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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.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Milestones
Shalom!
Tonight marks a milestone in my life. Two years ago tonight, at a Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania, I heard a man speak that forever changed the course of my life. I had read this man's Bio and was awed by the resume of achievements in his young life...and I thought that hearing him as a Keynote speaker at this event was going to be very interesting...but NOTHING that I had THOUGHT about hearing him speak could have prepared me for the life altering change that resulted...
How do you track the steps that G-d directs in your walk of faith and service? How do you measure the worth of those significant moments that you KNOW that G-d brought you to? From 1989 to 1996 Ohio restored its' Statehouse Complex and Senate Annex...I was honored to be the Executive Director of the 501.C3 that raise the private dollars for this immense undertaking...one day in 1994, I left my downtown office and drove to a bookstore called the Christian Armory...looking for a book to read...something other than "work" related material...as I walked into that Bookstore, I went to the set of bookshelves where NORMALLY there were LOTS and LOTS of books to choose from...THAT day those shelves were empty except for ONE book: "The Jewish Roots of the Faith" by Marvin Rosenthal. I had no idea who Marvin Rosenthal was, nor had I ever thought ANYTHING about the Jewish Roots of my Christian Faith.
I was raised in a nearly all Jewish neighborhood...a WWII baby born in 1945...when my parents moved to Canton, Ohio in 1952 WWII was barely over...and most of the Jewish Friends I had in that neighborhood told stories of entire families being "lost" in the Holocaust...from the age of 7 I began to study everything I could get my hands on about the Holocaust...even forcing myself to read the horrific experiments Hitler had performed on Jewish Children...I remember watching the Nuremberg trial footage on TV with my parents who carefully taught us what these vile and despicable men had done to the Jews of Europe...G-d had His Hand on the direction of my life even at that very early age...
My parents were devout Christians and we were raised in a very deeply spiritual home with every ounce of respect given to the G-d of Creation and His Son, our Messiah. We were "in Church" every time the Church Doors were open...I taught a Bible School Class...sang in the Church Choir...was a member of the Women's Fellowship...and served as the Missions Secretary for our Church...the man I married was a Christian man and we have worshipped together every week for 35 years as husband and wife UNITED in our Faith that "G-d so loved the World that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him shall never perish, but have Eternal Life." My FAITH was VERY real and VERY strong...made that way by LOTS of mistakes I made over those young and formative years...by the suffering that resulted from those mistakes...and by daily devotional study and prayer time...
However, NOTHING in all the 49 years of my life PREPARED me for what I was about to learn. I took that book off the shelf and stood there reading through it from cover to cover...overwhelmed at what I read...in less than one hour my entire life turned upside down! All the things I had never understood in the Bible suddenly began to make sense to me...even in that hour 16 years ago, I could glimpse that my life course was about to undergo a drastic change...
That's why I was at the Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania...by 2008 I was FULLY immersed IN and working FOR Israel in EVERY way I knew how at that time...I was eager to hear this Eeki (Itshak) Elner because he would be the FIRST "KEY ISRAELI LEADER" I would ever hear in person...but again, like in 1994, I had no idea that my life was about to take another drastic turn...
When Eeki was called to the stage to speak that night, he followed a deeply anointed time of worship led by the World's Leading Worship Artist - Paul Wilbur. That is why I was in Pennsylvania...I was Paul's Executive Assistant and had gone to set up the Live Concert Paul was doing for this Bless Israel Night...the Shekinah Glory was so powerful during that Concert time that people could barely stand up...it was one of the most Ruach/Spirit filled nights I had experienced...the audience was just beginning to quiet down when Eeki began his Keynote address...as he began to speak, little by little the audience of 3500 individuals began to get more and more quiet...as his speech built toward its finish you could hear a pin drop in that auditorium...his comments on the necessity of "All Jews returning to the Land of their Ancestors" caused 3500 individuals to leap to their feet and give him a thunderous five minute standing ovation...it was during this standing ovation that I turned to my friends with me and said to them: "we have just seen the Restoration of Israel"...I did not know how prophetic those words would turn out to be...
Eeki left Pennsylvania that night...I never got a chance to talk with him...I was swamped with the work for Paul and never could get away to speak to Eeki...the next day, I asked for his email address, and wrote him an email telling him how moving his speech had been...and suggesting that he ask my husband to come to Sderot to teach a course on Ethics at his Leadership Institute...
That mail led to Eeki's reply to me and a series of correspondence began back and forth the Atlantic about how to put together a 501.C3 in the USA to raise awareness and financial support for the work of the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI that Eeki had Co-Founded in Israel...that organizational plan led to me asking Paul for his blessings to step aside from working for him so that I could become the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a brand new 501.C3: The Alliance For The Future Of Israel/AFFI.
Since that night 2 years ago, Eeki's ILI has graduated two Classes of the brightest and best Israeli Men and Women who will lead the Land of G-d in every piece of Her Mosaic. In those 2 years I have met the men and women who serve on the ILI Board of Directors and been honored to have many of them stay with Bill and I...formed close friendships with these men and women who are larger than life itself...and been honored to be their guest in Their Land...it is journey worth all the money in the world...the hours have been exhausting...the work unbelievably invigorating...the challenges mind boggling...the personal and spiritual attacks some of the worst I have ever experienced...
Yet, here we are...at the beginning of the third year of our beloved AFFI and ILI Institute..thinking about the selection process for this next class of Israel's brightest young men and women...praying for His Wisdom and Guidance as we contemplate the next steps He has for us...
I am pausing to reflect on the Milestone that we have crossed this night...and giving the G-d of Israel the full praise of my heart that He allowed me to hear this young David Ben Gurion speak that June night in 2008...and asking Him to watch over and protect Eeki and his ILI Board of Directors, the ILI Students and the families of these loved ones that have become so dear to my heart...and saying again: "HINEYNI ADONAI - Here I am, L-rd, use me!"
