by Donna Diorio
I honestly do not want to insult or hurt anyone with what I write about
Christian Zionists who support the unbelievers in Israel while turning their
backs on and even openly opposing our spiritual brothers and sisters in Israel,
the Messianic Jews. But I have to speak up. And even though Ron Cantor and Michael Brown have both put out
powerful videos of their own to refute the false accusations, I wanted to speak to Israel-supporting
Christians, as an Israel-supporting Christian. Because of the raised level
of aggressive opposition of some in the anti-Messianic Israeli religious
activist circles recently, and this pressure they have put on Christian Zionist
leaders to denounce the Shelanu TV, Ron
Cantor is even getting death threats at his home. Do we wait around until another religious-nationalist zealot like Jack
Teitel to try to kill someone in the Cantor family, or do we speak up NOW and
make sure Israel hears us?
This Christian Zionist lady has done some wonderful
things in support of Israel and for Christian values in American politics, but
now she has tragically become a parroting voice of some of the most
extreme of extreme religious thought in Israel. Here is my comment directly to
her video post and duplicated in a NOTE on my Facebook page. Her latest video
commentary via Vimeo. She has also uploaded it to YouTube. She must be answered by fellow Christians who know better.
Even before I can get this issue out, Laurie is pressing in with more horrible accusations against GOD TV and those who are bringing Shelanu TV to Israelis, including agreeing with the accusation that they are NAR. Also she is making an accusation against anyone - including Israeli Messianic Jews - who tell Jews that Jesus is the Messiah is the Messiah of being "Replacement Theology." What I'm picking up from what she said and what The Dove guy said, it you are pre-Trib Rapture of Christians, then to believe that God wants you to witness to Jews now is "Replacement Theology". This is a new take on those who do not believe witnessing to Jews is kosher for such a time as this. Listen and tell me if that is not what you heard.
Also in this video, she reveals that she is meeting with other leaders who made public statements against Shelanu TV. BEWARE of what she is seeking to do in creating a united front against the Messianic Jewish Israelis being able to share their faith as is their right as Israeli citizens even on a television channel of their own making to serve their community! Please pray that God would rise up and scatter the enemies of His Word for Israel today being released in Israel
Even before I can get this issue out, Laurie is pressing in with more horrible accusations against GOD TV and those who are bringing Shelanu TV to Israelis, including agreeing with the accusation that they are NAR. Also she is making an accusation against anyone - including Israeli Messianic Jews - who tell Jews that Jesus is the Messiah is the Messiah of being "Replacement Theology." What I'm picking up from what she said and what The Dove guy said, it you are pre-Trib Rapture of Christians, then to believe that God wants you to witness to Jews now is "Replacement Theology". This is a new take on those who do not believe witnessing to Jews is kosher for such a time as this. Listen and tell me if that is not what you heard.
Also in this video, she reveals that she is meeting with other leaders who made public statements against Shelanu TV. BEWARE of what she is seeking to do in creating a united front against the Messianic Jewish Israelis being able to share their faith as is their right as Israeli citizens even on a television channel of their own making to serve their community! Please pray that God would rise up and scatter the enemies of His Word for Israel today being released in Israel
Answering Laurie Cordoza-Moore's False Accusations
Laurie, You are bearing false witness against Ron Cantor and Michael L Brown accusing them of staging those confrontations without any direct knowledge but only presumption. I have worked with the Israeli Messianic Jewish congregational and ministry leaders for the past twenty years and I tell you these types of confrontations are instigated against Messianic Jews repeatedly and ALWAYS the Messianic Jews respond graciously. They are not trying to stir up hatred among Christians as you suppose.
Laurie, You are bearing false witness against Ron Cantor and Michael L Brown accusing them of staging those confrontations without any direct knowledge but only presumption. I have worked with the Israeli Messianic Jewish congregational and ministry leaders for the past twenty years and I tell you these types of confrontations are instigated against Messianic Jews repeatedly and ALWAYS the Messianic Jews respond graciously. They are not trying to stir up hatred among Christians as you suppose.
Also, you made so much
out of your journalistic background in the beginning of this video, but you do
not seem to know the first thing about the Jewish believers in Jesus, they call
him Yeshua, His Hebrew name. Instead you have taken up the offense that Jews
who do not believe in Yeshua YET have and as a Christian, that is NOT why God
stirred up a love for the Jewish people in you to accomplish. You are
"protecting" Israeli Jews from hearing that your Lord and Savior is
the Messiah of Israel?
