Archeologists have Found the Water Reservoir Under the Temple Mount
I Said Was There And Have Written About For The Last Thirty-Three Years.
The Prophesied Temple Mount Millennium Spring source will come to Life
To create the Spring Described by Prophets Ezekiel, Joel, and Zechariah.
This Fountain Shall BE Flowing Throughout The Millennial Reign Of Christ
Under The Threshold of The Temple to the Red and Mediterranean Seas.
SEE Birth Pang Numbers 23 TO 32 AND Associated Figures ON WEB Site:
September 20, 2012
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The Excerpt from Arutz Sheva, which follows Archive Special Prophecy Update 185A, contains the latest discovery of water sources under the Temple Mount, where temples of Solomon, Zerubbabel, and Herad once stood. I put it my first book, Tectonic Chaos, that I finished in 1976, as well as in all the other books I wrote in the seventies and early eighties.
I walked the Temple Mount with every group I took to Israel, and identified where the Jewish writings located the water sources as we walked along them. This was one of the water supplies I walked over and identified it to them.
BEGIN ARCHIVE SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 185A
August 16, 2004
Tectonic Chaos – Chapter 8 – A Spring Is Spring
Zechariah 14:10 – All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
See Archive Birth Pang Figures 39 to 42 to be able to understand the paragraph you are beginning to read. Geba was located to the north-northeast of Jerusalem, while Rimmon lay toward the distant south-southwest of the Holy City. If a line is drawn from ancient Geba to Rimmon, it will run through the Tyropoeon Valley that separates the lower section of Old Jerusalem from its upper section. A normal fault exists in the limestone substrata between the lower and uplifted sections of the Old City. It runs north-south at the base of the bluff of the uplifted section, and thereby divides Jerusalem into a fallen eastern and an uplifted western section. Great earthquakes in the Jordan River Valley, between the opening of the sixth seal and the pouring of the last vial in Revelation 6:12 and 16:18, will cause several faults in the Jerusalem environs to shift up, down, and apart to fulfill the prophecies concerning the fantastic geological transformations that will be occurring during these earthquakes. The center section of the Mount of Olives will drop down to form a graben rift valley between two normal faults. Those sections of Jerusalem east of the Tyropoeon Valley fault scarp will fall slightly, and those west of it will be lifted up, which is what usually occurs when major earthquakes occur near normal faults. The locations mentioned in Zechariah 14:10 were all located along, and to the west of, the Tyropoeon Valley fault, and, during this period of great earthquakes, all the land west of the line from Geba to Rimmon, including western Jerusalem, will be lifted up to into a geological feature known as a fault-block mountain chain with a plateau like top. All of these actions will divide the Holy City of Old Jerusalem environs into three parts.
(1) An uplifted section to the west of the north-south Tyropoeon Valley normal fault.
(2) A slightly lower section to the east of the Tyropoeon Valley fault.
(3) A rift valley formed by a collapse of the mount of Olives between two normal east-west faults, one passing through the northern part of the mountain, while the other penetrates the southern part of the mountain.
The results of the actions of (1), (2), and (3) may be seen on Figure 48 in our Birth Pang Archives. These actions by God will create the spring which comes out of the Holy City during the Millennium, the spring reported by Zechariah 14:8, Joel 3:18, and Ezekiel 47:1-5.
Ezekiel 47:1 – Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
See Archives Birth Pang Figures 42 to 48 to be able to understand the rest of this chapter.
When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up the eastern half will subside slightly to form the structure of Birth Pang Figure 42. The substrata rocks of the Old City are made up primarily of thick layer after layer of limestone, occasionally separated by impermeable rock layers. When this type of formation is exposed to rain, it permeates down through the limestone, producing carbonic acid deterioration of the limestone. This effect produces what is known as a karst landscape. A karst topography is characterized by underground caverns, springs, and subterranean steams. When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up, hydrologically collected ground water from the central Judean water shed, that has been collected from the sloping limestone layers above the impermeable rock layer, will surface as a natural spring on the sunken eastern section where the temple mount is located. After the return of Messiah, Israel will build the Millennial Temple such that the limestone spring issues from under the “right side of the altar.” (See Archive Birth Pang Figures 44 to 46).