Thank you, G-d, for my milestone marker...what a Journey it has been! The best is yet to come!
Tonight marks a milestone in my life. Two years ago tonight, at a Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania, I heard a man speak that forever changed the course of my life. I had read this man's Bio and was awed by the resume of achievements in his young life...and I thought that hearing him as a Keynote speaker at this event was going to be very interesting...but NOTHING that I had THOUGHT about hearing him speak could have prepared me for the life altering change that resulted...
How do you track the steps that G-d directs in your walk of faith and service? How do you measure the worth of those significant moments that you KNOW that G-d brought you to? From 1989 to 1996 Ohio restored its' Statehouse Complex and Senate Annex...I was honored to be the Executive Director of the 501.C3 that raise the private dollars for this immense undertaking...one day in 1994, I left my downtown office and drove to a bookstore called the Christian Armory...looking for a book to read...something other than "work" related material...as I walked into that Bookstore, I went to the set of bookshelves where NORMALLY there were LOTS and LOTS of books to choose from...THAT day those shelves were empty except for ONE book: "The Jewish Roots of the Faith" by Marvin Rosenthal. I had no idea who Marvin Rosenthal was, nor had I ever thought ANYTHING about the Jewish Roots of my Christian Faith.
I was raised in a nearly all Jewish neighborhood...a WWII baby born in 1945...when my parents moved to Canton, Ohio in 1952 WWII was barely over...and most of the Jewish Friends I had in that neighborhood told stories of entire families being "lost" in the Holocaust...from the age of 7 I began to study everything I could get my hands on about the Holocaust...even forcing myself to read the horrific experiments Hitler had performed on Jewish Children...I remember watching the Nuremberg trial footage on TV with my parents who carefully taught us what these vile and despicable men had done to the Jews of Europe...G-d had His Hand on the direction of my life even at that very early age...
My parents were devout Christians and we were raised in a very deeply spiritual home with every ounce of respect given to the G-d of Creation and His Son, our Messiah. We were "in Church" every time the Church Doors were open...I taught a Bible School Class...sang in the Church Choir...was a member of the Women's Fellowship...and served as the Missions Secretary for our Church...the man I married was a Christian man and we have worshipped together every week for 35 years as husband and wife UNITED in our Faith that "G-d so loved the World that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him shall never perish, but have Eternal Life." My FAITH was VERY real and VERY strong...made that way by LOTS of mistakes I made over those young and formative years...by the suffering that resulted from those mistakes...and by daily devotional study and prayer time...
However, NOTHING in all the 49 years of my life PREPARED me for what I was about to learn. I took that book off the shelf and stood there reading through it from cover to cover...overwhelmed at what I read...in less than one hour my entire life turned upside down! All the things I had never understood in the Bible suddenly began to make sense to me...even in that hour 16 years ago, I could glimpse that my life course was about to undergo a drastic change...
That's why I was at the Bless Israel Night in Pennsylvania...by 2008 I was FULLY immersed IN and working FOR Israel in EVERY way I knew how at that time...I was eager to hear this Eeki (Itshak) Elner because he would be the FIRST "KEY ISRAELI LEADER" I would ever hear in person...but again, like in 1994, I had no idea that my life was about to take another drastic turn...
When Eeki was called to the stage to speak that night, he followed a deeply anointed time of worship led by the World's Leading Worship Artist - Paul Wilbur. That is why I was in Pennsylvania...I was Paul's Executive Assistant and had gone to set up the Live Concert Paul was doing for this Bless Israel Night...the Shekinah Glory was so powerful during that Concert time that people could barely stand up...it was one of the most Ruach/Spirit filled nights I had experienced...the audience was just beginning to quiet down when Eeki began his Keynote address...as he began to speak, little by little the audience of 3500 individuals began to get more and more quiet...as his speech built toward its finish you could hear a pin drop in that auditorium...his comments on the necessity of "All Jews returning to the Land of their Ancestors" caused 3500 individuals to leap to their feet and give him a thunderous five minute standing ovation...it was during this standing ovation that I turned to my friends with me and said to them: "we have just seen the Restoration of Israel"...I did not know how prophetic those words would turn out to be...
Eeki left Pennsylvania that night...I never got a chance to talk with him...I was swamped with the work for Paul and never could get away to speak to Eeki...the next day, I asked for his email address, and wrote him an email telling him how moving his speech had been...and suggesting that he ask my husband to come to Sderot to teach a course on Ethics at his Leadership Institute...
That mail led to Eeki's reply to me and a series of correspondence began back and forth the Atlantic about how to put together a 501.C3 in the USA to raise awareness and financial support for the work of the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI that Eeki had Co-Founded in Israel...that organizational plan led to me asking Paul for his blessings to step aside from working for him so that I could become the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a brand new 501.C3: The Alliance For The Future Of Israel/AFFI.
Since that night 2 years ago, Eeki's ILI has graduated two Classes of the brightest and best Israeli Men and Women who will lead the Land of G-d in every piece of Her Mosaic. In those 2 years I have met the men and women who serve on the ILI Board of Directors and been honored to have many of them stay with Bill and I...formed close friendships with these men and women who are larger than life itself...and been honored to be their guest in Their Land...it is journey worth all the money in the world...the hours have been exhausting...the work unbelievably invigorating...the challenges mind boggling...the personal and spiritual attacks some of the worst I have ever experienced...
Yet, here we are...at the beginning of the third year of our beloved AFFI and ILI Institute..thinking about the selection process for this next class of Israel's brightest young men and women...praying for His Wisdom and Guidance as we contemplate the next steps He has for us...
