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Isaiah 2:5 – ”Let Us Walk in the Light”
| August 13, 2018
The early chapters of Isaiah include a call to walk in the light of the Lord, and make three strong statements about light and darkness. “Come, house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord”(Isaiah 2:5). “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light […]
Isaiah 40 and Matthew 3: Voice in the Wilderness
| August 13, 2018
The New Testament interprets the voice in the wilderness mentioned in Isaiah as a reference to John the Baptist. According to Matthew 3:1-3: In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through […]
A Virgin Shall Conceive – Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23
| August 13, 2018
There are clear parallels between the way the Hebrew Bible in Isaiah 7:14 and the New Testament in Matthew 1:23, describe this event. In Isaiah as quoted by Matthew, “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”(Matthew 1:23). The Virgin Birth: Isaiah says, “I approached the prophetess and […]
| July 25, 2018
Isaiah was an 8th century BC prophet. The first verse of the Book of Isaiah states that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah , Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah (Isaiah 1:1). Uzziah’s reign was 52 years in the middle of the 8th century BCE, and Isaiah must have begun his ministry a […]
January 16, 1996 Terror on Hebron – Jerusalem Road
| June 28, 2018
Sgt. Yaniv Shimel and Major Oz Tibon, both of Jerusalem, were killed when terrorists fired on their car on the Hebron-Jerusalem road.
Palestine National Charter of 1964
| June 25, 2018
Introduction: we, the Palestinian Arab people, who waged fierce and continuous battles to safeguard its homeland, to defend its dignity and honor, and who offered all through the years continuous caravans of immortal martyrs, and who wrote the noblest pages of sacrifice, offering and giving. We, the Palestinian Arab people, who faced the forces of […]
December 1951 Director of UNRWA in report to the Sixth General Assembly
| May 8, 2018
December 1951 Arab Refugees The Director of UNRWA in his report to the Sixth General Assembly, wrote: “The refugees are better off than the poorest levels of the native population, and in some cases better off than the Arabs of Palestine. It is, to let statistics speak, indicative of the material side of the question […]
October 7, 1951 David Ben Gurion
| May 8, 2018
David Ben Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, in presenting the policies of his Government to the Parliament stated: “The Government … will strive for permanent peace with the neighboring countries, in cooperation with them in the development of the Middle East.”
October 1951 Palestine Conciliation Commission
| May 8, 2018
October 1951 Islam Says No to Jewish Homeland and State of Israel At the meetings of the Palestine Conciliation Commission, the Arab states refused to agree to a pledge of non-aggression against Israel, a pledge offered by Israel to the Arab states.
September 27, 1951 The Times of London
| May 8, 2018
The Times of London When in September 1951 the Palestine Concilliation Commission submitted a five point peace proposal to the Israel and Arab delegations, providing inter alia for the “repatriation of Arab refugees in categories which could be integrated into the economy of the State of Israel and who wish to return and live in […]