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Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel By the time Ari returned, Yakov, who usually retired early, was already in bed and sound asleep. His peculiar whistling snore could be heard as Ari tiptoed down the hall and into his own room. Whatever his eccentricities, the old man’s religion had definitely cleansed his conscience and given him peace of mind. He seemed to drop off quickly and sleep soundly all night—and had scarcely expressed a worry since Ari had known him. “The Lord’s will is always best,” was a standard response when any difficulty did arise. By contrast, Ari lay awake for a long time that night trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. He found himself in the uncomfortable but exhilarating position of being a double agent. Life had purpose once again… and excitement. That was what he loved. Danger was nothing to fear; it was a challenge to face and conquer. How to handle what lay before him was the question that troubled him now, and he lay awake turning the convoluted scenario over and over in his mind. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel Yakov had been idly rocking back and forth in his favorite chair, eyes closed, listening carefully to all that David had been telling Ari. Now he came back to life, sat up straight, and turned abruptly to Ari. “Stay out of it! The CIA’s being set up. ‘The Nine’ aren’t ETIs.” “Come on, Yakov,” returned David uneasily, “let’s not get sidetracked onto that demon thing again… okay?” “You just listen to what I have to say,” returned Yakov impatiently, “and you’ll learn something. I used to practice cabala… heavy occultism… and I’m telling you that ‘the Nine’ are well known in occult circles. They’ve been making contact with spirit mediums in séances for centuries.” Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel The following Monday, Ari received a response to the letter he had written to Carla. It was enthusiastic and gave promise of further contact. “How good it was to hear from you,” her letter began. “And how sad I was to have confirmation of Nicole’s death. I saw her name on the list of victims in the news but wasn’t sure whether that was the same person to whom you had introduced me. I tried to phone you at the Sorbonne, and that’s how I learned you’d gone to Israel. They could give me no forwarding address or phone number. So that’s why your letter was such a welcome surprise. “And how excited I was to learn that you have a newspaper column of your own—and in such a prestigious paper as The Jerusalem Post! Yes, it was a surprise to learn that you were really Jewish, a Holocaust survivor. I guess that makes you very special in Israel. I can understand why, when you discovered your roots, you wanted to live there. It seems strange to call you Professor Ari Thalberg now after knowing you as Professor Hans Mueller all these years, but I’ll get used to it.” Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel The ground war in the Gulf was over almost before it had begun—in one hundred hours. Was this just a good round figure that appealed to President Bush when he gave the ceasefire order—or was something more involved? His generals in the field had been unhappy at calling off their forces prematurely and thus leaving Saddam, an Arab Hitler, still in power. Why had the decision been made at that exact point? After raising that question in one of his columns, Ari had then pointed out another side to the story. Bush’s order, which ended Operation Desert Storm at midnight February 27, had made a prophet out of the Lubavitchers’ Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, who had predicted an end to the conflict by Purim, beginning on February 28. Was that merely a coincidence?

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel David showed up promptly at eight o’clock and joined Ari in the living room, sitting next to him in front of the picture window. He wasted no time getting down to business. “There are some bizarre aspects to what I’m going to tell you,” he began, leaning forward and punctuating the tension in his voice by stroking the knuckles of his strong, restless fingers. The lights had just gone on, illuminating the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, but the magnificent view was lost on these two. Yakov could be heard rinsing dishes at the sink in the kitchen. “Come on in here!” yelled David, a slight edge of irritation in his voice. “Stop pretending you’re so busy. You’ll be giving advice soon enough—so you might as well get in on the beginning.” Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel So it was possible to be abducted by PLO terrorists right in the heart of Jerusalem! That alarming experience served as a solemn warning to Ari. Indeed, he had been very lucky. And he was on the PLO hit list because of what he wrote in his column in the Post! No doubt he’d now been moved up a little higher in targeting priority. That was not a comforting thought. How he wished for his old faithful Luger, left behind in France. Any pistol would do, but there was no way the Israeli government would license him to carry a concealed weapon. What he really needed was a bodyguard. Certainly the Mossad agents who rescued him must know that. However, the Mossad hadn’t offered him any protection. He could hardly ask for it, because the surveillance of the PLO group that had abducted him was a top secret operation, under total wraps. It couldn’t be mentioned to the police or even to other Mossad units. He wanted to discuss the need for protection with Yakov and David, but without their knowing about his abduction, they’d think he was paranoid for sure, an accusation he had so recently made against others. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

