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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. -

Corrie Ten Boom

 

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After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, a Dutch watchmaker named Corrie ten Boom and her family built a secret room in their home to protect Jews until they could be transported to safety

 

In just four years, the ten Boom family helped rescue over 800 people.

 

Though ten Boom was arrested by the Nazis in 1944 — and placed in a concentration camp as punishment — she narrowly avoided being sent to the gas chambers and was released before World War II ended. Years later in 1971, she published a book about her experiences called "The Hiding Place" and began traveling all over the world to give lectures on the power of forgiveness. But then at one of her talks, a former Nazi guard who worked at the same camp that she was detained in approached her to ask for her forgiveness. And she decided to give it to him.

A digital painting of an old b/w photo of a young Corrie Ten Boom, a public domain image that I got from wikimedia commons. You can see the original here:

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I'm in the process of preparing inspirational pictures for my website. Thought I'd share one with you tonight.

 

The photo is SOOC.

# Motion for Week 3 of 52 in 2017 Weekly Edition Challenge:

 

A nearly invisible motion - the blanketing of fog over the land....

 

"“Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”

― Corrie ten Boom

Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker and Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned and was held in Ravensbruck for her actions.

I saw this quote today and it really set me back- not necessarily because I have a lot of worry in my life, but I sure do have a lot of stress between work and house hunting. Understatement of the year. Worry… stress… they both rob the joy of the present, and it is my mission to be rid of my stresses this year.

 

Theme: Power In Words

Year Six Of My 365 Project

 

~Corrie Ten Boom

 

Its a wonderful thing feeling being better but i must say it throws me back into the busyness of our world. I am sorry for not being able to comment on your beautiful artwork yesterday and will try my hardest to get to it today.

Does anyone else feel like even an extra hour a day would help? LOL Hey maybe that could be written into the stimulus package! :-)LOL

After the war Corrie ten Boom returned to The Netherlands to set up a rehabilitation center. The refugee houses consisted of concentration-camp survivors and sheltered the jobless Dutch who previously collaborated with Germans during the Occupation. She returned to Germany in 1946, and traveled the world as a public speaker, appearing in more than 60 countries. She wrote many books during this time.

ten Boom told the story of her family members and their World War II work in her best-selling book, The Hiding Place (1971), which was made into a World Wide Pictures film in 1975, starring Jeannette Clift as Corrie and Julie Harris as Betsie. In 1977, 85-year-old Corrie emigrated to Placentia, California. In 1978, she suffered two strokes, the first rendering her unable to speak, and the second resulting in paralysis. She died on her 91st birthday, 15 April 1983, after a third stroke.

What an amazing woman!!!

Jan 15

Today's sermon was on Habakkuk and trusting God even in circumstances that feel a lot like today! Pastor Chuck Swindoll's requote of his friend Corrie Ten Boom. Boy she of all people know this full well! I need to learn to trust in the Lord more and hold things loosely!!!

The road of forgiveness can be a tough road. When we have been wronged by someone and have been hurt, often times the last thing we want to extend to this person is forgiveness. We want them to know of the pain and suffering they have caused us and we want them to feel pain too. In essence we want them to “pay” in what ever way possible. It’s like we wish them no joy in life because they have stolen joy from our lives.

 

Yet if we refuse to offer forgiveness we are forever tied to that person or situation. We are linked to it, we hold onto it and in some of us we derive life from it. Has someone ever hurt you either knowingly or unknowingly and then in time you hear of some struggle or bad situation in that person’s life and in a part of your heart you smile because you feel they are getting what they deserve, you delight in their misfortune.

 

Over time as we dwell on our hurt and who hurt us bitterness creeps into our heart and steals life from us and yet we allow it by our refusal to forgive. In no way am I saying that forgiveness is easy to offer. There are horrible situations which you could look at and think there would be no way forgiveness could or should be offered…yet it has been and freedom has come because of it. I don’t think we realize the power that unforgiveness can hold in our lives, it’s like heavy chains weighing us down and binding us to another.

