June 2005

Thursday - June 2, 2005

Dutch Voters Reject EU Constitution

By ARTHUR MAX
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 1, 2005; 5:45 PM

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch voters worried about social benefits and immigration overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution Wednesday in what could be a knockout blow for a charter meant to create a power rivaling the United States.

With four-fifths of the votes counted, the charter was losing 62 percent to 39 percent, an even worse defeat than the 55 percent "no" vote delivered in a French referendum Sunday.

"Naturally, I'm very disappointed," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said in conceding defeat in his campaign for ratification and promised the government would respect the results.

The charter was designed to provide such trappings of statehood as a flag, a president and an anthem on what has largely been an economic bloc while creating a more integrated political entity of 450 million people with a bigger economy than America's.

But the idea has proved increasingly polarizing, with opponents worrying about loss of national control and identity to a strengthened EU bureaucracy at the heart of a superstate.

Nine EU states have ratified, but the charter needs approval from all 25 states to take effect in late 2006, and the "no" vote in both France and the Netherlands _ founding members of the bloc _ was a clear message that European integration has gone awry.

A knockout blow is what the press is calling this double whammy delivered by the French and the Dutch. The European Union has been knocked off the tracks, and will never run again in it's present form. Now would be a good time for the antichrist to resurrect this train wreak of European unity. I expect the antichrist will offer the Europeans a bigger prize then just their own union. I expect the antichrist to head up a 10 nation confederacy that will include the entire Western World. Europe, America both North and South, Australia etc. will form 10 distinct alliances for economic protection as globalization progresses. It will be the antichrist who takes control of three of these alliances, and becomes the most powerful. The other seven then follow his lead. Daniel talks of the ten horns among which three fall before the other horn which is the antichrist. Folks, that Fourth Kingdom is here. The great vision of gentile domination by King Nebuchadnezzar was revealed by Daniel the prophet to end in the feet and toes of Iron mixed with clay. Globalization is about to produce the end kingdom of which Daniel saw. 

Daniel 7:19-28

19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
KJV

Folks the antichrist is knocking at the door. He will come as a man of peace during the first half of the great Tribulation, but at the midpoint he will sit on the Throne built for Christ in Ezekiel's Temple. The time of Jacob's Trouble will begin. It will last for a time (1X), + Times (2X), and + the dividing of times (1/2X) = 3-1/2 years. It will end with Armageddon. It will end the gentile domination of planet earth. The Chcurch Age ends with the rapture. The times of the gentiles ends with the Great Tribulation. Only then will the Kingdom Age begin with the Second Coming of the Jewish Messiah.

In Revelation this last gentile kingdom is presented as seven heads with ten horns. The Western World alliance controls the whole earth through economic might. The seven heads give their power to the antichrist who has subdued the three. The antichrist becomes the king of the West. This last kingdom of the gentiles is where that dragon, old Satan himself manifests his power through the antichrist..

Revelation 13:1-2
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns , and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
KJV
 

It will be upon this last kingdom that apostate religion including apostate Christianity will thrive, but only for a moment. On that day all gods will be merged into one universal god. All religions will merge into one great whore. The economic power of Babylon, and the Koran will merge with the pomp of Roman Catholicism producing mystery Babylon which will dominate this forth kingdom. The true Church will have been raptured. The antichrist will use this whore to persecute the Jews who will have turned to the Christ of the raptured Church.

Revelation 17:3-6

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns .

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
KJV

The antichrist turns on this Great Whore in the end. He will share his power with none. He commits the ultimate blashemy by declairing himself god.

Revelation 17:16

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
KJV
 

The antichrist will be a wonderment to the world. He will offer all men who follow him wealth untold. He will appear as the man with all the answers. A man of peace who will unite all nations. He will not be a godly man, but rather a man of perdition. A man who will use religion for his own ends. A true wonderment to all whose names are not written in the book of life.

Revelation 17:7-8

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns .

8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
KJV

 

The antichrist will exhibit great power during the forth kingdom, all men both secular and religious will succumb to his charisma. They will follow him rather then the Lamb, the LORD Jesus Christ. They will choose Babylon over Jerusalem. The Bible is clear this last gentile kingdom falls to the little Jewish Kingdom formed in the Holy Land, at Jerusalem, and on the Temple Mount.

Revelation 17:12-14

12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
KJV
 

Saturday - June 4, 2005

PA Refused to Stop Suicide Bombers; Two Were Freed by Israel
14:40 Jun 03, '05 / 25 Iyar 5765

The PA helped a suicide bomb gang by refusing to arrest them and even asked Israel to pardon them. Israel released from jail or custody two of the Arab terrorists who almost succeeded to attack.

As previously reported, Israeli defense forces arrested five Islamic Jihad terrorists hours before they planned to stage a double suicide bombing attack in the suburban Jerusalem neighborhood Ramot on Thursday. Their targets were a coffee house or synagogue and a city bus.

Israel prevented the suicide bombing only days after Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) told ABC television that the days of suicide bombing are over. "We stopped the culture of violence," he told the interviewer, who asked him if suicide bombings are a tactic of the past. "I believe it is over," Abu Mazen responded.

But the Palestinian Authority (PA) actually aided and abetted the gang, according to information released by the Israeli Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. It quoted a Ynet news report that General Security Services (Shin Bet) informed the PA of the planned suicide bombing, named the terrorists, and repeatedly asked the PA to arrest them. The response not only was negative but PA security officials also asked Israel to remove the terrorists from the wanted list.

