Life is a Trek

Return to Zion?

2011-02-26T10:33:00.001-08:00

Shalom Ilan, haveri! Thank you for thinking of me. We've had an ice and snow snow that came in last night and expect another tonight. My car door won't open. Frozen shut.
I would love to visit my beloved Land but probably can't for many reasons: I'm a poor white boy (I'm a poor fellow getting ready to sell my home and move with Mom and her boyfriend Doug to a nice home with my own bedroom in the country). And my AIDS doctors said I'll probably be dead and are in shock I'm not already and have't gotten sick with infectious diseases. Blessed be God! What will be will be. I won't give up without a struggle.

Love ya Ilan,

David

Back to the Kibbutz

2011-02-21T12:58:00.001-08:00

Reunion trip - Back to the Kibbutz

June 12-19, 2011

Dear Friends,

As part of the 100 year anniversary of the Israel kibbutz, the kibbutz movement has organized a special reunion trip to Israel for former volunteers. The trip will include many unique attractions, including staying at kibbutzim, traveling around the country and meeting old friends.

If you are one of the 350,000 former volunteers who stayed and worked at a Kibbutz in the past, you are invited to re-live that experience and to meet people from all over the world who share those special memories.

Former volunteers and their families are welcome to join this unique reunion trip.
For details, please see attached brochure or send an email to: volunteers@amsalem.com

If you are just interested in attending the reunion, please see the attached link: www.kibbutzvolunteers.org.il

You are welcome to join the Kibbutz Volunteers facebook page: www.facebook.com/kibbutzvol for more updates.

Zion National Park

2010-10-31T07:40:00.001-07:00

Zion National Park
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

God commands Israel to build the Temple!

2010-10-12T09:01:00.001-07:00

God commands Israel to build the Temple!

Will the pope act like Belshazzar or Cyrus?Will Rome learn from history and receive instruction from the Bible or harden their hearts and be destroyed like pharaoh and Babylon?

A House of Prayer For All Peoples?
Jewish guards prevent Christians and Jews from exercising their religious right to pray on the Temple Mount? That's right! Only Muslims have unlimited access to Judaism's most holy site. Only the Koran is permitted within. The Tanach (Jewish Scripture, known to much of the world as the "Old Testament") and Christian Scriptures (the New Testament) are forbidden. Yet Israel claims to respect the religious rights of all people.

Major Upheaval in Israel?
Will an EARTHQUAKE shake Israel to its foundations and rock the world? Would the destruction of the Western/Wailing Wall and the demolition of the "Dome of the Rock" and Al-Aksa mosques—by an ACT OF GOD—serve further notice that it's time to build the Temple?

Third Temple Coming Soon to Jerusalem!
"And let them make me a Sanctuary that I may dwell among them" (Ex. 25:8). This holy command in the Scriptures seems clear enough, so what's the problem? Why has Israel tolerated Jerusalem’s "abomination of desolation" — a Temple Mount without a Temple? Why haven't the religious leaders encouraged the people to do what they can in fulfilling this mitzva?

The Temple of God in Holy Jerusalem
Paul, speaking of the imminent Third Temple, the holy TEMPLE OF GOD (the Temple of God - not just of the Jews or any other conspiracy theory that contradicts Scripture), that Europe's wannabe divine emperor will pollute, coveting it since Satan knows (even if some religious folks don't) it is the TEMPLE OF GOD...

Jews Must Demand Rights to Temple Mount
During a 1995 Root and Branch lecture in Jerusalem, Professor Nahum Rakover, author and then Deputy Attorney General of Israel, publicly agreed with me that it isn't illegal for Christians or Jews to pray upon the Temple Mount, even though it is forcibly prevented by the police.

The Issue of the Temple MountThe common knowledge of our time is that the vast majority of Rabbis of this generation have prohibited the Jewish people from entering the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit), the holiest site in Judaism. The Temple Mount is the site of where the Beit HaMikdash (the Jewish Temple) once stood and the place where the Moslems have erected one mosque, the al-Aqsa and a site of pilgrimage, the Dome of the Rock.

Restore Israeli Sovereignty Over Temple Mount
The Wakf, the militant Muslim authority that oversees Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site and Islam's alleged third holiest site (following Mecca and Medina) continue to show blatant disregard for Jewish, Christian and biblical history and non-Muslim sensitivities.

Where's the Temple On the Temple Mount?
Something's missing. Rome is synonymous with the Vatican, Mecca with the Kaaba, and Jerusalem's known for its Western Wall. But why should we stand before the wall, letting it obstruct our vision, when we could be praying in a Temple? Why should Jews continue to bow before an illegitimate Gentile decree that tells them where to pray? (Isaiah 10:1).

