Trump, Jerusalem, and Prophecy
Trump wanted to initiate a new approach to the peace process in the Middle East, which recognizes the failure of the previous approach of allowing Palestinian terrorism and Hamas' lack of recognizing Israel's right to exist - giving them billions of dollars to promote hatred while getting no closer to peace. Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as it has been for 3,000 years, is continuing on with a move started 20 years ago under Bill Clinton, who postponed the decision to recognize the capital and move the US embassy until tensions in the region allowed the act to occur more peacefully. Trump decided to stop the biannual postponement, and just accept the reality - Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and that the Palestinians have shown little willingness to compromise and even acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
Is Trump a new Cyrus, fulfilling end times prophecy? Zechariah 12:2-3 "Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it." This prophecy indicates war and trouble for everyone involved with Jerusalem and disputes over it.
Is American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital a step towards a Third Temple, WWIII, or Antichrist? Time will tell soon - the Bible tells us that the generation that sees Israel re-created will see all end times prophecy fulfilled, and Israel was reborn 69 years ago in 1948. That generation (70-80 years at most?) only has so many years left...
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I found this at the propheciesoftheendtimes blog here
Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration Paves Way for Third Temple
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz December 7, 2017 , 9:30 am
"President Donald Trump’s epic proclamation on Wednesday acknowledging Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people was a major step towards establishing the Third Temple and bringing the Messianic era, said a number of Jewish activists working to rebuild the Holy Temple.
“What he did last night was an enormous step in bringing the Temple,” Asaf Fried, official spokesman for the United Temple Movement, an association of organizations working towards making the Third Temple a reality, told Breaking Israel News.
He added, “This necessarily had to come from a non-Jew in order to bring them into the process, so they will be able to take their part in the Temple.”
Fried compared Trump’s role to that of Cyrus, the Persian King who ended the Babylonian exile and helped build the Second Jewish Temple. Fried cited Proverbs to emphasize this point.
Like channeled water is the mind of the king in Hashem’s hand; He directs it to whatever He wishes. Proverbs 21:1
“There have been amazing advances towards bringing the Temple this year. It was clear that Trump was part of that process, guided by Hashem (God),” Fried declared.
Yakov Hayman, the United Temple Movement chairman, saw Trump’s statement as part of a historical progression joining a number of major shifts in modern history for Israel and the Jewish people.
“1917 was the Balfour Declaration establishing Israel for the nations,” Hayman told Breaking Israel News. “2017 was Trump’s declaration.”
“The people of Israel are returning to their roots while simultaneously the non-Jews of the world are realizing the authenticity of our claim to the Temple Mount and our right to build a Jewish Temple as a House of Prayer for All Nations,” Hayman explained.
“These processes are codependent. It depends on the Jews, our actions, but the non-Jews are an essential part of the process.”
“Our task is to act as priests to make the whole world holy,” Hayman said, citing Exodus.
You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus 19:6
“That will only happen in a Temple in Jerusalem,” he emphasized. “The next step, the most important step, must be taken by the Jews. We need to begin going up to the Temple Mount is massive numbers. Once we do that, the Temple is the next inevitable step.”
He noted that Trump’s personality is uniquely suited for the role of the non-Jewish leader who begins the Messianic process.
“There is something very special and holy in Trump,” Hayman said. “Sometimes, he appears coarse and not connected to religion, but every time he addresses the nation he speaks about God. Last night, he said his motivation for recognizing was Jerusalem was because it was the right thing to do. That is precisely how a leader guided by God should speak.”
Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the nascent Sanhedrin, was cautiously optimistic.
“One year ago, the Sanhedrin called on Trump to build the Temple as Cyrus did 2,000 years ago,” Rabbi Weiss told Breaking Israel News. “He has clearly moved in this direction but there is still a long way to go..."