Mormons in Israel since 1841

[DennisTate]

This is interesting.......

Resolving the Mormon Issue

Daniel J. Elazar

http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/mormon.htm

 

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The Facts of the Case:

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) have been present in Israel for a long time. Because of their belief that Jews would return to their land as a "sign of the time" of the second coming, the Mormon missionary Orson Hyde was sent to Jerusalem by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church in 1841, only ten years after the founding of the Church. Hyde recited a "Zionist prayer" and dedicated the land to the Jews from atop the Mount of Olives.

Today, there is a Latter Day Saints Church in Jerusalem which holds services on Saturdays, and the modern Brigham Young University (BYU) program has been functioning in Israel for seventeen years, operating out of East Jerusalem and Kibbutz Ramat Rachel on the southwest border of city. Over 1850 students have participated in this eight-month program since 1977.

A number of years ago, BYU decided to build a permanent home for the program and brought their request before Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. The original request had been for a site on the western side of the city, between the King David Hotel and Hebrew Union College. The Mayor decided that the eastern side of the city would be a better location, probably in the wake of ultra-Orthodox extremist attacks on Christian institutions in the western part of the city, including the burning down of the Baptist Church in Rehavia.

 

 

[Overwatch]

1 hour ago, DennisTate said:

This is interesting.......

I suppose so. Now all we have to do is help Judah believe in and come unto Christ as a whole. We have the majority of Ephraim and Manasseh in the USA and the rest of the Americas, this is our new home. Europe is also Ephraim. Levites are scattered in the Americas, Europe and Israel. The Land of Russia is full of the other tribes of Israel. We just need to learn to work together. We have often gone to war with each other, with some devastating results. Like when Benjamin was reduced to 400 men (all women, children, and animals killed) when they became like sodomites and only recovered because the city of Jabesh Gilead snubbed Israel and didn't show up to the war. They were destroyed like the Benjaminites with the exception of 400 young women who were "given" as wives to the 400 Benjaminite survivors. Over 70,000 People were killed during this one family feud.

[DennisTate]

19 hours ago, Overwatch said:

I suppose so. Now all we have to do is help Judah believe in and come unto Christ as a whole. We have the majority of Ephraim and Manasseh in the USA and the rest of the Americas, this is our new home. Europe is also Ephraim. Levites are scattered in the Americas, Europe and Israel. The Land of Russia is full of the other tribes of Israel. We just need to learn to work together. We have often gone to war with each other, with some devastating results. Like when Benjamin was reduced to 400 men (all women, children, and animals killed) when they became like sodomites and only recovered because the city of Jabesh Gilead snubbed Israel and didn't show up to the war. They were destroyed like the Benjaminites with the exception of 400 young women who were "given" as wives to the 400 Benjaminite survivors. Over 70,000 People were killed during this one family feud.

My apologies if I am in error......

and I admit that I could be.... but I have been wondering for over a decade now if

one of the next major movements within Christianity...... is basic support for the idea of the 

Orthodox Jewish community to rebuild their Jerusalem Third Temple........

without which...... perhaps Zechariah chapter 14 cannot come to pass??????

 

That article that was given in post #1` was written by somebody who was Jewish......

and their analysis of Latter Day Saints was surprisingly positive.......... but if a segment of

Latter Day Saints begin to come into agreement with an idea that I have been putting out there for a few years now........

you might just become the most trusted denomination within Christianity by Israeli Jews.  

 

A man from Uganda named Eporu Ronald Alfred has written an article on a Christian Political Cyrus.....

that I personally cannot refute.  Perhaps you can..... .but I can't.  I will quote him in a separate post just in case his article is inappropriate for your forum.

 

[DennisTate]

Here is that article..... feel free to delete this if it is inappropriate for your forum.... but you may wish to copy and paste it to an e-mail and send it 

to one or more of your leading prophets because although this article is written in a politically incorrect manner..... it sure does seem to have considerable insight.  I got the impression that the author had had a near death experience during a bout of malaria......... which could help to explain why he knows what most other Christians haven't noticed yet.

 

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Eporu Ronald Alfred

Kakira Deliverance Church,
P.O. Box 3191, Kakira, Jinja, Uganda

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Dear brethren, 
I salute you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

RE: SHARING NEW DISCOVERIES OF THE TRUTH IN BIBLE PROPHECY CONCERNING THE IMMINENT HEALING AND UNITY OF THE CHURCH

I am mesmerized by the truth in bible prophecy that the Spirit of God has been revealing over the recent years. Secret things belong to God and those that are revealed belong to us and our children... (Deut 29: 29).

