US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signing the 'Abraham Accord'
Rosh Hashanah: The Feast of Trumpets
by Israel Pochtar
Beit Hallel in Ashdod and Voice of Judah Ministries
Watch this
video where Israel Pochtar blows the trumpet and introduces the meaning of
Rosh Hashanah, which begins sundown Sept 18 and ends sundown on the 19th.
"The High Holy Days is a very significant time in Israel, with 10 days
before Rosh Ha-Shana, the Jewish people referrer to these days as “Yamim
Nora’im” (Days of Awe). It is the time of contemplation, of seeking God,
repenting according to the Jewish tradition.
Having a deeper understanding of the prophetic message of High Holy Days and
the fulfilment of Feast of Trumpets, we are able to deliver a more powerful
message while sharing the Gospel during the Biblical feasts. What about Rosh
Ha-Shana? Where does it fit in the High Holy Days? In fact, there’s no mention
of Rosh Ha-Shana per se in the Bible. Instead, God speaks about Feast of
Trumpets and gives us a deep insight into its meaning and fulfilment. Read more
as Pastor Pochtar explains The Deeper Meaning of Rosh Hashanah online
Sderot City of Life's Michael Beener sends prayer
request: Palestinian terrorists, with the support of Hamas, the
Islamic terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip, fired rockets from that
coastal enclave at the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon, in southern Israel. The
rockets were fired at Israeli cities when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was
signing historic agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the
White House. Apparently as a criminal way of expressing opposition. A
62-year-old man who was distributing food for those in need suffered injuries
from the rocket splinters and his condition deteriorated overnight, at the
moment he's in a intensive care unit. Another 28-year-old man suffered limb
injuries when he was struck by shards of glass. Four other people, including a
pregnant woman, were treated in a state of shock. Two hours later, IDF soldiers
detained two suspects armed with hand grenades who tried to infiltrate Israeli
territory from the southern Gaza Strip. Then the inhabitants of Sderot
experienced a night of Islamic terror in which more than 13 times we were
awakened by sirens announcing the firing of rockets from Gaza towards our city,
with only 30 seconds to take refuge in the bomb shelters. Please pray.
Arrows from Zion
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Israel Pochtar also reports that Israel is the first country to enter a full on 2nd Covid lockdown happening now throughout the High Holy Days. Also see his Feast of Trumpets blessing
Tree
of Life Avi-Asher & Shayla Hyde announcing their new baby daughter Hoshana’el
Tehora born at the launch of their new pro-Life video social media campaign Prayers
need to stop suppression of this
& evangelistic videos. Avi-Asher writes, "Please pray with us for
a breakthrough in social media advertising - Thank you for your prayers - we
just had a partial breakthrough with Youtube, but are still struggling to
advertise our evangelistic and pro-life videos to the fullest extent. In
fact, Google has threatened to take our account down altogether! Your
prayers could literally make the difference between us reaching just tens of
thousands or reaching millions. For many lives to be saved through this
campaign.
From Gil Afriat of Tiferet Yeshua in Tel Aviv, their worship leaders for
14 yrs are starting a project to train our next generation of worshipers. Roman
& Tania Kadin have multiple degrees in music, music conduction, music
production and years of experience training young musicians and singers. "This
is the first time that talented musicians and singers who want to join our
worship team will be properly trained." Here's a VIDEO A Taste
of Tiferet Yeshua's Worship. Also read this Raising up the Tabernacle of David in Israel. "...the Shechinah, the manifest
presence of God's Holy Spirit. After two-thousand years, it has returned to
dwell in temples not made with hands where the incense of worship is rising
again from the alters of adoring hearts. God is releasing a new worship
anointing and sound here in the Land as Spirit-filled worshipers are raising up
the fallen Tabernacle of David. Donate to
help us reach Tel Aviv .
