So, there I was last night, it must have been around 11 pm, I was just about to shut down the computer and call it a night, when I received a breaking news alert from the CNN list - violence on the Temple Mount. I quickly sent that announcement to the news lists and then turned on CNN in time to see scenes of chaos - wounded being removed on stretchers, police standing guard, people shouting at each other. So, there it was, live on CNN, a major breaking news event on the Temple Mount. How long have we waited to see something like that? Seems like forever, but it was certainly inevitable. The news announcer managed a serious yet breathless tone as she informed viewers that the area is a "holy site" while somehow avoiding entirely any discussion of what exactly makes it holy, as if holy sites are so common that all one needs say is "it's a holy site." Sure, that explains everything. And yet, how closely all this talk of the "holy site" mirrors scripture, Matthews description of the abomination in the "holy place." For years there was serious discussion among prophecy experts as to just what exactly the "holy place" referred to. Can there be any doubt today?

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