688 Dome of the Rock Built =→ Abomination of Desolation

Daniel 11:31 Abomination Spoken of by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 "So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)"

1335 days

688 "Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik began construction on this building in 688 and finished it in 691 AD."

Days of 1260, 1290, & 1290 DAYS=Years.

688+1260=1948 Israel becomes a nation again as the Lord has been driving them home.

688+1290=1978 The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978.

688+1335=2023 Why did antisemitism spike globally after the Hamas attack of October 7?

Exodus 19:10“Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. [Two (1000 YEAR) DAYS. 33 TO 2033] “you are to set up boundaries for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.” The mountain Kingdom of Israel is now on fire since 2023 and is setting boundaries. Israel is the Lord's weapon of war Jeremiah 51:20

I have long sought to understand the message the Lord was giving Israel through the book of Esther. I came to believe that the timing of the Lord’s return—and His beginning to restore the Jewish captivity in 1878—is likely significant. When I first examined the parallels, it appeared that Haman rose to power about 63 years after Cyrus, in 539 BCE, allowed the Jewish people to return to their land. In this parallel, Hitler appeared to fulfill a similar role to Haman in the book of Esther, again about 63 years later.

It appears that this was done to fulfill the prophecy of Jeremiah 16:14-18 “Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.’ 15Instead they will say, As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers. 16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks. [WW2-Hitler] 17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. 18And I will first repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

Because the Jewish people were permitted to return to their land but delayed doing so, the Lord raised up Haman, as described in Esther, to compel their return. A similar pattern applies today. Their 1,845-year double of punishment—from 33 to 1878—for rejecting Jesus as Messiah had ended. Around that time, in 1874, Jesus raised Benjamin Disraeli to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In 1878, Disraeli made it possible for the Jewish people to purchase land in Palestine/Israel for the first time since the diaspora began in AD 70–135. This fulfilled what God said would happen if they disobeyed the law given through Moses in Leviticus 26:18-46.

Hitler = Haman

Again, it was around 63 years after Jesus returned in 1874 that he raised up Hitler – Haman’s counterpart [in the book of Esther] to again drive the Jewish people back to their own promised land. In 1938: Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) saw synagogues burned, Jewish businesses destroyed, and 30,000 Jewish men arrested under Hitler’s regime.

The outcomes of Hitler’s actions in World War II are comparable to those under Haman. Esther then reveals her ancestry to Xerxes and Xerxes hangs Haman and his 10 sons on the Gallows he had prepared for Mordecai, Esther's uncle. Esther, representing Jesus Queen the Church now working beyond the veil of death through the United States reverses the death sentence upon the Jewish people having the United Nations declare Israel a nation in 1948. This gave the Newly formed Israel the ability to fight back against their enemies as was the case in the story of Esther 8:7 – 9:17.

So, what has happened since the beginning of Israel' s nationhood in 1948 and today. What is going on? We read in Ezekiel 39:27-29 “When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations. 28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations. 29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

Teaching Israel Warfare

We need to remember what the Lord did when he brought the Jewish people originally into the promised land. After Jericho [Joshua 6] and Ai [Joshua 7] representing in our time WW1 and WW2 the Lord tells Israel in Judges 3 “the LORD left some of the Canaanites in the land to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, 2to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly”.

So, what happened to Israel after they again became a nation, they were again attacked and Israel began again their lessons of warfare. Some need to be reminded of what the lord told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 51:20-23 “You [Israel] are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. 21With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver…” All this means that since 1948 the Lord has been doing a good job at teaching Israel warfare.

Again, this was the first thing that happened to Israel after them becoming a nation in 1948. This was also to fulfill what was prophesied in Zechariah 14:1-5 “Behold, the day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. 2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. 3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as when he fought on the day of battle. 4On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south. 5You will flee to My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.”

Understanding this text in Zechariah 14 is key to understanding what is going on today. Anyone with eyes to see knows that when Israel was made a nation in 1948 that the Arab nations around them all attacked and fought a battle and as a result the city of Jerusalem was divided in half. Nevertheless, the battle ended and Israel remained and became an independent nation. The Palestinians backed by Jordan got the old city, East Jerusalem and Israel got the newer city of West Jerusalem.

