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Israel’s Messianic Jews at Rosh HaShanah 5774

  “…Come from the four winds, O breath…” (Ezekiel 37:9) I’ve watched and prayed over the Israeli Messianic community for more than 30 years. My first time in the land in 1982, I could find only a couple hundred struggling believers scattered across the land. But in 2013 I see…...

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Israel: A Model of True Democracy?

  By Kerry and Sandra Teplinsky In an era of eroding democracy around the world, might Israel soon prove to be one of the few genuine democracies left in the world? It is hard to dispute that democracy as we’ve known it for hundreds of years is changing. Take as…...

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A Visit to the Western Wall at the Start of “Elul”

  Yesterday marked the start of the sixth biblical month, now known as Elul. Traditional Jews believe that God draws intimately close to His people during Elul, offering special grace to repent. Interestingly, the letters which spell Elul are an acronym for the Hebrew, “I am my beloved’s and my…...

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“MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD”

  Resumed Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Today Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a lengthy statement to the Israeli public. In it, he said we will again resume negotiations with Palestinians for the creation of their sovereign state. This action is in response to US induced diplomacy. As a first step, Israel will release…...

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Celebrating New Months and Moons

  Rosh Chodesh is one of the biblical feasts of the Lord: “At the beginning of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord…a grain offering…of a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord [and] drink offering.” (Numbers 28:11-14) Rosh Chodesh is Hebrew for…...

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2012 Prayer Points for Israel

Some Israelis discerned a divine message this Hanukkah in the unearthing of an amazing antiquity found near the Temple Mount. During the holiday, archeologists discovered a clay seal, dated from the approximate time of Yeshua’s ministry, with the words “Pure for God” written in Aramaic. “This felt like a Hanukkah…...

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Purim, the Prince of Persia and Iran

“…Celebrate yearly the 14th and 15th days of the month of Adar, as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy.” (Esther 9:21) The holiday of Purim, based on the book of Esther, falls this year on March…...

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Aligning with God’s Calendar: After the Resurrection

“Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) Yesterday the Body of Messiah around the world celebrated the incomparable and triumphant majesty of His Resurrection. I love re-engaging each year with the glorious fulfillment of the…...

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Counting the Omer and Holocaust Remembrance Day

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. … Great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul. ‘Therefore I hope in Him.'” (Lamentations 3:22-24) Tomorrow, April 19, Israel will observe Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah. Sirens will wail across the country, summoning…...

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During the Omer Count: Israel Independence and Memorial Days

“I am alert and active, watching over My Word to perform it.” (Jeremiah 1:12, Amplified Bible) The State of Israel will celebrate its 64th birthday on April 26. By law, Memorial Day is always observed the day before. Fallen soldiers are honored, as well as police and fire fighters whose…...

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