Scripture Reading for January 3, 2015
Torah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26, “Vayechi” (and he lived …) Haftorah: I Kins 2:1 – 12 New Testament: I Peter 1:3 – 9 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Lo choshev” (Do not think …)
The ethnic cleansing of Jesus
By RICHARD MATHER, ARUTZ 7— In recent decades, the quest to rescue Jesus’ Jewish identity has yielded much fruit. Geza Vermes, Robert Eisenman, E.P Sanders, James Tabor, R. T. Herford, George Foot Moor and Hyam Maccoby are among those who have highlighted Jesus’ Jewish identity and origins. Combined with the shared interest in the Dead…
Myths about Israel and Zionism
By GERALD MCDERMOTT, ROANOKE TIMES– Once again, Israel is at the top of the news. Jeffrey Goldberg reports in the Atlantic that the Obama administration is “red-hot” over Israel’s recent announcements of new building in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. This kerfuffle comes on top of Israeli denunciations of Irish and British statements recognizing…
The Lev Project
By LARRY AND DEDE. LEV PROJECT— Make a Special Donation Today to The Lev Project. Shalom! We are Larry and Dede Miller with The Lev Project. After 12 years of living and volunteering in Hungary, and a 5-month experience in Israel working with holocaust survivors, The Lev Project was born. (Lev in Hebrew means, “heart”)…
Truth Report: Using the name of Yahweh
Acts 3: 21-23 21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells…
Spot Report: Heresy of replacement theology
Think on this: “On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.” Pray on this: Thank you Father that you never abrogate your covenant promises to Israel and to believers. No matter how many promises…
What if Jesus was born now?
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN, BIN— The recent wave of terrorist incidents that has Israelis looking over their shoulders—both literally and figuratively—overlapping with the holiday season, got me thinking: What if Jesus were born today? As 2014 ends, Israelis have been plagued with war, increased terrorism, and an ongoing incitement of violence and worse. Jesus was a…
ISIS Closing in on Israel from the North and the South
By RIYADH MOHAMMED— The war against ISIS is taking a dangerous, perhaps inevitable turn. The terror organization has been keen to expand to southern Syria and the Syrian capital of Damascus. Now it says it has recruited three Syrian rebel groups operating in the south of the country in an area bordering the Israeli occupied…
Scripture Reading for December 27, 2014
Torah: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27, “Vayigash” (and he drew near …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 28 New Testament: Ephesians 2:11 – 22 Gospel: Hebrews 10:5 – 10, “Behechaneso” ( when He came …)
