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• POVERTY AND RUINS IN YERUSHALAYIM
(YEAR 445 BC)
“Neh 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in the Shushan palace, 2 that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said unto me, the remnants that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of Heaven…”
TODAY
"Israel saw an improvement in their poverty rates; but still it stays behind compared to other Western countries, highlights a report published by the National Insurance Institute ... The study reveals that 1.6 million Israelis - half of them children - were living in poverty in 2013, on a total population of 8 million inhabitants. The report shows that while poverty levels in the country went down a few percentage points in 2013, there is more poverty and socioeconomic gaps are larger than in Western countries ... Poverty in ultra-Orthodox Jewish community worsened in 2013 among the unemployed declining from 66 percent in 2012 to 72.9 percent in 2013, partly due to cuts in social benefits for families by number of children”.(Source: http://www.aurora-israel.co.il/ -17/12/2014)
• THE REBELLION - YESTERDAY AND TODAY
YESTERDAY
Neh 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 11 O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king. ”
TODAY
"The Conservative Movement already has accepted the first openly gay rabbi in Israel, who this week took over as spiritual leader of the congregation of this stream of Judaism in his synagogue in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. Born in the UK, Mikie Goldstein completed his rabbinical studies recently at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and is been married for twenty years with an Israeli veteran diplomat who is now ambassador to Ivory Coast, reports the newspaper "Haaretz" "the ordination of gay rabbis has long been an issue that has divided the members of this stream of Judaism, and only two years ago in Israel’s Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, member of the movement, began accepting gay and lesbian students. The reformist, on the contrary, openly welcomes gay rabbis, while the Orthodox, who holds sway over issues of civil life in Israel, considers homosexuality an "abomination" (Jewish World, 08/09/2014 Source: http://www.aurora-israel.co.il)
• CHECKING THE WALL (KOTEL) AND LET’S START BUILDING
Neh 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem and, I was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
"In a television interview, broadcasted on television’s Channel 2, Netanyahu pointed out that Israel has the right to build in Jerusalem and that the building is a matter of principle. “We live in a Jewish state and Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The Western Wall (Kotel Hamaraví)) is not an occupied territory. We build in Jerusalem because it is our right. What U.N. says does not interest me," said the head of government.
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the U.S. by condemning the decision to build new homes in neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The project to build 2,500 new homes in a neighborhood of East Jerusalem was approved in recent days and was released around the same time that the head of the Jewish government and the US leader held their meeting.
Netanyahu denied that this were new settlements, arguing that this was a current neighborhood of Jerusalem. "I think we should know more precisely the facts before criticizing. They are not settlements. They are neighborhoods of Jerusalem; there have Arab neighborhoods and Jewish neighborhoods, "said Netanyahu was quoted by local media. Netanyahu, however, denied having spoken with Obama on this issue, noting that their conversation "was very general", without going into specific issues." (Source http://www.Israelenlinea.com October 2, 2014)
• THREATS OF THE ENEMIES
“Neh 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. 5And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord…
Neh 4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
TODAY
The spokeswoman for the US State Department, Jen Psaki said that, due to the plan of building 2600 new homes in a very controversial area of East Jerusalem, the nations of the world "will question the definitive Israel's commitment to a peaceful and negotiated solution" of the conflict with the Palestinians. According to the spokeswoman, this decision will result in the disapproval of the international community and will "alienate Israel, even his closest allies, poison the environment not only in relations with the Palestinians, but also with Arab governments, which Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to establish" relations with. (Source: http://www.aurora-israel.co.il 22/12/2012)
Hatnuá party leader Tzipi Livni said that unlike Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Naphtali Bennett, the world listens only to her... The leader of Avoda (Labor) Isaac Herzog, mated Livni, defending his decision to confront Kerry on the matter. Herzog told Israel Radio that Livni move was aimed at preventing anti-Israel U.N. resolutions, unlike the "weakness and lack of political responsibility" of Netanyahu. (Source: http://www.aurora-israel.co.il 21.12.2014)
• SHEMITTAH YEAR IN TIMES OF NEHEMYAHU
Neh.5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants and, some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
TODAY (2014-2015)
The President Reuven Rivlin, launched the "'Shemittah Project" aimed at using the values of traditional sabbatical practice to help poor families around the country. "We share a common responsibility towards the world, and especially towards the society in which we live," he said during the presentation. Rivlin opened the presentation ceremony, held yesterday in the House of Presidents in Jerusalem, before 150 guests, including Calderon, Professor Eugene Kandel; the head of the National Economic Council, Elhanan Glatt; the Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services, Knesset members, representatives of non-governmental organizations involved in the project, and representatives of the business and the public sector.
