Israel: God’s Timepiece
By Prophecy News Watch
'Lost tribe of Israel' arrives in Jewish state
One-hundred-seventy-four people from a group of thousands in India that
believes it is one of the 10 "lost tribes" of Israel landed here this week,
fulfilling for many a life-long dream of returning to what they consider
their homeland. Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based organization led by American
Michael Freund, hopes to bring to the Jewish state the remaining 7,000 Indian
citizens who believe they are the Bnei Menashe, the descendants of Manasseh,
one of biblical patriarch Joseph's two sons and a grandson of Jacob. The
tribe lives in the two Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur, to which they
claim to have been exiled from Israel more than 2,700 years ago by the
Assyrian empire. "I truly believe this is a miracle of immense historical and
even biblical significance," Freund told WND as the group of 174 arrived here
earlier this week. "Just as the prophets foretold so long ago, the lost
tribes of Israel are being brought back from the exile," said Freund, who
previously served as deputy communications director under former Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Another planeload of 57 Bnei Menashe is
slated to touch down in Israel tomorrow. The group, which has preserved
ancient Jewish customs and rituals, has been trying the past 50 years to
return to Israel.
Muslim Waqf attempting to
destroy any Jewish link to the Temple Mount
Islamic authorities
using heavy machinery to dig on the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site –
have been caught red-handed destroying Temple-era antiquities and what's
believed to be a section of an outer wall of the Second Jewish Temple. WND
today obtained a photograph of a massive trench the Waqf, the Muslim
custodians of the Temple Mount, have been blasting around the periphery of
the holy site purportedly to replace 40-year-old electrical cables for
mosques on the Mount. The Waqf has steadfastly denied they found or destroyed
any Jewish antiquities during their dig. In view in the picture, which was
obtained in conjunction with Israel's Temple Institute, are concrete slabs
broken by Waqf bulldozers and what appears to be a chopped up carved stone
from Jewish Temple-era antiquity. Eilat Mazar, considered one of the most
prominent Temple Mount archaeologists, analyzed the photo and told WND the
damaged stone displays elements of the second Temple era and might be part of
a Jewish Temple wall Israeli archeologists charge the Waqf found and has been
attempting to destroy. If authenticated, the wall would be one of the most
important Temple Mount archaeological discoveries in recent history. "It
certainly looks like Second Temple antiquity and could very well be part of a
Second Temple courtyard wall," Mazer said. She said in order to certify the
stone in the photo, she would need to personally inspect it. But Israel is
blocking leading archaeologists from surveying massive damage Islamic
authorities are accused of causing to what may be the outer wall of the
Second Jewish Temple.
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