January 2024 Newsletter On our website: https://www.thebereancall.org/content/wide-gate-booming-part-three Featured Products: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/category/featured-january-361 Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. —Matthew 7:13-14 Each part of this three-part series began with the above scriptures because we believe they capture the options the church and the world face. What's found through the "strait gate" are numerous instructions that make up the truth of God's Word. Although that gate is open to all, only those who are born again of the Holy Spirit choose to enter therein. Yet still retaining their old nature, believers can be enticed by the sins of the world. Twice in Proverbs (14:12; 16:25) we find, "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death," indicating that believers can still slip into the errors of the wide gate/broad way. William MacDonald in his Believer's Bible Commentary calls the wide gate the way of a "life of self-indulgence and pleasure." Simple observation reveals that such an attraction would be the case for a majority of Christians whether they are professing or true believers. Obviously, that's more attractive than the difficulties that accompany the exhortation of "denying self" found in Matthew 16:24. What is overwhelmingly clear and increasing exponentially is that the instructions of the "strait gate" are being abandoned by the church in wholesale fashion.

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Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel The next morning found Miriam, with Ari beside her, expertly threading her small Fiat through the maze of streets in the Old City and out to the hilltop Holocaust Museum, not far from the Knesset. As they drove, he learned that she was a widow, having lost her husband of six weeks in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. They’d had no children, and she had never remarried. Sitting next to her, he felt a sense of easy and pleasant camaraderie between them, as though he’d known and respected this admirable woman all his life. And he sensed that she felt the same way about him. “It’s going to be horrifying,” Miriam warned Ari as they left the car in the parking lot and walked toward the sprawling complex, “so just be prepared. It’s beyond anything you could imagine. I never cried so much… I mean, really wept… as the first time I went through.” “Really?” he asked, not knowing how else to respond. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel As the weeks turned to months, Ari’s strange street encounter, instead of fading into the past, seemed all the more vivid and troublesome. There was no way he could deny its reality, though he wasn’t sure what that meant in relation to an “intelligence” that could take on different forms, do the impossible, and appear and disappear apparently at will. His undergraduate work in physics had, in a sense, prepared him for something so bizarre. In the world of subatomic particles, the impossible happened all the time. But to see it in the mundane world of everyday experience was mind-boggling. It was also very disturbing. So much that Elor had said made good sense. There was no doubt that the new freedom in Eastern Europe wasn’t the cure-all. Though bastions of freedom, Western democracies were seething cauldrons of racism and bigotry, with increasing crime, mushrooming debt, and monumental selfishness that left little hope of ever seeing the kind of compassionate caring for others that was so obviously needed. The transformation of the heart that Elor spoke of with such conviction was definitely needed, but he had declined to explain how that would come about. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel Life in Israel was settling into a routine of near-boredom. So Israel was surrounded by enemies who might attack at any moment. What else was new? Terrorism, yes, but a major attack, no. Not without the Soviet Union to back the invaders, and that was no longer feasible. Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika, just as Ari knew had been the plan all along, had given the Soviet leadership so many internal problems that helping the Arabs in a war against Israel was out of the question—at least for the foreseeable future. Ari was running out of hot issues to write about. Then along came Saddam Hussein’s brutal takeover of Kuwait in August 1990, and Ari’s job as a political columnist became exciting for him once again. The Post had connections high up in the Mossad, which gave Ari access to certain intelligence data that would not expose agent sources and was periodically earmarked for publication in his columns. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel “David!” exclaimed Yakov as he pulled the door open. “Great to see you! I’ve got a roommate—all the way from Paris. This is Ari Thalberg. Ari, meet David Kauly.” Ari felt himself instantly and comprehensively scrutinized, analyzed, and memorized by the slightly balding, stocky man of medium height in his mid-forties who catapulted himself through the doorway and grasped his hand. “So you’ve moved to Israel.” It was more a statement than a question. Ari was immediately alert. Who was this man with the quick eyes and noncommittal expression, and what did he know? He decided to keep that question alive for future consideration. “Yes. Just arrived a few hours ago. Yakov’s good enough to share his flat with me.” Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

