Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough

16 04 2026

Profound lessons can come from simple songs. A traditional song at Passover (Dayenu – lyrics) is repeated every year by Jews (and by some Christian Zionists) all over the world. It has been especially sweet this week as my wife and I have been realizing how overwhelmingly blessed we have been. At each milestone we could say it would have been enough, but God keeps blessing. It is undeserved, but we are so thankful. As we enter the last third (from 80-120) of our lives, we face the inevitable issues of later life. Growing old is not for sissies, they say. Yet, our eyes are on Jesus, our Messiah.

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2

We are reminded of being thankful for the little things, and also the big blessings. It matters what you believe. Living with faith in God makes a difference! We live in a dysfunctional world of fear foreboding. Confusion, deception, and detachment haunt most people today. But when we count our blessings compared to what we actually deserve, our cup “runneth over.” There is a hidden revelation in a familiar verse in the prophet Daniel.


“Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” Daniel 11:32

Interestingly, the last two words “great exploits” are not in the Hebrew text. The Hebrew for “carry out” is simply translated as “do” or “act.” In other words, it is not so much about doing great things, but simply being functional in a dysfunctional world. Some in our day are cowering in fear and dread. Put your hope in God! The sky is not falling. Do not panic. Trust in God. He never fails. We who know God will be strong and functional. The contrast, with those who have no faith, will draw them to the light of God. Historically, the greatest revivals come at times of great stress. Let your light shine. Candles are for dark places.

Are you a moth or a cockroach? When you turn on a light, moths are drawn to the light, but cockroaches scurry away to find a dark place to hide. Come to the light! Jesus is the light of the world. Don’t be dysfunctional. Live in the grace of God.

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; ​​You anoint my head with oil; ​​My cup runs over. ​​Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me ​​All the days of my life; ​​and I will dwell in the house of Yehovah forever.” Psalm 23:5-6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists (Read more)

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Why  do I use God’s literal covenant Name: Yehovah? Here is a link to the explanation in my book: The Hebrew God Who Has No Name. And here is a link to a great visual from my friend Keith Johnson.


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Iran: 3 Scenarios, 1 Truth

9 04 2026

Confusion, disinformation, and false hope are dominating the news this week. The various scenarios being floated are flawed. The Tupperware classic baby puzzle illustrates my point. Each piece only fits in one hole. Similarly, the Iran puzzle only has one solution. Here are three wrong scenarios and the true answer.

  1. Iran wins and we evacuate our troops from the Middle East in defeat.
  2. We stop now, halfway to victory, and the wounded jihadist regime lives to fight another day.
  3. The ceasefire fails and we finish the job, destroying the regime completely with a new constitutional democracy.

Which of these options compare to the truth? No one wants the Islamic Republic to win. Some are willing to settle for a partial peace just to end the fighting, which is a false hope. It would only lead to an inevitable future conflict. The third option is the only one that can be found in Bible prophecy. I choose to rely on the Word of God over human plans.

“I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,’ says Yehovah; ‘And I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them. I will set My throne in Elam (Iran), And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says Yehovah.” Jeremiah 49:37-38

This prophecy clearly declares the enemy will be consumed and the king (Ayatollah) and his princes (IRGC) will be destroyed. Check out my previous explanation: Trump’s Iran Timeline. We need to pray that President Trump will not lean on pride to claim a premature victory. I trust the word of God. I still pray that he will hear from God, and have courage to do the right thing. I believe he will. The people of Iran are longing for freedom from the 47 year jihadist oppression. We cannot abandon them when we are this close to their victory.

The Invisible Solution – I am amazed that the media is oblivious to the real missing link, the final piece of the puzzle. Crown Prince Pahlavi, the son of the deposed Shah (king) of Iran from 1979 has been working behind the scene for years. He has assembled an honest cross-section of Iranians both inside and outside of Iran prepared to lead the transitional government after the end of the terror regime. When the time is right, tens of millions of the Iranian people will come out of their homes and rise up and support the Crown Prince. I am convinced that this is the final scenario and I pray for patience for the leaders and the people. This is not the time to settle for half measures. PRAY!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists (They Attacked. We Won. Let’s Eat!)

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Last Nation Standing

12 02 2026

The Bible has the final say, or specifically, Yehovah has the final say. We think we are in control, but in the end God wins! For thousands of years many nations have risen to eliminate Israel yet they have passed into history and Israel stands. It will be the same in our day. They are fighting against God. He established Israel and He gave them their land. He ordained that they would produce the Messiah and He would be the Savior of the world for all who accept Him.

Prime Minister Netanyahu had a quick visit in DC yesterday and cancelled his return visit next week. He will now speak to AIPAC remotely. We are likely on cusp of the major defeat of Iran’s Islamic regime at the hands of America and Israel. This fits into God’s plan and His revealed purpose. My friend Ken Schulte shared this verse with me this morning. Consider its profound meaning.

​“But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, O Israel! ​​For behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; ​​Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; ​​No one shall make him afraid. ​​Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says Yehovah, ​​“For I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations to which I have driven you, ​​But I will not make a complete end of you. ​​I will rightly correct you, for I will not leave you wholly unpunished.” Jeremiah 46:27-28

God will make an end of the nations but not Israel, even though they will face correction. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to stand with God who stands with Israel. For some unknown reason I have had over 140 views this week of a post that I wrote in 2012 in which I quoted Amos 9. It goes right along with Jeremiah’s word.

“Behold, the days are coming,” says Yehovah, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all the hills shall flow with it. I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,” Says Yehovah your God.  Amos 9:14-15.

NO LONGER shall they be pulled up from the THEIR LAND that God gave them! Yes, they have been exiled and returned numerous times in history, but the time comes when they will never again be uprooted. All nations rise and fall but Israel is eternal! Israel is the real deal. Are they perfect? Of course not. That is why God says He will correct them rightly or justly. But they will stand! I especially like this ESV translation of Amos 9.

“I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says Yehovah your God.” Amos 9:15 ESV

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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American Defense Strategy Revealed

29 01 2026

(This post is quoted from an Israeli Analyst, Guy Bechor, reporting on the new (Jan. 23) US Department of War global strategy. I don’t usually quote this much but it is so good, you need to read it. Israel’s favor is Biblically significant for God’s blessing on America.) Link to full report.

After months of preparation, the U.S. Department of War has released its “American Defense Strategy.” The 2026 U.S. Defense Strategy, rooted in the doctrine of “Flexible Realism,” establishes a clear and uncompromising hierarchy of global alliances. This strategy abandons previous “democratization” efforts in favor of raw national interest and a return to 19th-century-style power politics.  

1. The Model Ally: Israel: Israel occupies a unique and exclusive position at the top of the American strategic pyramid.  

• Exclusive Designation: Israel is the only nation in the world defined as a “Defense Ally”.  

• Model of Self-Reliance: It is praised as a “model ally” because it is both willing and able to defend itself, particularly noted after the events of October 7.  

• Guaranteed Support: The doctrine explicitly states that a strong Israel makes America stronger; therefore, the U.S. will empower Israel further, including supporting Israeli territorial requirements for its defense.  

• Unprecedented Credit: Israel is mentioned 10 times with high admiration, more than any other U.S. partner.  

2. The Stagnant Allies: Europe and NATO: The document shifts significant responsibility away from the U.S. and onto European nations, which are viewed as declining powers.  

• The 5% Requirement: To maintain U.S. support, European allies are now expected to spend 5% of their GDP on defense (3.5% for core military and 1.5% for related security).  

• Local Leadership: Europe is expected to take the lead on threats in its own region with only “limited” U.S. support, as the U.S. prioritizes the American homeland and the deterrence of China.  

3. The Partners: Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia: In a stark departure from media narratives, these nations have been downgraded to a secondary tier.  

• Lack of Recognition: Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia receive zero mentions by name in the foundational strategy document.  

• No Defense Guarantees: There is no mention of specialized defense pacts for Qatar or Saudi Arabia; they are expected to handle their own defense against Iran independently.  

• Tactical Relationships: Any cooperation with these regimes is purely tactical and interest-based, with no commitment to their specific leadership or “human rights” norms.  

4. The Omitted: The Palestinians: The document signals a total removal of the Palestinian issue from the American strategic defense map.  

• Zero Mentions: While once a centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy, the Palestinians are not mentioned even once in the strategy.  

5. The Rivals: China and Russia: The strategy handles major powers through deterrence rather than existential conflict.  

• China (24 mentions): Defined as the primary rival. The goal is a “reasonable peace” that prevents Chinese dominance without seeking regime change or total war.  

• Russia (10 mentions): Viewed as a persistent but “manageable” threat that is currently incapable of achieving European hegemony.  (Israeli Analyst, Guy Bechor)

“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:2-3

We continue to pray for President Trump and PM Netanyahu to hear from God and have the courage to do the right thing. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Israel is the key!

