Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

He was living in Caesarea, which is a long distance from Jerusalem. However, the ninth hour of prayer was the same prayer time—three in the afternoon—in Caesarea as in Jerusalem in the Jewish temple. On the following day Peter was on a rooftop praying at the sixth hour, which would have been at twelve noon (Acts 10:9). In the above events we see two prayer times: the ninth and the sixth hours. While in Babylon, Daniel prayed three times a day—morning, afternoon, and evening, in correlation to the prayers once prayed at the temple in Jerusalem (Dan. 6:10, 13). These times matched the temple prayers, which were offered at the third, sixth, and ninth hours. Please observe that in Acts 10, God released visions to both Peter and Cornelius during the same set time of prayer occurring as in the temple in Jerusalem! I have traveled to the Middle East more than thirty-four times, primarily to Israel, but also including Egypt and Jordan. I recall the shock I experienced in 1985 when in the early hours of the morning I was awakened by the call to prayer from an Islamic mosque located next to the hotel. In Islamic religious law, it is required for devout Muslims to pray five times a day. During these times Muslims will literally stop whatever they are doing—including carrying on a conversation or doing business—and go into a room and bow down on a prayer rug facing Mecca. In major cities like London, Muslims actually kneel on public sidewalks, blocking anyone from walking by as they bow down in prayer. If a Muslim cannot physically bow or