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An Angel visited me today...I didn't see her...but she left a gift to let me know she had been here...some special angel with a heart filled with love and kindness made me a beautiful necklace...and placed it into a white envelope...and wrote on it "God Bless"...and put it in my mailbox...on top of our US Postal Mail...
When I opened our mailbox, I saw the envelope immediately...and carefully lifted it out along with the other pieces of mail that had come...as I walked up the driveway into our home, I picked up the white envelope and noticed that it had a shimmering sound that kinda protruded from one of the corners...
I gingerly opened my special "God Bless" envelope and discovered a beautiful little hand made necklace inside...it is a strand of tiny little brightly colored beads strung on a thin white thread...at the center of these brightly colored beads there is a little heart and several little stones that shine like diamonds...the necklace closes with a triangle shaped yellow bead that guards this precious chain of love...
Someone cared enough for me to make this beautiful Christmas Gift...I have no idea who he or she is...but their love and caring for this gray haired Christian woman will never be forgotten...their gift brought cheer and happiness to a weary soul whose spirit needed this very special lift today...
Angels are like that...they are Messengers from The Most High G-d of Israel who loves us dearly...so dearly that He Gave His Only Son...born of a Virgin...to come to this Earth He Created...to show Mankind how much He loves us...enough to let His Son die for our failures and sins so that we might have eternal forgiveness through His Shed Blood...and spend Eternity with Him where He is waiting to welcome us...Home at last...
I know that this little necklace, with its' tiny bright beads and pretty little heart, was His Gift to me today...by one of His VERY special Angels!
Your precious gift will always be my tangible proof that He is working His Will in my life!
Merry Christmas, my special Angel!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Festival of Light
Shalom!
The calendar is about to turn its' page and become Kislev 25! Even as nightfall deepens, the steady ticking of the clock ushers in Hanukkah - the Festival of Light! It is impossible to ignore the beauty of this Jewish Festival...while the daylight lessens in quantity of minutes, the Light of this Festival Shines and warms the hearts of all who see Her Candles Lit...each evening as the sun sets another Candle will be added to the one/ones preceding it...all lit by the Shamash Candle which stands proudly in the center of the Menorah...
The story of Hanukkah is so moving and meaningful...the refusal to desecrate G-d's Commands any longer...a family who stood up for the G-d of Israel and His Word...who rallied others to fight along with them to purge the Land of G-d of the enemy that has fought against Him for all the history of our world...oil that should have lasted only one day...but burned without wavering for eight nights...
Think of Him as you celebrate and honor this Festival...it seems as if this particular Moedim/Feast of the L-rd perfectly tells the Story of His People...fighting those who would destroy Her and all that He has commanded for Her...surviving many thousands of years against all the forces of hell that have arrayed themselves against Her over these countless centuries...her Light never goes out...She stands proudly today...basking in His Light...restored to Her Homeland exactly as He said She would be...
Yechezk'el/Ezekiel 37 tells us of the "Dry Bones"...and the coming to life of these "dry bones"....we know that the Dry Bones Prophecy is a symbolism for Israel...that Her "birth in a day's time" started the process of the "sinew forming on these dry bones"...and that day by day...month by month...year by year...flesh is forming on the sinew that has already grown on the bone...She is being molded in His Good Plan and Purpose for Her...after all She has been called by Him to be" Or La Goyim" - Light to the World...Shine She Will!
I would not want to be the one who tried to douse Her Light...the Creator of the Universe has called Her His Beloved...and He has promised to fight for Her against any who come against Her...when He Roars, those who have aligned themselves against Him and His Beloved will find themselves facing His Vengeance...
Listen with me for His Roar as you light each Candle! The G-d who watches Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps! Hineyni Lo Yanun Ve Lo Yishan...Shomer Yisrael! Tehellim/Psalm 121:4
May the Light of His Love Warm Your Hearts and Homes!
Laila Tov!
The calendar is about to turn its' page and become Kislev 25! Even as nightfall deepens, the steady ticking of the clock ushers in Hanukkah - the Festival of Light! It is impossible to ignore the beauty of this Jewish Festival...while the daylight lessens in quantity of minutes, the Light of this Festival Shines and warms the hearts of all who see Her Candles Lit...each evening as the sun sets another Candle will be added to the one/ones preceding it...all lit by the Shamash Candle which stands proudly in the center of the Menorah...
The story of Hanukkah is so moving and meaningful...the refusal to desecrate G-d's Commands any longer...a family who stood up for the G-d of Israel and His Word...who rallied others to fight along with them to purge the Land of G-d of the enemy that has fought against Him for all the history of our world...oil that should have lasted only one day...but burned without wavering for eight nights...
Think of Him as you celebrate and honor this Festival...it seems as if this particular Moedim/Feast of the L-rd perfectly tells the Story of His People...fighting those who would destroy Her and all that He has commanded for Her...surviving many thousands of years against all the forces of hell that have arrayed themselves against Her over these countless centuries...her Light never goes out...She stands proudly today...basking in His Light...restored to Her Homeland exactly as He said She would be...
Yechezk'el/Ezekiel 37 tells us of the "Dry Bones"...and the coming to life of these "dry bones"....we know that the Dry Bones Prophecy is a symbolism for Israel...that Her "birth in a day's time" started the process of the "sinew forming on these dry bones"...and that day by day...month by month...year by year...flesh is forming on the sinew that has already grown on the bone...She is being molded in His Good Plan and Purpose for Her...after all She has been called by Him to be" Or La Goyim" - Light to the World...Shine She Will!
I would not want to be the one who tried to douse Her Light...the Creator of the Universe has called Her His Beloved...and He has promised to fight for Her against any who come against Her...when He Roars, those who have aligned themselves against Him and His Beloved will find themselves facing His Vengeance...
Listen with me for His Roar as you light each Candle! The G-d who watches Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps! Hineyni Lo Yanun Ve Lo Yishan...Shomer Yisrael! Tehellim/Psalm 121:4
May the Light of His Love Warm Your Hearts and Homes!
Laila Tov!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Time and Truth
Shalom!
Time...
This night, the Shabbat, marks the Rosh Hodesh/Head of the Month for month of Cheshvan... Tishri and the Three Fall Feasts of the L-rd are now concluded and we move into a new month whose name is also called "Mar Cheshvan"...Mar means "bitter" an allusion to the fact that the month contains no festive days...Mar also means "water"...alluding to the month's special connection with rains and the Great Flood...on the 7th of Cheshvan, the Jews begin to pray for rains in Israel...on the 17th of Cheshvan, the Great Flood began...
After the joyful Rosh HaShanah...the extremely somber Yom Kippur...and the rejoicing of Succoth, this month enters silently...with little fanfare...and no festive days to mark it...hence it is called "Mar Cheshvan"...expressing the bitter fact that there are no Feasts or Festive Days to honor during this 30 day cycle...
HaShem is concerned about time...this can clearly be seen in the observance of the Rosh Hodesh/New Moon and Head of the Month...Every month, when the sliver of the New Moon appeared, the L-rd commanded Israel to hold a Festival with sacrifices and offerings (B'midbar/Numbers 28: 11-15)...
The entire biblical Jewish Calendar is Lunar based...as opposed to solar...this gives an accurate estimation of the monthly cycle...whereas the Solar System focuses on the annual path of the son, the lunar calendar gives heed to monthly status of the moon and its' various stages...Rosh Hodesh - the starting point of the Lunar cycle - is symbolic of light being born into darkness...
The Jewish day begins at sundown, seeingly to express G-d's intention for the world to move from darkness to light ...not vice versa..."So there was evening and morning, one day." (B'resheet/Genesis 1:5)...
Leave it to mankind to change G-d's calendar to just the opposite of what He said!...Yet regardless of this, the simple fact is that time marches on...minute by minute...hour by hour...day by day...His Word tells us to "number our days and walk in wisdom in this present age"...let us use Rosh Hodesh to evaluate how we walk with Him...then when Messiah comes, we will be confident that we fully sought to do our Master's work...
Truth:
A wise man said that "evil" spelled backward is "live"...and "devil" spelled backward is "lived"...understanding this is crucial to your life path...the word "Truth" in Hebrew is "Emet"...while English requires 4 lettes to spell this word, the Hebrew alef bet needs only three: an aleph, a mem, and a tav...here is an amazing insight: in the Hebrew alef bet, the "Aleph" is the first letter; the "Mem" is the middle letter; and the "Tav" is the last letter...first...middle...last...everything in begun..centered...and ended on: Truth
Alef Mem Tav: אמת
Time and Truth...two vitally important words in the Language of His Word...two vitally important words in the Language of Leadership...two vitally important characteristics that He asks of us...on this Rosh Hodesh of Mar Cheshvan, let us resolve to use our time wisely...in service to Him...and let us resolve to apply His Truths to all that our lives touch!
Shabbat Shalom!
Time...
This night, the Shabbat, marks the Rosh Hodesh/Head of the Month for month of Cheshvan... Tishri and the Three Fall Feasts of the L-rd are now concluded and we move into a new month whose name is also called "Mar Cheshvan"...Mar means "bitter" an allusion to the fact that the month contains no festive days...Mar also means "water"...alluding to the month's special connection with rains and the Great Flood...on the 7th of Cheshvan, the Jews begin to pray for rains in Israel...on the 17th of Cheshvan, the Great Flood began...
After the joyful Rosh HaShanah...the extremely somber Yom Kippur...and the rejoicing of Succoth, this month enters silently...with little fanfare...and no festive days to mark it...hence it is called "Mar Cheshvan"...expressing the bitter fact that there are no Feasts or Festive Days to honor during this 30 day cycle...
HaShem is concerned about time...this can clearly be seen in the observance of the Rosh Hodesh/New Moon and Head of the Month...Every month, when the sliver of the New Moon appeared, the L-rd commanded Israel to hold a Festival with sacrifices and offerings (B'midbar/Numbers 28: 11-15)...
The entire biblical Jewish Calendar is Lunar based...as opposed to solar...this gives an accurate estimation of the monthly cycle...whereas the Solar System focuses on the annual path of the son, the lunar calendar gives heed to monthly status of the moon and its' various stages...Rosh Hodesh - the starting point of the Lunar cycle - is symbolic of light being born into darkness...
The Jewish day begins at sundown, seeingly to express G-d's intention for the world to move from darkness to light ...not vice versa..."So there was evening and morning, one day." (B'resheet/Genesis 1:5)...
Leave it to mankind to change G-d's calendar to just the opposite of what He said!...Yet regardless of this, the simple fact is that time marches on...minute by minute...hour by hour...day by day...His Word tells us to "number our days and walk in wisdom in this present age"...let us use Rosh Hodesh to evaluate how we walk with Him...then when Messiah comes, we will be confident that we fully sought to do our Master's work...
Truth:
A wise man said that "evil" spelled backward is "live"...and "devil" spelled backward is "lived"...understanding this is crucial to your life path...the word "Truth" in Hebrew is "Emet"...while English requires 4 lettes to spell this word, the Hebrew alef bet needs only three: an aleph, a mem, and a tav...here is an amazing insight: in the Hebrew alef bet, the "Aleph" is the first letter; the "Mem" is the middle letter; and the "Tav" is the last letter...first...middle...last...everything in begun..centered...and ended on: Truth
Alef Mem Tav: אמת
Time and Truth...two vitally important words in the Language of His Word...two vitally important words in the Language of Leadership...two vitally important characteristics that He asks of us...on this Rosh Hodesh of Mar Cheshvan, let us resolve to use our time wisely...in service to Him...and let us resolve to apply His Truths to all that our lives touch!
Shabbat Shalom!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Shalom!
We are now in the Ten Days of Awe - today is Tishrei 9...Kol Nidrei ushers in Yom Kippur tomorrow evening/Tishrei 10. I feel awful tonight. I had prayed that I would use these 10 Days to really focus on what needs changed in my life...so that I can serve G-d more fully...be a much better Christian woman..."take away the Dross, L-rd - leave the silver"...today I failed miserably.
I confess to you that I have no idea how to get along with some people that I care deeply about...that I love as brothers and sisters who are walking along with me on this Journey to Bless Israel...today's confrontation has left me drained and weary...
I teach everyone that comes to my life and wants to understand The Jewish Roots of the Faith that once G-d calls you to this walk, you must not turn away...hence my pain and sadness that once again I find myself not knowing how to close off the failures and move forward with a clean and pure heart...
It is difficult to try to mesh individuals with different temperaments and personalities...I have told all my friends and loved ones that there are times that I am "bitchy" and must just be left alone to work through whatever is bothering me...thankfully, most of them accept that aspect of my personality and allow me to work through whatever issues I am dealing with...I don't like this about myself at all...but I am now 65 and know that this is part of me...a part of me that I am not proud of...
So, tonight...well, really early this new day as it is after midnight now, I am wrestling with how to resolve a thorny issue with a dear friend... a friend that I only want to help but don't know quite how to do so...a friend that I never want to hurt...but with whom I find myself in recurring arguements and painful displays of anger with...none of this is right...none of it is what I want to be - especially in these 10 Days when tshuvah/repentance is so critical and introspection mandatory...
The irony of today's sadness is that it comes after a preceeding day of much joy and rewards poured out by The G-d of Israel and His Blessings...that is what makes this so sad...He has been so good and I have failed so badly...
Kol Nidrei ushers in Yom Kippur - the Great Day of Atonement...Kol Nidrei allows us to confess and forego situations that we either found or got ourselves into that we want to extricate ourselves from in this New Year. I will be in Synagogue tonight...asking Him to help me forge ahead with the plans He has for my life...and praying that somehow I can change and overcome those painful situations that I found myself in today.
Be at peace! We have the promise of forgiveness in Him who loved us enough to send His Only Begotten Son to die for our sins...the Azazel and the Sacrifice...with His Blood we are healed and spared...the Blood in Egypt that night of the Exodus was placed over the door of the house....it formed a perfect "HEY" - the Hebrew Letter that is part of His Name: Yud Hey Vav Hey - the unutterable name of the Most High G-d of Israel...I will lie down and sleep tonight...confident in the forgiveness that He provided for failures like today...and rest in His Arms to awake to a new day in which I will try to do much better.
May you and your loved ones be inscribed for a healthy and wonderful year!
We are now in the Ten Days of Awe - today is Tishrei 9...Kol Nidrei ushers in Yom Kippur tomorrow evening/Tishrei 10. I feel awful tonight. I had prayed that I would use these 10 Days to really focus on what needs changed in my life...so that I can serve G-d more fully...be a much better Christian woman..."take away the Dross, L-rd - leave the silver"...today I failed miserably.
I confess to you that I have no idea how to get along with some people that I care deeply about...that I love as brothers and sisters who are walking along with me on this Journey to Bless Israel...today's confrontation has left me drained and weary...
I teach everyone that comes to my life and wants to understand The Jewish Roots of the Faith that once G-d calls you to this walk, you must not turn away...hence my pain and sadness that once again I find myself not knowing how to close off the failures and move forward with a clean and pure heart...
It is difficult to try to mesh individuals with different temperaments and personalities...I have told all my friends and loved ones that there are times that I am "bitchy" and must just be left alone to work through whatever is bothering me...thankfully, most of them accept that aspect of my personality and allow me to work through whatever issues I am dealing with...I don't like this about myself at all...but I am now 65 and know that this is part of me...a part of me that I am not proud of...
So, tonight...well, really early this new day as it is after midnight now, I am wrestling with how to resolve a thorny issue with a dear friend... a friend that I only want to help but don't know quite how to do so...a friend that I never want to hurt...but with whom I find myself in recurring arguements and painful displays of anger with...none of this is right...none of it is what I want to be - especially in these 10 Days when tshuvah/repentance is so critical and introspection mandatory...
The irony of today's sadness is that it comes after a preceeding day of much joy and rewards poured out by The G-d of Israel and His Blessings...that is what makes this so sad...He has been so good and I have failed so badly...
Kol Nidrei ushers in Yom Kippur - the Great Day of Atonement...Kol Nidrei allows us to confess and forego situations that we either found or got ourselves into that we want to extricate ourselves from in this New Year. I will be in Synagogue tonight...asking Him to help me forge ahead with the plans He has for my life...and praying that somehow I can change and overcome those painful situations that I found myself in today.
Be at peace! We have the promise of forgiveness in Him who loved us enough to send His Only Begotten Son to die for our sins...the Azazel and the Sacrifice...with His Blood we are healed and spared...the Blood in Egypt that night of the Exodus was placed over the door of the house....it formed a perfect "HEY" - the Hebrew Letter that is part of His Name: Yud Hey Vav Hey - the unutterable name of the Most High G-d of Israel...I will lie down and sleep tonight...confident in the forgiveness that He provided for failures like today...and rest in His Arms to awake to a new day in which I will try to do much better.
May you and your loved ones be inscribed for a healthy and wonderful year!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Is This The Year?
Shalom!
Rosh HaShana 5771 is about to be ushered in...Yom Teruah, the Festival of the Trumpet Blast...Tishrei 1, 5771...the New Year that G-d Himself announced in Vayikra/Leviticus 23:23-25:
"Adonai said to Moshe, 'Tell the people of Isra'el, in the Seventh Month, the first day of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest and remembering....a holy convocation announced with blasts on the Shofar. Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.'"
The Hebrew word "ROSH" means "head"..."HA" means "the"..."SHANA" means "year" - "Rosh HaShanah: Head of the Year.
The Fall Feasts of the L-rd now fall in rapid sequence: Rosh HaShanah is followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement, which falls on Tishrei 10...which is then followed by Succoth/Feast of Tabernacles, which falls on Tishrei 15 and runs for 7 days until Tishrei 22...these Fall Feasts are "The Later Rain" that the Prophet Yoel/Joel speaks of...."The Early Rains" are the first Three Feasts - the Spring Feasts: Pesach/Passover on Nisan 14...Cha HaMatzat/Unleavened Bread on Nisan 15 and HaBikkurim/FirstFruits on Nisan 16...the Omer is then counted for 50 days until Shavuot/Sivan 6...
All of these Feasts point to Him...the Messiah...the Son of G-d and the Son of Man...perfect portrayal...The Spring Feasts...The Early Rains of Yoel...Pesach/the Paschal Lamb "slain from the foundation of the World" as He was Crucified and His Blood Shed for the sins of the world...Cha HaMatzat as He was "wrapped in a white linen cloth and hidden away to be found later" as He was Buried in the borrowed tomb...HaBikkurim as He Arose on the Third Day...the FirstFruits of those who sleep...the Aviv Barley Sheaf presented in the Temple as a Wave Offering...
He appeared to many, we are told during those following 40 days until His Ascension...multiple hundreds of Jews living in Yerushalayim saw Him...and they saw long dead loved ones whose graves had been suddenly and miraculously opened when He arose on that first Resurrection Day...by the way, the FIRST day of the week is not Sunday AM...the FIRST DAY of the week commences at SUNDOWN following the COMPLETION of the SHABBAT which is Sundown FRIDAY to Sundown SATURDAY...the FIRST DAY then begins at SUNDOWN Saturday night which is why we are told that Miriam and the other women ran to His tomb "as it began to dawn on the FIRST DAY of the week"...
After those 40 Days when He was visible to so many hundreds of those living in Yerushalayim, He told the Talmidim/Disciples that "it was better for Him to return to His Father so that the COMFORTER/RUACH would come"...and so, 10 days after His Return to His Father, the Feast of Shavuot dawned with "tongues of fire" appearing over the heads of those Jewish Men gathered in the Temple as they had been taught...symbolic for the RUACH being poured out on those Jewish men assembled in Yerushalayim as the Regalim Feasts commanded "Jewish men to appear before G-d in His Temple with an offering of the new grain of their crops"...that is why there were "men from every nation and land in Jerusalem"...it was SHAVUOT and ALL Jewish Men KNEW that they were to appear before G-d in His Temple with an offering on this day...Shavuot: the Feast of Weeks...the Spring Feasts...the Spring Rains...perfect portrayal and fulfillment in His Life, Death and Resurrection...
