MR. OBAMA SUPPORTS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

December 13, 2012

Hold on to your hats.  We live in interesting times.

CR

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P.M. Netanyahu’s Statement on UN Palestinian Status

November 29, 2012

Probably the greatest leader in the world today.

CR

Text of PM Netanyahu’s Statement:

“Israel is prepared to live in peace with a Palestinian state, but for peace to endure, Israel’s security must be protected. The Palestinians must recognize the Jewish state and they must be prepared to end the conflict with Israel once and for all.

None of these vital interests, these vital interests of peace, none of them appear in the resolution that will be put forward before the General Assembly today and that is why Israel cannot accept it. The only way to achieve peace is through agreements that are reached by the parties directly; through valid negotiations between themselves, and not through UN resolutions that completely ignore Israel’s vital security and national interests And because this resolution is so one-sided, it doesn’t advance peace, it pushes it backwards.

As for the rights of the Jewish people in this land, I have a simple message for those people gathered in the General Assembly today: No decision by the UN can break the 4000-year-old bond between the people of Israel and the land of Israel.”

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Truce? 11/27/12

November 27, 2012

There are so many different views about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  I have been Watching Prophecy in the News for quite some time now and I always like to hear what Gary Stearman has to say.  He is a Bible scholar, in my opinion, and he relates what is happening in Israel to scripture in a way that’s easy to understand.  Some of his guests have ideas that I don’t agree with and I don’t come as firmly down on a pre-trib view as Gary does.  I find him to be a humble man with great knowledge.  This doesn’t mean he is correct in his views, but I like his manner and what he has to say always interests me.  In this short podcast, he explains why Israel is so important and points out some of the latest developments in the Middle East.

CR

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The Annual Day of Atonement

November 19, 2012

I have reached Leviticus 16 in my personal study of God’s Word.  With what is happening now in Israel, I thought a couple of quotes about this important chapter in the Bible would be appropriate.  Both quotes are taken from Halley’s Bible Handbook.

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The Divine Origin of the Sacrificial System

“God placed the system of sacrifices at the center and heart of Jewish national life.  Whatever its immediate applications and implications may have been to the Jews, the unceasing sacrifice of animals and the never-ending glow of alter fires were without doubt designed by God to burn into the consciousness of the people of Israel a sense of their deep sinfulness.  They were also, for more than a millennium, a picture that pointed forward to the coming sacrifice of Christ on the cross.  The Levitical priesthood was divinely ordained to be the mediator between God and the Hebrew nation through the bringing of animal sacrifices.  But those sacrifices were fulfilled in Christ.  Animal sacrifices are no longer necessary.  Christ Himself is our Great High Priest, the only Mediator between God and humanity, as Hebrews 8-10 makes very clear.  Thus Christ is both our Sacrifice and our High Priest, our Mediator.” (1)

The Annual Day of Atonement

“The annual Day of Atonement (still celebrated in Judaism today in modified form and known by its Hebrew name, Yom Kippur) fell on the 10th day of the seventh month (Tishri).  It was the most solemn day of the year.  Each time, the removal of sin was only for one year (Hebrews 10:3), but it pointed forward to its eternal removal (Zechariah 3:4, 8-9; 13:1; Hebrews 10:14).

“After the sacrificial goat had been offered, the high priest laid his hands on the head of the scapegoat, confessing over him the sins of the people.  The goat was then sent away into the wilderness, bearing away with it the sins of the people.  This ceremony was one of God’s historical foreshadowings of the coming atonement for human sin by the death of Christ.” (2)

(1)  Halley’s Bible Handbook, Zondervan, 2000, Pg. 158

(2)  Ibid, Pg. 160

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