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Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian mom sentenced to hang to death for "blasphemy," will not be executed.
The Pakistani Supreme Court's three-judge panel overturned the death sentence, previously issued by two lower courts, on Wednesday.
Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in November 2010 for telling fellow workers on a berry farm, "Our Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins," and "Our Christ is alive."
She has languished in prison for more than six years and is reportedly in ill health.
"The Supreme Court of Pakistan has stayed the execution of Asia Bibi on blasphemy charges," Christian Today quoted Naveed Aziz, with the British Pakistani Christian Association.
"I am pleased with this decision," she said. "It is obvious that international pressure led to this amazing decision, and I thank all people who have called for her freedom. Sister Asia will have to spend more time in jail, but her freedom is now a real possibility and only a matter of time."
A new hearing has yet to be scheduled for Bibi's case. In the meantime, she remains incarcerated.
Her family and friends ask for continued prayers for her and Pakistani Christians.
CBN News Chief International Correspondent Gary Lane has followed this story for years and has met with Asia Bibi's husband and children. Click below for his comments on the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to reverse her death sentence and what it means for her and the church in Pakistan.
Protective Edge changed the lives of many people. In the case of Sergeant Ohad Ben Yishai, his life turned upside down.
Ohad served in the Golani Brigade's elite Egoz unit. He and his unit's comrades were involved in a brutal battle in Gaza's Shuja’iyya neighbourhood, which later became known as the bloodiest battle with Hamas during Protective Edge, with Hamas. Thirteen soldiers lost their lives during the battle and many were injured. Ohad suffered a serious shrapnel wound of his head and was defined as the most seriously injured soldier during the operation. On his arrival at hospital his condition was so serious that the doctors did not think he would make it through the night.
After an unrelenting battle to stabilize Ohad, that lasted a few weeks, Ohad rewarded their efforts when he regained consciousness.
Ohad’s recovery process is far from over, but he has shown great progress. At the beginning he was not able to talk, lift his own head, not to mention walking or using his hands. In addition his memory was badly impaired. Ohad’s recovery journey resembles a baby's learning to walk and talk, it is like he was "born again". His speech and language therapist and physiotherapist are only a couple of the people standing by him, helping and encouraging him through this long and difficult process. However he wouldn’t have gotten this far without the love and support of his parents.
It is a known fact that to be accepted into an elite unit, more than physical fitness alone is needed. Having a tough and and ambitious character are essential personal traits are also needed. No doubt Ohad has the personal character and is made of the right material. He is a fighter and does not plan to surrender to his condition but is ready to fight for his life! Little by little he is making progress having started to talk and also starting to walk.
We have heard many stories about soldiers that are in the recovery process after suffering injuries during Protective Edge. They all have something in common and that is their will to live and do everything in their power to reach their goal.
These young men set examples for us, when you aim high and your faith is strong you can achieve anything you wish for!
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Many people are believing to see a move of the glory of God. But before the glory there will come a spirit of divine indignation and anger that will rise up in the people, God's people, for a purpose - to destroy the works of darkness. It's OK to have an indignation and anger with the enemy. Jesus did, didn't He? Jesus had so much compassion for honest sinners but He was angry with the Pharisees because they were pretenders. The Holy Spirit is a Spirit of truth, He cannot enter into pretense because it's contrary to His nature.
When Jesus went to the temple He found some moneychangers there, taking advantage of the people. Well He took a whip to them. I think He probably yelled at them don't you? I don't think He took that whip and said "shoo." It's amazing the number of people who get healed when they are either laughing or angry at the devil.
These prophets and intercessors are going to wake up to the wiles of the enemy and see what is happening and begin to discern the ways of the devil in a way we have not seen very much before.
They will see the places where the enemy has infiltrated the holy encampment of the Lord in a new way, and rise up and chase them away. I don't think you can be emotionally placid in a war. Mind you, holy laughter is also a warfare weapon. "God looks on His enemies and laughs, and has them in derision." Sometimes when the laugher comes on you it's because your spirit is picking up on a victory that's happening in the spirit realm. You may not see anything at the time, you may not hear anything in the natural, but your spirit man knows there are victories taking place in the spiritual realm.
Spirit will Arise in You
As God's temple is emptied of things that have been wrongly tolerated, so the spirit of the living God will arise in you and the glory will be manifested. Have you ever thought about the fact that we can have arthritis in our mind? We can have religious mindsets and be not pliable and open to learn things God is wanting us to know. Strong mindsets can keep us closed to new revelation.
