Does Hamas fear that Jews in Israel are trying to fulfill a Biblical prophecy? Glenn reviews a story from earlier this year that went under the radar: On the 100th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, a Hamas spokesman proclaimed that Israel’s aggression “reached its peak” with “the bringing of red cows” to the Holy Land. This, Glenn explains, is a reference to the red heifer prophecy, which some Christians and Jews believe will usher in the building of the third Jewish Temple and the End Times. So, is Israel preparing to retake the Temple Mount? And was this why Hamas attacked on Oct. 7th in the first place?
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GLENN: So back in January, a story flew under the radar, that is worth discussing, and it wasn't discussed because the mainstream media has no idea what this even means.
But at the 100-day mark of the war in Israel, October 7th. The military spokesman for Hamas, gave a televised speech, about the Hamas efforts. As well as the remain -- the reminder of the purpose, of the war.
Now, this was translated, into English, by the Palestinian chronicle. Which, gosh, I must have missed this issue of it.
And it just came to my attention. And I want to you to listen carefully to what this guy said.
Quote, we look back 100 days to remember the educated, the complicit, the incapacitated among the world powers, governed by the law of the jungle.
Reminding them of an aggression, that reached its peak against our path, al-Quds and Al-Aqsa. Al-Quds is the Muslim name for Jerusalem.
And Al-Aqsa is the mosque that is on top of the Temple Mount.
Reminding them of an aggression, that reached its peak against, translating, in Jerusalem. And the Temple Mount.
With the start of its actual temporal and spatial division, what?
They started -- it reached the peak, at the start of the Jews Jew's actual temporal and spatial division.
And, quoting, the bringing of red cows as an application of a detestable, religious myth. Designed for aggression, against the feelings of an entire nation in the heart of its Arab identity.
And the path of its prophet, and its ascension into heaven.
Hmm. What did you get out of that, Stu?
What -- the temporal and spatial division. What's that?
That sounds mystical, doesn't it?
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: And the bringing of red cows as an application of a detestable religious myth. Well, we should look in to what that is.
The bringing of red cows, as part of a detestable myth.
Okay. Red of hers, are the -- the detestable religious myth, according to the leader of Hamas. A red heifer in the Old Testament, to be sacrificed, has to have no more than two black or white hares.
And they check them. I'm guessing, there is a rabbi squad that goes out.
And they look, and they check the heifer, it has to be unblemished. All red hair.
And that's a one in 50,000 chance that your red heifer is going to be born like that.
And it cannot have more than two black or white hares. Even before having their ears tagged. A common practice with livestock.
That would disqualify them for ceremonial use.
But these four heifers remain blemish-free. And according to the temple institute rabbis. They want to carry out this detestable -- what did he call it?
Myth. And a ceremony. Before pass over.
So just before Easter.
Only nine heifers have been sacrificed since Moses.
Nine.
And that happened between Moses and the year 70 AD. And the feeling is, or the -- the myth of the Bible, is the tenth red heifer ceremony would bring in the Messianic Age.
Now, I don't know about you. But those people who are like, I think Jesus is coming soon!
(laughter)
They're so crazy.
So I don't believe any of that craziness.
Bit they're bringing in the Messianic age.
Now, people who are religious Christians, they believe that that is the first step to rebuilding the third temple.
And it has to be built, before the Antichrist comes and desecrates it.
Of course, I mean he wouldn't desecrate it, then they build it. But he's -- and then the Messiah comes.
Some of us believe that's Jesus. And he had a return ticket, when he came the first time.
So he's coming again.
Now, what does this mean, where did this come from?
Why is Hamas saying 100 days into the war, it was the transfer of these red heifers from Texas. To Israel. That played a role in October 7th?
GLENN: I've been to Israel several times. I have never been to the top of the Temple Mount, because I was asked by the state of Israel.
Not to go. I was asked by Benjamin Netanyahu, who was the Prime Minister at the time, when I was there last.
And they were worried about any appearance, on top of the Temple Mount, causing a stir because of, you know, I stand for Israel.
I've been recognized, et cetera, et cetera. I know people who have gone. Ben Shapiro just went. And he prayed on the Temple Mount. Praying on the Temple Mount as a Christian, but especially a Jew. Is not looked on kindly, by Muslims.
And, but many people, many people do it.
If you've never been to Israel. You don't understand the role of the Temple Mount itself.
We've been talking here last few minutes, about red heifers. Red heifers are important for a purification process that needs to be done before the Temple Mount needs to be restored.
And the temple can be rebuilt on it. This is something that Hamas, really, its charter came from.
This is a story that has not been really even heard in Israel.
Secular Israelis, probably not even aware or interested in the presence of the red heifers in Israel.
And if you're not religious, it probably means nothing to you.
However, Hamas has just pointed out, that -- that they are at least following the red heifer story, close enough. To use it as the stated reason to launch the surprise invasion.
And attack, that they called the Al-Aqsa flood. Al-Aqsa mosque.