I am pausing to reflect on the Milestone that we have crossed this night...and giving the G-d of Israel the full praise of my heart that He allowed me to hear this young David Ben Gurion speak that June night in 2008...and asking Him to watch over and protect Eeki and his ILI Board of Directors, the ILI Students and the families of these loved ones that have become so dear to my heart...and saying again: "HINEYNI ADONAI - Here I am, L-rd, use me!"
Thank you, G-d, for my milestone marker...what a Journey it has been! The best is yet to come!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
T'heelim and Teelim
Shalom!
The battles Israel must always fight are both physical and spiritual. The Hebrew word for Psalms is "T'heelim"...the Hebrew word for Rockets is "Teelim"...the Israeli saying is "we use T'heelim against Teelim"...
A good friend sent me a teaching a very wise man in Israel had recorded several years ago...the key points of this teaching follow...
In the Second Lebanon War waged in July, 2008, the Chief Rabbi of Israel called for the Nation to read T'heelim 83 PUBLICLY...at this same time, an ancient Latin manuscript was found in a bog in Ireland..the manuscript was opened to T'heelim/Psalm 83! Coincidence??? I think not! The G-d of Israel ALWAYS sends HIS WORD to enlighten the path Israel is to walk!
Spiritual warfare is connected to physical warfare. The Brit Hadasah/New Covenant records in Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10 that these two "wars" often go together. The New Covenant gives revelation into the spiritual forces behind the conflicts. Shmu'el Bet/II Samuel 5:24, M'lakhim Bet/II Kings 6:17 and Danie'l 10:3 and 13 state that spiritual warfare is connected to military conflict; and that in turn is connected to Israel.
In the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah, the head of Hamas, defied the G-d of Israel. David said to Golyat/Goliath in the book of Shmu'el Bet 17:45 "I come against you in the name of the L-RD of the Armies, the G-d of the Battalions of Israel, whom you have defied." Likewise, G-d will come against all those who bring harm upon His Land and Children. G-d's Word is Immutable and Inerrant. There is nothing man can do to negate what the Creator of the Universe decrees.
We praise G-d for his Blessings...we must also praise Him for His Judgments...His Judgments display his Righteousness, His Holiness, and His Power. The Brit Hadasah Book of The Revelation of Yochanan/Revelation teaches that "all the Nations shall come and worship before You, for Your Judgments have been manifested" (Revelation 15:4) "You are Righteous O L-rd...for You have judged these things. True and Righteous are Your Judgments" (Revelation 16:5, 7). As we enter into the Tribulation of the End Times, one of our roles as a "Spiritual Priesthood" is to praise G-d for His Judgments.
G-d often calls His People to go to war. There is a spiritual war raging between Evangelicalism and radical Islam. We may want to avoid this conflict, but the conflict is not going to go away. The physical war is raging in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq...North Korea and China...Russia and Turkey...and America...these are the physical manifestations of this War! This war must be won. G-d is glorified when Good triumphs and Evil is defeated. The forces of terrorism and jihad must be decisively defeated. Our job as His Children is to secure the victory!
When the Tabernacle in the Wilderness broke Camp, the tribe of JUDAH went out first! JUDAH means: Praise or To Praise...when used in a Text it means: to confess or declare Who G-d is and What He does!
When Moshe raised his hands, Israel defeated the Amalekites...when he lowered his hands, Israel was defeated! It was not the army that determined the outcome, but the raised hands of Moshe! The Hebrew word for the hands of Moshe being "steady" in the original Hebrew is EMUNAH - which literally means Faith!
Let's keep our hands raised up in prayer, praise, worship and prophecy until the Victory is won!
JUDAH GOES FIRST!
Here is a list of T'heelim for Teelim you can save to refer to:
Psalm 2
Psalm 27
Psalm 83
Psalm 91
Psalm 121
Psalm 129
Psalm 132
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy gates." Psalm 122:6-7
The battles Israel must always fight are both physical and spiritual. The Hebrew word for Psalms is "T'heelim"...the Hebrew word for Rockets is "Teelim"...the Israeli saying is "we use T'heelim against Teelim"...
A good friend sent me a teaching a very wise man in Israel had recorded several years ago...the key points of this teaching follow...
In the Second Lebanon War waged in July, 2008, the Chief Rabbi of Israel called for the Nation to read T'heelim 83 PUBLICLY...at this same time, an ancient Latin manuscript was found in a bog in Ireland..the manuscript was opened to T'heelim/Psalm 83! Coincidence??? I think not! The G-d of Israel ALWAYS sends HIS WORD to enlighten the path Israel is to walk!
Spiritual warfare is connected to physical warfare. The Brit Hadasah/New Covenant records in Ephesians 6 and 2 Corinthians 10 that these two "wars" often go together. The New Covenant gives revelation into the spiritual forces behind the conflicts. Shmu'el Bet/II Samuel 5:24, M'lakhim Bet/II Kings 6:17 and Danie'l 10:3 and 13 state that spiritual warfare is connected to military conflict; and that in turn is connected to Israel.
In the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah, the head of Hamas, defied the G-d of Israel. David said to Golyat/Goliath in the book of Shmu'el Bet 17:45 "I come against you in the name of the L-RD of the Armies, the G-d of the Battalions of Israel, whom you have defied." Likewise, G-d will come against all those who bring harm upon His Land and Children. G-d's Word is Immutable and Inerrant. There is nothing man can do to negate what the Creator of the Universe decrees.
We praise G-d for his Blessings...we must also praise Him for His Judgments...His Judgments display his Righteousness, His Holiness, and His Power. The Brit Hadasah Book of The Revelation of Yochanan/Revelation teaches that "all the Nations shall come and worship before You, for Your Judgments have been manifested" (Revelation 15:4) "You are Righteous O L-rd...for You have judged these things. True and Righteous are Your Judgments" (Revelation 16:5, 7). As we enter into the Tribulation of the End Times, one of our roles as a "Spiritual Priesthood" is to praise G-d for His Judgments.
