The Supreme Islamic Association and al Aqsa Association for contruction of holy shrines have accused Israeli authorities of involvement in excavations underneath the Temple Mount and that they building a synagogue three hundred yards away from the Dome of the Rock, which could cause instability to the Islamic worship center, the al Aqsa Mosque.
The Mufti of Jerusalem, Shiekh Zabri, the top Muslim cleric in the holy land, called on Israel to halt work on the archaeological project near the Islamic holy site, saying that continuing the dig will inflame tensions in the Middle East region between Arabs and Jews. Israel's chief rabbi at the Western Wall says there was no new synagogue at the site and the archaeological dig did not go into the temple compound area.
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
Muslims clerics threatening a major conflict on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem if Israel does not stop an archaeological dig near the Temple Mount is a foretaste of things to come, according to Bible prophecy. For a number of years the Mufti of Jerusalem, Shiekh Zabri, has said there is no evidence that there has ever been a Jewish presence on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Several months ago, Zabri said that the Jews had no right to the area of prayer for the Jewish people, the area at the Western Wall. Now the Mufti, Shiekh Zabri, has joined with other Muslim clerics in the Middle East to accuse Israel of doing an archaeological dig underneath the Temple Mount and threatening the stability of Islam's third holiest site the al Aqsa Mosque located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
This most recent claim by the Mufti of Jerusalem is a part of what seems to be an ongoing campaign to rid the Temple Mount of any Jewish presence ever. This Muslim strategy is a perfect fit for the scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy for the End Times. Zechariah, the ancient Jewish prophet wrote 2,500 years ago that one day Jesus Christ would return to Jerusalem to rebuild His Temple on the Temple Mount, Zechariah 1:16, 6:12. Zechariah 1:14-15 reveals that before the Lord returns to build His Temple, there will be enemies of the Jewish people who are aragantly secure about their control of the Temple Mount area.
These recent developments indeed are setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
