Add this to the previous "declare war" posting, and thus sums up the only sane philosophy for Israel:
PRIESTS TO TRAIN ON TEMPLE MODEL
November 4, 2003
Israel Today reports: "For several months, Jewish experts have been working on a replica of the Third Temple in the blazing heat near the Dead Sea. The Jewish community of Mitzpe Yericho, between Jerusalem and Jericho, is home to the model, which is built on a 1:1 scale. Covering an area of 25,000 square meters (269,000 square feet), it will function as a training site to prepare priests (kohanim) for service in the Third Temple in Jerusalem.
Backers of the project say the Jewish people are waiting for the Redemption and must prepare themselves for the coming of the Messiah.
'After the Six Day War in 1967, when the Temple Mount was finally in our hands again, we all hoped for the building of the Third Temple,' said the rabbi of Mitzpe Yericho, Yehuda Kreuser, who oversees the Temple model. 'However, this did not happen. Political considerations aside, we were not prepared to restore the priestly service in the Temple. Now we would like to prepare ourselves for that eventuality.'
Rabbi Kreuser says the Temple service must be approached with fear and trembling because it is most holy…" |
