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The Rapture: Macabre or Marvelous? :: By Angel Torres

The Rapture. Fewer words can conjure up such a dizzying panoply of images and opinions! I remember the words of one author1 who described the Rapture “… as a macabre supernatural dream eluding understanding or explanation, looming on the periphery of my everyday life.” What is the Rapture, anyway? GotQuestions.org2 provides us with an excellent definition: “… the rapture […] The post The Rapture: ... »

18 Feb 2025

Cold peace? Rare weather forecast for Israeli snow A significant winter weather system is approaching Israel, with meteorologists closely monitoring conditions that could bring snow to the country’s northern mountains and possibly even Jerusalem by the weekend. Over 200 earthquakes recorded during earthquake swarm in Campi Flegrei, Italy An earthquake swarm began in the Campi […] The post 18 Feb 2... »

Praise and Worship – February 16, 2025

Praise and Worship – February 16, 2025

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This Day, February 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L

February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to maintain imperial unity and authority.  Since Jews, as well as Christian, resisted this concept, th... »