by Mark Robinson | Jan 29, 2010 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Rev. Mark Robinson “Death to the Jews!!!” “Kill the traitor!!!” The vitriolic cries of the mob were a haunting sound in the ears of the journalist. They would have a profound effect on him and the Jewish people which reverberates to...
by Mark Robinson | Dec 21, 2009 | Facebook Friends
YESHUA – pronounce with a short “e” and long “u” as in “you.” The accent can be on the first syllable or the second; YE-shu-a or Ye-SHU-a. YESHUA – “deliverance,” “freedom,” “help,A”...
by Mark Robinson | Dec 16, 2009 | Facebook Friends
CHANUKAH, THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND By Ken Symes The Old Testament era closed with the writing of the prophet Malachi in about 430 B.C. From Malachi to the advent of Jesus in 4 B.C., there were about four hundred “silent” years where there is little record...
by Mark Robinson | Nov 30, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Rev. Mark Robinson I noticed the individual approaching from a distance. There was a confidence in his steps, along with a desire for interaction. He had seen our sign asking, “Can you be Jewish and Christian?” Probably no older than 25, Steven...
by Mark Robinson | Sep 9, 2009 | 2015 PROPHECY CRUISE
by Thomas Ice 06/2009 Paul Wilkinson, a British Christian Zionist, recently included a chapter in his book For Zion’s Sake1 about a movement that is the polar opposite of Christian Zionism he termed “Christian Palestinianism.” He defines it as...
by Mark Robinson | Sep 4, 2009 | About Us, Facebook Friends
PURPOSE OF JEWISH AWARENESS MINISTRIES: Proclaim the Messiah: In following the biblical mandate of “to the Jew first” our personnel have an evangelistic outreach ministry to the Jewish people of their community and, at times, beyond. Our conviction of the...
by Mark Robinson | Sep 4, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Rev. Mark Robinson The Temple of God had been completed. More than 150,000 men had labored for seven years in the building of what became known as Solomon’s Temple. The finest wood, the purest gold and silver, and the best materials had gone into the...
by Mark Robinson | Sep 4, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Moshe Gold Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most sacred day ordained by God for the Jewish people – a day of fasting, affliction of the soul, sacrifice and prayer (Leviticus 23:27-31). In the days of the Tabernacle and the Temples the...
by Mark Robinson | Sep 4, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Jeffrey Berg One of the first signs of autumn in the Jewish community is the sound of the shofar, or ram’s horn, bellowing through the leaves. When one hears the blast of "Tekiah" and the staccato sound of "Shevarim" from the...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 11, 2009 | Facebook Friends
Temple Institute to Build Sacrificial Altar on Tisha B’av by Yehudah Lev Kay(IsraelNN.com) The Temple Institute will begin building the sacrificial altar on Thursday, Tisha B’av, a fast day when Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple some 2,000 years...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The arrival of the first day of Passover in the year 1096 was eagerly anticipated. The Jews of Trier had celebrated the night before in their homes with a Seder. Trier was a city on the Moselle River in Germany. What had been a joyous event in...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Moshe Gold When we have guests visiting Israel, we take them to a store in Jerusalem owned by two Orthodox Jewish men who have become authoritative spokesmen in Jewish apologetics and welcome conversation regarding the Jewish perception of Christianity. Most of...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Ken Symes The Old Testament era closed with the writing of the prophet Malachi in about 430 B.C. From Malachi to the advent of Jesus in 4 B.C., there were about four hundred "silent" years where there is little record of God’s activities...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The glow of the light from the Temple Menorah, piercing through the windows of the Temple, illuminated the court-yard of the Temple area. The crowds mingling in the courtyard this winter day were reminded by the menorah light of the ever present...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Jeffrey Berg “Twas the night before Chanukah, Boichecks and Maidels, Not a sound could be heard, not even the Draidels. The Menorah was set by the chimney alight, In the kitchen, the Bubbie was choppin’ a bite. Salami, pastrami, a glassele tay, and...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Ken Symes December is a time when both Christians and Jews celebrate an important holiday. For the Christians it is Christmas. For the Jews it is Chanukah, also known as the Festival of Lights or Dedication. The only mention of this Jewish holiday...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Rev. Mark Robinson The spring day was typical in many ways for Jerusalem. The sun was shining and the air was crisp, but there was one notable difference. Hundreds were anxiously awaiting the sacrifice. It was April, and the celebration of Passover was at hand....
