“Sow with a view to righteousness, reap in accordance with kindness; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh until He comes to rain righteousness on you.” Hosea 10: 12
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Steve Apfel—Christianity Gone Berserk:
Christian people are not like Muslims. They have no tradition of putting themselves out for co-religionists. Under attack they’ll remember to pray for them, perhaps; but picket embassies, occupy piazzas, marshal the media into battle, take the UN by storm – never.
Christendom right now is in dire straits. What would Paul the Apostle have done with some 100 million followers under existential threat? Has there been a time like the present when every hour another Christian is martyred? The way the church was afflicted under the Romans pales by comparison. Even under Muslims in medieval times the burning and slaying and pillaging to near extinction is dwarfed by the scale of what’s happening now.
Historian Tom Holland reckons we’re witnessing the total extinction of Christendom in the Middle East. He might also have warned about the sub-continent, after Pakistan’s worst-ever attack blasted 85 church-goers to kingdom come.
What have Christians done about it? Pakistan did erupt in country-wide protests; but elsewhere their hallmark behavior has been passivity. “Everyone is ignoring the growing danger to Christians in Muslim countries,” bewailed Mano Rumalshah, the Bishop of Peshawar. “European countries don’t give a damn about us.”
Not quite. The Archbishop of Canterbury gives a damn. Though his words may have brought cold comfort to the bereaved and afflicted, they will at least take us where we need to go. So here’s what Justin Welby, head of the Church of England had to say after seeing the “mass graves” of latter day martyrs. “I have no illusions about this. But historically the right response of Christians to persecution and attack is — it’s the hardest thing we can ever say to people, but Jesus tells us to love our enemies. It’s the hardest thing when you’re violently attacked. It’s an indescribable challenge. But God gives grace so often for that – to love our enemies.”
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SnyderTalk Comment: Steve is right about a lot of people who call themselves “Christians”, but I suspect that many if not most of them aren’t Christian at all. If you read SnyderTalk regularly you know what I’m talking about so I won’t go into detail. For those of you who are new to this blog, I will say this: the Messiah said that you can tell a tree by its fruit. (Matthew 7: 16)
True believers know exactly what He meant. The others are another story. They think that they can do just about anything they want with impunity because they are covered by Yahweh’s grace. To them, I will say this: grace is not a license to commit crimes with impunity and to completely ignore Yahweh and His commands without penalty. That perspective is absolutely absurd.
Contrary to what Justin Welby blithely implied, the Messiah did not tell us to merely sit back and let crazed lunatics slaughter us because we love them. The Messiah said, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10: 34)
His command to turn the other cheek did not mean to graciously accept wanton murder, rape, and slavery. People who believe that are delusional.
Regrettably, many so-called “leaders” in the Christian community are fleecing the flock rather than feeding them, and a very large percentage of the flock is following them as though they were Pied Pipers.
That’s not Christian either. Following evil leaders is evil. Again, you can tell a tree by its fruit.
Clear lines are being drawn between believers and unbelievers. Yahweh is beginning the process of separating the wheat from the chaff.
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Jordana Brown: Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Live in Jerusalem, Earth—Six Supreme Court Justices from the U.S. just informed me that I am a resident of Jerusalem, Earth, and not a resident of Israel, as I previously believed. What has been universally regarded as the capital of the Jewish homeland for 67 (and over 3,000) years is suddenly a no man’s land, instead of home to hundreds of thousands of Israelis. So Jerusalem, the city mentioned in the Bible almost 700 times and never once in the Koran, is apparently not to be considered the capital of the Jewish state.
SnyderTalk Comment: It really is absurd. Our gutless politicians should have settled this issue a long time ago.
I’m reminded of what Joshua said: “If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.” (Joshua 24:15)
I’ll follow Yahweh and put my faith in Him.
Jonathan Tobin: The Unfortunate Supreme Court Decision on Jerusalem—By siding with the administration in the case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the executive branch’s constitutional power to recognize foreign governments. In this instance, that meant allowing the president to declare that, contrary to an act of Congress as well as the facts on the ground, he is entitled to pretend that the city of Jerusalem isn’t the capital of Israel or even part of the Jewish state. Due to an awkward diplomatic dance it has been conducting since 1948, the U.S. has never recognized that Jerusalem is part of Israel. The administration thinks being upheld by the Court on this point is good for America because it allows it to continue maintaining the fiction that Jerusalem isn’t part of Israel. So long as the U.S. is encouraging the Palestinians to think they can have a portion of Israel’s capital as part of a Palestinian state – including mostly 40-year-old neighborhoods where hundreds of thousands of Jews live – they’ll never come to terms with the fact that they are going to have to accept a compromise and leave those people in place and allow the city to remain united. This makes a resolution on Jerusalem even less likely to happen in the foreseeable future.