"Arise and shine the light Is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you."
The glory of God has already been given to the church through Christ, the risen Lord, but it gets covered by other spiritual atmospheres and entities. When "the Deliverer" arises in delivering power and the shadows flee away, then the glory starts to become visible. And the deliverer is arising in you.
Even as the mists appeared in the Azusa street meetings, the mists will manifest in our gatherings more and more. In the Azusa street meetings there would appear mists from the ground up to around three feet high. The children would play hide and seek in the mists
I recently wrote about Anthony, probably the greatest of the Desert Fathers. The Desert fathers in the 2nd and 3rd century lived in the caves of Egypt and saw themselves as gatekeepers of the nations and had many supernatural encounters with the Angels and also demonic forces. They had an extremely powerful level of discernment. This discernment is a powerful supernatural gift about to be released for the glory of God.
Awakening of the Saints
There has been a few messages on FB this last week talking about fasting from negative speaking. Negative words can open the door for negative things that you don't want in your life.
About 100 years ago it was quite normal for people to fast from speaking. I think sometimes that could be a good idea!!!
As the enemy is evicted and the glory revealed so there will be a dramatic increase in healing and deliverance. Miracles and healing by the hundreds, not the dozen, will sweep many souls into the kingdom.
"As a canon ball is fired from the canon so I will release a dynamic power even into the population and to the church. Even an explosion of miracles"
America has become weak in many ways but in a week God will awaken the saints of God and a roar will come.
A while ago I (Kathie) prayed for a lady in New Zealand who was quite timid and fearful because of abuse. She began to shout, quietly at first. It sounds strange to say that someone can shout quietly but I am sure you know what I mean. Then she shouted louder and then she began to roar - first quietly and then LOUDLY. She scared herself so she ran into another room. Then she realized the roar went with her!!!!
Let the Lion arise in you - dispel the darkness and the glory will be revealed in you and through you.
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The Lord called thy name a leafy olive tree, fair with goodly fruit; with the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken
The first time the olive appears in the Bible is when Noah checks to see if the flood waters have receded. When the dove returns with an olive branch in its mouth, Noah knows that the water has receded sufficiently and life has begun anew (Genesis 8:11, 21). Pure olive oil was also used for the lighting of the golden lamp in the Temple, as well as to anoint priests and kings as part of their initiation. One lesson we can take from the olive is that just like an olive only yields oil when pressed, so too, when we are pressed between the millstones of life, our best selves emerge. It is often only when forced that we rise to the occasion to meet life’s challenges. We now find ourselves in the days preceeding Tisha B'Av, the day when we commemorate the destruction of our holy Temple in Jerusalem. History has taught us that Jeremiah's words ring true, and in the face of hardship, the Jewish people rise to the challenge.
The inspiring words of greeting to over two hundred new Israeli citizens, who chose to move to Israel during last summer's war, are a true testament to the Jewish nation's ability to overcome any challenge.
Four Americans are being held in Iran, at least three on what are considered to be trumped-up charges, and their families would like to know why US President Barack Obama has not done anything to get them out?
We are now in the saddest period in the Jewish calendar, when we remember the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem. Bring a piece of Jerusalem into your home with this beautiful ritual washing cup featuring the Jerusalem skyline.
A sprawling olive tree by Yehoshua Halevi. The symbol of the olive tree was woven onto the flag of one of the tribes of Israel. Do you know which one, and its significance? Send me your answer or post it on Facebook.
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Alveda King Calls Black Congressional Caucus to Carpet After Gruesome Planned Parenthood Videos
Alveda King speaks out against Planned Parenthood. (Flickr)
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Dear Congressional Black Caucus (CBC),
I am writing to you regarding recent videos that have gone viral exposing Planned Parenthood's practice of harvesting and selling aborted babies' body parts.
If they or anyone else had been exposed for harvesting and selling animal body parts, there would be such an outrage from the left and right. But for some reason it seems to be OK to chop up the unborn babies and harvest their body parts.
The videos are shocking, yet still nary a word from the CBC.
CBC, I ask you: Are you so beholden to the abortion lobby that you are totally paralyzed and unable to garner the necessary will to denounce their behavior?
I thought surely this current gruesome behavior on the part of PPH would be the catalyst for change: Surely, now the CBC will yank their support of an industry that is involved in the illegal harvesting and selling of body parts of aborted babies. Yet we hear nothing. Your silence is deafening.