Dividing Jerusalem was not done by a formal international body, nor was it a pre‑planned border. It was a hastily drawn cease‑fire line created by two military officers:

• Lt. Col. Moshe Dayan of the Israel Defense Forces.

• Lt. Col. Abdullah a‑Tal of the Jordanian Arab Legion.

They met on November 30, 1948, after fighting in Jerusalem had stalled, and they drew the line by hand on a map using thick wax pencils. This improvised sketch became the de facto border between Israeli‑held West Jerusalem and Jordanian‑held East Jerusalem. The division of Jerusalem wasn’t the result of a carefully negotiated political plan. It was improvised; based on battlefield realities; never intended to be permanent. But later “frozen” into law by an armistice agreement.

Effectively the 1967 Six‑Day War erased the line that had divided Jerusalem for 19 years. On June 5, 1967, Jordan opened fire along the entire Jerusalem cease‑fire line, triggering full combat in the city.

Israel responded by:

• Moving the Har’el Brigade toward Jerusalem

• Capturing strategic high ground north of the city

• Cutting through Jordanian front lines and isolating East Jerusalem

By June 7, Israeli paratroopers:

• Broke through the Lions’ Gate

• Entered the Old City

• Reached the Western Wall

• Took full control of East Jerusalem

For the first time since antiquity, the entire city was under a single government’s control. Later in 1967, Israel’s security cabinet made a secret decision:

• The Green Line would no longer appear on official maps

• Maps would instead show Israel extending from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River

The LORD will fight against those nations

As Zechariah 14:3 says, “Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.” Since 1948, Israel has not lost a battle because the Lord has been guiding and training them for war. How has He taught them? By surrounding them with relentless enemies to contend with, especially in the United Nations. Most of their present enemies have come from their older brethren, Ishmael and Esau. Yet these do not appear to be their final enemies. Gog and Magog are descendants of Japheth, Genesis 10:2 Noah’s firstborn. The Lord says He will “put hooks in Magog’s jaws” and bring them against Israel to display His power before all who oppose Israel. See: Ezekiel 38

The remaining portion of Zechariah 14:1-5 begins in verse 4: “On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south. 5You will flee to My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.”

The "earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah" refers to a massive seismic event around the 8th century BCE, mentioned in the Bible and now supported by archaeological evidence, particularly in Jerusalem. Two prophets mention this earthquake:

• Amos 1:1: Amos dates his prophecy “two years before the earthquake,” during the reign of Uzziah (Judah) and Jeroboam II (Israel).

• Zechariah 14:5: Refers to people fleeing “as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,” indicating its traumatic impact on collective memory.

• Magnitude: Believed to be one of the strongest earthquakes in ancient Israel’s history.

Many people wonder what the antitype of this earthquake is. I believe it was World War II, which led many Jewish people to flee back to Israel. This illustrates the fulfillment of Jeremiah 16:16: “But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

Jewish Immigration Aliyah

Although the “First Aliyah” officially began in 1882, Jewish settlement activity was already underway by 1878, including: Founding of Petah Tikvah (1878) by religious Jews from Jerusalem.

First Aliyah (1882–1903) Immigrants: ~25,000–35,000. Origins: Russia, Romania, Yemen. Motivations: Pogroms, antisemitism, early Zionist ideas.

Second Aliyah (1904–1914) Immigrants: ~35,000–40,000 Origins: Russia, Poland Motivations: Pogroms, failed 1905 revolution, socialist Zionism Impact: Established the first kibbutzim, Revived Hebrew as a spoken language, Founded Tel Aviv (1909).

Third Aliyah (1919–1923) Immigrants: ~40,000 Origins: Eastern Europe. Motivations: WWI devastation, Russian civil war, Balfour Declaration (1917). Impact: Built roads, ports, and infrastructure and Strengthened the Haganah defense organization.

Fourth Aliyah (1924–1929) Immigrants: ~82,000 Origins: Poland, Hungary. Motivations: Economic crisis in Europe, U.S. immigration restrictions. Impact: Boosted urban growth in Tel Aviv and Haifa, and Expanded small business and light industry.

Fifth Aliyah (1929–1939) Immigrants: ~250,000 Origins: Germany, Austria, Poland. Motivations: Rise of Nazism, antisemitism. Impact: Major demographic shift, Growth in arts, architecture, and professional sectors and Increased tensions with the Arab population.

