THE HIDDEN BACKSTORY OF ISRAEL'S GAZA GENOCIDE

One of the key reasons for the Oct. 7th Hamas attack is central to understanding a global religious war that may soon engulf us all.

Given his patch of white hair, this red heifer would luckily escape consideration for temple sacrifice.

Photo by Mark Taylor / DeMOCKracy.ink

This story may soon directly impact every American and world citizen in just a few weeks.

By Mark Taylor
DeMOCKracy.ink (4/5/24)

First, I need to say I do not have all the answers to what I’m about to write about. In fact, until three days ago, I knew next to nothing about what I am presenting here. I still have a lot to learn. But what I have learned is beyond troubling. It is terrifying.

I also need to stress I am not a Middle East expert nor Biblical scholar. I’m not even a Christian or Jew. What I am sharing is some of what I have learned in the past few days and the links to the information I have reviewed for everyone to check out for themselves.

This story, it turns out, was one of the primary reasons for the Oct. 7 Hamas raid. As is the norm, the corporate media has not given this critical historical and religious angle of the Gaza genocide much coverage, though I do provide a link to a pretty good introductory overview piece by CBS news that came out March 5. I am hoping this can be a starting point and the Substack community will pick up on this topic and flesh out the story and get it circulating.

I want to stress that this story may soon directly impact every American and world citizen in just a few weeks.

Given the insane hair-trigger global nuclear weapons system, it could well lead to the end of the world as we know it. I know that sounds overly dramatic, but what I am presenting here could quickly rocket out of control, beyond all reason, logic and diplomacy.

Feel free to restack or borrow from this column. I make my material totally free for use, so this is not about racking up paid subscribers.

So to begin…

The future of world may balance on five cows. You read that right. Five red heifer cows from Texas, exported to Israel in 2022. The same kind of animals cited in the Bible as necessary sacrificial creatures for the building of a new Third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. A temple to be built on the Dome of the Rock, upon which the Al Aqsa Mosque, the holiest Islamic mosque, stands today. You can read a brief history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its significance here.

CBS News reports the Texas heifers “…now graze at a secure, undisclosed location in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.”

As is the case with all things out of Israel today, acquisition of the heifers for a sacred religious ceremony was grounded in deception and lies. CBS notes, “To bypass strict laws in place at the time that banned the export of U.S. cattle to Israel, the heifers were classified as pets.”

You just can’t make this stuff up.

The stage for destruction and chaos

Before Al-Aqsa, the First and Second Jewish Temples occupied the site. The second temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. A new Jewish temple would require the complete removal of the existing Al-Aqsa Mosque. The destruction and razing to the ground of the holiest Islamic mosque would outrage and electrify the world’s Muslim populations.

Fundamentalist Israelis are reported to have already built an elevated ramped altar upon which the animals are to be herded then burned, facing and overlooking the Al-Aqsa site. The various religious vessels and instruments and vestments for the sacrificial service have already been created. Rabbis have been trained and rehearsed the ceremony and await the call. Blood from the sacrificed animals would be used to consecrate the land and tools to build a new Jewish temple.

Slow-motion religious genocide

Over the past twenty years, the Jewish state has restricted movement of Muslims around Al-Aqsa and dislocated many from their homes to isolate the mosque and control Muslim access to the site as much as possible. Periodically, Jewish West Bank invaders have entered and defiled the mosque and intimidated, mocked and beat worshipers. It has been a kind of slow-motion religious genocide.

The Jewish holiday of Passover — Pesach — begins at sunset this April 22 and runs until nightfall on April 30. There has been talk that the heifer ceremony is to occur during the holiday. As CBS notes, to rebuild the temple, “…fervent believers point to the Bible's Book of Numbers, which commands the Israelites to offer ‘a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.’"

Reports have just now — almost six months after the Oct. 7 raid — come out saying Hamas went forward with their border crossing operation in large part because of concern about the ceremony taking place soon, “Hamas dubbed its Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel ‘the Al-Aqsa Wave,’ and the group's emblem features the Dome of the Rock behind two crossed swords.”.

The US evangelical connection

For various convoluted and genocidal reasons, American evangelicals breathlessly look forward to the destruction of Al-Aqsa and construction of a new Jewish temple as it would supposedly herald a second coming of Jesus. It would also — coincidentally and ironically — lead to the destruction of the Jewish people. The folklore and theological details of all that are beyond me, but suffice to say, it is a bizarre and twisted, knotty prediction upon which many are willing to kill or be killed.

Below are a few of the sources I found helpful. Please note, I did not post a couple of them because I believe in their theological perspective, but rather to help understand where this form of delusion is coming from. Delusion that may soon impact us all in very real ways.

