It was on this day that Miriam ended a seven-day confinement, as recorded in Numbers 12: “So Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.” As you should […]
It was on this day in 1942 that the German army was defeated at the battle of El Alamein in northern Africa. With the defeat of the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, the greatest threat, at that point in time, to the Jewish people who were living in the Holy Land, was eliminated. Ironically, the turning […]
What is the Gospel? As a child I was told that Christ had died for my sins and if I confess my sins, believing that God had raised Him from the dead, I could be forgiven of my sins and be granted eternal life. Over the years I’ve heard other people put forth other ideas […]
Have you ever had something in your heart to do that you felt was a good thing to do, even a Godly thing to do, but you kept encountering roadblocks in your way? Try as you might, there were these pesky obstacles that never seemed to go away? I remember, as a child in church, […]
It was on this day that Jeroboam, leader of the Northern Kingdom, prevented the tribes of the Northern Kingdom from traveling to Jerusalem to worship during the Feasts: “Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, ‘It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here […]
Have you ever noticed how the Bible tells the same story over and again? I have. In fact, I’ve come to the conclusion that the Bible is essentially the same story told to us in different ways. The same themes are taught repeatedly, just though different biblical accounts. Consider what Jesus said: “Therefore every scribe […]
It’s believed that, on this day, after making some disparaging remarks about her brother, Miriam was stricken with leprosy and removed outside the camp for seven days: “So the anger of the Lord was aroused against them, and He departed. And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white […]
It was on this day in 1967 that the Old City of Jerusalem was annexed and joined to the new city of Jerusalem. With that decision, for the first time in 2000 years, a united Jerusalem was placed under Israeli control. Since then, the world’s leaders have been trying to devise ways to divide the […]
In Acts 15, we read how some believers in Jerusalem went to the believers in Antioch and told them: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” (Acts 15:1) With that statement they said, or at least inferred, that the blood of Messiah and His offering was inadequate to […]
In the book of Acts it is recorded that, as a man crippled from birth listened to Paul’s preaching, he was moved to have the faith to be healed. Paul then spoke to the man to get on his feet, which he did, before all the people assembled there: “Now when the people saw what […]
Scripture recounts how, upon seeing his Hebrew brethren mistreated, Moses struck an Egyptian taskmaster and killed him. In the book of Acts, Stephen retold the story and made this statement: “For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.” (Acts 7:25) Before […]
Tradition has it that on this day Jacob, having erected the monument at Gilead that constituted a covenant between him and Lavan, departed for Canaan. According to the Bible, as he did, he met a group of angels. It’s recorded in Genesis 32: So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met […]
