Arrows from Zion 11/28/2018

Priority Prayer Focus

Joshua & Caleb carrying the Fruit of the Land on their shoulders is a picture of the Israeli Messianic ministries today. These are those whom God has called to carry the fruit of the Messiah's Israeli Vineyard upon their shoulders.

Remember their labors of love with your generosity.

Are we passing down our passion for Israel?
If not, why not?
by Donna Diorio

I am forever seeing parallels between the things I know spiritually are true of Israel, and what I am seeing in my own nation. Like for example, in 1993 when I saw that the US governmental tolerance for Hamas doing fundraising in the USA would eventually bring terror attacks on our shores.

It is simply a matter of sowing and reaping. What the nations sow in regard to Israel, eventually we will taste the same bitter judgment in our lands. I see these playing out in the invading hordes in Europe and in the USA. The nations have been content to criticize Israel for defending her borders as many have attempted to break their borders down completely from land and sea. Now we are getting a taste of that as well but only those who can see through spiritual eyes can see that.

Here's another one and it has to do with reports over the past several years that the Christians who love and support Israel have not been passing that passion on to our younger generations. There is a parallel to that as new polls of Millennial viewpoints in the USA show that 50% of Millennials surveyed believe that Americans are sexist & racist. 

Just like many liberal American Christian young people have believed the propaganda that Israel is "Goliath" to the Palestinians "David", so also have many young people been duped into viewing those with Biblical values to be as one famous rant that our generation was "racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic". In short, deplorable.

Still others taking up the talking point are saying that "generations" of older people "just have to die" to solve the problems of racial justice and prejudice. No wonder the last prophecy of the Hebrew Bible is this:

"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:5-6

It is also the first prophecy of the New Covenant scriptures, Luke 1:16-17: "Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” 

You should know that we are not looking for a single figure, a single person like John the Baptist anointed with the spirit of Elijah. Now that the Spirit of the Lord is indwelling us all, we have the ability to be those of a great number of believers anointed with the spirit of Elijah to carry this essential message of generational reconciliation.

I believe also that as we sow into the ministries of Israel, who are turning the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of their children to the fathers by the reconciling work that takes place in a heart that is reconciled to God, that we will see a parallel release of the same among our younger generations in the nations. This is simply a matter of sowing and reaping. 

Arrows from Zion
Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests Israeli Ministries by subscription only donna@israelprayer.com

Yesterday as I was working on the Weekly Summary and Arrows from Zion it was "Giving Tuesday". The vision to see the Israeli Ministries receive the financial support from the international Church is just as great for this ministry as it is to raise up prayer for them.  The reason for this is that as the body in Israel increases in its fruitfulness, the churches in all the nations will also! This is why it was such an important point to the apostle Paul, "the apostle to the Gentiles.  We shouldn't need a "Giving Tuesday" to be generous with those who are ministering the Good News to Israel.

Of several areas that HaTikva Project has focused its ministry efforts to help the Israeli needy in the body of believers and as outreach to their communities, Adoption has been a recently added focus because, "Adoption is a cause that is close to our heart because it is close to the heart of the Lord." Here is a VIDEO of "one of the first Messianic Jewish adoptions in the history of Israel. HaTikva Families has been supporting this family, and two beautiful children are now with their forever family."

In the Maoz Israel monthly report:  Bringing Hope to the Arab People. None of those Messianic ministries who support evangelism in the Palestinian controlled areas can talk about what God is doing because it will risk the lives of the Christian Arabs they partner with. But God is moving and you will want to read this report.

In the Tikkun Global issue of "Israel's Restoration" is the story of Joel titled "I was Full of Hatred!" That was as a teenager before he had a powerful encounter with God at a Passover Messianic youth camp called Katzir (Harvest). Now Joel is a minister himself and his own ministry letter come later in this Arrows report. Read his story by subscribing to the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries or by connecting directly with his ministry. In the full Weekly Summary, Ron Cantor shares about the importance of supporting Tikkun's Katzir youth camps program operating for the last 18 years in Israel.

In his monthly Middle East Update, Ron Cantor shares the current important news related to Israel - also announcing raffle winner of a free trip to Israel. He shares about a new work in Tel Aviv that will launch in December which they envision as becoming a new congregation, Nes v'Kafe. Also! An exciting archaeological find in a Byzantine church in the Negev Desert: a previously undiscovered painting of the Messiah’s face is 1,500 years old. He is portrayed as a youth with cropped curly hair. 

