Following
is the architectural design
of Yechetzqyah's Temple,
as it would look
sitting
NORTH
of the Dome of
the Rock Mosque ON
the Temple Mount in these Last Days.
The House of
Yahweh, Abilene, Texas holds the following Design
Patents for the measurements of the Third Temple Prophesied by
Yechetzqyah:
United States Design Patent
#360951;
Israeli Design Registration #23078
In my many years of study, of which you will only see a part in this article, I have discovered that the Prophet Yechetzqyah wrote about a Temple and a time period for the day in which we now live.
Yechetzqyah was inspired to write this prophecy over 600 years before the Temple was destroyed in 70 c.e. He was inspired to write for us who live in these days—these troublous days, these same troublous times that the other inspired prophets proclaimed.
In these same prophecies, we are also shown a peaceful solution for building the Temple of Yahweh! What is even more important is the fact that these same prophecies show us how we, in this generation, can bring peace to Jerusalem and to the world.
In Yechetzqyah's prophecies are the complete measurements of a Temple unlike any other that was ever built before. Many of these measurements have never made sense to any other scholars, but with Yahweh's inspiration we have come to see exactly what the Prophet Yechetzqyah saw: The pattern for building the Temple in these Last Days.
This pattern, with all its measurements, exactly fits the area of land sitting north of the Dome of the Rock Mosque. Yechetzqyah confirmed that is where the Temple will set. Yes, this pattern offers us, this last generation, a peaceful solution to building the Temple, and an end to the troublous times which Jerusalem now faces.
All we now ask is that you study this information carefully. Then, contact The House of Yahweh if you have any questions.
To many people today, and especially to our government leaders, speaking about or quoting from the Holy Scriptures is not the so-called "in thing'' to do. In fact, I have found as I have attempted to set an appointment to speak to a leader of a nation, that when the Bible is mentioned, the door is shut or the phone is hung up, almost instantly. Nevertheless, the Holy Scriptures have very real and viable solutions to today's world problems. Our world leaders would be well advised to study these solutions and then apply them in solving today's problems, rather than relying upon their own understanding.
Many of the prophets of old actually spoke of our day, describing existing problems facing all the nations on this planet. Whether we want to believe it or not: the prophets of old were inspired by the Creator, Yahweh.
Since we will be dealing with the Prophet Yechetzqyah's (Ezekiyl's) prophecies in this article for the most part, let us put this prophet to the test, so to speak, to see if there is any reliability in the things he wrote. Yes, there is significant evidence available to prove whether or not his proclamations can be relied upon and whether they were just written by a man or were inspired by a Super Intelligence.
In the year 590 b.c.e., the Prophet Yechetzqyah prophesied against a great city called Tyre.
Tyre was comparable in size at that time to New York City, in the United States today. With sea ports and island harbors, Tyre readily imported a steady stream of supplies through her sea routes. Tyre was also supplied by land, but if she were to be cut off from supplies by land, she supposedly could survive because of her sea lanes.
The walls surrounding this city were thought to be of eternal strength. They were built to protect this thriving city against any and all attacks. This city was believed to be impregnable.
Tyre was a Phoenician seaport in what is now Lebanon. Originally an island with two great harbors, the chief trading center of the Mediterranean, it is now a peninsula. Tyre was founded in the 1500's b.c.e. Tyre resisted siege by Assyrians and Babylonians alike and defied several armies, including that of Nebuchadnezzar. Tyre fell to Alexander the Great in 332 b.c.e. after being besieged for seven months. After she fell, 8,000 Tyrians were slaughtered, 2,000 executed, and 3,000 sold into slavery.
The Prophet Yechetzqyah was inspired by the Creator, Yahweh, to prophesy against this city, as great as it was, and to say in the year 590 b.c.e that it would fall. The Holy Scriptures in which this prophecy was written give complete details of Tyre's destruction.
No
human being can
tell you what will take
place fifty or one hundred years from now. In fact, no human being can
show you what will or will not take place tomorrow, or even in the next
hour. Yet, Yechetzqyah, under the inspiration of Yahweh, foretold in
exact detail how the great city of Tyre would meet her destruction.
Tyre was a great and wealthy city. Read this for yourself in:
Yechetzqyah
27:1-17—
1 The word of Yahweh
came to me again, saying:
2 Now, son of man, take
up a lamentation for Tyre,
3 And say to Tyre; O you who are situated
at the entry of the sea, a merchant of the people
for many isles, this is what Father Yahweh says: O Tyre, you have said;
I am of perfect beauty.
4 Your borders are in the midst of the
seas, your builders have perfected
your beauty.
5 They made all your ship's boards of fir
trees from Senir; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for
you.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan they have
made
your oars; the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of
ivory, brought
from the isles
of Chittim; Cyprus.
7 Fine linen with embroidered work from
Egypt was what you spread for your sail; blue and purple from the isles
of Elishah was what covered you.
8 The inhabitants of
Sidon and Arvad were your mariners; oarsmen;
your wise men, O Tyre, that were
in you, were your pilots.
9 Elders of Gebal and
its wise men were in you to caulk your
seams; all the ships of the sea and their oarsmen were in you to deal
in your merchandise.
10 Those from Persia,
from Lud, and from Phut were in your
army, your men of war hung shield and helmet in you; they
brought forth your splendor.
