Scripture Reading for April 20, 2019
Torah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover … ) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:3-4 Gospel: Luke 22: 7-20, “Pesach” (Passover …)
DetailsTorah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover … ) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:3-4 Gospel: Luke 22: 7-20, “Pesach” (Passover …)
DetailsThink on this: “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” (I Corinthians 5:7-8) Pray like this: Gracious Father, hasten the day when the world will acknowledge Jesus as the Passover Lamb of…
DetailsIn Exodus 13, the Bible presents a holy script for the holiday of Passover. Essentially, God designed a ritual which makes certain that the Jews institute the Exodus in their collective memory. Their Egypt experience binds them as a people who share a history of oppression but also one where they are commanded to remember…
DetailsBy Yossi Kuperwasser, Times of Israel— On the eve of the Israeli elections, the “PLO Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society” published a relatively detailed position paper in Hebrew, aiming to explain the organization’s positions regarding relations with Israel and its points of contention with Israel. It seems that the timing had to do with…
DetailsBy Daniel Pipes, Israel Hayom— U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict surfaced two years ago and to this day – remarkably – only he and a handful of aides know its precise details. A stream of leaks, however, contains enough internal consistency that their collation, supplemented by conversations with administration officials,…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover … ) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:3-4 Gospel: Luke 22: 7-20, “Pesach” (Passover …)
DetailsBy David Lazarus, Israel Today— Messianic Jewish leaders were invited to participate in a recent pro-Israel event hosted at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in South Florida. The American Pro-Israel PAC (APIP), a new pro-Israel Christian initiative, brought together over 300 influential Evangelical Christians, as well as traditional and Messianic Jews. According to Joel…
DetailsBy David Lazarus, Israel Today— The long-anticipated details of the Trump Administration’s “Deal of the Century” is likely to stop short of giving the Palestinians a state, according to sources close to the White House cited by The Washington Post. Sources say that the “Deal of the Century” will focus on Israel’s security concerns. The…
DetailsBy David Lazarus, Israel Today—- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN on Friday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s promise to annex parts of Judea and Samaria will not hurt a peace deal with the Palestinians. Asked if he thought Israeli sovereignty over Jewish settlements in the biblical heartland is an obstacle to peace,…
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— If, as a rumor suggests, U.S. President Donald Trump plans on dividing Jerusalem the strongest objection that will prevent it from materializing may come from his evangelical voter base. According to some, the motives of Christian lovers of Israel run very deep indeed. In an article, Ben Caspit,…
DetailsBy Jerusalem Online— Benjamin Netanyahu’s support in this years election came mostly form Israel’s youth. The Israeli Institute of Democracy conducted a demographic study based on age one week before the elections. Netanyahu’s Likud Party had the highest support in the 18 to 24 age group with 65% supporting him. In the 25-34 age group…
Details“When I was a young Christian, I thought that God kept His gifts on shelves and the best gifts were on the highest shelves and I would have to reach up. I learned later the best gifts are on the lowest shelf and I had to stoop down.”—Dwight Moody
Think on this: “Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will b saved.” (Romans 9:27) Pray like this: Father, enlarge the remnant that will say of Jesus, “Blessed is He that comes in the name of Yahweh” (Matthew 23:39) In Jesus’ name,…
DetailsBy Chana Roberts, Israel National News— US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday told CNN that he does not believe Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s promise to apply Israeli sovereignty Judea and Samaria will harm the US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century.” Speaking to CNN‘s Jake Tapper, Pompeo said, “I don’t. I think that the vision we’ll…
DetailsBy Jackson Richman, JNS— Elan Carr was sworn in on Thursday as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo administered the oath of office to Carr, who placed one hand over a Hebrew Bible, or Tanach, that was held by his wife, Dahlia. The secretary remarked that…
DetailsJethro is first introduced in the Bible when Moses escapes Egypt and flees to Midian—somewhere in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The justice-driven prophet Moses instinctively defends Jethro’s daughters from rowdy shepherds, even though he is on the run from Egyptian law. Grateful, Jethro opens his home to Moses, despite his refugee status, and gives him his…
DetailsTorah: Liviticus 14:1- 15:33, “Metzora” (Leper … ) Haftorah: Malachi 3:4-24 New Testament: Acts 10:34-38 Gospel: Matthew 8:1-4, “Metzora” (Leper … )
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