The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
The Jews have prayed for 2,000 years to again see the Temple upon the Temple Mount. It's past time for prayers alone: ACTION is necessary to put faith into practice!

G-d Doesn't Listen to Jewish Prayers at the Western Wall
Gershon Salomon warned Israel and its leadership that as long as the shameful situation on the Temple Mount continues, and as long as they do not obey the call of G-d, peace will not come to the land. The enemies of Israel will continue to desire her land and will pressure those in power to divide it. Obedience to the call of G-d will bring peace, all of Israel's enemies will be removed and no one will wish to divide or desire the land.

Why Edward Abington, Jr. Must Be Investigated!
"The American Diplomat in Arafat's Corner," published in The Jerusalem Report, came as no surprise to me. It was referring to Edward Abington, Jr., the United States' former consul general in Jerusalem who is now "guiding the Palestinians through the labyrinths of Washington. And his firm is being paid $2.25 million for his expertise."

Israel's Unjust Deportation of David Ben-Ariel
As a Christian-American member of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement, I had been privileged to participate in their legal demonstrations during my 10-month stay in Jerusalem awaiting dual citizenship. Israeli television often showed me with my Jewish friends carrying Israeli flags throughout the Old City.

Blow Up the Mosques or An Expired Visa?
Once again, an attempt to spread DISinformation about my unjust deportation from Israel, only provides me with another opportunity to clearly state my case and continue to highlight the plight of the Temple Mount suffering under a Nazi-Muslim occupation...

From Toledo to Jerusalem
You could say I have a God-given love for the Jews and the nation of Israel (Isaiah 62:6-7). That sacred bond has been strengthened over the years by the fact that I've been blessed to have lived all over Israel, getting to know its land and people quite well.

Dangerous Ideas?
During my brief appearance before Israel's High Court, the prosecution charged that I hold "dangerous ideas." I suppose the short-sighted prosecution would ban the Bible if he could since it contains the "dangerous ideas" that millions believe in! What are those "dangerous ideas?"

American Detained in Jerusalem's Russian Compound
Nobody arrested me. I was detained when I faithfully reported to the police office at 9 a.m. Monday morning, January 9, 1996 (day before my birthday) the day after The Jerusalem Post published on their front page an article shedding light on what they were doing in the dark: "GSS Seeks to Deport American Citizen for Plot to Blow Up Al Aksa Mosque."

Muslim confiscates Christian Bible on Temple Mount

2010-09-30T10:37:00.001-07:00

Jewish guards prevent Christians and Jews from exercising their religious right to pray on the Temple Mount? That's right! Only Muslims have unlimited access to Judaism's most holy site. Only the Koran is permitted within. The Tanach (Jewish Scripture, known to much of the world as the "Old Testament") and Christian Scriptures (the New Testament) are forbidden. Yet Israel claims to respect the religious rights of all people.

Read more...

A House of Prayer For All Peoples?

Yom Kippur at Sdot Yam

2010-09-18T13:24:00.001-07:00

Tradition - even empty, hollow, shallow - has assisted Jewry to preserve this Day, however imperfectly; yet I also couldn't help but think of God & Kahane who might dismiss such "worship" as vain and such "devotions" as void. Liberal, Hellenist, humanists who have nothing to do with God and are ignorant of or deny His Word as a general rule, as hypocritical & unacceptable as professing Christianity on the pagan days of Christmas and Easter...

Yom Kippur at Sdot Yam

Ohio Mosque Promotes Murder!

2010-09-11T14:57:00.001-07:00

I repeated the "spiritual lesson" to the imam and asked him if the Muslims had any such saying. He replied that the Jews create such spurious sayings in order to discredit Islam and Arabs. I then shocked him, and the audience, when I asked: "If that's not a Muslim story, and is spurious and created by the Jews, then why would you, as the leader of this Islamic community permit that very story to be published in your newsletter last month?" He was speechless.

Ohio Mosque Promotes Murder!

"One of the most profound and exciting times of my life"

2010-09-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

Rob Acquroff from Australia writes in response to Kibbutz Dan photos -

Hi, I was a volunteer on Kibbutz Dan in 1972, I left just prior to the October War. I spent 3 months there and I was 20 years old. There were about 50 volunteers on the Kibbutz at the time from all over the world. It was one of the most profound and exciting times of my life, full of new experiences, interesting travel and all mixed in with hard work and meeting new people. I am not Jewish but had been attracted to kibbutz life since learning about it at school in Australia where I grew up and still reside. If you still keep in contact with the families of Kibbutz Dan please pass on my regards and tell them of the very fond memories I have of my time there.

