Welcome friends! Occasionally, I hear the question, "Does Jewishness refer to ethnicity or religion?" In other words, is one a Jew because of bloodline or because of religion? Good question...and I don't know if I have the "perfect" answer, but perhaps I can shed some light that may help in understanding. According to halakha (Jewish …
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Time is ticking. We're living in the last days. Could it actually be the last hours...or the last minutes? As we see world events line up with Bible prophecy, we have to wonder just how close we are the the return of our Lord Jesus. I don't know the day or the hour of His …
Continue reading Russia, Iran, and Syria – Setting the Stage for Ezekiel 38?
In Phoenix the temperatures have soared to 120 degrees. Summer is at hand and rumbling thunder moved through yesterday afternoon, leaving a few teasing raindrops. Soon, 2,000' tall walls of dust (called "haboobs") gathering to the south will dance across the desert floor and blow into Phoenix. If we're fortunate, rain will follow. Monsoon season …
Yom HaAliyah (Day of Aliyah) is a soon-to-be official holiday in Israel, celebrating aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel). Yesterday we saw the Biblical significance of the new holiday and today we'll direct our focus to the prophetic implications of Yom HaAliyah. Roughly 3 million Jews returned from captivity in Egypt, the very first mass aliyah. …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 