Police sappers called as balloon-borne bomb found in Ashdod

Police call on public to alert authorities to suspicious-looking objects and refrain from approaching them; Thursday saw bomb detonate shortly after landing in open field By TOI staff Today, 1:02 pm 0 Edit Police sappers were scrambled in the coastal city of Ashdod on Friday after an explosive device tied to a bunch of balloons […]

TIMES OF TROUBLE

Hard times are inevitable, but no matter what you’re going through, there’s only one place of true comfort. Psalm 46:2-11 (KJV)2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, …

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“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.” Revelation 14:1

The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb!” This teaches us that the chief object of contemplation in the heavenly state is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.” Nothing else attracted the apostle’s attention so much as the person of that Divine Being, who hath redeemed us by his blood. He is the theme of the songs of all glorified spirits and holy angels. Christian, here is joy for thee; thou hast looked, and thou …

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Iran’s top leader to lead Friday prayers at time of crisis

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader will deliver a Friday sermon in Tehran for the first time since 2012, as the Islamic Republic grapples with the fallout from the targeted killing of its top general in a U.S. airstrike and popular anger at its accidental shootdown of a passenger plane. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has […]

Iranian foreign ministry: Don’t turn plane crash into a political issue

Abbas Mousavi said Tehran had cooperated “beyond expectations” with countries whose citizens were killed in the crash. JANUARY 17, 2020 10:35 DUBAI – All countries involved in the Ukrainian airliner crash in Iran should avoid turning it into a political issue, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday. “We request all sides not to […]

Hamas: Israeli attacks stem from a place of weakness

Senior Hamas official: Israel responsible for consequences of military escalation and will pay the price. Dalit Halevi, 17/01/20 09:34 Fawzi Barhoum, a senior Hamas official and Hamas’ spokesperson, on Thursday said that Israel’s “escalation” of the military situation in Gaza is the continuation of the concentrated “attacks” against “Palestinian” terrorist organizations. In an interview with […]

Pentagon acknowledges 11 US troops were hurt in Iran missile strike

Military says soldiers airlifted to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for concussion from blasts, despite US earlier saying no troops were injured in Jan 8 attack TOI staffToday, 6:08 am The US military acknowledged Thursday that 11 soldiers were wounded in an Iranian missile strike on a US base in Iraq, despite previously saying […]

Iran’s Khamenei to deliver Friday morning sermon for first time since 2012

Iran’s leader will deliver a sermon when he is expected to throw his support behind the Revolutionary Guards after their belated admission that they downed an airliner in error. DUBAI – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will deliver a Friday prayers sermon when he is expected to throw his support behind the elite Revolutionary Guards […]

Waiting and Watching

By Jonathan Bretner Waiting is difficult! Whether we’re waiting for cold symptoms to subside, a job offer, or a storm in our life to end, it’s never fun waiting. It’s also not easy waiting for Jesus to take us home to heaven. Yet I know so many of you, like me, have been waiting decades for His appearing.Recently, I have been thinking about Simeon, the man who greeted the Savior in temple when His parents came to present Him to the Lord. The Holy Spirit had previously revealed to Simeon that he would not die until he had seen the …

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