G-d often calls His People to go to war. There is a spiritual war raging between Evangelicalism and radical Islam. We may want to avoid this conflict, but the conflict is not going to go away. The physical war is raging in the mountains of Afghanistan and Iraq...North Korea and China...Russia and Turkey...and America...these are the physical manifestations of this War! This war must be won. G-d is glorified when Good triumphs and Evil is defeated. The forces of terrorism and jihad must be decisively defeated. Our job as His Children is to secure the victory!
When the Tabernacle in the Wilderness broke Camp, the tribe of JUDAH went out first! JUDAH means: Praise or To Praise...when used in a Text it means: to confess or declare Who G-d is and What He does!
When Moshe raised his hands, Israel defeated the Amalekites...when he lowered his hands, Israel was defeated! It was not the army that determined the outcome, but the raised hands of Moshe! The Hebrew word for the hands of Moshe being "steady" in the original Hebrew is EMUNAH - which literally means Faith!
Let's keep our hands raised up in prayer, praise, worship and prophecy until the Victory is won!
JUDAH GOES FIRST!
Here is a list of T'heelim for Teelim you can save to refer to:
Psalm 2
Psalm 27
Psalm 83
Psalm 91
Psalm 121
Psalm 129
Psalm 132
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy gates." Psalm 122:6-7
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Betrayal
Shalom!
Today we witnessed the betrayal of America by the man elected to protect and defend her against all enemies - foreign and domestic. A General - who by all accounts was a "Soldiers Soldier" was fired by the man he reported to...fired for "insubordination" is the term they used...what they really meant is that a MAN with the "body parts" to DO what needed to be done to PROTECT his troops and TRY to protect his country had the AUDACITY to tell a magazine what EVERYONE with an OUNCE of integrity and honor knows: the "man" elected to the highest office in the USA has not one shred of integrity or honor...and has over and over again BETRAYED not only OUR Country but also the ONLY other Democracy in the Middle East...all for the sake of destroying what WAS our Great Nation and OUR TIME HONORED VALUES...and TRYING to destroy Israel - the Land that the CREATOR G-D calls the Apple of His Eye.
The talking heads all circled the wagons and decreed that his betrayal had "unanimous" approval from both sides of the aisle...that one cannot criticize his "leader" without paying the consequences...there are several good words that come to mind here...all of which are unprintable...except one: BOLOX - look it up! It is a Hebrew word that CLEARLY captures not only the slang "BS" but also "FY" and several other choice words that come to mind when thinking about this "man" who occupies OUR HOUSE...sorry if my "slang" offends...but you know what? I am TIRED of worrying if MY actions offend when the MILLIONS of US who LIVE HONEST, UPRIGHT LIVES...SERVE OUR G-D and GIVE OUR BEST AT ALL TIMES have to put up with the ARROGANCE of this plague of locusts that has overtaken OUR LAND!
It's time to get FIRED UP, Friends! If WE don't do something to STOP THESE PEOPLE, we will end up like the vast majority of the OTHER Socialist/Communist Countries...only OUR Dictator will be Vladimir Obama!
GET OFF YOUR "BOTTOMS" AND DEMAND THESE PEOPLE BE ACCOUNTABLE TO US! WE PAY THEIR SALARIES WITH OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS! WE CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THEM! AND WE CAN DEMAND OUR VOICES BE HEARD UNTIL ELECTION DAY!
Today we witnessed the betrayal of America by the man elected to protect and defend her against all enemies - foreign and domestic. A General - who by all accounts was a "Soldiers Soldier" was fired by the man he reported to...fired for "insubordination" is the term they used...what they really meant is that a MAN with the "body parts" to DO what needed to be done to PROTECT his troops and TRY to protect his country had the AUDACITY to tell a magazine what EVERYONE with an OUNCE of integrity and honor knows: the "man" elected to the highest office in the USA has not one shred of integrity or honor...and has over and over again BETRAYED not only OUR Country but also the ONLY other Democracy in the Middle East...all for the sake of destroying what WAS our Great Nation and OUR TIME HONORED VALUES...and TRYING to destroy Israel - the Land that the CREATOR G-D calls the Apple of His Eye.
The talking heads all circled the wagons and decreed that his betrayal had "unanimous" approval from both sides of the aisle...that one cannot criticize his "leader" without paying the consequences...there are several good words that come to mind here...all of which are unprintable...except one: BOLOX - look it up! It is a Hebrew word that CLEARLY captures not only the slang "BS" but also "FY" and several other choice words that come to mind when thinking about this "man" who occupies OUR HOUSE...sorry if my "slang" offends...but you know what? I am TIRED of worrying if MY actions offend when the MILLIONS of US who LIVE HONEST, UPRIGHT LIVES...SERVE OUR G-D and GIVE OUR BEST AT ALL TIMES have to put up with the ARROGANCE of this plague of locusts that has overtaken OUR LAND!
It's time to get FIRED UP, Friends! If WE don't do something to STOP THESE PEOPLE, we will end up like the vast majority of the OTHER Socialist/Communist Countries...only OUR Dictator will be Vladimir Obama!
GET OFF YOUR "BOTTOMS" AND DEMAND THESE PEOPLE BE ACCOUNTABLE TO US! WE PAY THEIR SALARIES WITH OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS! WE CAN VOTE TO REMOVE THEM! AND WE CAN DEMAND OUR VOICES BE HEARD UNTIL ELECTION DAY!
Monday, June 21, 2010
יהןה
Adonai!
