Israel's Nation-State Law: It Was Time To Be Said

Nadene Goldfoot                                                      

Israel is 73 years old and finally got around to write down what was known and understood by all its people.  Evidently this is legally and politically something that must be said and understood so as not to risk the chance that it might be lost to the majority of people.  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government backed the legislation in 2018,  and was overjoyed at the law’s passing.  This means it passed in the Knessett of 120 seats, with at least 61 votes.   Netanyahu lauded the law as “a defining moment in the history of the state” — a phrase that was splashed across the front pages of Israel Hayom, the country’s most-read newspaper, which is often described as Netanyahu’s Fox News for its favorable coverage of his government.

The nation-state law that was legislated last month did indeed set off a seismic shift. The law, which legally defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, forces the Jewish public in Israel and around the world to confront the identity of the state and the basic premise behind the entire Zionist enterprise: The return of the Jewish people to Zion and our responsibility for one another.

1. Israel is the historic homeland of the Jewish people, who have the unique right of national self-determination. 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uPHaioopKM-Barbara Streisand)

                                           

        
                                                      

2. The flag and the menorah are national symbols.  The national anthem is "Hatikva."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9N1ldPtQ8                                                      

3. Jerusalem is the united capital of Israel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8bSfSLKweU Jerusalem of Gold

                                                 

4. Official language is Hebrew.  Arabic has special status.

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzIxfKndY5A  Alphabet song                                  

5. Israel will be open to Jewish aliyah.

                                                 

    Olim  so glad to be  in Israel that they kiss the ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLefr1CWEkI  Adon Olam

6. Israel will work in the Diaspora to preserve the affinity between Israel and Jewish people.                  

   Jewish Community Center, Portland, Oregon

7. Israel will ensure the safety of the Jewish people and work to preserve the cultural, historical and religious heritage of Jews in the Diaspora.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBjDh-Kuyw-Ofra Haza                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5Cgb6Yy4Y-Ofra Haza                                                               

  Ariel 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and its population was 20,540 in 2019, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of above 10,000 students. It is the fourth largest Jewish city  in the Judea-Samaria after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit, and Ma'ale Adumim.  They should not be called settlements.  Portland, Oregon is no longer a little settlement.  Like children, settlements grow into cities.   

           Yeshiva University

8. The state places national value on the development of Jewish settlement (ugh) and will act to encourage and promote its establishment and consolidation.                         

9. The Hebrew calendar is the official calendar of the state.  The Gregorian calendar will also have official status.

10. Independence Day is an official national holiday.  Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day are official remembrance days.

                            

11. The Sabbath and Israel holidays are days of rest.  Non-Jews have a right to days of rest on their holidays.  Actually, we go to synagogue, rest afterwards.  Here's Neveh Shalom in Portland.  All over the world, on the same hour and day, Jews will be reading the very same sections of the Torah and Haf-Torahs, whether they are in Israel or Portland.                                             

      Knesset behind the Menorah

12. Changes to the law can only be made with a Basic Law passed by a majority of Knesset members. That would be at least 61 out of 120.   

Resource:https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracy
https://onepathnetwork.com/jewish-nation-state-law/?gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDpwH63thc7UCQHiAW8mW8RqYrObD_KGRLmJXJhPD2_X_cEIoDQMfPbBoCFoUQAvD_BwE
https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/peace/guide/pages/declaration%20of%20establishment%20of%20state%20of%20israel.aspx
https://www.israelhayom.com/2018/08/10/the-lie-behind-the-nation-state-law-backlash/

They Killed the 2017 Resolution to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

Nadene Goldfoot
                                                    

Israel's Knesset is in Jerusalem.  This is Israel's single chamber parliament and was created in 1949.  It has 120 seats which are filled by proportional representation based on the total vote in the country.  All men and women with Israel citizenship over the age of 18 have the right to vote.  Candidates for election must be above the age of 25.  The permanent building was built in 1966.  