11 The men of Arvad,
with your army, were upon your walls all
around; and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields
upon your walls all around; they have made your beauty
perfect.
12 Tarshish; Spain, was your
merchant, doing business with you because of your
multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they
traded for your wares.
13 Yavan; Greece, Tubal, and Meshech;
in the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas, were your
merchants; they traded slaves and
articles of bronze
in your market.
14 Those of the house of
Togarmah; Armenia,
traded
for your wares with chariot horses, cavalry horses, and mules.
15 The men of Dedan; in Arabia, were your
merchants. Many isles were your own
markets; they
brought you in payment horns of ivory and ebony.
16 Aram; Syria, was your merchant
because of the multitude of the wares you made; they traded
for your wares
with their
merchandise: emeralds,
purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.
17 Yahdah and the land
of Israyl, they were
your
merchants; they traded in your market
wheat of Minnith;
in Ammon, pannag; product
uncertain, honey,
oil, and balm.
Although
Tyre was a
great and wealthy city,
Yahweh also inspired Yechetzqyah to write of her destruction in:
Yechetzqyah
26:1-21—
1 In the eleventh year,
in the first day
of
the moon, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying:
2 Son of man, because
Tyre has said against Yerusalem; Aha!
She is broken! The gate to the people has swung open to me; I will be
replenished, now
that she is
laid waste;
3 This is what Father Yahweh says: Behold,
I am
against you, O Tyre,
and will
cause many nations to come up against you, just as
the sea
causes its waves to come up.
4 And they will destroy the walls of Tyre,
and break
down her towers;
I will also scrape
her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
5 It will be a place for the spreading
of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,
says Father Yahweh:
it will become a plunder for the nations.
6 And Tyre's daughters; her
cities and villages, which
are on the
mainland, will be slain by the sword; and they will know that I
am Yahweh.
7 For this is what
Father Yahweh says: Behold, I will bring Nebuch-adnezzar
king of Babylon, a king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with
horses, with chariots, with horsemen, with an army and many people.
8 He will slay your
daughters on the mainland with the sword; he
will build up a siege ramp
against you, build a wall against
you, and raise up the buckler; shields as a defense, against
you.
9 He will direct the
blows of his battering rams against your
walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
10 By reason of the
abundance of his horses, their dust will
cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the
wheels, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men
enter a city in which a breach has been made.
11 With the hooves of
his horses he will tread down all your
streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your mighty
obelisks of god (el) worship will
fall to the ground.
12 They will make plunder of your
riches, and make a
prey of your merchandise; they will break down your walls, and destroy
your pleasant houses;
then they will lay your circles
of Stones Measured off for Desolations, your
sacred Poles, and the rubble from your altars into the midst of the
sea.
13 I will put an end to the voice
of your songs; the
sound of your harps will be heard no more.
14 I will make you like
the top of a rock; you will be a
place to spread
nets upon. You
will be rebuilt no
more; for I,
Yahweh, have spoken, says Father Yahweh.
15 This is what Father
Yahweh says to Tyre: Will
the
isles not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded
cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of you?
16 Then all the princes
of the sea will come down from their
thrones, lay aside their robes, and remove their embroidered garments.
They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit upon the
ground, tremble every
moment, and be
astonished; appalled,
at you.
17 They will take up a
lamentation over you, and say of you;
How you are destroyed, O city of renown, inhabited by men of the sea! She
was powerful
in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who cause
their terror to
be on all who
dwelled in it!
18 Now will the isles
tremble in the day of your fall; yes,
the isles that are
in the sea
will be troubled at
your departure.
19 For this is what
Father Yahweh says: When I will make you a
desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I will
bring up the deep upon you, and great waters will cover you;
20 Then I will bring you
down with those who descend into the
pit, with the people of ancient times, and will set you in the earth
below—in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go
down into the pit—so that you will never be inhabited; and I
will set glory in the land of the living.
21 I will make you a terror, and you will
be no more, though you are searched for,
yet you will
never be found again,
says Father
Yahweh.
We
read in:
Yechetzqyah
27:18-27—
18 Damascus was your merchant in
the multitude of the products you made, because of your great wealth of
riches; trading
with you with
the wine of Helbon
and with white wool.
19 Dan also, and Yavan; Greece, traded
with yarn from Uzal; in Arabia for
your wares: wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were traded in your
market.
20 Dedan was your merchant
in saddlecloths for riding.
21 Arabia and all the
princes of Kedar, they traded
with you in lambs, rams, and goats; in these they were your
merchants.
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah; in
Arabia, were your merchants. They traded for
your
wares with the choicest spices, with all precious stones, and gold.
23 Haran, Canneh, and
Eden; in
Mesopotamia, the
merchants of Sheba; on the Euphrates, Asshur,
and Chilmad; near
Baghdad, were your
merchants.
24 These were your merchants in choice
fabrics, in blue clothes, in embroidered garments, in cedar chests of
multicolored apparel, in strong twined cords; in these they traded with
you.
25 The ships of Tarshish
served as carriers for your
merchandise. You were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst
of the seas.
26 Your rowers have
brought you into great waters, but
the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.
27 Your riches, your
wares, your merchandise, your oarsmen,
your pilots, your caulkers, the traders of your merchandise, and all
your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is in your
midst, will fall
into the heart of the seas in the day of
your ruin.
