ישראל ISRAEL (Yisrael, Yisra’el) יִשְׂרָאֵל
According to the Biblical explanation, the first part of the name ‘Israel’ is derived of the verb לִשְׂרות (lisrot, ‘wrestle’);
the second half of the name is אֵל (El, ‘God’). Or ‘He has wrestled (striven) with God’.
Other possible translations are:
“Ruler (or prince) over God”, or alternatively
“God prevails”
“Champion or prince [sar] of God” which is a possible references to the same episode, but could imply praise.
“God rules” [the converse of “Ruler or prince over God”]
“God will rule” or “God who will rule”.
Some say, ‘Prince with God’.
Or is it that the mystery verb שרה doesn’t mean struggle at all, but rather reflects a worthiness to govern a nation?At the Jabbok, Jacob became the world’s first godly king and his nation was Israel; God’s (Vicarious) Governor.
Jacob – ‘God wrestler’.
History: ‘Israel’ is the name given to Jacob after his encounter at the river Jabbok when he wrestled with God’s angel;
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel, for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” Genesis 32: 28 (Hebrew version: Genesis 32, 29);
it is also the name of the Biblical kingdom of Israel, the land of Israel, the people of Israel (Israelites/Israeli) and the modern state of Israel.
Jacob (Israel), had 12 sons and 1 daughter. The tribes were named after his sons and given portions of the land.
Israel is God’s Time Clock and when specific events unfold in that nation it is always significant, although the media does not always give it the attention it deserves.
Just over a week ago the terrorist attack on the Temple Mount on July 14, 2017 came at an important intersection of time.
Israel quickly installed metal detectors and assumed more control of the Temple Mount which led to open Jewish Prayers on the mount for the first time in 50 years!!
From and including that day it is 70 days to Rosh HaShana(h) 2017.
Three assailants opened fire on Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 14 before fleeing to a nearby highly sensitive holy site and being killed by security forces, police said. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX
Rosh HaShana(h) also called Yom Teruah and sometimes called The Feast of Trumpets it is the first of the 3 Fall (Sept/Oct), Appointed Times of the Lord, which follow in quick succession at the end of the Hebrew Calendar Year.
The scripture often associated with this appointed time is 1 Thess. 4:15-18 in verse 16, the trumpet of God is translated from the greek word, ‘salpiggi’, meaning trumpet. However shofar, is the appropriate translation in this context because resurrection is for judgment, where the shofar was used as a call to repentance. (Lev. 23:24) 
(Interestingly the hebrew scriptures has neither the word feast nor the word trumpet.)
The shofar was a rams horn which vary in length,
and it’s not the silver trumpet described in Numbers 10.
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The Headline On The Report From ‘Breaking Israel News’, declared:
World Looks Breathlessly to Temple Mount as Portal for Messianic Change Swings Open July 21 2017
The article follows below:
This week, for the first time since the Second Temple stood in all its glory,
Jews were able to walk the Temple Mount freely as Muslim authority fell away from the site, allowing both Jews and Christians to heed the call to prayer on the Mountain of God and opening up the gates of redemption.
Jews inadvertently became the main presence on the Mount, something that has not happened since the destruction of the Second Temple 2,000 years ago,
as a result of the misguided actions of Arab leadership following a horrifying terror attack at the Temple Mount last Friday.
The global prophetic implications of the major shift on this holiest of sites, emphasized MK Yehudah Glick, an advocate of universal prayer on the Temple Mount, cannot be denied.
“This was an enormous gamechanger,” he told Breaking Israel News. “Everything is part of the geula (redemption) process, but the things that happen on the Temple Mount are especially so.
“If we want to bring world peace, we have to start there.”
The unprecedented situation on the Temple Mount came about in the wake of an attack that bloodied the holy stones of the Mount. Three Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli Druze policemen near the Temple Mount before being chased into the compound itself and neutralized.
Police close Temple Mount to non-Muslims over Jewish prayer
Israeli border police officers stand guard at the entrance to the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
The picture below taken on July 14, 2017 shows the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, after it was locked down earlier in the day following a terror attack.
Two days later, the Temple Mount reopened with increased security measures in place for Muslims, including metal detectors of the type that have always been used to check Jewish visitors to the site. Until this recent attack, Muslims accessed the Temple Mount without undergoing any security checks.
The Islamic Waqf, a Jordanian trust which controls the Temple Mount, immediately and furiously rejected the use of the detectors, calling the security measure “Israeli aggression”. Jerusalem Mufti Amin al-Husseini called for a Muslim boycott of the site and inter-Arab scuffles broke out as Waqf strongmen prevented Muslims from ascending.
The sudden lack of Waqf guards and large crowds of Muslim visitors on the Temple Mount led to an unusual situation.
