Priority Prayer Focus
With so many Christians supporting the current rebuilding efforts of a physical 3rd Temple in Jerusalem, I consider this focus to be a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
With so many Christians supporting the current rebuilding efforts of a physical 3rd Temple in Jerusalem, I consider this focus to be a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
On Monday,
marking the end of Hannukah a group of orthodox rabbis claiming themselves to
be the new Israeli Sanhedrin consecrated the altar for the Third Temple. It was
a full-dress reenactment of the daily sacrifice and is something that excites
many Christians even though it has nothing to do with God's plans for the
Temple Yeshua is building in Israel.
The
linked title above leads to an English translated excerpt from the Hanukkah
message preached by Tiferet Yeshua pastor Gil Afrait at the Tel
Aviv congregation. I hope you all will read it, as it communicates
information that every Christian in our day needs to grasp about the end-times
prophecies about the temple.
DIORIO: Afrait preached to the Israeli congregation in Hebrew, "Yeshua refers to the Temple in Matthew 24 as “the holy place”. However, it is unarguably clear that if a Third Temple is built in Jerusalem by orthodox Jews before the return of the Messiah, it will not be holy because the Spirit of the God will not dwell there. On the other hand, the New Testament clearly states that redeemed believers in Yeshua are the temple of the Holy Spirit: Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? ~ I Cor. 3:16. One could argue, therefore, that the “Third Temple” is actually the collective redeemed body of Messiah."
This has been my belief throughout the past 17½ years of doing the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries. It is the Living Temple of God in Israel that I believe we are to concern ourselves with - not the efforts of unsaved Jews to build a temple made of stone.
The rise of Jewish salvation in Israel simply does not move those who have fixed their eyes on a prophetic interpretation that the sign of Jesus soon return is when the Jews rebuild the temple of stone in Jerusalem. They may well or may not at all rebuild a temple of stone in Jerusalem, and Gil Afrait point out in this message how that is possible.
Could it be that for a long time Christians have been looking for the wrong temple to be raised up and now that the Living Temple is being raised up they don't have eyes to see it? That's exactly what I believe.
Even if there will be a 3rd Temple built of stone in Jerusalem, it is a MUCH LESSER SIGN to the Christian world that Yeshua will soon return than the reality that Jews are coming to faith in Yeshua. We should be more willing to consider that and support those Israeli Messianic ministries who are bringing in the harvest, than in being thrilled & chilled by what an fringe group of Orthodox rabbis are doing. Let's get out of this 'temple-fascinated' interpretation of prophecy.
Mercy! The Jewish spiritual Living Temple is being built in our day and we are to be playing a pivotal role in it! Father, we are praying for a breakthrough of spiritual revelation and understanding in Christendom of what YOU are doing by Your Holy Spirit as Yeshua abides in the hearts of those ministering the Good News to Your chosen ones in Israel.
DIORIO: Afrait preached to the Israeli congregation in Hebrew, "Yeshua refers to the Temple in Matthew 24 as “the holy place”. However, it is unarguably clear that if a Third Temple is built in Jerusalem by orthodox Jews before the return of the Messiah, it will not be holy because the Spirit of the God will not dwell there. On the other hand, the New Testament clearly states that redeemed believers in Yeshua are the temple of the Holy Spirit: Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? ~ I Cor. 3:16. One could argue, therefore, that the “Third Temple” is actually the collective redeemed body of Messiah."
This has been my belief throughout the past 17½ years of doing the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries. It is the Living Temple of God in Israel that I believe we are to concern ourselves with - not the efforts of unsaved Jews to build a temple made of stone.
The rise of Jewish salvation in Israel simply does not move those who have fixed their eyes on a prophetic interpretation that the sign of Jesus soon return is when the Jews rebuild the temple of stone in Jerusalem. They may well or may not at all rebuild a temple of stone in Jerusalem, and Gil Afrait point out in this message how that is possible.
Could it be that for a long time Christians have been looking for the wrong temple to be raised up and now that the Living Temple is being raised up they don't have eyes to see it? That's exactly what I believe.
Even if there will be a 3rd Temple built of stone in Jerusalem, it is a MUCH LESSER SIGN to the Christian world that Yeshua will soon return than the reality that Jews are coming to faith in Yeshua. We should be more willing to consider that and support those Israeli Messianic ministries who are bringing in the harvest, than in being thrilled & chilled by what an fringe group of Orthodox rabbis are doing. Let's get out of this 'temple-fascinated' interpretation of prophecy.
