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December 2009 Kislev/Tevet 5770
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“ The Road to Emmaus”
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly

Thank You from the Administrator
DDear Friends:
Another year has come and is almost gone. Where does the time go.
Everyone at Moriel is just so thankful for everyone’s support and help
throughout the year.
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Thank you and new security project at Ebowyn
Your timely contributions, despite the downturn in the economy will allow us to complete
some more of our needed security projects in South Africa. The last night I visited
Ebowyn, our South African Home for orphans, we had an intruder. It was a scary episode
for everyone. Dave and Christopher bravely went forth into the dark storm ridden night
and searched the premises to ensure the everyone’s safety. Two years ago we were able to
complete two sides of the compound with a 10 foot high concrete wall and the other two
sides with Palisade fencing (strong steal fencing), but even this has proved inadequate at
times. So, we have decided to enclose the compounds two sides that have the steel fencing
with a concrete wall. At some future point we might enhance the compound with some
motion detectors as well perimeter lighting. While the world has always been violent, we
know our Lord told us there would be an increase in violence. In the 3rd world we are
seeing this increase at a faster pace than the West. In South Africa and other African countries
the lack of the fear of God combined with lack of resources, bribes, and corruption
have only led to the breakdown of society and those things the Lord warned us about in
the last days. While these things don’t shake us (we have read of the dangers of the mission
field from those that went before us), we do these things because Jesus told us to, but
increases in violence only show us that we are to look up for our redemption draws near.
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Jacob 2010 and Health Issues
Jacob returns in early Jan and has a long trip away from home. Please continue to pray for
him as he does miss his wife and family while on tour. Although travel is seen as exotic,
his schedule is really extremely rough on the mind and body. With his health problems,
we have elected to let Jacob rest during the week, instead of doing midweek sessions. He
will be handling some doctors appointments while he is here. Jacob got a good report that
his arrhythmia has responded to the medication, but the medication has some unwanted
side effects, such as acid reflux. Also, he is wearing a sleep apnea machine. As you know
Jacob likes to walk back and forth on the stage, and he doesn’t slow down in bed. He
turns back and forth as normal with some people, but this causes his mask to slip, air
escapes and he wakes up. Please keep his health issues in your prayers. His schedule can
be found in this issue as well as an updated schedule on the web. See you there.
Moriel and Israel
Moriel is now helping more congregations in Israel due to your continued support and
love of Israel. As Israel is now surrounded by enemies on every side, support from the
new American administration is almost non-existent making things tougher in Israel, but
more and more Jews are coming to a knowledge that Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel.
There is growth, but with growth there are also needs to help these new believers, please
continue to help us support these needs. The poverty in Israel is increasing with the influx
of immigrants, also combine this with the economic downturn, things are tough all over.
So, we want to thank you for thinking of your new brothers and sisters in Israel as well as
those friends you have read about in the Quarterly and we pray the Lord will bless your
house and the work of your hands in the coming year.
Honor those who deserve honor
We want to publicly thank all those who contribute their time and talent to Moriel. I want
to acknowledge Wayne and Sharon A. for their unfailing support over the years. Wayne
and Sharon have produced all the media for Moriel USA, Canada and for others of you
around the world. Sharon’s mom and dad have failing health, so we ask for prayers for
all of them as they go through this tough time.
Moriel 2010
Please pray for Moriel as we head into this next year. Moriel needs mission volunteers
for South Africa, also the health issues for those of us that are getting older. Also, please
pray for faithful volunteers to enter into Moriel in the various places around the world.
Please pray for God’s continued guidance and mercy on all of us in the coming year. May
the Lord bless you all..
In Peace,
David Lister, Moriel
MORIEL MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
David Royle
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GEOFF TOOLE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATE OF MORIEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PARABLE OF THE WEDDING FEAST . . . . . . . . . . 4
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WITNESSING HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF . . . . . . . 17
DEATH OF THE DOLLAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PERTINENT FACTOID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
AUSTRALIAN REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
RAMBLING ROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HEBREW LESSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Msindisi Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MORIEL SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
bezaleel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
IMMANUEL NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
NESSIM’S MUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
YOUR LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MORIEL JAPAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
EDITORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
THE BACK PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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State of Moriel 2009
S T A T E O F M O R I E L
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
S T A T E O F M O R I E L 2 0 0 9
As we look to the closing year of the first decade of the new millennium, the past calendar year has been an interesting
one indeed.
It is a year when we saw rectification of the disaster we encountered the previous year of the rape of our school girls in
Tanzania by pagan tribesman and the Moriel girls school near Mt. Kilimanjaro. The cry of the mission field in Africa however
remains the recruitment of indigenous Black Africans who are doctrinally sound and financially honest. This is a massive
problem, not peculiar to Africa, but endemic throughout most of The Third World. We have a sound brother of integrity
in India and one in Tanzania, but it is a huge problem.
This past year was a good year also in that unlike 2008 when we painfully lost a little baby girl named Angel, we have
had none of our HIV orphans or AIDS babies die in 2009 for which we indeed praise Jesus. Moreover, new babies were
acquired by both Ebyown and Bezaleel .
This year we also opened Moriel Japan as a springboard into other Far Eastern nations, as well as a branch for Japan
under the direction of Geoff Toole assisted by his Japanese wife.
We also expanded our ministry in Israel to support another congregation in Galilee as well as an Arabic ministry. Due to
increased opposition from Ultra orthodox Jewish activist groups such as Yad L’Achim, we cannot publicly disclose many
details about the evangelistic and church planting ministries we help sponsor in Israel.
Moriel planted and affiliated churches continue to grow numerically. Unfortunately however, this is dominated by picking
up refugees from apostate churches and providing spiritual homes to the churchless, and not enough through people
actually getting saved. While we rejoice in those coming out of error through Moriel and our sister ministries, our desire is
to see more saved and disciple. Having said this, the numbers of Moslems being saved through the ministry of Moriel has
increased, and those saved out of Mormonism etc. also continues. The annual outreach in Utah directed by David Lister
continues. The number of those being saved through Moriel preachers at non Moriel venues also appears to have increased.
The largest blessing however has been in Indonesia, the world’s most populace Islamic nation. Moriel now receives more
internet visitors from Indonesia than from any other country except the USA and one of goals for 2012 is to have a website
in the Bahasa language.
The Five Question Series from ‘The Gospel In The Last Days’ conference, seems to have the most impact evangelistically
seeing the most saved.
Moriel also saw 2009 expand its participation in our support of the ministry of Roger Oakland in Burma and The Philippines.
Among impoverished children. On the down side, among others both Roger Oakland and myself (Jacob Prasch)
have both suffered major crises of health in 2009. I had to cancel my Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific
itineraries and also the Greece bible study tour due to medical considerations. By His grace The Lord has spared us both.
By The Lord’s grace, due to expansion of the ministry, the economic downturn has not impeded the new growth. For this
too we remain grateful to God.
The popularity of the Jacob Prasch TV program on Genesis TV, Moriel internet TV, and GV 24/7 have also been an
encouragement.
This year of 2009 will also witness the first Moriel Creation conference in the UK with the theme “the Death of Darwinism”.
Despite significant areas of disappointment and health setbacks, 2009 has on the whole been a fairly good year by God’s
grace. Our task now is to seek The Lord for His purposes for 2010. While we above all give thanks to The Lord, we also
earnestly thank all of our brethren for their prayers, support, and help.
On behalf of David Lister, Dave Royle, Allison, Carol, Danny, John, Jack & Loretta, Chris & Jackie (who are expecting
their first baby), Scot & Deb, Mark & Carrie, Nigel, Marg & Pam, Geoff, Sal & Di, Alan & Sue, Skip, Marco, Wayne &
Sharon, Ronnie, Darren, Julie, Alec, and all at Moriel our prayerful wish is that the forthcoming year shall be one of blessing
and of the salvation of as yet unsaved loved ones.
In Yeshua (Jesus),
Jacob Prasch & Moriel
(Philippians 1:6)
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly

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“The Wedding Feast”
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying . . .
Jesus spoke to them again in parables,
saying, “The kingdom of heaven
may be compared to a king who gave
a wedding feast for his son. And he
sent out his slaves to call those who
had been invited to the wedding feast,
and they were unwilling to come.
Again he sent out other slaves saying,
‘Tell those who have been invited,
“Behold, I have prepared my dinner;
my oxen and my fattened livestock are
all butchered and everything is ready;
come to the wedding feast.”’ But they
paid no attention and went their way,
one to his own farm, another to his
business, and the rest seized his slaves
and mistreated them and killed them.
But the king was enraged, and he sent
his armies and destroyed those murderers
and set their city on fire. Then
he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding
is ready, but those who were invited
were not worthy. ‘Go therefore to the
main highways, and as many as you
find there, invite to the wedding feast.’
Those slaves went out into the streets
and gathered together all they found,
both evil and good…
…that is interesting, “both evil and
good”…
…and the wedding hall was filled with
dinner guests. But when the king came
in to look over the dinner guests, he
saw a man there who was not dressed
in wedding clothes, and he said to
him, ‘Friend, how did you come in
here without wedding clothes?’ And
the man was speechless. Then the
king said to the servants, ‘Bind him
hand and foot, and throw him into
the outer darkness; in that place
there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.’ For many are called, but
few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:1-14)
In order to understand this parable of
the Kingdom, we have to understand the
Jewish wedding tradition at the time of Jesus.
In Judaism, the time of Jesus is called
“The Second Temple Period.” At a Jewish
wedding in Jesus’ time there were three
phases. Whenever looking at the historical
and cultural setting of a biblical passage,
this is something theologians call “Sitz im
Leben,” a German term. This means looking
at the life setting of the situation. Unless
we do that we cannot understand what
Jesus is talking about. The wedding had
three phases:
betrothal
nuptial
consummation
All three were important for the wedding
to be valid. For the marriage to be
valid, all three needed to be completed.
This also directly addresses the consequences
of the Roman Catholic doctrine
that Mary was perpetually a virgin. To say
Joseph and Mary had an unconsummated
marriage would have meant that they were
not legally married by Jewish law. It would
have meant that Jesus, in effect, grew up out
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of wedlock. How dishonoring to Jesus and
His earthly parents, but that is the teaching
of the Roman church. It is NOT the
teaching, however, of the New Testament.
The Betrothal
Betrothal was unlike present-day engagement.
Unlike what we call an engagement,
it was legally binding. The closest
this is seen today is that in some states
here in the United States – some states – if
someone breaks an engagement without a
good reason they can be sued in a civil action
for breach of contract. But betrothal
went well beyond that. Betrothal meant the
couple was legally married already. It was
not simply an engagement as we would
think of it, but it meant someone was legally
married. Betrothal was something
which was contractual and legal.
This kind of contract followed a ritual
from the ancient Near East called “suzerainty.”
In a “suzerainty” ritual, a covenant was
made that was sealed at a fellowship meal,
and it was contracted by means of some
kind of shedding of blood. Hence, at the
Last Supper Jesus says, “This is My blood
of the covenant.” (Mt. 26:28; Mk. 14:24;
Lk. 22:20) He was following the ancient
Near East “suzerainty” ritual; that is how
contracts were made. He would literally
say “to cut” – a covenant. So the betrothal
was the first phase (which was nothing like
our engagement) by which they were legally
wed for legal purposes. In fact, the
contract drawn up is called the “ketubah.”
But then the bridegroom would go
away for a period of about one year. These
weddings were usually betrothed in the
springtime around Passover. Not always,
but usually; that was the most common
time of year. The bridegroom would go
away for a period of about a year and he
would build an annex onto his father’s
house. He would not know the exact day
he was coming back, but he knew it would
be about a year’s time. It would be his father
who would inspect the work and say,
“Now go.” The father knew, not the son.
