"Please pray for the Peace of Israel"  Psalm 122  [Chapter-12]

Mohammed Abu Khdair

Three Israelis Confess to Murder of Abu Khdair

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’  But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.”  (Matthew 5:21–22)

Israel has charged three Jewish men with the kidnapping and killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdair, a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel. Khdair was taken on July 2 near his home in east Jerusalem.  Israeli police moved quickly and his charred body was found several hours later in a forest. A 30-year-old man and two 17-year-old males, who admitted to abducting and setting Khdair on fire, appeared in Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court Monday. Police believe the abduction was motivated by revenge for the kidnapping and killing of three Jewish Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, who were buried before Khdair’s murder. The FBI (who was involved because Frenkel held dual American/Israeli citizenship) concluded the teens were shot 10 times on June 12 before they were buried in a shallow grave in the Hebron area.

Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach were laid to rest on July 1, 2014.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sternly condemned Abu Khdair’s abductors and murderers, pledging on July 6, “We will find those behind this horrific crime and bring them to justice.  There is no place for such murders in our society.”  (YNet) Netanyahu added, “That’s the difference between us and our neighbors.  They consider murderers to be heroes.  They name public squares after them.  We don’t.  We condemn them, and we put them on trial and we’ll put them in prison. … We do not differentiate between the terrorists, and we will respond to all of them, wherever they come from, with a firm hand.” Israel responded to the slaying of Khdair with repulsion and righteous anger, reaching out to the Khdair family with sympathy. President Shimon Peres expressed his condolences to the father of Mohammed Abu Khdair, Hussein Abu Khdair.“I know what you and your family are going through.  I am full of shame and share in your grief.  He was murdered by criminals.  I am ashamed on behalf of my nation and grieve with you.  The only thing left for all of us to do is to ensure that no more children are murdered, and no more tears are shed by mothers,” Peres told him. Hussein Abu Khdair told Peres that he “seeks true justice in the court.” Peres reassured him, saying, “Justice will be done and we will not compromise on that. We all reject murderers and like you I want justice, true justice.  There is nothing that saddens us more than the tears of a mother and the grief of a father.  Sadly there is no comfort for a grieving mother, but there will be no compassion for the murderers.  The murderers must be punished and the murder uprooted from its source.  We must replace the mourner’s tent with a tabernacle of peace.” Nevertheless, the family refused to receive a visit by Peres.

Israeli President Shimon Peres

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke with the family by phone, saying, “I want to express my shock, and the shock of all Israeli citizens, at the heinous murder of your son.” “We acted immediately afterward to locate the murderers, and they will be brought to justice,” he added.  “We reject all cruel behaviour, and the murder of your son is heinous and cannot be accepted by any human being.” As well, Tag Meir (Spreading the Light), a grassroots group that battles racism and hate crimes by Jews, chartered several buses to bring people from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to visit the mourners.  (Times of Israel) “I came to protest and declare that this is not the way my religion goes,” said Rabbi Yossi Slotnik, from Israel’s north.  Slotnik described the murder as a desecration of God’s name.  “I think we should say it out loud:  This isn’t what we expect and what we want to happen.  We’re looking for a different type of coexistence.”

Over 350 Israelis made their way to a mourning tent in Jerusalem on Tuesday to pay their condolences to the family of Mohammad Abu Khdair, a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and brutally murdered. Tag Meir, a coalition of 40 organizations including the Interreligious Coordinating Council of Israel (ICCI), organized the visit.

The Shin Bet security service brought six suspects into custody less than a week into the murder investigation.

Couple of weeks ago, three of the suspects were released when it was determined that they were not involved in the killing.  They are allegedly part of the cell that was responsible for it, however.  Their attorneys complained that they had been held for days without being allowed to see a lawyer, saying there was no evidence linking them to the murder.  (HaAretz) The father of one of the teen suspects said his son and at least one other teen in the group of six are mentally ill.  (Israel HaYom) There have also been reports that the 30-year-old, who has been characterized as the dominant character in the group, was mentally ill, as well.

