“The Israeli Government is not going to take this lightly. That is a criminal offense. I am surprised that the guards and the Israeli police are just standing there watching, John.”
They waited a few minutes while the stranger and Elijah worked on the sign. After a few moments, John said, “Look, Benjamin, they have the sign removed and Elijah is going up to the platform where the microphones are. Let us listen in. We have a direct feed from there.”
Elijah walked up to the platform. With the help of a few others, he carried the sign in his hands. As he walked up to the microphone, they held up the sign. He stated speaking, “This sign says that Jews are not allowed in this area of the Temple. This sign has now been removed, and so have the lies told by the governments who do not know the will of Adonai.”
The crowd started cheering.
He then dropped the sign in front of him and deliberately placed both of his feet on the sign and stood on it. Then, looking around the crowd and then towards the guards at the gate, he said to them, “If one of you would like to take this sign and put it back you will have to remove me first. Actually, I want any of you not of the Jewish or Christian faith to remove yourselves from the entrance and go to your homes. If you do not do so in less than sixty seconds, your bodies will give out on you and you will die in the exact spot you are standing.”
He continued as if in a rage, “You will leave this area, and you will not return. If you return, you will surely die for this is holy ground and this is the ground deemed holy by the almighty ruler of the universe, Adonai, the God of Abraham. Your presence sickens me and you are to leave.”
The Islamic guards just looked at Elijah then looked back to their commander. Eventually, several of them started to leave, passing among the thousands of cheering Jews crowding the platform on which Elijah was standing.
After most of the guards had left, Elijah quieted down the crowd. Looking at who appeared to be the leader of the guards, he said, “Are you leaving as the rest of your group have or are you going to stay there and die. Can you feel the discomfort in your chest; can you feel the pain in your body? All you have to do is walk from here and the pain will cease.”
The supervisor was grasping his chest, almost bent over; then he too, like the others, started walking from the gate. As he walked away, he stood more erect; and the further he walked away from the entrance the more quickly he moved, until he was eventually running away from the area.
Elijah turned to the masses assembled then and said to them, “Is there any among you who wish to replace this sign I am standing on? I see people other than those of the Jewish faith among you; would any of you like to try?”
Elijah’s eyes bored into the crowd seeking out anyone who might try to stop what he was doing. Not one person moved; no one spoke. All was quiet. Elijah then turned toward the Dome of the Rock lifting his head to the Mount, he shouted, “You there on Adonai’s holy ground, you have one hour and one hour only to remove yourselves from the Mount. Once you leave, you are not to return; today, tomorrow or ever!”
He waited to see if he received any response from the top, but after a few moments, there was still no reply. He again shouted, “I know you can hear me, for the whole world can hear me. I will not leave here until you have removed yourselves from our holy ground. Your time on the Mount has ended and no one mortal can help you now, for Adonai has made His decision!”
As he was shouting to the people on the Mount, in the background you could hear the sirens in the distance coming closer to the entrance. Then Ben said, “Here comes the Israeli Police, John, and as best as we can see from here, there are also some carriers with military personnel. I wonder what Elijah is going to do now.”
“I don’t know, Benjamin, but he is not budging. He appears to just be watching their approach.”
The crowd separated as the first police car pulled up near the entrance, a uniformed officer exited the car with a megaphone and said to the crowd, “You must leave this area immediately or face arrest. The military is also here to assist us, and those who do not leave will be arrested and detained indefinitely.”
Elijah listened to what the officer said as he repeated it a few times. He then shouted down to the police officer, “You are on Adonai’s holy ground. You have no authority here, and you must leave immediately.”
The officer looked up at him and said through his megaphone, “This is Israeli soil. You will instruct your followers to do as I say.”
“I repeat, sir,” said Elijah, “This is not Israeli property. This property belongs to the one God, Adonai. Your presence here is not wanted or needed.”
The officer then motioned to two of his officers to move forward. It appeared they had instructions to remove or arrest Elijah.
