Allison Krauss: I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

 

"Many things about tomorrow

I don't seem to understand,

But I know who holds tomorrow

And I know who holds my hand..."

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

Alison Krauss At The Grand Ole Opry

Uploaded by Connor Dunaway

(October 21, 2022)

Dr. Charles Stanley: Grace And Our Past Failures

 

"Now the grace of our Lord hath abounded exceedingly with
faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus."
(1 Timothy 1:14)

In this classic teaching, Dr. Charles Stanley explains 
that despite our past sins, God's grace is all-sufficient.

Grace And Our Past Failures

In Touch Ministries

(May 25, 2025)

Thanking Them Every Day

 

In regards to the return of Memorial Day once again, I believe our soldiers
 and veterans, past and present, should not be linked in with what has 
 become known in recent years as the "official kick off of summer".

Image courtesy/The Seattle Times

While I am not opposed to people holding backyard barbecues or taking a trip 
 to the beach, I do not think this day of solemnity to honor the memory of our
 fallen military heroes should be used to sell cars. Save it for the 4th of July.

Our soldier and veterans, past and present, should be honored and thanked,
not just on one single day in late May, but every day of the year. 

 When I have looked up at Old Glory waving in the wind against the sky,
 presiding over the rows of soldiers' graves in the military cemetery
 near me, where my father, Anthony Brida, a veteran of the United States
 Marine Corps., is interred, or, in Hawaii, or at Arlington... words often
 fail me when I consider the enormity of the sacrifices made
 by those resting beneath the soil.

I have also visited Punchbowl Crater National Cemetery in Honolulu.  But what
I remember most about my trip to Hawaii in 1987 was visiting the Arizona Memorial
at Pearl Harbor.  Standing there looking down at the sunken battleship below the
surface of the water, I experienced both a sad and eerie feeling thinking about
the young men entombed beneath my feet who had lost their lives in the Japanese
  attack at Pearl Harbor on that dreadful morning, Sunday, December 7, 1941.
All of them were true American heroes.

A few years ago, I read the book, "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, recounting the
story of WWII veteran Louis Zamperini. I could hardly get through some of the
chapters of this book without crying as I read the accounts of the absolute horrors
suffered by many of our servicemen serving in the Pacific theater of the war.

While some, like Mr. Zamperini, survived, and came home again, I often
think of the American men who never came back and are lying buried
beneath foreign soil.  And not only on remote islands in the South Pacific,
but on the battlefields of Europe...in the mountains of Korea... the jungles
of Vietnam, the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan...

When I see the sorry state of Washington DC politics today I have to ask myself,
"Were the sacrifices of these brave souls for this?  Unfortunately, the answer is a
resounding, "Yes!"  The men who gave their lives in service to this nation died
for the freedom of smarmy, career politicians as well as my own.

I met an elderly man one day while shopping in the grocery store. He was wearing a cap
with the insignia of a battleship.  I asked him if he was a veteran.  He answered, yes, 
and that he had served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.  When I shook his
hand and thanked him for my freedom, he seemed startled at first, and then began
to cry.  He told me he did not think many people, especially the ones in
Washington DC, cared about his service to our nation.

I told him that it was not true and that many American people appreciated him.

To all the soldiers and veterans reading this post, may you have a beautiful
and blessed Memorial Day.  Thank you for your service to our nation and
especially, for protecting and defending my freedom.

To those who are no longer here on this earth, may they rest in eternal peace.

. 

Saturday Poetry Corner: Speak Gently

 

Image courtesy /Amazon in.

Speak gently; it is better far

To rule by love than fear:

Speak gently; let no harsh words mar

The good we might do here.

Speak gently to the little child;

Its love be sure to gain;

Teach it in accents soft and mild;

It may not long remain.


Speak gently to the aged one;

Grieve not the careworn heart:

The sands of life are nearly run;

Let such in peace depart.

Speak gently, kindly, to the poor;

Let no harsh tone be heard;

They have enough they must endure,

Without an unkind word.

Speak gently to the erring; know

They must have toiled in vain;

Perhaps unkindness made them so;

Oh, win them back again.

Speak gently: 'tis a little thing

Dropped in the heart's deep well;

The good, the joy, which it may bring,

Eternity shall tell.