On Monday, it was reported that he once attempted to strangle his infant daughter, but was prevented when his wife walked in during the attempt.  This seems to indicate that the three will pursue a defense strategy based on an insanity plea.  (Times of Israel)

“When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.”  (Ecclesiastes 8:11)

"Please pray for the Peace of Israel"  Psalm 122  [Chapter-11]

Israeli Doctors Treat Gaza Patients as War Rages

                   

“But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.  If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”  (Matthew 5:39)

Despite the current war between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Israel is continuing to welcome sick Palestinians for treatment. Although Rambam Hospital treats hundreds of Palestinians year round, including as many as 650 children and teens, Yazid Falah, who serves as coordinator for the Palestinian patients, said that the fighting has caused some of the patients to “fear that they wouldn’t be well received.” “We calmed them down and explained to them that there was no danger for them to be at an Israeli hospital.  Here [at Rambam] we see humans; we don’t see sides.  At the end of the day, everyone is in the same boat,” said Falah.  (i24news) Rambam Hospital is situated in Haifa, a city that Hamas is targeting with long-range rockets.

Despite incessant missile fire from the Gaza Strip, Israel's Rambam
Hospital in Haifa continues to treat Palestinian patients.

Many of the 20 current Palestinian patients, including 8 children from Gaza, are being treated for diseases such as cancer and kidney ailments.  They are in Israel because they are not able to get adequate care where they live.  Some have been hospitalized for some time.  (JPost) Falah reports that some Palestinian patients are ashamed of what the terrorists have been doing and are even afraid to return to Gaza knowing that they can receive punishment for being treated at an Israeli hospital. Falah said the Palestinian patients face a real dilemma. “On the one hand, they find themselves in Israel and see the consequences of Hamas’ activities, and how people are being hurt on this side of the border as well.  On the other hand, their families are in Gaza, and they fear for the lives of their loved ones,” he said. He added that they prefer to stay in Israel and fear going back to Gaza where they may find their homes and cities in ruins. Tragically, while Israeli doctors are volunteering their time and talents to save the lives of Palestinian children, their leaders are deliberately putting them in harm's way.

The ReWalk robotic exoskeleton is giving mobility to men and women
paralyzed by lower limb disabilities.

ReWalk Takes Leap Forward with FDA Approval

"There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.  'Aeneas,' Peter said to him, 'Messiah Yeshua heals you.  Get up and roll up your mat.'  Immediately Aeneas got up."  (Acts 9:33–34)

Israel is continuing to fulfill God's prophetic promises that it would be a blessing to the world.  An Israeli marvel of technology and science is poised to change the lives of millions around the world who are confined to wheelchairs. While not a supernatural miracle of healing, the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton System does feel like a miracle for the many men and women paralyzed with lower limb disabilities who can now stand up and walk because of it. The device was developed by Dr. Amit Goffer, an Israeli inventor who became quadriplegic after an ATV accident in 1997. ReWalk's 44-lb contraption includes a wrist-mounted controller; a backpack with computer and lithium batteries; a fitted metal brace to secure some of the upper body and the legs; and motors triggered by forward leaning that direct the hips, knees and ankles.  (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry Online) The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the device for personal use on June 26, bringing this wearable, robotic exoskeleton to U.S. markets. "This revolutionary product will have an immediate, life-changing impact on individuals with spinal cord injuries," said Argo Medical Technologies CEO Larry Jasinski.  "This is truly the beginning of ‘ReWalking’ as a daily reality in the U.S."  (Tech Cocktail)

A paralyzed woman walks with the help of ReWalk.

ReWalk has already had an impact on U.S. military purple-heart recipients who returned home from war with heroic legacies—and the lifelong trial of lower-body paralysis.  They are not bound to a chair any longer. Retired U.S. Army Sergeant Theresa Hannigan claimed the first ReWalk used in the States beyond the confines of U.S. hospitals or clinics, with the Department of Veterans Affairs committing to cover the $69,500 cost of the device.  (Engadget) "There are so many things that I have missed by sitting in the wheelchair," said Hannigan, who was knocked off her feet by an autoimmune disease.  "The biggest thing ... would be giving me back my independence."  (CBS) Marine Corps Captain Derek Herrera, who was injured with a Taliban bullet two years ago in Afghanistan, will be among the first Americans to own a ReWalk. He said he saw in ReWalk "hope for the future." "Mentally and emotionally it's been inspiring and incredible," said Herrera who also has seen the financial support of the MARSOC Foundation, which specifically aids members of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command.  (Boston Globe)

“It will be incredible for me to regain independence, to use the system to walk and stand on my own,” he said. The benefits of the ReWalk device go beyond standing and walking.  It also helps patients in the fight against heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, which result from a sedentary lifestyle, and will help prevent ulcers that come with continual sitting in a wheelchair. "…strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.  'Make level paths for your feet,' so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed."  (Hebrews 12:12–13)

"Please pray for the Peace of Israel"  

Psalm 122  [Chapter-10] 

Damage in Israel caused by a Hamas rocket

"Our ministry workers have had to rush to the bomb shelters as the Sirens continue to go off as Hamas rockets are fired into our communities," said Ari. 

"Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.”  (Psalm 121:4)

Widespread terror continues to grip the Holy Land, and many Israelis are now living in their safe rooms as Hamas bombing shows no signs of stopping.  The situation is harrowing as Code Red sirens constantly blast their warnings across Israel, including in Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley, and Judea. Many Israelis—mothers carrying infants, the elderly, people driving to work, children playing—simply do not have enough time to make it to the bomb shelters and safe rooms.

An Israeli bride and family member caught out in the open during the
wedding take cover during Hamas rocket fire.

Despite Israel’s efforts to end the rockets and growing pressure from the world community for a ceasefire, Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza are continuing to pound Israel. And in defiance of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, Hamas’ Qassam Brigades (its military wing) has even tried to create a nuclear holocaust by firing on the Dimona nuclear reactor in Israel’s Negev desert. As well, Hamas is waging psychological warfare by threatening Israelis through Hebrew videos on their Al-Aqsa television station that state there will be a proliferation of suicide attacks within Israel proper. “Zionists, wait and see stabbing attacks everywhere.  Wait for suicide attacks on every bus, café and street.  Wait for the rage and for revenge for Gaza, wait for the flames of the West Bank and inside you [Israel],” a broadcast threatened.  (JPost) "Zionists, [we] can reach you above ground and below it.  So start counting the number of coffins you'll need in these months," a voice warns in Hebrew. Hamas' text messages and YouTube propaganda threaten more powerful rockets. "Zionists, the resistance has many goals.  It has the ability to reach places you thought were safe.  Look, they [the rockets] are on their way to you now and will reach you soon," one YouTube video warns. Another video also threatens Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) saying that they are not out of range.

As many as 5 million of Israel's 8 million are at risk from Hamas rockets.

Baruch HaShem (Praise the Name), God continues to protect Israelis.  Israel’s “Iron Dome” anti-missile defense system is bringing down the most dangerous rockets.  Most have been falling harmlessly in unoccupied areas, although there has been damage to homes and businesses, with some people being injured. Over 1500 rockets have been fired at Israel since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, and the Iron Dome has intercepted 213.  (IDF) Among the injured in Israel is a 17-year-old man who sustained critical injuries from shrapnel during a rocket attack in the port city of Ashkelon north of the Gaza Strip.  Although he tried to protect himself, he found himself in open terrain and did not have enough time to reach a bomb shelter. An 7-year-old boy was injured by flying shrapnel when a missile exploded in a yard in Ashdod.  A nearby car was set ablaze by the same explosion.  An 81-year-old man in Beersheva was also injured.  As well, in Omer, in southern Israel, two sisters, aged 11 and 13, were moderately and seriously injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired toward Beersheva. Israel saw its first fatality.  A 37-year-old civilian volunteer was killed by a fragment of a mortar while distributing food to soldiers at Erez crossing. The Palestinians, however, have sustained many more injuries, with as many as 1400s killed.  (Times of Israel)

When Hamas launches a bomb into Israel, Israelis have a very short
amount of time to find a bomb shelter, depending upon where they live.

Israeli President Shimon Peres stressed that Hamas is deliberately placing Palestinian civilians at risk by firing missiles from civilian areas.  He also emphasized that Israel has no interest in harming Palestinians civilians, but must protect Israelis from Hamas missiles. "Israel underwent another night in which millions of our citizens were under the threat of rocket fire.  It is a few nights now that mothers, with children in their arms, can't sleep because of the fear of another siren.  We will protect our children and will not allow anyone to harm them.  We must say clearly that the State of Israel won't rely on luck; we are prepared and ready for any scenario in order to protect our civilians.  We are a united front in the face of this danger; we will not consent to being victims," he stated. "We do not wish to see innocent people killed or injured, but it is Hamas who endangers the citizens of Gaza by firing from deep within civilian areas." (mfa) As Israel continues to take out houses being used by Hamas as command and control centers for rocket attacks, launching sites, and weapons stockpiles, in Gaza, the IDF maintains its policy of minimizing the number of civilian casualties.

