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Covering news and events impacting Israel & the Middle East for the Evangelical world DAILY BRIEFING JERUSALEM | October 18, 2025 ​ Was King Solomon real? Archaeological clues to Israel’s golden age by Ran Silberman Part three of series exploring archaeological findings related to the First Temple in Jerusalem CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE CURRENT TOP STORIES Family of freed hostage Miran reflects on his 2 years of Hamas captivity in Gaza by All Israel News Staff Food influencer faces backlash for sharing Jewish cuisine as hostility towards Israel continues by Jo Elizabeth Tears of gratitude as Israel welcomes its freed hostages by Arlene Bridges Samuels Israeli gymnastics team denied entry to World Championship in Indonesia by All Israel News Staff Eliyahu Margalit is the hostage whose body was returned to Israel last night by Gili Cohen / KAN 11 and Itay Blumental / KAN 11 Israel ranks third globally for cyberattacks according to recent Microsoft report by All Israel News Staff Western powers seek UN resolution for international force in Gaza by All Israel News Staff Beit Yona in Ashdod: Ebenezer Operation Exodus helps Jewish immigrants get settled in Israel by All Israel News Staff Iran first Gaza second by Ab Boskany LATEST VIDEOS VIDEO: Exploring Ancient Sebastia in the Heart of Judea: From Israelite Kingdom to Roman Empire Thank you for reading the ALL ISRAEL NEWS Daily Briefings. Please feel free to forward this timely Israel news resource to your friends. If you don’t regularly receive these briefings, subscribe here. We are reader-supported Please Donate ALL ISRAEL NEWS is based in Israel and part of NEAR EAST MEDIA, a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization in the US. This email was sent to martinlighthouse@gmail.com Unsubscribe Update your profile ALL ISRAEL NEWS, c/o Breex, Harel Mall, 1 Harel St., Meveseret Zion, 9079129 Donate by Check USD Make checks payable to "Near East Media" and mail to: PNC Bank 4860 Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA 23462 USA #KingSolomon #Archaeologicalclues #Israelgoldenage #AllIsraelNews

Exciting opportunity for you to come to Israel! - ONE FOR ISRAEL

Dr Erez Soref President of  ONE FOR ISRAEL  Shalom! By now you know a little about our college campus, and our passion for teaching the about the Bible, Israel, and life in the Messiah.  We regularly take our students to the very locations where the Bible stories happened, to learn about them on site, and now we are excited to open up the opportunity to you to join us!  This October we are doing a special Biblical Geography course on location (in English!) and we would love for you to come.  The study experience will include nine days of exploring from "Dan to Beersheva" and getting acquainted with the lay of the land while visiting major biblical sites. The sightseeing will be supplemented by evening lectures and readings to help prepare and orientate you for the day ahead. Sites in our itinerary include: (Old Testament) The City of David, Mt. Carmel, the Wilderness of Zin, the David & Goliath valley and Tel Dan among many others. (New Testament) Jerusalem, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Qumeran (discovery location of the Dead Sea Scrolls), Masada and more! YOU CAN ALSO GAIN ACADEMIC CREDIT! Graduate and undergraduate academic credit is available for study tour participants. It would be a pleasure to have you join us for an adventure that we guarantee will be a memorable experience. For more details, click here! STAFF IN THE SPOTLIGHT: EVA FRANK We are delighted to introduce you to Eva, our librarian at Israel College of the Bible. Eva is from a Jewish family who made aliyah from Hungary. After her BA degree in history, Eva went on to do a Masters in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Haifa, making her ideally qualified for the role. She has radically upgraded our cataloging and search system, transforming the library experience for our students. The library has over 10,000 books mostly in Hebrew and English, and is the largest Messianic library in Israel, so we are very blessed to have a professional like Eva at the helm. Eva loves to learn and teach languages (she is currently learning Korean and teaching Hungarian), and is also learning Krav Maga - an Israeli method of self-defense without weapons! So our students better make sure to return their books on time ;) THE SYMBOLISM OF FIGS IN THE BIBLE God gives good gifts. When he gave Israel to the Jewish people, it was not just any old piece of land... God says in Deuteronomy 8:8, "The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land... a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey". There is so much richness in what God has created and placed in this land for his people - not just in their good taste and nutrition, but in their meaning too. And the fig is a fruit which crops up again and again in the scriptures, because God does nothing without purpose. Continue reading... ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF THE BABYLONIAN DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Did you know that both the first temple, built by King Solomon, and the also Nehemiah's second temple that Yeshua frequented, were both destroyed on the same date in the Jewish calendar?  That date is Tisha B'Av, which means the 9th month of Av, the fifth month in the Jewish calendar, and this year it falls on Tuesday, August 1st. With perfect timing, archaeologists have just now made some important discoveries related to the Babylonian destruction of the first temple in 586 BCE! Continue reading... FOLLOW US:

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Was Solomon a Republican? News Magazine Attacks Rubio's Bible Tweets - CBN News Mark Martin, Abigail Robertson

Was Solomon a Republican? News Magazine Attacks Rubio's 

Bible Tweets

07-11-2017 CBN News Mark Martin,

Abigail Robertson

Senator Marco Rubio likes to tweet Bible verses almost every day, but one news organization is accusing him of playing politics with the Holy Scriptures.

 A recent article in Politico Magazine says Rubio is "tweeting the most Republican part of the Bible" -- Proverbs.

"Some of the statements in Proverbs look strikingly similar to those made by modern-day conservative policymakers," Joel S. Baden wrote for the magazine.

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Baden goes on to write that Proverbs "generally deals with questions of how to live a righteous life."

"For example: Just this past July 5, Rubio tweeted, 'They will die from lack of discipline, lost because of their great folly. Proverbs 5:23,'" Baden continued.

In response, the Florida senator tweeted, "Proverbs is the Republican part of the Bible?I don't think Solomon had yet joined the GOP when he wrote the first 29 chapters of Proverbs."

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Evangelist Franklin Graham came to the defense of Rubio, writing on Facebook, "God's Word is filled with wisdom — and it's neither Republican nor Democrat." 

CBN Chaplain Joel Palser agrees with Graham's statement about God's Word.

"Probably the greatest theologian of the 20th century -- he's been called that -- Karl Barth... said it was timeless truth, and so the idea that it would somehow be owned by one party or another was ludicrous," he told CBN News.

"This is ageless, timeless -- applicable to every culture and time," Palser continued. 

Rubio has received criticism of his biblical tweets in the past. For example, Leah McElrath, writer for liberal website Shareblue, called the tweets "unsettling," to which The Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin responded, "Either he was hacked or he's totally lost it." 

Esquire politics blogger Charles Pierce called the tweets "oddly terrifying." 

Many on Twitter, however, have come to Sen. Rubio's defense, saying they appreciate the Bible verses that have thousands of likes and retweets.

When asked on "Fox & Friends" what he thinks of some of the negative responses his tweets received, Rubio replied, "If people don't like the Bible and they don't like the Gospel, they don't have to follow me on Twitter I suppose."

The Florida lawmaker says he tries to read the Bible every day, and he will continue to post Scriptural tweets, "especially if there's something in there that I think just spoke to me, and I want to share with people on Twitter."
 

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