"During the last years of Shemittah, the debate focused primarily on the agricultural importance of the mitzvah (commandment) itself. The mitzvah around the "remission of debts, which is embodied in the sabbatical Bible command, was barely discussed in the public or religious debate" Rivlin said. He added that the important initiative regarding the restoration of the relevance of the 'Shemittah' principles in its economic and social aspects. These are the principles that Israeli society needs at all times, now, as in biblical times. (AJN - 30/06/2014)
This year 2014, is a sabbatical for the land and is called Shnat Hashmitah. Whatever the intentions of its inventors, the celebration brings quite a few conflicts in contemporary Israel, unable to undertake the precept absolutely. For observant Jews, farmers, shopkeepers and rabbis regulating dietary laws of kashrut, the Shemittah is a serious matter. Note that in our history the Shemittah
• THE OPPOSITION AND THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL, YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
YESTERDAY:
Ezra Chapter 4
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto the LORD, the God of Israel; 2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.'3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them: 'Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.'4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and harried them while they were building, 5 and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35a04.htm)
Zechariah Chapter 9
6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth, and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chief in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 8 And I will encamp about My house against the army that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them anymore; for now have I seen with Mine eyes. 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt2306.htm)
Nehemiah Chapter 4
11 They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, everyone with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon; 12 and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the horn was by me. 13 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another; 14 in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.' (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b04.htm)
TODAY :
THE ENEMY WITHIN
"JERUSALEM, Israel (EFE) .- The Israeli opposition parties criticized today Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for the Palestinian diplomatic achievement in the UN, which has recognized Palestine as an observer state, not a member, with 138 votes in favor, 9 against and 41 abstentions.
The president of the Labour Party, Shelly Yajimovich blamed Netanyahu and his foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, for the Israeli defeat within the UN, which considered it a direct result of the stalled peace talks, as informed by the digital version of the newspaper Yediot Aharonot (Latest News). Yajimovich said the two leaders have embarrassed Israel in the international arena and, at the same time, have given away the Palestinians a historic victory in a designated date for the Jewish state, the 65th anniversary of UN resolution approving its creation.
Zahava Gal was tougher On, chairwoman of the peace party Meretz, who said after the results that the international community "has given Netanyahu a slap in the face" .gal On welcomed the decision of the General Assembly of the UN and felt that the message of the international community is that it is time for Israel to become a true partner for peace”. ( Source: LA PRENSA, Mundo, 25/12/14)
THE UNITED NATIONS (UN):
By October 30, 2014, when the Swedish government recognized the "State of Palestine", the Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said the decision "shows the way" to other European governments ... by September 30, French President François Hollande, had said "France will soon recognize a Palestinian state." French Socialist representatives are working on a text along those lines. And, on October 13, the British Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of an official recognition of "Palestine", even if the vote was not binding ... on November 18, the Spanish parliament did the same - on the same day that it was held a murderous terror attack against Israeli civilians, praying in a synagogue in Jerusalem. In December 2009, the Council of the European Union endorsed a document, adopting an article stating that the "State of Palestine" should be "officially recognized" by the EU and its members "as soon as conditions are met." The document emphasizes that the borders of the new state ought to be "pre-1967 borders" and that its capital "must be Jerusalem." (Source: Aurora Digital, 27/11/2014 Guy Millière*)
ISSUES AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTIONS – BUILDINGS
YESTERDAY:
Ezra Chapter 4
17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the commander, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the River: 'Peace, and now ….21 Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me. 22 And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?' (Source: Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35a04.htm)
TODAY:
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to stop construction in East Jerusalem... USA demands that Israel halt all construction not only in occupied Jerusalem but including already established Jewish neighborhoods, such as French Hill and Ramat Shlomo, according to quoted Israeli officials in Jerusalem, as the newspaper said. (Thursday, February 6, 2014)
OVER THREE THOUSAND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS
whipped the unconditional and consistent political support to the government of Israel offered by the United States and Europe, pointed out today British newspaper The Guardian. The group of intellectuals, who include French philosopher Bernard Henri Lévy and the leader of the Green Party in Parliament, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, deplores Israeli settlement policy and they deem dangerous the support to Tel-Aviv.
