SHALL WE OPPOSE THE GOD OF ISRAEL?

What shall we say then? If God be for Israel shall we oppose Him? In view of the Almighty's great love and unbounded mercies, renewed every morning, surely those who call themselves Christians, professing to be followers of the Jewish Rabbi called Jesus, should at the very least stand with and pray for the Jewish people.

This may be an anguished prayer at times, as it was for the Apostle Paul. But our concerns, like his, should spring from an abiding affection and unconditional affirmation of Israel's irrevocable covenant, involving Scriptures, Land and People.

This is not to idealize the Jewish people or exempt the State of Israel from biblical standards of justice and righteousness. Nor is it to condemn Israel -- the messenger -- for forgetting the message. But it is to remind us as followers of Yahshua HaMashiach -- Jesus the Messiah -- that we are indebted to Israel for our (Jewish) Messiah, our (Jewish) Scriptures, and our God, the God of Israel!

Think about it.

[Adapted from "A Different God?" by Dr. Dwight A. Pryor, available from CFI Communications, PO Box 2687, Eastbourne, England BN22 7LX. Telephone: 01323 410810. Just £2.00 plus P&P.]

WITH GOD ON THEIR SIDE

In the late 1930's, less than seventy years ago, Hitler and his murderous followers were sending Jews to their death, like sheep to the slaughter. At that time, Israel and the Jewish people, scattered around the nations, had no state of their own to escape to.

The Israeli Defence Force didn't exist.

No sooner had the tiny Jewish state been born, seven Arab countries declared all-out war on her and attacked her viciously, with the express intent of wiping out this new and undeveloped state.

There they were, just a few thousand Jews up gainst the military might of her Arab neighbours and their professional war machines. The Israeli's had little in the way of organized military might. But what they did have, and which the opposition did not have, was God on their side.

Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and Saudi Arabia attacked all at once. It should have been a wipe-out; a complete annihilation of the fledgeling state. But it wasn't. They were tough people with nothing to lose, nowhere to go, in the will of Almighty God.

The territory that the UN "gave them" was a tract of land unwanted by any of the Arabs in the region: it was barren and repeated attempts to make it fruitful had all failed. 65-70 per cent of the land was wasteland, "incapable of producing anything worthwhile", according to the Arabs who knew the region.

The tiny Jewish state had to start from scratch, with no infrastructure whatsoever. But from that scrubland, swampland and desert, a garden blossomed. Fresh fruit and flowers grew in abundance in the one-time desert and swampland. The Jewish people (hand-in-hand with the God of Israel) made the desert flourish and so enabled them to sell fresh fruit and vegetables and flowers to the world.

Forty years ago they had to fight three of the strongest, best-equipped armies in the Middle East, and in SIX days, God gave them victory over their enemies, once again, against overwhelming odds.

Throughout the years the Jewish people have fought against different coalitions of Arab countries with modern armies and air forces, well-equipped with masses of Soviet Russian weaponry. And still they had the victory!

Today, the tiny state of Israel has an army, a strong Air Force, a Hi-Tech Economy, and an export trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Intel, Microsoft, IBM, all develop much of their product lines there. In fact, the Israeli division of Microsoft recently won an award for being the most innovative and productive division in the company.

Their doctors win world prizes for medical developments.

Israel has sent its own satellites into outer Space: three to date. The Israeli population (7.1 million) sit proudly alongside other space-age nations: the US, with its 301 million people; Russia, with it's 144 million people; China, with over 1310 million people; Europe -- France, England, Germany and the other 24 member countries -- with their combined population of over 490 million people.

Israel today is a nuclear power alongside the US, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, France, and Britain. [They don't admit it, but every one knows...]

To think that only 60 to 70 years ago, they were living with no hope whatsoever, herded into the deathcamps of Europe, screaming as they inhaled the poisonous gasses pouring into the killing chambers. The human slaughter that went on around the clock, day in, day out, including Sundays.

It is well documented that as this killing was going on, at the entrance to at least one such camp, the murderous nazis, their wives and children, gathered for Sunday services, mornings and evenings, in their Lutheran church, praising the Lord and singing "Jesus, we adore thee', while the screams of dying Jews, crying out to be rescued, were just a short distance away. And even though the smell of buring flesh was all around, these nazis and their families were totally unconcerned; they thought they were doing God's work for Him.

Some of the European Jewry managed to get away from the persecution of Hitler and his supporting nations and proceeded to establish, against all odds, a state of their own, somewhere they could call home on what was left of the Land God had covenented to them many years earlier.

Over the years, they fought and won battles large and small, with little or no organized military forces, against their enemies. But what they did have throughout this time was the hand of the Lord God of Israel upon their nation, who helped them establish and build a homeland out of nothing.

Passover was faithfully celebrated, so they didn't forget where they had come from and what they were all about. They (with God's help) overcame the clutches of Pharaoh, the Greeks, the Romans, the Inquisition in Spain, the Crusades and the Pogroms in Russia. Hitler and the German war machine (and a few supportive countries) tried to annihilate them in what is known as the Holocaust, but a remnant survived. They (and God) overcame the armies of the seven Arab countries who tried to annihilate them. Even Saddam Hussein tried his hand against them. But God gave them victory over their enemies in what were overwhelming odds against them.

