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!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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!
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!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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?
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?
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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!
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!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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!
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!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Terror at Sea
Shalom!
The day began pleasantly...it was Memorial Day and we were having a Family Cookout...I was working away in the Kitchen when the news started filtering in...I had an inkling something was going on in Gaza...I get a lot of mail and information because of the work we are engaged in...and I have been following the Naval Blockade as our Leadership Institute is located in Sderot....just a few miles from the Mediterranean...standing on the hill outside Sderot, I can look across a field and see Gaza...and beyond it, the Sea...
Some of the pictures that were filtering through my Fox News page were sights I had seen this Succoth...Truck Caravans from Israel with SUPPLIES for the residents of Gaza...going through a series of checkpoints in the desert region between Sderot and Gaza itself..less than 1/2 mile in width...it was eerie to see this live footage today of what we had seen in person...my first thoughts were of my friends and loved ones in The Land...I knew that they would be monitoring this closely...Israel is such a small land mass as She is currently configured...we drove from the "top" to the "bottom" several times on our last trip there....it takes less than 3 hours...hard to fathom that this tiny Land...so beloved by the G-d of Creation...is so hated by the world...
I have seen the Desert Bloom...I have stood on the Soil that the Words of the Bible were written about...I have walked the Tunnels under the Temple Mount and stood just feet from where the Holy of Holies was...how could it be that on this sunny May day in Worthington my friends and loved ones there were once again under "CODE RED" due to terrorists attempting to bring evil on Her once again?
As the stories continued to flood in, the picture became clear...Israel once again had defended Herself against "all enemies foreign and domestic"...and Her bravest young men had been ambushed by duplicitous individuals who desire Her demise. My Co-founding partner sent me a YouTube almost immediately...they had photographed the Flotilla attack and the first footage was quickly made available...you can clearly see the "friendly tourists" on this "friendly ship" beating the Israel Navy Troops with pipes, ball bats, chairs, whatever they could get their hands on...I even watched in horror as I could see these "friendly tourists" pick up and throw one of the Israeli Naval troops off the ship...I immediately thought of Gilad Shalit and wondered if this young man would be captured and tortured as Gilad has and is...we have since learned that he fell 30 feet as a result of this and is in grave condition...but, PRAISE G-D, he was not captured!
There are many FACTUAL stories out now about this; it is clear that Israel did everything She could to TRY to mitigate ANY such violence that erupted due to the ambush of Her troops...I have posted several REALLY GOOD articles including FIRST HAND REPORTS from those on the scene...go to the AFFI FACEBOOK page and read the articles for yourself....watch the YouTube footage for yourself...SEE and READ the TRUTH of what happened today! (The AFFI Website is: www.affi.org.il - once there you can click onto our FACEBOOK page and read these Factual Posts and see the YouTube footage.)
Then turn your mind to this fact: after 6 decades of strong support for Israel, the Obama administration has just hours ago betrayed this Apple of G-d's Eye by violating decades old confidences that Her Nuclear Deterrent Program was "off limits" to the UN...and instead voted AGAINST Her right to this self defensive mechanism, setting up another "in your face, gottcha" moment. All this just DAYS after Rahm Emanuel was allowed to have his son's Bar Mitzvah (I wonder if he knows what that really means?) in Israel...and then, with his Secret Service entourage, go TO the Western Wall and TOUCH IT...if I were him, I would have been concerned that his hand would shrivel up as several of his Ancestors did when they disobeyed the G-d of Israel!
Is there no shame today? Does anyone CARE that G-D is mocked? Does anyone care that His Land and His Eternal Covenant Children are attacked CONSTANTLY, DAY IN and DAY OUT? Does anyone CARE that the LION OF JUDAH IS ABOUT TO ROAR OUT OF ZION? I do! Do you?
The day began pleasantly...it was Memorial Day and we were having a Family Cookout...I was working away in the Kitchen when the news started filtering in...I had an inkling something was going on in Gaza...I get a lot of mail and information because of the work we are engaged in...and I have been following the Naval Blockade as our Leadership Institute is located in Sderot....just a few miles from the Mediterranean...standing on the hill outside Sderot, I can look across a field and see Gaza...and beyond it, the Sea...
