WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 5/11/2016

Arrows from Zion
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001 
& Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

Priority Prayer Focus May 11, 2016

Beginning tonight at sundown, May 12 Israel will celebrate 68 years since the Israeli declaration of independence in 1948.

On that date the Heavenly event clock began ticking on the salvation of all Israel. Therefore is it any wonder that the rise in anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism (really, anti-Israel) has begun to rise again too? Yet all the demonic hatred in the world is not enough to stop the plan of God through Messiah Yeshua.

Happy Birthday Israel. the LORD delights in you and soon will arise to put an end to the hatred that has been beamed at you.  It is only because the Lord said through Jeremiah the prophet: For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

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Had to lift this Facebook post from Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate this morning because it was so perfect! Click on the photo to hear HaTikva, Israel's national anthem that Ron writes about below:

The singing of the Israeli national anthem today at the Memorial Day ceremonies in Jerusalem. Hatikva, The Hope. I once remarked to an Israeli friend how beautiful the song is, almost like a worship song. He sneered and said, "No, it is a completely secular song--godless." Upon further review my friend was wrong. If you read the full poem written in the 1800s, it is clear it is a lamentation as well as a cry to God 

for mercy. It is reminiscent of ps. 137 in the deep pain the author express from being exiles from the Land of Israel, and prophetic like Ezekiel 37, calling the Dry Bones to Live.

You decide. Here is the full poem in English

The Hope

As long as in the heart, within,

A Jewish soul still yearns,

And onward, towards the ends of the east,

An eye still looks toward Zion;

Our hope is not yet lost,

The ancient hope,

To return to the land of our fathers,

The city where David encamped.

As long as tears from our eyes

Flow like benevolent rain,

And throngs of our countrymen

Still pay homage at the graves of (our) fathers;

As long as our precious Wall

Appears before our eyes,

And over the destruction of our Temple

An eye still wells up with tears;

As long as the waters of the Jordan

In fullness swell its banks,

And (down) to the Sea of Galilee

With tumultuous noise fall;

As long as on the barren highways

The humbled city gates mark,

And among the ruins of Jerusalem

A daughter of Zion still cries;

As long as pure tears

Flow from the eye of a daughter of my nation,

And to mourn for Zion at the watch of night

She still rises in the middle of the nights;

As long as drops of blood in our veins

Flow back and forth,

And upon the graves of our fathers

Dewdrops still fall;

As long as the feeling of love of nation

Throbs in the heart of the Jew,

We can still hope even today

That a wrathful God may still have mercy on us;

Hear, O my brothers in the lands of exile,

The voice of one of our visionaries,

(Who declares) That only with the very last Jew

Only there is the end of our hope!

Go, my people, return in peace to your land

The balm in Gilead, your healer in Jerusalem,

Your healer is God, the wisdom of His heart,

Go my people in peace, healing is imminent...

Howard Bass in Beer Sheva writes about Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, 1948, which you can read here.   And with that, a prayer for Israel's salvation. He notes, "Much more of Israeli Jewish society today demonstrates a liberal tolerance of relatavism regarding belief in God in general, and in Yeshua in particular.  Religious Jews are exploring and questioning their own faith (chozer b'she'elah), leaving the close-knit group that they were born into to seek answers that were not coming.  In general, as in much of the world, they are searching for truth but not necessarily believing that there is absolute Truth.  Very futile!  May God wonderfully surprise many who are searching with all their hearts!"

Last week the Beer Sheva congregation went to Arad to have joint services with the Hasdey Yeshua congregation. Howard writes, "The message that day was from the Prophet Daniel.  Why that is worth mentioning is because our Bible study group is studying the book written by Daniel the prophet, and our teens group is also studying it, independently of us.  God is opening up this book, which seems to have been sealed until the time of the end, the times and days that our generation is living in.  An interesting book that I have read is Daniel Revisited, by Mark Davidson.  I still have some questions, but he has given fresh perspective on the current events now, which seem to be written about in chapters 8-12 of Daniel. If this be so, how ought we then to live?"

Just to affirm what Howard has written, I would note that Asher Intrater hit on this theme in one of the messages I saw of him in the past week - either at Baruch HaShem Messianic, or Destiny Church, or Paul Wilbur's Celebration Church.  Asher also spoke about how God told Daniel to record the vision but that it was SEALED UP until the time it was coming into play. Daniel did not know what the vision meant, but now it appears for those who apply themselves as Daniel did to understand the revelation, God is beginning to reveal some things.

