It’s true we share a deep respect for the Sabbath. We also recognize dietary guidelines from Leviticus. However, for most Jews, this is all we may share in common.

For example, the ridicule we sometimes face for observing Sabbath is nothing compared to the brutality Jews have faced for centuries. We haven’t been accused of murdering babies to make our unleavened communion bread, nor have we been denied citizenship due to our religio-ethnic group.

Aren’t we supposed to look at Jesus and not at people?

Unfortunately, as early as the 3^rd century church has adopted many traditions that grossly misrepresented the Gospel truth and the teaching of Jesus. The list of examples includes:

Our mission to Jewish people presents a unique challenge and opportunity for Seventh-day Adventists as well as for other Christians. Since the expansion of British Empire began in the 19^th century, Protestant Christianity has understood its mission as going out to bring the Gospel to the different corners of the globe to the people who do not have knowledge of the Bible.

INTRODUCTION

The nature of the Sanctuary represents a major fundamental issue that separates Seventh-day Adventist theology from the mainstream of Christianity. The structural similarity between the Eastern orthodox cathedral and Jerusalem Temple is emphasized as a proof of the church’s representation of Jerusalem on this earth.¹

What do you think when you hear the word Torah? The answer depends on your religious upbringing.

If you are from a Jewish background, the Torah is often associated with a set of 613 commandments, which every Jew is expected to observe.

According to the Bible writers’ own claims, and in harmony with the traditional understanding held by ancient interpreters and most biblical scholars until the rise of historical criticism during the Enlightenment, approximately 35 individuals wrote the Bible over a period of 1,500 years.

Christmas festival of lights.¹

Reveling in Christmas Lights

I revel in the lights of Christmas! And I am not alone in such reveling. Our wider Christian family is entranced each year by the lavish display of lights so festively decorating our homes. If I were forced to eliminate all types of Christmas decorations but one, I could forego the tree, the tinsel and Christmas balls, the snowflakes, and many other things, but I would keep the lights! Somehow, for me, the holiday lights capture the essence of Christmas.

Early Christianity and its significance for Seventh-day Adventist theology

EARLY DEBATES AND THEIR IMPACT ON SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGY

The role of Israel in the plan of salvation and in last day events presents one of the hotte st debating topics in Christianity. Throughout the two thousand year history of Chri stianity this debate has continued. This discussion is deeply rooted in t he historical events that occurred during the period of the Jewish–Roman wars between the destruction of the Temple (70 AD) and the Bar Kohba rebellion (136 AD).

Military conflict in Ukraine affected members of our congregation on very personal level. We are raising funds for medications and medical supplies to support Adventist clinics, city hospitals and combat medical workers. Your donations support humanitarian efforts for evacuation of people from the zone of hostilities, food and medication distribution organized by the ministers and volunteers from Adventist churches and institutions in different regions of Ukraine.

A Jew Meets Christianity

It was beautiful summer Sunday of 1985. My friend Victor and I, two high school students, lazily strolled through the streets of Kiev trying to kill a few hours before boarding our train home. Suddenly we heard very unusual sounds for our ears–singing coming from one of the distant corners of the square. When we came through the arch, we arrived at the doors of a Russian Orthodox cathedral.

The Example of Daniel

Nebuchadnezzar knew that the best method to alienate Jews, transform them into harmless puppets, was to change their diet. It is through eating and drinking that the king would try to shake their Jewish identity.

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name Naomi.

Now Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth.

What makes biblical hope so special as it has for 4,000 years nurtured the dreams and the faith of millions of people?

It is  not an accident that Israel has chosen the Tiqwah (hope) as a theme for her nationalIsrael was born on hope.