Alresalah—Gaza: Hamas Leader: We Want All of Palestine—Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said Sunday that Hamas refuses a Palestinian state within the 1967 or 1948 territories, saying, “Our policy is Palestine, all of Palestine.”
SnyderTalk Comment: At least al-Zahar is being honest. I just wish the peaceniks around the world would pay attention.
Richard Cohen: The ugly effort to boycott Israel— The chief executive of Orange, the global telecom company based in France, says he is going to Israel, surely to apologize for recently saying that, if he could, he would end his company’s relationship with its Israeli partner “tomorrow morning.” The hitch is that he can’t, since there is a contract, and now Stéphane Richard says he doesn’t want to do it anyway. He’s been severely reprimanded by Israel as well as his own government for, shall we say, talking like a jerk. I put it mildly. Monsieur Richard is clearly vexed with Israel — and who can blame him? If he is outraged about the settlements policy, so am I. If he doesn’t like the treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank, I agree. If he thinks the religious parties have far too much influence and that the government is too right-wing and opportunistically anti-Arab, I am with him on all that also.
SnyderTalk Comment: I am outraged by those who are outraged about Israel’s settlement policy. Just wait until they learn what Yahweh has to say about it. Those who are outraged with Israel today will be sad campers, and their sadness will defy description.
Lucy Kafanov: Turkey election: Long on drama, short on clarity—Celebrations in this predominantly Kurdish city in the southeast carried into their second day Monday, as supporters of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party reveled in its election to Turkey’s parliament, a historic first. The elections Sunday also dealt an unprecedented blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his bid to consolidate power, but the only thing certain in their aftermath is that Turkey is heading into a period of uncertainty. “Erdoğan’s ambition to transform Turkey to an executive-style presidential system of government is now over,” says Fadi Hakura, a specialist on Turkish affairs at Chatham House, London. “The silver lining in this election is that voters in Turkey have clearly rejected the creation of a super powerful presidency, but what happens next is not at all clear.”
Doug Saunders: The Turkish people outgrew their president long before the election—Until Monday morning, most of the world believed that Turkey was following a predictable script: Citizens of this country were drifting away from Europe and the West and into Islamic authoritarianism and strongman rule, enthusiastically following the path of their increasingly autocratic but popular president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That script proved to be profoundly wrong – something that should have been obvious to observers of Turkey’s fast-changing polity, but wasn’t until Turks went to the ballot in Sunday’s parliamentary election. It turns out that Turks are not enthusiastically following Mr. Erdogan’s path, or sharing his beliefs. For the first time in a decade and a half, a strong majority of Turks (six out of 10) chose to vote for anyone but Mr. Erdogan’s party – and what they chose to vote for instead shows just how dramatically Turks and their leader have diverged.
SnyderTalk Comment: I am thankful that this seems to be true for now. Will it last? I hope so.
I taught a lot of Turkish students at the University of Virginia over the years. They were great students and great people. My wife and I visited with one of my students and her family in Istanbul and had a great time with them. We toured their country and loved it. I hope their country remains a safe haven.
Ariel Ben Solomon: Analysis: Bad for Erdogan, good for Israel—Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because of the results of parliamentary elections, suffered a setback in his quest for gaining absolute power, relations with Israel are likely to continue to be poor. “In the short run the Islamist AK Party, with Erdogan at the helm, remains the major political player in Turkey,” Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, told The Jerusalem Post. “Therefore, no improvement in relations with Israel is in the cards. “Yet the elections results could be the beginning of a gradual reversal of Turkey’s Islamization,” he said, adding: “The conflict over Turkey’s soul and identity is not over. If the more secular elements get the upper hand, Israel could hope for better relations.”
SnyderTalk Comment: I hope he’s right, and I hope it lasts.
Frida Ghitis: Time to be honest about Israel’s capital—Diplomacy sometimes creates moments of delusion, when learned men and women seem to lose touch with reality and speak in confusing sentences. That fact is on clear display when it comes to the issue of Israel’s capital. Let’s be clear here: In every reasonable, logical way, the capital of Israel is Jerusalem. That is where the seat of government resides, where the country’s parliament stands and legislates and where the President, Prime Minister and Cabinet have their offices and meet. Whatever some governments or politicians might say to the contrary, this fact should be accepted by everyone. Now, this should not preclude parts of Jerusalem becoming part of another country, say, a future Palestinian state. But when it comes to Jerusalem, as we were reminded Monday by a Supreme Court ruling, nothing is simple. On Monday, America’s top court ruled on the case of 12-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem and wanted his passport to state Israel as his country of birth. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?
SnyderTalk Comment: It is simple. From Yahweh’s perspective, Israel is much larger than current maps indicate. From a political perspective, it’s complicated, but politics don’t trump Yahweh. It’s time for the U.S. to get on board with Yahweh’s plan. Any other course of action is destined to fail.
