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Pictured: one of the National Leadership Conferences to question Tikkun ministries theology.
This was sent in a report at that time from a non-Tikkun associated Israeli pastor
who attended the meeting in Modi'in on April 27, 2018.
The pastor wrote in his report on the meeting, "The topic was spiritual authority in local congregations/ churches and in the broader sense beyond the autonomous local fellowship. This topic has become one of serious discussion and debate here in Israel, as some of you are aware. I have attached a letter (see on the last page of this summary) from some of the representative leaders in the Body here with respect to where we stand at present. Please use this update as a help to better pray with understanding for the situation, that the Head of the Church -- Jesus/Yeshua -- will have His way, since He is our ultimate authority, and the Word and the Spirit of God exalt Him. It is our duty to strive to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, even as we grapple with controversy and end-times understanding."
Priority Prayer Request
by Ron Cantor for Tikkun Global
Isaiah 62 speaks of watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem, who are not to be
silent day or night and not to give God any rest until He fulfils His purposes
for Jerusalem. I have long believed that
those watchmen on the walls are Gentile believers from around the world in the
end-times. I
want to enlist your intercession for the body of believers in Israel.
We will share more with you in the coming weeks, but many of you know
that we have been under intense scrutiny and attack. Gossip has caused great
harm to our congregations and great pain to many believers around the country.
We regularly express to God that we
bless our accusers and forgive them. We have worked tirelessly to express our
views accurately. Some of these discussions have born great fruit. However, a
core of critics remain skeptical, completely convinced that we have bad
intentions.
I am not asking you to pray for me or for us. We are blessed! But I am
deeply concerned for the unity of the body of believers in Israel. We need to see
this wound healed, and quickly.
Pray for the young believers
in our congregations, that they would not be deceived nor allow gossip to
poison them.
Pray that people around the body would think
twice before they spread rumors and gossip, and that they would have a deeper
understanding of how evil speech can limit the effectiveness of the gospel in
our midst (see ancient Israel). This is why Paul fought so aggressively against
personality cliques and divisions.
Pray for those who have
accused us, that the Lord would speak
graciously to them. We wish no evil upon them, but we do want to walk with them
again in unity, truth and the love of Messiah.
Pray for Israeli
pastors—particularly those in Tikkun who have had to process the rumors and innuendos
with congregants—as we come to discuss this issue and make a final
determination in October. We are not asking you to pray that other leaders
“agree with us,” but that they will have keen discernment from the Holy Spirit.
And lastly, pray for God’s
purposes to not be hindered as we continually look for His great and glorious
appearing. Messianic leaders in Israel could not do what we do in the holy land
without the powerful and effective prayers of the watchmen on the walls--You!
Thank you, dear friends. Until all Israel is saved, Ron Cantor for Tikkun
Global
Arrows
from Zion
Summarized
from the Weekly Summary of Prayer
Requests Israeli Ministries
Continuing
the Tikkun Global letter from the Priority Prayer Request cover story above, June
edition of Israel's Restoration magazine
is available for pdf download and contains many articles including Sons & Daughters of the Covenant | Are These the Birth Pangs? | One Body | Some True Essentials | We
Discovered Our Calling as Women! Daniel Juster has another article elsewhere on
How You can
Become a Better Bible Defender: I
recently got an earful of anti-Bible and anti-Christian vilification from an
unbeliever. It made me realize that the
Bible and Christianity were being understood by the narrative of the secular
anti-Christian culture. That narrative claims the Bible is anti-women,
pro-slavery, and sends people to Hell lightly. This evaluation is unfair.
People should seek to understand any religion through the eyes of its strongest
proponents. Only then can we fairly disagree.
We have to show that we understand their point of view to their
satisfaction.
From the Kfar Saba congregation HaMaayan led by Tony & Orna Sperandeo they
are noting that despite Covid and war, “Our first six months of 2021 have seen
a restoration of relationships, both to each other and to Yeshua Himself.” In the past 18 months they have seen “a
number of new believers and seekers in the faith. Each of them strong and excited about the
good news. Every day, there is discipleship in one form or another in homes,
city parks and at the congregation.” There is also a fire lit in the children
and the youth: “we are seeing the children bring their parents to our
congregation meetings, Bible studies and outings in the city park. Our
children's classes are growing in numbers and excitement in the faith.” Also “Our
young adults meet often for breakfast, discipleship and prayer together on the
roof. New believers and seekers come …. Twice a week, young and old meet to
intercede for our congregation and the nation. We are watching prayers of
restoration and revival take place before our eyes almost every day!” Exciting!
