4 posts tagged “six day war”
Islam cries for respect in their simultaneous superiority complex over everything combined with a victimhood attitude. And yet I read of Mohammedan atrocities at Christian and Jewish Holy sites constantly. The location I hear the most is the Temple Mount, a place of constant conquest and desecration ever since the Presence of God entered Solomon’s Temple.
The Jewish desecration came in forsaking the proper respect of God’s Presence in the Temple and thus they lost it to Babylon.
The Persians allowed the return of Jews to their God ordained land in which Zerubbabel’s Temple was built and later embellished upon by Herod.
I believe a combination of worldliness by the Temple Priest elites and the rejection of Christ as the Messiah led to the second destruction and desecration of the Temple about 70 AD.
When Christianity became the State Religion of the Roman Empire, the Temple area became the site of Christian Churches. Certainly the Jews felt this was another desecration.
Byzantine (East Roman) Emperor Justinian built the Church of St. Mary (dedicated to the Virgin Mary) on the Temple Mount about 560 AD.
Non-Mohammedan Persians (Iranians) and the Byzantine Empire apparently switched control of Jerusalem back and forth for awhile however the entire time this was happening Jerusalem was a Christian city with Jewish population.
Mohammedan-Arab Caliph Omar conquered Jerusalem from the Byzantine Empire in 638 AD, six years after pseudo-Prophet Mohammed died. Caliph Abd El Malik built the Dome of the Rock around 691 to 692 AD. Malik’s son Abd El-Wahd transformed the Church of St. Mary built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian into Al-Aksa Mosque around 705 to 715 adding Mohammedan features to the Byzantine Church.
The Crusaders re-took Jerusalem from the Mohammedans in 1099. The Crusaders turned the Dome of the Rock into a Church and called it the “Temple of our Lord” or “Templum Domini.” The Church built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian that was converted into Al-Aksa Mosque became the headquarters of the Knights Templars.
The Mohammedan Saladin then vanquished the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187 and again Mohammedanized the Temple Mount re-establishing the two Mosques.
The Mohammedan Saladin then vanquished the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187 and again Mohammedanized the Temple Mount re-establishing the two Mosques.
From 1187 until 1967 the Temple Mount was managed by Mohammedan control. When a massive invasion of Israel occurred in 1967 by Egypt, Syria and Jordan (primarily), the Arabs decisively lost and Israel regained much of the land of their heritage from the invading nations. Most importantly Israel united the City of David – Jerusalem – under Israeli sovereignty which includes the Temple Mount.
One of the greatest mistakes of the Israeli government was to allow the duality of Mohammedan management and Israeli sovereignty of the Temple Mount.
Here is the reason for the huge error of allowing Mohammedans to manage the control of the Temple Mount: Mohammedan outrageous intolerant superiority complex is driving the Waqf to destroy archeological evidence of the dominant years of Jewish control of Mt Moriah** on which the Temple of God was built. In terms of years Mohammedan control has been less. Their conquering Caliphs built Mosques in the area merely to have something physical to match their erroneous Scriptures in the Quran and the Haditha about Mohammed taking a trip to Heaven on a winged horse.
And to confirm the misplaced gesture of peace by Moshe Dayan, Ehud Olmert is preparing to give up all of the 1967 victories in order that a sovereign Palestinian State will exist peacefully next to Israel. I am guessing Olmert is not a great student of history.
**Editor Note: This link is an evolving link. You can reference the link by reading the Temple Institute information I posted at the the end of this article at SlantRight.com. OR for reference purposes you may wish to check the archives of TempleInstitute.org.
There is the clandestine appearance that Prime Minister Olmert is preparing to sellout Judaism by giving up the holiest jewel to Mohammedan sovereignty – Temple Mount.
You will read that Israel currently has sovereignty over the Temple Mount but has allowed a Mohammedan entity known as the Waqf to control the Temple Mount. Israel regained the entirety of Jerusalem including the Temple Mount after defeating a combined Mohammedan attack in 1967. Israel’s victory over foreign aggression meant the spoils of war were the West Bank from Jordan (which included all of Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria. Victory meant the regaining of the Holiest of Holies – the location of the Jewish Temple.
For some reason which I will never understand, Israel failed to secure control of the Temple Mount and agreed to have the Waqf manage the area. The Waqf manages two Mosques built on the ruins of the Temple Mount: Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Both are declared the third holiest site due the Mohammedan traditional faith that the maniac Mohammed ascended to Heaven on a white winged horse from the location.
I say tradition because the event is not recorded in the Mohammedan’s holy book known as the Quran. It was a myth fabricated later as part of the Dar al-Islam concept of Mohammedanism; viz. that all land acquired by Mohammedan conquest and forced to accept Mohammedanism as their religion, then the land is considered Mohammedan forever. A Caliph in the 700’s AD reinforced Dar al-Islam by building a Mosque perpetuating the myth that Mohammed took off to Heaven there.
The Israeli government mistake was not taking total control of the Temple Mount after the victory before World opinion took hold favoring the Mohammedans. I am convinced it would take some kind of military victory over Mohammedan aggression to regain control to the Temple Mount to overcome Appeasement minded world opinion in the West. Naturally global Mohammedan opinion would never be changed.