For the record, my Uncle Martin Luther King Jr. was pro-life. Even though his wife attended the awards ceremony where Planned Parenthood gave a plaque attributed to MLK, he didn't attend. MLK; my daddy, A.D. King; and their father, M.L. "Daddy" King were pro-life. Granddaddy even saved me and one of my children from abortion. Thank God he did.
Meanwhile, Sanger and her PPH Federation targeted and have sometimes paid black leaders—doctors, preachers, lawyers, teachers—with grants and scholarships to convince them to join her. Does this sound like love and compassion?
Attention, CBC (Congressional Black Caucus and Concerned Black Clergy). As a post-abortive mother, I know firsthand the pain abortion can bring. There is no agape love in abortion and trafficking baby body parts. They are hateful and violent deeds.
CBC, you cannot serve both God and money. You cannot serve both Planned Parenthood and your constituents. By serving Planned Parenthood, you are not only hating the other or despising the other, but your position is helping to kill our people.
CBC, it's not too late to put your constituents first, where they belong. Get involved—no, take the lead—in the investigations of Planned Parenthood. Take the lead in calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. It's time to stand up for truth.
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Discover an Often Neglected Key to Understanding Israel's Land Promise
The Torah still serves as the foundational holy text. (Wikimedia Commons)
These days, many are uncertain as to how to interpret Israel's land promise in light of the New Covenant. Many are unsure of how to respond to the denial of many Christians that promise still exists.
Sadly, no lack of controversy surrounds the subject. Many important principles of Scripture interpretation come into play. One often neglected key can help.
First, a quick bit of background needs to be set. Scholars generally agree that the best interpreter of the Bible is the Bible. The Scriptures themselves teach us how to understand new and inspired revelation in light of earlier text.
The five books of Moses, known as the Pentateuch or Torah, serve as the foundational holy text. The Hebrew prophets and other writers built squarely on that foundation. Their newer writings amplified and applied God's Word, taking it to the next level of redemption history. Sometimes they described new covenants—like those God made through Abraham, Moses and David. Jeremiah described a profoundly new covenant in which God's Word would be engraved in human hearts.
Since the New Covenant is not the first of God's several covenants, how did the ancient writers of Scripture interpret newer covenants in light of earlier ones?
When new revelation was given to biblical authors, they never re-interpreted the pre-existing Word of God to accommodate their new revelation. Rather, new revelation was accepted as divine truth based on what had been previously acknowledged to be true
To qualify as holy canon, no new text could refute or replace the foundational meaning of earlier text. A critical test for judging the divine inspiration of any proposed new writing was its consistency with prior writings. If the proposed passage or scroll or covenant contradicted God's pre-established Word, it disqualified as Holy Scripture. In fact, any new covenant would be primarily interpreted in light of older covenants, never the other way around.
Yeshua and the New Covenant's Jewish authors would have been strongly influenced by this sacred principle. Therefore, when they give fresh meaning to an Old Covenant passage or principle, they build on or amplify, not abolish, the original contextual meaning of that passage or principle. (How many times have you read Scripture only to hear God speak deeper, fresh personal meaning to you each time?) Thus, the Messiah said He came to fulfill, not do away with, the Torah. He is not the terminator, but the perfection, completion and goal of all Hebrew Scripture.
By this principle, God's unconditional land promise to Abraham in Genesis 15, inherited by the Jewish people, still applies to them. Those promises have been amplified by the Mosaic covenant (law) and the prophets. By the New Covenant, they may also apply, on another level, to the metaphorical land of Christian hearts. Meanwhile, some Gentiles may also be called to live in Israel, just as some Gentile have always lived in the Promised Land.
Because the New Covenant was written in light of the Old, confusion results if we reverse that order and interpret the Old Covenant primarily in light of the New. Such an approach amounts to reading the Bible backwards. It almost guarantees the Scriptures will not be rightly understood.
Few of us would read a book by starting two-thirds into it, finish it and then pick up on page one. As an author, I wouldn't be too happy if that's how my writings were read! In this sober hour of history, God wants us to "rightly handle the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). Don't you?
Sandra Teplinsky has been in the Messianic Jewish ministry since 1979. She is president ofLight of Zion, an outreach to Israel and the church based in Southern California and Jerusalem. She is an ordained minister and prophetic conference speaker, and has written several books and articles about Israel and the church.
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Many people are believing to see a move of the glory of God. But before the glory there will come a spirit of divine indignation and anger that will rise up in the people, God's people, for a purpose - to destroy the works of darkness. It's OK to have an indignation and anger with the enemy. Jesus did, didn't He? 