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Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel A hysterical passenger in his early seventies, his expensive tailored suit spattered with blood, was being taken off when Ari boarded the plane. He had finally convinced a flight attendant that his wife had been killed in the attack. Though overcome with shock and his own grief, Ari, after long years of training and practice, instinctively absorbed and evaluated every part of his surroundings and the swiftly moving events. He marveled at the speed and skill with which the superbly trained and prepared El Al crew controlled what would otherwise have been utter chaos on the plane. Speaking with absolute authority and assurance as they went up and down the aisle seeing to special needs, the flight attendants brought a sense of calm and safety to the passengers, many of whom were in a state of near-collapse when they came aboard. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel When Nicole phoned Dr. Duclos and his wife to tell them the good news of the next day’s meeting, they insisted upon taking her to the airport. “It’s too much for you to drive out there alone with the baby.” Her objections were brushed aside. “It’s all settled. We’ll pick you up at six thirty tomorrow morning.” It was just before eight o’clock when they pulled up in front of Orly International Airport’s south terminal. Nicole got out of the car holding little Ari and looked around. “We’ll stay right here as long as we have to,” Dr. Duclos called after her. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

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Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel On February 20, Nicole gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing just under eight pounds. Ari learned of the event a week later when he received in the mail an announcement of the birth of Ari Paul de Benoits. Enclosed was a picture of mother and child taken in the hospital. Nicole was looking proudly and protectively down at the small bundle in her arms. Along with the vital statistics was this note in a familiar hand: “He looks so much like you, Ari! And he’s such a good baby. You’d be proud of him. Would you like me to bring him over sometime? Lots of love, Niki.” Eyes blurring with tears, Ari read and reread the note, coming back again and again to those words, “He looks so much like you, Ari!” The woman he had passionately loved had given birth to his child—the baby he had wanted her to abort. Perhaps he had been wrong to insist upon that invasion. Yes, he’d made a tactical blunder. It had been a monumental folly that he’d come to profoundly regret. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel Because of his intensive travel schedule into Eastern Europe during those busy months, Ari had lost touch with Nicole. Then, one evening in mid-December, she called and asked to meet him the next day at their favorite restaurant on Boulevard du Port-Royal. Of course he had agreed, trying not to sound too eager. At least she had initiated the get-together. Was this a good omen? Ari arrived first and took an inside table beyond the bar in a secluded corner. He had been waiting only a few minutes, when Nicole came up quietly behind him and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Her long, silken blond hair caressed his neck, and the fresh-scrubbed scent of her presence overwhelmed him with tender memories. With a swish of her full, silk skirt, she sat down beside him, more radiantly beautiful than ever. She was seven months pregnant and looked it. Obviously, he had lost the abortion battle and resented that. Just seeing her again, however, brought back the old magic feeling—the same giddy attraction he’d felt the first time he’d laid eyes on her that unforgettable day nearly seven years ago. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel The next few weeks were bitterly lonely ones for Ari. He hadn’t been there when Nicole had come to the apartment to pick up her things. Perhaps that had been best. But how he missed her! The last six years—his happiest—couldn’t be so easily negated. The vivid memory of her face and enchanting voice, of her lilting, contagious laugh and graceful feminine movements, of the very fragrance she had exuded, of the comfort of her presence and the love they had shared, made the present emptiness maddening. But even as the pain eroded all sense of peace, his resolve remained firm. He could not, must not, give in on the abortion issue. It was a pregnancy they had not planned and as such it should be immediately terminated. Nothing could be more logical. As much as he longed for a reconciliation, Ari was determined, as a matter of principle, that the only way it could happen would be for Nicole to yield to reason, which she showed no sign—at least on his terms—of doing. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel Ari had caught sight of Carla in the distance, her long, naturally wavy auburn hair bouncing with every step. These tall Americans! They stand out in any crowd. And that self-confident stride, the look.… Ari pretended not to see her, and she made as though she were walking past. Casually, she turned in his direction, stopped as though taken by surprise, and waved. “Professor Mueller!” she called. Ari looked up and saw her, as though for the first time. “Carla!” he cried as he jumped to his feet. The tall American squeezed her way between the closely packed diners to his table, where Ari gave her a welcoming hug. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel For a long time Ari lay awake, starting at every real or imagined noise and rehearsing with painful clarity the evening’s debacle. So often during these past years he’d heard the reassuring sound of key grating against lock signaling that Nicole had returned safely from a late night at the hospital. Now he listened in vain. If only he’d been more sympathetic, more sensitive! At last, sometime after midnight, he fell asleep. At three o’clock he awoke with a start. In a panic he realized that her side of the bed was still empty. She’d be sleeping on the couch, of course. But when he tiptoed quietly into the living room, it was empty. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

