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Jerusalem's Deep Divide

  • by Darris McNeely
If you go to Jerusalem as a tourist today, you can visit the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and other sites throughout the city virtually unencumbered.

World News and Trends- Israel and Iran: Potential for war

  • by Good News
The World in 2010, the 24th edition of The Economist's annual collection of predictions for the upcoming year,pictures Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu as "a prime minister with Iran on his mind." What he reads about Iran in the news today will not ease his anxieties.
Bound as a Sign

Bound as a Sign

  • by Jeremy Lallier
After years of wandering in the wilderness, Israel stood at the edge of Canaan. What words of guidance could Moses say to inspire the zeal they would need to continue to trust and obey God?

Springtime in Israel

  • by Darris McNeely
Iran is getting closer to having a viable nuclear weapon capable of reaching Israel and Western nations. The nation of Israel knows that when this day arrives, their existence is in grave danger.

Restoration: Springtime in Israel

  • by Darris McNeely
Iran is getting closer to having a viable nuclear weapon capable of reaching Israel and Western nations. Negotiations to curb Iran's project are proving fruitless. Iran is steadily advancing to the day it will become a nuclear power. This day is coming, probably sooner rather than later.

Discerning This Time

  • by Darris McNeely
Events this month remind us of Christ's warning to "discern this time" (Luke 12:56). Our world is rapidly changing, and there is no guarantee things will continue as they are at present.

World News and Trends: Major American policy shifts pressure Israel

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Ethan Bronner, reporting in Jerusalem for the International Herald Tribune, raises an important question in regard to U.S.-Israeli relations: "Iran seems to be hurtling toward nuclear weapons capacity, Hezbollah could win Sunday's election in Lebanon [thankfully, it did not] and Hamas is smuggling long-range rockets into Gaza again. So why is President Barack Obama focusing such attention on the...

World News and Trends: EU pressures Israel for two-state solution

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
The European Union resorted to ambiguous, vague threats against Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, even before he took office, "to pressure him to support the 'two-state solution,' which calls for the creation of an Arab state of Palestine inside the current borders of the Jewish State" ("EU: Accept 'Two-States' or Else," Arutz Sheva Israel National News, March 30, 2009).

World News and Trends: If diplomacy fails, what will Israel do?

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
The toughest decision you have to make about Iran is whether you are willing in the final resort to attack its nuclear facilities to stop it getting a bomb. Everything else flows from that call" ("Subject: Iran," The Economist, Dec. 20, 2008).

Why Love Darkness?

  • by Robert H Berendt
Darkness pervades the world today, but God offers us a ray of hope with the world tomorrow.

Will New Leadership at Home and Abroad Bring Israel Unacceptable Security Risks?

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Not long after U.S. President-elect Obama assumes office, the Israeli nation will choose a new prime minister. The stark choice is very likely to be between Tzipi Livni and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Provisional American plans for the road to peace may actually threaten Israel's future security.

The Scarlet Cord

  • by Graemme Marshall
A colored rope hanging from a window held great meaning for a woman in Jericho thousands of years ago. It also has special significance for us as Christians.

Will Israel Attack Iran?

  • by Jerold Aust
Worries about a nuclear-armed Iran are real, and Israel is in the crosshairs. Will the Israelis act, and if so, when?
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What Would an Israel-Iran Nuclear War Mean?

  • by Scott Ashley
Iran and Israel have exchanged threats and counter threats regularly in recent years. The stakes are indeed high in the Middle East, and Bible prophecy reveals that the region will see devastating warfare that will shake the entire world to its core.

Can Israel Survive?

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Israel is geographically tiny, especially when measured against its massive impact on the world. Yet it remains the unceasing target of hostile criticism, with some countries openly threatening its extinction. Only 60 years old, Israel's survival remains at stake today. What does Scripture say?

Are All Israelites Jews?

  • by Good News
Today almost everyone identifies the name Israel with the Jews. Most people assume the Jewish people are the sole remaining descendants of the ancient nation of Israel. The assumption, however, is incorrect.