July/August 2001

Divine Judgment & Personal Responsibility

Features

Downsizing the State of Israel

Going, going, gone? Learn why what’s being done to Israel today contradicts everything earlier Christian Zionists believed.

The Judgment Seat of Christ

Works cannot carry you to heaven. But that doesn’t mean they count for nothing when you get there.

The Judgment of the Nations Mt. 25:31-46

The Tribulation will be a terrible time on Earth, but not everyone who survives it will be blessed by what comes afterward.

The Seven Judgments

Not all judgments occur in the end-times. In fact, you may be in the midst of one right now!

The Great White Throne Revelation 20:11-15

If you think “Judgment Day” is just a joke, you don’t know much about the Great White Throne.


More In This Issue

Silhouette of man speaking.

The Voice of the Devil

It started in the Garden of Eden. His voice was soothing and persuasive; the objects of his intentions, receptive; and, as a result, we live today with some very regrettable consequences.

Chosen? for What?

Were you ever the first one onto the baseball diamond but the last to be chosen for a team? Or worse, maybe you were never chosen at all? Maybe, though, you were the best player...

Rightly Dividing

God’s Love for Israel

Hosea 11:1-12: Richard Halverson, former chaplain of the United States Senate, once wrote, “There is nothing you can do to make God love you more, nor is there anything you can do to make God love you...

Mother Rachel Part One

They come by the thousands, bringing their prayer books, their handkerchiefs, their heartaches and tears. Some weep quietly; others cry uncontrollably. But almost all of them cry. These are the Jewish women who come...

They Cry in Silence Jul/Aug 2001

The supreme leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban movement warned on Monday that any Afghan converting to Christianity or promoting other religions will be executed. . . . Therefore, all countrymen are seriously notified that any...

The PLO vs. The Christians

Arafat’s war against Israel has shattered nearly as many old certainties as lives. One of the most seemingly solid of the certainties was that no one could attack Israel’s capital and live to tell the...

Map of the Middle East.

Eye on the Middle East Jul/Aug 2001

At the height of the recent Al-Aqsa Intifada, Palestinians and Israelis bemoaned the suffering it caused. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, determined to widen the war and force international intervention on his behalf...

The Means of Knowing Truth About God Part One

How can mankind know if God is a reality or a figment of human imagination? If God is a reality, how can His nature; thoughts; ways; actions; and relationship to the universe, planet Earth, mankind...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Jul/Aug 2001

At the invitation of Iran, Israel’s archenemy, members of the terror groups Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas met with parliamentary leaders of 30 Islamic countries at a two-day conference in Tehran. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan...

Apples of Gold

Zvi Jul/Aug 2001

The first time I received a Bible, I knew nothing about faith, especially about faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It was 1948, during the War of Independence here in Israel.

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 11/14/25

Meny Godard, 73, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was identified as the hostage whose remains were returned to Israel on Thursday...

News Digest — 11/13/25

Israeli forces continued operations Wednesday (12th) in Rafah to destroy tunnels believed to be sheltering about 200 Hamas terrorists...

News Digest — 11/12/25

Syria is currently engaged in direct negotiations with Israel as the two countries seek a new security agreement, Syria’s president said...

Why Hezbollah Still Holds Lebanon Hostage

Iran has funneled roughly $1 billion to Hezbollah this year despite crippling Western sanctions...

Israel at War: Week 109

Two hundred Hamas terrorists were trapped in a terror tunnel in Rafah about a week ago. Turkey calls the trapped individuals "citizens," and...

News Digest — 11/11/25

Eleven years after he was killed and abducted in Rafah during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin was laid to rest...

News Digest — 11/10/25

After 11 years since Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed and kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip...

News Digest — 11/7/25

IDF Chief of Staff LTG. Eyal Zamir told the Security Cabinet Thursday night (6th) that there is “no deal” for about 200 Hamas terrorists...

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