In the congregational needs: Since
the war of 2014, we have had the vision to purchase the basement of our
building for a bomb shelter. After years of dealing with bureaucracy, it looks
like the purchase can happen soon. In the meantime, as the congregation is
growing, God has expanded our vision and we are looking to purchase the other
parts of the building. Our downstairs neighbor is ready to sell his portion.
This will save us so much money each month as we still rent 2 big rooms from
him. We have started a building
fund with our members and partners across the world. As one of our members
suggested, "All we need is 1000 donors to pledge $1000 USD, and the
building will be ours!” Would you consider joining us?
Michael and Dina Beener continue their good work for the missle-shocked town of Sderot near the Gaza border. They are doing a Post War Major Food Distribution for the needy population from their City of Life congregation, also they have a need to create a space for the great demand they have on clothing distribution to the needy. See more at PROJECT: Blessing Clothing and review the other compassionate outreach projects they are doing.
Two articles of interest from Kehila News
Israel – the first is notable because a secular Jerusalem newspaper
wrote an openly praising report about an IDF officer who is Messianic. Tuvia
Pollack writes Messianic
IDF officer praised in local Jerusalem newspaper. At their sister
paper, All Israel News is this: Director of
Passages tells ALL ISRAEL NEWS young Evangelicals are neutral – even skeptical
– when it comes to Israel: “From Shabbat dinner
to the West Bank, Passages takes a different approach than most Evangelical
tours enabling students to connect with the people.”
The Kerem-El congregation – offspring of the HaCarmel congregation – is also
loving being able to gather together after Covid and the war. “Since we have
not met together physically for so long, we are placing a lot of emphasis on
creating times of fellowship together.”
They are doing focus groups with the different ages of people and are
returning to Worship Nights where they also pray for the needs of the community
and nation. Prayer Points | Pray for the new believers we are discipling
and for the those who are still yet to make a decision for Yeshua Pray for
those of the congregation that are dealing with health issues, for complete
healing and strength to persevere with the uncertainty of treatment. | Pray for
openness in hearts and a new willingness to hear of Yeshua among the people of
Israel, and, with that, boldness for believers to share their faith
confidently. | Pray for more laborers to enter our "harvest field" to
build God's kingdom in Haifa | Pray for God to provide the financial needs of
Kerem-El in 2021, above and beyond what we expect. | Continue to for our
leadership, Stefan and Keren Silver and Yonatan Arnold, as they lead the
Kerem-El Congregation through this season of crisis and strive to be attentive
and obedient to the leading of the Lord.
Revive Israel’s Asher Intrater writes, “When
everything looks hopeless, we have an opportunity to share real Hope. The
evangel message is more relevant than ever before.” Continuing, “Hearts have
been softened by so much shaking. The world looks like a sinking ship. People
want to know how to be saved. There is a desire for eternity in the hearts of
every person (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Our message is not one of temporary
innovations, but of eternal hope. In Yeshua, we have forgiveness, life and the
all-embracing love of our heavenly Father.”
He has also written an article
called Two
Jerusalems talking about the time that the New Jerusalem will come
down from Heaven: “....Because of the
separation between Israel and the Church over the past 2,000 years, there has
not been the right harmony between the earthly and the heavenly Jerusalem.
However, our generation is blessed to see the beginning of the reconciling
of the two. God's will for earthly and heavenly Jerusalem will be
unified as Israel and the Church are reconciled. Today as there are Messianic Jewish believer
in Yeshua (Jesus) living in Israel, there are angels ascending and descending
from heaven to earth and vice versa to bring about that harmony. Yeshua
reigns in heavenly Jerusalem by right of being the Son of God; He will
reign in earthly Jerusalem when He returns by right of being the Son of David.
Thank God Yeshua is both” (Ro 1:4).