Some of the pictures that were filtering through my Fox News page were sights I had seen this Succoth...Truck Caravans from Israel with SUPPLIES for the residents of Gaza...going through a series of checkpoints in the desert region between Sderot and Gaza itself..less than 1/2 mile in width...it was eerie to see this live footage today of what we had seen in person...my first thoughts were of my friends and loved ones in The Land...I knew that they would be monitoring this closely...Israel is such a small land mass as She is currently configured...we drove from the "top" to the "bottom" several times on our last trip there....it takes less than 3 hours...hard to fathom that this tiny Land...so beloved by the G-d of Creation...is so hated by the world...
I have seen the Desert Bloom...I have stood on the Soil that the Words of the Bible were written about...I have walked the Tunnels under the Temple Mount and stood just feet from where the Holy of Holies was...how could it be that on this sunny May day in Worthington my friends and loved ones there were once again under "CODE RED" due to terrorists attempting to bring evil on Her once again?
As the stories continued to flood in, the picture became clear...Israel once again had defended Herself against "all enemies foreign and domestic"...and Her bravest young men had been ambushed by duplicitous individuals who desire Her demise. My Co-founding partner sent me a YouTube almost immediately...they had photographed the Flotilla attack and the first footage was quickly made available...you can clearly see the "friendly tourists" on this "friendly ship" beating the Israel Navy Troops with pipes, ball bats, chairs, whatever they could get their hands on...I even watched in horror as I could see these "friendly tourists" pick up and throw one of the Israeli Naval troops off the ship...I immediately thought of Gilad Shalit and wondered if this young man would be captured and tortured as Gilad has and is...we have since learned that he fell 30 feet as a result of this and is in grave condition...but, PRAISE G-D, he was not captured!
There are many FACTUAL stories out now about this; it is clear that Israel did everything She could to TRY to mitigate ANY such violence that erupted due to the ambush of Her troops...I have posted several REALLY GOOD articles including FIRST HAND REPORTS from those on the scene...go to the AFFI FACEBOOK page and read the articles for yourself....watch the YouTube footage for yourself...SEE and READ the TRUTH of what happened today! (The AFFI Website is: www.affi.org.il - once there you can click onto our FACEBOOK page and read these Factual Posts and see the YouTube footage.)
Then turn your mind to this fact: after 6 decades of strong support for Israel, the Obama administration has just hours ago betrayed this Apple of G-d's Eye by violating decades old confidences that Her Nuclear Deterrent Program was "off limits" to the UN...and instead voted AGAINST Her right to this self defensive mechanism, setting up another "in your face, gottcha" moment. All this just DAYS after Rahm Emanuel was allowed to have his son's Bar Mitzvah (I wonder if he knows what that really means?) in Israel...and then, with his Secret Service entourage, go TO the Western Wall and TOUCH IT...if I were him, I would have been concerned that his hand would shrivel up as several of his Ancestors did when they disobeyed the G-d of Israel!
Is there no shame today? Does anyone CARE that G-D is mocked? Does anyone care that His Land and His Eternal Covenant Children are attacked CONSTANTLY, DAY IN and DAY OUT? Does anyone CARE that the LION OF JUDAH IS ABOUT TO ROAR OUT OF ZION? I do! Do you?
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Real Dialogue
Shalom!
I was invited recently (via osmosis, really) to attend an "Interfaith Dialogue." In reviewing the names of those invited, it struck me that the "dialogue" was going to be a "monologue" - and I began to wonder what type of "atmosphere" this would produce...it seems to me that you either stand FOR something and can clearly articulate your belief/position for this "Stand" OR you don't...one sided "monologues" are not "dialogues"......
In my world, dialogue is very important! My partner is a Traditional Jew; I am an Evangelical Christian Zionist...we come from different parts of the world, but find UNITY in the G-d of Israel and His Word. We discuss the "Old Book" and the "New Book" with respect and appreciation for each other's belief borne out by the teaching and studying we have done to reach our Faith Foundations. This, to me, seems like REAL dialogue!
In the rapidly failing world we now live in, partnership and dialogue between Christians and Jews is mandatory for both of us! We are each other's only REAL friends! The set time to favor Zion has come; and we "children of the New Book" find ourselves fulfilling the Z'kharyah/Zechariah 8:23 prophecy: "ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that G-d is with you!'"