On January 1, 2017, Donald Trump took office as President of the United States after Barack Hussein Obama had been in office for 2 terms for 8 years.  Obama had taken office on January 1, 2009.  At the end of 2017, on December 20th, Trump voted on the United Nations General Assembly resolution drafted by Yemen and Turkey, an emergency session resolution, declaring that the status of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was null and void.  It was called ES-10/L.22.  
                                                             

ARCH OF TITUS IN ROME BY JEBULON

        That's taking us back to 70 CE when the Romans forced the Jews to carry

loot from the Temple all the way to Rome.  Notice the Menorah above.  They made this arch in Rome to depict making slaves out of the Jews, forcing them to carry these valuables from the Temple.  This is the ARCH OF TITUS.                                               

This menorah is across the street from the Knesset.
"It is a bronze Menorah 4.30 meters high, 3.5 meters wide, and weighs 4 tons. It is located at the edge of Gan Havradim (Rose Garden) opposite the Knesset. It was designed by Benno Elkan (1877–1960), a Jewish sculptor who escaped from his native Germany to Britain. It was presented to the Knesset as a gift from the Parliament of the United Kingdom on April 15, 1956 in honour of the eighth anniversary of Israeli independence.  (Israel's rebirth was on
April 15, 1948.

We are reminded that the Menorah from the 2nd Temple was taken to Rome and is pictured on the Arch of Titus in Rome for all the tourists to see.  The Menorah is a symbol of Judaism and is frequently portrayed on tombs and monuments of every description.  Jewish homes have a Chanukiah, a
menorah with 9 candleholders for the 8 nights of Chanukah.
 

This resolution ES-10/L.22 was sharply contested by the United States and President Trump.  It was Barack Obama who did not vote for the last resolution in the UN affecting Jerusalem, causing it to fail.  He had set the example of how much the surrounding states of Israel could get away with.  
                                                      

            General Assembly of UN in New York on September 17, 2017

Trump wanted this resolution of being able to tell the USA what they couldn't do to fail, so he threatened to cut off financial aid to the countries that voted in favor of it.  That had an impact.  Nine countries voted against the resolution. Thirty-Five countries abstained.  One Hundred Twenty-Eight countries voted for the harmful resolution!  I'll say that again.  128 to 9 against with 21 absentees and 25 abstentions.  It passed.                   

The day before the vote, Trump said: "Let them vote against us...We don't care...this isn't like it used to be where they could vote against you and then you pay them hundreds of millions of dollars. We're not going to be taken advantage of any longer."                           

Nikki Haley was former governor of South Carolina.
Trump selected her as the US Ambassador to UN, one of his
1st and best decisions.  She was remarkable.
She started position January 25, 2017, resigned December 31, 2018
We lost the greatest advocate, but it must be a very frustrating position. 
I miss her SO much!  She was born January 20, 1972.   

 Ambassador Nikki Haley warned her country would remember and "take names" of every country that voted in favour of the resolution. The governments of Turkey and Iran denounced the threats made by the US as "anti-democratic" and "blackmail".Haley had sent a letter to dozens of member states that warned Trump had asked her to "report back on those countries who voted against us." Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said "I call on the whole world: Don't you dare sell your democratic struggle and your will for petty dollars" and warned Trump that "he cannot buy Turkey's democratic will with his dollars." He added: "I hope and expect the US won't get the result it expects from there (UN) and the world will give a very good lesson to the United States".                         

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel rejects this vote before it passes and called the UN a "house of lies".

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s Executive Committee, condemned Trump's warning to countries receiving aid from the US: "Trump should know that there are things that are not for sale or subject to blackmail, particularly issues of principle, legality and morality."

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's spokesman, a country which was seeking re-negotiations of the NAFTA, confirmed its intention to abstain from the vote and that the resolution should not have come to the General Assembly.

                                                 

US Ambassador Nikki Haley then said that her country was "singled out for attack" because of its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. She added that: "The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation,” Haley said. "We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world’s largest contribution to the United Nations, and so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit." She added that: "America will put our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the American people want us to do, and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that...this vote will make a difference in how Americans view the UN.

Even since King David's days, and he ruled from 1,010 BCE to 970 BCE down to 70 CE when Rome destroyed our 2nd Temple and Jerusalem, this city called the City of David has been the capital of the ancient state of Israel, then Judah.  It is sometimes called ZION, after David's fortress.  It's been known as the city of Righteousness, the faithful city, the city of God, THE HOLY CITY, CITY OF TRUTH.  It's always been known as such and recognized as a Jewish capital. 

