Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Breaking Israel News - Jerusalem Helps Christian Residents Prepare for Christmas

Jerusalem Helps Christian Residents Prepare for Christmas

Posted by: Staff Writer December 11, 2013 Breaking Israel News

Christmas trees and festive lighting will help Christian residents and tourists commemorate the holiday.

A man rings a bell outside of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, a day Christmas 2012. (Photo: FLASH90)

With dozens of churches scattered throughout the Christian Quarter of the Old City, around the Old City and in the neighborhood of Ein Karem, and being only six kilometers from Bethlehem, Jerusalem is a very special place for both Christian residents and tourists to celebrate Christmas.

According to the city of Jerusalem spokesperson, “as the home of the three Abrahamic traditions, Jerusalem is dear to over 3.5 billion people of varying faiths around the world. Our city is proud to be an open city, with freedom of religion for all residents.”

As in years past, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jewish National Fund will distribute free Christmas trees to Christian residents of Jerusalem on Sunday, December 22 at the College Des Freres – De La Salle High School. The Jerusalem Development Authority, in coordination with local residents and shop keepers, will also decorate the streets and hang festive lighting in the Christian Quarter of the Old City.

In addition to the Christian residents of Jerusalem, Israel is expecting 75,000 tourists for the December holiday. As reported by Breaking Israel News, Israel’s ministry of tourism has invested 86 million shekels ($24 million US dollars) over the past two years to maintain and improve the infrastructure of Christian holy sites. Tourism minister Uzi Landau plans to host pre-Christmas receptions for Church leaders in Jerusalem and Nazareth, as well as providing free shuttles between Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Christmas itself.

The Church of Ireland Library's 115-Year-Old Photographic Treasure - photos of Jerusalem

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

Part 2: The Church of Ireland Library's 115-Year-Old Photographic Treasure

Posted: 11 Dec 2013

Carriage parking lot outside of Jerusalem's Old City's Jaffa Gate and beneath David's Citadel. The photo pre-dates the opening made adjacent to Jaffa Gate to enable entrance of the German Emperor's carriage in 1898. View inside Jaffa Gate HERE Credit: RCB Library, 1897).

We present here Part 2 from the Church of Ireland Library's photographic collection of pictures taken by David Brown in 1897. View Part 1 HERE

The Church of Ireland's Representative Church Body Library's full collection can be viewed HERE.

The photos here are presented with the permission of the RCB Library.

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On the road to the Jerusalem train station with Jaffa Gate and David's Citadel in the background. Other 19th

Century photographers also used this same perspective for a landscape picture of Jerusalem.

(Credit: RCB Library, 1897)

Rachel's tomb between Jerusalem and Bethlehem (Credit: RCB Library, 1897) View a previous feature on

Rachel's tomb HERE

Money changer in Jerusalem (apparently Jewish). A picture of money changers was also a standard photo taken by photographers visiting the Holy Land, perhaps because of the New Testament story of Jesus and the money changers. View an earlier posting on money changers and their unique tables HERE. (Credit: RCB Library, 1897)

"Plowing with an ox and ass" -- the original caption. This is another standard picture by 19th century photographers,apparently because of the Biblical prohibition "Thou shall not plow with an ox and an ass together" (Deuteronomy XX). View a previous posting on photographing Biblical prohibitions HERE. (Credit: RCB Library, 1897)

The Golden Gate of the Old City. The sealed gates, the closest to the location of the Jewish Temples, face the

Mt. of Olives. View a previous posting on the Golden Gate, also known as Sha'ar Harachamim, HERE.

(Credit: RCB Library, 1897)

Responsible Archivists Preserve Their Photographic Treasures

Dylan Joy's Elementary School Christmas - 3rd Graders (last 5 songs)

Indian Trail Elementary School - NC

Third Graders

Published on Dec 11, 2013

Dylan Joy's Elementary School Christmas Presentation - 3rd Graders (last 5 songs)

- "Pinata", "Frosty the Snowman", "Silver Bells", "Jingle Jive", "Feliz Navidad"

Dec. 10, 2013 in Indian Trail, NC

Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.

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Merry Christmas!

Feliz Navidad!

Photos and video by Grandpa Steve Martin. :)

Sharing Love From Sweden - "JESUS YOU ARE FANTASTIC" – Eva Haglund

Poems and Bible Lessons by Eva Haglund of Stockholm, Sharing Love From Sweden.