The son would not know the exact day, but
they knew it would be about a year’s time.
Hence, because the bridegroom didn’t know
the exact day, neither would the bride. She
would simply know two things: it would
be about a year, and the second thing she
would know is that it would be in the night.
The bridegroom always comes in the
night. She would go to sleep and she didn’t
know if he was coming this very night or
tomorrow night. Is it going to be tonight?
This is the background of the Song of Solomon.
Is it tonight he is going to come?
The night is the most common metaphor
in the Bible for the Great Tribulation
and its approach. Things get dark at the end
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of the world. This is why the Bible says,
Watchman, watchman, how far is
the night?, (Is 21:11) Is he coming in
the second watch of the night or the
third?, (Lk. 12:38) He’s coming like
a thief in the night, (1 Th. 5:2; Rev.
16:15) Work while you have the light;
night will come when no man can
work, (Jn. 9:4) In the Song of Solomon,
the bridegroom comes for the
bride in the night, (SS 5:2) In Matthew
25, the bridegroom comes in the
night. (Mt. 25:6)
It is very dark at the end of the world
before Jesus comes. The world goes
through the Great Tribulation and He takes
His bride out of here.
The Nuptial
He goes away for a year, and he returns
in a year for the nuptial. The nuptial was a
matter of ritual and it was a ceremony where
the “ketubah” would be read before witnesses.
That would be the nuptial. So first
the betrothal, then the nuptial a year later.
Their nuptial was not similar to what is
familiar to us. It was a banquet that went on
for several days. At some point during the
course of the nuptial, the bride and bridegroom
would consummate their marriage.
This would be the third phase, obviously
– it would be physical, sexual.
All three phases were necessary for the
marriage to be valid by Jewish law: the betrothal,
the nuptial, the consummation. But
these three come into play in terms of a
covenant. Betrothal is when the covenant is
initiated and nuptial is when there is a convocation
– witnesses to the marital union.
(These correspond to the witnesses to the
romance of Solomon and Shulamite in the
Song of Solomon which reflect the “tsaba’ot
ha’shamayim,” the “hosts of heaven.”)
The Consummation
“Consummation” is a difficult word to
translate. For want of a better word, I will
translate it, “union.” But that is just my
best efforts to translate the Hebrew word
“achdut” – “a plural oneness.” They asked
Jesus what is the greatest commandment
and He said, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our
God is oneness” – “Sh’ma Yisra’el Adonai
Eloheinu Adonai echad.” (Dt. 6:4)
But that term “echad,” from which we get
“achdut,” is the same term for Adam and
Eve becoming one flesh. (Gen. 2:24) The
Hebrew idiom for consummating a marriage
again is “and he went into her.” (Gen.
29:30) One person goes inside of another
person and a third person is procreated.
It is one-in-three; it is three-in-one. “Let
Us make man in Our image, according to
Our likeness.” (Gen. 1:26) Hence the act
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of marital consummation and procreation
was to reflect the eternal oneness, or the
compound oneness, of the Godhead. (This
is also one reason God hates divorce. The
permanency of the Christian marriage is to
testify to the eternal union of the Godhead
itself. We are made in His image and likeness.)
This is “achdut.”
So the wedding had a betrothal when
the covenant was initiated; it was contractual
and legal. Then a year later a nuptial
took place where there was a convocation;
this was ritual and ceremonial where the
witnesses would read the “ketubah.” And
then the third, consummation – both physical
and sexual – was when the image or the
likeness of God was replicated or reflected.
The Eschatological Meaning
These things are all important eschatologically.
“Betrothal” is the First Coming of
Christ. “Nuptial” – the Marriage Supper of
the Lamb, is the “Perusia,” that is, the Second
Coming of Christ. The “betrothal” is
the First Coming – the “nuptial” is the Second.
“Consummation” corresponds to the
book of Revelation where the bride comes
down, adorned for her husband. (Rev.
21:2) That speaks of the eternal intimacy
God will have with His people in Heaven.
So “betrothal” has to do with the First
Coming of Jesus, “nuptial” the Second
Coming of Jesus, and “consummation” is
eternity. It corresponds to the intimacy the
Lord will have with His bride in eternity in
the book of Revelation. All three phases are
what constitutes the Jewish wedding in the
time of Jesus. Unless we understand this,
we will not properly comprehend what He
is telling us in the parable.
He Sends His “Army”
On first reading it is very obvious He
is speaking about the first century, those
who have been invited who are unwilling
to come.
He came to His own, and those who
were His own did not receive Him.
But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children
of God, even to those who believe in
His name, (Jn.1:11-12)
Most Jews rejected their Messiah.
Only a faithful remnant accepted Him at
His First Coming, and He turned His grace
to other people.
The apostles and Jewish believers were
persecuted by the rabbis so we are told God
sends His army. And the forces Jesus and
the prophet Daniel predicted, the Romans,
destroy the city. (Dan. 9:27; 11:31; Mt.
24:15) They destroy Jerusalem in A.D. 70
just as Jesus and Daniel prophesied. The
temple was destroyed.
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These things happened in the first century
in part. But how do we understand,
“he sent his armies”? (Mt. 22:7)
“His army” is not angelic; “His army”
is human. But that does not mean they are
good guys. On the contrary, “His army”
means something very different. Going all
the way back to the book of Judges and
throughout the history of Israel, we see the
same pattern. When God’s people broke
the covenant and were unfaithful – when
they went into idolatry and immorality and
would not repent and began to persecute
the prophets whom God sent to warn them
to repent – He would get somebody, some
nation, worse than they were to invade
them. He would get somebody completely
heathen. He would get the Philistines, He
would get the Amalekites, He would later
get the Assyrians to take the ten tribes into
captivity in 721 B.C. He would get the
Babylonians in 585 B.C., and prior to them
He had the Assyrians. In A.D. 70 it was the
Romans. God’s “army” is somebody worse
than His people. He gets somebody worse
than they are: Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians,
Romans – He always does that.
However, look at what it says in Joel…
“Then I will make up to you for the
years That the swarming locust has
eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping
locust and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among
you.” (Joel 2:25)
There are four kinds of locusts, Joel
says. The “swarming” ones, the “creeping”
ones, the “stripping” ones and the
“gnawing” ones. Joel uses insects the way
that Daniel uses animals or monsters. He
uses them as symbols or metaphors for political
entities. The Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar
would invade four times and
he compares the four invasions and what
the Babylonians would do to locusts that
creep, locusts that strip, locusts that gnaw,
and locusts that swarm. There were four
invasions.
Once the people repent, God destroys
Babylon. Joel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah are
all saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon” (Is.
21:9; Jer. 51:8; Rev. 14:8)! Before Babylon
even rose on the scene, God predicted
its destruction. In other words, when
people would not repent, when they broke
the covenant, when they persecuted the
prophets, He might get the Philistines or
the Assyrians or the Babylonians or the
Romans. But once He used them for His
purposes as an instrument of correction for
His own people, then He would destroy the
heathen. Their fate was sealed. They were
very confident in all this, but their fate was
sealed. God just raised them up expressly
for a time and a purpose to deal with His
own people. He is not concerned with the
unbelievers, He is concerned with His own.
This was Joel’s army. The King sends
His army. He gets somebody worse than
they are. The Jews could not believe that
God was going to use the Babylonians.
(This is the book of Jeremiah.) They could
not believe that He would get somebody
so heathen as they. In the same way they
could not believe that God would use the
Romans to destroy Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
They could not believe He would do such
a thing. “We’re not as bad as they are; they
are not the people of the covenant.”
But God would say, “You should know
better. They are just being what they are – savages;
you are supposed to be a holy people.”
He gets somebody who is worse. Once
they persecuted the prophets He would get
somebody worse.
This happens in 721 B.C. with the Assyrians
in Samaria, it happens in 585 B.C.
with the Babylonians in Jerusalem. The
Jews persecute Jeremiah and so forth, and
the Babylonians destroy the first temple in
Jerusalem, the first temple built by Solomon.
They destroy it on a day in August,
“T’sha B’Av,” roughly the 9 th of August.
The Romans destroy the second temple the
same day of the year in A.D. 70 – the same,
exact day of the year five centuries later, the
Romans destroy the second temple. Once
Jeremiah was rejected, the Babylonians
destroyed the first temple; once Jesus was
rejected, the Romans destroyed the second
temple the same day of the year, “T’sha
B’Av.” On this day the rabbis read the book
of Lamentations to mourn the event.
The mystery religions which began in
Babylon with the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11)
– which had their apex under the Babylonian
Empire – these found their way into
the Greco-Roman Empire via a city called
“Pergamum” particularly (Rev. 2:12-17),
and via Pergamum into the Greco-Roman
world. So by the time of Jesus, the mystery
religions of Babylon found a home
in Rome. That is why Peter writes in his
epistle, “She who is in Babylon…sends you
greetings.” (1 Pe. 5:13) He is actually writing
from Rome, but those same mystery
religions come from Babylon. The early
Christians identified Rome with Babylon.
They destroyed the temple the same
day. In other words, what happened n 585
B.C. happened again in A.D. 70 on the exact
day. God’s people would not repent so
He gets somebody worse than them. And
so we see in the first century, when most
Jews reject their Messiah and persecute the
apostles, God gets His army and the Romans
destroy the city.
The Nuptial is at Hand
‘Go therefore to the main highways,
and as many as you find there, invite
to the wedding feast.’ (Matthew 22:9)
God turns His grace to the Gentile nations.
THAT happened in the first century,
but that is not primarily what this parable
is talking about. That is only PARTIALLY
what this parable is talking about because
the wedding feast is at hand. It happens at
the end of the age. It is not only for the First
Coming, it is recapitulated – it happens
again for the Second Coming. The wedding
is at hand. It is not the betrothal, it is the
nuptial – the wedding feast, the banquet.
Notice there are two groups of servants
sent out to invite people in Matthew 22. The
first go out, simply, with an ordinary wedding
invitation. “Réspondez s’il vous plait”
– RSVP. But the people were unwilling to
come. He sends out OTHER servants, telling
them, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner;
my oxen…my livestock…everything is
ready…” The second group does not go
out with a simple response of “s’il vous
plait”; the second group goes out with the
sense of urgency. “The wedding is at hand
– the bridegroom cometh.” This is what we
call, or what Matthew calls, “the Gospel
of the Kingdom.” (Mt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14)
The Gospel of the Kingdom
The Gospel is the Gospel. God becomes
a man to take our sin in order to
give us His righteousness, He raised us
from the dead in order to give us eternal
life. The Gospel is the Gospel. But there
are different aspects to it, different characters
in which it is preached. In Ephesians
6 and Isaiah 52 it is called the “Gospel of
Peace.” (Is. 52:7; Eph. 6:15) Elsewhere it
is called the “Gospel of Salvation.” (Ro.
1:16; Eph. 1:13) But here it is the “Gospel
of the Kingdom.” What does that mean?
Look to Matthew 24, the Olivet Discourse.
They ask Jesus what is the sign of
the end of the world and His coming, and He
gives all these signs. And then He says…
“This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be
preached… (Mt. 24:14)
The “Gospel of the Kingdom” is what
we see in Matthew’s Gospel where we find
the recurrent “kingdom” theme. The theme
of the kingdom keeps coming up in Matthew
more than in the other Gospels. In
Matthew, in the “Gospel of the Kingdom,”
Jesus speaks of hell three times as much as
He does about heaven.
