَا تَعَوَّدَ بَعْضُكُمْ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ. إِنَّمَا، يَجْدُرُ بِكُمْ أَنْ تَحُثُّوا وَتُشَجِّعُوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً، وَتُوَاظِبُوا عَلَى هَذَا بِقَدْرِ مَا تَرَوْنَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ يَقْتَرِبُ.
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What is the Holiest?

And why the Jewish priests cold die when they approached the Holiest?
What is the Holiest/the Holy of Holies?
This is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and later the Temple in Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept during the First Temple, which could be entered only by the High Priest on Yom Kippur/the Day of Atonement in Israel.
The Ark of the Covenant is said to have contained the Ten Commandments, which were given by God to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The "Holy of Holies" is always translated as "Most Holy Place". But why? Because the God of Israel LITERALLY dwelt among the Jews! In the Holy of Holies was the dwelling place of God among the Israelites!
The Holy of Holies was hidden by a VEIL, and no one was permitted to enter except the Jewish High Priest and even he could only enter once a year on the Day of Atonement, to offer the blood of sacrifice and incense before the Mercy Seat.

The Mercy Seat....What is that?

In the wilderness, on the day that the tabernacle was first raised up, after God saved Jews from their slavery in Egypt, the CLOUD of the Lord covered the tabernacle and God talked to people through Moses. This tabernacle was a prototype of the Jewish Temple where God also dwelt among Jews.

In the tabernacle the instructions were given that the Lord would appear in the CLOUD upon the mercy seat (kapporet), and at that time the priests should not enter into the tabernacle (Leviticus 16:2).

Let's consider the Mercy Seat. What is that?

According to the Bible, the cover or Mercy Seat (Hebrew: Kapporet "atonement piece") was an object which rested upon the Ark of the Covenant.

Exodus 25:17 And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
17 وَتَصْنَعُ غِطَاءً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ، هُوَ كُرْسِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ، طُولُهُ ذِرَاعَانِ وَنِصْفٌ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَرُبْعِ الْمِتْرِ) وَعَرْضُهُ ذِرَاعٌ وَنِصْفٌ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَسَبْعِينَ سَنْتِيمِتْراً)
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The Ark and the cover were kept inside the Holy of Holies- the Temple's innermost sanctuary, which was separated from the remainder of the Temple by a thick curtain (parochet), because the Ark and Mercy Seat were associated with the presence of YHVH/the God of Israel.

The Holy of Holies could only be entered on the Day of Atonement/Yom Kipur, and even then could only be entered by the Jewish High Priest, who was covenanted to do so in order to sprinkle the BLOOD of a sacrificial bull onto the MERCY SEAT, as an atonement for himself and his family, the other priests, the Tabernacle, and the Jewish people of Israel.
The directions specify that incense was first burnt in the Holy of Holies so that a CLOUD rose up and appeared above the cover of the Ark!

This is a symbolic representation of God!

In rabbinical tradition the original kaporet in the Tabernacle and Temple in Jerusalem is identified as a lid of pure gold on top of the Ark, and the name kaporet given since it served to "atone" (kaper) for the sins of the people.

The Yom Kippur ritual was merely a shadow of things to come! That was a PREDICTION of DEATH of the Son of God given by God in such a symbolic representation to forgive our sins through HIS BLOOD/sacrifice! (Hebrews 10:1).

Is the Temple of God in Heaven too? Did God give us a description of His heavenly Temple to construct our earthly Jewish Temple on our planet?

Greatness of Christ's Sacrifice
23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another? 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Hebrews 9
23 وَبِمَا أَنَّ تَطْهِيرَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ كَانَ يَتَطَلَّبُ رَشَّ دَمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْحَيَوَانِيَّةِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَيْمَةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ تَتَطَلَّبَ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الأُخْرَى.

24 فَالْمَسِيحُ، رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الأَرْضِيِّ، الَّذِي صَنَعَتْهُ يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ ظِلٌّ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَيْنِهَا، حَيْثُ يَقُومُ الآنَ بِتَمْثِيلِنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِالذَّاتِ.

25 وَهُوَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ لِيُقَدِّمَ نَفْسَهُ ذَبِيحَةً مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، كَمَا كَانَ الْكَاهِنُ الأَعْلَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَدْخُلُ مَرَّةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ.

26 وَإِلاَّ لَكَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ الْمَسِيحُ مُتَأَلِّماً مَرَّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ! وَلَكِنَّهُ الآنَ، عِنْدَ انْتِهَاءِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُبْطِلَ قُوَّةَ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِتَقْدِيمِ نَفْسِهِ ذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ.

27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَصِيرَ النَّاسِ الْمَحْتُومَ، هُوَ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تَأْتِي الدَّيْنُونَةُ،

28 كَذَلِكَ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً: مَاتَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَامِلاً خَطَايَا كَثِيرِينَ، مُقَرِّباً نَفْسَهُ (لِلهِ) عِوَضاً عَنْهُمْ. وَلاَ بُدَّ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِلَى الظُّهُورِ. لاَ لِيُعَالِجَ الْخَطَايَا، بَلْ لِيُحَقِّقَ الْخَلاَصَ النِّهَائِيَّ لِجَمِيعِ مُنْتَظِرِيهِ!
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Let's now consider what is incense.

The Incense Offering. What is that?
The Incense offering was related to perfumed offerings on the Altar of Incense in the time of the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

There was the Altar of Incense (mizbach haketoros) (Exodus 30:1-10) in the Jewish Temple, called also the Golden Altar/the Inner Altar which stood inside, in the Holy Place "before the Veil that is by the Ark of the Covenant."

The coals from the Altar of Incense were taken behind the veil on the Day of Atonement (Hebrews 9:34) to create the smoke, described by me above. This smoke/ cloud is a reference to the prayers of believers as incense (Revelation 8:4).
4 فَارْتَفَعَ دُخَانُ الْبَخُورِ مِنْ يَدِ الْمَلاَكِ مَصْحُوباً بِصَلَوَاتِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.
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"And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand." The smoke of incense in the tabernacle typically signifies offered prayer.

The burning of the incense was symbolic of the prayer of the people rising up to God (Psalm 141:2; Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4).

The offering of incense had to take place after the sacrifice, because only after the atonement could communion with God take place!
The coals used on the Altar of Incense had to be taken from the Altar of Burnt Offerings!

After the offering of incense, the Kohenim (priests) pronounced the Priestly Blessing upon the people.
Now let's look at the Heavenly Temple again:

Revelation 4
The Heavenly Temple
The Throne Room of Heaven

1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God (angels of God)......
...The mystery of the seven golden lampstands are the seven churches....Rev.1

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12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man 9the SON of God), clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I (the SON of God) am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.... Rev 1

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6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

"Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!"
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

11 "You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created."


Now let’s look into far future...
What will happen after the Millennium Kingdom of the Son of God on our planet?
We most probably will be on another planet created by God for us We most probably will be on another planet created by God for us but may be the New Jerusalem will be on earth as the Old Testament says:

Revelation 21

All Things Made New! The NEW Jerusalem!

1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Revelation 21
بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَأَيْتُ بَاباً مَفْتُوحاً فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَإِذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يُخَاطِبُنِي كَأَنَّهُ بُوقٌ، وَيَقُولُ: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى هُنَا فَأُرِيَكَ مَا لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ بَعْدَ هَذَا».2 وَفِي الْحَالِ صِرْتُ فِي الرُّوحِ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ عَرْشاً يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ
3 تَنْبَعِثُ مِنْهُ أَنْوَارٌ كَأَنَّهَا صَادِرَةٌ مِنْ لَمَعَانِ الْيَشْبِ وَالْعَقِيقِ الأَحْمَرِ. وَحَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ قَوْسُ قُزَحَ يَلْمَعُ كَأَنَّهُ الزُّمُرُّدُ.
4 وَقَدْ أَحَاطَ بِالْعَرْشِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ عَرْشاً يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ شَيْخاً يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً بَيْضَاءَ، وَعَلَى رُؤَوسِهِمْ أَكَالِيلُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.
5 وَكَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْعَرْشِ بُرُوقٌ وَرُعُودٌ وَأَصْوَاتٌ، وَأَمَامَهُ سَبْعَةُ مَصَابِيحِ نَارٍ مُضَاءَةٍ، هِيَ أَرْوَاحُ اللهِ السَّبْعَةُ.
(هي ملائكة الله)
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20 وَهَذَا سِرُّ
مَنَائِرِ الذَّهَبِ السَّبْعِ:
أَمَّا الْمَنَائِرُ السَّبْعُ فَهِيَ تُمَثِّلُ الْكَنَائِسَ السَّبْعَ نَفْسَهَا.
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12 فَالْتَفَتُّ لأَنْظُرَ الصَّوْتَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ مَعِي. وَلَمَّا الْتَفَتُّ رَأَيْتُ سَبْعَ مَنَايِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ،

13 وَعِنْدَمَا الْتَفَتُّ نَحْوَ الصَّوْتِ، رَأَيْتُ كَائِناً يُشْبِهُ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ، يَقِفُ وَسْطَ سَبْعِ مَنَائِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَيَرْتَدِي ثَوْباً طَوِيلاً إِلَى الرِّجْلَيْنِ، يَلُفُّ صَدْرَهُ حِزَامٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.

14 شَعْرُ رَأْسِهِ نَاصِعُ الْبَيَاضِ كَالصُّوفِ أَوِ الثَّلْجِ، وَعَيْنَاهُ كَشُعْلَةٍ مُلْتَهِبَةٍ.

15 رِجْلاَهُ تَلْمَعَانِ كَأَنَّهُمَا نُحَاسٌ نَقِيٌّ مَصْقُولٌ بِالنَّارِ، وَصَوْتُهُ يُدَوِّي كَصَوْتِ شَلاَّلٍ غَزِيرٍ،

16 وَوَجْهُهُ يَتَوَهَّجُ بِالنُّورِ كَشَمْسِ الظَّهِيرَةِ. وَكَانَ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى سَبْعَةُ نُجُومٍ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفٌ قَاطِعٌ ذُو حَدَّيْنِ.

17 فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ ارْتَمَيْتُ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ كَالْمَيْتِ، فَلَمَسَنِي بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَقَالَ: «لاَ تَخَفْ! أَنَا الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ،

18 أَنَا الْحَيُّ. كُنْتُ مَيْتاً، وَلَكِنْ هَا أَنَا حَيٌّ إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ. وَلِي مَفَاتِيحُ الْمَوْتِ وَالْهَاوِيَةِ.
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6 وَكَانَ يَبْدُو كَأَنَّ بَحْراً شَفَّافاً مِثْلَ الْبِلَّوْرِ يَمْتَدُّ أَمَامَ الْعَرْشِ، وَفِي وَسَطِ الْعَرْشِ وَحَوْلَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ كَائِنَاتٍ تَكْسُوهَا عُيُونٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنَ الأَمَامِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْفِ:

7 الْكَائِنُ الأَوَّلُ يُشْبِهُ الأَسَدَ، وَالثَّانِي يُشْبِهُ الْعِجْلَ، وَالثَّالِثُ لَهُ وَجْهٌ مِثْلُ وَجْهِ إِنْسَانٍ. أَمَّا الْكَائِنُ الرَّابِعُ فَيُشْبِهُ النَّسْرَ الطَّائِرَ.

8 وَكَانَ لكُلِّ كَائِنٍ مِنْهَا سِتَّةُ أَجْنِحَةٍ، تَكْسُوهَا عُيُونٌ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَمِنَ الْخَارِجِ. وَهَذِهِ الْكَائِنَاتُ الْحَيَّةُ الأَرْبَعَةُ تَهْتِفُ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً دُونَ انْقِطَاعٍ قَائِلَةً: «قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ، الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، الَّذِي كَانَ وَالْكَائِنُ وَالَّذِي سَيَأْتِي».

