Friday, October 14, 2022

A Tribute to David H. Stern

 


Martha & David Stern in their Yom Kippur whites,
Friday October 7, 2022 

A Tribute to David H. Stern
October 31, 1935–October 8, 2022

“The Rabbis say that the righteous pass away on Shabbat in their own beds, and the most righteous between Yom Kippur and Succot. This what happened to our beloved David,” Martha Stern wrote. 

     “David's funeral was on the day between Shabbat and the beginning of Succot. Since it is a holiday now we only had the part of the day to sit Shiva.
     “We want to say ‘Thank you’ to all of the MANY MANY people who have written so kind and wonderful thoughts about my wonderful husband David H. Stern. We were married 46 years and had a wonderful and amazing life together.”

There have been so many responses to Martha’s Facebook post of her husband’s passing on the Shabbat after Yom Kippur. David Stern is known by anyone who comes into the Messianic Jewish world for any length of time, and it honored by Messianic Jews everywhere as a scholar and theologian who shaped the movement through his tireless works. 

     Here is only a small taste of what people have been writing about David Stern: 

     Daniel C Juster: David and Martha Stern have been foundational to the International Messianic Jewish Movement.  He will be greatly missed.  I first discovered David in 1974….In 1975 we met at Messiah College where David announced he was going to find his wife, then in our next meeting that he had found her….He and Martha have been a wonderful couple in our movement. David's breadth of Messianic Jewish understanding was vast and his mark on the movement is unequaled.  When we had 


David and Martha over to our home last Spring, I was glad he was still sharp enough to talk and understand.  He was so patient in suffering. Martha was an amazing and loving wife through all this, tender, gentle and appreciative.  We will miss David greatly | Ruth Rosen: Dear Martha Stern, sister in
Yeshua, many others will do far more justice to David’s memory than I ever could but I wanted to share just a few thoughts here. For those who knew David primarily as the erudite scholar, I smile to remember some of his other interests in younger years. I hope my memory isn’t playing tricks but I believe David was an expert surfer, is that right? Like you Martha, he defied all stereotypes.
I also remember how the two of you got together all those years ago. Many who have said “God told me” have been mistaken but David knew the Lord had told him he was about to meet his wife at that conference and there you were!  | Matt Rosenberg:  David H. Stern is one of my heroes. Originally from California (and a surfer) he wrote the “Surfing Guide of California” in 1963. In 1972, he became a believer in Yeshua and in 1979 he made Aliyah to Israel. He earned a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University and was a professor at UCLA. After coming to faith in Yeshua the Messiah he received a Master of Divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. He also did graduate work at the University of Judaism | Ron Cantor: Dr. David Stern went to be with Yeshua a few days ago. David was a giant in the movement to rebirth a distinct Jewish following of Jesus. His book, “Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel,” had a profound influence on me, though he is mostly known for editing a Jewish version of the Bible | Zvi Stephen Randelman: A great man of God, husband, father, scholar, and pioneer I the messianic movement. He will be missed. UMJC/Russ Resnik:  David was a chief architect of the modern Messianic Jewish movement, and his pervasive presence can be seen through an abundance of citations to his works, his teachings, and his lectures.| Jeffrey SeifIn no uncertain terms, Dr David Stern was the best of us—and he will long be respected and remembered. | Canon Andrew White: I thank our Lord so much that I knew and loved you and him so much| Chaya Mizrachi: He was a wonderful man, and the two of you an amazing couple | Joseph AmaHura RiverWind: It was an honor and blessing to know him and an honor and blessing to still call you, Martha Stern, our friend |Elliot Klayman: David was one of the foremost architects of the modern messianic Jewish movement, a man for the Messianic times and one of superlative character. He will continue to live among us through his writings and our memories | Joel Liberman: We will also be remembering David at our service and saying Kaddish on his behalf. What a Sukkot he will be having over this next week in heavenly places | Sabra Waldman Brickner: David was a giant in our movement and is irreplaceable. He will be missed, and always remembered for generations to come. David and I send you lots of love | Kenneth Berg: Having spent time with you just yesterday we were all reminded of the immense impact David had within the Messianic community. His dedication to the Word has enabled Gentiles such as myself with a much richer understanding of our Jewish roots | David Dolan: David was a wonderful man, among the great ones I got to know in Jerusalem. I think of him every time I read from my well worn Jewish New Testament | Rabbi David Rosenberg : Our entire community came forward at the end of our service today to pray for David, for you, for your family, the entire messianic community in Israel and around the world. We love you more than human words can describe. We are permanently inspired to keep Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel | Joan Lipis: David brought so much life and joy to this country and around the world with his humor, music and depth of his teaching | Jody Ryabinov: Alyosha and I send our love and sympathies to you and your family. We think of David as one man of God who stands as a significant figure in history...His Story in the Messianic movement. What David contributed will be known in history books and celebrated when the King returns to Jerusalem | Randy Turner, Beltway Park Church:  What a life well lived | Burt Yellin: The Messianic community has suffered the loss of a great man, and I lost a friend | Philip Gigliott:  Today we mourn the passing of Dr. David Stern who edited the complete Jewish Bible. It was called "complete" because it included the New Testament and the Good News of Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah. The words, names, and terminology connected the Tanakh and the New Testament but more importantly connected the Church with its Hebrew roots | Tov Rose: David encouraged me on several occasions with my writing, research and Bible translation work. His example is a big inspiration for my life | Baht Rivka Whitten:  David Stern, your name will always be remembered for the good you brought into this world | Roy R. Kendall: David’s legacy will live forever | Mike Lambert: David was a great man of God, contributing so much to the body of Messiah with his commentaries on scripture | Corry Keeler: His contributions to the Messianic world in particular, will be appreciated for decades to come | June Volk: David's reward is Great in the World to Come and his memory will be blessed forever | Miriam and Shlomy Abramov | What an amazing human being David was on earth and leaves a great legacy that will live on for so many through his writings | Bob Weiner: What a magnificent man and friend who greatly influenced me and our entire Maranatha movement worldwide on the Messanic Movement | Gary Beresford: I cannot be there but my heart is with you and the family. May HaShem grant you peace. It was an honor to know David and be your neighbor so many years ago | Isaac Sean Steckbeck: I’ll miss David, the times he spoke to me were life changing | David Katz: I’ve admired and respected how you didn’t let David s condition stop the two of you from making every day count. This is what I will remember. |