JESUS YOU ARE FANTASTIC

Like the most wonderful rose,

Like the most precious diamond,

Like the most marvelous star

- shining for ever;

Like the most beautiful pearl,

You have a heart of gold.

God of gold.

Heavenly gold.

Love.

Jesus,

You are love.

(Song of Solomon 5:11,

1 John.4:8)

Eva Haglund

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew) - His Name. His soon return.

The Name above ALL names...

He is returning...

Apple's Wailing Wall is in Palestine. (Oh Really???)

Apple's Wailing Wall is in Palestine

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 | David Lazarus, ISRAEL TODAY

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Apple is often first in breaking new ground with the latest hi-tech gadgets. Now the company has introduced yet another brand new notion: Jerusalem‚Äôs Wailing Wall (known as the Kotel) is in "Palestine."

The company that brought us the innovative iPhone now offers the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while the rest of the world, led by the Americans, still try to broker a shaky final status.

Don‚Äôt believe it? Just come visit the Kotel in Jerusalem. Pull out your iPhone 5, and take a few pictures of the Wall. Before you can say "Siri," wonder of wonders, a description of the most famous site in all of Judaism will automatically pop up on your high-definition screen showing you the location of the Wailing Wall: The West Bank, East Jerusalem.

That‚Äôs right folks, with just one swipe of your screen, the almighty Apple has divided the city of Jerusalem, putting the holiest place in the world for all Jewish people in the Palestinian Territories.

For those iPhone fans who think that this is just another infamous Apple Maps' bug, be informed. In earlier versions of their trendy device, Apple's weather app gave separate forecasts for West and East Jerusalem, even though Israel unified the city 46 years ago after the Six-Day War! Only after extensive and ongoing pressure by Israel‚Äôs ambassador to the US did the digital giant change the app‚Äôs map status to identify Jerusalem as one city.

‚ÄúIt is a shame that a commercial enterprise feels that it needs to be more pro-Palestinian than the Palestinians themselves,‚Äù said Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin. ‚ÄúBut what matters is the reality on the ground, not in the virtual world.‚Äù

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, the overseer of the Wailing Wall, had this to say in response: ‚ÄúWe don‚Äôt need anyone‚Äôs endorsement or stamp of approval. The Wailing Wall is a part of who we are.‚Äù

If the company is getting involved in politics to help sell their "Apples" to young left-wing liberals, beware. A long time ago in a garden, a young, innocent couple took that appealing apple, only to be deceived, when all hell broke loose.

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"Pergamum!" - Present Word Ministries

Present Word Ministries

Robbie Phillips

‘He who has an ear, let him hear

what the Spirit is saying to the churches’

December 9 & 10, 2013

"Pergamum!"

The church in Pergamum was addressed by our risen Lord. They had remained loyal to Him even in the midst of persecution. Antipas, His faithful witness, was martyred for the Faith – yet the church stood firm – with this the Lord was well pleased.

And yet that was not the whole story. The Lord had some displeasure with this church. Some, perhaps prominent among them, held to the teaching of Balaam. Balaam 'taught' the wicked king Balak to entice the sons of Israel to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. This gave some of the Pergamites the 'right' to commit immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Not only this, they had among them those who held to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

The name Nicolas is interesting: it's a combination of two Greek words meaning 'people rulers'. And so the Nicolaitans were known for their ruling over the people of God.

So much about the church today is similar to the church in Pergamum. On the one hand, there is the Lord's blessing and favor. Except in the case of the church at Laodicea, the Lord always sees good things about His people. And so He sees good things in the church in America. And for that He gives a big thumbs up.

But just as the Lord saw evil in the church at Pergamum, He sees distressing things in the church of America. He sees slackness toward sin. He sees toleration of wickedness. He sees our lack of trusting Him wholly. He sees our lack of prayer and fasting, especially for our nation. Like the church at Pergamum, He sees that we have those who rule over parts of the church. And the Lord calls us to repent! He calls us to "turn from our wicked ways" and to seek Him.

This is a solemn hour. We are called to seek Him, to seek His face with our fasting and prayers. We are at a point as a nation that we must have His influence, we must have His intervention. Oh let us seek Him today! Let us call on Him today! Let us turn to Him today! Amen, Oh Lord!