For more news from the Yeshua's Inheritance congregation in Beer Sheva, see Howard's full letter inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

CLARIFICATION FROM KEHILAT HaCARMEL & the KAREM-EL congregation:  I got my wires a little crossed last week in the actual situation going on at these two congregations in the HaCarmel network.  Here is the situation: Dani Sayag has NOT left Kerem El congregation, but they are now blessed with two additional young pastors.  Sayag will also be taking on the position of lead pastor of Kehilat HaCarmel in addition to his senior pastor role at Karem El.

The Sayeg's also have a prayer request on behalf of David Davis who had to step away from pastoring the Kehilat HaCarmel to undergo treatment and surgery for cancer.  Please pray that no weapon formed against David shall prosper, and that God continue to pour out healing - with every cancer cell cursed to die in the name of Yeshua.

Mazal tov! First to Yeshua Israel ministries' Shani and Kobi Ferguson on the birth of their 5th child, a son, but also to the grandparents, Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram of Maoz Ministries, and Kobi's mother there with them in Jerusalem.

We also want to pass along the emphasis on the Maoz Israel Report that Shira writes each month. Their staff writes: "The subjects Shira writes about are very important, and we are always looking to expand our audience, so that as many people as possible (especially believers in Yeshua) know about Israel and the Middle East beyond what they see and read in mass media. . . . Please PRAY for more of our partners to share the Maoz Israel Report - with family, friends, and their churches and congregations"

Israel Pochtar in the Ashdod Beit Hallel congregation has a great report on the various holiday outreach projects they just conducted including their Passover Seder for 500 needy people; supplying 300 needy people with large food hampers; the Passover kids project for more than 200 children; and supplying 120 new immigrants with quality clothes and shoes. Read all about it inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

Another wildly encouraging report from David Lazarus of Beit Immanuel writing about the changing faces of Christianity in the Middle East. Quoting a Messianic friend from Jerusalem, Mike Niebur, "We now have Pastors named Muhammed or Pastor Achmed."  Lazarus goes on to talk about the changes since 1982 to the present when recently a group of 70 Muslim-background Christians from around the Middle East met in Jerusalem for a "Cross Roads" gathering.  If you want to learn more about these exciting developments, we encourage you to read David's full article inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

Following that encouraging report of the Muslim Middle East receiving the gospel, we also have a super report from Pastor Najeeb Atteih of the Haifa Immanuel Church and Bookstore. In the bookstore, the Atteih's reach out to both Jews and Arabs (in some wonderfully disarming straight forward talk!). But, since the refugee crisis, the outreach into other nations to refugees has been a ripe harvest field for Najeeb. I won't go into all the details here, but please read what has been happening in many countries over the past several months inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. There is also a report on the Christian Soldiers Home they have been establishing for Christian Arab Israeli Defense Forces soldiers, which their son is one of those.

Here is an excellent teaching by Asher Intrater on Romans 11 Explained | Watch or Listen | In this message Asher Intrater teaches that in order to see the fullness of God's plan for Israel, you must first look at the remnant of Jewish believers in Yeshua. The same can be said about God's plan for the nations. But the climax will come when both believers in Israel and the nations are joined together. This fullness will bring Yeshua back and fill the earth with peace and prosperity. Discover your calling in God's redemptive plan.

Revive Israel extends invitation to the Shavuot (Pentecost) event - in person or through their live webstream on June 11th at 10 PM to 6 AM Israeli time. The Acts 2 outpouring was just the beginning, this annual prayer event is calling out to God for the complete fulfillment of the Shavuot prophecty to pour out His Spirit on all flesh. To join in please go to reviveisrael.org at the time of the event. Click To watch a video interview with Asher Intrater about the vision of Shavuot,

Revive Israel CEO Youval Yanay shares his journey to faith as a 5th generation Israeli Jew brought up in Tel Aviv. VIDEO My Faith Story by Youval Yanay  and Asher Intrater has a wonderful (short) teaching inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary on the Kalah, or Bride.  Explaining from the Hebrew, Asher notes that the Kalah identity is twofold: The first is to the husband and the second is to the son's father. In this way we all have a twofold identity as well. We are a beloved Kalah to Yeshua and we are also a beloved Kalah to our heavenly Father.  Read more inside, or online at Revive Israel.

Several staff prayer requests have come in from Avi Mizrachi's Dugit Ministry in Tel Aviv this week - two related to housing situations of pastors and key full time staff members.  Housing is always an acute need among the believers in Yeshua in Israel.  If you want to purchase a house or apartment in Israel and make it available to Messianic ministries to rent from you - talk about a Win-Win situation! Dugit also report that the real estate agents are still searching for a new facility location within their price range. Pray the Lord would direct them to the right site.

