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Israel's Syrian Bombing Hit Nuclear Bombs
Source: Arutz
 

03 December 2007 – The reported daring Israeli air strike in northern Syrian in September targeted a factory that was making nuclear warheads with plutonium warheads supplied by North Korea, the Sunday Times of London reported. Previous reports indicated that that Syria was using the site to build a nuclear power plant, although initial reports mentioned the possibility of the assembly of nuclear warheads.

The Times quoted Professor Uzi Even of Tel Aviv University, who was one of the founders of the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona, "I suspect that it was a plant for processing plutonium, namely, a factory for assembling the bomb. I think the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] transferred to Syria weapons-grade plutonium in raw form, that is nuggets of easily transported metal in protective cans."

Israel has not commented on the reported aerial attack. Reports of North Korean assistance to Syria conflict with the Bush administration's diplomatic policies to appease the country.

 

Comments: Update; satellite photos of the Syrian site, taken before the Israeli strike on September 6, showed no sign of the cooling towers and chimneys characteristic of nuclear reactors. This would indicate that this site in question could have been a factory for assembling the bomb. Israel wouldn’t have taken such a risk if they didn’t believe there was a threat and an immediate danger from this facility. Israel knew that a bombing raid could have started an all out conflict but the cost of not taking out this facility would have been far greater. According to news reports, after the attack Syria buried and leveled the site under tons of soil suggested that hundreds of square yards were contaminated. We may never know for sure If Syria had a factory for building the bomb but the evidence does point in that direction.

I suppose the bottom line would be…how easy would it be for Iran to purchase this weapons grade plutonium from North Korea? If Syria has it, why wouldn’t Iran?

 

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Temple Institute Announces: High Priest's Crown is Ready!
Source: Arutz

 

03 December 2007 – The Temple Institute in Jerusalem announces the completion of the Tzitz, the High Priest's headplate - now ready for use in the Holy Temple.

The tzitz is made of pure gold, was fashioned over the course of a more than a year by the craftsmen of the Temple Institute, and is ready to be worn by the High Priest in the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

The words "Holy for G-d" are engraved on the headplate, in accordance with Exodus 28:36.  A short video clip presenting the tzitz can be viewed here.

Rabbi Chaim Richman, International Director of the Temple Institute, explained to Arutz-7 that until it can actually be used, the tzitz will be on view in the Institute's permanent exhibition display, together with other vessels and priestly garments fashioned for use in the Holy Temple by the Institute.  

Legal Aspects: Impurity and Hekdesh
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, Director of the Institute, explained some of the Halakhic [Jewish legal] aspects of the fashioning of the vessels for the Temple. "For one thing," he said, "they are made in impurity - for now we are impure, and will remain impure until we are able to have a Red Heifer whose ashes can be used in the Torah-prescribed purification ceremony.  If no Red Heifer is available, then the High Priest must even serve in the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur in a state of impurity."

Asked whether the fact that the vessels are dedicated for the Temple does not render them hekdesh (consecrated) and therefore forbidden for any other use, Rabbi Ariel explained, "There are two stages. First of all, we make it very clear to the donors and to the craftsmen that the ultimate purpose of these vessels is not to be used for exhibitions or the like, but rather for the fulfillment of Torah commandments in the Holy Temple.  They must know this in advance.  However, to gain the actual status of hekdesh, we similarly make it clear that this does not happen until the vessel is actually brought in to the Temple Mount for use in the Temple.  This means that someone can try on and measure the headplate, for example, without worrying that he is benefiting in any way from something that has been consecrated to the Temple."

Menorah Moves Closer to Temple Mount
Rabbi Richman noted that in less than two weeks from now, on Rosh Chodesh Tevet, the famous Menorah (candelabrum) - suitable for use in the Holy Temple, familiar to visitors to the Cardo section of the Old City of Jerusalem - will be relocated to the landing of the wide staircase that leads down from the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall.  It will be protected inside the same type of glass structure that now houses it.

The new tzitz is an improvement on one made several years ago, in that it has a backpiece, in accordance with some commentators and the account of Josephus.  In addition, it has a locking mechansim so that it will not slip off the Priest's head, and can be adjusted to fit heads of different sizes.  The old one will be preserved, of course as a "spare," in keeping with the Mishnaic account that several models of various vessels were kept in the Temple, in case the need arose to replace one.

Asked what project they're working on at present, Rabbi Richman said, "We have begun work on 120 sets of garments for 'regular' priests, not the High Priest.  This involves special thread from India, etc.  In addition, we have begun work on architectural blueprints for the Third Temple, including cost projection, modern supplies, electricity, plumbing, computers, etc."

 

Comments: More interesting news coming from the Temple Institute in Jerusalem and this time they have the High Priest's headplate - now ready for use in the Third Temple. Slowly but surly, everything that is needed for the rebuilding of this Temple is being put into place behind the scenes. The interesting part of this article says that they have begun work on the architectural blueprints for the Third Temple, including cost projection, modern supplies, electricity, plumbing, computers, etc." Out of all the end time events that I have been watching and waiting for, it is the rebuilding of the Third Temple in Jerusalem. There is no other event (except for the return of Jesus) that will stun the Christian world and display God’s awesome power and promise to the Jews. If the Temple Institute is working on the blueprints then this is one step closer to the day of rebuilding.

As far as I know there is no Red Heifer that is fit for the Temple cleansing at this time but that doesn’t mean there won’t be one provided once the Temple is in place. The Jews will use the Red Heifer as purification and cleansing for sin during the Tribulation period but as Christians we know that Jesus has already paid the price and shed his blood on the cross for our sin. Thousands of Jews will realize this during this Tribulation period. The sacrifices during the 70^th week of Daniel are part of the end time scenario on the Mount and the Red Heifer is part of these end time events. From 70AD there has been no flawless Red Heifer that has qualified to cleanse the sanctuary. We might see Red Heifer soon?

 

Why is the Third Temple so important to Christians prophetically?

When Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, his Disciples came and asked him, “Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Jesus replied with a specific point and that one of these signs would be… Mt 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

 

There needs to be a Third Temple to fulfill these scriptures (doz’s more). The exciting aspect is that the plans are in progress to start the rebuilding.

 

Da 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Da 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Da 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Nu 19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

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Keep watching (Matt 24:42)!

 

Until next time,

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