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Imprisoned pastor: My chains uniting Church

roamingchile — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:43:11 +0000

Many of us have been following the story of Pastor Saeed Abedini, the Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran. He reported being severely beaten before being put in solitary confinement. When he came out of solitary just after his 33 birthday, he came out “glowing with joy.” Now, he’s released a letter (through the American Center [...]

Israel & the Nations & Jesus’ judgment (video)

roamingchile — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:44:07 +0000

Last November, the United Nations voted 138-9 to declare Palestine a (nonmember observer) state with East Jerusalem as its capital. If you are a Bible-believer, you MUST come to terms with the truth that Israel is God’s land and he gave it to Abraham and his descendants through Isaac. While the Land has been divided throughout history under various circumstances, we have a unique situation that begs our attention. The world has voted to divide Jerusalem. God is clear. There are consequences for...

Scientists clone human embryos for stem cells

roamingchile — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:57:53 +0000

Sadly, the killing continues in Syria. So does the persecution of the Body of Messiah in diverse places. The stories are becoming almost routine. So the red flag and warning shout that should snap many of us out of our stupor is the news that human embryos have been successfully cloned. Add to this that they were promptly destroyed to harvest stem cells.

Root of worldwide abortion?

roamingchile — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:59:57 +0000

Many who pray for Israel are not aware that abortion is widespread here. In fact, the government offers two free abortions to each young woman serving her two years in the Israeli Defense Forces. Be’ad Chaim, a Messianic pro-life ministry in Israel, estimates that every fourth pregnancy in Israel is terminated by abortion. Could this infanticide be tied to the ancient worship of an abominable god?

Shavuot – a big day for Israel, twice

roamingchile — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:57:25 +0000

Tuesday at sunset begins the Jewish Festival of Weeks, called Shavuot in Hebrew. Many of us know it by its Greek name, Pentecost. Pentecost is not an exclusive "Christian" event. Firstly, Pentecost is what the Greek-speaking Jews of the first century called Shavuot. Secondly, the 120 who were the first to experience the comforting Spirit of Truth that Yeshua promised in John 14 were all practicing Jews. So were the 300 baptized after Peter's sermon that day.

Believers of Jesus bombed, trafficked, imprisoned

roamingchile — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:48:58 +0000

The writer of Hebrews exhorts us: Remember those in prison and being mistreated, as if you were in prison with them and undergoing their torture yourselves. Also, Yeshua lists an increase in frequency and intensity of persecution as a sign of the His coming. So let us pray for our brothers in Messiah even as we continue looking for Messiah’s coming that will make all things right and new.

Church of Scotland, don’t poke God in the eye

roamingchile — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:11:20 +0000

I was very distressed to read about your recent paper on Israel that concluded that the people of Israel have no right to the biblical land of Israel. I must warn you that you are poking God in the eye. Paul is very clear in Romans 9, 10 and 11 that God has not repudiated his people and that the promises to Israel still stand. That includes promises of the land.

Jerusalem, signpost of God’s faithfulness

roamingchile — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:16:09 +0000

On June 7, 1967 -- 19 years after the nation of Israel had been reborn -- Israel regained ancient Jerusalem and reunited it with modern Jerusalem. And so the ancient capital of Israel was made whole and under Israeli control for the first time since the Maccabees, 1,900 years since the Romans destroyed the Temple. Why does this matter? Because the re-formation of Israel as a nation is a fulfillment of prophesy.

Syria threatens to hit back after 2 Israeli airstrikes

roamingchile — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:27:14 +0000

Syria continues to dominate the international news. The world got a lot more focused on it when Israeli aircraft twice bombed locations near Damascus. The question is how will the other Middle East nations react. Syria and Iran both threatened to retaliate, with Iran encouraging neighbors to stand up to Israel.

Ishmael: God’s heart for Israel’s neighbors (video)

roamingchile — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:28:25 +0000

The LORD is making it clear to us that even as we learn to love Israel just as He loves her, He exhorts us not to forget Ishmael. Ishmael, even in Muslim tradition, is the father of the Arabs and ancestor of Mohammed. What we too often overlook is that God four times says that Ishmael is blessed. His name means "God hears." God still hears Ishmael crying in the wilderness and longs to reconcile with him and bring him back into the camp.

Justice for bombing survivor, glory for Yeshua

roamingchile — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:02:23 +0000

In March of 2008, an Israeli teen found a holiday package on his door step. It was Purim, the day Jews celebrate their deliverance from Haman's plot to rid Persia of the Jews. The boy took the package inside. When he opened it, it exploded, shrapnel ripping his body. Ami Ortiz is a pastor's son. The family's offense: believing and proclaiming that Yeshua (Jesus) is the promised Messiah of Israel.

Syria: All eyes on Obama; Turkey looks east

roamingchile — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:30:30 +0000

The big news of the week was Syria. President Obama and his cabinet members have consistently said the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict constitute a red line. The implication by the United States and some European nations is that crossing the red line would invite international military action in Syria, where more [...]

Explosive week sets U.S. on edge

roamingchile — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:26:34 +0000

What a week! Boston was attacked then on lockdown for most of the week. West, a small town in central Texas, suffered a massive explosion in which 14 died and as many as 80 homes were destroyed. My spirit reaction at the end of week, was “All flesh is grass.” There was other news. U.S. [...]

All flesh is but grass

roamingchile — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:47:27 +0000

We in the United States were reminded of life’s fragility this week. The explosions in Boston and outside Waco literally blew people down like grass. Lives dried and faded like flowers. Let us look toward eternity, when the true King will finally be revealed to all and will rule in power, truth, justice and compassion.

Loves grows colder as many scoff dead, disregard aborted

roamingchile — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:21:53 +0000

In Britain, some political critics of Thatcher cheered her death, going so far as writing celebratory graffiti and having a death party in London. In the United States, an outcry over the lack of coverage of the abortionist’s murder trial slowly crescendoed so that this week, more news organizations are pledging to cover the trial. These stories highlight one of Jesus' sign of the end of the age: love growing cold.