"Let them know that You, Whose Name is The L-rd - that You Alone are the Most High over all the earth!" (Tehellim/Psalms 83:18)
Tehellim 83: The Coming MidEast War
Reading and studying Tehellim 83 is like picking up the daily newspaper...the entire coming war participants are clearly spelled out. Many students of End Times Eschatology are now saying that the Psalm 83 War must precede the G0g and Magog War....here is a listing of those identified as the "nations coming against Israel" in this Psalm 83 War:
Psalm 83 Confederates: (identified by Maps of Bible THEN and NOW)
Tents of Edom: Palestinians and South Jordanians
Ishmaelites: Saudi Arabians
Moab: Palestinians and Central Jordanians
Hagrites: Hagarenes - Egyptians
Gebal: Hezbollah and North Lebanese
Ammon: Palestinians and North Jordanians
Amalek: Descendants of Haman dwelling in the Sinai Area
Philistia: Hamas of Gaza Strip
Tyre: Hezbollah and South Lebanese
Assyria: Syrians and Northern Iraqis
All together, the above Psalm 83 confederates are mentioned 89 times in the writings of Yechezk'el...this pretty clearly identifies the people groups surrounding Israel. Let us fall on our knees and pray for wisdom for the Leaders of Israel...wisdom that they understand what is to soon come...wisdom for their role as the words of this amazing Psalm are fulfilled...and wisdom that the steps they take are directed by G-d alone!
When we see the warships of Nations coming through the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean waters surrounding Israel, every breath we take should be carefully measured!
"He who watches Israel neither SLUMBERS nor SLEEPS!" (Tehellim 121:4)
"Let them know that You, Whose Name is The L-rd - that You Alone are the Most High over all the earth!" (Tehellim/Psalms 83:18)
Tehellim 83: The Coming MidEast War
Reading and studying Tehellim 83 is like picking up the daily newspaper...the entire coming war participants are clearly spelled out. Many students of End Times Eschatology are now saying that the Psalm 83 War must precede the G0g and Magog War....here is a listing of those identified as the "nations coming against Israel" in this Psalm 83 War:
Psalm 83 Confederates: (identified by Maps of Bible THEN and NOW)
Tents of Edom: Palestinians and South Jordanians
Ishmaelites: Saudi Arabians
Moab: Palestinians and Central Jordanians
Hagrites: Hagarenes - Egyptians
Gebal: Hezbollah and North Lebanese
Ammon: Palestinians and North Jordanians
Amalek: Descendants of Haman dwelling in the Sinai Area
Philistia: Hamas of Gaza Strip
Tyre: Hezbollah and South Lebanese
Assyria: Syrians and Northern Iraqis
All together, the above Psalm 83 confederates are mentioned 89 times in the writings of Yechezk'el...this pretty clearly identifies the people groups surrounding Israel. Let us fall on our knees and pray for wisdom for the Leaders of Israel...wisdom that they understand what is to soon come...wisdom for their role as the words of this amazing Psalm are fulfilled...and wisdom that the steps they take are directed by G-d alone!
When we see the warships of Nations coming through the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean waters surrounding Israel, every breath we take should be carefully measured!
"He who watches Israel neither SLUMBERS nor SLEEPS!" (Tehellim 121:4)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
As in the Days of Noah
Shalom!
"These are the Days of Noach/Noah! Speak it forth, do not hold back!" said the L-rd! So began a spine chilling Prophetic Word given to Theresa Phillips that Elijah List published just days ago. I printed this entire online article out and took it with me to read while having Lunch in my car...I could barely eat a bite as I read through this...
I am not a Prophet, nor do I receive "Prophetic Words" like this from the L-rd. When He wants me to teach on a subject, that subject material comes over and over to my attention...usually on my computer screen...coupled with my several of my devotional readings...when He first spoke to me this way, I feel that perhaps I "missed it" - missed what He wanted to tell me...to have me do...now, when I get three or more of the same messages from Him, I know that I must put down whatever else I am doing, and obey. This is one of those times.
Let me just quote from Theresa's article as He spoke to her...
"These are the days of Noah. When the Ark was to be built, laughter and scorn were the response. So shall it be again. Build me a resting place, said the L-rd G-d. "Who will build Me a refuge? Who will build for Me?" said the L-rd.
"These are like the days of Noach/Noah. I am speaking. I am seeking. I am waiting for a joint effort to BUILD MY realm. Storm clouds are gathering. I am calling for a building...a reformation of the Kingdom. IT IS AT HAND. Who will build?" said the L-rd.
Then, like Theresa, I began to shudder in awe...total awe...
Who Shall Build?
2 Shmu'el/Samuel: He is the one who will build a House for My Name, and I will establish the throne of His Kingdom forever.
"I require," says the L-rd, a "house, a home, a safety chamber, a place of rest. I was continually with Noach and those who were with him," says the L-rd. "In like manner I will be with you! I am asking for a new ark of safety. I am asking for a rebuilding of My Eternal Kingdom in the below. I am asking for My Bride to arise to the task...Build me a place."
Acts of the Talmidim 7:49: "Heaven is My Throne, and earth is My Footstool. What kind of house will you build for me?" says the L-rd. "Or where will My Resting Place be?"
"My people - resist the temptation to disrupt the plans I have! I am calling for this now! For as in the days of Noach, the people were not READY to have a relationship as Noach had with Me. They were chiding and complaining and making mockery of what was being established in the earth...a man heard My voice, he obeyed Me, his family was spared. Creatures were placed in safety. "Do you know," says the L-rd, "that every animal I placed in the ark will never perish? Never perish!"
