Jul 15, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 586 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar and his army breached the walls of Jerusalem and then entered into the city (Jeremiah 39:2). The fascinating part of this story is that God allowed it. “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah,...
Jul 14, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1834 that Queen Maria Christina of Spain, once and for all, abolished the Spanish Inquisition. The Inquisition is a dark stain on European history. Thousands of Jews and others, as well, were forced to convert to Catholicism or be burned at the...
Jul 13, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1938 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an international conference at Evian, France, for the purpose of considering what to do with “displaced persons,” meaning Jews. The negligible results at this particular conference accentuated...
Jul 12, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Israeli commandoes launched a spectacular and daring raid to free about 100 Jewish hostages being held at Entebbe airport in Uganda. It just so happens that, on this same day, the United States was celebrating its bicentennial (July 4,...
Jul 11, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day, in 502 B.C, that Ezekiel was called by God to go to the people of Israel. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that...
Jul 10, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1948 that the city of Jerusalem was bombarded from the air for the very first time in history. Here’s why this is interesting: we know that the Adversary is the prince of the power of the air and, from the beginning of time, has wanted to sit...
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