The Gentile Witness Book II, Elijah (26 page)
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Authors: Samuel David
I looked up at Benjamin and said, “In your opinion who do you think I am.”
Benjamin immediately said “Elijah the Prophet.”
“Do you really believe that Rabbi for I cannot feel in my heart that is what you feel inside. What I see in your heart is not compassion but anger that I am here. You do not like that I am here and what I am doing. It takes from your power and you eloquence. So let me ask again who do you think I am?”
“I do not know Elijah; I only know what you tell me.”
“You are one of the two leaders in Israel of the faith are you not?”
“Yes I am.”
“Then you should know your scriptures should you not.”
“Yes I do know them Elijah, I know them well.”
“Yes, that is what I believe as many others do.”
“Well I did come back before the Messiah but you don’t read the New Testament like most Jews. In Matthew 7: verses 10-13 Jesus the true messiah said in verse 12. ‘But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they liked. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them’. That refers to John the Baptist Rabbi. Jesus said it and I lived it. Now in anticipation of the return of Jesus I am again here to pave the way. I am again here to bring the House of Israel back not only to
Adonai
but his Son Jesus Christ. I am also here to rebuild the Temple. All of these things I will do ‘Chief Rabbi Benjamin Hagen of the Sephardi.” I said contemptuously.
“I don’t believe Jesus was the Messiah Elijah,” It is very difficult for me to believe any of this. Please forgive me but I have nothing in my life or my education that points that the Messiah was as you say Jesus. But this conversation is not why I am here tonight.”
Benjamin then looked down at the wet stones beneath him then raised his head and after a deep breath said, “Elijah we have a government and this government makes our peoples decisions. We the religious leaders do not make those decisions for them. Israel has not had a prophet for thousands of years and I find it hard to believe they have one now. Elijah the government makes the decisions and we religious leaders do not, nor do you.”
“I then looked at Benjamin then I said very calmly, “As of yesterday Benjamin, I am now Israel’s leader by
Adonai’s
choice. I will be their leader until once again; I am taken-up, to the Father. Then and only then, will the Israelis govern themselves again. Until that time, and you may tell your, Government, you may tell your Generals, you may tell your secret people what I have said. I will also say this once more. I have ways to keep Israel in line and if necessary, I will use them. Go back to your books and read your scriptures of the drought of no rain during the time of King Ahab.”
I then paused then looking up at both of them and said to them both, “By tomorrow this dome will no longer be here. Tell them to bring the machines to remove the rubble, which is all that will be left of their shrines. Try to save parts of the buildings. Many of the bricks were, made originally for the Temple built by Solomon. We will reuse those materials. Also, bring equipment to excavate and remove very large stones. We need to retrieve some of the possession of the Temple.”
“Are you going to destroy the Temple yourself tonight Elijah?” Yona asked.
“No your enemies will destroy it and it will be very soon. As we speak, they have just launched their rockets towards Jerusalem. You both must leave and take cover. For when they approach all three they launched will hit right here in the middle of their shrine. And they will totally and completely destroy their own shrine.”
Benjamin then stood and said to Yona. “Let’s go we must get to the Prime Minister immediately and tell him what Elijah has said.”
“It’s not safe Yona, we must leave and you too Elijah.”
“God will protect us Benjamin go and tell the men of Israel what I have said. All of what I said.”
As I finished my last words, the warning sirens started across Israel. Benjamin started walking towards the limousine then started running. I then stood and told Yona, “Look up in the night skies and watch Yona, watch what
Adonai
can do.”
I started searching the sky and then I could make out the streak of the missiles coming towards Jerusalem. The ground ICBMS from the Iron Dome System streaked up in the sky towards the missiles and the anti aircraft guns were now firing. The night sky was lit up from the spotlights searching the darkened sky.
Yona watched as I then raised my hands toward the sky pointing at the oncoming missiles. As I pointed, my hands held steady following their trajectory. Using hand motions much like that of a conductor in a symphony I with Adonis help started changing their trajectory. Then slowly all three missiles changed their direction in a sharp left turn. They were now flying in perfect formation like three fighter jets would be in an air show. You could now see the fire from the rockets as they started on a downward trajectory towards where I stood.