They write: "Israel
Going into Nation-Wide Quarantine for the Fall Holidays....it turns out that
many of us in the Body of Messiah have planned intercessory worship events
across the nation next week.....We are praying that through this shaking God
will: Take down the things He wants removed, Cause the new things He wants to
build to emerge, Cause His global Bride to draw closer to Him and be purified,
and Cause many to turn their hearts to Him through this crisis. We feel that
these prayer points are not just for Israel, but for the whole world! We ask
you to join with us to intercede during this fall holiday season for God's will
to be done in all the nations."
Arni Klein of Emmaus Way in the Galilee writes, "We have
found it quite common, for we who don’t fit into the mold of the world, or for
that matter much of the church, to feel somewhat isolated and alone. If you are
part of that company, you should know that we are actually far from being
alone.... With all that has happened in the world to date, never has there been
such division and unrest. On the surface, such a statement would be anything
but good news. But if we understand this is the day of the sword of the Lord,
it takes on quite a different dimension." And, "The insanity of the
hour has unsheathed the sword that Yeshua came to bring."
Klein writes about the Israeli quarantine: "...the projected date for
Israel to allow tourists into the country is set to not be before October 1st.
There is an expectation that the date will be pushed back into next year....just
published in the New York Times: “Up to 90% of people testing positive for
Corona barely have any virus"....a person with such a minimal degree would
be without symptoms and not contagious. The number of positive tests alone are
being used to justify the shutdown." And, "Keeping tourists out of
Israel is in effect keeping believers out of Israel. Tourists in Israel are
mostly believers from the nations. If we think it through and connect the dots,
it is obvious how important it is for the kingdom of darkness to keep
worshipers from the nations out of Israel. The battle is spiritually based.
Conditions on the ground are changed through spiritual actions....This letter
is a call for prayer."
From the ministry leaders of Kerem-El in the Mt Carmel region, Yonatan Arnold and Stefan & Keren Silver, write about the struggle in Israel managing the Coronavirus. "Now we--who have the confidence, security and assurance in our God and Savior--have the space to speak the powerful truth of a reality where the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is yet in control of our today's and tomorrow's. More than that, he is engaged with us, loving, guiding, caring, providing, and encouraging those who abide in him." They enjoyed some times of fellowship together during the summer, but now are in lockdown again thru the 3 weeks of the High Holy Days. They are asking for financial partnership in two primary areas: 1. financial aid for the needy (so many congregational members lost jobs & face uncertain futures due to the virus; and 2. video recording equipment to live-stream services in order to comply with govt regulations. Learn how to donate on their website
Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate sends prayer requests for Hebrew language online Shelanu TV which has almost 20K views on some of their videos. Prayers for the local Israeli team as they are producing new content in Hebrew, and as well, as using content from every sector of the body in Israel. One new program in development is a testimony show called, "The Living Room." Of course donations toward this important outreach is also something to pray over. Currently Ron is in the United States in a joint agenda to raise partners for Shelanu TV and to let everyone know about the new book he has written, Birth Pangs.
Ron also writes about the ordeal the Tikkun leadership has gone through
over the past 3 years based on accusations "from a small group of leaders
in Israel (causing alarm amongst a larger group of leaders), things seem to be
coming to an end. This still could end in a split in the body of believers in
Israel. Most of it is been based on misinformation, false accusations" and
Ron says on their part, "poor communication." He writes, "Over
the past seven months Asher Intrater and myself have been meeting with two other
leaders, going through tons of material to help them truly understand what we
believe and what we don't believe. These meetings have been a great blessing
and the spirit between the four of us has been amazing—may God transfer that
spirit to the larger group of leaders! Out of those meetings have come several
documents that are now in the hands of the board of the national conference of
Messianic leaders here in Israel. Please pray for God’s will to be done
here. Pray for clarity over confusion. Pray for facts over falsehoods. Pray for
unity over division."