The Jewish people are overcomers and if they will once again call on their God, they will overcome their present enemies, too. Let them remember that those nations or cultures who tried in the past to get rid of the Israeli people and take the Land were themselves destroyed.

Israel, please remember that as long as you walk with the God of Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya'akov, the God of Isra'el, you can call on Him, at any time; He's waiting with arms open wide. He won't let you down.

God's Chosen people, the nation we read about in the Bible, rescued from slavery in Egypt, are but a small number of people inhabiting what is probably the smallest country in the world. But hardly a day goes by without Israel being on the international news. They are still there, speaking the same language, worshipping the same God (although not so many of them do so these days). The Arabs don't know it yet, but they too WILL learn that there is but one God, One true God, the living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel!

As long as the Jewish people keep their eyes on Him, they will keep their identity and they will overcome every adversary.

Please don't fall for the media junk. They constantly tell you how bad life is in Israel, how evil the Jewish people are. They don't tell you that there is still much going on in Israel, that people are living their lives, going out, seeing friends, enjoying being with others, enjoying themselves, and so on. They won't tell you about how the Israeli hospitals are treating those who are trying to kill them, on a daily basis. They won't tell you about the inhuman carnage brought about by the Arab bombers. They won't tell you about how the "Palestinian" children are taught to hate Jewish people and motivated to kill them.

The media loves to paint an ugly picture of Israel and the People of the Land, none moreso than the Europeans and in particular, the British media. They love to portray the Jewish people as 'the aggressors' and 'the occupiers' of the Land. The media's ignorance is astonishing; their anti-semitic, anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli stance is confirmed through their lies, deception and sheer arrogance.

Yes, the Israeli morale is not what it should be, but wouldn't yours be down a little if you had to endure daily attempts to kill you along with regular threats to wipe you off the face of the earth, knowing that no one outside your own country was taking the threats seriously. . .and in some cases, condoning the threats by not speaking out against those making the threats?

The Jewish people weep for their dead, murdered unnecassarily by their brainwashed cousins who believe that they are called to do such dastardly things, and encouraged to do so by family and relatives. They actually belive the lies that there is such an entity as the "Palestinian people" with a right to a land of make-believe called "Palestine". That is so sad.

Wake up you who are killing Jewish people; don't you realize that the term "Palestinian people" was invented by that murdering terrorist, Yasser Arafat? The Land belongs to the Jewish People; the Land of Israel was covenanted to them, by YHVH, several thousand years ago, and confirmed throughout scripture, long before the koran was ever thought of.

The so-called "Palestinian" youth are taught, from an early age, to murder Jewish people and that if they do it by blowing themselves up in the process, they will be rewarded in heaven with the services of sevent-two virgins attending to their every need. How can anyone in their right mind swallow such lies let alone die for them. What a waste of life: cousin killing cousin; and the saddest part of all is that they don't realize it.

Those who persecute and kill God's Chosen people, will one day have to answer to Him for doing so. At that point in time, it will be too late to say, sorry, and the consequences will be unimaginable. It would be far better to stop now, repent, seek God's forgiveness and befriend the Jewish people. The God of Israel will not allow His people to be wiped out; those who try will be destroyed.

Bear this in mind also: most of the Jewish people need to repent of their falling away. They need to call on God, NOW, at this very moment in time, and get right with God.

The Jewish people will see: God IS on their side.

Shalom aleikhem

Peace be upon you

William

The Church and The Governments of The Nations Are Sleeping. . .

The Church and The Governments of The Nations Are Sleeping, So It Is Up To Us To Make a Stand . . . and Make Our Voices Heard!

For those people we know who do not understand the relevance of praying and interceding for the Land and People of Israel, for those who attach no importance to the part the Jewish people and the Land of Israel play in God's end-times plan and purposes, please show them this video: The Terrorism Awareness Project; it might just change their minds and give them a greater understanding and sense of urgency to pray for Israel.

"The Church", especially those in leadership, ought to see this video, along with the video called 'Stand Up To Ahmadinejad.'

It is time for Christians everywhere to get off their butts, break out of their 'holy huddles' and start speaking out -- at every possible occasion -- and writing letters to those in positions of power and influence in the government and in the churches.

As you can see from the videos, this is history repeating itself. Last time, in the nineteen-thirties, the Church was silent and the political leaders lacked the courage to make a stand until it was too late. Are your Christians friends going to do the same again. . . are you going to allow your political leaders to do the same again. . . The time to act is NOW.

Our government in the UK is but a poodle: easily led with a bark far worse than its bite. There are no Godly men and women in political leadership in this nation (that we know of), just an occasional pew warmers and an odd Sunday Christian, maybe two, if we're lucky, on special occasions. But there isn't a man of God like a David or a Joshua; there is no one willing to do things God's way and make a stand for Israel. There is no one in the cabinet who understands the ramifications of Genesis 12:3.

In fact I don't know of anyone in political or church leadership who is standing up to the madman, Ahmadinejad, and his hitleresque speeches, threats and incitements. Bush makes a few noises now and then but he has no real understanding of Israel and God's end-times plans and purposes. If he had, he wouldn't be sending Rice to do the things she is doing in the middle-east. (This woman, the daughter of a baptist pastor, brought up in a Godly household should understand, better than most in the US administration, the meaning of Joel 3:2.)