Before being arrested on Monday, Islamic Jihad terrorist Ayad Fuajara failed twice to transport the two suicide bombers through IDF roadblocks to their target. He turned around and took the would-be murderers back to their Tulkarm homes.

Had Israel complied to the request of Abu Mazen's security personnel and removed the terrorists from the wanted list, they would have passed with greater ease through the Israeli roadblocks to perpetrate their planned mass-casualty bombings.

At a Monday meeting with his terrorist accomplices, Fuajara received instructions for a third attempt to transport the terrorists to Ramot. The plan was for him to buy a new car in Bethlehem to transport the cell. After he left the meeting with the necessary cash to make the purchase, he was nabbed by the Shin Bet, questioned, confessed, and revealed the entire plot. The other Arabs involved were apprehended on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Muhanad Aby Romy was identified as one of the suicide bomb gang and was arrested again. He had been released from prison by the Sharon government earlier this year after being jailed for buying weapons for Islamic Jihad terrorists. Also arrested was Hamza Hassim Brigia, who was responsible for the terror gang's infrastructure in Bethlehem. He was released from administrative detention in February.

The IDF recently discovered three other suicide belts that terrorists tried to pass through roadblocks.

The Islamic Jihad also was behind the suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv night club this year, in which five Israelis were murdered. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz complained this week that the PA has refused to arrest the terrorists involved in the attack, even after IDF forces arrested several of them. They were caught in the area of Tulkarm, one of the two cities which Israel has surrendered to the PA on the understanding it will provide security for neighboring Jewish communities.

In the face of opposition from Shin Bet officials, the Sharon government released 400 terrorists and prisoners on Thursday. Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said they wanted to build support from the Arab public for PA chairman Abu Mazen.

Israel: Syria Test-Fires Scud Missiles

Friday, June 03, 2005

JERUSALEM — Syria test-fired three Scud missiles (search) late last week, reinforcing Israeli worries about Damascus' ability to deliver a missile-borne chemical attack against Israeli civilian targets, Israeli military officials said Friday.

The Israeli military said one of the missiles broke up over Turkey. The Turkish military said apparent missile debris from Syria (search) landed in two agricultural villages in the southern province of Hatay, causing no injuries or damage. It provided no information about the types of missile fired.

A Turkish Foreign Ministry official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said Syria has assured Turkey the incident was "just an accident" that occurred during routine military training.

Israeli security officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter is so delicate, said it was Syria's first missile test since 2001. They said they saw the launchings as a Syrian gesture of defiance to the United States and the United Nations, which pushed Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon after the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (search), who favored the pullout.

The tests were timed just days before Lebanon holds its first elections since the withdrawal.

It is a sad thing how the world treats truth in the Holy Land. The Palestinian barbarians are encouraged to play with the truth. They manipulate with little fear of losing face before world leaders. I'm sure they are more astounded then anyone when their evil manipulations are exposed, and nothing is done. There was a time when the Jews thought their deeds have found them out. Who will ever give them credibility after this? Now, the Palestinian Authority has been caught red handed so often that it is no longer news. What is news is when Israel retaliates for what was done to them by these barbarian suicide murderers. Suddenly the intent of the Road Map is shouted into the public's ear. The implication that Israel does not want to follow the gentile peace plan is put on the front pages. The Jews used to think who in their right mind will give any credibility to these barbarians, but now they know. This gentile dominated world listens only selectively to what is happening. The obvious truth is not considered. The attitude is what more can you expect from barbarians. It is Israel that is expected to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to subdue the barbarians in a civilized peaceful way.

The Syrian barbarians are now getting wild in their frustration after being forced out of Lebanon. The United States did not let the Taliban manipulate them. They did not let Saddam manipulate them, and I doubt the Syrians are going to have much success with a so called military accident when it comes to how the United States handles the truth. It is rather two faced to put pressure on Israel to act peacefully with their terrorists while the United States acts with force on their terrorists. There is not one right for the United States that is wrong for Israel. Far better if truth were applied evenly then to be bias against God's chosen people.

Above all other places on earth the Holy Land should be a place where truth shines out to the rest of the world. Right now it is a land of lies. It is controlled by the father of lies. The secular Jews find it a curse. The Jewish politicians fall over each other trying to get rid of most of it. The barbarian Arab Palestinians have proven themselves a worthless people. Without Jewish industry they would die. It is a lie that the Jews prevent them from reaching their potential. The Jews have survived the ghettos of Europe under greater oppression then these cry baby Palestinians have ever faced. The Jews thrive while the Palestinians cry. The Palestinians have raised a generation on hate. They are true barbarians. They only want to destroy. Their only industry taken to the world is suicide bomb belts. On the whole they have no goals other then to torture the Jews.

Only God can change the hearts of those who live in the Holy Land. That is exactly what the Bible promises. The promise is not given to the son's of Ishmael, Esau, and Mohamed, but to the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! It is the God of all eternity who made the choice, and wrote it down in the Bible.