• YESTERDAY: PARTNERSHIPS AND TREASON AGAINST NEHEMYAHU
Nehemiah Chapter 6
1 Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein--though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates-- 2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying: 'Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.' But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?' 4 And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 wherein was written: 'It is reported among the nations, and Geshem saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou buildest the wall; and thou wouldest be their king, even according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim of thee at Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.' 8 Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.' 9 For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.' But now, strengthen Thou my hands. 10 And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said: 'Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.' 11 And I said: 'Should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being such as I, could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.' 12 And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might taunt me 14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have me put in fear. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b06.htm)
TODAY: PARTNERSHIPS AND TREASON AGAINST NETANYAHU
"ISAAC HERZOG emphasized that he is committed to a two-state solution, stating that "it is quite possible to make peace with the Palestinians", indicating that he maintains a fair dialogue with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and believes he can “reach an agreement with him."
"I'm going to create a coalition and guide Israel into a new direction; all political parties are potential partners in my coalition, from leftist Meretz up to the rightist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as long as they accept my parameters". "My settlement policy is based upon the famous parameters [President Clinton’s], referring to guidelines presented by former US president, called to establish a state in 95 percent of the West Bank, 100 percent of Gaza, the annexation of Israel of the settlement blocs and, the division of Jerusalem as the capital of two states.” (Aurora Digital -(Digital Dawn)-, Dic 5 -2014)
"On the controversial bill of "Nationality" or the "Jewish State", Herzog stated that: "… in Israel, all citizens should be deemed equal. The way how the majority treats the minority is essential for a country".
MOSHE KAHLON: "We will not misspend the opportunity to achieve peace and we will not hesitate to give up territory," he said, when describing himself as "centered, rather shifted to the right, as former Likud". The nationality bill has many defects that may increase hostility toward Jews and engender hostility in those who were not against us before. The law, if adopted any of the projects, would destroy the balance that created the Declaration of Independence, by turning the members of minorities onto second-class citizens and, would turn religious law a legally binding preferred source, not only in cases of legislative loopholes, further degrading the status of minorities. In short, it would be a retrograded law, contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and Israeli law on human rights, as well as discriminatory against international obligations already acquired with other countries by treaties duly ratified by the authorities.
MEMBERS OF THE LABOR PARTY AND THE PACIFIST MERETZ: Hundreds of Israelis protested in front the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night, against a controversial law that seeks to define Israel as a "Jewish state" above its present character of "democratic ". The rally was considered to be the largest in recent years at the residence of the head of the Israeli government. There participated members of the Labour Party and the pacifist party Meretz and representatives of the organization “Shalom Ajshav” (Peace Now).
YOSI SARID: On his side, former education minister and former leader of the left-wing Meretz, Yossi Sarid said that "Netanyahu said that Israel is for the Jews, and we are here to correct that mistake. This is a country for all its citizens Jews and Arabs. Nobody is here the owner of the property".
EREL MARGALIT: The deputy of the Labor Party, fended off criticism thrown by Netanyahu himself against left-wing parties asserting: "We have evacuation and construction plans... We are here to throw you away, soon off the tabernacle of Prime Minister… We're here to evict you and your nationalist friends ".
TZIPI LIVNI: This election is not about the 0% VAT, but whether we will have a Zionist state or an extremist state (...) these elections are facing the Zionist team with dangerous extremist elements (...) we must prevent [them] to take control of the State of Israel and destroy it.
(Source: Emol.com - http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/2014/11/30/692364/numerosa-manifestacion-contra-ley-para-declarar-israel-como-estado-judio.html)
• YESTERDAY: THE PLOT AGAINST NEHEMYAHU
Nehemiah Chapter 6
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife. 19 Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b06.htm)
• TODAY: THE PLOT AGAINST NETANYAHU
AN IRREGULARITY MAY LEAVE NETHANYAHU OUT OF THE ELECTIONS: The Comptroller's Office summoned the Likud party leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to answer for alleged misuse of resources and training personnel for his own advantage. According to the newspaper Haaretz (The Country), the claim of the Comptroller, Shay Galli, would separate Netanyahu from the primary elections of the political group and would prevent him to submit to the legislative elections scheduled for next March.
