Miracle of the Third Temple: Next American defense chief eyes prophecy fulfillment

Donald Trump’s incoming cabinet features a number of interesting figures, people who most would never consider for the positions to which they are being nominated. Chief among them is Pete Hegseth, who has been tapped as America’s next secretary of defense, and who’s on record as anticipating the fulfillment of biblical prophecy in Jerusalem.

Hegseth is an unapologetic Bible-believing Christian. At a 2018 event hosted by the religious Israeli news outlet Arutz 7, Hegseth spoke about the prophesied reestablishment of the Temple in Jerusalem.

“When you stand [in jerusalem], you cannot help but behold the miracle before you,” said America’s next defense chief. “It got me thinking about another miracle I hope all of you don’t see as too far away. …there’s no reason why the miracle of the reestablishment of the Temple on the Temple Mount is not possible. I don’t know how it would happen, you don’t know how it would happen, but I know that it could happen, that’s all I know.”

He went on to stress that in order to reach the goal, people, believers, both Jews and Christians, need to understand that “facts and activities on the ground truly matter.” To that end, he encouraged those who support Israel to visited the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria and to promote Israeli sovereignty there.

As for a Palestinian state, Hegseth said forget about it. “If you walk the ground today, you understand that there is no such thing as the outcome of a two-state solution. There is one state.”

Not long after, Hegseth hosted a Fox News special on the spiritual battle over Jerusalem.