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Jerusalem is Surrounded

22 01 2026

The attention of the nations is directed to Jerusalem more than ever. Yet Yehovah God sits enthroned in the heavens above man’s petty plans. Man sees wars, religion, economic trade, political controversy and just problems in general. But above this God has a purpose from before creation to raise up a people and a nation for His own name. He chose them for blessing, not only for themselves, but for the nations. The enemy has fought against His plan from the Garden of Eden. Will Satan win? Of course not! Through all this God has been calling and reaching out to humans to enter into relationship with Him. Therefore He will not give up. He will protect His investment. This is what He says in Scripture.

“Those who trust in Yehovah are like Mount Zion, ​​which cannot be moved, but abides forever. ​​As the mountains surround Jerusalem, ​​So Yehovah surrounds His people ​​from this time forth and forever.” Psalm 124:1-2

Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yehovah, to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yehovah.” Psalm 122:3-4,

“Yehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.” Psalm 147:2

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—​​From whence comes my help? ​​My help comes from Yehovah, ​​Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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Unilateral, Unconditional, Guaranteed Promise

15 01 2026

Controversy is swirling around Israel’s right to exist. There are even those on the political right to have turned against Israel. I have friends asking me why they should care about Israel. The answer is in the nature of Yehovah God. He made unique promises through Abraham to Israel that are unconditional. We normally think of a covenant as a two-way agreement. But God’s promise to Abraham was unconditional. It did not depend on man’s obedience. It was a one-way promise. You can argue with God about why He blessed and chose Israel, but that is between you and Him. The covenant is already enacted, sealed, and delivered! It will not change because God does not change. He cannot lie. His righteous character backs up His promises.

On the same day Yehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates”  Genesis 15:18

Joel Richardson recently shared this concept on Facebook: “The Abrahamic Covenant is a unilateral, unconditional, guaranteed promise from God to give the children of Israel the promised land forever. Participation in that promise, of course, does require faith (in YHVH and His Messiah), which God also unconditionally promises to impart into the hearts of the children of Israel.”

“Moreover the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 30:6
“For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.”  Ezekiel 36:24–28
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”  Jeremiah 31:31–34
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
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Hanukkah and Healing

18 12 2025

Hanukkah means more to me as a Christian Zionist that you may think. In light of the terrible terrorist murders in Australia we are reminded that darkness can never cancel the light of God. If you have a totally sealed room with no windows and a door to another room that has windows and sunlight, what happens when you open the door? Does darkness flow into the light room and make it dark? Of course not! The light floods the darkness and illuminates the sealed room. This evening the fifth light of Hanukkah is lit around the world. This is more than a tradition; it is proof of light triumphing over darkness.

This year Hanukkah and Christmas are close together. Zionist Christians not only believe the land belongs to Israel, but that there is soon coming a wonderful joining together of Jews and Christians. There has been a great wall between us (understandingly) for centuries, but a highly respected first century Rabbi spoke of the breaking down of that wall. After Paul, the apostle, embraced Yeshua as the Messiah, he stopped persecuting followers of Yeshua. He later wrote much of the New Testament. This quote speaking of “one new man” is one of my favorites.

“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.” Ephesians 2:14-16

This same Paul also clarified something most Christians miss. The Jews are not joined into the church but the opposite. God chose Israel and planted it among the nations. Because of various judgements God scattered them in all countries. Apostle Paul explained it as some of their branches being broken off and wild Gentile branches grafted into the Israel tree. But then God restores Israel by grafting them back into their own tree. Most Christians think the church replaced Israel, but they are wrong. God promised to restore Israel and He cannot lie. We are living in this time of restoration which is manifestly evident in modern history.

“For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”  Romans 16:18

All of the early believers were Jews and Paul warned the later Gentile believers not to be arrogant. Christians failed to heed that warning. However, I am humbled and thankful that God has grafted me into Israel. Since I am not Jewish I cannot make Aliyah or I would be living in Israel today. But I stand with Israel and support the Jewish family with all my heart. With the historic rise in antisemitism it is more important than ever that Christians speak up for Zion and God’s chosen people. Their choosing was not only for themselves, but was intended as a blessing to all the nations. That can only happen through this great prophetic time of restoration! No wonder Satan tries to destroy Israel, they are God’s choice to bless the whole world.

As the Hanukkah lights burn brightly and Christians celebrate the birth of Yeshua, God the Father is healing the nations.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! And pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump that they will hear from Yehovah God, and have courage to do the right thing.

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Biblical Zionism

31 10 2025

Words matter. Last week I wrote about “the F-word.” Today my word is Zionism. There are many confusing ideas about Zionism. For antisemites it is an evil thing like the F-word. For others it means total and uncritical support of all things Israel, even the government. For some it is a political movement supporting the Israeli right to exist. But I call myself a Christian Zionist because my foundation is the whole Bible. I am a Biblical Zionist who happens to be a Christian. The genealogy of Jesus dates from the beginning in Genesis where Eve is told that a Savior will come from her seed. Later He extended the promise specifically through the seed of three men, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When Jacob’s name was changed to Israel a nation was born. Israel was formed, not to limit salvation to the Jews, but as the incubator of the Messiah who is Jewish. He is Savior to all who follow Him, both Jew and Gentile. God made many unconditional promises to Israel including that they would be an “everlasting” Kingdom. He would keep His word even when they sinned and failed because God cannot lie. A Biblical Zionist does not worship Israel, but the faithful God who promised. Israel is living proof that Yehovah God keeps His word. Therefore, I trust Him with all the promises of Messiah Yeshua as my personal Savior. If God lied about Israel, how could we trust what He says about Jesus? 

For Yehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.”  Psalm 132:13-14

“Hear the word of Yehovah, O nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’ “ Jeremiah 31:10

“Fear not, for I am with you; ​​I will bring your descendants from the east, ​​ and gather you from the west; ​​I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ ​​and to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ ​​Bring My sons from afar, ​​ and My daughters from the ends of the earth—”  Isaiah 43:5-6

Tucker Carlson Accuses Christian Zionists of Heresy: ‘I Dislike Them More Than Anybody’ – “Mike Huckabee … and other non-Jewish Republicans among those who believe in Christian Zionism, which he called a church “heresy.” He added that those who believe in it are “seized with some kind of brain virus,” and said, “I am offended by that as a Christian.” Huckabee responded in a post on X, writing, “Wasn’t aware that Tucker despises me. I do get that a lot from people not familiar with the Bible or history. Somehow, I will survive the animosity.” Huckabee also said: ” I was so hurt by Carlson I had to take 1/2 a baby aspirin to sleep that night.” 

Tucker Carlson calls Christian Zionism ‘brain virus & heresy’ during interview with avowed antisemite Fuentes – Former Fox News host and analyst Tucker Carlson continued his descent into rank antisemitism on Tuesday, publishing an interview with far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes, who has engaged in open holocaust denial and praised Hitler in the past.

“Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations.” Therefore thus says the Lord Yehovah: “I have raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall bear their own shame. But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come. For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown. I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am Yehovah.”  Ezekiel 36:6-11

Are you a Bible believer? Zion occurs 160 times in the Bible. Israel occurs 2,570 times in the Bible.

Hallelujah! God is keeping His word to His people in this time of restoration. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and abundant rains this season.

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Archeology Breakthrough

18 09 2025

Marco Rubio and Bibi Netanyahu literally broke through the last rocks of the pilgrimage road from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount this past week! This ancient road proves Israeli sovereignty over the land of Israel and its capital, Jerusalem. One of the high points of the joint visit by Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Secretary of State Rubio and their wives was to the City of David in Jerusalem, where the historic pilgrims’ road, from the Siloam Pool to the Temple was revealed for the first time.

Here is a great video from Ambassador Mike Huckabee – Incredible event as we were first in 2000 yrs to go from pilgrimage road to Temple Mount.

“Then Yehovah appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to Yehovah, who had appeared to him.”  Genesis 12:7

Remember the promise God gave to Abram. It was to him and his descendants. God clearly specified later that the promise was only to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was the same covenant that said from Abram’s seed would come the Messiah! God’s promise is being kept today in Israel. Hallelujah!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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Where Does God Rest?

14 08 2025

We know He rested on the seventh day of creation, but where does He rest? We also know that He neither slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121:4). But He does rest. So, does He have a special place? Some people think of God as a great mystery, even unknowable. But the opposite is true. Yehovah God reveals Himself literally all over the place. He can be seen in the design of His creative masterpieces from the universe down to the tiniest atom or quark. His crowning creation is man. He is also seen in the never-ending beauty and variety every flower, fish, bird, and even people. But the most detailed revelation of His personality, character, and even His purpose is spelled out in plain language in the Bible. This God-breathed record of History (which is His-Story) also reveals intimate details about Himself. But still I ask: Where does God rest?

