Near Bethlehem the Israeli separation / apartheid wall gets crazy like the whole idea that it is.  A Palestinian family has the wall surrounding  three sides of their house.  We really admire the folks at the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (seamac.org) for their creative campaigns to spread awareness to millions of uninformed Americans about Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine. This short ad for their campaign will make you smile (or, see red if you're a Zionist of the Christian flavor or otherwise)..

In the last chapter of Acts, Mark Horton discusses the idea that the Kindgom of God, the Hope of Israel and the Gospel of Christ are synonymous ideas.  Click Here to see the timeline mentioned in the lesson.