I am going through all this because it is rumored that Prime Minister Olmert is preparing to deliver sovereignty to the Temple Mount and half of Jerusalem to Palestinian-Arabs presuming the Mohammedans will keep promises to allow Jewish access to the Temple Mount.
If the rumors pan out, Olmert is insane. Mohammedans in the Middle East have not kept ONE PROMISE, especially the PALESTINIAN Terrorist organizations that have governed autonomously the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Land for Peace concept will end up either in the destruction of Israel and another Jewish holocaust or the USA will be forced to militarily deliver Israel from the dementia of Mohammedan lies.
It is interesting that Hamas the scourge to peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis made an attempt to take control of the Temple Mount. The Temple Mount is currently managed by the Jordanian Waqf. I am guessing Israel has allowed this to continue because Jordan and Israel have official recognition of each other, thus Jordanian management of the two Mosques on the Temple Mount deals with International geopolitics as it affects Mohammedans.
How would Israel react if Hamas had successfully booted the Jordanian Waqf out of the Temple Mount? Certainly it would not be an action that could be tolerated. Hamas still maintains its purpose for existence is to terminate Israel’s existence.
Israel would have to attack a Temple Mount controlled by Hamas. You know what that would mean, right? It would mean International outrage from Mohammedans and Western Appeasing/Leftists. I suspect even the Bush Administration would sell out Israel and call the scenario an outrage.
But guess what, an Israeli extrication of Hamas would mean Jewish control of the entire Temple Mount for the first time since 70 AD. If Israeli friends in America could force the Bush Administration to relent and support such an action it would be as momentous as when Israel re-took all of Jerusalem in 1967 after Arab aggression against Israel.
Alas it is all a whimsical dream. Israel’s version of a Security Agency – Shin Bet – foiled the Hamas attempt to control the Temple Mount.
The Six Day War between Israel and hate filled Arab nations in 1967 culminated with a Jewish victory after being attacked. The important outcome of the victory was that Jerusalem was no longer a divided city; Israel had won the City of David from hateful Mohammedans.
It has always been a wonder to me as to why Israel did not immediately control the land Al-Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock were located. Those blaspheming pieces of architecture were built smack dab on the location of the holiest site to the Jewish people – the Holy Temple first built by Solomon, rebuilt by Zerubbabel and beautified by Herod.
If Israel had immediately taken control of the management of the Temple Mount at worst there would be no difference in hostilities today and at best the beginning of yet another restored Jewish Temple. Now it would be difficult to impossible to establish management of the Temple Mount. The Arabs have convinced the West that those Mosques are in the realm of Mohammedan holiness as Mecca and Medina. Israel would have to deal with the public outrage of Western Lefties and Mohammedan faithful.
The only way that Israel could fully control the Temple Mount today is if yet another invasion by the surrounding Arab and Mohammedan nations transpire to once again obliterate Israel. Then I hope (pending an Israeli victory) someone in the Israeli government will do something to satisfy the heritage of observant Jews and expectant Christians.
One last thing: It boggles my mind that Western nations that are the cradle of Christianity do not recognize the city of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capitol city. Not even the United States of America maintains their Ambassador in Jerusalem. This is a cruel snub in the face of constant Arabic and Mohammedan attacks through the years.
I pray that peace be upon the City of Jerusalem and Capitol of the returning King Jesus (Father I pray in Jesus' Name). Yeah I know, the “King Jesus” part is not exactly the same Jewish expectation, yet the Temple Mount under Jewish control is a united Evangelical Christian and Observant Jewish goal.
JRH
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To the Honourable Uri Lupolianski, Mayor of Jerusalem
Malcolm Hedding
Executive Director
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
Tue, 15 May 2007
We heartily join in celebrating with you and the Jewish people the reuniting of your beloved city of Jerusalem forty years ago, the most remarkable of the many 'miracles' of the Six-Day War. This was nothing short of a biblical milestone, as the Hebrew prophets had promised that one day the Almighty would return the Jewish people to the heart of Jerusalem and would comfort you here.
Yet Jerusalem remains a "burdensome stone" among the nations, as borne out by the decision of much of the international community to boycott this year's Jerusalem Day observances. It was during a similar time of diplomatic isolation in 1980, when the last remaining national embassies departed from this city, that the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem was established as an act of solidarity and comfort with the Jewish people in your ancient claim and deep spiritual connection to this city.
Today, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem represents millions of Christians worldwide who share a love and concern for Israel based on enduring biblical principles and promises.
The Jewish restoration to Jerusalem in modern times is one of the clearest cases of historic justice ever, whereby a people longing to return to a land and a holy city from which they were violently uprooted millennia ago finally realised that sustaining dream. Yet due to Arab pressures and threats, the Jewish return to Jerusalem has been perversely turned into an immoral act. This we cannot condone!
The momentous events of June 1967 demonstrated once more that God is indeed sovereign over human history, as is declared in the second Psalm, which also affirms a glorious future for Jerusalem. We are determined to stand by your side and see you through to that time when all nations shall flow together unto Zion (Micah 4:1-2).
May we all see the good of Jerusalem in our day!
The True Peace of Jerusalem
John R. Houk
© May 15, 2007
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The ICEJ stands at the forefront of a growing mainstream movement of Christians worldwide that supports Israel based on Biblical principles and promises.
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**The letter by Malcolm Hedding was distributed via an email from media@icej.org)