"Speak Gently"
George Washington Langford
(1824-1849)
Irish-American poet

A Zola Levitt Classic: The Mark Of The Beast

 

An interesting take on the true identity of the forthcoming Antichrist.

The Mark Of The Beast

Zola Levitt With Walid Shoebat

Zola Levitt Ministries

(2005)

Roasting Meat In The 1820's /Making Homemade Strawberry Jam Tarts!

 

Gracious hostess and soon-to be new Mama Justine shares her historic
recipes for delicious roast pork, homemade strawberry jam tarts and more!
With a cameo appearance by the mischievous, chair-stealing Mish-Mish!

Roasting Meat In the 1820s /Homemade Strawberry Jam

ASMR Historic Cooking

Early American

(May 21, 2025)

 In this delicious "chew and chat" Justine and husband, Ron taste
the succulent, 'fire-kissed' pork while providing an update on their
house plans and baby soon- to-be with pictures included! 

 Also some fun history facts about a very unique historic gun
and America's first President George Washington.

Meanwhile, Mish-Mish, the Uncontainable, makes another cameo!

Fire Kissed Pork Roast And Jelly Tarts
Week 35/Live Chat
Frontier Patriot
(May 21, 2025)

Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches: The Fake Gospel That’s Leading Millions Astray

 

💖Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel!   Sabbath Blessings & Peace To All💖

A powerful and inspiring weekend message from brother Zev Porat in Israel.

The Fake Gospel That's Leading Millions Astray

Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

messiah ofisrael

(May 23, 2025)

Flashback Friday: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

 

"Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's calvary came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive,
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember oh so well..."

Written in 1969 by Robbie Robertson for the Canadian-American rock group,
 The Band,  "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a first-person account of the 
severe depredation suffered by southerners in the last days of the Civil War, especially
after Union General George Stoneman and his raiders launched a notorious military
 campaign against the civilian population of eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina,
 and southwestern Virginia, which included the destruction of all railroad lines and bridges.

In this clip from the 1978 movie, "The Last Waltz" American singer/songwriter and drummer
for The Band, Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm, (1940-2012) whose birthday is May 26th, leads  
 the members of the group through a passionate rendition of this Civil War-inspired song.

In his 1993 autobiography, "This Wheel's On Fire"  Helm, wrote, "Robbie and I worked on
 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" up in Woodstock.  I remember taking him to the
 library so he could research the history and geography of the era and make 
General Robert E. Lee come out with all due respect."

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

(1978)

The Band

Uploaded by Movieclips

(July 12, 2017)

A Statement By Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

 

"For these neo-Nazis, "Free Palestine" is just today's version of "Heil, Hitler!"
-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

A Statement By Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

IsraeliPM

(May 22, 2025)

They Wanted To Spend Their Lives Together...

 

A young man and woman in love.  They were about to be engaged.   

Then, in an unguarded moment, an appalling act of unmitigated evil

 destroyed the hopes and dreams of this young couple forever.

Image courtesy/CBC

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two Israeli Embassy staff members
were shot and killed shortly after leaving an event being held at the Capital
Jewish Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night.

The suspect, later identified as 30 year old Elias Rodriguez, chanted,
"Free Palestine, Free Palestine" after being taken into policy custody.

In an emotional statement to the news media, Israeli Ambassador to the
United States Yechiel Leiter stated that Yaron had only recently, "purchased a
ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem."

Meanwhile, an angry President Donald Trump took to social media to express his
outrage over the attack, posting on Truth Social: "These horrible D.C. killings,
 based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!  Hatred and Radicalism
 have no place in the U.S.A."

A young man and woman in the prime of their lives were targeted and murdered
 for being Jewish.  We are watching history repeating itself before our very eyes. 

My thoughts and prayers are with the parents and families of Yaron and Sarah.

  May God comfort them in this terrible time of sorrow and loss.  

Yaron and Sarah, rest safely in the loving arms of Yeshua.

