Synagogue of Magdala unearthed

English: Parish church Saint Vinzenz - Sacred Heart altar - Mary of Magdala washes the feet of Jesus Locality: Heiligenblut Community:Heiligenblut Deutsch: Pfarrkirche Hl. Vinzenz - Herz-Jesu-Altar - Jesus und die Fußwaschung durch Maria Magdalena Ort: Heiligenblut Gemeinde:Heiligenblut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Historians believe Jesus may have once walked the town of Magdala.

Mary of Magdala, popularly known as Mary Magdalene, is one of the figures in the Bible's New Testament which has been the subject for many discussions. She was one of the women who stayed with Jesus Christ until his crucifixion, while his apostles were afraid to be around at places where they could be recognised as followers or disciples of Christ.

Mary of Magdala was not at all afraid to show her face and wanted to be close to the one she liked very much. She was also among the first persons to whom the resurrected Christ showed himself.
It is known that Jesus went to many places and proclaimed the Kingdom of God in them. It is not sure he also taught at the synagogue of Magdala.

The synagogue of Magdala, at the moment, is the only synagogue of the time of Christ been discovered discovered in the area Galilee. It could be possible that Jesus preached there.

Magdala may be one of the most important finds discovered in Israel in the last fifty years.
Along with the synagogue which is considered ornate, with mosaic flooring and frescoes, an ancient altar or "bimah" was also uncovered. This is now being called "the Magdala Stone" by archaeologists.

The archaeologists also uncovered a 2,000-year-old bowl, which may have even been used by Jesus Christ to wash His hands before entering the synagogue.
In addition to these, Dr. Marcela Zapata, an archaeologist, said her team also found coins and pots, which needed some restoration, in the site.

"Each piece tells a story about the common life—about the cooking, about the materials,"

 Zapata explained.

At the site bought by Father Juan Solana, normally a Christian retreat house would be build.

Solana said he hopes these new discoveries will strengthen the faith of Christians and Jews alike.

"It is not for me. This is for millions of people that will come see this, will enjoy this as I did, and hopefully will be able to discover our common roots at the center," Solana said.

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Propaganda war and ISIS

Map of the Muslim Population by Percentage in the World (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

All places with connection to Christian culture, like St. Elian's tomb, the monastery around it (Mar Elian Monastery), an ancient structure located just outside a Syrian town captured by the group earlier this month, got bulldozed down.

What began as demonstrations against the nation's Ba'athist president, Bashar al-Assad, has become a complex fight among the Syrian regime; moderate rebels; Kurds; and Islamists, such as al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State. Muslims made use of it to convert people to what they call the true Islam and to go and destroy all 'heathen' monuments.


Places where archaeologists have worked excavating and preserving like the site of Palmyra for 40 years are destroyed for being a witness in later centuries.

The torture and beheading of leading Syrian archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad had to be again one of the many killings to frighten people and to make them choose for ISIS.
Already hundreds of Christian families have fled central Syrian towns as Islamic State fighters advanced toward them. But also Muslims are looking for an escape of the terrorist so called Muslim fanatics. More and more Mohammedan people are daring to speak out that it can not be that those ISIS people would be real Muslims. Problem is that some Muslims are finding ways to accuse Israel of infiltrating and funding groups against Muslim groups so that the Muslim world would be destabilised. Some said to me that they had seen video where when zoomed in could be seen fighters wearing a David star. I myself did not see any proof of that yet and consider it propaganda material which is used to set one group of people up against an other group.

The Druze, a centuries-old Arab community and an offshoot of Shia Islam, is the latest religious minority in the Levant to suffer the wrath of Islamic extremists. Jabhat al-Nusra or the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliated group fighting the Assad regime in Syria, in June of this year killed nearly two dozen members of the Druze community in Syria’s northern region near the town of Idlib. Nusra, like the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) and other radical Sunni groups, views the Druze, much like the Shia, as “apostate” Muslims that should be killed. Islamic militants have already attacked Shia and Christian communities and their places of worship in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.

