We’re getting ready for a new semester and a new academic year at the ONE FOR ISRAEL Bible college, preparing for Jewish and Arab Israelis to come and study the word of God together. ONE FOR ISRAEL has become well known for our media ministry, reaching out in Hebrew, Arabic
Some think that Jews stop being Jewish if they believe in Jesus, as if faith in the Messiah somehow cancels Jewish identity, but that’s not right. There are plenty of Jewish people in Israel coming to faith and becoming even more Jewish than they were before! Jewish people believe all
In the run up to the fall feasts, the sixth month of the biblical year, Elul, is a time to turn back to God in repentance… and John the Baptist has a thing or two to say about that subject. The holidays take place in the month of Tishrei, the
Tisha B’Av means the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, and on this day some 2000 years ago, the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. Remarkably, it happened on exactly the same date in the Jewish calendar as Solomon’s temple was destroyed by the Babylonians some
Kabbalat Shabbat means welcoming the Shabbat on Friday night. It makes Friday evening very special for Jewish people – especially Jewish families. The family meal together on Friday is almost a no-excuses obligation. Even for many secular families who have long given up on following God’s laws – getting home
We all know times of distress and difficulty, when we’re caught in dire straits. The three weeks between the dates of 17th Tammuz and 9th of Av in the Jewish calendar are known as the time “בין המצרים” which means “between the straits” or in “dire straits”, and is taken from
In the run up to the fall feasts, the sixth month of the biblical year, Elul, is a time to turn back to God in repentance… and John the Baptist has a thing or two to say about that subject. The holidays take place in the month of Tishrei, the
If God is our Father, Jerusalem is like a mother because it was from Zion that we were redeemed and given new life. It is through what the Messiah accomplished in Zion that we can be born again: through His death and resurrection in Jerusalem that our new life begins.
There’s a famous encounter with a character the Bible describes as the Commander of the Lord’s Army in Joshua chapter 5. His message to Joshua was profound, and his identity even more so. However, there is another extremely important aspect which often gets missed, and that’s what happened next. This
How did Israel get the name Israel? And what does it mean? The answer is not so simple. The word “Israel” is mentioned 2362 times in the Bible, 2284 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 78 times in the New Testament as well. Where does the word come from and
You might have thought the word “hope” would appear in the Bible all over the place. Hundreds of times. But if you’re looking to find hope, the word itself is mentioned just over 80 in the 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures, and just under 80 in the 27 books
After outlining all the desperate straits that he and his countrymen are in, the book of the prophet Habakkuk ends on an extremely interesting and unusual note. The last verse says this: “God, the Lord, is my strength, and He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and He makes me to
Well over 100 Arabic-speaking Christians aged 18-35 from all over the north of Israel came for a conference held by the Arabic ministry of ONE FOR ISRAEL. The conference was entitled “Useful to the Master of the House”, with the focus on becoming useful vessels for God based on a
There are some wild ideas of what life looks like for Israeli Jewish and Arab believers in Jesus, but what’s the reality? It’s not easy that’s for sure, but some viral videos give a completely misleading idea of what happens to the believers here in Israel… And there are some
ONE FOR ISRAEL’s Arabic ministry team, though just three people in number, are seeing some wonderful fruit from their labor. “We saw the work of God, there have been some big challenges, and we needed miracles,” Carlos Damianos relayed. They needed miracles and they got them. But there’s more to
Jesus’ genealogies are frequently said to be irreconcilable. They are not. They are an invitation to delve deeply into the history of both Israel and her Messiah, intended not to mystify but to edify. Guest blog by James Bejon The New Testament attributes two different genealogies to Jesus. One is
Capital punishment by stoning!? By hanging!? By burning at the stake!? Sometimes to the modern reader the maximum penalties in the Old Testament may seem cruel, barbaric or primitive. On the other hand, our system of punishment in modern day western society would be regarded as weak, too soft and ridiculous in
God created an escape from eternal death through his Word, which became flesh. He is the Messiah, Yeshua, who was born of the virgin Mary (Isaiah 7:14), in fact, all the Old Testament prophets pointed to him for thousands of years. In the Holy Scriptures we learn that God has
