The Oak of Abraham collapsed, is the prophecy coming true? Is the end near ?
The Oak of Mamre (also called the Oak of Sibta), at Hirbet es-Sibte, two kilometers southwest of Mamre, also called The Oak of Abraham is an ancient tree which, in tradition, is said to mark the place where Abraham entertained the three angels or where Abraham pitched his tent. It is estimated that this oak is approximately 5,000 years old.
“Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.” Genesis 13:18.
The site of the oak was acquired in 1868 by Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin) for the Church of Russia and the nearby Monastery of the Holy Trinity was founded nearby.
The site has since been a major attraction for Russian pilgrims before the revolution, and is the only functioning Christian shrine in the Hebron region. After the Russian Revolution, the property came under the control of the ROCOR. A long-standing tradition is that the Oak of Abraham will die before the appearance of the Anti-christ. The oak has been dead since 1996!
This information about the Oak of Mamre comes from OrthodoxWiki, and the page was last updated on March 17, 2012: https://orthodoxwiki.org/Oak_of_Mamre
This analysis was uploaded to The Holy Wisdom YouTube channel on September 18, 2024.