9 وَكُلَّمَا قَدَّمَتْ هَذِهِ الْكَائِنَاتُ التَّمْجِيدَ وَالإِجْلالَ وَالْحَمْدَ لِلْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، الْحَيِّ إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ،

10 يَجْثُو الشُّيُوخُ الأَرْبَعَةُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلْحَيِّ إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ، وَيُلْقُونَ أَكَالِيلَهُمْ أَمَامَ عَرْشِهِ وَهُمْ يَهْتِفُونَ:

11 «مُسْتَحِقٌّ أَنْتَ يَارَبَّنَا وَإِلَهَنَا الْمَجْدَ وَالإِجْلالَ وَالْقُدْرَةَ، لأَنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ الأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا، وَهِيَ بِإِرَادَتِكَ كَائِنَةٌ وَقَدْ خُلِقَتْ!»
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في المستقبل:

ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ سَمَاءً جَدِيدَةً وَأَرْضاً جَدِيدَةً لاَ بَحْرَ فِيهَا، لأَنَّ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ الْقَدِيمَتَيْنِ قَدْ زَالَتَا.
2 وَأَنَا رَأَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ، أُورُشَلِيمَ الْجَدِيدَةَ، نَازِلَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، مُجَهَّزَةً كَأَنَّهَا عَرُوسٌ مُزَيَّنَةٌ لِعَرِيسِهَا.

3 وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً هَاتِفاً مِنَ الْعَرْشِ: «الآنَ صَارَ مَسْكِنُ اللهِ مَعَ النَّاسِ، هُوَ يَسْكُنُ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَصِيرُونَ شَعْباً لَهُ. اللهُ نَفْسُهُ يَكُونُ مَعَهُمْ إِلهاً لَهُمْ!

4 وَسَيَمْسَحُ كُلَّ دَمْعَةٍ مِنْ عُيُونِهِمْ. إِذْ يَزُولُ الْمَوْتُ وَالْحُزْنُ وَالصُّرَاخُ وَالأَلَمُ، لأَنَّ الأُمُورَ الْقَدِيمَةَ كُلَّهَا قَدْ زَالَتْ!»

5 وَقَالَ الْجَالِسُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ: «سَأَصْنَعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ جَدِيداً». ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «اكْتُبْ هَذَا، فَإِنَّ مَا أَقُولُهُ هُوَ الصِّدْقُ وَالْحَقُّ».

6 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «قَدْ تَمَّ. أَنَا الأَلِفُ وَالْيَاءُ (الْبِدَايَةُ وَالنِّهَايَةُ). أَنَا أَسْقِي الْعَطْشَانَ مِنْ يَنْبُوعِ مَاءِ الْحَيَاةِ مَجَّاناً.

7 هَذَا كُلُّهُ نَصِيبُ الْمُنْتَصِرِ، وَأَكُونُ إِلَهاً لَهُ، وَهُوَ يَكُونُ ابْناً لِي.

8 أَمَّا الْجُبَنَاءُ وَغَيْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَالْفَاسِدُونَ وَالْقَاتِلُونَ وَالزُّنَاةُ، وَالْمُتَّصِلُونَ بِالشَّيَاطِينِ وَعَبَدَةُ الأَصْنَامِ وَجَمِيعُ الدَّجَّالِينَ، فَمَصِيرُهُمْ إِلَى الْبُحَيْرَةِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ بِالنَّارِ وَالْكِبْرِيتِ، الَّذِي هُوَ الْمَوْتُ الثَّانِي».
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22 وَلَمْ أَجِدْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ هَيْكَلاً، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ الإِلهَ الْقَادِرَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَالْحَمَلَ هُمَا هَيْكَلُهَا.

23 وَلَمْ تَكُنِ الْمَدِينَةُ فِي حَاجَةٍ إِلَى نُورِ الشَّمْسِ أَوِ الْقَمَرِ، لأَنَّ مَجْدَ اللهِ يُنِيرُهَا، وَالْحَمَلَ مِصْبَاحُهَا.

24 سَتَسِيرُ بِنُورِهَا الأُمَمُ، وَيَأْتِيهَا مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ بِكُنُوزِهِمْ.

25 وَلاَ تُقْفَلُ أَبْوَابُهَا أَبَداً طُولَ النَّهَارِ، لأَنَّ اللَّيْلَ لاَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهَا!

26 وَسَتُحْمَلُ إِلَيْهَا كُنُوزُ الأُمَمِ وَأَمْجَادُهَا.

27 وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا شَيْءٌ نَجِسٌ، وَلاَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الْقَبَائِحَ وَيُدَجِّلُونَ، بَلْ فَقَطِ الَّذِينَ كُتِبَتْ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ فِي سِجِلِّ الْحَيَاةِ لِلْحَمَلِ!

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Soon God will literally dwell with us if our names will be written in the BOOK of LIFE and if we will ENTER His Dwelling Place....
May the God of Israel save you all through your FAITH in His beloved Son, who created the universe and died instead of you to make you FREE of your sin, and lead you into the Dwelling Place of God. Amen.



Bahira Omar/
بهيرة عمر


35 The Father loves the Son,
and has given all things into His hand.
36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life;
and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God abides on him.”
John 3

Al-Aqsa and a Jewish Temple
-المسجد الاقصى والهيكل الثالث اليهود
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Bible Study

Al-Aqsa and a Jewish Temple -المسجد الاقصى والهيكل الثالث اليهود


السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته


Brothers,
Let’s consider today the FUTURE which God said to us through His prophets.

Let’s consider today the words of God said about the rebuilding/construction of the Jewish Temple in Israel on the Temple Mount where also Al Aqsa Mosque is located.
Would construction bring the Islamic world against Israel? Or another person will do it? Let’s consider it today.
Let me remind you what I said the other day:

The Antichrist will make a peace treaty with Israel for 7 years.
The Imam Al Madhi will make a peace treaty with Israel for 7 years.

What do we see here? We see that the Antichrist/dajjal, described by God before the existence of Islam is al Mahdi. The Antichrist/dajjal=Al Mahdi!!!
Jesus/Ibn Allah at His second coming will defend Jerusalem and Israel from an attack by a coalition of 10 nations led by the Antichrist.
But who is Dajjal in Islam?
Islam says that the Dajjal, the Muslim Antichrist, will appear and fool Jews into thinking he is Jesus the Messiah and fight for them. So, brothers, where is the TRUTH in Islam or in the Holy Bible which existed many centuries before the existence of Islam? Why we all should know the answer to this question? Because God is COMING!!! God said that Syria, and Egypt, and Lebanon, Palestine, and Gaza and many others will be destroyed by God. And you are living in Egypt and Gaza and Palestine and Lebanon! Your home will be destroyed!!! Note also it will be destroyed by GOD and maybe Israelites/Jews!!! That’s why let’s consider WHY.

Let’s read what God said:

Daniel 9:26-27
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

From the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple until today the Temple Mount has been vacant of a Jewish Temple. There is only the outer wall of this Temple. The Wailing Wall.
Who is this Prince who is to come and destroy the Temple which is even not constructed today?
He is the Anti-Christ.

So, there should be the 7 years Peace Treaty to be signed in Jerusalem.

How the tribulation period can be 3 1/2 years if the Anti-Christ will make this agreement for 7 years? Let’s consider it today too.

There will be a time of distress/tribulation period – According to the prophecies, it will be for a time, times and half a time which is also 1260 days or 42 (30-day) months.
The Beast/the Anti-Christ will be given a mouth to utter blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 (30-day) months. He will be given power to make war against the saints/christians and to conquer them. It will be the time of persecution of Christians. During this time 2 witnesses will testify about God.

Dan 7:25: “He will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints. The saints will be handed over to him for time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months}- the time of the tribulation period when the Anti-Christ will attack Christians!

During this time according to another prophecy in Revelation “Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.”
It will be the time 1260 days- the tribulation period.

Then he/the Anti-Christ will break the covenant of peace with Muslim states and Israel and during 42 Months he will attack Israel and Christians.

Also I believe that God said here about the Temple to be constructed in Jerusalem. It is a physical Temple. Why? Because God NEVER lies. Reread Revelation 11:1, 2:

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

42 Months the Anti-Christ and Gentiles will attack Israel and Christians!
But who are these Gentiles?
Muslims!!!
Brothers, God considers you -Muslims- as GENTILES!!!
If you will NOT turn your hearts to Him, you will all perish in hell!
Because you do NOT belong to God of Israel! He is God of a Jew Moses and our father Ibrahim!

Why he should not measure the court which is outside the Temple?
Because it has been given to the Gentiles!!!As we know there is no Temple now in Jerusalem except the outer wall Wailing Wall. But there is al Aqsa Mosque on the territory of the ex-temple. So, Jews will worship God as before but Gentiles/Muslims will worship Islamic allah there in Al Aqsa too. The same gentiles will attack Jerusalem for forty-two months (the period of persecution as described above). During this time God said that 2 witnesses will testify for 3 ½ years.

“And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

But what about the events (calamities and cataclysms) described in Revelation 8?
They should happen before the attack of Israel and christians by the Anti-Christ!!!

They also will happen within the time of tribulation but before 3 ½ years of the tribulation/persecution period!!! They are described in an order when then will happen. It is the sequence of events given us by God! So, the Mark of the Beast/chip, to be implanted, will be given to all people during the tribulation time/persecution period (Rev 13;14). Then angels will testify the last time to all nations and tribes. Because there are some people who have never heard about God of Israel and his Son Jesus. You Muslims at least have heard about Him but they have never heard about Him. And to avoid their judgment, God will give them a chance to believe in him too. Then Babylon will be destroyed and God Jesus will descend to protect Jews during the attack of the Muslim states and the Anti-Christ.

So, we see a 7-year agreement being made between the “Prince who is come”, and “Many” and Israel. The Anti-Christ will exercise his authority for 7 years. The agreement is broken at the midpoint, 3 ½ years, causing the Temple sacrifice to cease. The Great Tribulation could last for 7 years starting from the time of the coming of the Anti-Christ to power until the day of the war against Israel when Jesus will descend from heaven to protect Jews. During this time (within 7years) we will see the wrath of God/calamities (starting from the Revelation 8) which will last for 3 ½ years. And the start of the tribulation period/persecution period for 3 ½ years.

Also NOTE: that God does not play in games and He CLEARLY listed the sequence of the events, describing them as the trumpet blows.
In A.D. 638 The Muslim armies conquered the land of Israel from the Byzantine Empire. In 687 The Muslims built the Dome of the Rock/Al Aqsa Mosque on the location of the Jewish Temple. Muslims view the “Dome of the Rock” /Al Aqsa Mosque as the 3rd most holy site to Islam. From the top of Mt. Moriah, Muslims believe Mohammed ascended into Heaven. The Muslim building was built on the Jewish site to demonstrate Islam as the final religion and, to honor Mohammed supposed ascension.

Does this create a problem for Israel?
No. Because God solves all problems of Israel.
God said about Israel and Jews:

“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 7:6-8

Brothers,God swore to our father Abraham/ Ibrahim that Jews will be God’s inheritance and holy people and that they will dwell securely in the Promised Land/the Holy Land of Israel and Palestine.

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

God’s relationship to Israel, is based on His words to the fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The special relationship between Israel and God is holy, Israel has a specific purpose in the earth. They are unique amongst the nations- God says. From these words of God we can conclude the following points about God’s relationship with Israel.
God chose Israel
Israel as a nation is distinct from all the other nations.
The Lord loves Israel.
God will keep His word He made to the fathers.

God assured the prophet Jeremiah his relationship with Israel was as certain as the Sun and Moon shinning on the earth. If the Sun and Moon could cease their light then the descendents of Israel would also cease from being a nation before the Lord.

Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar
(The LORD of hosts is His name):
“If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”
Jeremiah 31:35-36,37

So, we can conclude God’s relationship with Israel/Jews is more secure than the Sun, Moon, stars. Only if they pass will the Israel cease from being a nation.

Before Israel entered the Land of Promise/Holy Land, current day Israel, God and Jews agreed to a covenant with two provisions, one of blessing and one of cursing. If Israel was obedient as a nation they would be blessed above all nations on the earth.

