Israel’s Jubilee Years

We recently celebrated Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) and referenced this as a year of jubilee for Israel.  But what exactly is a Jubilee Year?  Let's go to Leviticus 25:8-11 for insight: “You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you …

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Manchester and Egypt: Look Around…and Understand the Times!

Welcome back friends!  As I spent time at the ICEJ Summer Conference last weekend, world events were spinning faster than I could keep up!  However, since returning home, I have sifted through the news and have tried to view things through the lens of Scripture.  I hope you view news the same way...otherwise it is …

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Will President Trump Achieve Peace in the Middle East?

President Trump left his mark in Saudi Arabia and in Israel, setting what seems to be a friendly, but straight-forward tone.  Praise God for that. Hopes are high in some camps that President Trump will accomplish what no other US President has been able to do: strike a workable, lasting peace plan between Israel and …

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Biblical Significance of the Six Day War

The 50th anniversary of one of Israel’s most significant historical events is just around the corner!  Tuesday at sundown begins the 28th day of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar and Jews everywhere will celebrate Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day).  This Jubilee Year is very significant, and commemorates Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six Day War and …

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