The New Magazine is up on the website!

The September/October 2009 issue of the Jerusalem Connection Report has hit the doorsteps and is now available for download. Visit our website (http://www.tjci.org/) and download the PDF version of the magazine for free or request a complimentary copy! Special Features Include: How to Receive God’s Blessing by Jim Hutchens Digging for Temple Treasure by Shelley…

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Digging for Temple Treasure

by Shelley Neese The Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, Atlantis, the Philosopher’s stone. Whether the objects of legend or reality, certain ancient mysteries arrest the imaginations of every generation. They are antiquities that refuse to be forgotten—remaining hidden enough to evade discovery but historically prominent enough to leave a smattering of clues. Many…

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Our brother Joseph

by Jim Hutchens Everyone agreed—the moment was electric. The climate, context and occasion were perfect. Who could say it better and with greater poignancy? The occasion was Christians United for Israel’s National Night to Honor Israel in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2008. With quiet authority, Sen. Joe Lieberman stood and announced, “I am your…

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Digging for Temple Treasure

By SHELLEY NEESE— The Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, Atlantis, the Philosopher’s stone.  Whether the objects of legend or reality, certain ancient mysteries arrest the imaginations of every generation.  They are antiquities that refuse to be forgotten—remaining hidden enough to evade discovery but historically prominent enough to leave a smattering of clues.  Many…

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Sweet Home Jerusalem

Lyrics By Rabbi Lazer Brody Eagles wings keep on flyin’ Carry me home to see The King Singing songs about my City, Jerusalem you’re in my dreams  And I’m gonna sing, yes.  Well I heard the UN talk about her But a Jewish boy won’t drink this brew Uncle Sam please remember, that “Jerusalem won’t…

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Faith Lessons: Citadel

Trial Before Herod Antipas Luke 13:32, “And He said to them, ‘Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’” Aesop wrote in his famous fables of a famished fox who spied a cluster of ripe black grapes hanging from a…

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How to receive God's Blessing

by Jim Hutchens A benediction is “the invocation of blessing, especially at the end of a worship service; to bless or speak well of.” (The American Heritage Dictionary). The most familiar benediction/blessing of both Jews and Christians is found in Numbers 6:24-26. “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face to…

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The Golan's Biblical and post-Biblical History

By Victor Sharpe Before the Tribes of Israel would cross the River Jordan and enter the Promised Land, the first among them had taken possession of territory east of the Jordan. These tribes were the half tribe of Manasseh, Gad and Reuben who received the kingdom of the Amorites, Bashan, and Gilead. Biblical Bashan incorporates…

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Sign the Proclamation Regarding Israel for Pres. Obama…

The Jerusalem Connection, Intl. (http://www.tjci.org/) and partners are facilitating the Proclamation Regarding Israel to be submitted to President Barack Obama.  Please go to: http://support.tjci.org/Proclamation Read the resolution and add your name to the growing list of petitioners.  Pass it on to every pro-Israel person on your email list.  We are resolved that the Obama administration’s…

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Christian Zionists, Past and Present

By Victor Sharpe— Zionism, simply put, is the Jewish people’s national liberation movement. Put in Biblical terms, it is the return from exile of the Jews to Zion – to that very special land promised by God to the first Jew, Abraham, and through his descendants, Isaac and Jacob, to the Jewish people forever. The…

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Christian Zionists, Past and Present

By Victor Sharpe Zionism, simply put, is the Jewish people’s national liberation movement. Put in Biblical terms, it is the return from exile of the Jews to Zion – to that very special land promised by God to the first Jew, Abraham, and through his descendants, Isaac and Jacob, to the Jewish people forever. The…

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New Jerusalem Connection Report

The New Magazine is up on Website! The July/August 2009 issue of the Jerusalem Connection Report has hit the doorsteps and is now available for download.  Visit our website (http://www.tjci.org/) and download the PDF version of the magazine for free or request a complimentary copy! Special Features Include: Obama’s Peace Plan by Jim Hutchens The…

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Faith Lessons: Praetorium

by Daniel McCabe Trial Before Pontius Pilate John 19:5, “Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, ‘Behold the Man!’” A steady parade of Roman governors had tried unsuccessfully to keep the peace in Jerusalem, but Pontius Pilate knew that he must succeed where others…

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Complete Text from Netanyahu's June 14 Speech

Honored guests, citizens of Israel. Peace has always been our people’s most ardent desire. Our prophets gave the world the vision of peace, we greet one another with wishes of peace, and our prayers conclude with the word peace. We are gathered this evening in an institution named for two pioneers of peace, Menachem Begin…

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Copper Scroll is on Facebook

Join the Fan Club for the Copper Scroll Project on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Copper-Scroll-Project/94698371827?ref=nf What if someone could decipher an ancient mystery..a map that would lead us to the greatest archaeological finds in modern history? What if that someone had already done it? Welcome to “The Copper Scroll Project!”

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Faith Lessons: Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity

by Daniel McCabe Birth of Jesus Luke 2:7, “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” That last contraction reminded Mary of other famous births on these same fertile hills. One millennium earlier Jesse’s…

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