John the Baptist preached the “Gospel
of the Kingdom”: “Repent, the kingdom is
at hand.” (Mt. 3:2)
What is this “Gospel of the Kingdom”
that is to be preached in the Last Days?
“The Bridegroom cometh.” It is when we
use End Times prophecy to engage people
in evangelistic dialogue.
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There was a book written in the 1970’s.
(Tragically, its author is on his fifth marriage
– I will not get on a platform with
him.) Nonetheless, a lot of people – a LOT
of people – were saved through a book
called The Late, Great Planet Earth. The
book was an over-simplification of End
Times prophecy, but a lot of people were
saved through it. What did he do? He used
End Times prophecy to see people saved. In
the Last Days the way we should be focusing
our evangelism is by using the return of
Christ – End Times prophecy – as a means
of communicating the way of salvation.
The first group of servants says, “You
are invited to the wedding.” But the second
group of servants, when the nuptial approaches,
is sent out with this sense of urgency,
“The Bridegroom is coming! Everything
is ready! The marriage supper is at hand!”
When I was first saved in the very early
1970’s, everybody was talking about the
return of Jesus. EVERYBODY. Now we
are 40 years closer to the return of Christ
but there is far less interest in eschatology;
there is far less interest in the Last Days.
There is far less interest in the return of
Jesus now than there was 40 years ago despite
the fact that we are 40 years closer to
Him coming back. THIS is a deception in
itself. Almost every lie of the devil aimed
at the body of Christ in the Western world
today is designed to get us to focus on
THIS life or this world. The Word-Faith/
Kingdom Prosperity gospel, the Kingdom
Now stuff, the social gospel, the global
P.E.A.C.E. plan – all of these things are
designed to get us to set our hope in this
world instead of in the return of Christ.
But Jesus said, “When you see these
events happening” – and we are SEEING
them: The countries of the Roman Empire
reconfederating into a non-democratic Europe;
the Ecumenical Movement (coming
under Rome, false religions of the world
uniting); we are seeing the destruction of
the environment – the book of Revelation,
“Let us destroy those who destroy the earth”
(Rev. 11:18); the countries that are at the
center of world events in the Bible are at the
center of world events again. These things
all point to the return of Jesus. They have
never happened before in this way ever.
The Jews have not been in that land 2,000
years, nearly, but they are there now just
as Jesus said they would be. And they are
turning back to Christ again. These things
have not happened before, but the Bible
says they would happen in the Last Days.
Why do people do the “Nancy Reagan”
thing? She used to go Jeanne Dixon,
to a fortune teller, then go tell her husband
how to run the country when he was President.
Why do people, like Nancy Reagan,
go to fortune tellers? Why do people read
horoscopes and tarot cards? Why do they
do that? They want to know the future.
Unsaved people have a curiosity about the
future. They want to know the future. Well,
we KNOW the future. We know how the
church will end up, we know how the nations
of the world will end up, we know how
the situation in the Middle East will end
up, we know how the planet will end up.
We KNOW the future. And we will know
it clearer and clearer – at least the faithful
Christians will understand it clearer and
clearer – the closer we get to Jesus’ coming.
WE know what they want! We should
be using End Times prophecy to evangelize
people. “Look, do you see what is happening
in the Middle East? You see what
is happening in Iraq? That was Babylon in
the Bible. Now American troops are there.
Look what Jesus said: Jerusalem would be
trampled down by the feet of the Gentiles
until the time of the Gentiles are completed.
(Lk. 21:24) In Zechariah it says all the
nations will come against Israel in the Last
Days. (Zech. 12:3) Look at that!”
Chinese – over 2 billion people
– watched them kill 8,000 students at Tiananmen
Square. Not one U.N. resolution
was passed against China. The Muslims
murdered over 3.3 million Christians in
11 years in Sudan and Darfur and not one
U.N. resolution was passed against them,
only for a boycott. But more than half of
the boycotts are against Israel. There are
even Christians like D. James Kennedy
telling Christians to be against Israel. Do
not be against the Muslim countries who
persecute Arab Christians; be against Israel
who protects the rights of Arab Christians.
This is being taught in churches. These
things fulfill prophecy.
Get unsaved people to look at world
events. Who is not concerned about Iraq?
Who is not concerned about the Middle
East? Who is not concerned about the environment?
Who is not concerned about
the globalization of the world economy?
We use these things to evangelize people.
A Sense of Urgency
The second group has a different emphasis
to its proclamation. It is the same
wedding, the same invitation, but it is presented
with a sense of urgency. When we
see prophecy being fulfilled, that is what
Jesus said to do – tell them it is imminent.
Now if Jesus said to do something, we can
be absolutely sure that Satan does not want
Christians to do it. If Jesus said to do it,
Satan will say, “Don’t do it.”
There are some pretty good Baptist
preachers in this country. Whether one
might like him or not – I am not saying he
is perfect, but he is a man of God – John
MacArthur will tell you that contemporary
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events in the Middle East fulfill prophecy.
He knows that.
Some other Baptists, people like
John Piper, will say, “No they don’t.”
These people are deluded. These are
the signs of the return of Christ. But Satan
does not want anyone to recognize them as
signs of the return of Christ. He does not
want Christians to recognize the signs. He
does not want them to be ready for when
the Bridegroom comes. And he certainly
does not want them communicating the
Gospel effectively.
One of the things that scared me the
most is this: there is a new form of exegesis,
a new form of hermeneutics called
“Highlight-and-Delete/Cut-and-Paste.”
A Jehovah’s Witness would not have the
audacity to do this, but Rick Warren, the
guy who writes the Purpose Driven books,
actually teaches this.
It is amazing. When the Syrians assassinated
the Christian leader of Lebanon,
Pierre Gemayel, Rick Warren went to Syria
and began singing the praises of this regime
that sponsors Hezbollah to fire missiles
into Israel and to murder Christians, saying
how wonderful the Syrians were. That was
Mr. Warren. And then he came back and
said those who criticized him are people
who want to have a political gospel. Well,
he did not preach salvation in Jesus to the
Syrians, he only preached politics when he
was there himself. That was unbelievable.
But he teaches – and it is in print, it is
on his Web site – to keep away from End
Times prophecy, that it is a diversion. End
Times prophecy is a “diversion” to Rick
Warren. And his proof-text was Acts 1:6.
He said, and I am quoting him verbatim,
“When they asked Jesus what will be the
end of the age and what will be the sign
of your coming, He said, ‘It’s not for you
to know the times or seasons the Father’s
fixed by His own authority, but you shall
receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
upon you; you shall be My witnesses.’”
Well, let’s see what it REALLY says.
Turn to Acts…
So when they had come together, they
were asking Him…
….that is, Jesus…
…saying “Lord, is it at this time You
are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
He said to them, “It is not for you to
know times or epochs which the Father
has fixed by His own authority;
(Acts 1:6-7)
They did not ask Jesus, “What would
be the sign of the end of the age and Your
coming?” as misquoted by Rick Warren.
They asked Him, “When are you going to
restore the kingdom.”
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These were Jews. The apostles were
Jews. And they were simply asking Jesus,
“When are you going to restore the kingdom
to Israel?”
The Messiah had to restore the house
of David, the throne of David (Amos 9:11-
12; Acts 15:15-18). They were asking Him,
“When are You going to fulfill the rest of the
Old Testament prophecies? When are You
going to restore the royal line of David?”
They were asking when will the
Millennium be? There must be a Millennium.
Jesus did not fulfill all the Old Testament
prophecies in His First Coming. He
still must fulfill the promises to the house
of David. If there is no Millennium, He is
not the Messiah. He had not yet fulfilled
these prophecies. He must fulfill the rest
of the prophecies.
One Messiah, Two Comings
In Judaism, there are two pictures of
the Messiah: “Messiah Son of Joseph” and
“Messiah Son of David” – “HaMashiach
Ben Jozef” and “HaMashiach Ben David.”
The rabbis say that Joseph, in the book of
Genesis, and King David, are both pictures
of the Messiah. And some of the rabbis say
there are two different Messiahs: one in
the character of Joseph, one in the character
of David.
Joseph, in the book of Genesis, was
betrayed by his Jewish brothers into the
hands of the Gentiles. God took that betrayal
and turned it around and made it a
way for all Israel, and all the world, to be
saved. So Jesus was betrayed by His Jewish
brothers into the hands of the Gentiles and
God took that betrayal and made it a way
for all Israel, and all the world, to be saved.
That same Joseph was condemned
with two criminals. As Joseph prophesied,
one would live and one would die. Jesus
was condemned with two criminals and, as
He prophesied, one lives, one dies.
Joseph went from a place of condemnation
to a place of exaltation in a single day;
so Jesus goes from a place of condemnation
to a place of exaltation in a single day.
To Joseph every knee had to bow; so
to Jesus, every knee shall bow.
Upon exaltation, Joseph takes a Gentile
bride; upon exaltation, Jesus the son of
Joseph takes a Gentile bride, as it were the
church.
They bring Joseph’s cloak to prove he
is not in the pit; they bring Jesus’ shroud to
prove He is not in the tomb.
Joseph is betrayed by his brother “Yehuda”
– “Judas” for 20 pieces of silver; so
Jesus is betrayed by “Yehuda” – “Judas”
– for 30 pieces of silver.
Joseph’s brothers, the Jews, do not
recognize him at the first coming, they
recognize him at the second and they weep
bitterly; so Zechariah 12 states that Jesus’
brothers, the Jews, do not recognize Him
at the First Coming, they recognize Him at
the Second and they weep bitterly.
That is the “Messiah the Son of Joseph,”
the “Suffering Servant” in Judaism.
But then they have the “Messiah the Son
of David” who comes in the character of
David and brings God’s rule and conquers.
What the apostles are asking Jesus in Acts
1:6 is, “We know you’re the ‘Son of Joseph.’
When are You going to be the ‘Son
of David’?” “We know you’re the ‘Suffering
Servant.’ When are you going to be the
‘Conquering King’?” For Jesus to be the
Messiah, He had to fulfill ALL the Old
Testament prophecies; both the “Son of Joseph”
ones, and the “Son of David” ones.
In His First Coming, He fulfills the
“Son of Joseph” prophecies as the “Suffering
Servant.” In His Second Coming,
He sets up the Millennial Kingdom and
establishes the promises to David. If there
is no Millennium, Jesus is not the Messiah.
If Yeshua is not the Messiah, Jesus is
not the Christ. Forget all this amillennial,
post-millennial hogwash. It is an invention
of incipient Roman Catholicism. It came
into play after Constantine the Great. After
Constantine pseudo-Christianized the Roman
Empire they had to spiritualize away
the Millennium. But the early Christians
believed it. Jesus must fulfill the rest of
these prophecies.
And so they are asking Him in Acts
1:6, “is it at THIS time You are restoring
the kingdom?” Never is the kingdom restored
to the church – only to Israel. Jesus’
kingdom is NOT of this world. (Jn. 18:36)
He only restores the kingdom to Israel.
That is what they are asking Him.
Cut-And-Paste Theology
Well, let us do what Rick Warren did.
Pretend Acts 1 is on a computer screen.
Take the mouse and highlight verse 6 and
delete it. Then turn to Matthew 24:3-4…
As He was sitting on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him
privately, saying, “Tell us, when will
these things happen, and what will be
the sign of Your coming, and of the
end of the age?” And Jesus answered
and said to them, “See to it that no
one misleads you.
The first words out of His mouth are
to look out for deception, and He gives a
whole list of things to look out for. Highlight
verse 3 and cut-and-paste it in place of
verse 6 of Acts 1. What Rick Warren actually
did was take verse 3 from Matthew 24
and substitute it for Acts 1:6. And then he
instructs not to study the Last Days, keep
away from it, it is a diversion. A Jehovah’s
Witness would not have the audacity to
pull a stunt like that with the Word of God,
but Rick Warren has!
