{"id":1459,"date":"2026-06-09T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:05:08","slug":"issue-21-3-may-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/?p=1459","title":{"rendered":"Issue 21-3 May\/June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/FlipBook21-3\/mobile\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/21-3-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/21-3-cover.jpg 552w, https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/21-3-cover-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>David Andrew asks \u2018Could you be provoked to mercy?<\/li><li>Steve Maltz discusses the most significant barrier to Jews accepting Jesus<\/li><li>Rosemary Bamber helps us discern between light and darkness<\/li><li>David Serle looks forward to the restoration of Zion<\/li><li>Jo Jones explores our connection with God, as a \u2018thornless rose\u2019<\/li><li>Kameel Majdali makes the case for the Resurrection, not chocolate eggs!<\/li><li>Chuck Cohen shows why the world needs to take heed of Israel\u2019s example<\/li><li>Andy Robb asks if we have an appetite for truth<\/li><li>David Jones warns of Greens bearing gifts<\/li><li>Charles Gardner celebrates marriage made in heaven<\/li><li>Philip Wren continues his look at the state of the world after Christ returns<\/li><li>John Maclaughlan challenges us to respond to God\u2019s mercy<\/li><li>And finally the \u201cDiving In!\u201d online group discuss \u2018Identity in Exile\u2019 from Daniel chapter 1, and what lessons that has for us today.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the full magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/FlipBook21-3\/mobile\/index.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: David Andrew asks \u2018Could you be provoked to mercy? Steve Maltz discusses the most significant barrier to Jews accepting Jesus Rosemary Bamber [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david-andrew","category-issue-213-may-jun-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordmagazine.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}