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One of the most misunderstood concepts in Judaism is how one nation could be "chosen" over all others. In fact, the term "Chosen People" does not imply racial superiority at all, but rather a unique responsibility. The Jews are charged with being "a light unto the nations" by upholding morals, ethics and belief in one God. The ZAKA organization truly represents this Jewish calling. ZAKA is Israel’s primary rescue and recovery volunteer organization, with thousands of volunteers on call 24/7 to respond to any terror attack, accident or disaster, wherever they may occur. ZAKA's assistance at major international terror attacks and natural disasters led the United Nations in 2005 to recognize ZAKA as an international volunteer humanitarian organization. “Caring for the welfare of people all over the world is one way to reveal Godliness in the world,” says a ZAKA volunteer.
From Shimon Peres and Bibi Netanyahu to ordinary citizens of the nation, see why ZAKA is Israel's most beloved humanitarian organization in this inspiring video.
With the surge of terror that Israel faces daily, unnatural deaths are at a high, and the ZAKA organization's resources are taxed to the fullest. You can help ZAKA purchase 5 new ambulances with an urgent 'causematch' campaign going on now. Along with a matching donor, ZAKA needs to raise $550,000!
There is something about Jerusalem that calls out to people of all ages, religions and cultures. It’s a city with a living history, and a story behind every door. "Jerusalem Beckons" is a beautiful painting which encapsulates the personal and yet mysterious quality of the homes that make up this ancient hub of the world. The painting by Jordana Klein depicts a dozen Jerusalem doorways and windows welcoming people to the city. Straight from the artist's studio in the Old City of Jerusalem. The painting comes in 10″ x 13″ canvas.
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Scott Simonson will probably be remembered by most Americans as a Super Bowl athlete. But Sunday's game is God rewarding the tight end for saving his sister's life, at least according to his father.
"This weekend could be God giving my son a high five for what he did, for everything that happened," Simonson's father told NJ.com.
In 2001, the then-8-year old entered the hospital to give part of himself to his sister, who had been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Fanconi Anemia.
To save her life, Simonson shared his "superstar NFL bone marrow," sister Shannon told NJ.com.
Now Simonson's preparing to take the field for Super Bowl 50. If they win, it could be a prophetic fulfillment, according to Rick Joyner.
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Why would anyone actually choose to accept deception over truth?
It makes no sense, or does it?
A person's morality will always determine their theology. When people make the choice to follow Christ casually and to loosen their moral standards, they must adjust their theology accordingly.
We are living in such a time. Many professors, pastors and church leaders are teaching and publishing that the infallible Holy Bible "contains God's Words." According to them, many of the facts are inaccurate and many of the principles are cultural ethics of ancient times and cultures.
The creation story is replaced with theistic evolution, opening the way for the devaluing of human life.
Mankind is not a special creation made in the image of a loving heavenly Creator but the product of spontaneous generation.
The principles of divine design, purpose and destiny are removed, and every person has the right of self-determination.
This opens the gateway for women to discard unexpected fetal tissue to protect their future and career from unwanted encumbrance. A woman has the right to determine what happens within her own body. Couples may enjoy "hooking up" and living together without the demands of outmoded marriage ceremonies. A man might be born with the desires and passions of a woman and seek relations with another man. A woman may have desires for another woman. Sexual orientation is no longer a divinely prescribed moral standard.
Should any of this be questioned, sociology, psychology and junk science will ensure enough disinformation is reported to verify these new truths. Pastors and teachers who do not accept the infallibility of the Holy Bible are subject to such distortion and will give way to the "new truth" and avoid the labels of intolerant, homophobic and bigoted.
These "new truths" will not bring about a "Great Society" but create a "Brave New World" filled with greater hatred, bigotry and a moral landslide.
These "new truths," and their accompanying freedoms, become addictions and bring new forms of sickness, creating a broken society that mankind cannot cure. The social epidemic quickly becomes pandemic and will become a moral tsunami of proportions not seen since the Roman Empire. All of this is made possible by a church that has turned their ear from hearing the true Word of God and built upon sand.
The church is becoming a social club embracing political correctness and historical rewrite.
Authentic worship is being replaced with performance and very professional music.
Entertainment is being delivered instead of powerful spiritual awakening.
As the church adopts this "new truth," they also adopt the medical model for dealing with moral issues. "Disease" replaces the old teaching of sin; this to prevent further emotional damage from being inflicted upon the broken.
Twelve-step programs replace "a broken and contrite spirit."
Years of counseling and psychotherapy take the place of repentance and cleansing of the heart through the blood of Jesus. Universal grace replaces redemption and salvation through new birth.
The great danger of deception is one does not know when they are deceived unless someone loves them enough to show them the truth. That is the great responsibility placed upon the church. Jude challenged the apostolic church. "Beloved, while I diligently tried to write to you of the salvation we have in common, I found it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. For there are some men who secretly crept in, who were marked long ago for this condemnation. They are ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into immorality and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ" (Jude 3-4).
May God move the heart of spiritual leaders to seek Him earnestly; commit their hearts to love and honor the infallible inerrant Word of God; then boldly teach, preach and publish the uncompromised Holy Word with anointing that will convict and purity the hearts of men and women.
Dr. F. Dean Hackett has served in full-time Christian ministry since October 1971. He has ministered throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, serving as pastor, conference speaker and mentor. He has planted four churches, assisted in planting 15 others, and currently serves as lead pastor of Living Faith Church in Hermiston, Oregon. Dr. Hackett founded Spirit Life Ministries International in 2001 to facilitate ministries in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina and to open a training center for workers in those nations. You can find him at F. Dean Hackett - Foundational,Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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The mainstream international media on Wednesday again demonstrated its outrageous bias against Israel in reporting on the terrorist attack near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City.
