When the Sanhedrin reformed recently after a long absence from among the Jewish people, it shocked many watching for the return of Jesus Christ to occur. Now there's even more to be shocked about, upon examining a news article entitled "The Sanhedrin’s peace initiative."

Just below the title of the article, the following is written:

Jewish group devoted to rebuilding Temple in Jerusalem to send letters to all world leaders, including Arab ones, inviting them to take part in project, attend conference on Temple Mount in Israel

A Middle East peace conference being held on God's holy hill under the guidance of the Sanhedrin with numerous world leaders in attendance, should it come to pass, would be, quite possibly, the grandest stage of all for a leader of Roman descent to come forth with a plan that would lead to peace being confirmed in the Middle East for seven years, in fulfillment of Daniel 9:26-27. Wow! Again, WOW!

The article states the following, in part (emphasis added mine):

In recent days, the group members have drafted a letter that will be translated into 70 languages and sent to all government institutions in the world, including “the sons of Esau and Ishmael” who do not hold diplomatic ties with Israel.

In the letter, the rabbis of the self-proclaimed Sanhedrin warn that the world is nearing a catastrophe, and write that the only way to bring peace among nations, states, and religions is by building a house for God, where Jews will worship, pray and offer up sacrifice, according to the vision of the prophets.

The rabbis also call on the non-Jews to help the people of Israel fulfill their destiny and build the Temple, in order to prevent bloodshed across the globe.

Am I highly skeptical that world leaders will take the Sanhedrin up on their offer? Certainly. We are talking about a situation that would require the Muslim world to hand over a parcel of land on the Temple Mount that the Jewish people might resume their religious practices in a Holy Temple they would build soon afterward to honor a God other than Allah! That is NEVER going to happen, right?

But there's something I always remind myself of concerning information of this nature when it comes across my desk: We're not living in just any time in mankind's history; we're living in the END TIMES! Because that is true and we know that the impossible, not to mention the inconceivable, is going to take place in the troubled Middle East, whether it takes place now or decades from now, we shouldn't take anything we hear for granted! To do so could, quite possibly, lead to us being caught sleeping at the return of our Lord and we certainly don't want that!

We know for a fact, as detailed in the Word of God, that a Holy Temple is going to be standing and in full operation by the midpoint of the Tribulation Period that the one who is going to bring peace to the Middle East - the prophesied Antichrist - may commit the abomination of desolation revealing his true nature to a world that will have, up to that point at least, loved everything about him in all likelihood. For a Holy Temple to be standing on the Temple Mount at that point, it seems logical to presume that something very dramatic and totally unexpected is going to have to take place.

Could it be that the trigger event that will lead to the advent of Antichrist may be in the works right now, being undertaken by the Sanhedrin? I don't know but I'm going to be watching developments on that front very closely.

Only God knows how it's all going to play out, but it sure is fun watching, huh?