Scripture Reading for April 28, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30, “Acharei mot” (After the death … ) Haftorah: Amos 9:7 – 15 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 3:14 – 21, “Shehigbiha ha’nahash” (Lifted the snake … )
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Netanyahu Hires an Israeli Jew Who Believes in Jesus
By Israel Today— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office made waves this week when it hired long-time pro-Israel YouTube activist Hananya Naftali as its new deputy social media adviser. Israel Today has featured Naftali’s informative video clips a number of times. The material is as solid as it gets. What makes Naftali “controversial” for many Israelis is…
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Was the Jewish Temple Really on the Temple Mount?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— A once thoroughly debunked theory that the two Jewish Temples did not stand on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is currently gaining traction in the Christian world. A new “Cry for Zion” video explains why we know the Temples were on the Temple Mount and that it is…
DetailsMessianic Lite: Acharei Mot, “after the death”
This week we are reading the 29th weekly Torah portion: Leviticus 16:1 to 18:30. These chapters cover the practices and priestly rituals surrounding Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. The portion is read in synagogues as part of the services every year on Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the absolute holiest day on the…
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Europe wants unity on Iran while undermining Trump on Jerusalem
By Caroline Glick, JPost— As French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat a path for the White House in back-to-back visits this week, the media coverage of U.S. – European Union relations is focused on efforts to convince President Donald Trump to keep faith with his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with…
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Over-reacting and Under-reacting: Case Portman and Case Konstanz
By Inna Rogatchi, Rogatchi Foundaiton— It is all about us. How do we react to events, and what makes our indignation to flare out. What qualifies an incident of any kind as a public scandal – for us, both individually and collectively. In my view, what could be called as Case Portman has underlined our…
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Gentiles and Israel’s Restoration
By Israel Bible Center-— In Matthew 8:11-12 we encounter one of Jesus’ most controversial statements. In reaction to the extraordinary faith of the Roman centurion Jesus declares, “I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of…
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“Only in Israel is the fulfillment of commands a society-building exercise, shaping the contours of the country as a whole. Only in Israel can we fulfill the commands in a land, a landscape, and a language saturated with Jewish memories and hopes. Only in Israel does the calendar track the rhythms of the Jewish year.…
DetailsTruth Report: “The ultimate restoration of Israel”
Think on this: “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put…
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Preparations for US Embassy move completed
By Arutz Sheva— Israel and the US have nearly completed the preparations necessary to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The historic move is scheduled for May 14. Among the preparations are road signs, as well as an access road for the Embassy built behind the current US Consulate. The new Embassy…
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Israel: Seventy Years of Survival
By Shoula Romano Horing— For me, as an Israeli, the country’s most impressive achievement as it approaches its 70th birthday is that modern Israel has not only survived attacks by its many Arab and Muslim enemies, but also prospered in roughly the same location as the ancient Jewish kingdoms of Israel and Judah. In 70 A.D.,…
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Pro-Israel Christian Group Condemns Mainline Protestants’ Statement Defending Palestinians
By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter— A pro-Israel Christian organization has taken issue with a recently released joint statement by several mainline church groups denouncing violence against Palestinian protesters. Over the past few weeks, violent protests along the Gaza Strip border have resulted in around 30 Palestinian protesters being killed by Israeli soldiers. In…
DetailsMessianic Lite: Tazria, “She conceives”
This Sabbath, we have reached our 27th weekly Torah portion. For those of you who are new to Messianic Lite, we are following the annual Jewish reading calendar. That means there is no skipping. That would be cheating. But to be honest, if I had to choose any section to skip, it would probably be…
DetailsScripture Reading for April 21, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59, “Tazria” (She conceives … ) Haftorah: II Kings 4:42 – 5:19 New Testament: Act 4:12 – 16 Gospel: Matthew 8:1 – 4, “Ish metzorah” (A leprous man … )
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Selling Illusions
By Earl Cox, JPost— Tne front of Hamas’s “March of Return” is a war of words – to project a sympathetic brand of the Palestinians as victims in order to influence global public opinion. While the terrorist group’s young recruits dress in kaffiyehs and sling Kalashnikovs over their shoulders, its leaders in coat and tie…
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At 70, Israel’s population is 8.842 million, 43% of world Jewry
By Times of Israel— On the eve of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, its population stands at 8,842,000, of whom 74.5 percent are Jewish, according to figures released on Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Jewish population stands at approximately 6.589 million, while Arabs number some 1.849 million, 20.9% of the population. There are…
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