QUMRAN, Israel – For the first time in over 60 years, researchers have discovered a cave near the Dead Sea that once housed ancient scrolls, renewing archaeologists’ hopes that additional Dead Sea Scrolls may be waiting to be found. Seventy years ago, Bedouin shepherds famously discovered ancient scrolls within caves near the Dead Sea. Widely […]
Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock alongside the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem. (Edmund Gall, Creative Commons) (Morning Star News) – The uptick in anti-Christian acts in Israel that began last December continued last week when police arrested five suspects accused of harassing Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City. Four adults and one minor were arrested […]
(Christian Headlines) — Archaeologists in Israel say they have uncovered physical evidence in Jerusalem of an earthquake referenced in the biblical books of Amos and Zechariah that struck during the divided kingdom and after the reigns of David and Solomon. Zechariah 14:5, seen by many as a reference to the second coming of Christ, says, “You […]
(The Jerusalem Post) — Some 1,900 years ago, Jewish refugees fleeing the Romans made their way to the Judean Desert. Among the belongings they carried with them were scrolls featuring the biblical books of Zechariah and Nahum. Two millennia later, fragments of those texts have reemerged, the Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Tuesday. It is the first […]
JERUSALEM — Remnants of purple-dyed fabric dating to the time of King David have been discovered in the Timna Valley in Israel. According to reports, researchers found “remnants of woven fabric, a tassel and fibers of wool dyed with royal purple,” the first of which, using radiocarbon dating, have been found to be dated to the […]
(Voice of the Martyrs Australia) — The Beit Hallel Messianic Congregation in Ashdod, southern Israel has experienced systematic harassment from the local anti-missionary group. The harassment includes intimidation, fear tactics, vandalism, curses, chanting, blocking the entrance to the church and disrupting services. The congregation initially won a court case against its harassers and obtained a […]
JERUSALEM — Stone capitals and window frames from a “royal estate” dating sometime between the reign of King Hezekiah and King Josiah (600-700 B.C.) were recently unearthed during an excavation on the Armon Hanatziv (Commissioner’s Palace) Promenade, south of Old City Jerusalem. “A rare, impressive, and very special collection of several dozen adorned architectural stone artifacts, […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Israel has started to implement the prostitution law, which was passed a year and a half ago in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), but was due to come into effect in mid-2020. The regulation sanctions those who pay for for sexual services, both on the street and in places used to practice […]
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP (NJ.com) — A controversial leader from New Jersey, who was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing from his group’s funds, died from coronavirus earlier this month. Jermaine Grant of Burlington Township, who led the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ in Harlem, was 44. He […]
TEL LACHISH — The ruins of what has been characterized as a Canaanite temple, along with numerous artifacts — including a gold-plated bottle referencing the historic Egyptian leader Rameses and two bronze “smiting gods”— have been unearthed in Lachish, the biblical city where the Scripture chronicles in the Book of Joshua that “the Lord delivered […]