These prophecies came to pass in detail, but not until 258 years had passed. Yes, Yechetzqyah had prophesied against Tyre in 590 b.c.e., but this prophecy did not come to pass until the year 332 b.c.e.—258 years after he wrote this prophecy against this great city.
I repeat, no mere man can foretell future events. Many guess at them, but are always proven wrong as time goes by. However, Yechetzqyah, being inspired by the Super Power Who exists in heaven, was able to do what no mere man, working alone, can do.
This same Creator Who inspired the Prophet Yechetzqyah to write of Tyre's destruction, also inspired a set of Laws to be written; Laws which would assure peace for all nations. The leaders of the nations would do well to take heed to these Laws, and apply them to the governments in existence today.
We have a
historical record, showing
that when these Laws
were applied, taught earnestly, and enforced strictly, the nation
obeying them had peace. The Prophet Mosheh (Moses) was inspired to
write in:
Deuteronomy
4:5-10—
5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments,
just as Yahweh my Father commanded me, so that you may follow them in
the land you are entering to take possession of.
6 Therefore, be careful to observe and do them;
for this is
your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the nations who will hear of all these statutes, and say:
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 What other nation is
so great as to have their gods (elohim)
with them, the way Yahweh
our Father is near us whenever we
pray to him?
8 And what other nation
is so great as to have such righteous
statutes and judgments as are in all this body
of Law which I
set in front of you this day?
9 Only take heed to
yourself, and diligently keep yourself
from forgetting the things your eyes have seen, nor let them depart
from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your
children and to your children's children.
10 Remember the day you
stood in front of Yahweh your Father
at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me: Gather the people to Me, and I will
let them hear
My Laws, so
they may learn
to reverence Me
all the days they live on the earth, and so
they may teach their children.
Knowing
what a
wonderful treasure that the
Law of Yahweh is, I can relate to King Yoshiyah when Hilkiyah the
Priest found The Book of
The Law in The
House of
Yahweh, and showed it to him, saying in:
II Kings
22:11,13—
11 As soon as the king
heard the words of The
Book
of the Law, he
tore his
clothes.
13 Go, inquire of Yahweh for me, for the
people, and for all Yahdah, about the words of this book
that has been found. The judgment that Yahweh will bring concerning us
will be greatly zealous, because our fathers have not obeyed the words
of this Book to do according to all that is written concerning us.
The world today is in far worse shape than the nation of Israyl was at that time. The once Holy Land is now full of oppression and bloodshed; sin of all kinds abounds. The entire world is suffering curses from their sins. The great Prophet Isayah warned us of what will soon come to pass.
Isayah 24:1-6—
1 Before Yahweh's very eyes, the earth is
made empty and it is made waste; the face of it is perverted and its
inhabitants scattered abroad;
2 And it will be: as
with the people, so with the priest; as
with the servant, so with his owner; as with the maid, so with her
mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so
with the borrower; as with him who takes usury, so with him who gives
usury to him:
3 The land will be
utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for
it has come to pass that this judgment has been pronounced.
4 The earth mourns and fades away,
the world mourns
and fades away,
and the haughty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth also is
defiled because of the inhabitants of it, because
they have transgressed the Laws, changed the ordinance, and broken the
everlasting covenant.
6 Because of this, the
curse has devoured the earth, and they
who dwell therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth
are burned, and few men left.
The Prophet Isayah is not speaking specifically and exclusively to laymen, although each individual is responsible for his conduct before Yahweh. Isayah was inspired by Yahweh to speak to the preachers who turned from Yahweh's Way and prevented the people from the pursuit of righteousness and instruction in holiness. It was these so-called priests who changed Yahweh's Ordinances, and they are also responsible for keeping the people from learning Yahweh's every Word.
Conviction and zeal in carrying out the Law of Yahweh is what we need to have now, since the troubles that the world faces are far greater at this time than at any other point in human history. We must develop the same conviction and zeal that the great Prophet Yeremyah had.
Yeremyah 1:17-19—
17 As for
you—get yourself ready! stand
up, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not break
down because of them, or I will break you down in front of them.
18 For behold, this day
I have made you a fortified city, an
iron pillar, and walls of bronze against the whole
land—against the kings of Yahdah, against its princes,
against its priests, and against the people of the land; am
haeretz, landed gentry.
19 They will fight
against you, but they will not prevail
against you, for
I am with you to deliver
you, says
Yahweh.
The world's religious and political leaders today are in opposition to what the righteous Prophet Yeremyah stood up for, just as the leaders were in the day that Yeremyah wrote those words.
It doesn't take a brilliant person to look around us today and see that all nations are suffering from the results of breaking the Laws that our Creator gave to secure peace and joy for all.
In every nation, Yahweh's Laws are being broken, and millions of people are suffering the consequences. War is a result of this Lawbreaking, along with crime, sickness, and disease.
At this moment, all nations have at least one disease epidemic on their hands which seems, by all information gathered at this time, to be incurable. One disease epidemic, which is one hundred percent deadly, is spreading more rapidly than anyone ever anticipated. That disease is called AIDS. From the doctors' reports I have read, this scourge is continuing to be spread rapidly by millions of people worldwide who do not even know they are infected.
If the people had been keeping the Laws of Yahweh, AIDS would never have been created, yet alone been given the opportunity to spread. If people would begin to keep the Laws of Yahweh today, this disease would never spread to another person.
