2011-08-12T09:38:09-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/jerusalem/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/squeezed-to-obey-6415 2011-08-12T09:38:09-05:00 Two thousand years ago the Gospel spread around the world by first breaking out of Jerusalem because some people were pushed and squeezed to do it, and right now He might be doing the same thing with you. If you're like my children or you're like the first century Jerusalem Christians, maybe you have to be squeezed to obey. http://chitorch.org/index.php/chm/eleventh-century/first-crusade/ 2011-06-27T15:59:32-05:00 As the crusaders assaulted Jerusalem, the holy and savage joined hands. From Christian History magazine. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/what-to-wear-today-6283 2011-03-11T16:25:01-05:00 Consider Nehemiah's working wardrobe - a predictable smile, a contagious joy, and a consistent positiveness in the midst of daily drudgery. In our world, that is an attention getter, and that wardrobe is always in style. Wear joy to your work place every day. You'll knock 'em dead! http://chitorch.org/index.php/chm/first-century/fall-of-jerusalem/ 2010-12-10T13:19:35-05:00 Account by historian Paul L. Maier from Christian History Magazine of the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2023:37-38&version=NIV 2009-07-22T17:06:00-05:00 Jesus makes a chilling prophesy to the city of Jersualem, which for all its illustrious history as Israel's chief city has a long record of rejecting God and His messengers. Jesus himself was greeted into the city with adulation, but was killed by its leaders and inhabitants days later. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/Ezekiel%20Man%20of%20Visions%20Russian.pdf 2009-06-01T14:31:26-05:00 Russian: Ezekiel is a prophet for God. He has a vision of 4 living creatures and a wheel within a wheel. Ezekiel saw a vision of a valley of dry bones that came back to life. This meant that Israel would be destroyed but would arise again. The exiles would return from Babylon. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/Jeremiah%20Man%20of%20Tears%20Russian.pdf 2009-05-22T13:25:46-05:00 Russian: Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet. God told him to call Israel back to God, but they would not listen. Jeremiah warns the king that Nebuchadnezzar will destroy Israel and take them to Babylon for seventy years. He is thrown into prison, but God brings him out. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Ezekiel%20Man%20of%20Visions%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-05-08T10:55:04-05:00 Hebrew: Ezekiel is a prophet for God. He has a vision of 4 living creatures and a wheel within a wheel. Ezekiel saw a vision of a valley of dry bones that came back to life. This meant that Israel would be destroyed but would arise again. The exiles would return from Babylon. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Jeremiah%20Man%20of%20Tears%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-04-27T11:24:34-05:00 Hebrew: Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet. God told him to call Israel back to God, but they would not listen. Jeremiah warns the king that Nebuchadnezzar will destroy Israel and take them to Babylon for seventy years. He is thrown into prison, but God brings him out. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/The%20Great%20Wall%20of%20Nehemiah%20Russian.pdf 2009-04-23T14:12:00-05:00 Russian: King Artaxerxes is ruling Persia. Nehemiah gets permission to rebuild Jerusalem with timber from the king's forests. Sanballat, Tobiah & Geshem oppose Nehemiah with threats & tricks. Nehemiah sets a guard & the people work to rebuild. The task is finally complete & the people rejoice.