Hisdai Ibn Shaprut (915-970 CE) was the first powerful Jewish politician to serve under the Umayyad caliphs in Spain. Hisdai’s career began as the physician for caliph Abd al-Rachman III. Known for his strong command of Latin and Arabic, Hisdai was commissioned to translate a famous medical text from Latin to Arabic that had been…
Detailsby Rabbi Benny Elon, The Israel Initiative The refugee problem can and must be solved. All peace processes in the Middle East have included elaborate declarations for rehabilitation programs for the refugees but all have delayed the development and implementation of such programs until the end of the process. This process remains stuck today and…
DetailsDear friend of Israel, Since the establishment of the State of Israel, we have longed for peace with our Arab neighbors. We dream of a time when we will be able to devote our efforts and resources not to war and survival but to growth and prosperity for the benefit of all residents of the…
DetailsBy Yoav Sorek, The Israel Initiative Last weekend was marked by Abbas’s threat to leave the Palestinian Authority leadership, which may bring anarchy to the PA – and by the rumors about a deal between Obama’s administration and Abbas regarding the founding of a Palestinian state – a real nightmare to every one who seeks…
DetailsBy Yoav Sorek, The Israeli Initiative The War of Independence erupted in 1948, when the Arabs rejected the UN Partition Plan and attacked the young State of Israel. During the fighting, a large number of the area’s Arabs left their homes with the expectation of returning later, accompanied by the victorious Arab armies. Israel succeeded…
DetailsBy Yoav Sorek, The Israeli Initiative The Palestinian Refugee issue is unique on two counts. First, in that it is still unsolved after six decades, with no serious attempts at being solved – unlike countless other refugee situations that have come and gone. Second, unlike most refugees, which are under the care of the United…
DetailsBy Dr. Chuck Misler (www.khouse.org) It is tragic that most of the major denominations – Roman Catholic and Protestant – embrace an eschatology (“study of last things”) that is amillennial: a view that does not envision a literal rule of Christ on the Throne of David on the Planet Earth. While there are many different,…
Detailsby Contender Ministries www.contenderministries.org The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus … to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the…
DetailsBy Dr. Fruchtenbaum The hatred and animosities of Ishmael and Esau toward the Jews was instilled in their descendants. There has been a continuous, perpetual hatred of the descendants of Esau and Ishmael against the Jews characterized especially by the Ishmaelites, descendants of Ishmael and the Edomites, descendants of Esau. An example which shows how…
DetailsBy Craig Treadwell The prophecies of the Bible are certain and are in progress at this very moment. They cannot be changed or stopped. Ultimately events will climax into the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth. The old saying, “Sometimes things must get worse before they get better,” certainly applies today. If you…
DetailsBy Dr. David R. Reagan, Lamb & Lion Ministries Let’s face it — prophecy is held in contempt by most people. Non-Christians scoff at the very idea of supernatural knowledge about the future. The ironic thing is that in doing so they fulfill a prophecy of Peter: “In the last days mockers will come with…
DetailsBy Ryan Jones Though Zionism is first and foremost based on a God given promise, the Jews’ right to the Land of Israel is also backed by strong historical legitimacy. Although in the end all that will matter will be God’s Word, in our present day a historical case must be made for the Jewish…
DetailsBy John D. Garr, Ph.D., Th.D. The rebirth of the nation of Israel in the twentieth century is one of the greatest miracles in human history. Driven by an often incomprehensible passion, millions of Jewish people from around the world have made aliyah, “going up” to reclaim the land central to their corporate legacy from…
DetailsBy Derek Prince, Derek Prince Ministries Jerusalem has a unique place in the history of Israel, not shared by any other nation in the world. It was there that God commanded David to purchase ground that was destined to be the site of the Temple: Therefore, the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say…
DetailsBy David Krusch, Jewish Virtual Library Christian Zionism can be defined as Christian support for the Zionist cause– the return of the Jewish people to its biblical homeland in Israel. It is a belief among some Christians that the return of Jews to Israel is in line with a biblical prophecy, and is necessary for…
DetailsBy Ryan Jones Though Zionism is first and foremost based on a God given promise, the Jews’ right to the Land of Israel is also backed by strong historical legitimacy. Although in the end all that will matter will be God’s Word, in our present day a historical case must be made for the Jewish…
DetailsBy Shelley Neese, The Jerusalem Connection Charles Spurgeon, a British Reformed Baptist preacher, is one of history’s most influential orators and theologians. Long before loud speakers Spurgeon was drawing crowds of 10,000 to hear his plain-spoken, scripture-heavy sermons. Though he died 56 years before the birth of the modern state of Israel, the return of…
DetailsBy Dr. Paul Wilkinson I tell no man that these two truths are essential to salvation, and that he cannot be saved except he sees them with my eyes. But I tell any man that these truths appear to me distinctly set down in holy Scripture, and that the denial of them is as astonishing…
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