Amazing Grace

(1997)

Leann Rimes

Wednesday's Word: Malakh Melitz "Advocate" "Intercessor"

 

"Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil
with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death; and He was 
 numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many and
made intercession for the transgressors."
(Isaiah 53:12)

"Who is He who condemns?  It is Christ who died and rose again,
and He is at the right hand of God making intercession for us."
(Romans 8:34)

"My little children, believers, dear ones, I am writing you these things so that you
will not sin and violate God's law.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate, who will
 intercede for us with the Father: Jesus Christ the Righteous, the Upright, the Just One,
 who conforms to the Father's will in every way-purpose, thought, and action.
(1 John 2:1)

Our Advocate

Image courtesy/Jay Bryant Ward/Altus Fine Art

"We have an Advocate with the Father; One who has undertaken, and is fully able,
to plead in behalf of every one who applies for pardon and salvation in His Name,
depending on His pleading for them.  

He is Jesus, the Savior, and Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed.

He alone is the Righteous One, who received His nature pure from sin, and as
our Surety perfectly obeyed the law of God, and so fulfilled all righteousness.

All men, in every land, and through successive generations, are invited to come to God
through this all-sufficient atonement, and by this new and living way.

 The gospel, when rightly understood and received, sets the heart against all sin,
and stops the allowed practice of it; at the same time it gives blessed relief
 to the wounded consciences of those who have sinned."
-Matthew Henry's Commentary

Amazing Discoveries Next To Jerusalem's Gates!

 

Taking another walk around the beautiful city of Jerusalem 
with the gracious host of Israel My Channel!

Amazing Discoveries Next To Jerusalem's Gates!

Israel My Channel

(May 17, 2025)

Tuesday Bible Study With Les Feldick: They Will Believe The Lie

 

"For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding."
(Proverbs 2:6)

Les and Iris Feldick

Image courtesy/Through The Bible With Les Feldick

Les continues his walk through the Bible helping us

to connect the dots of Scriptures.

They Will Believe The Lie/Part One

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

They Will Believe The Lie/Part Two

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

They Will Believe The Lie/Part Three

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

They Will Believe The Lie/Part Four

Through The Bible With Les Feldick

(2000)

Les Feldick Ministries-Official Site

Making MeMe's Strawberry Salad

 

Gracious southern lady Diane Leary shares her
 delightful old-fashioned recipe for Strawberry Salad!

"And remember everybody...  Shine for Jesus!"

Strawberry Salad

MeMe's Recipes

(April 7, 2025)

Monday's Meditation: The Holy Spirit

 

"The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him-the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord."
(Isaiah 11:2)

Image Pam Herrick/Just For You Prophetic Art

The blackout took my neighborhood by surprise. Suddenly in total darkness,
I inched my way to the bedside table and fumbled for the flashlight. What a
frustration...it didn't work. How useless-a flashlight that didn't function.

Just as useless is the person unable to function according to God's divine plan.

Why? Because God originally designed the human spirit to contain the Holy Spirit.
In the garden, Adam and Eve had perfect oneness with God. The Holy Spirit lived in
their human spirits and enlightened every aspect of their lives. Once they pronounced their
 "declaration of independence" from God, however, sin came in and the Spirit went out.

The pair were like a flashlight without batteries; with no power on the inside,  
there was no light on the outside. They spiraled downward into spiritual darkness.

Yet God did not give up on all those who were born into that same darkness.
 "The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of man." (Proverbs 20:27). God desired  
to reunite the Holy Spirit with the human spirit so that they could again be one.

When you feel the frustration of wandering in the dark, know that the Lord 
has already provided the perfect guide for your life.

"For when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth."
(John 6:13).

Your own personal Counselor, Conscience, Convictor, and Comforter fills
 your soul-your mind, will, and emotions--with perfect truth. 

 He teaches your mind, directs your will, and guides your emotions.
As a result, those who are joined to the Spirit better understand spiritual things.

"My message and preaching were not with wise and persuasive words but
with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not
 rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power."
(2 Corinthians 2:4)

Like the flashlight, you were designed to shine; but you can never shine with
your own power. The Holy Spirit provides the power to produce the light.
And once you shine as you were intended to shine, you will never be useless!

"The Holy Spirit"
A devotional reading by
June Hunt
(1944-
Christian author and founder and CSO (Chief Servant Officer) of
Hope for the Heart, a U.S.-based nonprofit Christian ministry
which she founded in 1986.

Shocking Discoveries At The Gates Of Jerusalem

 

An armchair traveler's guided tour of Jerusalem and the famous gates located in
different quarters of the holy city compliments of the host of Israel My Channel!

