Avi Mizrachi blessing the Papua Island believers during the Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles holiday season
Priority Prayer Focus
In case you didn't know, the last of the Fall High Holy Days, Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles has just begun and will last through September 30th at sundown. At this time of year Israel is flooded with visitors, both Jewish and Christian. It is one of the busiest times of year for all the Israeli ministries as guests from the nation come to attend many major Christian events held during the Feast of Tabernacles.
In recent years, however, there has begun a shift in focus with many Christians coming to participate in the Feast of the Lord and to connect with the Israeli Messianic Jewish community, as is seen here in photo with Tel Aviv pastor, Avi Mizrachi praying with and blessing the believers from the Island of Papua in the VIP prayer room of the Adonai Roi congregation.
Two points I'd like to draw your attention to and the first is that the "First Nations" Christians, that is, the Christians who are indigenous peoples in their own nations, have for many years had a deep recognition of the importance of coming to meet with the Israeli believing community when they come to Israel. They recognize that there is a protocol to honor the believer-citizens of the nation as they come into the Israeli believers home-nation. It is a gift that these believers from the First Nations are bringing to the Israeli believer community — a gift of honoring those whose home it is they are visiting.
As the Chinese Christians come to Israel, they are also seeking out the Israeli Messianic believers and come with a gift from their Christian heritage. It is the gift of truly seeing the body of Messiah as a family. As the Church in China began to grow they viewed themselves a a spiritual family and grouped themselves into five families with five family heads until there were over 90 million Chinese in those five families. This is the gift they come to Israel with, seeking their Israeli family — the fellow followers of the LORD Yeshua.
God bless the nations who come up to celebrate the Feasts of the Lord, who do not overlook the blessing of making significant contact with the Messianic believing community of Israel. We have a high expectation of good issuing from these connections made with brotherly love and honoring each other.
As a prayer priority, since the High Holy Days are a prophetic season, appointed by God to be an illuminating picture of Israel's salvation, let us pray that those Jews who are looking for the Messiah and even those who aren't, would have the veil removed to see their Messiah has come.
Please pray also for the Mizrachi family, as Avi is mourning the loss of his father. Chaya writes, "Our beloved Saba Nissim Mizrachi passed away on the eve of Succot. He was a survivor of the holocaust, a strong Zionist, and fought in all of Israel's wars from the War of Independence to the Yom Kippur war. We love him and will miss him greatly. But, we know he is with Yeshua in heaven. His funeral will be held Tuesday at 14:30 PM in Zichron Yaakov cemetery. Since it is the Hag of Succot the Rabbi told us we will not be sitting Shiva. But we will be receiving people in Kefar Saba on Tuesday only. May his memory be for a blessing for all.
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Feast of Tabernacles in the 70th year of the restoration of the
state of Israel! doesn't get much more of a prophetic season than that! Israel is overflowing with international
visitors right now both Jewish and Gentile. Let us continue to pray for the
revelation of the Messiah to Israelis and the increased anointing on the body
of Messiah living and ministering in Israel.
Read the latest by Avner Boskey Israel's restoration triggers international worship
of an eschatological connection between two events –
Israel’s restoration/revival (on the one hand) and a huge manifestation of
praise and worship by all the nations (on the other).
Revive Israel's prophetic focus also: Asher's VIDEO Fall Feasts in Israel Explained and Dan
Juster's The Seventh Shofar and The Rapture (Part 2).
Also the book by Dan and Asher Israel & the Church. Plus Video Asher speaks about the timing of Jerusalem becoming
a stumbling stone for the nations being the same time Spirit of Grace and Favor is poured out. Partner in their Apostolic Equipping Center
Israel Pochtar of the Beit Hallel congregation
also turns to a prophetic focus with his explanation of Sukkot: A Prophetic
Celebration. Sukkot is not just about what happened way back when, it is about
what is beginning to unfold even now. You can read it more fully in the Weekly
Summary if you are subscribed, or by directly subscribing to Pochtar's
excellent mailing list.
