Donald Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth to be the next US Defence Secretary. Hegseth was a Fox News TV host, and before that he was in the Minnesota National Guard, and before that he was in finance with Bear Stearns.
In 2018, at an Arutz Sheva conference in Jerusalem, while he was working for Fox News, he delivered a speech in which he talked up the possibility of a new temple of God on the Temple Mount (ref. 1).
That same year, he also said “Zionism” and “Americanism” are “the front lines of Western civilisation” in our world today.
Now, Pete Hegseth says he is a Christian. Certainly, he seems to be for Israel and Zionism.
However, Hegseth divorced his first wife, and he married a Fox Executive Producer, with whom he was having an adulterous relationship.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:14
Yes, all sins are forgiveable, but adultery especially brings to mind Babylon’s spiritual “fornication” (ref. 17:2).
Another thing is, Hegseth has several tattoos. Apparently, his parents warned him about tattoos but in his 30s he changed his mind.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:28
New York Post did a whole article on Hegseth’s many tattoos (ref. 2).
His army regiment one and the American flag with an AR-15 are not interesting. That sort of thing speaks to patriotism towards the USA or whatever.
One tattoo that is interesting is the Jerusalem Cross, the emblem of the Frankish Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. He even has another tattoo “Deus Vult”, Classical Latin for “God wills it”.
The scenes in Kingdom of Heaven (2005) with the Templars shouting “God wills it” come to mind.
The fall of Jerusalem in 1187 AD to a Muslim army led by Saladin had to happen because the Knights Templar in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, while situated at Al Aqsa mosque, had secretly started to worship Satan. King Guy de Lusignan, who lost the decisive battle of Hattin, was himself a Templar.
The spiritual treachery of the Templars and the consequent end of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem was prophesied in Isaiah 23.
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isaiah 23:8-9
And then despite the military prowess of England’s Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade, his three victories out of three battles – Acre, Arsuf, and Jaffa – Jerusalem was never taken back by the Franks or the English.
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish [Richard’s England]: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Isaiah 23:10-11
And then in 1312 AD, after having been driven to the island of Cyprus, what was left of the Templars in the Crusader States was formally disbanded by the Vatican after a number of Templars had admitted to ritual Satanism during interrogation.
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon [a Templar stronghold]: arise, pass over to Chittim [Cyprus]; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Isaiah 23:12
The Templars that were in France were chased out by France’s King Philip IV, whose wife had been a victim of witchcraft years earlier. As it happened, some number of Templars escaped to the Scotland of Robert the Bruce, and there, the Templars formed the secret society of Scottish Rite Freemasonry – ie. Rossyln chapel and all that.
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 23:17
Apart from tattoos of the Crusades, Hegseth also has tattoos of the American Revolution. He has a tattoo “MDCCLXXV”, Roman numerals for 1775, the year that America officially began its armed rebellion against the British Empire, an uprising that started with the Boston tea party in 1773 and the violent anti-British terrorism of the so-called sons of Liberty. Hegseth even has a tattoo with the American serpent cartoon “Join or Die”.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made… And the serpent said unto the woman…
Genesis 3:1-4
I suppose, how you regard Pete Hegseth’s appointment depends on what you know of the crusaders in the 12th century, especially the Templars, and what you think of 1776.
… because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie
2 Thessalonians 2:10-11
It is also remarkable that while in the US military, Hegseth served at first in some capacity in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and then in infantry in Baghdad and Samarra, and finally in counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. Guantanamo famous for its prison, plus counter-insurgency! Maybe there is something to it. Maybe not.
To his credit though, he has said that he will purge the Pentagon of woke-ism. He has declared that he will even remove “generals” and “admirals”. Then again, it might be that under this pretext, Donald Trump will get the kind of generals that he wants.
But above all, the Temple Mount thing is noteworthy.
Because at some point in these last days before the final 3.5 years, there must be a temple of God on the Temple Mount. It will probably be a tabernacle along the lines of David’s rather than a building of stone. The “house” of God prophesied in Ezekiel 40 etc is something that will happen during the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ.
Not only must there be a temple of God at some point in the not too distant future, but also a daily oblation to God.
In recent years, there have been reports of red heifers transported to Israel and made ready for ritual sacrifice (ref. Numbers 19:2).
I think Elijah, who will be one of the two witnesses, must first come, and he or the two of them will provide instructions to Israel on the things that must be done so that the offering to the LORD will be pleasant and acceptable.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Malachi 3:1-4
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi 4:5-6
But even so, America under Trump officially giving the green light to Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu would be huge, because remember, as I have said, at some point, the king of Babylon himself will have to visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and walk into a completed temple of God. This will be a marker that the countdown to the end has begun!
References:
1. Jacob Magid (14 November 2024), “Trump’s nominee for Pentagon chief suggested new temple could be built on Temple Mount”, timesofisrael.com
2. Olivia Land (13 November 2024), “The tattooed Secretary of Defense: Here is all of Pete Hegseth’s ink, and what it means “, nypost.com