Shani Ferguson writes for the weekly Maoz prayer requests about her experience in middle school when the Gulf War sent them flying to don gas masks, protective suits and be in the sealed from within 5 minutes. They conducted drills to ensure they could do it. It reminded me of my husband and I watching live news from Israel each night as Saddam Hussein rained down scud missiles on Israel. It was nightly high anxiety watching the scuds come in —so immediate to me I felt as if swat teams would be breaking through our front door any minute! As Shani wrote, "This upbringing solidified in me my utter dependence on God for real-life protection. When Israelis sing worship songs about God as our fortress and refuge—we don’t just mean figuratively; we really mean a tangible refuge to protect from actual harm. So as we see random street violence and riots breaking out all over the world in areas that are used to the rule of law, let us be solid in God as our physical defense in times of trouble."
Shani also writes of LIttle Hearts, the believer kindergarten run by the
Birgitta, a worship musician in the Fellowship of Artists. The lockdown really
devastated them, but funds were raised to set them right, now a 2nd lockdown is
again causing them to need a new infusion of donations. Can you help? Watch this special Rosh Hashana
musical greeting. Also in general, Maoz is trying to meet the needs of families
who are suffering once again in the 2nd lockdown. Pray about helping them meet
the needs and also about the Ferguson family plans to fly to the US in
Nov..." as of now, we don’t even know if those flights will be available."
Dov Bikas sends a short update on their activities with the men's Rehab Center
and the Women’s Shelter. He sent an amazing before & after of young woman
in the Women's shelter, whose life story is so sad - widow from the Ukraine
from one of the epicenters of the war where she was cruelly raped by a group of
soldiers. Her mother-in-law invited her to come to Israel. She did but one
night after working in a restaurant was kidnapped by the taxi driver and held
in his home treating her to violence. She ended up in an Israeli mental
hospital and when she came out she met a man who said he wanted to marry her
but he turned out to be a drug addict and began giving her drugs to forget her
traumatic past. Then she ended up on the street. Society looks down on people
like this, but the Women's Shelter took her in like the story of the good
Samaritan. The difference in her before and after shows she is responding to
being truly loved on for a change. Dov asks "Please pray for her healing
and salvation, & that authorities will let her stay in the country until
she is well enough to return to independent life. He also shares the story of a
man they have taken into the men's rehab who is very sick with an undiagnosed
illness that is rapidly causing his physical deterioration Pray for him and all
the other God is sending them.
Revive Israel's Asher Intrater writes A Revelation about Trumpets – Part 1 of 2. The Revive Team weekly Praise, Prayer, Prophecy and Preaching -- Global Broadcasts with the Revive Israel Worship Team and preaching on the Revive website and from 9/15/20 on Facebook. Also: Join us for our 4-Part “Preparing a Dwelling Place” series that will take place in the next few weeks. Each gathering will start at 5:00AM PT (Vancouver) / 3:00PM IDT (Jerusalem) broadcasted live on our Facebook page & YouTube channel with live interpretation available in multiple languages. Dates are 9/17 for The Trumpet's Call | 9/24 Preparing a Dwelling Place | 10/1 The Emerging Ecclesia | 10?8 The Sound of Desire
Cody & Liat Archer write, " This week we met with Eitan
Shishkoff (Founder of Fields of Wheat - FoW) and Joel Jelski for a time of
prayer, fellowship and talking about the next steps for us as a team. Eitan
tenderly shared with tears in his eyes about how much it means to him that both
our family and the Jelski's have moved to the North of Israel to help give
practical expression to the vision he received from the Lord and has been
burning on his heart for over a decade. Eitan is a very loving, pastoral father
to us and it is our joy serve alongside him. VIDEO Greetings from Eitan!"