Backtracking a bit with Eitan Shishkoff's
report on the Summer 2018 Katzir (Harvest) Youth Discipleship Camp and the
first Katzir outreach to Africa. You can keep up with the Katzir ministry on
Facebook at Fields of Wheat or their
related website.
Tikkun Global with 3 articles: Eitan Shishkoff
A Message From The Cassette Tape Archives | Paul Blake Does
Ritual Law Exist? Part 1 | Daniel
Juster There Is No Fear In Love
The Maoz ministry of Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram
(9/12) make an astute point from Israeli radio: "... it is as if President
Trump is peeling off—like an onion—layer after layer of lies which form the
Palestinian narrative." Yes and amen! Still, on Twitter Israeli newspapers
continue to denigrate Trump. Pray for the Israeli news media who are just as
Liberal Left as their counterparts in the US media (and the majority of the
American Jewish community). Mostly Israelis see Trump as a great friend to
Israel - but there is powerful peer pressure among all media.
Maoz asks prayers: "For the lies of the
Palestinian Narrative to be exposed.
Lies about the origin of Palestinians, their claim to Jerusalem, and the
refugee situation. Pray the world will
see the truth, and act on what they discover.
Pray for a blessing on the United States as the Administration takes
steps that fall in line with Biblical truth. For the salvation of Arab People
in the entire Middle East. Pray for the Lord to bring them a great revival. For
Israel's Salvation. As Israel is in the midst of Fall Feasts, please continue
to pray for the Lord to open the blind eyes and deaf ears, and shine the
revelation and light of Yeshua the Messiah to our people."
MUST READ: The Sanhedrin Seduction and Third Temple
Temptations—A Warning to Christians! by Ron Cantor, also How David Destroyed His Marriage! And A Fieldtrip to the Gates of Hell
From the Heart of God ministries of Richard & Carolyn Hyde,
testimonies of how they are sharing their faith in everyday Israeli life Also Living Stones Experience and praying for
prodigals
37 years in Israel, Howard & Randi Bass
are celebrating Sukkot in the 70th year of the state of Israel & rejoicing
in the anniversaries - also more baptisms at the Beer Sheva congregation.
Howard writes, "There is great pressure in Israel -- among the Jews
and the Arabs -- NOT to go on to become a disciple of Jesus because of the
threats and costliness from the society and religious strongholds. In our
congregation, we tend not to have group baptisms...because we follow what seems
to be the New Testament examples of people coming to faith, and being baptized
very shortly after. Then they are instructed and trained up as believers
and followers of The Way. " More in the subscription only Weekly Summary.
Always a joy to hear from Eddie Santoro, who is in the midst of biweekly
treatments following his second brain surgery against cancer. He and Jackie are
celebrating the holidays and resuming their "Third Season" fellowship
meetings in their home since the discovery of the latest cancer outbreak. They
ask prayers: "Please pray for strength and
health for me especially as I will be having my regular biweekly treatment on
the 26th. Pray that there will not be any negative side effects and I will have
energy for this gathering I have eagerly waited for! Finally, in celebration of
the last and final day of the Feast, our congregation Ahavat Yeshua along with
several other Messianic congregations will be having a joint service in which
we welcome all those from the nations to rejoice with us in worshiping the God
of Israel. For this one day, we will have our service in English as well as
Hebrew. We want to honor our dear family from the nations who come here to
express their love for our people and this nation and who support the Israeli
Messianic Body in every way!"
Notice of the Intercessors
for Israel prayer conf in Jslm Jan 21-28, & post conf Prayer Tour
1/28-2/2, 2019. They write: "The situation in Syria has become ever more
complicate. Our burden is to return to the Golan Heights for our tour again
this year to continue our prayers for Israel’s protection. We need to remember that this is not a
"pilgrimage tour," it is not a "getting to know the Land and
going to new places tour," (as much as I love to do that kind of touring)
it is a prayer tour."
