Israel My Glory - March/April 2012

Zealous Pharisees and scribes condemned her and demanded she be stoned. But Jesus dispersed them, saying if there was one among them who was so devoid of sin, he could cast the first stone:

Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more” (vv. 9–11).

There was no circle of scowling executioners stoning the poor woman to

12 MARCH/APRIL 2012

Elwood McQuaid is consulting editor for The Friends of Israel.

death that day. Before Jesus, she found grace and mercy with the admonition to be pure.

As we remember the resurrection of our Lord from the dead this time of year, we might well recall that it was Mary Magdalene, a formerly demon-possessed woman delivered from a notorious past, who was first to meet the risen Savior outside the empty tomb. Yes, there really is a difference between Christianity and other faiths. And we cannot be ignorant or indifferent to it because it is a difference that changes lives.

The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) soared to 342,414 in 2011 and probably will pass 350,000 this year. The figure exceeds the 300,000 estimate of most news agencies. There are also an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 Jewish people in Jerusalem neighborhoods claimed by the Palestinian Authority for its desired new country within Israel’s borders.

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