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Historic accounts in the New Testament about the life of Jesus were further confirmed by the recently discovered ruins of a first century synagogue in Israel. Located near Mount Tabor in the Nahal Tavor Nature Reserve in lower Galilee at a site called Tel Recesh, the synagogue ruins date back to the time of the Second Temple period, which ended in AD 79 when the Romans attacked Jerusalem. Motti Aviam, a senior researcher at the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at the Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, explained in a statement the significance of the Tel Rechest excavation find. He said, “This is the first synagogue discovered in the rural part of Galilee and it confirms historical information we have about the New Testament, which says that Jesus preached at synagogues in Galilean villages.”
While there have been other synagogues from the Second Temple period discovered before, this is the very first one to be found in a rural rather than an urban setting. In an interview with YNet News, Motti Aviam explained why the findings at the Tel Rechesh site make this place so important to Christians. He said, “The New Testament describes how Jesus delivered sermons in a synagogue in Capernaum and other synagogues in Galilee.” He further stated that “During the same period, Jesus was still a Jew who observed Jewish rituals and requirements and like many rabbis, He delivered sermons in synagogues. Christianity which developed after placed an emphasis on his sermons at synagogues in Galilee.”
But it must be noted that this is not the first major find in Israel this year which is connected to the times of Jesus. In the month of March, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced that it had found several artifacts buried beneath the Schneller compound in Jerusalem. Many of these artifacts dated back to the Second Temple period. All these findings just serve to validate the truth of the Bible. They prove that the Bible is not a book of fiction but rather a book of facts. They prove that the existence of Jesus in the earth was not a figment of somebody’s imagination but a fact. Therefore we can rely upon the eternal Word of God. Amen!
SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK
BAPTISM CLASS
Today, 5:00p.m.
G.I., N.I. & P. I. MEETING
Today, 5:00p.m.
LUNCH HOUR HOTLINE/WARFARE PRAYER
Wednesday, 12:00 noon- Lunch Hour Hotline
5:30p.m. -Warfare Prayer-
PRAISE & ADORATION PRACTICE
Friday, 6:00 p.m.
HOUR-OF-POWER PRAYER SESSION
Saturday, 7:00a.m. – 8:00a.m.
NEXT SUNDAY
Worship & Ministry Service, 9:00 a.m.
Baptismal Class, 5:00p.m.
Kingdom Men’s Ministry Meeting, 6:00p.m.
Spanish Scripture: (1 Corinthians 15: 58)
“Por lo tanto, mis queridos hermanos, manténganse firmes e inconmovibles,
progresando siempre en la obra del Señor, conscientes de que su trabajo en el Señor no es en vano. ”
-1 Corintios 15:58 (NVI)
The Rock – by Julia Townsend
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might.
This the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might.
Each night the man returned to his cabin sore, and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain. Seeing that the man was showing signs of discouragement, the Evil Impulse decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man’s weary mind: “You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t budged. Why kill yourself over this? You are never going to move it.” Thus giving the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure, these thoughts discouraged and disheartened the “Why kill myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort and that will be good enough.”
And that he planned to do until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled thoughts to the Lord. “Lord”, he said, “I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?”
The Lord responded compassionately, “My friend, when I asked you to serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? “Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewed and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have.
Yet you haven’t moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. This you have done. “I, my friend, will now move the rock.”
At times when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in Him……. By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but it is still God who moves them.
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