A building forever

In this week's haftorah ( Yeshaya 51:12-52:13) Hashem tells the Bnei Yisroel that He will console them. The Yalkut Shimoni says that Avraham couldn't console them because he called the Bais HaMikdash "Har" a mountain, neither could Yitzchok because he called it a "Sadeh", and neither could Yaakov who called it a "Bayis", house.
Reb Yehonoson Eibushitz unravels this enigmatic Medrash and says that Bnei Yisroel couldn't be consoled with a promise of the rebuilding of the Bais HaMikdash because they were afraid that eventually their aveiros would cause it to be destroyed just like the previous ones. Avraham's consolation fortelling of the future rebuilding didn't satisfy them. Avraham referred to the Bais HaMikdash as a mountain and the pasuk says in tehilim "Mi Yaaleh BeHar Hashem...Neki Kapayim..." who can go onto the mountain of Hashem only people with innocent hands and hearts etc. In that case they knew the Bais HaMikdash would rise and fall on their purity, not a good thing for them to hear. Yitzhchok called it a Sadeh, a field which is open to all, including the Goyim with whose help it was built allowing them to stake a claim to it as well. It was this influence of theirs that allowed the Bais HaMikdash to ultimately fall into their murderous and destructive hands. Yaakov called it a house. To enter Hashem's house requires the utmost modesty and humbleness, a level that they were afraid they could not maintain.
Only when Hashem said Anochi, Anochi, Hu Minachemchem, Hashem whose building and handiwork survives forever with no preconditions were the Bnei Yisroel finally consoled.
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Yeshaya 51:15
15. I am the Lord your God, Who wrinkles the sea and its waves stir; the Lord of Hosts is His name.

Part of a comment posted on an article about the hurricane:
"if klal yisroel had only started doing teshuva when 7 tzaddikim left this world in a matter of 5 WEEKS & gotten the message from Hashem.
we would not need an earthquake & a hurricane to bring us to teshuva"

A friend opined that Hashem is showing us that what we consider important and where we invest our money - in luxurious houses and the like - can come tumbling down in the blink of an eye. As we approach Chodesh Elul, let's get our priorities straight and put our trust in G-d and not in our temporary dwellings.

The video below is a united effort of six Israeli singers.