Ezekiel 47:2-5 –Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. [3] And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. [4] Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. [5] Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
As is typical of springs that surface from topography of the karst variety, when one proceeds eastward from the spring source he or she notes that it becomes wider and wider. Like many other springs that surface from karst topography, as the water flows away from its source it cuts a “V” shaped valley through the limestone strata, and it will eventually be fed by side springs from the limestone water table along the lower sections of the “V.” This feeding by subterranean springs from the water table will eventually cause the millennial stream to become wider and wider, and deeper and deeper, as one progresses eastward from its temple spring source.
The spring that eventually develops into a creek is the surface feature that will divide the sunken eastern part of Jerusalem into two parts, one north of the stream, and one south of it. This completes the Revelation 16:19 tribulation period division of Jerusalem into three parts – a lifted western part, and two sunken eastern parts separated by a stream (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 48).
Revelation 16:19 – And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
First, the city of Jerusalem is divided into three parts, then the ripple effect along the worldwide tectonic plate boundaries affects the other cities (plural) and the other nations (plural) of the world, and among them will be the great city of false worship, ecclesiastical Babylon.
We know, from Ezekiel 47:5, that a sudden change occurs at the end of a 4,000 cubit walk – the stream, or creek, suddenly becomes a great river. We also know from Zechariah 14:8 that part of the river will flow into the Mediterranean Sea (Hinder Sea), and part of it will flow into the Dead Sea (Former Sea). And the prophet Joel advises the part going into the Dead Sea will enter at the northwestern corner, which was called the Vale of Shittim (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 47).
Zechariah 14:8 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Joel 3:18 – And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Where will the water come from that abruptly causes the stream from the Temple, once it passes through where the collapsed central part of the Mount of Olives, to turn into a great river? It will be the greatest case of what geologists call “headwater stream piracy” that has been recorded in history. Lord willing, I will answer this question in Chapter 9.
Begin Excerpt from Arutz Sheva
First Temple Era Reservoir Discovered in Old City
A large reservoir discovered under the Old City was used by Temple pilgrims, dating back to the First Temple era, archaeologists said
By David Lev
First Published September 6, 2012 1:59 PM
A large rock-hewn water reservoir dating to the First Temple period was discovered in the archaeological excavations that are being conducted in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden, at the foot of Robinson’s Arch near the Western Wall Plaza. According to archaeologists, the reservoir and a channel leading into it may be one mentioned in the Book of Joel.
The excavation, during the course of which the reservoir was discovered, is part of an archaeological project, in which the entire drainage channel of Jerusalem dating to the Second Temple period is being exposed.
The channel runs from the Shiloach (Siloam Pool) to a point beneath Robinson’s Arch. The route of the channel was fixed in the center of the main valley that extends from north to south over the length of the ancient city, parallel to the Temple Mount. In his description of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, Josephus refers to the valley by its Greek name “Tyropoeon,” which scholars believe means “Valley of the Cheese-makers.” Another interpretation identifies the valley with the “Valley of the Decision,” mentioned in the Book of Joel.
It became apparent while excavating the channel that during the construction of this enormous engineering enterprise, its builders had to remove earlier structures that were situated along the route of the channel and “pass through” existing rock-hewn installations that were located along it. An extraordinary installation that was exposed in recent weeks is a large water reservoir treated with several layers of plaster, which probably dates to the First Temple period.
The reservoir has an approximate capacity of 250 cubic meters and is therefore one of the largest water reservoirs from the First Temple period to be discovered so far in Jerusalem. Presumably it was used by the general public.
The excavations at the site are being carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority, underwritten by the Ir David Foundation and in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority. The reservoir will be officially presented Thursday, together with other finds from this past year at the 13th annual conference on the “City of David Studies of Ancient Jerusalem,” to be held in Jerusalem.
According to Eli Shukron, the excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “to the best of our knowledge this is the first time that a water reservoir of this kind has been exposed in an archaeological excavation. The exposure of the current reservoir, as well as smaller cisterns that were revealed along the Tyropoeon Valley, unequivocally indicates that Jerusalem’s water consumption in the First Temple period was not solely based on the output of the Gihon Spring water works, but also on more available water resources such as the one we have just discovered.”
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