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Why Israel is special to us?

About 80% of our Bible is about Israel. Our faith has its roots dug deeply into Israel's soil. Our Lord walked there. The prophets preached there. Jesus started His Church there. The Apostles took the Great Commission to the world from there. And of course the Scriptures were given by God to His choice leaders there. The nation, Israel, itself is a miracle too. A miracle is that it even survives in the midst of the Islamic Middle East. The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working for Motorola. Voice mail technology was developed in Israel by Israelis working for Microsoft and Cisco. Instant Messenger for America Online was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis. Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies outside the United States and Canada. Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the workforce. One hundred forty five out of every ten thousand Israelis are employed in these technical professions. Israel is the only cou...

Will the world come to an end in the year 2012-2015?

There are number of news about - Mayan calendar (21st December 2012), - The aligning of the sun with the center of the Milky Way galaxy (2012) & - The ‘Blood Moon Eclipse’ (2015). Will the world come to an end? Will our Lord come back during this period ? There are two different events in relation to Christ’s return. One is the ‘rapture,’ the other one is the ‘second coming.’ One is invisible and one is visible. Rapture: (Invisible) 1 Thessalonians 5:2 “The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night” Mat 24: 36-39 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man” 1 C...