Mercy! The Jewish spiritual Living Temple is being built in our day and we are to be playing a pivotal role in it! Father, we are praying for a breakthrough of spiritual revelation and understanding in Christendom of what YOU are doing by Your Holy Spirit as Yeshua abides in the hearts of those ministering the Good News to Your chosen ones in Israel.
the Lord their God
will save them, as the flock of His people;
for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on His Land.
for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on His Land.
Arrows from Zion
Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests Israeli Ministries by subscription only donna@israelprayer.com
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From atop Mt Carmel the congregation of the
same name led by Dani and Luanne Sayag, they are enjoying the season of the
Festival of Lights with "our thoughts are turned to Yeshua, the True Light
of the world, Who dwelt among us and has given us access to God the
Father!" During this season they take the opportunity to do outreach at
the Haifa street festival to Jews and Arabs. Pray that the seeds planted by
their teams between Dec 8-15 will produce much fruit for the kingdom of the
LORD. They have also just done a study
on Ephesians and the wrap up is here: "Return to Your First Love". See more of their prayer requests in the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from
Israeli Ministries or by connecting directly with the ministry
Marianna Gol has an update on the 20-yr old
young man incarcerated but in need of rehab: the court is sending him to an
8-mo rehab. Pray this young man will see the Light and for the Lord's work in
his heart. Maianna will also be coming to the USA in Jan-Feb, so contact her if
you would like her to speak about her ministry among the widows and orphans.
Ron Cantor shares links to the videos from the "Israel, the Church and the Coming Revival" Conference. Also, he speaks about the new work they have launched in Tel Aviv called Nes v’Café נס וקפה. Cool explanation of the name. They desire it to develop into a new congregation in Tel Aviv which Ron also shares his thoughts on along with a yearend wrap up of the great things they saw accomplished in the ministry in 2018.
Evan Levine of the HaTikva Project is also writing
about their fund-raising push for year-end giving for the various ways the
ministry is a blessing first to the household of faith, but also to many needy
in Israel from the children who need foster care or adoption, or to the elderly
and other needy who can get quality dental care for much less than average
cost. This will help them for 2019 and, they write, "We also have many
worthy requests for financial aid from Israeli believers that we would love to
be able to approve."
Evan and Maala Thomas are about to go for an
annual visit to New Zealand, but file a good report before leaving the
congregation in the hands of ministry associate Lev Guler. They write, "During
the High Holy Days we also received large numbers of visitors from all over the
world, some of whom came to explore ways their home congregations could help
our Messianic community in man-power, prayer and finances. All of us are
feeling a deep sense of urgency, as if we only have a “brief window of time” in
our relative freedom to spread the Good News. According to our understanding of
scripture, the window will then close followed by a season of severe
persecution within the Land."
The Netanya congregation continues to build
relationships developed over many years in Yad b’Yad youth reconciliation, as
well as others local and abroad. They are now doing a special appeal for their
missions work in Uganda. Learn more inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries or by
connecting directly with the ministry
Stefan and Karen Silver send a family greeting
over the holiday and ask for prayers for the Kerem-El congregation
participation in the Haifa street outreach.
Revive Israel sends a year end focus on two
ministry outreaches they are doing: YeshuaChai.tv (‘Jesus lives’) is
evangelistic and now established, developing and well positioned to
bring in large numbers of souls in the coming harvest. The second is a new
development, and is an expression of greater maturity in the growing Israeli
body of believers, as young people and families reach out into the nations, as
well as locally. This is the Nesher or Eagle Project, watch Reviving IDF Soldiers. Read more by connecting directly with the
ministry, or by subscribing to the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from
Israeli Ministries
The Sorko-Ram's IstandwithIsrael has a great
profile of many of the Israelis who are being blessed by financial help. Read amazing testimonies from the December Maoz Israel
Report
Our friend from the Mt Carmel area, Ronit
Bender is interviewed on a Tulsa, OK ministry TV show of Deborah Sweeten
Ministries WATCH
Ronit Bender
Avner and Rachel Boskey have been blessing
Israel-supporting Christians for decades through their music and Avner's
writing. Now they are breaking into new ground as their adult children (and
spouses) are adding their gifts to the ministry. As Avner writes, "New
hands means that Final Frontier Ministries needs a significant and timely
increase in funds both for salaries and operating costs." They ask for
prayers that God will meet all these needs, and request that we "ask God
if He would like you to contribute to helping us to step forward in these
exciting developments"
Israel Pochtar also has a special need for the
protection of their congregation in Ashdod which has been the center of much
religious persecution in their town of Ashdod.
