Showing posts with label curse. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

"I will bless those who bless you..." Rabbi Tuly Weisz with ISRAEL365

And I will bless those who bless you 

and curse those who curse you and 

all the families of the world 

will be blessed through you.

GENESIS (12:3)
 

וַאֲבָרְכָה מְבָרְכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ

 אָאֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה

בראשית יב:ג


va-ah-var-KHA mi-var-khe-KHA u-m'ka-le-l'KHA
a-OR vin-r'KHOO vi-KHOO kol mish-p'KHOT ha-a-da-MA

Today's Israel Inspiration

In today's famous verse, the Almighty promises Abraham
that not only will he have the power to bestow blessings
on others, but he will be the standard by which all others
around the world will be blessed. Stand strong and be
blessed with the people of Israel, and the holy city of Hebron.

The small Jewish community of Hebron preserves the burial
place of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob
and Leah, and give us merit.

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Secrets of the Priestly Blessing

The Kohanim (priests) are Jews descended directly
from Aaron, the older brother of Moses, who was given
the special duty to bless the nation of Israel. See how
this mystical practice continues today.

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Hebron Peace House

A lengthy dispute over the ownership of a building in
Hebron ended last week when Israel’s High Court of
Justice upheld its legitimate purchase by Jews.

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Today's Israel Photo

Yehoshua Halevi's photo depicts the priestly blessings
at the Western Wall. The kohanim ("priests") are cloaked
with a tallit (prayer shawl) as they bestow blessings,
hidden from view and distractions at this holy moment.

More Yehoshua Halevi Photos »


Yesterday's Photo Trivia

Yesterday’s photo by Noam Chen was of the landmark
Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv featuring three skyscrapers,
one in the shape of a square, another a triangle and a circle!


Thank You

Today's Scenes and Inspiration is sponsored by
Kristen E. Storey of Rathdrum, Idaho in honor
of her birthday. Yom Holedet Sameach!

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often learn something new about Judaism---I appreciate
that. What an amazing world that I can sit at home in our
village north of Toronto in Canada and read first-rate
communications all the way from Israel where our older
daughter now resides in Jerusalem! Wishing you, your
family and your congregation a happy Purim holiday.
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Friday, February 7, 2014

'Brave German Woman' Rebukes Islam's Lie

'Brave German Woman' Rebukes Islam's Lie

SPEYER, Germany -- Islam continues to grow in power and influence across Europe. But at a recent concert in Germany, one Christian woman decided to stand up to it.

"The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace" by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins was supposed to be an interfaith event to bring Christianity and Islam together.

But when the Muslim imam began his call to prayer during the concert, he was interrupted by a small woman in the balcony proclaiming that "Jesus Christ alone is Lord of Germany," and shouting, "I break this curse."

She also invoked the name of Martin Luther and warned the audience that what was happening was "a lie."

The video went viral.

'Brave German Woman'

The mysterious Christian lady became known on the Internet simply as the "brave German woman."

It happened on Nov. 10, 2013 at the Memorial Church of the Reformation in the Rhineland city of Speyer, built to honor Martin Luther.

It isn't just any church. It's a monument to the Protestant Reformation and a memorial to the spiritual transformation of Germany.

It was at this spiritual landmark that a Muslim imam was invited to give the call to prayer. When the brave German woman, whose real name is Heidi Mund, heard about the event, she prayed.

"I was asking Jesus, 'Lord, shall I go there?' So, when I have to drive one and half hours, you know, I think, 'Is it worth it to go or can others go?' So, this is human laziness, yeah?" Mund recalled.
She grabbed her German flag emblazoned with the words "Jesus Christ is Lord" and headed for the concert, still not sure what she would do when she got there.

"Until the imam started with his shouting, I did not really know what to do. I was just prepared for what God wants me to do," she told CBN News.

Then the Muslim call to prayer began, and Heidi said she felt something rising up inside her.

A Holy Anger

"I would call it a holy anger," she recounted. "And then I rose with my flag and I was calling and proclaiming that Jesus Christ is Lord over Germany."

"My purpose was, I broke this curse because [Muslims] say, 'Only Allah is the Lord. He is God, the only God.' And I broke this curse in this church and I broke it over my country," she continued.

