Yair Levi never wanted to be a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. His life aspirations were to become a singer and writer in his native land of Israel, and to bring peace and harmony to his people through song. And while Levi has had the opportunity to do just that, through very unfortunate circumstances, …
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On Sept. 13, 1993, the Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin—together with then Foreign Minister and now President Shimon Peres—signed the Oslo Peace Accords at the White House with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. In September 2000, seven years later, these peace accords would collapse, and they have been in survival mode ever since. In September 2013, …
Vision for Israel founder Barry Segal offers reflections from the Holy Land on the nation’s current threats. Have you ever felt recently the world is spinning faster? Does it seem as if yesterday’s news is already old? Almost everyone I speak with believes the world is getting out of control–or at least that’s the impression. …
We are on the brink of a spiritual breakthrough in the nation of
Israel. Today, the number of Israeli Messianic Jewish believers is
estimated at 12,000, with about 140 different congregations and home
fellowships. God is birthing a new end-time movement of Jewish lovers in
Yeshua that is becoming a prophetic voice to Israel as well as to other
nations. This is truly a time to rejoice.
Nevertheless, many Jewish believers in Israel regularly experience
not only rejection by the traditional Jewish religious establishment but
also growing antagonism and hostility from extremist ultra-orthodox
elements. What is happening to the Messianic Jews is to be expected
considering we are in the end times. Similar persecution is being
experienced by believers all over the world.
We are on the brink of a spiritual breakthrough in the nation of Israel. Today, the number of Israeli Messianic Jewish believers is estimated at 12,000, with about 140 different congregations and home fellowships. God is birthing a new end-time movement of Jewish lovers in Yeshua that is becoming a prophetic voice to Israel as well as to other nations. This is truly a time to rejoice.
Nevertheless, many Jewish believers in Israel regularly experience not only rejection by the traditional Jewish religious establishment but also growing antagonism and hostility from extremist ultra-orthodox elements. What is happening to the Messianic Jews is to be expected considering we are in the end times. Similar persecution is being experienced by believers all over the world.
Did Israel go far enough earlier this year in its battle against the terror and rockets of Hamas? The Bible holds the key to understanding this question.
The Jewish prophet Amos wrote, “Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, who cause the seat of violence to come near” (Amos 6:3, NKJV). The ancient Hebrew word for what our English Scriptures translate as “violence” is the word hamas. In fact, many of the Hebrew Scriptures use the word hamas wherever it says “violence.”
Today there are more than 12,000 Jewish believers in the Messiah. Hundreds of years ago, the Old Testament prophet Isaiah declared: “And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, will never again depend on him who defeated them, but …