In her thoughtful New York Times Magazine article, “The Shadows of Death,” Eliza Griswold has chronicled the plight of Christians in the Middle East and how attacks by radical Islamic groups have led to the Middle East emptying itself of Christians. This is a sad tale for the Christian community, for other religious minorities, and for the region as a whole. The Druze community in Syria is becoming understandably apprehensive about whether it would face a similar fate.

As the intolerance of religious minorities —Christians, Druze, and Shia— bubbles to the surface, the Sunni majority becomes more regressive. The artistic, cultural, economic, religious, and social diversity, which has been part of the multiethnic and multi-religious mosaic in the Levant and across the region, is rapidly disappearing to be replaced by backwardness and retrogression.

In the mean time those looking for a better place to live in Europe are considered by several Europeans a threat to their Judeo-Christian society with a danger of having Muslims infiltrating our Western culture, plus finding people who do not want to adapt to our Western culture, but making stronger groups of people they fear would become 'parasites' in our economy and having them wanting to have mosques build in our regions.

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ISIS has released pictures of the destruction of St. Elian's place in Homs and the Baalshamin Temple in Palmyra

ISIS has released photos of the destruction of St. Elian's tomb, chapel and monastery in Homs, Syria.

The abbot of St. Elian Father Jacques Mouraud was kidnapped in the area on May 21st and is still missing.

On Sunday, Syrian activists reported that the ISIS militants blew up the Baalshamin Temple, which dates back to two thousand years, in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.

Maamoun Abdulkarim, Syria’s antiquities chief, said ISIS placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baalshamin on Sunday and blew it up, causing much damage.

“Our darkest predictions are unfortunately taking place,” Abdulkarim told the AFP news agency.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the destruction of the temple.

Another Turkish-based activist, who is originally from Palmyra, told the AP news agency, that sources from the city said the temple was blown up today.

The ancient city, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, is famed for its well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins, and the Baalshamin temple, built nearly 2,000 years ago, is one of the city’s best-known buildings.

Palmyra is a large site, visited by millions

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Coming of the Messiah is imminent according Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

English: Chaim Kanievsky (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who is a pillar of the Jewish community, leading authority in mainstream Ultra-Orthodox Judaism and known for his authoritative books on Torah law, has been giving clear and unequivocal messages recently that the coming of the Messiah is imminent. He is urging Jews to make Aliyah as soon as possible. Aliyah, the Hebrew verb for “going up”, refers to immigrating to Israel, which is seen as higher spiritual action that can help herald in the coming of the Messiah.

After a lifetime of immersing himself in classical Jewish texts, Rabbi Kanievsky’s study partner informed various media sites that the Rabbi is talking about the messiah “all the time.” Since last summer’s war in Gaza, the Rabbi has been spreading this message of imminent return. In one instance, Rabbi Kanievsky instructed a Jew from Argentina who asked for a blessing that he should “gather your family and come to Israel. Otherwise, there won’t be enough room for you on the airplanes.”

> Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/44534/leading-israeli-rabbi-messiah-imminent-jewish-world/#qhfAhHcEXH82yFEZ.99

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Ancient Goliaths Discovered In Israel

Archaeologists in Tell es-Safi, Israel have uncovered what they believe to be the enormous gates of Gath, the city of Goliath.

The story of Goliath the Giant (1 Samuel 17) is a Bible classic, also used in many tales for kids, with a clear message for young and old. 

Philistine Gath in the tenth to ninth century (BCE) was a large city, perhaps the largest in the land at that time

The previous years in Israel and elsewhere they have discovered several Goliaths that match biblical description.

The newly discovered gate is being hailed as one of the largest of its kind ever found. The gate is part of enormous and extensive fortifications, indicating the importance of the city. Archaeologists also found ironworks and a Philistine temple near the monumental gate, with some pottery. Examination of the pottery revealed both Philistine and Israelite influences, indicating there was more interaction between the two cultures than previously thought.

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