These are but a few of the messages posted, and here is mine
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Donna: Even David Stern's enemies — the "anti-missionary" religious activists who persecute Messianic Jews — recognized David's greatness. Martha told me once that they called David "the pope of Jerusalem." In traditional Jewish eyes, it doesn't get any bigger than the pope in Christianity. That is ironic actually because David spent his four decades of his life as a believer seeking to differentiate classic Christianity from classic Messianic Jewish faith. This was his life's work and it is why his works have touched so many of us by teaching us to grasp that differentiation. It is a distinction not meant to divide, but to join us in mutual respect of our own separate identities in the faith: Jew & Gentile, like male and female.
     David Stern was the first Messianic Jew I ever met in person. I was just getting immersed in what Messianic Judaism was on a Messianic bulletin board - forerunner of the internet web - where I learned about two of his books, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel and A Messianic Manifesto. When I saw he was going to speak at Christ for the Nations, I just had to go to meet him. Tony came with me and took this picture. It was around 1988. In 1989, David's The Jewish New Testament: A Translation of the New Testament That Expresses Its Jewishness was published, and you could say, the rest is history. David Stern continued to write books that not only helped shape the Messianic movement but also began to turn on the light for Christians of what the Bible communicated from Jewish understanding. It blew the doors off of the thinking of many who weren't too proud to accept that God laid the foundations of His Word in the Jewish people.
     As I have been reading over all of the comments posted to Martha Stern's Facebook page, I came to the conclusion that there is no one in our Messianic circles that has not been touched by David's work. That can be said of very few people but it is so true of David. The other thing that rose strongly in my thoughts was Proverbs 18:22, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD." I'm old enough to have a classic view of what a wife is, and it is the kind of wife that the Bible speaks of. Martha and I know each other mostly from long distance and our chats over the last many years, but I have been able to see that is exactly the kind of wife she has been to David. Even as his life has been winding down, and taking care of him had become more taxing, more lonely, I have to say Martha has shined as a classic good, godly wife in my eyes.    


David’s birthday, 2016.
Martha has him draped in lyrics from a Beatle song, “Will you still feed me”

As quiet and reserved as David was, Martha is the flip side, sunny, light hearted and full of fun. A match made in Heaven.  Truly, I have admired seeing the pictures she posted of taking David out to many events - even surfing - to keep David engaged in life, in living. I have been touched also seeing so many pictures of visitors to Jerusalem who she allowed to come in to their home to greet David, and to have the opportunity to pay their respects to someone whose impact on the Messianic movement has been so great. It is such a wonderful thing Martha did for David and so many of his admirers. I just wanted her to know that many of us see her too and we think of that other Proverb (31:10-12) "A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life."
     God bless you, Martha. Your life has suddenly changed, and I pray that your friends there in the Land will shower on you the extra love you need in these days ahead. Love to you, Miriam, Daniel and to all your grandchildren and family.

P.S. In one of our conversations Martha told me about how they downsized from their home to an apartment. David had to part with many of the books in his treasured and extensive library. He donated the books to the Bram Center. That memory led me to a wonderful article yesterday by Boaz Michael called “Another Lesson from David H. Stern.”  The article recounts his experience with David when he was collecting the books David was donating. In one lesson learned Boaz notes that David wrote out the his vision for his life in 1970’s and how well he followed it:
     “
Current plans: To study Judaism, probably at the University of Judaism in Hollywood. Later to study in Israel … More distant plans: To write on Messianic Judaism especially programmatics and theology. And, hopefully, to be involved in Messianic Jewish life, shaping and contributing to its future success.” As many have said in tribute, by now the LORD has surely spoken to David, “Well done, My good and faithful servant.”
     To send a message of condolence in comments on David H. Stern’s Offical page on Facebook.


   

Monday, March 21, 2022

Stay Tuned 
I will be resuming the ONLINE weekly Arrows from Zion
on a new blog platform.
Emailed Arrows from Zion to subscribers continues.
You can follow my public pare on Facebook
until I get the new blog
set up
View much of my earliest online material dating back to 2006-
so many of the larger issues remain valid -
at my very much older Israelprayer website
(as a 1 person ministry, I found
dealing with a website too cumbersome)
So I switched to blogs, most recent weekly
Arrows from Zion blog 2016-Mar 2022
or the earliest weekly issues Arrows 2009-2016
Fruit of the Fig Tree (spiritually oriented pieces)
and 
Israel Watcher | General news issues with a reach into Israel
and/or related to the Israeli Body of Messiah both Jew and Arab.

I stopped posting so many of my articles on these blogs,
with the exception of the weekly Arrows from Zion after
beginning to do much in the moment posting on Facebook.
FB is unsatisfactory to me at this time (censorship)
and the new blog platform 
is still on my radar for this year.
I also departed from strong activity on Twitter focused on
following news people that I trust (a few good ones left)
- but both of my accounts were permanently banned 
(the children do not believe in freedom of speech
or an open marketplace of ideas).

Since 2019 with the suspicious tale of a preemptive terrorist
arrest in Las Vegas of the only Messianic congregation in Nevada,
I am also doing regular articles in the Messianic Times.



Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Miracle Birth | Arrows from Zion 12 15 2021

Worshiper Marty Goetz takes the music by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim 
for West Side Story into a truly divine expression, "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)."  
Recorded live in Jerusalem and accompanied by a 26-piece orchestra 
led by Israeli Messianic composer, David Loden.  

Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. Philippians 2:6-8

 “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” John 14:1-4

The Miracle Birth
by Donna Diorio

First, I just encourage everyone to spend some time in Luke 1 and 2, thinking on the wonder of it all, the birth of the Divine in human skin so long ago in Jerusalem.  It is the birth that changed everything and it is so worthy of our spending time to consider it. How profound this event is in God’s great plan for our salvation!