An IDF info graphic that illustrates Hamas' complete disregard for
civilians. While Israel protects Israeli civilians and warns Gazans of
incoming rockets, Hamas sends them directly into the line of fire as
human shields.

To protect Palestinian civilians, the Israeli military routinely contacts by phone the homes and buildings that protect terrorists, warning the residents to leave.  Often the occupants are told to return to the homes or are replaced by neighbours who re-enter the building to form a human shield. This policy sanctioned by the Hamas Ministry of Interior is designed to position Israel as the aggressor on the international scene as the casualties rise among Palestinians. The use of human shields, which is a war crime, underscores what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been telling the world—that Israel honours life while the Palestinians honour death. Israel not only warns the Palestinians before attacking, but as the fighting goes on, Israel continues to allow truckloads of necessary foodstuffs and other humanitarian products to enter the Strip, even supplying the Gaza population with fuel and electricity on a daily basis. Furthermore, Hamas rockets left 70,000 Gazans from their south-central cities of Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah in the dark when one hit the Israeli power line that supplies them with electricity.  Hamas rockets have also struck the Palestinian controlled cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank.

Wallah Omar, a Gaza toddler who underwent emergency surgery at
Israel's Rambam Hospital for a massive tumor that was pressing on her
brain, sits on her father's lap as she talks to her Israeli doctor.
(YouTube capture)

Israel desperately needs you to stand with her, Reader.  Please continue to pray for the safety of those living in the areas that are under attack, that the unguided missiles will continue to land in open fields, and that all people will come to know the true Redeemer and Guardian of Israel.

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you be secure.'"  (Psalm 122:6)

"Please pray for the Peace of Israel"  Psalm 122  [Chapter-9] 

The streaks from the Iron Dome Rockets
and then the white clouds are where they smash
into the Palestinian rockets.

Things are getting worse over in Israel . . . 

“I can’t believe it, two times right in front of us,” said Chaim, a Senior Bibles For Israel ministry staff “The first rocket that exploded right in front of us was on Tuesday night around 9PM, and now on Thursday in the late afternoon, the Sirens went off and I wasn’t expecting to see anything, but it came right in front us in the sky about 1500 feet  up, in broad daylight. The sky was a perfect blue and then all of a sudden the Sirens went off,  and about 15 seconds later, there were 3 clouds of white smoke where the Israeli Dome missiles knocked out the Arab missile from the sky. We thank the Lord for giving our Israeli engineers the wisdom to create this Iron Dome to protect us. But the Iron Dome isn’t 100% foolproof.  Not all of the Arab missiles are stopped, parts of a rocket have fallen in Tel Aviv, and people are injured in Beer Sheva. “As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.”  Psalm 125:2

Jewish homes which are below where the rockets exploded 

                                    
Even when Iron Dome missiles knock the missiles launched from Gaza out of the sky, all are told to stay in the bomb shelters for 10 minutes because the “explosion” of the rockets send shrapnel which can be like thousands of lethal piercing bullets that will maim or kill whatever is below. By the time the Sirens went off, it was only those 15 seconds after explosions in the sky.

Rockets affecting the lives of other Believers

Another rocket exploded, on the other side of highway #1, outside of Jerusalem in the village of Ramat Raziel, near the home of the children of Hannah, one of Christian ministry workers. Hanna’s daughter Courtney was all shaken up when it happened, and her husband, who is also Jewish Believer, grabbed the children and ran for the bomb shelter. “The blast was so loud, words can’t describe the sound, and the feeling going through our bodies, I thought our whole house was exploding,” Courtney said. “She has a beautiful house,” said Chaim, it has very large windows that overlook the surrounding Judean hills,” but the bomb which traveled approximately 70 miles, and landed on the street, shook the house so hard that the large windows shattered into a million pieces.  And damage was done to the other homes. Thank goodness no one was killed. Hamas is targeting all the main cities in Israel – and sending rockets as far up as Haifa which is along with coast.  Hamas is also sending rockets towards Israel’s Nuclear plant in Dimona. Please pray for the nation of Israel with is made up of both Jews and Arabs.  There are approximately 1.6 million Israeli Arab citizens here in Land of Israel. The people of Gaza do not care if they kill their Arab brothers and sisters here in Israel, as its part of their mentality/culture.  Actually many of the Palestinians view their Arab brothers and sisters who are Israeli as traitors.  In various Arab country’s Sunni Muslims are at war with Shia Muslims. A sport complex was just hit in Beer Sheva, and there are many injuries.  More than 50 rockets just landed in that city where both our forefathers Abraham and Isaac lived. A pre-school for children was hit, homes have been hit, and even Prime Minister Netanyahu had to run for cover. Please pray for the injured.