Rob Acquroff

Peach Spotlight - David Hoover

2010-09-02T15:12:00.001-07:00

Peach Spotlight - David Hoover
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Butterfly on Sunflower

2010-08-30T07:07:00.001-07:00

Butterfly on Sunflower
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Butterflly on Sunflower

2010-08-30T07:06:00.001-07:00

Butterflly on Sunflower
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Call for Israeli citizenship for David Ben-Ariel

2010-08-21T17:38:00.001-07:00

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Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

2010-08-19T05:07:00.001-07:00

Clueless Toledo City Council?

2010-08-17T11:08:00.001-07:00

When will "We The People" stand up and condemn "Dr." Martin Luther King and reject his name on our streets, bridges, plazas, etc.? Folks need be educated about the fraud - and help educate others about the myths of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King - that the truth may set us free at last.

I've written our former Toledo Mayor Donna Owens to ask her why she failed to oppose changing the Cherry Street Bridge to the MLK Bridge, and questioned if the entire Toledo City Council was clueless to the character of the fraud. In light of all the documented facts, the Toledo City Council ordinance must be repealed, as well as the MLK holiday. Justice demands it!

"Eye on Zion" - Yishai Fleisher's Speaking Tour

2010-08-15T07:10:00.001-07:00

SUMMER 2010: Israel – A Heart of Flesh in a World with a Heart of Stone

Israel is a miracle and is the most exciting project of the Jewish people in 2,000 years. Yet this young country is in ever present danger, from within and from without. How do we help Israel regain her self-confidence in a hostile world which seeks her destruction? How do we balance the modern needs of a democratic state with the vision of a Jewish Homeland powered by Jewish principles? How do we bring about a sense of unity in the Holy Land? What can we do to assure Israel’s success in this trying moment of need?

Join Yishai Fleisher as he tackles Israel’s unique challenges and articulates a vision for a winning direction forward. If you care about Israel, you won’t want to miss this talk!

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I stood up for Israel (especially the Temple Mount) and was unjustly deported. Where were Jews to decry this outrage? If Israelis fail to support those who highlight the plight of the Temple Mount suffering under Nazi Muslim occupation, they deserve to lose it all and they will when the German-Jesuit EU stomps Jerusalem.

A House of Prayer For All Peoples?

I love Jerusalem, Jews and Israel!

A Glad for Grandma

2010-08-11T09:14:00.001-07:00

Glad for Grandma

Grandma Hoover's (Risingsun, Ohio) favorite flower was the gladiola and she planted plenty of them!

Click to see more.

Janis Joplin

2010-07-19T07:55:00.000-07:00

I couldn't get enough of Janis Joplin during my teen years, and remember reading about how she shot up at some party in a kitchen in Cincinnati and thought it was cool. Maybe I read it in Buried Alive. Now I grieve she was a heroin addict, knowing the pain and misery that goes with it and leads to it.

Note from Mom after European vacation

2010-07-17T17:25:00.000-07:00

David Ben-Ariel at the Bellagio

2010-07-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Vision of the Kingdom of God

2010-07-10T13:39:00.001-07:00

If I may, as God is my Witness and Judge, when I was only 17 years young, God UNEXPECTEDLY gave me a VISION while I was in prayer. I was within that vision as a glorified Spirit-Being, whiter than glistening snow and like a brilliant white cloud with the sun shining on it, appearing smooth, dressed in a white robe - even my hair was that brilliant white - holding a Book in my hands and teaching two flesh and blood mortals who were sitting on the ground, in an outdoor setting like a park or meadow.)

Sneak Preview of the Kingdom of God

Great Grandfather I.C. Ort

2010-07-08T05:26:00.000-07:00

Israel C. Ort (I asked him what the initial "c" stood for and he said it didn't stand for anything).

Jonathan in San Francisco loft

2010-07-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

Vail Art Festivals (2003)

2010-07-08T05:15:00.000-07:00

Dorothea originally from Scotland now in San Francisco
Vail Art Festivals 2003

Gwynne in mirror!

Gwynne bought an amethyst necklace and I bought a lapis azuli ring.

Lee Graber and Bill Emerick, Holland, Ohio

2010-07-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

Shane and Ray Ray at Hudson Lake, Michigan

2010-07-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Kim

2010-07-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

My sister Kim

Sipping an Irish Coffee on Rhodes

2010-07-07T15:46:00.000-07:00

David Ben-Ariel on the Island of Rhodes, September 1991.

David and Steve at Glade Creek Grist Mill

2010-07-07T15:39:00.000-07:00

Babcock State Park, West Virginia

Steve, Doris, David on New River, WV

2010-07-07T15:35:00.000-07:00

David, Chuck, Monty (Old West End)

2010-07-07T15:31:00.000-07:00

Grand Canyon in 2000

2010-07-07T14:45:00.000-07:00

I wanted to see the Grand Canyon for my 40th birthday, so Dave Nolan and I flew to Las Vegas and then drove to the Grand Canyon. We also went to Tijuana, Mexico. I thanked God for letting me live long enough to see it and now, this year, 2010, I've gone back and seen the Grand Canyon again!

