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drop placed in water, turned it a milky white, just as ancient documents indicated. The substance
was given to the Chief Rabbi of Israel, and it will be used to anoint the Messiah when he returns.
Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog believes that the dye used to achieve the blue-colored thread on the
Temple garments (Numbers 15:37-40), comes from the Segulit snail, which because of its
scarcity, is very expensive. According to the Talmud (Menahot 44a), Israel is inundated every 70
years with these snails. In October, 1990, they were found in large numbers on the
Mediterranean beaches of Israel.
In April, 1992, Jones announced that on the floor of a cave, north of Qumran, at the Wadi
Jafet Zaben, he discovered about 900 pounds of a reddish-colored material which was tested by
the Weizmann Institute of Science, and found to be the remnants of a special mixture of incense
believed to be used in the Temple service. Jones felt that this was one of the items listed in the
Copper Scroll. However, the Temple Institute believes that since the incense was not found in a
container, it had been improperly prepared and disposed of, and thus is not acceptable for use.
Little by little, all the elements seem to be coming together in preparation for the day when
the Temple will be rebuilt. The closer we come to that reality, the opposition to it increases
within certain religious circles. The destruction of the second Temple in 70 AD, according to
some Christian leaders, indicated that the Jews were being punished for rejecting Jesus as the
Messiah, and that Judaism was being usurped by Christianity, which had become the new temple
of God. They feel that because He spiritually dwells within all who believe and follow His
teachings, the rebuilding of the Temple would be a denial of Jesus’ atonement for our sins on the
cross, which eliminated the necessity of Temple sacrifice. This sort of theological debate is
pointless, because the Bible plainly eludes to the existence of the Temple in the last days,
regardless of how right or wrong it is.
Now bear in mind, I have been told by Pastor Milt Maiman, (formerly of the Messianic
Hebrew Christian Fellowship in Harrisburg, PA) that to fulfill the prophecy, the Temple doesn’t
have to be rebuilt. Just as the Tent of the Tabernacle was originally used to house the Ark, it
could again be erected on the Temple grounds, and used for Temple observances.
So, when you turn on the 6 o’clock news, and you see that Israel has put up the Tent, or that
construction on the Temple has begun, know that this is one of the major events in the prophetic
timetable, and that the end is near.