The Fall Feasts...the Later Rains of Yoel now unfold symbolically and prophetically...perfect portrayal in His Second Coming...Rosh HaShanah/Yom Teruah...Tishrei 1...the Great Trumpet Blast we are told that G-d Himself will sound to announce the Return of His Beloved Son...the Church calls this "The Rapture" of His Bride...the equal wave offering of Jew and Gentile Believers...then the 10 days of Awe between Yom Teruah and the Yom Kippur/The Day of Atonement...
On this most solemn of all days of the year the Cohen HaGadol/High Priest was to enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the Nation of Israel AFTER he had made atonement for himself by the shedding of blood...the goat slaughtered for his sins...the scapegoat sent away into the desert bearing the sins of the Nation...we think of Him when He went into the Desert after Yochanan immersed Him in the Desert of Judea...in the River Jordan that runs through this beautiful land from north to south...He, like the Azazal/Scapegoat, went into the wilderness carrying our sins and the sins of those who seek Him...He was actually both sacrifices: the blood sacrifice G-d required for the remission of sins...and the substitutionary sacrifice carrying our sins into the wilderness never to be recalled again...Oh the miracle of forgiveness...to know that when we come to Him asking for our sins to be forgiven, He not only forgives, but we are told that He "remembers our sins against us no more"...that they are as far as "the east is from the west"...there are not enough words to express our thanksgiving for this gift of forgiveness...
Yom Kippur...the most solemn and holy day of the year...only on this day did the Cohen HaGadol pronounce "The Name" - and even then it was the Tetragamatron - Yud Hey Vav Hay: YHVH..His Name was and is so sacred that it was never pronounced...the unutterable name of The Most High...He will come for Israel on this day...His Children will sit Shiva for Him as they "look on Him who was pierced for them"...His Brothers and Sisters will see Him...will look on Him and all of the thousands of years of history...of Tanak writings...of journeys...of pogroms...of sufferings...of Holocaust...of terror attacks...of wars...all of those years will melt away in an instant as He reveals Himself to them...just as Yosef did with his 11 Brothers in Egypt...then the G-d of Creation and His Messiah Son will do battle against the forces of hell that have long harmed the Jews - the Apple of His Eye - His Beloved Land and Children...and bind these demons in the hell for which they were created...
Then the Succoth...Feast of Tabernacles...will be ushered in...Yeshua said of Himself that "I tabernacle with men"...his physical, earthly birthdate is Succoth...not December 25 which the Church world has long believed is the date of His Birth...G-d's miraculous conception of His Son was 6 months after Elisheva became pregnant with His Forerunner: Yochanan...we know these dates from the record David made of the Temple Service and the Order of Priests on duty in the Temple...Yeshua was conceived on the Festival of Light/Chanukah/Kislev 25: "I am The Light of the World" and born on the Feast of Succoth/Tishrei 15: "I Tabernacle with men"...perfect symbolism...perfect perfection...
We are told to "watch for His Return" and to be "like the 5 Wise Virgins" who "did not let their lamps go out"...as such, we watch for Him...we watch the Heavens...the Cloud formations that we are told He will appear on...the "Flash of Lightening" as from the East to the West....the King of Kings coming on that beautiful white steed for HIS BRIDE...to take Her Home to the "place He went to prepare a place for Her" as the "Bridegroom prepares for His Bride"...the place we will celebrate the Wedding Feast/Marriage Supper of the Lamb with Him Who WAS...and IS...and IS TO COME!
If this Rosh HaShanah is the day He calls us Home, we will meet on the "other side" - safe for all Eternity in His Home...never to suffer again...never to know pain...never to know loss...never to know hurt...never to know rejection...never to know want...never to know need...never to leave His Presence...
If this is not the date of our Homegoing, we have much work to do in The Vineyard until He does call us home...if this is the case, let us "gird up our loins" as His Word teaches and really get about significant matters: His Word...His Land...His Children...His Purpose and Plan for the life He has given us...let us renew our minds with the Jewish Roots of our Faith...so that we KNOW HIM as HE WAS...a Jewish Man who kept and observed and fulfilled every aspect of the Teachings of the Torah He wrote with His Finger...and let us not become weary in well doing, for we shall reap in good season...let us put our hands to the plow and work the works we were created to do...
May you and your loved ones have your names safely recorded in The Lamb's Book of Life for all Eternity! All praise to our Coming Conquering King! Pele Yoetz! El Gibor! Avi Ad! Sar Shalom! His Name is Adonai! Ancient of Days! Bread of Life! Creator! Eternal God! Eternal King! Everlasting Father! Everlasting God! God of Hosts! God of Israel! King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
Baruch HaShem! Baruch HaBa B'Shem Adonai! B'Shem Yeshua!
Rosh HaShana 5771 is about to be ushered in...Yom Teruah, the Festival of the Trumpet Blast...Tishrei 1, 5771...the New Year that G-d Himself announced in Vayikra/Leviticus 23:23-25:
"Adonai said to Moshe, 'Tell the people of Isra'el, in the Seventh Month, the first day of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest and remembering....a holy convocation announced with blasts on the Shofar. Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.'"
The Hebrew word "ROSH" means "head"..."HA" means "the"..."SHANA" means "year" - "Rosh HaShanah: Head of the Year.
The Fall Feasts of the L-rd now fall in rapid sequence: Rosh HaShanah is followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement, which falls on Tishrei 10...which is then followed by Succoth/Feast of Tabernacles, which falls on Tishrei 15 and runs for 7 days until Tishrei 22...these Fall Feasts are "The Later Rain" that the Prophet Yoel/Joel speaks of...."The Early Rains" are the first Three Feasts - the Spring Feasts: Pesach/Passover on Nisan 14...Cha HaMatzat/Unleavened Bread on Nisan 15 and HaBikkurim/FirstFruits on Nisan 16...the Omer is then counted for 50 days until Shavuot/Sivan 6...
All of these Feasts point to Him...the Messiah...the Son of G-d and the Son of Man...perfect portrayal...The Spring Feasts...The Early Rains of Yoel...Pesach/the Paschal Lamb "slain from the foundation of the World" as He was Crucified and His Blood Shed for the sins of the world...Cha HaMatzat as He was "wrapped in a white linen cloth and hidden away to be found later" as He was Buried in the borrowed tomb...HaBikkurim as He Arose on the Third Day...the FirstFruits of those who sleep...the Aviv Barley Sheaf presented in the Temple as a Wave Offering...
He appeared to many, we are told during those following 40 days until His Ascension...multiple hundreds of Jews living in Yerushalayim saw Him...and they saw long dead loved ones whose graves had been suddenly and miraculously opened when He arose on that first Resurrection Day...by the way, the FIRST day of the week is not Sunday AM...the FIRST DAY of the week commences at SUNDOWN following the COMPLETION of the SHABBAT which is Sundown FRIDAY to Sundown SATURDAY...the FIRST DAY then begins at SUNDOWN Saturday night which is why we are told that Miriam and the other women ran to His tomb "as it began to dawn on the FIRST DAY of the week"...
After those 40 Days when He was visible to so many hundreds of those living in Yerushalayim, He told the Talmidim/Disciples that "it was better for Him to return to His Father so that the COMFORTER/RUACH would come"...and so, 10 days after His Return to His Father, the Feast of Shavuot dawned with "tongues of fire" appearing over the heads of those Jewish Men gathered in the Temple as they had been taught...symbolic for the RUACH being poured out on those Jewish men assembled in Yerushalayim as the Regalim Feasts commanded "Jewish men to appear before G-d in His Temple with an offering of the new grain of their crops"...that is why there were "men from every nation and land in Jerusalem"...it was SHAVUOT and ALL Jewish Men KNEW that they were to appear before G-d in His Temple with an offering on this day...Shavuot: the Feast of Weeks...the Spring Feasts...the Spring Rains...perfect portrayal and fulfillment in His Life, Death and Resurrection...
The Fall Feasts...the Later Rains of Yoel now unfold symbolically and prophetically...perfect portrayal in His Second Coming...Rosh HaShanah/Yom Teruah...Tishrei 1...the Great Trumpet Blast we are told that G-d Himself will sound to announce the Return of His Beloved Son...the Church calls this "The Rapture" of His Bride...the equal wave offering of Jew and Gentile Believers...then the 10 days of Awe between Yom Teruah and the Yom Kippur/The Day of Atonement...
On this most solemn of all days of the year the Cohen HaGadol/High Priest was to enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the Nation of Israel AFTER he had made atonement for himself by the shedding of blood...the goat slaughtered for his sins...the scapegoat sent away into the desert bearing the sins of the Nation...we think of Him when He went into the Desert after Yochanan immersed Him in the Desert of Judea...in the River Jordan that runs through this beautiful land from north to south...He, like the Azazal/Scapegoat, went into the wilderness carrying our sins and the sins of those who seek Him...He was actually both sacrifices: the blood sacrifice G-d required for the remission of sins...and the substitutionary sacrifice carrying our sins into the wilderness never to be recalled again...Oh the miracle of forgiveness...to know that when we come to Him asking for our sins to be forgiven, He not only forgives, but we are told that He "remembers our sins against us no more"...that they are as far as "the east is from the west"...there are not enough words to express our thanksgiving for this gift of forgiveness...
Yom Kippur...the most solemn and holy day of the year...only on this day did the Cohen HaGadol pronounce "The Name" - and even then it was the Tetragamatron - Yud Hey Vav Hay: YHVH..His Name was and is so sacred that it was never pronounced...the unutterable name of The Most High...He will come for Israel on this day...His Children will sit Shiva for Him as they "look on Him who was pierced for them"...His Brothers and Sisters will see Him...will look on Him and all of the thousands of years of history...of Tanak writings...of journeys...of pogroms...of sufferings...of Holocaust...of terror attacks...of wars...all of those years will melt away in an instant as He reveals Himself to them...just as Yosef did with his 11 Brothers in Egypt...then the G-d of Creation and His Messiah Son will do battle against the forces of hell that have long harmed the Jews - the Apple of His Eye - His Beloved Land and Children...and bind these demons in the hell for which they were created...
Then the Succoth...Feast of Tabernacles...will be ushered in...Yeshua said of Himself that "I tabernacle with men"...his physical, earthly birthdate is Succoth...not December 25 which the Church world has long believed is the date of His Birth...G-d's miraculous conception of His Son was 6 months after Elisheva became pregnant with His Forerunner: Yochanan...we know these dates from the record David made of the Temple Service and the Order of Priests on duty in the Temple...Yeshua was conceived on the Festival of Light/Chanukah/Kislev 25: "I am The Light of the World" and born on the Feast of Succoth/Tishrei 15: "I Tabernacle with men"...perfect symbolism...perfect perfection...
We are told to "watch for His Return" and to be "like the 5 Wise Virgins" who "did not let their lamps go out"...as such, we watch for Him...we watch the Heavens...the Cloud formations that we are told He will appear on...the "Flash of Lightening" as from the East to the West....the King of Kings coming on that beautiful white steed for HIS BRIDE...to take Her Home to the "place He went to prepare a place for Her" as the "Bridegroom prepares for His Bride"...the place we will celebrate the Wedding Feast/Marriage Supper of the Lamb with Him Who WAS...and IS...and IS TO COME!
If this Rosh HaShanah is the day He calls us Home, we will meet on the "other side" - safe for all Eternity in His Home...never to suffer again...never to know pain...never to know loss...never to know hurt...never to know rejection...never to know want...never to know need...never to leave His Presence...
If this is not the date of our Homegoing, we have much work to do in The Vineyard until He does call us home...if this is the case, let us "gird up our loins" as His Word teaches and really get about significant matters: His Word...His Land...His Children...His Purpose and Plan for the life He has given us...let us renew our minds with the Jewish Roots of our Faith...so that we KNOW HIM as HE WAS...a Jewish Man who kept and observed and fulfilled every aspect of the Teachings of the Torah He wrote with His Finger...and let us not become weary in well doing, for we shall reap in good season...let us put our hands to the plow and work the works we were created to do...
May you and your loved ones have your names safely recorded in The Lamb's Book of Life for all Eternity! All praise to our Coming Conquering King! Pele Yoetz! El Gibor! Avi Ad! Sar Shalom! His Name is Adonai! Ancient of Days! Bread of Life! Creator! Eternal God! Eternal King! Everlasting Father! Everlasting God! God of Hosts! God of Israel! King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
Baruch HaShem! Baruch HaBa B'Shem Adonai! B'Shem Yeshua!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Even The Stones Cry Out
Shalom!
Today is Elul 17, 5770. We are only 13 days from Rosh HaShanah...the Feast of Trumpets...the 4th of the 7 Moedim/Appointed Times "Feasts of the L-rd" that HaShem commanded ALL mankind EVERYWHERE...for ALL ETERNITY...to meet with HIM...sometimes when I contemplate the Jewish Roots of the Faith that I spend hours studying and trying to share with all those I meet, I wonder HOW will it ever be that the "Church World" will come to fully understand what the writings of Vayikra/Leviticus 23:23 mean for US as Christians...this passage records what G-d spoke to Moshe about this Feast of Trumpets...the entire 23rd chapter of Vayikra/Leviticus records what the Moedim/Appointed Times "Feasts of the L-rd" mean and how they are to be celebrated...honored...as HIS TIMES that HE commands US to meet with HIM...these Feasts are such a representation and fulfillment of the entire story that G-d has written in every element of His Creation...they each correspond to a particular agricultural season...a particular sacrificial system...a memorial of the Shed Blood of The Lamb Slain From The Foundation Of The World...and they are each perfectly and symmetrically shown in The Heavens by the rotations and placement of the very Universe that He Created...it is totally overwhelming...there is no answer for any of it without Him...
Tonight Bill and I were driving home just as it began to really become "dusk" and the Shabbat begin...we were sitting at a red light right next to a large Cemetery...I looked at all the graves and headstones I saw from my window and thought: what will it be like when He Comes and EVERY grave - since the foundation of the Earth - is opened and EVERYONE on the Earth and IN the SEA is resurrected to face Their Creator...The Word tells us that "Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is L-rd" - then I looked up at the sky and tried to imagine it being filled from end to end with the billions of individuals who will be watching Adonai as His Presence fills the Heavenly Temple of G-d from one end to the other...how can we even imagine what that will be like...every soul ever created from Alef to the Tav of the World crying HOLY, HOLY, HOLY to Him Who IS and Who WAS and Who HAS COME! All Glory to Him!
It's fitting that this Shabbat there is a Miracle to report from The Land He Loves and Calls The Apple of His Eye...out of the ashes of the Holocaust has come a most amazing story...while Anne Frank and her family were in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, a Chestnut Tree was the only sight that greeted this young woman daily...it became her sustenance until these murderers from hell killed her and her family in the crematoriums of Hitler's Hell...this tree that she memorialized in her Diary just recently fell...it was decayed and had rotted through...inside the tree trunk was a seedling of this tree that had seen the deportation of so many of Holland's Jews including Anne Frank...and here is where the miracle begins...over 65 years after the murder of over 6 million Jews, life is being reborn...allow me to write exactly what was shared with me by one of the modern day Lions and Lionesses of Judah to whom G-d has bestowed this miraculous sign...in his own words:
"My name is Nati Yeyni, and I am a history teacher at the "Ohel Shem" high school in Ramat Gan, Israel. Around the date when the intention to cut down the Anne Frank tree was made public, I was teaching in my class the subject of The Holocaust, and, as part of it, the story of Anne Frank. The subject of the Holocaust is regularly taught here every year in the 11th and 12th grade. I thought the possibility of bringing a shoot from the Chestnut Tree to Israel with the intention to emphasize, on the one hand, the Holocaust, and on the other, Zionism and the revival that may be expressed through the planting of the shoot in Israeli soil.
This was an opportunity for me to teach the subject of the Holocaust in an unusual way. The idea of integrating students into the project of bringing the tree to Israel, planting it and growing it, with all the importance and the message represented and symbolized by this tree, is an interesting, fascinating way to pass on the remembrance of the Holocaust.
I managed to include four seventeen-year old students in this undertaking: Liron Tzemach, Ofir Look, Liran Shapira and Orin Shayek (the four students enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces during the last month). We contacted two renowned professors that were involved in this matter, Prof. Helga Fassbinder and Prof. Arnold Heertje, directly - via email and telephone; these contacts later blossomed into friendships. Thanks to their assistance, we brought the shoot to Israel. The young tree is now quarantined in Beit Dagan. We hope to plant it during a ceremony that will take place in January/February 2011.
As for the place where the tree will be planted: the chestnut tree is a tree that grows in a cold climate, and therefore cannot simply be planted in any place. We therefore chose the community of Ramot Naftali in the Galilee. Yet the central reason for this choice is the fact that Major Eitan Belachsan, who served as Commander of the Paratroopers Reconnaissance Unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, was born and raised in this community. Eitan was killed in battle with Southern Lebanon on 22 February 1999. Throughout his military career, Eitan was an example for his soldiers and required of them the same traits that he required of himself: honesty, meticulousness, reliability, attention to detail, strong self-discipline and striving for excellence. We expect our students to follow these principles and ideals. Eitan symbolizes the fundamental essence of the Israeli experience, and in his death - the ceaseless battl for the protection and existence of the State of Israel.
The connection between the Holocaust and revival, between Anne Frank and Eitan Belachsan, symbolizes most of all the story of the Zionist project. The transition between a helpless and hopeless era in history to one in which the Jewish People controls its own destiny and future, and sends the best of its children to protect its homeland. The Jewish People whose roots are planted in the land of Israel.
The connection with the Belachsan family and the choice for planting the tree was made with the assistance of Brigadier General (ret.) Gal Hirsch, who is personally acquainted with the Belachsan family. Eitan Belachsan was Hirsch's subordinate in the Israeli Defense Forces. Brigadier General (ret.) Gal Hirsch is a Senior Member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli Leadership Institute, located in Sderot. Here is a website that you can access for photos of this miraculous story: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/37192/anne-frank-tree-lives
So, on this Shabbat 18 Elul 5770, after all the attempts to destroy His Eternal Covenand Land and Eternal Covenant Children: AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Shabbat Shalom!
Today is Elul 17, 5770. We are only 13 days from Rosh HaShanah...the Feast of Trumpets...the 4th of the 7 Moedim/Appointed Times "Feasts of the L-rd" that HaShem commanded ALL mankind EVERYWHERE...for ALL ETERNITY...to meet with HIM...sometimes when I contemplate the Jewish Roots of the Faith that I spend hours studying and trying to share with all those I meet, I wonder HOW will it ever be that the "Church World" will come to fully understand what the writings of Vayikra/Leviticus 23:23 mean for US as Christians...this passage records what G-d spoke to Moshe about this Feast of Trumpets...the entire 23rd chapter of Vayikra/Leviticus records what the Moedim/Appointed Times "Feasts of the L-rd" mean and how they are to be celebrated...honored...as HIS TIMES that HE commands US to meet with HIM...these Feasts are such a representation and fulfillment of the entire story that G-d has written in every element of His Creation...they each correspond to a particular agricultural season...a particular sacrificial system...a memorial of the Shed Blood of The Lamb Slain From The Foundation Of The World...and they are each perfectly and symmetrically shown in The Heavens by the rotations and placement of the very Universe that He Created...it is totally overwhelming...there is no answer for any of it without Him...
