July/August 2016

The Messiah's Three Offices

Prophet, Priest, King


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From the Editor Jul/Aug 2016

I grew up in a Catholic town. Most of my friends attended either one of the many Roman Catholic churches in the area or the First Congregational Church downtown. Had you asked me...

Recycling History

Israel’s wise King Solomon, with years of world-watching behind him, concluded, “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1:9)...

The Greatest Prophet

Prophet, Priest, and King. That is how Jesus’ ministry roles are often portrayed. The Gospels emphasize His role as King of the Jews, though He has yet to occupy that position...

What Went Wrong

Contrary to what some people think, the concept of priesthood did not originate with Israel. In the patriarchal period, the male head of each household functioned as a...

Résumé of the King

Moses said, “You shall surely set a king over you whom the Lᴏʀᴅ your God chooses” (Dt. 17:15). Here is how God planned to administer His kingship authority over Israel...

The Divine Separation

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” So said Sir John Dalberg-Acton in the 19th century, and nothing happening in the world to date has contradicted him...


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Inside View - Clock Gears

Inside View Jul/Aug 2016

During the 15 years I have ministered with The Friends of Israel, I have been impressed with the longevity of our staff. We have very little turnover, and many of our colleagues work...

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In Need of Therapy

The United Nations is obsessed with Israel. So obsessed that, if it were a person, it would need therapy. If it were a sports organization like FIFA (the soccer world’s governing body prosecuted for corruption last year), its representatives...

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Eye on the Middle East Jul/Aug 2016

Israel has acquiesced to a plan to transfer sovereignty of two strategically important islands in the Red Sea from Egypt to Saudi Arabia as part of an informal, emerging alliance between...

Christian Persecution Jul/Aug 2016

An imprisoned Christian convert from Islam recently sneaked a message of encouragement to Iran’s Christians in the face of a government crackdown that has crippled the country’s...

The Sense of Plain Sense

Another way in which I was subjected to the attitude of Replacement Theology was through the teaching that all of the Old Testament had been nailed to the...

Our Great High Priest

In Old Testament times, only the Aaronic priests and, of course, Moses enjoyed direct access into the presence of God. Although Moses was blessed with privilege, position, and prominence...

Israel Leads The Way To Driverless Cars

In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 sci-fi classic Total Recall, the protagonist gets into a heated argument with a self-driving cab, driven by an artificial intelligence-challenged automaton...

Rightly Dividing

Thankful for the Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:2–4: When kindness is shown to someone, the usual response is to say thank you. No New Testament writer other than Paul expressed thankfulness to his fellow Christians...

Liberty, Love, and Life With Christ Conclusion

During its formative years, the church was entirely Jewish, as Jewish people by the thousands recognized Jesus as their long-promised Messiah. But by the end of the apostle Paul’s first missionary journey...

Faith, Facts, and Grocery Lists

Christianity rests on facts. And because the record of Christianity relies on the accounts of facts set forth in the Bible, that Book is continually at the heart of debates and arguments over the...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Jul/Aug 2016

An online petition has been launched calling on UNESCO to reverse its recent “insulting” resolutions that deny any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount or Western Wall...

Apples of Gold

Apples of Gold Jul/Aug 2016

Recently I was waiting for the bus to Jerusalem when two young men asked me for directions to a synagogue. I gladly told them the way...

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 2/13/26

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not travel to Washington next week to attend a Feb. 19 meeting of the Board of Peace, his office said, even as Israel...

News Digest — 2/12/26

Negotiations between the US and Iran on the nuclear issue will continue, US President Donald Trump said after after his meeting...

News Digest — 2/11/26

The Shin Bet security agency announced Tuesday (10th) that it had broken up a terror cell operating in the West Bank under the direction of...

Jerusalem Unearths a 2,000-Year-Old Pilgrim Road!

An ancient stone road beneath Jerusalem dating back to the times of Jesus...

Israel at War: Week 122

In a nighttime operation, IDF forces captured a high-ranking terrorist officer in southern Lebanon on Sunday (7)...

News Digest — 2/10/26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart Tuesday (10th) for Washington ahead of a closed-door meeting with...

News Digest — 2/9/26

President Isaac Herzog, who began an official visit to Australia on Monday (9th), visited the site of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack...

News Digest — 2/6/26

The IDF early Friday (morning  (6th),  precisely struck a terror infrastructure In the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced...

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