"How odd of God to choose the Jews, 

but not so odd as those who choose a 

Jewish God yet spurn the Jews."

Toplady, Works, Vol. iii, p. 470

"I am one of those old-fashioned people who believe the doctrine of the Millennium; and that there will be two distinct resurrections of the dead, first, of the just, secondly, of the unjust; which last resurrection of the reprobate will not commence til a thousand years after the resurrection of the elect.  In this glorious interval of one thousand years, Christ, I apprehend, will reign, in Person, over the kingdom of the just." --- Augustus Toplady

Ezekiel's Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones

Israel - The Time of Her Favour

Tehillim (Psalms) 102: 13-22

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:
     for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
     and favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathern shall fear the name of Yahweh,
     and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When Yahweh shall build up Zion,
     he shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
     and not despise their prayer.

18 This shall be written for the generation to come;
     and the people which shall be created shall praise Yah.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
     from heaven did Yahweh behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner;
     to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of Yahweh in Zion,
     and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together,
     and the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

The 3rd Temple

REVELATION 11:1-2
"1  And there was given me a reed like unto a rod; and the angel stood, 
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of god, and the altar, and them that 
worship therein.  2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, 

and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles ..."  

In the March/April 1983 issue of the Biblical Archeology Review, pages 40-58, Dr. Asher Kaufman, in his article "Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood; Extant 'Foundation Stone' for the Ark of the Covenant Is Identified" proving that the 1st and 2nd Temple sat exactly in line with the Golden Gate (The Eastern Gate).


The following is a diagram of the 1st and 2nd Temples superimposed on the Temple Mount platform, page 57 of Kaufman's article.  This reveals a straight line that ran from the Golden Gate on the east, directly to the "Dome of the Tablets" which now sits northwest of the Dome of the Rock.  The Dome of the Tablets, as Dr. Kaufman has proven, is the foundation stone upon which the Ark of the Covenant rested inside the Holy of Holies.


The original Temple site is approximately 330 feet (100 meters) northwest of the Dome of the Rock.  The Dome of the Rock was not built on the sight of the Temple.  In fact, it was built to the South of it.


In conclusion, the foundation of the Temple has already been laid.  It is still INTACT.  The elevations and the land contouring has been prepared by previous generations.  All that remains is a minimal excavation of the existing courts to reach the existing foundation.  The vestibule, the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place are recorded.  The altar is meaured, the building on the west is measured with the Priests' Kitchen established, the Priests' rooms and singers' chambers designated, etc.  The entrances and exits of the people are written.

ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO BEGIN ...

Antichrist

Scripture References


B'Resheet (GENESIS) 3:15
There is a direct reference to "The Serpent's Seed".

SH'MOT (EXODUS)
We have an unveiling and foreshadowing of the deifer of God in the person of Pharaoh.  Cruel beyond imagination, he ordered the destruction of all the male children, sought to cut off Israel from being a nation and ultimately meeting with Divine judgment by the miraculous and all-powerful hand of God.

B'MIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:22
In the Prophecy of Balaam, Antichrist is referred to by the name of Asshur.

IYOV (JOB) 26:13
The Crooked Serpent

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 5:6
The Bloody and Deceitful Man

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 9:17
The Wicked One

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 10:18
The Man of the Earth

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 52:1
The Mighty Man

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 74:10
The Adversary

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 110:6
The Head of Many Countries

TEHILLIM (PSALMS) 140:1
The Evil Man and The Violent Man

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 10:5
The Assyrian, the Rod of God's anger

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 11:14
The Wicked

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 14:11-20
The King of Babylon

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 16:4
The Spoiler - Destroyer

YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 27:1
Again, he is called "The Crooked Serpent". Here he is connected with the Dragon, yet distingusihed from him.

IRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 4:7
The Destroyer of the Gentiles

YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 30:14,23
The Enemy, The Cruel One and the The Wicked

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 21:25
The Profane Wicked Prince of Israel

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 28:2-10
The Prince of Tyre

YECHEZK'EL (EZEKIEL) 38:2
The Chief Prince of Meshech and Tubal

DANI'EL (DANIEL)
Here the Prophet delineates his character and furnishes a complete outline of his career.