I stood transfixes watching Elijah. The sirens were still blasting their warnings and the loud speakers were warning Israel they were under attack. As the missiles came closer, I could see that Elijah unwavering kept his hands to the sky and was speaking a language I could not understand. Then I could see the missiles streaking towards us. They appeared as if they were, aimed directly at Elijah and me.
Then I dropped my hands and took Yona’s hand pulling him towards me. I then pushed him against the wall and covered him with my body and my cloak.
All three missiles hit simultaneously, and the ground shook as the sky lit up as if daylight. The explosions as the missiles impacted could be, heard all across Jerusalem. The debris was on fire as it descended from the sky around us, lighting up the entire Temple Mount area even below the wall where we were.
After a few minutes and as the debris stopped falling I slowly rose from the top of Yona. I walked out to where you used to be able to see the dome.
I looked at over at Yona then pointed to where the Dome of the Rock had stood just moments before and said, “Look Yona, they have destroyed their own Temple and now the Temple of
Adonai
can and will be rebuilt.”
As Elijah told me to do, I looked at the Temple Mount, which was ablaze. It appeared the entire top of the Mount was on fire. Explosions were going off continuously and debris still was raining down near us. I then watched in fear as I saw the figure of Elijah, the fires burning on top of the Mount, and the reflection of the light from the fire lighting up Elijah’s face. His face was that of fire itself almost as if laughing at the destruction. His dark eyes were blazing in obvious triumph.
I then lay prostrate on the ground and then I felt a hand on my head and heard Elijah say, “Dear God we have our first of the 144,000 we seek.”
He then told me, “We need to get up and out of the way.”
I obeyed the command and as I was raising myself up, I could see the fire trucks racing to the Mount with the military vehicles behind them. Between the explosions on the Mount the air raid sirens, the approaching rescue equipment the sound was deafening. We then moved away from the entrance a safe distance from the Mount and stood watching.
I then turned to Elijah and asked. “What of the people, the caretakers, the priest, all the others, in their Temple.”
He looked at me shrugged his shoulders and responded. “They chose to not believe in
Adonai’s
power, even though they were warned.” He paused then added shaking his head slowly back and forth, then added, “Their choice sealed their own fate.”
He said nothing more as he lifted his gaze to the top of the Mount. In a few moments he turned his head from the fires burning towards me and said, “Yona always remember what you have seen tonight. Always keep your heart strong and believe in
Adonai’s
power. You will be a leader of men and lead many to salvation of their souls after I am gone. For the next three years, you will be by my side where you will learn from me. This was you will be prepared to teach others the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The camera crews were now everywhere in the area, along with rescue teams and firefighters. The Temple Mount area was, sealed off for about four blocks. Yona and me then sat down on the wet stones outside the entrance a safe distance away and watched as they worked.
A news camera crew finally found us. The newsperson in Hebrew asked me, “What has happened here?”
Smiling at him, I simply stated for the cameras, “Your enemies have destroyed their own Temple. So now thanks to them we can rebuild immediately…the Temple for
Adonai
and his Son Jesus Christ.”
The reporter was then silent but the camera had caught me smiling, as I had the thought, ‘Finally, the Temple of
Adonai’s
chosen people would be, rebuilt’.
Chapter 46
2:05 PM Friday Bear News Affiliate Studios in Kansas City
The breaking news logo appeared on the screen, interrupting the coverage reporting on the Vice Presidents plane going down. In the background, John and Don were reading the dispatches and speaking with their affiliate in Israel. Once they were confident, they had the story line down pat John went live. Don was rounding up others to get commentary of what just happened in Israel.
The announcer said, “We interrupt our current programming to bring you breaking news from Israel. Here is John Roddenburg.” The Logo changed to the camera focused on the anchor desk. John stated, “We just received news that the Temple Mount has been attacked by three missiles and has been totally destroyed. We now are going to our affiliate reporter in Israel Jaeger Barak, who is live on site at the Temple Mount where the Dome of the Rock used to be. Jaeger can you hear me?”
There was a time delay then John repeated, “Jaeger can you hear me?
“Any idea Jaeger how many people were in the dome when impact occurred?”