Tonight Bill and I were driving home just as it began to really become "dusk" and the Shabbat begin...we were sitting at a red light right next to a large Cemetery...I looked at all the graves and headstones I saw from my window and thought: what will it be like when He Comes and EVERY grave - since the foundation of the Earth - is opened and EVERYONE on the Earth and IN the SEA is resurrected to face Their Creator...The Word tells us that "Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is L-rd" - then I looked up at the sky and tried to imagine it being filled from end to end with the billions of individuals who will be watching Adonai as His Presence fills the Heavenly Temple of G-d from one end to the other...how can we even imagine what that will be like...every soul ever created from Alef to the Tav of the World crying HOLY, HOLY, HOLY to Him Who IS and Who WAS and Who HAS COME! All Glory to Him!
It's fitting that this Shabbat there is a Miracle to report from The Land He Loves and Calls The Apple of His Eye...out of the ashes of the Holocaust has come a most amazing story...while Anne Frank and her family were in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, a Chestnut Tree was the only sight that greeted this young woman daily...it became her sustenance until these murderers from hell killed her and her family in the crematoriums of Hitler's Hell...this tree that she memorialized in her Diary just recently fell...it was decayed and had rotted through...inside the tree trunk was a seedling of this tree that had seen the deportation of so many of Holland's Jews including Anne Frank...and here is where the miracle begins...over 65 years after the murder of over 6 million Jews, life is being reborn...allow me to write exactly what was shared with me by one of the modern day Lions and Lionesses of Judah to whom G-d has bestowed this miraculous sign...in his own words:
"My name is Nati Yeyni, and I am a history teacher at the "Ohel Shem" high school in Ramat Gan, Israel. Around the date when the intention to cut down the Anne Frank tree was made public, I was teaching in my class the subject of The Holocaust, and, as part of it, the story of Anne Frank. The subject of the Holocaust is regularly taught here every year in the 11th and 12th grade. I thought the possibility of bringing a shoot from the Chestnut Tree to Israel with the intention to emphasize, on the one hand, the Holocaust, and on the other, Zionism and the revival that may be expressed through the planting of the shoot in Israeli soil.
This was an opportunity for me to teach the subject of the Holocaust in an unusual way. The idea of integrating students into the project of bringing the tree to Israel, planting it and growing it, with all the importance and the message represented and symbolized by this tree, is an interesting, fascinating way to pass on the remembrance of the Holocaust.
I managed to include four seventeen-year old students in this undertaking: Liron Tzemach, Ofir Look, Liran Shapira and Orin Shayek (the four students enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces during the last month). We contacted two renowned professors that were involved in this matter, Prof. Helga Fassbinder and Prof. Arnold Heertje, directly - via email and telephone; these contacts later blossomed into friendships. Thanks to their assistance, we brought the shoot to Israel. The young tree is now quarantined in Beit Dagan. We hope to plant it during a ceremony that will take place in January/February 2011.
As for the place where the tree will be planted: the chestnut tree is a tree that grows in a cold climate, and therefore cannot simply be planted in any place. We therefore chose the community of Ramot Naftali in the Galilee. Yet the central reason for this choice is the fact that Major Eitan Belachsan, who served as Commander of the Paratroopers Reconnaissance Unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, was born and raised in this community. Eitan was killed in battle with Southern Lebanon on 22 February 1999. Throughout his military career, Eitan was an example for his soldiers and required of them the same traits that he required of himself: honesty, meticulousness, reliability, attention to detail, strong self-discipline and striving for excellence. We expect our students to follow these principles and ideals. Eitan symbolizes the fundamental essence of the Israeli experience, and in his death - the ceaseless battl for the protection and existence of the State of Israel.
The connection between the Holocaust and revival, between Anne Frank and Eitan Belachsan, symbolizes most of all the story of the Zionist project. The transition between a helpless and hopeless era in history to one in which the Jewish People controls its own destiny and future, and sends the best of its children to protect its homeland. The Jewish People whose roots are planted in the land of Israel.
The connection with the Belachsan family and the choice for planting the tree was made with the assistance of Brigadier General (ret.) Gal Hirsch, who is personally acquainted with the Belachsan family. Eitan Belachsan was Hirsch's subordinate in the Israeli Defense Forces. Brigadier General (ret.) Gal Hirsch is a Senior Member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli Leadership Institute, located in Sderot. Here is a website that you can access for photos of this miraculous story: http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/37192/anne-frank-tree-lives
So, on this Shabbat 18 Elul 5770, after all the attempts to destroy His Eternal Covenand Land and Eternal Covenant Children: AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Shabbat Shalom!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
False Prophets
Shalom!
The Church of Yeshua Ha Masiach is under attack. I am not sure if these attacks are worse than when He walked the Earth...but I am sure that they are fierce and unrelenting...and I am sure that it is time the Bride of Messiah stood up and said "Enough!"...we may not be able to stop the attacks as we are told by Yeshua Himself that in the "last days" things would get progressively worse until people cried out for the mountains to fall on them...today I feel as though that is the place we find ourselves...
Men and women who call themselves "Pastors or Prophets" are all the rage in today's church world...in The Book, G-d said that anyone who called himself/herself a Prophet and gave a message of prophecy that never materialized should forfeit his/her life...yet how many such people are there today who speak words they call prophetic with no accountability or consequence for their words...
The "Prosperity Gospel" is preached across the entire spectrum of today's Church World....it goes something like this: "if you give me your money for things I say are important you will reap much more money than you give to me" - or I have even heard some of today's Prosperity Gospel Pastors say "give me your money and when you get home later, you will find all the money you need in your home"....when these poor fools have given all their hard earned monies to these crooks, and return to their homes only to find no such monies waiting for them there, they are told that they must be "sinning" in some area of their lives...or that they didn't "trust" G-d enough to bless them with money...things like that...in my Grandparents Day, it was called "snake oil sales"...today these Prosperity Gospel pastors make MILLIONS of dollars off their parishioners...live lives of the rich and famous...commit adultery and destroy their homes and families...sell their books and products to those gullible Christians who actually believe these charlatan lies...it is unbelievable...and it is deadly...
One of these charlatans, Paula White and her "former" husband Randy White have made a career out of this type of multi level lying...all the while stealing their parishioners monies and running up debts of well over $40 MILLION dollars that their "Church" is supposed to somehow come up with the money to repay...I was in Tampa in 2008 when the "Paula and Randy White" scandal hit...the headlines of the Tampa Tribune on the FRONT PAGE of that paper filled the entire top half of the first page...and the story ran 4-5 FULL PAGES in addition to the front page...complete with photos of their homes and life style living...and of the church they had destroyed with their greed and lies...now, today, nearly 2 years later, Paula is all the rage again...she is asked to speak at national conventions as a "Christian Pastor and Author"...she is allowed to "pastor" a church again...as is Randy White...even though they both are divorced several times now...and engaged in "other relationships" as they say...the latest Paula rumor is that she and Benny Hinn...yes, Benny Hinn that world renowned "faith healer" whose life style and parishioner money grabbing schemes make Paula and Randy look like street beggars...THAT Benny Hinn...are rumored to be "keeping company" in some of the exotic far away places that Benny has several of his many homes...alas they were photographed in their rendezvous while "vacationing" together...but it gets even better...they BOTH went to the VATICAN to see THE POPE...now there's a real can of worms...what do you suppose went on there??? "When in Rome" was the slogan LONG before "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"...so much for the Vatican's complacency in all these matters...they have long been known to have amassed MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from THEIR parishioners...
There ARE some prophetic voices today with a simple message that I PRAY FERVENTLY is REALLY from G-d...the YOUNG PEOPLE are fed up with "church as it is" and are being filled with the Ruach at a rate that is more rapid than in any time since Messiah walked the earth...the WORD is that these same young people will not put up with this CRAP any longer and WILL restore their worship to the ONE TRUE G-D and HIS WORD...sometime when you have a few minutes, google in the IHOP in Kansas...and WATCH these young people worship...HANDS RAISED...VOICES STRONG IN SONG...PRAISING the G-D of Heaven and Earth and His Son...FALLING to their KNEES in ADORATION to the King of Kings...giving their ALL to Him without reservation...
THESE young worshippers will NOT put up with the lies and stealing and adultery and filth of the "Prosperity Pastors"...their worship will cleanse and renew the Bride...and prepare Her for Her Bridegroom...that is what it is all about...being ready for His Return...I wonder what the "Prosperity Pastors" will do when they see Him? How do you suppose they will explain all the stealing and lies and adultery? Their money and houses and cars will mean nothing then! May it be soon! Even in our Day! In the meantime, watch your wallets!
The Church of Yeshua Ha Masiach is under attack. I am not sure if these attacks are worse than when He walked the Earth...but I am sure that they are fierce and unrelenting...and I am sure that it is time the Bride of Messiah stood up and said "Enough!"...we may not be able to stop the attacks as we are told by Yeshua Himself that in the "last days" things would get progressively worse until people cried out for the mountains to fall on them...today I feel as though that is the place we find ourselves...
Men and women who call themselves "Pastors or Prophets" are all the rage in today's church world...in The Book, G-d said that anyone who called himself/herself a Prophet and gave a message of prophecy that never materialized should forfeit his/her life...yet how many such people are there today who speak words they call prophetic with no accountability or consequence for their words...
The "Prosperity Gospel" is preached across the entire spectrum of today's Church World....it goes something like this: "if you give me your money for things I say are important you will reap much more money than you give to me" - or I have even heard some of today's Prosperity Gospel Pastors say "give me your money and when you get home later, you will find all the money you need in your home"....when these poor fools have given all their hard earned monies to these crooks, and return to their homes only to find no such monies waiting for them there, they are told that they must be "sinning" in some area of their lives...or that they didn't "trust" G-d enough to bless them with money...things like that...in my Grandparents Day, it was called "snake oil sales"...today these Prosperity Gospel pastors make MILLIONS of dollars off their parishioners...live lives of the rich and famous...commit adultery and destroy their homes and families...sell their books and products to those gullible Christians who actually believe these charlatan lies...it is unbelievable...and it is deadly...
One of these charlatans, Paula White and her "former" husband Randy White have made a career out of this type of multi level lying...all the while stealing their parishioners monies and running up debts of well over $40 MILLION dollars that their "Church" is supposed to somehow come up with the money to repay...I was in Tampa in 2008 when the "Paula and Randy White" scandal hit...the headlines of the Tampa Tribune on the FRONT PAGE of that paper filled the entire top half of the first page...and the story ran 4-5 FULL PAGES in addition to the front page...complete with photos of their homes and life style living...and of the church they had destroyed with their greed and lies...now, today, nearly 2 years later, Paula is all the rage again...she is asked to speak at national conventions as a "Christian Pastor and Author"...she is allowed to "pastor" a church again...as is Randy White...even though they both are divorced several times now...and engaged in "other relationships" as they say...the latest Paula rumor is that she and Benny Hinn...yes, Benny Hinn that world renowned "faith healer" whose life style and parishioner money grabbing schemes make Paula and Randy look like street beggars...THAT Benny Hinn...are rumored to be "keeping company" in some of the exotic far away places that Benny has several of his many homes...alas they were photographed in their rendezvous while "vacationing" together...but it gets even better...they BOTH went to the VATICAN to see THE POPE...now there's a real can of worms...what do you suppose went on there??? "When in Rome" was the slogan LONG before "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"...so much for the Vatican's complacency in all these matters...they have long been known to have amassed MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS from THEIR parishioners...
There ARE some prophetic voices today with a simple message that I PRAY FERVENTLY is REALLY from G-d...the YOUNG PEOPLE are fed up with "church as it is" and are being filled with the Ruach at a rate that is more rapid than in any time since Messiah walked the earth...the WORD is that these same young people will not put up with this CRAP any longer and WILL restore their worship to the ONE TRUE G-D and HIS WORD...sometime when you have a few minutes, google in the IHOP in Kansas...and WATCH these young people worship...HANDS RAISED...VOICES STRONG IN SONG...PRAISING the G-D of Heaven and Earth and His Son...FALLING to their KNEES in ADORATION to the King of Kings...giving their ALL to Him without reservation...
THESE young worshippers will NOT put up with the lies and stealing and adultery and filth of the "Prosperity Pastors"...their worship will cleanse and renew the Bride...and prepare Her for Her Bridegroom...that is what it is all about...being ready for His Return...I wonder what the "Prosperity Pastors" will do when they see Him? How do you suppose they will explain all the stealing and lies and adultery? Their money and houses and cars will mean nothing then! May it be soon! Even in our Day! In the meantime, watch your wallets!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Reaping what we have sown...
Shalom!
There comes a moment in time when you are faced with the full force of reality...the black and white stand in stark contrast to each other...there is absolutely no gray...I believe we are that moment...staring into the abyss of what has become of our Nation...realizing that it is impossible to restore what has been lost...
September 11 is rapidly approaching...and with it what I believe was the line in the sand that was crossed which has brought us to this precipice...and started our rapid descent into the abyss we now find ourselves free-falling into...
The dye was cast at the National Memorial Service for the victims of this terrorist attack on our Nation...President Bush uttered the lie the first time then...when I heard him say it while watching it on the live TV coverage I thought to myself 'surely I didn't just hear him say that'...then he repeated it several more times in his remarks...obliterating any doubt that my hearing was failing me...
Hitler rose to power based on this same principle: tell a lie often enough and people will believe it...that vile and despicable adage has been replayed many times since this demon from hell spoke it...it has been used for many of the lies governments...corporations...academia...even religionists have indoctrinated their peers with...it always seems to bring about the end results of those initiating it...tell a lie often enough and people will believe it...
The stark truth of this has been laid bare for me this week...the first time when I forced myself to watch 65 photos showing the horrific treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban our US Soldiers are fighting...the second time when the NYC Landmark Commission ruled that a mosque could be built at Ground Zero - and a Jewish Billionaire Mayor not only applauded this decision, but actually lobbied for the decision - ...the third time tonight as I again forced myself to watch a one hour special on the 'honor killing' murder of two sisters by their father in Texas...the common denominator in each of these: Islam...
President Bush was the first President to continually repeat the lie that one of his speechwriters penned for this inauspicious occasion...he is responsible for injecting it into the every day mainstream media...a media who gladly picked up this mantra and has repeated it over and over and over for the last 10 years...until they are so adept at the lie that they can look you straight in the camera eye and repeat it without even a wince...
Today's occupant of the highest office of our Nation never misses a beat when he repeats it...he is the epitome and fulfillment of the lie...and thousands of our fellow citizens here - and peoples of other Nations and Governments around the world - fight to see who can repeat it more often...all of them so glib in their delivery of the lie that it sucks the breath out of your body...
The lie that has been told over and over again until people believe it? That Islam is a religion of peace...
Tell that to the women of Afghanistan and other muslim nations who are forced into 'marriage' at the tender age of 6-9 years of age...who undergo female circumcision...whose 'husbands'...fathers...male family members have the right to physically beat and sexually abuse them...who are forced to wear full body coverings with little or no part of their faces shown...who have no freedoms or rights in any aspect of their lives...and who are stoned to death at the whim of those 'male family members' who no longer find them 'useful' for their 'needs'...
Tell that to the family members of the 3000+ men/women/children murdered by the 9/11 terrorists...who are now faced with the physical, gut-wrenching repulsion of having their murderers attest to their dominance over their victims by building a mosque on the very parcels of land their religious indoctrination destroyed...
Tell that to the American Mother of two teenage daughters whose Egyptian muslim husband abused her physically and sexually for over 20 years...who also sexually abused these two daughters...and then who took them in his cab on New Years Day 2008 and shot them repeatedly for 'dishonoring his family name' because they became 'too Americanized' and were dating non-muslim men...
That is why I said we are on the precipice...free falling into the abyss...America is becoming inundated with muslim terrorists...day after day we hear of a new arrest...new suspect...new 'person of interest'....new cash pipeline to one of the terror groups around the world...many TRY to warn us...many TRY to showcase the truth about this 'peaceful religion'...many TRY to fight the 'political correctness' that has destroyed our once moral fabric...yet the battle is still being lost...inch by inch...day by day....
Can this be true you wonder...so have I questioned if this could really be true...yet tonight I SAW and HEARD for myself what the SHERIFF of the Texas town where this 'man' brutally murdered these two daughters said...when questioned by the investigative journalist who has covered this story this 'law enforcement officer' had this to say: "who is to say this is an honor killing? what really is an honor killing? if the girls were disobeying their father's rules there are consequences...we only have the word of the Mother that this was an honor killing...how do we know he really killed these girls?"...
Strike one...two to go...
The FBI initially labeled this an "honor killing" and put the father on the Most Wanted List...two days after identifying this as an 'honor killing' those very words were REMOVED from the Most Wanted Poster...the investigative journalist was told that they did not want to 'offend the greater muslim community'...the FBI REFUSED to comment on this case for the one hour special that aired tonight on FOX...
Strike two...one to go...
There was a 911 call made by one of the daughters as their father was shooting them...he shot them each over 11 times at point blank range in his cab...you can hear the girl crying...begging her 'father' to stop shooting them...she tells the 911 dispatcher that her 'father' is killing them...as the 911 dispatcher asks her for clarification the only sound you hear is this young woman saying "I am dying'' and the other sister still begging her 'father' to stop...then the line goes dead...
Bear these stories in mind when you consider WHO to vote for in November...when you get emails from me that are painfully hard for me to write and you to read...when you hear about Rifqa Barry being TERRIFIED to go back to her 'parents' as she KNOWS she will be killed EXACTLY as these young women were...when you see or hear this administration speaking about ANYTHING...
The lie has been told over and over...people all around us only want to play with their various toys...fun and games...no one wants to be bothered with this type of news...they are not concerned about this...they don't think it can 'happen in America'...which is the reaction the great lie always produces...while the cesspool gets bigger and bigger...political correctness shuts peoples' mouths...lets them avert their eyes...Truth is lost...Evil wins out...
Strike three...we, as a Nation are out.
There comes a moment in time when you are faced with the full force of reality...the black and white stand in stark contrast to each other...there is absolutely no gray...I believe we are that moment...staring into the abyss of what has become of our Nation...realizing that it is impossible to restore what has been lost...
September 11 is rapidly approaching...and with it what I believe was the line in the sand that was crossed which has brought us to this precipice...and started our rapid descent into the abyss we now find ourselves free-falling into...
The dye was cast at the National Memorial Service for the victims of this terrorist attack on our Nation...President Bush uttered the lie the first time then...when I heard him say it while watching it on the live TV coverage I thought to myself 'surely I didn't just hear him say that'...then he repeated it several more times in his remarks...obliterating any doubt that my hearing was failing me...
Hitler rose to power based on this same principle: tell a lie often enough and people will believe it...that vile and despicable adage has been replayed many times since this demon from hell spoke it...it has been used for many of the lies governments...corporations...academia...even religionists have indoctrinated their peers with...it always seems to bring about the end results of those initiating it...tell a lie often enough and people will believe it...
The stark truth of this has been laid bare for me this week...the first time when I forced myself to watch 65 photos showing the horrific treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban our US Soldiers are fighting...the second time when the NYC Landmark Commission ruled that a mosque could be built at Ground Zero - and a Jewish Billionaire Mayor not only applauded this decision, but actually lobbied for the decision - ...the third time tonight as I again forced myself to watch a one hour special on the 'honor killing' murder of two sisters by their father in Texas...the common denominator in each of these: Islam...