Ezekiel 11:19-20

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
KJV

Ezekiel 18:31

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
KJV

Ezekiel 36:26-28

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
KJV
 

 

Sunday - June 5, 2005

Israel Uses Sound Technology on Rioters

By JOSEF FEDERMAN
Associated Press Writer
June 03, 2005
 

The Israeli army on Friday unveiled a new crowd-dispersal device emitting painful bursts of sound at a special frequency to help break up a violent Palestinian demonstration, military officials and witnesses said.

Israeli military officials confirmed soldiers used a new "nonlethal" tactic in the West Bank village of Bilin, where hundreds of demonstrators rallied against Israel's separation barrier.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity under army regulations, said the weapon uses special frequencies to disperse crowds. No further details were immediately available.

An Associated Press photographer said a military vehicle arrived toward the end of the demonstration, which lasted several hours and became violent at times.

Located about a quarter mile from the demonstration, the vehicle emitted several bursts of sounds, about one minute in length each time. Although the sound was not loud, it caused people to cover their ears and grab their heads in discomfort.

About 400 people, including Palestinians and foreign and Israeli activists, participated in the demonstration, marching toward a site where Israel is building its West Bank separation barrier.

The crowd was prevented from reaching the site, and began rioting and throwing rocks at soldiers, the army said. One soldier was moderately wounded in the eye.

In addition to the sound machine, soldiers used other means to disperse the crowd, including clubs and stun grenades.

Israel has completed about one-third of the planned 425-mile barrier, which it says is necessary to keep out suicide bombers from the West Bank. Palestinians say the barrier is a thinly veiled land grab because it dips into the West Bank in some areas.

Humane crowd control is being experimented with in anticipation of the protests on behalf of the settlers being evicted from their homes. The old fashioned brute force method is also used as the final, and most effective weapon of crowd control. I'm sure the press will report the humane methods while silence will be given to the brute force used by the political liberals on the conservative settlers. A biased liberal press in Israel can be counted on to hold the party line. Conservative press sources such as Arutz Shivah have been effectively shut down, and limited now to just a mostly ignored web site. Their reporters are known, and routinely get arrested before they can file a report on Liberal abuse.

The situation is bleak for the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers, but though they are far from perfect they are some of the only Jews in Israel who give reverence to the Bible. They understand the Road Map has taken away their Biblical right to occupy the Promised Land. They understand that the Road Map is really working on the side of the barbarians who would claim the Holy Land as theirs, and Jerusalem as their Capital. They understand that the Road Map is replacing the Bible with the Koran as the book that will determine the future of the Holy Land.

There once was a sound, a shout, that came out of Jerusalem. It was not to disperse, but rather to gather a crowd. Sir Robert Anderson wrote a book about that day. A book about the Seventy Weeks of Daniel. He did not use secret codes, or seek hidden dates. He just counted the days according to the Jewish colander from when Daniel gave his prophetic revelation.

Daniel 9:26

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off , but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
KJV
 

Sir Robert Anderson discovered that day was the very day the LORD Jesus Christ road into Jerusalem upon a colt the foal of an ass. The shout from the daughters of Zion, the daughters of Jerusalem, called together the crowds to witness the entrance to the city of their Messiah.

The sound of the shouts will again be heard in Jerusalem gathering the crowds to witness the coming of the King. The Jewish Messiah, the King of kings, is coming again. He is coming to Jerusalem, and to the Holy Jewish Temple that will soon be built on the Temple Mount. He will cleanse the religions of the world from the moneychangers who have found financial comfort among the reach of it's many branches. All religion will end on that day. Temple worship, and Temple sacrifice in remembrance of Calvary will be the only acceptable approach to the Holy God of the Bible. The Holy Land will regain the true meaning of holiness. The sound of Biblical righteousness will will stir the entire planet. Only those who have been redeemed will ne able to stand with the LORD Jesus Christ when He establishes His Kingdom in the Holy Land, at Jerusalem, and on the Temple Mount. He is coming again to redeem His people with perfect justice, and salvation!

 

Monday - June 6, 2005

Supreme Court Rules Against Temple Mount Faithful
21:57 Jun 05, '05 / 27 Iyar 5765
 

(IsraelNN.com) Israel's Supreme Court has rejected a petition by the "Temple Mount Faithful" movement to ascend the Temple Mount Monday in honor of Jerusalem Day.

The judges accepted the argument of Jerusalem's police commander that the decision must be made based on the situation at the time of the event. They also went so far as to accept the state's request that Gershon Solomon, the head of the movement, be banned from ascending the Temple Mount altogether, saying it would "disturb the public order."

Imagine what this generation of police, and court officials would do if the LORD Jesus Christ were to announce He was going to appear at the Temple Mount. It is obvious this Jewish government would reject Him as much as those who did 2000 years ago. The attitude of putting politics, and self before God is as strong today as it was then. This generation of Jews are headed toward terrible tribulation. God is not going to tolerate such laws that would deny access to the Temple Mount by the few Jews who still honor that holy site. The attitude of main stream Judaism must be changed, and that is exactly what God intends to do through Great Tribulation. Seven years God has set as the period of time whereby through trail and tribulation the hearts of many Jews will be changed. They will learn that trust in the benevolence of the gentiles for their security is sin. Only when they seek God will they find the assurance that they desire. Only when they turn to the LORD Jesus Christ as their returning Messiah will redemption be found.

