Jerusalem Delivered

development of churches throughout Rome as well as the Holy Land (St. Helen). St. Helena gave orders to the Emperor Constantine to build a church in Jerusalem in honor of the Resurrection of Christ. She also discovered the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. Due to her extensive service to the church and her efforts in discovering the True Cross, St. Helena is known as the “Equal of the Apostles.” During the Reform Movement women took advantage of the new ideas that were…

The timing of the rapture in relation to the tribulation is one of the most controversial issues in the church today. The three primary views are pre-tribulational (the rapture occurs before the tribulation), mid-tribulational (the rapture occurs at or near the mid-point of the tribulation), and post-tribulational (the rapture occurs at the end of the tribulation). A fourth view, commonly known as pre-wrath, is a slight modification of the mid-tribulational position. In eschatology, it is…

shows the similarity between the two narratives is an angel delivering the message of Jesus’s virginal conception. In Matthew, the message was delivered to Joseph and the angel quoted from an Old Testament prophet by saying “[l]ook, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’” (Matt 1:23). However, in Luke the message was delivered to Mary and the angel said the “Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the…

were a personal choice. On May 29, 1962 Eichmann informed his colleagues; “I will leap laughing to my grave, because the feeling that I have five million people on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.” When trialled in Jerusalem for his crimes against Jews in the Second World War, a witness stated that, “Eichmann showed no reaction to the horrors mentioned in court”. Eichmann was blinded by his passion for his duties, with this most evident when he made multiple…

Day of Atonement. Another holiday they celebrate is called Passover as it celebrates the deliverance of the Hebrew people from Egypt. Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah to Moses and Sukkot is the harvest festival. Celebrations about being delivered from enemies are the Purim and the Hanukkah. The acceptance of youth into society are held when they become twelve or thirteen. The Sabbath, a period of time from work from Friday at sundown until Saturday when the first star shows, which…

right thing and drive out the merchants and all of their sacrifices out of the Temple. Jesus stated in Matthew 21:13, “My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers”. According to Linder when Jesus came through Jerusalem it was during the time of the celebration of Passover. During this time of high tension it did not take much to provoke the Roman officials. When it came to the crucifixion of Jesus, Linder states, “That during the first century under Roman…

King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I[1]) held a 180-day feast in Susa (Shoushan). While in "high spirits" from the wine, he ordered his queen, Vashti, to appear before him and his guests to display her beauty. But when the attendants delivered the king's command to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. Furious at her refusal to obey, the king asked his wise men what should be done. One of them said that all the women in the empire would hear that "The King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in…

The crusades were one of the most vigorous events in history! They consist of a powerful series of religious wars in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries where Christian soldiers attacked Jerusalem to reclaim the Holy Land. Pope Urban II’s speech at the Council of Clermont held in France which initiated the crusades was considered the spark that powered this world-changing event; however, the original manuscript of his words had been lost! There are only reports of his speech available in the…

Confession for the Breaking of Covenant (vv.5-7) After his passionate reaction to the news, Nehemiah turns to God in prayer demonstrating his faith in God. In the prayer, Nehemiah reveals to us the true origin of the crisis in Jerusalem. He had insight that the crisis was not just about the shame and reproach the people nor was it about the broken walls but about a broken covenant and a broken relationship. To Nehemiah, God is “the covenant God who both makes and preserves the covenant with his…

Keeping in mind the objective is praiseworthy; it is neither down to earth nor important. Consider this section from Disclosure when talking about the New Jerusalem: “The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.”(Revelation 21:24). Interestingly enough, this entry is alluding to the season of the new paradise and new earth. It is the season of heaven, when…