"Netanyahu is suspected of violating party rules by making use of meetinghouse Metzudat Zeev (The Wolf Castle), Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, to promote his aspirations to lead the party. The speech he gave there to promote his candidacy, was uploaded to the web of training, which is also owned the party", explains the newspaper.
A spokesman for Netanyahu described as "strange and afar from reality" the requirement of the Comptroller and, it seems "motivated by political agencies". “The prime minister acted in accordance with the law and regulations of the law and the party, and is committed to continue to do so. This includes the primary (elections) and anything else. The letter will have the appropriate legal response”, said the spokesman.
• YERUSHALAYIM DEFENSE PLAN
YESTERDAY:
Nehemiah Chapter 7
1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them: 'Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them; and let watches be appointed of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.' 4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b07.htm)
TODAY:
"Since Israel launched the military operation "Margin Protector" against Palestinian militants in Gaza on July 8, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has counted more than 2,000 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. This rain of rockets, fired by Islamist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have left so far three dead civilians (two Israelis and a Thai immigrant worker) "(Jonathan Marcus BBC_04 / 08/14)
"While we are attacked worldwide, world Jewry, has also organized rallies for Israel and has shown support and unprecedented solidarity through the offices of the Jewish National Fund," said President of KKL, Efi Golland. 160 shelters were deployed in the streets of Gaza’s vicinity communities with the purpose of providing the now besieged for weeks residents in their homes, giving them more opportunities abroad, freely." (Source: Digital Aurora 08/03/2014)
WARNINGS OF THE RABBIS: Kerry received yesterday the attack of the rabbis of the Committee to Save the Land and People of Israel. "His tireless efforts to expropriate integral parts of our Holy Land and deliver them to the terrorist group of (Palestinian President) Mahmoud Abbas, are equivalent to a declaration of war against the Creator and Ruler of the universe", the rabbis warned in a letter. "By the power of our Holy Torah, we urge you to immediately cease the attempts to achieve these disastrous agreements, to avoid a severe divine punishment", added the rabbis. (Source: The International Journal, Thursday, February 6, 2014)
• NATIONAL LAW IN THE TIME OF NEHEMYAHU
Nehemiah Chapter 13
1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever; 2 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture. (Source: Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b13.htm)
TODAY:
The approval of the Cabinet, ten days ago, of the bill for a "Jewish Nation State", with 14 votes in favor and six against, including amongst the latter the ones of Lapid and moderate Livni may anticipate an electoral advance. Not only this right-wing Netanyahu drift earned him harsh criticism of the Attorney General, the President Reuven Rivlin (Likud, as Netanyahu), and the European Union and the US, but their moderate partners in government were quick to launch a media campaign to prevent a law which, in their opinion, which moves Israel away from other democracies. After expelling off the government coalition the Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid -There is a future), and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua - The Movement), which he accused of "attacking" his Executive and "intend a coup d'état" ..."I will not [...] tolerate ministers attacking from within the government, the government policies and its leader", Netanyahu said Tuesday. (Source: EL PAIS International 02/12/2014)
• YESTERDAY: NEHEMYAHU DISMISSES THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
Nehemiah Chapter 13
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,… … 7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God… … 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said: 'Why is the house of God forsaken?' And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b13.htm)
TODAY:
Netanyahu fired both, the Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), and the Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua), whom he accused of "attacking" its Executive and to "give a coup d'état". The early elections after 22 months term, preserves a tradition never broken since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, that no executive of the government has ever finished his term (Source: Hatzad Hasheni, November 24, 2014).
• THE FEASTS IN TIMES OF NEHEMYAHU
Nehemiah Chapter 13
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of corn, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; and I forewarned them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them: 'What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.' … … 30 Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
FEAST DAYS AND THE NATIONAL LAW TODAY
12. Permanent holidays of Israel are Sabbaths and the Feasts of Israel, where workers will not be hired, but according to the conditions provided by law; minorities recognized by law may establish holy days according to their feasts.