The time is short until God removes the truly born again from the Great Apostate Whore of today's Christianity. It is then that He will change His focus from the Church to Israel. The next Biblical dispensation is almost here. Two Old Testament type prophets will begin their testimony in Jerusalem. 144,000 Jews, 12,000 each possibly living on the inheritance of the original 12 Tribes, will be first to respond. They will establish a new foundation, a Jewish Biblical foundation, in Israel. The very first mandate they will undertake will be to build Ezekiel's Temple. They will have only 3-1/2 years to build it, and have acceptable worship/sacrifices in operation. The Bible is clear the antichrist at the midpoint of the Great Tribulation usurps the throne that will have been placed in that Temple for the returning Messiah. Ezekiel 39 is the answer to Islamic rejection of the Bible, and the Kingdom coming to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. Islam will no longer be an influence in the Holy Land after the supernatural destruction of the Last Jihad invaders as they cross into Israel.

The plan of God is very specific. A phony peace just like the Road Map will be operating. God warns the Jews to be prepared, but they ignore the warning.

Ezekiel 38:7-8

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
KJV
 

They put down their guard, and invite the  Islamic barbarians to invade. The Jews trust the gentiles rather then God, and pay the price. Not one gentile nation lifts a finger to help. God uses this first major trial to change the hearts of many Jews, and a few gentiles who join the Jews (read about the stranger fitting into a Jewish dispensation). The whole purpose of the Great Tribulation is through trial to change the hearts of the Jews. God states again and again that this first major calamity of the Great Tribulation is so both Israel, and the heathen will know the God of the Bible is at work.

Friend, today you must come to the Christ of the Biblical Christian Church. You must be born again! There is no other way. In the next dispensation designed  for the Jews they will also be required to come to the same Christ to be born again. However, He will be the King of the Jews in that dispensation. He will rule the whole world in perfect righteousness. The whole world will be required to come to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. The Bible is specific that it will be in Ezekiel's Temple where Christ will dwell throughout his earthly reign. All men will need come to Him for redemption as is true today while Christ dwells in heaven at the right hand of the Father. The same redemption is offered you right now if you will only come.

 

Tuesday - June 7, 2005

Tens of Thousands Flood Jerusalem to Celebrate Jerusalem Day
17:51 Jun 06, '05 / 28 Iyar 5765
 

Tens of thousands of Israelis and tourists are celebrating the 38th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem today, following all-night festivities throughout the city.

A "Rikud’galim" (dancing with flags) began at 3:30 Monday afternoon from Independence part and Sachar Park and continued to the center of the city. Thousands of schoolchildren are singing and dancing in the parade as they wave flags of the State of Israel. Parents of young terrorist victims are leading the march.

Last night at 10 PM, the traditional thanksgiving march set off for the Old City from the Merkaz HaRav Kook Yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, near the Central Bus Station. Participating were Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin, rabbis, public figures, and marchers from all over the country.

The Cabinet convened this afternoon for a special session in honor of Jerusalem at Ammunition Hill - the site of an important Six Day War battle - and approved a 280-million shekel aid package to the capital.

Tens of thousands lined the streets of the capital Sunday afternoon during the annual agricultural parade, with floats from regional councils in farming areas throughout the country. Thousands of participants and onlookers wore bright orange shirts on which was written, "A Jew Does Not Expel a Jew," referring to the government plan to force more than 9,000 Jews out of their homes in Gaza and northern Samaria.

The parade included representatives of religious and secular kibbutzim and moshavim from the Jordan Valley, the southern Hevron Hills, Gush Katif, the Jezreel Valley, Mount Gilboa and Gezer, near Tel Aviv. Old tractors, used in the first days of modern Israeli farming, rolled down the streets, followed by dancers and acrobats, soldiers, police and rescue personnel.

From Yeshivat Beit Orot on Mt. Scopus, near the site of a key battle in the Six Day War in which Jerusalem was returned to Israel, students paraded to the Western Wall (Kotel) where they danced and prayed.

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Arabs Stone Israelis on Temple Mount

Israeli celebrations of Jerusalem Day - marking the 38th anniversary of the city's reunification in June 1967 - were marred on Monday morning when several hundred Arab teens pelted police and Jewish visitors with stones on the Temple Mount. Police stormed the compound and fired several stun grenades to disperse the rioters, and arrested one Palestinian assailant

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Jerusalem Day Statistics

On the eve of Jerusalem Day, statistics released by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies showed that thousands of Jews continue to leave Jerusalem for cheaper homes in the suburbs, while the number of Arabs continues to swell as thousands of Palestinians move to the capital to get on the 'right side' of the security fence. At the end of 2004, 66 percent of Jerusalem's 700,000 residents were Jewish and 34% Arab, with the Arab segment projected to top 40% by 2020.

 

 

This generation of mostly secularized Jews give nothing but lip service to Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. The reality is that the Arab hate for the Jews outweighs the love of Jews for Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. The Arabs never cared much for the Islamic shrines built by the Turks on the Temple Mount. The fall of the Ottoman Empire brought apathy over their shrines left behind especially by the local Arab population. It was not until the State of Israel was established that Arab interest in the Mount suddenly increased. It was not for some great love for the Turks, but rather when they realized the Jews had an interest there. The defense of the Temple Mount by the Arabs is only to keep out the Jews. A generation of Arab youth have been raised to believe that Islam stands or falls by what happens on the Mount. It has been given a whole new roll in Arab mentality. Love for Arab pride is what is in operation here, not love for the place itself. The truth of it's Jewish background would turn the stomach of most Arabs were it known. It would be a place of contempt to Arabs as it was before the establishment of the State of Israel. Today, it only represents Arab domination over the Jews on this one single issue.

