Tag Archive | Israel
Your Thoughts: Israel and the Church, Two Separate Destinies
Today I received the link to the article below within a newsletter I subscribe to. The article, written by Jack Kelley (Grace Thru Faith) is a response to concerns he has about extremism within the Hebrew Roots Movement, While Hebrew Roots appears to teach that because of the Lord’s death, obedience to the Law is […]
Waiting for Armageddon
Watched this last night and thought it was fascinating. Don’t think I’ll forget anytime soon hearing one participant in this video (think he was a pastor?) talking about how it will be “fun” to watch (from heaven) those left on earth being slaughtered after the rapture. Sigh…. Watch: Waiting for Armageddon
Israel and the promises of God
From Part 3 in the series, Rightly dividing the word of truth, by Kevin Daly ‘The Old Testament promises a national salvation of Israel, it promises a natural restoration when the Jews will live in peace in the whole Promised Land, and nothing in the New Testament can cancel those divine unconditional promises, and if it […]
Israeli MK Michael Ben-Ari Tears Up Copy of New Testament
Interesting article at Loon Watch Soul Refuge has weighed in on this with some very good points! See: Israeli Parliament Member Destroys New Testament
What We Believe About Israel
Steve Lumbley (Apostasy Watch) has posted “What We Believe About Israel”. I wanted to share it. 1. We fully support Israel’s right to exist and her right to defend herself from all foreign and domestic enemies. We also agree that there are many good political reasons for the US to consider Israel an ally […]
Jerusalem Christians are latest targets
Haaretz: Attack on Baptist Congregation marks the latest in series of attacks targeting Muslim, Christian and leftist institutions in Jerusalem over last two months. “Price tag” graffiti was spray-painted in Jerusalem again Sunday night, with vandals this time targeting a downtown church. The attack on the Narkis Street Baptist Congregation marks the latest in a […]
Israel Protests: 450,000 Hit The Streets In Country’s Largest Demonstrations
Over 450,000 Israelis hit the streets this weekend to protest the rising cost of living in the Mediterranean country. Demonstrations were held in cities across Israel, the biggest of the protests drawing 300,000 people in Tel Aviv. 50,000 protesters came out in Jerusalem. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the demonstrations were the biggest in […]
Did Glenn Beck just jump the shark in Israel?
Not satisfied with spreading his conspiracies, paranoia, and insanity in America alone, Beck has decided to take his show on the road beginning with stirring up religious and political dissension within Israel. It isn’t just members of the US Congress who are making a beeline for Israel for summer vacation (more than 80 members […]
Inside CUFI’s 2011 Washington Summit
I always look forward to reading the eye-witness reports at JewsOnFirst, concerning CUFI’s yearly Washington Summit. It makes for some very interesting reading, if you bear in mind this is not a Christian organization nor is the author a Christian. Inside CUFI’s 2011 Washington “Summit”: Our eyewitness report on Christians United For Israel’s annual Washington conference quote… […]
Israel and the Church: (Part 4)
Part (1) - Part (2) – Part (3) Israel and the Church – Fulfillment of Promise, by Adrian Birk Fulfillment Theology I have given the third position the title of fulfillment theology since it asserts that the promises of the Old Testament find their true and complete fulfillment in Christ and his Church. A […]
Israel and the Church: (Part 3)
Part (1) – Part (2) Some interesting facts, *Christian Zionism, through its active and public support for Jewish restoration to Palestine, predated the rise of Jewish Zionism by at least 60 years. *Its origins lie within 19th century British premillennial sectarianism. By the early 20th century it had become a predominantly American dispensational movement and […]
Israel and the Church: (Part 2)
Part 1: Dispensational Zionism In part 2 the author takes a look at Classical Zionism, While historic or classical pre-millennialism is distinctly non-dispensational and therefore does not draw such clear lines between Israel and the church, it maintains that the prophecies of the Old Testament remain in force for ethnic Israel today. Thus while acknowledging a […]
Israel and the Church: (Part 1)
I’ve been doing a lot of reading this week on the topic of Israel, the Church, and Christian Zionism. One book in particular, Christian Zionism; Road – Map to Armageddon by Stephen Sizer, has been very interesting due not only to the author’s research but to the numerous quotes contained in the book from a […]
Religious Right Leaders, Dominionists and False Prophets: United at Last
Janet Porter of Faith2Action has started a new website, IsraelYoureNotAlone.com, and has managed to gather a whole host of names for a Wall Street Journal ad condemning President Obama’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Porter, who last week blamed the deadly tornadoes in the South on Obama’s approach to Israel and legal abortion, garnered signatures […]
A Thousand US Christians want to join IDF
HT to Steve at Apostasy Watch The new Christian settlers Will US Christians settle in Samaria? About 1,000 Americans have signed a document requesting to convert to Judaism, move to Israel, and settle in Samaria. The group members are seeking to serve in the IDF and later establish communities based on the Kibbutz movement model. […]
The Palestine Papers
This looks to possess the potential of becoming a bombshell. Palestine Papers: Al Jazeera, Guardian Release Documents On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict There are a number of links embedded within and at the end of the article also.