Aliyah Bet (1934–1948) – Illegal/Clandestine Immigration: Immigrants: ~100,000 Origins: Holocaust survivors, European refugees. Motivations: British restrictions (White Paper of 1939), desperation. Impact: Many detained in Cyprus which Influenced global sympathy for a Jewish state. This one is spoken about in Revelation 17:17-20.

Post‑1948 Immigration (State of Israel Era) After independence, immigration became central to Israel’s identity. 1948–1951: Mass Immigration: ~700,000. Sources: Holocaust survivors, Jews from Arab countries. Impact: Population doubled in 3 years. This by itself strikingly fulfills Zechariah 14:5 “You will flee to My mountain valley”.

1950s–1970s Major influx from Iraq, Yemen, Morocco, Egypt, and other Middle Eastern communities, Later waves from the Soviet Union.

1990s: Post‑Soviet Aliyah Immigrants: Over 1 million, One of the largest single Jewish migrations in history

2000s–Present Continued immigration from: France, North America, Ethiopia (multiple operations), Former Soviet states, Latin America.

According to search results: In 1948, Jews in Israel were 6% of world Jewry. Today, Israel is the largest Jewish population center in the world. Since 1948, over 3.2 million Jews have immigrated to Israel. Israel’s Jewish population grew from 600,000 (1948) to over 7 million today. This represents approximately half of the world's Jewish population now living in Israel.

One More Aliyah

According to Isaiah 66:19-20, many Jewish people will still return after the end of the Armageddon described in Ezekiel 38: “I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So, they will proclaim My glory among the nations. 20And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”

This fulfills Ezekiel 39:28: “Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind.”

For some reason, as Jewish people began returning before World War II, Arabs also moved into the Promised Land in large numbers. After Israel became a nation, however, Jewish immigration increased dramatically and far exceeded Arab immigration.

This dramatically fulfills what Zechariah 14:5 and Jeremiah 16:16 said would happen: “You will flee to My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.” This fleeing points to their return to the Promised Land, driven in part by the Lord’s work through the hunters described in Jeremiah 16:16: “But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.” This hunting process continues today. What remains is described in Ezekiel 39:27-29: “When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations. 28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations. 29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

Conclusion

So, what does the Shulammite Woman’s message to the Daughters of Jerusalem have to do with all of this? Song of Solomon 5:8 The Shulammite Woman, representing Christian churches, resembles the Daughters of Jerusalem, representing the synagogues in Jesus’ day. Like them, she failed to understand the Lord’s advent and did not rise to answer the door in time. Song of Solomon 5:2, Luke 19:44. This understanding presents the Gospel message from the perspective of Acts 15:14-18: “Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. 15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written: 16‘After this I will return and →[after the Gospel age, during the harvest]← rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17so that the remnant of men [the Daughters of Jerusalem, or synagogues] may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name →[Christian churches]← says the Lord who does these things.”

From these scriptures, it should be clear that the Messiah has returned and is the one “rebuilding the ruins and restoring them to their land.” Simon was quoting from Amos 9:11-15. The point is this: it is time for all of you to wake up!

May the Lord add his Blessing

James Schucker jimschucker@gmail.com 808-754-8978

The Shulamite Message to the Daughters of Jerusalem

Song of Solomon 5:8

O daughters of Jerusalem [The Jewish Friends] I adjure you,

if you find my beloved,

tell him I am sick with love.

[The Jewish Friends respond...]

9How is your beloved better than others,

O most beautiful among women?

How is your beloved better than another,

that you charge us so?

[The Shulamite - Christian Friends of the Jewish people Respond about Messiah...]

10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,

outstanding among ten thousand.

11His head is purest gold;

his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

12His eyes are like doves

beside the streams of water,

bathed in milk

and mounted like jewels.

13His cheeks are like beds of spice,

towers of perfume.

His lips are like lilies,

dripping with flowing myrrh.

14His arms are rods of gold

set with beryl.

His body is polished ivory

bedecked with sapphires.

15His legs are pillars of marble

set on bases of pure gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

as majestic as the cedars.

16His mouth is most sweet;

he is altogether lovely.

This is my beloved, and this is my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.

What happened in the book of Esther is going on again today. The Lord is Driving the Jewish people back to their homeland to fulfill...

Jeremiah 16:16-18 "But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks. 17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. 18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

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