Tropical Storm Erin may soon become the first named
major storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season.
Thanks again to hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross
at FOX Weather for this latest update.
In this report from CBN News, Arab Christian Pastor Saleem Shalash
reveals the little known reality of life for the believer in Jesus in Israel.
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they
set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same
way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your Father in heaven."
(Matthew 5:14-16)
And everybody remember, "Shine for Jesus!"
As she gets more organized out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Erin
could become a major hurricane by the end of this week.
Head's up for everyone heading down the shore in the next few days.
This storm could produce dangerous rip currents and high
waves as she passes by the New Jersey coast.
Thanks to hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross for this latest update.
"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."
(Psalm 118:22)
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables.
"A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built
a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of
the vineyard. But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Then, he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and
treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent
many others; some they beat and others they killed.
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them.
"They will respect my son," he said.
But the tenants said to one another, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him,
and the inheritance will be ours." So they seized the son, killed him,
and threw him out of the vineyard.
What then will the owner of the vineyard do?
He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Have you never read this Scripture:
"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
This is from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes."
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken
this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
(Mark 12:1-12)
THE SONG OF THE VINEYARD
(Isaiah 5:1-8)
I will sing for my Beloved a song of His vineyard:
My Beloved has a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it up and cleared the stones
and planted the finest vines.
He built a watchtower in the middle
and dug out a winepress as a well.
He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes,
but the fruit it produced was sour!
And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
I exhort you to judge
between Me and My vineyard.
What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I already did for it?
Why, when I expected sweet grapes,
did it bring forth sour fruit?
Now will I tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and thorns and briers will grow up.
I will command the clouds
that rain shall not fall on it."
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are the plant of His delight.
He looked for justice,
and saw bloodshed;
for righteousness
and heard a cry of distress.
Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
until no place is left
and you live alone in the land.
"WOE TO THOSE WHO CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL,
WHO PUT DARKNESS FOR LIGHT AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS,
WHO PUT BITTER FOR SWEET AND SWEET FOR BITTER. WOE
TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES AND PRUDENT
AND SHREWD IN THEIR OWN SIGHT!
(Isaiah 5:20-21)
" I WILL GATHER ALL THE NATIONS AND BRING THEM DOWN INTO
THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. THERE I WILL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT
AGAINST THEM CONCERNING MY PEOPLE, MY INHERITANCE ISRAEL,
WHOM THEY HAVE SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS AS THEY
DIVIDED UP MY LAND."
(Joel 3:2)
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND THE
SALVATION OF ISRAEL. MARANATHA!
The latest behind-the-scenes news from Israel, or what you will not
hear reported in the western new media, from Israeli-American
author/speaker and former Knesset member Avi Lipkin.
"He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy,
through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit."
(Titus 3:5)
"Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God."
-Reverend Jonathan Edwards
What happens when one man fully surrenders to God?
This is the remarkable story of Jonathan Edwards,
a humble preacher, whose life of fasting, earnest prayer,
and commitment to worship God in spirit and in truth,
ignited a spiritual revival, which spread like wildfire
across 18th century America, and is known today
as the First Great Awakening.
