21 Elul – There Are None Righteous
In the book of Deuteronomy, God told His people that if they were faithful to Him, many blessings would come their way. That promise was juxtaposed against the many curses that would come upon them if they walked in disobedience and broke the covenant. Reading all of...
20 Elul – Why Do The Wicked Prosper?
Have you ever wondered why it seems that God’s people struggle and the wicked prosper? Why does it seem that when good people, trying to live right, have to contend with every difficulty that life has to throw at them? At the same time, there are those whose lifestyle...
19 Elul – The Fruit Will Reflect the Seed
It was on this day, in 1941, that aviator, Charles Lindbergh, gave a political speech that was considered by many to be anti-Semitic. During this infamous speech he said: “Large Jewish ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our...
18 Elul – A Different Spirit
It was on this day that the Amalekites defeated Israel when they attacked their mountain stronghold, in spite of the fact that Moses told them not to do this. This situation came about because the people had listened to the spies’ evil report which provoked God to...
17 Elul – When the Travail Comes
It was on this day, in 1939, that World War II broke out when the German Wehrmacht invaded Poland. While the Germans were invading Poland from the west, the Soviet Union struck the nation from the east. Previously, these two nations had entered into a pact, agreeing...
16 Elul – Will the Jews Rule the World?
It was on this day, in 1903, that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was first published in a series of articles in a Russian newspaper. “The Protocols” was a fictional work intended, solely, to discredit Jews and blame them for most of the world’s...
15 Elul – Restoring A Pure Language
It was on this day, in 1930, that the New York Public School System first introduced Hebrew as a curriculum. This was not the first time Hebrew had been studied in America. The study of the Hebrew language had long been established in America, going back to colonial...
14 Elul – Warring On Our Knees
It was on this day, in 1949, that the Israeli Knesset passed a law that required all Jewish youth, both male and female, to serve in the Israeli military. This was deemed to be a necessity if the state of Israel was going to survive, considering that it was surrounded...
13 Elul – He Is Always Present
It was on this day, in 1942, that a group of Jewish refugees who had fled to Vichy, France were rounded up by Nazi collaborators. This part of France was supposed to be free of Nazi occupation, but even without their actual presence, their influence was still felt....
12 Elul – Do You Believe In Miracles?
If you’re old enough to remember the 1980 Winter Olympics, you might remember the historic hockey game between the United States and the Soviet Union. When it was certain that the United States would win, sportscaster Al Michaels exclaimed, “Do you believe in...
11 Elul – Return of the Prodigal
It was on this day, in 1950, that “Operation Magic Carpet,” a migration of over 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel, officially concluded. This is just one of many examples where Jewish people from around the world have made aliyah, which is to immigrate to the land of...
10 Elul – Clean the Inside of the Cup, First!
In Matthew 23, Yeshua made it very clear that matters of the heart, rather than outward trappings, are what the Father is most interested in when it comes to people. To those who tended to focus upon the outward appearance of things, He said: “Woe to you, scribes and...