If the political leaders of the nations believe that Israel can be used as the sacrificial lamb on the alter of political expediency,and get away with it, they are not only mistaken, they are inept, foolish and ill-advised. If church leaders within the nations think they can stay silent and get away with it, they too are extremely misguided

It's time to make a stand. It's time for each one of us to make a difference; speaking out whenever and wherever possible, writing, petitioning, demonstrating our Judeo-Christian teachings and beliefs. Little by little, bit by bit, we can do it; we can make a difference. It's up to us: do we make a stand or pay the consequences?

Let's make a stand now . . . let us make our voices heard.

It's up to each of us to pray and intercede like never before.

I pray you will do something today.

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you
William

THE JEWISH PEOPLE NEED THEIR MESSIAH NOW

The Jewish people need their Messiah, Yeshua, like never before.

The Time to Pray for the Shalom of Jerusalem is NOW!

We need to pray for Israel, Jerusalem and the Jewish people like never before.

The Jewish people need their Messiah, Yahshua, like never before.

As the madman of Iran stirs up more and more anti-Jewish hatred with his weekly calls to wipe Israel off the map, who is listening? It's like the late 1930's all over again when Hitler was making similar noises and no one in authority seemed to be taking him seriously.

The politicians of the leading nations of the world now, as then, seem not to be placing too much credence on the madman's vitriol.

The Church of God, now, as then, (with very few exceptions) seem not to be taking the madman of Iran too seriously.

They were wrong then and they're wrong now!

The political leaders and the Church leaders of today need to wake up and realize that the madman of Iraq is serious about his intentions to annihilate Israel . . .and he will probably try --sooner rather than later -- as the rest of the world looks on in amazement.

Is Israel the only nation on earth who realizes President Ahmadinejad and his paymasters, the mad mullahs of Iran, are deadly serious?

Not quite. America knows Iran is serious but are willing to sacrifice Israel on the alter of political expediency. Likewise, the UK. At this point in time they want to curry favor with the Arab/Muslim nations to help them in Iraq and to keep the oil supplies flowing to the US and the UK. They want an easy exit strategy from their war for political and financial reasons and they don't give a dam who gets led out to slaughter to achieve their selfish, self-centered aims.

I repeat: The Jewish people need their Messiah, Yahshua, like never before.

As opposition to their right to live on the Land God gave them increases, He is the only One who can help them. But He needs to hear them cry out to Him -- "Baruch Haba B'shem ADONAI -- Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the LORD" -- before He comes back.

ADONAI tells us that Israel will be saved.

Praise God.

Can you think of a better time than right now for Him to reveal Himself to His people so that they, the apple of His eye, can "call upon the Name of the LORD?"

Please join us in praying for Israel, Jerusalem and the Jewish people. We have intercessory prayer for Israel every Friday evening between 6.30pm and 9.30pm GMT. Would you consider joining with us as we "Pray for the shalom (peace) of Jerusalem?" I know you will be blessed as you pray for the "Apple of GOD's eye." If you can't join us in person, you can join us in the Spirit, praying for Israel -- the people and the Land -- wherever you are.

Seek the LORD and pray that His will be done for His chosen people.

Please take the time to pray for all Jewish people, especially for those living in the Land. They need your prayer support.

If you have never done this before, the prayer below will help you start:-

Father God, we come in the precious name of Yahshua HaMashiach -- Jesus the Messiah -- to pray for the peace of Jerusalem; for the tranquility, safety, well-being, welfare, health, contentment, success, comfort, wholeness and integrity of Jerusalem, in line with Your Word (Psalm 122).

We pray for the sovereignty of Israel, that it rests solely with Your people, never shared, divided, compromised or surrendered. We pray that Your will be done, here on earth as it is in heaven, for Israel, the people and the Land.

We pray that Your people who are called by Your name would humble themselves and pray, and seek you face, and turn from their wicked ways, so that You would hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their Land. And give them victory over their enemies who are trying to annihilate them.

We pray for the innocent civilians of Lebanon, especially the Christian believers, who are tirelessly working, around the clock, in very difficult conditions, to help those who have fled their homes. We pray for their protection, strength and well-being.

We pray that the love of Yahshua HaMashiach, shining through the Lebanese Believers as they embrace, feed and shelter the displaced Arab people, will bring the Arab Muslims to know the Lord Yahshua. We pray that the Arab people would realize that Islam is a demonic spirit that breeds hatred and violence and that by renouncing it, repenting and accepting Yahshua as Lord and Saviour, they will be set free from the chains that bind them and enter into a new life.

We pray for the Israeli government, especially Ehud Olmert, the war cabinet, and the military leaders, that God will strengthen them with the necessary resolve to prosecute this conflict to the end, until at the the very least, Hezbollah and their puppet leader Nassan Hasrallah have been obliterated.

There seems to be a weakening in the resolve of the Israeli leaders; a fear of international pressure seems to be growing in the Israeli administration, so we pray against this spirit of fear and weakness in any of the Israeli leaders. Father, please strengthen these leaders, shape them like David and Joshua; and let the fighting forces of Israel become the fearsome Lions of Judah.