President Bush was the first President to continually repeat the lie that one of his speechwriters penned for this inauspicious occasion...he is responsible for injecting it into the every day mainstream media...a media who gladly picked up this mantra and has repeated it over and over and over for the last 10 years...until they are so adept at the lie that they can look you straight in the camera eye and repeat it without even a wince...
Today's occupant of the highest office of our Nation never misses a beat when he repeats it...he is the epitome and fulfillment of the lie...and thousands of our fellow citizens here - and peoples of other Nations and Governments around the world - fight to see who can repeat it more often...all of them so glib in their delivery of the lie that it sucks the breath out of your body...
The lie that has been told over and over again until people believe it? That Islam is a religion of peace...
Tell that to the women of Afghanistan and other muslim nations who are forced into 'marriage' at the tender age of 6-9 years of age...who undergo female circumcision...whose 'husbands'...fathers...male family members have the right to physically beat and sexually abuse them...who are forced to wear full body coverings with little or no part of their faces shown...who have no freedoms or rights in any aspect of their lives...and who are stoned to death at the whim of those 'male family members' who no longer find them 'useful' for their 'needs'...
Tell that to the family members of the 3000+ men/women/children murdered by the 9/11 terrorists...who are now faced with the physical, gut-wrenching repulsion of having their murderers attest to their dominance over their victims by building a mosque on the very parcels of land their religious indoctrination destroyed...
Tell that to the American Mother of two teenage daughters whose Egyptian muslim husband abused her physically and sexually for over 20 years...who also sexually abused these two daughters...and then who took them in his cab on New Years Day 2008 and shot them repeatedly for 'dishonoring his family name' because they became 'too Americanized' and were dating non-muslim men...
That is why I said we are on the precipice...free falling into the abyss...America is becoming inundated with muslim terrorists...day after day we hear of a new arrest...new suspect...new 'person of interest'....new cash pipeline to one of the terror groups around the world...many TRY to warn us...many TRY to showcase the truth about this 'peaceful religion'...many TRY to fight the 'political correctness' that has destroyed our once moral fabric...yet the battle is still being lost...inch by inch...day by day....
Can this be true you wonder...so have I questioned if this could really be true...yet tonight I SAW and HEARD for myself what the SHERIFF of the Texas town where this 'man' brutally murdered these two daughters said...when questioned by the investigative journalist who has covered this story this 'law enforcement officer' had this to say: "who is to say this is an honor killing? what really is an honor killing? if the girls were disobeying their father's rules there are consequences...we only have the word of the Mother that this was an honor killing...how do we know he really killed these girls?"...
Strike one...two to go...
The FBI initially labeled this an "honor killing" and put the father on the Most Wanted List...two days after identifying this as an 'honor killing' those very words were REMOVED from the Most Wanted Poster...the investigative journalist was told that they did not want to 'offend the greater muslim community'...the FBI REFUSED to comment on this case for the one hour special that aired tonight on FOX...
Strike two...one to go...
There was a 911 call made by one of the daughters as their father was shooting them...he shot them each over 11 times at point blank range in his cab...you can hear the girl crying...begging her 'father' to stop shooting them...she tells the 911 dispatcher that her 'father' is killing them...as the 911 dispatcher asks her for clarification the only sound you hear is this young woman saying "I am dying'' and the other sister still begging her 'father' to stop...then the line goes dead...
Bear these stories in mind when you consider WHO to vote for in November...when you get emails from me that are painfully hard for me to write and you to read...when you hear about Rifqa Barry being TERRIFIED to go back to her 'parents' as she KNOWS she will be killed EXACTLY as these young women were...when you see or hear this administration speaking about ANYTHING...
The lie has been told over and over...people all around us only want to play with their various toys...fun and games...no one wants to be bothered with this type of news...they are not concerned about this...they don't think it can 'happen in America'...which is the reaction the great lie always produces...while the cesspool gets bigger and bigger...political correctness shuts peoples' mouths...lets them avert their eyes...Truth is lost...Evil wins out...
Strike three...we, as a Nation are out.
Monday, July 26, 2010
A Nation Mourns
Shalom,
Six lives were lost today...six families are missing a husband...a father...a son...a grandson...an uncle...a brother...a son-in-law...a brother-in-law...six homes are now forever void of the presence of one who lived there...who will never enter that doorway again...
An entire Military and Nation mourn the death of these Six Sons...
In Israel, when a member of the Military Family that is so deeply embedded in the fabric of every part of the Society is killed, the entire Nation sits Shiva...this Shiva is no respecter of persons...none is immune...none is exempt...none is excused...Israel is "One Family" when it comes to Her Military...each Branch of the Military is intertwined and makes up the whole that is today's Army of G-d...
There has always something "special" about the Military here in our American Nation...the vast majority of us rise to show them respect for the service they perform to protect and defend us...and countless hundreds of other Nations and Peoples around the World...those who treat what these men and women have done and do with disrespect are viewed by the rest of us with contempt...let your mind wander back to the Vietnam War...recall the violent protests on college campuses by leftist love children who even then cared nothing for the heritage that made our Nation great and kept us free...think how we felt seeing these pathetic punks burn our flag...trample our flag...refuse to defend the way of life they were born into...it was simply horrible to see...and it cost us a President who was forced to resign due to over vigilant surveillance...and another President who wore out trying to contain the morass that this War became...
Today, here in America, those same leftist love children who grew up to believe treason of their Nation is their duty, continue to violate our Nation's heritage...now they do it through Academic channels as they teach hatred of America...and they do it through elected offices they have used and are using to destroy our freedoms...no pride...no honor...no patriotism...traitors then...traitors now...even our highest office is occupied by one of their protegees...
In Israel, every family of every generation since She was Re-Born in 1948 lives and breathes the daily life of the Army of G-d...no matter where you go in His Land, you see them...dressed in their uniforms...the insignia of their unit/branch clearly visible on their shoulders...on their berets...and always the machine gun slung over their shoulders...casually...like we American women carry our shoulder bags...
Israelis show the utmost respect for these young men and women who are their Brothers and Sisters...they either have or will serve alongside them...there are no exceptions...even today the Religious Jews have formed their own Military Units...standing alongside their kin...fighting to defend their Land...they all understand the same undeniable truth: as a Nation, they stand alone...abandoned by nearly every other member of the United Nations...that cesspool of evil that has the gall to call itself "The Family of Nations"...all the while ignoring Israel...the VERY Nation that the CREATOR HIMSELF FORMED and CALLS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE...
G-d sees all this...He who watches Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps...there are records kept...tears are stored up in bottles He labels...one day soon the scales of justice will be brought out...the Prophet Daniel tells us that Belshazzar thought G-d's Children and Land meant nothing...and even committed the sacrilege of drinking wine from the Vessels of the Mishkan...the Temple of YHVW...even typing this gives me chills...suddenly a man's hand was seen writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace these words: "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin" - which interpreted mean: "G-d has numbered the kingdom of Belzhazzar and brought it to an end" - this man had been found "wanting" and was to be no more...
There will be an inquiry into this tragic helicopter crash which claimed six of the best and brightest the Nation of G-d produced...if there was any foul play involved...tampering that could have caused this loss...anything amis in any way...if something like that turns out to be what happened, look for the Hand of G-d to once again write on the wall of those who perpetuated this: Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin - your kingdom has been numbered by the Creator of the Universe and it is brought to an end...
In the meantime, a Military and Nation mourns their Sons...and we light the Shiva Candle and mourn with them.
"Master of Mercy, the One Who Heals broken hearts, we cry out to You...our Hearts ache with the pain of our loss...watch over and shelter the families and loved ones of those who were killed in this tragic crash...Oh Compassionate One, bless them and inspire us with Your Goodness and Righteousness in the days to come...shatter not our faith in You and never allow us to forget the memories of these lives."
Baruk Ata Adonai, Asher B'ya no Nefesh Kol Khai, v-Ruakh Kol B'sar Ish
(Holy One of Blessing, in Your Hands are all souls and the spirits of all flesh.)
AMEN. (Shiva Prayer by Rabbi Arnold Stieble)
Six lives were lost today...six families are missing a husband...a father...a son...a grandson...an uncle...a brother...a son-in-law...a brother-in-law...six homes are now forever void of the presence of one who lived there...who will never enter that doorway again...
An entire Military and Nation mourn the death of these Six Sons...
In Israel, when a member of the Military Family that is so deeply embedded in the fabric of every part of the Society is killed, the entire Nation sits Shiva...this Shiva is no respecter of persons...none is immune...none is exempt...none is excused...Israel is "One Family" when it comes to Her Military...each Branch of the Military is intertwined and makes up the whole that is today's Army of G-d...
There has always something "special" about the Military here in our American Nation...the vast majority of us rise to show them respect for the service they perform to protect and defend us...and countless hundreds of other Nations and Peoples around the World...those who treat what these men and women have done and do with disrespect are viewed by the rest of us with contempt...let your mind wander back to the Vietnam War...recall the violent protests on college campuses by leftist love children who even then cared nothing for the heritage that made our Nation great and kept us free...think how we felt seeing these pathetic punks burn our flag...trample our flag...refuse to defend the way of life they were born into...it was simply horrible to see...and it cost us a President who was forced to resign due to over vigilant surveillance...and another President who wore out trying to contain the morass that this War became...
Today, here in America, those same leftist love children who grew up to believe treason of their Nation is their duty, continue to violate our Nation's heritage...now they do it through Academic channels as they teach hatred of America...and they do it through elected offices they have used and are using to destroy our freedoms...no pride...no honor...no patriotism...traitors then...traitors now...even our highest office is occupied by one of their protegees...
In Israel, every family of every generation since She was Re-Born in 1948 lives and breathes the daily life of the Army of G-d...no matter where you go in His Land, you see them...dressed in their uniforms...the insignia of their unit/branch clearly visible on their shoulders...on their berets...and always the machine gun slung over their shoulders...casually...like we American women carry our shoulder bags...
Israelis show the utmost respect for these young men and women who are their Brothers and Sisters...they either have or will serve alongside them...there are no exceptions...even today the Religious Jews have formed their own Military Units...standing alongside their kin...fighting to defend their Land...they all understand the same undeniable truth: as a Nation, they stand alone...abandoned by nearly every other member of the United Nations...that cesspool of evil that has the gall to call itself "The Family of Nations"...all the while ignoring Israel...the VERY Nation that the CREATOR HIMSELF FORMED and CALLS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE...
G-d sees all this...He who watches Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps...there are records kept...tears are stored up in bottles He labels...one day soon the scales of justice will be brought out...the Prophet Daniel tells us that Belshazzar thought G-d's Children and Land meant nothing...and even committed the sacrilege of drinking wine from the Vessels of the Mishkan...the Temple of YHVW...even typing this gives me chills...suddenly a man's hand was seen writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace these words: "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin" - which interpreted mean: "G-d has numbered the kingdom of Belzhazzar and brought it to an end" - this man had been found "wanting" and was to be no more...
There will be an inquiry into this tragic helicopter crash which claimed six of the best and brightest the Nation of G-d produced...if there was any foul play involved...tampering that could have caused this loss...anything amis in any way...if something like that turns out to be what happened, look for the Hand of G-d to once again write on the wall of those who perpetuated this: Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin - your kingdom has been numbered by the Creator of the Universe and it is brought to an end...
In the meantime, a Military and Nation mourns their Sons...and we light the Shiva Candle and mourn with them.
"Master of Mercy, the One Who Heals broken hearts, we cry out to You...our Hearts ache with the pain of our loss...watch over and shelter the families and loved ones of those who were killed in this tragic crash...Oh Compassionate One, bless them and inspire us with Your Goodness and Righteousness in the days to come...shatter not our faith in You and never allow us to forget the memories of these lives."
Baruk Ata Adonai, Asher B'ya no Nefesh Kol Khai, v-Ruakh Kol B'sar Ish
(Holy One of Blessing, in Your Hands are all souls and the spirits of all flesh.)
AMEN. (Shiva Prayer by Rabbi Arnold Stieble)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Promoting Evil
Shalom!
Once again the enemy of Israel and Her Children has struck...this time on American Soil...this vile and despicable administration has ordered that the PLO flag be flown in the USA...at the entrance to "their mission building" in Washington, DC...
The horror and outrage that I feel at this announcement is so deep that it took my breath away to read the article...day by day we see our once great Nation - founded on Judeo-Christian Values - being systematically destroyed by the filth that occupies elected offices here...this administration has brought more harm upon us in less than 2 years than any War fought on our soil or around the world...the depths to which they have sunk surely has opened the lid of Hell...
The elections this November are so critical...I believe they represent the last chance we have to try to restore our Nation...if we do not stop them at the ballot box, I fear the battle will have been lost...
Chuck Colson has founded "The Manhattan Declaration" project...his latest article states that we may have reached the "Tipping Point"...and that Civil Disobedience is in the wings...something we have not seen since the Boston Tea Party that led to the Revolutionary War...the Patriots of Old knew when "enough was enough"...will we have the intestinal fortitude to do likewise?
Will you join me in mobilizing everyone you know to VOTE for men and women whose lives evidence the Judeo-Christian values we espouse? Your VOTE DOES MATTER! Let's pray fervently for G-d's Divine Protection and Guidance as we WORK while there is STILL DAY!
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Your LIVES and the LIVES of your loved ones DO hang in the balance!
Once again the enemy of Israel and Her Children has struck...this time on American Soil...this vile and despicable administration has ordered that the PLO flag be flown in the USA...at the entrance to "their mission building" in Washington, DC...
The horror and outrage that I feel at this announcement is so deep that it took my breath away to read the article...day by day we see our once great Nation - founded on Judeo-Christian Values - being systematically destroyed by the filth that occupies elected offices here...this administration has brought more harm upon us in less than 2 years than any War fought on our soil or around the world...the depths to which they have sunk surely has opened the lid of Hell...
The elections this November are so critical...I believe they represent the last chance we have to try to restore our Nation...if we do not stop them at the ballot box, I fear the battle will have been lost...
Chuck Colson has founded "The Manhattan Declaration" project...his latest article states that we may have reached the "Tipping Point"...and that Civil Disobedience is in the wings...something we have not seen since the Boston Tea Party that led to the Revolutionary War...the Patriots of Old knew when "enough was enough"...will we have the intestinal fortitude to do likewise?
Will you join me in mobilizing everyone you know to VOTE for men and women whose lives evidence the Judeo-Christian values we espouse? Your VOTE DOES MATTER! Let's pray fervently for G-d's Divine Protection and Guidance as we WORK while there is STILL DAY!
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Your LIVES and the LIVES of your loved ones DO hang in the balance!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tisha B'Av
Shalom!
Today is Tisha B'Av, the 9th of Av, 5770.
This is a day of great solemnity and intense prayer and reflection. It is the date of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples of G-d in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount.
It is hard to fathom what took place on this date - the abject horror and suffering of the Jews - the sacrilege of the Romans as they violated the Temple Mount and destroyed His Temple... having seen and walked in this Holiest of Holy areas in Jerusalem, I can tell you that the realization of what happened there cuts to the very marrow of the bone - and inflicts emotions on the heart and mind that are incapable of being described...
The entire time I was in Israel it seemed to me that I was incapable of shedding tears...our schedule was so tight...our visits with Her Leaders and the locations they shared with us so intense...I wanted to shed tears many times during those 10 days...even tried to...but could not...something so deep inside of me was affected that I felt as though it was not really "me" that was there seeing all that I saw...
When we finally boarded the plane late that night for the flight home, I settled into my seat and THEN allowed my mind to begin to replay every day that we had been there...and then the tears came...it seemed to me that I cried most of the flight home...I was so affected by my memories that I could not even look at the photos that I had taken without breaking down...nor could I share them with even my husband...as soon as I would start to look at them and try to tell about them, the tears flowed and I "shut down" verbally...
Israel is alive and vibrant today...all that the Roman legions threw at her in AD70 has been negated...her Diaspora is really over...all the Jews of the world CAN "go home" when THEY choose to...G-d has restored His Land for Her...the Six Million who were slaughtered by the Horrors of Hell that were Hitler's Germany have been replanted in the lives of those born from those crematoriums...her Temple Mount is in sight of Her Eyes again...
I cry today also...for my dear loved ones THERE...in The Land that we so mutually love...they have suffered so much...seen so many friends and loved ones they knew murdered by the enemies of G-d who have butchered them in these past 63 years since Ben Gurion "birthed the modern Nation of Israel"...loved ones there who suffer the physical and emotional pain of terror attacks...of empty seats at family tables...beautiful names and faces that haunt my mind and heart in ways that are magnified one thousand times in the hearts and minds of those who saw them destroyed...it is heartbreaking to see the destruction of the once solid bond of support and friendship between our two Nations...nothing Israel has done deserves this...the blood is on our hands...and we sit in judgment for harming His Land and Children...He will not tarry much longer as He repays those who have done this..brought this harm to His Loved Ones...
It will not be long until Messiah comes...as an Evangelical Christian Zionist I am profoundly aware of His "Birth Pains"...and I am watching for Him in the Clouds that appear every day...He will come on those Clouds...both the Old and New Covenants teach this...Israel will sit Shiva for Him as they mourn their "First Born Son" and look on Him who was pierced for them...and for me...and for every soul that ever was created...all the aborted babies...all the maimed...all the persecuted...all the weak...all the old...all the infirm...all the shunned and despised...all who have longed to see Him and look on that Face that so loved them that He laid down His Life for their Eternal Salvation as the Lamb Slain From the Foundation of the World...
When He does come, there will be no more time for repentance...time as we have known it will have run out...all that will be left is the sorrow of those not caught up with Him in the Air...
I want to walk on those Streets of Gold in the New Jerusalem...I want to worship Him on His Holy Hill in His Temple...I want to to sing the songs of Zion that are so dear to my heart with all the loved ones who have gone before...I want to bow my knees and cry HOLY, HOLY, HOLY - L-rd, G-d Almighty! Who WAS and IS and IS to come! King of Kings and L-rd of L-rds!
On THAT day, Tisha B'Av will become what it was INTENDED to be when G-d commanded the 12 Spies to Cross the Jordan and bring back the report so that His Nation wandering in the Wilderness could CROSS OVER and inhabit the Land HE has prepared for them! And then the Redeemed of the L-rd will rejoice with Israel and Her Children as She becomes the "Or La Goyim" She was birthed to be!
Pray in agreement with me for that Day!
Baruch Ha Ba! Baruch Ha Ba B'Shem Adonai! B'Shem Yeshua!
Today is Tisha B'Av, the 9th of Av, 5770.
This is a day of great solemnity and intense prayer and reflection. It is the date of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples of G-d in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount.
It is hard to fathom what took place on this date - the abject horror and suffering of the Jews - the sacrilege of the Romans as they violated the Temple Mount and destroyed His Temple... having seen and walked in this Holiest of Holy areas in Jerusalem, I can tell you that the realization of what happened there cuts to the very marrow of the bone - and inflicts emotions on the heart and mind that are incapable of being described...
The entire time I was in Israel it seemed to me that I was incapable of shedding tears...our schedule was so tight...our visits with Her Leaders and the locations they shared with us so intense...I wanted to shed tears many times during those 10 days...even tried to...but could not...something so deep inside of me was affected that I felt as though it was not really "me" that was there seeing all that I saw...
When we finally boarded the plane late that night for the flight home, I settled into my seat and THEN allowed my mind to begin to replay every day that we had been there...and then the tears came...it seemed to me that I cried most of the flight home...I was so affected by my memories that I could not even look at the photos that I had taken without breaking down...nor could I share them with even my husband...as soon as I would start to look at them and try to tell about them, the tears flowed and I "shut down" verbally...