There is another disease that is being spread in the same way as AIDS, which is just as deadly. This disease is Hepatitis B, a viral disease whose complications include chronic liver disease and primary liver cancer. It may take two, three, or sometimes four decades for a person to die after the initial Hepatitis B Viral (HBv) infection. Nevertheless, this is spreading; it is also taking thousands of lives each year, all because of the breaking of the Laws of Yahweh.
Even without the use of the nuclear bombs which will soon be released upon the world, civilization would soon be brought to an end by the sexually spread viruses, which are rampant in the world at this time.
Isn't it time we wake up to the fact that we need to start publishing the Laws of Yahweh to all nations? Isn't it time to proclaim these Laws of prevention, in order to stem the flow of death and suffering that the breaking of these Laws cause? Isn't it time to bring these Laws forth, making them the first line of defense against these diseases, rather than allowing Lawbreakers to teach ignorant people to use condoms?
Isn't it time that we teach these Laws of Yahweh diligently to our children, worldwide? Isn't their blood upon our hands for allowing these deadly diseases and destructive weapons to proliferate, when we can stop it?
All nations' leaders have always talked peace, while they have prepared for war. The time has come when such deadly weapons have been developed, due to modern technology, that the war waged with them has the capability of completely destroying all life on earth.
The day is soon coming when the prophecies which the Prophet Yahyl spoke against the world will come to pass. These prophecies are as certain to come to pass as all the other prophecies of Yahweh, which have already taken place.
As human beings, we tend to think that we are safe in the particular nation in which we live. We take little notice of the fact that even the small nations have the technology and expertise to manufacture twenty megaton and larger warheads. With guided missiles to carry these nuclear weapons, these small nations could destroy many parts of the world.
If a twenty megaton nuclear missile was dropped on the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in less than one-millionth of a second, classroom temperatures would rise to 150 million degrees Fahrenheit—more than four times the temperature of the center of the sun. The college would be vaporized, leaving a crater 600 feet deep and nearly a mile and a half in diameter.
For a distance of five miles from the college, nothing would be left. Those who saw the flash of light would be vaporized, houses would explode into raging flames, concrete surfaces would disintegrate, and glass would melt. Within eighteen seconds, the shock wave, traveling at 300 m.p.h., would suffocate those who had managed to find shelter below ground level. Ten seconds later, the wind reverses would generate a firestorm which would devastate an area of about one million acres.
Seven to eight miles away, glass fragments would hurtle through the air at 135 m.p.h., all the trees would burn and then be uprooted by the shock wave, bridges would collapse, cars would be smashed, and wooden buildings would burn. Within half an hour those still surviving below ground level would be suffocated by the firestorm.
At a distance of sixteen miles, lawns and leaves would ignite, paint would evaporate, people would be blinded and their skin charred, and cars would collide as their tires and upholstery burst into flames. The shock wave would tear the roofs from houses and blow the walls in.
At a distance of twenty miles from the center of the blast, exposed skin would suffer third-degree burns, and combustible material would burst into flames. When the mushroom cloud had stabilized, covering about forty miles in all directions, radioactive particles would begin to settle to earth, raising the radiation level to an excess of 4,000 to 5,000 rads/hour, and delivering a lethal dose within seven to eight minutes.
These calculations are not mine: they are from the Veterans for Peace, Inc. But these calculations coincide with calculations from other branches of the U.S. Government. Please note, however, that these calculations are only based upon a twenty megaton nuclear blast, which is a very small blast, compared to the arsenal of nuclear weapons owned by many nations today.
We are no
longer facing
Goliath with a
sword or a spear; we
are facing world troubles at their worst. We are now facing what the
Prophet Yahyl proclaimed that we would face, saying in:
Yahyl
2:2-3,31—
2 A day of darkness and of
gloominess,
a day of clouds and of
thick darkness, like the morning clouds spread
upon the mountains. A great people, and a strong; there has not ever
been the like, nor will there
be any more
after
it, to the years of many generations.
3 A fire devours
in
front of them, and
behind them a flame
burns. The
land is like
the garden of Eden in front of them, but behind them a desolate
wilderness;
yes, and nothing will escape them.
31 The sun will be
turned into
darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the
great and the
wonderful day of Yahweh comes.
There is no use in deceiving ourselves. We are at the point where the prophets said we would be in this generation. The longer we refuse to seek the help of our Creator the worse our situation will become.
The
governmental and
religious leaders
of all nations need to
make a combined effort to do as the Prophet Chagyah was inspired to
relate in:
Chagyah
1:5-9—
5 Now therefore this is what
Yahweh of
hosts says: Consider
your ways!
6 You have sown much,
but
bring in
little; you eat, but do not
have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe
yourselves, but there is none warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages
just to put into
a bag with holes.
7 This is what Yahweh of
hosts
says:
Consider your ways!
8 Go up to the
mountains, and
bring
timber, and build
the house, so
that I may take pleasure in it and be
glorified,
says Yahweh.
9 You looked for much,
but,
lo, it
came to
little; and when you brought it home, I blew upon it. Why? says Yahweh
of hosts: Because of my
house which lies waste,
while each man is busy with his own house.
