Biblical Heritage Center Blog

An estimated 20,000 New Age believers who say the "upside down" mountain in France is home to aliens who will rescue them from an impending end of the world that will take place on December 21, 2012. They have saturated a small French commune near the foot of the picturesque Pic de Bugarach. They believe a race of alien beings that will emerge to rescue the gathered humans and transport them to a new civilization. The French government is concerned about mass suicides taking place in advance of the December 21 date. The government is expecting another 80,000 members of the cult to arrive over the next few months. Read news report at -- http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/pic-bugarach-french-commune-home-20-000-doomsday-210932058.html

Have you noticed that political candidates are playing the "religion-card" lately? Some are questioning whether their opponents are "really Christians." What does a Christian look like? Christianity has left a very long paper trail of its beliefs, but many Christians are aware of it. They erroneously believe that their form of Christianity is exactly like that of Jesus!   The history of Christianity provides a factual-record about what has happened in the past when religion and politics combined to play the “who-is-a-Christian-card” – and we do not want to let it happen again! The unintended consequences of the actions of our political candidates could be deadly! Who Is a Christian? Read the current edition of “Discovering the Bible & Our Biblical Heritages” by clicking on -- http://www.biblicalheritage.org/DTB/0312_DTB_Who_is_a_Christian.pdf Help BHC today by donating today -- http://www.biblicalheritage.org/BHC/donate.htm

Gil Elan, President & CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress, will be presenting a briefing online tonight about the Obama-Netanyahu Meeting. Gil will provide updates, background and an analysis of the intense March 5th meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Though they discussed several issues, the main topic was preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. According to leaks and comments made by the participants, there was agreement on the probable need for military action, but deep disagreement as to how and when. We'll look at statements made both before and after the meeting, as well as comments by various analysts. Gil is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF, and is a widely regarded expert on Israel and the Middle East. In the US he has years of pro-Israel advocacy experience, having served as Special Emissary of the Jewish National Fund to the USA, Washington State Director for AIPAC, Northwest Region Direct...

Under an ordinary residential building in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, a robotic arm with a camera inserted into a Second Temple-era burial cave has revealed mysterious inscriptions and drawings on ossuaries. Simcha Jacobovici, an Emmy-winning documentary director and producer who is best known for his documentary TV series "The Naked Archaeologist," argues that the cave served as a burial cave for at least some of Jesus' disciples. Read complete article at --  http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/naked-archaeologist-finds-signs-jerusalem-cave-was-used-to-bury-jesus-disciples-1.415231

Our religious belief systems play a major role in creating our realities, what we believe about God and how we treat others. How we answer the above question depends on what our religious beliefs are. Finding the answer begins with how we define sin. Religions have very different definitions for this very familiar word. It must be noted that even groups or denominations of one religion may have significant differences, too. . . . What does God think about those who harm those “made in His image” and never do anything to repair the damage they have done or attempt to repair broken relationships? Read the complete article at – http://www.biblicalheritage.org/DTB/0212_DTB_Does_God_Wink.pdf

The Bible is the most famous book in the history of the world and there are many different beliefs about it. Some believe that the words of their Bible are the inerrant and infallible word of God. Others say they are inspired by God, but are not to be taken literally. And, still others view them as traditions, legends and myths. What people believe about the Bible makes a big difference in the way its words affect their lives.  Read this issue of Discovering the Bible at -- http://www.biblicalheritage.org/DTB/0112_DTB_Telling_Own_Story.pdf

Nearly three decades after Israel began airlifting Ethiopia's ancient Jewish community out of the Horn of Africa, Israel's rabbis are now working to phase out the community's white-turbaned clergy, the kessoch, whose unusual religious practices are at odds with the rabbinate's Orthodox Judaism. Descendants of the lost Israelite tribe of Dan, according to Jewish lore, Ethiopian Jews spent millennia isolated from the rest of the Jewish world. In most Jewish communities, the priesthood of the Bible was replaced by rabbis who emphasized text study and prayer. Ethiopia's Jewish kessoch continued the traditions of Biblical-era priests, sacrificing animals and collecting the first fruits of the harvest. The two traditions diverged so much that the first trickle of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel were asked to undergo a quickened conversion ceremony to appease rabbis who were dubious about their religious pedigree. Read complete article at – http://news.yahoo.com/i...