The Arab demonstration on the Mount was a Hamas rally according to the flags that were waving in the air. Hamas is sworn to the elimination of the Jews not only from the Mount, but Jerusalem, and the Holy Land. These are the people stirring the Arab youth to never give in to the Jews. The Temple Mount is their rallying point. To these Arabs it represents the ethnic cleansing of the Jews from the Holy Land. It is not that the Jews do not have the power to sweep them off the Temple Mount. It is a matter of the will to do it. It is a matter of standing up against the gentile world, and putting their trust in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So far the Jews are failing the test of where they have placed their trust. It is in the Evangelical, Methodist, President of the United States, and his knowledge of what God has said will be the future for the Holy Land in the Bible. His ignorance of the Bible about the coming Kingdom is appalling, and his adopted alternate plan of the atheistic Russians and Europeans Road Map is blasphemy! The planned establishment of a heathen kingdom in the middle of the Holy Land is right out of hell. The promotion of the Koran over the Bible as the book of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, and the Holy Land is as anti-bible a plan as could ever be conceived. The spiritual insight of this White House has proven the worst in the entire history of America. It is only surpassed by this generation of Christians who say nothing as these events transpire.

The Holy Land is meaningless without Jerusalem, and Jerusalem is meaningless without the Temple Mount which is the only place where the House of God can stand. It will not be until the Jews have a real active love for God that they will love this place more then the Arabs hate them. That time is quickly approaching. Woe to Jew or gentile who stands in the way of God's future plans for Jerusalem. The Bible is very clear that only evil shall come upon them. Evil to the barbarians who defiantly stand on the Temple Mount. Evil on those American Christians who should know better, but put politics before their love of God, and the Bible. Evil on the secular Jews who have bowed to the wishes of the gentiles as a substitute for their expected love of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 2:2-3

2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem , saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
KJV
 

 

Wednesday - June 8, 2005

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Elected to Lead Reestablished Sanhedrin
13:10 Jun 07, '05 / 29 Iyar 5765

(IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) was elected to lead the reestablished Sanhedrin Monday.

The Sanhedrin was reestablished last October in Tiberias, the place of its last meeting 1,600 years ago. Since then, it has met in Jerusalem on a monthly basis.

The Sanhedrin decided Monday to elect seven members to interact with known Torah sages and the public. In addition to Rabbi Steinaltz, they are Rabbi Nachman Kahane, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, Rabbi Yoel Shwartz, Rabbi Dov Stein, Rabbi Yehuda Edri and Rabbi Dov Levanoni.
 

The very worst of Judaism has been re-established by this generation of Jews. The downfall of the last Jewish generation that lived on the Holy Land is being repeated by this sin filled generation. The Sanhedrin is back! These pompous experts on everything are ready to tell the Jewish people how to be legally in conformity with the Old Testament, the land, and with God. Today, instead of the Pharisees and Sadducees they have the liberals and conservatives. This council is made up of religious scholars, and secular college professors. The only requirement seems to be success in one's chosen field. Their goal is to be the ultimate authority over the Holy Land. Human wisdom not the God of the Bible is their forte. Many do not even believe in God! Should Christ return today, these guys would be first to call for his death! It would be about the only thing they could all agree upon.

Matthew 26:59

59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
KJV

Mark 15:1
15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
KJV
 

The miracles of God seem to be the only thing that shuts the mouth of these pompous fools. They could not deal with the miracles of Jesus, or those performed in His name by the Apostles. These real Biblical miracles were very different from those being performed by the Charismatic faith healers of today that no one can really see. Limbs that were completely atrophied were replaced, and created out of nothing. The greatest of all miracles, far beyond the abilities of all the phony healers, the raising of the dead was proof positive it was God who was at work.  The Sanhedrin had no response for such demonstrations.

John 11:47-48

47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
KJV

Acts 4:15-18

15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
KJV
 

The next real miracle workers sent by God are recorded in Revelation chapter 11. I'm sure this body of the Sanhedrin will be their greatest enemy when they begin their ministry in Jerusalem. The Jews are going to have to chose between following the Two Witnesses in Biblical righteousness, or following this Sanhedrin in feel good philosophy that can only misuse the Bible for credibility.

Friend, the same choice is before you today. You can follow the person of Christ as presented in the Bible, or you can follow religion that misuse the Bible usurping power that is reserved for Christ alone. The Roman Catholic Mass is a case in point. The phony faith healers another. The christ of these religions is not the Christ of the Bible. Get out of these phony religions, and get into Christ. Only He has the power to forgive sin.

 

Thursday - June 9, 2005

ISRAELI LEADERS DEBATE RESPONSE TO SPIKE IN TERROR
Seven Dead in Worst Day of Violence in Months

Israel's military and political echelons are grappling with whether to launch a major offensive against Palestinian terror groups ahead of the Gaza disengagement, following the worst day of violence in months on Tuesday.

Yesterday witnessed the heaviest  day of casualties since the Palestinian terror factions temporarily adopted a fahalwh (calm) in February, with seven people dead and seven more injured.