“Now it shall come to pass,
if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God,
to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today,
that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:1

God also promised a day of gathering of all Jews in Jerusalem/Israel!
The restoration of Israel back into the physical land promised to their father Ibrahim.
Israel’s descendants and blessings will be greater in the future than the past.
God said to Israelites:

If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven,
from there the LORD your God will gather you,
and from there He will bring you.
Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed,
and you shall possess it.
He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
Deuteronomy 30:4-5

The gathering of Israel (what we all observe today) is linked to the time when God will judge the nations.

It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His peoplewho are left,
From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 11:11-12

“For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with themthere On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.
Joel 3:1-2

Who are AGAINST God? Who Are AGAINST God’s heritage Israel/Jews?
You, Hamas fighters!
You – ALL Muslims!
You ALL Arabs!
God will judge you. Be ready!

Also NOTE: that this future battle against Israel results in Israel’s victory/God’s victory over the invading armies of Hamas and the anti-Christ. Victory is from the hand of God who fights on Israel’s behalf. Why? Why does God so LOVES Israel? Because it is His NATURE/ESSENCE – LOVE. Those, who do not know God of Israel, do NOT know God at all!

They are GENTILES.
You Muslims are GENTILES- God says.
Be a part of His HOLY people through your FAITH in Ibn Allah/the Son of God or you will perish like these troops of the Anti-Christ!

The victory is not only for Israel’s sake. Israel victory is for the world to come to know of the God of Israel!
Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself,
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that
I am the LORD.”’
Ezekiel 38:23

“I will set My glory among the nations;
all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed,
and My hand which I have laid on them.
Ezekiel 39:21

Israel’s victory will turn Israel toward God.
But what about His Temple which should be constructed in Israel?
God Jesus will dwell in it for 1,000 years upon His Return to His earth created by Him.
We see in the 40th chapter of Ezekiel plans for a construction of a new Temple.
This future Temple will be the Temple during the time of reign of Ibn Allah on Earth.

Israel because they do not see Jesus as Messiah will erect the Temple for the coming Messiah.
This Coming Messiah/Ibn Allah will come to earth during the war against Israel.
God said through the prophet Ezekiel:

He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
And the man said to me,
“Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears,
and fix your mind on everything I show you;
for you were brought here so that I might show them to you.
Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.”
(He showed the New Temple constructed in Israel)
And behold,
the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east.
His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.

The Spirit lifted me up
and brought me into the inner court;
and behold,
the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple,
while a man stood beside me.
And He said to me,
“Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name,
they nor their kings, by their harlotry
or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.
When they set their threshold by My threshold,
and their doorpost by My doorpost,
with a wall between them and Me,
they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed;
therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me,
and I will dwell in their midst forever.
“Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.


Then He (God) brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary
which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
And the LORD said to me,
“This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it,
because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it;
therefore it shall be shut.
As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD;
he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.”
Ezekiel 40:3-4; 43: 2;5-10; 44:1-3

We will see the abomination of desolation when the Anti-Christ will attack Israel and Christians and Jews.
Jesus also foretold the coming of the Third Temple, after the destruction by the Romans in A.D. 70. In Matthew 24:2, Jesus told the disciples after they commented about the beauty of the Temple, that not one stone would be left upon another. This was fulfilled in A.D. 70, by the Romans under Titus. Later Jesus refers to the time of the end, when the Third Temple would be defiled, causing the abomination of desolation/the tribulation period/the persecution of christians.


Jesus said:
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world
as a witness to all the nations,
and then the end will come.
“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place”
(whoever reads, let him understand),
“then let those who are in Judeaflee to the mountains.
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
For then there will be great tribulation,
such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved;
but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
See, I have told you beforehand.
“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out;
or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,
so also will the coming of the Son of Man (Ibn Allah) be.
For wherever the carcass is,
there the eagles will be gathered together.
Matthew 24:14-28

14 فَسَوْفَ يُنَادَى بِبِشَارَةِ الْمَلَكُوتِ هَذِهِ فِي الْعَالَمِ كُلِّهِ، شَهَادَةً لِي لَدَى الأُمَمِ جَمِيعاً. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْتِي النِّهَايَةُ.

15 فَعِنْدَمَا تَرَوْنَ رَجَاسَةَ الْخَرَابِ، الَّتِي قِيلَ عَنْهَا بِلِسَانِ دَانِيآلَ النَّبِيِّ، قَائِمَةً فِي الْمَكَانِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، لِيَفْهَمِ الْقَارِيءُ!

16 عِنْدَئِذٍ لِيَهْرُبِ الَّذِينَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ؛

17 وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ، فَلاَ يَنْزِلْ لِيَأْخُذَ مَا فِي بَيْتِهِ؛

18 وَمَنْ كَانَ فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَلاَ يَرْجِعْ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَوْبَهُ!

19 وَالْوَيْلُ لِلْحَبَالَى وَالْمُرْضِعَاتِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ!

20 فَصَلُّوا لِكَيْ لاَ يَكُونَ هَرَبُكُمْ فِي شِتَاءٍ أَوْ فِي سَبْتٍ،

21 فَسَوْفَ تَحْدُثُ عِنْدَئِذٍ ضِيقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ مِثْلُهَا مُنْذُ بَدْءِ الْعَالَمِ إِلَى الآنَ، وَلَنْ يَحْدُثَ.

22 وَلَوْلاَ أَنَّ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامَ سَتُخْتَصَرُ، لَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ يَنْجُو. وَلَكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُخْتَارِينَ سَتُخْتَصَرُ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامُ.

23 فَإِنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَئِذٍ: هَا إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُنَا، أَوْ هُنَاكَ، فَلاَ تُصَدِّقُوا!

24 فَسَوْفَ يَبْرُزُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مَسِيحٍ دَجَّالٍ وَنَبِيٍّ دَجَّالٍ، وَيُقَدِّمُونَ آيَاتٍ عَظِيمَةً وَأَعَاجِيبَ، لِيُضَلِّلُوا حَتَّى الْمُخْتَارِينَ، لَوِ اسْتَطَاعُوا.

25 هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالأَمْرِ قَبْلَ حُدُوثِهِ.

26 فَإِذَا قَالَ لَكُمُ النَّاسُ: هَا هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ! فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا إِلَيْهَا؛ أَوْ: هَا هُوَ فِي الْغُرَفِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ! فَلاَ تُصَدِّقُوا.

27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْبَرْقَ يُومِضُ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ فَيُضِيءُ فِي الْغَرْبِ، هَكَذَا يَكُونُ رُجُوعُ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ.

28 فَحَيْثُ تُوْجَدُ الْجِيفَةُ، تَتَجَمَّعُ النُّسُورُ!

29 وَحَالاً بَعْدَ الضِّيقَةِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، تُظْلِمُ الشَّمْسُ، وَيَحْجُبُ الْقَمَرُ ضَوْءَهُ، وَتَتَهَاوَى النُّجُومُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَتَتَزَعْزَعُ قُوَّاتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

30 وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَظْهَرُ آيَةُ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَتَنْتَحِبُ قَبَائِلُ الأَرْضِ كُلُّهَا، وَيَرَوْنَ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِياً عَلَى سُحُبِ السَّمَاءِ بِقُدْرَةٍ وَمَجْدٍ عَظِيمٍ.

31 وَيُرْسِلُ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ بِصَوْتِ بُوقٍ عَظِيمٍ لِيَجْمَعُوا مُخْتَارِيهِ مِنَ الْجِهَاتِ الأَرْبَعِ، مِنْ أَقَاصِي السَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَى أَقَاصِيهَا.

32 «وَتَعَلَّمُوا هَذَا الْمَثَلَ مِنْ شَجَرَةِ التِّينِ: عِنْدَمَا تَلِينُ أَغْصَانُهَا، وَتُطْلِعُ وَرَقاً، تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الصَّيْفَ قَرِيبٌ.

33 هَكَذَا أَيْضاً حِينَ تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ جَمِيعَهَا تَحْدُثُ، فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ بَلْ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ!

34 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لاَ يَزُولُ هَذَا الْجِيلُ أَبَداً، حَتَّى تَحْدُثَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا.

35 إِنَّ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ تَزُولاَنِ؛ وَلكِنَّ كَلاَمِي لاَ يَزُولُ أَبَداً.

36 أَمَّا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ وَتِلْكَ السَّاعَةُ، فَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُمَا أَحَدٌ، وَلاَ مَلاَئِكَةُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، إِلاَّ الآبُ وَحْدَهُ.

37 وَكَمَا كَانَتِ الْحَالُ فِي زَمَنِ نُوحٍ، كَذَلِكَ سَتَكُونُ عِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ:

38 فَقَدْ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي الأَيَّامِ السَّابِقَةِ لِلطُّوفَانِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَيُزَوِّجُونَ، حَتَّى فَاجَأَهُمُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي دَخَلَ فِيهِ نُوحٌ السَّفِينَةَ،

39 وَنَزَلَ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ لاَهُونَ فَأَخَذَ الْجَمِيعَ. هَكَذَا سَتَكُونُ الْحَالُ عِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ:

40 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَكُونُ رَجُلاَنِ فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَيُؤْخَذُ أَحَدُهُمَا وَيُتْرَكُ الآخَرُ،

41 وَامْرَأَتَانِ تَطْحَنَانِ عَلَى الرَّحَى، فَتُؤْخَذُ إِحْدَاهُمَا، وَتُتْرَكُ الأُخْرَى.

42 فَاسْهَرُوا إِذَنْ، لأَنَّكُمْ لاَ تَعْرِفُونَ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ يَرْجِعُ رَبُّكُمْ.

43 وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ فِي أَيِّ رُبْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَدْهَمُهُ اللِّصُّ، لَظَلَّ سَاهِراً وَلَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَهُ يُنْقَبُ.

44 فَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ، لأَنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَيَرْجِعُ فِي سَاعَةٍ لاَ تَتَوَقَّعُونَهَا!

45 فَمَنْ هُوَ إِذَنْ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ الأَمِينُ وَالْحَكِيمُ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ لِيُقَدِّمَ لَهُمُ الطَّعَامَ فِي أَوَانِهِ؟

46 طُوبَى لِذَلِكَ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي سَيِّدُهُ فَيَجِدُهُ يَقُومُ بِعَمَلِهِ.

47 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ سَيُقِيمُهُ عَلَى مُمْتَلَكَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا.

48 وَلَكِنْ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ الشِّرِّيرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: سَيَتَأَخَّرُ سَيِّدِي فِي رُجُوعِهِ!

49 وَبَدَأَ يَضْرِبُ زُمَلاَءَهُ الْعَبِيدَ وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ مَعَ السِّكِّيرِينَ،

50 فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدِ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي يَوْمٍ لاَ يَتَوَقَّعُهُ، وَسَاعَةٍ لاَ يَعْرِفُهَا،

51 فَيَفْصِلُهُ وَيَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ الْمُرَائِينَ، هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ!
ﻣﺘﻰ 24

Let no one deceive you by any means;
for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first,
and the man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition,
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Godor that is worshiped,
so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

Brothers, God CLEARLY said that the Anti-Christ will sit in the HOLY Temple of God.
Jesus/Ibn Allah warned us about it.

And He (God) said to me,
“Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.

But what about Arab and Muslims?
What will they do if they will see the Son of God/ Ibn Allah?

“Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel,
‘Thus says the Lord GOD:
“O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations.
When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart
and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood,
then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.
And you have not kept charge of My holy things,
but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”
Thus says the Lord GOD:
“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 44:6-9

What does it mean brothers? What did God say?
He said that ONLY HOLY people of God will come to God.
You all should be circumcised in your hearts. It means you should cut our your sins and abominations which God of Israel hates. If you will not do it then you will dwell among Israel for 1,000 years but you will NOT enter the sanctuary of His HOLY presence. You will just observe His reign on earth for 1,000 years. Then the satan will gather you together for the final war against Ibn Allah and His people and then the End will COME.
We -believers in Ibn Allah, will enter the NEW World created for us.
Your WAY will perish because you do NOT belong to the HOLY people of God. You are a foreigner among Israel/Church/Holy People of God because you love your abominations and sins/crimes and idol worship of allah in Islam who NEVER existed!