Elijah, still on the platform standing on the sign, stood staring at them. The one officer then moved around to the back of where Elijah was standing. As he approached the back of the platform, Elijah turned and pointed a hand at him. A loud sound could be heard, and the man was stunned. What appeared as a bolt of lightning or a fireball struck right in front of him. The shock literally blew him back over a distance of twenty to thirty feet from the rear of the platform.
Elijah then turned to the man with the megaphone and said, “Take your soldiers and remove yourselves from Adonai’s ground or I will call upon the power of Adonai Himself and strike you dead in the exact place you are in. While you still have the chance, go and save yourselves; and do not enter this area again.”
The police officer then retreated, walking backwards towards his car. Once he got there and opened his door, he stood with a microphone in one hand, while gesturing with the other. He was talking on his radio to someone. He then replaced the microphone in the car. Then, he used hand signals to alert the other officers to retreat from the area. Two of them picked up their fallen officer who appeared to be alive but shaken up, and carried him to one of the police vehicles. The rest followed suit and the carriers loaded back up with the military personnel and started driving away. As they drove away the crowd started cheering and threw whatever they had at the retreating vehicles.
When the vehicles were no longer in sight the crowd then turned back towards Elijah who then said to them, “This is our holy ground. In a few days, the temple that stands on it will be destroyed and the Temple of our ancestors will be rebuilt. Sacrifices to Adonai will be resumed, as well it should be. The Ark of the Covenant will be returned to its rightful place in the Temple. I will not leave here till every gentile is removed from this ground and the Israeli government begins the building of the Temple!”
The crowd started cheering again.
He turned again to face the Dome and again shouted, “I am waiting for you to remove yourselves from the Temple. Adonai and I are becoming inpatient. You have little time to save your relics from your shrine, and I see no one moving up there, just staring down upon us assembled here.”
Then Elijah pointed towards the ground at the base of the walls and held his hand pointed in that direction. His hand did not waver and although no one could hear what he was saying, it was clear that he was speaking to himself. He continued his monologue for a few moments, and then he stopped.
Immediately after he stopped, the ground around the Temple started shaking, not violently, but steadily shaking. The crowd was running away from the Temple entrance while Elijah stood there with his hand pointed at the entrance towards the dome. Then the walls in that area fell to the ground. It was only a small section, maybe ten feet in both directions. He then put his hand back to his side then shouted again towards the people on the area of the Dome of the Rock.
“Feel the power of Adonai, you trespassers on Adonai’s holy place on earth. You are on holy land and you must remove yourselves before I destroy each one of you and your kindred. I command you to leave.”
He then turned towards the crowd and said, “Go to your homes. In a very short time, this area will be a war zone a
nd I do not want or need you here. Go to your homes and pray to Adonai to save you and your family from our enemies who are about to attack us. Fear not, for I will protect you; but leave immediately. I will be right here and I will not leave here until the gentiles leave our holy ground.”
Elijah walked to the entrance to the wooden bridge, which was the entrance to the Dome of the Rock and crossed it; and for the first time in almost nineteen hundred years, a man of Adonai or a prophet entered the Temple grounds. Then, within view of all, he sat upon the ground, his back towards the walls of the Temple, and stared at the entrance. He just sat there, not moving nor speaking.
After a few minutes, John, coming back to reality, said, “Did you see what he did?” He caused a small earthquake which destroyed part of the walls at the public entrance.”
“I saw that, John,” Ben replied. “Now it appears that he is just sitting there, waiting for something; what, I don’t know. But I do want to know what he meant when he said the enemies of Israel would be attacking?”
“I don’t know; but look, it’s starting to rain again, and he is just sitting there in the rain.”
“I know, Benjamin; but it appears he is not moving for now.”
John Roddenburg of Bear news then cut back in. As the cameras zoomed in on the anchor desk,
John said, “It appears that Elijah has challenged the Arab world and the Muslims of the world today. I am afraid they may rise to Elijah’s challenge. We will be right back with more coverage in Jerusalem and all over the world.”