     Also, I note that several have been getting prophetic words of God encouraging us to press in and dig deeper —some even specifying from “December to September” or from Hanukkah & Christmas 2021 to the “Rosh Hashanah” —actually the Feast of Trumpets 2022. I have sensed God speaking to me to go deeper and press in for the time is short – but with no particular time limits. For me it is more just to the end of my days.
     After the death of my husband's daughter, God has touched something in me so I am having an increased tenderness toward all the suffering of human beings in this world. Instead of just seeing people in rebellion, some of them unloving, full of sins and even some openly enemies of the Gospel, God was giving me a sense of how they hurt from their wounds in life. God was showing me that some were downright mean because it was defensive to keep themselves from being hurt anymore.  Not all would accept God’s help but many could be rescued spiritually. That is the same thing Yeshua saw when He walked this earth – the pain and rebellion of humanity, but also the ones that were open to be healed by God’s love.  
     God has been saying to me this is also the purpose of our inheritance with all the saints in the Messiah. Our inheritance is not just for ourselves, but for those who are in our world. We have to have a heart for others, like His heart for them. If it was easy everyone would be doing it. From a human standpoint this is tough!  But God has sent a Way.
     When Yeshua knew the time was approaching to lay down His life, He spoke to His disciples that He was going away but He was leaving them His peace and for them not to be troubled or afraid. Then Yeshua told them He would not be able to speak much more to them "for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me. "
     That phrase "has nothing in Me" is translated many ways by various translators. I believe based on the original language, King James got it absolutely accurate" "oudeis en emoi."  There was NOTHING within Yeshua that was an open door to demons. He was not even passive agreement with the enemy of our souls, who is satan, the prince or ruling spirit over this world.  That is why the very next thing Jesus told His disciples is "But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father." 
     Personally I realize that I cannot yet say that the ruler of this world has "nothing in me," nor consequently, I do not always do "exactly what the Father has commanded me." I would like that to be true, but I know it is not yet the reality within me. Even the apostle Paul recognized that he had not attained to that level, but he said he was pressing toward that mark.
     But the time in the epic spiritual battle between Light and darkness, of the demonic rebellion against God is short —not just because I am 70 and my personal time short, but time for other people in my world is short.  I must press in fervently if I want to take them with me into eternal life.

     "Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only TRUE God, and Messiah Yeshua, whom You have sent." John 17:3

On Thursday, Dec 16th we will be holding the funeral for my husband’s daughter. I will likely take the next week off from preparing the weekly prayer summaries. Remember the final weeks of 2021 are perfect times to bless the Israeli Ministries and get a charitable write off too. - donna


Arrows from Zion
Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests Israeli Ministries

This week I found the most extraordinary salvation testimony on the Kehila News Israel. Written by the person who experienced it, Jennifer Guetta, now a member of the Poriya congregation overlooking the Sea of Galilee.  Jennifer’s story Biblical archaeologist has supernatural encounter with Yeshua - From Kabbalah to Yeshua will stir your heart up to see that God REALLY IS waking up Israelis to the identity of the Messiah, and He has some rather extraordinary means at His disposal to use!! This is a must read in this season.

From the Intercessors for Israel Friday Prayer Points 12-10-2021 Chuck Cohen writes about the Torah portion last Shabbat with God’s purposes that came out of Joseph’s brothers selling him into slavery: “What a comfort and encouragement to know that ultimately You are in control and are more than able to work in everything to bring about Your purposes (Rom. 8:28).”  He also writes “The Torah portion tells the touching story of how Joseph revealed himself to his estranged brothers (Gen. 45:3). In many ways this is a prophetic picture of how Yeshua is doing that with many Jewish people today…. Thank You Lord Yeshua, for how often You save Jews without anyone else around (Gen. 45:1). King Messiah, take advantage of this time in Israel when there is a lack of tourists and continue to unveil Yourself to Your people (Zech. 12:10; John 1:29-34; 47-51).” Read in full online
     [There is a report out of Israel that cabinet members are telling tour agents and guides to consider a career change because the tourism industry could be “sacrificed” as the draconian Corona measures continued to be pursued by Israel and many other governments around the world. It is political manipulation when so many legitimate/proven life saving therapeutics are readily available to doctors and hospitals if they would only use them? –dd]

From RITG Revive Israel | Tikkun Global, Asher Intrater shares about the “place of deep intimacy” with the LORD “that only comes through shared suffering” in the Fellowship of His Suffering. Tents of Mercy pastor Avi Teckle with about the Ethiopian Jewis community in Perilous Exodus & Dream Come True. Catch more great articles from Tikkun ministers in the online December issue of Israel's Restoration Magazine, Plus replay the last weekly Global Broadcast from the Revive Israel Team with Praise, Prayer, Prophecy, Preaching from Israel. This week, Ariel Blumenthal delivered the message.

Israel Pochtar of the Ashdod Beit Hallel congregation and Voice of Judah Ministries notes that “Generosity is driven by love.” That is why it is so easy to bless those we love, and why many Christians are awakening to the reality that if we love Israel as God loves Israel, we will express it in our generosity to sow into the salvation of Israel being expressed by the Israeli Messianic congregations and outreaches to their own people! This is no small thing. Where you heart is, that is where you are going to put your money.
     See and read Pochtar’s Reigniting the Knowledge of Jesus this Christmas in Israel and Bringing Back Christmas to Israel.  PLUS One New Man Conference in Eilat: The Power of Love between Arab and Jewish Believers with Youth Pastor Sasson and a video with Pastor Israel Reconciliation Conference — What does it look like when Israeli Arabs and Jews are United in Jesus? | You can also enjoy the videos Israel Pochtar is bringing with short words and teachings from wonderful locations in Israel we might not otherwise ever get to see, like Ancient Tel Dan: Immerse Yourself in the Beauty of Israel

The Streams in the Desert ministry of Marianna Gol is one that reaches out to “widows and orphans” literally and figuratively. TOMORROW they are doing a PRAYER BLITZ Thursday 12/16 for our young soldiers and possibly a couple of other matters. 2:30pm Jerusalem time. BUT NOW is the time to “email me if you would like to receive Zoom link or specific prayer requests. “