Shocking Discoveries At The Gates Of Jerusalem

Israel My Channel

(May 14, 2025)

Daughter Of Zion

 

"Sing and rejoice, O  daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and
shall be My people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou
shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent Me unto thee.

And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land,
and shall choose Jerusalem again. 

Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for He is raised up 
out of His holy habitation."
(Zechariah 2:10-13)

Daughter of Zion

 Image courtesy/Bedard Fine Art

Sing, O daughter of Christ's Zion

Shout, O Israel:

Gladden and rejoice with all thy heart,

Christ doth all things well-

He cast thy sin into the sea;

Conquered thy enemies:

Christ the Lord, King of  Israel

In the midst of thee.

Fear not, Zion's daughter!

Let not hands be slack (but diligent)

Let thy life present a witness pure:

Be thou faithful to the end!

Christ thy God in thee is mighty-

Saving by His grace.

O'er His Bride greatly will He rejoice,

Joy spread on His face.

In His love will thee forever rest,

Singing glad and free;

Jesus mercifully begat thee,

And will cover thee.

Fear not, Zion's daughter!

Let not hands be slack (but diligent)

Let thy life present a witness pure:

Be thou faithful to the end!

"Gather up together all the lost,"

Saith He tenderly.

"I will bind th' afflicted, hated,

Driven out to Me.

In the lands I'll make them mighty,

Bring Me praise and fame:

They will know that I, the Great God,

Save My Bride from shame."

Fear not, Zion's daughter!

Let not hands be slack (but diligent)

Let thy life present a witness pure:

Be thou faithful to the end!

"At that time I will bring thee again,

When I gather thee,

For of thee I'll make a name on earth:

People thee will see,

How thou hast been changed from sinning,

Now that I've set thee free-

Glory great ascribed to My name,

When I gather thee.

Fear not, Zion's daughter!

Let not hands be slack (but diligent)

Let thy life present a witness pure:

Be thou faithful to the end!

"Daughter of Zion"
(2007)
Jessie Anne Lee
(1992- 
American hymn writer and missionary

Saturday Poetry Corner: Psalm 17- A Prayer Of David

 

Hear the right, O Lord, attend my cry, give ear unto my prayer,
that goes not out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart; Thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that
my mouth shall not transgress.

Image courtesy/Pinterest

Concerning the works of men, by the word of Thy lips I have
kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

I have called upon Thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline Thine ear unto me and hear my speech.

Show Thy marvelous loving-kindness, O Thou that saves
by Thy right hand them which put their trust in Thee from
those that rise up against them.

Keep me as the apple of Your eye, hide me under the shadow of Thy wings,

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies,
who compass me about.

They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouths they speak proudly.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes

bowing down to the earth;  

Like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion

lurking in secret places.

Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul

from the wicked, which is Thy sword:

From men which are Thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world,

which have their portion in this life, and whose belly Thou fills

with Thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the

rest of their substance to their babes.

As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be

satisfied when I awake, with Thy likeness.

In his heartfelt prayer, David implores the divine aid of God against his enemies while
professing his intention to seek the will of God in his life, for the glory of God.  He prays
for strength, while acknowledging his strong confidence in the Lord in the battle
against cruel enemies, praying for victory in battle against them. 

Let David's words be our own prayer today.

Food For Thought: For The Love Of Money...

 

While I am happy and thankful to have seen IDF soldier and my fellow American and
New Jersey resident Edan Alexander released from Hamas captivity this past week,
 I am not at all pleased with President Trump cutting deals with Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Image courtesy/New York Post

Edan's release was the result of the machinations of Qatar, the extremely wealthy,
oil-rich nation whose government leaders are the protectors and defenders of Hamas,
who have been calling most of the shots in that terror organization's war against Israel.
What about the remaining hostages?  Why didn't President Trump demand the release
of all those still being held by Hamas before cutting any deals with these terror-masters?

Furthermore, Qatar is the same nation which has given vast amounts of money (estimated to
be about 6.3 billion dollars) in order to infiltrate Western academia, the result of which was
clearly seen in the violent, anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations held on American college
and university campuses last year.  Meanwhile, western media outlets have apparently been
bought and sold by Qatar too, and are digging deep to promote that nation's hateful anti-West,
anti-America, anti-Israel, pro-Islamist propaganda.

Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers who murdered thousands of Americans and others on
September 11, 2001 came from  Saudi Arabia.  Both Saudi Arabia and Qatar stand accused 
 of some of the worst human rights violations in the world.  Although Saudi Arabia claims it
wants to have normalized relations with Israel, why were they, along with most of the
nations in the Middle East, remotely silent on October 7, 2023 when Hamas launched
their grisly assault on southern Israel, attacking concert goers at the Nova Festival
being held there, while massacring thousands of Israeli men, women, and children
living in communities along the Gaza border?

The apostle Paul warned in 1 Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is the root to all kinds
of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves
with many sorrows."  No matter how well-meaning President Trump is in his dealings
with these nations, I strongly believe that Qatar will never be an ally of the
United States of America.  Quoting the late Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci
concerning the stealth jihad she witnessed happening in Europe in the
early 2000's:  "The moment you give up your principles, and your values,
you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period."

The Ghost Blimp: The Vanishing Of L-8 /WW2's Strangest Mystery

 

In this episode of FORGOTTEN HISTORY host Mike Droberg presents
the strange story of the Ghost Blimp, which lifted off  Treasure Island in
 California on a routine anti-submarine patrol and returned hours later
 without its crew.  No damage. No distress call.  No parachutes missing.
 Just two men who vanished into thin air.

The Ghost Blimp

The Vanishing Of L-8

WW2's Strangest Mystery

(May 16, 2025)

Flashback Friday: Who'll Stop The Rain

  

"Long as I remember the rain been comin' down

Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground

Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun,

And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?"

Written by American singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Fogerty
 for his band Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970 album, Cosmo's Factory,
"Who'll Stop The Rain" reflects the turbulent  political and social climate
 of the late 1960's and early 1970's in America.
 
The song was considered a veiled protest of the ongoing conflict in Viet Nam, and
 in particular, the lyrics, "Five Year Plans and New Deals wrapped in golden chains..."
 a definite reference to the disingenuous politics of Washington DC at the time.

Who'll Stop The Rain?

(1970)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Lord, How Long Shall The Wicked Triumph?

 

"You were the light of my life, the most precious gift I ever received."
-Hananel Gez, speaking at his wife's funeral.

Samaria resident Tze'ela Gez murdered in Palestinian terrorist act

In what should have been a joyous occasion for her and her family,
 Samaria resident, Tze'ela Gez was senselessly murdered when Palestinian
 terrorists ambushed the car she was riding in on the way to the
delivery room this past Wednesday night.

  Her husband, Hananel Gez was lightly injured in the attack.
Fortunately, doctors were able to save the life of their baby 
 through an emergency C-section.  He remains in intensive care.

Meanwhile, while not claiming responsibility, a spokesman for Hamas
named Abu Obeida praised the attack, calling the cold-blooded killing 
of the pregnant Israeli woman, "a heroic action." He also called
 for more violence in the West Bank.

This is Hamas.  Celebrating the death of a woman on her way to deliver new life.

This is Hamas.  Demon-possessed monsters who massacred thousands of
 innocent men, women, children, and babies in Israel on October 7, 2023.

This is Hamas.  The same monsters whom spoiled, self-entitled 
 and ignorant young people on college and university campuses
across America marched in support of last year, while terrorizing
and threatening the lives of Jewish students on campus.

  This is Hamas. This is the evidence of the evil spirit of murder 
and death which they have bowed their knees to in their grisly
determination to destroy the Israeli people and their nation.

This is Hamas.  The enemies of Israel.

This is Hamas.  The enemies of God.
 

"O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs;
 O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show Thyself.

Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
 
Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers
of iniquity boast themselves?

They break in pieces Thy people, O Lord, and afflict Thine heritage.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.

But the Lord is my Defense; and my God is the Rock of my refuge.

And He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them
off in their own wickedness; yes, the Lord shall cut them off."
(Psalm 94:1-5, 21, 22, 23)

My thoughts and prayers are with the family of this beautiful young woman,
 with her husband, and with the children left behind. May God comfort them
in this time of immense sorrow and loss. May she rest in eternal peace.