Now understandably
Christians must be acutely sensitive to why Jews are "enemies of the
Gospel" as the apostle Paul put in Romans 11. And Christians are not
allowed to proselytize in Israel, but it is not against Israeli law for
Messianic Jews to share their faith and they know all of the sensitivities
first hand! God had to break through the same sensitivities to reach them with
Yeshua's true identity.
I am so concerned with
what you are doing here stirring up anger with false accusations against the
Jewish believers in Israel who are producing 80% of the content that is shown
on Shelanu TV. If this was the first century of faith in Yeshua, you would have
been picking up rocks to stone Stephen! How can you say you love the Jewish
people and everything you are doing is for the Jewish people when you despise
the Israeli Messianic Jews for wanting to share the love of the Messiah with
them?
Do you want to know
why you have never been accosted on the streets of Israel while filming?
Because you are a Christian telling the story that unsaved Jews want told. And
so do we Christians who support the 20-to-30,000 Messianic Jews of Israel. The
reason you have never been assaulted is that you are not a Jew telling other
Jews that Yeshua is Israel's Hope, the Jewish Messiah.
I pray that you will
not harden your heart against the truth that these men and women in Israel who
are Jews and who love the same LORD as you do, are not the enemies of the
Jewish people. Please, I am begging you: You must stop working against the will
of God that all Israel shall be saved. God is not happy with it, that much is
certain.
In 2008 a religious
nationalist settler planted a package bomb at the doorstep of a Messianic
pastoral family home in Ariel. Their 15-year old son opened that Purim basket
and was blown up. He lived by a miracle of God but has had countless surgeries
and still suffers from the bombing today. You asked why Ward Simpson would tell
his Christian viewers not to hate the religious Jews they saw confronting Dr.
Brown, well this why: because of the hateful conduct of SOME religious Jews
against the Messianic Jews.
Another incident in
Arad years ago, an ultra-Orthodox activist tried to set fire to a building of a
ministry while people were inside playing chess. Over the past 20 years there
have been MANY hostile incidents of religious persecution, and when I relate
them to my Israel prayer list, I too tell them not to hate the religious
persecutors because they are spiritually blind. It is what Jesus said on the
Cross, Father, forgive them, for them know not what they do.
You accuse Ron and Dr
Brown of staging confrontations "as a fund raising" tool. You are so
ignorant of the facts, Laurie. If you really do pride your journalistic
integrity, then you will dig deeper and learn the missing truth because you
have been led far astray from the facts.
You have never seen a
Jew spit on the ground at the name of Jesus? I have. It is a common thing among
some, and it doesn't even have to be a religious Jew or in Israel to spit at
the name of Jesus. You really don't know as much as you think you do, Laurie and
that is a shame because you are harming the Israeli Messianic believers.
Do you even know that
there are more than 1 million Jews worldwide who believe in Jesus and call
themselves Messianic Jews? You have made uninformed and highly detrimental
false accusations against godly men calling them manipulators to wrest millions
out of unsuspecting Christians. You are the one being manipulated, and it is so
sad that you have steeled yourself against the truth.
Will you allow my
comment to be seen? Probably not, but my comments to you will be seen
elsewhere, for the Christians who stand with their brothers and sisters in the
faith of Yeshua will see it, and will be praying for your eyes to be opened. —Donna Diorio Please watch these excellent videos
Ron Cantor reacts to Laurie' accusation
Video on Facebook
Arrows from Zion
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Carolyn Hyde, of Heart of G-d Ministries near the Sea of Galilee shares
her thoughts as a Jewish woman regarding the opposition from Christian Zionists
who have done so much good for the State of Israel, now trying to shut down the
Gospel in Israel. Please read "My
Perspective on Shelanu TV — "Our TV"
* Zac Waller has apologized privately to Ron Cantor for his statements. I don't know if he has publicly renounced what he said.
* Zac Waller has apologized privately to Ron Cantor for his statements. I don't know if he has publicly renounced what he said.
Kehila News Israel also gives many other
Messianic Jews perspectives of the Christians who have set themselves against
the Shelanu channel. Tuvia Pollack asks, " why is the very existence of a
Messianic Jewish channel in Hebrew such a threat to both Orthodox Jews and some
Evangelical Christians? in his article: What
is the Messianic Israeli channel "Shelanu" actually airing? Also
Eric Tokajer, asks, What would motivate Christian leaders to actively fight
against Messianic Jews in Israel? My first inclination (from experience) would
be to say, “Follow the money,” in his article Shelanu
TV, Christian Leaders, and Thirty Pieces of Silver. On the subject of
"converting Jews", Howard Bass points all that this is Conversion for
all in Messiah.
