Posts Tagged ‘ Christ ’

Messiah’s death & resurrection in Jewish scriptures

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‍‍29 March 2013 - 18 Nisan 5773
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After his resurrection, Jesus met two men on the road to Emmaus, and he expected them to already understand through the Scriptures that Christ was meant to suffer and die. “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” We would all have loved to be there on the road to Emmaus that day, walking with the resurrected Jesus himself as he detailed the different prophecies that concerned his death and resurrection. Still, the New Testament writers do a good job of filling us in.


The man Jesus met in Mecca

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‍‍26 October 2012 - 10 Marheshwan 5773
Pastor AliPastor Ali grew up Muslim but not religious. Once married and with children, he found that he was in a cycle of alcoholism and rage. He beat his wife every day, he says. He was ashamed but couldn’t help himself.Eventually his friends advised him to go seek Allah’s help by going on hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca.

Picture it: Arabs & Jews dancing, singing, praying for each other

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‍‍18 July 2012 - 28 Tamuz 5772
Elav 2012 - Jew & ArabHere is the next generation of worshipers and intercessors willing to press into God for His will to be done in the Middle East. These are young men and women willing to share in one another’s culture. Jews dancing to Arabic music. Arabs singing in Hebrew.

Elav: Our identity in Messiah & our priesthood

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‍‍14 July 2012 - 24 Tamuz 5772
Elav 2012Last weekend was the annual Elav youth conference in Tel Aviv. Thank you to those who prayed for the conference and for me. The LORD moved mightily among the young people in attendance. These young Israeli and Palestinian believers were open to the Spirit in a new way, at least from my experience at the two previous conferences.

‘True Story of How a PLO Sniper Found a New Life’ in Jesus

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‍‍7 June 2012 - 17 Sivan 5772
Tass SaadaTass joined the Palestinian Liberation Organization at 17 because Yasser Arafat was his hero. Tass was trained as a sniper. His job was to take out Israeli unit commanders.

Feasts of the LORD: Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks

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‍‍26 May 2012 - 5 Sivan 5772
Fruit and Grain Menorah inside the Knesset - KHouse.org The sun has gone down in Jerusalem and so begins the middle of the LORD’s Feasts, which goes by the name Shavuot. As Christians we often refer to this as the Feast of Pentecost. During my study time, I was impressed with some of the potential applications that could fall within the realm of this unique feast.

Building a highway of worship from Egypt to Iran

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‍‍25 May 2012 - 4 Sivan 5772
Assyrian Empire laid over modern nations - mapOn that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Ashur. Ashur will come to Egypt and Egypt to Ashur, and Egypt will worship with Ashur. On that day Isra’el will be a third partner with Egypt and Ashur, a blessing here on earth; for Adonai-Tzva’ot has blessed him: “Blessed be Egypt my people, Ashur the work of my hands and Isra’el my heritage.” — Isaiah 19

Global Day of Prayer: God’s Middle East peace plan in action

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‍‍3 May 2012 - 11 Iyar 5772
Arab and Jewish pastors wash each other's feet - Nazareth, IsraelThis year on May 27, the House of Prayer & Exploits in Nazareth is hosting their annual Global Day of Prayer gathering. This is a prayer gathering — on Pentecost — where Arab and Jewish believers in Yeshua as the Messiah and King of Israel gather to worship and pray together.

The sacred festivals of the LORD

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‍‍13 April 2012 - 21 Nisan 5772
Passover seder tableWe’re in the last days of the Passover holiday in Israel. What is now called Passover is actually three festivals over eight days: Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread and Feast of First Fruits. I had a friend tell me, “You’re always talking about the feasts and I don’t know what you mean.” So I felt this was a good time to give a review.

Hanukkah and Messiah

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‍‍21 December 2011 - 25 Kislev 5772
Hanukkah menorah & Torah scroll - courtesy of WordplayWell, I’m back in the States for the holidays. Spending time with family has kept me away from the laptop. We will be traveling this week to visit my sister in Denver, so there will less time for blogging. So, I’m going to lean on one of my favorite Bible teachers, Chuck Missler. As I [...]

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