The Shield of Zion Outreach - Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

 

Shabbat Shalom, Eretz Israel!

God's Blessing and Peace to All.

Image courtesy/Pinterest

An inspiring Sabbath message and ministry update

 from brother Zev Porat in Israel.

The Shield Of Zion Outreach

Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat Preaches

(May 17, 2025)

Throwback Thursday: Haifa The Beautiful

 

"You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God;
there is no other besides Him."
(Deuteronomy 4:35)

Modern day city of Haifa in Israel

Image courtesy/Britannica

There are three cities in modern Palestine that are vying with one another
in rapid growth and public interest: Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, and Haifa.

Jerusalem is the ancient city, filled with a thousand sacred associations,
that has in these latter days put off her garments of desolation and put
on the new raiment of restoration.  Tel-Aviv, the all-Jewish city of 
modern Palestine, was a few years ago a mere strip of ocean beach,
and now it has become the most populous city in the land.

Haifa is the industrial center of Palestine, and curiously enough it is
this commercial metropolis that is rapidly becoming one of the
most beautiful cities in the East.

Haifa was formerly a sleepy seaport city lying sluggish and dormant
like the rest of Palestine. Since the World War* the city has awakened 
to new life. It is growing with unprecedented rapidity, and is destined to
   become one of the great gateways between the Occident* and the Orient.

It is connected by rail to Egypt, and through the Suez Canal with the trade
routes to India and the East. It is linked by trans-motor with Arabia and Iraq,
ancient Assyria. It is connected by steamer with Mediterranean ports, Great
 Britain, and America.  In short, it is a city of almost unlimited possibilities.

The coast of Palestine contains no natural harbor. Several years ago the
government decided to construct an artificial harbor at either Jaffa or Haifa.
The latter city was finally chosen as the most suitable one for the construction
of the harbor, and it was built at the cost of more than $5,000,000.

Two years ago the harbor was opened, and already Haifa has become one of
 the most important sea ports of the Mediterranean.  A year ago international
interest in Haifa was still further increased by the opening of the great petroleum
pipe line that carries oil nearly a thousand miles from Mesopotamia to the
Mediterranean.  Haifa is one of the two terminals of the pipe line, and is
the headquarters of the Iraq Petroleum Company that has built 
 this modern method of transporting oil.

We had been in Palestine for several weeks before we visited Haifa.
One June morning we left Jerusalem by motor car for Haifa and 
 the northern section of the country including the Sea of Galilee.

Shortly after noon we reached Jacob's Well. We had brought our
lunch and were allowed to eat it inside the compound built about the
ancient well, where tables have been provided for the use of visitors.
We had completed our lunch and were just ready to go to the well
itself-which is within a stone enclosure-when we saw four
British soldiers approaching.  They had also come to visit
the well, so we all went in together.

A woman drawing water from Jacob's Well.

Today the well is located inside an Eastern Orthodox Church
 in Balata, a suburb of the Palestinian-controlled city of Nablus
in the disputed land known as the West Bank.
Image courtesy/Israel Photos III

The well certainly gives every evidence of being the one which has
born Jacob's name throughout the centuries. A native woman living in
the compound came to draw up the water for us. The well was very
deep and dark. The attendant let down a bucket with a windlass.
A candle was attached to the rope above the bucket
to enable us to see the depth of the well. 

With craned necks we bent over the well, watching the lighted candle
as it went lower and lower until at last the bucket touched the water.
Then began the long winding to bring the water to the mouth of the well.
It recalled vividly the words of the woman of Samaria to the Savior
at the noon hour so many centuries ago:

"The well is deep: from whence than hast thou that living water?"

After we all drank of the water it was suggested that the story of the
Lord's interview with the woman of Samaria be read aloud.  This was
done, and the comment was made that it was in His talk with the woman
at the well, as recorded in the fourth chapter of St. John's Gospel, that
Jesus of Nazareth declared definitely that He was the Messiah of Israel:

"The woman saith unto Him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is
call Christ: when He is come, He will tell us all things..

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He."

The little meeting concluded with the singing of a hymn, and we all
went on our way refreshed, feeling that the Lord had again
been present in Spirit in our midst.