“Let us go into His tabernacle; ​​Let us worship at His footstool. ​​Arise, O Yehovah, to Your resting place,​​You and the ark of Your strength.”  Psalm 132:7-8

For Yehovah has chosen Zion; ​​He has desired it for His dwelling place: ​​“This is My resting place forever; ​​Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” Psalm 132:13-14

His resting place is in Zion, forever! The name Zion has many facets. It refers interchangeably to the land of Israel, the mountain, and the city of Jerusalem. As a Christian Zionist, I believe God gave the whole land to Israel in an everlasting covenant. But even more exciting is that He dwells there, it is His resting place! While journeying through the wilderness and for nearly four hundred years at Shiloh after Joshua’s conquest, God dwelt in Moses’ Tabernacle. But that was just His RV for travel. His ultimate eternal resting place is Zion/Jerusalem! Even when the Messiah Yeshua comes He will reign in Jerusalem. No wonder the world goes crazy against the Jews and Jerusalem, both His people and His resting place. Man’s ultimate rebellion against God is against His resting place.

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.” Psalm 122:6-7

I like to say that this verse is God’s #1 prayer request. We pray in agreement with His purpose and rest.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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Anti-Semites Hate God

31 07 2025

Behind the uproar is a solid Biblical truth. The rise in hatred of Jews and Christians is not social; it is spiritual. The source of Jew and Israel hate is hatred of God, because He chose them! In the last days this is extended to hate of Christians for the same reason. Rebellion from God is the motivation.

“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, and do not be still, O God! For behold, YOUR enemies make a tumult; and those who hate YOU have lifted up their head. … For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against YOU:”  Psalm 83:1-2,5

Since God’s enemies can’t touch God, they attack His chosen people. They purpose to eliminate Israel completely, even from memory. That is a powerful hatred. But they will fail! Yehovah God will keep His eternal covenant with His people Israel. The great news is that we Christians have been added into the “commonwealth of Israel,” according to Romans 11:17 and Ephesians 2:12-16. In the end the true believers from Jews and Gentiles are all part of God’s redeemed as “one new man.” Of course it also means that Christian believers are also now the target of that ancient hatred of God.

“They have taken crafty counsel against YOUR people, and consulted together against YOUR sheltered ones. They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”  Psalm 83:3-4

This Sunday is the “9th of Av” This date of the month of Av on the Jewish calendar has a horrible list of tragedies against the Jews throughout history. Here is just a partial list:

The evil report of the 10 spies (Numbers 13-14) — The destruction of the 1st and 2nd temples — The expulsion of Jews from England France and Spain and the beginning of WWI — The deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka — The expulsion from Gaza in 2005 Curt Landry Ministries

These events all happened at the same time of year. No wonder Jews observe these days with solemn mourning and reflection. Yet, Israel is alive today and the empires who conquered them are gone!

Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arab Muslim Caliphates, Ottomans, and British are all no longer empires! Yet Israel lives! Am Israel Chai! The people of Israel live!

Finally, all of this hateful antisemitism has a silver lining. There is hope. The attention to it has caused many to reexamine Israel. There is a great opportunity now to share the good news of the restoration of Israel because God is faithful. Plus, since He is showing Himself faithful to them, our faith is encouraged and energized to spread the Gospel of Yeshua, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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Grasp the Sleeve of a Jewish Man

4 07 2025
“Thus says Yehovah of hosts: ‘In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” Zechariah 8:23

Why does the Bible tell Gentiles to grab the sleeve of a Jewish man?  Israel is rising as a superpower in the Middle East. What is happening? How is that possible? Does this prophecy from Zechariah speak of our day? The miracle restoration of Israel in one generation is unprecedented. It is marvelous! What does that say about Israel’s future? Did God bring them back to their land to kill them? Or, is the His Divine Plan being manifest before our eyes. I believe it is part of the great harvest of souls in the last days. There is a great awakening coming not only in America, but around the world. Jews and Arabs are coming to Jesus. Israel is rising to a new place in the earth. (10 reasons why Israel matters to America)

“Thus says Yehovah of hosts: ​‘​Peoples shall yet come, ​​Inhabitants of many cities; ​​The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ​​“Let us continue to go and pray before Yehovah, and seek Yehovah of hosts. ​​I myself will go also.” ​​Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Yehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before Yehovah.”  Zechariah 8:20-22

Does this have anything to do with Yeshua? Remember when most of His disciples left him? Those who stayed with Him would not let go. That is what is happening in our day. People are seeing Yeshua as the Jew to follow. Ten times as many Gentiles are getting saved now, but His own will soon follow Him as well.

From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  John 6: 66-69

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and wisdom in this week’s decisions in Washington, DC.

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God’s Specific Real Estate Promise

5 06 2025

We must not forget the literal land promise that God vowed to keep for Israel. His integrity is on the line. His severe judgement on Israel scattered them to all the nations, but He promised He would bring them back to the actual geographical land of Israel. Two weeks ago I wrote about Ezekiel 20, but there is more.

“For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel,” says the Lord Yehovah, “there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first fruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things. I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles. Then you shall know that I am Yehovah, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.”  Ezekiel 20:40-42

He raised His hand in an oath! There is no greater authority. God will return their land to them because He promised and He cannot lie. Yehovah’s very character and His name in intertwined with Israel’s destiny. God is married to Israel and to the land! (Beulah in Hebrew means: Married.)

“You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yehovah delights in you, and your land shall be married.”  Isaiah 62:4

“Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;”  Ezekiel 37:21

“Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.”  Ezekiel 36:28

The promise is not simply to an ethnic people but to an actual geographical location on the globe. There are three reasons why this fact is significant. First, the promise being geographical indicates that we should not lean to a symbolic or spiritualized interpretation of the prophecy. Secondly, it is evidence that God’s promises to the people of Israel do not stand alone but are directly connected to previously established promises to the land. The third and most important reason is what this promise says about the character of God. He is the God who keeps His word. We see this promise fulfilled right before our eyes from 1948 to the present. Hallelujah!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

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Why Have Jews Lasted 4,000 Years?

27 03 2025

Do the Jews exist because they are holier than other people? How have they survived as a people for 4,000 years? Many hundreds of nations and people groups have come and gone never to be seen again. How does this one Jewish nation do it? The fact is that it was not them, it was God who did it. They inherited the land because of God’s unconditional promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The land is given to them by Yehovah God “for all time!”

“And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that Yehovah Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yehovah your God is giving you for all time.”  Deuteronomy 4:37-40

This is an unconditional promise. It is based on God’s unchangeable character. God cannot lie. He must restore Israel to their land for His own integrity. God is truth. The people did indeed sin in many generations, even worshipping the Baal gods with baby sacrifice. Yet, He keeps bringing them back to His mercy and forgiveness. Ezekiel 36 literally details His promised restoration in our day, after they were scattered to “all the countries.” Genesis 12 is to Abraham. Genesis 26:3 is to Isaac. He renewed the promise again to Jacob in Genesis 28:13-14.

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” says Yehovah. “Many nations shall be joined to Yehovah in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that Yehovah of hosts has sent Me to you. And Yehovah will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. Be silent, all flesh, before Yehovah, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”  Zechariah 2:10-13

Christians understand that if God gave us what we deserve it would be. death, because all have sinned and are guilty before God. It is only through the blood of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) that we are forgiven. The same is true for Israel Romans 11 tells the beautiful story of Israel’s restoration. They too would be lost if not for our merciful God and His Messiah Son!

“For I am Yehovah, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.”  Malachi 3:6

God will save Israel and grant their inheritance in the land because He promised it! God is faithful! He will keep His word.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and pray for rain for the land.

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists              (Read more)

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Why  do I use God’s literal covenant Name: Yehovah? Here is a link to the explanation in my book: The Hebrew God Who Has No Name. And here is a link to a great visual from my friend Keith Johnson.


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“This is That!” Ancient Bible Prophecy

23 01 2025

The exciting thing about living in the end times is the rapid fulfillment of ancient prophesies. When Peter observed the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost he declared: “But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;” Acts 2:16 KJV Jesus used that phrase about Himself as the bread of life as the fulfillment of the manna from heaven during the Exodus: “This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.” John 6:58 KJV         

Yet there are many more such fulfillments. This past year in my travels I emphasized several more ancient “This is that” prophecies that are being fulfilled in our day.

