Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews the matter of the Star of David, a significant symbol of both Jewish and Messianic Jewish identity. Is the Star of David something to be regarded as having originated in paganism? Or, is the six-pointed star a geometric shape, just like many others?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
THEOLOGY ROUNDUP
Torah In the Balance, Volumes I & II – Book: link
NEWS ROUNDUP
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Russian President Putin, wearing military fatigues, visited the Mulino Training Ground in Nizhny Novgorod to oversee the active phase of the joint Russia-Belarus “Zapad-2025” drills, which he said involve about 100,000 troops at 41 sites across both countries.: link
Germany’s Chancellor breaks down in tears over the rising antisemitism in the country.: link
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Tuesday that multiple individuals are either under investigation or have already been interrogated by agents for discussing Charlie Kirk’s assassination in a Discord “chatroom.”: link
Tyler James Robinson has been formally charged in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk — and could potentially face the firing squad if convicted.: link
Netanyahu: “We are going to produce an independent arms industry that can withstand any international or political constraints.”: link
BREAKING: Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire has donated $1M to Turning Point USA to help “bring people back to Christ, and bring people back to church, and back to biblical values,” fulfilling Charlie Kirk’s vision.: link
Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson told his transgender partner why he killed Charlie: link
Ben Shapiro says that on the Shabbat after Charlie Kirk’s murder, synagogues across the U.S. stopped their prayers to honor him.: link
“What destroyed the negotiations for the hostages was the European nations going and having this push for a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state… it destroyed negotiations.”: link
we show you how recent reactions from people around the World celebrating the death of a man who was gunned down in cold blood is a prelude to what the World will witness when the two prophets of God identified as the two witnesses appear during the tribulation and are slain int he streets of Jerusalem followed by Global jubilation that they are removed.: link
A DEEP STATE MURDER MOST FOUL: link
Interim USC President Beong-Soo Kim sat down with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a conversation titled “A Democracy Day Dialogue.”: link
Actress and film producer Jamie Lee Curtis breaks down in tears over the death of Charlie Kirk.: link
“Charlie Kirk was a tremendous friend of Israel.” – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays tribute to Charlie Kirk, honoring this great American patriot.: link
They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi, they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.: link
NEW: Charlie Sheen tells @piersmorgan Charlie Kirk Assassination was this generation’s “JFK MOMENT”: link
After Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservative evangelical leaders hail him as a martyr: link
Israeli security officials estimate that upwards of 400,000 Palestinians have evacuated so far from Gaza City towards the humanitarian zone in Southern Gaza.: link
Heavy strikes within the last hour on Gaza City in the Northern Gaza Strip.: link
A boat carrying international lawyers is accompanying Greta’s Gaza flotilla, which aims to break the blockade and defend what they call a shattered and undermined international order.: link
Trump announces purchase of TikTok’s U.S. business by American investors: link
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia will regard Western troops in Ukraine as “occupying forces” and “legitimate targets for Russian military operations.”: link
A forced peace in Ukraine will push Putin to look for the next target, says German Chancellor Merz.: link
The glorification of Charlie Kirk is becoming a bit excessive. Right-wing pastor Rick Joyner: “Do you know of anyone in their earlier 30s that accomplished as much as that man, except for Jesus?”: link
President Trump is getting the royal treatment. The commander-in-chief was warmly greeted by senior members of the royal family Wednesday as he and first lady Melania Trump arrived in the UK for a historic second state visit.: link
Poland expects to gain access to NATO allies’ nuclear weapons through France, President Karol Nawrocki said in an interview with LCI.: link
Former president Barack Obama insists the nation is at an “inflection point” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination as the Democrat said in his first public comments on the tragedy Tuesday that the conservative commentator’s violent death was a “tragedy” regardless of his views.: link