 It was late afternoon when we reached Haifa. The city is built on the
 shore of the Mediterranean sea and on the slopes of famous Mount Carmel.
It was on this mountain that Elijah slew the prophets of Baal, and where
his prayers prevailed to break the three years of drought of Samaria.
We had made reservation at the Evangelical Mission-Heim which is
located at the top of the mount.  Higher and higher the car climbed
through the winding roadways of the city. I was amazed to see how
marvelously the city had grown since my previous visit four years ago.

Our room had a balcony overlooking the city and the sea. Never will we forget
 the wonderful panorama of mountain and plain and sea that presented itself
before our eyes. The sun was almost setting. It cast a glow over the calm waters
of the bay and flashed against the hundreds of new buildings in the city below,
that had sprung up as by magic wand during the past few years.

 We stood almost enthralled with the beauty and wonder of the scene.

A few hours later we witnessed another picture scarcely less enchanting
as the moon rose slowly over the slopes of the mountains and flooded the
city and sea and plain with its silvery rays.

The next morning from our balcony we could see clearly the new harbor
that has been built, and several ships lying safely within it. There was one
steamer that interested us greatly. It was an oil tanker, only a little way
out from the shore, receiving oil from a large hose-oil that had been
pumped through the desert all the way from Mesopotamia,
almost a thousand miles distant.

The following day we visited the headquarters of the oil company
and were given an album containing pictures and facts about the
remarkable pipe line.  The Iraq Petroleum Company is an
international enterprise.  American, British, French, and Persian
oil interests are represented in the consolidated corporation.

It was in July, 1934 that the first oil was pumped through the long pipe line
from Kirkuk to Haifa, but it was only in January, 1935, that the vast enterprise
was officially opened.  As the oil flows onward on its journey of nearly a
thousand miles from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean, it is carried
through twelve inch steel pipes electrically welded together.

The oil that arrives in Haifa through the pipes in a single
day amounts to 5500 tons or 2,000,000 tons in a year. 
This means about a million gallons of oil in a day!

The completion of the pipe line and its carrying such quantities of oil
to Haifa marks the astonishing fulfillment of an ancient Bible prophecy
uttered 1500 years before Christ.  Shortly before his death, Moses, the
man of God, by divine inspiration, looked down the long corridors of
time and foretold the future of the various tribes of Israel. And
remember that this prediction was spoken before the children of
Israel had entered the land of Canaan.

In speaking of the tribe of Asher, Moses said in Deuteronomy 33:24,

"Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil."

After the conquest of Canaan under Joshua, the land was divided by
lot among the twelve tribes. The portion that fell to Asher lay along the
coast of the Mediterranean Sea.  It stretched northward beyond Tyre
and southward beyond Haifa.  

Curiously enough, the strip of land assigned to Asher is somewhat in the form of
 a human limb, ending at the south in a foot. Haifa is in the foot of the territory.
Now see with amazing accuracy this ancient prediction of Moses has been fulfilled.

The petroleum pipe line begins at Kirkuk, Iraq and runs to Haditha on the
river Euphrates.  At Haditha, the line branches into two sections. One section,
the French part, runs to a place called Tripoli in Syria.  The other section of
the pipe line traverses the desert and crosses the Jordan river into Palestine,
south of the Sea of Galilee. 

 It then runs right through the "foot" of Asher into the city of Haifa.

  Moses predicted that Asher would "dip his foot in oil".

It is being fulfilled? Yes, at the rate of about a million gallons daily!

How little did the engineers who built the pipe line dream that they
were fulfilling prophecy when they made their plans for its construction
and laid the pipes through the foot of Asher, into the city of Haifa!

Here is prophecy fulfilled in our own day, right before our eyes, 
 with such marvelous precision and so abundantly beyond the power of 
imagination to conceive, that it makes one gasp with astonishment at
the greatness and majesty of our wonder working God.

The Lord opened the eyes of Moses to view the land of Canaan before
his death; and opened his lips to tell what would happen in the land 
 of Canaan thirty-five centuries after his death!

"I am God and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done."
(Isaiah 46:9-10)

"Haifa The Beautiful"
An excerpt from the book,
"Rebuilding Palestine According To Prophecy"
(1935)
By George T.B. Davis
The Million Testaments Campaign
1505 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA
Printed in the United States of America

* The author is speaking here of  World War I

*The countries of the West, especially Europe and America