And she repeated the words of Martin Luther in 1521 after he refused to recant his faith in scripture alone: "Here I stand. I can do no other" and "Save the church of Martin Luther!"

Video shows another concert-goer trying to calm her by saying, "This is a concert for peace."

Mund can be heard responding in German, "No it's not! Allahu Akbar is what Muslims scream while murdering people! Don't be fooled! Don't be fooled! This is a lie!"

She was thrown out of the church.

"They should have thrown the imam out and not me because I am a believer in Jesus Christ, but he serves another god. This Allah is not the same god. And this is not the truth."

"This 'allahu akbar,' they use it when they kill people," she argued. "This is, for me, worship to an idol, to their god. And when a Muslim calls 'allahu akbar' in a church, that means this church is not a church anymore, it's a mosque."

Church No Place for Imams?

With Mund at the concert was Kamel, who did not give his full name for safety reasons. Before coming to Germany he lived in the Muslim world.

Kamel told CBN News that an imam has no place in a church.

"Islam is one of the reasons for persecution, Muslims have persecuted me. They don´t want me to tell others that Jesus Christ is my Savior."

Also with Mund was Marion, who has also asked that her last name not be included. She belongs to a group calling itself the White Rose, which took the same name as the World War II anti-Nazi resistance group shown in the film "Sophie Scholl: the Final Days."

"Islam is inhuman, the same as in the Nazi time. For me, personally, there is no difference. We want to show Germany and the world that we will not bow down to the slow Islamization of our country," Marion said.

Afraid of Muslims?

Mund said she knows that her first television interview could place her in danger.

"Many people ask me, 'Are you afraid of the Muslims?' And I can only say, 'No, I'm not afraid of them,'" she told CBN News. "I know my God, the living God of the Bible can protect for me for as long as he wants. When my time is over I will go to him."

An evangelist by gifting, Mund grew up an atheist in communist East Germany. But now, as a believer, her burden and her ministry is for the spiritual rebirth of Germany.

"I feel I have to protect my country and my people. I am only a little woman but I feel I have to protect them," she said.

Reviving a Dead Nation?

Some might associate Germany with the Nazis, but Germany was once a base for world missions, sending missionaries to Africa and Korea and to America.

Mund is trusting God for a miracle in what is a very wealthy and, some would say, spiritually dead nation.

"I know nothing is impossible for my God. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing," she said.

"From a human point of view I feel our country is lost. It's already lost. It's done. Because I see so many changes in the country, in every area," she continued. "But I trust God that he has a 'Plan A' and that my country is not lost and that He will reach us and He will come and change the whole situation."
Click here: Watch CBN News video

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Does Psalm 83 Predict an Imminent War? - Jerusaelm Dateline, Chris Mitchell (CBN News)

Chris Mitchell
CBN News 
Middle East Bureau Chief


Does Psalm 83 Predict an Imminent War?

Bill Salus is the author of Psalm 83: The Missing Prophecy Revealed. He believes Psalm 83 predicts a "climatic Arab-Israeli war" in the not too distant future.

We talked recently with Salus about his insight into the ancient psalm by Asaph and what it might mean for Israel today.

Bill Salus
Chris Mitchell and Bill Salus


Here's Psalm 83 in its entirety:
Psalm 83

1 Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!

2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

4 They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;

7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah

9 Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

10 Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

12 Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession."

13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!

14 As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,

15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O Lord.

17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.


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Monday, October 21, 2013

Blessing, Curse or Co-incidence? Volume I - Israel, the Womb of the Kingdom (Lance Lambert)

Lance Lambert



"Israel - The Womb of the Kingdom of God on Earth" is the first documentary in the "Blessing, Curse or Coincidence?" trilogy.

It is about God's decision to save the world, and Man's attempts to oppose it. Central to the execution of God's purpose to redeem mankind is the nation of Israel. We also see how God deals with those who oppose His purposes. This is what the Lord's promise to Abraham "I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you" is all about (Genesis 12:3).

The whole trilogy is presented by Lance Lambert and this first documentary is packed with foundational Biblical teaching on God's covenant purposes. The two-hour DVD is divided into nine chapters and is accompanied by brief Bible study notes for use in small groups.

This is the short trailer. 

For more information please visit www.blessingcursecoincidence.com




 


Malcom Hedding - former ICEJ director