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Dr. Keith Megilligan New love is exquisite. There is joy for the first time that enters the heart of the one who is in love. When you view the radiant faces of the young couple who stand enraptured in each others’ presence at their wedding, you...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 10, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson “Pre-trib”, “mid-trib”, “post-trib”, “pre-wrath”. Perhaps you have heard these terms—perhaps not. They refer to the timing of the Rapture of the Church. “Trib” refers to the seven year...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Jeffrey Berg “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” When one reads...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Rev. Mark Robinson The night sky is calm and serene. In a way it mirrors, at least outwardly, the condition of the nation. Everywhere the comfort of wealth is evident. Little seems to be lacking in this nation that has been so blessed of God. The inhabitants have...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By: Kenneth G. Symes Today, one of the most controversial subjects in Scripture is the issue of the virgin birth. The Jewish Rabbis, along with many Christian leaders, do not believe that Isaiah 7:10-16 teaches that the Messiah was to be virgin born. Does this...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Moshe Gold On the Seder plate1 containing the main ritual items of the Passover is a place marked by the Hebrew word Zerôah. It is here that a roasted shank bone of a lamb is placed to symbolize the Pascal lamb once offered in the Temple. This is a purely...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Roland Mills In the Bible, we have recorded for us what is called the “…feast of the LORD” (Leviticus 23:4). Seven feasts are recorded in Leviticus 23. Together, they tell us the marvelous story of God’s dealings with His chosen people and...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The long evening of the Seder was winding down. A few hours earlier family and friends had gathered for the beginning of the annual tradition of the Passover Seder; it seemed as if the reading of the Passover Haggadah would never get to the place...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The highlight of the entire Passover Seder is the drama surrounding the afikomen. At the beginning of the evening the leader of the Seder will lift up the tri-compartment matzoh bag, and remove the middle board of matzoh. This middle piece is...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Moshe Gold No other Bible portion has created as much controversy between Christian and Jewish people as the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah (52:13 – 53:12). According to traditional Jewish teaching, the Suffering Servant is the nation of Israel. The...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Jeffrey Berg When America was living through the horror of the “9-11 Terror Attacks,” the Jewish High Holy Days were being observed. My wife, Arlene, and I had a wonderful opportunity to visit a Lubavitch (Ultra Orthodox) rabbi. The visit took...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Pastor Marty Baker, Th.M. Shame. It is exactly what Paul tells the Roman Christians he doesn’t feel when he thinks about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Here is how he states it: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel …” (Romans 1:16a). Ostensibly, this...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Jeffrey Berg The power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes…” is the heart of Romans 1:16. There can be no salvation without the power of God. The word “power,” in Romans 1:16, comes from the Greek word, “dunamis.” We...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
By Jeffery Berg In Matthew 23:37-39, the Lord Jesus made a very grim prediction of the future events of the Holy City, Jerusalem. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson There should be no question as to the priority of the Church in the absence of her Head. Jesus made this very clear in His final thoughts, yea command, to those who belong to Him. His last words were, “. . .ye shall be witnesses unto...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by John Metzger One of the questions that used to come to mind before I was in Jewish ministries was why God only seemed to be interested in the Jewish people while the rest of the ancient world knew nothing of God, and died being eternally separated from God in hell....
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
K.G. Symes “Do you mean to tell me that Jewish people reject the teaching that the suffering servant in Isaiah 53 is the Messiah?” To the young man’s question I replied: “Yes, because the Christians used this passage to witness to Jewish folk...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
Mark Robinson Isaiah 53 is perhaps the pivotal chapter in the Jewish Bible in helping determine the identity of the Messiah and the work he would do. With the possible exception of the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27, the grandeur of this chapter...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Moshe Gold During the Battle of Armageddon Messiah Jesus will return to earth destroying all armies arrayed against the Holy City of Jerusalem. Following their defeat, they will be judged and put to death. The False Messiah and the False Prophet will be...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends, Israel's Messenger
by Mark Robinson The future of the city of Jerusalem is of vital concern to the three main monotheistic religions of the world—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each has a compelling interest in this city. The present-day Middle East conflict between Israel and...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | Facebook Friends
The pulsating sound of the sirens couldn’t pierce the blackness of my mind. Where had I gone so wrong in my life that I had come to this point? At 22 years of age I should have had the world and its limitless opportunities ahead of me. Life should have been a...