Children playing about 1/2 hour before the rockets exploded above the park.

Still evangelists are going is down south to Rehovot and Gedara to minister to some Jewish people who are interested in hearing more about the Messianic prophecies and Yeshua (Jesus). Please pray for them as this area of the country is constantly under attack as it is very close to Gaza!There is no end in sight, they are now all under attack now, no matter where they live.  The sirens are going off in all the cities along the coast where they have ministering. They do trust in the Lord, but it is also a scary time for them, even hard to sleep, since two rockets have exploded right above these ministry offices where thry work and live.  When They are sleeping, if the Sirens go off, They only have 15 seconds to go to a bomb shelter,and that’s simply not enough time!

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem where the First and Second Temples

were located is currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock (gold dome

to the right) and the Al Aqsa Mosque (grey dome to the left).

"Please pray for the Peace of Israel"  Psalm 122  [Chapter-8] 

                                                                                       Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Orthodox Rabbi Extols Moral Stature of Christians

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build a temple for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.  Anyone of His people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD.’”  (Ezra 1:2–3)

               

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, dean of the Har Bracha Yeshiva and Rabbi of the Samaria town of Har Bracha, created quite a stir recently among the Orthodox Zionist community when he extolled the importance of the support of Christian Zionists for Israel. “It appears that we can say that the American Evangelists are the most important and meaningful group supporting Israel nowadays.  These are about 70 million citizens of the largest superpower in the world, who believe that the words of the Bible hold true today, and that the nation of Israel needs to return to its land and follow its Torah and Mitzvot.  Their moral stature is higher and more exalted than that of Coresh [Persian King Cyrus], who assisted the Return to Zion,” Melamed said. Melamed made the comments in his column in Besheva Magazine, an influential magazine of Israel’s Zionist Orthodox community. In that column, Melamed challenged erroneous claims that the financial donations of Christian Zionists, specifically NIS 36 million (about $10.5 million) to the Ministry of Education’s NIS 260 million fund for operating Israeli summer camps, come with strings attached, mainly the ability to proselytize Jewish children. “It is hard to understand where such a libelous claim sprang from,” the rabbi writes. “As for the claim that this contribution could cause the Jewish masses in Israel to view Evangelists—who are Christians who love Israel—favorably, there is no fault in this, because they deserve recognition for their support for us.  We must battle missionaries, not moral Christians who respect our religion and support us,” he added.

                                                              Christian supporters of Israel march in Jerusalem.

But others, such as the blog writers at Jewish Israel warn that Christian support for Judaism has a long history that has often turned to antisemitism and that Christian outreaches can quickly turn into “an aggressive conversionary agenda.” Melamed responded to these ideas in a column this June. He acknowledged the historical problem of Replacement Theology that has plagued the Church, which is the belief that God has rejected Israel, giving His promises to the Church instead, as well as the belief that the Torah is no longer binding. These unbiblical beliefs have fueled much Christian hatred of the Jews for nearly 2,000 years.  Yet, these issues may be resolving themselves among this new generation of evangelicals. Melamed wrote that “when Christians return to believe that [the children of God] Israel are the Chosen People and all the words of the Torah remain firm and binding, and they pray for Israel’s redemption as the word of God through His prophets, and they even assist in the in-gathering of the exiles and the building of the Land—the serious allegations against such Christians are annulled.  They deserve to be praised for their fine deeds and good thoughts about Israel.”

 

Christian pilgrims gather at the Yardenit on the Jordan River to be

baptized, a Christian rite that originates in the Jewish mikvah or Biblical

ritual cleansing.

