“For I do not want
you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery – so that you will not be wise
in your own estimation – that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until
the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so, all Israel will be saved:
just as it is written” (Rom. 11:25-26a).
Hey Gang: I thought I
had completed my blog-writing, prior to leaving for Israel, but there is a
rapidly developing miracle coming together; I felt I should alert you so you
can do some research on your own - to put meat on the skeleton.
In the past year or so there has been tidbits showing up
that indicate many Jews are beginning to recognize the emptiness in their chest
cavity, just the size of Yeshua Hamashiah; they are asking very serious
questions. This is a relatively new
phenomenon yet, in some ways, it is not.
We have witnessed the rise in numbers of Messianic Communities in Israel
and America, and other places in the world, for more than twenty years.
Although the number of born-again Jews is relatively small,
the seed-planting program that Jesus is their long awaited for Messiah, seems
to be growing at a steady and rapid pace.
Several weeks ago, a story surfaced that the leadership of
the Orthodox communities of Israel did all in their power to squelch this
growing interest. That said, the young,
especially woman of Orthodox community, have been growing very cold towards the
emptiness of the Orthodox teachings.
What began with a small prayer- group type, sharing this feeling with
each other, began to rapidly expand throughout the communities? It is now suggested that more than 30,000 Orthodox
Jews are in serious study to find out who Jesus is, and, is He the One as John
the Baptist asked?
My friends, this is no small issue. Up until recently the Orthodox Leadership
were literally willing to go to very drastic extremes to prevent the “Yeshua as Messiah” belief from penetrating
their very closed world.
Joel Rosenberg shared an amazing story this week: “Have you heard that Israeli leaders are urging
Jews to read through the entire Bible, verse by verse, chapter by chapter?” Amazing, but true.
Can you imagine President Obama, in one of his overly-frequent
appearances in the media, announcing, “Now
folks, this is what I believe will fix our nation. I want you to join with me
and the Senators and Representatives, and all the underlings in the Belt Way-
to read through the Bible.” Every
medical facility in America world receive mega calls from people who had heart
attacks just hearing him say something like that.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off the new
school year by encouraging children to rediscover the Word of God and Biblical
roots of their Jewish heritage.
Netanyahu, known by the name of Bibi to his friends, with his bride,
hosted another in a series of Bible study groups in their official
residence. They are studying, “What is
the connection Jews have to the Temple Mount?” So much for separation of church and
state. (The recent ruling by the U.N
that the Temple Mount has no Jewish roots and is Palestinian and has always
been shows the bias of that Organization.)
Meanwhile, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, and several
government officials have launched something they call the “929” Chapters. Purpose – to encourage all Israelis – even
the most secular and non-religious among the people- to continue reading verse
by verse, chapter by chapter through the full Hebrew Bible or “Tanakh”, until
everyone finished together in the summer of 2018 for the 70th anniversary of
the prophetic rebirth of the Jewish State.
Well, I would like to go on and give you the rest of the
story, but need to take care of some last-minute details before hitting the
airways so will close with this challenge!
Read the Bible through -verse by verse, chapter by chapter.
There has been two-billion dollars’ worth of rhetoric
(actual) that as filled the airways in this presidential fiasco. It was interesting that right after that
piece of information was shared, an add from a ministry came on telling us,
“For one dollar a day you can feed and provide care for a starving child”. Let’s see now, that would be two billion
starving and uncared for children around the world, wouldn’t it?
Well, I best leave that lay for now and pray you will seek
the Lord’s counsel and vote accordingly. Take note of our itinerary
and be diligent in your prayer covering for us.
Blessings,
P.S. Forgot – read the
morning Scripture again. Keep in mind
that huge numbers of Jews are not making that final decree to accept the Lord
as Messiah and Savior but rapidly growing numbers are seeking to learn about
Him. It is my sincere opinion that the
day all Jews will be saved is when Jesus comes and every eye will see Him.
(Rev. 1:7). This and two bucks will get you cup of java in most hash houses.
Gramps
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