What scares me is how many pastors
are teaching this garbage and listening to
him and his global P.E.A.C.E. plan. Peace?
There is no peace until the Prince of Peace
returns. We will be hearing of wars and
rumors of wars (Mt. 24:6). That does not
mean we should not work for peace, but
to think that the church is going to bring
in global peace? That is not what the Bible
teaches. Additionally, GOD’S peace plan
is the Gospel. “Shod your feet with the
shoes of the gospel of peace” (Eph. 6:15).
Isaiah says, “How lovely on the mountains
are the FEET of him and who brings
good news, the gospel of peace” (Is. 52:7).
There is no evangelism in Rick Warren’s
P.E.A.C.E. plan. He has his own
peace plan, which somehow people imagine
to be Christian. THIS is the very kind
of deception we are told to look out for in
the Last Days. “If possible, the elect will
be deceived.” (Mt. 24:24)
Jesus said, “Preach the Gospel of the
Kingdom” (Mt. 24:14). Use End Times
prophecy. Tell people the Bridegroom is
coming. Here is an invitation to the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb; it is imminent, it
is soon, Jesus is coming again. That is the
way we should be evangelizing. But because
that is the way Jesus said we should
be evangelizing, Satan will get messengers
into the church to deceive with a different
message. We either believe Purpose Driven
or we believe the New Testament, but
we cannot believe both. We either agree
with Jesus or we agree with Rick Warren,
but we cannot agree with both.
They Go Their Own Way
What does Jesus tell us? He sends them
out and He says it’s imminent.
But they paid no attention…
What we will see before Jesus returns
is a growing apathy. Both Jesus and Peter
use the days of Noah to illustrate what the
Last Days will be like. Jesus warns Christians,
Peter warns about unsaved people.
Unsaved people, Peter tells us, are going
to say when we tell them judgment is coming,
that the end is coming, “See, things
are continuing the way they have always
been” (2 Pe. 2:13).
It’ will be the way it was with Noah.
Noah preached and preached and preached.
In the end, only seven people besides he
were saved and they were all related to
him (2 Pe. 2:5). They did not believe until
it was too late, until he was on the ark. That
is what the Last Days will be like. We will
see an increasing apathy towards the Gospel
and with this apathy…
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…they paid no attention and went
their own way… (Mt. 22:5)
When people deviate from the Word of
God they will go their own way. Instead of
preaching a biblical Gospel they will get a
“seeker sensitive” one. Instead of getting a
biblical philosophy of mission they will get
one based on psychology and marketing.
Now understand what this would have
meant to a Jew. “Kulanu katson tainu.”
All we like sheep have gone astray,
Each has turned to his own way;
This would be Isaiah 53:6 jumping
right off the page. They go their own way.
People will begin to innovate and develop
their own concepts of religion which is
purely “subjectivist” – “It works for me.”
There are so-called Bible study groups
where instead of the Word of God being
expounded people read a passage and discuss
it. “This is what it means to me. This
is how it speaks to MY heart.” Well it may
speak to the heart, but first it is necessary
to establish the objective meaning. “It must
be God; I feel blessed!”
I saw people on the floor in Toronto,
Canada, imitating animals and then saying,
“I couldn’t control it! It must be God,
I couldn’t control it!” Well the fruit of the
Spirit is self-control (1 Co. 9:25; Gal. 5:22-
23) – “egkrateia” in Greek – (we are told
that twice). By virtue of the fact they could
not control it proves it could not possibly
be God. If God is not in control of somebody,
they are not in control of themselves.
The fruit of the Holy Spirit is self-control,
not the lack of it. These people are crazy!
But they go their own way. They have their
own definition of what is spiritual, of what
is acceptable to God. They make their
own religion.
The money preachers are great at this.
The New Testament says very little about
money and most of what it says is a warning.
These guys talk about money more
than they do about anything else. They go
their own way.
The Have a Temporal Focus
Third…
… one goes to his own farm… (Mt.
22:5)
Agriculture was the first livelihood that
God ordained. What could be more natural
than farming? Man was not to work by the
sweat of his brow but he was to work. He
put Adam in the garden to tend it. Think
about it. The two preeminent professions
in the modern world that are generally the
best paid, that are the most difficult postgraduate
faculties to get into are law and
medicine. They are the two best paid, the
two most prestigious, the two most difficult
to get into. Both of those professions only
exist as a direct result of the fall of man.
Had man not sinned, we would not need
any lawyers and we would not need any
doctors. Neither would we need dentists,
undertakers, prison guards, policemen, and
a lot of other things. But we would still
need farmers.
There is nothing wrong with farming.
However, while Peter uses the days
of Noah to explain what unsaved people
will be like, in the Olivet Discourse Jesus
warns what Christians will be like. They
will be “eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage” (Mt. 24:37-39).
There is nothing wrong with drinking
and eating or getting married in and of
themselves. The problem is people become
consumed by a temporal focus.
There was a Purpose-Driven church in
California not long ago – I am telling the
honest truth – and the sermon was, “How
to Clean Out Your Garage.” That was
the sermon.
I was at a big “seeker sensitive” church
a number of times in Florida visiting my
mother. who was in a Jewish retirement
community, but I do not go to that church
any longer. As I was visiting my mother
at Christmas time I tuned in to a Christian
radio station. I was listening to J. Vernon
McGee and Adrian Rodgers, the old stuff,
some Christmas carols, and that was all
pretty good, but then this pastor of a megachurch
came on. This was his Christmas
sermon: “How Not To Get Stressed Out
When You’re Decorating the Christmas
Tree.” This is an evangelical church! One
year when Christmas fell on a Sunday,
guess what they did? They cancelled the
Sunday service because it fell on a holiday.
There is a big danger in the Last Days –
people become temporally focused. Things
that are not wrong in themselves, things
which could even be RIGHT in themselves
– certainly things that are natural – become
what people are focused on. Biblically, everything
we do – marriage, career, profession,
business – all of those things should
be evaluated and defined in relation to our
eternal relationship with God in Christ.
Everything we do should be viewed in
terms of how it is going to affect eternity. If
we have an eternal perspective of the temporal,
things like marriage, career, business,
family, it could be good. But when
our focus becomes temporal, good things
– natural things – become distractions.
“One to his own farm,” but then it says…
…another to his business…
We are told in 2 Timothy 2 that treacherous
times will come when men will be
lovers of self – that is psychology again
– and lovers of money (2 Ti. 2:1-2). And it
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is not just the world; it is these mammonworshiping
prosperity preachers corrupting
God’s people. They are actually calling
the sin of covetousness “faith.” They are
practicing mammon-worship and calling
it “Christianity.” They are teaching faith
in “faith,” pretending it is faith in Jesus
Christ. If that is what the church is like,
what do we expect from the world?
Apathy Becomes Persecution
But then, in verse 6…
…the rest seized his slaves and mistreated
them and killed them.
It may begin with apathy, but it turns
into persecution.
Yes, schools in California are teaching
Islam, calling it “cultural awareness,”
outlawing the teaching of Christianity. A
U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day
O’Connor, wrote the decision to take the
Ten Commandments out of the judicial
building in Alabama. Despite the fact that
more than 70% of the people wanted it in
there, this Reagan Republican judge said,
“Take it out.” Despite the fact that most
people in this country believe in an intelligent
design to the creation, another Republican
judge appointed by George Bush
in Pennsylvania recently said no one can
teach intelligent design.
I am not a Democrat or Republican. I
will pray for whichever one gets elected,
but for me they are like the heirs to the
throne of Solomon, Jeroboam and Rehoboam.
Which “’Boam” do you want? I
do not care who wins the election but they
are a bum. If it’s the Republican, he is a
bum; if she is a Democrat, she is a bum. I
will pray for them. I will pray for the bum,
but do not tell me they are not a bum. Nations
get the leaders they deserve. Because
we have turned our backs on God as a society,
we get leaders who are godless.
But those who stand against this will be
persecuted for it, They are going to make
it “hate speech” if we warn against homosexuality;
if we speak against divorce it is
going to be “hate speech.” They will begin
criminal prosecutions. They are already
doing it in Sweden, Canada, Britain – they
are going to do it here.
Pray for politicians, but do not trust
them. Forget about what the Founding Fathers
supposedly believed, that is history.
The god of today’s politicians is money.
Persecution, Jesus said, means we “will be
hated by all nations because of My name”
(Mt. 24:9).
Rosie O’Donnell said fundamentalist
Christians are just as dangerous as fundamentalist
Muslims. I would like to bring
her with me to the Middle East and show
her around. I saw 17 people blown to bits
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in front of me once. I would like to bring
her to the Middle East and say, “Get on
that bus. What do you want to do, get in
that bus or go into that Baptist church?
Where are you going to feel safer, Rosie?”
But people will still listen to her. They will
listen to HER rather than listen to THIS.
The King Becomes Enraged
Persecution will come, but what happens
when persecution comes? What does
it say in verse 7…
…the king was enraged…
It does not say the king was “unhappy,”
it doesn’t say the king was “disturbed,” it
says he “was enraged.” It’s a terrifying
thing to fall into the hands of the Living
God. He is enraged. God is angry.
I have pointed out before that Abraham
has two kinds of descendants: the anthropological
and the theological; the descendants
by birth and the descendants by
second birth.
And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will
curse. (Gen. 12; 3)
Amazing. Any civilization that has
persecuted the Jews or that has persecuted
the true church has come under the wrath
of God.
I teach in Indonesia. In Indonesia in
the past few years 3,000 churches have
been burned to the ground by the Muslims.
In East Timor, Muslims murdered 300,000
Christians. Nobody cares; most do not even
know about it. In the Auckland Islands they
have murdered between 30-40,000. Nobody
cares. But the worst area of Indonesia
is where the “Sharia” – Islamic law – is
enforced in a place called “Banda Aceh.”
I speak in Banda Aceh and I speak at
a Bible college in Indonesia where I help
train young Indonesian evangelists and
seminarians for the ministry. They are
going into Muslim villages to plant new
churches and to preach the Gospel, facing
the prospect of persecution and martyrdom
knowingly. These are people 18, 19,
20 years old. Their attitude, of course, is
“Jesus died for me; it would be my privilege
to die for Jesus.” They are not like the
money preachers in America: “You don’t
have to suffer; you’re a King’s kid! Blabit-and-grab-it!”
These people in Indonesia
are Christians; they are REAL Christians.
Yes, I have seen “real” Christians in
America. I have seen “real” Christians in
Tennessee. But the only places I have seen
real Christianity is where the church is persecuted.
Oh, I can show you real Christians
in Tennessee, I can show you real Christians
in England, I can show you real Christians
in Australia – I can. But to see real
Christianity, come with me to Indonesia,
come with me to Kenya, and you will see
real Christianity. There is a big difference.
So in Banda Aceh they persecute
Christians terribly. CNN does not care,
ABC does not care, the BBC probably
applauds it. Nobody seems to care. “Go
ahead, Muhammad, persecute Christians.”
Only I hope you are a real good swimmer.
Well over 90% of the aid that came to
the tsunami victims came from the Christian
countries. Despite a doubling of oil
revenues in the previous year, the Saudi
Arabians and the Gulf Emirates gave
chicken feed. But although more than 90%
of the aid came from the Christianized
countries, more than 90% – in fact more
than 95% – of the victims were Muslim. It
is God’s judgment the same as the earthquake
in Pakistan.
People in a lot of churches and denominations
have this misconception that
the Protestant Reformers rediscovered the
Gospel: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, whatever.