 

Forgiveness is the road to healing, it frees you to walk out of that place of hurt and it also frees the one who has caused the hurt. It is only the enemy (Satan) who would have us live in unforgiveness and harbour wrongs done to us, it gives him a place to work in our hearts. He wins and we lose, because it is our freedom that unforgiveness holds captive.

 

I’d like to share this story of Corrie Tenboom. She and her family hid Jews during the war, were found out and sent to a series of prisons and concentration camps, there her father died and her sister also. Here is Corrie’s remarkable story of forgiveness…

 

It was 1947 and Corrie had just given a talk with the message that God forgives. It was there that she saw one of the guards from the concentration camp.

 

“And that's when I saw him, working his way forward against the others. One moment I saw the overcoat and the brown hat; the next, a blue uniform and a visored cap with its skull and crossbones. It came back with a rush: the huge room with its harsh overhead lights, the pathetic pile of dresses and shoes in the center of the floor, the shame of walking naked past this man. I could see my sister's frail form ahead of me, ribs sharp beneath the parchment skin. Betsie, how thin you were!

 

Betsie and I had been arrested for concealing Jews in our home during the Nazi occupation of Holland; this man had been a guard at Ravensbruck concentration camp where we were sent. ...

 

"You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk," he was saying. "I was a guard in there." No, he did not remember me.

 

"I had to do it — I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us." "But since that time," he went on, "I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well. Fraulein, ..." his hand came out, ... "will you forgive me?"

 

And I stood there — I whose sins had every day to be forgiven — and could not. Betsie had died in that place — could he erase her slow terrible death simply for the asking?

 

It could not have been many seconds that he stood there, hand held out, but to me it seemed hours as I wrestled with the most difficult thing I had ever had to do.

 

For I had to do it — I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us. "If you do not forgive men their trespasses," Jesus says, "neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses." ...

 

And still I stood there with the coldness clutching my heart. But forgiveness is not an emotion — I knew that too. Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. "Jesus, help me!" I prayed silently. "I can lift my hand, I can do that much. You supply the feeling."

 

And so woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place. The current started in my shoulder, raced down my arm, sprang into our joined hands. And then this healing warmth seemed to flood my whole being, bringing tears to my eyes.

 

"I forgive you, brother!" I cried. "With all my heart!"

 

For a long moment we grasped each other's hands, the former guard and the former prisoner. I had never known God's love so intensely as I did then.”

 

Mount Storm Lake, Tucker County, West Virginia

A day trip to Haarlem to visit the Hiding Place, the watchmakers shop and the home of the ten Boom family. The shop was founded by Willem ten Boom in 1837, and passed on to his son Casper, father of Corrie ten Boom.

The family were Christians and their home was always an 'open house' to anyone in need of help.

During the second world war the Beje became a 'Hiding Place' for fugitives from the Nazi's - until the family themselves were betrayed and sent to prison or concentration camps. But the fugitives themselves were not discovered and remained in their tiny hiding place until resistance members within the police force were able to release them some days later.

 

Casper (84) died within 10 days of his arrest. Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent to Ravensbruck. Betsie died there, but Corrie was eventually released and spent the rest of her life travelling to tell all the world about the love of God.

A film 'The Hiding Place' was made about their story.

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A day trip to Haarlem to visit the Hiding Place, the watchmakers shop and the home of the ten Boom family. The family were Christians and their home was always an 'open house' to anyone in need of help. During the second world war the Beje became a 'Hiding Place' for fugitives from the Nazis - until the family themselves were betrayed and sent to prison or concentration camps.

Because the Beje was such an irregular maze of a house an architect from the Dutch Underground was able to design this secret hiding place, less than 2x8ft (60x240cm) to fool the Nazis. It was at the end of Corrie's tiny single bedroom, on the top floor - to give more time for them to hide. Everything was built solidly, with floor boards ending at this solid brick wall, and nothing allowed to look as if any work had been recently done. An emergency warning buzzer could be activated near the door of the house.