The world is loaded with people who think Yahweh doesn’t exist. They don’t know Yahweh so they think that they can make up the rules. People who do know Yahweh realize how foolish they are, but telling them the truth is like talking to a rock. We need for Yahweh to return and the sooner the better. He can and will remove all doubt.
Russia Today: ‘G7 countries completely destabilized Middle East region’— There is huge irony at the G7 summit: those picnicking on sausages, pretzels and beer today, earlier created a military, political and social vacuum and destabilized the whole Middle East region, says political and social commentator Mo Ansar. Today the G7 leaders are discussing the main security challenges their countries face. Some of the countries have been victims to terrorist attacks over the last 6 months. US, UK and Japanese have become victims of Islamic State beheadings. The inflow of illegal migrants from North Africa and Syria to the EU is rising. However these are the problems created in some way by the G7 countries that at least approved the bombing campaigns in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. RT: Several G7 countries played a significant role as places like Iraq and Syria crumbled – countries they consider the main extremist threat is coming from. How do you think they will deal with this situation? Mo Ansar: What we’ve seen is a huge great irony. On the one hand we’ve seen the beautiful Bavarian summer welcome the G7 leaders and people like Iraqi ministers there. And while Obama jokes about lederhosen and Merkel and the others are picnicking on sausages, pretzels and beer, the discussion has been somewhat gloomier.
SnyderTalk Comment: This isn’t just the Russian perspective. It’s right on the money. Western leaders are screwing up royally, and we will pay the price for their stupidity.
Max Blackston: Who’s buried in King David’s tomb?— Recently haredi (ultra-Orthodox) yeshiva students tried – not for the first time – to prevent a group of Christians from entering the building on Mount Zion which, according to tradition, houses the Tomb of David, on the ground floor, and the Room of Jesus and the Disciples’ Last Supper, on the upper floor. The actions of these young haredim are deplorable under any circumstances; it has been the pride of Israel’s reuniting of Jerusalem to guarantee access to the holy places of every religion to all. (Although this does not extend to the Temple Mount, where unfortunately Israel’s writ does not run). Even if Jewish religious sensitivity were to be considered as a legitimate cause for such actions, they would still be wrong in this case – for the simple reason that this site does not contain the tomb of King David. In King David’s time, 3,000 years ago, the city of Jerusalem was restricted to the slopes of the ridge running south from the Temple Mount – the area known today as the City of David. It was only in the time of David’s son King Solomon that the city was extended to include the Temple Mount; and it was a further 200 years, in the time of King Hezekiah, before the city started to spread westward.
Louisa Loveluck, and graphic by Sam Dodge and Tom Shiel—Islamic State, one year on: Where do its fighters come from?: Thousands of foreign fighters have travelled to Iraq and Syria in the year since Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (Isil) lightning sweep through the two territories. According to the most recent publicly available estimates, released by King’s College London’s International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation in January, Tunisia has contributed the largest contingent, with some estimates putting the figure as high as 3,000. The foreign loyalists can expect to join fighting battalions, or even take up positions in the extremist group’s extensive bureaucracy, which implements Islamic law and harvests taxes across its territory. Saudi Arabia – a country battling Isil terrorism against Shia residents in its eastern province – is thought to be the second most prolific source of foreign fighters, with up to 2,500 people believed to have joined the fray in Iraq and Syria. • Isil will be more violent than ever in order to survive Nearly a fifth of fighters are residents or nationals of Western European countries, and an estimated 1,200 people have travelled from France alone.
SnyderTalk Comment: Europe is in serious trouble. We can’t let that happen to the U.S.
If things continue as they are, we may find ourselves at war with Europe one day. In the U.S., if things continue as they are, we may follow the European model and be in just as much trouble as they are.
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Palestinians: US court ruling on Jerusalem passports sends a message to Israeli ‘occupier’
SnyderTalk Comment: He’s right. It did send a message. Will U.S. voters get it? That’s the question.
EU official to Israel: Don’t demolish unauthorized Palestinian village
Diplomats: EU has Israel sanctions ready, and Uncle Sam may not be able to help
Syrian pilot shoots self to avoid fiery ISIS execution
MK Hazan, demoted over sex, drugs and gambling allegations, threatens Edelstein
BDS threats thwart Israeli-Palestinian normalization meeting in Bethlehem
George W. Bush was wrong to impose democracy on Iraq, Rumsfeld says
Dempsey: Israel, IDF have no greater friend on Earth than the US military
Poll finds Israeli Jews feel slighted by world
Dershowitz: BDS movement targets Israel but ignores human rights offenses worldwide
Girls sold for ‘as little as a pack of cigarettes’ in ISIS controlled territories
SnyderTalk Comment: This is Islamism. They think that they are the real Islam because they adhere to the Quran. Well, they are right regardless of what our Commander-in-Chief says.
