29 Iyar — The Battle for Jerusalem
It was on this day in the year 70 AD that the Romans completed the construction of embankments around the city of Jerusalem as they prepared for their final assault on the city. Two thousand years later, not a whole lot has changed. Through other means, the nations of...
Daily Bread — Thursday, June 6, 2024
You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. (Deuteronomy 25:4) This passage singles out the ox but should, obviously, be applied to all beasts that are in service to mankind. The primary issue is to point out how unfair and inconsiderate it is to expect...
28 Iyar — Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
It was on this day, in 1967, that Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem, uniting the city for the first time since the dawning of the modern state of Israel. It was also on this day that the huge bulge of the country of Jordan that lay on the “West Bank” of the...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, June 5, 2024
It shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows. Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with...
27 Iyar — Restoring the Kingdom to Israel
It was on this day, the 27th of Iyar, that, most likely, the Messiah ascended into heaven, as recorded in Acts 1. We know that He was crucified on the Preparation Day, which is the 14th day of Aviv. We know that He was resurrected on the third day, which was, most...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, June 4, 2024
If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked ... (Deuteronomy 25:1) As long as I've been alive and involved with ministry, the word judgment has always conjured up...
26 Iyar — Still Fighting the Six Day War
It was on this day in 1967, June 5th on the Gregorian calendar, that war broke out between Israel and several of her Arab neighbors in what is known as “The Six Day War.” On the very same day, Israel captured a very important Egyptian military base in the Sinai...
Daily Bread — Monday, June 3, 2024
When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees,...
25 Iyar — Our Closest Friend
Today’s theme is friends and friendship. Solomon had this to say about friends: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” (Proverbs 17:17) In other words, a friend will love you even when you’re unlovable. A friend will stick by you and not...
24 Iyar — No Suffering, No Glory
It was on this day in 1945 that Nazi Germany surrendered, unconditionally, to the Allies. With the defeat of one of the most evil regimes that has ever existed came the push to establish a Jewish nation in their ancient homeland. Out of the ashes of the Holocaust came...
Daily Bread — Saturday, June 1, 2024
When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. (Deuteronomy 24:10-12)...
23 Iyar — Closer Than He’s Ever Been
It was on this day that Moses struck the rock in order to provide water for the people in the wilderness. This is recorded in Exodus 17: And the Lord said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your...