The Tiferet Yeshua shares Salvation Stories because in the midst of the last two years of often severe challenges due to Covid lockdowns, they are still seeing a bumper crop of salvations in the Lord’s harvest. Part of that is because “at the beginning of 2020, we hired Kosta to our team to focus exclusively on outreach and discipleship. Since then, Israelis of all ages and backgrounds have been reaching out to us.” When I read that I was instantly reminded of that 1989 Kevin Costner movies, Field of Dreams with the famous saying, “If you build it, He will come.” I mean isn’t that the same premise of Noah building that ark on dry land all those years ago? The biblical principle is there: if you plan to harvest, you must plant the seeds. The seeds in this case are the people like Kosta that all the Israeli Messianic ministries have been yearning to see financial support dedicated to so they can be even more effective in the LORD’s harvest. It is the LORD’s harvest and He will bring it forth. If we want a part in it, like Ruth in the days of old, we are going to have to invest in helping in the fields of the Messianic Jews. The own the Land, the harvest will come from their own fields – but we can really help that along in a big way with some minor adjustments to how we think about it. If you help them build it, He will come and fulfill it.
     Also Going Deeper Together | A few months ago we were brainstorming about ways to encourage people to make reading the Word part of their daily routine. Read more about how new believers and even seekers are having their lives changed in these weekly meetings.

Chaim Malespin & the Aliyah Return Center send the playlist of all 8 nights of Hanukkah for you to enjoy. Also Watch this short video at the Distribution Center where they are handing out “clothing and supplies for the new immigrants to the Land. We also continue to hand out grocery coupons (food stamps) in the form of a supermarket voucher card, albeit sparingly, as we only have a limited number of them left.”
     The next Israeli holiday (1/17/22) of the Land is Tu b'Shvat,- the Festival of the Trees, for which we have organized a large tree planting expedition in which we invite you to participate with us to restore the hills of this Land to their former verdant glory following the recent wildfires. This will occur in mid-January (Opt in here).   ALSO Be sure to join us next Thursday (12/16) for the next session of our new 10-part Ambassador Academy series "The Gospel According to the Rabbi from Galilee"! (sign up here)

     To donate to support the work of the Aliyah Return Center


Out of Zion Ministries is still Israel-bound with no outside touring possible yet, so that means ministry by Zoom and Video. If you can help this ministry make up in the loss of their usual touring support, it would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, enjoy the replays of David Silver for his 12/10 Week End Friday Video Update & 12/14 Midweek Update Video  (12/14 returns to YouTube instead of Google Drive). To watch live you need to contact them to subscribe and you can find everything you need on the new Out of Zion website


Norma Sarvis from her blog From this Mountain thoughts from Mt. Zion shares a good word on Waiting

Aleksey Raikhstadt at the Jaffa Beit Immanuel congregation writes, “Despite having gone through a challenging season during this pandemic, we remain standing in faith that the church at large is about to enter into a new season of revival and breakthrough, believing that God will restore all that the enemy has stolen. “I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten” - Joel 2:25-32  AMEN!
     Aleksey also shares an inspired word Spoiled Children and Humble Dogs – “There are two Greek words for dogs. One was used in an offensive sense “κύων” (street dog, scavenger, unclean animals) whereas the other word “κυνάριον” was for a small domesticated dog that people cared for.” PLUS his report on their Humanitarian Outreach Update: “the more Covid-19 restrictions and limitations we faced here in Israel—the more He propelled our ministry work forward, opening new doors, reshaping and readjusting our strategies, while expanding our reach in the process.” He writes about New Opportunities to be a Blessing to our Communities. One such opportunity is “a retiree club for ghetto prisoners, elderly immigrants. They are in desperate need of basic humanitarian aid, as well as housekeeping, furniture and appliances for the club, as well as medical care.” Will you partner with us 

Ron Cantor wrote about an editor almost 30 years ago that rejected him soundly as ever having the potential to be a writer. In this email he shares a few of the acclaimed books he has written in order to bring the message of the GOOD NEWS of Yeshua to people, especially his own Jewish people.  Cantor’s books are Follow His Lead, his soon-to-be book, Sunday Stories: 52 Stories from My Life in Israel, and of course, a release of a special 10th Anniversary Edition of Identity Theft: Reloaded. Also in the final works is a book called Colliding Kingdoms. Ron writes, “I long for my people to know who He really is! Would you consider making a year-end donation or becoming a monthly partner?”

The Katzir Youth Camp just wrapped up recently and this recap lets us know “A lot of kids are talking about feeling alone—a cavernous loneliness.” [I’m sure it is indicative of many young people at this time]. Joel Jelski write they are seeing 2 significant things happening: “a hunger for fellowship after a long time of disconnection” and “a spiritual hunger for the Lord and the youth know that the Katzir camp is a place where they can count on being strengthened and renewed spiritually.”  They are beginning to get feedback from the teens who attended the camp who arrived feeling depressed and not comfortable being around people or letting anyone love on them, to being filled with hope at how many people came to talk and pray with them. One spoke of “developing social anxiety” and went from feeling rejected and unloved to meeting God in the camp and knowing they are loved and accepted. What price can we put on changing lives like that? Well here is one price that can be paid: the ministry needs a ministry van and their goal is to raise $48,000 for it so it can be used to serve the three annual youth camps each year. Maybe you would like to help them with a Special Year End Gift for the YOUTH of ISRAEL 

The weekly prayer letter from Maoz ministries written by Shani Ferguson is always exceptionally spiritually insightful . Read it here: Israelis and Christmas. She writes about how – crazy as it sounds – “more and more Israelis” are being drawn to “not only ‘entering churches’ but learning about the birth story of our Messiah—the one their culture has taught them to despise. Imagine what an impact this could have on peoples’ lives! What if the seeds planted in those peoples’ lives take root?” Shani prays: “You are the Father of Light and the greatest storyteller of all. You have promised that Your people will be not only the source of salvation, but that all of Israel shall be saved. You said that the Jews will be provoked to jealousy which will lead to their salvation. (Romans 11:14) Let it be so. Let Your spirit ignite a spark inside every Israeli visiting those celebration sites. Let the interest of Israelis in the Christmas holiday lead them to Yeshua rather than the commercialized side. May the word about Your salvation be planted in their hearts and may it bear fruit for years to come.” AMEN & AMEN!
     Shani also prays through Psalm 23. You can pray along too.

