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Monday, November 19, 2007
Jeremiah 6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet….
Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O
Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make
mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
V:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise
in the earth.
Psalms
122:6 Pray for the peace of
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Rick Allinson
Temple Mount discovery leads to dispute in Jerusalem
Source: SFGate
19 November 2007 – Israeli archaeologists say that ancient remains from the era of Solomon's Temple were discovered last month for the first time on the holiest site for Judaism, reigniting a historical and political debate over an area that also is holy to Muslims.
While doing renovation at the famed Temple Mount, Israeli archaeologists discovered a sealed layer containing fragments of ceramic table vessels and animal bones. The items have been dated by Israeli scientists to the First Temple in the eighth century B.C. - roughly during the reign of the biblical King Hezekiah. The discovery includes fragments of bowl rims and bases, the base of a small jug used for ladling oil, the handle of a small jug and the rim of a storage jar. All are typical of Israelite vessels from that period, scientists say.
"These finds are important because it is the first time we have ever found a sealed archaeological level clearly dated to the First Temple period within the complex of the Temple Mount," said Jon Seligman, a senior archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority. The group plans to present its findings to scientists in a series of seminars.
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Meanwhile, the discovery has sparked anew the issue of who controls a site that is holy to Jews and Muslims.
Just this month, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman
threatened to withdraw his right-wing Israel Beiteinu Party from the
coalition government if the issue is even discussed at
U.S.-sponsored peace talks planned by the end of the year between
Israelis and Palestinians in Annapolis, Md.
Comments: Another important find at the Temple Mount just prior to the Annapolis summit and this one is dated back to the first Temple period. The Muslims would like to ignore or hide the fact that Israel has a much longer history on the Mount but historic evidence is clear that the Jews have been there for thousands of years, even back to the time of Hezekiah. I find it fascinating that these important discoveries are taking place just prior to the Annapolis summit and I don’t believe it is a coincidence at all. This find took place only last month and like the article mentions above, "These finds are important because it is the first time we have ever found a sealed archaeological level clearly dated to the First Temple period within the complex of the Temple Mount,"
The major stumbling block with the Palestinian and Israeli peace process is Jerusalem and the Temple Mount and now the facts are being presented as to who has a longer history on this historic a most contested piece of ground in the world. As I said, “I don’t believe it is a coincidence at all”, the timing is always perfect.
2Ki 18:1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2Ki 18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute which his father had paid, and "rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not," but entered into a league with Egypt (Isa. 30; 31; 36:6-9). This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:13-16), who took forty cities, and besieged Jerusalem with mounds. Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (18:14).
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