Avner Boskey has also added insight at this time in his article Rightists
and leftists, an overview of what we are seeing in Christian Zionist
publicly opposing " Israel’s
first Messianic Jewish-operated cable TV station – even to the point of
pressuring Prime Minister Netanyahu to rescind GOD TV’s license." Avner
warns: "According to the New Testament Scriptures, any attempt to suppress
the Good News of the Jewish Messiah is a clear and present spiritual danger to
mankind, including to the Jewish people."
Arni Klein muses, "What a complex moment this is, and it is far from
over. Perhaps the main word that stands out is 'unprecedented.' We are all
basically in the same boat. It’s hard, if not impossible, to know who or what
to believe." He is talking about the nations of the world grappling with
the Corona virus and how in reality it has produced a " spirit rising up
around us when leaders and politicians in 'democratic' nations talk openly and
freely about forced population control. We see it when people of influence and
power speak about drastically reducing the population (euthanizing masses of
citizens) as though this were perfectly normal.... In all these things and
more, we see the twisted spirit and nature of the devil having so taken up
residence in man that people have been given over to a reprobate mind and God
has sent the strong delusion of 2Thessalonians 2:9-10. Beloved friends, when we
see all these things come to pass, we know that satan’s prophesied incarnation
is at hand.... The call we have heard since 1997 is to prepare a place for the
Lord and minister to Him. His light will deal with the darkness."
Avi and Chaya Mizrachi write, " You and I have something the people
of Israel desperately need right now — we have HOPE! " It does not get any
truer than that! In Tel Aviv, their distribution center has been delivering
food to people in serious need and have at times simply run out of goods to
distribute...but people keep coming and the need has not abated. For a donation this
month to help restock the food warehouse they will send donors a vial of
anointing oil from Israel. Help them help their people Israel.
The Aliyah Return Center today (5/28) held the dedication for their new
"Vertical Galilee House of Prayer" With Josh Aaron, Matt Redman, Rev
Dr John W Mulinde, Shilo Ben-Hod, Chaim Malespin and Dean Bye plus many more. Be
part of the rebirth of the prayer movement in the Jordan Valley | Watch this video about the event Donate to make a difference
It is Shavuot and The Outpouring was such an uplifting 4 hours today that everyone needs to watch the replay and soak in what amazing things that God is doing in the nations to bring the one new man in Messiah into reality with the Israeli believers. There were so many speakers from the ancient cultures to the modern nations - God is bringing His promises to pass in our day. Really. Watch and be uplifted. Also from Revive Israel, Asher's article The King Question, their 5/21 broadcast Praise. Prophecy. Prayer. Preaching from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth (each Thursday on Revive Facebook).
Tomorrow, May 29th at 8pm (EST) is a remarkable gathering of believers both Israeli and Christian that will be broadcast on Cornerstone, CTN, Daystar, GEB, GODTV, Hillsong, Impact, INI, Miracle, TBN, TCT, TLN, WHT, and many more - and will be livestreamed here on Facebook at Revive Israel. A NIGHT OF PROMISE is to be an encouragement in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tune in!
It is Shavuot and The Outpouring was such an uplifting 4 hours today that everyone needs to watch the replay and soak in what amazing things that God is doing in the nations to bring the one new man in Messiah into reality with the Israeli believers. There were so many speakers from the ancient cultures to the modern nations - God is bringing His promises to pass in our day. Really. Watch and be uplifted. Also from Revive Israel, Asher's article The King Question, their 5/21 broadcast Praise. Prophecy. Prayer. Preaching from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth (each Thursday on Revive Facebook).
Tomorrow, May 29th at 8pm (EST) is a remarkable gathering of believers both Israeli and Christian that will be broadcast on Cornerstone, CTN, Daystar, GEB, GODTV, Hillsong, Impact, INI, Miracle, TBN, TCT, TLN, WHT, and many more - and will be livestreamed here on Facebook at Revive Israel. A NIGHT OF PROMISE is to be an encouragement in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tune in!
Chuck Cohen sends the Friday Prayer Points May 22,
2020 praising God
for Hosea 2:19-20 when God says He will "betroth you unto Me forever"
- both the Jews people and those gentiles
who are grafted with the Jewish believers into Israel's olive tree through
Messiah Yeshua. Mighty precious promises! The prayer points cover many
important issues, like the new government that was sworn in office in Israel,
Bibi's trial at a really bad time for Israel, the Annexation of Judea and
Samaria which is Netanyahu's goal to achieve, and many other critical items for
prayer you can read in full online.
Israel Pochtar has an excerpt from his book to share with
you about the biblical message and prophetic fulfillment of Shavuot, or
Pentecost. He writes, "just as it is with anything
that has to do with the Lord – the deeper you go, the more depth you still
discover."