Zvi Randelman writes: Here again is a short video of the Beit Hesed Messianic senior living facility being raised up in the Jerusalem area. With many pioneers of the faith reaching old age, there is an urgent need! We would welcome donations as well as sharing this video. WEBSITE

Lastly, Succat Hallel founders Rick and Patricia Ridings share a prophetic direction for 2022.

Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue
Please keep in prayer the Israeli believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health needs: 

Please Pray for Ronit Bender who wrote:  I came yesterday shocked from my cardiologist. He told me I will need to go to hospital Rambam for 10 days and longer, to do a Cardiac Catheterization, double Bypass surgery and replace 2 valves. I will know the date next week I hope.  Will let you know. Thanks for praying.  | Pray for Claude Ezagouri of the Morning Star Fellowship who has started a treatment that is due to last at least 6 months for a medical problem he has been suffering from.  Believe in prayer with them as they look to the Lord for complete healing and for  prompt recovery from some other ailments.  Silvers: David's knees and Josie's back pain | A prayer request for Naomi, for a dear family that is a part of Israel Pochtar's pastoral team, who was diagnosed with colon cancer. "Despite what this battle entails, we are confident in God’s unfailing Word and promises." Read in her own words| Please continue to pray for Jacob Damkani for the LORD's mercies over Jacob and his dear wife, Elisheva | Dov Bikas – I have been very tired these days: probably as a result of a combination of factors: my age, stress of the days of running to the bomb shelter, work load in the ministry, etc. Olga Bikas: We are grateful that Olga is feeling better these days! Though the doctors never found the cause of the dizziness that put her in hospital a month ago, they did rule out major issues like brain tumors, heart problems, etc., so this is already comforting. Olga’s back also keeps improving and she is able to walk more outside now than she did before.

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Friday, December 10, 2021

We Don’t Celebrate for Nothing! | Arrows from Zion | 12 10 2021

 We don’t celebrate Yeshua in Hanukkah and Christmas for nothing! What the entrance of the Light of the world brought us is beyond any comparison to any other blessings any person who ever lived might have. That is why I was so thrilled to read the amazing testimony from the Tiferet Yeshua congregation in Tel Aviv, called Raised from the Ruins. In so many ways I was reminded of Jan 6, 2012 when our grandson, Karl was rear-ended on a Dallas freeway as his car was sputtering running out of gas. He had such a severe traumatic brain injury he was not expected to gain consciousness, then when he did, to never regain mental and physical function. It was a true miracle recovery and when he had recovered enough to do it a year and a half later, he wanted to be baptized. He knew God had saved and preserved his life. That was worth more than any present ever. The Tiferet Yeshua testimony from Menny is one of those undeniable miraculous acts of God too.

A Powerful Testimony: Raised from the Ruins
by Tamar Afrait, Tiferet Yeshua in Tel Aviv


Moti and Kosta with Menny, a new creation in Yeshua

This is a story about Menny, a very special person who joined Tiferet Yeshua over the summer. Recently after one of our services, Menny walked up to Debby, Tiferet Yeshua secretary, and asked her, “Debby, how do you know Yeshua is alive? I know He is alive because He raised me from the dead. But how do you know He’s alive?”
     Over the summer we shared the amazing story of how Menny first reached out to us. He was looking for a specific English-speaking church in the area, but somehow God led him to us, a Hebrew-speaking congregation of Jewish believers instead.

     When Menny first showed up at Tiferet Yeshua, he told Kosta in Hebrew, “I am a Christian now because I believe in Yeshu the Christian”. The name “Yeshu” in Hebrew is a derogatory one given to Him by the rabbis. Menny had never heard His real Hebrew name. He also did not know that there were other Jewish followers of Yeshua. Since he first reached out to us, we have had the privilege of getting to know Menny and to hear his amazing testimony. 

     Menny often says, “What happened to me is not normal.” We agree, but we serve an amazing God who sometimes uses extraordinary circumstances and experiences to reveal Himself to us, like he did with Menny.

     The day Menny died | After his military service in the IDF, Menny took a trip to the US and ended up staying for good. In November 2014, Menny was a married father of five children, working in real estate and construction when he started renovations on an old Victorian building he had bought. The building had been damaged in a fire, but inspections had found the building structurally sound for renovation. While Menny was working over a high gable on the second floor, that section of the building collapsed, and Menny plummeted 30 feet and was then buried under the building debris. After being airlifted to a nearby hospital, his medical records show that he had no signs of life upon arrival. After they succeeded to resuscitate him, they began the fight for his life.
     For over a year Menny was in a coma. The way Menny describes it: “My head was smashed apart. My whole right side is filled with titanium because my bones shattered from the fall.” Menny woke up from the coma after a year and a half and had to begin intensive physiotherapy to relearn how to do everything. At least, that is what they told him, because he barely remembers those first couple years after he woke up from the coma. During that time, Menny could not speak. He was relearning how to swallow, feed himself, to walk.   
     Eventually, the doctors determined that Menny had significant brain damage and sent him to a nursing home. Somewhere along the line Menny started speaking again. It was then he started to share his experience, where he had gone and the person he had met—the reason why he was still alive.