“We really do not have a complete total of casualties or injuries. So far, all we can tell you is maybe thirty, to forty maintenance workers and caretakers. They are all Jordanian Nationals. They would have been in the area plus several clerics and their supporting staffs.”
“What about the other buildings on the Mount other than the dome itself?”
“Well as best as we can ascertain John there is nothing on that Mount other than a huge crater. Some of the debris from the impact covers a two-mile area. All the mosques located on the Mount are, destroyed. As I said earlier as best as we can tell there are no structures still standing on the Mount.
The
al-Aqsa Mosque
, the
Dome of the Rock
and the
Dome of the Chain
are all destroyed. What we have is a huge hole where they were.”
“Jaeger is there any religious issues with firefighters and rescue teams entering the Temple Mount?”
“As you know John Israelis are prohibited from entering the area. For now, it appears for the moment this restriction is being, overlooked. The fire fighters here are Israeli and they are on the Mount.
“Any official word from governmental officials in Israel, that, you may have heard?”
“The Israelis are stating for now, the Iranians launched the missiles. This is the only official word we have from them. The Israeli Government is not getting the blame at least not for now. But there is one thing that may interest the viewers.”
“What is that Jaeger?”
“Elijah and one of the Chief rabbinates were at the entrance gate to the dome when impact occurred. We had a camera crew here because we were not sure if Elijah would speak again or not. We had lights put on the makeshift podium in case he decided to say something. However, just before Impact Elijah was looking up at the sky pointing at something. The last footage we have before impact is when he grabbed the Rabbi and then pressed him against the wall. We filmed a statement from him a few minutes after the impact. However, we no longer have the tape. The Israeli government seized the tapes of those incidents with Elijah before and after the impact.”
“Are you aware of what Elijah said that was on the tape?”
“Yes John the cameraman wrote down what Elijah had said when they caught up with him after the impact.”
“What did he say?”
Jaeger then unfolded a piece of paper in his hands and then read from the quote. “What he said to the camera operator was ‘your enemies have destroyed their own Temple. So now thanks to them we can rebuild immediately the Temple for our God and his Son Jesus Christ.”
“Is this an exact quote from the cameraman?”
“Yes it is John. As I said earlier, the Israeli government seized the actual tape of that quote. We cannot confirm the exact words. We only have what the cameraman remembers and he wrote down.”
“Thanks Jaeger pleases stay where you are, we may want to come back to you as we sort this out.”
“Ok John we will be here as long as they let us stay. This is Jaeger Barak live in Jerusalem.”
John then looked toward the speakerphone on the anchor desk and said “Thank you Rabbi for agreeing to talk to us on such short notice. Rabbi I want to ask you only one specific question. You heard as just reported, in Israel what Elijah said, or was, deemed to have said. After hearing this alleged comment do you think the Israeli Government will rebuild the Temple? Or Rabbi should Israel give the Mount back to the Jordanian Waqf to rebuild their shrines?”
“To be honest John I have no idea what they may do, but I can tell you what I want to happen.”
“What is that Rabbi?”
“Rebuild the Temple for God or whom we call
Adonai
. The reason is simple at least to me. I know that the Messiah will be here soon and the Temple must be there for him when he arrives.”
“Do you think Rabbi that many like you feel the same?”
“Yes I do, but then there are always the politics. Nevertheless, in my opinion Elijah and Enoch right here in Kansas City declared that the Lord was coming. I believe politics need to be, tabled and we take advantage of this God given situation. It is not the Jews, which destroyed the Temple. It was the Iranians. This situation should pave the way for Israel to rebuild the Temple.”
“Rabbi” John asked, “You heard the Iranians claim to of not targeted the Temple Mount. It appears there was a glitch in the trajectory, how do you feel about that?”
The phone was silent for a few moments then the Rabbi said, “
Adonai
wants the Temple built. The only way John this could occur was to destroy what was on it now. Moreover, I can tell you John there was no software problem. I know in my heart it was, Adonai’s will that destroyed the Temple. The Iranians only supplied the means to do so.”
“Any other comments Rabbi.”
“Yes, I think Jews worldwide as Elijah said the other night need to return to Israel as he commanded. The Temple it appears will be, rebuilt and that means the Messiah is at our doorstep. It is time to go home.”
