We can read in Lamentations 5:16-18, "The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim; Because of Mount Zion which is desolate, With foxes walking about on it." That whole chapter except for verse 21 is about what already had happened thousands of years ago. Consider a fox-seeding theory: To the advantage of zealous temple mount advocates, a tactic of temporarily releasing a few foxes on the temple mount could excite the imaginations of millions as the customary Lamentations passage is read. Just sayin,' zealous influence could happen. And I'm really not accusing anyone nor or trying to stir up trouble or dissension. Gee, some of of my own personal zeal has shouted with hundreds of unimpeachable reasons that we are in end times for sure. Maybe I'm just jealous I never thought of proving my actual sanity or being vindicated by pointing out foxes are on the temple mount. I'll also defend my position about the timing of Lamentations 5:18 and its associated foxes not being about end times, by pointing out that it and all the verses preceding it are past tense. Look at them. Lots of past conditions listed in the text would portend end times if those foxes actually portend it. Check out verses 2-16. Also the first half of verse 18 says Mount Zion is desolate. It was desolate for multiplied hundreds of years, although it is not at the moment. I'll give you that verse 21 seems to apply to the restoration of Israel -- i.e., end times -- but the focused antecedent being about foxes to excite speculation doesn't seem to be justified. (Why in the world is Dan arguing? Hush up, Dan! Just go with it! Smile Dan and shout, "Maranatha!" ....... Oh yeah. It must be about that shekel bet...?!?!) :whistle: :yes: :wacko: :bye: Okay, MyWhiteStone, you can keep your shekels, I absolve you of your wager. But considering God's timing and Bible prophecy, I cannot think of one single time when He seemed to be fulfilling it in a timely way from our perspective. We are either not expecting it at all and there it is or we are expecting it and nothing happens. Here's an excerpt from an article about 3 rabbis reactions over the foxes on the Temple Mount. Two cried to see the holy place overrun by wild animals, while one laughed because he saw the hand of God in the prophesied rebuilding of the temple: ". . .they (the foxes) are described in an event in the Talmud written 2,000 years ago as a sign that Jerusalem will be rebuilt. This precise scenario was discussed in the Talmud (Makkot 24b). Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Akiva went up to Jerusalem. When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies. The others started weeping but Rabbi Akiva laughed. Rabbi Akiva asked the rabbis why they cried and they explained that to see a wild animal in such a holy place, a place which was forbidden to unfit men, was distressing. Rabbi Akiva explained that was precisely the reason he laughed. He explained that the fact that the prophecy of Uriah related by the Prophet Micah had come to be was proof that the prophecy of Zechariah would also come to be." :popcorn Talmud... Hmmm... I have never read any Talmudic writings. Maybe I'll have time and find a friendly rabbi to explain it when we get to Glory. :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: Curiouser and curiouser! Certainly makes one ponder! Didn't Christ also make an allusion to foxes! TR I found two, TR. Luke 13:31-33: "On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, "Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You." And He said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem." Matthew 8:20: And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
