WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 4/26/2017

Priority Prayer Focus

“‘O you afflicted one, tossed with tempest, and not comforted…All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.  In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.  Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me, Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake…No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn.  This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,’ says the LORD” (Isaiah 54:11-17).

Also from Avi & Chaya Mizrachi of Dugit Messianic Outreach Centre in Tel Aviv  www.dugit.org

This video was taken from the Dugit office as Monday was Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel. At 10:00 in the morning there was a siren that went off for two minutes. During the two minutes, everybody stopped what they were doing to remember the Holocaust and all of the innocent lives that were taken. Remember.

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Our major focus this week, is of course, the Holocaust Memorial Day that took place in Israel two days ago.  We start with a short piece from David Lazarus of Beit Immanuel in Jaffa who writes, "I have often wondered why we spend so much time reliving these heartbreaking events? Surely the people who lived through these traumas do not need a day to remember, they live everyday with memories." Then he shares a poignant memory of his own of past memorials spent with his grandfather.

Martin Sarvis wades into the profound significance on the Jewish nation, a large percentage of whom suffered loss in either the Holocaust, or in the Israeli Independence Day that will be observed May 2nd. He notes that a euphemism for a Jewish survivor is taken straight from Zechariah 3:2, Ude Mutzal me’Esh—“A Brand Plucked from the Fire".

Martin writes, "Of the estimated 300,000 of those plucked from Hitler’s fires still alive today, an estimated 160,000 reside in Israel.  Ten years ago, one might occasionally notice in the check-out line of a grocery a man or woman with a tattooed number on their forearm, the identification number used in Nazi concentration camps. It is a much-rarer occurrence today.  It is estimated that 14,500 of these dear people pass away each year--around 50 a day, and of course, as the years pass the rate is accelerating."

The birth of Israel was to be a haven for the survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants. The term 'Never again!' a vow to educated the generations to follow so such a thing could not happen again. But, as Martin writes, "... we feel compelled to point out that those nations most at the heart of the ideology which spawned the Holocaust in the 1930’s, had for over 400 years been considered the center of Western civilized education, culture (and for much of that time, the Christian religion). One thing we should have learned from this is that secular Education will never, in and of itself, stem a rising tide of evil. "  Please read more of this enlightening article with prayer points inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

From Barry and Batya Segals' Jerusalem News Network a summary of the UK Independent article revealing that Allied Forces knew about the Holocaust two years before the discovery of concentration camps. 

It is a horrible revelation also noted by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, who go on to speak about the genocides since that time, including those going on today against civilians in Darfur, Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the Yazidis in Iraq and Syria. JIJ pleads, "Politicization and a general lack of political will should never be used to enable atrocity crimes such as genocide. International human rights advocacy, such as your generous support of JIJ, is a crucial tool in preventing atrocities in the future." inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Israel Pochtar gives us a praise report on the outreaches and special projects they have been involved with since Passover, including their youth camp in the desert and the Born to be Loved Women's Conference. See more inside the Weekly Summary attachment  

Asher Intrater writes, "Ultimately Eden will be restored, along with all creation, with Jerusalem at the center. The restoration of paradise, the glorification of Jerusalem, and the unification of heaven and earth all come together at the end of God's plan..." in Jerusalem and Eden One. |  Watch this video Dan Juster teaches in Korea during Passover | Read about Yeshua Chai TV an internet TV channel that broadcasts in Hebrew 24/7 Messianic content produced by different ministries from Israel | Watch and hear a worship song Kadosh Elohim - Esther Fast 2017

VIDEO | YAD HASHMONA FIRE THREAT | Yad Hashmona is a growing community (moshav) of believers in Yeshua (Jesus) set in the Judean Hills of Israel. Watch this video which describes how they are situated in one of the most dangerous locations in Israel vulnerable to the threat of forest fires set by Palestinian terrorists. They need help to develop resources for their own community fire response since it takes too much precious time for the professional fire fighters to reach their location. Let's come together and support the only Messianic Moshav in the world, Yad HaShmona. Donate  FYI Many of the Revive Israel ministry team live in the Yad Hashmona community.

Maoz Ministries shares about the next Israeli elections and asks prayer for their leaders in government. They share the hardships being faced by Israel's elderly, including Holocaust survivors, as well as young families because of the ridiculous cost of living in Israel.  

Their much-anticipated celebration of Dr. David Stern took place last night - we picked up one of the photos Martha Stern shared on Facebook so you all could see what a great evening of honoring Dr. Stern took place as his newly translated into Hebrew version of the Hebrew New Testament Commentary is now also available in Israel.  Dr. Stern's work has touched the Messianic community the world over and is now set to bless Israeli, as well. Thanks to Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram for this wonderful honoring of David Stern.  Read more from Maoz inside the Weekly Summary attachment      

After 22 years in Israel (16 years for Eddie), Lura and Eddie Beckford have announced that in one3 years time they will be moving back the U.S. Lura writes that at their ages - 70 & 73 - this is a huge move back to central Pennsylvania where they will do outreach. Read more inside the Weekly Summary attachment    

From the HaMaayan congregation a prayer request for one of their families experiencing ill health and also impending stressful court proceedings with (as yet) unsaved family members. Read inside the Weekly Summary attachment           

Almost two decades ago (just a few years less than) I first became aware of religious persecution against believers when the brother-in-law of young believer family emailed me about his sister's family being threatened by a religious mob that surrounded their home. They were protesting false rumors that the young man had been trying to convert children which is illegal in Israel. Soon the young man was out of a job. Years later I became aware that the young man and his family were still being persecuted, this time in Arad where they were leading a congregation. This man was Yo-Yakim and the Hasdey Yeshua (Mercy of Yeshua) is led by a plurality of elders as Yo-Yakim has for several years devoted himself to the ministry of their young people.

