Inviting the King Home

Welcome back Bible students!  We're in day 2 of a short series regarding the return of King Jesus.  This is part of a larger Bible study I'm teaching live at Calvary Community Church in Phoenix AZ.  (Info here...all are welcome.)  I hope you enjoy this short online version! If you missed yesterday's introduction, you may …

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Yom Kippur to Commence at Sundown on Friday…Meanwhile, Days of Awe

Last week (Wednesday evening to Friday evening) Jews around the world commemorated Rosh Hashanah...the civil new year in Israel.  It was a time of celebration and blowing the shofar.  Rosh Hashanah launches the fall feast season, leading up to Yom Kippur and Sukkot.  Biblically speaking, those feasts are the Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement …

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Trump and Netanyahu United in Speeches to UN General Assembly

Praise God the US has once again taken a firm stand with Israel.  It has not always been that way, and the Bible tells us it will not always be that way in the future.  (Joel 3:1-3 and Zechariah 12:3, for examples)  But today, the US and Israel stand perhaps stronger than ever before. It is …

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Visiting the Western Wall

Last week in Israel I visited the Western Wall.  I always find it one of the most bittersweet places to visit.  Sweet, because I always get a taste of the profound yearning and reverence the Jewish people have for the God of Israel.  Bitter, because, while so close, most seem so far from grasping the …

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