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” A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” Max Lucado
Scripture Reading for June 2, 2018
Torah: Numbers 18:1 – 12:16, “Beha’alotekh” (Lift up … ) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:13 – 4:7 New Testament: Revelation 11:1 – 14 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 -13, “Hishtanah” (He was transfigured … )
DetailsMessianic Lite: Beha’alotcha, “When You Set up”
This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 8:1 to 12:16. It begins with divine instructions on how to care for the Tabernacle’s golden seven-branched lampstand, maintaining its everlasting light. It continues with guidelines for consecrating the Levites. At this point in Numbers, it has been exactly a year since the former slaves left Egypt so they…
DetailsAmbassador David Friedman: Republicans support Israel more than Democrats
By Times of Israel— Republicans are undoubtedly better friends of Israel than Democrats are, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Wednesday, lambasting the Democratic Party for failing to sufficiently mobilize its constituents to support the Jewish state. “The argument that I hear from some Democrats that Republicans are seizing the pro-Israel mantle is true,…
DetailsThe Golan Heights: History and Biblical significance
By Victor Sharpe— Britain gave away the Golan (Biblical Bashan) to France’s Syrian colony in 1923. Syria attacked Israel in 1967 and lost the Golan. Syria had occupied it for 44 years. Israel’s liberation of the Golan has lasted 51 years plus. Who has possessed the Golan the longest? Even as modern day Syria is…
DetailsRussia Brokers Deal Keeping Iran Out of Region Bordering With Israel
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Russia is doubling-down on its demand that non-Syrian forces step back from the border with Israel. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed the situation in Syria on Tuesday at the international Primakov Readings Forum, an international think-tank annual summit held in Moscow. TASS Russian news agency reported his…
DetailsUnderstanding Iran’s Plan for Israel and the Middle East
By Yochanan Visser, Israel Today— US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week announced a new policy that aims to roll back Iran’s hegemonistic drive in the Middle East and to prevent the Islamic Republic from attaining a nuclear weapon. Ever since, there has been a lot of criticism, mostly by backers of the Joint…
DetailsNetanyahu vows to respond ‘with great force’ to mortar barrage from Gaza
By Michael Bachner, Times of Israel— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to respond “with great force” to a barrage of at least 28 mortar shells fired in the morning at communities in southern Israel, one of which landed just outside a kindergarten less than an hour before children were due to arrive. “Israel views…
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Endgame for the U.S. -Turkey Relationship
By Caroline Glick, JPost— On Monday, NATO ally Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Washington. The severe step is meant to punish the U.S. for opening an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday. Also Monday, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador to Turkey. It had already withdrawn its ambassador from Tel Aviv. In a speech at Chatham House on…
DetailsThe Jerusalem Embassy and the Triumph of Truth
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Monday’s ceremony marking the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, had a clear message: It is time to embrace truth. Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, put it plainly when he said, “In December last year, President Donald Trump announced to the world that the U.S.…
DetailsIsraeli Minister Calls for Recognition of Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
By The Media Line— In an interview with the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Intelligence Minister Israel Katz said that control of the area for the past 51-years is now top priority in diplomatic talks with the United States. “I believe there is great ripeness and a high probability this will happen,” Katz said, predicting…
DetailsChristian Misunderstandings of Gaza and Israel
By Gerald McDermott, JPost— In 2009 my photographer son and I walked across the Galilee, staying with Jews some nights and Arabs other nights. We were doing a photo essay for Christianity Today on what residents of the land of Jesus think about him today. More than a few times Arab Christians pulled us aside,…
DetailsTruth Report: “The new Jewish-Christian political party in Israel”
Think of this: “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made of everyone — for kings and all those in in authority, that we might live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” (I Timothy 2:1-2) Pray like this: Father Yahweh richly bless Israel’s new Jewish- Christian…
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Michael Brown Speaks Out on ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ Controversy
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— The following first appeared in the April 2018 issue of Israel Today Magazine. Dr. Michael Brown will tomorrow participate in the 5th biannual Christ at the Checkpoint conference, so we have decided to republish the interview here in full. Dr. Michael Brown is a radio host, author, professor and a…
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Hezbollah leader says terror group capable of defeating Israel in war
By Omri Ariel, Jerusalem Online— Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday he is “certain” that the terrorist organization would defeat Israel in the next war. In a televised speech aired as part of Lebanon’s commemoration of 18 years since the Israeli withdrawal from its territory, Nasrallah said Hezbollah does not seek a military conflict…
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Why Israel should recognize and cherish evangelical support
By Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, YNetnews.com The US Embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the White House’s official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is an impressive diplomatic achievement of the Netanyahu government, and influential Jewish groups likely contributed to the move too. But there is another group whose contribution to this move should…
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