Frequent practices were held, until all guests were able to grab any incriminating possessions and climb in under the bottom shelf of the linen closet in less than 1 minute! Cream buns were awarded as rewards!

On the day of the Gestapo raid there were 6 people to be hidden in this tiny space - 4 Jews and 2 Dutch Underground workers. Corrie was in bed with 'flu' as they ran past her.

Miraculously, the Gestapo never discovered the fugitives, although they scoured the house thoroughly, and beat Corrie and her family to make them tell. Finally they arrested everyone in the house, and left guards to starve out anyone left behind.

After 2 days of terrified silence, cramped together without food or water, the 6 fugitives were finally released by policemen (also resistance workers) left on guard by the Germans! All but one survived to the end of the war!

Casper ten Boom(84) died within 10 days of his arrest. Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent to Ravensbruck. Betsie died there, but Corrie was eventually released and spent the rest of her life travelling to tell all the world about the love of God.

A film 'The Hiding Place' was made about their story.

 

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The small space where 6 Jews hid from Nazis during World War II.

The Stories of Love

By Dr. Mike Evans

 

The Christian Zionist Heritage Center is all about sharing the amazing true stories of Christian love, sacrifice and commitment in support of Israel and the Jewish people with the nation of Israel…and the world. Together we can truly be a blessing to them in this hour of great danger and threat to their nation.

 

This unique outreach is built on our commitment: “Your People Will Be My People.” The story of God’s work with the Jewish people cannot be told apart from the righteous Gentiles who answered His call and obeyed His word by blessing His Chosen People. The people of God must be our people…and we must convey this commitment to them in unmistakable terms. For the Jewish people who come to the museum, they will see what has been done. For the Believers who come, they will be challenged to stand even more faithfully and courageously with and for Israel and the Jewish People.

 

Here is a look at just a few of the stories we will be telling together in the Christian Zionist Heritage Center to share this message of Christian love.

 

RECOGNITION

 

The right of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland has been the subject of much dispute and conflict through the centuries, but courageous political and business leaders stepped forward to accept the idea that Israel should again exist…and then put their reputations and careers on the line to bring the nation back to life and defend it.

 

Harry Truman

 

Truman used his position as President of the United States to great effect in encouraging other nations to join in voting for the creation of Israel at the United Nations in 1947. In addition, America was one of the first to recognize the new Jewish state, and Truman provided vital logistical support to Israel in the early days, setting a precedent for American support of Israel.

 

ACCEPTANCE

 

Throughout the centuries the Jewish people have faced discrimination and even intense persecution in many nations. In some cases this was carried out in the name of Christianity. Yet at the same time there were Believers who recognized the necessity of treating the Jewish people with respect and love.

 

Henry Wentworth Monk

 

Born in Canada, Monk was sent to England as a boy to be educated. There he came under the influence of the British Zionist Lord Shaftesbury. Monk abandoned his studies for the ministry and moved to Palestine, where he lived for a number of years. He continued to write and speak in public for the restoration of the Jewish people to Israel, including a personal meeting with President Abraham

 

LOVE

 

Love is the dominant emotion that should be at the very heart of the relationship between Christians and Jews. And as Mother Theresa often said, “Love is not something you say—it is something you do.” Words of love from Christians are important, but they do not carry the same weight as actions. By demonstrating our love we give credence to the claim and providential evidence that it is real.

 

Corrie ten Boom

 

The ten Boom family began a prayer meeting for the Jewish people in the family clock shop in 1844. When the Nazis took power in Holland, they began working with the Dutch Underground to help Jewish people escape. Before the family was betrayed to the Gestapo, they had saved more than 800 Jews from certain death. Corrie’s father and sister perished in the hands of the Nazis. Corrie was released from Ravensbruck through a “clerical error” just one week before all the remaining female prisoners were executed. For decades Corrie traveled the world telling the amazing story of the “Hiding Place.”