My LORD, what will it take to drive them back into the arms of the God of Israel. Your people need to wake up NOW and arise to their calling, to cry out to ADONAI, the LORD their GOD, the GOD of Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya'akov, to lead and direct them in this battle.

Perhaps this is a timely reminder for Israel and for each one of us that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places"(Eph.6:12).

It is for such a time as this that we have come into Your Kingdom, Lord. Place Your mighty hand upon us to help us be Mordecai's who help the Esther's. . . to be voices calling out into the wilderness of today's Church and the world. Father GOD, let a people arise who cry out for their destiny . . .for the destiny of Israel . . .the people and the Land, and intercede effectively for Your plans and purposes in Israel and the Middle East region.

". . .As for me and my house, I will serve the LORD. I want to be embraced, consumed by You, LORD, for Your plans and purposes in these End Times. For this I dedicate myself to serve You and be used by You, for the benefit of Israel, the people and the Land".

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you

William

For Zion's Sake, Get Stuck In. . .Prayerfully!

“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still, till her victory emerges resplendent and her triumph like a flaming torch” -- Isaiah 62:1

June 1982 saw a defensive operation begin at the Lebanese border where the war is happening now. The purpose: to stop the endless attacks on Israel's northern towns and villages by the Hezbollah terrorists. The Islamic Terror group amassed a large number of destructive weapons just inside Lebanon, courtesy of Iran and Syria, and they were constantly shooting rockets at Israel’s Upper Galilee citizens.

The Israeli Army remained in Lebanon for over 20 years. Then, for some insane reason, Israel decided to pull its troops out of Lebanon, relinquishing that very volatile frontier to the puppet government in Beirut, themselves cowering to the strength and bully tactics of Hezbollah and Syria.

Lebanon is told pretty much what to do by Syria, who in turn is influenced by Iran. Whenever Hezbollah operates against Israel, it is actually an Iranian sponsored attack through Syria. The Lebanese government haven't any say in the matter.

August 2005 saw the Gaza strip ethnically cleansed: all Jews were purged from the Land. The Jewish people were forcibly kicked out of their homes and off their Land. Sold out by their own government. They have been left to fend for themselves ever since as the government reneged on most of its promises.

Many are in a mess; suicide is up, divorce is up, depression and related illnesses have gone through the roof. Kids can't cope in school (those lucky enough to find a place in a school). Unemployment is up. Homelessness is up. The soup kitchens are busier than they've ever been. The charitable organizations providing clothing and basic essentials to Jewish people are busier than they've ever been, almost a year after the event.

The world gave a cursory glance at their TV screens as the Jewish people were being purged from their homes and land and decided, "hey, that's OK, they're only Jews". Had that been in any other country there would have been a outcry so loud -- a veritable cacophany -- from almost every world leader and organization imaginable, starting with the corrupt and morally bankrupt anti-Israel duo, Bill and Ben, the flower pot men (the U.N. and the E.U.). Because of the purging of Jews from Gaza, it has become just as many predicted, a launching pad of Kassam rockets into Sderot, Ashkelon and other places.

Both of the relinquished territories, Lebanon and Gaza, have become a launching pad of terror attacks into Israel leaving many wounded and dead in an endless war of attrition. The people of Israel are once again in bomb shelters and living in fear. Endless meetings and debates, millions of shekels, and too much blood and tears have gone down the drain trying to establish a false peace that will appease the world and keep the Arab Oil Producers happy. This false peace needs halting and reversing NOW before it destroys Israel. The false peacemakers need to wake up and get a grip of reality:-

YOU CANNOT MAKE PEACE WITH ISLAM BECAUSE ISLAM WILL NEVER MAKE PEACE WITH ANYONE THAT IS NOT A MOSLEM!

Islam’s mandate as stated in the Koran is to conquer the world using every means possible in order to have the entire world under the rule of Islam.

IF Islam is defeated in Israel it will be defeated in the entire world. If Islam is not defeated, the world will come under the rule of Islam, and we can see that starting to happen now. That's not too hard to grasp, is it, yet those (non-Muslims) in positions of power and authority fail to understand it. The Muslims understand it!

Please note: If Islam is not defeated the entire Muslim world is literally going to hell; there will be no salvation from the enemies of Israel unless they REPENT of trying to annihilate Israel!
Jeremiah 12:14-17- Thus said the Lord: As for My wicked neighbors who encroach on the heritage that I gave to My people Israel -- I am going to uproot them from their soil, and I will uproot the House of Judah out of the midst of them. Then, after I have uprooted them, I will take them back into favor, and restore them each to his own inheritance and his own land. And if the learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name -- "As the Lord lives" -- just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of My people. But if they do not give heed, I will tear out that nation, tear it out and destroy it -- declares the Lord.

The liberal-minded politicians, the anti-Israeli media (probably 99% of the media), the majority of the Christian Church, need a sharp jolt to wake them up and to realize what is really happening.

Defeating Islam is necessary for there to be peace in the world. Many Muslims are brainwashed through their hideous teaching to hate Jews and Christians. . . infidels. . . anyone who is not a Muslim. Therefore, defeating those Muslims who are willing to wage war, to die by the bomb and the bullet, is, or should be, a priority for every free-world leader who doesn't want to see their nations succumb to sharia law.

