Rare 2,000-year-old ‘Temple tax’ silver coin found near Temple Mount: A rare silver “half-shekel” coin from the time of the Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans (66-70 CE) was uncovered in Jerusalem in the Ophel excavation south of the Temple Mount, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Tuesday. “This is the third coin of this type found in excavations in Jerusalem, and one of the few ever found in archaeological excavations anywhere,” said Prof. Uzi Leibner, who led the excavation conducted in partnership between the Hebrew University and the Armstrong College last summer. According to the Bible, every Jewish man was required to pay a half shekel every year as a tribute to the Holy Temple. “This is what everyone who is entered in the records shall pay: a half-shekel by the sanctuary weight—twenty giera to the shekel —a half-shekel as an offering to Hashem,” reads the 30th chapter of the book of Shemot (Exodus). “Everyone who is entered in the records, from the age of twenty years up, shall give Hashem’s offering: the rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than half a shekel when giving Hashem’s offering as expiation for your persons.” The artifact was found in the remains of what appears to be a monumental public building, surrounded by mikvaot (ritual baths). The structure was destroyed when the Romans eventually conquered Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in 70 CE. The coin features a goblet similar to those used in temple service together with the words “half-shekel” in ancient Hebrew script on one side, and a branch with three pomegranates and the inscription “Holy Jerusalem” on the other side. :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn Per Sean Osborne Eschatology Today UPDATED 20 December 2022: Within hours Israel's new government will be announced and Eschatology Today believes this will be an Israel that very few living today have ever seen before. Only those aged 75 or older might remember the religious fervor that accompanied Israel's founding. Now with several Religious Judaism parties holding sway within the Likud government of PM Bibi Netanyahu tremendous events stand before us, all of them noted in key prophetic verses of Old and New Testament Scripture. One item that will manifest early on is the removal of the sign imaged above which forbids Jews from enter the Temple Mount. This is something that Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's new National Security Minister will in all certainty will play a key role in. A new law, known until now as the "Ben-Gvir Law," will establish his position and add to his official portfolio a police ordinance whereby he alone will set and control what the Israeli police can and cannot do. As you may recall the Israeli police enforce the prohibition against Jews ascending to the Mount as well as Jews engaging in prayer on the Mount. NSM Ben Gvir is going to change that and he will soon ascend the Mount, as he's promised to do many times, and he will most likely pray once he's there. Ben-Gvir will be instrumental in opening up Temple Mount to all Jewish worshipers. 😉 Most everyone can see where this is leading. Muslims will riot, and the Temple Mount will become the focus of the next crisis in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The battle for the Temple Mount will be joined and the history of the past 56 years will become footnotes in any books written about the current era. Update 23 December 2022: In concluding this SITREP, we'll build off and move forward from my comment posted at 2:31 PM yesterday regarding the new Israeli law. This new law is to be enacted prior to the passage of the 2023 budget of the new government of the State of Israel. This new law mandates the death penalty for those who commit acts of terrorism that are intent on harming the State of Israel and its Jewish people. As most of us can now clearly see with the new government in Israel the proverbial gloves have come off. More new laws are coming. One of them, a religious liberty law, will exempt religious Jews and business owners from exercising their Torah beliefs in refusing to provide services that are against those beliefs. This means that currently existent "anti-discrimination" laws that punish religious Jews for refusing to honor the desires of the LGBTQ community, and others, which are in direct conflict with the Hebrew Scriptures. And finally the greatest of the new actions, and the one with very profound prophetic implications, is the inclusion in the Coalition agreement between Likud and the Religious parties is the "Sovereignty Plan." The Sovereignty Plan will bring full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. This plan was first proposed by PM Bibi Netanyahu in September 2019. It implementation will fulfill the Zionist vision of "Israeli sovereignty over the birthplace of the Jewish people, Judea and Samaria." The election of the Likud/Religious Zionist coalition is seen as a mandate approved by the majority of Israel's voters, who have clearly made known their desire for full Israel sovereignty over the whole of Biblical Israel and no