The members of the recently re-established Sanhedrin have
ascended the Temple Mount... They seek to restore it to
the stature & authority that it once had, & seek to reunify
Jewish observance in Israel.

According to Talmudic tradition (the source of the "Noachide
Laws"), Elijah the Prophet will present himself before a duly
ordained Sanhedrin to announce the coming of the Messiah.

Unfortunately for the Sanhedrin, the Jews, and the "Noachides",
the only "Messiah" that can be announced to the Sanhedrin is
an impostor - the Antichrist. The real Messiah, Jesus Christ,
came 2,000 years ago, and will return first for the saints,
and then to defeat the nations & the Antichrist & False Prophet.

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Members of Reestablished Sanhedrin Ascend Temple Mount
15:21 Dec 09, '04 / 26 Kislev 5765

In a dramatic but unpublicized move Monday, members of the newly
established Sanhedrin ascended the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest
site.

Close to fifty recently ordained osamuchim, - members of the Sanhedrin,
lined up at the foot of the Temple Mount Monday morning. The men, many
ascending the Temple Mount for the first time, had immersed in mikvaot
(ritual baths) that morning and planned to ascend as a group. Despite
prior approval from the Israeli police who oversee entry to the Mount,
the officers barred the group from entering the Mount together, saying
they could only ascend in groups of ten.

(snip)

The Sanhedrin, a religious assembly of 71 sages that sat from the time
of the Holy Temple through 425 CE, was the highest Jewish legal-
judicial tribunal in the Land of Israel. The great court used to
convene in one of the Temple's chambers in Jerusalem. On October 14,
the Sanhedrin was reestablished for the first time in 1,600 years, at
the site of its last meeting in Tiberius.

"There is a special mitzvah, not connected to time, but tied to our
presence in Israel, to establish a Sanhedrin," Rabbi Meir HaLevi 
(no relation), one of the 71 members of the new Sanhedrin, told Israel
National Radio's Weekend Edition. "The Rambam [12th century Torah
scholar Maimonides] describes the process exactly in [his seminal work
codifying Jewish Law] the Mishna Torah. When he wrote it there was no
Sanhedrin, and he therefore outlines the steps necessary to establish
one. When there is a majority of rabbis, in Israel, who authorize one
person to be a 'samuch,' an authority, he can then reestablish the
Sanhedrin."

Those behind the revival of the Sanhedrin stress that the revival of
the legal body is not optional, but mandated by the Torah. "We don't
have a choice," says Rabbi Richman, "it is a religious mandate for us
to establish a Sanhedrin."

(snip)

The rabbis behind the Sanhedrin's reconstitution claim that, like the
State of Israel, the old-new Sanhedrin is a work-in-progress. They see
it as a vessel that, once established, will reach the stature and
authority that it once had.

(snip)

Rabbi Richman, also a member of the Sanhedrin, hopes the body will
bring about a revolution in Jewish jurisprudence. Declining to discuss
exactly what issues are on the Sanhedrin's agenda, Richman said that
one of the main long-term goals of the Sanhedrin, which includes
members of Ashkenazi, Sefardi, Hasidic, National-Religious and Haredi
communities, is to reunify Jewish observance in Israel.

(snip)

There is a tradition (Tractate Megillah 17b, Rashi) that the Sanhedrin
will be restored after a partial ingathering of the Jewish exiles, but
before Jerusalem is completely rebuilt and restored. There is also a
Talmudic tradition (Eruvin 43b; Maharatz Chajas ad loc; Rashash ,
Sanhedrin 13b) that Elijah the Prophet will present himself before a
duly-ordained Sanhedrin when he announces the coming of the Messiah,
meaning that - despite common misconceptions - a Sanhedrin is a pre-,
not post-messianic institution.


Full article at ... Israel National News ...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=73311

Cheers, Steve..

"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and 
lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" - Luke 21:28

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