“Does that mean you are going also?”
“Yes, and most of our members are also. There is going to be thousands no tens of thousands of Jews returning to the Promised Land. It is time John.”
“Thank you Rabbi we appreciate you being so candid with us.”
“You’re welcome John.”
John looked away from the speakerphone then said, “We are going to take a break. We will be back with more on the situation in Jerusalem and all the other news we are following. Stay tuned for we have a lot of news.”
Chapter 47
10:45 PM IDF Kiyra Military Complexes, Tel Aviv Israel
“We have confirmation that the three incoming
Fajr-3
Missiles struck the Temple Mount pretty well dead center. They were on track to hit two targets in Jerusalem and one here in Tel Aviv but for some reason they literally change direction and hit the Shrine. Also the Iron Dome was unable to intercept them even though they deployed.”
“Origination Corporal?”
“Iran, Sir.”
“Any coordinates of the exact spot of Launch?”
“Heat signature?”
“Conventional bomb sir, armed with three warheads each at 2,200 pounds each. That payload would make quite a mess, sir.”
“Thank you Corporal, you may continue. Please see if you can obtain any additional satellite photos at the impact site.”
“Yes Sir.”
Capitan John Bernstein then picked up the phone and called Chief of the General Staff of the IDF Jacob Schwartz on the direct line at the IDF HQ.
“General.”
“Yes.”
“Captain John Bernstein. We have forwarded the information on the attack and are waiting for your instructions.”
“Are there any other incoming objects of interest that you can see?”
“No sir not at this time.”
“Impact information available yet?”
“We do have imagery and also people on site. It appears all three with three warheads each at 2200 pounds hit dead center in the Dome of the Rock complex.”
“Any idea how that may have happened for the computers were calculating trajectories aimed at the government Complex in Jerusalem, specifically the Knesset
?”
“I don’t know sir the tracking from the model shows that all three missiles literally made a wide turn then plunged straight down. The result was a direct hit at the Dome Complex.”
“Any chance there was an error in our tracking software?”
“None sir we have went over it several times now.”
“Any troop movement or anything else indicating the Iranians are planning any additional action?”
“No sir, not even in Tehran.”
“Alright Captain I expect that a detailed report be forthcoming very soon.”
“Any other instructions, sir?”
“No not at this time captain, if the situation changes please notify me immediately.”
“Yes sir.”
“Jacob hung up the phone. He walked over to the computer screen to replay the track of the missiles. After the third time watching the replay he looked up shook his head and said to himself “
Impossible
this is absolutely impossible
.”
Chapter 48
10:46 PM Prime Minister David Ben Bernstein’s underground bunker, Jerusalem, Israel
“Shlomo, what do we have as of now?”
“Prime Mister Bernstein there are no more missiles incoming, to Israel Airspace. The three that hit as we briefed you moments ago were at the ‘Dome of the Rock.”
“How is that possible?”
“We do not know sir; the computers calculated the Iranians targeted our Government complex here in Jerusalem. The ICBM was locked in from the Iron Dome System and launched. However, the missiles themselves took sharp left hand turns then literally flew in formation. The radar tracking then have the missiles arcing up then in a straight line down. It was a direct hit right through the center of the complex. As of now it appears to have destroyed everything and I mean everything.”
“We are sure they are from Iran?”
“Absolutely sir, heat signature, and identification were all confirmed as being Iranian. We also know which Iranian base the missiles where, launched from. We also have confirmation of all our data from the Americans spy satellites.”
“Why didn’t the Iron Dome System intercept them?”
“Ok Shlomo, now what? None of this makes any sense at all?”
“Regardless sir, of the failure of the Iron Dome System they really hit Jordanian territory at least in concept. However, that was not their intent. Therefore, I suggest we bomb the base they launched from immediately. Then as a warning to Iran, bomb their capital. The planes are already armed and in the air waiting for your authorization.”
David stared at Shlomo, he finally responded with a question. “Was Elijah at ground zero?”
“Yes he was there along with Yona. They were at the entrance where the wooden bridge is near the wall. It appears they took shelter by the wall and both escaped without any injury.”