Israel is alive and vibrant today...all that the Roman legions threw at her in AD70 has been negated...her Diaspora is really over...all the Jews of the world CAN "go home" when THEY choose to...G-d has restored His Land for Her...the Six Million who were slaughtered by the Horrors of Hell that were Hitler's Germany have been replanted in the lives of those born from those crematoriums...her Temple Mount is in sight of Her Eyes again...
I cry today also...for my dear loved ones THERE...in The Land that we so mutually love...they have suffered so much...seen so many friends and loved ones they knew murdered by the enemies of G-d who have butchered them in these past 63 years since Ben Gurion "birthed the modern Nation of Israel"...loved ones there who suffer the physical and emotional pain of terror attacks...of empty seats at family tables...beautiful names and faces that haunt my mind and heart in ways that are magnified one thousand times in the hearts and minds of those who saw them destroyed...it is heartbreaking to see the destruction of the once solid bond of support and friendship between our two Nations...nothing Israel has done deserves this...the blood is on our hands...and we sit in judgment for harming His Land and Children...He will not tarry much longer as He repays those who have done this..brought this harm to His Loved Ones...
It will not be long until Messiah comes...as an Evangelical Christian Zionist I am profoundly aware of His "Birth Pains"...and I am watching for Him in the Clouds that appear every day...He will come on those Clouds...both the Old and New Covenants teach this...Israel will sit Shiva for Him as they mourn their "First Born Son" and look on Him who was pierced for them...and for me...and for every soul that ever was created...all the aborted babies...all the maimed...all the persecuted...all the weak...all the old...all the infirm...all the shunned and despised...all who have longed to see Him and look on that Face that so loved them that He laid down His Life for their Eternal Salvation as the Lamb Slain From the Foundation of the World...
When He does come, there will be no more time for repentance...time as we have known it will have run out...all that will be left is the sorrow of those not caught up with Him in the Air...
I want to walk on those Streets of Gold in the New Jerusalem...I want to worship Him on His Holy Hill in His Temple...I want to to sing the songs of Zion that are so dear to my heart with all the loved ones who have gone before...I want to bow my knees and cry HOLY, HOLY, HOLY - L-rd, G-d Almighty! Who WAS and IS and IS to come! King of Kings and L-rd of L-rds!
On THAT day, Tisha B'Av will become what it was INTENDED to be when G-d commanded the 12 Spies to Cross the Jordan and bring back the report so that His Nation wandering in the Wilderness could CROSS OVER and inhabit the Land HE has prepared for them! And then the Redeemed of the L-rd will rejoice with Israel and Her Children as She becomes the "Or La Goyim" She was birthed to be!
Pray in agreement with me for that Day!
Baruch Ha Ba! Baruch Ha Ba B'Shem Adonai! B'Shem Yeshua!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Responsibility
Shalom!
Internal character development is key to becoming a leader...when you "give your word" to someone, it should be mean something...that person should be able to depend on you to follow through with what you said you would do...
Today, it seems as though people "give their word" without any firm commitment to backing it up...to fulfilling the promise they made by saying they would do thus and so...it is all too expedient to get what you want without any repercussions...there is no honesty behind the spoken words...it gets tiring...
In my work and world, promises made mean they must be fulfilled...people depend on me doing what I have said I would do...even if I am tired...or not feeling well...or have other situations that arise, I must do what I said I would do...the work we do with Israel and Her Children is far too important to "play" with promises...or worse yet, to not meet deadlines that are critical...
Something has happened to our society...pledges mean little...playing trumps working...the quick trumps the slow...and I find myself usually left holding the bag because those who said they would do what was agreed upon fail to meet deadlines...or worry about honoring verbal commitments made...
Lesson learned: when I get burned by those who fail to do what they have said they would do, rather than trusting again so quickly, I need to add a layer of insulation to ward off the instant trust that I mistakenly give so quickly...the broken promises have nearly obliterated the windshield.
I resolve to vet people and situations far more thoroughly...it is always me that gets burned.
Internal character development is key to becoming a leader...when you "give your word" to someone, it should be mean something...that person should be able to depend on you to follow through with what you said you would do...
Today, it seems as though people "give their word" without any firm commitment to backing it up...to fulfilling the promise they made by saying they would do thus and so...it is all too expedient to get what you want without any repercussions...there is no honesty behind the spoken words...it gets tiring...
In my work and world, promises made mean they must be fulfilled...people depend on me doing what I have said I would do...even if I am tired...or not feeling well...or have other situations that arise, I must do what I said I would do...the work we do with Israel and Her Children is far too important to "play" with promises...or worse yet, to not meet deadlines that are critical...
Something has happened to our society...pledges mean little...playing trumps working...the quick trumps the slow...and I find myself usually left holding the bag because those who said they would do what was agreed upon fail to meet deadlines...or worry about honoring verbal commitments made...
Lesson learned: when I get burned by those who fail to do what they have said they would do, rather than trusting again so quickly, I need to add a layer of insulation to ward off the instant trust that I mistakenly give so quickly...the broken promises have nearly obliterated the windshield.
I resolve to vet people and situations far more thoroughly...it is always me that gets burned.
Friday, July 2, 2010
The Measure of A Man
Shalom!
How do you measure the impact of a life?
A man died on this date in 1971. He was a good man...he loved his wife...he loved his children...he loved his parents...above all else, he loved his G-d. He was my father. His name was Claude B."Bud" Board, Jr. He was 51 years old.
He was part of "The Greatest Generation"...he fought in the South Pacific on a Naval Destroyer Tender in the Second World War. He loved his ship so much that he named his dog "Denny" after the USS Denebola that he served on.
I was 8 months old before he even got home from "The Big War"...I have no memories of those days...what I know of them I learned from my Mother who waited for his return at her parents home in West Newton, Pennsylvania with me, her first born child.
When one thinks of the "measurement" of a man's life, to understand how to measure that life you need only look at his family. My Mother has been a widow for 39 years today...she never dated, not because she couldn't...she had no desire for anyone else in her life...always telling my brother and sister and I that "when one has had the love of a lifetime, there is no room for anyone else"... I like that...it always gave me a feeling of "completeness"...
You look at his children also...what their lives have amounted to...how they have reacted to the influence of this man...my brother and sister and I all married Christian Spouses...we worship with that same spouse each L-rds' Day...we tithe our incomes to His Kingdom Work...we are actively engaged in our respective Church Families...each of us graduated either college or business college...we each have worked every day of our adult lives...we have each served our Country and Our G-d in every way we could...my life today consists of full time work for and with The Land of G-d and Her Eternal Covenant Children...my brother and sister AND Mother all "get it" about Israel and do all they can to support Her as well. My sister and brother's children and their grandchildren married Christian Spouses...and worship together on His Day...in His House...and they are training yet another generation of "Board's" to know and love the Messiah who gave His Life for them so that they might have the forgiveness of sins and the promise of Eternal Life with Him in His Heaven.
Maybe the world measures the worth of a man by the dollars he earns...the title he achieves in his business or professional world...how many cars he owns...things like that...it seems to me that the way G-d would have us measure the worth of life...even one that is cut short in its very prime...is the legacy of his family.
Well done, Dad! Your wife...your children...your sons and daughter-in-law...your grandchildren...and your great-grandchildren...all bow their knees to the G-d you taught us to love and serve...we have carried on these many years without your physical presence in our daily lives...the one who has suffered most is your wife...but the loneliness has been borne gracefully and with dignity and honor by her...you would be proud of how what you planted has grown and matured! Thank you for all the life lessons you taught...the example you set...the discipline you administered...it was not in vain!
On this day, I asked Yeshua to "call you up" to His Side and let you know that your family on this side paused to remember your life and passing...tears were shed...memories were recalled...hearts were broken once again as we counted down the hours of this date you left us for Home. We are running our races as best we can...the finish line is becoming clearer each day...your bride has been well cared for by your children...she is anxious to see you again, and so are we!
The audit of your life is complete...you stayed the course and finished well! We now will continue to try to do the same! We will see you There...reunited with the L-rd we all so dearly love...never to be parted again!
Until then!
How do you measure the impact of a life?
A man died on this date in 1971. He was a good man...he loved his wife...he loved his children...he loved his parents...above all else, he loved his G-d. He was my father. His name was Claude B."Bud" Board, Jr. He was 51 years old.
He was part of "The Greatest Generation"...he fought in the South Pacific on a Naval Destroyer Tender in the Second World War. He loved his ship so much that he named his dog "Denny" after the USS Denebola that he served on.
I was 8 months old before he even got home from "The Big War"...I have no memories of those days...what I know of them I learned from my Mother who waited for his return at her parents home in West Newton, Pennsylvania with me, her first born child.
When one thinks of the "measurement" of a man's life, to understand how to measure that life you need only look at his family. My Mother has been a widow for 39 years today...she never dated, not because she couldn't...she had no desire for anyone else in her life...always telling my brother and sister and I that "when one has had the love of a lifetime, there is no room for anyone else"... I like that...it always gave me a feeling of "completeness"...
You look at his children also...what their lives have amounted to...how they have reacted to the influence of this man...my brother and sister and I all married Christian Spouses...we worship with that same spouse each L-rds' Day...we tithe our incomes to His Kingdom Work...we are actively engaged in our respective Church Families...each of us graduated either college or business college...we each have worked every day of our adult lives...we have each served our Country and Our G-d in every way we could...my life today consists of full time work for and with The Land of G-d and Her Eternal Covenant Children...my brother and sister AND Mother all "get it" about Israel and do all they can to support Her as well. My sister and brother's children and their grandchildren married Christian Spouses...and worship together on His Day...in His House...and they are training yet another generation of "Board's" to know and love the Messiah who gave His Life for them so that they might have the forgiveness of sins and the promise of Eternal Life with Him in His Heaven.
Maybe the world measures the worth of a man by the dollars he earns...the title he achieves in his business or professional world...how many cars he owns...things like that...it seems to me that the way G-d would have us measure the worth of life...even one that is cut short in its very prime...is the legacy of his family.
Well done, Dad! Your wife...your children...your sons and daughter-in-law...your grandchildren...and your great-grandchildren...all bow their knees to the G-d you taught us to love and serve...we have carried on these many years without your physical presence in our daily lives...the one who has suffered most is your wife...but the loneliness has been borne gracefully and with dignity and honor by her...you would be proud of how what you planted has grown and matured! Thank you for all the life lessons you taught...the example you set...the discipline you administered...it was not in vain!
On this day, I asked Yeshua to "call you up" to His Side and let you know that your family on this side paused to remember your life and passing...tears were shed...memories were recalled...hearts were broken once again as we counted down the hours of this date you left us for Home. We are running our races as best we can...the finish line is becoming clearer each day...your bride has been well cared for by your children...she is anxious to see you again, and so are we!
The audit of your life is complete...you stayed the course and finished well! We now will continue to try to do the same! We will see you There...reunited with the L-rd we all so dearly love...never to be parted again!
Until then!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
How Can This Be?
Shalom!
I just posted a YouTube clip to our Facebook page...I wasn't sure if I should post it or not...it is certainly nothing civilized human beings would ever want to see or know about...I typed WARNING: BRUTAL AND GRAPHIC in the comment box so that anyone who thought about watching this YouTube clip would think TWICE before doing so...and yes, I paused before I hit the "Share" button...but this story has to be shared...
I received the link to this YouTube clip late last night...I knew when I saw the heading of the clip and the blurry image with it that it was going to be difficult to watch...my DNA cringes and recoils over any violence...but last night I forced myself to face reality and clicked the "Play" button for this YouTube clip...I wish I had not as it has left me physically sick for nearly 24 hours now...
The YouTube clip is entitled: "Muslim Girl Being Kicked and Stoned to Death"...a young girl, probably about 12-13 years old is lying on the ground...dressed in black pants and a warm up jacket...she is trying to cover her face with her arm and she lays on her side...surrounding her are "men" who, as the clip starts to play, are shown kicking her repeatedly...over and over...then they begin to both kick her and throw stones on her...she continually tries to shield her face from their assault...the violence quickly escalates and the footage becomes a blur of only legs kicking and kicking and kicking this little girl...with large stones being thrown...hurled on her at the same time...the clip is only 1 minute 25 seconds long...that is all it takes for her to be murdered...as the seconds wind down, you see her barely moving now...and then a "man" takes a huge piece of concrete...like a huge 2 foot concrete brick...and slams it onto her head...and blood explodes out of her now lifeless skull...and the clip ends...
I will never forget that I saw this...this little girl had a name...had a mother and father...possibly siblings...probably extended family...perhaps some of those shown kicking and stoning her to death were relatives...this is often how it is handled...it is called an "honor killing"...the girl/woman is alleged to have brought "shame" on the family...in this part of the world, this kind of thing is allowed...many times even encouraged so as to "keep people in line"...
There is a young woman, nearly 18 years old now, who lives in my city...she ran away from her family years ago because she couldn't bear the life she was born into...the "government" forced her to return here...her parents and family live here...she testified that she didn't want to live with her family ever again as she knew she would be killed in an "honor killing" much like the YouTube clip I watched last night...until she is legally 18 years of age, the "government" can, any time it wishes, force her to return to her family where she will certainly be murdered because this case has brought so much public attention and outcry...she desperately needs our prayers for Divine Protection...and she needs the Grace of G-d to carry her far away from these individuals who are her physical family before they do to her what was done to the little girl in the YouTube clip...
Today, I had my little niece...nearly the same age as this little muslim girl, with me at a swimming pool...the only care she had in the world was what time was the adult swim break because she had to get out of the pool...that is because we live in a world that values LIFE...there can be no peace...no relationship...no anything with "people" who would kick and stone a little girl to death...
Tonight, when you say good-night to your children or grandchildren, think of that little girl in the YouTube clip...and vow that you will do everything in your power to protect and defend the Spark of Freedom that G-d birthed in you...she never had that chance.
I just posted a YouTube clip to our Facebook page...I wasn't sure if I should post it or not...it is certainly nothing civilized human beings would ever want to see or know about...I typed WARNING: BRUTAL AND GRAPHIC in the comment box so that anyone who thought about watching this YouTube clip would think TWICE before doing so...and yes, I paused before I hit the "Share" button...but this story has to be shared...
I received the link to this YouTube clip late last night...I knew when I saw the heading of the clip and the blurry image with it that it was going to be difficult to watch...my DNA cringes and recoils over any violence...but last night I forced myself to face reality and clicked the "Play" button for this YouTube clip...I wish I had not as it has left me physically sick for nearly 24 hours now...
The YouTube clip is entitled: "Muslim Girl Being Kicked and Stoned to Death"...a young girl, probably about 12-13 years old is lying on the ground...dressed in black pants and a warm up jacket...she is trying to cover her face with her arm and she lays on her side...surrounding her are "men" who, as the clip starts to play, are shown kicking her repeatedly...over and over...then they begin to both kick her and throw stones on her...she continually tries to shield her face from their assault...the violence quickly escalates and the footage becomes a blur of only legs kicking and kicking and kicking this little girl...with large stones being thrown...hurled on her at the same time...the clip is only 1 minute 25 seconds long...that is all it takes for her to be murdered...as the seconds wind down, you see her barely moving now...and then a "man" takes a huge piece of concrete...like a huge 2 foot concrete brick...and slams it onto her head...and blood explodes out of her now lifeless skull...and the clip ends...
I will never forget that I saw this...this little girl had a name...had a mother and father...possibly siblings...probably extended family...perhaps some of those shown kicking and stoning her to death were relatives...this is often how it is handled...it is called an "honor killing"...the girl/woman is alleged to have brought "shame" on the family...in this part of the world, this kind of thing is allowed...many times even encouraged so as to "keep people in line"...
There is a young woman, nearly 18 years old now, who lives in my city...she ran away from her family years ago because she couldn't bear the life she was born into...the "government" forced her to return here...her parents and family live here...she testified that she didn't want to live with her family ever again as she knew she would be killed in an "honor killing" much like the YouTube clip I watched last night...until she is legally 18 years of age, the "government" can, any time it wishes, force her to return to her family where she will certainly be murdered because this case has brought so much public attention and outcry...she desperately needs our prayers for Divine Protection...and she needs the Grace of G-d to carry her far away from these individuals who are her physical family before they do to her what was done to the little girl in the YouTube clip...
Today, I had my little niece...nearly the same age as this little muslim girl, with me at a swimming pool...the only care she had in the world was what time was the adult swim break because she had to get out of the pool...that is because we live in a world that values LIFE...there can be no peace...no relationship...no anything with "people" who would kick and stone a little girl to death...
Tonight, when you say good-night to your children or grandchildren, think of that little girl in the YouTube clip...and vow that you will do everything in your power to protect and defend the Spark of Freedom that G-d birthed in you...she never had that chance.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Milestones
Shalom!
Tonight marks a milestone in my life. Two years ago tonight, at a Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania, I heard a man speak that forever changed the course of my life. I had read this man's Bio and was awed by the resume of achievements in his young life...and I thought that hearing him as a Keynote speaker at this event was going to be very interesting...but NOTHING that I had THOUGHT about hearing him speak could have prepared me for the life altering change that resulted...
How do you track the steps that G-d directs in your walk of faith and service? How do you measure the worth of those significant moments that you KNOW that G-d brought you to? From 1989 to 1996 Ohio restored its' Statehouse Complex and Senate Annex...I was honored to be the Executive Director of the 501.C3 that raise the private dollars for this immense undertaking...one day in 1994, I left my downtown office and drove to a bookstore called the Christian Armory...looking for a book to read...something other than "work" related material...as I walked into that Bookstore, I went to the set of bookshelves where NORMALLY there were LOTS and LOTS of books to choose from...THAT day those shelves were empty except for ONE book: "The Jewish Roots of the Faith" by Marvin Rosenthal. I had no idea who Marvin Rosenthal was, nor had I ever thought ANYTHING about the Jewish Roots of my Christian Faith.
I was raised in a nearly all Jewish neighborhood...a WWII baby born in 1945...when my parents moved to Canton, Ohio in 1952 WWII was barely over...and most of the Jewish Friends I had in that neighborhood told stories of entire families being "lost" in the Holocaust...from the age of 7 I began to study everything I could get my hands on about the Holocaust...even forcing myself to read the horrific experiments Hitler had performed on Jewish Children...I remember watching the Nuremberg trial footage on TV with my parents who carefully taught us what these vile and despicable men had done to the Jews of Europe...G-d had His Hand on the direction of my life even at that very early age...
My parents were devout Christians and we were raised in a very deeply spiritual home with every ounce of respect given to the G-d of Creation and His Son, our Messiah. We were "in Church" every time the Church Doors were open...I taught a Bible School Class...sang in the Church Choir...was a member of the Women's Fellowship...and served as the Missions Secretary for our Church...the man I married was a Christian man and we have worshipped together every week for 35 years as husband and wife UNITED in our Faith that "G-d so loved the World that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him shall never perish, but have Eternal Life." My FAITH was VERY real and VERY strong...made that way by LOTS of mistakes I made over those young and formative years...by the suffering that resulted from those mistakes...and by daily devotional study and prayer time...
However, NOTHING in all the 49 years of my life PREPARED me for what I was about to learn. I took that book off the shelf and stood there reading through it from cover to cover...overwhelmed at what I read...in less than one hour my entire life turned upside down! All the things I had never understood in the Bible suddenly began to make sense to me...even in that hour 16 years ago, I could glimpse that my life course was about to undergo a drastic change...
That's why I was at the Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania...by 2008 I was FULLY immersed IN and working FOR Israel in EVERY way I knew how at that time...I was eager to hear this Eeki (Itshak) Elner because he would be the FIRST "KEY ISRAELI LEADER" I would ever hear in person...but again, like in 1994, I had no idea that my life was about to take another drastic turn...
When Eeki was called to the stage to speak that night, he followed a deeply anointed time of worship led by the World's Leading Worship Artist - Paul Wilbur. That is why I was in Pennsylvania...I was Paul's Executive Assistant and had gone to set up the Live Concert Paul was doing for this Bless Israel Night...the Shekinah Glory was so powerful during that Concert time that people could barely stand up...it was one of the most Ruach/Spirit filled nights I had experienced...the audience was just beginning to quiet down when Eeki began his Keynote address...as he began to speak, little by little the audience of 3500 individuals began to get more and more quiet...as his speech built toward its finish you could hear a pin drop in that auditorium...his comments on the necessity of "All Jews returning to the Land of their Ancestors" caused 3500 individuals to leap to their feet and give him a thunderous five minute standing ovation...it was during this standing ovation that I turned to my friends with me and said to them: "we have just seen the Restoration of Israel"...I did not know how prophetic those words would turn out to be...
Eeki left Pennsylvania that night...I never got a chance to talk with him...I was swamped with the work for Paul and never could get away to speak to Eeki...the next day, I asked for his email address, and wrote him an email telling him how moving his speech had been...and suggesting that he ask my husband to come to Sderot to teach a course on Ethics at his Leadership Institute...
That mail led to Eeki's reply to me and a series of correspondence began back and forth the Atlantic about how to put together a 501.C3 in the USA to raise awareness and financial support for the work of the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI that Eeki had Co-Founded in Israel...that organizational plan led to me asking Paul for his blessings to step aside from working for him so that I could become the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a brand new 501.C3: The Alliance For The Future Of Israel/AFFI.
Since that night 2 years ago, Eeki's ILI has graduated two Classes of the brightest and best Israeli Men and Women who will lead the Land of G-d in every piece of Her Mosaic. In those 2 years I have met the men and women who serve on the ILI Board of Directors and been honored to have many of them stay with Bill and I...formed close friendships with these men and women who are larger than life itself...and been honored to be their guest in Their Land...it is journey worth all the money in the world...the hours have been exhausting...the work unbelievably invigorating...the challenges mind boggling...the personal and spiritual attacks some of the worst I have ever experienced...
Yet, here we are...at the beginning of the third year of our beloved AFFI and ILI Institute..thinking about the selection process for this next class of Israel's brightest young men and women...praying for His Wisdom and Guidance as we contemplate the next steps He has for us...
I am pausing to reflect on the Milestone that we have crossed this night...and giving the G-d of Israel the full praise of my heart that He allowed me to hear this young David Ben Gurion speak that June night in 2008...and asking Him to watch over and protect Eeki and his ILI Board of Directors, the ILI Students and the families of these loved ones that have become so dear to my heart...and saying again: "HINEYNI ADONAI - Here I am, L-rd, use me!"
Thank you, G-d, for my milestone marker...what a Journey it has been! The best is yet to come!
Tonight marks a milestone in my life. Two years ago tonight, at a Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania, I heard a man speak that forever changed the course of my life. I had read this man's Bio and was awed by the resume of achievements in his young life...and I thought that hearing him as a Keynote speaker at this event was going to be very interesting...but NOTHING that I had THOUGHT about hearing him speak could have prepared me for the life altering change that resulted...
How do you track the steps that G-d directs in your walk of faith and service? How do you measure the worth of those significant moments that you KNOW that G-d brought you to? From 1989 to 1996 Ohio restored its' Statehouse Complex and Senate Annex...I was honored to be the Executive Director of the 501.C3 that raise the private dollars for this immense undertaking...one day in 1994, I left my downtown office and drove to a bookstore called the Christian Armory...looking for a book to read...something other than "work" related material...as I walked into that Bookstore, I went to the set of bookshelves where NORMALLY there were LOTS and LOTS of books to choose from...THAT day those shelves were empty except for ONE book: "The Jewish Roots of the Faith" by Marvin Rosenthal. I had no idea who Marvin Rosenthal was, nor had I ever thought ANYTHING about the Jewish Roots of my Christian Faith.
I was raised in a nearly all Jewish neighborhood...a WWII baby born in 1945...when my parents moved to Canton, Ohio in 1952 WWII was barely over...and most of the Jewish Friends I had in that neighborhood told stories of entire families being "lost" in the Holocaust...from the age of 7 I began to study everything I could get my hands on about the Holocaust...even forcing myself to read the horrific experiments Hitler had performed on Jewish Children...I remember watching the Nuremberg trial footage on TV with my parents who carefully taught us what these vile and despicable men had done to the Jews of Europe...G-d had His Hand on the direction of my life even at that very early age...
My parents were devout Christians and we were raised in a very deeply spiritual home with every ounce of respect given to the G-d of Creation and His Son, our Messiah. We were "in Church" every time the Church Doors were open...I taught a Bible School Class...sang in the Church Choir...was a member of the Women's Fellowship...and served as the Missions Secretary for our Church...the man I married was a Christian man and we have worshipped together every week for 35 years as husband and wife UNITED in our Faith that "G-d so loved the World that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him shall never perish, but have Eternal Life." My FAITH was VERY real and VERY strong...made that way by LOTS of mistakes I made over those young and formative years...by the suffering that resulted from those mistakes...and by daily devotional study and prayer time...
However, NOTHING in all the 49 years of my life PREPARED me for what I was about to learn. I took that book off the shelf and stood there reading through it from cover to cover...overwhelmed at what I read...in less than one hour my entire life turned upside down! All the things I had never understood in the Bible suddenly began to make sense to me...even in that hour 16 years ago, I could glimpse that my life course was about to undergo a drastic change...
That's why I was at the Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania...by 2008 I was FULLY immersed IN and working FOR Israel in EVERY way I knew how at that time...I was eager to hear this Eeki (Itshak) Elner because he would be the FIRST "KEY ISRAELI LEADER" I would ever hear in person...but again, like in 1994, I had no idea that my life was about to take another drastic turn...
When Eeki was called to the stage to speak that night, he followed a deeply anointed time of worship led by the World's Leading Worship Artist - Paul Wilbur. That is why I was in Pennsylvania...I was Paul's Executive Assistant and had gone to set up the Live Concert Paul was doing for this Bless Israel Night...the Shekinah Glory was so powerful during that Concert time that people could barely stand up...it was one of the most Ruach/Spirit filled nights I had experienced...the audience was just beginning to quiet down when Eeki began his Keynote address...as he began to speak, little by little the audience of 3500 individuals began to get more and more quiet...as his speech built toward its finish you could hear a pin drop in that auditorium...his comments on the necessity of "All Jews returning to the Land of their Ancestors" caused 3500 individuals to leap to their feet and give him a thunderous five minute standing ovation...it was during this standing ovation that I turned to my friends with me and said to them: "we have just seen the Restoration of Israel"...I did not know how prophetic those words would turn out to be...
Eeki left Pennsylvania that night...I never got a chance to talk with him...I was swamped with the work for Paul and never could get away to speak to Eeki...the next day, I asked for his email address, and wrote him an email telling him how moving his speech had been...and suggesting that he ask my husband to come to Sderot to teach a course on Ethics at his Leadership Institute...
That mail led to Eeki's reply to me and a series of correspondence began back and forth the Atlantic about how to put together a 501.C3 in the USA to raise awareness and financial support for the work of the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI that Eeki had Co-Founded in Israel...that organizational plan led to me asking Paul for his blessings to step aside from working for him so that I could become the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a brand new 501.C3: The Alliance For The Future Of Israel/AFFI.
Since that night 2 years ago, Eeki's ILI has graduated two Classes of the brightest and best Israeli Men and Women who will lead the Land of G-d in every piece of Her Mosaic. In those 2 years I have met the men and women who serve on the ILI Board of Directors and been honored to have many of them stay with Bill and I...formed close friendships with these men and women who are larger than life itself...and been honored to be their guest in Their Land...it is journey worth all the money in the world...the hours have been exhausting...the work unbelievably invigorating...the challenges mind boggling...the personal and spiritual attacks some of the worst I have ever experienced...
Yet, here we are...at the beginning of the third year of our beloved AFFI and ILI Institute..thinking about the selection process for this next class of Israel's brightest young men and women...praying for His Wisdom and Guidance as we contemplate the next steps He has for us...
I am pausing to reflect on the Milestone that we have crossed this night...and giving the G-d of Israel the full praise of my heart that He allowed me to hear this young David Ben Gurion speak that June night in 2008...and asking Him to watch over and protect Eeki and his ILI Board of Directors, the ILI Students and the families of these loved ones that have become so dear to my heart...and saying again: "HINEYNI ADONAI - Here I am, L-rd, use me!"
Thank you, G-d, for my milestone marker...what a Journey it has been! The best is yet to come!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
T'heelim and Teelim
Shalom!
The battles Israel must always fight are both physical and spiritual. The Hebrew word for Psalms is "T'heelim"...the Hebrew word for Rockets is "Teelim"...the Israeli saying is "we use T'heelim against Teelim"...
A good friend sent me a teaching a very wise man in Israel had recorded several years ago...the key points of this teaching follow...
In the Second Lebanon War waged in July, 2008, the Chief Rabbi of Israel called for the Nation to read T'heelim 83 PUBLICLY...at this same time, an ancient Latin manuscript was found in a bog in Ireland..the manuscript was opened to T'heelim/Psalm 83! Coincidence??? I think not! The G-d of Israel ALWAYS sends HIS WORD to enlighten the path Israel is to walk!
Spiritual warfare is connected to physical warfare. The Brit Hadasah/New Covenant records in Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10 that these two "wars" often go together. The New Covenant gives revelation into the spiritual forces behind the conflicts. Shmu'el Bet/II Samuel 5:24, M'lakhim Bet/II Kings 6:17 and Danie'l 10:3 and 13 state that spiritual warfare is connected to military conflict; and that in turn is connected to Israel.
In the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah, the head of Hamas, defied the G-d of Israel. David said to Golyat/Goliath in the book of Shmu'el Bet 17:45 "I come against you in the name of the L-RD of the Armies, the G-d of the Battalions of Israel, whom you have defied." Likewise, G-d will come against all those who bring harm upon His Land and Children. G-d's Word is Immutable and Inerrant. There is nothing man can do to negate what the Creator of the Universe decrees.
We praise G-d for his Blessings...we must also praise Him for His Judgments...His Judgments display his Righteousness, His Holiness, and His Power. The Brit Hadasah Book of The Revelation of Yochanan/Revelation teaches that "all the Nations shall come and worship before You, for Your Judgments have been manifested" (Revelation 15:4) "You are Righteous O L-rd...for You have judged these things. True and Righteous are Your Judgments" (Revelation 16:5, 7). As we enter into the Tribulation of the End Times, one of our roles as a "Spiritual Priesthood" is to praise G-d for His Judgments.
G-d often calls His People to go to war. There is a spiritual war raging between Evangelicalism and radical Islam. We may want to avoid this conflict, but the conflict is not going to go away. The physical war is raging in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq...North Korea and China...Russia and Turkey...and America...these are the physical manifestations of this War! This war must be won. G-d is glorified when Good triumphs and Evil is defeated. The forces of terrorism and jihad must be decisively defeated. Our job as His Children is to secure the victory!
When the Tabernacle in the Wilderness broke Camp, the tribe of JUDAH went out first! JUDAH means: Praise or To Praise...when used in a Text it means: to confess or declare Who G-d is and What He does!
When Moshe raised his hands, Israel defeated the Amalekites...when he lowered his hands, Israel was defeated! It was not the army that determined the outcome, but the raised hands of Moshe! The Hebrew word for the hands of Moshe being "steady" in the original Hebrew is EMUNAH - which literally means Faith!
Let's keep our hands raised up in prayer, praise, worship and prophecy until the Victory is won!
JUDAH GOES FIRST!
Here is a list of T'heelim for Teelim you can save to refer to:
Psalm 2
Psalm 27
Psalm 83
Psalm 91
Psalm 121
Psalm 129
Psalm 132
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy gates." Psalm 122:6-7
The battles Israel must always fight are both physical and spiritual. The Hebrew word for Psalms is "T'heelim"...the Hebrew word for Rockets is "Teelim"...the Israeli saying is "we use T'heelim against Teelim"...
A good friend sent me a teaching a very wise man in Israel had recorded several years ago...the key points of this teaching follow...
In the Second Lebanon War waged in July, 2008, the Chief Rabbi of Israel called for the Nation to read T'heelim 83 PUBLICLY...at this same time, an ancient Latin manuscript was found in a bog in Ireland..the manuscript was opened to T'heelim/Psalm 83! Coincidence??? I think not! The G-d of Israel ALWAYS sends HIS WORD to enlighten the path Israel is to walk!
Spiritual warfare is connected to physical warfare. The Brit Hadasah/New Covenant records in Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10 that these two "wars" often go together. The New Covenant gives revelation into the spiritual forces behind the conflicts. Shmu'el Bet/II Samuel 5:24, M'lakhim Bet/II Kings 6:17 and Danie'l 10:3 and 13 state that spiritual warfare is connected to military conflict; and that in turn is connected to Israel.
In the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah, the head of Hamas, defied the G-d of Israel. David said to Golyat/Goliath in the book of Shmu'el Bet 17:45 "I come against you in the name of the L-RD of the Armies, the G-d of the Battalions of Israel, whom you have defied." Likewise, G-d will come against all those who bring harm upon His Land and Children. G-d's Word is Immutable and Inerrant. There is nothing man can do to negate what the Creator of the Universe decrees.
We praise G-d for his Blessings...we must also praise Him for His Judgments...His Judgments display his Righteousness, His Holiness, and His Power. The Brit Hadasah Book of The Revelation of Yochanan/Revelation teaches that "all the Nations shall come and worship before You, for Your Judgments have been manifested" (Revelation 15:4) "You are Righteous O L-rd...for You have judged these things. True and Righteous are Your Judgments" (Revelation 16:5, 7). As we enter into the Tribulation of the End Times, one of our roles as a "Spiritual Priesthood" is to praise G-d for His Judgments.
G-d often calls His People to go to war. There is a spiritual war raging between Evangelicalism and radical Islam. We may want to avoid this conflict, but the conflict is not going to go away. The physical war is raging in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq...North Korea and China...Russia and Turkey...and America...these are the physical manifestations of this War! This war must be won. G-d is glorified when Good triumphs and Evil is defeated. The forces of terrorism and jihad must be decisively defeated. Our job as His Children is to secure the victory!
When the Tabernacle in the Wilderness broke Camp, the tribe of JUDAH went out first! JUDAH means: Praise or To Praise...when used in a Text it means: to confess or declare Who G-d is and What He does!
When Moshe raised his hands, Israel defeated the Amalekites...when he lowered his hands, Israel was defeated! It was not the army that determined the outcome, but the raised hands of Moshe! The Hebrew word for the hands of Moshe being "steady" in the original Hebrew is EMUNAH - which literally means Faith!
Let's keep our hands raised up in prayer, praise, worship and prophecy until the Victory is won!
JUDAH GOES FIRST!
Here is a list of T'heelim for Teelim you can save to refer to:
Psalm 2
Psalm 27
Psalm 83
Psalm 91
Psalm 121
Psalm 129
Psalm 132
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy gates." Psalm 122:6-7
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Betrayal
Shalom!
Today we witnessed the betrayal of America by the man elected to protect and defend her against all enemies - foreign and domestic. A General - who by all accounts was a "Soldiers Soldier" was fired by the man he reported to...fired for "insubordination" is the term they used...what they really meant is that a MAN with the "body parts" to DO what needed to be done to PROTECT his troops and TRY to protect his country had the AUDACITY to tell a magazine what EVERYONE with an OUNCE of integrity and honor knows: the "man" elected to the highest office in the USA has not one shred of integrity or honor...and has over and over again BETRAYED not only OUR Country but also the ONLY other Democracy in the Middle East...all for the sake of destroying what WAS our Great Nation and OUR TIME HONORED VALUES...and TRYING to destroy Israel - the Land that the CREATOR G-D calls the Apple of His Eye.
The talking heads all circled the wagons and decreed that his betrayal had "unanimous" approval from both sides of the aisle...that one cannot criticize his "leader" without paying the consequences...there are several good words that come to mind here...all of which are unprintable...except one: BOLOX - look it up! It is a Hebrew word that CLEARLY captures not only the slang "BS" but also "FY" and several other choice words that come to mind when thinking about this "man" who occupies OUR HOUSE...sorry if my "slang" offends...but you know what? I am TIRED of worrying if MY actions offend when the MILLIONS of US who LIVE HONEST, UPRIGHT LIVES...SERVE OUR G-D and GIVE OUR BEST AT ALL TIMES have to put up with the ARROGANCE of this plague of locusts that has overtaken OUR LAND!
It's time to get FIRED UP, Friends! If WE don't do something to STOP THESE PEOPLE, we will end up like the vast majority of the OTHER Socialist/Communist Countries...only OUR Dictator will be Vladimir Obama!
GET OFF YOUR "BOTTOMS" AND DEMAND THESE PEOPLE BE ACCOUNTABLE TO US! WE PAY THEIR SALARIES WITH OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS! WE CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THEM! AND WE CAN DEMAND OUR VOICES BE HEARD UNTIL ELECTION DAY!
Today we witnessed the betrayal of America by the man elected to protect and defend her against all enemies - foreign and domestic. A General - who by all accounts was a "Soldiers Soldier" was fired by the man he reported to...fired for "insubordination" is the term they used...what they really meant is that a MAN with the "body parts" to DO what needed to be done to PROTECT his troops and TRY to protect his country had the AUDACITY to tell a magazine what EVERYONE with an OUNCE of integrity and honor knows: the "man" elected to the highest office in the USA has not one shred of integrity or honor...and has over and over again BETRAYED not only OUR Country but also the ONLY other Democracy in the Middle East...all for the sake of destroying what WAS our Great Nation and OUR TIME HONORED VALUES...and TRYING to destroy Israel - the Land that the CREATOR G-D calls the Apple of His Eye.
The talking heads all circled the wagons and decreed that his betrayal had "unanimous" approval from both sides of the aisle...that one cannot criticize his "leader" without paying the consequences...there are several good words that come to mind here...all of which are unprintable...except one: BOLOX - look it up! It is a Hebrew word that CLEARLY captures not only the slang "BS" but also "FY" and several other choice words that come to mind when thinking about this "man" who occupies OUR HOUSE...sorry if my "slang" offends...but you know what? I am TIRED of worrying if MY actions offend when the MILLIONS of US who LIVE HONEST, UPRIGHT LIVES...SERVE OUR G-D and GIVE OUR BEST AT ALL TIMES have to put up with the ARROGANCE of this plague of locusts that has overtaken OUR LAND!
It's time to get FIRED UP, Friends! If WE don't do something to STOP THESE PEOPLE, we will end up like the vast majority of the OTHER Socialist/Communist Countries...only OUR Dictator will be Vladimir Obama!
GET OFF YOUR "BOTTOMS" AND DEMAND THESE PEOPLE BE ACCOUNTABLE TO US! WE PAY THEIR SALARIES WITH OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS! WE CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THEM! AND WE CAN DEMAND OUR VOICES BE HEARD UNTIL ELECTION DAY!
Monday, June 21, 2010
יהןה
Adonai!
"Let them know that You, Whose Name is The L-rd - that You Alone are the Most High over all the earth!" (Tehellim/Psalms 83:18)
Tehellim 83: The Coming MidEast War
Reading and studying Tehellim 83 is like picking up the daily newspaper...the entire coming war participants are clearly spelled out. Many students of End Times Eschatology are now saying that the Psalm 83 War must precede the G0g and Magog War....here is a listing of those identified as the "nations coming against Israel" in this Psalm 83 War:
Psalm 83 Confederates: (identified by Maps of Bible THEN and NOW)
Tents of Edom: Palestinians and South Jordanians
Ishmaelites: Saudi Arabians
Moab: Palestinians and Central Jordanians
Hagrites: Hagarenes - Egyptians
Gebal: Hezbollah and North Lebanese
Ammon: Palestinians and North Jordanians
Amalek: Descendants of Haman dwelling in the Sinai Area
Philistia: Hamas of Gaza Strip
Tyre: Hezbollah and South Lebanese
Assyria: Syrians and Northern Iraqis
All together, the above Psalm 83 confederates are mentioned 89 times in the writings of Yechezk'el...this pretty clearly identifies the people groups surrounding Israel. Let us fall on our knees and pray for wisdom for the Leaders of Israel...wisdom that they understand what is to soon come...wisdom for their role as the words of this amazing Psalm are fulfilled...and wisdom that the steps they take are directed by G-d alone!
When we see the warships of Nations coming through the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean waters surrounding Israel, every breath we take should be carefully measured!
"He who watches Israel neither SLUMBERS nor SLEEPS!" (Tehellim 121:4)
"Let them know that You, Whose Name is The L-rd - that You Alone are the Most High over all the earth!" (Tehellim/Psalms 83:18)
Tehellim 83: The Coming MidEast War
Reading and studying Tehellim 83 is like picking up the daily newspaper...the entire coming war participants are clearly spelled out. Many students of End Times Eschatology are now saying that the Psalm 83 War must precede the G0g and Magog War....here is a listing of those identified as the "nations coming against Israel" in this Psalm 83 War:
Psalm 83 Confederates: (identified by Maps of Bible THEN and NOW)
Tents of Edom: Palestinians and South Jordanians
Ishmaelites: Saudi Arabians
Moab: Palestinians and Central Jordanians
Hagrites: Hagarenes - Egyptians
Gebal: Hezbollah and North Lebanese
Ammon: Palestinians and North Jordanians
Amalek: Descendants of Haman dwelling in the Sinai Area
Philistia: Hamas of Gaza Strip
Tyre: Hezbollah and South Lebanese
Assyria: Syrians and Northern Iraqis
All together, the above Psalm 83 confederates are mentioned 89 times in the writings of Yechezk'el...this pretty clearly identifies the people groups surrounding Israel. Let us fall on our knees and pray for wisdom for the Leaders of Israel...wisdom that they understand what is to soon come...wisdom for their role as the words of this amazing Psalm are fulfilled...and wisdom that the steps they take are directed by G-d alone!
When we see the warships of Nations coming through the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean waters surrounding Israel, every breath we take should be carefully measured!
"He who watches Israel neither SLUMBERS nor SLEEPS!" (Tehellim 121:4)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
As in the Days of Noah
Shalom!
"These are the Days of Noach/Noah! Speak it forth, do not hold back!" said the L-rd! So began a spine chilling Prophetic Word given to Theresa Phillips that Elijah List published just days ago. I printed this entire online article out and took it with me to read while having Lunch in my car...I could barely eat a bite as I read through this...
I am not a Prophet, nor do I receive "Prophetic Words" like this from the L-rd. When He wants me to teach on a subject, that subject material comes over and over to my attention...usually on my computer screen...coupled with my several of my devotional readings...when He first spoke to me this way, I feel that perhaps I "missed it" - missed what He wanted to tell me...to have me do...now, when I get three or more of the same messages from Him, I know that I must put down whatever else I am doing, and obey. This is one of those times.
Let me just quote from Theresa's article as He spoke to her...
"These are the days of Noah. When the Ark was to be built, laughter and scorn were the response. So shall it be again. Build me a resting place, said the L-rd G-d. "Who will build Me a refuge? Who will build for Me?" said the L-rd.
"These are like the days of Noach/Noah. I am speaking. I am seeking. I am waiting for a joint effort to BUILD MY realm. Storm clouds are gathering. I am calling for a building...a reformation of the Kingdom. IT IS AT HAND. Who will build?" said the L-rd.
Then, like Theresa, I began to shudder in awe...total awe...
Who Shall Build?
2 Shmu'el/Samuel: He is the one who will build a House for My Name, and I will establish the throne of His Kingdom forever.
"I require," says the L-rd, a "house, a home, a safety chamber, a place of rest. I was continually with Noach and those who were with him," says the L-rd. "In like manner I will be with you! I am asking for a new ark of safety. I am asking for a rebuilding of My Eternal Kingdom in the below. I am asking for My Bride to arise to the task...Build me a place."
Acts of the Talmidim 7:49: "Heaven is My Throne, and earth is My Footstool. What kind of house will you build for me?" says the L-rd. "Or where will My Resting Place be?"
"My people - resist the temptation to disrupt the plans I have! I am calling for this now! For as in the days of Noach, the people were not READY to have a relationship as Noach had with Me. They were chiding and complaining and making mockery of what was being established in the earth...a man heard My voice, he obeyed Me, his family was spared. Creatures were placed in safety. "Do you know," says the L-rd, "that every animal I placed in the ark will never perish? Never perish!"
"Man will never perish; that which is made in My image will not die! For I am an ETERNAL G-D and will not die. I said I would never leave you, never forsake you. TRUST ME, says the L-rd! I am on a collision course with man's agenda; I will move My Kingdom, My Domain, My Presence, My Person, My Realm, My Atmosphere. I will move it suddenly in your midst and you will stand in awe!"
"It IS for You to KNOW the SEASONS! It is for you to plant and reap in them as they come upon you. That will satisfy Me," says the L-rd. "I will move in your midst!"
Yirmey'yahu/Jeremiah 8:7 - Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the L-RD!
"Noach heard and acted like he was scorned, but he had My ear," said the L-rd. "I am speaking to many today; this very moment, I am sending a word of exhortation. I am proclaiming to you, "I AM in the rebuilding business; I have been rebuilding the TABERNACLE OF DAVID!"
Acts of the Talmidim 15:16: "After this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up. "This is a house of praise.Yes, praise is building a safe place, for I will dwell among those who praise Me; they will praise Me even more," says the L-rd.
Tehellim/Psalm 22:3: Yet You are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the PRAISE OF ISRAEL!
"I Am Rebuilding, Re-Emerging and Re-Establishing...When My Kingdom Sees a King, it Will Change the Nation!"
"I am rebuilding ancient walls; even now researchers are finding ruins in the land of the Ancient Ones. I am being found, and now I will make you seek Me with more interest...."
"Now I am calling for a building...a building of My Kingdom," says the L-rd. "I am rebuilding a House of Praise. This noise will be heard abroad and man will come and see what is happening! I am rebuilding a House of Prayer, and many will come and be taught to know My Voice. I am rebuilding an Army of Lovers of the King, and many will then change their habits. Just to get closer! Just to get closer! For who does not want to be close to a King?" asked the L-rd.
"I am re-emerging Myself as a Royal Priest, and many will come and humble themselves in front of the mighty altar of hope. I am re-establishing My boundaries, yes, My commandments, in the hearts of men, and once again a revival of holiness will come forth. This will change nations," says the L-rd. "When My Kingdom sees a King in the House of Bread, it will change the nation. I tell you, My Throne will change the nation!"
"I am making Myself 'seen' so man can be like me to the governmental leaders of nations, networks and marketplace leaders."
"It is the Day of the New Things as in the Days of Noah...Watch! Pray! Obey!"
In the Olivet Discourse, Yeshua taught (Mattityahu 24:37-38) "As it was in the days of Noach, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noach entered the ark."
"Take this warning, My loved ones, for time is running short. I am on My Way to make a GREAT CHANGE. Ha, you heard it, now I will do it! Seat Me as a King; your reward will be great! The Kingdom is at hand. Why? For the King MUST be recognized as PRESENT! As in the days of Noach, those who are not educated of My ways did not believe I could speak and I could direct a new thing. Ha, again I say, "It is The Day of New Things as in the days of Noach!"
"So, you have been in these days; for I say to you NOW do no lose your hope or vision; GO (Bo) and be it! I am speaking now to you leaders. Watch and Pray and Obey for the building must take place!"
"Yes, share with one another, for you in My Kingdom must be a team! People, receive the Word of the L-rd through ones you know not, for it is I who am building My Kingdom in the below. It is Me calling. It is Me directing! I am with you FOREVER, says the L-rd G-d Almighty!"
Friends, it is clearly imperative that we must submit to His Word and Realm. Let us choose to Covenant with Him and Tabernacle with Him to rebuild relationships and repair bridges and conform to His image!
"For as in the days of Noach, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!"
"These are the Days of Noach/Noah! Speak it forth, do not hold back!" said the L-rd! So began a spine chilling Prophetic Word given to Theresa Phillips that Elijah List published just days ago. I printed this entire online article out and took it with me to read while having Lunch in my car...I could barely eat a bite as I read through this...
I am not a Prophet, nor do I receive "Prophetic Words" like this from the L-rd. When He wants me to teach on a subject, that subject material comes over and over to my attention...usually on my computer screen...coupled with my several of my devotional readings...when He first spoke to me this way, I feel that perhaps I "missed it" - missed what He wanted to tell me...to have me do...now, when I get three or more of the same messages from Him, I know that I must put down whatever else I am doing, and obey. This is one of those times.
Let me just quote from Theresa's article as He spoke to her...
"These are the days of Noah. When the Ark was to be built, laughter and scorn were the response. So shall it be again. Build me a resting place, said the L-rd G-d. "Who will build Me a refuge? Who will build for Me?" said the L-rd.
"These are like the days of Noach/Noah. I am speaking. I am seeking. I am waiting for a joint effort to BUILD MY realm. Storm clouds are gathering. I am calling for a building...a reformation of the Kingdom. IT IS AT HAND. Who will build?" said the L-rd.
Then, like Theresa, I began to shudder in awe...total awe...
Who Shall Build?
2 Shmu'el/Samuel: He is the one who will build a House for My Name, and I will establish the throne of His Kingdom forever.
"I require," says the L-rd, a "house, a home, a safety chamber, a place of rest. I was continually with Noach and those who were with him," says the L-rd. "In like manner I will be with you! I am asking for a new ark of safety. I am asking for a rebuilding of My Eternal Kingdom in the below. I am asking for My Bride to arise to the task...Build me a place."
Acts of the Talmidim 7:49: "Heaven is My Throne, and earth is My Footstool. What kind of house will you build for me?" says the L-rd. "Or where will My Resting Place be?"
"My people - resist the temptation to disrupt the plans I have! I am calling for this now! For as in the days of Noach, the people were not READY to have a relationship as Noach had with Me. They were chiding and complaining and making mockery of what was being established in the earth...a man heard My voice, he obeyed Me, his family was spared. Creatures were placed in safety. "Do you know," says the L-rd, "that every animal I placed in the ark will never perish? Never perish!"
"Man will never perish; that which is made in My image will not die! For I am an ETERNAL G-D and will not die. I said I would never leave you, never forsake you. TRUST ME, says the L-rd! I am on a collision course with man's agenda; I will move My Kingdom, My Domain, My Presence, My Person, My Realm, My Atmosphere. I will move it suddenly in your midst and you will stand in awe!"
"It IS for You to KNOW the SEASONS! It is for you to plant and reap in them as they come upon you. That will satisfy Me," says the L-rd. "I will move in your midst!"
Yirmey'yahu/Jeremiah 8:7 - Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the L-RD!
"Noach heard and acted like he was scorned, but he had My ear," said the L-rd. "I am speaking to many today; this very moment, I am sending a word of exhortation. I am proclaiming to you, "I AM in the rebuilding business; I have been rebuilding the TABERNACLE OF DAVID!"
Acts of the Talmidim 15:16: "After this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up. "This is a house of praise.Yes, praise is building a safe place, for I will dwell among those who praise Me; they will praise Me even more," says the L-rd.
Tehellim/Psalm 22:3: Yet You are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the PRAISE OF ISRAEL!
"I Am Rebuilding, Re-Emerging and Re-Establishing...When My Kingdom Sees a King, it Will Change the Nation!"
"I am rebuilding ancient walls; even now researchers are finding ruins in the land of the Ancient Ones. I am being found, and now I will make you seek Me with more interest...."
"Now I am calling for a building...a building of My Kingdom," says the L-rd. "I am rebuilding a House of Praise. This noise will be heard abroad and man will come and see what is happening! I am rebuilding a House of Prayer, and many will come and be taught to know My Voice. I am rebuilding an Army of Lovers of the King, and many will then change their habits. Just to get closer! Just to get closer! For who does not want to be close to a King?" asked the L-rd.
"I am re-emerging Myself as a Royal Priest, and many will come and humble themselves in front of the mighty altar of hope. I am re-establishing My boundaries, yes, My commandments, in the hearts of men, and once again a revival of holiness will come forth. This will change nations," says the L-rd. "When My Kingdom sees a King in the House of Bread, it will change the nation. I tell you, My Throne will change the nation!"
"I am making Myself 'seen' so man can be like me to the governmental leaders of nations, networks and marketplace leaders."
"It is the Day of the New Things as in the Days of Noah...Watch! Pray! Obey!"
In the Olivet Discourse, Yeshua taught (Mattityahu 24:37-38) "As it was in the days of Noach, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noach entered the ark."
"Take this warning, My loved ones, for time is running short. I am on My Way to make a GREAT CHANGE. Ha, you heard it, now I will do it! Seat Me as a King; your reward will be great! The Kingdom is at hand. Why? For the King MUST be recognized as PRESENT! As in the days of Noach, those who are not educated of My ways did not believe I could speak and I could direct a new thing. Ha, again I say, "It is The Day of New Things as in the days of Noach!"
"So, you have been in these days; for I say to you NOW do no lose your hope or vision; GO (Bo) and be it! I am speaking now to you leaders. Watch and Pray and Obey for the building must take place!"
"Yes, share with one another, for you in My Kingdom must be a team! People, receive the Word of the L-rd through ones you know not, for it is I who am building My Kingdom in the below. It is Me calling. It is Me directing! I am with you FOREVER, says the L-rd G-d Almighty!"
Friends, it is clearly imperative that we must submit to His Word and Realm. Let us choose to Covenant with Him and Tabernacle with Him to rebuild relationships and repair bridges and conform to His image!
"For as in the days of Noach, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!"
Friday, June 18, 2010
Am Yisrael Chai
Shalom!
It is Shabbat...Tamuz 6, 5770. One week is ending...another will begin at sundown Saturday night/Tamuz 7, 5770. Shabbat settles in as the daylight fades...all across homes in Israel and around the world, the Shabbat Candles are lit...the prayers receited over wives...children...husbands...the Challah Bread is broken...salted and passed to all at the Shabbat Supper...the Age Old Blessings prayed...G-d honors and loves Shabbat...we are told that 'on the seventh day, HaShem rested from all His Creation...and He Blessed this Seventh Day and made it Kadosh/Holy because He rested from all the work of creating He had done'(B'resheet/Genesis 2:2-3)
It's time to filter out the world and clear the mind and heart of the assaults they have borne the past 6 days...and to ask Him to 'wash us with Hyssop so that we might be clean'...many will visit the Mikvah and do a ceremonial washing to symbolize the removal of the filth that has accumulated on what was created to be a spotless soul...the washing of water does give us an understanding of what is meant by the adage 'cleanliness is next to g-dliness'...
As we allow our weary minds and bodies to unwind and slow down, I think the time to begin thinking about the HaYesod of our lives has come...HaYesod is the Hebrew word for "the Foundation"...the Foundation of our lives is His Torah...let's relax and refresh ourselves as we begin to think on this Foundation...
Life from the Dead
I want to share an exact wording from the little text book I bought for this study on HaYesod..."Nineteen-forty-five. Six million dead. The forces of evil had done their best, yet the people of Israel still lived! AM YISRAEL CHAI! As the ancient prophets had predicted, the people of Israel began to return to the land of Israel in waves. In a similar way, Christians of today are returning to the Scriptures of Israel. Like refugees returning from exile, we are rediscovering our connection to Israel.
As the Jewish people emerged from the atrocity of the Nazi genocide, two seemingly unrelated events occurred. In the land of Israel, three Bedouin boys were seeking a stray goat (sound familiar?) when they discovered the mouth to a cave near the Dead Sea. In the cave they found several clay jars containing ancient scrolls.
On November 29, 1947, a Jewish scholar purchased the scrolls. He unrolled one to see what he had acquired and was thrilled to find that he was reading the Hebrew words of an ancient copy of the scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah. The scroll had been hidden in that cave since the days of the Talmidim and the beginning of the Jewish exile from Israel.
November 29, 1947 is also the day the United Nations voted to allow the Jewish State of Israel to form...an event which had been prophesied in this very scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah.
On the same day, the ancient prophecies of Yesha'Yahu and the ancient Land of Israel were returned to Jewish hands. These two seemingly unrelated events have launched a revolution in the way we understand our faith...and the way we understand the Bible.
The Christian Jewish Roots Movement
The restoration of the Jewish people in the land of Israel has, in a roundabout way, led to the restoration of Christianity. The Holocaust, the formation of the State of Israel, and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls all combined to spark a complete renaissance in the way early Christianity is studied and understood.
After these events, theologians began to rethink G-d's plan for Israel. They began to wipe the anti-Semitism from their eyes, ask difficult questions about the Bible, and study Jewish sources! Thanks to the work of these Jewish Roots Scholars, we are now able to read and understand the Gospel in its' context for the first time since the days of Yeshua!
The results are not just academic head knowledge! Lives are being transformed, and faith is being rejuvenated. HaYesod makes sense out of our Christian religion; and makes believers of skeptics!
Our HaYesod is solid! All we need to do is to uncover those ancient stones and build on them! Then we will be like the house that was built on the rock...though the rains fell, floods rose, and winds blew, we will stand strong so long as we are founded upon the sure HaYesod/Foundation!"
Be Blessed this Shabbat! Let Him refresh your weary body, mind and soul! Drink richly from His Word! The renewal you need is there!
Lesson One in our HaYesod/Jewish Roots of the Faith will begin tomorrow evening!
Shabbat Shalom!
It is Shabbat...Tamuz 6, 5770. One week is ending...another will begin at sundown Saturday night/Tamuz 7, 5770. Shabbat settles in as the daylight fades...all across homes in Israel and around the world, the Shabbat Candles are lit...the prayers receited over wives...children...husbands...the Challah Bread is broken...salted and passed to all at the Shabbat Supper...the Age Old Blessings prayed...G-d honors and loves Shabbat...we are told that 'on the seventh day, HaShem rested from all His Creation...and He Blessed this Seventh Day and made it Kadosh/Holy because He rested from all the work of creating He had done'(B'resheet/Genesis 2:2-3)
It's time to filter out the world and clear the mind and heart of the assaults they have borne the past 6 days...and to ask Him to 'wash us with Hyssop so that we might be clean'...many will visit the Mikvah and do a ceremonial washing to symbolize the removal of the filth that has accumulated on what was created to be a spotless soul...the washing of water does give us an understanding of what is meant by the adage 'cleanliness is next to g-dliness'...
As we allow our weary minds and bodies to unwind and slow down, I think the time to begin thinking about the HaYesod of our lives has come...HaYesod is the Hebrew word for "the Foundation"...the Foundation of our lives is His Torah...let's relax and refresh ourselves as we begin to think on this Foundation...
Life from the Dead
I want to share an exact wording from the little text book I bought for this study on HaYesod..."Nineteen-forty-five. Six million dead. The forces of evil had done their best, yet the people of Israel still lived! AM YISRAEL CHAI! As the ancient prophets had predicted, the people of Israel began to return to the land of Israel in waves. In a similar way, Christians of today are returning to the Scriptures of Israel. Like refugees returning from exile, we are rediscovering our connection to Israel.
As the Jewish people emerged from the atrocity of the Nazi genocide, two seemingly unrelated events occurred. In the land of Israel, three Bedouin boys were seeking a stray goat (sound familiar?) when they discovered the mouth to a cave near the Dead Sea. In the cave they found several clay jars containing ancient scrolls.
On November 29, 1947, a Jewish scholar purchased the scrolls. He unrolled one to see what he had acquired and was thrilled to find that he was reading the Hebrew words of an ancient copy of the scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah. The scroll had been hidden in that cave since the days of the Talmidim and the beginning of the Jewish exile from Israel.
November 29, 1947 is also the day the United Nations voted to allow the Jewish State of Israel to form...an event which had been prophesied in this very scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah.
On the same day, the ancient prophecies of Yesha'Yahu and the ancient Land of Israel were returned to Jewish hands. These two seemingly unrelated events have launched a revolution in the way we understand our faith...and the way we understand the Bible.
The Christian Jewish Roots Movement
The restoration of the Jewish people in the land of Israel has, in a roundabout way, led to the restoration of Christianity. The Holocaust, the formation of the State of Israel, and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls all combined to spark a complete renaissance in the way early Christianity is studied and understood.
After these events, theologians began to rethink G-d's plan for Israel. They began to wipe the anti-Semitism from their eyes, ask difficult questions about the Bible, and study Jewish sources! Thanks to the work of these Jewish Roots Scholars, we are now able to read and understand the Gospel in its' context for the first time since the days of Yeshua!
The results are not just academic head knowledge! Lives are being transformed, and faith is being rejuvenated. HaYesod makes sense out of our Christian religion; and makes believers of skeptics!
Our HaYesod is solid! All we need to do is to uncover those ancient stones and build on them! Then we will be like the house that was built on the rock...though the rains fell, floods rose, and winds blew, we will stand strong so long as we are founded upon the sure HaYesod/Foundation!"
Be Blessed this Shabbat! Let Him refresh your weary body, mind and soul! Drink richly from His Word! The renewal you need is there!
Lesson One in our HaYesod/Jewish Roots of the Faith will begin tomorrow evening!
Shabbat Shalom!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Stock Taking Time
Shalom!
The calendar turned at midnight June 14...on June 15 I became 65 years old! WOW! You have no idea how that realization smacks you in the forehead until you reach that plateau...a "Stock-Taking" of your life time...thoughts and emotions run through your brain at warp speed...where DID those years go...what HAVE I done with the time, talents, treasure given to me to use here on this earth...loved ones long gone suddenly reappear in your minds' eye...a dear Father who died way too young...friends tragically lost...Grandparents...Aunts...Uncles...In-Laws...all gone now...they have seen The L-rd and heard either "well done, good and faithful servant, enter into your rest" or "depart from Me, I never knew you"...THAT is a sobering thought that drives you to your knees...
I have been away from you all electronically for a few days...the 65th Birthday did that...coupled with a lot of work that had to be done...meetings that were mandatory...and even a couple Birthday celebrations with loved ones and friends...I am pretty much back in the saddle again...and it is time to move on...the Soul Searching will go on...coupled with the prayer of "HINEYNI ADONAI" - here am I, L-rd, use me! and "Refine the Silver, L-rd...Remove the Dross"...that is what getting older means...actually PRAYING those prayers and MEANING them...seeking to BECOME what it is that HE has called you forth for...and most of all, asking HIM to take YOUR hand and lead you Home safely!
The Little Lhota's had a birthday cake for me Sunday night...and asked me to make a "birthday wish" as I blew out the MANY candles...here it is: L-rd: let me stay strong and finish well! What more could I pray for?
Be of good cheer! Even though the days ahead of us are a good deal less than the ones behind, we see the Destination ahead!
The calendar turned at midnight June 14...on June 15 I became 65 years old! WOW! You have no idea how that realization smacks you in the forehead until you reach that plateau...a "Stock-Taking" of your life time...thoughts and emotions run through your brain at warp speed...where DID those years go...what HAVE I done with the time, talents, treasure given to me to use here on this earth...loved ones long gone suddenly reappear in your minds' eye...a dear Father who died way too young...friends tragically lost...Grandparents...Aunts...Uncles...In-Laws...all gone now...they have seen The L-rd and heard either "well done, good and faithful servant, enter into your rest" or "depart from Me, I never knew you"...THAT is a sobering thought that drives you to your knees...
I have been away from you all electronically for a few days...the 65th Birthday did that...coupled with a lot of work that had to be done...meetings that were mandatory...and even a couple Birthday celebrations with loved ones and friends...I am pretty much back in the saddle again...and it is time to move on...the Soul Searching will go on...coupled with the prayer of "HINEYNI ADONAI" - here am I, L-rd, use me! and "Refine the Silver, L-rd...Remove the Dross"...that is what getting older means...actually PRAYING those prayers and MEANING them...seeking to BECOME what it is that HE has called you forth for...and most of all, asking HIM to take YOUR hand and lead you Home safely!
The Little Lhota's had a birthday cake for me Sunday night...and asked me to make a "birthday wish" as I blew out the MANY candles...here it is: L-rd: let me stay strong and finish well! What more could I pray for?
Be of good cheer! Even though the days ahead of us are a good deal less than the ones behind, we see the Destination ahead!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Gog and Magog: An Alternative View
Shalom!
It has become pretty clear to me that we need to form a support system...a "Small Group" if you will, that meets via the Internet daily...one that allows each of us to share our needs...offer intercessory prayer for those needs...and study issues that G-d brings before us...doing it via Moments til Midnight allows us the privacy to really share without fear of rejection...limitations of time/schedule...in the relative quiet of our own computer area...I am willing to facilitate this and will begin a series of teachings called Ha Yesod: Exploring the Jewish Foundations of Christianity.
I will teach this bearing in mind that the readers of this Blog are an Erev Tav/Mixed Multitude of both Jews and Christians...welcoming the Torah education of our Jewish friends and loved ones as we walk through this life altering study...I will ask an Chasidic Orthodox Rabbi to shed light on many Jewish passages, customs and traditional Torah Teachings...I will also several Biblically sound Pastors and Congregational Leaders to contribute their thoughts...I think we will be richly blessed and spiritually filled in ways that the soul is longing for...
We will also intersperse End of Days materials into the daily lessons...I just watched Dr. Chuck Misler's "The Gog and Magog Invasion: An Alternative View" and was mesmerized with the "alternative view" that Dr. Misler offered...there needs to be much serious debate and discussion about his teaching on this...if he is correct, things are going to get really dicey very quickly in the Middle East...and Israel is about to reclaim the entire boundaries outlined for Her Eternal Inheritance in the Torah! I urge you to get a copy of this teaching DVD and watch it! We WILL discuss the premises in great detail! I am also going to ask both Dr. Gary Frazier and Dr. Chuck Misler to offer their insights as we unfold the scriptures on these End of Days together....and we will offer each of you the opportunity to ask questions and provide your thoughts...
Ha Yesod means "The Foundation" - and the Founder of what is today called Christianity was Yeshua. The faith I share as a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah is founded upon the Talmidim of Yeshua - all of whom were Jews! Yeshua is referred to as the ROSH PINAH - the Chief Cornerstone. Just as the FOUNDATION supports the House and shapes the structure built upon it, Yeshua holds up Christianity and shapes it after Himself.
Yeshua was Jewish. He is Jewish. And He will still be Jewish when He returns. That means the Church has a JEWISH FOUNDATION. Learning about the Jewishness of Yeshua and the JEWISH ORIGINS of Christianity can be a life-altering experience! It certainly turned my world upside down 16 years ago!
In our study, we will learn about the Land of Israel...the Eternal Covenant G-d has with ISRAEL - the Apple of His Eye - and Her Eternal Covenant Children - The Jews! We will develop a deep bond and connection to this Land of G-d and Her Children! And we will learn the Scriptures of Israel! All of this will help us strengthen our determination to fulfill the commandment of G-d in B'resheet/Genesis 12: 1-4: "I will BLESS those who BLESS ISRAEL and CURSE those who CURSE HER...and IN HER shall all the families of the Earth be BLESSED!" We will light a candle that cannot be extinguished...and we should be able to bring CHANGE to the Church as She MUST begin to fully understand and grasp what HER JEWISH ROOTS are!
In the Torah, Ezra 3:11 records: "and all the peoples shouted with a great shout when they praised the L-RD because the FOUNDATION of the House of the L-RD was laid!" Beneath the ruin of centuries, the original foundations of our faith await us! When we uncover them, we are ready to rebuild!
No matter whether you are Jewish or Gentile - we are on a journey back to the original faith and practice of our forefathers! It is a journey not to be missed! Your faith walk will never be the same!
It has become pretty clear to me that we need to form a support system...a "Small Group" if you will, that meets via the Internet daily...one that allows each of us to share our needs...offer intercessory prayer for those needs...and study issues that G-d brings before us...doing it via Moments til Midnight allows us the privacy to really share without fear of rejection...limitations of time/schedule...in the relative quiet of our own computer area...I am willing to facilitate this and will begin a series of teachings called Ha Yesod: Exploring the Jewish Foundations of Christianity.
I will teach this bearing in mind that the readers of this Blog are an Erev Tav/Mixed Multitude of both Jews and Christians...welcoming the Torah education of our Jewish friends and loved ones as we walk through this life altering study...I will ask an Chasidic Orthodox Rabbi to shed light on many Jewish passages, customs and traditional Torah Teachings...I will also several Biblically sound Pastors and Congregational Leaders to contribute their thoughts...I think we will be richly blessed and spiritually filled in ways that the soul is longing for...
We will also intersperse End of Days materials into the daily lessons...I just watched Dr. Chuck Misler's "The Gog and Magog Invasion: An Alternative View" and was mesmerized with the "alternative view" that Dr. Misler offered...there needs to be much serious debate and discussion about his teaching on this...if he is correct, things are going to get really dicey very quickly in the Middle East...and Israel is about to reclaim the entire boundaries outlined for Her Eternal Inheritance in the Torah! I urge you to get a copy of this teaching DVD and watch it! We WILL discuss the premises in great detail! I am also going to ask both Dr. Gary Frazier and Dr. Chuck Misler to offer their insights as we unfold the scriptures on these End of Days together....and we will offer each of you the opportunity to ask questions and provide your thoughts...
Ha Yesod means "The Foundation" - and the Founder of what is today called Christianity was Yeshua. The faith I share as a believer in Yeshua as the Messiah is founded upon the Talmidim of Yeshua - all of whom were Jews! Yeshua is referred to as the ROSH PINAH - the Chief Cornerstone. Just as the FOUNDATION supports the House and shapes the structure built upon it, Yeshua holds up Christianity and shapes it after Himself.
Yeshua was Jewish. He is Jewish. And He will still be Jewish when He returns. That means the Church has a JEWISH FOUNDATION. Learning about the Jewishness of Yeshua and the JEWISH ORIGINS of Christianity can be a life-altering experience! It certainly turned my world upside down 16 years ago!
In our study, we will learn about the Land of Israel...the Eternal Covenant G-d has with ISRAEL - the Apple of His Eye - and Her Eternal Covenant Children - The Jews! We will develop a deep bond and connection to this Land of G-d and Her Children! And we will learn the Scriptures of Israel! All of this will help us strengthen our determination to fulfill the commandment of G-d in B'resheet/Genesis 12: 1-4: "I will BLESS those who BLESS ISRAEL and CURSE those who CURSE HER...and IN HER shall all the families of the Earth be BLESSED!" We will light a candle that cannot be extinguished...and we should be able to bring CHANGE to the Church as She MUST begin to fully understand and grasp what HER JEWISH ROOTS are!
In the Torah, Ezra 3:11 records: "and all the peoples shouted with a great shout when they praised the L-RD because the FOUNDATION of the House of the L-RD was laid!" Beneath the ruin of centuries, the original foundations of our faith await us! When we uncover them, we are ready to rebuild!
No matter whether you are Jewish or Gentile - we are on a journey back to the original faith and practice of our forefathers! It is a journey not to be missed! Your faith walk will never be the same!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Words
Shalom!
I have been grieving these last hours...deeply troubled in my soul...wounded by words that were exclaimed in harshness...anger...disrespect...and I have been wondering how to, once again, move past these wounding words...
Perhaps many of you have experienced the same emotional drain that befalls me when this type of verbal assault is launched...by friends...loved ones...fellow workers...whoever opens their mouth to bring this hurt and deep pain...
There are many types of woundings that occur with verbal assaults/outbursts...you happen to be in the line of fire of someone launching this type of attack on another and you become embarrassed for the one being attacked...and embarrassed for the one launching the attack...you are the one the attack is being directed at and you recoil inwardly at the embarrassment you feel for being so chastised...wishing you could be anywhere other than where you are at the time of the attack...in all cases, your heart, mind and soul are wounded by the words used to criticize you...
It takes a long time to recover from these verbal attacks...and each time they occur, especially if they are repeated over many years, the damage done eats away...bit by bit...at the borders of the relationship involved...
There are so many Scriptural references to words that wound...time after time the Word of G-d warns that there are consequences to how we talk...how we think...how we react to various situations...even the World has slogans that capture the damage and try to turn the wounding back onto the one attacking...do you remember hearing "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me...a self-defense mechanism that little children used to say when called "names" by their peers...
As we grow older, we know that sticks and stones DO break our bones...AND we learn that WORDS DO HURT US...
Unfortunately there have been times that MY words have done the wounding...have hurt friends, co-workers, family members...I stop to think about that when I have been deeply wounded...and I am ashamed of myself and the times...too many times...that I have been guilty of this type of attack on another...
There is a tremendous study I have began doing several months ago on The Names of G-d...I have several wonderful books on His Names and the meaning of each Name He Is Called...those are the Words I want to convey with my life's walk...those are the characteristics that I want to be remembered for while alive and when gone...I want to stand and raise my arms to Him to Whom All Glory Is Due and sing with all my heart to Him Who Sits On The Throne...using WORDS that bring praise and honor and glory to HIM...and the Words I want to hear when I see Him on the Other Side are "Well done, good and faithful servant...enter into what has been prepared for you from the beginning of the Ages"...
Mishlei/Proverbs 18:21 teaches that "death and life are in the power of the tongue"...Mishlei 12:18 and 15:4 that "words are used to wound or heal the spirit"...Mishlei 18:8 and 29:5 that words "shape our attitudes"...Mishlei 16:27/28 that our words are a "scorching fire"...
The Brit Hadasah records for us in Yochanan 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with G-d and the Word was G-d!" Words are the primary units of language that enable humans to communicate with each other. In the same way, Yochanan teaches us that Yeshua was the Word that was with G-d from the beginning...and that He reveals the Will and Mind of G-d the Father to we on His Earth.
Also in 1 Yochanan 5:7 we are told that "There are three that bear witness in Heaven...the Father, the Word and the Ruach HaKodesh: and these three are One." Yochanan believed that Yeshua was the Word...the Second Person of the Triune Essence of G-d. He also teaches us in the book of Revelation that the Word - Yeshua - is victorious over all His enemies at the End of Days..."He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood...and His Name is The Word of G-d!" (Revelation 19:13).
When asked by a young Jewish Leader what was the most important Mitzvot/Commandment, Yeshua replied "Shema Yisrael! Adonai Eloheinu! Adonai Echad!" - "You are to love Adonai your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. This is the greatest and most important Mitzvot. And a second is similar to it: "You are love your neighbor as yourself." All of the Torah and Prophets are dependent upon these two Mitzvot." (Mattityahu/Matthew 22:34-40)
Loving G-d! Loving Each Other! Let's choose our words carefully...someday they will be the last ones we speak!
I have been grieving these last hours...deeply troubled in my soul...wounded by words that were exclaimed in harshness...anger...disrespect...and I have been wondering how to, once again, move past these wounding words...
Perhaps many of you have experienced the same emotional drain that befalls me when this type of verbal assault is launched...by friends...loved ones...fellow workers...whoever opens their mouth to bring this hurt and deep pain...
There are many types of woundings that occur with verbal assaults/outbursts...you happen to be in the line of fire of someone launching this type of attack on another and you become embarrassed for the one being attacked...and embarrassed for the one launching the attack...you are the one the attack is being directed at and you recoil inwardly at the embarrassment you feel for being so chastised...wishing you could be anywhere other than where you are at the time of the attack...in all cases, your heart, mind and soul are wounded by the words used to criticize you...
It takes a long time to recover from these verbal attacks...and each time they occur, especially if they are repeated over many years, the damage done eats away...bit by bit...at the borders of the relationship involved...
There are so many Scriptural references to words that wound...time after time the Word of G-d warns that there are consequences to how we talk...how we think...how we react to various situations...even the World has slogans that capture the damage and try to turn the wounding back onto the one attacking...do you remember hearing "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me...a self-defense mechanism that little children used to say when called "names" by their peers...
As we grow older, we know that sticks and stones DO break our bones...AND we learn that WORDS DO HURT US...
Unfortunately there have been times that MY words have done the wounding...have hurt friends, co-workers, family members...I stop to think about that when I have been deeply wounded...and I am ashamed of myself and the times...too many times...that I have been guilty of this type of attack on another...
There is a tremendous study I have began doing several months ago on The Names of G-d...I have several wonderful books on His Names and the meaning of each Name He Is Called...those are the Words I want to convey with my life's walk...those are the characteristics that I want to be remembered for while alive and when gone...I want to stand and raise my arms to Him to Whom All Glory Is Due and sing with all my heart to Him Who Sits On The Throne...using WORDS that bring praise and honor and glory to HIM...and the Words I want to hear when I see Him on the Other Side are "Well done, good and faithful servant...enter into what has been prepared for you from the beginning of the Ages"...
Mishlei/Proverbs 18:21 teaches that "death and life are in the power of the tongue"...Mishlei 12:18 and 15:4 that "words are used to wound or heal the spirit"...Mishlei 18:8 and 29:5 that words "shape our attitudes"...Mishlei 16:27/28 that our words are a "scorching fire"...
The Brit Hadasah records for us in Yochanan 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with G-d and the Word was G-d!" Words are the primary units of language that enable humans to communicate with each other. In the same way, Yochanan teaches us that Yeshua was the Word that was with G-d from the beginning...and that He reveals the Will and Mind of G-d the Father to we on His Earth.
Also in 1 Yochanan 5:7 we are told that "There are three that bear witness in Heaven...the Father, the Word and the Ruach HaKodesh: and these three are One." Yochanan believed that Yeshua was the Word...the Second Person of the Triune Essence of G-d. He also teaches us in the book of Revelation that the Word - Yeshua - is victorious over all His enemies at the End of Days..."He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood...and His Name is The Word of G-d!" (Revelation 19:13).
When asked by a young Jewish Leader what was the most important Mitzvot/Commandment, Yeshua replied "Shema Yisrael! Adonai Eloheinu! Adonai Echad!" - "You are to love Adonai your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. This is the greatest and most important Mitzvot. And a second is similar to it: "You are love your neighbor as yourself." All of the Torah and Prophets are dependent upon these two Mitzvot." (Mattityahu/Matthew 22:34-40)
Loving G-d! Loving Each Other! Let's choose our words carefully...someday they will be the last ones we speak!
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