Read the article and for any ministry gift of any amount, Israel will make his
booklet, Shavuot a gift to you. The Beit Hallel congregation has an innovative
new project Fresh Meals on Wheels and they are
raising funds to buy a pickup truck for this and other ministry uses. They are
using their savings but since vehicles are so expensive in Israel, they need to
raise an additional $23,000 to purchase the truck. Donate. Israel asks you to pray for the
spiritual harvest for the nation, our ministry's impact and
reach, expansion of our humanitarian project, our congregations in Ashdod,
Ashkelon, Eilat, Ramle and Lishon LeZion.
Jackie Santoro writes from Jerusalem about the historic trial of a
sitting Prime Minister and how devastating it is happening as Israel is just
trying to pull out of the economic havoc left by Covid-19. she writes, "Emotions
are running high on each side of the political spectrum....Please pray for true
justice to shine forth in this battle." She writes about how for the first
time in months, the Shavuot celebration will be one where Israeli will be
allowed to celebrate together as the lockdown has finally been lifted. (But
also the lockdown brought many together via Zoom with the worldwide Body in
greater unity than we've known before. So true! It has been the silver lining
of lockdown.) Jackie asks for prayers over the Shelanu controversy that the
channel will be allowed by regulators to continue, and also for the Ahavat Yeshua
congregation in Jerusalem which she and Eddie helped to found. Eddie passed
into Glory on June 15th one year ago and Jackie writes, "God has
graciously allowed me to feel the inexpressible joy that Eddie is basking in as
he lives in His presence. Knowing that joy has carried me through these days of
missing the incredible pleasure of his company by my side. As I have said so many times, the grace of
the Lord is sufficient and my heart is filled with hope."
From the Morning Star Fellowship in Tiberias, Claude Ezagouri writes
praise to the Lord for a new home prayer group in Maalot, a new piano gift to
them, keeping them safe from the virus and the new website launched for the
fellowship. Also, Watch
YouTube video to learn more about Morning Star. Slowly and according to govt
guidelines, they are reopening their service and worship events in their
building. An critical prayer item: "This week our application to receive
local tax exemption is brought back to discussion between an official at the
ministry of the Interior and the local tax office in Tiberias. This is one of
our last chance to receive the local tax exemption and be officially recognized
as a House of Prayer by the local municipality. If this attempt fails the last
option would be to bring the matter to the Supreme Court but this would be
expensive. Please pray that the Lord would intervene in His grace in this
complex issue." They also need to full time administrator whose function
would particularly include building maintenance. Pray for everything need to be
met for this.
Arad believers are also thrilled to be able to meet together physically
again, they sent this song by MIQEDEM
that captures their joy at being together again. They are asking prayers for
"S" and her work with the Bedouin, “Because of the coronavirus
situation, many families are finding themselves in need, not just the tribe
we’ve been serving, but others who until this time have preferred to be
independent. They, too, are suddenly having this economic crisis. I never
imagined we would be distributing food for as many families as now. As we
arrive at their villages, this is what we hear from various individuals: ‘Food
from heaven!’ ‘You are angels of mercy!’ ‘You are the only people who care
about us!’ ” Please pray that these people
will see the love of Yeshua in the humanitarian gifts from our workers and that
they will be drawn to Him. Also pray that the ladies’ meetings and other
activities will be able to resume soon."
They also write about Arad's challenge: dealing with the head of the United Torah Judaism party, Yaakov Litzman, who under the new govt is the new head of Housing...that means he will renew his previous designs of building five hundred low cost housing units for the Hasidic Gur sect in Arad. Their Mayor was able to stop the project which would overrun Arad giving them political majority in Arad - disastrous for the cities' believers and secular population both. They are asking prayer for the mayor to be successful in attracting jobs and business to their city so it does not become the stronghold of the ultra-Orthodox...which would drive away many.
They also write about Arad's challenge: dealing with the head of the United Torah Judaism party, Yaakov Litzman, who under the new govt is the new head of Housing...that means he will renew his previous designs of building five hundred low cost housing units for the Hasidic Gur sect in Arad. Their Mayor was able to stop the project which would overrun Arad giving them political majority in Arad - disastrous for the cities' believers and secular population both. They are asking prayer for the mayor to be successful in attracting jobs and business to their city so it does not become the stronghold of the ultra-Orthodox...which would drive away many.