HOSHEA (HOSEA) 8:10
The King of Princes

HOSHEA (HOSEA) 12:7
The Merchant in whose hand are the balances of deceit and who loveth to oppress

YO'EL (JOEL) 2:20
The Head of the Northern Army, who shall be overthrown because he magnified himself to do great things

'AMOS (AMOS) 3:17
The Adversay who shall break Israel's strenght and spoil her places

NACHUM (NAHUM) 1:17
Refers to him under the name of "Belial" and tells of his destruction

HAVAKUK (HABAKKUK) 2:5
The Proud Man who enlorged his desires as hell and is as death and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples

Z'KHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) 11:17
The Idol Shepherd upon whom is pronounced God's woe and upon whom desends His judgment

YOCHANAN (JOHN) 5:43
Our Lord Himself spoke of him as the one who should come in his own name and who would be received by Israel.

2 THESSALONIANS 2
Paul pictures him as "That Man of Sin", "The Son of Perdition" who's coming will be after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.

1 YOCHANAN (1 JOHN) 2:22
John mentions him by name and declares that he will deny both the Father and the Son.

The Affirmation of Christ
In Contrast to the Deception of Satan

We are told in Scripture that Christ goes forth to sow "good seed"
    Likewise, the enemy goes forth to sow "tares"

Scripture speaks of the "children of God"
    Likewise, we read of the "children of the wicked one" - MATT 13:38

God works in His children "both to will and to do of His good pleasure - PHIP 2:13
    Likewise, the Prince of the Power of the Air is "the spirit that now worketh in the children of
    disobedience - EPH 2:2

Scripture affirms the Gospel of God
    Likewise, Satan has a gospel - "Another which is not another" - GAL 1:6,7

Christ appointed "apostles"
    Likewise, Satan has his apostles - 2 COR 2:10

We are told that "the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God" - 1 COR 2:10
    So it is with Satan, for he too has his "deep secrets" - REV 2:24

God, by his angels, will seal His servants in their foreheads - REV 7:3
    Satan by his angels will seal his followers by setting a mark in their foreheads - REV 13:16

Our Father seeks worshipers
    Satan seeks worshipers as well - MATT 4:6

Christ is the Light of the world
    Satan is transformed as an angel of light - 2 COR 11:14

Christ is designated as "The Lion of Juda"  - REV: 5:5
    Likewise, the Devil is referred to as "a roaring lion" - 1 PETER 5:6

Christ is seated upon a Throne
    Likewise, Satan will take his seat upon a throne - REV 2:13

Christ has His Church
    Satan has his synagogue - REV 2:9

Christ has His bride
    Satan has his whore - REV 17:6

God has His vine
    Satan has his vine - REV 14:19

God has His city, the "New Jerusalem"
    Likewise, Satan has his city, "Babylon" - REV 17:5 & 18:2

There is a "mystery of godliness" - 1 TIM 3:16
    Likewise, there is the "mystery of iniquity" - 2 THES 2:3

Scripture speaks of God's "Only Begotten Son"
    While Scripture affirms that the seed of Satan is "The Son of Perdition" 2 Thes 2:3

The Origin
of Valentine’s Day

Centuries before Christ, Romans celebrated the festival of Lupercalia, named after the great hunter of Rome and deified god, Lupercus.  We are told that he had a gift for howling and communicating with wolves, persuading them not to attack the livestock of his tribesman.  In Roman mythology, we are  told that Lupercus was married to Luperca, who, in the shape of a she-wolf, suckled Romulus and Remus. 

According to some scholars, the Luperci or priest of Lupercus dressed in goatskins.  They would then sacrifice goats and a dog and then smear themselves with blood.  These priest  would then behave as wolves by observing an annual ritual that consisted of hunting and chasing women through the streets of Roman cities, beating them with a leather thong called a “februa” (February) as a means of making them fertile.  The women would then be gathered in the city and their names put in a box.  Men would randomly draw from a box the name (love note/card) of a young woman in lottery to be their sexual partner and companion for the year.  This "Lover's festival" was celebrated on the 14th and 15th of each February.