David Ben-Ariel at Grand Canyon (2000)

2010-07-07T14:38:00.001-07:00

David, Tony, Steve

2010-07-07T14:32:00.000-07:00

Linda Shepler's party on Durango years ago.

Kevin Kottke and Steve Gwinn in Windsor

2010-07-07T14:29:00.000-07:00

Steve and David in Holland, Ohio

2010-07-07T14:26:00.001-07:00

Steve, Richard, David

2010-07-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

Holland, Ohio

Steve Gwinn, Tony Barrick, David Ben-Ariel in Ann Arbor apt.

2010-07-07T14:23:00.001-07:00

Steve Gwinn & David Ben-Ariel in Ft. Lauderdale ('89)

2010-07-07T14:21:00.001-07:00

Linda Wolf

2010-07-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

Linda Wolf from Michigan: Great Aunt Glenna's daughter (Grandma Hoover's sister), at Graduation.

Hoover farm house (Risingsun, Ohio)

2010-07-07T10:48:00.001-07:00

Grandpa Hoover shucking corn

2010-07-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

David on Steve's balcony (1989)

2010-07-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Beatty Family

2010-07-06T06:03:00.000-07:00

Worldwide Church of God Spokesmans Club Certificate

2010-07-06T05:53:00.000-07:00

Frederick and David at the Acropolis

2010-07-06T05:47:00.000-07:00

Frederick from South Africa ("Fricky") and David in Athens, June 1990

My Country 'Tis of Thee

2010-07-05T05:45:00.001-07:00

"My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrims' pride!
From ev'ry mountainside,
Let freedom ring!"
-- Samuel Francis Smith
(1808-1895) Baptist minister, journalist, author
Source: America, first stanza of song also known as My Country 'Tis of Thee
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Samuel.Smith.Quote.F310

Steve and Doris Gwinn at Glade Creek

2010-07-04T15:31:00.000-07:00

Doris and Steve Gwinn, Doris' sister Margaret (Mag) Orkis at Babcock State Park.

Steve and Doris Gwinn at Babcock State Park on the Glade Creek in Danese, West Virginia

Steve and Doris Gwinn at Bluestone Dam, WV

2010-07-04T15:26:00.000-07:00

Steve Gwinn, Doris Gwinn, Comfort at Carr Family Reunion in West Virginia

Ethel Hoover

2010-07-04T14:58:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Arthur Hoover's sister

Mom, me, Lisa

2010-07-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

Ann E. Hoover (1835-1925)

2010-07-04T14:50:00.000-07:00

Ann (Creeger) Hoover:
My great great grandmother buried in Graham Cemetery, Ohio.

Miriam Weiss at Ramat Yohanan

2010-07-04T14:45:00.000-07:00

Old Irish Church, Springdale, WV

2010-07-04T14:39:00.001-07:00

Friends

2010-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

Linda Shepler, Robert Maier, Steve Gwinn at Linda Shepler's party years ago, sometime in the 80's.

Dale Andrews, Steve Gwinn, David at Bretz

Morbid but mature

2010-07-02T06:34:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I prearranged my cremation and found it morbid but mature. Why leave it for others to do?

Does the Bible say anything about cremation?

Pearly Gates (David Ben-Ariel YouTube Video)

Dead & Buried (David Ben-Ariel YouTube video)

David Ben-Ariel and Debbie Skinner resting on top of Table Mountain

2010-06-30T10:23:00.001-07:00

David Ben-Ariel and Debbie Skinner resting on top of Table Mountain
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

San Francisco cafe

2010-06-24T17:03:00.001-07:00

San Francisco cafe
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

David and Jonathon

2010-06-24T16:51:00.001-07:00

David and Jonathon
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

David Ben-Ariel at Mount St. Helens

2010-06-24T12:54:00.001-07:00

David Ben-Ariel at Mount St. Helens
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

David & Gwynne at Mount St. Helens

2010-06-24T12:50:00.001-07:00

David & Gwynne at Mount St. Helens
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Have you heard the Gospel?

2010-06-23T15:47:00.001-07:00

Have you heard?

Recently I told someone that my doctor said I was definitely in "decline" (I have AIDS).

He said, "Can I preach the gospel to your unconverted family and friends at your funeral?" I said, "No" (for many reasons). I also said I wasn't going to have any funeral and plan on being cremated. I commented my family and friends already heard the gospel. I said, "Everybody in America has heard the gospel," and he said he wasn't so sure about that. His doubts notwithstanding, anybody who knows me knows how outspoken I am about my beliefs and how I've written extensively about them in many articles and within my book, Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.

