How Hanukkah Saved Christmas
It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for Hanukkah, there could have very well not been a Christmas. Hanukkah prepared the way for the birth and ministry of Jesus.
It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for Hanukkah, there could have very well not been a Christmas. Hanukkah prepared the way for the birth and ministry of Jesus.
The miracle of the Exodus from Egypt was such a nature-defying, irrational, illogical event. But did you know that it’s re-occurring today on biblical proportions?
Israel today is a remarkable country. Yet the land of Israel was not always so fruitful. God promised that one day He would come and find His people, no matter how far they had been scattered, and return them to the land promised to Abraham and his descendants as an “everlasting possession.”
For many decades, Evangelical support for Israel seemed rock solid. Today, however, many younger Christians in Western churches are hesitant to give Israel the same unconditional support that their parents did.
ICEJ Australia’s Feast tour group has been experiencing the joy of seeing greater significance of the Scriptures by visiting sites of Biblical importance.
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem has donated nearly 200 portable bomb shelters to Israeli communities vulnerable to rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon, with an increased focus on protecting civilians in the northern Galilee and Haifa regions.
Adapted from the writing of Dr Jurgen Buehler director of the ICEJ The final and biggest harvest season of the agricultural year brought in the fruits of the various trees … Read more
Are we in the days the early Apostles longed to see, when God would restore the kingdom to Israel? And how should the Church relate to this new situation?