 

The Jerusalem Prayer Team

 

This great band of praying Believers from around the globe have been working for decades to build bridges of love and understanding between Christians and Jewish people. A vital part of our work has been our efforts to meet the needs of the poor of the house of Israel.

 

Every single day the Jerusalem Prayer Team—because of the generosity and compassion of our loving team members—is reaching out in love and kindness to the Jewish people and doing what we can to meet their urgent needs. All of this is part of our effort to be a blessing to the Jewish people and show them the true Christians love and care for them. Together we are a living witness to the love of God for His Chosen People. Together we are declaring: “Your People Will Be My People.”

  

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Corrie ten Boom holds up the Crown embroidery she often uses as a metaphor for understanding God's ways. Continue the Corrie ten Boom tradition of care, join us at tenboom.org/praynowc73.php

On December 15, 1961, a man was sentenced to death by a civilian tribunal in an Israeli civilian court, the only individual ever to have achieved that distinction. The condemned was Adolf Eichmann, the “architect of the Final Solution to the Jewish Question.”

 

He wasn’t executed because he had failed at his job; Eichmann was hanged because he had succeeded all too well. The work of this architect is remembered because of cattle cars, barbed wire, the remains in giant ovens, and the mass graves of six million Jewish men, women and children.

 

Born in Solingen, Germany, in 1906, Eichmann moved with his family to Linz, Austria when he was eight years old. Although raised a Christian, it was there that he joined the Nazi Party and began his rise through its ranks.

 

In 1933, when the Nazis came to power in Germany, he sought admission to the SS and was assigned to the administrative staff at the Dachau concentration camp.

 

When the German army invaded Austria in 1938, Eichmann was assigned the task of eliminating all Jews from the newly annexed region. His efficiency landed Eichmann a new job as head of the Jewish Emigration Office where it was hoped he could duplicate his success in eradicating Jews from other regions. But as the war expanded, and countries closed their borders to Jewish refugees, removing Jews from German territory grew problematic and the Nazis turned to the Final Solution.

 

As Germany’s defeat became apparent, Eichmann assumed various aliases and identities in an attempt to elude Allied authorities and evade responsibility for his wartime atrocities.

 

Twice captured by the U.S. Army, first as Adolf Barth and later as Otto Eckmann, he managed to escape and lived in northern Germany under the name Otto Heninger before finally slipping away in 1950 to Italy. There, he obtained a refugee passport which allowed him to travel to Argentina under the name of Ricardo Klement.

 

Eichmann found a thriving German community that gave him a warm reception. With their help, he settled into an obscure life and a year or two later, his wife and children quietly joined him.

 

As time passed, the world seemed eager to forget the atrocities foisted on millions by the Nazis. But in Israel, no one forgot. While some Nazis were tried at Nuremberg for war crimes, Eichmann managed to elude discovery and capture. That changed in 1960 when Mossad, the Israeli intelligence organization, tracked the criminal to his lair.

 

Plans were laid for his capture and return to Israel. Details of Eichmann’s apprehension were recorded in The House on Garibaldi Street by Isser Harel, former director of Mossad and the man instrumental in the plan and execution of that mission. Eichmann was returned to Israel where he stood trial in Jerusalem on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the Jewish people.

 

He was convicted in 1961, and, after all appeals were exhausted, he was hanged. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered across the Mediterranean. An authoritative account of the trial and execution can be found in Justice in Jerusalem, written by Gideon Hausner, the Israeli attorney general who prosecuted the case.

