August/September 1997

The Great Transition

Features

The Anti-Missionary Bill: Giving Israel A Bad Name

The State of Israel…will uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens without distinction of race, creed or sex; will guarantee full freedom of conscience, worship, education and culture...

The Great Transition: From the Cross to the Great White Throne

People have it all wrong these days. Repeatedly we hear men and women talk calmly about their “near death” experiences, about seeing that inviting, great white light at the end of the tunnel.

The Judgment Seat of Christ

Many successful businesses engage their employees in an annual ritual known as the “year-end formal performance review.” On those occasions, a manager sits down with an employee, report in hand, and surveys...

Israel’s Final Judgment

The recurrent hatred of Jewry throughout its existence is an enigma—a people so small in number yet so central on the pages of world history. The benefits of the Jewish people to the masses...

The Judgment of the Nations

As long as I don’t hurt anyone, whatever I do is just fine.” Such proverbs abound in our day. Morality is defined by personal opinions. Courts pass laws based on majority vote or popular consensus.


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Rightly Dividing

Vision of God’s Coming Wrath Revelation 15:1–8

Revelation 15, although short in length, is not short in significance or importance. It provides a needed introduction to the final phase of God’s wrath. In this chapter John was given two glorious visions from...

Fermished and Ferblonjet

A guide is a person who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising. The Friends of Israel uses excellent guides when we host our tours to Israel. These individuals provide insightful information...

The Eternality and Pre-Existence of Christ

The subject of Christ’s eternality deals with the fact that He has always existed as a person from eternity past, with no beginning and no end. The Scriptures give at least three lines of evidence...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Aug/Sep 1997

The Palestinian Authority is smuggling Katyusha rockets, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, all in preparation for a future conflict with Israel, a senior Israeli security source said recently.

Map of the Middle East.

Eye on the Middle East Aug/Sep 1997

French ultranationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen recently referred to the Holocaust of World War II as “a detail of history.” According to Le Pen’s version of revisionist thinking...

Apples of Gold

Zvi Aug/Sep 1997

In Psalm 105:3 it is written, “Glory ye in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice who seek the Lᴏʀᴅ.” The trouble is, many people in Israel have nothing in which to glory.

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 9/29/26

Thousands of residents, families, and visitors from across Israel filled the streets and scenic areas of Jerusalem on Monday (28th)...

Israel at War: Week 155

Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the United Nations and he confronted the corrupt, Israel-hating international body with facts...

News Digest — 9/28/26

The Israel Defense Forces struck Hezbollah targets in several areas of southern Lebanon in response to an explosive drone launched...

News Digest — 9/25/26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military campaigns against Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah before the United Nations...

News Digest — 9/24/26

Neria Leiter, the son of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, was critically injured Wednesday (23rd)...

News Digest — 9/23/26

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon sharply rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (22nd) after Macron claimed...

Israeli Father of Six Murdered Before Yom Kippur—Where Are the Headlines?

Netanel Shukrun, a father of six, was murdered when a Palestinian gunman opened fire...

Israel at War: Week 154

The High Holidays for the Jewish people consist of the last three feasts God gave Israel in Leviticus 23. Those feasts are...

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