The Holocaust: A Christian Memorial

The Holocaust was a horrible manifestation of hatred. In two days is the International Memorial Day that remembers those who died in the genocide of the Holocaust. What is a shame about commemorating this somber remembered day, is that often is focuses on just Jews who suffered in the interment camps. In reality, Christians suffered as well. In fact, a friend of mine, Rosemary Schindler (the Niece of Oscar Schindler) shared, "Over 12 Million Christians were killed in the Holocaust, double that of the Jews at 6-7 Million."

Now I am not trying to start a contest between Jews and Christians about who suffered more. Rather my heart is that we join together in remembering this horrific hour of both our histories. Christians should not feel like the Holocaust is merely a monstrous act of human cruelty towards Jews, it was done towards Christians! Therefore our prayer should be the same as the Jews, "Never Again." As persecution rises in the world against both Jews and Christians, the time has come for us to remember what happened.

This January 27th, I recommend that Christian brothers and sisters offer up prayers to the Lord Jesus. As persecution is growing worldwide, the realities of the Holocaust have never been more tangible than now. Another way we can remember is watch "Schindler's List", directed by Stephen Spielberg and staring Liam Nesson. We should never forget that evil exists and will endeavor to whip out the sons of Israel. We should have compassion for the Jewish People and what they suffered, but not forget that our ancestors, devout Christians suffered in the same concentration camps. In fact, the Holocaust is the event in which the hands of the Jew and Christian were clutched together after centuries of division. Make not mistake, the Holocaust was monstrous, but it also was moment that bridged a the divide between the Christian and Jew; something that is prophesized by the prophets Hosea and Zachariah.

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Israel’s Conquest of Canaan: The Nephilim and Giants

Christianity Today asserts that the conquest of Canaan can be a “stumbling block” for believers. This probably is because of a foolish idea of comparing it to a modern conquest happening in our world. The truth is that God had Israel conquer Canaan because it was ruled by evil giants, “We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” (Numbers 13:33). These are Anakim or Nephilim, the children of angels and human women, “When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God (angels) saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. The...

Dispensationalism

John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) was a man who did two things, he took 70th week of the Book of Daniel and stretched out to the End Times, and he was the father of Dispensationalism , a belief system that God dispenses different peoples with separate blessings and covenants. According to Darb'ys doctrine of Dispensationalism, God dispenses different covenants. There are total of seven dispensations that divide the history of man: I. Dispensation of Innocence (prior to the Fall, "Do not east of the Fruit of Good and Eve, Eden), II. Dispensation of Conscience ( You must assuage guilt and sin with blood sacrifices.) III. Dispensation of Human Government (Multiply and Subdue the world, example the Tower of Babel Gen 11:1-9, and Genesis 1:28). IV. Dispensation of the Promise (Dwell in Canaan, Jerusalem) V. Dispensation of the Law ("Obey the Law of Moses and the Prophets"). VI. Dispensation of Grace (The Church, Jesus Christ has come...

Jesus’ Name in Aramaic

There has been a trend to render Jesus’ name Hebrew, יֵשׁוּעַ , Yeshua. The problem is neither Christ nor his apostles, nor the Jews in 30-33 A.D. spoke Hebrew, they spoke Aramaic. A ramaic is the oldest language on earth and was the language Jesus spoke. In fact, the oldest Old Testament is the Septuagint a Greco translation around 132 B.C.E. (165 Years Before Christ)that was translated from Aramaic. The Masoretic Text, The Hebrew Old Testament most Bibles use, dates from 7th to 10th Century A.D. (Medieval Times). This translation does not cross reference with the words of Christ in the New Testament which are Aramaic and Koine Greek. If the Aramaic was what Jesus spoke, then by what name would have been called? Jesus’ name in Aramaic is Isho or Eesho, spelled ܝܫܘܥ . That is the name of our Lord in Aramaic! He would have heard his name in this dialect, “Hail Isho or Eesho!” as well as the Greek, Ἰ ησο ῦ ς , Iesous. Aramaic is disappearing, only a few peop...

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