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Eretz Israel
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. (Zechariah 2:8)
NOTE: Eretz Israel means "the land of Israel".
The Story Told By An Ancient Stone
Jews from across the country regularly made pilgrimage to the Temple, which was the seat of Judaism and its most holy of sites until being destroyed by the Roman invaders in the year 70 C.E. Obviously, the unknown artist who sculpted the stone was moved by his encounter with the Menorah at the Temple - so much so that when he got home he took the time and effort to engrave it. Nowadays, of course, the Palestinians and much of the rest of the world is pressuring the Jewish state to turn over parts of Jerusalem - including the Temple Mount - to Arab control, as if their claim supersedes ours. But stones do not lie, and the story this one tells is really quite simple: centuries before the advent of Islam, Jews worshipped on the Temple Mount. And thousands of years before the United Nations was established or the PLO was founded, it was the Jewish people who called Jerusalem home.
Posted 9/15/09Greater Israel: God's One-State Solution
Many Christians teach that Jesus Christ soon returns to earth in a Second Coming. They believe that upon his return he establishes a 1000 year messianic kingdom in a restored Garden of Eden type world. Furthermore, they predict Israel at that time will increase to about 15 times its present size in fulfillment of the Genesis 15:18 prophecy.
Posted 9/14/09