HEBREW LAW
- 13. a) The Hebrew (Jewish) law will serve as a source of inspiration for legislators and for the judges in Israel.
- b) When treating the Court of Justice over a legal question that requires definition and cannot find an answer in a law, jurisprudence or by clear inference, it will be decided in the light of freedom, justice, equality and the peace of Israel's heritage. "(Source: Hatzad Hasheni, November 24, 2014)
• YESTERDAY: PROPHECY ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND (Ha Eretz)
Yirmehiahu Chapter 32
6 And Jeremiah said: 'The word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 7 Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying: Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.' 8 So Hanamel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me: 'Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 9 And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. 11 So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;…
42 For thus saith the LORD: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say: It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the Lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.’ (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1132.htm)
TODAY: PROPHECY FULFILLED; ISRAELIS BUYING LAND (Ha Eretz)
In 1590 a "simple English visitor" to Jerusalem wrote: There is nothing interesting there except for part of the old walls that remain; all of the rest is bushes, thorns and thistles.
In 1844, in "From Jaffa to Jerusalem", William Thackeray wrote: our feet felt on the dry bed of an ancient torrent, whose waters must have been abundant in the past, as much as the tenacious and turbulent race who once inhabited these savage mountains. There must have been some kind of crops about two thousand years ago… ... Now the neighborhood is quite deserted, and it runs by among what appear to have been many petrified waterfalls. We saw no animals in that rocky landscape; barely a dozen small birds during the tour. The area was depopulated and remained economically dead until the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers in the 1880s, those who came to rebuild the Jewish land. The country has remained as "The Holy Land" in the religious and historic consciousness of mankind, which relates it to the Bible and the Jewish history. The country's development produced by Jews has also attracted large numbers of other immigrants, Jews and Arabs. The route from Gaza to the north was only used in the summer and it was fit only for camels and tumbrils ... Houses were all made of mud. No windows were seen ... The plows used were made of wood ... Crop yields were very poor ... Sanitary conditions in the village [Yabna] were horrible ... Schools did not exist ... The rate of infant mortality was quite high ... the western part, toward the sea, was practically a desert ... the villages in this area were few and scarcely populated. There were many ruins of villages scattered in the area, because, due to the spread of malaria, many villages were deserted by their inhabitants. Jewish life had not been interrupted, however, in Jerusalem, by late nineteenth century when Herzl and others began the Zionist project. But that place was originally a wasteland, which had remained uninhabited for centuries. The Zionists, they bought the land. They acquired property inch by inch, farm by farm, house by house; that, lies at the heart of the Zionist enterprise until 1948. The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 to buy land in Palestine "To help the foundation of a new Jewish community of free Jews, dedicated to an active and peaceful industry"- the fund was the key institution and not the Haganah [clandestine defense organization founded in 1920]. Zionists also focused on the rehabilitation of what was barren, and considered unusable. They not only made the desert bloom, but drained the swamps, cleaned the water channels, recovered the moors, afforested the bare hills forests, cleared away the salt and rocks to clean the soil. This recovery and sanitation rapidly reduced the number of deaths from diseases "(Source: Publication No. 51 “The Liberal Enlightenment”, Spanish American Magazine 12 August 2011 - 12 Av 5771 By Israel.).
There are any more events in Nehemyahu’s times, that could be kept accounted for, that keep on showing similarities to the Netanyahu's government, just as with related events since the restoration of the State of Israel, so it is appropriate to ask ourselves:
WHAT COULD WE WAIT FOR IN THESE TIMES,
WHEN WE ARE CLOSE TO THE SEVENTY (70) YEARS OF THE RETURN OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL (2017) TO ITS RIGHTFUL DWELLING, IN REGARD WITH THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NEHEMYAHU'S TIME AND NETANYAHU’S?
It was revealed to Daniel a prophecy given to Yirmayahu. That, was the conclusion of the desolation of Jerusalem in seventy (70) years, events that Daniel summarizes in four (4) verses (Cap.9: 24 to 27). Today when many of these 'weeks' have passed, we can know (if God allows us to see it) which ones have fulfilled the prophecy, examining in particular the Book of Jeremiah.