Here is a CORRECTION: Two weeks ago in
Arrows from Zion I described Pastor
Najeeb and Elizabeth Atteith of the Immanuel church in Haifa as "Lebanese
Christian" and that sends the incorrect message that Najeeb was born in
Lebanon. That is not accurate, for he was born in Israel and was raised as an
Israeli Christian Arab by his father who was from Lebanon. Both Najeeb and
Elizabeth have familial roots in Lebanon and Armenia, but are in fact,
Israeli-born ministers of the Gospel.
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
URGENT PRAYER NEED A prayer request for Naomi, for a dear family that is a part of Israel Pochtar's pastoral team, who was diagnosed recently with colon cancer. "Despite what this battle entails, we are confident in God’s unfailing Word and promises." Read in her own words, as she has been prepared for chemotherapy which will begin next Monday. | Ronit Bender whose cardiologist told her that her irregular heartbeat is SEVERE, and is suggesting further tests. Please intercede for Ronit: No weapon formed against her shall prosper! | Olga Bikas severe back pain has kept her in "quarantine" for the past 4 years or so! Please pray for God to do a miracle of healing for Olga. | Please pray for Rachel Netanel's brother recovering | Please continue to pray for Jacob Damkani for the LORD's mercies over Jacob and his dear wife, Elisheva | Continue please to pray for Ruth Nessim Critical prayer need she is losing sight! Prayers for a miracle for Ruth.| Pray for Rania Sayegh who asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy, and complete healing.
URGENT PRAYER NEED A prayer request for Naomi, for a dear family that is a part of Israel Pochtar's pastoral team, who was diagnosed recently with colon cancer. "Despite what this battle entails, we are confident in God’s unfailing Word and promises." Read in her own words, as she has been prepared for chemotherapy which will begin next Monday. | Ronit Bender whose cardiologist told her that her irregular heartbeat is SEVERE, and is suggesting further tests. Please intercede for Ronit: No weapon formed against her shall prosper! | Olga Bikas severe back pain has kept her in "quarantine" for the past 4 years or so! Please pray for God to do a miracle of healing for Olga. | Please pray for Rachel Netanel's brother recovering | Please continue to pray for Jacob Damkani for the LORD's mercies over Jacob and his dear wife, Elisheva | Continue please to pray for Ruth Nessim Critical prayer need she is losing sight! Prayers for a miracle for Ruth.| Pray for Rania Sayegh who asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy, and complete healing.
This is 1
example of what killing off Shelanu TV
would deprive Israelis from ever seeing & hearing.
Dor Haba - Jil Sa'ed | “Worthy of It All” by David Brymer, performed by The Voice of One Calling in Hebrew and Arabic. Featuring Maha Haddad, Naamit Levarko, Suhail Obaid, and Matias Jelski.
Did you know that the Succat Hallel house of prayer in Jerusalem reaches out to both Arab and Jewish youth and young adults? One of the ways we reach out is through the worship collective The Voice of One Calling. It involves young Jewish and Arab singers, songwriters, and musicians, serving in house of prayer ministry in Jerusalem. Please share this video with others who would like to know about the beautiful things the Lord is doing among Arab and Jewish youth in Israel! Click to watch video
The Voice of One Calling recently recorded a Hebrew/Arabic version of the worship song “Worthy of It All” by David Brymer. This song has been sung in powerful worship times in our youth and young adult events in the past. It has a special place in the hearts of Arab and Jewish believers in Israel, especially those who have been sowing into 24/7 worship and prayer. Succat Hallel staff member Tal Bethany Rosenfeld produced this new recording and music video, together with Aspiring Productions. This recording features performances from Maha Haddad, Naamit Levarko, Suhail Obaid, and Matias Jelski.
-Rick Ridings, Succat Hallel 24/7 worship and prayer in Jerusalem http://www.succathallel.com http://rickridings.org/ rickridings@gmail.com
If you did not catch the live-streaming of The
Outpouring
please let me strongly encourage you to watch the re-play so you can be uplifted
in seeing how the nations of believers have come into a powerful oneness
with the Body of Messiah in Israel. Expectations are high about what God is going to do next!
please let me strongly encourage you to watch the re-play so you can be uplifted
in seeing how the nations of believers have come into a powerful oneness
with the Body of Messiah in Israel. Expectations are high about what God is going to do next!
Also, I am so sorry I have so many more prayer
letters from Israeli ministries
that I cannot get into the 15-pages of the Weekly Summary this week.
I will endeavor to catch everything up next week
and hopefully to get the letter out earlier.
that I cannot get into the 15-pages of the Weekly Summary this week.
I will endeavor to catch everything up next week
and hopefully to get the letter out earlier.
Donna Diorio donna@israelprayer.com or donna@d10r10.com
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