"Man will never perish; that which is made in My image will not die! For I am an ETERNAL G-D and will not die. I said I would never leave you, never forsake you. TRUST ME, says the L-rd! I am on a collision course with man's agenda; I will move My Kingdom, My Domain, My Presence, My Person, My Realm, My Atmosphere. I will move it suddenly in your midst and you will stand in awe!"
"It IS for You to KNOW the SEASONS! It is for you to plant and reap in them as they come upon you. That will satisfy Me," says the L-rd. "I will move in your midst!"
Yirmey'yahu/Jeremiah 8:7 - Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the L-RD!
"Noach heard and acted like he was scorned, but he had My ear," said the L-rd. "I am speaking to many today; this very moment, I am sending a word of exhortation. I am proclaiming to you, "I AM in the rebuilding business; I have been rebuilding the TABERNACLE OF DAVID!"
Acts of the Talmidim 15:16: "After this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up. "This is a house of praise.Yes, praise is building a safe place, for I will dwell among those who praise Me; they will praise Me even more," says the L-rd.
Tehellim/Psalm 22:3: Yet You are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the PRAISE OF ISRAEL!
"I Am Rebuilding, Re-Emerging and Re-Establishing...When My Kingdom Sees a King, it Will Change the Nation!"
"I am rebuilding ancient walls; even now researchers are finding ruins in the land of the Ancient Ones. I am being found, and now I will make you seek Me with more interest...."
"Now I am calling for a building...a building of My Kingdom," says the L-rd. "I am rebuilding a House of Praise. This noise will be heard abroad and man will come and see what is happening! I am rebuilding a House of Prayer, and many will come and be taught to know My Voice. I am rebuilding an Army of Lovers of the King, and many will then change their habits. Just to get closer! Just to get closer! For who does not want to be close to a King?" asked the L-rd.
"I am re-emerging Myself as a Royal Priest, and many will come and humble themselves in front of the mighty altar of hope. I am re-establishing My boundaries, yes, My commandments, in the hearts of men, and once again a revival of holiness will come forth. This will change nations," says the L-rd. "When My Kingdom sees a King in the House of Bread, it will change the nation. I tell you, My Throne will change the nation!"
"I am making Myself 'seen' so man can be like me to the governmental leaders of nations, networks and marketplace leaders."
"It is the Day of the New Things as in the Days of Noah...Watch! Pray! Obey!"
In the Olivet Discourse, Yeshua taught (Mattityahu 24:37-38) "As it was in the days of Noach, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noach entered the ark."
"Take this warning, My loved ones, for time is running short. I am on My Way to make a GREAT CHANGE. Ha, you heard it, now I will do it! Seat Me as a King; your reward will be great! The Kingdom is at hand. Why? For the King MUST be recognized as PRESENT! As in the days of Noach, those who are not educated of My ways did not believe I could speak and I could direct a new thing. Ha, again I say, "It is The Day of New Things as in the days of Noach!"
"So, you have been in these days; for I say to you NOW do no lose your hope or vision; GO (Bo) and be it! I am speaking now to you leaders. Watch and Pray and Obey for the building must take place!"
"Yes, share with one another, for you in My Kingdom must be a team! People, receive the Word of the L-rd through ones you know not, for it is I who am building My Kingdom in the below. It is Me calling. It is Me directing! I am with you FOREVER, says the L-rd G-d Almighty!"
Friends, it is clearly imperative that we must submit to His Word and Realm. Let us choose to Covenant with Him and Tabernacle with Him to rebuild relationships and repair bridges and conform to His image!
"For as in the days of Noach, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!"
"These are the Days of Noach/Noah! Speak it forth, do not hold back!" said the L-rd! So began a spine chilling Prophetic Word given to Theresa Phillips that Elijah List published just days ago. I printed this entire online article out and took it with me to read while having Lunch in my car...I could barely eat a bite as I read through this...
I am not a Prophet, nor do I receive "Prophetic Words" like this from the L-rd. When He wants me to teach on a subject, that subject material comes over and over to my attention...usually on my computer screen...coupled with my several of my devotional readings...when He first spoke to me this way, I feel that perhaps I "missed it" - missed what He wanted to tell me...to have me do...now, when I get three or more of the same messages from Him, I know that I must put down whatever else I am doing, and obey. This is one of those times.
Let me just quote from Theresa's article as He spoke to her...
"These are the days of Noah. When the Ark was to be built, laughter and scorn were the response. So shall it be again. Build me a resting place, said the L-rd G-d. "Who will build Me a refuge? Who will build for Me?" said the L-rd.
"These are like the days of Noach/Noah. I am speaking. I am seeking. I am waiting for a joint effort to BUILD MY realm. Storm clouds are gathering. I am calling for a building...a reformation of the Kingdom. IT IS AT HAND. Who will build?" said the L-rd.
Then, like Theresa, I began to shudder in awe...total awe...
Who Shall Build?
2 Shmu'el/Samuel: He is the one who will build a House for My Name, and I will establish the throne of His Kingdom forever.
"I require," says the L-rd, a "house, a home, a safety chamber, a place of rest. I was continually with Noach and those who were with him," says the L-rd. "In like manner I will be with you! I am asking for a new ark of safety. I am asking for a rebuilding of My Eternal Kingdom in the below. I am asking for My Bride to arise to the task...Build me a place."
Acts of the Talmidim 7:49: "Heaven is My Throne, and earth is My Footstool. What kind of house will you build for me?" says the L-rd. "Or where will My Resting Place be?"
"My people - resist the temptation to disrupt the plans I have! I am calling for this now! For as in the days of Noach, the people were not READY to have a relationship as Noach had with Me. They were chiding and complaining and making mockery of what was being established in the earth...a man heard My voice, he obeyed Me, his family was spared. Creatures were placed in safety. "Do you know," says the L-rd, "that every animal I placed in the ark will never perish? Never perish!"