Muslim worshipers (above), gather for Friday prayer outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, July 14, 2017. Temple Mount was temporarily closed off after two officers were killed in an attack by three Arab-Israeli gunmen there. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Temple mount taking advantage of absence of Waqf officials
For the first time in decades, Jews were unencumbered by Waqf guards preventing them from praying. Though the Israeli police were still ordered to stop non-Muslim prayer, many Jews were inspired to seize the rare opportunity to speak a holy word on the holy mountain. The experiences, they shared, were breathtaking.
http://jewishbreakingnews.com/2017/07/17/watch-jews-allowed-pray-temple-mount-first-time-since-1967/
Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel, co-founder of the Land of Israel Network, was driven by the call to prayer. Early Wednesday morning, he began his preparations by bathing in a mikveh (ritual bath), noting that the day was especially significant because Jews are now in the three weeks of austerity leading up to Tisha B’Av (the Ninth of Av/August ), a fast day commemorating the destruction of the Temples.
When he arrived at the Temple Mount, he saw the site was teeming with Israeli police ready to cope with the threat of the hostile Muslim crowds surrounding it.
Despite the tense situation, Rabbi Gimpel was moved by the clear atmosphere of holiness and felt compelled to prostrate himself on the stones as was required in the days of the Temple. The Israeli police followed orders and carried Rabbi Gimpel from the site.
Nevertheless, Rabbi Gimpel was inspired. “Something monumental is happening there right now,” Rabbi Gimpel told Breaking Israel News. “The Palestinians changed the status quo by killing Israeli policemen, but now, it is the time for us to do our part. Every Israeli is looking towards the Temple, waiting to see what happens.”
He described the awe he felt at being able to fulfill the ancient commandment of prostrating oneself before the presence of God.
“Bowing down on the stones is a Torah commandment, precisely like in Temple times, and in a way we aren’t able to do when the Waqf guards are here,” Rabbi Gimpel said. “I couldn’t resist. I felt like every prayer, every mitzvah (Torah commandment) done at the Temple Mount opened the door to geula just a little more.”
As Rabbi Gimpel pointed out, the potential of the situation to open up the Temple Mount to the Jews is enormous. This became clear when Knesset Member Avi Dichter (Likud) on Tuesday declared Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount.
“Israel is the sovereign on the Temple Mount, period. The fact that the Waqf became a sovereign on the Temple Mount ended last Friday,” announced Dichter, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), on Israeli public radio.
Politically, the current situation is tenuous. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that while he does not intend to change the status quo, which forbids non-Muslims from praying, neither will he remove the metal detectors, creating an uncertain reality on the ground.
Many worldwide are praying hard that as a result of this monumental shift, Jewish sovereignty will be established on the Mount once and for all. It is certain that if Israel retains control over the holy site, an indescribably enormous step will have been taken towards the fulfillment of the Temple’s prophesied role as a place a peace, which is unlikely to happen under Muslim rule.
“Without any compromise, the Temple Mount has to be a universal House of Prayer,” said Rabbi Yehudah Glick, “and cannot be a place of violence.”
A brief history and timeline showing events from 1967 to this Temple Mount incident in 2017, which shows some interesting numbers and offers an insight into why this event, (although sadly tragic), may be quite significant in the unfolding plan of the Ages.
A 50 year countdown to 2017 –
June 17 1967: Israel gives back the temple mount to the WAQF for peace.
June 17 1967: Israel wins the temple mount in the Six Day War.
June 17 1967: Israel lost control of the Temple Mount for 50 years until July 14, 2017
June 7 1967: begins the countdown –
June 7 1967: 14,000 days to the Rosh HaShana(h) 2005
June 7 1967: 14,000 days + 40 weeks to the Lebanon-war of 2006
WESTERN NEGEV, ISRAEL – JULY 7 2006: Israeli soldiers.
June 7 1967: 14,400 days to 2006’s anniversary of the flood.
Palestinian ceasefire violations after Operation Cast Lead (Jan 2009)
June 7 1967: 14,700 days to Israel’s’ Cast Lead cease fire January 17, 2009
June 7 1967: 15,200 days to the Gaza Flotilla incident May 31, 2010
June 7 1967: 15,900 days to the Arab spring- December 17, 2000
June 7 1967 16,600 days to the operation Pillar of Cloud – November 17, 2012
June 7 1967: 17, 200 days to operation Protective Edge – July 8, 2014
June 7 1967: 18,200 days to Syria chemical weapons attack – April 4, 2017
June 7 1967 18,300 days to control of the Temple Mount – July 14, 2017 (As in featured article above.)
70 days to the 70th year since Israel was established.
Matthew 24:34
July 14, 2017: – 70 days to the Appointed Time of Rosh Hashana(h) – September 21, 2017 and from
July 14, 2017: – 70 days to the seventh month in the 70th year, could it be, this is moving towards the 70th week? One of these years it will be.
Time will show if there is more than just numerical significance in these occurrences… all that remains is for us to always be in a state of spiritual preparedness and ready for our Lords return.
Below a map of the land, showing the borders of Israel as originally promised by God,
through all its transitions
to the present day