  1. Psalm 102 describes the Holocaust and then plainly says: “You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
    For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.” Psalm 102:13 NKJV In 1948 Israel was miraculously reborn. This is that spoken by the Psalm.
  2. Psalm 83 describes the Arab nations bordering Israel that attacked from 1948 on, fulfilling the Psalm.  “Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,” Just as with Gideon and the Midianites,” Psalm 83:9 NKJV God caused the Arabs to fight against one another. We see this era ending with the Abraham Accords. This is that spoken by the Psalm.
  3. Amos 1:6 speaks of the present Gaza war, which is Israel fourth war with Hamas. “Thus says Yehovah: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they took captive the whole captivity To deliver them up to Edom. But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.” Amos 1:6-7 NKJV  This is that fourth time when Hamas in Gaza is defeated!
  4. Two more are still to come! Isaiah 17 speaks of the destruction of Damascus which has never happened in history. But it is closer than ever with the fall of the Syrian dictator Assad. “The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.” Isaiah 17:1 NKJV When we see this happen, we will say this is that spoken by Isaiah!
  5. Isaiah 19 describes a time of peace with a highway connecting Syria, Israel, and Egypt. “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.” Isaiah 19:23 NKJV  This is that spoken by the Psalm. We are indeed living in exciting times of Biblical fulfillment, showing again that Yehovah God keeps His word. Every single promised word will come to pass! Hallelujah!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, the hostages, the Prime Minister, and for rain in the land of Israel.

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Ruth and the Gentile Church

3 01 2025

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Now more than ever Christians need to stand with Israel for two reasons. We will be blessed according to God’s promise, and Israel will be comforted. When Ruth the Moabite chose to leave her own country and follow her mother in law Naomi to Israel, Ruth was blessed. She took her place in the genealogy of the Messiah Yeshua.

But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, and your God, my  God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. Yehovah do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”  Ruth 1:16-17

This reference is engraved in our wedding rings regarding Doreen’s and my love for each other, but also our mutual covenant to stand with Israel.  – Israel’s God Yehovah is our God. – Israel’s Messiah Yeshua is our Messiah. We are part of the “one new man” as former Gentiles grafted into Israel by the Holy Spirit.

“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,”  Ephesians 2:14-15

This unified new man is the only way to world peace through the Kingdom of God and His Son, Jesus. No wonder Satan is pumping up the anti-Semitism everywhere.

I am excited to be the guest speaker at Tree of Life ministry in Garner, NC on the last two Fridays of January. Stay tuned for further details. The global church itself is divided on whether to support Israel, but there is no wavering in our house. Israel Lives!

“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” ​​Says your God. ​​“Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from Yehovah’s hand double for all her sins.” ​​The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ​​“Prepare the way of Yehovah; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”  Isaiah 40:1-3

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and pray for rain and snow in His land!

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Beepers, Walkie Talkies, and the Bible

19 09 2024

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Over 5,000 Hezbollah casualties hit with pinpoint precision by the unprecedented surprise attack. Virtually every single one was a terrorist. Some are comparing it to the preemptive Six Day War wipeout of Egypt and Syria’s air force. Please remember one clear background fact. Hezbollah has fired over 8,000 rockets into Israel since the October 7th massacre eleven months ago, which included dozens of rapes of Israeli wives and daughters. War in Lebanon is on the brink.

Does this relate at all to the Bible? Is it connected to prophecy? Israel Today linked the pagers to the rape of Dinah in Genesis 34.

“Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.”  Genesis 34

After the Hivite man had defiled Dinah, Jacob’s sons agreed to peace with the Hivites if they would circumcize all their males to which it was agreed. Then on the third day, while they were still in pain, Simeon and Levi killed every male and took a spoil. This may be the pattern that Israel is pursuing today.

Today, as I write, it is the third day since the pager attack. If not today, then soon Israel will enter Lebanon to enforce UN Resolution 1701 which ended the 2006 Lebanon War. It was agreed for a buffer zone of 10-20 miles from Israel’s border north to the Litani River in Lebanon and the complete disarmament of Hezbollah. This never happened and Hezbollah uses that buffer zone to fire rockets and even to prepare the same kind of invasion that Hamas did from Gaza. Israel simply cannot allow it and must at least push them back to the River.

Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.”  Genesis 34

Thus says the Lord Yehovah: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am Yehovah their God.”  Ezekiel 28:25-26

A few points to remember from Amir Tsarfati’s Telegram channel:

🔸 Hezbollah is an Iranian-proxy terrorist organization.

🔸 Like Hamas, Hezbollah also has genocidal intentions to annihilate Israel, which they have made repeatedly clear and have sought to act out on those intentions.

🔸 Hezbollah joined Hamas on Oct 8th and has since fired over 8,500 rockets at Israel, with daily attacks.

🔸 43 people in Israel have been murdered in the Hezbollah attacks, including 12 children in the Majdal Shams massacre.

🔸 Over 80,000 Israelis have also been displaced from the north of the country, as a result of ongoing Hezbollah fire.

🔹 Accordingly, Israel is fully entitled under international law, including but not limited to Art. 51 of the UN Charter, to exercise its right to self-defense.

🔹 If the pager attack today was indeed carried out by Israel (albeit that has not been confirmed and no proof provided), this response was carried out fully in accordance with international law, including principles of proportionality.

After generations of terror, Hezbollah finally suffered a reckoning – Thousands of terrorists were hit in the single greatest targeted attack on an Islamic terror group.

“They are panicking. They can’t stop talking about it!” – Israel surveys Western and especially Arab media reactions to the stunning pager attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Israel offers to end war, let Sinwar leave if all hostages freed at once, Gaza disarmed – Proposal, discussed in Washington recently, also stipulates new regime for Strip; hostages’ relatives hail plan, but Hamas official swiftly rejects it as ‘ridiculous’

More than ever we need to pray for wisdom and courage for Israel’s leaders and that they will listen to Yehovah God for direction.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and rain as we begin the rainy season.

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists                    (Read more – Last Days: Good or Bad?)

 

Bonus read from Amjad Taha, a political strategist and analyst from the UAE who wrote on X:

“You dared to strike at a smart and courageous nation on October 7th—committing genocide, kidnapping their children, and violating their women. You thought they would fall, but they rose again, returning after 11 months to correct what had only momentarily slipped—their intelligence. Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to a time without technology, where a ringtone feels like a death knell and a beep is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your own shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world. And they will defeat you—not with bullets or tanks, but through the unbreakable will of brave, intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with one decisive click, they will seal your fate, and the fate of anyone who dares harm their children. This is a nation the world respects. Lebanon—Hezbollah’s pager attacks and today’s V82 strike are not merely military victories; they represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism—a victory not only for Israel but for all who stand against terror.” – Amjad Taha, a political strategist and analyst from the UAE, United Arab Emirates


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Maybe Prayer Could Help?

15 08 2024

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Controversy erupts every time Jews visit the Temple Mount, even though Israel has freedom of religion. Intimidated by Muslims and western nations, Israel restricts prayer for Jews and Christians there. Yet, prayer is the best hope for all concerned. Prayer is not the last resort, but the first priority. Human effort has always been a substitute for relying on and trusting Yehovah God.

Blinken Criticizes Ben-Gvir’s Visit to Temple Mount– This week, on the day that Jews mourn over the destruction of the two Temples, over 2,000 years ago, 2,663 Jews had the audacity to ascend the Temple Mount and dared to pray there. This little act caught the attention of the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who criticized Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, labelling it a “blatant disregard for the status quo.”

Prayer is War! Prayer is not the last resort; it is the shortest route to complete victory. Remember Jehoshaphat sending the worshippers ahead of the troops by God’s instruction? Concerning the Temple Mount, Jesus was quite clear quoting Isaiah.

Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”  Mark 11:17

“Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to Yehovah, to serve Him, and to love the name of Yehovah, to be His servants— Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant— Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”  Isaiah 56:6-7

The world is on fire. Israel is at war. Ceasefire talks continue their futility for the umpteenth time. Isn’t it about time to seek God and His Messiah for supernatural help? Prayer is mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds!

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”  2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, victory over her enemies, and salvation for all who believe.

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Blind Samson Still Served God

11 07 2024

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Samson still defeated the Philistines though he was blind. Samson’s Hair is Growing is a great article from my Israeli friend Dominiquae Bierman. She is right that Israel was blind to intel before the October 7th massacre of 1,200 Israelis. Is there a message here? I believe it shows us that Yehovah God will accomplish His purpose even through our failures. Israel will conquer Gaza because God promised in Amos 1:6-7 that He will “not turn away” Gaza’s punishment. Both Israel and Samson deal with Gaza and terrorists.

Samson certainly sinned and lost his God given power, but after repentance God used him to finish the task. God’s purpose is larger than one individual. Likewise, Israel failed to heed the intel and was blinded to the pending attack. Was there moral failure or some disobedience to God involved? Given Israel’s openness to abortion, homosexuality, corruption, and other sins, God would be righteous to judge them. This is just as true in the United States. All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory. Yet, in His mercy and because He made eternal promises of restoration, God uses us in our weakness. Our job is to align with His plan.

I heard a word from the Lord last year to pray for today’s Samsons to repent and be restored. This is still true. I also heard clearly to pray for PM Netanyahu for courage and that we hold up his arms to see God’s victory. Always remember that it is God who wins the battle.

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  2 Corinthians 12:9

Our failures do not disqualify us but rather, in one way, they actually qualify us. We recognize our limits and fully lean on Jesus. After Jacob wrestled with the angel, he walked with a limp. Bible teacher, Ern Baxter, always said: “I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t walk with a limp.” 

