Lebanese President Open to Peace With Israel: ‘Facilitating Construction of 3rd Temple’ Says Rabbi
- Lebanese President Open to Peace With Israel: ‘Facilitating Construction of 3rd Temple’ Says Rabbi
by A recent statement by Lebanon’s president suggested that he would be receptive to an agreement with Israel similar to the one signed with the United Arab Emirates. The announcement has huge political and security implications, suggesting that Hezbollah may be on its way out, but, more importantly, a pact of brotherhood with Lebanon would be an element in the construction of the Third Temple as it was in the days of King Solomon.
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In an interview with French-language BFM TV on Saturday night, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun was asked if he would consider making a peace agreement with Israel as the United Arab Emirates had just done. “That depends, Aoun responded. “We have problems with Israel and we have to resolve them first.”
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Work must begin soon if the cedar will appear in the Third Temple. Over the centuries, extensive deforestation has occurred, with only small remnants of the original forests surviving. The Lebanese state has created several reserves, utilizing a DNA-based method of identification to ensure that reforestation efforts in Lebanon are of the cedars of Lebanon and not other types. One reserve named the Cedars of God located in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharr is one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar.
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Rabbi Yosef Berger, the rabbi of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, noted that official relations with Lebanon would certainly facilitate the construction of the Third Temple, but it also represented the appearance of other essential elements.
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“The altar cannot be constructed of stones shaped by iron implements since iron is used in war to shorten life and the Temple is meant to lengthen life,” Rabbi Berger noted. “For that reason, King David, who waged many wars, was unable to construct the Temple. His son, King Solomon, made treaties and was, therefore, able to build the Temple.”
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