The mosque is the third holiest site in Islam. This is where there was the mythical journey of -- of Muhammad. And he was brought from Mecca, to the Temple Mount, on some sort of donkey with wings.
And he went up, to heaven, and he received instruction on Islamic prayer. And then he returned back to Mecca, the next morning.
So that's the claim on the Temple Mount.
The Hamas terror attack on October 7th, is really the work of the guy that we've talked about on this program. The grand Mufti.
The grand mufti became in the 1920s, the father of radical Islam. That's what he's called. He was the first to bring up discussions about Al-Aqsa and the third temple
And bring it front and center. The Jewish people were immigrating and coming in the 1920s to Israel.
And Husseini, the grand mufti. He was able to spread his anti-Semitism, and the idea, that the Jews were coming, to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque.
To rebuild the third temple.
The third temple, is instrumental. If the third temple is not rebuilt.
Then that stops the prophecy of the return of the messiah.
So it has to be rebuilt. How is that going to be happening with the Al-Aqsa mosque on top?
Don't know. Well, he got everybody wound up so much, it peaked in 1929. And they went on a terror raid, a lot like October 7th, on the Jewish holiday that commemorates the destruction of the two previous temples. So Jews were going to the western wall to pray. They were attacked by Arab Muslims. Under the grand mufti. Because he said they were going there to tear the Al-Aqsa mosque down. Lots of people were hurt and killed. The Jews. Because Al-Aqsa was in danger.
He -- this guy did not go away after this.
The grand mufti in 1937, was exiled from Jerusalem. And he sought asylum in a country, that thought a lot like him, in 1937.
He went to Berlin, Germany. Where he met with Adolf Hitler.
Helped form the Muslim SS squad, that was scooping up Jews. And he even hosted a radio show.
And he was talking about how much Islam, and the Nazis have in common.
So this is what they were marching about then. And this is why they are now saying, they are going after the Jews now.
You don't know, the Hamas charter is -- is widely accepted as one of the most anti-Semitic documents in history.
It lays out a direct call to annihilate the Jewish people. Along with promoting jihad, as the only solution, and a responsibility for every Muslim.
In fact, this is the grand mufti's ultimate solution, for protecting the Al-Aqsa mosque.
You have to kill all the Jews. To protect the mosque. Does it make a little more sense thousand?
That you see October 7th. The Al-Aqsa flood?
And this ideology. So in the 100-day speech, the 100 days after the war began. After October 7th. The statement from the Hamas spokesperson. Is the first statement directly to address the red heifers. Which came from Texas.
And are now in Israel.
He is now saying, that this is not just because of the red heifers, but because there are also Jewish people praying on the Temple Mount.
And a growing number of people praying, on the Temple Mount.
Early on the morning of October 7th, Hamas issued a statement, via the military commander. Who justified the attack as retaliation for Israel's desecration of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
It wasn't just the heifers, but also prayer, Jewish prayer on the temple.
Which has been allowed. It's controversial, but it's allowed.
So the problem is: Is that Jewish people think that it has been desecrated by the Muslims. Muslims say, it's been desecrated by the Jews.
If you're going to rebuild the temple, you need to purify it.
And purifying it, according to the book of numbers, chapter 19, is a heifer. A red heifer ceremony. That results in the creation of ash and water mixture.
And that cleanses the entire nation of Israel. From ritual impurity.
And then the ceremony requires some of the blood to be sprinkled at the front of the tabernacle. That later became the temple.
It usually took place at the Mount of Olives, where they are planning on doing this again in the coming days.
It is essential for all aspects of the temple, and temple worship to take place.
In addition, anyone participating in temple worship, would be required to be sprinkled with the ash water.
Beyond that, even without the presence of a physical temple, the ceremony, would be -- would allow the general population to be ritually cleansed and remove much of the religious prohibition for a Jewish presence, on the Temple Mount.
When are they planning on doing it?
Well, they imported these red heifers before October 7th.
We now know that Hamas said, that this was going to -- this was part of the reason, because they're going to use the red heifers to purify the temple, which is desecration to them.
Purifying them, so they can then, actually, go up, and even if there's no temple. They can pray as if they were in the temple.
They're going to do this, passover weekend. So Easter weekend.
That may be a very violent weekend, in Israel. If we are to take Hamas at its words, that no media is reporting on.
You don't have to believe the red heifer thing.
I do.
I believe they believe it. And I believe that the third temple is part of the return of Christ. Or the come of the messiah.
And I look at these things, seriously.
Because I know the Middle East looks at them seriously. And I believe in the return of the Messiah.
We should be watchful. We are told, to look for these things.
And I think the best thing that we can do is pray. The best thing we can do is prepare ourselves, spiritually, temporally, physically, prepare for uncertain times.
I don't know if this happens. But I know people have been working on this to happen.
Well, since '70. And it looks like it could happen in the next couple of weeks.
The sacrifice of the tenth red heifer.