That is not true. There were people
who never lost it. In England they were
called the “Lollards,” the followers of
John Wycliffe. In Central Europe they
were called the “Bohemian Brethren,” the
followers of John Huss. In Western Europe
they were called the “Waldensians.”
They were always around. There was never
a time when there were not born-again
Christians. It is just that during the Holy
Roman Empire (which was neither “holy”
nor “Roman”) the Pope always had the
means to stop the expansion of the Gospel.
True believers were terribly persecuted.
Can you imagine 40% of the population of
Europe being wiped out? Well, it happened.
After the pogroms against the Christians
and the Jews were carried out by the medieval
papacy, 40% of Europe’s population
was wiped out. 40% of Catholic Europe
was killed overnight. During the Middle
Ages they had something called the “Bubonic
Plague”; “Black Death.” The king
becomes enraged!
He Sends His Army
But when He is REALLY enraged,
when someone persecutes His people, He
sends His army. He always gets somebody
worse than they are. Israel could not believe
God would use the Philistines, or the
Assyrians, or the Babylonians, or the Romans,
but He did. He gets somebody worse
than they are. Then when He uses them as
His instrument of judgment, He gets rid
of them.
Who is God’s army of judgment today?
Again, it is not a coincidence that
the countries at the center of world events
in the Bible are the same countries at the
center of world events now. Islam is God’s
judgment on backslidden America, Britain,
and Europe. Islam is God’s judgment on
His own people Israel. This is God’s judgment.
Despite the threat, our own politicians,
our own President, will not protect
the borders. This is God’s judgment. For a
year after September 11 th , the President – I
am only telling you, it is not political, just a
fact – continued the Express Visa program
for Saudi Arabians to come in. They gave
10,000 visas to Saudi Arabians in a single
year alone to come live in this country,
students and so forth. This is an invasion.
Paris, France – burned. Bradford, England
– burned. London, England – bombed. My
native New York – bombed. Madrid, Spain
– bombed.
“But the king was enraged, and he
sent his armies and destroyed those
murderers and set their city on fire.
(Mt. 22:7)
Yes, murderers. 3,000 killed on September
11 th , my sister’s husband being one
of them. 3,000. That is how many babies
we abort every year in the United States?
No, that’s how many babies we abort every
DAY in the United States. Murderers. 40
million? 40 million since Roe vs. Wade?
We are a nation of murderers. The King is
enraged! We are under His judgment.
Now do not worry, “Fallen, fallen is
Babylon!” (Is. 21:9; Jer. 51:8; Rev. 14:8;
18:2). Once the Babylonians fulfilled their
purpose, God got rid of them; He got rid of
the Assyrians, He got rid of ALL of them.
Islam’s goose is well-cooked. We have unfulfilled
prophecies in Isaiah and so forth of
the wholesale destruction of Arab Muslim
capitals that has never happened. Damascus
must be destroyed before or when Jesus
comes, so must Kedar (Saudi Arabia),
so must Ammon – these prophecies have
never been fulfilled as yet.
And the Hebrew word is not just “destroy”;
it is “obliterate.” It is the same word
for what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah.
These Arab capitals are going to disappear
from the face of the earth. God is
going to destroy them. The Lord is going to
make war against the Arab world, against
the Muslim world and destroy these nations
AFTER He uses them to bring judgment
and correction to the Judeo-Christian nations
who have turned their back on Him.
THAT is what happened in the first
century, that is what happens in the last
century; that is what is happening NOW!
The Mis-Dressed at the Feast
But what happens next?
“Those slaves went out into the streets
and gathered together all they found,
both evil and good; and the wedding
hall was filled with dinner guests. But
when the king came in to look over the
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dinner guests, he saw a man there who
was not dressed in wedding clothes,
Again, not having the garments of salvation,
not properly attired for the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb.
…and he said to him, ‘Friend, how
did you come in here without wedding
clothes?’ And the man was speechless.
(Mt. 22:10-12)
When unsaved people who reject the
Gospel stand before the Lord, they will be
speechless. Atheists will be speechless;
they will have nothing to say. They will
have nothing to say to the King.
In Judaism, Yahweh is a King. Hebrew
prayers are, again, prefaced by the liturgical
introduction, “Baruch Atah Adonai,
Eloheinu Melech ha’olam” – “Blessed are
You, Lord God, King of the Universe.”
Yahweh is the King.
They will have nothing to say, they
will be speechless! The Darwinist will be
speechless! The gay and lesbian activist
will be speechless! The abortionist will be
speechless! The National Organization of
Women will be speechless! The American
Civil Liberties Union will be speechless!
They will be speechless! So will the liberal
theologians. They will be speechless. All
their big talk now? They will be speechless.
The rest of us will also be speechless, except
for three words: “Thank You, Jesus!”
Or in my case, two words: “Todai, Yeshua!”
“Then the king said to the servants,
‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw
him into the outer darkness; in that
place there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.” (Mt. 22:13)
Something being increasingly propagated
in the last 10-12 years is “Annihilationism.”
In England it is championed by
John Stott, the Anglican theocrat. “Hell
is not eternal and conscious, it is just an
annihilation.” There are saved Christians
– supposedly saved – teaching this. Well,
the term in Greek for the smoke of their
torment going up forever and ever (Rev.
14:11) is an interesting term: “anabaino
eis aion aion.” It’s simply the Greek way
of translating the Hebrew, “from age to
age.” The smoke of their torment went up,
“anabaino eis aion aion” It is the same
term used for the eternal high priesthood
of Jesus, the same term used for the eternal
glory of God, and the same term used for
our salvation. In other words, if hell is not
eternal and conscious, how can we be sure
Heaven is? It is the same term. John Stott
does not deal with that in his book.
There is More to Hell than
“Hell”
But look what it is saying...
…‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw
him into the outer darkness; in that
place there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.’ For many are called,
[but] few are chosen.” (Mt. 22:13-14)
What do I mean, “There is more to hell
than ‘hell’?” Well, it is not what I mean;
it is what the Bible says. There is more to
hell than “hell.”
It is not just the “Lake of Fire,” it is
not just the “outer darkness” where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, it is
not just the “smoke and the torment” going
up forever and ever. There is more to hell
than that. This person actually got into the
wedding feast and saw it and saw the Lord.
Hell will not just be “hell”; it will be the
conscious absence from Heaven. They will
see what they could have had and should
have had. They will know what should
have been and what could have been. They
will know what those who repented and accepted
Jesus are going to have: everlasting
life. Somehow this guy got in! They are going
to know, consciously, what they missed
as well as what they have instead. There is
more to hell than “hell. God bless.
For many are
called, but few
are chosen.
(Mt. 22:14)
NOTES: ‘The invitation,’ by Danny Hahlbohn,
www.inspired-art.com/inspiredartworks/home.html,
by permission for one time use.
Quote of the QUARTER !
Samuel Adams, said:
“The right to freedom being the gift of God
Almighty, it is not in the power of man to
alienate this gift and voluntarily become a
slave... These may be best understood by
reading and carefully studying the institutes
of the great Law Giver and Head of the
Christian Church, which are to be found
clearly written and promulgated in the
New Testament.” - Rights of the Colonists,
November 20, 1772
Feature Article – Continued
A menorah was engraved in stone around
2,000-years ago and found in a synagogue recently
discovered by the Sea of Galilee and is
thought to be one of the earliest depictions of
a menorah.
Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by
Roman legions in 70 A.D.
JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists
have uncovered one of the earliest depictions
of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra
that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel
Antiquities Authority said Friday.
The menorah was engraved in stone
around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue
recently discovered by the Sea of Galilee.
Pottery, coins and tools found at the site
indicate the synagogue dates to the period of
the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem, where
the actual menorah was kept, said archaeologist
Dina Avshalom-Gorni of the Israel Antiquities
Authority. The artist might have seen
the menorah during a pilgrimage and then
recreated it in the synagogue, she suggested.
A small number of depictions of the menorah
have surfaced from the same period, she said,
but this one was unique because it was inside
a synagogue and far from Jerusalem, illustrating
the link between Jews around Jerusalem
and in the Galilee to the north.
The menorah, depicted atop a pedestal with
a triangular base, is carved on a stone which
was placed in the synagogue’s central hall.
The temple in Jerusalem was destroyed
by Roman legions in 70 A.D. The Arch of Titus
in Rome, erected to mark the Roman victory,
depicts troops carrying the menorah from
Jerusalem to symbolize the defeat of the Jews.
The menorah became a Jewish symbol and is
featured today on Israel’s official emblem.
Most other depictions of the menorah were
made only after the temple’s destruction, and if
this finding is indeed earlier it could be closer
to the original, said Aren Maeir, an archaeology
professor at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
“If you have a depiction of the menorah
from the time of the temple, chances are it is
more accurate and portrays the actual object
than portrayals from after the destruction of
the temple, when it was not existent,” he said.
The ancient prayer house was discovered
in the town of Migdal, usually identified as the
birthplace of the New Testament’s Mary Magdalene,
whose name is thought to be based on
the town’s.
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Jacob Prasch
“ The Road to Emmaus”
At this time we are, by the Jewish
calendar, sandwiched in between “Hag
Mazot” and “Hag Shavu’ot” – Passover
and the Feast of Weeks, which in Christian
terms corresponds to the resurrection of
Jesus up until the day of Pentecost. It was
during this particular period of time when
Jesus, having risen from the dead, began
appearing to His disciples, beginning, of
course, in the garden with the resurrection.
He would then come and walk through
walls in Jerusalem; He would show up
on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Then
there was His famous encounter on the
road to Emmaus, which is what we will
look at here.
What Happens to Jesus
Happens to Us
Let us begin with the Hebrew prophet
Hosea – “Howshea Ha’Nabiy.”
“Come, let us return to the LORD. For
He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage
us. He will revive us after two
days; He will raise us up on the third
day, That we may live before Him. So
let us know, let us press on to know
the LORD. His going forth is as certain
as the dawn; And He will come to
us like the rain, Like the spring rain
watering the earth.” (Hosea 6:1-3)
We have here three verses, each with a
prophecy about Jesus, but somehow Hosea
says they equally apply to us in some sense.
“Let us return to the LORD.” “Return”
is “tesuba,” the Hebrew word for “repent”
meaning to turn back to God. We think of
repentance as when we are born again, but
Jesus tells the assembly at Ephesus, an assembly
with correct doctrine and good
work, to return to their first love. (Rev 2:4,5)
But then we read…
“…He has torn us, but He will heal
us; He has wounded us, but He will
bandage us.”
What happened to Jesus? He was
wounded. The same term is used in Isaiah
– literally, “He was cut into” (Is. 53:5)
– “paga” means “cut into.” This word
“paga” – “wounded,” “cut into” – is the
source of the Hebrew word “to intercede”
which means to be wounded on behalf of
another. And although there is a wounding,
the Lord brings a healing. On the cross
Jesus was wounded on our behalf, but of
course in the resurrection, as it were, He
was healed. And when the Lord wounds
us, He likewise bandages us.
He will revive us after two days; He
will raise us up on the third day, That
we may live before Him.
What happens to Jesus happens to us.
It is not just saying Jesus rises on the third
day, but it says we rise up on the third day.
His death is our death; therefore His resurrection
is our resurrection. Think of the
resurrection as prolific.
We are not waiting for the Rapture or
the resurrection; the Rapture and the resurrection
are already underway. We are
waiting for our role in it. The resurrection
began with the First Fruit – Jesus was
the First Fruit of the resurrection (1 Cor.
