Posts by Julia Blum

    I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together … Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.”                     (Ps. 122:1-6) History […]

  My dear readers, from time to time I will post here articles from my favorite series: THE BIBLE STORIES YOU DIDN’T KNOW.  Of course, I have no doubt that most of my readers have been students of the Bible for a long time, and know their Bible very well. Yet I do feel confident […]

We just celebrated our Independence Day and it is my great joy and privilege to congratulate my readers on Israel’s 69th Birthday. Most of my readers, for years or even decades, have been faithfully interceding for the Land and the people – have been standing together with Israel and the God of Israel. Therefore this […]

The precise nature of the last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples, as well as the day and the date of His crucifixion, have been among the most debated topics throughout the history of the New Testament. In my last post, I discussed the traditional understanding of the story: The Last Supper was indeed […]

Have you ever been to Mini Israel Park? This Park (located not far from the ancient village of Emmaus) is a wonderful attraction that offers hundreds of exact replica models of the most important sites of Israel. There are trivia questions and answers on almost every site and under every model; thus, during this Passover, […]

When  did  Jesus  enter   Jerusalem? Christians over the world  know that Palm Sunday is the beginning of Passion Week. But do you know why Jesus was entering  Jerusalem on that particular Sunday? We can find an answer in the first verses of Exodus 12. In the beginning of chapter 12 of the book of […]

The Pesach Lamb   We have already spent some time discussing the lamb from Aqedah story from Genesis 22 – the first time the word “lamb” occurs in the Torah. This time we will discuss a lamb in chapter twelve of the Book of Shemot (Exodus), which details the story of the Exodus from Egypt. […]

My dear readers, once again I’ve been led by your comments to put off my own plans for a while. I had been planning to prepare a survey of the Lamb image in Tanach before we enter Passover, and we will definitely do that next time. However, because many of you reacted so strongly to […]

  God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering       Gen. 22:8   Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing![1] What believer in Jesus has not at least once sung these words from the Book of Revelation? […]

My readers know that one of the most important words in my writings is “hidden”. I have written many articles here about Hidden Messiah; I also wrote about the hidden, secret meaning of scripture at the last level of the PARDES technique –Sod. Today, as we approach Purim, it is a great joy and blessing […]