Israel & Jewish Roots

  • A Christian’s Relationship and Responsibility to Israel

    A Christian’s Relationship and Responsibility to Israel

    Jesus is one of Israel’s own. He was born in Israel. He lived in Israel. And on Passover in Israel (Nisan 14), Jesus gave His life on the cross for the sins of the world. He resurrected in Israel. He ascended to Heaven from Israel. His first followers were descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  • Will You Sign This Solidarity Support Statement for Jewish People?

    Will You Sign This Solidarity Support Statement for Jewish People?

    “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Gen. 12:3, NKJV). The above biblical passage represents both a blessing and warning. It introduces the starting point of God’s relationship with Abraham and the nation of Israel.

  • Feeling Out of Breath? Try This Biblical Remedy

    Feeling Out of Breath? Try This Biblical Remedy

    For many of us, the last few months or years have been overwhelming and difficult, especially for those of us who believe what the Bible says. There are wars in many countries, including Israel. There have been earthquakes, tsunamis, blizzards and other weather related events. The world of politics is swirling around us—not just in

  • Radical Iranian Regime Builds ‘Ring of Fire’ Around Israel as Threat of All-Out-War Rises

    Radical Iranian Regime Builds ‘Ring of Fire’ Around Israel as Threat of All-Out-War Rises

    The threat of an all-out war in the Middle East is intensifying. Iranian-backed forces have launched a wave of attacks against American and Israeli targets in the region. The White House accuses Tehran of provoking the crisis and prompting an American military response. The Islamic mullahs in Tehran have dubbed it their “Axis of Resistance.”

  • Walking Like Enoch

    Walking Like Enoch

    “Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (Gen. 5:24,NASB 1995). Enoch was walking in such unity with the Creator that God simply lifted him off the earth and took him. This is so powerful! I love Scriptures like this because they put us in front of us the supernatural possibilities

  • Please Don’t Tell Me That God Is Punishing the Jews, Especially Today

    Please Don’t Tell Me That God Is Punishing the Jews, Especially Today

    There are many areas of agreement between Jews and Christians. For example, both emphasize the foundational importance of loving God and loving one’s neighbor, as well as the importance of living by the ethical ideals of the Torah and the Prophets. Both emphasize a final Day of Judgment where we give account for our lives

  • Vision From Israel: Holding On to Hope in the New Year

    Vision From Israel: Holding On to Hope in the New Year

    One of the many miracles of Israel is that here, the words of the Bible come to life, in the Holy Land where they took place. And, as Israel continues to fight against Hamas terror in the wake of the attacks of Oct. 7, it is God’s Word—written here in the Holy Land—in which we

  • Christians in South Africa Stand with Israel Despite Nation’s Genocide Lawsuit at ICJ

    Christians in South Africa Stand with Israel Despite Nation’s Genocide Lawsuit at ICJ

    Despite the South African government’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against what it claims to be Israel’s “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, a group of Christian organizations and churches in South Africa have made a clear stand with Israel. In a document titled, “Statement by concerned Christians in response to the case

  • It Is Past Time for Our Exodus

    It Is Past Time for Our Exodus

    All over the world in synagogues this week, Torah scrolls were opened to the book of Exodus, and we began to read about Israel’s slavery, and the rise of Moses to leadership. As we begin to read the book of Exodus, we come to a statement that G-D made concerning His people, the children of

  • Thousands of Israelis Rally at Western Wall for ‘Prayer Warfare,’ Plead With God to Free Hostages

    Thousands of Israelis Rally at Western Wall for ‘Prayer Warfare,’ Plead With God to Free Hostages

    Thousands of Israelis flocked on Wednesday to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem—a spiritually significant site for Jewish people—to “cry out, plead, and invoke heavenly mercy upon all of Israel,” particularly for those still held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. More than 50,000 people thronged the alleyways of the prayer site, according

  • The Profound Prophetic Significance of the Breaking of the Bread

    The Profound Prophetic Significance of the Breaking of the Bread

    Every Friday evening in Jewish homes around the world, a beautiful tradition takes place as families sit around their dinner table to welcome the Sabbath together. As a part of this traditional meal, the woman of the house says a prayer and lights the Sabbath candles. Then the man of the home holds up his glass of

  • Heading Into 2024, Here Are 6 Biblical Truths Evangelicals Need to Embrace When It Comes to Israel and the Arab/Muslim World

    Heading Into 2024, Here Are 6 Biblical Truths Evangelicals Need to Embrace When It Comes to Israel and the Arab/Muslim World

    JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – What a tragic and painful year 2023 turned out to be for Israelis, Palestinians and much of the Middle East. Many of us hoped Israel and Saudi Arabia would forge an historic and transformative peace and normalization treaty. Instead, the forces of Iranian-backed evil were unleashed. More Jews were murdered on Oct.

  • The Ongoing Fight Against the Jewishness of Jesus

    The Ongoing Fight Against the Jewishness of Jesus

    You would think this would be pretty easy to get right: According to the Gospels, Yeshua (Jesus) was born a Jew in an ancient Jewish city in the historic land of Israel. But no, all this must be disputed, after all, how can Jesus be the liberator of the oppressed if He Himself was born

  • Christian Delegation from Africa Calls for Its Leaders to Move Embassies to Jerusalem

    Christian Delegation from Africa Calls for Its Leaders to Move Embassies to Jerusalem

    A delegation of Christian leaders from Africa visited Israel for a tour of solidarity this week, led by a bishop and a reverend from Kenya. President of the Africa-Israel Initiative, Bishop Joshua Mulinge and Africa’s Director of the Israel Allies Foundation Reverend Dennis Nthumbi took the group to visit southern Israel border communities to meet

  • Orthodox Jew: Gazans Need a Little Jesus This Christmas

    Orthodox Jew: Gazans Need a Little Jesus This Christmas

    With the war against Hamas raging, scores of Israeli soldiers having been killed in combat along with many more injured, and still some 130 hostages who were kidnapped from Israel on Oct. 7 being held in captivity, it might be intuitive that this Christmas I would not be praying for anything other than the swift

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