On
July 31, Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon announced
that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a 72 hour humanitarian cease fire would
come into effect at 8 AM local time today, though the IDF ground forces would
continue to quietly uncover tunnels between Gaza and Israel. According to the
Egyptian brokered agreement, during this humanitarian cease fire, delegations
from Israel, the Palestinian Authority (including Hamas) The US and Egypt were
to meet in Cairo for indirect negotiations to try to work out the details of a
longer cease fire. Read Gil Elan’s complete update at -- http://swjcdallas.blogspot.com/2014/08/breaking-news-bulletin.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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