Showing posts with label Jesus appeared on a cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus appeared on a cross. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

"Suddenly, Jesus appeared on a cross..." - ONE FOR ISRAEL

SHALOM!
We have just passed through a significant time in the Jewish calendar, known as "between the straits", or times of distress. It culminated on the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, which fell on Saturday. You can read about this remarkable day and its meaning below, but the theme of hope in hard times is one we can all relate to.

God is faithful even when we are in the depths of despair, times of distress, or the valley of death. He is our ever-present help in trouble and has appeared to people when they most needed Him. It may get dark, but we know the end of the story.
Dr. Erez Soref, President
of ONE FOR ISRAEL 
They locked him up in a psychiatric ward against his will.
But even in the storm, he found hope and faith!
Jewish Kirt Schneider was locked up by his own family, only because he said I believe in Jesus!
Tisha B’Av, The Jewish Day Of Mourning

Tisha B’Av means the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, and on this day in history, the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. The ground was levelled, sown with salt, and rendered desolate. The pain is still strong, and Tisha B’Av is a solemn time of mourning among the Jewish people to this day. But what is weird is that the first temple was also destroyed on the 9th day of Av, and many other tragedies happened to the Jewish people on the same date. Is there anything we can understand from this unhappy coincidence? And is there anything Christians can do to bring comfort?
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Of The Babylonian Destruction Of Jerusalem

We have well preserved evidence of the destruction that the Romans caused when they sacked Jerusalem in 70 AD, but thanks to a particular pottery design that can be identified to only a short window of time in history, we are now building a clearer picture of what happened when the Babylonians came to town.
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