I encourage Substackers to dig into them and follow leads to help open the coverage and dialog for what may soon prove to be one of the most consequential episodes of the modern era.

(NOTE: Thanks to Substacker Thomas Balisterei Ed.D. at Connecting The Dots for forwarding material used in this column.)

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What These Red Cows From Texas Have To Do With Middle East War & Peace

Finding the red heifers took years. The quest led Mamo not to Jewish breeders but to Christian ranchers thousands of miles away.

By Chris Livesay
CBS News (3/5/24)

Jerusalem — When Hamas spokesman Abu Ubaida began a speech marking the 100th day of the war in Gaza, one confounding yet eye-opening proclamation escaped the headlines. Listing the motives for the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, he accused Jews of "bringing red cows" to the Holy Land.

The cows he was talking about are red heifers, which now graze at a secure, undisclosed location in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some Jews and Christians believe they're key to rebuilding the Jewish temple that once stood in Jerusalem, and to beckoning the Messiah.

To understand, you have to look back almost 2,000 years in the tumultuous history of the Middle East, when the ancient Romans destroyed the last temple in Jerusalem.

To rebuild it, fervent believers point to the Bible's Book of Numbers, which commands the Israelites to offer "a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke."

Only with that offering, they insist, can the temple rise again. …

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END-TIME PROPHECY: The Red Heifer & The Third Temple

A depiction of the Temple in the Holy City of Jerusalem.

“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:  “This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded:  Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. …  This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the aliens living among them.”  (Numbers 19:1–2, 10)

The Messianic Bible Prophecy Project

Although Jewish people have always lived in the Holy Land, after the Holocaust the Jews began returning to Israel en masse.  In 1948, the Jewish nation was prophetically reborn (Isaiah 66:7–8) as the State of Israel, and ever since Jews have been streaming back to the Land from all four corners of the earth.

Since 1967, there has been a movement in Israel to rebuild the Holy Temple; however, the main obstacle is that the Temple Mount is currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock.

Just as the regathering of the Jewish People is fulfillment of Bible prophecy, so too is the building of the Third Holy Temple.

Today, many of the preparations for the Third Temple have already been completed, including the sacred worship vessels and priestly garments to be worn by the Levites in Temple services.

As well, over 500 young Jewish men, descended from the tribe of Levi, have been trained as Temple Priests to fulfill their duties of worship and sacrifice in the Temple.

But the Temple service can’t begin without the parah adumah (red heifer).

What does a cow have to do with the rebuilding of the Holy Temple?  How could a simple animal play a vital role in the success or failure of such a monumental event?

God’s word states that only the red heifer can restore the Biblical purity needed to rebuild the Temple. …

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When Will The Red Heifer Be Sacrificed?

The Kashmiriyat (3/3/24)

Jewish theology places special emphasis on the red heifer sacrifice because of its deep roots in the Torah and the Bible.

The ancient records state that the ritual calls for the sacrifice of a red heifer that must meet strict requirements: it must be completely red, without a single non-red hair, and it must be blemish-free. Following the sacrifice, the ashes are used in a purification rite that is necessary for anyone wishing to enter hallowed areas or partake in specific religious rituals.

The recent developments about this ceremony has recently gained worldwide attention. According to reports, plans are in motion for the sacrifice, which might happen as early as Passover 2024.

Earlier The Kashmiriyat reported that, five blemish-free red heifers were reportedly shipped from Texas to Israel in 2022, and they are presently being kept in Shiloh, Israel.

The Rabbis are required to hold off on performing the sacrifice until the heifers are three years old and still devoid of blemishes.

There must be a piece of land on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives where the red heifer sacrifice is performed. It’s thought that someone has purchased the land. It is decided that the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem is a suitable site for the ritual, negating the need to build a new temple.

This is consistent with some readings of biblical prophecy that regard the Temple’s reconstruction as a signpost to the Messianic age.

The red heifers themselves are the focal point of these preparations. These animals are imported from the United States and are given close attention to ensure they fulfil the stringent requirements specified in religious texts.

Beyond religious circles, there is a wider public interested in historical and prophetic trends that look forward to the red heifer sacrifice. Many believe that this occurrence, which has significant ramifications for both religious and eschatological contexts, is a critical step towards the restoration of Temple worship and sacrifice.

Scholars, believers, and onlookers around the world are still debating and speculating about the time and execution of the ritual.

In a speech delivered 100 days into the present conflict, Hamas claimed that the red heifers’ arrival had an impact on their choice to launch the October 7th strikes in Israel, which ignited the conflict.

Currently, there are claims circulating that the red heifer sacrifice may begin either just before Passover on April 22, 2024, or 50 days later on Shavuot.

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