1. King Cyrus the great ruled his country 555 years Before Christ i.e. from 576 BC to 530 BC and authorised the rebuilding of the second temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus of the Old Testament is hence associated with the number 555 and is the shadow figure of incoming Cyrus II of the New Testament. You may learn more about his history from the internet and scriptures. This new truth enables us to identify the leadership of the world that will rebuild the temple in Jerusalem as prophesied in book of Isaiah before the rise of antichrist. Cyrus II is coming to revive the evangelical/Pentecostal church in Jerusalem and restore the headquarters of the church in same city where the church was born. He is set to strip Babylon of the vessels of the temple and the name of the Lord God and transfer that crown back to Jerusalem thus leaving Babylon naked. Cyrus will rebuild the temple in Jerusalem in fulfilment of the prophecy of Jesus as written in the book of John 2:18-23 and the prophecy of Isaiah as written in chapters 40, 41, 45 and 47 of the book of Isaiah. Jesus regarded the temple as the symbol of his own body while saying that he had the power to lay it down on the first day (1st millennium) and rebuild or raise it up on the 3rd day (3rd millennium). Remember that one day in the eyes of God is the same as one thousand years (millennium) as stated in book of 2 Peter 3:8. Rebuilding of the temple is thus associated with unification of the church.

Cyrus II will rebuild the temple in honour of our lord Jesus Christ. The temple will be the unifying (rallying) point of the world wide evangelical church as the original headquarters of the church. Psalms133 denotes that there is such a powerful anointing that comes along with unity among brethren. Unification of the whole body of Jesus Christ will make the church so powerful that she will overrun the world within a short time before the return of our lord Jesus Christ. A divided church is a powerless church whereas a united church is a powerful church. The church can only be able to fulfil her ultimate mission of revealing Jesus to the world once we get united as one body of Jesus Christ following his last prayer for his disciples as written in John 17:20-23.

Cyrus II will erase that false image of Jesus that the counterfeit and Idolatrous state church of Babylon has been projecting around the world and revive the original church that projects the true brilliant image of Jesus Christ. Haggai 2:9 says that the glory of the latter church (temple) will be greater than the glory of the former church (temple).The rise of Cyrus will also usher in the ultimate fulfilment of the prophecy of Joel 2:28 where God intends to pour out His Spirit on all flesh in these last days. The era of Cyrus brings the gentile period of grace to its close and leads to the restoration of the Jewish period of grace and salvation.




2. King Manasseh was the shadow figure (forerunner) of the antichrist in the Old Testament who ruled over Jerusalem exactly 666 years Before Christ i.e. from 697 BC to 642 BC. (2 chronicle 33: 1-2 and 2 kings 21: 1-17). Antichrist is associated with the number 666 as written in the book of Revelation 13:18. Manasseh was the most evil king to have ever ruled over the city of Jerusalem and kingdom of Judah.

Manasseh is reported to have killed so many innocent people in Jerusalem that the streets of Jerusalem were flowing with blood; he worshiped pagan idols and stars; he built pagan alters for idols and stars in the very courtyards of the temple; he sacrificed his sons to idols; he consulted diviners and mediums; he even set up an abominable pagan image at the temple that causes desolation just as the incoming antichrist will do. It was on that basis that God decided to have that first temple destroyed completely since Manasseh had desecrated it.



3. Prophet Jonah was the shadow figure (forerunner) of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament who undertook his prophetic ministry around 777 B.C. Prophet Jonah is hence associated with the number 777. He arose from the shadow and demise of Prophet Elisha. His preaching radiated such great power and authority that turned the city of Nineveh as the rising super power of that time up side down within 3 days only (read the book of Jonah). Jonah was the prophetic force behind the restoration of the lost territories of Israel in the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel between 782 BC and 741 BC as written in II Kings 14:25. Jonah related with God more or less as his own father and God loved him more or less as His own son. He volunteered to die save occupants of the ship and was raised to life after three days just like Jesus Christ. Jesus compared himself with Jonah as his forerunner in the Old Testament as far as his earthly ministry, death and resurrection was concerned in Mathew 12; 38-41, Luke 11; 29-32. Jesus will also oversee the restoration of the lost territories of Israel just like prophet Jonah when he comes to rule as the king of kings and Lord of Lords. We can therefore correctly associate Jesus Christ with the number 777 just like Jonah as our commander-in-chief, Lord of the Sabbath and fountain of life.

The more we know where we came from the more we know where we are going. You are cordially invited to visit my face book home page for more information and messages. Feel free to share this truth with other brethren just as I received it free of charge from God.

Your brother in Christ 

Eporu Ronald
Scientist & Minister of Bible Prophecy

I first shared this from one Facebook group to another one in September of 2010... so it was written some time before that.