REVELATION TO DANIEL AND THE PROPHESY TO YIRMAYAHU
Daniel Chapter 9:24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place. 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times. 26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and be no more; and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; but his end shall be with a flood; and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment.'
WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO WITNESS FROM NEHEMYAHU'S TIME AND FROM WHAT HAS BEEN REVEALED TO DANIEL, IN THE 70TH YEAR OF NEW ISRAEL?
- IT WILL SIGN A PACT WITH MANY, FOR ONE WEEK
- IT WILL SIGN AND SEAL A NEW COVENANT
- IT WILL CUT AN ANOINTED ONE WITHOUT DESCENT
Verse 24 of Daniel describes the end will come after the succession of the events "decree*" of the seventy weeks (three periods) - (* timeout for those who do not make part of the people of Israel and the holy city, as predicted in Job 7:10 "He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore."). The people of Israel, is defined (for believers in Yeshua) as the conformation of those born again from the Spirit of The Holy, this change of nature (name) received by Yacob in the encounter with the Angel of the Lord.
1. IT WILL SIGN A PACT WITH MANY, FOR ONE WEEK
The Declaration of Independence of May 14, 1948 the State of Israel, whose content defines commitments to the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, can be interpreted as the fulfillment of that sentence: "IT WILL SIGN A PACT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK"; especially when it is noted that in the verge of the 70 years of its manifestation this organization makes decisions pleasing to the enemies of Israel, with the acquiescence of those who claim to be its friends, denying agreements such as: the recognition of the right of the Jewish people to settle in their state, given in fact by the United Nations, which is irrevocable.
The right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all nations, in their own sovereign State.
This Covenant, far away from a commitment to the Lord as it was in the times of Moses, Joshua and Nehemiah (Ezra) hosts prohibitions given in Torah, as it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants, regardless of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture, it will protect the holy places of all religions and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations (The New Babel).
2. IT WILL SIGN AND SEAL A NEW COVENANT
This is understanding that the Declaration of Independence of Israel, is a different act of the SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF A NEW COVENANT WITH THE CREATOR, which will be made by the Israelites and intends to comply with what has been announced in Daniel 9:24, and Yirimayahu 31: 31 to 37; and 33: 6 to 9 as YHWH Himself announces, so that we pray for and bless the people of Israel.
Jeremiah Chapter 31:
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,[a] says the Lord. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” 35 Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): 36 “If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the Lord, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.” 37 Thus says the Lord: “If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done”, says the Lord.
AND TO THE CITY:
Jeremiah Chapter 33:
6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first. 8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. 9 Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’
3. IT WILL CUT AN ANOINTED ONE WITHOUT DESCENT
Despite the contradictions, ignorance and disbelief of many about YHWH's promise: "David shall never lack a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel" this prophecy of Daniel and Yirmaniahu 33:15 to 22, was fulfilled for believers in Yeshua (Jesus), whom after He was cut (crucified), (just like David, whom at the end of the war with the tribes of Israel (he rejected) to be recognized as their King) Yeshua also in his second coming (after rejection) will take the kingdom as redeemed by the price of His blood, as in his first coming in the courtyard of the Temple guard, as the legitimate heir of David from hands of Pilatus himself in the same site where Yirimaniahu redeemed their inheritance (32:6 to 16).
The Anointed that was cut , prophesied by Isaiah 53: 1 'Who would have believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had neither form nor comeliness, which we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him. 3 He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his stripes we were healed…. 12 ….because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Source: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1053.htm)
Therefore Rabbis, People of Israel, Pastors and believers, the purpose of these notes is to show that we must reflect on these times and we must blow the Shofar to all nations upon the Earth, when we are on the verge to witness:
- SEAL VISION AND PROPHESY
- ANOINT THE MOST SACRED PLACE
- THE RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE
- CELEBRATE A SUKKOT FEAST IN THE TEMPLE ATRIUM
- THE COMING OF AN ANOINTED ONE
- THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SANCTUARY AND THE CITY
- ITS END WITH FLOOD UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR
- FOR HALF A WEEK IT WILL CEASE SACRIFICE AND VEGETABLE OFFERING
- THE DESTROYER WILL COME UPON THE WING OF ABOMINATION
- THE WRATH OF THE PROVISIONED EXTERMINATION WILL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE PEOPLE
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