The Genesis 12:1-3 Question Ignites a Firestorm (again)
Looks like this bishop stepped in it: U.S. Bishop Says Jews Have No ‘Exclusive Right’ To Israel quote.. A special Vatican meeting on the Middle East ended Saturday (Oct. 23) with a flare-up in Catholic-Jewish tensions, after an American bishop declared the Bible does not give Jews privileged rights to the land of Israel. “We […]
Christians Bolster Jews as Settlement Freeze Ends: Israel – An Evangelical Idol
In his latest post Rick Frueh reminds us of how many evangelicals have fallen into idolatry concerning Israel. This news story is a case in point: Hundreds of Christians from a dozen nations joined together with 3,000 Israelis on Sunday evening in the small Samarian Jewish community of Revava to mark the end of the […]
Messianic Jews Lose Israeli Court Case
BEERSHEVA, Israel – Four and a half years after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews disrupted a Messianic Jewish service, throwing chairs and assaulting some of the members, an Israeli court ruled against the Messianic Jews’ civil suit this week. “[It was] a complete miscarriage of justice,” said Howard Bass, pastor of Kehilat Nachalat Yeshua (Congregation Yeshua’s […]
Israel Navy opens fire on Gaza aid flotilla; activists killed
I’m not surprised at this breaking news, only that lives have not been lost before this. Wonder what International reactions this will provoke in the coming days. Haaretz: Israel Navy troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian activists aboard a six-ship aid flotilla sailing for the Gaza Strip, killing two and wounding several others after the convoy […]
Is this man and the movement he represents who you want influencing Israeli and U.S. policy in the Middle East?
False teacher John Hagee has been on a personal crusade this week, since the reported dispute between Israel and the US broke in the news. I’ve received a number of letters from him through his CUFI organization, proclaiming outrage (and asking for $$). Chaplain Mike, at InternetMonk, has posted an interesting video clip from a […]
Jesus: The Deliberate Intent, The Prophetic Fulfilment, The Unquestioned Authority
Stephen Sizer has posted an excellent message titled: “O Jerusalem”: Jesus and the Temple (Mark 11:1-25) The Road from Jericho to Jerusalem is just 14 miles. A half-day’s journey, uphill all the way. Bethany is just on the other side of the Mount of Olives. A natural place to stop and rest before the final […]
Waiting for Armageddon
Waiting for Armageddon America’s 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world’s future is foretold in Biblical prophecy – from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world – in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives […]
Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?
Someone emailed this to me right after Christmas, and as it is a controversial topic in many Christian circles, I decided to hold off posting it until after the holidays. Well the holidays are over and there’s nothing like a good sticky topic to start off the new year right! I joke, but its actually […]
New peace plan to bring Palestine and Israel together
And what is the is the catalyst which is to bring about peace? Tourism! Which means $money$. JPost: Church leaders call for Holy Land pilgrimage Christian church leaders from around the world came together at the Grand Court Hotel in Jerusalem on Thursday to call on people of faith around the world to make a […]