Beyond Babylon fulfills the need to proclaim the gospel and warn the world; it includes the truth about our Hebrew roots and responsibility (the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic peoples are an important part of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, the Tribe of Joseph specifically); about God's Sabbath and "Jewish" (biblical) Holy Days versus Satan's counterfeit Sunday and whitewashed pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter that God hates; about Israel's demise and Europe's rise - these are foundational truths.

Have you heard the gospel of the Kingdom of God is that we can be forgiven any sin we confess and forsake, so help us God, receiving the pardon and the power, that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ has got us covered; the good news of the Kingdom of God is that God is a Kingdom-Family into which we may be born again at the resurrection - born again as literal God-Beings! The good news is that the Kingdom-Family of God will be a literal government of God-Beings that will establish justice and righteousness from Jerusalem and save the earth and mankind from complete destruction and annihilation. If you hadn't heard this GOOD NEWS before, you have now!

Additional reading:

What is the TRUE GOSPEL?

Just What Do You Mean...Kingdom of God?

David Ben-Ariel Article Performance (May 2010)

2010-06-14T17:31:00.001-07:00

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Not All Twelve Tribes of Israel are Jewish?
Some, in clear contradiction of the Holy Bible, pretend that all Twelve Tribes of Israel are Jewish. Such woefully ignorant or deceptive people deny the biblical distinctions between the 12 Tribes and pretend there's only one tribe: Judah.

Herbert W. Armstrong Was Ahead of His Time!
Mr. Armstrong was ahead of his time. The principles of prophecy he spoke of remain absolutely true: a final revival of the unholy Roman Empire is prophesied and the EU is forging ahead with that Frankenstein Monster now.

The Plain Truth about the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel
In order to warn Israel about the many prophecies that preview our coming captivity (due to our idolatry and immorality), it was first necessary for God to restore our identity. God has now restored our identity, He's again warning our nations, and it's up to us what will happen next.

David Pack & the Restored Church of God
When David Pack said something to the effect that the Global Church of God was not for me, I asked him why he invited me then and he then acknowledged he only invited me along with the others because he felt they were good candidates for membership. In other words, he was being deceitful.

Lucerne postcard to Steve Gwinn

2010-06-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

SUNday?

2010-06-13T07:37:00.001-07:00

Have you fallen for SUNday?

When you're out and about, notice all the signs inviting you to SUNday services, offering you a welcome this SUNday, but none saying "SUNday is for pagans - we've repented and now keep the Sabbath" or "Never on a Sunday! Jesus kept the Sabbath and so do we!"

Either the ministers of those professing Christian churches are ignorant of the Scriptures and history (that only sanction the seventh day Sabbath) or they're just plain dishonest with themselves and their poor flock (that have been robbed of the plain truth).

There's no excuse for Sunday! Jesus, his disciples - the apostles - and the entire early Church of God composed of converted Jews, Israelites and Gentiles kept the seventh day Sabbath! The original faith once delivered to Jerusalem (that included the observance of the seventh day Sabbath) became corrupted by Gentilizers, Romanizers, false converts who misled folks to keep Sunday, cleverly keeping both the Sabbath and Sunday at first until they gained enough power and influence to oppose the biblical Sabbath for their traditional Sunday.

Question your minister if he's a Sunday keeper and ask your friends why folks are keeping Sunday - the first day of the week - when the Sabbath is the seventh day. Most have never thought about it, sheeple to the slaughter, but now God is bringing it to the attention of many and expects us to repent of keeping Sunday and start keeping the Sabbath that is holy to Him.

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." - Exodus 20:8

"There remains therefore a rest [keeping of the Sabbath] for the people of God." - Hebrews 4:10

"Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent." - Acts 17:30

Which day is the Christian Sabbath?

Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions about Sunday
The vast majority of Christian churches today teach the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, as a time for rest and worship. Yet it is generally known and freely admitted that the early Christians observed the seventh day as the Sabbath. How did this change come about?