by Mark Robinson | Aug 8, 2009 | About Us, Facebook Friends
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by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
Our Word this time is not Hebrew, but rather Aramaic! It is a very interesting term that is used in the beautiful, joyous holiday of Succot (Succos), or the Feast of Tabernacles! As many of you know, G-d’s people were in captivity in Babylon for 70 years where...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
CHASIDA – pronouncethe "ch" with the guttural sound from the back of the throat; the "a’s" are short vowels, and the "i" is pronounced as "ee."The accent is on the last syllable; cha-see-DA. CHASIDA – "STORK." ...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
TISHA B’AV – pronounce “TISHA” with a short “i” and “a,” and with the accent on “TISH.” Pronounce B’AV with a short “a.” The “B” in “B’AV” is pronounced...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
RAFUAH SHELAIMHAH – pronounce "rafuah" with two short "a’s" and a long "u" as in "too." The accent is on the second syllable. "Shelaimhah" is pronounced with a short "e", long "a" (as...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
HaDevri HaIvrit, or The Hebrew Word, is a word that is of utmost importance at this time of year at Pesach, or Passover. CHOMETZ – pronounce with the guttural "ch," a short "o," and a short "e." The accent is on the first...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
YESHUA – pronounce with a short "e" and long "u" as in "you." YESHUA – "deliverance," "freedom," "help," "safety," "security," "salvation." Yeshua comes from the...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg CHANUKAH – pronounce “CHAN-u-kah” with the Hebrew guttural “ch” and the long “u”. This word is also spelled HANUKAH and approximately 13 other ways, with one or two “n’s” and...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg YOM HaSHOAH – pronounce “YOM” with a long “O.” “SHOAH” is pronounced with a long “O” as well. The accent is on the first syllable – “SHO-ah.” YOM HaSHOAH – Hebrew for...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg YOM HA-ATZMA’UT – pronounce “YOM” to rhyme with “comb.” Pronounce “HA” with a short “a.” In “ATZMA’UT” the two “A’s” are short, and “UT”...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg SHIVAH ASAR be-TAMMUZ – pronounce “Shivah Asar” with a short “i” and short “a’s.” “Tammuz” is pronounced with a short “a” and long “u.” With the accents, these words...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg TISHA B’AV – pronounce “TISHA” with a short “i” and “a,” and with the accent on “TISH.” Pronounce B’AVwith a short “a.” The “B” in “B’AV” is...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg SELICHOT – pronounce the "seli" as "slee" to rhyme with "me." The "chot" rhymes with "float," but remember that the "ch" is the Hebrew guttural sound from the back of the throat. The...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg ROSH HaSHANAH – Hebrew for “HEAD OF THE YEAR” or “NEW YEAR” – JEWISH NEW YEAR. From sundown Wednesday, September 20, 2017, to sundown on Friday, September 22, 2017 Jewish people worldwide will observe Rosh...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg YOM KIPPUR – pronounce the “o” in “Yom” as a long “o,” to rhyme with “toe.” “Kippur” is pronounced with a short “i,” and the “ur” rhymes with “or.” ...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg TU B’SHEVAT – pronounce “Tu” as “too,” and “Shevat” with a short “e” and “a.” The accent is on the “vat.” TU B’SHEVAT is Hebrew for “the fifteenth of...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg CHESED – pronounce with the guttural "ch" and two short "e’s." The accent is on the first syllable. CHESED – Hebrew for "grace, mercy, lovingkindness." Chesed has a much deeper meaning than this,...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 14, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg PESACH – pronounce with a short “e” and a short “a.” The accent is on the first syllable, and the “ch” is guttural, from the back of the throat. PESACH – Hebrew for “to pass over, to pass by, to...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg ETZ CHAIM – pronounce “Etz” with a long “a.” “Chaim” is pronounced with the Hebrew guttural “ch.” It is pronounced as two syllables, the first containing a long “i” and the second...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
ROSH CHODESH – pronounce "ROSH" with a long "O." The "CH" is the Hebrew guttural from the back of the throat. "CHODESH" is pronounced with a long "O" and a short "E," with the accent on the first syllable –...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
This non-Biblical holiday is a minor one, and is one that is observed only by the Orthodox and Chasidim (Ultra-Orthodox). LAG BA-OMER – pronounce “LAG” as “Log.” Pronounce “OMER” to rhyme with “roamer.” ...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg DEVAIKUS, DEVEKUT – "ATTACHMENT," "THE ACT OF CLEAVING TO GOD," "INTENSE DEVOTION" DEVAIKUS – pronounce the "ai" as a long "a." The "e" and "u" are both short vowels. ...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg SHAVUOT, SHAVUOS — pronounce with a short “a,” a long “u,” and a long “o.” The accent is on the “vu.” There are two spellings for this word since the last letter in this word, in Hebrew, can be...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg SIMCHAT TORAH, SIMCHAS TORAH “Simchat,” “Simchas” are both pronounced with a short “i” and a short “a”. The accent is on the first syllable for “Simchas,” and on the second syllable for...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
by Arlene Berg PURIM – pronounce “pu” to rhyme with “to,” and “rim” to rhyme with “team.” The emphasis is on the second syllable. PURIM – Hebrew for “lots.” PUR is the singular word for...
by Mark Robinson | Mar 13, 2008 | Facebook Friends
This “Hebrew Word” is one that is very, very sobering and quite incomprehensible. Yet, how we really need to thank and praise God for it and live in the light of it. AGMAS NEFESH – pronounce “agmas” with short “a’s.” ...
by Daniel Trimpey | May 4, 2007 | Facebook Friends
Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 4, 2007www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178198606866&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFullUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice strikes an eerie resemblance to her predecessor Madeleine Albright these days. Rice’s...
