Journey for wisdom

The year was 1967. The occasion was the Six Day War. As the fate of the new state of Israel hung in the balance, the turning point came on June 7 when the Israeli army broke through the Lion's Gate and returned control of the ancient city of Jerusalem to the Jewish people for the first time in 1,897 years. The very next day, some members of the Jewish commando groups that had been involved in the assault on the city, had suggested catching the Jordanian defenders of the city off guard by blowing open the sealed Eastern Gate. But the leader of the group, an Orthodox Jew, had vehemently protested the idea, stating that "the Eastern Gate can be opened only when the Messiah comes." Hence they left the gate unopened. It is History . In Ezekie chapter 43 the Lord gives Ezekiel a vision of God's glory entering the Millennial Temple from the east, through the Eastern Gate. The Lord then says to Ezekiel: "Son of Man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the sol...