Telling you all this because I was so delighted to read the congregational monthly prayer letter today where the vision that Yo-Yakim has for their young people and the congregation as a whole. He clarifies a point I never knew, and that is that the job he was run out of that I described above was as the manager of welfare shelter for children. He describes "the shortcomings of government-run boarding schools. Although these institutions offer some advantages, especially for troubled young people, ultimately the only real solution is spiritual, and that’s exactly what’s lacking."

Also he says, "I saw a significant number of kids from believing families whose difficult circumstances led the welfare authorities to take them from their homes and place them in large welfare boarding schools like the one pictured here. Life in a place like this is a struggle for survival, and most drift into the world during their teenage years."

Most of us cannot fathom the economic struggle in Israel, and the Messianic believers are not immune to it. Whenever there is economic struggle, there are many other struggles that compound the issues of life. That is a fact everywhere, and it is a fact even among the believers of Israel. Which is why the apostle Paul said in Romans that the Gentile believers were indebted to "the poor among the saints in Jerusalem." Romans 15:26-27, "For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings."

Indeed, it is on the basis of understanding this indebtedness that is the very foundation of the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries that I have published for the past 16 years.  I do hope that among the hundreds of these weekly summaries that have been sent to the four corners of the earth, that many have also received the understanding of our calling to come alongside with material support of the believers in Israel, who are strategic to purposes of God for not only Israel's salvation, but for the greatest worldwide harvest ever seen.

Please read about the vision laid out by Yo-Yakim and the Hasdey Yeshua congregation in Arad inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

Eddie Santoro writes from Jerusalem about the Spring Feasts, and add this important word about the Holocaust Remembrance Day, " ...yet as we look back at the horror of this history, we also see how God has redeemed this evil and raised up the nation of Israel. We remember the loss but rejoice in the eight million that are a part of this living nation today."  Eddie also writes about the "busy time" they are having in Jerusalem, read it inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

Orna Grinman's new blog post Hidden children is about "The fate of children who survived the holocaust as a result of being hidden in the homes of Christian families or in monasteries is a gloomy issue in Jewish history."

Finally, from the great resource KehilaNews.com -

Zvi Kalisher: Holocaust survivor, disciple of Yeshua | Karen Faulkner | Zvi Kalisher, born Henryk Weichert, was an extraordinary man of God who found comfort and joy in his Lord Jesus Christ after losing his entire family and surviving extreme horror during the Holocaust in Poland.

Terror attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem on Holocaust Day | N. J. Schiavi | A Palestinian teen armed with wire-cutters wounded four people in a terror attack in Tel Aviv on Sunday and a Palestinian mother of nine stabbed a female soldier near Jerusalem early Monday morning as the country mourned victims of the Holocaust.

US Ambassador to UN: Security Council must focus on Iran, and its partner militia, Hezbollah, not Israel | Amir Tsarfati | The United States called on the United Nations Security Council to switch its obsession on Israel and focus on the “chief culprit” of conflict in the Middle East: Iran.

The Holocaust and knowing God | Howard Bass | Howard writes, "If we love our people, if we love the Jewish people and the nation of Israel, we will bring the truth of God and His Word to them, that the Holy Spirit would convict them of their sin of unbelief, so that they might seek God for His mercy to forgive."

VIDEO: Out of Zion - Stealing the Jew out of Jesus and more | Ron Cantor | GOD TV presents a daily devotional from Israel with Messianic pastor, Ron Cantor who helps viewers discover the Land of the Bible, its historic sites and explains scripture from a Jewish perspective.

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Urgent HEALING Needs
Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

Please see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary to keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including the fight for their very lives: 

NEW REQUEST from the HaMaayan congregation, a request congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts | PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for healing  David Davis, wounded soldier from Beer Sheva congregation, David B.,  Olga & Dov Bikas, Esther Ridings Moore,  Ruth Nessim,  Eddie Beckford | PRAY for RECOVERY of Patti Juster, Eddie Santoro, Gila in Arad, Cookie, Howard Bass, | LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  the son of an Arab pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from Leukemia. Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K; PLEASE PRAY ALSO for all the caretakers.

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Praying the Headlines

From Barry & Batya Segal Jerusalem JNN  -  Jerusalem News Network jnnnews.com | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DEFIES USA, WILL RAISE PAYMENTS TO SUICIDE BOMBERS' FAMILIES: In defiance of the USA, which is demanding that the Palestinian Authority completely stop financial rewards to families of terrorist “Martyrs” (Shahids), the PA is now raising the payments to the “Martyrs'” families. These PA payments include lifetime monthly allowances to families of suicide bombers, and other murderers who were killed during or after committing their crimes.

  Intercede that this defiant move on the part of the Palestinian Authority will be severely penalized by withdrawal of all financial aid that comes from Western governments and their taxpayers.

The Israeli Messianic Marketplace  Feature of the Week:

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Succat Hallel house of prayer in Jerusalem writes: We're excited to introduce you to The Voice of One Calling. It's a new Hebrew and Arabic worship recording, perhaps the first of its kind, with songs sung back and forth in both languages.  It's a sound that is growing all across the country, in different streams of the body, as Jews and Arabs of all ages are coming together to worship their King.  This new album is just one expression of this unity, coming from the hearts and mouths of the younger generation.  Now available for purchase and download click on album title.

We invite you now to hear Rick Ridings, from Jerusalem-based House of Prayer ministry, Succat Hallel, share about this sound of unity that is touching God's heart. Hear how this unique worship project got started and continues on: http://dorhaba.com/en/rick-ridings-interview/

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