Melamed is not the only Israeli who recognizes the Jewish roots of Christianity,,,

Recently, Professor Eyal Regev, the head of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology Department at Bar-Ilan University, emphasized the Jewish nature of the writings throughout the Brit Chadashah (New Covenant). "For two generations, a growing number of researchers into early Christianity and the New Testament have acknowledged that Jesus, Paul, and Jesus' disciples were Jews—not only by birth, but in their worldview, their commitment to Jewish ideas, and their ties to other Jews who were not Christians. "Jesus himself read a Torah portion from the Book of Isaiah in synagogue, instructed the leper to be purified by a Temple priest after healing him, and celebrated a Passover Seder in Jerusalem at the Last Supper," he explained.  (Israel HaYom) "The New Testament writings, as bizarre as they might appear to a Jew who does not believe in Jesus, are Jewish compositions.  Anyone researching early Christianity today understands that it cannot be understood without the Judaism of the late Second Temple era, the Qumran scrolls, and even the literature of the Jewish sages." Regev also welcomed the "proliferation of Christians' recognition of their debt to their Jewish roots," a fact that he attributes to the undeniable faithfulness of God to His covenant with the Jewish People. "One of the reasons why Christians have started to appreciate Jews seems to be the blossoming of the state of Israel.  Not only evangelicals, but also many ordinary Christians are accepting that the resurrection of the Jewish people in their own nation is not a matter of chance.  We appear to be witnessing an official recognition that Judaism and Jews have not only deep roots, but also a present and a future," he said.

The Army is Calling up Israeli Jewish Believers (Messianic Jews) to Defend Israel

More than 160s rockets have been fired. Although most have
targeted communities in Israel's south, Color Red warning sirens have been heard as far as Beit Shemesh, Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Caesarea, Gush Etzion and here in the Biblical Capital, the City of David, the Holy City of Jerusalem where Yeshua (Jesus) will return soon. In response to the constant barrage of missiles that have been falling since three Israeli teens were kidnapped on June 12, Israel has launched Operation Protective Shield, targeting missile launching pads and systems, terrorist tunnels, training camps and other terrorist hotspots. They are firing M-75 rockets based on Iranian technology that can reach Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

“Today, the army is sending letters to us to, calling us up to defend Israel.  It’s not just the young Israeli Believers who are age 18-21 soldiers in the army, but they are now calling us up to fight, ones who have already done our army service,” said Avi.  “We are the reservists.” “It’s your average Israeli man, guys in their 20s, 30s and 40s, who are in university, or working, just regular Jewish family men. You could be a teacher, a salesman, a plumber, an accountant, or someone who works for a Messianic ministry, just regular guys who have the responsibilities to their wives and children and who want peace for our country.” There are hundreds of Jewish Believers in Yeshua who serve in the army, some of them telling that they are having tremendous anxiety and fear, so please keep them in your prayers. Please intercede in prayer for this tiny nation. With every missile launched from Gaza, Israelis have only approximately 15 seconds to reach the safety of a bomb shelter.  As well, also pray for the young IDF soldiers who must protect Israelis from this aggression. With the recent Passover Blood Moon (and three more blood moons to follow: Sukkot in a few months and then at Passover and Sukkot next year) that these are YHVH’s signs in the skies and that it is no coincidence that these things are happening NOW. 

Read about Nahama and her children, who live next to Gaza

“Shiri who is 5 years old has been constantly crying, from the constant sounds of the sirens and we have had to go into the bomb shelter constantly over the last two days,” said her mother Nahama who is one of the family members of our ministry staff.”  Living next to Gaza our home has been shelled, the outside of it is riveted with shrapnel from the rockets, and the children are terrified. “We need the moral support from the rest of the world,” because I’m not so sure that Israel can handle this alone, we need the rest of the world’s support, said the mother of three. In 2005 (nine years ago) Israel uprooted hundreds of Israel citizens from their homes in northern Gaza and gave the Land over to the PLO and the Israeli Army left Gaza in return for Peace, based on the commitment that there would be no rocket attacks on Israel. The Arabs did not honor their commitment, and since 2005 more than 12,000 rockets have been fired into Israel!  Did you see that number ? Yes, 12,000 rockets!
So there fore hold people of Israel in our routine prayer, they are the people cannot still ignore, the mind of God is still after them!!!!

"He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He made, for a thousand generations, the covenant He made with Abraham, the oath He swore to Isaac.  He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.'"  (Psalm 105:8–11)