Our Thorns, His Glory | by Orna Grinman | I sometimes take it for granted
- the fact that God wants to dwell in me. But when I stop to think about it, I
am in awe. How can that be? Even more moving is the fact that He wants to build
a glorious structure inside us, if we only invite Him. Sukkot - the […]
A couple of the articles from KehilaNews.com | The Israeli Ministry of Interior – playing with
matters of life and death and Wife of Israeli citizen denied citizenship due to
faith in Jesus
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
Keep praying for CONTINUED URGENT
PRAYER FOR JACOB DAMKANI and prayer for continued decreasing cancer
in EDDIE SANTORO's brain | Albert a Messianic leader from southern Israel, has had a
successful surgery and an amazing recovery details in Howard Bass' ministry
letter | Rania Sayegh asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy,
and complete healing.| Rachel Netanel took
a fall and has broken her leg. Pray for quick healing. In April she learned she had a polyp on her vocal cords. Please
pray for complete healing for this evangelist in Israel. | Olga
Bikas continues to suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting
medication and physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial
improvement | Ruth Nessim appears to be on the repair and
currently out of the country with her son after suffering from severe Gastro-Enteritis which she had 5
attacks of within a 2-month period. Con't prayers |
Sensitive Information I cannot share names of several who have asked for prayers for the last several months for certain of their grandchildren who are afflicted, even tormented. The enemy not only strikes at us through our children, but also our through our grandchildren. Please pray for these Israeli grandmothers crying out to God silently for their grandchildren.
Sensitive Information I cannot share names of several who have asked for prayers for the last several months for certain of their grandchildren who are afflicted, even tormented. The enemy not only strikes at us through our children, but also our through our grandchildren. Please pray for these Israeli grandmothers crying out to God silently for their grandchildren.
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. A special appeal for prayers
for Israel intercessor Debra Koen Abernethy
Praying the Headlines
Ron Cantor's News email report for 9/18/18 (via email or onlint) covers Ashdod Messianic Congregation is Vandalized By Orthodox Jews | Ari Fuld Saves Israeli Falafel Worker as He Died From Wounds | Syrians Shoot Down Plane of Russian Backers | Belgium Cuts Ties with Palestinians | Trump Freezes Aid to Palestinians—Kicks PLO Out of Washington; cuts $200 million in aid to the Palestinians; and announces to the world that the US does NOT recognize the authority of the ICC International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans, Israelis or any other sovereign nation.
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Church of Nicea Discovered ...Underwater
"After years of hunting archaeologists have found sunken ruins that could be where the First Council of Nicaea was held – making it one of the most important places in Christian history"
That is the same way I feel about this new discovery of the church that may have been where the first Council at Nicea in 325 AD was held. I think it is significant that the discovery is underwater, as I believe the Catholic church is significantly 'underwater' due to the policies from its head, the pope.
The Council of Nicea is where the church officially cut its ties to the Israeli believers, something I have been writing about since about 1992 after discovering it in a book by a Catholic historian high in the favor of the Vatican and given great access to private Vatican archives.
And here it is now, the discovery of this church meeting place where it was decided to officially cut off the descendants of Jesus' family members who were still leading the believing community in Israel in 325 AD. Their representatives paid a visit to the pope with the hopes of restoring the contributions of the churches to the extremely poor and suppressed believing community in Israel. The answer they received was NO, and then the counsel of Nicea further cut the ties with the Israeli believing community.
It is also interesting that the headline news of this find is coming at the beginning of Sukkot in the 70th year of Israel's re-birth as a modern state. Yes, there is a timeliness in all this that speaks of a message from God. Let them with eyes and ears to hear, see and hear.
* The historical account I read was by Catholic priest and author Malachi Martin, who used to be the go-to Catholic in the US for all the news programs. The book I read was titled, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, a 1981 non-fiction book.
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