15:20). Because His death is our death,
His resurrection is our resurrection. The
resurrection has already begun and we are
simply waiting for our role in it. Likewise
with the ascension; the Rapture has already
begun. We are not waiting for the Rapture;
we are waiting for our role in it. This is
why Hebrews 1 provides the context, “in
these last days” (Heb. 1:2), because we are
already in the Last Days. The Rapture and
resurrection have already begun.
The best way I explain this is the example
of the Normandy Invasion, so-called
“D-Day,” in June of 1944. Officially, D-Day
was June 6, 1944, but it actually began on
June 5, when American and British commandos
were being dropped behind German
lines by parachute and were cutting
communications lines. But it was a secret.
It was not known what actually happened.
Even though the invasion of Normandy began
on June 5 th , only certain people knew it
was the invasion. It was not until the next
day, D-Day, that everybody knew what
was happening when the amphibious landings
took place on the beaches.
It is the same thing with the Last Days.
The Last Days have already begun, but
only the initiated know it. Only we know
it. It began with the resurrection and the ascension
of Jesus – the world does not know
it yet. We are like the British and American
commandos who were parachuted behind
the German lines to prepare the way for
the big invasion. We are simply here to
usher in the coming age, the return of the
Lord. Jesus will return and the invasion is,
indeed, coming. The invasion is already
underway. We are simply waiting for it to
become obvious to everybody else, but we
know it is happening already.
His death is our death, his resurrection
is our resurrection. But then it continues…
So let us know; let us press on to know
the LORD. His going forth is as certain
as the dawn;
Again, all four Gospels say He rose
on “Hag Ha’Mazot,” the Hebrew Feast
of First Fruits, the first day of the week,
at dawn when it was still dark. But then it
says as a prophecy of Pentecost…
And He will come to us like the rain,
Like the spring rain watering the
earth.” (Hosea 6:3)
The outpouring of rain forming in the
water table, “maim hayim” – “living water”
– is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit.
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‘For I will pour out water on the
thirsty land And streams on the dry
ground; I will pour out My Spirit on
your offspring And My blessing on
your descendants; (Isaiah 44:3)
The rain being poured out is a picture of
the Holy Spirit. It forms the Living Water
we read about in John 4 and John 7, which
Jesus tells us is the Holy Spirit. So looking
at this again in Hosea 6:1, we see the
wounding, but also the resurrection. Then
we see the giving of the Holy Spirit after
the resurrection. What happens to Him
happens to us. His death is to be our death,
His life is to be our life, and the power of
His Spirit is to be manifested in us.
Corporate Solidarity in
Barabbas
There’s a theological term called “corporate
solidarity.” A “corporate solidarity”
is where when one person represents a
larger group of people, where one man or
one woman is a picture of a bigger group
of people. And in the Passion narrative, the
story of the death and resurrection of Jesus,
there are a number of important “corporate
solidarities” – people who are pictures of
us. One of the most important is someone
called in Aramaic, “Bar-Abbas” – “a son of
the father.” We see this when Pilate brings
him out in Luke.
But they cried out all together, saying,
“Away with this man, and release for
us Barabbas!” (Luke 23:18)
“Release for us Barabbas!” Pilate
wants to release Jesus and tries to defer
the matter to Herod. Herod is happy to let
Jesus off as long as Jesus puts on a show.
As long as Jesus would be willing to perform
miracles, Herod was quite willing to
let Him go (Lk. 23:8). Notice that the only
thing Jesus had to do to not go to the cross
was to pull a “Benny” or a “Kenny.” All
He had to do not go to the cross was put on
a religious freak show of signs and wonders.
The Lord Jesus never allowed signs
and wonders – what is called in Hebrew
“semeion mipla’ot” – He never once allowed
signs and wonders, healings or miracles,
to be the focus of His message or His
ministry. His ministry was not about that;
these signs followed. There are those who
assert that signs and wonders are the key to
seeing people saved; that was John Wimber’s
argument. But in fact, John 10 tells us
the opposite: “For which one of these signs
are you stoning me” (Jn. 10:32)?
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
the word of God” (Ro. 10:17), not
by seeing a show. The Antichrist and the
False Prophet are going to put on a show
and they are going to deceive the nations
Jacob Prasch
(Rev. 16:13-14); they are going to deceive
the Jews; they are going to deceive the
apostate church. (In fact, those people are
deceived already, they are just waiting for
a bigger deception.)
Herod sends Jesus back to Pilate, so
Pilate says, “Well, I have got to get this
guy off somehow – I know He is innocent
– what am I going to do? I know! I am going
to get a terrorist.”
Barabbas was somebody the New Testament
refers to as a “Zealot.” Josephus
writes about them extensively and informs
that they were the “Sukim.” They were people
who used religion as a cloak for what
basically amounted to murder and terror,
very much like Al Qaeda, very much like
the IRA or other people who simply use religion
as an umbrella or a propaganda device
– or as packaging – to what amounts to
criminal activity of the most unspeakable
kind. They preyed on their own people,
and Josephus writes about how the cruelty
of these people against the Jews exceeded
anything the Romans did to them. These
“Sukim,” of which Barabbas would have
been one, acted worse toward their own
kind than anything the Romans ever did.
And so we have “Bar-Abbas.” Not a
Hebrew name but an Aramaic one which
means literally, “son of the father.” “Who
shall I release to you? Bar-Abbas or Rabbi
Yeshua Bar-Jozef ? Do you want me to
give you this terrorist, this murderer, this
criminal, this predator, or do you want me
to give you this rabbi from Galilee who
taught love, peace, and forgiveness – who
raised the little girl from the dead, who
made the blind see, the deaf hear, and the
lame walk – this man of love? Who shall I
give you: Barabbas or Rabbi Yeshua?”
And the same crowd who a few days
before had been singing, “Hosanna!” now
yelled, “Crucify Him! Give us Barabbas!”
At the Triumphal Entry, as long as Jesus
was willing to put on a show they were
all for Him. But when He would not give
them what they wanted on their terms, they
were no longer interested. “Crucify Him!
Give us Barabbas!” Not all, but enough of
them were incited by the religious establishment.
The Sanhedrin incited the people
to say, “Give us Bar-Abbas! Give us the
son of the father.”
We are All Bar-Abbas
If someone is born again – if they have
repented of their sin and accepted Jesus,
they have another name. That name is
“Bar-Abbas.” Each of us has become a son
of the Father. “Give us Barabbas!” We have
become a son of the Father because Jesus
was accursed of the Father for our sin.
“Give us Barabbas!” It is always like that.
Give us that cocaine dealer from the
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east side of New York, Jacob Prasch. What
shall I do with this rabbi who raised the
dead, who healed the sick, who made the
cripples walk, who taught love, peace,
truth, gave the little girl back her life
– what should I do with Him? Kill Him!
Give us Jacob Prasch. Kill Him! Give us
John Higgins. I become a “Bar-Abbas”
because Jesus, who was innocent, was put
on trial in my place. I am actually guilty
of all the things they falsely accused Him
of – found guilty of sedition, guilty of rebellion,
I was guilty of blasphemy, I was
guilty of deceiving other people – I was
actually guilty of all the things Jesus was
put on trial for.
You can call me “Jacob,” and that is
OK, but just realize that my real name
– and yours – is “Bar-Abbas.” Barabbas.
Why am I Barabbas? Why am I a son of
the Father? Because concerning the true
Son of the Father they yelled, “Crucify
Him!” He died so I could become a son of
God. That is the first corporate solidarity.
The Corporate Solidarity of
Simon Cyrene
But then there is another one. According
to Roman law, when a person was to
be executed by Roman crucifixion (the
Jews stoned people; crucifixion was purely
Greco-Roman) the person had to carry his
guilt, which was publicly exemplified or
publicly illustrated through carrying the
cross. The guilty person had to carry his
own cross. That was the Roman law. But
here we see that something else happens.
When they led Him away, they seized
a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in
from the country, and placed on him
the cross to carry behind Jesus. (Luke
23:26)
Why did Jesus not carry His own
cross? Because by Roman law it would
have meant He was guilty of what He was
going to be executed for. He was not guilty
of what He was going to be executed for;
Simon was, I was, you were.
Richard Wurmbrand, a Jewish believer
who became a Christian – my wife’s family
actually knew him before he was saved
from the Jewish community in Romania
– was persecuted as a Jew by the Nazis
and then persecuted by the Communists
as a Christian. They locked him up for 14
years, they arrested his wife, they did terrible
things to them – they tortured him. My
wife could speak to him in Romanian, and
I remember a sermon he once preached in
which he said, “Jesus never simply said, ‘I
am going to die in your place. I am going
to die in your place, but you get up here
and die with Me.’” After two days, He will
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that we may live before Him.
For His resurrection to be our resurrection,
His death must be our death, and so
Simon walks behind Him. It says “after”
Him. “Pick up your cross and follow Me”
(Mt. 10:38; 16:24). “My burden is light”
(Mt. 11:30). He did the real work and we
are simply called to carry the cross. He
had to be nailed to it.
Pick up the cross! Crucify the old nature!
Crucify the old man! Crucify the old
woman, the old creation (Ro. 6:6)! Pick up
your cross and follow Me! If someone is
guilty of it, crucify it and follow Me.
Yes, we have another name. Your
name may be “Jack,” your name may be
“Jill,” your name may be “Harry” or “Harriet,”
but no matter what your name is,
your name is also “Simon of Cyrene.” If
you are a true Christian, pick up the cross.
The Corporate Solidarity of
the Thieves
But then we have yet a third corporate
solidarity that is very important, and
we read about it in the same chapter at the
crucifixion.
One of the criminals who were hanged
there was hurling abuse at Him, saying,
“Are You not the Christ? Save
Yourself and us!” But the other answered,
and rebuking him said, “Do
you not even fear God, since you are
under the same sentence of condemnation?
And we indeed are suffering
justly, for we are receiving what we
deserve for our deeds; but this man
has done nothing wrong.” And he
was saying, “Jesus, remember me
when You come in Your kingdom!”
And He said to him, “Truly I say to
you, today you shall be with Me in
Paradise.” (Luke 23:39-43)
This is important: We are ALL thieves;
we are ALL liars; we are ALL murderers.
I am a thief; I am a liar; I am a murderer.
The Bible says if someone covets something,
if they desire that which belongs to
another, then in the eyes of a holy, perfect
God, they have stolen it. If we lust after
someone’s wife, lust after someone’s husband,
or want to sleep with somebody
other than the one we are married to, as far
as God is concerned we have already committed
adultery just because we wanted to
do it (Mt. 5:27-28). We are all adulterers;
we are all thieves; we are all liars. Because
we have hated somebody without cause
we are ALL murderers (Mt. 5:21-26).
Sometimes when I watch Fox News and
I see the political corruption in the world
and the hypocrisy and the media and the
Muslims, I experience a spiritual battle not
to get angry. I hate the sin, not the sinner. I
remember that apart from the grace of Jesus
I would be no better. We are ALL murderers.
As it says in the book of Job and in
the book of Lamentations, nobody has any
reasons to complain. There are those who
may have gotten a really rotten deal out of
life; I am sorry about that. It is tough. But
no matter what happened to them, no matter
how unjust it is, because we are sinners
in the eyes of God we have no reason to
complain about how crummy our life is.
Jesus was the only one who had no sin and
He got the worst deal of all. He was totally
innocent, but He did not complain, He uttered
not a word (Acts 8:32). The rest of
us can really kvetch – whine, complain; He
did not do that. And so we have a third corporate
solidarity: the thieves, or as we put
it the “good one” and the “bad one.”
One person on the cross says, “Jesus,
You are the Messiah – get us out of this
mess!” He only wanted Jesus to do something
for him in this life, in this world.
