Are you getting tired of hearing about Israel’s elections? So are we. We had hopes that this third election would be it! But those hopes began to fade as the final results came in the day after the elections: Even though Likud could claim a big win, it still could only pull together 58 mandates (three fewer than what they need to form a government), and the voices...

by Tamar Afriat Since the beginning of 2020, the news cycle has been dominated by constant attention-grabbing headlines which put last week’s news far from the mind. However, during the first couple months of 2020, there were two unprecedented and  highly significant events for Israel and the region—events which, for better or worse, have had surprisingly little coverage in...

David is a born street evangelist: He’s outgoing, friendly, has a winning smile and a passion to share the Messiah with people—even in the face of physical attacks. Every week you can find him somewhere on the streets of Tel Aviv, witnessing and praying with people. Here’s his story! Something is Missing “I grew up in a traditional Jewish home, that is,...

by Tamar Afriat At the end of Sukkot (Tabernacles), we mark one last holiday called Shemini Atzeret, a somewhat less well-know and obscure holiday. Understanding this holiday will also give us a better understanding of the symbolic meaning of the tabernacle we are commanded to dwell in during the holiday of Sukkot: “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s...

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’ (Leviticus 23:23-25) The Day of Trumpeting: back to the original meaning Of all the biblical feasts, this is the only one we don’t...

Will there be a Third Temple? It is a good question that believers who study end time scriptures end up pondering. There are prophesies which seem to say that, before the Messiah’s return, a third Temple will be built and ritual sacrifices will be reinstated which the Antichrist will encourage and then put a stop to (Daniel 9, Ezekiel 40-48, Matthew 24, 2 Thessalonians 2)....