Direction for Prayer
Daniel 6:10 King James Version (KJV)
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
But Jesus already informed us, the time will come when the direction will change...
John 4:19-22 New International Version (NIV)
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet (Jesus). 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
But Jesus already informed us, the time will come when the direction will change...
John 4:19-22 New International Version (NIV)
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet (Jesus). 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture (Jews & Christians) well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
(Quran 2:144)
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed.
(Quran 22:77)
The Cube as The Reminder
(the Memorial Object of God's Law, Prophets & Freedom)
Deuteronomy 11:18 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Matthew 23:5 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.) broad and their fringes long,
And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt.
— Exodus 13:9
Exodus 13:16 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes; for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt.
— Exodus 13:16
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
6 And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart;
7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
8 And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
The Cube as The Reminder
(the Memorial Object of God's Law, Prophets & Freedom)
Note:The tefillin are to serve as a reminder of God's intervention at the time of the Exodus from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Matthew 23:5 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries (a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.) broad and their fringes long,
And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did the LORD bring you out of Egypt.
— Exodus 13:9
Exodus 13:16 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes; for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did the LORD bring us forth out of Egypt.
— Exodus 13:16
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
6 And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart;
7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
8 And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Note:Tot means "two" in the "Caspi" language and Fot means "two" in the "Afriki" language,hence tot and fot means "two and two", corresponding to the four compartments of the head-tefillin
- Procedure
The arm-tefillin is laid on the inner side of the bare left arm, right arm if one is left handed, two finger breadths above the elbow, so that when the arm is bent the tefillin faces towards the heart. The arm-tefillin is tightened with the thumb, the blessing is said, and the strap is immediately wrapped around the upper arm in the opposite direction it came from in order to keep the knot tight without having to hold it. Some wrap it around the upper arm for less than a full revolution (the bare minimum to keep the knot tight) and then wrap it around the forearm seven times, while others wrap it around the upper arm an addition time before wrapping it around the forearm.
More info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin
Where Did the Mecca Black Stone Come From? (Explanation from Jewish Man)
Exodus 5:1
1And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'"
chagag: to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast
Original Word: חָגַג
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chagag
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-gag')
Short Definition: celebrate
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[חָגַג] verb make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast(Arabic 
betake oneself to or towards an object of reverence; make a pilgrimage to Mecaa; Sabean חגג make pilgrimageSabDenkm86. compare 85; Syriac 
celebrate a feast. In Palmyrene חגגו is proper name VogNo. 61; compare also Phoenician proper name חגי, חגת); —
betake oneself to or towards an object of reverence; make a pilgrimage to Mecaa; Sabean חגג make pilgrimageSabDenkm86. compare 85; Syriac celebrate a feast. In Palmyrene חגגו is proper name VogNo. 61; compare also Phoenician proper name חגי, חגת); —
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
celebrate, dance, keep, hold a solemn feast holiday, reel to and fro
A primitive root (compare chagra', chuwg); properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy -- celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Source:
The Bible proves Prophet MOSES did pilgrimage to MECCA - INTERESTING Insight by a JEWISH writer!
Mecca
Psalm 84:4-6 New International Version (NIV)
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.[a]
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[b]
The Well of Zam-zam at Mecca
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.[a]
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[b]
The Well of Zam-zam at Mecca
Holy Quran, Chapter 3: verses 95-102
95. Say: "(Allah) speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the sane in faith; he was not of the Pagans."
96. The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:
97. In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah,- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of His creatures.
98. Say: "O People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of Allah, when Allah is Himself witness to all ye do?"
99. Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye those who believe, from the path of Allah, Seeking to make it crooked, while ye were yourselves witnesses (to Allah.s Covenant)? but Allah is not unmindful of all that ye do."
100. O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!
101. And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of Allah, and among you Lives the Messenger. Whoever holds firmly to Allah will be shown a way that is straight.
102. O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam.
Source:http://www.islam101.com/hajj/baca.htm
Galatians 4:25 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia;[a] she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Genesis 21:19-22 English Standard Version (ESV)
19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.
21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Note:Paran is later mentioned in the Book of Numbers as a place where the Israelites temporarily settled during the Exodus
Numbers 10:12 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Deuteronomy 1:1 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Haze′roth, and Di′zahab.
Deuteronomy 33:2 English Standard Version (ESV)
He said,
“The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;[a]
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came from the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire[b] at his right hand.
Note:King David spent some time in the wilderness of Paran after Samuel died
1 Samuel 25:1Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.
Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Habakkuk 3:3English Standard Version (ESV)
God came from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Paran
Genesis 21:19-22 English Standard Version (ESV)
19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.
21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Note:Paran is later mentioned in the Book of Numbers as a place where the Israelites temporarily settled during the Exodus
Numbers 10:12 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Deuteronomy 1:1 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Haze′roth, and Di′zahab.
Deuteronomy 33:2 English Standard Version (ESV)
He said,
“The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;[a]
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came from the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire[b] at his right hand.
Note:King David spent some time in the wilderness of Paran after Samuel died
1 Samuel 25:1Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Now Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.
Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Habakkuk 3:3English Standard Version (ESV)
God came from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Paran
Isaiah 60:6-7 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
6 “A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and Ephah;
All those from Sheba (south arabia) will come;
They will bring gold and frankincense,
And will bear good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 “All the flocks of Kedar (descendants of abraham/ishmaelites/arabs) will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My altar,
And I shall [a]glorify My [b]glorious house.
Rabbi Reuven Firestone - Mecca and Arabia in the Ancient Biblical World! ☩☪
Luke 20:17 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
But he looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
‘The very stone which the builders rejected
has become the head of the corner’?
Revelation 2:17 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.’
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