May 26, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Moses acknowledged that the people had affirmed their desire to hear and to do all that the Lord would instruct them: “So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came...
May 25, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses ascended Mt. Sinai for the very first time. On this initial ascent up to the mountain, God told Moses to speak to the children of Israel and say: “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on...
May 24, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to the book of Jubilee, it was on this day that Jacob and his family departed Canaan and headed to Egypt in order to be reunited with his son, Joseph. It is recorded in Genesis 46: “Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their...
May 23, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
May 22, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
May 21, 2020 | All Posts, On This Day |
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...
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