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In order to re-establish temple worship, Israel needs the right musical instruments. A Jewish couple from
               the Atlanta, GA area with the last name of Harari, moved to Jerusalem. They did years of research to re-
               discover the harps that were used in Jewish worship in the past two temples.  They even discovered the
               kind of harp David played as a shepherd boy and the kind he played to sooth King Saul.

               Dr. Renald Showers has talked with Mrs. Harari and has seen these magnificent harps.  She said, “we
               believe that God has us here at this point in Israel’s history so that these harps will be ready for us to
               worship God like we did in the Old Testament times.”

               The right kind of music is also an important piece of temple worship. An orthodox Jewess, by the name
               of Susanne Hakevantura, who lived in Paris, France, was a professional musician. For decades she
               researched ancient Jewish literature re-discovering the music that was played in both Solomon’s temple
               and the second temple to which they would sing the Hebrew text of the Psalms and other poetic
               portions of the OT. She has published a large book.  The English version is entitled “The Music of the
               Bible revealed”. Professional musicians around the world have studied her work and are absolutely
               convinced that she has rediscovered the true temple music of ancient Israel. She has already set to this
               music the complete text of the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and large sections of the text of the
               prophet Isaiah.

               In 2019 a major U.S. news outlet showed a video of trained Israeli priests forming a choir and singing
               these songs in preparation for singing them in the new temple.

               Israel now has the music, the harps, the silver trumpets for the priests, most of the priestly garments,
               and the instruments of worship ready to go.

               Gil and Jenna Lewinsky have succeeded in bringing Jacob’s sheep back to Israel. They see the return of
               the sheep as an integral part of the return of the Jewish People to the Holy Land. The sheep’s name
               comes from their striking speckled appearance, conforming to the description of the flocks that Jacob
               took with him when he left the house of his father-in-law, Laban. Gil emphasized the importance of
               sheep to the people of Israel, explaining that after the plague of darkness, Moses refused Pharaoh’s
               offer to leave Egypt since it did not include the sheep. “The Jews need the sheep to serve God in the
               Third Temple,” Gil explained. “Their wool is used in making the clothes for the kohanim (men of the
               priestly caste), and they are the breed that was offered up as a sacrifice in the First and Second
               Temples.”

               In order to begin temple worship a rare “red Heifer” is needed.

               Numbers 19:2 (NIV84)2 “This is a requirement of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the
               Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.

               In 2015 the Temple Institute inaugurated its “Raise a Red Heifer in Israel” program. One week after its
               birth, in 2018, the newborn red heifer was certified by a board of rabbis as fulfilling all the Biblical
               requirements. The red heifer was the main component in the Biblically mandated process of ritual
               purification for impurity that results from proximity or contact with a dead body.  Because the elements
               needed for this ceremony have been lacking since the destruction of the Second Temple, every Jew
               today is considered ritually impure, thereby preventing the return of the Temple service. The heifer,
               born from a natural birth, must be entirely red, with no more than two non-red hairs on its body. It must
               also never have been used for any labor or have been impregnated. The existence of such a heifer is

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