“For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,”  Philippians 3:3

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and victory in all of God’s promises.

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King David Moves Capital to Jerusalem

3 07 2024

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Over 3,000 years ago King David captured Jerusalem from the fiercely independent Canaanite tribe of Jebusites.  He moved his capital from Hebron to Jerusalem to the Fortress of Zion which he called the City of David. Today, the City of David is perhaps the most important archeological site in the modern world, sitting just down the hillside from the Temple Mount.

Eric Stackelbeck had a great show on July 2, 2024 on Stakelbeck Tonight on TBN. He had a walking tour of the City of David and the Pilgrimage Road which ascends to the Temple Mount. The best part was his interview with Israeli believer, Reuvon Doron. He explained that scholars agree that Jesus performed at least 35 genuine miracles as recorded in the Gospels. However, only 2 of those were in Jerusalem. Jesus healed the blind man at the pool of Siloam and the lame man at the pool of Bethesda. The Pilgrimage Road connects these two pools.

Here is where it gets interesting. The Jebusite king taunted David by saying even the blind and lame could defend the Canaanite stronghold. King David did take the city and defeated the arrogant Jebusite. Fast forward 1,000 years and Jesus’ only miracles in Jerusalem were the blind and lame!

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”  2 Samuel 5:6

David’s victory established Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital 3,000 years ago. Messiah Jesus came not only to rule from Jerusalem on David’s throne, but to heal the blind and lame! There is one more point. As David united Israel, Jesus unites Jews and Gentiles in One New Man in His eternal Kingdom. Hallelujah!

“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself ONE NEW MAN from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.”  Ephesians 2:14-18

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and victory in Gaza.

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Welcome Holy Spirit

12 06 2024

Dry Bones Shavuot 2024

Today is Shavuot holiday in Israel. Christians celebrate it as Pentecost and relate the timing of the promise of the Father which is the fulness of the Holy Spirit. The Jewish Shavuot celebrates the giving of the law or Torah to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Christian Zionists celebrate both, and understand the importance of both. One gave us the written word of Yehovah God; and the other gave us  the living voice of God by His Spirit.

“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.” 

“Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. Acts 2:1-4,33

The Bible is the written standard for our faith and beliefs, but we need the active Holy Spirit for our daily walk with God. It changes from only academic teaching to relational guidance. Every inclination of the Spirit must be examined by Scripture. But the good news is that we have more than the dry letter of the Word, we have a relationship with the One who gave the written words.

“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”  2 Corinthians 3:5-6

Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the Holy Spirit to be poured out on every heart. Also, please continue to pray for Netanyahu’s arms to be held up for complete victory over Hamas.

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Terrorists Have Supernatural Faith

3 04 2024

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Where do terrorists get their power? You may have not considered the source. The Bible is clear about spiritual wickedness. There really is a devil and demonic principalities resisting and opposing God’s plan. It is more than a human political ideology. The source is supernatural. Why do they seem to be winning in the battle for the minds and hearts of men? The answer is that they really believe they will win. They have an evil counterfeit version of faith in their cause. That perverse faith is energized by demonic sources.

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”  Ephesians 6:12

Why are they able to persuade the gullible to follow?  The problem is that righteous believers have weak faith. Christians often stop with saving faith, fire insurance, just enough faith to avoid hell. The Bible calls this “little faith.” Pastor John Thrift pointed this out recently at Grace Assembly of God in Wake Forest, NC. It would be good to do a study of “great faith.”

Terrorists really fervently believe their beliefs. Christians often live in doubt with very little faith for real life. Little faith is off to the side somewhere like a fire extinguisher under the sink that is out of date. Terrorists literally die for their beliefs. They are connected to supernatural spirits. They actually have a saying that they win because they love death more than life. It is a death cult. Satan only came to “steal, kill, and destroy.”

“But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.”  Matthew 8:26

“Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.”  Matthew 15:28

Some Christians are wimps. Many Christians believe the Holy Spirit was only around to get the church started. Even “Spirit filled” Christians live their lives without reference to His holy supernatural power. Yeshua (Jesus) came to show us the Father; and He left us the Holy Spirit to energize us with Yehovah God’s power for daily use. How embarrassing to see Christians overcome by the devil. They don’t have a clue what Jesus has given them. Remember this: Great big God, little bitty devil.

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”  James 4:7-10

We need to choose the Holy Spirit to live by. There is power to save AND there is power to live! There are three great points in the famous verse in Revelation 12, but do not miss the main message about the accuser: THEY OVERCAME HIM!

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”  Revelation 12:10-11

THEY OVERCAME HIM in three steps, by fighting fire with fire, the FIRE of GREAT FAITH:

  1. The blood of the Lamb.
  2. The word of their testimony.
  3. They did not love their lives to the death.

It is time to rise up for such a time as this! Wake up, stand up, and speak up! I have read the end of the Book. We win!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, the troops and leaders, and rain to water the land.

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The Audacity of Senator Schumer!

14 03 2024

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The leader of the United States Senate has called for the overthrow of the government of Israel, our closest Middle East ally. He also insists on giving the terrorists their own independent state. This is the very meaning of audacity from Merriam-Webster: “bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints” Senator Schumer has defied the longstanding position of both our government and the American people, who overwhelmingly support Israel. He did this today from the floor of the US Senate.

Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, says Netanyahu ‘has to go’ – Senate Majority Leader gives major address from the Senate floor on ‘a pathway to peace and achieving a two-state solution,’ attacks Israeli government and calls for new elections. Schumer called for the holding of new elections in Israel, saying that “Netanyahu has lost his way.” He further called the Israeli Prime Minister an “obstacle to peace.”

The US goal should be the overthrow of Hamas, not Israel! What most Americans don’t get is that the Palestinians demand a stated free of all Jews, totally apartheid. The majority even go further and say NO ISRAEL! What Schumer ignores is that 75% of Israeli’s oppose a new Arab state. Remember this battle is not flesh and blood but a spiritual battle between Yehovah God’s revealed plan and the forces of supernatural principalities and powers.

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”  Ephesians 6:10-12

Dry Bones Goals

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, wisdom for the leaders and protection for the troops with total victory! Also, we thank God a relatively peaceful five days into Ramadan. Keep praying for God’s deliverance.

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SIN-WAR!

29 02 2024

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Gaza’s Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, is the key to understanding the Gaza war. Here is my summary. He was convicted of murder in 1988 and was serving four life sentences in Israeli prison. Sinwar, now 61, was released in 2011 in a prisoner deal where Israel released 1,026 terrorists for ONE Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. This shows two things. Israel values human life; and that exchanging terrorist murders for hostages will come back to bite you. The title “Sin-war!” indicates the evil sin of the October 7 massacre that provoke the Gaza war using a play on words with the perpetrator, Yahya Sinwar.

Yahya Sinwar: the man who may hold key to release of Gaza hostages – Man described by Israel as architect of the 7 October attacks is now perhaps the most powerful figure in Hamas. Israeli officials have described him as the architect of the 7 October attacks, which killed 1,200, mostly civilians, and so “a dead man walking”.

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader – He was convicted for the murder of Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel and was sentenced to four life sentences in prison.

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis: Yahya Sinwar sets up a trap for Israel – Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is betting on international authorities forcefully stopping the IDF’s invasion of Gaza in its tracks.

Hamas: ‘The Israelis are right where we want them’ – Hamas leader in Gaza sending optimistic messages to terror group’s fighters on the ground.

Israel estimates: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar hiding in Gaza – In Israel’s estimation, Hamas leader Yahya SInwar still hiding in tunnels beneath Khan Yunis, but killing him risks lives of ‘human shields’ hostages.

When Yehovah allows enemies to come against His people it is usually because of sin in the camp. The only course for us is repentance. God protects us when we follow Him. When we pray for Israel we need also pray for ourselves and our nation. This is needed for the whole world.

“Then they cried out to Yehovah, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yehovah and served the Baals and Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’”  1 Samuel 12:10

“Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, ​​For in You do I trust; ​​Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, ​​For I lift up my soul to You. ​​Deliver me, O Yehovah, from my enemies; ​​In You I take shelter. ​​Teach me to do Your will, ​​For You are my God; ​​Your Spirit is good. ​​Lead me in the land of uprightness. ​​​REVIVE ME, O Yehovah, for Your name’s sake! ​​For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. ​​In Your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; ​​For I am Your servant.”  Psalm 143:8-12

Revival means we have passed out and need CPR to revive us! That is our condition without Jesus. REVIVE ME, and REVIVE ISRAEL! That is our prayer today.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, protection for the troops, wisdom for the leaders, and rain for the land.

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What Is Your Attitude Toward Israel?

