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PROPHECY ALERT! Black Pope to Hold Mass at Site of Last Supper in Israel Orthodox Jews Protest! What is Going On? (Video)
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Orthodox Jews Protest Christian Worship at Site of Last Supper in Israel
May 13 2014
Are we hearing this?! Let it sink in, folks. This could be MAJOR! (FF to 16:14 for the time-constrained.) No, I do not believe it is not the temple referred to in prophecy, but the precedent that it set is Spirit-AWAKENING! Also discussed, the peace process.
Orthodox Jews gathered at the site of the Christian Last Supper near Jerusalem on Monday ahead of a visit by Pope Francis, arguing that allowing Christians to worship at the site violates their beliefs. Pope Francis is expected to hold a mass at the Last Supper site, known as the “Upper Room” on Mount Zion, when he visits Jerusalem from May 24-26. About 200 ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered near the site on Monday to protest Francis’ planned mass, arguing that allowing the Vatican to hold a Catholic mass there denigrates the Jewish religion. Jews regard the site as being the Tomb of King David, as well as the site of a 16th Century mosque.
“Under Jewish law it is a big problem … basically they are taking over the place,” Rabbi Avraham Goldstein, who organized Monday’s protest, toldNBC News. “When ‘the crusaders’ come here making the sign of the cross and all kinds of rituals, this place will become idolatrous for us, and we will not have the right to pray there anymore,” another protester, Yitzhak Batzon told AFP. Those protesting Francis’ visit to the Upper Room, also called the Cenacle, will reportedly hold another demonstration a few days before the pope’s visit. This most recent challenge comes on the heels of several incidents of vandalism committed by local Israelis against Muslims and Christians.Reuters reports that 14 attacks have been carried out in the past year by far-right Israelis. The attacks often include defacing Christian sites in the country. Read more
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered Monday near the reputed scene of Jesus’s last supper in Jerusalem demanding that Israel keep sovereignty over the site where Pope Francis will celebrate mass. The pope will visit the Holy Land from May 24-26 and before returning to Rome is set to hold a mass in the site known as the Upper Room or Cenacle, on Mount Zion near the walls of the Old City. Jews revere the site as the tomb of King David, which is on the ground floor of the same building. The site is also important for Muslims.
“As soon as they touch the ‘status quo’ of this place, bad things will happen,” said rabbi Avraham Goldstein, accusing the Israeli government of wanting to hand the Upper Room over to the Vatican. Sovereignty over the Cenacle, which was renovated by Franciscans in the 14th century before the group was forced out, is a highly sensitive issue. It is currently part of negotiations between Israel and the Vatican which hopes to recover the site. Tradition says it is where Jesus had his last supper with the disciples, before his arrest and crucifixion. It is also where the Gospels say the Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost, 50 days after Easter.
Israeli President Shimon Peres told an Italian newspaper during a visit to the Vatican last April that a compromise had been reached on the Cenacle, and that “99 percent” of the issues concerning the site had been addressed. However, no official agreement has been announced. “When ‘the crusaders’ come here making the sign of the cross and all kinds of rituals, this place will become idolatrous for us, and we will not have the right to pray there any more,” ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester Yitzhak Batzon told AFP. Ultra-Orthodox protesters are planning another demonstration there on May 22 — just three days before the pope is due to arrive in Jerusalem.
Pope Francis’s short visit to the Holy Land has already faced obstacles, including a rise in so-called “price tag” hate crimes by Jewish extremists targeting Muslims and Christians. “The unrestrained acts of vandalism poison the atmosphere — the atmosphere of co-existence and the atmosphere of collaboration, especially in these two weeks prior to the visit of Pope Francis,” Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal, the most senior Roman Catholic figure in the Holy Land, said on Sunday. Read more
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Prophecy alert? Are you insane? Read the prophecies, read the scriptures, learn what they truthfully say, and not what these crackpot clergy and churches and religions say. The only true Christianity is the one Jesus taught, not what ANY religion says.
Oh now c’mon, this is a Lyn L title, I feel dirty for having clicked
“allowing Christians to worship at the site violates their beliefs. ”
1. Their beliefs were invented by the political group the Pharisees AFTER 70 CE. They have no relationship with the Israelites, not the same beliefs or genetics.
2. I’m sure Muslims feel the same way about Jews wanting to use the Dome of the Rock, claimed by the Jews to belong to them, despite the fact it never has. They are denied access, so I’m guessing this is pecking order thing, seeing as Christians have to ask Jews permission to blink in occupied Palestine.