When they cut for commercials, John said to Don, his producer, “We now wait and see what happens; for I fear that an all-out war is about to take place in Israel.”
Chapter 38
10:55 AM Friday Waldger meeting at Center City Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Aafre had originally planned to have a break following Doctor Ottenberg’s presentation. David handed him a note that said the news networks were tuning in live to Israel. Elijah was entering the Temple Mount area, which was forbidden to the Jews.
Aafre replied, “Matthew please switch the screen to Bear News so we can see what is occurring in Israel at the moment. It may be important.”
Aafre then gave a summary of what he had read as the broadcast came up on the screen. He told them they would resume later.
They had just finished watching the broadcast on the large screen and Bear News had cut to commercial. Aafre stood and walked to the podium He said, “Due to the situation we have just witnessed, I suggest that we adjourn till around 2:00 PM this afternoon so that the leaders of the world who are here can address this crisis. We will notify you a half hour or so before as to when we will reassemble here.”
“However, before we go, let me say this to you. I have no doubt that someone in the Muslim world, especially in the Middle East, is about to do something radical. Several of the representatives here need to speak with their diplomatic departments to head off what seems to be a declaration of war by the Witness Elijah, in Israel.”
Aafre then walked from the podium, and stopping by the table where David was sitting and said, “David, get the leaders of the US, Russia, Germany, Britain and France to my suite as soon as you can arrange it. Tell them they can use the secure communications equipment in my suite to contact their people. Hurry, we do not have much time.”
David stood and started walking in the direction of the Russian Ambassador, when it dawned on him; President Stevenson was not in attendance at the meeting today.
Chapter 39
7:00 PM Friday Military Headquarters Israeli High Command, Jerusalem Israeli
Shlomo Mendel, Minister of Defense was speaking on the phone to Meyer Branlin, director of Mossad.
“Well he has gone and done it now. What kind of feedback are we getting from our informants on what this Elijah said?” asked Shlomo.
“Well, as best as we can ascertain, the President of Iran has gone into a closed session with his leaders, and has spoken by conference call to the leaders of Hamas, here in the West Bank.”
“We have a communication here,” Shlomo said, “that Jordan, who you know maintains the Dome of the Rock, has called for the removal and arrest of Elijah. They are claiming that he is a false prophet and that we should arrest and prosecute him. The Syrians are waking up and getting on the bandwagon, along with the ISIS people. We have not heard any comments yet from either the Egyptians or the Arabs. The rains may still have them occupied. Any chance of missile or rocket strikes in the next few hours, especially from Hamas?”
“Well, if that does occur, it will come from Iran, more than likely. We may get a few protest rockets from Hamas, but they do not have anything of strength to attack us with that we cannot repel. Also, the Iron Dome takes care of most of their incoming rockets.”
“So Iran is the one we need to be concerned with then?”
“Yes, that would be my best guess. If I were you, Shlomo, I would get us ready for a counterstrike. I think that the Iranians are crazy enough to try to attack us with at least a couple of missiles. This Elijah has everyone stirred up; yet the Prime Minister has told the police and military to stand down and leave him alone. That is just provoking our enemies, for they see Israel supporting him.”
“I agree with you about the Elijah issue; but I can’t do anything about David. However, I will notify the Prime Minister of our concerns and our intent. In the meantime, I will do as you have suggested and keep the IDF on red alert. I, like you, expect something from somebody. They will not let this one go without some sort of response.”
“Great, I know you will do what is best. We will keep our ears to the ground and shake down a few people to see if we can get some more information. If I hear something I will notify you immediately.” I will only call you on the secure line for now, so please be nearby.”
“One other item, Director.”
“Yes?”
“I know you don’t like this Elijah business; but keep a cool head till we find out what he is doing and who he really is. I am sure you saw the news coverage when he blew the officer twenty feet back with a bolt of lightning and then the small earthquake. You may have noticed that he had nothing in his hands.”
