WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 1/11/2017

Priority Prayer Focus Jan 11, 2017

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Matthew 24:6

Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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From Revive Israel an report on the Katzir Youth Camp that was held over the Hanukkah holidays, news that the Blumenthal's are returning to Israel after two years ministry in China, two videos, one by Dan Juster on The Universal Law and from Jakob Lundvall 3 Keys to Overcoming Public Speaking Stage-fright. Also, Asher intrater's article asking the question, "Is Israel occupying someone else's land, or is someone else occupying Israel's land?" Occupation and Settlement

Avi and Chaya Mizrachi send thanks for prayer about their outreach in Nazareth. They are also asking for prayers for Chaya and Devora in New Zealand to minister at various women's events.  Plus this:  "We are so grateful to have just around 1.5 million USD in the bank.  However, it continues to be difficult to find someone who is willing to sell property in Tel Aviv. We really need a breakthrough in this area and truly covet your prayers! "

Brian Slater of Abundant Bread of Salvation in Netanya encouraging your support and prayers for thier humanitarian outreach which is breathing new life into the "dry bones" of their communiy. Brian has included a couple of short clips from people they have been able to help. See inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX  for how to donate to Slater's ministry, and all who are featured each week.

Maoz Ministries (Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram )Katy Smith writes, "Israel's salvation is a promise of the Father, on which we stand." They ask for prayers regarding decisions on how they will direct their efforts in 2017, with the major guiding purpose: to reach Israel with the Good News. "Everything else we do is a derivative from this purpose and serves this goal." 

 Find the complete list of prayer points Maoz submits on behalf of their ministry and their nation inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX  Including, "It is important and vital for us to pray for our leaders, as their decisions determine the direction in which our countries and our people are heading. Israel is going through a turmoil - from within and without. Division is very evident and, as the Bible states, a city divided within itself will not stand. Please join us and pray for leaders - those in Israel and those in your country."

Eric Benson who heads the House of Victory substance abuse rehab that is an outreach of the Carmel Congregation writes about testimonies of success stories - men who have found deliverance and salvation in the Messiah and now are valued members and leaders within their community. Read those inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX. Please pray for all the ministries in Israel working in these difficult ministries. They are snatching precious souls from the fires.

Howard Bass, notes that 2017 marks his 17th year as pastor of the Yeshua's Inheritance Congregation in Beer Sheva.  Mazal Tov to Howard and Randi!  Howard writes, "I was officially 'ordained' on Jan 1, 2000, and left my job three months later, after working 17 years for two engineering companies as a clerk. This had never entered my mind when Randi and first immigrated to Israel in Sept 1981 as new believers.  But, the Lord has His thoughts and His ways that are much different than ours!  We definitely appreciate the encouraging support that we have had through the years, both from the congregation, and from you, some of whom go all the way back."  To read the outline points of Howard's message on our first service of this year of 2017

Howard also shares about an interesting development that occured before their Shabbat meeting - an opportunity to share with locals that holds the promise of more to come.  (Howard's had operation was yesterday. Please pray for rapid recovery and perfect healing.) See more inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX.

Arni Klien writes about "the insane UN declarations and the dark antics of the outgoing US occupant of the Oval Office.  As shocking as is such nonsense coming from supposed world leaders, we should really not be surprised. These things must take place before the end will come. We need to take care to not fall into the ditch of seeing the enemy as running freely about, wreaking havoc. At some point our thinking needs to shift from the thought that the enemy is doing this and that to God is. If Father is sovereign over everything, He is never in the position of responding to the works of the outgoing prince of this world. "  Read more from Emmaus Way inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX.

Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel shares “17 days that may determine the direction of 2017 and beyond” | STRATEGIC SCRIPTURES FOR A STRATEGIC TIME FOR ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS THROUGH JANUARY 20TH." Read it inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX

From Barry and Batya Segal's Jerusalem News Network, Christians the Most Persecuted Group in the World for Second Year.  "90,000 Christians were killed for their beliefs worldwide last year and nearly a third were at the hands of Islamic extremists like ISIS. Others were killed by state and non-state persecution, including in places like North Korea. The study also found that as many as 600 million Christians were prevented from practicing their faith in 2016."  Read more inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX

Israel Pochtar sends thanks for the prayer and support for their Christmas and Hanukkah humanitarian projects. "We had the privilege to help more than 300 families over the course of the projects. Electric heaters and blankets were distributed to prepare those in need for the cold winter months that still lie ahead in Israel." 

Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem write about the terror attack in a neighborhood that overlooks Jerusalem that killed four young Israeli soldiers and wounded many others.  Read his report and prayer points inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries:  Attached DOCX

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice also writes about the terror attack in Jerusalem and their efforts to "continue to fight for basic rights in Israel and the Palestinian Territories; the foremost human right being the right to life. By building the democratic infrastructure of the Jewish State, we are strengthening the only government in our region that protects human rights, human dignity and life. Thank you for standing with us in this critical hour."

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: 

We have an update on Cookie who is recovering well from surgery on her right hand.  Please continue to pray for those listed:  inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries  Attached DOCX

My Word (my TWO words)

Two short comments:
IF YOU WANT A NO-BULL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOUR NATION IS IN FOR
IF YOU WANT A NO-BULL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOUR NATION IS IN FOR, all you have to do is take a no-bull look at what your nation's approach has been to Israel in the conflict with Palestinian/Arabs and Islamic terrorism. 

