Pompeo Visits Israel Amidst Standoff with Iran

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From Pastor Dewey: We continue to pray everyday for peace in the world……we pray for Israel……For this is what the LORD Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you–for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye–Zechariah 2:8

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Headlines from Jerusalem, 30 April 2018

“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be” Matthew 24:37-39

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Pompeo Visits Israel Amidst Standoff with Iran

Mike Pompeo was in Israel Sunday as part of his first trip abroad in his new job as US Secretary of State. Greeting him at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his guest that “We are very proud of the fact that this is your first visit as Secretary of State.” US Secy. of State Pompeo replied, “You’re an incredibly important partner, [and] occupy a special place in my heart too.”
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