Scripture Reading for May 20, 2017
Torah: Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34, “Behar” (The Mount … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: Acts 9:1 – 11 Gospel: Matthew 21:33 – 46, “Shemu” (Listen … )
It’s Final: Trump Will Not Move Embassy
By David Israel, Jewish Press— President Donald Trump will not move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for the time being, a senior White House official told Bloomberg. This makes it the second campaign promise the president has broken in one evening, the first one being signing a waiver on Iran…
Christian Zionists urge Trump to keep his promise on moving embassy to Jerusalem
By Sean Savage/JNS.org Ahead of President Donald Trump’s Israel visit, top Christian Zionist organizations and leaders are calling on the president to fulfill his election campaign promise to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite reports that Trump is unlikely to make the move in the near future. Pastor John Hagee, founder…
Israeli President: Christians Are Our brothers
By Israel Today— Israel President Reuven Rivlin said during a meeting with church leaders in Jerusalem that Christians and Jews are “brothers.” Rivlin invited the heads of the various churches in Jerusalem to his official residence on the occasion of Easter. He used the opportunity to decry the rising persecution of Christians across the Middle…
Trump Must Pray on Temple Mount for God’s Help in Bringing Messiah: Sanhedrin
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— The nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter on Monday to US President Donald Trump, calling on him to ascend to the Temple Mount and pray for world peace when he arrives in Jerusalem next week for his first state visit. If Trump chooses to answer the call, he will not only…
Haley: Western Wall is part of Israel
By Chana Roberts, Israel National News— US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that the US Embassy should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and that the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City is part of Israel. In an interview with CBN News, Haley said, “Obviously I believe that the…
White House: No Plans to Announce Embassy Move During Israel Visit
by CHARLIE SPIERING, Breitbart— The White House does not expect to announce plans to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, despite President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to do so. “There’s no planned announcement for the embassy on the trip,” a White House official told Breitbart News. The official however cautioned that the plan…
Truth Report: “God’s perspective on Trump’s visit to Israel”
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. Isaiah 62:1
‘Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem will advance peace’
By Israel Hayom— The possible relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was at the center of a pointed exchange between Israel and the White House on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to determine how keeping his election promise to move the embassy may affect his hopes of…