SteveR wrote:
Yes indeed
The high holy gospel of Likud, where denial of Arab rights is justification, murder of gazans sanctifification and election victory is glorification

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Aaron Michael, duly noted.
By the way, the BBC seems to recognize the WWI Christmas truce in a big way, and you can watch the various short videos, here, [URL=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30601912]]]World War One truce: 'War came to standstill'[/URL].

anybody wrote:
If you cannot bring yourself to celebrate the birth of Christ, the incarnation - Then Don't.
What if anything does it mean to you?
Theological expertise?
or
Joy in the Lord?

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Ah, John U.K., perhaps third time will be a charm for this one? [URL=https://www.jashow.org/wiki/index.php/Is_Christmas_Purely_a_Pagan_Holiday]]]https://www.jashow.org/wiki/index.php/Is_Christmas_Purely_a_Pagan_Holiday (Is Christmas Purely a Pagan Holiday?)[/URL], but I will add to it, in this case,
Colossians 2
16 Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--
17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.16 Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--
17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.16 Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--
17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.---[URL=http://www.lockman.org/nasb/nasbcmp.php]]]NASB[/URL]
So, if they want to celebrate Christmas, fine, if they don't want to that's fine also.

Birth of Christ wrote:
Heavenly Host celebrates birth of Christ.
As recorded in the Word of God.
Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

SteveR wrote:
Well, I have sat with Palestinian Christians on the Shepherds Fields looking over the fence at those settlements. They too consider them illegal. Even the destruction of the Silwan neighborhood for the 'City of David' and the 1000+ units the Israelis now plan to build in E Jerusalem as illegal.
Choose the Magogites to be your spiritual allies at your own souls peril, I will stay w/the Christians of Bethlehem

Is it legal for Palestinian Jews to settle there?

SteveR wrote:
Muslims that are residents of E Jerusalem have it pretty good, certainly better than the West Bank and MUCH better than those in Gaza. imo- The latest terror attacks were provoked by Israeli demolition of Arab Neighborhoods in E Jerusalem, and the response to the terror attacks(arresting family members and demolishing their homes) will only serve to increase the tension
Israelis have proven to provoke these attacks as they secure more land
Palestinians are all too willing to be provoked
2 sides of the same evil coin

in case you did not notice wrote:
Then why do you think Daniel went up into his room and open his windows and prayed toward Jerusalem? (Daniel 6:10)
1 Kings 8:29,30 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
you tent answer is the point I am making, thanks

in case you did not notice wrote:
so what are saying, fyi, we should stone rebellious children? We should pray towards where the temple that would be located in Jerusalem? We should live in tents for a week?

16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

in case you did not notice wrote:
ALL those commands were given to Jewish people see Exodus 31:17

Jessica Dawson wrote:
Those who are apathetic towards the Christians being persecuted should remember that Hitler didn't stop at the Jewish population — as I do not believe ISIS will stop after they have murdered Christians. If history does repeat itself, perhaps it is likely ISIS will attack other nations just as did Nazi Germany?

Let Truth Prevail wrote:
When Christ speaks judgment against the temple, he is proclaiming the end of the Jewish system of worship. When Christ picks his 12 disciples (not 12 tribes), it is the beginning of ushering a new system with new rules, a new covenant, not a system of man, not of land, but spirit indwelt people who are chosen by God for salvation. The old has been done away with, the new has been ushered in. The people of Faith in Christ are the chosen people. You cannot confuse corporate national election with salvific election. This is where the cult of dispensationalism goes wrong.

Augustino De Hipo wrote:
Maybe it would best just to let the Jews emigrate from Israel to live free in other countries similar to what the current Jewish diaspora does worldwide. Maybe the time has arrived for the UN to reverse its decision and vote against having a Jewish state in Palestine. The UN could safely support a mass migration of Jews to the USA, Canada, Australia, England, Europe, and other participating countries. I bet that the state of Florida could absorb all the Jews in Palestine