I’ve had a few people ask me recently, “Do you think this is the end times?” The context for their question had more to do with the world’s fight against Israel and how we know Israel remains a key figure—and a controversial one—up until the last days. But even without that context, is it difficult to imagine that the world we live in today might be rapidly approaching its end as we know it? That the labor pains we are warned about (1 Thessalonians 5:3) are the pains we see o

חג פורים שמח! ! Happy Purim Esther 4:14b (ESV) “And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Purim is a fun day of celebration, delicious hamantashen and costumes… but it’s also an IMPORTANT holiday! Without God using Mordecai and Esther to save the Jews from the evil plans of Haman, we wouldn’t have the birth of Yeshua just five centuries later! God truly has a master plan that spans all of time, doesn’t He?! Esther was exiled, orphaned, o

For the past two years, I’ve had the incredible blessing of being in Israel for Sukkot, specifically in Haifa. This photo is from two years ago at Beit Eliyahu with Pastor Shmuel Aweida , my “home congregation” when in Israel. This year, the holidays look very different as Israel is under a strict lockdown. While I’m not under the same lockdown here in Georgia, there’s nothing like celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles in the Holy Land! We see in John 7:1-24 (ESV) that Jesus

Today is Yom Ha'Atzmaut! It may be Israel’s 72nd birthday, but God has been setting Israel apart for thousands of years!