PEACE WITH ISLAM IS A FANTASY IN THE SAME WAY THAT MAKING PEACE WITH SATAN IS A FANTASY!

Pray for Israel to defeat Islam. Once they're defeated you will be safer in your own nation! Pray against the evil spirit of Islam that has most of the world's people bound up in chains.
Pray for the World's leaders (Presidents and Prime Ministers such as Bush, Putin, Blair, Chirac and others -- you can get a list at Wikipedia.org). Pray for them to stop espousing Islam as a religion of love and peace, and to get a better understanding of the fact that if Islam is NOT defeated in Israel today, they will have to deal with it in their own backyard tomorrow.

Does that sound too far fetched for you? It isn't. Islam is already at the door! Our only hope is to support Israel ALL the way to defeating Islam. And remember: It is Iran and Syria who are pushing the buttons, especially Iran. In Syria it is "president" Bashar al-Assad. In Iran it is their mad mullahs and seriously deluded "president", Ahmadinejad (who is under orders from the chief dictator, Ayatollah Khameini).

What is more concerning (and in need of prayer) is the gravity of Iran's threat to Western interests; it seems not to be fully understood in the halls of power in Washington, London, Brussels/Strasbourg or anywhere else . . .except the Muslim capitals.

Iran wants America's crown: it wants to be the most powerful nation on earth, the world's 'policeman', THE Superpower and it will stop at nothing in trying to achieve it! And if attitudes don't change quickly, we will find ourselves in trouble. All the fighting that has been going off in Iraq over recent years has merely "served to divert attention from the far more dangerous Regional Rat (as David Dolan calls him), lurking right next door -- Iran -- and its supplicant surrogates, Syria and Hezbollah".

Pray that the Israeli Prime Minister and his cabinet colleagues fully understand this and act accordingly; that they will not buckle to international pressue by starting to seek a diplomatic solution. This would play right into the hands of Hezbollah and Hamas.

Please dedicate time to praying and fasting this week, especially for the issues mentioned here. Would you pray Psalm 83 and Psalm 94 over the nation of Israel, and Psalm 94 vv 8-11 against Hezbollah and the leaders of Syria and Iran.

Very important: pray for the awakening of the Church to the truth, and to prayer for Israel (God commands it in Psalm 122:6). Almost ALL the Church is sleeping in the midst of the current crisis. They are not aware of the signs of the times; they seem clueless as to what is really going on. Which is not surprising as there is virtually no teaching on Israel and how Israel fits in to God's end times plans and purposes. None of the local churches we have visited over the past two weeks made any attempt whatsoever to pray into the current middle-east situation, let alone Israel. It's as if they think God has finished with Israel.

We need to be more vocal, to tell it like it is, taking every oportunity to pray out loud for Israel and God's plans and purposes in these end times.

I invite you to pray for the defeat of Islam by Israel, every place it touches Israel. The media is mostly against Israel, as usual, and the Christian community seems to have fallen for their outright lies, half-truths and innuendoes. Instead of going to the Word of God, they seem to prefer to watch what the rolling news editors (with their warped and twisted worldly sense of what is right and wrong) want them to see.

Pray that the Lord will open the eyes of sleeping Christians and give them a revelation concerning Israel. Listen, our personal feelings towards the Jewish people are not important and should not cloud our thinking. Like it or not, the Jewish people are GOD's CHOSEN PEOPLE! As you persevere in prayer for Israel, the Lord will give you a love for His Chosen People. The deeper you go in the Word, the more you look at the history of His people, especially the last 150 years, and church history over the last 1000 years, the more you will understand their plight, the current situation on the ground over there, and the state of the Church over here.
Pray for the protection of Israel, its civilians and its soldiers, and that they would cry out to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob like never before. Pray they would get a revelation of Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, especially the front-line military personel.

From a recent newsletter from David Silver, Out of Zion Ministries, Haifa, Israel (www.out-of-zion.com)

Psalm 83 is a Prayer in Season

1. Pray for God to deflect Hezbollah missiles away from their targets. This happened in the 1991 Gulf War and it can happen again as we pray.
2. Pray for the safety of all Israelis targeted by Hezbollah rockets and missiles.
3. Pray for a revelation of Yeshua as Messiah and atonement to many in Israel right now.
4. Pray for the protection of the many south Lebanese who are rapidly becoming refugees.
5. Pray for those Hezbollah people fighting against Israel to either be saved or to be totally crushed.
6. Pray protection for Israeli soldiers fighting, and especially for those Messianic believers presently involved in the war.
7. Pray for God to reveal and counter Syrian and Iranian strategies to IDF generals, as He did in 2 Kings 6 in Elisha's day.
8. Ask the God of Israel to hook you up to His prayer request line – to download to you directly and in real time what needs to be prayed for. This is what Rees Howell experienced during WW II, in a time when there were no TVs, no cell phones and no internert. Please continue to pray urgently for Israel and Israeli people. They are amazing ! - Just imagine what they are going to be like when they are saved, and filled with power of the Ruach Ha Kodesh.

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you

William

P.S. I am indebted to Bishop Dominiquae and Rabbi Baruch Bierman of Kad-Esh MAP Ministries for information gleaned from recent newsletters, and David Silver, Out of Zion Ministries, Haifa, Israel.