Also the Mizrachi's daughter is about to enter the IDF and they ask prayers for her and the family.

Jacob Damkani, an Israeli evangelist whose ministry is Trumpet of Salvation, is announcing that they are starting their next movie production, "New Spirit".  The release of "The Messenger" a movie about the God-given vision for his life as an evangelist for Yeshua in Israel, has been a wonderful success. As Jacob writes, "my telephone does not stop ringing, and many come to visit with a lot of questions....This feature film brings forth the promises of God from the Old to the New Covenant within its Jewish context through my life story, showing the power of the Gospel in me after receiving the Holy Spirit – all of that and so much more shown by some of the best actors we could find and through the lens of a top camera man."  Read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Another great announcement from Ron Cantor:  "After we aired our final podcast more than a year ago, someone sent me and angry email. In it, he shared how he felt betrayed. I was certainly blessed that we were having an impact, but felt bad that we could not continue. Time just didn't permit us to at that time. But truthfully, radio has always been my favorite medium. One of my first jobs was managing the sales team at WNTR in Washington, DC and I even had my own show called Teen Talk :-)  I also want to introduce to you my new co-host Joseph "Yosi" Levine, an Israeli immigrant from the U.K. We are still working out the kinks. We are a barebones team, but very excited. You can hear our first episode here."

Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

Please see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary to keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including the fight for their very lives:  Evan Thomas in rehab for serious arm fractures; Richard Hyde, Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore; David O., Eddie Beckford, Polly Siglium; David Davis; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Ruth Nessim; Eddie Santoro;  Evan Levine; Rachel Slater; Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K; Moshe Morrison;  Shelly wife of pastor Eitan; Claude Ezagouri; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E (see update below) and unnamed Israel-related ministers.  Pray also for Ghazi, the son of an Arab pastor, who is suffering from Leukemia. Tal Bass. Miriam Abramov, incisional hernia (and also me, as I have too developed an incisional hernia from my gallbladder surgery last year and would appreciate prayers).

Update on "E" in Tel Aviv: It is with great sadness I have to inform you that a few hours after we (Maoz Ministries) sent out our last prayer letter two weeks ago, Emmanuel passed on to be with the Lord. During his last hours he was conscious and able to soak in the love of his family and friends who were with him.  Though he was unable to speak, he was reacting to people who talked with him and understood what was going on around him (which, according to the doctors, was a miracle). Thank you for your prayers that were lifted up!  We know that the Lord's plan is perfect, and there is a reason He decided to take Emmanuel at this time. Please continue to PRAY for his wife and baby as they face this new reality. May the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, be with them and guide them in all their ways.

Praying the Headlines

London spiraling down the Islamist tubes:  We have 3 news articles about London's ex-mayor claiming that Hitler was a Zionist and two articles on how despite the Labour Pray being mired in an anti-Semitism scandal, Londoners chose to replace their outgoing mayor with an Arab Islamist.  Read more and get links inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Teaching Articles

Toward Freedom by Moshe Morrison  Kiryat Yam Tents of Mercy

"Freedom is being released from bondage, and bondage is anything that keeps us from being who God made us to be" Click the link to read more

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Asher Intrater of Revive Israel:

May 13 -  IHOPKC – Israel Mandate conference with Mike Bickle - Session 1- 9:30 - 10:30/ 14:00 Panel Disc QA/18:00 EGS Kansas City, MO.

May 14 - Kingdom of Living with Cleary, 10:00am Overland Park, Kansas.

May 14 - IHOPKC 6:30 pm, Kansas City, MO. 

May 15 - Forerunner Christian Fellowship, 8:45am and 11am, Grandview, MO.

If you live near any of these places, please invite your friends and plan to attend, we know you will be impacted by Asher's ministry. Please keep them in prayer during this important trip.

The Israeli Messianic Marketplace  Feature of the Week: ________________________________________

Last Friday evening we had the great pleasure of seeing our first time FIRST FRIDAY Messianic Jewish Service broadcast live from Paul Wilbur's Celebration Church.

So, just the mention of Paul Wilbur's name, you already know the worship time is great, but so was the teaching time. Wilbur focuses on strong biblical teaching centered on the Jewish roots of the faith - messages by Paul Wilbur, as well as special guests.  We caught the message from Asher Intrater, whose events in the US over the past month have been so strong it is really hard to describe without overdoing the adjectives! 

First Friday of every month for the Messianic service beaming out live.

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