“Pre-trib”, “mid-trib”, “post-trib”, “pre-wrath”. Perhaps you have heard these terms—perhaps not. They refer to the timing of the Rapture of the Church. “Trib” refers to the seven year Tribulation period prophesied in the Bible that will occur just before Jesus returns and sets up His kingdom on earth. While all rapture positions agree, based on Daniel […]
There should be no question as to the priority of the Church in the absence of her Head. Jesus made this very clear in His final thoughts, yea command, to those who belong to Him. His last words were, “. . .ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, […]
The arrival of the first day of Passover in the year 1096 was eagerly anticipated. The Jews of Trier had celebrated the night before in their homes with a Seder. Trier was a city on the Moselle River in Germany. What had been a joyous event in the Jewish community soon took on dark […]
I noticed the individual approaching from a distance. There was a confidence in his steps, along with a desire for interaction. He had seen our sign asking, “Can you be Jewish and Christian?” Probably no older than 25, Steven brashly proclaimed to me, “I have just come from a seminar refuting your belief that […]
The Temple of God had been completed. More than 150,000 men had labored for seven years in the building of what became known as Solomon’s Temple. The finest wood, the purest gold and silver, and the best materials had gone into the construction of this house of worship. At the dedication of the structure, the […]
“Death to the Jews!!!” “Kill the traitor!!!” The vitriolic cries of the mob were a haunting sound in the ears of the journalist. They would have a profound effect on him and the Jewish people which reverberates to this very day.1 In 1897 Theodore Herzl, the journalist, stationed in Vienna, Austria, chaired the first Zionist […]
“‘Baptism or death,’ had too often been the cry of the church, just as the ‘Koran or the sword’ had been of Islam.”1 Rev. W. T. Gidney, secretary for the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, summarized centuries of the church’s message to the Jewish community in the above statement. Fortunately, things slowly […]
Psalm 45 is a glorious psalm extolling the virtues of the king and his glorious triumph over his enemies. It is majestic in its grace, solemn in its pronouncements, and exhilarating in its promises as it reaches the peak of hope for the war torn, suffering people of Israel. How fitting this psalm is after […]
There are those who believe that the Messianic Movement is the natural alternative to Christianity for saved Jewish people; one whose members effectively reach other Jewish people with the Gospel. Most who hold this view also believe that the Messianic Synagogue is a Jewish church; a nurturing environment where Messianic Jews express […]
TESTIMONY OF MARK ROBINSON The pulsating sound of the sirens couldn’t pierce the blackness of my mind. Where had I gone so wrong in my life that I had come to this point? At 22 years of age, I should have had the world and its limitless opportunities ahead of me. Life should have […]