Posted by Jewish IsraelWhat would Bubbe say if her little blue JNF box suddenly bore a cross?
These days the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) is not only fighting fierce forest fires, but they also appear to be fanning the "fire and brimstone" by forming a partnership with evangelical end-timers from BibleLandTrees.org.
The videos and written content on the site place an emphasis on new testament scripture, end-times prophecy, and refer to jesus as king, savior and messiah.
As an example, one featured video clip says, "And we plant trees so the land will blossom for his [jesus’] coming" (Bubbe would plotz over that one)...more
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I'd bet my life that Bible Land Trees is a messianic organization based in Israel.
The tip off is simple--prefacing Galilee with "the."
I've never heard any xtians refer to it as the Galilee--only Israelis.
Most xtians call it Galilee.
But whether xtian/messianic it's most likely based in Israel.
Only reading Israeli web sites did it dawn on me that Israelis call it the Galilee.
Ellen--I was right. Bible Land Trees is run by Benny Hinn Ministries.
Hinn was born in Yaffa and has a "healing center" in Jerusalem.
Go to this web site and scroll down to the article about Israeli trees and the JNF.
http://www.bennyhinn.org/products/product_detail.cfm?itemid=718
Great piece of research, Keli Ata!
You have good instincts and experience. But is Hinn affiliated with Bible Land Trees or with another project marketing to Christians via a JNF connection called Trees for the Holy Land (which was featured in the Jpost a couple of years ago)? Or is Hinn's thing a separate endeavor with JNF? Bible Land Trees claims an exclusive rights agreement.
I can't say for sure, but I will dig deeper.
These televangelists and missionaries are sneaks and master liars, so it takes a bit of investigation to get to the truth of the matter.
Hinn is a con man and the subject of a federal investigation in the US.
I also know that he's been pushing trees in Israel for quite a while, most recently the plant an olive tree in Israel and in return get two bottles of olive oil from Israel.
All for $200. LOL, I'm sure I can order it online from a reputal company for way less than that lol.
Thanks,Keli.
We wrote to and phoned JNF, but they haven't gotten back to us.
Will keep you posted.
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