 

The story of the Holocaust and those who perished must never be forgotten. We must not allow the pathogen of hatred to germinate and blossom into another Holocaust. As George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

 

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During Corrie ten Boom's presentations, she would often hold up a piece of embroidery to demonstrate why God does not always grant us what we ask for in our prayers. Continue the Corrie ten Boom tradition of care, pray with us at tenboom.org

 

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Jews was rounded up in the Netherlands by the Nazis. The Ten Boom family helped them by concealing them in the hiding place in Corrie ten Boom's room. Read about this courageous story of the Ten Boom family at tenboom.org/aboutthetenboomsc48.php

From Left to Right: Casper, Betsie, Cornelia, Corrie, Nollie, Willem, Kik (son of Willem, and Tine (wife of Willem). Continue the Corrie ten Boom tradition of care, join us at tenboom.org/praynowc73.php

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Corrie ten Boom traveled around the world after the war to attest God's love, ""Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.". She also wrote a book titled, "The Hiding Place". To continue the Corrie ten Boom tradition of care, please visit tenboom.org

Gerda Lerner, a scholar and author who helped make the study of women and their lives a legitimate subject for historians, and who spearheaded the creation of the first graduate program in women’s history in the United States, died Wednesday, January 2,2013 in Madison, Wis. She was 92.

 

Lerner, the daughter of Viennese Jews joined the anti-Nazi resistance as an Austrian teenager and spent her eighteenth birthday in a fascist jail before immigrating to the New York in 1939.

 

Immediately after Germany annexed Austria in 1938, Dr. Lerner’s father was tipped off that he was about to be arrested. As a hedge, he had started a pharmacy in Liechtenstein, and there he fled, whereupon the Gestapo arrested his wife and daughter to force his return. Five weeks later, after he sold his Austrian assets for a nominal sum, his wife and daughter were released and left for Liechtenstein as well. Facing death in this way became a source of courage for her and enabled her later to face with equanimity the dragons of the academic world.

 

Entering the field of United States history with a freshly minted Ph.D. in 1966, Gerda Lerner blazed a new professional path that led to the establishment of the study of women’s history. The force of her personality and her commitment to the possibilities contained in the historical study of women made her impervious to the ridicule with which the male-dominated historical profession initially responded to the notion of documenting women’s history.

 

In the late 1950s, Lerner began work on a novel about Sarah and Angelina Grimké, South Carolina sisters who had migrated north, became featured speakers of the American Anti-slavery Society, and ignited the explosion of women’s rights within the abolitionist movement. Seeking more information about her subject, she enrolled in courses at the New School for Social Research. There her fascination with the topic prompted her to teach one of the first courses in women’s history.

 

Thereafter, Lerner poured her considerable talents into the development of the field of women’s history. Her energies flowed in three directions: As an author she produced important writings, as a teacher she built new curriculum, and as a member of the historical profession she demanded equality for women within its ranks.

 

Just as Gerda Lerner was a pioneer for women and the less fortunate, let us also advocate for those who are pushed aside and not heard as they struggle to survive. Let continue to pray for the peace and protection of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). For those who do will surely be blessed.

 

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The Allied invasion of Normandy and the Russian victories on the Eastern front signaled the coming demise of the Nazi war machine in World War II. Hope began to stir again in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Jews imprisoned in concentration camps. Unfortunately they would discover that their freedom would be more costly than they had imagined. It’s part of the untold story of the Holocaust.

 

As the Russians advanced, Himmler issued orders to evacuate the concentration camps. The troops were to march the inmates westward so as to be able to continue to “exploit the Jewish labor force until the last possible moment.” For the Jews who walked out of the gates and from behind the fences, it may not have represented complete freedom, but it provided at least a small taste of it.

 

Unfortunately, the annihilation of the Jews was still part of the Nazi plan. The Jews were forced to march without food or drink. To make matters worse, the guards who escorted the Jews were in a hurry to get as far away from the Russian army as quickly as they could. Therefore they had no problem shooting and killing those prisoners who lagged behind, or just shooting them en masse. Some 200,000 to 250,000 inmates died during the marches. Yad Vashem reports that “After the war, hundreds of mass graves with the corpses of tens of thousands of inmates . . . were found along the routes of the marches.”

 

They also soon discovered that the end of the war did not spell the end of anti-Semitism. Some 1,500 Jews were murdered by anti-Semitic gangs in Poland in the first few months after the war.

