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Sound the alarms! Blow the shofar! God’s major message in Joel 2 was a warning to Israel that the Day of the Lord was coming. Chris speaks about this shofar blast as being a warning both of the Babylonian invasion and of the prophetic battle of the Tribulation. Great judgment was coming to Israel, but even then, God was making a way for His Chosen People to return to Him. Follow along in part 2 of...

Isaiah 53 shares a precious prophecy about the Messiah, one that is so clearly a picture of Jesus that Jewish people believe it is from the New Testament when they encounter it for the first time. Chris teaches us about the Suffering Servant described in this chapter, the role that Jesus perfectly filled when He died for our sins to offer salvation to all who believe in Him. Stay tuned for Chris’s...

Isaiah 53 is a precious chapter for believers. Written 700 years before Jesus was born, this wonderful text from the Old Testament gives one of the most detailed prophetic announcements about the Messiah that could only be fulfilled by Jesus. So why don’t Jewish people understand that this passage is talking about Jesus? Chris walks us through the differences between Jewish and Christian interpret...

It’s time to wake up! That’s what God told His Chosen People in the book of Joel, which we’ll study over the next 3 weeks. This week’s study of the book’s first chapter brings us to a deadly invasion of locusts and the devastating Day of the Lord at hand for Israel. Joel’s prophecies are a critical piece of Scripture and Israel’s history that teaches us about God and His relationship with Israel....

We love the Jewish people here at The Friends of Israel, and we’re always looking for ways to bless them. We have some great opportunities for you to join in too! Cameron Joyner, one of our Field Representatives who helps lead our Encounter and Bridges programs, talks with Chris this week about our teams’ recent experiences in the Jewish community in the Northeast U.S. This show will motivate you...

Do you know what Yom Kippur is all about? It’s an incredibly solemn day in Jewish culture. This biblical holy day was established for the Israelites to cover their sins temporarily. But this day holds great significance for Christians, too, in light of the permanent sacrifice God’s Son made to cleanse us of our sins forever! Listen to this week’s show to discover why this day of repentance can be...

Let’s talk about the Feast of Unleavened Bread! Whether or not you’re familiar with this biblical holiday, you’re sure to learn more about why God established it and the lessons this feast offers us as believers in Jesus today. In fact, both Jesus and Paul used the example of leaven, or yeast, to teach us how to take our walk with the Lord seriously. Along the way we’ll have fun talking about fast...

There’s a deadly Dragon roaming the earth, and He wants your soul. This week’s show focuses on that Dragon, Satan, and his character and terrible agenda for the world. Chris welcomes The Friends of Israel Bible teacher Bruce Scott to the show to give us a clear picture of our adversary, the Devil, from Bruce’s recent Israel My Glory article. Though the Dragon is a crafty and dangerous enemy, you’l...

We are privileged to be able to view God in many different ways throughout His Word. We’ll conclude our 4-part series of Divine Portraits of God this week by learning how we can see God through the book of Revelation. In fact, we’ll see that He reveals Himself in Scripture’s final book in ways that mirror our previous 3 topics of creation, the 10 plagues, and suffering. Be assured: God has a good...

Does God care when we suffer? When we face difficulty, we often find ourselves questioning God’s intentions and presence within us. Jeremiah voiced these feelings with great clarity in the book of Lamentations. As he wrestled with the purpose of his suffering, he shared the comforting answer about our promise-keeping God and His faithfulness to us. In part 3 of our 4-part series of Divine Portrait...

It’s easy to see God’s character in beauty—in a sunset, a mountaintop, or even an act of selfless love. It might not seem so easy to see His goodness in His judgment. One of His most memorable acts of punishment was in the 10 plagues He inflicted on the Egyptians for enslaving His Chosen People. Yet even as He poured out His wrath, we can see how He demonstrated He is the one true God and the Prot...

God is so amazing that we can’t fully behold His glory ourselves. Yet each of us carry a unique perspective that helps us to understand and relate to Him differently. Over the next few weeks we’ll study a number of perspectives from Scripture that reveal God’s character in diverse, beautiful ways. We begin with creation—an obvious instance of God’s handiwork, but one that shows who He has been sin...

