WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 10/26/2016

Priority Prayer Focus Oct 26, 2016

UNESCO.  Something big - and spiritual - happened last week when the UNESCO passed a resolution  denying Jewish history and heritage at the Temple Mount in Israel. This issue of Arrows contains many Israeli ministries directing our attention to what happened at UNESCO including a thorough going over the details by Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem.  There are links to a number of articles by Israeli Messianic believers in the Kehila News Israel section.

This is not a purely political matter, but in fact, many of us believe that the Islamic hatred of Israel and the UN obsession with condemning Israel have a direct link to the prophecies about a time when all the nations of the world gather outside of Jerusalem to put an end to Israel once and for all. The situation will be so overwhelming that God, who sees this as a war against HIM, will send Jesus to deal with the rebellion.

The UN just happens to be a perfect vehicle for containing such a worldwide hatred against, Israel, Jews and Christians - God and His Messiah.  Could it be that prophecy is beginning to unfold before our eyes? We do not know exactly when the end is, so nobody can say the exact time but we do know the prophecies are moving forward toward the end.

In a September 22, 2016 address at the United Nations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told that international body of nations that the UN “began as a moral force and has become a moral farce.” This is a true statement. Please pray about your own nation's involvement in these condemnations of Israel by the UN. It is not just politics - it is as spiritual as it gets.

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Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.

Most of the time the Israeli ministries do not even mention the persecutions that are going on against them, some on a continual basis. They already live in the pressure cooker of Israel, but they also have the heat turned up on them because they are in the faith of Jesus. Israel Pochtar is a good example of how Israeli ministries are living in faith with persecutions because almost everything this guy sends out is excited, upbeat and pressing forward with the gospel. I knew there were major persecutions against their congregation years ago, but had no idea from his prayer letters that the heat on them continued.

With this prayer letter, Israel Pochtar in Ashdod opens up about the persecution they have lived with over the past ten years of ministry, and how he desires our prayers right now for a new incident of persecution that will severely limit his freedom of movement if it is not resolved. Read the details inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

While we are on the subject, we also got a new report from the Hasdey Yeshua congregation in Arad, a small city in the Negev that has been a hotbed of persecution of the faith for at least a decade and half. This is due mostly to the high concentration of ultra-Orthodox in this Negev region. They would like to take over the town and make all the rules, but there are seculars in Arad that are not that keen on the idea.  So, tensions are continuing in Arad but not just directed at the believers of Yeshua/Jesus in town, also among all the secular residents too. The Hasdey Yeshua congregation is asking for prayer for their city ...they also pass along that their Feast days were truly wonderful and they are blessing God for such a time of rejoicing with all their families.

Ron Cantor's Messiah's Mandate ministry is going through some changes - and hey! are you watching his new series on GOD TV called Out of Zion? If you don't get GOD TV you can always watch on Facebook where he is posting them every day.  So anyway, Ron says Messiah's Mandate is now a team of 9 people and it is also an outreach arm of the Tiferet Yeshua congregation in Tel Aviv.  He wrote something that I really like and think is important:  "When I moved here in 2003 I pledged to Asher Intrater, who oversees Elana and me, that our communication would reflect what we are doing here—not merely news from Israel."  What's such a big deal about that? Well in my mind, the point of an Israel ministry is to minister to Israelis, not just keep the Christians in the nations informed about Israel-related news stories.

So I think it is great that one of the changes that Messiah's Mandate monthly ministry report is making is to include "articles from at least four team members, all who are serving on the ground in Israel, all Hebrew speakers and all lovers of Yeshua. Ministry in Israel is reaching Israelis—it is disciplining Israelis and helping new Israeli believers to build their lives."  Not only is that important to exposing many of this next generation ministry leaders to the international church, but is also puts the emphasis on the work of ministry going on in Israel.  I think if God didn't already know, that is what He would want to read about rather than news stories.  ;-)   Please read more about Ron & the MMI team  inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

From Asher Intrater's Revive Israel a superb short teaching article Aggressive Humility, or "The Wall" "Recently while praying over a situation affecting many of our friends both in Israel and internationally, I saw a picture in my heart of a massive stone wall, indicating the difficulty of the problem.  The wall was too big to destroy or to climb over."

 Plus their Yom Kippur Recap which you can read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Asher's video teaching The Second Coming and the Fall Feasts and Cody Archer's audio message The End Time Significance of Israel's Restoration

Also this opportunity:  Watchmen for the Nations: Global Gathering Jerusalem | This November 7-11, 2016 believers from around the world will be gathering in Jerusalem—along with many from the local Body of Messiah, both Jewish & Arab. The theme of this gathering is taken from Isaiah 11:10 "In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to Him, and His resting place will be glorious." — In addition, we also believe that this gathering is part of our longing to see the fulfilment of the promise in Isaiah 19:23-24 - "In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on  the earth." Learn More click title above. |  For internationals Register Here  | We are also looking for 200 volunteers to help make this gathering possible. Volunteers get a free day pass to the event. To volunteer, Register Here  Contact information inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Joel and Milad of Succat Hallel are off ministering at best left undisclosed locations.  Ask for prayer for travels and family back home.

