Quote of the Week
“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” Thomas Bender, Intro to Democracy in America, abr. Ed., by Alexix de Tocqueville
Why Evangelical Christians Support Israel
By Israel Today— As whipped-up Palestinian rioters cry out for Jewish blood in their days of rage against ‘occupation’ of their land, we should be praying that these dear people, for whom Christ died, would instead call on the blood of Jesus for their redemption. This is their only hope – and ours too for…
DetailsTruth Report: “Profaning the name of Yahweh”
Think on this: “Praise Yahweh. Praise, O servants of Yahweh, praise the name of Yahweh. Let the name of Yahweh be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets the name of Yahweh is to be praised.” (Psalm 113:1-3) Pray like this: O Yahweh, our Father,…
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Shavuot- The Feast of Weeks
By CBNISRAEL— What the New Testament translates as “Pentecost” comes from the Greek translation of the Jewish festival of “The Feast of Weeks.” In the Christian world, it is remembered as the time when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Disciples who gathered in Jerusalem. In the time of Moses, the Feast of…
DetailsGaza Riots: Really About the Embassy?
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Much of the world is convinced that the Palestinian protests that took place on May 14 and 15 were directly connected to the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. This misapprehension can be traced directly to the international media, which helped create the impression that the clashes that took…
DetailsLeading Scholar: Trump’s Embassy Move, Recognition of Jerusalem Represent ‘Important Turning Point’
By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s capital represented an “important turning point” and “act of courage and integrity,” a leading scholar told The Algemeiner. The new embassy was dedicated on Monday at a ceremony attended by numerous dignitaries, including the…
DetailsShtetl, Lost and Found: Reflections from Seduva
MEMORY ON JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR LIFE TO BE REVIVED IN LITHUANIA By Dr Inna Rogatchi © People on the Field The landscape in the Central and Northern Lithuania is practically endlessly serene. Especially on a hot sunny day of a premature summer. The idyll of our journey has been suddenly interrupted by a short…
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Netanyahu’s Finest Hour
By Caroline Glick, JPost— At the start of his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump discussed his announcement Tuesday afternoon that he is removing the US from his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and reinstating the nuclear sanctions that were suspended with the deal’s implementation in January 2016. European and other international…
Details13 Inconvenient Truths About What Has Been Happening in Gaza
By Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Mag— The cacophony that accompanies every upsurge in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can make it seem impossible for outsiders to sort out the facts. Recent events in Gaza are no exception. The shrillest voices on each side are already offering their own mutually exclusive narratives that acknowledge some realities while scrupulously avoiding…
DetailsHamas Admits Most Killed at Gaza Border Were Terrorists
By Israel Today— A Hamas official admitted in an interview with Arab media this week that the vast majority of those killed during mass riots at the Gaza borders were members of the terror group. According to Hamas official Salah Bardawil, 50 of the 62 claimed fatalities were Hamas terrorists. In other words, the international…
DetailsScripture Reading for May 19, 2018
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” (In the desert …. ) Haftorah; Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Acts 2:1 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:13 – 35, “Amaum” (Emmaus … )
DetailsMessianic Lite: Bemidbar, “In the Wilderness”
This week we begin the fourth book in our weekly Torah readings. We covered the grand sweeps of human history in the book of Genesis. We followed the sons of Jacob into Egypt and reached the dramatic climax of the Jewish story when Pharaoh finally let God’s people go. Leviticus beat the drum for purity…
DetailsGuatemalan President Arrives to Reopen Embassy in Jerusalem
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in Israel on Tuesday to take part in the official reopening of the Central American country’s embassy in Jerusalem’s Malha Technology Park on Wednesday. Guatemala had an embassy in Jerusalem until 1980. But it pulled it out – along with several other countries – when the…
DetailsAn End-of-Days Guide to the Embassy Move
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Monday, the US Embassy was officially opened in Jerusalem as per the orders of President Donald Trump in what many believe was an integral part of the Messianic process that will culminate in another architectural landmark: the building of the Third Temple. Several prominent rabbis weigh in…
DetailsAmerica set to inaugurate embassy in Jerusalem
By Israel Kasnett, JNS.org— U.S. President Donald Trump made a campaign promise few thought he would keep. “We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem,” he announced in 2016. Now that promise is about to be fulfilled. Preparations for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on…
DetailsTruth Report: “Today is a game-changer for Israel”
Think on this: “I have posted Watchmen on your walls , O Jerusalem: They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the name of Yahweh, give yourselves no rest and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6-7) Pray like…
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