Thus, if you will NOT TURN your heart to God of Israel and Ibn Allah, you will perish.
God said and God will do what He said and what was written MANY CENTURIES before the existence of the FALSE region Islam.

Bahira Omar/بهيرة عمر

35 The Father loves the Son,
and has given all things into His hand.
36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life;
and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God abides on him.”
John 3

Note: *Ibn Allah is the Son of God in Arabic

Al-Aqsa and a Jewish Temple -المسجد الاقصى والهيكل الثالث اليهود



السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Brothers,

I would like to consider today another prophecy related to the end time events which says that the Anti-Christ will establish his reign on earth before the Second Coming of God Jesus and before the Third World War. According to the prophecy, the Anti-Christ should sit in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. But how is it possible if the First and the Second Jewish Temples were destroyed by the ancient Babylonians and the Romans?! Since the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, religious Jews have expressed their desire to see the building of a Third Temple on the Temple Mount.

On the place of the Temple is just one Wall- the Wailing Wall and Al Aqsa Mosque which is one of the holies places for the Muslim world.

Will this reconstruction of the Temple wage another Muslim war in Jerusalem?

Let’s consider it today.

I said the other day:


God describes the Third Temple in details and mentions that even priests will eat offerings.
It was said not in vain. I believe that this Temple will be constructed and even re-constructed in future.

Also, I remember I have discussed before with Jewish scholars animal sacrifices in Israel. I asked them: why did you stop bringing these sacrifices after death of Jesus (Orthodox Jews do not believe that Jesus is God and the Messiah. They actually are waiting for the coming of the Messiah according to the prophecies said in the Torah).

Was the only reason that you stopped bringing these sacrifices that the Second Temple was destroyed?

No one knows any reason....they just stopped and they think there is no need for such sacrifices!!!
But why not, if God ordered to do it?!

No one knows the answer...


What is interesting, that even Christians think that there is no need for such sacrifices any more.

I would like to offer you my own theory.

I have meditated the other day on the Scripture and I would like to share with you what I think.

May be I am wrong, who knows, but it is such interesting issue that I would like to discuss it today.

What was the reason for animal sacrifices in Israel?

God commanded to perform them to get forgiveness of our sins and to purify/cleanse people of Israel of sins/iniquities because God separated Jews to be a HOLY people.

God said that He was dwelling among His people Israel.

Jews brought to the Temple animal sacrifices and grain offerings and the Priests should burn them according to the order given by God to Moses.

The majority of Jews in Israel do not believe in God Jesus.

But they believe in God of Israel!!!

They pray Him and respect Him, they worship Him in synagogues and in families.

Their worship of God of Israel is similar to the ritual prayers of Muslims.

We will consider today one of the Jewish prayers.

We, Christians, do not need any animal sacrifices anymore because the Son of God/Ibn Allah took the sin of the world on the cross and saved THOSE who believe in Him.

We are saved through our FAITH in Ibn Allah.

All our sins are forgiven and we can BOLDLY come to the presence of God in our prayers and supplications because God Jesus redeemed us from our sins and God’s Judgment against our sins. Ibn Allah is the High Priest for Christians.

But Jews, like Muslims, are NOT saved by God Jesus from God’s WRATH against their sins. That’s why they will be judged during the Judgement Day.

How Jews are going to get forgiveness of their daily sins they commit?

They TRY to live righteous life!

They TRY to repent not by words but by heart.

That’s all.

Do they pray God to get forgiveness daily as we Christians do it?

NO.

Why?


Jews observe one a year a Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Just prior to Yom Kippur, Jews will ask forgiveness of those they have wronged during the prior year (if they have not already done so). During Yom Kippur itself, Jews fast and pray for God's forgiveness for the transgressions they have made against God in the prior year. Sincere repentance is required, and God can forgive one for the sins one has committed against God. This is why it is necessary for Jews also to seek the forgiveness of those people who they have wronged.


"It is forbidden to be obdurate and not allow yourself to be appeased. On the contrary, one should be easily pacified and find it difficult to become angry. When asked by an offender for forgiveness, one should forgive with a sincere mind and a willing spirit. . . forgiveness is natural to the seed of Israel." (Mishneh Torah, Teshuvah 2:10)

This means that in Judaism a person cannot obtain forgiveness from God for wrongs the person has done to other people. In Christianity we should be reconciled the same way.


Before the Yom Kippur Jews recite this prayer:


"I know that there is no one so righteous that they have not wronged another, financially or physically, through deed or speech. This pains my heart within me, because wrongs between humans and their fellow are not atoned by Yom Kippur, until the wronged one is appeased. Because of this, my heart breaks within me, and my bones tremble; for even the day of death does not atone for such sins. Therefore I prostrate and beg before You, to have mercy on me, and grant me grace, compassion, and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all people. For behold, I forgive with a final and resolved forgiveness anyone who has wronged me, whether in person or property, even if they slandered me, or spread falsehoods against me. So I release anyone who has injured me either in person or in property, or has committed any manner of sin that one may commit against another [except for legally enforceable business obligations, and except for someone who has deliberately harmed me with the thought ‘I can harm him because he will forgive me']. Except for these two, I fully and finally forgive everyone; may no one be punished because of me. And just as I forgive everyone, so may You grant me grace in the eyes of others, that they too forgive me absolutely."


A perfect prayer!

All prayers in Israel are perfect because they are offered to God of Israel!


However, Jews in Israel commit sins! Countless number of sins!

These sins should be forgiven.

In the past, Jews brought offerings to God and sacrifices.

Today they do not do it.

How to get forgiveness then if they do not believe that Jesus is God and the Lamb of God killed on the cross instead of people ONCE and FOREVER?!

He set us FREE of our sins and gave us salvation.

Amazing, Jews who believe in God of Israel do not know and recognize God’s Son/the Messiah/Jesus!

Will God reject these TRUE BELIEVERS/Jews and condemn them to death in hell for that?

I do not know the answer to this question!

I think this is the reason why God gave to Jews the prophecies through the prophet Ezekiel about the construction of the Third Temple of God in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40-47).

I think (but may be I am wrong) that God gives a chance to Jews to be righteous too and be forgiven during the Judgment Day through animal and grain offerings which Jews can offer to God as they did it before. Before the birth of Jesus on earth Jews could be saved from God’s judgment if they would repent and bring to God offerings as a substitution of their sins. Animals of these offerings where killed (symbolic) instead of these sinners. Because one of God’s laws reads, “Punishment for sin is DEATH”. That’s why the Lamb of God/Jesus was killed on the cross instead of us. Orthodox Jews (the true Jewish believers) are NOT redeemed by God Jesus. Because only THROUGH FAITH in Jesus we receive His forgiveness of our sins. Jews do not believe in Him and they still need God’s forgiveness. May be this is the reason why God gave to Jews plans and detailed description of the Third Temple in Jerusalem!

I repeat it is only my theory…my speculation.

So, architectural plans and description of the design for the Third Temple exist in Chapters 40–47 of Ezekiel (Ezekiel's vision pre-dates the Second Temple).

Orthodox Judaism believes in the rebuilding of a Third Temple and the resumption of sacrificial worship, although there is disagreement about how rebuilding should take place. Orthodox scholars and rabbinic authorities generally believe that rebuilding should occur in the era of the Jewish Messiah.

Some 20th and 21st century scholars believe that the Dome of the Rock is not the actual location of the First and Second Temples, and that the Temples were actually located either just north of or just south of the Dome of the Rock. The most recent theory would put the Third Temple in between the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque. The Third Temple could be built right next to the Dome of the Rock. The Dome of the Rock was built on what the Bible refers to as the Court of the Gentiles. According to Revelation 11:1-2, the rebuilding of the Third Temple was not to include the section of the temple mount known as The Court of the Gentiles. Therefore the Third Temple and the Dome of the Rock could stand side by side without any fights among Arabs and Jews. But note also that God calls Muslims as GENTILES!!! Because He does not accept Islamic worship because Islam was created by jinn/demon!!!

Let’s read about it:


Revelation 11:1-2

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.

And the angel stood, saying,

“Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

But leave out the court which is outside the temple,

and do not measure it,

for it has been given to the Gentiles.

And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

Brothers, Orthodox Jewish prayers include, in every prayer service, a prayer for the reconstruction of the Temple and resumption of sacrifices. Why do they desire to reconstruct the Temple of God? Because the Third Temple, (or Ezekiel's Temple or the third Beit HaMikdash), is a Temple architecturally described by God in the book of Ezekiel/the Old Testament). It is noted by Ezekiel as an eternal edifice and permanent dwelling place of the God of Israel on the temple mount in Jerusalem.

Prayer for reconstruction of the Temple is a formal part of the Jewish tradition of thrice daily Amidah prayer. Amidah (HaAmidah) means in Hebrew "The Standing Prayer" because Jews pray this prayer standing.

The Amidah is prayed three times, once each during the morning, afternoon, and evening services. The weekday Amidah contains nineteen blessings. Each blessing ends with the signature "Blessed are you, O Lord..." and the opening blessing begins with this signature as well. The first three blessings as a section are known as the shevach ("praise"), and serve to inspire the worshipper and invoke God's mercy. The middle thirteen blessings compose the bakashah ("request"), with six personal requests, six communal requests, and a final request that God accept the prayers. The final three blessings, known as the hoda'ah ("gratitude"), thank God for the opportunity to serve the Lord. The shevach and hoda'ah are standard for every Amidah, with some changes on certain occasions. The Talmud states that one who is riding an animal or sitting in a boat (or by modern extension, flying in an airplane) may recite the Amidah while seated.

How do Jews pray Amidah?

Facing Jerusalem.

Why?

The Amidah is preferably said facing Jerusalem, as the patriarch Jacob proclaimed, "And this [place] is the gateway to Heaven," where prayers may ascend. The Talmud records the following on this topic:

A blind man, or one who cannot orient himself, should direct his heart toward his Father in Heaven, as it is said, "They shall pray to the Lord". One who stands in the diaspora should face the Land of Israel, as it is said, "They shall pray to You by way of their Land" (ibid). One who stands in the Land of Israel should face Jerusalem, as it is said, "They shall pray to the Lord by way of the city" (ibid). One who stands in Jerusalem should face the Temple...One who stands in the Temple should face the Holy of Holies (the holy place where the presence of God inside the Temple)...One who stands in the Holy of Holies should face the Cover of the Ark (where is the presence of God in the same Temple)...It is therefore found that the entire nation of Israel directs their prayers toward a single location (God).

Do you remember we have considered before the Ark of the Covenant and the place called the Holy of Holiest in the Jewish Temple?

God’s presence was in the Ark of the Covenant (there were placed tablets of stone with 10 holy Commandments given to Moses and written by God…) and God was said to have communicated with Moses "from between the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover.

Such ancient communication line with God.

Do you remember I told you how Jewish priests died when they approached the Holy of Holies (the Ark was inside of this place)? Because they went into the presence of God by being not repented of their sins. No sinner can stand in the presence of God!

That’s why in the beginning Arabs prayed as Jews in the direction of Israel.

But Muhammad changed the direction of prayers and even physically Muslims TURNED from God of their fathers, from God of ISRAEL!

Thus, Islamic counterfeit created by demons/jinns deceived Arabs and Muslims!

And Muslims literally TURNED from God of Israel and started worshiping of the false god created by demons/jinns in Islam.

But now at least you know the background and reasons of direction toward God for first prayers of Arabs.


