Newsletter April 2017

Shalom dear intercessors and friends of Israel!

UNESCO

On May 2^nd when we celebrated the Rebirth of the state of Israel, UNESCO approved another anti-Israel resolution, this time “rejecting” Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. 

However, as our Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “we reject UNESCO”.

The Israeli ambassador Shama HaCohen believes that we are improving, since last year we had 32 nations against us and now only 22.

The nations that supported Israel this Tuesday were 10: US, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Lithuania, Greece, Germany, Paraguay, Togo and Ukraine (Sheep nations).

Among the nations that agreed with the resolution and opposed to Israel are: Russia, Iran, South Africa, Japan and Brazil (Goat nations).

We still had 23 nations “on the fence” (abstinent). As God does not accept “on the fence”, these are also considered goat nations.

See the article on Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/UNESCO-disavows-Israeli-sovereignty-in-Jerusalem-in-22-10-vote-489538

Revival among the Youth

We would like to share to amazing and encouraging testimonies on how God is moving among the Israeli youth. We believe he is raising a great army out of these precious ones!

Please pray that the seeds will grow and bear many fruits!

"But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty and some a hundred.”

Mark 4.8

Evangelism to IDF soldiers

Rachel Netanel

The secular Yeshiva in Ein Kerem has a special program for soldiers being inducted into the Army and God has given us (at Beit Netanel) such favor with their leaders. 

This last month one officer, who had been with us before, asked if he could bring 30 more young soldiers specifically to hear me teach about Yeshua!

So, as usual, Gilad and I prepared a large meal because in our culture, when they sit to eat, it breaks the ice and they are more open to hear what I have to say.  

I was surprised to find how hungry these young people were to learn about Yeshua. I told them about how the Son of God put on flesh and how He came to take away our sins and give us His righteousness. They asked so many questions!

One of them asked, "What can we do to make Messiah come? I said that first of all you need to ask God to show you the truth. If you read the Tenach, the first mention of the Messiah is in Genesis 3:15,

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

What does it mean the 'seed of the woman'? There is no other woman where this is mentioned because the Messiah must not be born of man. Look at what is written in Isaiah 7:14,

"…Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel."

They were amazed and said, "What? This is in our Tanakh?"

This conversation lasted more than three hours after lunch. They were so happy and several want to come again and bring their families. 

Before they left, they presented me with an award for my service to the soldiers which said, "In appreciation for the enlightening atmosphere and fascinating conversation." Praise God!

Israeli Messianic youth take a stand for their faith in school

Sarit Roitman, 18, Jerusalem

“I wanted to do something more than just believing in my heart, beyond the fact that everyone knows me as a ‘Christian girl’ or ‘the girl with the strange religion.’ 

Specifically, I wanted to take a significant step in my life for Yeshua, to glorify His name, not just to introduce who ‘Messianic Jews’ are. 

I really wanted to tell my classmates about Yeshua, and that is what pushed me and gave me the courage, the will and the faith to share in front of the class.

“I and some of my believing friends planned the lecture beforehand in great detail. We started by presenting the faith. 

We proved, using the prophecies from the Bible, who Yeshua is and how these prophecies are coming true in the New Testament and we concluded with personal testimonies from our lives.

“Truth be told, I did not know how my classmates would respond. 

It was clear to me that they would respect me as their classmate, but I was afraid that the direction of the lesson would evoke shouting and resistance. 

To our great surprise, as soon as we began to speak, there was complete silence in the class. 

They listened with interest and concentration for the whole hour and a half that the teacher had given us for this purpose. 

We felt full confidence to speak and I have no other explanation for this except that God was with us and He directed our every step. 

After class there were many questions. 

My classmates said it was the most interesting lecture they had ever heard. The reactions were absolutely positive and full of respect and for that I simply thank God.”

Spring Feasts

Since the Month of Aviv started, we entered in the period of the First 4 feasts of the Lord (Spring Feasts): Pesach, HaMatsot, HaBikurim and Shavuot.

We wrote about Pesach on our last post: http://mevasseretministries.blogspot.co.il/2017/04/pesach-overview.html

HaMatsot are the seven days after Pesach in which we eat the unleavened bread, representing the pure life of Yeshua and also seeking for our sanctification:

"Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed the Messiah, our Pesach, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."

I Corinthians 5:7-8

HaBikurim is the Feast of the First Fruits, which represents the resurrection of Yeshua:

"But now the Messiah is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Messiah all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Messiah the firstfruits, afterward those who  are Messiah’s at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power."

I Corinthians 15:20-24

From the Day of Bikurim, we start to count 7 weeks until Shavuot. It is connected to the harvest of the wheat:

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“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD”

Leviticus 23:15-17

Shavuot is also a time to rejoice:

" You shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide. And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. "

Deuteronomy 16:11-12

During Shavuot we celebrate not only the harvest but also the giving of the Torah, which God wrote with His own finger!

"In the third month (Month of Sivan) after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai."

Exodus 19:1

"And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God."

Exodus 31:18

Many years later, also during Shavuot, the disciples of Yeshua received a precious gift which He had promised:

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."

John 14:15-17

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Acts 2:1-4

Our Father in Heaven sent His Son to deliver us but He wants more from us. He chose us to marry His Son! He sent His servant, the Spirit, to separate, comfort and prepare His Son’s Bride!

It’s so beautiful to see the whole picture of redemption through the Feasts of the Lord!

Our prayer is that our people, the Jewish People, will have our eyes opened to understand the prophetic meaning of the Feasts we celebrate every year, as Yeshua did with His disciples:

"Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them, “Thus it is written,and thus it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 24:44-47

According to the Hebrew Calendar, we will celebrate Shavuot from the sunset of May 30th (6th of Sivan).

Holidays and Observances

During the season of Aviv (Spring), we also celebrate some dates related to the history of modern Israel:

·         April 24^th - Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day)

·         May 1^st - Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for the fallen Soldiers and Victims of terrorism)

·         May 2^nd - Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day)

·         May 24^th – Yom Yerushalaim

This year we will have a special Yom Yerushalaim. We will celebrate jubilee (50 years) of Jerusalem’s Reunification which happened in 1967.

There will be a lot of events and people coming from all over the world to Jerusalem, the City of the Great King, including authorities such as Donald Trump.

Please pray for security and shalom.

Messianic and Christian Events

Let’s pray for the following events, that the will of God will be fulfilled.

Global Prayer Call Conference http://www.globalprayercall.org/en/

GLOBAL PRAYER CALL is a Call for the nations world-wide to align with God’s heart for Israel and its people.

Global Prayer Call Conference (May 22-26) in Jerusalem and Tour (May 26-31)

Dor Haba (Camp for teenagers that takes place in the end of June)

Elav (Conference for young adults in the end of July)

"The purpose is to serve and release the next generation of worshippers and prayer warriors in Jerusalem, Israel and the Middle East.  We bring together young Israeli Jews and Arabs so they can form relationships, draw closer to Him, and collaborate in Kingdom work. This love and unity speaks volumes to the culture around them. We love to encourage young song-writers, musicians and leaders. And to help them release new, indigenous sounds of worship in this region of the world.”

Take a part in this work: pray for the events, work as a volunteer or offer through the websites:
http://www.dorhabapartners.com/about/

http://elav.succathallel.com/