The Romans through Hadrian  took over the city and founded a Roman Colony on its ruins.  They called it AELIA CAPITOLINA, a name that has persisted into the Arab Period, but the common name they use is EL-KUDS.  To the Jews, there is reason to say it is their holy city.  There is nothing about Jerusalem in a historical sense dear to the Arabs.  

 King David had captured this city from the Philistines in 1010 BCE and became the capital of the united Israel.  One can read about it in II Samuel 5:6-8;  I Chronicles 11:4-6.  David had dealt leniently with the Jebusites living there but established himself in the city, adding the fortress of Zion and also a House of Heroes for his guard.  Then he constructed a tomb inside the city for himself and his dynasty.                                                           

He transferred the Ark of the Covenant there.  David made Jerusalem the religious center of Israel..  Through his conquests, he made it the capital of his empire that reached from the Red Sea to the Euphrates River.  
                                                    

His  son, King Solomon, who ruled from 970 to 930 BCE, enriched the city from his commercial ventures and  taxation.  He enlarged the city by adding the Palace and the Temple, while filling the gap between them and David's City with the Millo or filing.  The erection of the Temple transformed Jerusalem definitely into the permanent center of the Jewish religion.  When Solomon died much changed.  The Northern 10 tribes had been taken by force by the Assyrians in 721 BCE and Judah including Jerusalem remained the capital.  The Davidic dynasty remained in power until it's destruction in 586 BCE.  During this period, the city was under threat by by different kings.  King Hezekiah cut the tunnel which was then named after him.  King Uziah strengthened the city walls and added towers and engines.  It was kings Jotham and Hezekiah who made the other wall to encompass his pool.    King Herod built a palace in the NW quarter of the city, protecting it with 3 great towers; the base of one, the tower Phasael, called the Tower of David, is still visible.  
                                                           

Still standing, the surrounding parts of his outer wall are known as the Western or Wailing Wall. That's where Jews of today go to pray, as the Jordanians will not allow any Jew on the Temple Mount.  They were allowed to rule that part of Jerusalem as a courtesy by Moshe Dayan at the end of the 6 Day War which Israel won.  As a peaceful gesture, he allowed this and look how they treat Jews.   Everyone associates Jerusalem with Jews.  We are wailing once again!!  Luckily, the UN is not a world police force they think they are.  They are there to suggest, not to cause another war.  

The Jerusalem Law of 1980 extended Israel sovereignty over the entire city.  The population of the eastern portion of the city---including the 139,600 Moslems and Christians---had been incorporated into the total population of 493,500 in 1990.  

Jerusalem's 2020 population is now estimated at 931,756. In 1950, the population of Jerusalem was 120,895. Jerusalem has grown by 74,004 since 2015, which represents a 1.67% annual change.

Resource:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel-un-vote/over-100-countries-defy-trump-vote-for-jerusalem-u-n-resolution-idUSKBN1EF2EE
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_ES-10/L.22
The New Standard JEWISH Encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/jerusalem-population/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/jerusalem-population/

Jerusalem Declared City of David Second Time in History

Nadene Goldfoot                                                    

On December 6, 2018, Jerusalem was again formally declared the city of David by the USA by recognizing Jerusalem  as the city created by the House of David, Israel's 2nd King.  Washington's President Donald Trump had taken the plunge and recognized this fought over ancient city as Israel's capital.  The expectation was that there would be a hysterical panic of many watching countries who will threaten this decision.  
                                                   

Judeans being taken away to Babylon 

Jews have been waiting for 26 centuries as biblical exiles who vowed by the rivers of Babylon when they were forced to march there by Nebuchadnezzar b: 605-d: 562 BCE who had attacked Jud

ah and taken away 8,000 of the aristocracy population as captives. and resettled them in Babylonian 597 BCE. 
                                                       

Nebuchadnezzar 

"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and also wept when we remembered Zion(Jerusalem).  On the willows within it we hung our lyres.  For there our captors requested words of song from us, with our lyres playing joyous music.  "Sing for us from Zion's song!"  How can we sing the song of HASHEM upon the alien's soil?"  If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.  Let my tongue adhere to my palate.  If I fail to recall you, if I fail to elevate Jerusalem above my foremost joy.  Remember, HASHEM, for the offspring of Edom, the day of Jerusalem:  for those who say, "DESTROY!  DESTROY!  TO ITS VERY FOUNDATION.  "O VIOLATED DAUGHTER OF BABYLON, PRAISEWORTHY IS HE WHO REPAYS YOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANNER THAT YOU TREATED US.  PRAISWORTHY IS HE WHO WILL CLUTCH AND DASH YOUR INFANTS AGAINST THE ROCK.  
                                                 