"Man will never perish; that which is made in My image will not die! For I am an ETERNAL G-D and will not die. I said I would never leave you, never forsake you. TRUST ME, says the L-rd! I am on a collision course with man's agenda; I will move My Kingdom, My Domain, My Presence, My Person, My Realm, My Atmosphere. I will move it suddenly in your midst and you will stand in awe!"
"It IS for You to KNOW the SEASONS! It is for you to plant and reap in them as they come upon you. That will satisfy Me," says the L-rd. "I will move in your midst!"
Yirmey'yahu/Jeremiah 8:7 - Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the L-RD!
"Noach heard and acted like he was scorned, but he had My ear," said the L-rd. "I am speaking to many today; this very moment, I am sending a word of exhortation. I am proclaiming to you, "I AM in the rebuilding business; I have been rebuilding the TABERNACLE OF DAVID!"
Acts of the Talmidim 15:16: "After this I will return, and will build again the Tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up. "This is a house of praise.Yes, praise is building a safe place, for I will dwell among those who praise Me; they will praise Me even more," says the L-rd.
Tehellim/Psalm 22:3: Yet You are enthroned as the Holy One; You are the PRAISE OF ISRAEL!
"I Am Rebuilding, Re-Emerging and Re-Establishing...When My Kingdom Sees a King, it Will Change the Nation!"
"I am rebuilding ancient walls; even now researchers are finding ruins in the land of the Ancient Ones. I am being found, and now I will make you seek Me with more interest...."
"Now I am calling for a building...a building of My Kingdom," says the L-rd. "I am rebuilding a House of Praise. This noise will be heard abroad and man will come and see what is happening! I am rebuilding a House of Prayer, and many will come and be taught to know My Voice. I am rebuilding an Army of Lovers of the King, and many will then change their habits. Just to get closer! Just to get closer! For who does not want to be close to a King?" asked the L-rd.
"I am re-emerging Myself as a Royal Priest, and many will come and humble themselves in front of the mighty altar of hope. I am re-establishing My boundaries, yes, My commandments, in the hearts of men, and once again a revival of holiness will come forth. This will change nations," says the L-rd. "When My Kingdom sees a King in the House of Bread, it will change the nation. I tell you, My Throne will change the nation!"
"I am making Myself 'seen' so man can be like me to the governmental leaders of nations, networks and marketplace leaders."
"It is the Day of the New Things as in the Days of Noah...Watch! Pray! Obey!"
In the Olivet Discourse, Yeshua taught (Mattityahu 24:37-38) "As it was in the days of Noach, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noach entered the ark."
"Take this warning, My loved ones, for time is running short. I am on My Way to make a GREAT CHANGE. Ha, you heard it, now I will do it! Seat Me as a King; your reward will be great! The Kingdom is at hand. Why? For the King MUST be recognized as PRESENT! As in the days of Noach, those who are not educated of My ways did not believe I could speak and I could direct a new thing. Ha, again I say, "It is The Day of New Things as in the days of Noach!"
"So, you have been in these days; for I say to you NOW do no lose your hope or vision; GO (Bo) and be it! I am speaking now to you leaders. Watch and Pray and Obey for the building must take place!"
"Yes, share with one another, for you in My Kingdom must be a team! People, receive the Word of the L-rd through ones you know not, for it is I who am building My Kingdom in the below. It is Me calling. It is Me directing! I am with you FOREVER, says the L-rd G-d Almighty!"
Friends, it is clearly imperative that we must submit to His Word and Realm. Let us choose to Covenant with Him and Tabernacle with Him to rebuild relationships and repair bridges and conform to His image!
"For as in the days of Noach, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!"
Friday, June 18, 2010
Am Yisrael Chai
Shalom!
It is Shabbat...Tamuz 6, 5770. One week is ending...another will begin at sundown Saturday night/Tamuz 7, 5770. Shabbat settles in as the daylight fades...all across homes in Israel and around the world, the Shabbat Candles are lit...the prayers receited over wives...children...husbands...the Challah Bread is broken...salted and passed to all at the Shabbat Supper...the Age Old Blessings prayed...G-d honors and loves Shabbat...we are told that 'on the seventh day, HaShem rested from all His Creation...and He Blessed this Seventh Day and made it Kadosh/Holy because He rested from all the work of creating He had done'(B'resheet/Genesis 2:2-3)
It's time to filter out the world and clear the mind and heart of the assaults they have borne the past 6 days...and to ask Him to 'wash us with Hyssop so that we might be clean'...many will visit the Mikvah and do a ceremonial washing to symbolize the removal of the filth that has accumulated on what was created to be a spotless soul...the washing of water does give us an understanding of what is meant by the adage 'cleanliness is next to g-dliness'...
As we allow our weary minds and bodies to unwind and slow down, I think the time to begin thinking about the HaYesod of our lives has come...HaYesod is the Hebrew word for "the Foundation"...the Foundation of our lives is His Torah...let's relax and refresh ourselves as we begin to think on this Foundation...
Life from the Dead
I want to share an exact wording from the little text book I bought for this study on HaYesod..."Nineteen-forty-five. Six million dead. The forces of evil had done their best, yet the people of Israel still lived! AM YISRAEL CHAI! As the ancient prophets had predicted, the people of Israel began to return to the land of Israel in waves. In a similar way, Christians of today are returning to the Scriptures of Israel. Like refugees returning from exile, we are rediscovering our connection to Israel.
As the Jewish people emerged from the atrocity of the Nazi genocide, two seemingly unrelated events occurred. In the land of Israel, three Bedouin boys were seeking a stray goat (sound familiar?) when they discovered the mouth to a cave near the Dead Sea. In the cave they found several clay jars containing ancient scrolls.