A title deed proves ownership of an important possession. Many of us hold the deed to something valuable such as our house or car. God owns a title deed too. And what could be so important that Scripture would reference His title deed to it? The Friends of Israel Church Ministries Representative Tom Simcox shares the answer in his interview with Chris about Tom’s Israel My Glory article “Unsealing...

Sin nature has corrupted all of humanity—except for one Person: Jesus Christ. Being fully God and fully man, Jesus could take on human flesh without sinning. That’s why the term Son of Man, literally meaning “human being,” can rightfully describe the Lord Jesus. As we wrap up our 3-part series on this name, you’ll find new meaning in the name when you read it in Scripture, anticipating the day whe...

The world is consumed by the chase for power. People pursue it for many reasons—prestige, privilege, dominance, riches. Yet Jesus taught a completely different way to think of power. And how we understand His teaching of power helps us understand why He is called not only “King” and “Lord” but also a name as lowly as “Son of Man.” Discover in part 2 of our 3-part series on the Son of Man how Jesus...

Which of the many names of Jesus is your favorite? King of Kings? Messiah? High Priest? This week you’re encouraged to consider one you may have heard many times without knowing its significance: Son of Man. Despite the name’s lowly roots, it’s used to describe our majestic Lord and Savior, Jesus. Found in different contexts in the Old and New Testaments, this title ultimately gives us a valuable...

Rapture—the word that excites and energizes many Christians while frightening others. However it makes you feel, it’s an incredible biblical truth that we need to understand! Chris teaches from Scripture to make the Rapture more accessible to you in this program. He provides eye-opening context from 1 Thessalonians and Greek culture to exhort you with one of God’s greatest promises for believers....

Can Christians lose their salvation? We're covering eternal security this week. The Bible says when we become believers in Jesus the Messiah we become a new creation. But can God's free gift of salvation be taken away? Is it a conditional gift? Chris will take us to God’s Word to see how eternal security is not up to us, but God.

We see throughout the Bible that the Temple is very important to the Jewish people. It wasn't the building that was important, however; it was who was in the Temple. This week we will learn about the history of the rebuilding of the Temple and the third Temple to come. As a believer in Christ, you’ll also learn about the temple we should be looking for, one from which our Savior will reign!

Which seven chapters of the Bible would you choose to tell your story? Steve Herzig chose his seven in the latest issue of Israel My Glory magazine, and he shares some background into his list this week. His picks stretch from Genesis to Revelation, shaped by his Orthodox Jewish upbringing, and they give insight into how he came to know the Lord and understand His glorious nature. What about you?...

We’re digging into the past this week with archaeologist Abigail Leavitt! Abigail is living the dream of many biblical history fans through her excavations in Israel. This week she shares the thrill of her greatest discovery: the Ebal curse tablet, which dates back thousands of years to the book of Deuteronomy. Listen to her adventures, and learn why the tablet could make history as one of the gre...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused thousands of casualties, and it has devastated heavily populated Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Many Jewish Ukrainians have been killed or forced to flee. The Friends of Israel is helping save lives from this evil in Eastern Europe! Mike Stallard and Dan Price, our International Ministries leaders, share how our workers are ministering to the...

We tend to take pride in what we do and what we have. But we must remember—everything we have is from the Lord, and we owe it all to Him. God established the Feast of Firstfruits for Israel for this reason! This holiday teaches an important lesson about humility before God today, and it points to biblical prophecy that reveals our future. This informational broadcast will help you understand why t...

There is a dangerous trend silently sweeping the world today: Holocaust misinformation. Many people don’t know what happened in the Holocaust—and some even think Jewish people were responsible for it! That’s why the work of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial, matters so much. Sari Granitza, director of Christan Friends of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, joins the show to share why it’s so...

Happy Easter and Passover! This is a special time of year for Christians and Jewish people. Today Chris shares a lesson from the Passover Seder table about an element that matters to both groups of people: the afikomen. It’s a dessert, a game for kids, and a symbol of unity to the Jewish people. Yet believers find a very powerful lesson in this piece of matzoh too. Find out how the afikomen gives...