 

Officially known now as Displaced Persons (DPs) with no homes to return to, hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors were sent to DP camps, right back into a stark lifestyle, as it were, of imprisonment, except without the killings. There, however, they were able to create a sense of community until places could be found for them to live. There was even a quota on how many were allowed to emigrate to the British Mandate of Palestine.

 

Even in the face of fresh freedom the Jews were still considered a problem. Even today, the world in general looks at them no so much as a nation, but as a nagging problem. Governments either want to pressure them into an untenable peace or to annihilate them. Yet the Bible indicates that God wants us to bless them (Genesis 12:3) and to pray for them (Psalm 122:6). It sounds like He wants us to love them. We at the Jerusalem Prayer Team do. We will continue to stand and to pray for the state of Israel and the peace of Jerusalem. Will you join us?

 

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As the Russians set Auschwitz free on January 27th, 1945, they encountered such horrible atrocities that most of us can’t even imagine them. And, we must pray to God that the world never sees them again!

    

When the Russians marched into Auschwitz they were greeted by living skeletons and soul scarred children. They were greeted with hugs and tears, and many, many words of gratitude. Just prior to their arrival the Germans had begun the infamous Auschwitz Death Marches, where thousands more met their demise because they couldn’t keep up with the rigors of the weather and the March.

    

The article below gives a quick over-view of what happened on “liberation day.” Tens of millions of people waited many years for January 27, 1945 and the end of the horror known as Auschwitz and what it represented - - unfortunately, for over 1.1 million it didn’t come soon enough!

    

Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans. A complex of camps, Auschwitz included a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp. It was located 37 miles west of Krakow (Cracow), near the prewar German-Polish border.

    

In mid-January 1945, as Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz camp complex, the SS began evacuating Auschwitz and its satellite camps. Nearly 60,000 prisoners were forced to march west from the Auschwitz camp system. Thousands had been killed in the camps in the days before these death marches began. More than 15,000 died during the death marches from Auschwitz. On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army entered Auschwitz and liberated more than 7,000 remaining prisoners, who were mostly ill and dying. It is estimated that at minimum 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945; of these, at least 1.1 million were murdered.

    

One must wonder if the entire membership of Nazi-dom never read the BIBLE. If they did, they certainly missed Exodus 23:7 and Genesis 12:3. Exodus 23:7, “Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous for I will not justify the wicked.” Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you.”

    

Obviously, these words from God were not enough of a deterrent to thwart the evil doings against God’s People. That’s why we must continue to defend the Jewish people and pray per Psalm 122:6 for the peace of Jerusalem!

  

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Corrie, Betsie, and Nollie ten Boom on the roof of the Beje (Ten Boom house in Haarlem, Netherlands). Discover the courageous story of the Ten Boom hiding place at tenboom.org

Hamas is reportedly training some rebel units fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. According to the Times of London, members of the Izzadin Kassam Brigades are working with Free Syrian Army units in rebel-held neighborhoods in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

 

“The Kassam Brigades have been training units very close to Damascus,” one Western diplomat told the London paper. “These are specialists. They are really good,” the official added.

 

The Times reports Hamas has been helping the FSA dig a tunnel beneath Damascus in preparation for an attack against the city, a tactic the terror group previous used to smuggle supplies from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.

 

According to a Palestinian source from a refugee camp in Lebanon, Hamas aide to the FSA is common knowledge; however Hamas officials deny having any affiliation with Syrian rebels.

 

“It’s a false thing. There are no members of Izzadin Kassam or any militant members of Hamas in Syria,” says Osama Hamdan, a leading Hamas official based in Lebanon. “We don’t interfere in the internal problems of Syria. From the beginning of what has happened in Syria we rejected as a movement any involvement of any Palestinian in the current events in Syria,” he added.