"To keep a warm heart in a cold world is the real victory" was the subject line of Israel Pochtar's email this week - so profound a statement it deserves to be the subject of works of art and quoted widely as words to life by in our day. It is also what the Ashdod congregation and Voice of Judah Ministries practices as they seek to lighten the hardships of immigrants in their area, even in the midst of religious persecution against them as Messianic Jews. Please consider helping them in their Hanukkah and Christmas Project by contacting them directly, or reading more about what they are doing in the full Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries.

Intercessors for Israel (IFI) have a host of prayer points and scriptures to pray from in their Friday Prayer Points mailing. If you are subscribed to the Weekly Summary, you can read many of them there, or you can connect directly with the ministry to receive their mailing each Friday. It is always a good idea to hear from the believers on the ground before trying to pray specifically into the nation's concerns. The serious threat coming from Hezballah in Lebanon is a major prayer point.

From Revive Israel, Asher Intrater shares End Times Made Simple | Revive Live video with Cody Archer and Ari Blumenthal The Law: Abolished or Fulfilled? | Daniel Juster video How Shall We Live? | And evangelism in Israel via Yeshua Chai 24/7 internet TV channel

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice are battling on many fronts. One front is myth-busting by their informative campaigns about Israel and her neighbors. This VIDEO educates people about the use of Palestinian children by Hamas in their hostilities against Israel. Learn how you can help their efforts

It cannot be over-emphasized how great a tool web sites and other online resources are in reaching Israelis who are the most online-plugged-in population in the world, PLUS they can explore the taboo of faith in Yeshua in privacy. Which is one reason I commend KehilaNews.com because it is not only a place you can learn about the Israeli Messianic community, it is also a place Israelis can learn about the Israeli Messianic faith too. Believers in the nations need to understand: reaching Israelis with the Good News is DIFFERENT than the modes you are used to. 

A couple of articles appearing over the last week in KehilaNews.com |Airbnb caves to BDS, removes West Bank settlement listings by Ron Cantor | and from FIRM Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries, Protecting the future of Israel: Pro-life organization saves lives

Barry Segal of the Vision for Israel and Joseph's Storehouse ministry has a TV program called "Roots and Reflections" a "biblically-based travel program focusing on the reality of life in Israel." Daystar TV: Wed 9 AM ET also on Fri, 11 AM ET | God TV: Mon 6 PM ET | NRB TV: Thurs 8:30 AM ET

Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem brings two more instances of the nations in the valley of decision regarding Israel with insights and prayer points by the visits of the Czech Republic President and the African nation of Chad's President to Israel.  Important relationships with these nations is important for Israel, and important for the future of those nations.  Martin's full comments are available in the Weekly Summary

Arni Klein of Emmaus Way writes about a change of direction in their announced gathering scheduled for Germany regarding their "Israel Revealed " course which will be as designed:  a discussion format for small groups with the aid of an accompanying facilitator." The moment had to come when the burden would no longer need anyone from outside to stir it up. The very dynamics of the course call for individuals to own the message and take responsibility for the Lord’s vision to come to pass. So at this time we will not be organizing another gathering."

Klein also speaks about how they are working with Claude Ezagouri's Morning Star Fellowship in the heart of Tiberias, an area which has strongly influenced by the ultra-orthodox population much like Arad in southern Israel. I will not go into all the details publicly but subscribers to the Weekly Summary can read about it more fully there - or, connect directly with the ministry

As mentioned above, Joel Jelski sends his monthly ministry letter with his two major focus. First the 3-month discipleship program which he is an instructor in, and the Hanukkah Katzir Youth Camp about to get underway next week. Please be in prayer  for the Jelski's as they settle into their new ministry roles in the north, and for all those young people whose lives are being touched by the LORD through them. Read more by connecting directly with the ministry, or by subscribing to the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

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 for the ALL-Clear on EDDIE SANTORO's latest MRI showing no more signs of cancer in his brain! | 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.|  
                Continue pray for Marianna Gol's urgent requests for Streams in the Desert (widows & orphans):   A, the 20 yr old jailed man | M1 following surgery last week & many related needs | M2, mother getting a mastectomy who has an  autistic needing 24/7 care. Many needs | T, mother of 3, bed-ridden with severe back pain. Many needs including a correct diagnosis which will determine eligibility for financial.               
                Pray also for Israel intercessors/supporters in other nations with urgent health needs:  Jeurgen at ICEJ, Karen and Yonit in Israel.  Also for Israel intercessors:  Cecelia Toth, Arlene Stucki, Una Gere, Mo Murray, also from our friend Steve in the UK for his wife Elizabeth, and Debra Koen Abernethy still recovering from complication following double lung transplant.

