In ancient Israel, recorders and scribes usually copied facts and information onto parchment, to preserve accurate records of what would become, one day, history. Nothing could be altered, deleted or changed. Every stroke and dot of the ink pen was sacred and written down with painstaking accuracy. In today’s world of reporting and journalism, men–rarely clothed in linen depicting righteousness–still report concerning the world. However, global reporting, especially regarding Israel, is extremely biased. By the time a report is published or broadcast, inaccuracies and blatant lies, reinforce the age-old admonition: “check out the facts before you believe it!” Having lived in Israel for over thirty years, the Lord has sensitized our ears to detect media bias deceiving many readers and listeners in today’s world. We now look at “the big picture” from an international point of view. At times, it appears truth has fallen in the streets and that people swallow myth-like fairytales easily, especially when it comes to reporting facts about Israel. Erroneous anti-Semitic statements are sent across the world through publishing, broadcasting and the Internet collectively, by reporters with phones and computers at hand, who form their own opinions and then release them globally.

Inscribed on the pages of Sacred Scripture is accuracy to the highest degree, and infallibility, that brings total assurance to seekers of absolute truth. To point mankind to God’s Word, is to lead the human race into universal enlightenment, in the midst of a global attempt by mortals to extinguish the light of God’s message to men and women, of every race, tribe, culture and lineage. Yeshua’s (Jesus’) first admonition to His followers, when they challenged Him to give them insight as to the indicators of His Second Coming, without hesitation, He emphasized a strong distinguishing mark of the end times: deception. (Psalm 101:7). The act of hiding the truth, especially for someone’s advantage, is a hallmark of today’s world. Sadly to say, the misleading information we all are sometimes fed in world media is shocking, if not unnerving. The cheating that goes on in normal every day business, the underhandedness, dishonesty and fraud – among many other visible and decidedly dishonest practices put forth in technology, television, radio, and every other modern mode of communication – is shameful.

My husband and I live on a “mountain around about Jerusalem. From our balcony we can look toward the Temple Mount and envision the Coming House of God that will be glorious and become a “…praise in the earth” (Isaiah 62:7). Foreseeing this magnificent structure keeps our anticipation alive,for what God has promised, He will deliver.

In the world today we find many churches heading down a suicidal path. Why? This year “…new features appear in Christmas programs such as in a Norwegian elementary school…Students will be reading not only Bible verses, but also verses from the Quran.” The article further reports that the “teachings of Mohammed have pushed into church settings around the world. In St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland, passages from the Quran have been read…as well as…”…singing from the Quran in the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Italy” (Paul Bremmer, APP Frontpage, Faith, Front Page, WND.com). All around the world, in Christian religious settings, the Quran is mixing with the truth of God’s Word to us. “Liberal Christianity has in many cases departed from its foundation in the Word of God,” (Rabbi Johnathan Cahn, WND.com).

In the time to come, an amazing broadcast message will be made to the entire earth. It appears this is the hour in which we need to contemplate this forthcoming announcement to all nations. It will take digital technology to make as widely known as possible, a permanent, perpetual and never-ending truth to creation. How can we, as Bible believers, be prepared to explain this proclamation of truth, beamed across the airwaves of the earth through modern technology, if we do not grasp it ourselves?

By choosing Israel, God has entrusted one nation with an unparalleled, and enormous, responsibility–to be a brilliant and shining lamp to the nations. The defining moment will be when she clearly moves into being an example, spiritually, as a country. I believe it has begun. It’s sad, as Israel’s calling to be a “light to the nations” has all but been ignored and removed from Christian education, in our seminaries and preparatory schools.

To “touch” someone indicates how one “brushes up against” or “how a person handles another”—either with kindness or disrespect. It was not only the Nazis, many civilizations have disgraced and humiliated the Jewish people during various wars, the Great Depression, and economic downturns. And up until today, too few churches have given the Jewish people the respect that is due to them. It is correct that there were times when Israel needed punishing for her sins against God, but it is God’s responsibility to respond to disobedience. God never gave any authority to anyone to punish His Chosen People. That was His task. His command was to bless and not curse the children of Israel.

Bible Prophecy, the Second Coming, and the Kingdom on earth fall into a prerequisite preparatory knowledge needed for the end times; especially, for all Christians. Every pulpit should be strengthening the Master’s sheep and laying the groundwork for the future. It has been said, “Israel is God’s Key to world redemption.” Why is there so much silence?

To the God of Israel, beginnings are significant. God tells us He created the heavens and the earth so that we would know more about the power and glory of His Supreme Being. Our faith had a foundational establishment, and its origin begins and ends in Jerusalem. All of us had a beginning. We advanced in life from somewhere, i.e., farms, villages, towns, cities, communities, and capitals. Returning to our roots gives us a spiritual perspective of our lives, where we have been, how we developed, and where we are today. Most of us do not omit our childhood beginnings. Then why do we not want to remember and include our spiritual foundations?

Since the beginning of world history, God has built into His world hope for mankind. “The world’s history is a Divine poem of which the history of every nation is a canto and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing down the centuries, and though there have been mingled discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian…there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come” (James A. Garfield, Klopsch, Many Thoughts of Many Minds).