Scripture Reading for April 30th, 2015
Torah: Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, “Naso” (Lift up … ) Haftorah: Judges 13:2 – 25 New Testament: Acts 21:17 – 26 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Al tachshevu” (Do not think … )
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New Birthright-Inspired Program Set to Bring Young Christians to Israel
By: JNS, Breaking Israel News— The Covenant Journey, a new initiative inspired by the popular Taglit-Birthright Israel program, is set to bring young Christians to Israel this summer in order to strengthen their faith and encourage them to become goodwill ambassadors for Israel. “There’s one thing better than standing with Israel, and that’s standing in…
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Obama Desecrates Memorial Day And Agrees To Commit U.S. Military To Serve Under Turkey’s Conquest Of Syria (The U.S. Is Now Officially Advancing A Grand Caliphate)
By: WALID SHOEBAT, Shoebat— Yesterday, on Memorial Day we open the papers to read the headlines Turkey and US ‘agree in principle’ to provide air support for Syrian rebels. And it wasn’t the president of the United States or a spokesperson from the White house that broke the news, but through the mouth of the…
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Sen. Graham vows he’d bid to halt funding for UN over Palestine state resolution
By: RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— A senior United States lawmaker and presidential hopeful on Wednesday threatened a “violent pushback” against any country that would support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Palestinian statehood. He also warned that a possible UN report likening alleged crimes against children by Israel and Boko Haram was an…
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Israel warns Hamas of ‘heavy price’ for rocket fire
BY: TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF, Times of Israel— Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon delivered a stern warning to Hamas on Wednesday morning following a rocket attack on the south the night before. Hamas, he said, must rein in any attempts by factions in Gaza to attack Israel, or “pay a heavy price.” Earlier, Israeli Air Force…
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Christie Speaks Strongly In Aim for Jewish Support
By: DONNY WEBER. JPOST— While speaking at an event this Monday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire New Jersey Governor Chris Christie criticized US President Barack Obama’s relationship with Israel indicating the current administration’s approach towards the Jewish State has been shameful. Christie hinted his support–should he ultimately gain the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination and win the…
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Nato Ally To Muslims: Reconquer Jerusalem
By: WND, Prophecy News Watch— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on his countrymen to refocus on the Ottoman goal of re-conquering Jerusalem for Islam and uniting Shia and Sunni tribes for that same mission. In a speech that got almost no coverage in the Western media, Erdogan talked about invading and reconquering Jerusalem,…
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Truth Report: Malachi 1:11, 3:16, “Gentiles are to exalt the name of Yahweh”
Malachi 1:11, 3:16 (NIV) My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh Almighty. Then those who feared Yahweh talked with each other, and Yahweh listened and heard. A…
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How to Defend Israel? Talk About Rights. Not Just Security
By: Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine— Israel diplomats were reportedly shocked this week when their country’s new deputy foreign minister asked them to speak up about Israel’s rights in the conflict with the Palestinians rather than just its security needs. As the Times of Israel reports, Tzipi Hotovely raised more than a few eyebrows when she…
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Shavuot. Pentecost. Harvest. First Fruits. Revelation at Sinai. Holy Spirit. Torah.
By: Marcie Lenk, Times of Israel— Jews and Christians will be celebrating Shavuot and Pentecost on the same day this weekend, in a rare year that the two calendars correspond. Technically, Pentecost is the English name for Shavuot (Hebrew for “weeks”), indicating the fiftieth day after Passover. So, are Jews and Christians celebrating the same…
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Spot Report: Needed: leaders with a moral compass
Think on this: “O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation,…
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Christian Zionist in Israel filming anti-BDS movie
By: JTA, JPOST— Laurie Cardoza-Moore, the head Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, a Christian-Zionist group, was in Israel this week filming segments for a film about the BDS movement in an attempt to show what she believes is “farce of BDS.” The satirical film, which will require several trips to Israel and which she says…
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Campuses are flooded with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
By: NATAN SHARANSKY, JPOST— A great deal has been written recently, and rightly so, about the rise of anti-Israel sentiment on American college campuses. Twelve years ago, when I first proposed that one could use the “three Ds” – double standards, delegitimization and demonization – to distinguish legitimate criticism of Israel from anti-Semitism, most of…
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PMW: PA Adopts ‘One State Solution’ as Official Policy
By: Shimon Cohen, Israel National News— For PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, the idea of a “greater Palestine” – that would stretch from “the river to the sea” – is now an official policy. While Israeli politicians continue to debate the merits of the “two-state solution,” their Palestinian interlocutors have long moved beyond that model for…
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Fatah leaves no room for a two-state solution: “From its Sea to its River… it is ours”
By: Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palwatch— On the occasion of Nakba day – the day Palestinians commemorate “the catastrophe” of the establishment of the State of Israel – Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement reiterated its message that there is no room for Israel in the region. The movement posted the following text on its…
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Prophecy unfolding: The Caliphate
By: Bill Wilson, Daily Jot— There is much controversy within those who debate Christian eschatology. For generations, the consensus was that a revived Roman Empire would rise up under the Beast/antichrist and come against Israel. Now a growing number point toward another possibility–an Islamic Caliphate. The Ottoman Empire was the last to rule over most…
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Weekly Scripture Reading
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” (In the desert …) Haftorah: Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Acts 1:8 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:46 – 53, “Amar lehem” (He said to them … )
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Quote of The Week
“What is the Jew?… What kind of unique creature is this whom all the rulers of all the nations of the world have disgraced and crushed and expelled and destroyed; persecuted, burned and drowned, and who, despite their anger and their fury, continues to live and to flourish. What is this Jew whom they have…
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