There is an absolutely amazing prophecy; a prophecy which Yechetzqyah was inspired by Yahweh to write. In it, he gives the measurements of the third Temple. These measurements have never been used before, in the manner in which Yechetzqyah gave them. The first Temple was built under Solomon; the second Temple was rebuilt under Zerubbabel; which was later refurbished by Herod. What makes this prophecy amazing is the fact that this prophecy reveals that Yechetzqyah saw the Temple Mount in our day, with a building which sits upon it at the present time.
Not only this, Yechetzqyah's prophecies show us a definite way to peace, with a peaceful solution to the problems now existing between the Jews and the Arabs. Please notice carefully as this great prophecy unfolds in the following pages. As you read, please keep in mind that Yechetzqyah's prophecies were inspired by Yahweh. Therefore, Yechetzqyah's prophecies, written on the following pages, will be just as sure to come to pass as the prophecy that Yechetzqyah wrote about the city of Tyre.
When studying Yechetzqyah's prophecies, it becomes very clear that they were inspired by a Superior Being. No human being could make prophecies such as those in Yechetzqyah 26, concerning a powerful city to be doomed to destruction, and then bring it to pass in detail over 250 years later.
We should be able to see that Yechetzqyah was inspired by Yahweh to write these prophecies and that he was given the measurements of the Temple by Yahweh.
Through
the
Scriptures, we know:
These
Temple
measurements were inspired by
Yahweh;
These
measurements
were not used by
Ezrayah (Ezra), Nehemyah (Nehemiah), or Zerubbabel when they returned
to rebuild the Temple after the Babylonian Captivity;
These
measurements
were not used by Herod
when he refurbished the Temple;
These
measurements
were given to us, to be
used to build the Temple now.
In the 1980s and 1990s, I traveled to Israyl, along with three other engineers, to study the design of the Temple mount along with the design that Yechetzqyah gave in his magnificent prophecy.
Many scholars have thought that Yechetzqyah made a mistake as he wrote down some of the measurements; that he was just going by memory, or trying to remember the measurements of Solomon's Temple. They claim his memory failed him, and he wrote the measurements wrong. That is not the case at all! First, we can see from the magnificent prophecy that Yechetzqyah wrote, that it was a prophecy to take place at a later date. More than that, those prophecies are for our day!
Yechetzqyah shows us the Temple Mount as it appears in this day, not in his day or when he was alive. Yechetzqyah 40:1-5 shows that he was brought to the Temple Mount in our day, in our generation. The measurements that Yechetzqyah wrote have never been used before, but are to be used now, by this generation!
Yechetzqyah
40:1-5—
1 In the
twenty-fifth year of
our
captivity, in the beginning
of the year, in the tenth day of the moon, in the
fourteenth year after the city had fallen; in the selfsame day the hand
of Yahweh was upon me, and He took me there.
2 In the visions of
Yahweh,
He brought me
into the land of Israyl, and set me upon the greatly exalted
mountain; and on it, like a building
of a city on
the south.
3 When he took me there,
then
behold, a
being; man-like,
whose
appearance resembled bronze. With a line of flax and a
measuring reed in his hand, he stood in the clearing, or opening.
4 Then the being said to
me:
Son of
man, look with your eyes
and hear with your ears, and fix your mind upon everything that I show
you; for the purpose that I show this to you, were
you brought
here. Declare all that you see to the house of
Israyl.
5 And behold, there was
an adjoining
separation;
dividing
structure, around
a Temple.
In the being's hand was a measuring reed six long cubits;
about 10 1/2 feet—each cubit; about 1 1/2
feet, with a
handbreadth; about
3 inches. So
he measured the separation's width to the structure,
one reed; about
10 1/2 feet, and
the height; rise,
one reed.
It is possible for this generation to actually bring in the Kingdom of Yahweh, and stop the senseless bloodshed, oppression, and starvation which are rampant in this world. Even sickness and disease can be wiped off the face of the earth by this generation, as the prophets of old clearly showed.
The prophets of old show that this generation has the greatest opportunity ever offered to mankind. The job we are to do in this generation will be so great, it will be spoken of above the Exodus led by Mosheh.
Yeremyah
23:6-11—
6 In His days
Yahdah will be
saved, and
Israyl will dwell
safely; and this is the Name that He will proclaim to
them—Yahweh Tsidqenu: Yahweh our
righteousness.
7 Therefore behold, the
days
come, says
Yahweh, that they will
no longer say;
as surely as Yahweh lives who brought up the
children of Israyl out of the land of Egypt;
8 But they will say;
As
surely as Yahweh lives who
brought up and led the seed of the house of Israyl out of the protected
place, and
from all countries where I had driven them; and
they will dwell in their own land.
9 My heart is broken
within me
because
of the prophets; all my
bones shake. I am like a drunken man; like a man whom wine has
overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of His holy words; the
Law and the Prophets.
10 For the land is full
of
adulterers; those
who
turn from following Yahweh to follow the gods (elohim). Because
of this curse the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness
are dried up. Their conduct is evil, whose might is not
right—
11 For both prophet and
priest
are
profane! Yes, even in My own
House I have found their wickedness! says Yahweh.
The great Prophet Yeremyah was speaking to us, in this generation. He was speaking of the things which Yahweh is making possible for us to do. This prophecy is for our generation, and our generation can fulfill these prophecies for our days.
