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O Hashem, as befits Your abundant benevolence, let Your wrathful fury turn back from Your city Yerushalayim, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers,Yerushalayim and Your people have become a mockery among all who are around us Daniel 9:16 (The Israel Bible™)
a-do-NAI k’-khol tzid-ko-TE-kha ya-shov NA a-p’-KHA va-kha-ma-t’-KHA may-ee-r’-KHA y’-ru-sha-LA-im har kod-SHE-kha KEE va-kha-ta-AY-nu u-va-a-vo-NOT a-vo-TAY-nu y’-ru-sha-LA-im v’-a-m’-KHA l’-kher-PAH l-khol s’-vee-vo-TAY-nu
Praying for the Return to Jerusalem
In the above verse, Daniel lists three reasons as to why Hashem (God) should accept his prayers and redeem the Children of Israel from their Babylonian exile: For the sake of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), for the sake of the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple) and for the sake of the Children of Israel themselves. Daniel points out that is is an embarrassment to Hashem that His holy city lie in ruins and that Yerushalayim and the Children of Israel are one. When Yerushalayim lies in ruins, the Children of Israel become the subject of international mockery. Daniel's prayers for the return of the Children of Israel to Yerushalayim was echoed in the hopes and prayers of Jews around the world for three thousands years during the Jewish exile from the land. With the miraculous reunification of Yerushalayim in 1967, Hashem finally answered the prayers of His children as they once again filled the streets of Yerushalayim.
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By Dr. Denis MacEoin It is sad but possibly to be expected that many Palestinian Christians – who are constantly under threat but have not been killed or expelled – identify closely with the cause of their Muslim fellows as they engage in often violent “resistance” to Israel and the limited Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank (Judaea and Samaria). Christians may have a long history in Syria and Palestine, but the earliest Christians, including Christ, were, of course, Jews.
Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame died on Saturday after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during Friday’s terrorist attack on a Super U supermarket in Trèbes, southern France. (Frans Timmermans via Twitter)
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As further details emerge about the horrific terror attack in Southern France, it has been reported that the police officer who took the place of a hostage and was subsequently killed, was a practicing Christian.
Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame died on Saturday after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during Friday's terrorist attack on a Super U supermarket in Trèbes, southern France. An ISIS-inspired gunman killed Beltrame and three others.
In a tactical move, Col. Beltrame left his phone on as he entered the supermarket so that his colleagues could hear any conversation between him and the terrorist. Tragically, he was shot in the neck by jihadist Radouane Lakdim prior to police storming the supermarket and fatally shooting the Moroccan-born Frenchman.
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When former Israeli National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen was named head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, he noted that Israel was only established because of the help of God and that God's help is just as needed today. And Cohen was right! It has often been said that Israel's secret weapon is faith. More accurately, Israel's greatest weapon is God, yet it is our faith in Him that activates His intervention.
In Deuteronomy, after Moses had concluded blessing each of the 12 tribes of Israel, just prior to his death, Moses gave a general blessing to the entire nation. He said: "Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights" (Deut. 33:29).
The Jewish sages explain that it is precisely because Israel looks to God as our "shield and helper" that God becomes our "glorious sword," allowing us to overcome our enemies. Indeed, our faith is what has helped Israel overcome overwhelming odds and is the reason why we are still here.
In the 1800s, the kaiser of Prussia asked his head adviser if he could prove the existence of God. Otto Von Bismarck replied, "The Jews, sir, the Jews." There is no natural explanation for how a tiny group of people, twice exiled from their land, and persecuted repeatedly for millennia, could still be around today.
Moreover, the fact that the Jewish people have returned to their homeland, a feat never accomplished by any other nation, is nothing less than miraculous. As Moses said, "Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord?" The only explanation for the miracle of the existence of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, is the existence of God.
However, what I love most about this verse is that it instills hope and inspires faith for the future. Just as God has helped Israel beat the odds for the past 70 years, we can be sure that He will continue to do so for the next 70 years—and longer! Even as Israel faces unprecedented challenges today, we can trust in God for unparalleled salvation.
We are watching history unfold before our very eyes. We are watching ancient prophecies come to fruition. And like Israel, when we activate our faith, we can activate God's intervention during these tumultuous times. The God of Israel is great. The God of Israel lives. And the God of Israel will protect and guide all who call to Him.
As the Scriptures say: "The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth" (Ps. 145:18). Let us say Amen!
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein is the founder and president The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship). The organization has offices in Jerusalem, Chicago, Toronto and Seoul.
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