Nov 26, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 109 B.C. that King John Hyrcanus destroyed the city of Samaria, the capital of the Samaritans. Eventually, this day became a national holiday in Judea. However, the ancient sect of Samaritans have survived to this very day. For...
Nov 25, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
When traveling in the Middle East, certain things become very clear very quickly. One of those things is the value of water. It’s badly needed. It’s scarce and, consequently, a very valuable commodity. The value of water is accentuated by the fact that, in Israel,...
Nov 24, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day in 164 B. C., that the stones of the sacred altar were defiled by the Greeks and removed from the Temple. When it comes to God’s house, anything that has been deemed holy is not to be contaminated with those things that are...
Nov 23, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1917 that the British Army captured Gaza from the Turkish Empire as they advanced toward Jerusalem and beyond. The area that we now know as Israel is part of a region called the Levant, which stretches from the fertile regions of...
Nov 22, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
As God’s people, we are called to be holy which is also understood to be “set apart,” or in Hebrew, קדוש kadosh, holy. “For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy”...
Nov 21, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12-13) All of us want to be considered His...
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