Posts Tagged ‘Jerusalem



17
Mar
17

The Crusades. Part-Six.

Why did the Crusades fail?

The whole campaign lasted from the 1st March 1096 to December 1098. There were more later Crusades, when Poland, Russia and several other nations hoped to follow and do better than the Roman Catholic Church.

It was the greed of the knights, their quench for political and religious power, favoritism that lead to the money running out. It was not the military might and tactics of Muslim Saladin. But in the late stages of the French, English Kingdom of Jerusalem, his forces did act with cunning to rout the Crusaders.

Militarily the Crusaders failed, because they constructed Norman fortresses in the desert with moats, like in Europe and meanwhile there was no water. But ultimately it had to be God. Much is done in Gods name, but it is not of him. It’s just man tagging on his name and hoping for the best, it won’t work, warfare, Church ekklesia, organization, and what ever.

26
Feb
16

URBANIZATION. TWO.

Great Cities.

Today we might say Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Paris and London and there a quite a few more?  We remember them because they are the seats of great power, freedoms, liberation, culture, science, all the attributes of human achievment!

The bible tells us to about the great cities that hold dark powers, these are the ones that oppress humanity, who murder believers in the past,  today and the future.

God tells us through His word how he has destroyed those early ones with water and how one new one will be for all who had faith in Jesus, after the whore is destroyed.

Genesis 4:17,  Luke 17:27-28,  Revelation 14:8,  21:2.

12
Dec
14

Conception. Part-Three.

The Cross and the Crib.

We must not let it slip by that Jesus was born to die, He was the final sacrifice for Sin and His death and resurrection would do away with the need of the Temple sacrifices.

Mary was told about these events after Jesus was circumcised in the Jerusalem Temple by two old folks whom God had allowed to see the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the World.

Simeon and Annah had waited a long time, but because of their devotion to God in a godless and near pagan nation.

Luke 2:21-39,  1 Corinthians 1:23,  Hebrews 12:1-3,  1 Peter 4:14.

30
May
14

What Humanity Fears. Part-Two.

The Day of the Lord.

What a day that will be for us brothers and sisters, when we meet our Lord and He takes us home. Judgement is for all humanity, we too must face the Lord Jesus, but we should not fear because we now have the oppertunity everyday to put things right.

The world does not have this relationship with Him, but they have the oppertunity to hear the ‘Good News message and the freedom to choose Him or face Eternal consiquenses.

All these Communitst and believers in lies will one day gather against Israel and the city of Jerusalem, but what a shock they will have when Jesus come marching out of Heaven with His mighty armies.

Jeremiah 17:10-11,  Joel 2:1,  Zephaniah 1:14,  Matthew 7:22,  Hebrews 4:12-13,   2 Peter 2:9.

11
Apr
13

On the Road to Emmaus. Part-One.

Travellers.’

All of us are on a journey through life, many of us know were we started from but we do not really know were we are going. These two men were going home from Jerusalem to Emmaus, walking about 7 miles when Jesus met them. but they were not aware of Him?  Luke 24:13-35, Mark 16:12-13.

As we see as the story progresses that they had a good understanding of all the key events over the last few days, but their hearts were not right. They wanted Jesus to be the great prophet and the deliverer of Israel from Roman occupation. Luke 24:19, 21.

What are we looking for Jesus to be for us today? Many people say that God is a God of Love and they live their lives to suite their wants and pleasures, while at the same time not believing in who He really is.

24
Aug
12

The Crusades. Part-Five.

Eventually the Crusader armies made it to the Holy lands and their they proceeded to do to the local Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, especially in Jerusalem, massacre them. What was done here still reverberates across Islam to this day. All conflicts in the middle east, Afghanistan, Somalia are seen as a continuation of the wars of Saladin and the Christians.

So how do Christians deal with this factor, some today have chosen to be anti-Israeli and have taken on the Palestinians rights to claim the land. But this in it self will not heal the rift.

As we have seen in other blogs in relation to Palestine God is an estate-agent and throughout the Bible has promised the Jews a return to the land, a restoration and the promises that they will never be removed.




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