Yechetzqyah was among the captives being physically held in Babylon, just as Yechetzqyah 1:1 says. In the visions of Yahweh, he was brought to Israyl and set on the Temple Mount, as it is seen today.
There is no evidence that Yechetzqyah ever physically returned to Israyl during the remainder of his life, but in the visions from Yahweh, he returned to the Temple Mount in our day, when another building was sitting on the Mount, south of where the Temple of Yahweh once stood. We see that a city building or a public building is standing there.
Yechetzqyah
40:2—
In the visions of
Yahweh,
He brought me
into the land of Israyl, and set me upon the greatly exalted
mountain; and on it, like a building
of a city on the south.
This was not a city that Yechetzqyah saw, this was one single building—a city building: a public building!
Yechetzqyah was set on the Temple Mount, and sitting on the Temple Mount was the Moslem Mosque at the south of the Temple. This was all Yechetzqyah could see, and that was exactly what he did see.
Yechetzqyah was not speaking about the city of Jerusalem; there would be no need to tell them about seeing part of the city to the south. This was one single building, which was, in fact, strange to Yechetzqyah, because he had not seen this building before. No public building had ever stood there before, but in Yechetzqyah's vision, a public building was sitting south of the Temple!
The building that Yechetzqyah saw was none other than the Dome of the Rock Mosque, which is sitting on the Temple Mount at this time. This Mosque is to remain in its same location, with a dividing wall separating it from the rebuilt Temple.
This is a peaceful solution to building the Temple in this generation. There is a viable plan whereby both faiths, Moslem and Jewish, can worship side by side in privacy. Notice, there is a wall to separate the Temple from the Mosque, written in prophecy.
Yechetzqyah
40:5—
And behold,
there was an
adjoining separation;
dividing
structure, around a Temple...
In Yechetzqyah's prophecy, the outer court was not rebuilt when the Temple was rebuilt. Yes, the rebuilt Temple sits right beside the Dome of the Rock Mosque, with only a dividing wall separating the Dome of the Rock Mosque from the inner court of the Temple. These measurements, given by Yechetzqyah, show that this dividing wall separating the Mosque from the inner court serves no military purpose, it only serves as a privacy fence.
Never before in the history of the Temple has the Temple been built without its outer court, but never before has there been a Mosque sitting on the Temple Mount.
Yahweh shows us that neither the Arabs or the Jews need to be harmed and we do not need to fight over the Temple Mount. Yahweh is showing us that we can and should build the Temple on the vacant land where the Temple stood before, and that we should build a dividing wall to separate the Arab worshipers from the Jewish worshipers.
The troubles which are centered around the Middle East currently involve all nations. Any day now, these troubles could flare up beyond containment, risking national security everywhere.
We are not merely facing the possibility of war from the nations which surround us, but are facing the reality that all the world's major powers will be involved as well.
Every living being on the earth is facing the results of the mighty nuclear arsenals that have been stockpiled by nearly every nation on this planet. National leaders are fools to rely upon the "strength'' of their armies any longer.
Every day brings destruction one step closer. We need Yahweh on our side now, and the way to have Yahweh on our side is to turn to the great Laws of Yahweh; then we will have peace.
Proverbs
16:6-7—
6 By mercy and
truth iniquity
is purged;
by reverence
for Yahweh, men depart
from evil.
7 When a man's ways please
Yahweh, He
makes even his enemies be at peace with him.
We
then
read in:
Nachumyah
1:15—
Behold, upon the mountains the
feet of
him who brings
glad tidings,
who publishes
peace! O
Yahdah, keep your appointed Feasts; perform your vows. Then the wicked
will no longer invade you; he will be utterly cut off.
If
we fail
to do
this simple task now, we
can only expect Zecharyah's prophecy to be fulfilled in us, which says:
Zecharyah
7:12-13—
12 Yes, they made their hearts
like a hard
adamant
stone, in order not
to hear the Law and the words,
which Yahweh of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former
prophets.
13 Just as
I called,
and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,
says Yahweh of hosts!
I said earlier that the measurements given by Yechetzqyah have never been used in any Temple previously. I do not believe we should insult an inspired prophet of Yahweh by saying that Yechetzqyah made a mistake. Many of Yechetzqyah's prophecies have been fulfilled in detail. We should realize these measurements were not used before, because they were written for our generation.
I visited Israyl several times to work on these measurements. Working with me on this project are experts in the fields of engineering and construction, who also visited Israyl for this same purpose. We spent hundreds of hours working to lay out the exact pattern of the next Temple according to the exact measurements of the Temple prophesied by Yechetzqyah.
Yahweh Himself gave us these measurements. Yes, Yahweh inspired these men to see what He had inspired to be written for all the world to see.
I want you to see that these measurements exactly fit the area of vacant ground lying north of the Dome of the Rock, on the Temple Mount.
In the March/April 1983 issue of the Biblical Archeology Review, Dr. Asher S. Kaufman, in his article on pages 40-58: Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Stood; Extant 'Foundation Stone' for the Ark of the Covenant Is Identified, has proven that the first and second Temples sat exactly in line with the Golden Gate: the east gate.
Following is a diagram of the "First and Second Temples superimposed on the Temple Mount Platform,'' found on page 57 of Kaufman's article, showing a straight line running 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 also proven, is the foundation stone upon which the Ark of the Covenant rested inside the Holy of Holies!
