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Aug 8, 2026, 12:50 AM

Jerusalem’s Next Crisis Is a Hiring Decision

Last Friday a Turkish worshipper tried to enter the Al Aqsa compound for prayers. An officer stopped him and said, in English, "Turkish, it's closed, okay?" He walked to a second gate, where officers shook their heads once he...

Aug 5, 2026, 6:28 AM

Does a Heavenly Temple Replace the Earthly Avodah?

The claim moves quietly through communities that love the Hebrew Scriptures. The earthly Temple, they hear, was only a shadow. The real altar stands in Heaven. The real high priest serves there. The real and final cleansing happens above....

Allen S. Maller

Aug 1, 2026, 6:07 PM

A Mahdi And Two Messiahs Will Fill Each Religion’s Hopes

Messiah son of Joseph (or Messiah ben Joseph) is a Messiah that we find in rabbinic literature. He comes from Galilee and dies, pierced by ruthless foes, at the gates of Jerusalem. He appears in scores of rabbinic texts,...

Michael S. Diamond

Jul 27, 2026, 4:18 AM

The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing

I have registered my maps in The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing. The walls to the Holy City have been breached in this month of the Babylonian god who at Summer’s zenith dies, the faithful son, and returns with the rains of Winter and Spring dew, ransom for his goddess sister, Lady of the Date Clusters. Perhaps...

Jul 22, 2026, 11:14 AM

Time for the Third Temple

Last month, my family took a trip to Italy. We had never been there before, and we had a wonderful time. It was very hot, and the tourist sites were very crowded, but of course we made it to...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 21, 2026, 3:16 PM

Hajj and Hag as Centers of Our Spiritual World

“What need have I of all your sacrifices?” says YHWH. “Devote yourselves to justice; aid the wronged, uphold the rights of orphans; defend the cause of widows” (Isaiah 1:11) Always remember that God tells us that only on Judgement Day...

Jul 20, 2026, 10:50 AM

Rebranding the Temple of Tomorrow

In just two days, we will sit on the floor, dim the lights, and enter the quiet grief of Tisha B'Av. We will recite Kinot (lamentations) and mourn the loss of the Temple in Jerusalem. But if we are honest...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 19, 2026, 2:14 AM

Monotheistic Pilgrimage: Ka’bah Bait Al-Muqaddas Jerusalem Beit HaMiqdash

The first Gobekli Tepe Temple appears to have been deliberately filled in about 10,000 years ago. We have no knowledge of why this earliest major sanctuary was buried, though the time was a period of significant change. We have...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 13, 2026, 7:20 AM

The Mahdi Of The Eastern Gate Of The Jerusalem Temple

Malachi 3:1 states that prophet Malachi foretold; "Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his (Golden Gate) temple; the (Messiah) messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come.’ Ezekiel 44:1–3: prophesied that the Eastern Gate...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 4, 2026, 10:23 PM

One Mahdi Plus 3 Messiahs VS Armageddon”s Super Hot Planet

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under furnace-like temperatures as central and eastern American cities hunkered down for a heat wave. Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people have died in the E.U. due to extreme heat. Figures from France's...

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