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This Is Why Israel “Kills Children” in Gaza

Dr. Eitan Bar — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:35:35 +0000

Please note: The following excerpt is drawn from my forthcoming book, The Elephant in the Middle East: The Spiritual Battle Christians Often Miss Behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Complete sources, citations, and references are documented within the book itself. No child is born a hater; no baby longs to kill. It is…

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Why Gaza’s Occupation Is Actually The Best Idea

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:30:46 +0000

In many honor-and-shame cultures, especially throughout the Middle East, revenge is often considered a sacred obligation. In such places, allowing an enemy to live may be perceived not as mercy but as weakness. This was true in the ancient world, and in many tribal and Islamic societies today, it remains…

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What Every Christian Must Know About Israel and the Jewish People

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:34:03 +0000

The story of Israel begins not with a nation, but with a man who would not let go of God. In the midnight struggle by the Jabbok River, Jacob wrestled with the divine until daybreak, and there received a new name: Israel — “the one who strives with God” (Genesis…

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Romans 11 (Olive Tree) — Israel’s Rejection of Christ Is Not Final

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:30:48 +0000

The Olive Tree: Grafting, Not Replacing Grafting an olive tree is an ancient agricultural skill used to preserve and strengthen trees. The process involves carefully cutting a branch from one tree and inserting it into a slit in the bark of another. The farmer then binds it tightly so that…

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“Neither Jew nor Gentile”: Why Galatians 3:28–29 Is Not About Replacing Israel

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:28:49 +0000

Few verses have been more misread than Paul’s declaration in Galatians 3:28–29: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s…

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Israel: God’s Chosen People — For What Purpose?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:43:32 +0000

“Chosen” means to be set apart for a special purpose, not chosen for any inherent superiority. God elected Israel out of all nations to receive His revelation and to model a relationship with Him. As Moses told the Israelites: For you are a people holy to the Lord your God.…

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Who Are the Israelites and the Jews?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:05:15 +0000

At the heart of God’s relationship with Israel stands the Abrahamic covenant, described in Genesis 12, 15, and 17—the foundational promise God made to Abraham and his descendants. God pledges to make Abraham into a great nation, to give his offspring the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession, and…

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Does ‘The Parable of the Tenants’ (Matthew 21) Suggest God Replaced Israel?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:03:08 +0000

Christian antisemitism has long misused Matthew 21 to argue that God “rejected the Jews” in favor of the Gentile Church. The parable of the tenants (Matthew 21:33-46) is often cited to support the claim that God replaced Israel with a new people. But is that really what Jesus was saying?…

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What Does “All Israel Will Be Saved” (Romans 11:26) Mean?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:55:45 +0000

The phrase “All Israel will be saved” in Romans 11:26 has been the subject of much theological debate. Many Christians today interpret this passage through the lens of Western theology, assuming that salvation refers to being saved from eternally burning in God’s cosmic furnace. However, when examined through a Hebraic…

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KOSHER: Why Were the Israelites Forbidden to Eat Pork?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:19:51 +0000

In the Torah, the Israelites were forbidden to eat pork because pigs were classified as ritually unclean animals. The reasoning is explicitly stated: while pigs have split hooves, they do not chew the cud (Leviticus 11:7-8; Deuteronomy 14:8). This distinction served as a symbol of Israel’s call to holiness and…

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Israel & The Jews: Why Should Christians Care?

Dr. Eitan Bar — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:19:55 +0000

For several reasons! Israel, often referred to as the Holy Land, is regarded as the spiritual heart of Christianity. Primarily, it is the birthplace of Yeshua (Hebrew for “Jesus,” meaning salvation), the most renowned Jewish figure in history and the central figure of Christianity. According to the New Testament, Jesus…

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