"One of the jobs of the Levites was to sing songs in the Temple. Travelers arriving in Jerusalem could hear their haunting and inspiring voices from miles away as they approached the Holy City. Their renown was far and wide – so much so that when they arrived as exiles in Babylon, the Babylonians ask them to, “Sing for us the songs of Zion.”  Only they were being cruel about it.  They were rubbing in the fact that they were captives no longer able to do so.  
                                                     

The chapter in Psalms does not tell us the fate of the Jews who gave that answer. One traditional source says that Nebuchadnezzar killed 80,000 Jews. His response to their refusal to sing was a massacre.  
                                                      

We were taught from this that no matter what the occasion of personal joy, the memory of Jerusalem must come first.  From this verse stems the custom that a bridegroom places ashes on his head before the marriage ceremony and the custom that a glass is broken after the ceremony in memory of Jerusalem. 
                                                     

Babylonian Court-200,000 people
one begging for mercy

That's what heads of state did in those days to change people's cultures and religions.  Then in 586 BCE they invaded Judah again, captured the whole city and destroyed their Holy Temple, laying waste other cities and exiling masses of the population.  The king, Zedekiah,  was a nominee of Nebuchadnezzar himself but even he had  rebelled.  For doing that, he was taken to Riblah where he was slain."  It sounds to me like the Babylonians had treated infants like the Nazis did during the Holocaust by bashing the babies against rocks to kill them off, because this is mentioned in Psalms and the comment was that they were treated like this so they should be treated in the same way.  It's the lesson of not treating others in a manner you wouldn't want to be treated-referred in later days by Hillel as THE GOLDEN RULE.  
                                                     

Judeans returning to Jerusalem from Babylon 

Persia overcame the Babylonian Empire, including Palestine.  It was their King Cyrus who decided on an enlightened policy towards his subject peoples and in 538 BCE, granted permission to the exiles of Judah in Babylon to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple.  For this the Jewish exiles regarded  Cyrus as a Divine agent.  
                                                         

Netanyahu was not afraid of the consequences of this great moment.
There were repercussions, but not as terrifying nor as monumental a decision
it was to tell the world that this was Israel's capital, and it became ONE!
No more a divided city.  The Palestinian Arabs in the eastern section would be
treated as the rest of the city.  Jerusalem, a city bearing many names; Zion,
City of David, City of Righteousness, the Faithful City, the City of G-d, The Holy City, City of Truth, Ariel...It has much to look up to.  Trump continued to keep
another promise and that was to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
 The United States Embassy officially relocated to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

The reaction came from the United Nations who are never in tune with Israel.  Within 10 days the 15 members of their Security Council were handed a draft resolution that denied the declarations legal consequences and told Washington to rescind its move.  As if that weren't enough of their blowing a dissonance sound against Israel, the UN General Assembly's condemnation of this move  had a vote of 128- 9 with 29 abstentions and 21 absentees.  That means 50 in all were too frightened to join Trump in this declaration and hid behind this veil.  They threw in that making any decisions were null and void and must be rescinded.  
                                                        

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Trump could trump this with Nicki Haley, the UN Ambassador who vetoed the Egyptian- drafted resolution on December 18, 2018,  and added that Washington saw in it "AN INSULT THAT WON'T BE FORGOTTEN!"  Now the UN is not a police force.  They can admonish but have no legal power.  
                                                   ירושלים
Jerusalem's history is documented to the hilt in the Torah.  It continued to be documented in the following books that make up the set of the Tanakh or (Old Testament/Bible to English speakers.  The most read book in the world is THE BIBLE.  The name, JERUSALEM, is in the Tanakh 660 times.  It is in the New Testament 146 times.                               

                                                   עיר דוד
"City of David. Second Samuel recounts David's conquest of Jebus, exploiting the secret watershaft from the spring Gihon outside the city wall to its exit within the city. From that time on David "took up residence in the fortress, and called it the City of David" ( 5:9 ).His subsequent construction of a palace made Jerusalem a royal city. His decision to rule from Jerusalem elevated a city, poorly situated for either trade or military activity, to capital status. The politically neutral city, belonging to neither the northern nor southern tribes, also became his personal property."


