Have you read your Bibles lately?

Over the past three weeks, we have struggled to make sense of the events that have taken place. 

What happened in Israel to innocent men, women, and children is horrific.  How could people do such things?  It was demonic.  So evil, it is beyond this world.  

Then, on top of that, we have seen the world in an uproar against Israel’s defense and invasion of Gaza to take out Hamas.   This has ignited the world with outbreaks, riots, attacks on Jewish communities,  Hitler slurs, and university protests – antisemitism is on the rise.   There have been more murders and evil done against Jews in the last three weeks than there have been since the Holocaust.  

How is history repeating itself!?  Have we not learned from our past?  Why are we silent?

This evil is still upon us and how we deal with it will change the state of our world.  

This is how Hitler got started.  People tolerated evil. People were silent.  

Our Israel tour was canceled earlier this month due to events keeping us from going.  

Now we know that God didn’t want us there at this time.  With this reality, we are thankful yet heavy-hearted. 

It seems that people are very confused about what happened.  But we shouldn’t be. 

We want to encourage everyone or rather challenge you to read your Bibles. 

It doesn’t matter whether you believe in the Bible or not.  This is the time to find out.   We have come to know the God of Israel, the God that inspired the Bible.   It has proven itself true, as we read, challenge, question and put the teachings into practice.   The places, the people, and the God of Israel have held to His word.  The country of Israel itself is proof that the God of the Bible is the one TRUE God.  

The narrative in the Bible is one cohesive story. The first 5 books of the Bible set the foundation for the rest.  They will help you understand why the world is the way it is & why Israel has been such a controversy over the existence of mankind.  The Devil hates the people of the covenant (The Jews).   The Devil’s mission is to remove the Jews from the planet because then God’s word would be false.   But that hasn’t ever happened and will never happen.  Through every genocide done against them – the Spanish Inquisition, Holocaust, and many many more –  the Devil has tried hundreds of times to wipe the Jewish people off the map, never being successful. 

Currently, there are over 2,000 prophecies that have been fulfilled in the Bible.  With that accuracy, you can bet that the rest will be fulfilled.  The God of Israel is a promise-keeping God.  

There is a promise God gave to a man named Abraham.  In the Bible this promise is called a covenant, this covenant the nations rage over ( it is written in Genesis 12).  The Abrahamic Covenant is a promise where God blesses Abraham with land, descendants, and a blessing “Those who bless you I will bless, those who curse you, I will curse”.    God says that this is an everlasting covenant.  As long as the sun, moon, and stars are still in the sky, this promise still stands (Jeremiah 31:35-36).

The nation of Israel is at the center stage of most of the prophecies of the Bible.  God shows His glory through the nation of Israel.  He uses them as an example and a lighthouse to the nations.  To teach the rest of the world who God is.  What He had hoped for mankind and how He deals with evil or those who come against Him.  Israel is also a time clock to know the day and hour we are in with God.  He has used the people of Israel even in their rebellion against God.  People can break promises but God never breaks a promise.   

Our Discovery camps are all about the Bible.  We want to help you read the Bible on your own. It’s a truthful testimony about God in History that will change your life.   When you read the Bible as a whole, rather than in sound bits, you get the full picture of God’s plan.   

Jesus came at a specific time that was prophesied hundreds of years before His birth in the Book of Daniel and other places in the Bible.   His return will also be according to what has been written in the scriptures.  The story isn’t over!  The prophecies are still being fulfilled in our day 

God does not leave us in the dark.   The scriptures are our light, hope, joy, instructions, and guide. 

We take people to Israel to wake them up to the resounding Truth of God.  God gave us the Bible to speak to us, to teach us how we should live and love Him. The Bible teaches how to love one another, nature, and ourselves.  God’s ultimate goal is to dwell with us and He will come again to do just that.  One day He will return to Zion, Israel.   

We need to understand the body of scriptures-  all of it.  It will strengthen your faith, it will anchor you in these heavy times, and will guide you in your spirit and TRUTH.  

With so much information out there right now.  I would encourage you to use the Bible as your discerning compass.  You should be asking if what people are saying aligns with God’s word.  This means all of it.  You have to read it in context  & chronological order.  

Understand the literature you are reading.  If it is literal or figurative, poetic or apocalyptic.  

God uses many people to express His heart in the bible but all carry the same story and heart.

Below I have given resources that are amazing as you study your Bible on your own. There is so much out there, which is amazing but also requires much wisdom and discernment.   When someone prophecies – check it with the Word.  When someone takes a stand make sure it’s where Yahweh, the God of the Bible stands. 

This will offend people. Saying “I stand with the Word of God”. But who are we living for, God or man?  I believe God does not abandon His Word and will fulfill it all.  The Bible has proven itself trustworthy.   

May we all see Him when He returns and be ready for Him. 

Maranatha

RESOURCES

David Pawson – Unlocking the Bible

A British Apologist.  He has recently passed away but His life work was life-changing for me as I studied the word on my own.  He’s given you an overview of every single book in the Bible.  So that you can read it on your own with success.   He shares who it was written by, why it was written, when it was written, the type of literature. The whole scenario so that you can read it and understand what you reading – so that you can apply it to your life.   ‘Unlocking the Bible’ is the book that was made off of videos he recorded in the 80’s of all the books of the bible.  These are available on YouTube too.