By Olive Tree Ministries— You don’t have to be Jewish to realize that the world may be sitting right on top of a major moment of biblical prophecy of significant proportions. In keeping with that understanding, maybe this is a year for Christians to sit with the Jewish people and accompany them in mourning and…
By AP– Israel’s ambassador to the United States implored congressional Republicans on Wednesday to scuttle President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and Western powers as the White House dispatched senior administration officials to Capitol Hill to make the case for the accord. The intense lobbying on both sides of the issue reflected the importance…
By Earl Cox, Israel Always— While it’s no longer news it’s still shockingly unbelievable that President Obama and the P5+1 group (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and Germany), have agreed to a nuclear deal with Iran; the world’s largest supporter and exporter of terror. Iran currently has a nuclear program in place and,…
By Rabbi David Wolpe, Times— This is no time for celebration I suppose all hatred has an element of irrationality. Yet some hatreds are more irrational than others. For thousands of years, hatred of Jews has been unique. Sometimes acts of hatred, such as confiscating Jewish wealth or property, served utilitarian purposes for rulers or…
By Tricia Miller, Breaking Israel News— The stated mission of the biannual Christ at the Checkpoint (CaTC) conferences in Bethlehem “is to challenge Evangelicals to take responsibility to help resolve the conflicts in Israel/Palestine by engaging with the teaching of Jesus on the Kingdom of God.” This mission has been carried out through the targeting…
By Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel— World Jewry is finding it increasingly difficult to support Israel due to its ongoing conflict with the Palestinians, leading many communities to shun discussing the Jewish state altogether, a new major study has found. The trend is eroding the Diaspora’s support for the Jewish state, warns the report by…
Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22, “Devarim” ( Words …) Haftorah: Isaiah 1:1 – 27 New Testament: Acts 9:1 – 19 Gospel: John 3:16 – 21, “Nachdimon” (Nicodemus … )
By Giulio Meotti, Arutz 7— For 2,000 years, following the annihilation of Jerusalem by the Romans, the Jewish people lived in exile from its holy places, while keeping its religion, language, and customs alive in an unparalleled act of collective memory. No other people in history has experienced so much suffering, or devoted so much…
By Breaking Israel News— The Christian Empowerment Council, an Israeli Christian group headed by Father Gabriel Naddaf, has released a new guide to help Christians better understand the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The 12-page guide—titled “Test The Spirits: A Christian Guide to the Anti-Israel Boycott Movement”—seeks to challenge Christian anti-Zionism “on an…
By Anav Silverman, Ynet— The Temple Institute is working together with an Israeli cattleman to raise a red heifer in Israel, in strict accordance with the Biblical commandment. The project is the culmination of years of research at the Temple Institute that fuses ancient religious texts and modern science. “We’ve been working on this for…