Sally Shiff, an intecessor and liaison at HaMaayan for English speakers, writes
about how faithful God is to hear our heart’s desire even when we see no way
both with timing and finances. God provided her with both so she return to the
US for her mother’s 94th birthday. Anyone living far away from a
parent of that age, in delicate lucidity, can appreciate how much this meant to
be able to travel through a couple of unexpected and unprompted financial
donations. She also noted it was healing for other relationships and believes
we are in a season of God restoring relationships. May it be so in all of our
families! Sally also writes about HaMaayan, “There is a fresh wind of the
Holy Spirit in my congregation. …Part of my reluctance to travel to my
family was the happenings around my congregation and the people I love. With
prayer meetings either face to face or virtually every day, a greater
dependence on God and His response is taking place. People are getting saved,
healed and strong in Him. The
undercurrent of grace is evident, yet there is a spiritual fight that is
clearly seen. I pray that our eyes would see how God wars on our behalf. Honestly,
my sense is God is teaching us that our weapons are only through prayer and
dependence on Him.” This is my sense in my personal realm too.
Chuck Cohen’s Intercessors for Israel in Jerusalem Friday Prayer Points 7-2-2021 features one important security prayer as we continue to see 2-state peace talks pressed in our national news sources: Chuck writes: “The beating death of a critic of Palestinian Authority President Abbas by PA security forces who were to arrest him has stirred up the Palestinian street in huge protests against Abbas and his cronies. This could lead to a Hamas takeover which, while worse initially for Israel security-wise – would write in bright neon lights, "Dead!" over any further peace deals.” See the prayer points clicking the link above.
Chaim Malespin of the Aliyah Return Center notes: “Aliyah
requests to immigrate to Israel are up and backlogged by 85% from the USA alone.” As anti-Semitism increases in many nations,
the need to help the immigrants once they arrive in Israel is even more
pressing. One way Christians can make a deep impact on what may be the hold up on the Israel side of the backup is
through the humanitarian aid that Israeli Messianic congregations and
ministries are doing to help needy immigrants. Getting people to Israel is only
part of the problem; taking care of them afterwards is the other CRITICAL part.
Since the anti-missionaries pressured
the Jewish Agency to oust the Aliyah Return Center operations from their
facility in the Galilee, ARC has continued to press into developing other ways
to help the immigrants who many arrive very needy, to receive free help. Their
latest venture is opening a free clothing store “specifically bless those that
have recently moved to the promised land, Israel.” To support the work of the
Aliyah Return Center, please DONATE.
Canadian Dean Bye and Israeli Chaim Malespin are in the US now trying to raise
awareness of this issue. . . and in talking to an Israeli Messianic writer
friend this past week, I have learned that the slow down of processing
immigrant requests is an article my friend is in the process writing about now.
Stay tuned!
I always love hearing from Jackie Santoro, one of the co-founders of the
Jerusalem Ahavat Yeshua congregation along with her husband, Eddie who passed
away two years ago and the Intrater’s.
One, because Eddie had a particularly astute spiritual assessment
ability of current events and since he joined the LORD in eternity, it has
become clear to me that he passed that mantle on to Jackie. She writes, “The
recent war with Hamas led to very violent demonstrations between extremist
groups, both Jewish and Arab. The nation watched in horror and shock as each
group set out to destroy businesses and wreak havoc and even kill those on the
other side. The spirit of hatred and division was boldly manifest even in areas
that had prided themselves on the ability to live in peace with one another.
The trauma to the nation was said to have been even greater than all the rocket
attacks that fell during the same period.”
I can relate so well to that because in 2020, I believe most Americans suffered
the same kind of horror and shock as we saw domestic extremists set fire to so
many of our cities. It was unwarranted and demonic.
The after effect has been “violent caused violent demonstrations against
Israel throughout the world. There has been a significant rise of anti-Semitic
attacks especially in Europe,” Jackie writes, continuing, “May the Jews of the
world hear what the Spirit is saying and come home!”
Jackie also writes “June 15th marked
two years that I have not had my dear Eddie walking by my side. As I have clung
to the Lord through all the difficult moments, He has drawn me to that door and
He has called me to ‘Come up.’ I have found myself absorbed in wanting to learn
about Heaven and imagining what it is like.” Read her full letter
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Mariana Gol has a marvelous report about Rut (Ruth): Two weeks ago Rut had routine medical tests relating to her cancer
condition. Her main concern has been that her death will leave (her daughter)
Shirrel without the provision she needs for care. Rut just received her results
and the doctors are astonished. The cancer has not metastasized. The doctors
say that the treatment Rut's received has worked unexpectedly well! Rut wants me to express her overwhelming
gratitude to you, to share her relief and joy, and to celebrate what she
believes the Lord has done. We are all so encouraged, and our faith so
empowered. Thank you very much, so very much for your prayers.