Remember the Sabbath
Did you ever stop to think why Christians keep Sunday? Did they get it from the Bible? Is there a clear-cut command that says, "Thou shalt keep Sunday?" Why did Jesus worship on Saturday? Was it only because He was a good Jew? Or does it go beyond that?

http://www.davidbenariel.org/

Abraham Lincoln

2010-06-11T18:42:00.001-07:00

Abraham Lincoln
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Zion National Park

2010-06-03T15:45:00.001-07:00

Zion National Park
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Zion National Park

2010-06-03T15:44:00.001-07:00

Zion National Park
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Canyon de Chelly by David Ben-Ariel

2010-06-03T14:47:00.001-07:00

Canyon de Chelly

19 photos

Canyon de Chelly

2010-06-02T12:18:00.001-07:00

Canyon de Chelly
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Love for Jews and Israel

2010-05-25T11:01:00.001-07:00

You could say I have a God-given love for the Jews and the nation of Israel (Isaiah 62:6-7). That sacred bond has been strengthened over the years by the fact that I've been blessed to have lived all over Israel, getting to know its land and people quite well.
Apart from 5 months at Ramat Yohanan (where I met my "kibbutz mother," Miriam Weiss) I've also stayed at Sdot Yam on the Mediterranean, next to Caesarea, the site of my first ulpan (intensive Hebrew course), and where Israel's heroine, Hannah Senesh, was from; Regavim, near Zichron Yaakov, where I continued my Hebrew lessons amid its rolling green hills; Reshafim, near Bet She'an, with Mt. Gilboa practically in our backyard, and Jordan's mountains in lovely view out front; Adamit, on Lebanon's border, high up on a mountain, from where on clear days you can see all the way to Haifa's Mt. Carmel; Shoval, a rose in the Negev desert, just north of Be'er Sheva; Dan, way up in the northernmost part of Israel, in between Syria and Lebanon, next to the majestic snow-covered Mt. Hermon, where I was living when "Operation Desert Storm" blew in; and Ha'On, with its campground and ostrich farm on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee, across from Tiberias; and last but not least, my beloved Jerusalem, next to my favorite spot on earth: the Temple Mount.
- excerpt from From Toledo to Jerusalem

http://www.davidbenariel.org/

Out West (2010)

2010-05-22T13:49:00.001-07:00

Arches National Park, Utah

Zion National Park (2010)

Grand Canyon

(Which includes a few of Will Rogers, Oklahoma)

Emerald Pools, Zion National Park, Utah

2010-05-18T09:13:00.001-07:00

Emerald Pools

2010-05-18T08:51:00.001-07:00

Emerald Pools
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

The Grand Canyon: Seeing is Believing!

2010-05-16T14:30:00.001-07:00

Grand Canyon

2010-05-16T08:42:00.001-07:00

Poppies

2010-05-15T11:38:00.001-07:00

Poppies
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Coming thru the Rye (Frederic Remington)

2010-05-15T09:23:00.001-07:00

Coming thru the Rye (Frederic Remington)
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Dan and Jordan win The Amazing Race!

2010-05-14T05:45:00.001-07:00

Since I've been "on the road again," I wasn't able to watch the final episode of The Amazing Race. I just watched it and I'm glad one of the two teams I hoped would win did (Dan and Jordan, Jet and Cord). Congratulations to Dan and Jordan!

Some have complained that Dan and Jordan won by "cheating" at the airport by putting their bags in front of Jet and Cord at the ticket counter, but I seriously doubt that questionable stunt, that strategic move, is what won the race for them. Jet and Cord won the race when it came to integrity throughout, representing themselves, their parents and Oklahoma (besides cowboys and rodeo folk) admirably. (Jet loves to read, so I hope he takes the time to read Beyond Babylon and be blessed).

As far as Brent and Caite go, I was so sick of her trying to prove herself throughout the show . If she had any self-respect she wouldn't feel the need to prove anything to others. And every time Brent would build her up, she would fall flat on her face. I hope Caite gets over the past and makes a future for herself with confidence, living and learning, chalking it all up to experience. She also needs to overcome her violent outbursts where she said she wanted to punch or hit Brent. Women viewers would have a fit if a man repeatedly said such things and didn't get called on it.

Wouldn't it be nice if The Amazing Race would finally have contestants on it who represent themselves, who simply want to win a million dollars, and not "represent" black women, interracial couples, women, lesbians, senior citizens, etc.? Their own life stories and backgrounds should be of sufficient interest to viewers.

All the best to all the players, especially the The Amazing Race winners Dan and Jordan!

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Lower Emerald Pool at Zion National Park

2010-05-13T18:35:00.001-07:00

Poppies

2010-05-06T12:38:00.001-07:00

Poppies
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Poppies

2010-05-06T12:37:00.001-07:00

Poppies
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

First of my poppies!

"End of the Trail"

2010-05-06T05:25:00.001-07:00

"End of the Trail"
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Monument Valley (slideshow by David Ben-Ariel)

2010-05-02T05:40:00.001-07:00

Monument Valley is part of God's good creation on the border of Utah/Arizona. Go see it for yourself and enjoy its beauty!

David Ben-Ariel at Masada

2010-04-25T18:09:00.001-07:00

At the Northern edge of Masada with the Dead Sea in the background (1989).

