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God’s Faithfulness Is Showcased Through the Miraculous Existence of the Modern State of Israel
By Mark Hitchcock - https://harbingersdaily.com/gods-faithfulness-is-showcased-through-the-miraculous-existance-of-the-modern-state-of-israel/
After the destruction of the second Jewish Temple in A.D. 70, a group of rabbis accompanied Rabbi Akiva up to Jerusalem. When they reached Mount Scopus and the site of the Temple came into view, they tore their garments. When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox dart out from the spot where the Holy of Holies had stood in the Holy Temple. The other rabbis began to weep, but Rabbi Akiva laughed.
“Akiva,” they said to him, “you never cease to amaze us. We are crying, and you laugh!”
But Rabbi Akiva asked, “And you, why are you crying?”
The rabbis responded, “What? Shall we not weep? The place about which Scripture states, ‘and the stranger who draws close shall die,’ has become a den of foxes. Indeed, this is a fulfillment of the verse, ‘For Mt. Zion which lies desolate, foxes prowl over it.’”
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Close Encounters of the Celestial Kind
by Ron Rhodes - https://www.ronrhodes.org/close-encounters-of-the-celestial-kind
There was a time when angels were mainly relegated to Christmas cards. But not anymore. Angels have infiltrated the popular culture—big time. Indeed, interest in angels is virtually soaring across the religious spectrum in North America—from mainline Christians to New Agers who seek comfort from these heavenly helpers in a troubled and often chaotic world.
Some of today’s most prominent magazines are running feature stories—even cover stories—on angels, including Time, Newsweek, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Redbook magazine. Moreover, in mid-1994 ABC aired a two-hour prime time special entitled Angels: The Mysterious Messengers, hosted by Patty Duke.
Today there are angels-only boutiques, angel newsletters and magazines, angel seminars and college-level courses, angel T-shirts, calendars, postcards, sunglasses, jewelry, and an angel Broadway play. Moreover, according to Publishers Weekly, at one time during 1993 five of the ten best-selling paperback books were about angels.