My life is a living testimony of this! A phenomenal Hassidic Orthodox Rabbi has become a very dear friend! I can pick his brain for hours and get Talmudic Answers from this scholarly Rabbi that help me understand the Jewish Roots of My Faith! This is "Interfaith Dialogue!"
For Centuries, Christians have ignored the Jewish Roots that Faith in Messiah Yeshua is based upon! Because of this, our hands are literally stained with blood...the blood of Jewish Men and Women who have been slain because we did not know these Jewish Roots. Today's pulpits are filled with Congregational Leaders who care not one bit for Israel or Her Children! Rare is the Pastor that will teach the Word in the context of the Jewishness of the Gospel of Messiah Yeshua! Simple things like: Easter is NOT a Biblical Holiday...PESACH is the Biblical Name of the Feast that fulfilled the prophetic betrayal and crucifixion of Yeshua: "The Lamb slain from the foundation of the World." Christmas is NOT the Biblical Holiday on which Yeshua was born...SUCCOTH is the Biblical Name of the Feast that fulfilled the prophetic birth of Yeshua: "I Tabernacle with men!" When TRUTHS like this are the integral part of Pastoral and Biblical Teaching, the harps of Heaven rejoice that the TRUTH is being shared with the EREV TAV - the GRAFTED IN OLIVE BRANCH - THE GOY BELIEVERS - THOSE OF US WHO CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS!
How's that for "Interfaith Dialogue!" Let's REALLY start talking to each other! The set time to favor ZION has come! I want to be one of those who grasp the sleeve of a Jewish loved one and go with him/her to The Land!
Shalom and Lehitraot!
I was invited recently (via osmosis, really) to attend an "Interfaith Dialogue." In reviewing the names of those invited, it struck me that the "dialogue" was going to be a "monologue" - and I began to wonder what type of "atmosphere" this would produce...it seems to me that you either stand FOR something and can clearly articulate your belief/position for this "Stand" OR you don't...one sided "monologues" are not "dialogues"......
In my world, dialogue is very important! My partner is a Traditional Jew; I am an Evangelical Christian Zionist...we come from different parts of the world, but find UNITY in the G-d of Israel and His Word. We discuss the "Old Book" and the "New Book" with respect and appreciation for each other's belief borne out by the teaching and studying we have done to reach our Faith Foundations. This, to me, seems like REAL dialogue!
In the rapidly failing world we now live in, partnership and dialogue between Christians and Jews is mandatory for both of us! We are each other's only REAL friends! The set time to favor Zion has come; and we "children of the New Book" find ourselves fulfilling the Z'kharyah/Zechariah 8:23 prophecy: "ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that G-d is with you!'"
My life is a living testimony of this! A phenomenal Hassidic Orthodox Rabbi has become a very dear friend! I can pick his brain for hours and get Talmudic Answers from this scholarly Rabbi that help me understand the Jewish Roots of My Faith! This is "Interfaith Dialogue!"
For Centuries, Christians have ignored the Jewish Roots that Faith in Messiah Yeshua is based upon! Because of this, our hands are literally stained with blood...the blood of Jewish Men and Women who have been slain because we did not know these Jewish Roots. Today's pulpits are filled with Congregational Leaders who care not one bit for Israel or Her Children! Rare is the Pastor that will teach the Word in the context of the Jewishness of the Gospel of Messiah Yeshua! Simple things like: Easter is NOT a Biblical Holiday...PESACH is the Biblical Name of the Feast that fulfilled the prophetic betrayal and crucifixion of Yeshua: "The Lamb slain from the foundation of the World." Christmas is NOT the Biblical Holiday on which Yeshua was born...SUCCOTH is the Biblical Name of the Feast that fulfilled the prophetic birth of Yeshua: "I Tabernacle with men!" When TRUTHS like this are the integral part of Pastoral and Biblical Teaching, the harps of Heaven rejoice that the TRUTH is being shared with the EREV TAV - the GRAFTED IN OLIVE BRANCH - THE GOY BELIEVERS - THOSE OF US WHO CALL OURSELVES CHRISTIANS!
How's that for "Interfaith Dialogue!" Let's REALLY start talking to each other! The set time to favor ZION has come! I want to be one of those who grasp the sleeve of a Jewish loved one and go with him/her to The Land!
Shalom and Lehitraot!
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