Features
From the Editor Sep/Oct 2025
As is practically a birthright for American boys, I grew up watching superheroes on TV. Even now, I look fondly on those shows from decades past that portrayed a...
Can You Ace the Israel Test?
Do you know the movers and shakers of the State of Israel’s history? Let me challenge you to a test—no grades, no prizes!
From Wicked to Worst to Wonderful (Zechariah 10—11)
A look at Israel’s shepherds: what was and what is to come. Victory, deliverance...
Israel Faces the Nations (Zechariah 12:1-9)
Like a divine magnet, Jerusalem will someday draw all the Gentile nations to fight against it—to their great detriment.
Looking to Jesus—for Everything (Zechariah 12:10-13:9)
Israel doesn’t understand who Jesus truly is. But the day is coming, . . . and it will...
The Return of the King (Zechariah 14)
Zechariah pulls back the curtain of time to give us a glimpse of the glory that awaits. Zechariah 14 forms the pinnacle...
More In This Issue
Inside View Sep/Oct 2025
Since Hamas’s slaughter of some 1,200 Jewish people and kidnapping of hundreds more on October 7, 2023, the Lord has allowed me to lead five solidarity trips...
How Am Yisrael Chai Drowned Out ‘Death to Israel’
Two slogans ring across the Middle East, capturing the existential crisis that has...
Strategic Bridge Between Asia and Europe?
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently pledged to...
The Friends of Israel in Action Sep/Oct 2025
On a recent trip to Argentina, a team of workers from our ministry’s U.S. headquarters visited FOI’s medical...
Antisemitism Down Under
Israeli influencer Max Veifer regularly engages with people who hold anti-Israel views. But one encounter he had in...
Glorious! (Zechariah 9)
Some of the clearest, most abundant Messianic prophecies on the Lord’s First and Second Advents appear in Zechariah 9—14. These chapters consist of events...
The 8 Stages of Armageddon
1. The world’s armies gather at Armageddon. 2. God destroys Babylon, the Antichrist’s capital...
Can People Who Rejected Christ Before the Rapture Be Saved After It?
In biblical terms, the word Rapture...
The Problems of Preterism
Have we somehow unknowingly slipped into the new heavens and new earth? Not a chance! Did you know that some...
Absalom in Archaeology (Part 1)
King David’s beloved son Absalom was an important figure in the biblical narrative of his father’s life. The Israelites esteemed...
Paul’s Thankfulness
The Bible admonishes believers to be constantly and consistently thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will. Jesus’ brother James wrote, “My brethren...
To Know Him and Be Like Him
If you knew what it would take to spread the gospel message throughout the known world in the 1st century AD and you could...
Jewish World Update Sep/Oct 2025
The Jewish people and the Jewish state have learned the harshest lessons from history. When a regime openly declares...
Apples of Gold Sep/Oct 2025
I often take the bus to Jerusalem. The things I hear on my rides are hard to believe. This week, my wife and I took our seats on the bus next to several ultra-Orthodox...
Daily News from Israel
News Digest — 1/21/26
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday morning (21st) that he has accepted the invitation of US President...
Iran State TV HACKED as Calls for Regime Change Intensify
Iran’s state television was hacked amid a near-total Internet blackout, briefly airing footage of...
Israel at War: Week 119
Prime Minister Netanyahu boldly stated that he freely expresses his opinions with President Trump regarding discussions and negotiations...
News Digest — 1/20/26
Israeli strikes in several areas of southern Lebanon on Monday (19th) targeted Hezbollah’s infrastructure, including rocket launching sites...
News Digest — 1/19/26
Israeli security forces Monday morning (19th) began an operation in the Jabal area in Hebron to dismantle terror infrastructure sites...
News Digest — 1/16/26
US President Donald Trump on Thursday night (15th) commented on the start of Phase II of his 20-point peace plan for Gaza...
News Digest — 1/15/26
Israel’s security establishment assesses that even if a US strike in Iran takes place, there is no certainty that Iran will respond with direct fire...
Israel at War: Week 118
What was it like for the hostages of Hamas following the October 7, 2023 attack? Former hostage David Cunio tells of his own experience...




