ISRAEL
Why Jerusalem Renters Are Wary of Messiah’s Arrival
Many
Jerusalem residents believe not only that the Messiah will return, but
that his arrival is imminent—so imminent they have taken legal
precautions to ensure they can return to Jerusalem immediately upon his
return.
In apartment contracts around the city, there are clauses stipulating
what will happen to the apartment if or when the Jewish Messiah, or mashiach, comes.
The owners, generally religious Jews living abroad, are concerned that
he will arrive, build a third temple, and turn Israel into paradise—and
they will be stuck waiting for their apartment tenants’ contracts to run
out before they can move back.
It is prophesied in the Jewish scriptures that there will be no more
war, murder, or theft, the Jerusalem Temple will be rebuilt (all that
remains today is the Western Wall), and all the Jews will return to the
land of Israel upon his arrival. This period is known as Olam Haba, or
the World to Come.
Because rental contracts are handled privately, rather than by the
municipality, there is no count of how many leases in Jerusalem contain
such a clause. But although not standard, the Messiah clause is
requested enough that every Jerusalem property manager and real estate
lawyer contacted by The Christian Science Monitor had heard of it, and all except one had dealt with it firsthand.
-news.yahoo.com, 12 February 2014
Although only a small minority of Jerusalem’s Jews are waiting for the
coming of the Messiah, they certainly cannot be ignored. Who will this
Messiah be? It will be the one based on the interpretation of the
religious Jews, according to their own heart’s desire. We know that
Jesus did not qualify as the Messiah of Israel by the religious
authority; He was rejected and crucified. This same Jesus made a
prophecy regarding the coming of the false Messiah, “I am come in my
Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own
name, him ye will receive” (John 5:43).
(For more on Israel in prophecy, read The Messiah in the Temple, Item 2274.)
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