                Pray for a 5-yr old boy in ACCO recovering from infection to the head injury following a car accident. PRAYER for the above as the Holy Spirit leads, plus most importantly that the infection will not spread to the brain

Teaching Articles 

11/27/18 Guy Cohen  in Akko Katzir Asher, The Harvest of Asher Congregation  acco.watchmen@gmail.com  www.harvestofasher.org  Guy on Facebook Harvest of Asher is a member in the Tents of Mercy Ministries. Donations: See instructions on http://www.harvestofasher.org/  In the U.S. designate "Harvest of Asher" in the memo line and mail to c/o Tikkun International  P.O.Box 2997 | Gaithersburg, MD 20886 | USA

Guy Cohen on Facebook has been sharing some spectacular photos and videos from his ministry trip to the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. Part of the end times prophecy is that the Word of the Lord shall go out from Jerusalem. That is not just a prophecy of the first century believers, that is a prophecy about the last century body of Messiah in Israel. This is part of the vision of the Tikkun Global Family which Guy Cohen is a part of.

The Kingdom of Love and True Light | The Maccabees were a priestly family from the Hasmonean dynasty which was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity.  When Antiochus IV issued his decrees forbidding Jewish religious practice, Mattathias (father of 5 sons who would later be known as the Maccabees) sparked the revolt by refusing to worship the Greek gods. After Mattathias' death, his son Judah Maccabee led an army to victory restoring the independent Jewish kingdom after liberating it from foreign domination and then purifying and rededicating the Temple.

This occurred during the second temple period. This would be the very same temple where Yeshua later appeared. Their resistance is celebrated until today in Jewish communities worldwide commemorating the victory of the weak over the strong. And the miracle of rededicating the temple to worship God and the miracle of the oil which lasted eight days. This gave birth to the holiday of Hanukkah which commemorates the victory of when light overcomes the darkness.

All of this considered, what is the trophy, reward or that which the Maccabees gained by this victory? We see that the Maccabees controlled all areas involved in ruling or controlling the people as follows: the priesthood - working in the temple, the kingdom - ruling over the people and teacher of the Torah - the Pharisees.  They were in control of everything that affected everyday life, worship and the kingdom. All well and good at the beginning but later on it all ended when civil war broke out between two of the Hasmonean princes. However, the story doesn't end there, it was only the beginning of the end. As a result, the Roman authorities selected Herod the Great as their royal proxy!

What we once again see from history is that people run toward a position to control the people. Throughout history we see many kingdoms such as Rome, Greece, Babylon, Assyria, Egypt and more which in the end collapsed. Why is that?

Yeshua even speaks about this to Pontius Pilate stating that  His Kingdom, the heavenly kingdom, "My Kingdom is not from here". That is the Kingdom that we as Believers in Yeshua are called to bring down to earth. It's a Kingdom of Peace. The way to do this is not through ruling or controlling but serving and loving each other.

Remember this, the Kingdom's of this earth will perish but the Kingdom of Yeshua will persevere forever. That's why we need to wait for our Messiah to come and sit on His throne in Jerusalem. His Kingdom,  the Kingdom of love and true light.

Praying the Headlines News Bytes 

Iran sends Hezbollah GPS parts to turn rockets into precision missiles — report | Fox News says most recent shipment arrived in Beirut on Tuesday; Lebanon has previously denied Netanyahu’s claim that Iran operates weapons factories on its soil

               

Why Did 101 Lawmakers Send Letters of Support to Israel-Bashing CAIR? | Steve Emerson for Algemeiner | Too many people remain ignorant of the facts of CAIR’s full slate of activities made abundantly clear at CAIR’s recent national banquet and fundraiser outside Washington, D.C. The Oct. 19 event drew letters of support and congratulations from 101 elected officials and candidates, nearly all Democrats.

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Donna Diorio 
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