 

If true, Hamas would find themselves on the same side of the Syrian conflict as the U.S. in providing training to Syrian rebels. Last March, two European newspapers reported that the Syrian rebels were also getting training on the use of anti-tank weaponry from Americans in Jordan. However, it’s not clear whether the Americans military or members of private firms were supplying the training. According to those reports, both British and French instructors and Jordanian intelligence services were also involved in training rebel forces.

 

The ongoing civil war in Lebanon is of great interest to Israel’s leaders, who fear that lethal weapons being stockpiled by the Syrian government could fall into the wrong hands. Those armaments reportedly include chemical weapons that have been utilized in the two-year old Syrian civil war. In addition, the fall of the Assad government could lead to Hamas rule in Lebanon, increasing the terror group’s power and influence in the Middle East. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and protection for the Jewish nation, surrounded by enemies and forces seeking her demise.

 

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The large hole in the brick wall allows Ten Boom Museum visitors to see inside the hiding place found behind a false wall in Corrie ten Boom's room. Do visit the virtual tour of the Ten Boom museum at tenboom.org

Corrie ten Boom passed away on her birthday on April 15, 1983. In Jewish tradition, only very blessed people are allowed the special privilege on dying in their birthday. She is buried in Orange, California. Know more about this wonderful woman at tenboom.org

From Left to Right: Betsie, Nollie, Casper, Willem, Cornelia, and Corrie Ten Boom. Discover the courageous story of the Ten Boom family and the Ten Boom hiding place at tenboom.org

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Casper ten Boom's female Children in 1905. From eldest to youngest, Betsie, Nollie, and Corrie ten Boom. Experience the wonderful story of the Ten Boom family at tenboom.org

Our dear friend and Jerusalem Prayer Team member, Jane Kiel, has shared another wonderful story with us. This one happened 12 years ago in Copenhagen, when Jane and her mother Hanna had learned that PLO terrorist leader Yassir Arafat would be visiting their capital city to address the Danish Parliament.

 

Jane prefaced her story saying, “We are both Christians and believe what the Bible says about its promises to Israel. We believe that God gave this land to the Jews and we pray for this country every day. We also believe that Arafat (was) a well-known terrorist – not a head of state or president, which he would like to be called.” Neither Jane nor Hannah thought it appropriate that a leader of an anti-Israeli terrorist organization should be addressing their parliament. So they travelled six hours by train to “welcome” him and his entourage.

 

An hour before Arafat’s arrival, they unfurled two large Israeli flags and quietly stood at the top of the stairs at the main door of the Parliament Building. “A group of American tourists passed by, and when they saw us they started cheering, giving us thumbs up, and taking pictures.” They were seen by Danes, tourists, ministers of parliament and, of course, Danish police.

 

A policeman politely told them that, because this was an official state visit, they would have to move outside the courtyard. Once outside the gate, another policeman spoke with them at length and revealed that he too was opposed to Arafat’s visit and that he supported Israel in the Middle East conflict. He took them to a prominent spot when he assured them that Arafat would see them. Now that they were in place, a young man approached them and asked, “Why are you standing here with my flag?” The young Jew who lived in Copenhagen had trouble doing so, because he was teary-eyed and choked up as he thanked them for standing up for Israel. An old man also passed by who said, “Well done. Make sure Arafat sees the flags!”

 

He did. After he passed right by them, a security guard told them, “If I could, I would stand with you. Receiving Arafat here is not right.” They stood and talked with the guard for a long time whilst Arafat yelled at Israeli reporters who questioned him in the parliament chambers.

 

When Arafat and his entourage left, Jane and Hannah’s flags almost brushed the roofs of their vehicles, and Jane was able to look him right in the eyes. Members of his group waved to the ladies, albeit not with all fingers. Both mother and daughter returned home knowing that Arafat would never forget the Israeli flags that greeted him in Copenhagen.

 

What motivated these women? Simply this: their love for God and their love for His chosen people. Should we not be motivated in like manner to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6)? If we love Christ, if we bear his name, we should. The road ahead may be rough, but He will ultimately bring peace to the glorious city of Jerusalem and the nations will come to worship Him there (Zechariah 2:11-12).