     “Your name is not in this book” | When Menny tells his story, he starts with a caveat, “Listen, I know I have problems.” What he means is that it not as easy for him to speak as it used to be, and sometimes he can’t find the right word. But one thing is for sure: his memory is crystal clear. We found  local newspaper accounts of the building collapse which mention Menny by name and his injury, and all the details he remembers are exact.
     While Menny was in the nursing home, a woman minister from a local church who volunteered there started taking walks with Menny as part of his physical therapy routine. She told him it was a miracle that he was still alive. He then told her the real story of his miracle:
     “When I died, I went up into the universe, into the next world. It wasn’t a dream. I came to a man who had an open book on a stand in front of him. I approached him and told him, ‘My name is Menny Mor. Where do I go?’ The man just looked at me. I knew he was the one who was supposed to tell me where to go. So, I ask him again, ‘Where do I go? To the left or to the right?’ Then he said to me, ‘You are not written in this book. I am sending you back to where you came from.’”

     Menny thought that the man he saw could not be God because no one can see God and live. But he also knew that the man he interacted with had authority and that he saved Menny’s earthly life by sending him back again.  The minister who accompanied Menny on these walks told him the identity of the man he had met: Jesus, the Son of God. The Messiah. The way, the truth and the life. To Menny it made perfect sense: if anyone wants to go the Father, they must go through this man, Jesus, to whom was given all authority. As the minister continued to share about this Jesus with Menny, that He was a personal friend and savior, Menny gave his heart to Him and discovered that His presence was with him all the time.

     A Miraculous Recovery and Call back to Israel | Despite the doctor’s assessment that Menny had serious brain damage, he kept improving and he was able to speak again. Before long, Menny’s son who had come to visit him said, “Abba, we have to get you out of here! You don’t belong here.”
     Menny left the nursing home and continued improving. He started driving again after passing a three-hour test of his mental fitness. His faith in the Jesus who had saved him continued strong too, and he told his family all about it. Needless to say, they told him to stop talking nonsense. They told him, “That’s your brain damage talking!”
     Menny stayed in touch with the Christian minister who volunteered at the nursing home, and she encouraged Menny to go back to Israel: “God gave the Land to your people. That is where you belong.” So, after forty years in America, Menny returned to Israel a very different man.

     Learning the Hebrew Name of His Savior | After Menny returned to Israel, his minister friend continued to stay in touch and disciple him. After the covid restrictions in Israel were eased, she encouraged him to get connected with a local church. She sent him the name of an English-speaking Lutheran church in the area, but the number she sent him was our number instead. It seems that God wanted Menny to get to know the Jewish identity of His Savior and to learn His Hebrew name, Yeshua.

     I talk to Yeshua all the time | For someone who has gone through so much suffering, you would never know from Menny’s attitude. He is happy, has a great sense of humor, is outgoing and is full of life. He also shines the light of Yeshua. “I talk to Yeshua all the time,” he says, “When I’m walking, at night when I can’t sleep. I talk to Him and ask Him to help me.”

     It is clear that Menny has a very special and deep connection with the Lord Yeshua through his experience after the accident, but Menny is also growing in the depth and understanding of His faith, getting to know the Jewish side of His Savior by reading the New Testament. Last week Menny decided that he wanted to make a declaration of his faith in water immersion, accompanied by pastors from Tiferet Yeshua leadership team and other friends. A week later, we asked him how he feels: “I feel new, like if I think about the future there is nothing that upsets me. Just peace.”

 


12/3/21  Gil & Tamar Afriat, lead pastor
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The Culture Came First... | by Gil Afriat | ...and then the foreign gods followed. While our focus during the holiday of Hanukkah is the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek army and their cleansing of the Holy Temple, this holiday offers us some interesting insights if we ask the right questions. A good question to ask might be, "What led to the attack and takeover of the Holy Temple by the Greeks?"  Read more online


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Another truly exceptional word came from Avner Bosky which you can rean on David’s Tent. It is called Keep your eyes on the prize. Avner takes us through the ages when God’s people were “holding on” in the face of oftentimes traumatic oppression.  He recognizes that many of us feel the same way about the things in the world that are staring us down right now…but Avner brings out the redemptive purposes of God that we can count on as we hold on to His promises.

Evan Levine of HaTikvah Project also sees the need to speak a word for those of us feeling swamped: “Let’s not Give Up!”  Our partners have found that although they thought they were helping someone else, they experienced a blessing themselves when they gave. Watch this on Vimeo & be inspired at the impact of your giving.

Liat Archer sends a report on their Katzir (Harvest) youth camp last week at (wow! What a subject line: I Almost Stopped Believing in God!). But that is what one  young believer said before the camp and afterwards said, “Now I know God is Real!"  What was the turnaround? When Liat came to him and asked to pray for him, “I was shocked. When she prayed, it was as if she knew exactly what I was feeling and going through in my life. Every word she prayed was right on. I was asking myself; how can she know all these things about me? Then I understood that God is real and knows me!"  Liat writes, “Young people in Israel struggle greatly with identity issues, pressures and so much more. They are in desperate need of godly mentors. We are excited about fathering and mothering young people into their God given identity and calling. We also tremble before the Lord when we consider the responsibility and urgent need. Would you help us reach more young adults and disciple more leaders by sharing a gift with our ministry?

Another quite exceptional word from Shani Ferguson of Maoz Ministries: Prayers Concerning Light, Darkness and Brokenness | “Permission to be broken” was the phrase that came to me when I considered the prayer points for this week. At first, it didn’t seem to fit the motif of typical December holiday musings. But the truth is, whether you celebrate Hanukkah or Christmas, if you’ve had enough Decembers in your life, you’ve likely had at least one or two that did not turn out like you wanted. What makes an emotionally difficult December even more difficult is feeling like it is supposed to be a good month. After all, everyone else is having an awesome December, right?  Psalm 34:18 says, “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted.”

Arni Klein sends a word out that really captures the anguish of looking at the state of things in each of our nations right now. This is what was meant in the pregnant statement by the apostle Peter about how God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha “and delivered just Lor, vexed with the filthy manner of life of the wicked. That’s where we are and Arni says it well. But, Arni writes, what is God’s purpose in all this? “God has two basic goals: to glorify His Name and to bring forth a fitting Bride for His Son. Everything He does begins and ends with His longing for a dwelling place in the midst of His children. His plan and process has been in effect from the beginning. It began with the manifestation of light…spiritual truth.. .. Only truth and transparency in the inward parts will prepare a dwelling place for the Lord. As some have lamented the current crisis as causing division among brethren, we see the hand of God at work to expose division that had not been visible until the current pressure brought it out.” He writes, “....We are hoping and praying that there will be a window between events and that Father will give us a few more hours to work before the night comes. On this point we have an unction to pray and plead with the Lord imagining His response to be, “If I give you time, what will you do with it?”