THE TIME TO PRAY FOR JERUSALEM IS NOW!

The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psa.122:6)

So why is 'the Church' still not doing so?

With very few exceptions, the Church -- the Body of Christ -- completely ignores Isreal, both the people and the Land, in these days.

As believers, followers of Yeshua HaMashiach, grafted in to the Commonwealth of Israel, we are charged by YHVH to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, to intercede for His chosen people, to stand as watchmen on the walls, watching over and praying for His people and the Land.

Does that happen in your church. . . or in your own personal walk with the LORD?

Psalm 122 is clear in its directive to each of us: "P R A Y for the peace of Jerusalem".

GOD is not asking us, He is telling us to pray; He's commanding us.

There's none of the "Do you think you could possibly find time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem" nonsense; this is a direct, unequivocal order: P R A Y for the peace of Jerusalem!!!

Scripture tells us that GOD's people -- the Jewish people -- are the apple of His eye and He most certainly has not finished with them. The Land of Israel, clearly delineated in theWord of GOD, is sacrosanct; non-negotiable. What's more, Israel -- the people and the Land -- are very much a part of GOD's End Times plans and purposes. Read the scripures, the Word of God is perfectly clear on this issue.

So why do most of today's Church have the crazy misguided notion that it has replaced Israel in GOD's scheme of things? It is beyond the comprehension of true believers; perhaps they read a different Bible to the rest of us. ;-)

Perhaps if they spent some time with the Holy Spirit -- the Ruach HaKodesh -- and sought the heart of GOD, asking for revelation, for their eyes to be opened to the plans and purposes of GOD, they may change their minds.

I'm a gentile believer who, several years ago, cried out to the LORD, asking Him to give me His heart. He answered my prayer and gave me a heart for Israel, His people and His Land.

I also discovered "The Complete Jewish Bible" translated by David H Stern. This has been an invaluable aid in my walk with GOD and getting a better understanding of His Word. If you'd like to know more about it, amazon.com (for readers in the US) or amazon.co.uk (for readers in the UK) have more information about this particular Bible.

Let us pray together. . .

Father God, in the precious name of Yahshua HaMashiach,
we pray for the peace, tranquility, safety, well-being,
welfare, health, contentment, success, comfort, wholeness
and integrity of Jerusalem, in line with Your Word (Psalm 122).

We pray for the sovereignty of Israel, that it rests solely
with your people, not shared or divided or compromised.

We pray that Your people
who are called by Your name,
would humble themselves and pray,
and seek you face,
and turn from their wicked ways,
and You would hear from heaven,
forgive their sin, and heal their Land,
and give them victory over their enemies,
over all who seek to obliterate them.

Father, we pray that Your will be done
here on earth as it is in heaven
for Israel, the people and the Land.

Lord, it is for such a time as this
that we have come into Your Kingdom.
Place Your mighty hand upon us to be like
Mordecai's helping the Esther's,
to be voices crying in the wilderness.
Father, let a people now arise
who cry out for their destiny. . .
for the destiny of Israel. . .
the people and the Land,
and intercede for Your plans and purposes
in Israel and the Middle East region.

"As for me and my house,
we want to serve You,
to align ourselves with Your plans and purposes
in these End Times".
Lord God, we dedicate ourselves into Your grace
and for Your purposes.
Amen and amen!

Please pray protection over the Israeli military as they pursue this battle on behalf of all of us living in the 'free' world. If Israel does not win this war today, it will be our war tomorrow. Can I suggest that you pray for your own country for the way they have treated Israel over the last sixty years. Please pray especially for England for their involvement in dividing the Land; (remember Joel 3:2 and the fate that befalls those who divide the Land?).

And. . . Zechariah 1:14-16 Then the angel who talked with me said to me: "Proclaim! Thus said the Lord of Hosts: I am very jealous for Jerusalem -- for Zion -- and I am very angry with those nations that are at ease; for I was only angry a little, but they overdid the punishment. Assuredly, thus said the Lord: I graciously return to Jerusalem. My House shall be built in her -- declares the Lord of Hosts -- the measuring line is being applied to Jerusalem. (JSB)

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you

William

Yahveh Gave This Land -- To His People (Israel) -- In Perpetuity

Yahveh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, made a Covenant with Abraham. He gave a large area of land, once known as Canaan, to Abraham and his seed (through Isaac and Jacob) forever. Yahveh confirmed His Covenant through Isaac and Jacob. He defined the boundaries of the Land: "...from the brook of Egypt to the mountains of Lebanon, and from the Euphrates to the Great Sea". Yahveh did NOT give any of the Covenant Land to Ishmael or his descendants.

Please. . . check out these scriptures. . . the promises of Yahveh, granting the Land to His Chosen People, the Jewish people, forever.