There are people like that. They are quite
happy to profess to be Christians, or come
to Jesus, or put their hands up to respond
to an altar call, or to come forward at an
evangelistic meeting as long as they think
Jesus is going to do something for them in
this life or this world.
I do not suggest Jesus cannot and does
not do things for us in this life and in this
world. He certainly does, but that is not
what it is about. There are Christians who
know nothing but a prison cell. I sometimes
teach in Indonesia in Banda Aceh where
they are under Sharia law and the Christians
are persecuted, where Christians are
martyred. The only thing Jesus gives them
is a martyr’s crown. Yet remarkably they
are not complaining.
The “good” thief says, “Look, no matter
what happens to me, I know my sin; Jesus
had none. Please remember me in Your
kingdom.”
Both of them called out to Jesus, but
with what motive? There is somebody who
calls out to Jesus simply because they want
a free ticket, a good life in this world, and
they are missing the whole point. On the
other hand the “good thief” is someone
who calls out to Jesus, saying, “I know
what I am, I know how no good I am, and
I know how totally good You are. Please
remember me in Your kingdom.”
We are all thieves, so the question is do
we want to be a “good” one or a “bad” one?
A “good” thief is not one who does not get
caught; a “good” thief is one who knows he
deserves to get caught and that Jesus wants
to forgive him anyway.
Corporate Solidarities
After the Resurrection
These are corporate solidarities, but
these corporate solidarities go beyond Jesus’
crucifixion; they come into play after His
resurrection. And so at this time of year we
read in the following chapter of Luke an incredible
story. This narrative tells us something
that in so many ways encapsulates so
much of what the Christian life is meant to
be, but which few of us really understand.
And behold, two of them were going
that very day to a village named Emmaus,
which was about seven miles
from Jerusalem. And they were talking
with each other about all these things
which had taken place. While they
were talking and discussing, Jesus
Himself approached and began traveling
with them. But their eyes were
prevented from recognizing Him.
“Their eyes were prevented from recognizing
Him.”
And He said to them, “What are these
words that you are exchanging with
one another as you are walking?”
And they stood still, looking sad. One
of them, named Cleopas, answered
and said to Him, “Are You the only
one visiting Jerusalem and unaware
of the things which have happened
here in these days?”
Again, it is important to understand
that this was the period between Pesach and
the Feast of Weeks. Both Pesach and the
Feast of Weeks – Passover and Pentecost
– were pilgrim feasts. Jews had to come
from other regions to celebrate it in Jerusalem.
So if they were able to, they would
simply stay in Jerusalem instead of going
all the way back where they came from,
and then turn around and come back again.
They would just stay there. There had been
a lot of people visiting so that the population
swelled. It might be compared to a resort
where the population expands during
the holiday season and then shrinks again
when the holiday season – vacation time –
is over. That is the way it would have been.
And He said to them, “What things?”
And they said to Him, “The things
about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a
prophet mighty in deed and word in
the sight of God and all the people,
and how the chief priests and our rulers
delivered Him to the sentence of
death, and crucified Him.
Notice the culpability of the religious
establishment. Well, please take note: then
it was the Sanhedrin, today it is the Vatican
Curia and the World Council of Churches
– they are still crucifying Him.
“But we were hoping that it was He
who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed,
besides all this, it is the third
day since these things happened.
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The third day always alludes to a resurrection
experience in some way in biblical
typology.
“But also some women among us
amazed us. When they were at the
tomb early in the morning, and did
not find His body, they came, saying
that they had also seen a vision of angels
who said that He was alive. Some
of those who were with us went to the
tomb and found it just exactly as the
women also had said; but Him they
did not see.” And He said to them,
“O foolish men and slow of heart to
believe in all that the prophets have
spoken! Was it not necessary for the
Christ to suffer these things and to enter
into His glory?” Then beginning
with Moses and with all the prophets,
He explained to them the things concerning
Himself in all the Scriptures.
And they approached the village
where they were going, and He acted
as though He were going farther. But
they urged Him, saying, “Stay with
us, for it is getting toward evening,
and the day is now nearly over.” So
He went in to stay with them.
Notice they invited Him in.
Then their eyes were opened and they
recognized Him; and He vanished
from their sight. They said to one another,
“Were not our hearts burning
within us while He was speaking to us
on the road, while He was explaining
the Scriptures to us?” And they got up
that very hour and returned to Jerusalem,
and found gathered together the
eleven and those who were with them,
saying, “The Lord has really risen
and has appeared to Simon.” They
began to relate their experiences on
the road and how He was recognized
by them in the breaking of the bread.
(Luke 24:13-35)
To this day Orthodox Jews the week
after Passover have miniature Seders, miniature
Seder meals. But the apostles could
not have been at this one because Jesus had
told them He would not eat the Passover
again until it was the Marriage Supper of
the Lamb (Lk. 22:14-18). The apostles
could not have been there. But He reveals
Himself in the breaking of bread, and it
is always after the third day just as it was
spoken by Hosea (Hos. 6:2).
The Third Day
The question is often asked, “Where
do you get the three days and the three
nights? Did He die on a Wednesday? Did
He die on a Thursday?” Well, before moving
on, let us put that out of the way, hopefully
once and for all.
It was now about the sixth hour, and
darkness fell over the whole land until
the ninth hour, (Luke 23:44)
In other words, from 12 noon to 3.
A Jew counts time sundown to sundown,
always based on the creation narrative
in Genesis – “owr” to “choshek,”
“light” to “dark.” It does not matter how
many hours are left in the day because
once the sun goes down that is a day. This
could not have been an eclipse for two
reasons: the first reason is it is the 14 th of
Nissan. The Jews followed a lunar calendar.
It is the opposite phase of the lunar
cycle for an eclipse to take place. It could
not have been an eclipse; something had
to happen with the sun. Hosea says on
the third day He will revive us. (Hos. 6:2)
The Hebrew prophet says that this has
a future, eschatological meaning.
“It will come about in that day,” declares
the Lord GOD, “That I will
make the sun go down at noon And
make the earth dark in broad daylight.
(Amos 8:9)
When Jesus died on the cross, the
sun went down. Amos prophesied the sun
would go down. There are certain times in
the Bible when God interferes with time.
Biblically there are three heavens according
to Paul: (2 Co. 12:2)
the first heaven – the atmosphere of the
earth; the second heaven – outer space;
and the third heaven – eternity..
But time is always calculated and calibrated
on the basis of the second heaven,
planetary motion. Strictly speaking, there
are atomic clocks which work not by planetary
motion, but by particle emission, but
even those clocks have to express their calculations
in nanoseconds. Time depends
on the second heaven.
In Isaiah and Revelation when it says
the “shamayim” – the “heavens” – are
rolled up like a scroll (Is. 34:4; Rev. 6:14),
it means outer space disappears and eternity
meets earth. That is what happens;
there is no time. Actually we have two
Greek words for time, “kronos” and “kairos.”
“Kronos” is a chronology of events
indicating we have chronology in eternity
but we do not have a clock. Eternity is not
a clock that keeps going because there is
no clock at all.
God interferes with time. He does it in
the book of Joshua where He blocks the
sun (Josh. 10:12-13). In Revelation 8:12
He will do it again. The day will go from
24 hours a day to 16. When King Hezekiah
was healed, God made the sun go back (2
Ki. 20:9-11).
If we read how old Hezekiah would
Special Interest – Continued
have been during his reign, we had a man
at the same age Jesus would have been – in
his 30’s with the clock going back, so the
clock had to go forward. In other words,
when the sun went down with Jesus, the
sun went forward with Jesus and it counterbalanced
what happened with Hezekiah.
Here was a man in his 30’s whose life was
prolonged because the clock went back
– the sun went back, and so with Jesus, a
man’s life of the same age was cut short
because it went forward.
It occurs with Hezekiah, it occurs in
Revelation, and it occurs in Joshua. There
are various times God interferes with time.
Well, He does it here. When Jesus dies, the
sun goes down twice; there are two sundowns.
No problem. Crucified on a Friday?
No, it is not Good Friday. Matthew,
Mark, Luke, and John say it happened at
Passover by the lunar calendar, not Easter
by the solar calendar. Easter was of Pagan
origin. However, in the 4 th Century, the Roman
Catholic Church changed it. Jesus did
not die on Good Friday, but we can say He
died on a Friday.
The sun goes down Friday, He is off
the cross, the sun goes back up at 3 o’clock,
the sun goes down again Friday night, the
sun comes up Saturday and goes down
Saturday night, and we can still count 3
days and 3 nights; literally 3 days and 3
nights. If Jesus was crucified on a Thursday
there would be a problem because we
would have 4 instead of 3. But it had to be
3 days and 3 nights, the same as Lazarus
(Jn. 11:14), the same as the two witnesses
(Rev. 11:9), the same as Jonah. (Jon. 1:17)
The Corporate Solidarity of
Cleopas & the Disciple
In any event, it is the third day and
He is walking on the road to Emmaus.
And while walking on this road He meets
Cleopas and some other disciple. But their
eyes are prevented from seeing Him. He is
walking with them, but they do not really
recognize Him. “What are these words you
are talking about?” They tell Him all that
had happened, as if He did not know, but
He responds by saying…
… “O foolish men and slow of heart
to believe in all that the prophets have
spoken! Was it not necessary…
…for these things to happen? Notice He
complains that they did not understand the
Scripture.
…beginning with Moses and with all
the prophets, He explained to them
the things concerning Himself in all
the Scriptures. (Luke 24:25-27)
The Scripture, the Scripture, the Scripture.
“O foolish…and slow of heart to believe”
ALL that is in the Scripture.
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Special Interest – Continued
Most of us have favorite verses, favorite
passages. Even little children have
favorite bedtime stories in the Bible like
“David and Goliath” or whatever, and that
is OK. But a favorite is not inclusive. ALL
the Scriptures. Three times (including Lk.
24:32) His complaint is it is the Scripture,
the Scripture, the Scripture. He is the Word
Incarnate; He is the “Logos.” The Bible is
Jesus in print – the Scripture.
He was walking with them but they
did not know it. He was trying to explain
the Scriptures to them but they did not
grasp it. He was indeed risen, but they did
not quite understand it was even true. And
so we have a situation where we have His
own disciples not understanding the Scripture,
not really grasping the fact that He
was walking with them, not really seeing
Him, not really hearing Him, yet He was
with them. HE was with THEM, but they
were not really with HIM.
I am sure that Jesus is with me, but
the question is how much am I really with
Him? He is there, but am I seeing Him?
Not if I am not understanding the Scripture.
He is there and He is talking to me,
but am I understanding what He is saying?
Not if I am not grasping the Scripture. I
always tell people who I lead to Christ that
when they pray they talk to God, but when
they read the Bible He talks to them. It is a
two-way conversation.
So I walk with Him and I come to
church and I hear a sermon like this, but
when I am stuck in a traffic jam, and I want
to shoot that driver – that guy with a cell
phone in one hand and a cigarette in the
other, Jesus is with me but do I recognize
Him? Would I pull the trigger if He were
visibly sitting next to me? But that He may
not be visibly sitting next to me does not
negate the truth that He is still actually next
to me. He is hearing what I am saying, but
am I hearing what He is saying? He sees
me, but am I seeing Him? He is trying to
explain to me, but am I listening?
Am I Living & Walking in the
Power of the Resurrection?
The point is Jesus is indeed someone
who was dead. I have no doubt as to the
historicity of the crucifixion of Jesus. I have
no doubt He died in my place, I have no
doubt He was crucified – no doubt. What I
do question is how much of Jacob Prasch
– how much of me, how much of my own
self, is dying with Him? That He went to the
cross, this I am clear about; but how faithfully
am I carrying it and walking in His
footsteps like Simon did? That is the issue.