22 02 2024

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Are you arrogant or haughty about Israel? Let’s go a little deeper beyond the basic blessed or cursed. God gets more specific in Romans 11. Paul may sound harsh here but his sober warning is quite clear. The context is the breaking off of Israel branches because of unbelief, and grafting in wild olive branches (gentiles) who believe. Notice the simple measure is belief. Jews are not saved just because they are Jews. But, likewise we gentiles are not saved because we are better, or special. It is simply because we believe the promise of the Messiah Yeshua. He is the only way to salvation for everyone.

“Do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, ‘Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.’ Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.”  Romans 11:18-20

Two Clear Warnings – Don’t boast against Israel and don’t be haughty! We already know from Genesis that those who curse Israel will be cursed and those who bless Israel will be blessed. These warnings go further, touching our attitude. I believe to boast against Israel is the seed of anti-Semitism. To be haughty or arrogant towards them is the beginning of anti-Semitism. Our attitude should only be humility that God found a way to include us! Hallelujah! By the way, to be anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, or anti-Semitic are all the same sin in different words, just semantics.

Now here is the main point. What happens to our beautiful branches if we do sin in this way? Notice the very next verse!

“For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.”  Romans 11:21-22

Finally, back to Paul’s emphasis about Jews being saved even after the severe judgement of being scattered among the nations for 1,800 years. Is there any hope for them?

“And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?”  Romans 11:23-24

Of course, the faithful Yehovah God of Promises will show His rich mercy and grace for all Jews and Israelis who believe in His Messiah. Pray for them and bless them!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the troops, the leaders, and for rain.

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The Miracle Helmet

8 02 2024

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You don’t often see a modern miracle signed by the Messiah. Here is a great story of a soldier’s life saved by his helmet. Israel National News reported this miracle that happened today (Thursday 2-8-24) in Israel. A green circle shows where the bullet hit the helmet.  Click the link for the story.

Miracle in Samaria: Reservist shot in helmet survives attempted attack – An IDF reservist was shot in the helmet by a terrorist this morning. He escaped unharmed, and his comrades killed the attacker.

But there is more that is not mentioned in the article. If you look closely at the picture you can see a rectangular patch to the right of the green circle. It shows a crown and a Hebrew word. Do you know what the word is? It is “Messiah.” Wow! Talk about spelling it out for sceptics. The Messiah thought it would be fun to sign His miracle for the young soldier. Hallelujah!

Did this soldier have extra protection because he believed in the Messiah? I think we can go with that. There is a difference between rote religion and actual belief in God and His Messiah. Christian Zionists believe the Messiah is Yeshua, Jesus. I am not saying the soldier believed in Jesus, but he probably believes in the Messiah of Israel, who happens to be one and the same. Oh, how I pray for the final link to be made for Israelis. This Gaza war has softened the hearts of Jews and Arabs alike to call on the living God Yehovah. We pray that He will answer them with the revelation of our Savior and Messiah!

“For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.”  Isaiah 59:17

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;”  Ephesians 6:17

“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (Yeshua ha Mashiach), who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us”  Titus 2:11-14a

Expect to hear more and more testimonials to miracles of deliverance and salvation in the midst of this Gaza war. Even though the enemies of God are crazed with the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, they will fail. Yehovah God is faithful, and He will deliver. Not only will Israel prosper, but many will come to the knowledge of the Messiah Yeshua. Pray for them! Satan loses; God wins!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, wisdom for the leaders, protection for the troops, and salvation for all who call on His name. Also, thank Him for the snow and rain that waters His land.

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The 2005 Gaza Experiment Failure

31 01 2024

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Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. No Jews and no Israeli military have lived there for 18 years! Hamas ruled Gaza, not to provide for Gazans, but to stage war against Israel. The Israeli withdrawal was a colossal failure. This means the Oslo Accords were a failure and the “two-state solution” was a failure. None of it works because the Palestinians don’t want a state along side Israel and they don’t want peace. They want Israel gone. They want the Jews gone. And when I say gone, I mean dead. They groom their children for death and war. This is an ancient demonic hatred of the Jews because Yehovah God Himself gave them the land over 3,000 years ago. I would like to quote from an excellent commentary by Ryan Jones, in Israel Today. You would be wise to read the entire article.

“Those who pushed withdrawal from Gaza promised that doing so would increase security, lower civilian and military casualties, and reduce international pressure on Israel. In every one of those cases they were wrong.”

  1. “By leaving Gaza, Israel created a power vacuum that was quickly filled by Hamas, resulting in the largest terrorist military base in the world sitting right on Israel’s southern border.”

  2. “Since 2005, that terrorist haven has launched thousands of rockets at Israel, killing and wounding many people, and necessitating a series of Gaza wars that have claimed the lives of hundreds of soldiers.” (not to mention 1,200 mostly civilians on October 7th)

  3. “Despite handing over a Jew-free Gaza Strip to the Palestinians, Israel has arguably come under increased international pressure in regards to the coastal enclave. The world still holds Israel responsible for the wellbeing of the people living there.”

“When there were Jewish settlements in Gaza, they suffered periodic terrorist attacks. Sometimes terrible attacks with many casualties. And the nation had its recourses stretched by the need to maintain a military presence in Gaza to protect these “settlers” as best as possible. But these problems only increased by leaving Gaza. And, of course, have now culminated in the mass atrocities of October 7, sparking Israel’s largest full-scale war since the invasion of Lebanon in the early 1980s.”  Israel Today

Remember God’s instructions to Joshua when they entered the land. He was instructed to remove the wicked inhabitants. Their wickedness caused the forfeiture of their land. “The Canaanites were in no way an innocent people as they stood before God and Israel. Were the Canaanites a peaceful, righteous, upright people? That is hardly the case. They practiced such things as child sacrifice, incest, adultery, temple prostitution, and various other horrible acts. When we read about God’s justice going forth against the Canaanites, it was because they had rejected God and his law. It was a willful rejection, a purposeful rejection.” Dr. John Currid

“But you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as Yehovah your God has commanded you, lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against Yehovah your God.”  Deuteronomy 20:17-18

“Do not think in your heart, after Yehovah your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness Yehovah has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yehovah is driving them out from before you. It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that Yehovah your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which Yehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”  Deuteronomy 9:4-5

God is faithful to keep His promises. He gave Israel the land because of His original promise to Abraham and He will keep them in the land today because of that same promise! It is not because Israel was faithful, but because God is faithful. He even provided salvation from our sins through Jesus, the Lamb of God. Mercy was available even for the Canaanites but they refused Him and chose their wicked ways. Let us all humble ourselves before God and receive His grace and mercy through Jesus, our Messiah.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, protection for the troops, wisdom for the leaders, and rain for the land.

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24 IDF Soldiers Die in One Day

23 01 2024

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A tragic incident yesterday in Gaza led to 21 killed in a building collapse; while three others died in battle. It is a sad reminder to keep praying for the troops. Far away in America politics captures the headlines, but the war in Gaza goes on. God has promised to defend Israel from her enemies; but still we need to stand in the gap and pray. The enemy is relentless; but Yehovah is faithful.

24 IDF soldiers killed in deadliest day since start of Gaza combat – Twenty-one troops died in a building collapse, three others in battle. Around 4 p.m. terrorists fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank securing the forces. At the same time, two two-story buildings collapsed as a result of an explosion while most of the troops were inside or near them. The blast was apparently caused by explosives planted by the Israeli forces, intended to destroy the buildings in a controlled event.

One report explained that the two buildings would normally have been destroyed from the air. But Israel is conserving it missiles in case they are needed in Lebanon. We need to pray that Senator Schumer will release the funds that have already been voted for Israeli armament resupply from the U.S.

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ​​I will say of Yehovah, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; ​​My God, in Him I will trust.’ ​​Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. ​​He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; ​​​​His truth shall be your shield and buckler.” Psalm 91:1-4

His truth shall be your shield! This is our promise from God. The demonic enemy is determined to “steal, kill, and destroy,” but God is faithful to keep us in His hand. We may lose a battle, but God wins the war according to His truth. This applies to Israel and nations, but He also gives that promise to us as individual believers.

“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for Yehovah your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”  Deuteronomy 31:6

“Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, protection for the troops and rain for the land.

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Do You Believe the Bible?

4 01 2024

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This is a shocking headline: “73% Of US Christians Say The Bible Doesn’t Influence Their Views On Israel.” Prophecy News Watch That is why I use the phrase “Bible believing Christians.” If you don’t believe the Bible you are not a believing Christian. You are a cultural or national or ethnic Christian, but not a believer. They have “another gospel” according to the Apostle Paul.

“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.”  Galatians 1:8

Only 27% of “Christians” in the Lifeway Research survey chose the Bible as an influence of their view of Israel. 56% chose media as there choice. Even worse, only 17% of “Christians” chose the Bible as their primary source. Again, the media was more influential. “Only about a quarter of American Christians say the Bible influences their views on Israel as the Israel-Hamas war continues after the Oct. 7 attack on civilians in southern Israel killed over 1,200 and prompted an Israeli military offensive in Gaza.” PMW

Let’s remember that the Bible was breathed into text by the living God.