Thus, February 14th became a day of unbridled sexual lust.  According to The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, vol III:  PG. 226;  BY James Hastings, "The customs of Valentine’s Day have been handed down from the Roman festival of the Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of February … This is the origin of valentines - cards linking men and women together for sexual purposes.  This festival was characterized in the later Roman period by wanton raillery and unkindled freedom."

What of the Valentine’s Heart?  Well, the color “red” was sacred to that day.  The blood is symbolized by the shape of a “heart” that is popular to this day. The heart-shape was not a representation of the human heart. This shape represents the human female matrix or opening to the chamber of sacred copulation.  As for the arrow, it is an ancient phallic symbol representing penetration.

                

The Greeks called Lupercus by the name “Pan”. The Semite name was “Baul”or “Baal”. He is also known as “Marduk”,“Gilgmesh”, and “Apollo” and “Osiris”. These names all refer to Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord. (Genesis 10:9) The name Nimrod means “The Rebel”. Thus, Nimrod is derisive term of a type, a representative or a system that is epitomized in rebellion against the Creator, the One True God. To be straight forward, Nimrod is a fore-shadowing of Antichrist.

Another name for Nimrod was … “Cupid” – meaning desire.  It is said that when Nimrod’s mother, Semiramis, beheld her son that she lusted after him – desired him.  Her lust for her son eventually was consummated in marriage.  Nimrod was her “Cupid” or “Her Desired One”.  Inscriptions of monuments in Egypt refer to him as the “husband of his mother”, otherwise known as “Osiris” and his mother as "Isis”, “Ishtar”, “Ashtoreth”, “Asherah”, “Apphrodite”, “Venus”, “Diana”, and often referred to as “The Mother of heaven” and “Mother of god”  … (MOTHER’S DAY), but more of that later!

After Nimrod died, (2167 BC) Semiramis became pregnant.  The people were instructed by Semiramis to believe that Nimrod the "sun god" had been "reincarnated" and that he was coming back as the child that she was carrying.  The birth of her son, Tammuz became associated with the rebirth of the sun.  This is the origin for all of the art throughout the ancient world that we see of a "goddess" holding her child.  It can all be traced back to Semiramis and Tammuz.

To the ancient world this date is associated with the "rebirth" of Nimrod (the son god) in the person of Tammuz.  Just a tidbit of information here; guess where we got the name Sunday that is used to mark the first day of the week in our Gregorian calendar?

When you sit down and analyze the various pagan religions that spread throughout the ancient world, you quickly realize that for the most part that they can pretty much be traced back to ancient Babylon.

Lupercalia was firmly entrenched in Roman life, surviving even the arrival of Christianity in Rome. The Encyclopedia Britannica states, "The annual celebration of the Lupercalia continued until AD 494 when it was changed by Pope Gelasius I into “The Feast of the Purification."  Remember that a major ritual during the Lupercalia was the purification of the Roman women by the Luperci (priests  of Luercus).   Here we find a pope substituting God's post-pregnancy purification ceremony as a direct replacement for a heathen one!

The Roman Church originally held the feast of the Purification on February 14, forty days after the Epiphany (January 6), and the Armenian Church still keeps it on that date.  Later, it was changed to February 2, forty days after Christmas  (December 25th), and the empty day on the calendar was filled, apparently arbitrarily, with the dedication of February 14th to Saint Valentines.  Instead of Lupercus, the patron of the feast became Valentine.  This certainly would have been a disappointment to many young Roman men.  However, Valentine’s Day continues to be celebrated as an occasion to seek the affections of women, marked by the tradition of sending handwritten cards of admiration.   In addition, the worship of the child Tummuz and his mother Semiramis (Mother of Heaven) was substituted by The Roman Catholic Church with Mary, the Madonna and child along with the Sacred Heart.  Today we see these substitutions in numerous works of art consisting of paintings and statues that hang and are displayed in Churches and Museums throughout the world.