Obama is not Yahweh although I suspect that he thinks he is.
The day is coming when many people who call themselves Muslims today will say this religion is for the birds.
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US Diplomats Reveal EU Sanctions Assault After Iran Deal
Joining Israel and the IDF on his Father’s Dying Wish
Watch: After Exposé, Al-Aqsa Sheikh Redoubles Anti-Semitism
Shaked Vows Offensive Against BDS, Calls for Alliance with Kurds
Jewish Orgs Slam ‘Myopic’ Supreme Court Decision on Jerusalem
Prosor: Arab Chaos Good for Israel at the UN
Hazan Partially Stripped of Authority
Play Cancelled After Arab Actor Cites ‘Occupation’
Genderist MKs on the Warpath: MK Hazan ‘a Pimp’
Hunger-Striking Islamic Jihad Prisoner ‘Could Die’
Israel Releases Hamas ‘Parliament’ Speaker
Ya’alon: No Peace Deal in My Lifetime
Ya’alon to Gaza Terrorists: Don’t Test Us
Three Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Iraqi Govt. HQ Lethally Assaulted by Terrorists
Rebels Seize Major Military Base in Southern Syria
Over 230,000 Killed in Syria Since 2011
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US Jewish groups slam administration’s ‘hypocritical’ view on Jerusalem
Jerusalem mayor urges Obama to recognize Israel’s capital
Jerusalem mayor fumes over plan to build in nature reserve
Scandal-ridden deputy Knesset speaker banned from chairing sessions
Likud’s Oren Hazan hired prostitutes for friends, did meth — report
Deputy Knesset speaker swears pimping, meth use ‘never happened’
Defense minister: Palestinian state unlikely ‘in my lifetime’
Palestinian children parade with toy machine guns
Israel’s chief negotiator calls for summit, but Deputy FM says no hope of peace
SnyderTalk Comment: Tzipi Hotovely is right. Thankfully, there is a Tzipi in Israeli politics that isn’t crazy.
Greece officially starts using term ‘Palestine’
EU preparing guidelines for labeling W. Bank products
Lord Sacks: BDS makes it ‘almost impossible’ for Europe’s Jews to support Israel
Top US official says Iran has met interim obligations
Rather than oust Hamas, Israel favors ‘cumulative deterrence’ in Gaza
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Surprise! Democrat shocks Hillary with 41% of vote
US Army public website compromised
Israel, fearing attack, tests effects of ‘dirty bomb’
Israel’s odd partnership with Hamas in the face of Salafist escalation
CEOs lukewarm on economy, says survey
Fox’s ‘Lucifer’ Series Draws Protests
Greek exit would trigger eurozone collapse, says Alexis Tsipras
Patient with drug-resistant tuberculosis being treated in Maryland
France Charges 15 with Planning Jihadist Attacks on French Jews
ISIS Sets Its Sights on Saudi Arabia
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CIA chief in ‘secret Israel talks on Iran’
Israel concerned about US arms to Gulf states to deter Iran
Turkish president, prime minister to meet as Turkey faces coalition rule
Turkey faces weeks of political turmoil, snap polls
Obama: Vladimir Putin trying to ‘recreate Soviet empire’
Vladimir Putin has no regrets, says God wanted his life to be perfect
SnyderTalk Comment: Now that’s a stunner.
IAEA: Nuclear Inspectors Will Need Access to Iran for Years
Iran Commanders Reportedly Execute Syrian Officers
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Exodus 12
14 “Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. 17 You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. 20 You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.”
SnyderTalk Comment: Read His Name is Yahweh.
This is a “permanent ordinance”. We are to celebrate Passover throughout our generations. That means from now own.
That means forever.
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback. It’s also available for free in PDF format.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
- “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
- “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)
- Yeshua said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (John 8: 58)
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Does it matter what we call God?
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SnyderTalk Comment: What we call Yahweh matters because He said it does. People who need more justification than that have a problem with Yahweh.
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Blessings in the Book of Revelation is a book that you need to read, especially now. There are blessings throughout the Scriptures but Revelation is the only book in the Bible actually containing a specific blessing for reading it. It’s repeated twice, once at the beginning and again at the end. This is the reason that I believe Revelation should be the first step toward studying biblical prophecy. Though not easy to do, Revelation can be broken down and understood by anyone, not just the academic elite. So, Revelation’s blessings are for everyone. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Other Books by Neil Snyder
- Stand! is a suspense novel that exposes the lies, corruption, and greed underlying the theory that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming. Professor Wes Carlyle and Karen Sterling, his research collaborator, carefully scan the audience for their would-be attacker—a member of the enviro-gestapo who has been following them for days. Wes spots his man in the back of the room leaning against the wall. Suddenly, another man in the audience steps forward and moves toward Karen at a menacing pace. With a vicious stroke, he swings a billy club at her head. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