Two Palestinians and one Chinese were killed in an Islamic Jihad mortar attack on the Gush Katif hothouses where they were working, an Islamic Jihad commander and a Palestinian policeman were shot dead in a skirmish with IDF troops near Jenin, eight Kassam rockets struck in and around Sderot, and an Egyptian man was killed while infiltrating the border from Sinai.
 
Some government and security officials contend Israel will be forced to land a "crushing blow" on Hamas and other terror militias prior to the disengagement. Labor cabinet minister Matan Vilnai endorsed the view, saying, "If there is firing, there should be a wide operation to prevent this fire ... This will neither prevent or postpone the disengagement in any way."

But in his first real test as the new IDF chief of staff, Dan Halutz counseled restraint for now to give Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas time to restore calm. "There is no doubt that at a certain point our patience will run out," Halutz cautioned however.

A third camp is advising that disengagement be called off for now. "At the moment, the most correct response to terrorism is an Israeli decision to suspend the preparations for the withdrawal," Likud cabinet member Danny Naveh said Wednesday. "If they fire on Sderot before Israel pulls out of Gaza, this only lends weight to the [Israeli intelligence] assessment on the terrorism expected to stem from Gaza if Israel withdraws from there."

Abbas is scheduled to visit Gaza on Wednesday for talks with Hamas and other groups about restoring the 'calm.'

Hamas is seen as having control over its military wing and may decide to limit its terror operations in order to assure that the Israeli evacuation takes place. Islamic Jihad, on the other hand, is being paid and instructed by Damascus headquarters to consider any ceasefire 'dead' and to launch attacks wherever it can.
 

Why do the Jews hesitate? Why is there such lack of decisive action? Why are the terrorists encouraged to attack with even greater boldness? It should be clear that the gentile Road Map is the reason! The Road Map is a most sinister plan to exalt the Koran over the Bible in the Holy Land. What the Arabs are incapable of accomplishing, the atheistic Russians and Europeans have devised a plan that they know will discredit the Bible once implemented. The goal is to establish a heathen kingdom that will nip in the bud the miraculous blossoming of this present Jewish Kingdom that has come to the Holy Land. This generation has experienced one of those great miracles predicted in the Bible, and they hate it! The Road Map is this generation's evil response to what the God of the Bible is doing in His Holy Land. The world hated the Biblical Christ when He came to the Holy Land the first time, and it hates to contemplate His return. The sinister, most evil, of this generation are actively at work  working diligently to stop Him.

The greatest boost to the Road Map was when the Evangelical, Methodist, President George Bush. adopted the Road Map as his personal choice for a peace plan for the Holy Land. The White House that boasted of bringing the Bible back to the Capital has proven the most gullible to the plans of Satan. The ignorance of the Evangelicals who hesitate to take a stand on this issue is appalling. The popular "left behind" series in Evangelical circles has had no effect in stopping American support for the Road Map. This lukewarm generation of Evangelicals hesitate to say anything to the White House because they fear to upset the political applecart. They have put secular politics on a higher plane then the God of the Bible, and the return of the LORD Jesus Christ. This generation of Christians have so compromised Biblical doctrine to fit into their non-confrontational life styles that Satan has rolled right over them with hardly a peep. The Road Map is just one more compromise that prevents causing waves. They want the water to remain lukewarm. Neither too hot, or cold. A tepid generation that is more concerned about the temperature of their surroundings then being on fire for the LORD. The fires that effectively remove the dross have been extinguished by this generation. The Fundamentalists that stood on Biblical doctrine, and called all to see what the Bible says about compromise are all rejected. The term Christian fundamentalist has become loathsome to this generation in their desire to remain lukewarm.

Revelation 3:15-16

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
KJV
 

The God of the Bible is consistent. He rejects every generation that can't admit their own sin. The proud are loathed, and if they can't repent they are spewed out of God's mouth! This left behind generation of the Christian Church are going right into Great Tribulation. The horrors of which are too terrible to contemplate. They put their own wisdom above that of God. They chose alternative comfortable ways to follow God rather then follow clear Biblical doctrine. They have chosen on their own the identifying term of Evangelical over the doctrinally strong designation of being a fundamentalist!

Friend does God loath the doctrine upon which you stand? No doctrine is the worst of all choices. It is utter rejection of the Bible. It is picking and choosing what parts of the Bible you want rejecting the rest which is the blasphemous sin of the cults. There is only one Christ of the Bible. Woe to those who would either add to, or take away what is said about Him in the Bible.

Ephesians 4:14

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine , by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
KJV
 

Friday - June 10, 2005

Islamic Jihad shows pictures of allegedly desecrated Koran

By Reuters

The militant Islamic Jihad presented pictures of torn Koran holy books, claimed they were taken inside an Israeli prison and that soldiers were responsible for the desecration. Israel denied the charge and claimed the pictures were staged.

The Islamic Jihad transferred the pictures Wednesday by e-mail to a reporter in the West Bank. They show two Koran books with torn pages. The militants said prisoners took the pictures with cellular telephones and transmitted them to militant leaders.

The militants said Wednesday that soldiers desecrated six or seven Korans as they searched Palestinian prisoners' cells at the Megiddo jail in northern Israel early Tuesday. The prisoners were outside the cells at the time but could see what was going on, the Islamic Jihad militants said.