From the Revive Israel Tikkun Global Team, RITG Executive Director Ariel Blumenthal shares his story of why he came to Israel, to Jerusalem specifically in following what the Holy Spirit was showing him was his own purpose in playing a part of Isaiah 58:12 : “Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell."  Read it here: Why Jerusalem

From Israel Pochtar who leads the Beit Hallel congregation and Voice of Judah outreach ministries, Video & Article Hanukkah — A Window of Opportunity for the Gospel in Israel , also read Bringing Back Christmas to Israel | Plus Let the Little Children come to Me Outreach Praise Report — Hanukkah and Pastor Yacov Koifman  in a Article & Video Empowering Israeli Youth through Spiritual Authority.  | Now is the Time to Bless Israel with Year-End Giving

A good year end report from Daniel and Shirya Yahav in Tiberias at the (Face of God) Peniel Fellowship. The struggles were many last year with constantly changing capacity restrictions, but they found a place in the forest where they could meet relatively alone. “This  year  we  have  had  the  privilege  to  welcome  at  least  seven  new  families  who  have joined  the  fellowship,  and  seem  to  have  integrated  very  well.   We  have  also  seen  a growing  attendance  in  the  young  adults  group  as  well  as  in  the  youth  group.  In  the  last youth  meeting  there  were  over  fifty  youth  present,  and  that  was  not  all  of  them.  We praise  God  also  for  several  young  people  who  made  a  personal  decision  to  follow  the Lord  and  we  had  the  joy  to  celebrate  their  water  immersion  lately.  One of them even invited his unbelieving relatives to join the occasion. Many among us have unbelieving relatives who have been witnessed to. We would appreciate your prayers for all of those, to come  to know  their  Messiah  and  be  freed  from  the  fear  of  men and  from  deep  rooted misconceptions about Yeshua our Messiah.” There are many more good reports in this congregation, but we will leave you with this:  Shabbat services and short teachings with a translation into German, can be found at the Peniel website and on our YouTube channel   We wish you a blessed and peaceful Christmas season, and the grace and blessing of the Lord for the coming Year 2022! 

Ron Cantor of Messiah’s Mandate sent this testimony from Eitan Shishkoff about what great things were done with the Messiah’s Mandate donation towards the Katzir Youth camp. (Helping each other is such a critical demonstration of love and commitment). Eitan wrote: "During an amazing week, we hosted 85 teens from all over Israel at our summer conference. We chose the theme “connected” because for the year and a half of Covid19 young people had suffered from isolation and disconnection. Our prayer was that they could reconnect with God and each other in deep and meaningful ways. This happened in the stark beauty of Israel’s desert, where our Patriarchs experienced God’s transforming presence.
    "The high point, on the last evening, was an incredible breakthrough and a real outpouring of the Spirit. The speaker asked who felt lonely or isolated. Slowly, many young men and women raised their hands. They stood in a circle, surrounded by the prayers and love of their peers. What normally would have been a brief prayer turned into a solid hour of ministry with intense healing and restoration for many teens. In His love for these youth, the Lord brought emotional and spiritual healing and renewal. It was a fresh beginning that continues to impact all who were there." Shalom, Eitan
     Ron writes, “As we end this amazing year, would you please consider making a one-time tax-deductible donation to Messiah’s Mandate or becoming a monthly sponsor? We want to keep investing in the Kingdom of Yeshua in Israel, helping to raise up the next generation of believers.” 

David and Josie Silver send a family update and David’s usual video updates: Midweek Update Video 12/7  & The Relevance of Hanukkah Video Update 12/3. They also sends thanks for those who sent a a personal gift to assist with the cost of our move to the new apartment. David’s knee and Josie’s back continue to be areas of healing prayer request, but Stefan and Keren, and Jordan and Limor (their sons & their wives & families (Limor is expect her first) are all doing well.  For David, travel has been out since covid hit in 2020, but they continue to reach out in the nations to minister via Zoom & video updates. They write “we continue to stand in faith as the world shaking events become more frequent and more intense…. Next year may prove to be unlike any of us have experienced in our lives, but GOD is good and He will watch over, protect and provide for those who are in covenant with Him, through the precious blood of His only begotten Son, Yeshua our Messiah and soon coming King.” Learn more at their website 

Chuck Cohen of Intercessors for Israel sends out his Watchmen from Jerusalem email (read online.  “As we race towards the end of another year, the world is racing towards its final destiny with God – and for most of humanity, that will not end well. . . . For those who trust in the Lord Yeshua, we must keep our eyes on Him (Heb. 12:2) and recognize that so much of what is happening today has been prophesied to take place in the days leading up to His return (Isa. 55:11; Jer. 1:12; Luke 24:44). 
     Also read Friday Prayer Points 12/3/2021

Guy Cohen who leads the Acco Harvest of Asher congregation writes about Yeshua’s Timing. Many times in our lives we feel discouraged and hopeless. We turn our eyes to our Lord for His redemption. We ask, "Where are you and why aren't you here? When will you answer?" That line of thinking often brings us to discouragement. Let us dive into the story told in John 11. “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” John 11:11.  One of things that really encouraged me personally about Guy’s teaching is his understanding that “Even within our faith there are borders; lines drawn in our understanding. For example, Martha understood Lazarus would rise again in the resurrection at the last day. However, it was beyond the foundation of her knowledge and hence ability to comprehend by faith that the one standing in front of her, Yeshua, He is the resurrection and the life.”
     Miriam, in the midst of her travail was full of the questions. Even Miriam, the sister so preferred as an spiritual example, had her own borders of understanding. Guy talks about how we cannot be stalled out by grief – we have to look forward with hope and purpose for the future.