Bowing

The worshipper bows at four points in the Amidah:

At the beginning and end of both the first blessing of Avot and the second to last blessing of Hoda'ah. At the opening words of Avot and at the conclusion of both these blessings, when the one says "Blessed are You, O Lord," one bends one's knees at "Blessed," then bows at "are You," and straightens while saying "O Lord." The reason for this procedure is that the Hebrew word for "blessed" (baruch) is related to "knee" (berech); while the verse in Psalms states, "The Lord straightens the bent." At the beginning of Hoda'ah, one bows while saying the opening words "We are grateful to You" without bending the knees. At each of these bows, one must bend over until the vertebrae protrude from one's back; one physically unable to do so suffices by nodding the head.

During certain parts of the Amidah said on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi Jews traditionally go down to the floor upon their knees and make their upper body bowed over like an arch, similar to Muslims.


Now let’s read what Jews say during their prayer the Amidah:


The Prayer in English THE AMIDAH

1. THE GOD OF HISTORY:

Blessed are you, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered God, the Most High God who bestows lovingkindnesses, the Creator of all things, who remembers the good deeds of the patriarchs and in love will bring a redeemer to their children's children for his name's sake. O king, helper, Savior and Shield. Blessed are you, O Lord, the Shield of Abraham.

2. THE GOD OF NATURE:

You, O Lord, are mighty forever, you revive the dead, you have the power to save. You sustain the living with lovingkindness, you revive the dead with great mercy, you support the falling, heal the sick, set free the bound and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like you, O doer of mighty acts? Who resembles you, a king who puts to death and restores to life, and causes salvation to flourish? And you are certain to revive the dead. Blessed are you, O Lord, who revives the dead.

3. SANCTIFICATION OF GOD:

[Reader] We will sanctify your name in this world just as it is sanctified in the highest heavens, as it is written by your prophet: "And they call out to one another and say: [Cong.] 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.'" [Isa. 6:3] [Reader] Those facing them praise God saying: [Cong.] "Blessed be the Presence of the LORD in his place." [Ezek. 3:12] [Reader] And in your Holy Words it is written, saying, [Cong.] "The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah." [Ps. 146:10] [Reader] Throughout all generations we will declare your greatness, and to all eternity we will proclaim your holiness. Your praise, O our God, shall never depart from our mouth, for you are a great and holy God and King. Blessed are you, O Lord, the holy God. You are holy, and your name is holy, and holy beings praise you daily. (Selah.) Blessed are you, O Lord, the holy God.

4. PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING:

You favor men with knowledge, and teach mortals understanding. O favor us with the knowledge, the understanding and the insight that come from you. Blessed are you, O Lord, the gracious giver of knowledge.

5. FOR REPENTANCE:

Bring us back, O our father, to your Instruction; draw us near, O our King, to your service; and cause us to return to you in perfect repentance. Blessed are you, O Lord, who delights in repentance.

6. FOR FORGIVENESS:

Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, O our King, for we have transgressed; for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O Lord, who is merciful and always ready to forgive.

7. FOR DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTION:

Look upon our affliction and plead our cause, and redeem us speedily for your name's sake, for you are a mighty redeemer. Blessed are you, O Lord, the redeemer of Israel.

8. FOR HEALING:

Heal us, O Lord, and we will be healed; save us and we will be saved, for you are our praise. O grant a perfect healing to all our ailments, for you, almighty King, are a faithful and merciful healer. Blessed are you, O Lord, the healer of the sick of his people Israel.

9. FOR DELIVERANCE FROM WANT:

Bless this year for us, O Lord our God, together with all the varieties of its produce, for our welfare. Bestow (dew and rain for) a blessing upon the face of the earth. O satisfy us with your goodness, and bless our year like the best of years. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses the years.

10. FOR GATHERING OF EXILES:

Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the ensign to gather our exiles, and gather us from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are you, O Lord, who gathers the dispersed of his people Israel.

11. FOR THE RIGHTEOUS REIGN OF GOD:

Restore our judges as in former times, and our counselors as at the beginning; and remove from us sorrow and sighing. Reign over us, you alone, O Lord, with lovingkindness and compassion, and clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Lord, the King who loves righteousness and justice.

12. FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF APOSTATES AND THE ENEMIES OF GOD:

Let there be no hope for slanderers, and let all wickedness perish in an instant. May all your enemies quickly be cut down, and may you soon in our day uproot, crush, cast down and humble the dominion of arrogance. Blessed are you, O Lord, who smashes enemies and humbles the arrogant.

13. FOR THE RIGHTEOUS AND PROSELYTES:

May your compassion be stirred, O Lord our God, towards the righteous, the pious, the elders of your people the house of Israel, the remnant of their scholars, towards proselytes, and towards us also. Grant a good reward to all who truly trust in your name. Set our lot with them forever so that we may never be put to shame, for we have put our trust in you. Blessed are you, O Lord, the support and stay of the righteous.

14. FOR THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM:

Return in mercy to Jerusalem your city, and dwell in it as you have promised. Rebuild it soon in our day as an eternal structure, and quickly set up in it the throne of David. Blessed are you, O Lord, who rebuilds Jerusalem.

15. FOR THE MESSIANIC KING:

Speedily cause the offspring of your servant David to flourish, and let him be exalted by your saving power, for we wait all day long for your salvation. Blessed are you, O Lord, who causes salvation to flourish.

16. FOR THE ANSWERING OF PRAYER:

Hear our voice, O Lord our God; spare us and have pity on us. Accept our prayer in mercy and with favor, for you are a God who hears prayers and supplications. O our King, do not turn us away from your presence empty-handed, for you hear the prayers of your people Israel with compassion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who hears prayer.

17. FOR RESTORATION OF TEMPLE SERVICE:

Be pleased, O Lord our God, with your people Israel and with their prayers. Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your Temple, and receive in love and with favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayers. May the worship of your people Israel always be acceptable to you. And let our eyes behold your return in mercy to Zion. Blessed are you, O Lord, who restores his divine presence to Zion.

18. THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S UNFAILING MERCIES:

We give thanks to you that you are the Lord our God and the God of our fathers forever and ever. Through every generation you have been the rock of our lives, the shield of our salvation. We will give you thanks and declare your praise for our lives that are committed into your hands, for our souls that are entrusted to you, for your miracles that are daily with us, and for your wonders and your benefits that are with us at all times, evening, morning and noon. O beneficent one, your mercies never fail; O merciful one, your lovingkindnesses never cease. We have always put our hope in you. For all these acts may your name be blessed and exalted continually, O our King, forever and ever. Let every living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help. (Selah.) Blessed are you, O Lord, whose Name is the Beneficent One, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.

19. FOR PEACE:

Grant peace, welfare, blessing, grace, lovingkindness and mercy to us and to all Israel your people. Bless us, O our Father, one and all, with the light of your countenance; for by the light of your countenance you have given us, O Lord our God, a Torah of life, lovingkindness and salvation, blessing, mercy, life and peace. May it please you to bless your people Israel at all times and in every hour with your peace. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses his people Israel with peace.

Very good prayers.

They pray about the coming Messiah and reconstruction of the Temple.

Amazing.

But the scenario of a rebuilding of the Third Temple also plays a major role with-in some interpretations of Christian Eschatology.

Some Christians think that this Temple described in the Bible is symbolic.
God does not play in games and He does not deceive us!
He described in details what will be this Temple!
If you say that it is a symbol then in some sense you claim that God lies by saying:

And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east.

His voice was like the sound of many waters;

and the earth shone with His glory.

Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple,

while a man stood beside me.

And He said to me,

“Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,

where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.

No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

This is the law of the temple:

The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy.

Behold, this is the law of the temple.

It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.

Ezekiel 47, 43

Fishermen are identified as real people and healing of nations by the Trees growing around the River of Life is not a fairy tale too.

Let's look at the facts that this Temple will be NOT in the New Jerusalem (on a new planet created by God for Christians) but on earth!!!!!

In the visions of God

He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain;

Ezekiel 40:2

This Temple is in Israel!!!!
More precise: land of Israel!!!!
Why did God give us this description of this Temple if it is not constructed yet?

God said:
And if they are ashamed of all that they have done,

make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement,

its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight,

so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.

Ezekiel 43: 11

The answer to my question is: so that they may keep its whole design and obey God...

Fishermen will fish there.

In the New Jerusalem there is no need for that!
Also En Gedi to En Eglam is clearly not a place in New Jerusalem!

But the river in the prophecy flows into sea!!!!

There is NO SEA in the New Jerusalem (on a new planet)!!!!

It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many. But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt. Ezekiel 47:10-12

So, the Temple in Ezekiel 4-48 should be yet constructed on earth because there is no the river of life and trees of life yet. In the New Jerusalem there will be NO SEA!!!!! The trees of life will be planted after the coming of God Jesus during the Muslim Third War.

Look at that:

Zechariah 14:8

And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be--
“ The LORD is one,”


Read the context:

Zechariah 14

The Day of the LORD

1 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Makinga very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.
Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal.
Yes, you shall flee
As you fled from the earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Thus the LORD my God will come,
And all the saints with You.
It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
It shall be one day
Which is known to the LORD--
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
In that day it shall be--
“ The LORD is one,”
And His name one.

All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem[c] shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

The people shall dwell in it;
And no longer shall there be utter destruction,
But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem:

Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet,
Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets,
And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
It shall come to pass in that day
That a great panic from the LORD will be among them.
Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor,
And raise his hand against his neighbor’s hand;
Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.
And the wealth of all the surrounding nations
Shall be gathered together:
Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
Such also shall be the plague
On the horse and the mule,
On the camel and the donkey,
And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.
So shall this plague be.

The Nations Worship the King

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.


In that day “HOLINESS TO THE LORD” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses.

The pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts.

Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them.

In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

Yes, I admit that it is very strange to make animal sacrifices after death of Jesus!

But I described above a reason for that.

Also the Scripture does not say that the sacrifices will be offered to God after the coming of God Jesus during this war!

What the Scripture says is that:


2 Thessalonians 2

The Great Apostasy

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Second Coming) and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

So, who is this man of sin who will sit in the Temple which is even not reconstructed yet?

In this chapter we clearly see that this man is the Anti-Christ!

But I also said before (if you remember another message about the Third Temple of God and Al Aqsa ) about the prince who will sit in the Temple and eat in front of God. In my previous post I said that he was the Anti-Christ and I think that I was wrong. Because there is an explanation that the prince is a title of priest who will be appointed to bring sacrifices to God in the Third Temple too.

Then He (God) brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary
which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
And the LORD said to me,
“This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it,
because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it;
therefore it shall be shut.
As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD;
he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.”
Ezekiel 40:3-4; 43: 2;5-10; 44:1-3

Why we- Christians- don’t need any animal sacrifices anymore?

And why after coming of God Jesus there will be no animal sacrifices in the Temple anymore?

There is no need to shed blood of animals anymore because Ibn Allah shed His holy blood and redeemed us. About it you can read in Arabic and English below.

The Heavenly Sanctuary

But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,

with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

The Mediator’s Death Necessary


For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

For a testament is in force after men are dead,

since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying,

“This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”

Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.


Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice


Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Hebrews 9:11-28

Isaiah 53:5,6: "He (Jesus) was pierced for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him and by His wounds we are healed.

We all like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to His own way,

and the Lord has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all."

Jesus put an end of all sacrifices for sin ONCE and FOR ALL!!

Because He loves us.

Because He is God of LOVE.

Because it was the will of His Loving Father to send His Son to die in our place for salvation of millions of Arabs and Muslims.

Jesus is our High Priest.
And we are now the TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD!

But why does God consider YOU- MUSLIM- as a GENTILE?!

Be reconciled with God and be a son of God adopted by Him and forgiven of all your sins through FAITH in His Son Jesus!

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1 فَإِنَّ الْكَاهِنَ الأَعْلَى كَانَ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ، وَيُعَيَّنُ لِلْقِيَامِ بِمُهِمَّتِهِ نِيَا بَةً عَنْهُمْ فِي مَا يَخُصُّ عَلاَقَتَهُمْ بِاللهِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يَرْفَعَ إِلَى اللهِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحَ، تَكْفِيراً عَنِ الْخَطَايَا.

2 وَلِكَوْنِهِ، هُوَ أَيْضاً، مُعَرَّضاً لِلضَّعْفِ الْبَشَرِيِّ دَائِماً، كَانَ يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَعْطِفَ عَلَى الْجُهَّالِ وَالضَّالِّينَ.

