UN confirms 3rd Hezbollah tunnel crossed border into Israel, violating ceasefire

Peacekeeping force requests ‘urgent follow-up’ from Lebanese authorities after acknowledging another of the 6 tunnels Israel uncovered last year crossed Blue Line By AFP and TOI STAFFToday, 5:08 pm  4 1,367shares United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers patrol along the border wall with Israel near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on December 4, 2018. (Mahmoud […]

What will Trump’s new UN pick bring to the pro-Israel community?

Nikki Haley may be a tough act to follow, but those who know Kelly Craft say she works hard, doesn’t seek personal glory and has the president’s back. Jackson Richman (April 24, 2019 / JNS) With U.S. President Donald Trump nominating Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen to be U.S. ambassador to […]

North Korea Pledges to Provide Military Response to US-South Korea Drills

TOKYO (Sputnik) – The North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country condemned South Korea on Thursday for conducting joint air force drills with the United States on the Korean Peninsula and promised a reciprocal response from the country’s own armed forces. “South Korean authorities run against the reconciliation process on the Korean Peninsula and […]

Archaeologist: Thick wall found at Lachish indicates King Solomon’s son built it

Hebrew University scholar argues fortified structure shores up biblical account of site; others aren’t convinced By TOI STAFF23 April 2019, 3:10 pm  3 1,517shares Archaeologists at work excavating the biblical city of Lachish, where an early 12th century BCE Canaanite alphabet inscription was found in 2014. (courtesy of Yossi Garfinkel, Hebrew University) An archaeologist has recently uncovered […]

Worry Is Distracting

Philippians 4:6 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means “to be divided” or “distracted.” . . . We find a perfect illustration of this in the story of Mary and Martha recorded in Luke 10:38–42. Taking a minute to look into their little abode, we find that Martha is distracted, anxious. Jesus is sitting down talking, and Mary is sitting at His feet, enjoying His presence, . . . and His teachings. But not Martha. She is busy back …

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WHEN WE FEEL HELPLESS

Psalm 50:15 (KJV)15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. In adventure movies, we often see people trapped and helpless, frantically looking for a way to escape. Real life can sometimes feel that way for us, and as we begin to look for a way out, our prayers become filled with requests for rescue—physical healing, changed circumstances, additional provision. Did you ever consider that even more important than physical rescue is spiritual liberation? (See Eph. 6:12.) First and foremost, Jesus Christ delivered you from the power and penalty of …

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Question: “Who am I in Christ?”

Answer: According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” There are two Greek words which are translated “new” in the Bible. The first, neos, refers to something that has just been made, but there are already many others in existence just like it. The word translated “new” in this verse is the word kainos, which means “something just made which is unlike anything else in existence.” In Christ, we are made an entirely new creation, just as God created the heavens and the earth originally—He …

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Remembering the Former Things of Old

Jack Kinsella ”Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” (Isaiah 46:9-10) The Bible contains sixty-six different books, written by forty different men, most of whom lived and died in different centuries, in different countries, many of them unaware of other prophets or other prophecies. The writers of the Bible were shepherds and kings, statesmen …

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God’s Perfect Plan

Psalm 37: 3-6 “Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.” Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. “Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. _____________________________________________________________ Do not give up! You have followed the Lord to this point, so why would you think of compromising now? His plan for you has not changed. In this world, the temptation will seek to get the best of you, but you must not let it derail you. All your …

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Navies of US, Greece, and Israel finish joint exercise

Spokesman says the drill helps teach navy how to deal with the various challenges of keeping open maritime routes to Israel in times of war. Arutz Sheva Staff, 25/04/19 The Jewish Press reported that the Navies of the US, Greece, and Israel recently finished a joint naval exercise named Nobel Dina. The Israeli contribution to […]

Iran: Israel will drag US into war it doesn’t want

Iranian foreign minister says Trump’s ‘B-team’ – which includes Netanyahu and national security adviser Bolton – might ‘plot an accident’ to trigger a broader crisis or even an armed conflict Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif does not believe US President Donald Trump wants war with Iran, but Trump could be lured into a conflict […]

The Latest: Putin, Kim say they’ve had fruitful talks

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say they have had fruitful talks about how to defuse a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. The two […]

Israel issues travel warning of ‘high and concrete’ terror threat in Sri Lanka

Four days after Easter suicide bombings killed at least 359 people and wounded 500 more, Counter-Terrorism Bureau says Israelis should leave the island and cancel planned trips By TOI STAFF and APToday, 9:46 am  0 6shares Security personnel stand guard in front of St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb […]