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.

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!

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

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!

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)

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!"

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!

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!

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!

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!

A Cancer Is Destroying Our Nation

In January, 2009 while Israel was defending Herself against the continual onslaught of Kassam Missiles fired upon the Southern Negev area by the terrorists in Gaza in what was identified as "Operation Cast Lead" the Obama Administration conceived and executed HB 1388.

HB 1388 reads as follows:
Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 January 27, 2009
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2 (c) (1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, the "Act" as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2 (c) (1) of the Act,, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza. You are authorized to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

This "Presidential Determination" allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States. Additionally, they were given free airline tickets to fly here; housing and food allowances to sustain themselves while here; and as you know from the daily news headlines, amnesty is being considered for all these "illegal/humanitarian need individuals" that would grant them citizenship in our Nation. The Nation that you and I work in; pay taxes to; and to the best of our abilities, live lawfully in. Do you realize what this has done? The floodgate has been opened to allow these "humanitarian need Palestinians with ties to Hamas" UNBRIDLED entrance to America - complete with EVERY financial assistance package that provides HOUSING and FOOD....and even PAYS them to COME HERE for FREE!

The elections of 2010 are the most critical EVER in our Nation! MOBILIZE! Join a Tea Party! Register everyone YOU KNOW to VOTE....IF we REALLY work - FAST and PRAY - we MIGHT be able to begin Chemotherapy and SAVE OUR NATION!

HaShem said in D'varim Bet/2 Chronicles 7:14 "If MY people, who are called by MY Name, will HUMBLE themselves and PRAY and SEEK MY FACE and TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, then will I hear FROM HEAVEN and will FORGIVE THEIR SIN and HEAL THEIR LAND!"

Just to let you know that G-d is DEADLY serious about this: as I reached for my Computer Bible, it FELL OPEN TO THIS PASSAGE!

STAND UP! Gird up your loins! Let your voice be heard! This is OUR NATION - NOT Obama's and certainly not those who enter Her under these pretexts and drain our resources - all the while plotting to destroy us!

May G-D have MERCY ON AMERICA and may HE HEAL OUR LAND!

Angels Unawares

Shalom!

There are times when each of us has felt a "presence" and wondered...is Adonai speaking to me? Or there have been times when we have seen or met someone that we just felt "different" and we wondered...is this an "angel unaware?"

I often think this when I see folks holding up signs about needing work to buy food for their families...usually they are near Freeway exits or entrances...we glance at them...and more times than not, just want to hurry and get past them as their stark need makes uncomfortable...some few times I have driven past them, then turned around and gone back with a $10 or $20 bill in my hand to give them...and when I have done so, my conscience has been eased...

In our walk on this journey of life, G-d sends each of us "someone" to help ease the burden/load we carry...on dark days of the soul, a phone call will suddenly come that brings relief to our weary hearts...an email comes from a person that took the time to write us just at that moment we felt we were the most vulnerable...each of knows what that "friendly hand/smile/call/email" has done to uplift us at just the moment we needed it most...when things seemed the darkest...I just had one of those phone calls come...

I believe these are Divine Blessings from HaShem...His Word tells us that He notes "every tear that falls" and "keeps them stored up in a jar" for us...some have said that these tears will be diamonds in Eternity...I don't know if that is true or not, but I do know that many tears have been shed as we walk our life journey...

Today I want to say "thanks" to all the 'angels unawares" that have crossed my path as I walk my life journey with AFFI...my Co-Founder Eeki Elner...a man after the Heart of G-d who has given up everything in his life to establish a Leadership Institute in Israel that can bring renewal to every aspect of Israel's Mosaic...to his phenomenal Board of Directors/Associates, the caliber of which are legendary, today's Lions of Judah: Oded Tyrah, Ofra Ben Yishai, Gal Hirsch, Eyal Ben Reuven, Eyal Arad, Morry Sivan, Yuval Gat, Galia Albin, Nitza Nachmias, Ziva Ben Reuven,Yuval Tanuri...men and women whose lives rival their Biblical counterparts...

My Sister, Nancy Haverstock who month after month handles the Donor Relations Accounting for us; my Brother in Law Rick Haverstock who was the first person to help me design our AFFI Merchandise Line; my Nephew in Law Ryan Kumpf who designed our first AFFI website; my Niece Megan Kumpf who sent our snail mail appeals; Annette Brickey who helps me with any AFFI Project or Event that we undertake; Suzanne Herb who helped me design the first AFFI print material; Doris Mowery who handles all of the AFFI Banking month after month with kindness and the utmost professionalism; Mike Jennings and his Accounting Team who handle all of our AFFI financial matters; Ned Segelken who helped us establish our 501.C3 and give us the legal advice we need; our current and past AFFI BOD members and team: Julie Nimmons, Chris Bolan, Mary Lou Whitlock, Phil Heimlich, Don Bush, Wade Mumm, Bruce Mumm, Mark Knobel, Russell Johnson, Todd Appelbaum, Lynn Hampton, Mark Barbee...

And most importantly, my dear husband, Bill, who allows me to do what I do day after day without ever complaining that I am gone so much or working such long hours...

While thanking these individuals, I must add some newer "angels unawares" that have crossed our path...Aaron, Steven and Mark Plaat who have come to us by what must be directed by The Most High...they are filling gaps that have opened up as we are growing so rapidly...Sam Goldberg and Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann who I know G-d brought to us...our new AFFI Chapter Directors/Helpers Wilma Smart, Tracy King, Lori Barbee, Debbie Evans...each of these have and will contribute to my personal walk and the AFFI's corporate walk...

Lastly, each of you in my Jewish Roots of the Faith Class, Facebook Fans and now my "Moments til Midnight" Blog readers are "angels unawares" that He has sent to bring blessing and strength to me as I labor for and with Israel...your daily prayers are the bedrock support that enables me to continue working day by day... all of you above, and many others, are my "angels unawares"...G-d brought you to my life for His Good Plans and Purposes!

Each of us knows those to whom we are indebted..let's make it a point to stop now and then, turn around and say THANK YOU to them...each of them has made/is making our life journeys walkable in Him!

Toda Rabba to you "Angels Unawares!" My life walk is much brighter because of each of you! Blessings and Shalom today!

The Clock Is Ticking

Shalom!

The events of this week have brought laser focus on Israel: Her Leaders, Her Military, and their respective actions. These events have also drilled into every fiber of my being the sheer reality of the hatred directed against this Land and Her Children.

It should not surprise me; I have long studied The Word of G-d and know the Prophetic Teachings contained therein...every one of them deal with Israel. While the world rushes aimlessly from play station to play station, the Clock is ticking...and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. G-d clearly revealed in every utterance about the End of Days that HIS Hand would move the Clock...and that Clock was and is Israel. The Second Hand began to move when Israel was rebirthed as a Nation in 1948...it continued to move when Jerusalem was reunited in 1967...ticking constantly through the 1973 Yom Kippur War...on and on the Second Hand moved...the First and Second Lebanon Wars...the forced Evacuation of Gaza...the continual shellings of Sderot and the Negev...and this week once again our eyes are turned to the Clock and we hear the TICK, TICK, TICK as the crescendo builds...

Those of us who know Messiah Yeshua long for that Second Hand to finally hit MIDNIGHT...we are weary of the filth of the world around us...of the substances of good being turned black by the slime of sin that overtakes every fiber of our society...by the refusal of the world to acknowledge The Creator who made them and this World we inhabit...the lies told that are dusted with face powder to make them appear true...and we wait...longing as the Talmidim/Disciples did to SEE this Messiah who walked this Earth...lived among us and died for our sins...promising that with His Resurrection we, who believe in Him, are forgiven OUR sins and promised Eternal Life with Him and His Father in Heaven...

But we grieve for our loved ones and friends who do not "Know Him" as their personal Messiah...we fear for their souls...and we spend hours of our lives in prayer to Him who Was and Is and Is To Come that SOMEHOW these loved ones and friends will come to see Him as He is...yet all the while, the Clock is ticking...Israel moves from day to day...event to event...sorrow to sorrow...and no one comforts Her...no one offers Her a hand of friendship...no one comes to stand beside Her...offer Her shelter...offer Her hope...she is left alone...abandoned and betrayed by an American Administration that does not bow the knee to The Creator...by a World that ignores and castigates The Creator...and a people that deny The Creator is The Sovereign G-d of the Universe...all the while, the Clock is ticking...

Soon, it will be Midnight...then the Clock will have reached its' fullness and a new Day will dawn! And then, Israel WILL be the "or la Goyim" (light to the Gentiles) that She has been destined to be since the Foundation of the World! And WE, who have waited...and prayed...and cried...and worked down through the Millenia for this Day, will rejoice with Her! Then, TOGETHER, as the ONE NEW MAN IN MESSIAH, we will fall to our knees and cry HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! L-rd, G-d, Almighty! Who WAS and IS and IS NOW COME! The Lamb Slain From The Foundation Of The World!

Let them know that You, whose Name is ADONAI the L-RD - that You alone are the Most High over all the Earth! Tehillim 83:18

Can you hear the Clock TICKING....TICK...TICK...TICK...TICK?

Thus Saith The L-rd!

Shalom!

As we watch the unfolding drama of the "Flotilla Ships" many are wondering "how could Turkey turn on Israel?" For several years, relations between Israel and Turkey SEEMED to be positive...at least there were no open hostilities...

With the election of PM Erdogan, the atmosphere quickly changed. Erdogan is blatantly Anti-Semitic. He has, in rapid fashion, reached out to Iran and Russia to partner with him on questionable matters such as "defense." Turkey was denied membership in the EU and has been sulking and pouting ever since. They have even rebuked our current President, and refused to support a Missile Shield over Europe that could prevent attacks by Iran. None of this should be shocking to any student of Biblical Prophecy!

The prophet Yechezk'el/Ezekiel spoke of these things in Chapter 38 and 39...

Chapter 38:
"The Word of Adonai came to me: 'Human being, turn your face toward God (of the land of Magog) chief prince of Meshekh and Tuval; and prophesy against him. Say that Adonai Elohim says, 'I AM against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshekh and Tuval. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all completely equipped, a great horde with breastplates and shields, all wielding swords. Paras, Ethiopia and Put are with them, all with breastplates and helmets. Gomer with all its troops; the house of Togarmah in the far reaches of the north, with all its troops - many peoples are with you. Prepare yourself, get ready, you and all your crowd gathered around you; and take charge of them. After many days have passed, you will be mustered for service; in later years you will invade the land which has been brought back from the sword gathered out of many peoples, the mountains of Isra'el. They had been lying in ruins for a long time, but now Isra'el has been extracted from the peoples and all of them are living there securely. You will come up like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land - you and all your troops, and many other peoples with you.

Adonai Elohim says: 'When that day comes, thoughts will well up in your mind, and you will devise a sinister scheme. You will say, "I am going to invade this land of unwalled villages; I will take by surprise these people who are at peace, living securely, all in places without walls, bars or gates. I will seize the spoil and take the plunder. You will attack the former ruins that are now inhabited and come against the people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and other wealth and are living in the central parts of the land. Sh'va, D'dan and all the leading merchants of Tarshish will ask you, "Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to loot, to carry off silver, gold, livestock and other wealth; to take much plunder?'"

Therefore, human being, prophesy! Tell Gog that Adonai Elohim says this: 'Won't you be aware of it when my people Isra'el are living in security? You will choose just that time to come from your place in the far reaches of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a huge horde, a mighty army, and you will invade my people Isra'el like a cloud covering the land. This will be in the acharit-hayamim; and I will bring you against my land, so that the Goyim will know me, when before their eyes, I am set apart as holy through you, Gog.''

"Adonai Elohim says: I spoke of you long ago through my servants the prophets of Isra'el. Back then, they prophesied for many years that I would have you invade them. When that day comes, when Gog invades the land of Isra'el, says Adonai Elohim, 'my furious anger will boil up. In my jealousy, in my heated fury I speak: when that day comes there will be a great earthquake in the land of Isra'el; so that the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping on the ground and every human being there in the land will tremble before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble and every wall crash to the ground. I will summon a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says Adonai Elohim; 'every man will wield his sword against his brother. I will judge him with plague and with blood. I will cause torrential rain to fall on him, his troops and the many peoples with him, along with huge hailstones, fire and sulphur. I will show my greatness and holiness, making myself known in the sight of many nations; then they will know that I am Adonai.'

Chapter 39:
"So you, human being, prophesy against Gog: say that Adonai Elohim says: 'I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshekh and Tuval. I will turn you around, lead you on and bring you from the far reaches of the north against the mountains of Isra'el. But then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. You will fall on the mountains of Isra'el, you, your troops and all the peoples with you. I will give you to be eaten up by all kinds of birds of prey and by wild animals. You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, says Adonai Elohim.

I will also send fire against Magog and against those living securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am Adonai. I will make my holy name known among my people Isra'el; I will not allow my holy name to be profaned any longer. Then the Goyim will know that I am Adonai, the Holy One of Israe'el. Yes, this is coming, and it will be done' says Adonai Elohim, this is the day which I have spoken about.

Those living in Isra'el's cities will go out and set fire to the weapons, to use as fuel - the shields, breastplates, bows, arrows, clubs and spears; they will use them for fire for seven years; so that they will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut down any from the forests; because they will use the weapons for fire. Thus they will plunder those who plundered them and rob those who robbed them,' says Adonai Elohim.

When that day comes, I will give Gog a place there in Isra'el for graves, the Travelers Valley, east of the sea; and it will block the travelers passage. There they will bury Gog and all his horde, and they will rename it the Valley of Hamon-Gog (horde of Gog). It will take the house of Isra'el seven months to bury them, in order to cleanse the land. Yes, all the people of the land will be burying them; they will become famous for it. It will be a day for me to be glorified, says Adonai Elohim. They will then pick men for the continual duty of going through the land and burying with the travelers the corpses still lying out on the ground, in order to cleanse it; they will begin their search after seven months. As they go through the land, if anyone sees a human bone, he will put a marker next to it until the gravediggers have burried it in the Valley of Hamon-Gog. Moreover, "Hamonah" (its horde) will be the name of a city. Thus will they cleanse the land.

As for you, human, Adonai Elohim says that you are to speak to all kinds of birds and to every wild animal as follows: Assemble yourselves and come, gather yourselves from all around for the sacrifice I am preparing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Isra'el, where you can eat flesh and drink blood! You will eat the flesh of heroes and drink the blood of the earth's princes - rams, lambs, goats and bulls, fattened in Bashan, all of them. You will eat fat until you gorged and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrifice I have prepared for you. At my table you will be satiated with horses, horsemen, heroes and every kind of warrior, says Adonai Elohim.

Thus will I display my glory among the nations, so that all the nations will see my judgment when I execute it and my hand when I lay it on them. From that day on, the house of Isra'el will know that I am Adonai their G-d; while the Goyim will know that the house of Isra'el went into exile because of their guilt, because they broke faith with me; so that I hid my face from them and handed them over to their adversaries; and they fell by the sword, all of them. Yes, I treated them as the uncleanness and crimes deserved; and I hid my face from them.

Therefore Adonai Elohim says this: 'Now I will restore the fortunes of Ya'akov and have compassion on the entire house of Isra'el, and I will be jealous for my holy name. They will bear their shame and all their guilt from breaking faith with me, once they are living securely in their land, with no one to make them afraid. This will be after I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies lands, thereby being consecrated through them in the sight of many nations.

Then they will know that I am Adonai their G-d, since it was I who caused them to go into exile among the nations, and it was I who regathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them any more, and I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Isra'el,' says Adonai Elohim.

If I were Russia, Iran or Turkey, I would't buy any green bananas!

Aftershocks

Shalom!

It seems that the world's media doesn't believe what they see with their own eyes...or they fall into the category of our current President and his Attorney General when asked about the Arizona Immigration Bill...if you recall, these"leaders of the free world" replied that they had "not seen or read" what actually was in the Arizona bill. Ditto for the world's reaction for Israel defending Herself from armed thugs bent on killing Her IDF troops in "the Flotilla Affair." If the adage "pictures don't lie" is true, then how could anyone reach any conclusion other than the above? If they read the eyewitness accounts or looked at the raw footage of the attack, they would be unable to negate what Israel's finest undertook! AND the assault on these Israelis as a result!

It has been over 48 hours since this attack occurred...while the world and its' leaders and media have poured collective millions of dollars into their around the clock coverage bashing Israel, the citizens of this marvelous little Nation have gone about their business, refusing to bow to the constant degrading verbal attacks lobbed at them. In Sderot, Class was held at the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI...our students, who live all over Israel, drove down to Sderot for Class...and then departed about 11PM to do the reverse drive back to their homes...some of our students live in the Golan area: a 3 hour drive from Sderot. This is called COMMITMENT...commitment to something bigger than yourself...bigger than the world sees or understands...it is LEADERSHIP at its' best! We are training and equipping young Israeli men and women to assume LEADERSHIP roles in all of Israel's Mosaic. None of these young men and women allowed the ambush of their Military Brothers and Sisters to dissuade their attendance at our National Leadership Program last night! Like their peers at the IDF, our students "stood tall and strong" and refused to allow a terrorist entity to disrupt their task at hand: training to become Leaders of their Land!

BTW: Three Kassam Rocket attacks were launched against Sderot since the assault at sea! Still, NO ONE stayed away from their mission at hand: studying to become Leaders of their Land!

Vastly different outcome than what those "friendly peace activists" who were apprehended experienced!