David Lazarus of Beit Immanuel in Jaffa sends a report on their joyous Sukkot celebrations, writing, "It never ceases to surprise me every year when the holidays come around, and people still make a Sukkah. What a great demonstration of God's enduring presence in our lives. Sitting in our Sukkah becomes a great opportunity to talk about what God did in the past, and what He can do for us today.... At our Friday evening service, we studied God's word by performing a variety of tasks together. It was fun and challenging! Some built a bridge, some wrote a story, others had to cross a finish line at exactly the same time. And we learned that to build together everyone has their part, and that in the process of building, we need to build up one another. As the Apostle wrote: "Let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which we can build up one another."

 

As promised, from KehilaNewsIsrael are many articles concerning the major spiritual-political actions made by UNESCO:

International lawmakers from 17 countries denounce UNESCO resolution, sign declaration in Jerusalem | By Amir Tsarfati | Nineteen members of parliament (MP’s) from over 17 countries signed a declaration rejecting UNESCO’s resolution passed last week that denies Jewish heritage and history to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Thursday.

UNESCO moves forward with anti-Jewish resolution regarding Jerusalem site | Kehila News Israel Staff | A decision that lawmakers from both the left and right of the political spectrum are calling “unbefitting of UNESCO” has left Israel’s government and many Jews and supporters of Israel around the world furious.

Israel suspends work with UNESCO after Jerusalem vote | Kehila News Israel Staff | All of Israel’s work with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will cease after the organization passed a resolution on Thursday denying Jewish connections to Jerusalem and condemning Israeli action on the Temple Mount.

Clinton: Facade of Israeli-Palestinian peace process better than none at all | Kehila News Israel Staff | A facade of an Israeli-Palestinian peace process is better than none at all, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told senior staffers according to the latest batch of leaked emails released by WikiLeaks. 

Clinton’s message was in response to an earlier email from Sullivan who sent her a link to a New York Times article about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for his remarks ahead of Israel’s March 2015 elections that “Arab voters are going in droves to the polls.”

“Unsurprisingly, Pragmatic Bibi makes an appearance,” Sullivan wrote sarcastically in the email. The presidential candidate noted in response, “This is an opening that should be exploited.”

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: 

Continue to pray for Jacob Damkani who has decided to trust God for healing and forego the advised more dangerous surgery for now (Fungus has disappeared but bacteria still present in his blood, please keep praying | Continue prayers for David Davis |   Eddie Santoro - a new form of cancer unrelated to the brain cancer | "Gila" in the Negev No new updates on the surgery of amputation of one of her limbs. Please pray for her. |Ruth Nessim has received a clean bill of health from cancer treatment: pray it does not rise up a 2nd time | David Stern Please continue pray for David's health and also for Martha, as his caretaker |  Continued prayer against cancer in Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore | David O., Ami (unhealed wounds); 

Long term disease battles:  Leah; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Moshe M.;  the son of an Arab pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from Leukemia. Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K;  Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after serious arm fractures; Carolyn Hyde, Eddie Beckford, Claude Ezagouri; Rachel Slater; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E and unnamed Israel-related ministers.  Pray also for Tal Bass. Miriam Abramov, incisional hernia, Ronen a congregant & faithful volunteer in the Tiferet Yeshua Tel Aviv congregation.  PLEASE PRAY ALSO for all the caretakers. If you have ever been one, you know that it stretches us to our limits in an very emotional time. Pray for God to strengthen and uphold them all.

Praying the Headlines

Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel appeals for prayers for Rev Andrew Brunson, who was arrested in Turkey along with his wife as a "national security threat." Turkey has released Norine but are still holding the pastor. Ridings writes that they pastor the Resurrection Church in Izmar, and have hosted 24/7 Houses of Prayer seminars for Succat Hallel in recent years. Ridings also includes a sample letter with the request for much contact with your appropriate authorities (congressman/senators) to appeal on behalf of Pastor Bruson's release. Read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Teaching Article on a Current Prophetic Event

Choices at the U.N. | By Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem | On the 13th of October, UNESCO  (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) gave preliminary approval to a resolution effectively ignoring any ties between the Temple Mount and Judaism.  Read in full inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Simcha & Bella Davidov currently in USA; Guy Cohen upcoming Texas itinerary; Orna Greenman currently in southeastern US

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