HI Esholars.
I reviewed the links you provided.
Thank you for posting.
I am going to state my opinion on the video, something I rarely do when pertaining to religious subjects.
Personally, I felt what was conveyed to the listening audience in the YouTube video was done so without due diligence and with an agenda. The person focused on the date (which was NOT actually 666) and therefor somehow oncluded the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher must be Satanic in nature. The person was angry and spent 15 minutes repeating himself over and over without any facts to support his theory.
Seriously?!?
Work on the restoration began in late May when scaffolding went up inside the Holy Sepulcher.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/restoration...re-shrine/
Other work began on the 6th of June.
If someone wants to believe 6-6-16 is a Satanic date, then they will believe it is one. I personally do not. 16 is not 6. just like 19 is not 9.
This video feels to me like fear mongering at it's worst.
Even if it WAS a satanic date, the restoration would be a beautiful thing to begin then wouldn't it? To demonstrate to the world the love and unity amongst different ancient Christin faiths. The love of Christ and the love for Christ. Should not the 3 churches, (the care takers of the tomb of Christ), actually CARE for the tomb? It is a blessing that 3 very ancient Christian faiths can come together to see that the tomb is preserved and restored so that future generations can also have the opportunity to walk in the steps where Christ lived, preached, taught, died and rose from the dead. They have a responsibility to keep the Holy Land sites beautiful and safe for the pilgrims who journey from across the world on what is hoped to be a blessed spiritual journey.
To say that the church services ,which take place in the Holy Sepulcher,are satanic rituals is an affront to the faithful Orthodox, Catholic and Armenian Christian churches who have worked for centuries to safeguard the Holy Christian sites across the Holy lands. It should be an affront to all Christians.
That is my opinion.