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”  2 Timothy 3:16-17

Are you really going to believe the media over the God of the Bible? The Greek word for “inspiration” literally means: “divinely breathed in:—given by inspiration of God.” There is no source or authority to trust more than God Himself! You may be aware that pro-Israel Christians, i.e. Christian Zionists are Bible believers. When you move away from the Scriptural authority you are adrift in humanism. Incidentally, this is also true of Jews. Many American Jews are actually standing against Israel with Hamas. Those are Jews who do not believe the Bible. The wonderful thing is that Arabs who believe the Bible are pro-Israel. (If you want a great Gazan Arab testimony of an ex terrorist assassin, watch this December 21 interview with Joel Rosenberg.)

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”  Hebrews 4:12

A proper paraphrase of the first part is: The Bible is alive, and it is energy! The Greek word for powerful is literally “energēs” from which we get our English word: “energy.” Those “Christians” who do not believe and live by the Bible are missing out on the energy of the Holy Spirit. I pray that you believe God’s divinely breathed word and stand 100% with Israel in these days of prophetic destiny. (Disclaimer: We do not agree with every decision of Israel, but agree with the purpose of God for Israel.)

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and wisdom for their leaders. Also, thank God for this week’s rain in Israel.

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Hamas: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

14 12 2023

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“Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” is what Hamas called their massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians on October 7th. We are truly living in Biblical history in real time. It was the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust of World War II. You may not know that the lie of “defending Al-Aqsa” mosque on the Temple Mount actually was first used in the 1920s, leading to the massacre of 67 Jews in Hebron in 1929. Yet, the Al Aqsa mosque still stands even though it is completely under Israeli sovreignty since 1967. If Israel wanted to destroy it, they could. Notice the prophetic match of this verse:

“So shall they fear the name of Yehovah from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of Yehovah will lift up a standard against him.”  Isaiah 59:19

Do you think it is a coincidence that Hamas copied that terminology? Satan has no creative ability, he can only copy and pervert God’s plans. The good news is that God is always able to turn the evil around to Yehovah’s good purpose. Here is the classic example from Joseph in Egypt.

“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”  Genesis 50:20

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ​​Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; ​​though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah ​​There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. ​​God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; ​​God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. ​​The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; ​​He uttered His voice, the earth melted. Yehovah of hosts is with us; ​​The God of Jacob is our refuge.”  Psalm 46:1-7

Pray for hearts of Jews and Arabs alike to turn to the living God. Yehovah has the final say! Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, wisdom for the leaders, and rain for the land!

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We Stand with Israel

10 11 2023

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Biblical Christians stand with Israel because we stand with God. He is performing a last days miracle right before our eyes. Satan means evil with the Hamas Gaza war, but God is using it to advance His plan for Israel. Even though the majority of Christian denominations believe God permanently rejected the Jews, they are wrong. The error of “replacement” theology has blinded many to the glorious restoration of Israel in our day.

“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself ONE NEW MAN from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.”  Ephesians 2:14-18

ONE NEW MAN! Notice the flag logo attached to this article. The symbol on the left of a menorah, star of David, and a fish was found in a first century Israeli synagogue. This is a graphic picture of the  fundamental revelation of God’s ultimate plan for Israel and the world. The menorah represents the Jews and the fish was an early sign of Christians. The base of the menorah and the tail of the fish form the star of David. In the end it will not be Jews and Gentiles, because God is preparing a merger of the two. He calls it “one new man.”

Scripture is replete with verses about the miraculous return of the world wide scattered Jews to their own land. We have witnessed this as they got their land back, their Hebrew language back, their capital city Jerusalem back, as well as their people returning. In 1948 there were 600,000 Jews in Israel. Today there are 8,000,000, that is 8 million! The best part is that He is turning their hearts back to Him. They were shocked that the vaunted Israel Defense Forces (IDF) failed them on October 7th. They ultimately cannot save themselves, they need Yehovah God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.”  Ezekiel 36:24-28

GRAFTED IN! God did not create a new people when He opened the Gospel to the Gentiles. He took wild branches and grafted them into the tree of Israel. This “one new man” symbol is also called the “grafted in” symbol. Jesus is merging all of His followers into one people, Israel.

“And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.”  Romans 11:17-18

Pray for God’s purpose in the Gaza war. Pray for salvation for both Arabs and Jews. Pray for abundant rains in this rainy season. And pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

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No Pleasure in Death

18 10 2023

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You have seen the videos of people rejoicing over the October 7 massacre. Two points need to be understood from the Bible. First, judgement is coming on the wicked according to Obadiah. Second, the rest of us should check our attitude when the judgement comes. My Kenyan friend, Michael Masambu, made a great point on his Facebook post:

“Woe unto those that rejoice over the misfortunes of the Jewish Nation. October the 7th, 2023 will go down in the books of history as the worst day in Israel after the Holocaust. On this day the murderous gangs of Hamas sponsored by bloody thirst Iran infiltrated Israel and murdered in the most brutal way the innocent children, grandparents, the lame and the blind in the Israel territory. When this news was aired, the streets of Tehran were filled with people rejoicing and the government spokesperson praising the murder of the Israelites. As I was thinking about this, these Bible verses came to my spirit. This prophecy is powerful. Tell the enemies of Israel the pain they celebrated has become their portion.”  Michael K. Masambu

As we spoke this morning (before I saw his post) I was reading Obadiah myself. I believe the Lord wants me to confirm his comments with these two Scripture portions. The first was used by Michael in his post.

​“But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother in the day of his captivity; nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah ​​in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress. ​​You should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity.  ​​Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity. ​​You should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those among them who escaped; nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained in the day of distress. For the day of Yehovah upon all the nations is near; as you have done, it shall be done to you; your reprisal shall return upon your own head.”  Obadiah 12-15

“For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies, says the Lord Yehovah. Therefore turn and live!” Ezekiel 18:32

These two points may seem contradictory, but both reveal the nature of God. Both are true. Death is the ultimate result of our rebellion against God, but what is our attitude when we see the resulting death of the wicked? Do we rejoice? Do we take pleasure in their death? Certainly, we are glad that the evil is ended. Yet, what is God’s response? No pleasure. He grieves. He would rather they would repent and choose life. That should be our attitude as well. Make no mistake, I do believe Israel must eliminate the Hamas death cult in Israel’s own existential self defense. But, even though we thank Jesus for victory, we take no pleasure in the deaths, even of the wicked. They are eternally lost. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Maranatha! I believe many who are grieving in Israel at this time will turn to Yehovah God, their only true salvation through the Messiah Yeshua. That is my prayer for Jews and Arabs alike.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and timely rains.

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Announcing June 2024 Israel Tour

4 10 2023

Sea of Galilee 2023

Having just returned from Israel with 35 happy travelers from six states, plus two from Kenya, I am excited to release the details of our next tour, June 17-27, 2024. Please pray about joining us in June. It was such a joy to bring 30 first timers in our group. Your life changes forever after witnessing with your own eyes the promises of God fulfilled in Jesus, the Messiah Yeshua as we walk His glorious land.

“For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace, ​​And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, ​​Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, ​​And her salvation as a lamp that burns. The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, ​​And all kings your glory. ​​You shall be called by a new name, ​​Which the mouth of Yehovah will name. You shall also be a crown of glory ​​In the hand of Yehovah, ​​And a royal diadem ​​In the hand of your God. You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, ​​Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; ​​But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; ​​For Yehovah delights in you, ​​And your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, ​​So shall your sons marry you; ​​And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, ​​So shall your God rejoice over you. ​​I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; ​​They shall never hold their peace day or night. ​​You who make mention of Yehovah, do not keep silent, ​​And give Him no rest till He establishes ​​And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”  Isaiah 62:1-7

Here is a thank you note from two of our new friends from our Sept 2023 tour, to give you an idea of our Israel experiences.

“We really liked taking a boat ride/sailing on the Sea of Galilee, floating in the Dead Sea, seeing the Temple Mount, the waterfall at Ein Gedi, and Hezekiah’s tunnel! (Just to name a few). It was truly a great trip and it was wonderful to meet new people and make new friends! 🙂 We truly are Blessed by God to have had this opportunity! 🙂 (and grateful for all the traveling mercies along the way).”  Nick & Sarah Wiseman, Florida

Please let me know if you are interested in our June ’24 Elisha Vision Israel tour. (Click here for itinerary.)

“I was glad when they said to me, ​​“Let us go into the house of Yehovah.” ​​Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! ​​Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together, where the tribes go up, the tribes of Yehovah, to the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yehovah.” Psalm 122:1-4

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and rain as we enter the rainy season.

