Did God Abandon His People When He Destroyed the Temple?
What do you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Jeremiah is known as the prophet of destruction and rebuke. Indeed, he was given the unenviable task of warning the Jews of the impending destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. But were all of his...
Dead Sea Scrolls are the “Most Significant Discovery of the 20th Century”
In 1946, a Bedouin shepherd fell into a cave in Qumran and discovered a number of papyrus scrolls in pottery jars that he took back to his family. The shepherd sold a number of scrolls to an antiquities dealer for 7 Jordanian pounds. This discovery of the “Dead Sea...
Who is Gedalia and why do Jews fast for him?
Archaeologists in Israel uncovered evidence from nearly three thousand years ago, proving the existence of Gedaliah, a relatively minor character mentioned in the Bible, whose life is still commemorated till this very day by Jews every year through an annual fast day....
The Lovely Almond Tree: Symbolizing the Temple in Destruction and Resurrection
Going out to the fields in Israel in the winter presents the beautiful sight of almond trees in bloom, covered in white blossoms. But it is not for its physical beauty that the almond is mentioned so many times in the Bible. Jacob relied on the spiritual connection...