Resource: magazine: The Jerusalem Report, January 8, 2018, O JERUSALEM!
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
Tanakh The Stone Edition  : Psalms 137
https://www.jewishhistory.org/by-the-rivers-of-babylon/
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/jerusalem.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-opens-embassy-in-jerusalem-recognizing-city-as-true-capital-of-israel

Monday, December 11, 2017

Biblical Days Melding Today With King Cyrus of Persia and President Trump: Let's Compare

Nadene Goldfoot           

                 RECOGNIZING ISRAEL'S CAPITAL: JERUSALEM

From King David 1010 BCE to Herod Agrippa II 70 CE  1,080 years. 

                                                                 

Cyrus II of Babylonia died in 529 BCE
There is a Jewish tradition saying that Queen Esther gave birth to a son from King Ahasuerus and that his name was Cyrus.  I think he's left handed like me! 
The Dragon was probably Babylonia's animal symbol.

                                   

President Trump of USA:  Bald eagle is USA symbol

Starting with King Shalmaneser V of Assyria 721 BCE

Important Middle Eastern events occurred when the Assyrians ruled the land.  This was an ancient state in Western Asia of Semitic people of a very aggressive people.  They experienced rapid expansion from the 13th and 10th centuries BCE.  At a low point in their history, King David and his son, King Solomon were experiencing success in establishing Israel 1010 BCE to 920 BCE.  They had to fight against the Aramean states in Mesopotamia and Syria.  This break in the Assyrian battles probably gave them the rest they needed.  

                                                                     

Solomon's Temple built  between 961-920 BCE

Assyria, now fresh again and rearmed, overran Syria and the Phoenician cities in 876 BCE.  By 853, Shalmaneser II attacked Damascus's king Ben-Hadad II and King Ahab of Israel.  

First the horrible attack upon Israel in 722 BCE and the next year of 721 BCE from the Assyrians led by Sargon in which many of the strongest and brightest of their citizens  of 10 of the 12 tribes of Jacob were killed and those fighters surviving were taken as prisoners away to unknown lands of the Assyrians and their holdings.  King Solomon had died back in 920 BCE and the kingdom of Judah could not come to Israel's aid fast enough to save them.  Israel's King Hoshea, who had ruled for the past 9 years was killed in 721 BCE as the last king of Israel.  Sargon took away 27,290 Israelites of 10 of the 12 tribes to Assyria and Media and replaced them with Syrians and Babylonian prisoners.  

He had received the throne in the first place with Assyrian help with conditions.  His kingdom was confined to the surroundings of Mt. Ephraim.  Finally he had rebelled at this and the Assyrian king Shalmanser put him in prison.  Then the Assyrians overcame and captured Samaria, which was the surrrounding land around Jerusalem.  

It was Sennacherib who took over Jerusalem in 700 BCE when Judah was ravaged though its king Hezekiah was able to hold out by paying the Assyrians tribute as well as ceding some of his territory to them.  The Assyrians were hit with a plague throughout the army and returned home.  

Assyria thus declined rapidly and the Babylon Empire rose up in its place.  Babylon was land of the tower of Babel, land of Shinar and of the Kasdim (Chaldees).  It's known as the cradle of humanity.  Abraham came from Ur, located here.  Pagan tyranny ruled here.  Nebuchadnezzar II (604-56 BCE) inherited the Assyrian Empire and had exiled many Jews to Babylon.  

                                                    

The Ishtar Gate and Dragon were icons of Babylonia

Cyrus II was the King of  Babylon and this included Persia (today's Iran).  His job became one of many conquests of the Middle East.  It was either that or have invading armies attack his country.  In the course of his conquests, he overran the Babylonian Empire of which had already taken over Israel and Judah.  His policy in dealing with people he had overcome was very enlightened.  

In 538 BCE, he granted permission to the exiles of 70 years of Judah who were captives in Babylon to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple. " Israel's return to Jerusalem from Babylon involved about fifty thousand Jews -- much, much fewer than the more recent return, which is such a wonder of our own day. After inhabiting the land for 70 years, there were those who thought of Babylonia as home and dared not leave.   "The biblical record accords great importance to this return. (facts from Ezra 1:1-4; and II Chron.  36:22-3).  These Jewish exiles regarded Cyrus as a Divine agent.  