Yes, as Dr. Kaufman has proven in this article, 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 site of the Temple. The Dome of the Rock was built south of it.
The next thing one must understand is the fact that Yahweh has established a pattern of how to build the Temple. The same pattern has always been followed, whether the Tent of Meeting set up by Mosheh; the first Temple built under Solomon; the second Temple built by Zerubbabel; or Herod's refurbishing of the second Temple. The Scriptural dimensions have been given to us in these Last Days, through the Prophet Yechetzqyah, for the rebuilding of Yahweh's Temple according to this same pattern.
When Yechetzqyah was given this vision of Yahweh for the Temple of these Last Days, Yechetzqyah saw this Temple just as it would be set up in our day. One of the first things which was confirmed to him was the measure which would be used for this Temple: the long cubit—a cubit plus a handbreadth.
Yechetzqyah
40:3,5—
3 When he took me there, then
behold, a
being; man-like,
whose appearance resembled bronze. With a line of flax and a measuring
reed in his hand, he stood in the clearing, or opening.
5 And behold, there was an
adjoining
separation; dividing
structure, around a Temple. In the being's hand was a measuring
reed six long cubits; about 10 1/2 feet each cubit;
about 1 1/2 feet, with a handbreadth; about
3 inches. So he measured the separation's width to the
structure, one reed; about 10 1/2 feet, and the
height; rise, one reed.
Yechetzqyah
43:13—
And these are the
measurements of the
altar in the long
cubits; about 1 3/4 feet__the
long cubit
being a cubit; about
1 1/2 feet, with
a handbreadth; about
3 inches. And
the gutter was
one cubit deep, and one cubit wide,
with a border of one span; a rim about 9 inches wide next
to the edge of it all around; and this was the top of the altar.
In Dr. Kaufman's article, he established the length of the cubit used in the construction of the second Temple as that of the median cubit; which was divided into six hand-breadths, a measure totaling 43.7 centimeters, a length of approximately 17.480 inches.
However, The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 4, page 837, under Weights and Measures, gives us this information about Yechetzqyah's cubit:
The measuring reed of Ezekiel's escort in his visions extended in length "six in length" (Ezek. 40:5). The word "long" (RSV) is not in the Hebrew, but clearly the text implies that there was a short cubit, the more common one, and that Ezekiel's cubit was this short one plus a handbreadth. The length of this cubit again is specified in Ezek. 43:13. If we take the common cubit, like the short Egyptian cubit, to consist of six palms, Ezekiel's cubit would be, like the long Egyptian cubit, seven palms, so that the six-cubit measuring reed would be seven ordinary cubits long. This would be, according to the foregoing calculation, 51.829 centimeters or 20.405 inches.
Therefore, the pattern used in building Yechetzqyah's Temple would be the same pattern which was established in the beginning by Yahweh for His House. The length of each cubit would be extended by one handbreadth, thereby making this Temple a larger structure.
The foundation of this Temple has already been laid; it is still intact!
Zecharyah
4:9—
The hands of
Zerubbabel have laid
the foundation
of this House; his hands will also finish it. And you will know that
Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.
Yes, the elevations and the land contouring have already been prepared by Yahweh. All that remains is minimal excavation of the existing courts to reach the foundation, which has already been laid.
The foundation is under the existing platform of the Temple Mount, waiting for the construction to begin. The Vestibule, Holy Place, and Most Holy Place are recorded. The altar is measured, the building on the west is measured, with the Priests' kitchens established, the Priests' rooms and singers' chambers are designated, etc. The entrances and exits of the people are written. All that remains is to begin!
We
read in:
Yechetzqyah
43:10—
Son of man, show the house
to the house of
Israyl, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure
the pattern.
The word translated pattern in the King James Version, translated plan in the New International Version, is word #8508 in the Hebrew Dictionary of Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, and means admeasurement, i.e. consummation—pattern, sum.
The definition of the word pattern, from this same dictionary, page 1042, shows:
pat.tern n. patron, hence something to be imitated, pattern: see patron]
2. a model or plan used as a guide in making things; set of forms to the shape of which material is cut for assembly into the finished article.
Therefore, Yechetzqyah's Temple will have specific dimensions in fulfillment of the plan which Yahweh has given through prophecy.
Following is the diagram of Yechetzqyah's pattern; his plan which Yahweh gave to him, superimposed on the Temple Mount platform. As you can see, the third Temple is a larger structure than the first and second Temples, due to the fact that Yechetzqyah's cubit was a larger cubit. As you can also see, Yechetzqyah's Temple measurements fit this area perfectly.
Then, we come to the most conclusive evidence presented in the Scriptures that Yechetzqyah was standing on the Temple Mount in our day. This evidence is the fact that the outer court of the original Temple was not rebuilt in its entirety at the time Yechetzqyah's Temple is rebuilt.
Before we begin going through the Scriptures themselves, I must inform you that Yechetzqyah was being led through this Temple complex by a being, who measured with the reed of six long cubits, and who admonished Yechetzqyah to write what he saw as they walked along.
The
first place they stood
was on the
Temple Mount, but the
first place they began measuring was on the south. We find in:
Yechetzqyah
40:2,5—
2 In the visions of Yahweh, He
brought
me into the land of
Israyl, and set
me upon the
greatly exalted
mountain; and on
it, like a building of a
city on the south.