3 وَبِسَبَبِ ضَعْفِهِ، كَانَ مِنْ وَاجِبِهِ أَيْضاً أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْ خَطَايَاهُ الْخَاصَّةِ كَمَا يُكَفِّرُ عَنْ خَطَايَا الآخَرِينَ.

4 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ يَتَّخِذُ لِنَفْسِهِ هَذِهِ الْوَظِيفَةَ الشَّرِيفَةَ مَتَى أَرَادَ، بَلْ كَانَ يَتَّخِذُهَا مَنْ دَعَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهَا، كَمَا دَعَا هرُونَ.

5 كَذَلِكَ الْمَسِيحُ لَمْ يُرَفِّعْ نَفْسَهُ حَتَّى يَصِيرَ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ، بَلْ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ ابْنِي. أَنَا الْيَوْمَ وَلَدْتُكَ!»

6 وَخَاطَبَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ بِقَوْلِهِ: «أَنْتَ كَاهِنٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ!»

7 وَالْمَسِيحُ، فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، رَفَعَ أَدْعِيَةً وَتَضَرُّعَاتٍ مُقْتَرِنَةً بِصُرَاخٍ شَدِيدٍ وَدُمُوعٍ، إِلَى الْقَادِرِ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ. وَقَدْ لَبَّى اللهُ طَلَبَهُ إِكْرَاماً لِتَقْوَاهُ.

8 فَمَعَ كَوْنِهِ ابْناً تَعَلَّمَ الطَّاعَةَ مِنَ الآلاَمِ الَّتِي قَاسَاهَا.

9 وَبِذلِكَ، أَصْبَحَ مُؤَهَّلاً لِمُهِمَّتِهِ، فَصَارَ لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَهُ مَصْدَراً لِلْخَلاَصِ الأَبَدِيِّ.

10 وَقَدْ أَيَّدَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَعْلَنَهُ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ.

11 بِخُصُوصِ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ هَذَا، عِنْدِي كَلاَمٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَلكِنَّهُ صَعْبُ التَّفْسِيرِ! إِذْ يَبْدُو أَنَّكُمْ تُعَانُونَ بَلاَدَةً فِي الْفَهْمِ.

12 كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونُوا الآنَ قَادِرِينَ عَلَى تَعْلِيمِ الآخَرِينَ، بَعْدَمَا مَضَى زَمَانٌ طَوِيلٌ عَلَى اهْتِدَائِكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ مَازِلْتُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى مَنْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ حَتَّى الْمَبَادِيءَ الأَسَاسِيَّةَ لإِعْلانَاتِ اللهِ. هَا قَدْ عُدْتُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى اللَّبَنِ! فَأَنْتُمْ غَيْرُ قَادِرِينَ عَلَى هَضْمِ الطَّعَامِ الْقَوِيِّ.

13 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَنَاوَلُ اللَّبَنَ، يَكُونُ عَدِيمَ الْخِبْرَةِ فِي التَّعْلِيمِ الْقَوِيمِ، لأَنَّهُ مَازَالَ طِفْلاً غَيْرَ نَاضِجٍ.

14 أَمَّا النَّاضِجُونَ رُوحِيّاً، فَهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَى تَنَاوُلِ الطَّعَامِ الْقَوِيِّ: لأَنَّ حَوَاسَّهُمْ قَدْ تَدَرَّبَتْ، بِالْمُمَارَسَةِ الصَّحِيحَةِ، عَلَى التَّمْيِيزِ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ.



ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺮﺍﻧﻴﻴﻦ 7 1 فَإِنَّ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ الْمَذْكُورَ، كَانَ مَلِكاً عَلَى مَدِينَةِ سَالِيمَ وَكَاهِناً لِلهِ الْعَلِيِّ، فِي وَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ. وَقَدِ اسْتَقْبَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَائِدَ مُنْتَصِراً مِنْ مَعْرَكَةٍ هَزَمَ فِيهَا عَدَداً مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ، وَنَقَلَ إِلَيْهِ بَرَكَةَ اللهِ.

2 وَأَدَّى لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عُشْراً مِنْ كُلِّ مَا غَنِمَهُ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ. فَمِنْ جِهَةٍ، يَعْنِي اسْمُ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ «مَلِكَ الْعَدْلِ». وَمِنْ جِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، كَانَ لَقَبُهُ «مَلِكَ سَالِيمَ» أَيْ «مَلِكَ السَّلاَمِ».

3 وَالْوَحْيُ لاَ يَذْكُرُ لَهُ أَباً وَلاَ أُمّاً وَلاَ نَسَباً، كَمَا لاَ يَذْكُرُ شَيْئاً عَنْ وِلاَدَتِهِ أَوْ مَوْتِهِ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يَصِحَّ اعْتِبَارُهُ رَمْزاً لابْنِ اللهِ، بِوَصْفِهِ كَاهِناً إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

4 لِنَتَأَمَّلِ الآنَ كَمْ كَانَ هَذَا الشَّخْصُ عَظِيماً. فَحَتَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ، جَدُّنَا الأَكْبَرُ، أَدَّى لَهُ عُشْراً مِنْ غَنَائِمِهِ.

5 وَنَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ شَرِيعَةَ مُوسَى تُوصِي الْكَهَنَةَ الْمُتَحَدِّرِينَ مِنْ نَسْلِ لاَوِي بِأَنْ يَأْخُذُوا الْعُشُورَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ، أَيْ مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِمْ، مَعَ أَنَّ أَصْلَهُمْ جَمِيعاً يَرْجِعُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

6 وَلَكِنَّ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ الَّذِي لاَ يَجْمَعُهُ بِهَؤُلاَءِ أَيُّ نَسَبٍ، أَخَذَ الْعُشْرَ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبَارَكَهُ، مَعَ كَوْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَاصِلاً عَلَى وُعُودٍ بِالْبَرَكَةِ مِنَ اللهِ.

7 إِذَنْ، لاَ خِلاَفَ أَنَّ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَإِلاَّ فَمَا كَانَ قَدْ بَارَكَهُ!

8 أَضِفْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْكَهَنَةَ الْمُتَحَدِّرِينَ مِنْ نَسْلِ لاَوِي، الَّذِينَ يَأْخُذُونَ العُشُورَ بِمُوجِبِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، هُمْ بَشَرٌ يَمُوتُونَ. أَمَّا مَلْكِيصَادَقُ، الَّذِي أَخَذَ الْعُشُورَ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَمَشْهُودٌ لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ حَيٌّ.

9 وَلَوْ جَازَ الْقَوْلُ، لَقُلْنَا: حَتَّى لاَوِي، الَّذِي يَأْخُذُ نَسْلُهُ الْعُشُورَ، هُوَ أَيْضاً قَدْ أَدَّى الْعُشُورَ لِمَلْكِيصَادَقَ مِنْ خِلاَلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

10 فَمَعَ أَنَّ لاَوِي لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ وُلِدَ بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مَوْجُوداً فِي صُلْبِ جَدِّهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عِنْدَمَا لاَقَاهُ مَلْكِيصَادَقُ.

11 إِنَّ شَرِيعَةَ مُوسَى كُلَّهَا كَانَتْ تَدُورُ حَوْلَ نِظَامِ الْكَهَنُوتِ الَّذِي قَامَ بَنُو لاَوِي بِتَأْدِيَةِ وَاجِبَاتِهِ. إِلاَّ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ النِّظَامَ لَمْ يُوصِلْ إِلَى الْكَمَالِ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِ. وَإِلاَّ، لَمَا دَعَتِ الْحَاجَةُ إِلَى تَعْيِينِ كَاهِنٍ آخَرَ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ هَرُونَ!

12 وَحِينَ يَحْدُثُ أَيُّ تَغَيُّرٍ فِي الْكَهَنُوتِ، فَمِنَ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ يُقَابِلَهُ تَغَيُّرٌ مُمَاثِلٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ.

13 فَالْمَسِيحُ، رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاَوِي، الَّذِي كَانَ كَهَنَةُ الْيَهُودِ يَتَحَدَّرُونَ مِنْهُ.

14 إِذْ مِنَ الْوَاضِحِ تَارِيخِيّاً أَنَّ رَبَّنَا يَرْجِعُ بِأَصْلِهِ الْبَشَرِيِّ إِلَى يَهُوذَا. وَشَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى لاَ تَذْكُرُ أَيَّةَ عَلاَقَةٍ لِنَسْلِ يَهُوذَا بِنِظَامِ الْكَهَنُوتِ.

15 وَمِمَّا يَزِيدُ الأَمْرَ وُضُوحاً، أَنَّ الْكَاهِنَ الْجَدِيدَ، الشَّبِيهَ بِمَلْكِيصَادَقَ،

16 لَمْ يُعَيَّنْ كَاهِناً عَلَى أَسَاسِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي تُوصِي بِضَرُورَةِ الانْتِمَاءِ إِلَى نَسْلٍ بَشَرِيٍّ مُعَيَّنٍ، بَلْ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الْقُوَّةِ النَّابِعَةِ مِنْ حَيَاتِهِ الَّتِي لاَ تَزُولُ أَبَداً.

17 ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْوَحْيَ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ قَائِلاً: «أَنْتَ كَاهِنٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ عَلَى رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصَادَقَ!»

18 هَكَذَا، يَتَبَيَّنُ أَنَّ نِظَامَ الْكَهَنُوتِ الْقَدِيمَ قَدْ أُلْغِيَ لأَنَّهُ عَاجِزٌ وَغَيْرُ نَافِعٍ.

19 فَالشَّرِيعَةُ لَمْ تُوصِلِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ بِحَسَبِهَا وَلَوْ إِلَى أَدْنَى دَرَجَاتِ الْكَمَالِ. وَلِذَلِكَ، وَضَعَ اللهُ أَسَاساً جَدِيداً لِلاقْتِرَابِ إِلَيْهِ، مُقَدِّماً لَنَا رَجَاءً أَفْضَلَ.

20 ثُمَّ إِنَّ تَعْيِينَ الْمَسِيحِ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ، قَدْ تَأَيَّدَ بِالْقَسَمِ.

21 أَمَّا بَنُو لاَوِي، فَكَانُوا يَصِيرُونَ كَهَنَةً دُونَ أَيِّ قَسَمٍ. هَذَا الْقَسَمُ وَاضِحٌ فِي قَوْلِ الله: «أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ وَلَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَ: أَنْتَ كَاهِنٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ...»

22 فَعَلَى أَسَاسِ ذَلِكَ الْقَسَمِ، صَارَ يَسُوعُ ضَامِناً لِعَهْدٍ أَفْضَلَ!

23 فَضْلاً عَنْ هَذَا، فالْكَهَنَةُ الْعَادِيُّونَ كَانُوا يَتَغَيَّرُونَ دَائِماً، لأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ كَانَ يَمْنَعُ أَيَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْبَقَاءِ.

24 وَأَمَّا الْمَسِيحُ، فَلأَنَّهُ حَيٌّ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَهُوَ يَبْقَى صَاحِبَ كَهَنُوتٍ لاَ يَزُولُ!

25 وَهُوَ لِذَلِكَ قَادِرٌ دَائِماً أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ الْخَلاَصَ الْكَامِلَ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِهِ إِلَى اللهِ. فَهُوَ، فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ، حَيٌّ عَلَى الدَّوَامِ لِيَتَضَرَّعَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ وَيُحَامِيَ عَنْهُمْ!

26 نَعَمْ، هَذَا هُوَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِي كُنَّا مُحْتَاجِينَ إِلَيْهِ. إِنَّهُ قُدُّوسٌ، لاَ عَيْبَةَ فِيهِ، وَلاَ نَجَاسَةَ، قَدِ انْفَصَلَ عَنِ الْخَاطِئِينَ، وَارْتَفَعَ حَتَّى صَارَ أَسْمَى مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

27 وَهُوَ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَا كَانَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ قَدِيماً كُلُّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ: أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ الذَّبَائِحَ يَوْمِيّاً لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ خَطَايَاهُ الْخَاصَّةِ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ عَنْ خَطَايَا الشَّعْبِ، وَذَلِكَ لأَنَّهُ كَفَّرَ عَنْ خَطَايَاهُمْ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، حِينَ قَدَّمَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْهُمْ.

