A recent red heifer burning in Israel has reignited prophetic discussions surrounding the rebuilding of the Jewish temple and the arrival of the Antichrist, according to Bible prophecy experts L.A. Marzulli and Mondo Gonzales.
“There was simply a five-second video clip of a red heifer burning,” Gonzales said during an interview on Supernatural Confrontations. “It was in flames… but you could tell immediately that it was not the Mount of Olives… This looks like Samaria, which is where Shiloh is, which is where the five cows were or are.”
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Gonzales reached out to Byron Stinson, who was instrumental in getting the red heifers to Israel, and he confirmed the ceremony was a “practice run” using one of the disqualified animals. “Of the five, there were two that are still preliminarily qualified,” Gonzales said.
Beyond the religious implications, the ritual may have sparked political consequences. “In January of 2024, Hamas made a public statement that one of the reasons why they attacked on October 7th was because of the desire for Israel to change the status quo on the Temple Mount,” Gonzales said. “They brought up, according to their language, the red cows.”
/**/Referencing multiple prophetic texts, the pair underscored the literal fulfillment of Scripture. “In the context of Revelation 11, it’s very, very physical,” Gonzales said. “Paul says that the Antichrist is going to sit in the temple of God declaring himself to be God. That’s just allegory? I don’t even know how you’d make it allegory at all.”
Gonzales explained that the red heifer ceremony is found in Numbers 19 and is crucial for ritual purification. “They sprinkle the blood towards the base of the Temple Mount, they burn the cow whole, they collect the ashes, they mix it with water, and then they use that to purify people.”
However, the two plots of land on the Mount of Olives, required by Jewish tradition for the ceremony, are surrounded by Arab neighborhoods, making security a challenge. “The only way they’re going to be able to do it is with massive security,” Gonzales said.
Marzulli then asked whether this purification could lead to the building of the Third Temple. Gonzales responded, “He will cause to prevail the covenant… the Mosaic covenant… he’s going to allow them… to build their temple. And then in the middle of the week, he [the Antichrist] stops the sacrifices and offerings, commits the abomination of desolation.”
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“What was written will come to pass,” Marzulli concluded. “He’s going to return on the Mount of Olives. He’s not returning to Walla Walla, Michigan. That’s not going to happen.”
Gonzales agreed: “The prophecies of the first coming are literal… in the second coming, let’s go with that. Ninety-nine percent are literal.”
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
