God spoke through the prophet Joel to deliver a message of impending judgment to His Chosen People. Chapter 2 opens with a shofar blast, which warned Israel of an army coming. In part 2 of our 3-part series on Joel, Chris describes this warning as a prophecy of both the Babylonian invasion and the future battle of the Tribulation. Despite …
This program is a rebroadcast from September 17, 2016. Today as we continue studying Isaiah 53, Chris highlights the Messiah’s role of a suffering servant. Isaiah’s prophecy doesn’t just explain that someone would live a life of humiliation, die, and ultimately be exalted. It goes one step further to describe exactly why the Suffering Servant lived a life of humiliation …
This program is a rebroadcast from September 10, 2016. Over the next two weeks, Chris teaches from Isaiah 53, which contains what many consider to be the clearest prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. Before Jesus came to Earth, believers in the Old Testament time were somewhat blind to His depth, meaning, power, and significance. They only had bits …
Prophecy offers us a valuable glimpse into God’s relationship with Israel and His plans for the world. You’ll find this to be true over the next 3 weeks as we study the book of Joel. The prophecies of Joel not only provide a clear picture of a landmark moment in Israel’s history but will also help you examine your own …
Looking for a way to share God’s love with the Jewish people? Find out how you can bless and serve His Chosen People on this week’s program! Cameron Joyner, a Friends of Israel Field Representative and Assistant Program Ministries Director, shares stories from two FOI ministries he helps lead: Encounter and Bridges. His trip through Jewish communities in the Northeast …
This week we’re learning about the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur. This upcoming fall holiday is a solemn day with great significance not only for the Jewish people but for Christians as well. God established this holy day in the book of Leviticus to cause the Israelites to repent of their sins with sacrifices using the …
Dig into the feasts of Israel with us! We’re learning about the Feast of Unleavened Bread on this week’s show. As its name suggests, this biblical holiday involves removing all the leaven, or yeast, from a person’s home. Jewish people today do this on the week of Passover, a reminder of God’s deliverance of them from Egypt. Yeast is a …
We face a deadly adversary. His goal is to defeat God and take His power. He’s the Dragon, the Devil, Satan, and He’s after your soul. The Friends of Israel Bible teacher Bruce Scott joins Chris this week to equip us for spiritual warfare. He shares insight from his recent Israel My Glory article about the terrible plans of this …
God reveals Himself all throughout His Word, from beginning to end. Over the past 3 weeks we’ve learned to see God in places we might not think to look: creation, the 10 plagues of Exodus, and in our suffering. This week we learn how we can see God’s invisible attributes through the book of Revelation. But Revelation wraps up our …
When we face trials, many of us often feel abandoned by God, left to suffer alone. Yet our suffering not only has purpose; it also helps us see the beautiful character of our Lord! In part 3 of our 4-part series of Divine Portraits of God, Chris walks us through the delicate subject of suffering from the book of Lamentations. …