28 إِذَنْ، كَانَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ تُعَيِّنُ كُلَّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْبَشَرِ الضُّعَفَاءِ. أَمَّا كَلِمَةُ الْقَسَمِ، الَّتِي جَاءَتْ بَعْدَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَقَدْ عَيَّنَتِ ابْنَ اللهِ، الْمُؤَهَّلَ تَمَاماً لِمُهِمَّتِهِ، رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ إِلَى الأَبَدِ!


ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺮﺍﻧﻴﻴﻦ 8 1 وَخُلاَصَةُ الْقَوْلِ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضُوعِ، أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُوَ رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا الَّذِي وَصَفْنَا كَهَنُوتَهُ هُنَا. إِنَّهُ الآنَ جَالِسٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ.

2 وَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِمُهِمَّتِهِ هُنَاكَ، فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ: فِي خَيْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا الرَّبُّ، لاَ الإِنْسَانُ.

3 فَمُهِمَّةُ كُلِّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ هِيَ أَنْ يُقَرِّبَ لِلهِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ وَالذَّبَائِحَ. وَعَلَيْهِ، فَمِنَ الضَّرُورِيِّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِرَئِيسِ كَهَنَتِنَا مَا يُقَدِّمُهُ.

4 فَلَوْ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ كَانَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، لَمَا كَانَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ تَسْمَحُ لَهُ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ كَاهِناً. إِذْ تَحْصُرُ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَظِيفَةَ الْكَهَنُوتِ فِي نَسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ يَحِقُّ لِلمُتَحَدِّرِينَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يُقَرِّبُوا التَّقْدِمَاتِ.

5 وَهَؤُلاَءِ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ مَا يُشَكِّلُ رَمْزاً وَظِلاً لِلأُمُورِ الَّتِي فِي السَّمَاءِ. وَهَذَا وَاضِحٌ مِنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ لِمُوسَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ خَيْمَةَ الْعِبَادَةِ. إِذْ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «انْتَبِهْ! عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ الْخَيْمَةَ وَمَا فِيهَا وَفْقاً لِلْمِثَالِ الَّذِي أَظْهَرْتُهُ لَكَ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ!»

6 فَرَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، إِذَنْ، قَدْ حَصَلَ عَلَى خِدْمَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ خِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ الأَرْضِيِّ، لِكَوْنِهِ الْوَسِيطَ الَّذِي أَعْلَنَ لَنَا قِيَامَ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ، وَلِكَوْنِ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْجَدِيدِ يَنْطَوِي عَلَى وُعُودٍ أَفْضَلَ.

7 فَلَوْ كَانَ الْعَهْدُ السَّابِقُ بِلاَ عَيْبٍ، لَمَا ظَهَرَتْ الْحَاجَةُ إِلَى عَهْدٍ آخَرَ يَحُلُّ مَحَلَّهُ.

8 وَالْوَاقِعُ أَنَّ اللهَ نَفْسَهُ يُعَبِّرُ عَنْ عَجْزِ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ. وَهَذَا وَاضِحٌ فِي قَوْلِ أَحَدِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ قَدِيماً:

9 هَذَا الْعَهْدُ الْجَدِيدُ لَيْسَ كَالْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ، حِينَ أَمْسَكْتُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَخْرَجْتُهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. فَبِمَا أَنَّهُمْ خَرَقُوا ذَلِكَ الْعَهْدَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، أَصْبَحَ مِنْ حَقِّي أَنْ أُلْغِيَهُ!

10 فَهَذَا هُوَ الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي أُبْرِمُهُ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: أَضَعُ شَرَائِعِي دَاخِلَ ضَمَائِرِهِمْ، وَأَكْتُبُهَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً، وَهُمْ يَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً.

11 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، لاَ يُعَلِّمُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمُ ابْنَ وَطَنِهِ وَلاَ أَخَاهُ قَائِلاً: تَعَرَّفْ بِالرَّبِّ! ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْجَمِيعَ سَوْفَ يَعْرِفُونَنِي حَقَّ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، مِنَ الصَّغِيرِ فِيهِمْ إِلَى الْعَظِيمِ.

12 لأَنِّي سَأَصْفَحُ عَنْ آثَامِهِمْ، وَلاَ أَعُودُ أَبَداً إِلَى تَذَكُّرِ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَمُخَالَفَاتِهِمْ!»

13 وَهَكَذَا، نُلاَحِظُ أَنَّ اللهَ بِكَلاَمِهِ عَنْ عَهْدٍ جَدِيدٍ، جَعَلَ الْعَهْدَ السَّابِقَ عَتِيقاً. وَطَبِيعِيٌّ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا عَتَقَ وَشَاخَ، يَكُونُ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِلَى الزَّوَالِ!


ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺮﺍﻧﻴﻴﻦ 9 1 حَقّاً كَانَ الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ يَتَضَمَّنُ طُقُوساً وَقَوَانِينَ تُنَظِّمُ عِبَادَةَ اللهِ فِي خَيْمَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ مَنْصُوبَةٍ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ.

2 وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ تَحْتَوِي عَلَى غُرْفَتَيْنِ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا الْحِجَابُ. الْغُرْفَةُ الأُولَى، وَاسْمُهَا «الْقُدْسُ»، كَانَتْ تَحْتَوِي عَلَى مَنَارَةٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ، وَمَائِدَةٍ يُوضَعُ عَلَيْهَا خُبْزٌ مُقَرَّبٌ لِلهِ.

3 أَمَّا الْغُرْفَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ، الْوَاقِعَةُ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، فَكَانَتْ تُسَمَّى «قُدْسَ الأَقْدَاسِ»،

4 وَتَحْتَوِي عَلى مَوْقِدٍ لِلْبَخُورِ مَصْنُوعٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَتَابُوتٍ مُغَشًّى بِالذَّهَبِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ، يُدْعَى «تَابُوتَ الْعَهْدِ». وَكَانَ فِي دَاخِلِ التَّابُوتِ إِنَاءٌ مَصْنُوعٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى بَعْضِ الْمَنِّ؛ وَعَصَا هَرُونَ الَّتِي أَطْلَعَتْ وَرَقاً أَخْضَرَ؛ وَاللَّوْحَانِ الْمَنْقُوشَةُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَصَايَا الْعَهْدِ.

5 أَمَّا فَوْقَ التَّابُوتِ، فَكَانَ يُوْجَدُ كَرُوبَا الْمَجْدِ (تِمْثَالاَنِ لِمَلاَكَيْنِ)، يُخَيِّمَانِ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمَا عَلَى غِطَاءِ الصُّنْدُوقِ الَّذِي كَانَ يُدْعَى «كُرْسِيَّ الرَّحْمَةِ» ... وَهُنَا، نَكْتَفِي بِهَذَا الْمِقْدَارِ مِنَ التَّفَاصِيلِ. فَالْمَجَالُ لاَ يَتَّسِعُ لِلْمَزِيدِ.

6 وَبِمَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ كَانَتْ مُرَتَّبَةً هكَذَا، كَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ دَائِماً إِلَى الْغُرْفَةِ الأُولَى، حَيْثُ يَقُومُونَ بِوَاجِبَاتِ خِدْمَتِهِمْ.

7 أَمَّا الْغُرْفَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدْخُلُهَا إِلاَّ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُ، مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. وَكَانَ مِنَ الْوَاجِبِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ دَماً يَرُشُّهُ عَلَى «كُرْسِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ» تَكْفِيراً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا الشَّعْبُ عَنْ جَهْلٍ.

8 وَبِهَذَا، يُشِيرُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ إِلَى أَنَّ الطَّرِيقَ الْمُؤَدِّيَةَ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الْحَقِيقِيِّ فِي السَّمَاءِ، كَانَتْ غَيْرَ مَفْتُوحَةٍ بَعْدُ. ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الْمَسْكَنَ الأَوَّلَ مَازَالَ قَائِماً.

9 وَمَا هَذَا إِلاَّ صُورَةٌ لِلْوَقْتِ الْحَاضِرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ مَازَالَتِ التَّقْدِمَاتُ وَالذَّبَائِحُ تُقَرَّبُ وَفْقاً لِنِظَامِ الْعَهْدِ الْعَتِيقِ. وَلكِنَّهَا لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَ الَّذِينَ يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِهَا إِلَى اللهِ، وَلاَ أَنْ تُوصِلَهُمْ إِلَى الْكَمَالِ فَتُرِيحَ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ.

10 إِذْ إِنَّ نِظَامَ الْعَهْدِ السَّابِقِ قَدِ اقْتَصَرَ عَلَى تَحْرِيمِ بَعْضِ الْمَأْكُولاَتِ وَالْمَشْرُوبَاتِ وَتَحْلِيلِ غَيْرِهَا، وَعَلَى وَضْعِ النُّظُمِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِطُقُوسِ الاغْتِسَالِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ. بَلْ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَا ضَمَّهُ ذَلِكَ النِّظَامُ، كَانَ قَوَانِينَ جَسَدِيَّةً يَنْتَهِي عَمَلُهَا حِينَ يَأْتِي وَقْتُ الإِصْلاَحِ.

11 ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْبَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ قَدْ تَحَقَّقَتْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ. فَهُوَ الآنَ كَاهِنُنَا الأَعْلَى الَّذِي يُؤَدِّي مُهِمَّتَهُ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ، وَهِيَ أَعْظَمُ وَأَكْمَلُ مِنَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ. إِنَّهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ. لَمْ تَصْنَعْهَا يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ، وَلَيْسَتْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ الْمَادِّيِّ.

12 فَإِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» فِي هَذِهِ الْخَيْمَةِ، دَخَلَ الْمَسِيحُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدًةً، حَامِلاً دَمَ نَفْسِهِ، لاَ دَمَ تُيُوسٍ وَعُجُولٍ. وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَمَا سَفَكَ دَمَهُ عِوَضاً عَنَّا. فَحَقَّقَ فِدَاءً أَبَدِيّاً.

13 وَلاَ عَجَبَ! فَوَفْقاً لِلنِّظَامِ السَّابِقِ، كَانَ دَمُ الثِّيرَانِ وَالتُّيُوسِ يُرَشُّ عَلَى الْمُنَجَّسِينَ، مَعَ رَمَادِ عِجْلَةٍ مَحْرُوقَةٍ، فَيَصِيرُونَ طَاهِرِينَ طَهَارَةً جَسَدِيَّةً.

14 فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى دَمُ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي قَدَّمَ نَفْسَهُ لِلهِ بِرُوحٍ أَزَلِيٍّ ذَبِيحَةً لاَ عَيْبَ فِيهَا، يُطَهِّرُ ضَمَائِرَنَا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَيِّتَةِ لِنَعْبُدَ اللهَ الْحَيَّ.

15 وَلِذَلِكَ، فَالْمَسِيحُ هُوَ الْوَسِيطُ لِهَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْجَدِيدِ. فَبِمَا أَنَّهُ قَدْ تَّمَ الْمَوْتُ فِدَاءً لِلْمُخَالَفَاتِ الْحَاصِلَةِ تَحْتَ الْعَهْدِ الأَوَّلِ، يَنَالُ الْمَدْعُوُّونَ الْوَعْدَ بِالإِرْثِ الأَبَدِيِّ.

16 فَعِنْدَمَا يَمُوتُ أَحَدٌ وَيَتْرُكُ وَصِيَّةً، لاَبُدَّ مِنْ إِثْبَاتِ مَوْتِهِ لِلاسْتِفَادَةِ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ.