Cyrus was thought to be the son of Queen Esther, and that's why he had leanings  in favor towards the plight of the Jews.  It was unique how the Jews had found favor in his eyes.  

The 2nd Temple was dedicated in 515 BCE, thanks to Cyrus II.  

Though Zedekiah was the last king of Judah from 597 to 586 BCE when Judah was a free state, Herod I, known as the Great, served from 73 BCE to 4 BCE as King of Judea by the Roman Senate because of his family and his fierceness in executing people.  He was the son of an Idumean Antipater and his mother was a Nabatean named Cypros.  This was in the period of a Roman takeover that replaced the Babylonian days.  He got to his station in politics by murdering all possible rivals to his power including his own brother in law, the last Hasmonean high priest and put to death his own wife Mariamne, their 2 sons Alexander and Arisatobulus and his first son, Antipater.  In the course of events he managed to make himself very rich.  To appease the Jews, he rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem and built 2 cities; Sebaye and Caesarea.  Everyone outside his country thought he was great-a generous patron and protector of the Jews.  How little they understood.  He let 3 sons live; Archelaus, Herod Antipas and Philip.  The Romans burned down the Temple and Jerusalem in 70 CE.

Now, Cyrus II was a mentch, a real good guy, a real man, not someone crooked thinking only of feathering his own nest and ignoring the feelings of others.   Because Trump has taken steps that have been so criticized as recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, he is being compared to Cyrus II.  Cyrus lived 2 centuries before Isaiah's time who prophesied about this hero.  (Isaiah 44:28) "Who says of Cyrus, "He is My shepherd, He will fulfill all My desires, to say of Jerusalem, "It shall be built, and of the Temple, It shall be established." 

This is a very brave and daring move for Trump to take after the last 3 presidents made promises to their constituents that they would do it but then broke that trust on those promises.  There was always some political reason not to, such as angering the local Arabs called Palestinians, a name given to them by the denigrating Romans.  These presidents appeased the Palestinians which gave them more reason to think they could take the city as their own.  

                                                                                 

After waiting since 70 CE till 1967 when the Israelis won back East Jerusalem from Jordan, they were not about to just hand it over to the people who had attacked them, when all the Arab states had attacked and they had won miraculously.  

Lion of Judah

                                                                               

Everyone in Israel serves in the IDF; Israel Defense Force.
They are proud of their country and have good reason.  The Lion of Judah is the symbol of the Hebrew tribe of Judah (the Jewish tribe). According to the Torah, the tribe consists of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob.

The association between Judah and the lion, most likely the Asiatic lion, can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to his son Judah in the Book of Genesis

USA Promises

1993 and Clinton was in office and there was home-that went up in smoke.  2001 when Bush was in office and more promises and smoke.  2009 and Obama promised and again, more smoke for appeasement.  2017 has finally brought recognition from a wildly different kind of American president in very odd times. 

                                                                              

Trump with wife Melania at Inauguration Ball

 This president, up against his own accusations of sexual impropriety that is sweeping across the USA, dislodging many many men from their positions; who is up against his own Republican party who are trying to unseat him, a man who is proving to be quite successful in his business of running the country in his first year of service where he is showing his unselfishness by not even accepting a salary for his work!  He's a billionaire who challenged himself to run the country better than it had been and he's doing it, even though the opposing party have been doing everything in their power and then some to bring him down.   Their latest weapons are unproven accusations of Trump's collusion with Russia in getting elected in the first place.  All that's being uncovered today is the collusion that was going on with the Democrats and the Russians!  

                                                                        

The bald eagle's role as a national symbol is linked to its 1782 landing on the Great Seal of the United States. ... (Since ancient times, the eagle has been considered a sign of strength; Roman legions used the animal as their standard, or symbol.)

This president has many personal faults; his language, his outspokenness, his youthful exploits,  his name calling- petty and childish; but he's also a workaholic who is proud of his country, nationalistic at a time when pride in one's country must be terribly low, as so many of our young people are finding this as something terribly embarrassing.  The point it, he's getting the job done.  He's going out of his way to keep his promises, and that's what's important.  Hey, with his lead, our army and air force are putting down ISIS!                                                      

A president at age 70, he has led an interesting life giving him skills for the job.

