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  Happy 76th Independence Day, Israel! Isaiah 66:8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.   Thanks Amir for reminding us.

  Balaam Foretells the Happiness of Israel 24  Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use [ a ] sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2  And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3  Then he took up his oracle and said: “The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened, 4  The utterance of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open: 5  “How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel! 6  Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by the riverside, Like aloes planted by the Lord , Like cedars beside the waters. 7  He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. “His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. 8  “God brin...

 HaTikvah ("The Hope") Israel's National Anthem The words to Israel's national anthem were written in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia. The melody was written by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia. Cohen actually based the melody on a musical theme found in Bedrich Smetana’s "Moldau."   Kol ode balevav p'nimah -­‐ Nefesh Yehudi homiyah Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah Ayin l'tzion tzofiyah. Ode lo avdah tikvatenu Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim: L'hiyot am chofshi b'artzenu -­‐ Eretz Tzion v'Yerushalayim. English translation: As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart, With eyes turned toward the East, looking toward Zion, Then our hope -­‐ the two-­‐thousand-­‐year-­‐old hope -­‐ will not be lost: To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem

  In 1954, when Ben Gurion was Prime Minister, he traveled to the USA to meet with President Eisenhower to request his assistance and support in the early and difficult days of Israel. John Foster Dulles, who was then the secretary of state, confronted Ben Gurion and challenged him as follows: "Tell me, Mr. Prime Minister - who do you and your country represent? Does it represent the Jews of Poland, perhaps Yemen, Romania, Morocco, Iraq, Russia or perhaps Brazil? After 2000 years of exile can you honestly speak about a single nation, a single culture? Can you speak about a single heritage or perhaps a single Jewish tradition?" Ben Gurion answered him as follows: "Look, Mr. Secretary of State - approximately 300 years ago the Mayflower set sail from England and on it were the first settlers who settled in what would become the largest democratic superpower known as the United States of America. Now, do me a favor - go out into the streets and find 10 Ame...

 

  T he Wars of the End Times Home > Articles > The Wars of the End Times The Wars of the End Times How many and when will they happen? By Dr. David R. Reagan...