The culprit this time around was the American television network CBS, whose news website headlined its report of the incident “3 Palestinians killed as daily violence grinds on”.
It’s fairly simple to ascertain the goal of such an elusive headline.
The initial impression most readers would get is that the three Palestinians in question were the victims. And since so many news consumers these days merely scan headlines, they would have walked away believing that.
The problem is that the Palestinians were in fact the perpetrators.
An online outcry resulted in CBS later changing the headline to “Israeli police kill 3 alleged Palestinian attackers”. It was subsequently altered again to “Palestinians kill Israeli officer, wound another before being killed”.
At no point did CBS publicly apologize or clarify its change.
Israeli media officials called for all Israelis to denounce CBS’s blatant bias as loudly as possible, while Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon called the fraudulent headline “unprecedented chutzpah.”
This debacle has provided an opportunity to again highlight why it is so important to find a reliable source of news from Israel.
The news must be read with a critical eye, knowing that important elements were probably omitted, perhaps purposefully so. Our mission at Israel Today is to fill in those gaps, to provide the stories and angles that the mainstream media left out so that you can form a more complete and clear picture of what is really happening in the Holy Land.
Israeli Border Police officer Hadar Cohen, 19, was sworn in to her mandatory national service just two months ago. On Wednesday, she met an untimely demise while confronting three armed terrorists in Jerusalem.
The attack occurred near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, where Cohen and another young female Border Police officer spotted a trio of Palestinian Arabs behaving suspiciously.
Cohen and her comrade demanded to see their identification, but instead the Palestinians pulled out knives and guns.
Eyewitness accounts stated that Cohen, despite being so young and inexperienced, managed to return fire before being fatally shot and stabbed. The other officer suffered serious injuries, but is currently in stable condition.
Additional police forces that arrived at the scene and killed two of the three attackers discovered two guns, several knives and pipe bombs on the bodies of the terrorists.
In other words, they were planning a much grander, more coordinated attack, and were ultimately foiled by Cohen and her partner.
Israeli security officials called the incident a “turning point” in the current wave of violence, that until now has consisted primarily of “lone wolf” terrorists spontaneously deciding to attack Israelis.
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Media Watchman Challenges Christians Not to Ignore This Demonic Movement
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When terrorism analyst Erick Stakelbeck first got his start, he soon realized sharing his expertise without a scare would be no easy task.
"I would lay out all these facts and say, 'OK, have a nice day,' and people are hiding under their chairs," he joked, referring to the heavy but necessary message of the threat of terrorism.
"But as I've grown, and God has continued to refine me, I know there's a blessed hope, and I try and impress that on people."
Stakelbeck, who reports for the Christian Broadcasting Network, is widely known for his knowledge on the Middle East and national security issues.
Through his show The Watchman and latest book ISIS Exposed, his call now is to uncover threats like ISIS while staying true to the charge of evangelism that all believers have.
"Billy Graham is one of my heroes and Franklin is too," Stakelbeck said. "I never cease to be amazed by Billy's boldness and Franklin's boldness to preach the gospel."
And with similar boldness, Stakelbeck is challenging Christians everywhere to get educated about threats in the Middle East and at home, as well as the message behind recent terrorist attacks that are dominating headlines.
"Here in the West, we have so many distractions. People think the Middle East is thousands and thousands of miles away and could never affect us here," he said.
"But ISIS has declared war against Christians. The leader of ISIS has said, 'We must destroy the defender of the cross.' ... Christians are in the crosshairs."
And that's why believers should be paying attention.
"I think ISIS is a sign of the times. We live in dark times. Perilous times. ISIS is clearly a demonic movement," Stakelbeck added. "We as Christians have a responsibility to be salt and light; to stand against this with the truth of the gospel."
ISIS Explained
The group we now know as ISIS first got its start more than a decade ago.
When the United States went into Iraq in 2003, Islamic terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led the insurgency against the U.S.—soon starting the group he called al-Qaida in Iraq.
They were eventually crushed and Zarqawi was killed.
But after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, the group started to regain momentum.
"It got stronger in Iraq, spread to Syria, and grew into what we see today: the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)," Stakelbeck said.
Now, ISIS is working to establish harsh Islamic Sharia law everywhere.
"There's genocide underway right now in the Middle East ... our brothers and sisters in Christ are being slaughtered," Stakelbeck said. "As a Christian, the body of Christ is being persecuted by this movement."
Fighting Darkness With Light
Stakelbeck often notes the growing threat of homegrown jihad—Americans joining the ranks of terrorists in the Middle East to carry out attacks on U.S. soil.
"ISIS has called for folks to rise up. They call them 'city wolves,' and they're calling on all their city wolves in Europe and the United States to rise up and carry out attacks," he explained.
Yet, even with that reality, Stakelbeck says now is not the time for Christians to be afraid or shrink back.
"I talk to secular people in America all the time who instinctively in their gut feel things are going in a bad direction. But they don't know the Lord, and they don't know what to do about it," he said. "As believers, we have a special responsibility to be that voice and to educate people."
As Christians share God's Word and His promises in these dark times, doors can be opened for others to find security in Christ.
"If we are watchmen and watchwomen on the wall, we are on God's front lines as believers in this day and age," Stakelbeck said. "If we don't speak up about it, who's going to do it?
"No one else is going to do it. We were born in these times for a reason."
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