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Tens of thousands of Israeli Jews gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday to mark ‘Tisha B'Av’ (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of ‘Av’) and publicly mourn the destruction of Israel's two temples. Millions more Jews from Israel and around the world joined in by reciting prayers of lamentation.
Rabbi Chaim Richman, director of the ‘Temple Institute of Jerusalem’, said that the time has come to stop mourning and to turn ‘Tisha B'Av’ into a day of yearning and anticipatory prayer, especially in light of the rebirth of the State of Israel; and to use ‘Tisha B’Av’ as a day of inspiration and motivation to rebuild the third temple.
Rabbi Richman noted that, while at least half of all Israelis want the temple to be rebuilt, there are others who insist that the time has not yet come to rebuild the temple and that the temple is a thing of the past. However, he concluded that “the building of the holy temple is a process that has begun and is now unstoppable”
To mark the day of ‘Tisha B’Av’, the Knesset TV Channel conducted a survey asking Israelis if they desire the building of a third temple. 49 percent said they do. Only 23 percent said they do not want a third temple.
However, 48 percent said they don't think the State of Israel should take active steps to reclaim control of the Temple Mount and build a third temple there. Israelis across the board fear the hostile and violent international and Muslim reaction that such a move would certainly evoke.
The Muslim authorities that today control the Temple Mount play off those fears, and Jews are rarely allowed to visit the site. Jews and Christians alike are forbidden to utter prayers or carry Bibles atop the Temple Mount.
So, will the third temple ever be rebuilt?
This is a question that is often asked of me.
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THE DELEGITIMIZATION OF ISRAEL Part 1...Download the teaching notes More information for THE DELEGITIMIZATION OF ISRAEL - The Land (Part 2)
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According to the ‘Talmud’, the destruction of the Second Temple began on the ninth and was finally consumed by the flames the next day on the Tenth of Av.
On a visit to Israel, my wife and I were in Jerusalem on ‘Tisha B’Av’. We were in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem near the Dung Gate (which is the entrance to the Wailing Wall) and we observed hundreds of Jews hurriedly walking to the Wailing Wall to begin ‘Tisha B’Av’. As we think of all the calamities which have befallen the Jewish people over the years during this period of ‘Tisha B’Av’; as our hearts cry out with their hearts over all the atrocities that have befallen the Jewish people throughout the ages, let us continue to pray and trust for their salvation. Let us pray that G-D removes the veil that He has sovereignly placed over the hearts and minds of the Jewish people concerning the Messiahship of Yeshua. Let us pray that G-D will thrust out workers into the Jewish harvest field. My brothers and sisters of the flesh need to hear about their Jewish Messiah, Yeshua so that, they too, can have the chance of salvation, the forgiveness of sin and eternal life in heaven. We, at Emet Ministries, stand with Jewish people all over the world during this time of ‘Tisha B’Av’ as our hearts cry out with their hearts over all the calamities which have befallen the Jewish people over the years during this period of ‘Tisha B’Av’, as well as over all the atrocities that have befallen the Jewish people throughout the ages. My prayer for my brothers and sisters of the flesh is that, at this set time, the comfort of ‘Hashem’ be upon you and that the grace, favour, mercy and protection of Almighty G-D be upon Israel and upon all Jewish people throughout the world. |
Photo Gallery:Odessa, Ukraine 2010 |
Passover 2010 at Gateway church, USA images |
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The nations conspire...the kings of the earth take their stand...against the Lord... (Psalm 2:1-2)

Left to right: Obama, Solana (EU), Ban Ki-moon (UN), Ahmadinejad (Iran), Netanyahu and God
Sermon notes
Shabbat Services
FULFILLING G-D’S WILL
Genesis 12:1-4: “Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.”
1) G-D HAS A WILL IN HEAVEN THAT HE WANTS FULFILLED ON EARTH
- The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-10 says: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
2) G-D HAS AN EXPECTATION OF US TO OBEY HIS WILL
- We see this in Deuteronomy 27:9-10: “Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, "Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God”
The example of Abraham
- Abraham always obeyed G-D without hesitation - We see this in Genesis 12:1-4; Abraham obeyed G-D even though his future was uncertain
- Hebrews 11:8-9: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country”
| And that the remission of sins should be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem...Luke 24:47 | For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek...Rom 1:16 | For by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God, not of works, least anyone should boast... Eph 2:8-9 |
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The title of the teaching will be: THE UNIQUENESS OF ISRAEL – THE PEOPLE
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At sunset on the 19th July 2010 Jews all over the world begin the annual 24 hour fast of ‘Tisha B’Av’ (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of ‘Av’).
I realized that there was nothing they could do to please G-D except receive the gift of salvation offered through Yeshua. I also realized that this would not happen unless someone would inform them that Yeshua is the ‘Mashiach’ (Messiah) they were waiting for. This is G-D’S mandate for the church, and this is the mandate of Emet Ministries.