 

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There is, perhaps, no more storied of a TV Game Show than Jeopardy! First aired on March 30, 1964 (today marks its 49th Anniversary!) with Art Fleming as its host, the modern version was “born” in 1984 with Alex Trebek hosting, a position he continues to hold today. Literally millions of dollars have been won by contestants who share their knowledge on virtually every topic imaginable. However, the Hezbollah game show The Mission has but two topics, and one purpose. The topics - - The Koran and the Palestinian martyrs. The purpose - - to keep the conflict with Israel in everyone’s mind. As the excerpt from the article below by Conal Urquhart shows, this is a highly popular show in the Arab world.

 

What was the name of the Israeli town attacked by Fatah fighters resulting in the death of five Israelis?

 

The four contestants thought deeply but only Bishara pressed his buzzer. "Al Manara," he said. "Correct," said the quizmaster.

 

"A martyrdom operation [suicide bombing] took place on April 25 1995, in southern Lebanon. What was the name of the martyr?" the presenter went on. This time Haythain pressed the buzzer and gave the correct answer of Salah Gandur.

 

The two were competing in a quiz show, the Mission, in which the goal is to get to Jerusalem on a virtual map by demonstrating a good general knowledge and long memory of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The show is broadcast all over the Arab world from Beirut on al Manar (the beacon), the satellite TV station of Hezbollah. The format is like most quiz shows but many of the questions are on the violence in the Middle East.

 

It features a map of Israel with Jerusalem marked by the golden Dome of the Rock. The contestants get a step closer to the dome when they answer a question correctly. Contestants need an encyclopaedic knowledge of martyrs as well as the Koran. The quiz, like most of al Manar's programmes, is designed to keep the conflict with Israel in everyone's mind.

 

Lebanon has almost 400,000 Palestinian refugees and is still formally at war with Israel but for most the nearest they will get to Jerusalem may be the virtual journey offered by the Mission. In this weekend's game no one reached Jerusalem but Haythain won about £2,000. Al Manar claims that 3,000 people call the channel every week to compete from all over the Arab world but there are no figures for viewers.

 

Riad Suror, 28, a construction worker in East Jerusalem said the programme maintained the memory of what the Palestinians had lost and what they would struggle to get back. "Through the questions," he said, "we are reminded of the history of how the Zionists planned to take our land," he said.

 

It is hard to believe that something seemingly as innocuous as a game show can further pure, unadulterated hatred. Yet, it appears that’s exactly what THE MISSION does. Though many may say this is not the case, it is probably wise to know, understand, and believe the words of Proverbs 26:24-26, “Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly”(ESV). With that kind of hatred running rampant, even on TV shows, it is more important than ever that we pray according to Psalm 122:6 - - pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

 

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Corrie ten Boom appears at the end of the movie, "The Hiding Place", based on her autobiography of the same title. "This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.", said Corrie ten Boom. See more Corrie ten Boom photos at tenboom.org

Israel honored Corrie ten Boom by naming her Righteous Among the Nations. She has a tree planted in her honor at the Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial). Read the biography of Corrie ten Boom at tenboom.org

If it’s dark everywhere, you can become so discouraged. You might doubt whether light still exists. But even if you can’t see the Lord, He sees you and me. Jesus said, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:20). When it’s necessary, He suddenly says, “I’m still here!”

 

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Corrie ten Boom looks on a picture of her father, Casper ten Boom. When Casper was asked if he knew he could die for helping Jews, he replied, "It would be an honor to give my life for God's ancient people." Know more about Casper as the patriarch of the Ten Boom family at tenboom.org/aboutthetenboomsc48.php

Lord Jesus, will You make us real intercessors? We dare to be such, together with You, and we praise and thank You that Your redemption on the cross is a greater reality than all the pains and sins of those around us.

 

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