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists            (Read more)


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Eyewitness to Israel Prophecy Fulfilled

20 09 2023

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Last week I was walking the streets of Jerusalem (with 34 of my closest friends). The joy of seeing God’s historic promises fulfilled right before my eyes was overwhelming. When I was two years old there was no country of Israel, but in 1948 Israel was miraculously raised from the dead! God is blessing, restoring, forgiving, and showing heavenly favor to His beloved people.

“For Yehovah your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless Yehovah your God for the good land which He has given you.”  Deuteronomy 8:7-10

Most people assume the honey mentioned here was honey from bees, but it was actually date honey. Date palms were everywhere as we drove around the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan Valley, and the Dead Sea. They were just like the picture. September is the time of the ripening harvest. They have even resurrected ancient date trees that are now producing fruit! Some seeds found at Qumran, near the Dead Sea, were over 2,000 years old and they have now sprouted and are producing delicious dates.

The miracle rebirth of Israel is seen throughout the land. And it is a sign that the life of Yehovah God in the hearts of His people will also sprout and grow life from Messiah Yeshua. Yehovah has the final say!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and rain as we enter the rainy season.

Les Lawrence, a voice of Christian Zionists                (Read more)


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Back from Israel – Wow!

16 09 2023

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Glory to God in the highest! The camel ride was a bonus. Seven camels, times two riders, times two trips. Everyone (28 chose to ride) of our group of 35 was able to ride a camel for about ten minutes. The experience at Genesis Land in the Judean desert was amazing. We had lunch with “Abraham” in his tent with his epic hospitality spiced with humor and information. And the meal was one of the best on our tour!

We were so blessed to be joined my Michael and Serah Masambu from Kenya. Twenty-nine were seeing the glorious land for the first time. Each day we experienced two or three spiritual highlights. It will take a while to process the deep moving of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. We will never be the same. Thank you Jesus!

One of the most exhilarating moments was the boat ride on the sea of Galilee. We sang and prayed and worshipped and celebrated connecting to our spiritual roots. I do not have words to express the glory of Yehovah revealed to us at every stop along the way. I can’t wait to return next June with another group.

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says Yehovah, “that it shall no more be said, ‘Yehovah lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘Yehovah lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.”  Jeremiah 16:14-15

“Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely. They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.”  Jeremiah 32:37-41

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and seasonal rains. We saw the first shower of the rainy season!

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The Temperature That Melts Gold

23 08 2023

We recently watched a video of metallurgy caves discovered near the site of Mt. Sinai in Saudi Arabia (ancient Midian). It is possible that those man-made caves were used to melt the precious metals for Moses’ tabernacle. Midian is where Moses saw the burning bush. At that time God told Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt to the same mountain of the burning bush.

God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this VERY mountain.”  Exodus 3:12 NLT

The video mentioned that gold melts at 1,948 degrees. The amazing thought struck us that Israel was resurrected in 1948, the number of gold melting. When you connect this to the Holocaust, the most horrible deaths of six million Jews, it sounds like gold and silver refined in the fire. Out of the evil, Satanic destruction of the Holocaust, God produced the glorious rebirth of His Chosen People!

“I will bring theone-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘Yehovah is my God.’ ”  Zechariah 13:9

Yehovah God is faithful and He is able to turn the worst evil around to fulfill His promises to His loved ones. God is Love!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the restoration of rain to His Land.

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Walk About Zion

17 08 2023

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Our small Israel tour of 37 folks departs on Sept 5th. Our anticipation grows more each day now. I have often said that visiting Israel is like a salmon returning to its spawning grounds for me. My life changed forever my first trip in 1984; and every time since then I am deeply moved seeing the living proof of Yehovah God’s faithfulness to fulfill His word, His promises, and His heart toward His people.

“Walk about Zion, and go all around her. ​​Count her towers; mark well her bulwarks; consider her palaces; ​​that you may tell it to the generation following. ​​For this is God, our God forever and ever; ​​He will be our ​​guide even to death.”  Psalm 48:12-14

It is thrilling to see with our own eyes the living proof of the resurrection of Israel. Zion is a name that also refers to the city of Jerusalem as it does in this Psalm and many others. God’s number one prayer request is that we pray for its peace, but being there is transcendent. You somehow seem to enter in, not only to the gates of Jerusalem, but into the very heart of God. The beginning of Psalm 48 is so powerful.

“Great is Yehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. ​​Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. ​​God is in her palaces; ​​He is known as her refuge.”  Psalm 48:1-3

Wow! This Psalm is a revelation of the place of Jerusalem in the Kingdom of God. It is where our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah, lived and ministered. He died there and was raised from the dead there. He ascended to heaven from there, and He is returning there, to Jerusalem, to establish His eternal Kingdom! He will rule on the throne of David who first made it his capital over 3,000 years ago. We even walk among the ruins of King David’s palace. Walk about Zion!

(Start praying now for our next tour June 18-28 next year! More details later.)

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the promised rains of water and the Holy Spirit.

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God Takes Written Notes of Our Words

26 07 2023

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Did you know that Yehovah listens to our conversation with one another? Even better, He has a written book of remembrance of our words, if we fear Him and meditate on His name. So, it is not all conversations, but the ones talking about Him! Of course, He can hear every conversation with everybody all the time. But He only has a written record of those who respect Him and think a lot about His name.

“Then those who feared Yehovah spoke to one another, and Yehovah listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Yehovah and who meditate on His name.” Malachi 3:16

That’s not all. He also calls them His own special treasure and offers unique protection for them. God will treat them as a father does a son that he loves.

“They shall be Mine,” says Yehovah of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” Malachi 3:17

Finally, there is a change that takes place, when we talk a lot about God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. You gain discernment about righteous people and wicked people. Because we are meditating on God, we begin to see how holy God is. The more we get to know Him, the easier it is to find clarity about life and relationships. If we only compare ourselves to one another we may look pretty good. But when we think about how glorious God is, we get a whole new perspective.

“Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God
and one who does not serve Him.”  Malachi 3:18

I said last week with Joshua: As for me and my house, we will serve Yehovah!” Let’s talk about Him more. Let our conversations be about Him. He is wonderfully wonderful! Are your conversation being written down for God to keep track of them? They are if they are about Him.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and rain in season.

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Israel Good News

13 07 2023

Media likes bad news, but a lot of good is happening in Israel. Here are a few links to recent reports that show the favor of the Lord on Israel. The name of Yehovah is on the line with Israel as He has promised over and over. My favorite is in what I call the Holocaust Psalm. After graphically describing the horrors of that prophetic event, He clearly reveals His timing! It is now “the set time” to favor Zion. Hallelujah!

“You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.” Psalm 102:13

Col. Richard Kemp on Jenin op: ‘Remarkable achievement unprecedented in modern warfare’ – Former commander of British forces in Afghanistan lauds IDF for avoiding killing any civilians in Jenin operation.

Israel completes tests of David’s Sling air defense system – Israeli security forces announced the completion of complex scenarios simulating advanced threats for the multi-layer air defense array.

Exodus II – Spike in worldwide antisemitism sparks mass emigration.

Israeli soccer team to compete in 2024 Paris Olympics – Israel’s soccer team is headed to the Olympics for the first time since 1976.

New haredi city expected to reach population of 80,000 – Ministers announce: Plans for ‘Tila,’ a new haredi city in southern Israel, are moving forward.

Israel-Saudi Arabia land bridge emerges as game-changing prospect – Exclusive: Israel, U.S. quietly advancing ambitious plan for land bridge connecting UAE, through Saudi Arabia and Jordan, to Israeli ports; Route will facilitate transportation of goods while significantly reducing costs for the entire region; In the second stage, the highway will also enable tourist movement.

The Miracle of Israel’s Resurrection! – We are privileged to live now — because the set time when God favors Zion and the restoration of Israel has come!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and rain in season and pray that Kenya will move their Embassy to Jerusalem!

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Kenya Mission Trip

14 06 2023

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Prayers appreciated for our two week mission to Kenya. I will be traveling with a group of 18 folks from Grace Assembly in Wake Forest, NC, led by Pastor John and Sherry Thrift. We will be ministering with Michael Masambu in the area of Bungoma in northwest Kenya. We will be in schools, churches, and various other venues.

I will speak in two churches on the two Sundays and also to pastors’ groups in two areas. In addition, we will have tent meetings every night. Thank you for your prayers.

One other praise report involves our September Israel Tour. I am thrilled to announce that Michael Masambu and his wife, Sera, will join us for the tour. It will be their very first visit to Israel and they will never be the same! We have received gifts for the land portion covering all of his and half of hers. We only need $500.00 for Sera’s land portion. Also, I am praying for additional gifts to cover their flights from Nairobi to Tel Aviv. If you would like to help, please send a check to: “Elisha Vision Ministries” for “Masambu Israel trip” (memo). Send to Elisha Vision PO Box 1601 Wake Forest, NC 27588. If you prefer you can use the Donate button on this site.

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”  Matthew 24:14

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and thank God for this week’s unusual summer rain!

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