On November 29, 1947, a Jewish scholar purchased the scrolls. He unrolled one to see what he had acquired and was thrilled to find that he was reading the Hebrew words of an ancient copy of the scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah. The scroll had been hidden in that cave since the days of the Talmidim and the beginning of the Jewish exile from Israel.
November 29, 1947 is also the day the United Nations voted to allow the Jewish State of Israel to form...an event which had been prophesied in this very scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah.
On the same day, the ancient prophecies of Yesha'Yahu and the ancient Land of Israel were returned to Jewish hands. These two seemingly unrelated events have launched a revolution in the way we understand our faith...and the way we understand the Bible.
The Christian Jewish Roots Movement
The restoration of the Jewish people in the land of Israel has, in a roundabout way, led to the restoration of Christianity. The Holocaust, the formation of the State of Israel, and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls all combined to spark a complete renaissance in the way early Christianity is studied and understood.
After these events, theologians began to rethink G-d's plan for Israel. They began to wipe the anti-Semitism from their eyes, ask difficult questions about the Bible, and study Jewish sources! Thanks to the work of these Jewish Roots Scholars, we are now able to read and understand the Gospel in its' context for the first time since the days of Yeshua!
The results are not just academic head knowledge! Lives are being transformed, and faith is being rejuvenated. HaYesod makes sense out of our Christian religion; and makes believers of skeptics!
Our HaYesod is solid! All we need to do is to uncover those ancient stones and build on them! Then we will be like the house that was built on the rock...though the rains fell, floods rose, and winds blew, we will stand strong so long as we are founded upon the sure HaYesod/Foundation!"
Be Blessed this Shabbat! Let Him refresh your weary body, mind and soul! Drink richly from His Word! The renewal you need is there!
Lesson One in our HaYesod/Jewish Roots of the Faith will begin tomorrow evening!
Shabbat Shalom!
It is Shabbat...Tamuz 6, 5770. One week is ending...another will begin at sundown Saturday night/Tamuz 7, 5770. Shabbat settles in as the daylight fades...all across homes in Israel and around the world, the Shabbat Candles are lit...the prayers receited over wives...children...husbands...the Challah Bread is broken...salted and passed to all at the Shabbat Supper...the Age Old Blessings prayed...G-d honors and loves Shabbat...we are told that 'on the seventh day, HaShem rested from all His Creation...and He Blessed this Seventh Day and made it Kadosh/Holy because He rested from all the work of creating He had done'(B'resheet/Genesis 2:2-3)
It's time to filter out the world and clear the mind and heart of the assaults they have borne the past 6 days...and to ask Him to 'wash us with Hyssop so that we might be clean'...many will visit the Mikvah and do a ceremonial washing to symbolize the removal of the filth that has accumulated on what was created to be a spotless soul...the washing of water does give us an understanding of what is meant by the adage 'cleanliness is next to g-dliness'...
As we allow our weary minds and bodies to unwind and slow down, I think the time to begin thinking about the HaYesod of our lives has come...HaYesod is the Hebrew word for "the Foundation"...the Foundation of our lives is His Torah...let's relax and refresh ourselves as we begin to think on this Foundation...
Life from the Dead
I want to share an exact wording from the little text book I bought for this study on HaYesod..."Nineteen-forty-five. Six million dead. The forces of evil had done their best, yet the people of Israel still lived! AM YISRAEL CHAI! As the ancient prophets had predicted, the people of Israel began to return to the land of Israel in waves. In a similar way, Christians of today are returning to the Scriptures of Israel. Like refugees returning from exile, we are rediscovering our connection to Israel.
As the Jewish people emerged from the atrocity of the Nazi genocide, two seemingly unrelated events occurred. In the land of Israel, three Bedouin boys were seeking a stray goat (sound familiar?) when they discovered the mouth to a cave near the Dead Sea. In the cave they found several clay jars containing ancient scrolls.
On November 29, 1947, a Jewish scholar purchased the scrolls. He unrolled one to see what he had acquired and was thrilled to find that he was reading the Hebrew words of an ancient copy of the scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah. The scroll had been hidden in that cave since the days of the Talmidim and the beginning of the Jewish exile from Israel.
November 29, 1947 is also the day the United Nations voted to allow the Jewish State of Israel to form...an event which had been prophesied in this very scroll of Yesha'Yahu/Isaiah.
On the same day, the ancient prophecies of Yesha'Yahu and the ancient Land of Israel were returned to Jewish hands. These two seemingly unrelated events have launched a revolution in the way we understand our faith...and the way we understand the Bible.
The Christian Jewish Roots Movement
The restoration of the Jewish people in the land of Israel has, in a roundabout way, led to the restoration of Christianity. The Holocaust, the formation of the State of Israel, and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls all combined to spark a complete renaissance in the way early Christianity is studied and understood.
After these events, theologians began to rethink G-d's plan for Israel. They began to wipe the anti-Semitism from their eyes, ask difficult questions about the Bible, and study Jewish sources! Thanks to the work of these Jewish Roots Scholars, we are now able to read and understand the Gospel in its' context for the first time since the days of Yeshua!
The results are not just academic head knowledge! Lives are being transformed, and faith is being rejuvenated. HaYesod makes sense out of our Christian religion; and makes believers of skeptics!
Our HaYesod is solid! All we need to do is to uncover those ancient stones and build on them! Then we will be like the house that was built on the rock...though the rains fell, floods rose, and winds blew, we will stand strong so long as we are founded upon the sure HaYesod/Foundation!"
Be Blessed this Shabbat! Let Him refresh your weary body, mind and soul! Drink richly from His Word! The renewal you need is there!
Lesson One in our HaYesod/Jewish Roots of the Faith will begin tomorrow evening!
Shabbat Shalom!
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