As the Archer's transfer from
Revive Israel to Fields of Wheat their donation information has changed:
Please email Cody for the instructions on how to give. (The easiest is via PayPat through ACCi, click on first button on "Which project to
support" & it will take you to the list where Cody Archer may be
selected
Avishalom Tekle of Tents of Mercy in Kiryat Yam writes about the
successful holiday food distribution that the completed of 800 bags to families
just before the lockdown commences before the High Holy Days. Avi writes,
" This plunges us all into a very difficult time. We were just starting to
feel a semblance of normalcy, with businesses picking up and the school year
beginning. The idea of returning to lockdown is like diving into water without
being able to take a deep breath. As you all know (and must feel keenly
yourselves) this has been going on for over 6 months. The lack of
congregational fellowship and the overall stress of economic challenges is
obviously affecting our community life on a local and national scale. We would
greatly appreciate your prayers over the next few weeks. On a personal note, we
ask for your prayers for stamina, strength and creativity as we navigate these days."
They are continuing to hold Shabbat services online, so if you can subscribe to
the Tents of Mercy YouTube Channel and "it
will be almost like coming to Israel and attending our Shabbat service. A new
recording is uploaded each Saturday morning at 10:30am (Israel time)."
Tikkun Global sends several articles from Tikkun ministers: Turning Up the Heat? by Eitan Shishkoff | The Exchanged Life by Dan Juster as well as The Book of Revelation in Our Times. From Patty Juster The Cry to Release Mercy for Others and Ron Cantor's Arab League refuses to condemn Israel-UAE deal. In his opening Ron writes about the strange new regulations for flying...and invites to gift his new book, Birth Pangs, for any donation to Tikkun of $30. PARTNER
Chaim Malespin of the Aliyah Return Center: Join us LIVE for an exciting Yom Teruah / Feast of Trumpets Event! Discover the mystery of the Shofar and what God is saying to us at this unique time in history. September 18 6PM Israel time [Check your time zone here] on Facebook and the ARC YouTube channel Register Now! *this registration link is also for the Tabernacles event
And Avi and Chaya Mizrachi of the Tel Aviv Dugit Messianic Outreach Centre and Kehilat Adonai Roi (The Lord is my Shepherd) give a wonderful testimony of two ladies who came for food to the distribution center, but saw there was wonderful spiritual food available too. "...suddenly one lady said to David that she could tell from his face that he was very content with life. Yes, he told her, he was content. After all of the things that he had gone through in life, he was very happy because he knew he was where God wanted him to be, and he now has everything he needs. She asked how this had happened for him. David told the ladies his testimony about how he had met God and He set him free from a lifetime of drugs. Both ladies were excited to hear his story and wanted to know more. So, David explained that meeting God is not a religion, but a personal relationship with a real person. As the ladies asked question after question, he continued to tell them about what it was to have a relationship with God. Suddenly, one of the women began to cry. Her nephew had been addicted to drugs and recently committed suicide. She saw the difference that God had made in David’s life and wished her nephew could have had the same experience." Both of the ladies prayed the prayer of salvation. Dugit writes, "This kind of life-changing ministry is happening here continuously, thanks to your support. We are so blessed that God is still working in Israel—and that He is using Dugit to make an eternal difference in people’s lives. Please donate to help us."
They are also trying to meet the needs during this 2nd lockdown for those in
Tel Aviv and write, "May I ask you to join with us in helping meet these
overwhelmingly desperate needs during what should be a festive time? Please
give generously. Your donation of any amount helps us
reach countless people here as we express the love of Messiah in a PRACTICAL
WAY so that we can share the Good News of Messiah in a POWERFUL WAY!
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
Pray for Sally Shiff who has one surgery for skin cancer which she says went perfectly...sounds like more surgery to come. | 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| 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! Olga’s health. She went through several checkups that showed new findings and the doctors believe that an operation should improve her condition. Different doctors, however, propose different kinds of operations, and we need God’s guidance and wisdom to make the decision. | | 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 who at last report was losing her eyesight. I have heard nothing from her in months and she may be in nursing home care now. If anyone knows more please write me...and pray for Ruth. | Prayer for one of Yariv Goldman's daughters, married with possible endometrioses.
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