Weekly Update Archives - Christians for Israel International

Weekly Update: Can a nation be born in one day?

This has been a very emotional week in Israel. Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) was Israel’s official annual memorial day dedicated to fallen soldiers, as well as civilian victims of terrorism. Yesterday (Wednesday) morning, the nation observed two minutes of silence for the 23,928 men, …

Weekly Update: Remembering the Holocaust is not enough

Today is Yom HaShoah – the day appointed by Israel to commemorate the “Shoah”, the Holocaust that took place only …

Weekly Update: Passover, Easter and the blindness of the West

This week, nestled between Jewish Passover and Christian Easter, we take a step back to consider the West’s struggle to …

Weekly Update: Coming home to God

Tomorrow, 27th March 2021, is the beginning of Pesach: the season in which the Jewish people remember that the Lord …

Weekly Update: Confusion

A lot can be said about the Corona “pandemic. But one thing is clear: it is creating a lot of …

Weekly Update: One people

The Old Testament contains many promises by God to bring home the twelve tribes of Jacob, and to make them …

Weekly Update: What happens when the nations reject God’s appointed conscience of humanity?

God called Abraham and established the nation of Israel to be a “light to the nations”. Israel’s calling is to …

Why the World Council of Churches is very, very wrong – and the world needs to know

Rev. Frank Chikane – the moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs …

Weekly Update: Our obsession with “saving Israel in spite of herself”

In a recent column in Jerusalem Post David M. Weinberg argues that the foreign policy elite installed by the new …

Weekly Update: Jerusalem – the cup is really trembling!

Last week we reflected on the scriptures that speak of a conflict between Israel and a coalition of nations, as …

Weekly Update: ‘It’s the oil, stupid.’

In Ezekiel chapter 38-39 God speaks through the prophet Ezekiel of a war that will erupt in the Middle East …

Weekly Update: Has the church really learned from the Holocaust?

This week there are many ceremonies around the world to remember the Holocaust. Many Christians will say “Never Again”. But …

Weekly Update: Which spirit will reign in Washington?

All eyes are on Washington at the moment as incoming President Biden embarks on the momentous work of healing a …

Weekly Update: Persia and Israel

The government in Iran – a country that covers the region of “Persia” of the Bible, and, like other states …

Weekly Update: Anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea

Jesus taught that one of the main signs of the end times preceding His coming will be the “tossing of …

Weekly Update: “Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with His people”

The restoration of the twelve tribes to the land continues unabated. God is fulfilling His promises. As the articles below …

Weekly Update: Dedication

This week is Hanukkah – the festival of lights. This festival reminds us that God’s covenants are not to be …

Weekly Update: The glasses we choose to wear

The return of the Jewish people to the land of their forefathers is an amazing story, and it’s happening in …

Weekly Update: The price of “peace and security”

In early December the Jewish people will celebrate Hanukkah – the Festival of Lights. They take time to reflect on …

Weekly Update: What is a great leader?

Perhaps no other question is more relevant today than this: what makes a great leader? According to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, …