“I saw it, Shlomo; but I still don’t believe he is who he says he is. For now, I will adhere to your wishes; but only for now.”
Chapter 40
11:20 Friday Aafre Waldger’s Suite, Center City Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
Assembled in Aafre’s suite were Ambassador of Russia to the US, Nestor Siyasinov, U.S. President, Richard Stevenson, German Chancellor, George Schmitt, England’s Prime Minister, Richard Weingart, and French President, Jean Michel Lefevre. David was there to be a runner of sorts.
Stevenson had been on the phone for the past few minutes to his Secretary of State, Bill Krasner. The ambassador from Russia appeared to be speaking to Svorad Zefirov, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in Moscow. The German Chancellor, Prime Minister of England, and French president were in an animated discussion.
Aafre had asked them to see what steps were being taken in regards to the situation in Israel and the crisis involving the Dome of the Rock and Elijah. He was patiently waiting for the men to rejoin him.
Upon Aafre’s request, David had called the office in Brussels to send some secure documents that he needed, via email. David assumed they had something to do with the crisis at hand; but they were a numbered request instead of a title. They had just arrived over the secure network and he had sent it to a printer in Aafre’s temporary office there in the suite.
Aafre asked, “Do we have what I requested, David?”
He answered, “Yes, they are still printing. I will see if they are done and go get them.”
As David left to go retrieve the papers, he noticed that Stevenson had finished with his call and the Russian Ambassador, Nestor Siyasinov, was finishing up.
Stevenson then turned to Aafre and said,
“At this time all we know is there is some saber rattling but nothing concrete from any of the Middle Eastern countries. However, it appears that the President of Iran is in a closed session, so we do not know the subject or the results of that meeting. Maybe our Russian counterpart,” referring to the Russian ambassador, “can help us with this.”
About that time, Nestor hung up the phone and looked over at Aafre, “The Iranians have contacted us requesting permission to strike Israel with a warning missile, preferably in Jerusalem. They asked permission, as you well know, because for now we are their only ally. They are on strict instructions not to rattle the cages in the Middle-East too much without us knowing about it, or agreeing to it.”
“So what have you told them?” Aafre asked.
“Nothing yet. As of now they are waiting for us to let them do it or not.”
“How about any other countries in the area; do you have anything specific?”
“No, nothing but saber rattling, as we all call it. Iran seems to be the only one that wants to risk it. As you know, their President wants to be the Arab World’s hero or something. In addition, I do not think he takes Elijah’s threat seriously, that whoever attacks Israeli will regret it. I mentioned that to them and they said it was all, how do you say it in America, ‘Hocus Pocus.’”
Jean Michel then said, “Well, regardless of what Iran does, in France, the Sunni are rioting in the streets. We have substantial Muslim populations and they are not happy. We are going to have to bring out the riot police soon for they are being riled up by their leaders.”
“I have the same issues, Jean Michel,” George said. “The Neo- Nazis are out in force. It did not take long at all.”
Richard added, “The caliphs of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect are out in full force in the United Kingdom. At the moment it is peaceful, but they are making their presence known.”
Aafre then turned to Stevenson and asked, “And what do you think, Mr. President?”
“Well, I surely hope that the Russians don’t give their stamp of approval for attacking Israel over this issue. There may be other ways to deal with this situation other than missiles. I mean, who is this Elijah person anyway, that he can cause a world crisis? Why even take it seriously? Attacking Israel may start an all-out war over there and we do not need that now. We have enough on our hands with the mess in my country. A war between Israel and Iran would not even make sense. In addition, no matter what, I guarantee you that Israel will counterstrike and level Tehran. As far as I am concerned, the Dome of the Rock is an issue that is not going to be resolved anytime soon, in any event. As far as rioting in France, England, and Germany, along with the Middle Eastern countries; we all deal with that almost on a daily basis.”