17 إِذْ لاَ قُوَّةَ لِلْوَصِيَّةِ عَلَى الإِطْلاقِ مَادَامَ صَاحِبُهَا حَيّاً. فَلاَ تَثْبُتُ الْوَصِيَّةُ إِلاَّ بِمَوْتِ صَاحِبِهَا.

18 وَهَكَذَا، فَحَتَّى الْعَهْدُ الْعَتِيقُ لَمْ يَبْدَأْ تَنْفِيذُهُ إِلاَّ بِرَشِّ الدَّمِ.

19 فَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ مُوسَى، بَعْدَ تِلاَوَةِ وَصَايَا الشَّرِيعَةِ كُلِّهَا عَلَى الشَّعْبِ، أَخَذَ دَمَ الْعُجُولِ وَالتُّيُوسِ مَعَ بَعْضِ الْمَاءِ، وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَعَلَى أَفْرَادِ الشَّعْبِ، بِبَاقَةٍ مِنْ نَبَاتِ الزُّوفَا وَصُوفٍ أَحْمَرِ اللَّوْنِ.

20 وَقَالَ: هَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَوْصَاكُمُ اللهُ بِحِفْظِهِ.

21 وَقَدْ رَشَّ مُوسَى الدَّمَ أَيْضاً عَلَى خَيْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ، وَعَلَى أَدَوَاتِ الْخِدْمَةِ الَّتِي فِيهَا.

22 فَالشَّرِيعَةُ تُوصِي بِأَنْ يَتَطَهَّرَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تَقْرِيباً بِالدَّمِ. وَلاَ غُفْرَانَ إِلاَّ بِسَفْكِ الدَّمِ!

23 وَبِمَا أَنَّ تَطْهِيرَ الْخَيْمَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةِ كَانَ يَتَطَلَّبُ رَشَّ دَمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْحَيَوَانِيَّةِ، فَإِنَّ الْخَيْمَةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ تَتَطَلَّبَ دَمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الأُخْرَى.

24 فَالْمَسِيحُ، رَئِيسُ كَهَنَتِنَا، لَمْ يَدْخُلْ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» الأَرْضِيِّ، الَّذِي صَنَعَتْهُ يَدٌ بَشَرِيَّةٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ ظِلٌّ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ، بَلْ دَخَلَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَيْنِهَا، حَيْثُ يَقُومُ الآنَ بِتَمْثِيلِنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ بِالذَّاتِ.

25 وَهُوَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ لِيُقَدِّمَ نَفْسَهُ ذَبِيحَةً مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، كَمَا كَانَ الْكَاهِنُ الأَعْلَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَدْخُلُ مَرَّةً كُلَّ سَنَةٍ إِلَى «قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ» بِدَمٍ غَيْرِ دَمِهِ.

26 وَإِلاَّ لَكَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ الْمَسِيحُ مُتَأَلِّماً مَرَّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ! وَلَكِنَّهُ الآنَ، عِنْدَ انْتِهَاءِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً لِيُبْطِلَ قُوَّةَ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِتَقْدِيمِ نَفْسِهِ ذَبِيحَةً لِلهِ.

27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ مَصِيرَ النَّاسِ الْمَحْتُومَ، هُوَ أَنْ يَمُوتُوا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ تَأْتِي الدَّيْنُونَةُ،

28 كَذَلِكَ الْمَسِيحُ أَيْضاً: مَاتَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَامِلاً خَطَايَا كَثِيرِينَ، مُقَرِّباً نَفْسَهُ (لِلهِ) عِوَضاً عَنْهُمْ. وَلاَ بُدَّ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِلَى الظُّهُورِ. لاَ لِيُعَالِجَ الْخَطَايَا، بَلْ لِيُحَقِّقَ الْخَلاَصَ النِّهَائِيَّ لِجَمِيعِ مُنْتَظِرِيهِ!


Hebrews 5
Qualifications for High Priesthood

1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. 3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. 4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. A Priest Forever
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:


“ You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”

6 As He also says in another place:


“ You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;

7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

Spiritual Immaturity
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.


Hebrews 7
The King of Righteousness

1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5 And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

Need for a New Priesthood

11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For He testifies:


“ You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”


18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is thebringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. Greatness of the New Priest
20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:


“ The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,

‘ You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’”),

22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who isholy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.




Hebrews 8
The New Priestly Service

1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. A New Covenant
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah-- 9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
13 In that He says, “A new covenant, ” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.


Hebrews 9
The Earthly Sanctuary

1 Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. Limitations of the Earthly Service
6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience— 10 concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

The Heavenly Sanctuary

11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

The Mediator’s Death Necessary

16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” 21 Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice
23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.



Be saved right NOW!

How to LIVE with God Jesus?

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF GOD.
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR

Fellowship with God means YOU Arabs and Muslims can be called sons of God. You can be forgiven of ALL your sins! You can be adopted by God THROUGH your Faith in His Son Jesus. Can you call Jesus the Son of God? Is He God in your life? Have you given Him absolute control of your life and future?If not, do is right NOW!
Pray now to the LORD and accept His forgiveness of all your sins through FAITH in His Son – God Jesus Christ! Pray God right now And be saved!
God is bringing Judgement. Return of the Lord Jesus and His Judgement day should make difference in our behavior. Live your best in purity. Be excited about meeting with the Lord. You should anxiously await with joyful anticipation of the Lord’s return. If your hearts is filled with anticipation, excitement and joy, it indicates that you are walking with the Lord. If you are NOT sure and confident that if you would die today you would go to Heaven, it means you need to get right with God. If you never said- YES- to Jesus, do it today! If you have fallen away from the Lord, come back to Him today.

We will close with prayers: Father, we believe that Jesus is coming again. We believe we need to be ready. And Lord I am praying about any person who is reading my message and if they dont have confidence that they are ready for Your return, help them to come to You today and get right with You now. Amen.

First, recognize brother, that you are sinner. Be sorry for your sin. And ask God to forgive you right now. The way as we do that TROUGH PRAYER. That’s how we communicate with God.I’d like to lead you in prayer. If you want Christ to forgive your sins. If you want to know that when you will die you will go to Heaven then pray this prayer with me right now:

God, I know I am a sinner. And I am sorry for what I have done. And I turn from my sin now and ask You to forgive me. Thank You that Your Son Jesus Christ died on the cross and shed His blood for me. Be my Savior and my Lord. And be my friend. I want to follow You from this day forward. Fill me with Your Spirit. And help me to be Your disciple. Thank You for accepting me. Thank You for forgiving me. Thank You that I am now YOURS. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

If you sincerely repented of all of your sins, confessed them to God and asked Him to forgive you then WELCOME to the family of God. Now you are adopted by God. Now you became His son and His inheritance. His angels have written your name in the Book of Life. And you have the BRIGHT FUTURE.

God Jesus said:
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word
and believes him
who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned;
he has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24


Walk with God and live eternally Arab nation! Amen.
Rev. 4:8 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
Brothers, God Jesus is COMING BACK to us to the earth. Be prepared to LIVE with Him and not to die without Him! Repent and make your ways straight. To make your ways straight, then, please the Lord in all you do by BELIEVING in His Son Jesus Christ.
Turn away from a life of sin to a life of righteousness (Rom. 12:21).
This is the way of peace (Luke 1:79).
It is also the way to prosperity, blessings, answered prayer, joy and every good thing (Prov. 13:21; 1 John 3:22; Heb. 13:21).

If you prayed this simple prayer above or if you need more information or still have questions about who Jesus is or if you want to believe in God Jesus then please email me and contact me (contacts are below) because we should be together. God called us as believers in Him or the CHURCH of God.

keras said:

You have a good grasp of Scripture and the correct understanding of how we must be saved to become one of the people of God.
But your posts are too long and lengthy quotes in Arabic are wasted on most here. I will only address one issue you bring up:
Who are the Israel of God today?
In ancient times that was the chosen nation of Israel, of which Judah, the Jewish people, are only a small part. The actual House of Israel, the Northern ten tribes, remain scattered around the world today.

Since the Advent of Jesus and His sacrifice for all mankind, every true Christian believer from every tribe, race, nation and language, Revelation 5:9-10, can belong to the Israel of God.
Many prophesies say how all the current inhabitants of all the holy Land area will soon be judged and punished. Only a remnant of Messianic Jews will be saved. God promises protection for all those who call to Him on the terrible Day of wrath by fire. Acts 2:21
After that Day, the true Israelites; every Christian believer who stood firm in their faith during the Day of trial and testing, will gather and repopulate the new nation of Beulah. Isaiah 62:1-5
As Christians, THAT is our promise and our destiny. Look forward to it!

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Wrong.
You are unable to confirm your statements by the Scripture. That is why listen to me.

(1) God is FAITHFUL to Israel/Jews. Because He loved them with an EVERLASTING LOVE. I am one of them and ALL Jews are my blood and family and the MOST holy nation on this planet. Should I explain what does this mean "EVERLASTING LOVE"?
This love LASTS FOREVER!


Thus says the LORD, "The people (JEWS) who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to find its rest." The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you (JEWS) with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

(2) Quotes in Arabic are required here because Muslims from other Forums come to read my posts here. I gave them the links.

(3) You are right. Today Christians are accepted by God also like Jews.

We need to read Romans 11. In the 2nd verse Paul says that Israel is not cast away. Then in verses 19-22 you Americans (Gentiles/heathen) being grafted into their olive tree (ISRAEL): "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off."
Galatians 3:29. "And if you are Christ's then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." All the promises of scripture are for God's people. Today Christians are that people if they "continue in His (God's) goodness/righteousness." Rom. 11:22 .

As individuals, Jews have as much chance for salvation as any Gentile. God gives equal chances off salvation to all people on our planet.

(4) Salvation is for Jews!

But will be Jews saved too if they do not believe in God Jesus?




God has no intention of turning His back on the Jews, and though there
is only a Small Remnant of believing Jews in Messiah, that the day would come when God would fully restore the Jews, and open their eyes to the truth.

But until this day if you are a Jew and you do not want to believe in God Jesus then what will happen with you at the day of your death?

You will be judged for your sins the same way like Muslims.

There is no difference between you and Muslims before the righteous and holy God.

He is going to judge you for your disbelief and crimes you have committed against God and people. What are your sins? A sin is disobedience to God and disbelief. So, if you kill any man you commit a crime against God and this man. This crime is called sin. Why? Because God said in His 10 HOLY commandments that you shall NOT kill. Any violation of the words/laws of God is a sin. We all know our sins and we all are sinners. Those who are NOT forgiven of their sins will be PUNISHED by God because He is the Highest Justice and He hates our sins. Our sins are just unacceptable for the Holy God!


Leviticus 16:30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

Leviticus 16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Do not forget about the Day of Atonment. Israelites could only rejoice after they had repented of their sins and experienced the cleansing and renewal of redemption. We shall see that the sins cleansed on the Day of Atonment, were those which had been confessed, repented, and forgiven. So, God desires to forgive our sins. Note also that unrepented sins could not be expiated by a substitutionary animal sacrifice.The people who defiled the sanctuary by their defiant sins, could not be cleansed even on the Day of Atonment, because their sins had not been confessed and atoned for prior to that day. The sacrificial system operated on the principle of substitutional interchange. On the one hand the purity of the sacrificial animal (Lev 4:3, 23; Num 19:2) was transmitted symbolically through the blood rites to the impure, sinful person. On the other hand, the sins of the penitent sinners were transmitted to innocent animals by confession and the laying on of hands on their heads. In turn the sins assumed by the animals were brought into the sanctuary through the manipulation of the blood or the eating of the flesh by the priest. The same way, God Jesus took the sin of the world to His HOLY body to make us FREE of our sins and to impute us His RIGHTEOUSNESS…. to save the SMALL REMNANT of their sins. He was the Lamb of God who was HOLY (according to al Quran and the Bible). You Muslims and Jews can be among this Small Remnant if you will put your trust in God Jesus. If no, then your sins will remain on your hands and you will be judged for your sins.

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!” (Romans 5:8-10).