Christian Arab Rania Sayegh of the House of Prayer and Exploits in Nazareth sends a video with highlights from the HOPE's New Building Dedication 22nd November.  If you can make a year-end donation to HOPE, they would greatly appreciate funds donated toward their new building. Rania writes that the ministry “mobilizes prayer and worship in Israel and the nations. We train and equip young people through weekly meetings and annual conferences, reaching several hundred young adults per year. We also train approximately 1000 women leaders in the land with regular gatherings and events. HOPE reaches thousands in the nations through speaking engagements, conferences, Zoom calls and social media. Each month, HOPE hosts 24 hours of prayer together with the weekly worship and prayer watches. Since the end of 2019, HOPE has experienced 424 creative miracles and seen many people healed and delivered. “
     Also among critical prayer requests Rania asks for intercession for Nazareth which “has been facing times of strife in recent days caused by two feuding families. One young man was killed then houses were burnt in the revenge acts. The area affected is very close to where the first HOPE prayer house is located. Please join us in praying for God's comfort for those who have lost loved ones, that this cycle of revenge will stop and that there will be reconciliation and forgiveness. Also pray for healing and righteousness to rule in the city.” 

Avi Mirachi of Dugit ministries asks, “How Will They Hear?” He relates it to Luke 5:3 when Yeshua asked to preach in Peter’s dugit – little fishing boat – out on the water so people could hear Him from the land. Such an excellent example of why they are asking for donations for their out Dugit Outreach, for the purchase of around $47,000 USD to upgrade audio equipment.  “Our current sound equipment is outdated and severely underpowered, and some of the pieces are no longer repairable.” It “has become difficult for all of our members and visitors who attend to hear well during our services.”  The new audio equipment would also be used for “our weekly worship services, online streaming, conferences, digital videos, outdoor events, youth ministry, street ministry, musical outreaches, and other programs that reach the Jewish people with the Good News of Messiah.” Help Israelis hear the Good News with a gift.

Norma in Jerusalem returns from travel with a new blog post called Thankful heart. She writes, “I am convinced that there is a sound of thanksgiving. Sing to the Lord with Thanksgiving (Psalm 147:7) Now would our song sound differently if we merely sang out of obligation?” 

Asher Intrater and Ron Cantor collaborate on an article called, the Mystery of the Hanukkah Menorah. If you missed the Zoom meeting last week with believers across the world (led by Asher and David Demian) you can watch the replay: His Glory Fills the House | Also the REPLAY Festival of Lights Revive Israel Global Broadcast from last week.

The Tree of Life ministries led by Ariel and Shayla Hyde are heavily involved in prayer and practical ministry outreach to save babies from abortion. That is why they called a prayer event for the reversal of Roe v. Wade (the verdict is still not in from the Supreme court, so replaying this event will help you pray for it). They write, “This battle is raging not just in the US, but also in Israel. Just yesterday, Israel’s Health Minister announced that he’s introducing legislation and multiple measures to remove virtually all barriers to abortion in Israel (even though the government already pays for them and 40,000 take place every year!).” Please join them in prayers. 

Kehila News Israel  links| “Brit Olam” – Everlasting Covenant, the First Hebrew Chronological Bible by Bible Society Staff | VIDEO with Wendy Cohen teaching on Hanukkah Blessings | From the Fellowship of Artists, a video featuring a traditional Hanukkah song, Maoz Zur 

Lastly, Evan Thomas and Lev Guler give the year end report on the Beit Asaph congregation in beautiful seaside Netanya. “We commend to you these power-filled words of promise and exhortation (Isaiah 59:20, 21 and Is 60:1-3)  as we complete this extraordinary year. These same two passages formed the basis of my last sermon for the year to the Beit Asaph community. The Christian symbols of the Advent candles and the Jewish symbol of the Hanukkiah – both holding prophetic significance.
     They report the weekly life groups system and a monthly celebration service has worked out very well to preserve the congregation in the midst of Covid through the past two years. “Children are born and young couples push ahead with weddings. We have celebrated five during this past year…” Also, “Two years ago as we flew to NZ for a three-month break (supposedly) we agreed to return and begin the process of forming a team of pastoral advisors. These younger men and women would provide wise support for Lev and Evan and in time, future pastor(s) could potentially emerge. Of course Covid interrupted this process as other priorities took over. Now, finally the team has been formed and is taking its first steps…and it is wonderful! Please keep the two David’s, Olga and Georgi in prayer for us. We are extremely fortunate to have such gifted people serving alongside us in the Beit Asaph community.  We finish the year, tired but very grateful for daily grace. Nothing is taken for granted and every good thing, no matter how small, brings us joy. God willing, we will fly to NZ on December 31 via Dubai.”  God speed.

Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue
Please keep in prayer the Israeli believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health needs: 

Please Pray for Ronit Bender who wrote:  I came yesterday shocked from my cardiologist. He told me I will need to go to hospital Rambam for 10 days and longer, to do a Cardiac Catheterization, double Bypass surgery and replace 2 valves. I will know the date next week I hope.  Will let you know. Thanks for praying.  | Pray for Claude Ezagouri of the Morning Star Fellowship who has started a treatment that is due to last at least 6 months for a medical problem he has been suffering from.  Believe in prayer with them as they look to the Lord for complete healing and for  prompt recovery from some other ailments.  Silvers: David's knees and Josie's back pain | A prayer request for Naomi, for a dear family that is a part of Israel Pochtar's pastoral team, who was diagnosed with colon cancer. "Despite what this battle entails, we are confident in God’s unfailing Word and promises." Read in her own words| Please continue to pray for Jacob Damkani for the LORD's mercies over Jacob and his dear wife, Elisheva | Dov Bikas – I have been very tired these days: probably as a result of a combination of factors: my age, stress of the days of running to the bomb shelter, work load in the ministry, etc. Olga Bikas: We are grateful that Olga is feeling better these days! Though the doctors never found the cause of the dizziness that put her in hospital a month ago, they did rule out major issues like brain tumors, heart problems, etc., so this is already comforting. Olga’s back also keeps improving and she is able to walk more outside now than she did before.

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