Ludwig Mill (slideshow by David Ben-Ariel)

2010-04-21T07:56:00.001-07:00

Tugging for two

2010-04-17T10:19:00.001-07:00

Tugging for two
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

The Isaac Ludwig Mill (and Miami and Erie Canal)

2010-04-17T07:21:00.000-07:00

Providence

13827 US 24 West (at SR 578), opposite Grand Rapids on the Maumee River.

Canal boats once carried goods and people 249 miles between Toledo and Cincinnati, linking Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Visitors to Providence today get a sense of what canal travel was like during a trip aboard an authentic, mule-drawn canal boat on an original section of the Miami and Erie Canal. The Providence Dam, just upriver from another attraction, the Isaac Ludwig Mill, was originally constructed to keep the canal filled with water. The canal boat and mill are open May through October.

The Canal Experience (canal boat and historic mill)

David Ben-Ariel on WND

2010-04-16T10:19:00.001-07:00

Here are a few comments from BLOGNETDAILY by WND

http://forums.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=11

RE: For David Ben-Ariel
Posted by David Ben-Ariel on Apr 16, 2010 08:20

I'm glad you googled me, which should have revealed blogs (besides my website) that include this information on the right side:

About Me
Name: David Ben-Ariel
Location: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Author, Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall

View my complete profile

If you click on that complete profile it offers my email address.

I'm glad you love Israel too! I pray everybody who is thrilled about the Holy Land of Israel and its rich history, concerned about its pulsating current events and who share the hope of its bright future (after the Storm has passed) can go up to Jerusalem and explore throughout the Promised Land of Israel and let the Scriptures come further alive!

You could say I have a God-given love for the Jews and the nation of Israel (Isaiah 62:6-7). That sacred bond has been strengthened over the years by the fact that I've been blessed to have lived all over Israel, getting to know its land and people quite well.

Apart from 5 months at Ramat Yohanan (where I met my "kibbutz mother," Miriam Weiss) I've also stayed at Sdot Yam on the Mediterranean, next to Caesarea, the site of my first ulpan (intensive Hebrew course), and where Israel's heroine, Hannah Senesh, was from; Regavim, near Zichron Yaakov, where I continued my Hebrew lessons amid its rolling green hills; Reshafim, near Bet She'an, with Mt. Gilboa practically in our backyard, and Jordan's mountains in lovely view out front; Adamit, on Lebanon's border, high up on a mountain, from where on clear days you can see all the way to Haifa's Mt. Carmel; Shoval, a rose in the Negev desert, just north of Be'er Sheva; Dan, way up in the northernmost part of Israel, in between Syria and Lebanon, next to the majestic snow-covered Mt. Hermon, where I was living when "Operation Desert Storm" blew in; and Ha'On, with its campground and ostrich farm on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee, across from Tiberias; and last but not least, my beloved Jerusalem, next to my favorite spot on earth: the Temple Mount.

Reply to: stormy
I looked you up on google, and I'm hoping there is a site, that has a email address so I could write to you. If there is an address, I hope I can find it. I don't understand all of your stances, but I'd like to learn. All I know is I love Israel, and am forever grateful for the Israelites writing the Bible. Without them, we would not have the OT, NT. Some people forget, that many Jews believed on Jesus when Jesus was on the earth, and also after when He went back to the Father. The Jews are the chosen, and I know salvation is open to all, and the time of the gentiles will end soon. I would like to live in Israel someday. Maybe they will all return to the land God gave to them soon. I saw some of the you tubes you have. I don't understand why Zionist Jews are bashed by people, God will curse those who curse them.... Thanks, take care

RE: RE: For David Ben-Ariel
Posted by David Ben-Ariel on Apr 16, 2010 07:59

Yes, as a Christian-Zionist my articles dare to share the plain truth about the good and bad Jews (and good and bad Christians), contrary to the unsubstantiated charges that those who love the United States and strongly support the Jewish homeland of Israel turn a blind eye to Israel's faults. As necessary, such love includes "tough love" in the holy spirit of Yahshua who said, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore and repent" (Revelation 3:19), as well as following the spiritual principle of Proverbs 27:5 - "Better is open rebuke than hidden love."

Reply to: VinceB.
As best as I can decipher, from Ben's site and others, is such as is typical of the whole human race: there's good Jews and there's bad Jews...wheat and tares...

Just as there's good patriotic Christian Americans like Chuck Baldwin (no pretense), there are bad patriotic Christian (false-pretense/pseudo) Americans like George W. Bush - whom to the Messiah rejecting world, we all look the 'same'!

George W. Bush will masquerade as a Christian patriotic American so as to dupe real Christians - while he's knowingly helping to create a backlash, a hostile environment, against the real Christians by those who aren't (ie the Christ rejecting world around us etc.)!