Genesis 12:1, 2, 7 (gives the land to Abraham);

Genesis 13:14-17 (all the Land, as far as he could see);

Genesis 15:7-12 (makes an everlasting Covenant with Abraham),

Genesis 17-18 (creates a Covenant over the Land);

Genesis 17:1-8, 15, 16, 19, 21 (reinforces His Covenant);

Genesis 26:2-4 (more on the Land);

Genesis 35:11, 12 (still more on the Land; confirmation by King David in 1Chronicles 16:15-18);

Exodus 23:30-33 (boundaries outlined);

Numbers 34:1-12 (borders defined);

Deuteronomy 1:7, 8 (taking the Land), 20, 21 (commands His people to possess the Land); 2:24 (possess the Land); 4:25-31 (judgement concerning the Land);

Joshua 1:1-4 (boundaries confirmed);

Psalm 105:7-11 (covenant confirmed);

Ezekiel 47:13-23 (boundaries restated);

Ezekiel 48:14,29 (the Land, their inheritance).

In those days, a covenant was the most binding contract one could make with another, far more obligating than anything we could imagine today with our 21st century mindsets. Breaking a covenant was unthinkable. The world has no equivalent and no such moral scruples today.

Yahveh chose to make a covenant with Abraham and his descendants, through Isaac and Jacob not Ishmael, that was to last for all time. He (Yah) entered into the life of a man and his family living in a God-less world, inviting them to be His People, to worship only Him, to have fellowship with Him, to live in a land designated by Him, to obey His commands, and He would bless them beyond their wildest dreams.

In Judges 2:1 He declared: "I will NEVER break My Covenant or alter what My lips have uttered".

The Jewish people were later to be reminded of this by King David (in Psalm 105:8 and 1 Chronicles 16:15: "He (the Lord) remembers His Covenant forever, the word He commanded to a thousand generations".

No other country in the world has a title deed signed by the Creator, only Israel. The Land belongs to Israel: God's Word says so; it is very clear on this issue. However, full possession of the Land given to them by Yahveh (as their inheritance) will not happen until they return to the Lord. Israel's complete possession of the Land given to her by Yahveh depends on her faithfulness, on her 'getting right' with the Lord God Almighty.

That does not mean the Jewish people will possess the Land to the exclusion of all others (i.e. non-Jews). Not at all! The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel make it very clear that 'aliens' or non-Jews have a right to live in the Land and must be treated as equals . . .so long as they understand and accept the fact that the Land, on the basis of Yah's Covenant promise, belongs to Israel (see Eze.47:22,23; Isa.14:1; 56:6-7; regarding "inheritance", see Acts 11:18; 15:9; Eph.2:12-14; 3:6; Col.3:11).

Restoring the Jewish people to their rightful inheritance is not some sort of soppy, sentimental pie-in-the-sky idea. It is not important what our personal feelings are towards the Jewish people. They are His Chosen people and we are to respect that fact. Yahveh made an unbreakable commitment to them and that has to be honored, too.

If we as believers purport to serve the one true God, if we claim to walk with our Lord Yahshua (Jesus), then we are obligated to serve His Chosen People in a befitting manner; one that is pleasing to the Lord. And the sooner we 'Christians' get our heads around this, the better for all concerned!

Over the centuries, the Jewish people have profaned Yah's holy name. He knows that and He intends to restore His holy name, just as He intends to be seen to keep His promises, especially His Covenant with His Chosen people (and restore them to the Land He gave them).

Ezekiel 36:22-24 says: "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went". (23) "And I will vindicate the Holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am Lord," declares the Lord God, "when I prove Myself Holy among you in their sight".

Think about it!

I want to include the next verse (24) because not only does it refer to the ownership of the Land, this scriptue is being fulfilled right now; it is happening before our very eyes!

(24) "For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own Land".

Each week, more and more Jewish people are seen going back to the Land of their forefathers; from all over the earth, they are returning "home". In the midst of that 35-day war (August 14, 2006), eight hundred Jewish olim made aliyah (to resettle in Israel); three planes arrived at Tel Aviv airport that day, one from London, one from New York, and one from Toronto, carrying Jewish people back to their inheritance.

In the light of all these scriptures referring to the declarations of Yahveh, we can be assured that He honors His Covenant, He keeps His Word, He fulfills His promises and so the Land belongs to His Chosen people, Israel, in perpetuity. Numbers 23:19 tells us:"God is not a man, that He should lie"; if the Lord were not to keep Covenant with Israel, what assurance would we Christians have that He would be faithful to us? Selah.

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you
William

"Christian" Organizations In Serious Error

The Vatican, the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches embrace the same biblical error as their third century "forefathers" regarding Israel, the People and the Land. They maintain that because the Jewish people rejected Christ, Yah (God) let them go, disassociated Himself from them, and that today's Church has replaced Israel in Yah's plans and purposes.

In other words, they erroniously think that they have replaced the Jewish people, and that they are now Yah's Chosen people. But, as Romans 9 and 11 tells us, this is NOT so. Not only is it untrue, a lie from the pit of hell, it places the advocates and followers of such diatribe on a collision course with the Almighty.

These guys quite obviously don't believe in the literal translation of the Holy Scriptures; they prefer to cherry-pick what Yah says in His Word. What's more, by perpetuating their perverse, corrupt and fallacious teachings, they are leading others astray and for that they will answer to their Creator.

They appear to have no comprehension of the relevance of Israel (the People and the Land) in God's plans and purposes, especially in these end-times days.

President George W. Bush, his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, all professing to be Christians, have fallen into the replacement theology trap. They want Israel to give up more Land; Land that Yahveh Himself gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their seed forever.