"Two gates need to be built and installed at the two entrances of
our new building; Jerusalem Gate & Jaffa Gate. Each costs $10,000. They
will be put up to protect Beit Hallel Congregation's new building, that after
10 years of dreaming and praying, finally became a reality. But we do need to
protect it. We're initiating The Gatekeepers Project where we invite you to
consider becoming a gatekeeper of Beit Hallel Congregation in Ashdod by
financially supporting the work of building our gates." Read more inside the Weekly Summary of
Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries or by connecting directly with the
ministry.
Also pray for the upcoming Jewish - Arab
Leadership Conference in Eilat they will be meeting "together with fellow
Israeli pastors, both Jewish and Arabic, to pray for one another, share and
encourage each other, edify the leadership body in the Land as we all gear up
towards a new and exciting year. We will spend several days together,
cultivating unity and vision for this nation for 2019."
Rania Sayegh (Christian Arab) and Orna Grinman
(Messianic Jew) will be joining together for an outreach to show the love where
not much love between Jews and Arabs exist. That is Thursday, Dec 13th. Please
pray for them! Watch this 5 min video
Kobi & Shani Ferguson Yeshua
Israel ask prayer for a young
family who were shot in a terror attack on Monday by a Palestinian terrorist.
Pregnant with their first child, the baby had to be delivered c-section
prematurely and is struggling for its life.
Intercessors for Israel, Ofer Amitai,
Eliyahu Ben-Haim and Chuck Cohen, have key points to pray over the Operation
Northern Shield ongoing at the Lebanon border. At last count the Israelis have
uncovered 3 underground tunnels that were meant to stage deadly, surprise
attacks on Israel as part of a
greater war effort. These are important prayer points, several of which you can
find in the Weekly Summary, or by subscribing to their Friday Prayer Points.
KehilaNews.com reports a
heartening response to their appeal a few weeks ago to make up the shortfall in
their 2018 budget. They still have a way to go, so please respond as you are
able. A few of the stories they have carried over the past week are:
Yad Vashem and Israeli Ministry of Interior
have contradicting definitions for the question who is a Jew | by Joshua Pex | Margarita Kishnav (a
pseudonym) arrived in Israel in 2016, to connect with her Jewish heritage and
officially commemorate the memory of her Jewish grandfather, Hans-Walter
Hirschberg, a German citizen who was a member of the resistance during World
War II. He undermined the Nazi regime and courageously helped save many
Jews. Read more online by clicking the
linked title.
How I was saved and called by God to make
aliyah (Part 1) | by
Richard Honorof | Richard writes, "Knowing that many Jewish people may
read this article, I have decided to write my story on how I was saved, and
later why I made aliyah to Israel in 1995."
Hanukkah Riddle: The Elusive Origins of the
"Shamash" | by
Hannah Weiss | Hannah writes, "Was the "servant light" invented
by the 1st-century Nazarenes, and then suppressed by the rabbinic community?
The idea is not as crazy as it sounds."
Please stand by the Israeli Ministries with
your financial help. Please do not let the works that God is not involved in
within Israel - those that are not building the LIVING TEMPLE through the faith
in Messiah - to drain resources meant for the kingdom.
Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the
tongue
Please keep in prayer these Israeli ministry
leaders and believers with urgent health needs
CONTINUED URGENT PRAYER FOR JACOB DAMKANI | Praise the LORD continued ALL-Clear on EDDIE SANTORO's MRI showing no signs of brain cancer - there has been damage from the treatments & surgeries, especially to memory. He asks prayers for "of healing not only the eradication of the cancer but a restoration of all that has been lost." | Albert a Messianic leader from southern Israel, has had a successful surgery and an amazing recovery but keep praying for total restoration | Rania Sayegh asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy, and complete healing.| Olga Bikas continues to suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting medication and physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial improvement | Ruth Nessim has several health issues, read in her update this week: Most critical EYES.|
Promises made, Promises kept
This photo is from Tuesday, December 11, 2018 from Revive
Israel who posted, Sun is arising over Jerusalem ! “Arise, shine,
for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you" Isaiah
60.These are promises to the Remnant - regardless of how it may look God's plans for us are for a hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
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