Our flag has become meaningless to the well-known few.  They're going in the direction of socialism and world dominance from one source-not G-d, but from one unknown person, place or thing, or perhaps just from nowhere. Bernie Sanders, Socialist, almost won the presidency. And one wonders why Hillary couldn't understand how she lost the Presidency.    

It used to be that only Vets of WWII were given special breaks and privileges, rewards for giving their service to the country.  Today's youth want it without doing anything; a free ride in college.   It's hard to fathom how they are thinking today.  Perhaps I should ask Soros or the football League what they want in their future.  We know that Trump doesn't think that way.  He's nationalistic.  The Europeans are trying it and it is floundering badly as the EU (European Union).  Ask England why they pulled out.  They are now  being led by European Commission president – Jean-Claude Juncker. Appointed by: national leaders (heads of state or government of EU countries), with the approval of the European Parliament. Actually they use 3 people, and another is the President of the European Parliament (since 17 January 2017, Antonio Tajani) of Italy.  Europeans were naysayers to Trump's action of recognition.  

I'm surprised that Norway doesn't belong.   England has pulled out.
They use money called the Euro.  

  It's ironic.  Jews had been without a country for almost 2,000 years and certainly know what's it's like to depend on someone for one's livelihood and their own personal  life as their record has been a horror; the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, with prejudice reigning all the time in between.  Ask the Pashtuns how they feel after living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Do they have representation?  How about the Kurds who used to live in Kurdistan but are spread all over the Middle East who would love to have their own nation.I bet the native Americans would love to have their land back minus all alcoholic beverages.     Jews have finally received their own land once again after such a long wait and the popular Western world thinking now is that Nationalism is outdated.  

                                                                                

Those who do have a nation are unwilling to preserve it.  This is freaky!  Thank goodness we have some people who have not bought into such a proposition and are serving in our nation's armed forces!  

King Cyrus II encouraged the Jews of Babylonia to return after a 70 year exile, and rebuild their temple which had been destroyed by his predecessor.  

President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, something that had been put off doing by 3 previous presidents after such promises.  This also encourages the Jews of Israel that the truth is returning to the land after a long absence.  As one sees after perusing through this article how many systems Trump was up against.  A changing climate has called for a one of a kind president.  

Wallanu, a writer,  pointed out that as the 45th president of the United States, Trump would embody the 45th chapter of Isaiah, in which Persian King Cyrus rebuilds the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Others working on bible codes are coming up with interesting word connections.  

In Isaiah 45: "G-d said to Cyrus : , "I will go before you and straighten the twisting paths;...whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him.....Needless to say, there are 250 rabbis in Israel who are very happy with Trump's proclamation.  Those in the USA aligned with J Street are probably not as they rarely see the good things going on in Israel.  To live there is to really understand the land and the people. 

"In the year 1971, Iran celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the monarchy by Cyrus."  Did they forget what he did for his Jewish captives?   
"Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements and which intensified in January 1978.  Today they are led by the Ayatollahs to hate Israel, and the USA is being led by Donald Trump and the American people, both unique among mankind.    

Research: https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/99167/messianic-trump-cyrus-connection-revealed-hebrew-numerology-bible-codes/?utm_source=Breaking+Israel+News&utm_campaign=e15264e7b6-BIN_morning_12_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6d3627f72-e15264e7b6-83518689&mc_cid=e15264e7b6&mc_eid=55a1055ec8#/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/total-casualties-arab-israeli-conflict

 Tanakh (Old Testament) Isaiah 45:1 Hashem to Cyrus
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrus-the-Great

http://www.ldolphin.org/daniel/ezra01.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hasmonean_and_Herodian_rulers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Judah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/ishtar-gate-and-deities-babylon-001868

http://www.jewishhistory.org/the-beginning-2nd-commonwealth/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/11/who-supports-trump-on-jerusalem-europes-anti-islam-politicians/?utm_term=.ab1ac1c46941

http://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2015/07/jews-and-their-dendrites.html more on Babylonia, history affecting dendrites

Labels: Babylonia, Bible, capital, Cyrus II, European Union, Israel, Jerusalem, President Trump, prophecy, Socialism, USA

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