Lastly how antimissionary activists still have too much sway with the Interior
ministry in getting people kicked out of the country. Caspari Media Review
noted on the accusation of one ultra-Orthodox man, a Christian couple who has
been in Israel on various visas working as volunteers for around 16 years, has
been ordered to leave Israel. They were just about to get permanent visas to
stay when a Haredi man accused the woman who drove Haredi midwives on Sundays
of missionizing his wife. From there it went to Yad L’Achim activists and then
on to the Interior Ministry who told the woman and her husband they had to
leave the country. It is only one story, but I wanted to include it because
there have been hopes that with the new government, less persecution of
believers would be forthcoming. That appears not to be the case. The bureaucracy
of the Interior Ministry is systemically opposed to believers in Yeshua, but
apparently the new Knesset head of Interior is no less inclined to deal with
that. Pray for this couple having to leave Israel, and also for the injustice
that is caused by this religious persecution.
Why is
it so important to financially support Israeli Messianic Ministries?
by Donna Diorio
I have been exploring what the thinking is behind Christian Zionists and
Messianic Jews in the nations failure to see how important it is to not only
pray for Israeli Messianic ministries, but also to provide the financial
support they so desperately need to carry out the full visions God has given
them to reach their countrymen with the Gospel.
I’m talking about the negative, false ideas that are holding back the
kind of full-throated support that our SPIRITUAL brothers and sisters in Israel
need to do the work of the ministry to their fullest abilities. They have the
desire, they lack the funds.
Honestly, I was quite appalled
talking with a Christian Zionist this week who pours major funding into the
coffers of rabbinic pet projects, including but not limited to preparations for
rebuilding of the temple. It is not that he said something new to my ears. I
have heard the same cavalier attitude from other Christian Zionists over the
years. I was just appalled because he also connects with Israeli Messianic
believers, so I could not understand his lack of empathy for the spiritual
brethren in Israel. He seems to think all Jews are his spiritual brethren, not
recognizing that there is major spiritual difference between the Israeli Jews
who are believers and those who aren’t. Many who aren’t are truly gracious to
their Christian benefactors, but vehemently hate and persecute the Israeli
Messianic believers. A lot of Christian Zionists refuse to believe that
reality.
Anyway, I was shocked when he brushed
off the financially struggling Israeli ministries (following Covid, no tourism,
war) writing, “The struggling of the Jewish believers is being counted to them
as righteousness. It is not fun. But we must turn the cheek and love our
brothers." He is referring to the rabbis he funds in Israel who are
unsaved, not understanding they are still as the apostle Paul said, “enemies of
the Gospel.” The simple matter is if Christians – and Messianics are funding
anything in Israel and not making the Israeli Messianic ministries who are
preaching the Gospel in Israel their priority to finance, then that is a
massive failure for whatever reasons are given in hastening the salvation of
all Israel.
In the future I will be addressing
the thinking patterns that stop Christian Zionists and Diaspora Messianic Jews
from prioritizing funding the Messianic congregations and ministries laboring
in Yeshua’s harvest fields of Israel. It
is not to condemn, it is “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalts itself against the knowledge of God” and His plan to bring spiritual
restoration to Israelis – including many religious Jews who now persecute the
believers.
I do believe God is gathering Jews
to Israel so they can be restored spiritually as a nation of Israel...not merely
salvation of individual Jews scattered
all through the nations but that God has a blessing for the whole world in the
salvation of the nation that before our eyes. There are already an estimated 1
million individual Jews who have come to faith in Yeshua around the world, but
for the NATION of Israel to come to faith! This is something that really
registers to people the world over especially because Jewish disdain for Jesus
is so well known. I believe as Israel comes into faith before the eyes of the
whole world, many in the nations are going to marvel at how God loves the
Jews. It will release gentiles in the
nations to come to faith just witnessing Israel's Jews coming to faith in
Jesus/Yeshua! No wonder the enemy uses every misdirection
in the book to keep Christians and Messianics in the Diaspora from seeing that.