Just imagine how different things could have been if these two leaders had not been schooled in the replacement theology nonsense and actually understood the importance of both the People and the Land of Israel in God's plans and purposes. They would have trodden a very different path and perhaps been able to bring about a different understanding of the Israel issue among other leaders.

The National Council of Churches is in serious error in its condemnation of Israel for refusing to leave so-called "occupied" territory, Land that was given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel. The Land may be "disputed" (in their eyes) but it is not right to call it "occupied" land. These people should know better! It begs the question, "have they ever read and understood God's Word?"

Yahveh declares 109 times in His Word that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people; 36 times on oath to them and 16 times saying it is FOREVER. (Which part of the word "forever" do they not understand?) There is nowhere in the Bible that God says He has changed His mind about the covenant promises He made with Abraham and confirmed through Isaac and Jacob. Not even a hint of such a thing. As for the boundaries of the Land, Yah says "from the brook of Egypt to the mountains of Lebanon and from the Euphrates river to the Great Sea (the Mediterranean). What do they not understand about that?

Both the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches have called on their members to divest themselves of any investments they have in companies doing business with Israel.

My understanding is that they want a complete boycott of all companies trading with Israel. Because these people fail to understand what the God of the Bible is doing with Israel or the part Israel plays in His plans, especially in these days, they want to have THEIR way with Israel, which is NOT God's way. They want to beat Israel into submission by financially crippling the Israeli economy simply to impose their will upon the Jewish people.

Unfortunately for them, Yahveh has other plans for His people and will not allow those "who have fallen away" to harm the Jewish people. As for the Land, they should try really, really hard to understand this: the Land is NOT for giving. Yah will have His way!

President Bush, secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Quartet special envoy Tony Blair seem obsessed in being instrumental in establishing a 'Palestinian' state before their respective terms of office expire. If these "Christians" would only read their Bibles and seek the advice and guidance of the Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit), they would quickly realize that Yah's Land must not be divided in any way, shape or form. No matter how unpallatable this may be to human ears, the Covenant Land is NOT to be divided; doing so will incur the wrath of God.

The British are already under Yah's judgement for dividing the Land in 1921. In the previous year, Britain was formally granted rule over the territory know as 'Palestine'. The League of Nations issued Britain with a mandate to establish a national Jewish homeland and to facilitate the resettlement of Jewish people on this Land. Within a short time, Winston Churchill gave 78% of this Land to an Arab sheikh. This large chunk of land is now known as Jordan.

The British divided the Land and Britain has been paying the price ever since but its leaders are completely oblivious to the fact. Similarly, the USA is now paying the price for its involvement in Gaza; they put a great deal of pressure on the Israeli government to give up the Land and remove all Jewish people from the area. This was a very unwise thing to do.

Yah's Word is not to be taken lightly: Anyone (and that means 'anyone' including the USA, the UK, Russia and the EU). . . anyone involved in dividing the Covenant Land will pay the price! His plan is for His (Jewish) people to inhabit the Land He set out for them, to have sovereignty over all of it, not bits and pieces of it.

The two-state idea is a non-starter in God's eyes; it will not solve anything let alone the conflict. The only answer is to do things God's way, not man's way. Nothing else will work. Our nation's leaders need to understand that Muslims generally, and 'Palestinians' in particular, want a total wipe-out of the Jewish people. They may pretend that land-for-peace is in everyone's interest, but they have absolutely no intention of ever honoring any of their agreements. They will cheat and lie and seek public sympathy as they portray Israel as the aggressive pariah and 'occupier' of 'their' land. But it's all a game to them. They will stop at nothing until they achieve their intentions: to annihilate the Jewish people and seize their Land. However, Yahveh, the God of Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov will NOT allow that to happen.

As I write this article Syria and Iran have been re-arming Hezbollah with more rockets and other military equipment AND supplying similar hardware to Hamas. They are said to be building a network of underground tunnels and bunkers for Hamas in Gaza, similar to those of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. So it looks like another battle is not too far away.

Hopefully, next time, the Israeli politicians, having decided to go to war, will allow the Israeli military to do their job. One of the main problems in the July/August 2006 battle was that of politicians vacillating; the other big problem was forcing the military to prosecute the war with one hand tied behind their backs. The Israeli military must be allowed a free reign in battle to crush the enemy and eliminate those who seek to destroy Israel.

All this may sound unpallatable, but it has to be done. This way, the Israeli's could seriously disable Hezbollah and Hamas to such an extent, Syria and Iran would have to come out into the open and do their own dirty work instead of having proxy forces do it for them.

However, there is a way open to them, far better than relying on the politicians and the military to defend them: that is to get right with their God and call on Him to defend and protect them, like they did in times gone by, in the days of David, Rehoboam, Abijah, Joash, Hezekiah and others. In more recent times He intervened to enable them to get back into to the Land in 1948. He gave them victory in the six-day war when they were greatly outnumbered. He can do it again.

Please pray that the eyes of the Jewish people will be opened to their need to get right with their God, to realize that Yashua is the Messiah, and for the Ruach HaKodesh to come upon them and give them a new heart, a new Spirit.

Shalom aleikhem
Peace be upon you
William