Again, from what I understand, there's Jews that have, and continue to feed off others at the expense of the good Jews...Kind of like when the world wants to know what Christians think about this social issue or another, they run to the Roman Catholic Church to hear from the Pope...they don't run to a David Wilkerson, Pastor Chuck Baldwin, Chuck Smith, others of fundamental Christianity...

That's kind of how I see Ben's work as expounding upon...I could be wrong though; I'm open to learn as I sojourn along on my way to glory/esteem in heaven...

http://forums.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=11

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Israeli Police and David Ben-Ariel

2010-04-15T06:38:00.001-07:00

Israeli police sent on wild-goose chase
The Israeli police knew they didn't have a shred of evidence against me other than some hateful letter filled with false accusations that misled them.
I received a call (at the Palm Youth Hostel in Jerusalem where I lived and legally worked) from a friend in the United States that "KP" sent him a copy of a letter he reportedly also sent to the Israeli authorities, claiming I was involved in some plot to blow up the mosques to stop the peace process and prepare the way for the Temple; was involved in arms smuggling (distorting my travels through the war-zone of Yugoslavia by train from Germany and visit to South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as other adventures - thanks to a gracious inheritance from my Hoover grandparents) and that I wasn't Jewish. I told my friend the Israeli police would recognize "KP" was a crackpot and would dismiss his bizarre letter. I wasn't worried about it...
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Prayer for Israeli Police

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David Hoover in Jerusalem in 1980

2010-04-14T09:19:00.001-07:00

My name was legally changed from David Hoover to David Ben-Ariel twenty one years ago, for religious reasons, as related within my articles God-given Names and From Toledo to Jerusalem.

Florence

2010-04-14T05:13:00.003-07:00

Florence
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Firenze, Italia!

Florence 1989

2010-04-14T05:13:00.001-07:00

Florence 1989
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Firenze, Italia!

Steep steps in Athens

2010-04-14T05:11:00.001-07:00

Steep steps in Athens
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Coleman Theatre

2010-04-13T11:40:00.001-07:00

Coleman Theatre
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

Grumpy Old Man or Concerned American?

2010-04-13T05:22:00.001-07:00

Is David Ben-Ariel, author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall, a grumpy old man or concerned American? Obama has yet to prove he's a natural born citizen, continues to disrespect the Constitution and We The People; American taxpayers' money is dumped into the black hole of Haiti while no help is found for our homeowners who lost their dreams; South Africa says it will follow Zimbabwe's terrible example of stealing farms from white people, meaning bloodshed will increase...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpdPjuWOhg

http://www.davidbenariel.org/

Psalm 137

2010-04-12T05:03:00.001-07:00

1 By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat down, yea, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee,
let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom
in the day of Jerusalem;
who said, Rase it, rase it,
even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth
thy little ones against the stones.

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Where's the Birth Certificate?

2010-04-11T08:08:00.001-07:00

Where's the Birth Certificate?
Originally uploaded by DavidBenAriel

The first "Where's the Birth Certificate" in Toledo, Ohio makes its debut!

2010-04-10T09:46:00.003-07:00

Will Israel right the wrong?

2010-04-08T17:46:00.001-07:00

Israeli police sent on wild-goose chase The Israeli police knew they didn't have a shred of evidence against me other than some hateful letter filled with false accusations that misled them.

I received a call (at the Palm Youth Hostel in Jerusalem where I lived and legally worked) from a friend in the United States that "KP" sent him a copy of a letter he reportedly also sent to the Israeli authorities, claiming I was involved in some plot to blow up the mosques to stop the peace process and prepare the way for the Temple; was involved in arms smuggling (distorting my travels through the war-zone of Yugoslavia by train from Germany and visit to South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as other adventures - thanks to a gracious inheritance from my Hoover grandparents) and that I wasn't Jewish. I told my friend the Israeli police would recognize "KP" was a crackpot and would dismiss his bizarre letter. I wasn't worried about it...
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Miriam Weiss and David Ben-Ariel

2010-04-08T09:56:00.001-07:00

Miriam Weiss and David Ben-Ariel

Miriam Weiss: Kibbutz Mother and Holocaust Survivor
On that precious list of "Righteous Gentiles" (rare individuals who assisted Jews during the Holocaust) is the great name of Jan Bulski who risked his life and family in Poland to save my "kibbutz mother" -- Miriam Weiss -- who I met and was "adopted" by at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan near Haifa in Northern Israel while a volunteer there from October 1982 to February 1983.
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Henia Seidman, David Ben-Ariel, Miriam Weiss

Miriam Weiss and Henia Seidman, Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan