These remain interesting days in the Middle East, as tensions stir and factions plot their next move. Earlier this week, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave an impassioned speech denouncing Israel, following confirmation of parameters of the US peace plan provided by Saudi officials. The plan allegedly calls for something less than statehood for the …
Continue reading PA Fury and Talks between Turkey and the Vatican
In late March, the Israel Transportation Ministry is set to unveil the $2 billion high-speed train connecting Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Typically a 70-minute journey, the train (with a stop at Ben Gurion airport) will zip passengers back-and-forth between Israel's two largest cities in a blazing 28 minutes. Travel by train around Israel is nothing …
Pull up a chair to the study table and let's mine a few nuggets from Scripture. Yesterday we took a look at Zechariah 12-14, to discover references to the house of David and the nations going up to Jerusalem to worship the King and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. Thus, it is believed that Jerusalem …
Continue reading “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling…”
The prophet Zechariah warns that Jerusalem will eventually become a cup of reeling ("cup of trembling," in some translations). For decades Israelis and Palestinians have fought over Jerusalem and, just weeks ago, President Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Undoubtedly, Jerusalem has been a global hot spot and continues to be today. …