to a "Palestinian" state on the territory of Eretz Israel. There no doubt that the sovereignty plan will be vehemently opposed, domestically and from abroad. It is very likely, in conjunction with what will occur on the Temple Mount, to be a catalyst for tremendous violence and a wholesale re-shaping of the map of the Eastern Mediterranean, to include Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and even the Sinai. This will bring about the so-called "one-state solution." All of this is one-hundred percent prophetic. In particular we'll cite Isaiah 11:12-14, and which goes hand-in-hand with Ezekiel 28:24-26, Joshua 13:1-7 and the Psalm 83 prophecy. This we have been discussing over the past 13 years (2009-2022) on Eschatology Today and are all very familiar with the subject matter. The difference now is that we can see it coming to fulfillment through the newly elected government of Israel. The Church Age is quickly coming to a close and God's attention is moving toward Israel. The Harpazo of the Bride of Christ is more imminent than ever before, so now is the time to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all who will receive it for their names have been written into the Book of Life even before the foundation of the world. Marana'tha! ——————————————- In the comments section Sean Osborne posted Well, this didn't take long... Someone asked That was quick...... Sean Osborne replied I've been following this as it develops: The foudation stone info coming... Digging in my note archives, the foundation stone - according to the majority of Orthodox rabbis - is under the Dome of the Rock, i.e. the "rock" is the foudation stone where the Ark of the Covenant was located with the Holy of Holies. I know we're under constant vicious attack these days, but to no avail because we comfort each other with the knowledge of our soon harpazo and the signs before us and, most importantly, the Restrainer within us. By the way, both Hasidic rabbis and intellectually honest Muslim clerics agree on the location of the foundation stone. Someone posted Well if that's true, then that totally obliterates the notion that the 3rd temple will stand side by side with the dome of the rock. Yes, people still believe that theory but I think the dome will be destroyed either in the psalm 83 war or the Ezekiel 38&39 battle. Sean replied I told you all in the first sentence of this SITREP that this is a new Israel not seen before. Here's one first new laws: no more "catch and release" for Islamic terrorists. "Due to the intensification of acts of terrorism with the intention of harming the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people, and in order to defeat the threats, the coalition factions will enact, prior to the passage of the budget for 2023, a death penalty law for terrorists." - Fair Use - :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn Geoffrey Grider Israel used the COVID-19 pandemic to create a ‘living laboratory’ for Pfizer with biometric data harvested from Israeli citizens creating massive genome database. How do I know this? Benjamin Netanyahu just said it, and we’ll play it for you today. “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:” Revelation 13:16 On this episode of the NTEB Prophecy News Podcast, Netanyahu just said that ‘Israel became the lab for Pfizer’ meaning the biometric information gathered from 98+% of the citizenry was given over to Pfizer to conduct experiments with. Who was the first nation to achieve a full vaccination status? Israel. Who was the first nation to roll out and require its citizens use a ‘green health passport’? Israel. So the fact that Israel used the COVID-19 pandemic to create a biometric database on its entire population, and then colluded with Pfizer is huge news if the word Pharmakeiameans anything to you. Today on the Prophecy News Podcast, we will look at all this and much more. - Fair Use - I was surprised by this news … but I’m not now … someone mentioned Bibi is part of the WEF agenda. So I googled it … found this youtube of him in attendance in Davos a year ago. This is just a snap shot - Fair Use - So Bibi is in on the Klaus Schwab’s agenda and dividing up the land for the 2 state solution and NWO AND getting the mark of the beast system ready for the AC to use …. So you know what that means …. We Fly Soon! In the comments section: Someone asked Correct me if I’m wrong, but the mark of the beast will come AFTER we’ve been raptured, right? Geoffrey Grider replied - Fair Use - Yes, the Mark doesn’t come until midway through the seven year period. Rev 13:15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. Rev 13:16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, Rev 13:17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. I also believe that will also be when Satan himself "indwells" the AC!!! For then he enters the temple to desolate it and declare himself as God! TR Rabbis Bring Jesus Home for Christmas: More than 25 prominent rabbis from Israel and abroad issued a statement calling for a renewed look at Jesus, Christians and the New Testament faith. Quoting from their own sages, these outstanding Orthodox