God did not re-establish the nation of Israel just to show He could do it. He
did it to show the world that His unfailing love is TRULY unfailing.
That is the first time I have been
able to express so well the WHY of WHAT I believe is going to happen in the
coming years of Israel's salvation. It will be like "life from dead"
not only for the Jews who get saved in Israel, but for the nations where seekers
will see it and explode with the faith it will create in Messiah Yeshua, Jesus
the Anointed.
Genesis 22:17-18 "I will
surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the
sky and the sand on the seashore. Furthermore, through your descendants all the
nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my Voice."
I do not believe this promise of God to
the Jews is only referring to Jesus/Yeshua coming out of the Jewish people, but
there remains a blessing on the world as Jews come to faith in Yeshua in Israel
- obeying the Voice of God.
“To All Interested Parties” | March 2018 | We, pastors and
elders of the Messianic congregations in Israel, wish to bring to your
attention a certain process that has been taking place among us.
Some suspicions arose among us as a
result of internet and social media postings:
1. That the “Tikkun” movement thinks of itself as the (unique)
representative of the Israeli Body of Messiah to the worldwide Body of Christ.
2. That the “Tikkun” movement, and its top leaders—Dan Juster, Asher
Intrater, and Eitan Shishkoff—consider themselves as modern-day apostles; and
see themselves as a continuation of, and with the same authority as, the New
Testament apostles.
3. A concern was raised about a matter in one of Dan Juster’s books, in
relation to the salvation of the non-believer (“Wider Hope”).
After two meetings with many pastors,
elders and the “Tikkun” leadership, several things have become clear to us:
1- The men of “Tikkun” clearly expressed
that they understand that their manner of expression in different forums—in
recordings of messages and on websites—could possibly cause those who are not
part of the “Tikkun” movement to think that they believe themselves to be a
continuation of the apostles from the time of the writing of the New Testament,
and as a (unique) representative of the Israeli Body.
2- The men of “Tikkun” clarified, in the
strongest terms, that they do not hold these views.
3- The men of “Tikkun” expressed regret
about this misunderstanding, and expressed their apologies and repentance in
regardsto their manner of expression which is prone to cause misunderstandings
with respect to #1 above; and promised to change their manner of expression
concerning the above matters in every forum, on the internet, and in social
media.
4- The men of “Tikkun” began to apply
the above changes between our first and second meetings.
5- An intense discussion was begun concerning the view of Dan Juster and Tikkun about the salvation of the unbeliever without faith in Yeshua the Messiah; Dan began to explain his position as the “Narrow Wider Hope.”
The Israeli Body of Messiah
views the men of “Tikkun” as brothers in the Messiah. There
is an expectation to continue the discussion in order to bring clarification to
this issue, and other issues, which at the present time we do not agree on.
6- It should be mentioned that within
the Israeli Body of Messiah there are a variety of opinions in relation to
ecclesiology and eschatology. We discussed these issues both in the
context of Tikkun’s views, as well as in the wider context of the whole Body of
Messiah in Israel.
7- We discussed whether the Scriptures
allow for apostles to exist and function in our day. To a group of the
participants it is clear that Ephesians 4:11-13 does allow for the existence of
apostles in the Body of Messiah today, but that they are not on the same level
as the apostles of the New Testament. Along with this, we discussed the
question of whether or not the Tikkun leaders are in fact apostles, and there
was no agreement about this. It was agreed that there could be another meeting
at which this would be one of the matters to be discussed.
8- These meetings cultivated a desire for leaders to continue to hold discussions on these issues of soteriology (doctrine of salvation), ecclesiology (doctrine of the church), and eschatology (doctrine of the end times), and other issues. It is our intention to continue in this way.
Signed, Marcel Ribai | Erez
Zoref | Daniel Yahav | Meno Kalisher | Asher Intrater | Oded Shoshani
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:
Pray for Ronit
Bender whose heart arrhythmia
sent her to ER! She is home now with new meds but still needs our
prayers | Pray for Carolyn Hyde
whose left hand is so pained she can no longer play guitar and it is also
sometimes painful to play piano | the Silvers: David's
knees and Josie's
back pain | Rachel Netanel is still recovering from a broken ankle. She asks for healing & for the pain
to subside. Her ankles were weak already, so the process is slow and painful| 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 is getting better slowly, but
still has a long way before her, so please keep praying.
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