The affair coincides with the aftermath of a report in a U.S. news magazine that alleged that American soldiers desecrated Korans at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba. The report set off deadly riots in the Muslim world. Though it later turned out to be unfounded, U.S. officials admitted that there had been some such instances in the past.

The charges against Israeli soldiers surfaced originally on Tuesday, when prisoners charged that soldiers tore three Koran books and stepped on them. In a later version, they said soldiers ripped pages out of one Koran.

The Israeli Prisons Authority had its own conflicting versions on Tuesday. At first, a spokesman said that as a soldier searched an old Koran, pages fell from it, and he put them back.

Later that day, the authority showed reporters the book they said was the center of the affair. The pages that were replaced were larger than those in the rest of the book, and the Prisons Authority concluded the whole matter was a fabrication by the Palestinian prisoners.

On Wednesday, Prisons Authority official Orit Stelser said the pictures and new charges were also fabricated.

During the search on Tuesday morning, soldiers confiscated dozens of cellular phones, forbidden among the prisoners. Stelser said it was unlikely that there were many left behind to take such pictures.

"They have staged things like this in the past," she said. "This is staged." She noted the early, conflicting stories and said, "If there were really torn korans (Tuesday), they would have presented them then. There are no more books, period."

The pictures transmitted Wednesday showed Koran books with several pages torn in the middle. It was impossible to tell from the pictures themselves where they were taken or when.

Palestinian human rights workers were not available for comment. Sarit Michaeli, spokeswoman for the Israeli human rights group B'tselem, said she did not have independent information about the alleged Koran desecration and could not comment about it.

She said she was unaware of any past charges of desecration of Islamic holy. "We have not heard allegations of this type in the past, but that doesn't indicate whether this did or didn't happen," she said.
 

It did not take long for the lying barbarians of Palestine to pick up on the stir caused by the discredited Newsweek story of Americans flushing the Koran down the toilet. It should be obvious the only ones who desecrated the Koran were those who took the pictures. If it is really desecration of holiness that Islam goes berserk over, then they should investigate those Moslems who presented these photos to the world. The Koran was desecrated, but if the ends which is to discredit the Jews justifies Moslems desecrating the Koran for political gain, then holiness is not really the issue. Islam will do no investigation into the truth because holiness is not really all that important. What is important is to stir up the emotions of the barbarians into animalistic frenzy so all that matters is to kill the Jews, and all Jewish supporters. Let there be no doubt if the US did not support Israel that 911 would never have happened. The greatest sneak attack on America since Pearl Harbor was because of what God is doing in the Holy Land with the Jews. Thousands of American soldiers have died because of what God is doing in the Holy Land. The conflict between the Bible and the Koran is inevitable. In heaven there will be acknowledgement of those who died on the right side of true holiness. God is keeping His word about the return of the LORD Jesus Christ. A Jewish Kingdom centered in Christ must be established in the Holy Land. There is no other way! The conflict between the Bible, and the Koran is inevitable. The suffering, trials, and deaths resulting from that conflict have only just begun. The holiness of the Bible will flush away the blasphemy of the Koran.

The United States with the adoption of the Road Map has changed sides in the conflict. What started off as a noble cause has turned into following a peace plan from hell. The holiness of the God of the Bible is coming to a world that is prepared to fight it unto death. This generation wants freedom! They want freedom to keep the Koran for those who do not want Christ. They have convinced themselves that submission to puritanical righteousness is never to be accepted. Concepts like puritanical, absolute standards, punishment for the slightest infraction, perfect righteousness are all rejected by the vast majority of this generation. They demand sin be treated only with love, but never force. It would be wrong for Christ to demand sinless perfection in His Kingdom. It would be wrong for Christ to demand only the Bible be read for spiritual inspiration. Sin must always be optional for this generation, and men free to indulge. The greater conflict between mankind. and the Holy God of the Bible is here. The death toll is predicted to be astronomical. God is forcing His holiness on planet earth. He is starting in the Holy Land, at Jerusalem. and on the Temple Mount. The animalistic frenzy will be astounding.

Revelation 11:7-10

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
KJV
 

Friend, this is what the Bible says will happen to the forerunners of Christ. Be certain this animalistic, barbaric behavior will be even more intense against the LORD Jesus Christ when He comes in His perfect righteousness just 3-1/2 years later. I am convinced this present generation is the one that will react this way to the Second Coming. All religions will be banned. Only the LORD Jesus Christ will be allowed to be worshiped. Men will be required to live by His perfect standards. Sin will not be allowed at the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, or anywhere in the Holy Land. The nations will be required to come and worship the King of the Jews, or they will be punished severely until they do come. Sin is not going to be allowed to spoil what Christ has inherited through His shed blood. True holiness will relegate the Koran to the dung heap of history.

 

Sunday - June 12, 2005

Security Roundup: Rockets and Firebombs Celebrate ´Cease Fire´
16:33 Jun 10, '05 / 3 Sivan 5765
 

Security Authorities reported today that a terror attack against Jews on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount was prevented. Two residents of Jalazoun, an Arab village neighboring Beit El, are in custody.

The two, Muhmad Dar Tzalahiya and Abdullah Ramana were indicted last week in the Jerusalem District Court after admitting they planned to hurl firebombs at Jews visiting Judaism's holiest site, the Temple Mount. The two were apprehended on their way to the Mount with the incendiary devices in their possession. Soldiers at the Kalandia checkpoint, just north of Jerusalem, discovered the firebombs in the terrorists' bags.