Not only are the nations denying Islamic terror attacks in their own countries, chalking up every attack to other issues like mental illness, but the origin of this habit was developed in their denials of terror attacks in Israel.

I remember distinctly in 2000-2001 reading a comparison of the tally and circumstances of terror attacks as Israel accounted them versus the tally of what the international community recognized as terror attacks. Specifically, the international community would not recognize any one-on-one attack, such as a knifing or vehicular homicide. Regardless of clear intent, they would not put it in the accounting of terror attacks against Israel.

Now lo, these many years later, that same failure to accurately account terror attacks in the nations - regardless of clearly stated intent - we are seeing repeatedly not only in the USA, but in the UK, and European nations.

That is why I say that how the nations are treating Israel, the same thing is visited upon the nations. Whatever our leaders have decided it is okay for Israel to have to put up with, they are deciding the same thing for their nations. Remember what God's Word says, Do not be deceived, for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. That OBVIOUSLY goes for nations as well as individual men.

Now, we are the Remnant of faith in our nations, but even the believers in the nations are not unanimous in opposing how our nations are treating Israel with injustice and hypocrisy. Many believers in the nations actually have bought into all the deception and propaganda that says it is Israel who is the aggressor, and Palestinian/Arabs who are the victims.

That level of deception is bad news for the international Church. The Remnant of -true- faith recognizes the age old battle that is being fought over Israel in our day. We must stand up and not be intimidated by ANY who are in denial of that. Those who remain in deception on this issue are sealing their own fate, and I have no intention of soft-peddling that no matter how big the ministry leader is. -Donna Diorio


and PARIS MIDEAST UN CONFERENCE

  PARIS MIDEAST UN CONFERENCE  
I am not sure that all the focus on "70 Nations" having been invited to the Paris MidEast conference is as prophetic as many are assuming. On Facebook, many are excitedly posting messages about the "70 nations" going to Paris to oppose Israel, but their focus is almost entirely on the number of "70 nations" rather than on the substantive moves that are being made against Israel. 

Mentioning "70 nations" in context with the Paris meeting is sure to stir a strong biblical emotional appeal, pointing many to an expectation of an imminent Rapture. But the Bible does not refer to "70 nations" in that context.  There really isn't a 70-nations-coming-against-Israel prophecy. There is a "70 weeks" prophecy but that is not interchangeable with "70 nations," or at least not as far as I can see. 

Only one newspaper report I read shared a quote from a French official saying that invitations had been sent to 70 nations to attend the Paris conference.  All the rest of the reports seemed to be seizing on the number of 70 having prophetic significance but aren't we taking a 'prophetic' leap to assign Biblical meaning when scripture makes no reference to 70 nations in that respect? Many reports I'm reading say few than 70 will actually attend.

The reference to 70 nations comes from Deuteronomy 32:8 "When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel."

Asher Intrater recently taught on this in a video teaching called, A New Dimension of Prophecy. He said this 70 nations reference, rather than being rather than an ominous prediction, the reference to 70 nations actually points to the good of all the nations, in a reference to the Remnant within all the nations as in Israel.:

"God said when He separated the people groups, He did it according to a pattern which is based on the children of Israel. As there were 12 sons of Jacob and then 70 grandchildren, I will set up the nations in 12 streams and 70 sections. When God looks at the nations of the world He sees 12 different streams and 70 different sections of people. He groups them together in different ways. God said there is a pattern and I set borders, standards for the peoples of the world according to the pattern that was with the first family I made a covenant with. Amazing.

"We see this all the way to the end of Revelation with the nations coming into the Heavenly Jerusalem through twelve gates with the names of the children of Israel. The pattern that God sets one family, 12 sons, 70 souls altogether. Then He spreads it to the rest of the world and keeps the pattern.

"For all these years, even though they are not speaking to one another, even when they hate one another, they are still in God's pattern and they cannot get it out of it. When God brings it all back together [via the Remnant of all the 70 nations] we will see that there are borders and boundaries of the geography, and history and destiny of all the nations of the world that are connected to the tribes of Israel. Amazing."

We should most definitely pray about the Paris Mideast Conference, and I encourage you to read Hannah Weiss' excellent presentation of the history and facts of this gathering.

 We know that in the end, all nations will gather together to come against Israel, but there will also be a Remnant of faith in the "70 nations" as God sees them according to the pattern of Israel. For those - all of us - there will be rejoicing when Yeshua returns to deliver Israel from all her enemies in the world. - Donna Diorio


inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries  Attached DOCX  

Praying the Headlines

From KehilaNews.com:
Israel cycle of terror continues: 4 dead in truck attack
Congress backs Israel—Netanyahu says “Thank you” by Ron Cantor
The Paris Peace Conference Déjà Vu by Hannah Weisss

Teaching Articles

Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate has launched a new 30-minute program, Out of Zion LIVE.

Also, Ron's Comment on: GOP Senators Promote Bill to move US Embassy to Jerusalem | Will Trump fulfill campaign promise and what does that mean for U.S.  inside the subscription only Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

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