Red Heifer born in Israel - in what I am sure will be celebrated as another great sign and a wonder, a red heifer was born in Israel.
" April 10, 2002
Israel National News reports: "In these days of difficulty for the Land of Israel, there is encouraging news as well...
It can now be revealed that less than one month ago, a red heifer was born in Israel. After the heifer's owner contacted the Temple Institute, on Friday, April 5th, 2001, Rabbi Menachem Makover and Rabbi Chaim Richman traveled to the farm where the heifer is located, to inspect and validate her status. The rabbis found her to be kosher and were satisfied that this heifer could indeed be a candidate to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers, chapter 19. This is a prerequisite for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.
Tradition records that a red heifer in our generation is a herald of the Messianic era. It is certainly an important development towards the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. Our sages taught that Israel’s redemption can be compared to the dawn. 'In the beginning, it progresses very slowly...but as it continues, it grows brighter and brighter.'

While 'tradition' might 'prophecy' the birth of a red heifer, for those interested in these matters, prophets did not prophecy as anything quite so stupid, so this would not qualify as a great fulfillment of prophecy, but rather a great fulfillment of tradition, for what that's worth. What prophets actually said was, "Burn your whole offerings and eat the flesh yourselves, for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I gave them no instructions concerning whole offerings and sacrifice (or a sacrificed red heifer for that matter) ... but they did not listen, they paid no heed and proceeded ahead with their own plans with the most stubbornly wicked and evil hearts...now truth has perished from their lips and it is no longer heard in the land...How can you say 'we are wise, for we have the Torah from God, when, actually, the lying pen of the scribes (not to mention a few ministers and rabbis) had it falsified. Their rabbis are dismayed, for they have been trapped and snared, but they rejected the word of God, so what kind of wisdom did they have?" (Jeremiah the 7th and 8th chapters)

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