On Friday, Arabs attacked two civilians in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Temple Mount, injuring them lightly. The two victims were taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital. They told police that the Arab assailants fled the scene.

Arab shelling and attacks against Israeli targets continued Thursday night and Friday morning in the region of Jewish Gaza. Early Friday, IDF soldiers detected a terrorist placing a bomb near the security fence in central Gaza. They opened fire and wounded the assailant.

During the night, Arabs fired anti-tank rockets and automatic weapons fire in separate incidents at IDF patrols near the southern Gush Katif towns of Kfar Darom, N’vei Dekalim, and Morag. Two mortar shell attacks were reported in the same area.

While the IDF is still under orders to sit quiet, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has responded to the escalation in Arab attacks by holding discussions Friday with Mohamed Dahlan, responsible for civilian affairs in the Palestinian Authority. Last month, Dahlan blamed Israel for the escalation in warfare due to its continuation of counter-terrorism operations.

Israelis in the southern Negev city of Sderot, are not happy with the lack of an IDF retaliation and are protesting the continued Arab shelling attacks. Sderot, located near the Gaza strip has been a primary target of Arab mortar shells over the past few months. Thursday afternoon, Arab terrorists fired three rockets into the Sderot area.
 

Wow, 2,000 year old date palm, revolving jail door of Jericho, and the Temple Mount all coming together in the news of the day. Remember how Biblically significant was the city of Jericho in Joshua's day. The Bible refers to that city of Jericho as the city of palm trees. It was the first Canaanite City to fall before the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The palm represented victory over the gentile dominated world. It symbolized what tiny Israel could do when submitted to the God of the Bible. Today, Jericho represents the first city turned over to the barbarian Palestinians as part of Israel's conformity to the gentile Road Map. Full Palestinian Authority now rules in Jericho, and the first thing they do is spit in the face of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by releasing the terrorists who murdered the Jews in Tel Aviv. The symbol of the palm can only be considered a victory for the heathen because this generation of Jews have no Biblical leadership. They have turned to the secular politicians rather then to the God of their fathers. The great victory of 38 years ago when Jericho, along with Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount came under Jewish soviernty has now been turned into a great curse! The nation of Israel is coming apart at the seams. Civil War over the coming Gaza, Samaria, and Judah withdrawals is looming by the end of the summer. The Road Map has changed victory into defeat! The heathen are embolden to attack even when they have almost no real power. The little ant is toppling the might oak. Why? Because the Jews have refused to build their Temple.

The place where the palm represented victory over the gentiles was sculptured on the walls of the First Holy Jewish Temple.

1 Kings 6:29

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
KJV
 

The Jews thought they were invincible, but they put themselves ahead of God. They lost everything, both the Temple, and the land! God brought them back to the land a second time, and they rebuilt the Temple. This time God brought their Messiah to the Temple to declare victory, but they rejected Him soon after. They lost both the Temple, and the land a second time.

John 12:13

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
KJV
 

God gave Ezekiel a vision after the first Temple was destroyed. He was brought to Jerusalem where he saw a future generation of Jews who built a Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. The vision of the Temple Ezekiel saw has not yet been built. It far surpasses anything Zerubbable and Joshua of the second return built. It far surpasses any restoration work King Herod ever accomplished. It is a wonder the world has yet to experience. A Temple with sculptured palm trees and Cherubim on the walls symbolizing victory for the Jews once again. A third miraculous generation of Jews have returned to the Holy Land. Somehow, God is in His miraculous ways is going to reach their hearts. They will leave the secular Jews for the LORD Jesus Christ. They will build the Last Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in symbolism of victory over the gentiles. Victory over sin. Victory onto redemption.

 

Revelation 7:9-10

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
KJV
 

Ezekiel's Temple is the only Holy Jewish Temple in the Bible that will have a throne! It is where the LORD Jesus Christ will sit in victory over this sin filled world. The symbol of the date palm will again be displayed for all to see the wonders of the LORD.

Ezekiel 43:7

7 And he said unto me, Son of man, 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 for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
KJV
 

 

Tuesday - June 14, 2005

Holiday of Shavuot Ends Monday Night in Israel
13:19 Jun 12, '05 / 5 Sivan 5765
 

The Biblical holiday of Shavuot, celebrated for one day in Israel and two days elsewhere, begins Sunday night. It marks Israel's acceptance of the Torah at Mt. Sinai on this day 3, 317 years ago.

Shavuot is one of the three festivals on which Jews are commanded to "go up" to the Holy Temple, which stood on what is today the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

It is celebrated the day following the completion of the counting of the 49 days of the Omer period, which begins on the second day of Passover. This seven-week period marks the Jewish People's transition from slaves in Egypt to a nation worthy of receiving the Holy Torah. Many Jews commemorate the day by studying Torah all night, and synagogues and yeshivot all around the world hold special classes throughout the night.

In Jerusalem, there is a widespread custom of going to the Western Wall for the morning prayers, beginning shortly before 5 AM. Thousands of people mark the Shavuot prayers at the Wall with dancing and singing.

The theme-packed holiday also features the public reading of the Book of Ruth; the fulfillment of the Biblical commandment to bring one's first fruits to Jerusalem;