rabbis are not ashamed to exalt the name of Jesus, welcoming the carpenter from Nazareth back into the Jewish fold. “Jesus brought a double goodness to the world,” declared the group of well-known rabbis. “On the one hand he strengthened the Torah of Moses majestically… and not one of our Sages spoke out more emphatically concerning the immutability of the Torah.” At the same time “he removed idols from the nations.” These leading rabbis are turning the tides of history by removing one of the main stumbling blocks in the path of a major Jewish reclamation of Jesus! You will recall that religious Jews rejected Jesus from the beginning, with the accusation that he did not obey the Torah, therefore he could not be the awaited Messiah. What we are now witnessing is the undoing of 2,000 years of Jewish rejection and animosity towards Jesus, a miracle by any estimation. This call by these distinguished rabbis to embrace Christians as “brothers and sisters” is no less a miracle. Yeshua may be Messiah, Son of the Living God for the Gentiles, but my Jewish people are still not quite sure just who he is for them. So while these rabbis are making major and unprecedented strides in bringing my people closer to the Messiah Yeshua, they are still far from the truth. Perhaps Jesus is not quite at home in the typical Jewish family, but he is certainly knocking on the door. https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/orthodox-rabbis-bring-jesus-home-for-christmas/ I agree. What an awesome move of God! Throughout the centuries God has revealed himself to Jewish Rabbis who have maintained in their hearts that Jesus was indeed messiah! Sadly, their" number has been small and isolated! According to book called the "Archo Files" a collection of roman writings surrounding Christ and his death, Caiphus and others had to give explanation to the roman authorities for his handling of the trial and death of Christ! If memory serves, something I read many years ago! TR 70,000 people from 95 countries make aliyah in 2022: At that time I will gather you, And at [that] time I will bring you [home]; For I will make you renowned and famous Among all the peoples on earth, When I restore your fortunes Before their very eyes —said Hashem. Zephaniah 3:20 (The Israel Bible) Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration. It was the most olim in 23 years and a dramatic increase from 2021, when about 28,600 immigrants arrived in the country. Jewish Agency data for the period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1, 2022, shows that 37,364 olim arrived from Russia; 14,680 from Ukraine; 3,500 from North America, with assistance from Nefesh B’Nefesh; 2,049 from France; 1,993 from Belarus; 1,498 from Ethiopia as part of Operation Tzur Israel; 985 from Argentina; 526 from Great Britain; 426 from South Africa; and 356 from Brazil. Final totals for 2022 will be available after the year concludes. Approximately 27% (about 19,000) of this year’s olim are young people between the ages of 18 and 35, who will boost Israeli society and the economy, including professionals in fields where there is a labor shortage in Israel such as medicine, engineering and education. Around 24% (16,500) of the olim are ages 0-17; 22% are between 36 and 50 years old; 14% are aged 51-64; and 13% are 65 and over. In light of the surge in arrivals, the Jewish Agency is preparing to operate a new model of “open absorption centers” where young olim will live in the same apartment building and receive community support services. The Jewish Agency will also open a first-of-its-kind center for lone soldiers (those without family members living in Israel who can help them) in Tel Aviv as part of the Wings program. https://www.israel365news.com/363881/70000-people-from-95-countries-make-aliyah-in-2022/ 
Hours prior to Netanyahu's offical notification that he has formed a coalition government, MK Zvika Fogel of Otzma Yehudit went to the Temple Mount for the first time in his life, under the guidance of Rabbi Shimshon Elboim, head of the Temple Mount Administration.
Do the Rabbi's know the exact location of the foundation stone or is it still in question? A rebuilt temple is a unquestionable sign.
Before I tell you about this unbelievable development, please keep in mind that where Bible prophecy is concerned, Israel has always been and will always be the driver. Where is the Battle of Armageddon fought? In Jerusalem. The 7-year tribulation period is called the time of Jacob’s trouble, right? The 144,000 witnesses are all Jews from the 12 tribes of Israel, and so on and so forth. With that in mind, today on the Podcast I want to tell you how Israel used the pandemic to create a nationwide genome biometric database, and gave all the information to Pfizer. Now the plan is to have every nation on earth build these databases and give them to Big Pharma.
Indeed it does, however, we are seeing the MOTB System being installed now. :wacko: 
For Jews to accept Christians with such endearment, after so much misunderstanding and antisemitic ugliness, can only be understood as a divine work of heavenly grace, the likes of which I find unfathomable.