5 ...So he measured the
separation's
width to the structure,
(to the Dome of the Rock) one reed; about 10 1/2 feet, and
the height; rise,
one reed.
Yes, on the south of the Temple Mount, where they were standing, was the Moslem Mosque called the Dome of the Rock. The separation's width to this structure was one reed.
After they measured this separation to this structure, Yechetzqyah and the being walked to the East Gate: the Golden Gate, and began its detailed measurements, as you may read in Yechetzqyah 40:6-16.
After
this, they proceeded to
the
outer court area of the
Temple. We read in:
Yechetzqyah
40:17-19—
17 Then he brought me towards
an outer
court area.
And behold,
rooms; dwellings,
and a pavement
being constructed by the court all around; thirty rooms facing the
pavement.
18 Now the pavement next
to
the inner
gates, was the same as the length to the gates of the lower pavement.
19 Then he measured the
width
from the
forefront of the lower
gate to the outer front of the inner court, at the separation,
a hundred cubits to the east; and to the north,
a hundred
cubits.
Viewing
the Temple Mount
from the
air clarifies
some
of the features discussed in this article. We are looking south. The southern
perimeter of
the Temple Mount is on
a line with the domed end
of the El-Aksa Mosque (top center); the western edge of the Temple
Mount is
marked by distinctive walls with open arched entrances along
much of its length. The eastern
and northern edges
of the
Mount are just outside the area of the photo to the left and on the
bottom.
The
Dome of the Rock on its platform dominates the
Temple Mount. the Dome of the Tablets (circled in black) is an
unassuming structure in the north-western corner of the platform. The
perimeter of the Dome of the Rock platform is clearly indicated by
vegetation on the east (left) and north (bottom). On the west (right),
vegetation marks half of the perimeter and the line continues to the
southwestern corner where a small domed structure is located. Two
archways interrupting vegetation accent the southern line of the
platform on which the Dome of the Rock is located. These free-standing
arches and others are at the top of stairways leading to the platform
from the lower levels of the surrounding Temple Mount.
Although it
cannot be seen in this view, the Golden Gate, in the eastern wall of
the Temple Mount, is found on a line drawn to the east from the Dome
of
the Tablets.
Biblical
Archaeology Review
March/April 1983
I want to draw your attention to Yechetzqyah 40:19 to the fact that there are pavements measuring 100 cubits: about 175 feet, in this outer court which only extend to the east and to the north!
In other words: There is no pavement extending 100 cubits to the south, because that is where Yechetzqyah saw the Moslem Mosque standing!
The diagram shows this separation-pavement extending to the east and to the north (Yechetzqyah 40:19), with the separation-retaining wall one reed from the structure (Dome of the Rock) on the south (Yechetzqyah 40:2,5).
Digressing here, and to corroborate the fact that the Dome of the Rock sits on the south of the Temple Mount, Dr. Kaufman points out in his article that the Mishnah (Middot 2:1) states that the greater part of the outer court (Har Ha-Bayit) in the original Temple was on the south.
However, in Yechetzqyah's Temple, this area on the south only extends one reed, about 10½ feet.
Do you realize what this means? This means that the Dome of the Rock was built on what is known as the south outer court area. Yes, there are pavements extending only on the east side and the north side. There is no pavement on the west side, because the building (with the Priests' kitchens) will take up this area, just as Yechetzqyah 41:12 states.
There is no pavement on the south side, because that is where the Moslem Mosque sits!
All of these measurements have been checked over and over. We do have the exact measurements of Yechetzqyah's Temple: The Excavations, the Gates, the Courts, with the Vestibule, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place, all according to this prophecy inspired by Yahweh, and according to its exact Scriptural dimensions.
Yahweh has given us these measurements. We, The House of Yahweh, have these measurements. They are ready. Let us begin this momentous task to rebuild the Temple of Yahweh for these Last Days.
In this
article, you
have seen the plain,
simple plan to bring peace, not just to the Middle East, but to all the
world. This plan, although written thousands of years ago, is viable
for our time, a simple solution for peace for this generation. Chagyah,
the same prophet who urged the people to rebuild the Temple, was
inspired to write the following for these Last Days:
Chagyah
2:6-9—
6 For this is what
Yahweh of
hosts
says: Once again, in a
little while, I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry
land;
7 And I will shake all
nations, and the
most desired things of
all the heathen will come; and I will fill this house with
glory, says
Yahweh of hosts.
8 The silver is
Mine, and the gold is
Mine, says Yahweh of hosts.
9 The glory of this
latter
House will
be greater than the
glory of the
former, says Yahweh of hosts; and in this place
I will give peace, says Yahweh of hosts.
This generation can be the one to bring peace to this planet. You, as a leader, can be the historical figure who does the Will of Yahweh in bringing back the Temple. This could be the biggest peace project ever ventured in the history of mankind, simply because of the magnitude of the war which all nations now face. The outcome of the nuclear war which lies ahead is that there will be few survivors.
I urge you to do your part in promoting the rebuilding of the next Temple. Write to the leaders of your nations and demand that a peaceful solution be found for building the Temple in Jerusalem. Contact The House of Yahweh for further information.
The Temple that Yahweh inspired through Yechetzqyah, can be built in the peaceful manner which Yahweh revealed to us. We can begin this simple step now to bring peace to Israyl and to the world.