This video is a biblical evaluation of a movie produced by a secular company about the lives of Joseph and Mary and the birth of Jesus. The criteria for this evaluation are solely from God's Word. "To the law and the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them" (Isaiah 8:20). "...It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God" (Luke 4:4). "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar" (Proverbs 30:6). "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book" (Revelation 22:18) The truth of the Scriptures is serious business. When it deviates even to a small degree from the truth, it is a lie. If it's not true to Jesus Christ, it is antichrist. We are all held accountable for that which we believe. Our prayer is that you will be a Berean as you watch this video. The Bereans searched the Scriptures to discern whether what the Apostle Paul taught them was true to God's Word or not. T. A. McMahon Executive Director The Berean Call Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe Music Attribution: "Ether Vox" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel “That dinner was fantastic,” exclaimed Ari, wiping his mouth with his napkin and pushing his chair back from the table. He stood up and reached for Nicole’s plate. “Here, let me help you.” “Sit right back down,” she ordered, then added with an impish look, “I’ve got a surprise for you.” “Shall I close my eyes?” “If you like.” She went to the refrigerator and brought out a Black Forest torte—his favorite. Cutting a huge piece, she placed it in front of Ari and sat down with a dazzling smile. “You’re not having any?” “No. I’m watching my diet.” “Since when?” Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app In-depth research on a variety of Bible topics: https://www.thebereancall.org/topics Sign up for our email updates: https://www.thebereancall.org/subscribe

Sanctuary of the Chosen Audiobook New Chapter Every Day! Purchase the book: https://store.thebereancall.org/shop/product/b60866-sanctuary-of-the-chosen-37023 Free eBook: https://davehunt.org/collections/all-ebooks/products/sanctuary-of-the-chosen More about Israel: https://www.thebereancall.org/topic/israel Taking advantage of the summer school holiday—and of his new understanding with Roger—Ari spent the next two months traveling. How he wanted to go back to China to seek out the few leaders who he knew had escaped the purge! Yet to do so would only endanger them. He was getting money to them through established channels that were still functioning. Communications were coming out—but there was nothing else he could do to help at this time. The dark night of oppression had descended upon China once again. The entire country was in the grip of a terrible fear that was reminiscent of the worst periods during Mao’s reign of terror. It was far too soon even to think of picking up the pieces of his shattered organization and starting over again. Though it had looked so promising a few months ago, taming the Dragon was now a lost cause. Our main website: www.thebereancall.org Store: store.thebereancall.org Download our app: www.thebereancall.org/app