He had risen, but these people were
having doubts. Did He actually rise? I have
no doubt that Christ has risen – that is not
the question. I absolutely am convinced
beyond any doubt that He has risen. The
thing I question is, am I living and walking
in the power of the resurrection with Him?
That is my question. That He died and rose
I am sure; but have I died and risen? This
is the issue. The Scripture is there, but how
well am I understanding it? He is with me,
but am I seeing Him and do I recognize
Him? Am I hearing what He is saying? But
notice, He manifests Himself to them in
the breaking of bread. He had to eat with
them.
In the Bible the reason we see somebody
eating after they are raised from the
dead is to prove it literally happened. When
He wakes up the little girl He says give her
something to eat (Mk. 5:43). And we see
Lazarus eating with Him (Jn. 12:2).
God knew about Jehovah’s Witnesses
before there were Jehovah’s Witnesses
trying to say that the resurrection was not
literal and physical. Ghosts do not have to
eat. He was literally eating because there
was a literal resurrection. We only see His
eating because it proves a literal, physical
resurrection. But it is in the breaking of
bread that He manifests Himself.
Notice He acts as if He was going to go
further. He was going to just continue on
the road. “Here is where I get off, see you
later, I am going to continue on the road.”
And they have to say, “No, no! Come in,
come in!” “Stay with us!” “We want to
hear more!” “Explain more of the Scripture
to us!” “Explain more of Your Word
to us!” “Explain more about Jesus to us!”
“We want to hear more!” “Please stay!”
They had to invite Him in.
The Need to Invite Him In
It is no different today. If there were
ever a group of Christians still walking
on the road to Emmaus it is the Christians
of Laodicea. And He says, “I stand at the
door and knock” (Rev. 3:20). And He says,
“Look, you are not seeing Me; you are not
really hearing Me. You do not see your nakedness
for what it is; you do not see your
true spiritual state for what it is. You are
deluded by materialism, by affluence. You
think these things are the barometers of
blessing?”
They are blessings, but they are not
the plumb line; they are not the litmus test.
They just do not see, neither do they hear
(Rev 3:17-18) except those with ears (Rev.
3:22). That is what He says…
‘Behold, I stand at the door and
knock; if anyone hears My voice and
opens the door, I will come in to him
and will dine with him, and he with
Me.’ (Revelation 3:20)
Most people like me usually use this
verse in the course of evangelism, and it is
fine we do. We usually use this – I usually
use this – for witnessing to unsaved people
and that is acceptable. It is a valid application,
but that is not what it is primarily
talking about in its exegetical context. He
is not mainly talking to unsaved people
even though it applies to them in some
sense; He is talking to us. “Let Me come
in and sup with you.” “Let Me dine with
you.” “You sup with Me and I will sup with
you.” “I will explain these things to you.”
He was going to go further, He was just
going to continue on the road. He acted as
if He was going to continue. They had to
ask Him to come in. It is only when they
asked Him to come in that He manifested
Himself; then they understood the Scripture;
then they saw His presence for who
He was; then and only then they understood
His Word for what it was; then and
only then did they really see; then and only
then did they really hear.
Yes, He has risen, but are we walking
in the power of that resurrection? Yes, He
died, but did we? Yes, His Word is true,
but three times He tells His own disciples
they were foolish because they did not understand
it. They could not see, they could
not hear. We are walking on the same road
with Jesus. He is perfectly intent and perfectly
content to continue on the road by
Himself, but He will never turn down an
invitation to dinner. God bless.
NOTES: permission given by Theodores World,
www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2009/05/jew_
hatered_at_uc_irvine.html
This is a copy from front page of the Muslim Student
Union website as Google captured it on May 7, 2009
10:59:31 GMT
Featuring: George Galloway \\ British MP, co-founder of
Viva Palestina, Cynthia McKinney \\ former Congresswoman,
Green Party Candidate, Reem Salahi \\ Lawyer,
Bridge Fellow at ACLU, Amir Abdel Malik Ali \\ Activist
for Justice, Jim Lafferty \\ National Lawyers Guild, Anna
Baltzer \\ Author, Fulbright Scholar
16 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

Danny Isom
Guest Author
M a t h e w 25: 1 – 13
u 25:1 Then shall the kingdom
of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and
went forth to meet the bridegroom.
u 25:2 And five of them were
wise, and five were foolish.
u 25:3 They that were foolish
took their lamps, and took no oil
with them:
u 25:4 But the wise took oil
in their vessels with their lamps.
u 25:5 While the bridegroom
tarried, they all slumbered and
slept.
u 25:6 And at midnight there
was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet
him.
u 25:7 Then all those virgins
arose, and trimmed their lamps.
u 25:8 And the foolish said
unto the wise, Give us of your oil;
for our lamps are gone out.
u 25:9 But the wise answered,
saying, Not so; lest there be
not enough for us and you: but go
ye rather to them that sell, and buy
for yourselves.
u 25:10 And while they went
to buy, the bridegroom came; and
they that were ready went in with
him to the marriage: and the door
was shut.
u 25:11 Afterward came also
the other virgins, saying, Lord,
Lord, open to us.
u 25:12 But he answered and
said, Verily I say unto you, I know
you not.
u 25:13 Watch therefore, for
ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.
Servant@WalkWithTheWord.org,
Now after Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of
Herod the king, magi from the east
arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where
is He who has been born King of the
Jews? For we saw His star in the east
and have come to worship Him.”
When Herod the king heard this, he
was troubled, and all Jerusalem with
him. Gathering together all the chief
priests and scribes of the people, he
inquired of them where the Messiah
was to be born. They said to him,
“In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is
what has been written by the prophet
“ ‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND
OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS
LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS
OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU
SHALL COME FORTH A RULER
WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEO-
PLE ISRAEL.’ ”
Then Herod secretly called the
magi and determined from them the
exact time the star appeared. And he
sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go
and search carefully for the Child;
and when you have found Him, report
to me, so that I too may come and worship
Him. — Matthew 2:1-8 (NASB)
One of the repeated teachings at Moriel
is that prophecy is not so much about the
fulfillment of specific events at a specific
pre-set date and time as much as it is really
patterns which repeat themselves, growing
ever stronger until their last, ultimate
fulfillment. That is why a lot of what we
understand about Christ’s Second Coming
is foreshadowed – a pattern – revealed during
His First Coming. Learning as much as
we can about His First Coming teaches a
great deal about how things will ultimately
take place at His Second Coming. And I
have a very strong suspicion that we are
seeing some of these things taking place
right now. The religious authorities of the
day knew Scripture so well that without
hesitation they answered the Magis’ ques-
tion about the Messiah, but like many today,
they were completely blind to actually
seeing it take place.
At that time in history the night sky
was earth’s version of television: EVERY-
ONE watched it, never missing a nightly
episode. Since they didn’t know what a
“star” really was, they considered the sky
part of “the heavens”, the place where God
lived and reigned. What happened in the
sky was considered to be an indication
– even a type of communication – of what
was going on in heaven. Everyone from
the most learned to the most superstitious
kept an eye upward, curious as to what God
was doing and might be saying through the
events of the night sky.
This is an important point to remember
because in such an environment it’s
required that we ask, “If there was a comet
or supernova that created a never-beforeseen
big, new shiny star in the sky, how
is it possible that NO ONE noticed EX-
CEPT the Magi?” No one recognized the
sign because it was only visible to a very
few. If there had been a big, shiny “Christmas
star”, everyone would have noticed
it. They may not have understood what it
meant, but when the Magi appeared and
said, “Where is He who has been born King
of the Jews? For we saw His star in the
east”, everyone would have slapped their
head and confirmed, “Oh! You mean that
big, new shiny thing that appeared for the
first time a couple of years back?” Not only
did no one say that, but they found it necessary
to ask the Magi for the particulars.
It was most logical for the Magi to stop
and inquire at the one palace they surely
thought would be most in tune with the arrival
of the birth of the Messiah. And in
fact the experts at that palace knew the exact
answer. Although they were unaware
it was taking place at that very moment,
they had no doubt it would eventually take
place and they knew exactly WHERE it
would happen. But how is this possible?
How can someone possess all the information
about Christ’s coming and yet not rec-
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 17

Guest Author
ognize it when it’s coming about? Because
something took place that we’re seeing
take place again in these final hours. What
happened then is happening again, and
the biblical term for it is “apostasy” – the
great, spiritual falling away.
It’s important to distinguish the difference
between “apostasy”, “heresy”, and
generic disbelief. A heretic is someone who
denies some essential part of the faith in order
to foster false teaching or join a different
religious group, whereas an apostate is
someone who having at one time believed
and sided with God, now turns against Him
and abandons those beliefs. It’s not a state
of ignorance or mistaken knowledge but a
deliberate renouncing of the faith. A nonbeliever
can’t renounce what they never
subscribed to in the first place. What took
place leading up to Christ’s First Coming is
again taking place as a prelude to His Second
Coming: a great spiritual falling away.
Let no one in any way deceive
you, for it [the day of the
Lord] will not come unless
the apostasy comes first,
and the man of lawlessness
is revealed, the son of destruction,
— 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Danny Isom
The star was most certainly a sign from
God, an indication in the heavens that spiritual
events were taking place, but it was
not a natural phenomena that everyone recognized.
Only the spiritually prepared saw
and interpreted the sign correctly; everyone
else was blind to both its presence and
proper context. It’s the real-life occurrence
of what Jesus taught in the Parable of the
Wise and Foolish Virgins [1] – only the biblically
prepared are ready when He comes.
The most repeated End Times issue
that has been brought up by every major
figure of the Old and New Testaments
— including Christ Himself — is that the
Last Days are marked by great deception
and even greater apostasy. It’s those who
hold fast to a faithful relationship with
Christ to whom the true meaning of such
things is revealed. It doesn’t come about
by “knowledge”, but “faith”.
• At the First Coming, the signs were
only visible and understood by those
who were faithful to Him. So it will be
at His Second Coming.
• At the First Coming the established
religious authorities had become so
institutionalized and corrupt that although
they possessed knowledge of
God’s Word, they did not know how to
apply it or use it to recognize the signs
of the times. Likewise at the Second
Coming the great apostasy will render
such authorities completely ineffective,
even working on Herod’s behalf
in his day, a major type of Antichrist.
• At the First Coming those who recognized
the signs of the times first went
to those most likely to be interested
but were not only rejected but actually
found to persecute the Son of the
God they professed to serve. Instead
of welcoming Him, they sought to kill
Him. At the Second Coming, much
of the persecution of true believers
comes from those claiming authority
and position within the church, not to
mention outright war waged against
the Son.
• At the First Coming a one-world
system of government that embraced
all religions as being part of a diluted
whole ruled the earth under a single
ruler in the form of the Roman Empire.
So at the Second Coming the merging
of religious institutions within a single
organization under the world rule of
the Antichrist will arise in the spirit of
the revived Roman Empire.
• At the First Coming the world’s
ruler instituted a worldwide census to
“mark” all its citizens. At the Second
Coming the Antichrist will “mark” all
of its citizens.
• At the First Coming the followers
of Christ rejoiced at His coming and
responded by worshiping Him. At the
Second Coming the Antichrist will
lead a war against Christ and His followers
and will do everything in his
power to get everyone to worship him
instead of Christ, but in the end every
knee will bow and every tongue confess.
• At the First Coming the signs of the
times provided Believers with the time
frame and general context that assured
them that Christ’s appearance was imminent.
So at the Second Coming we
shall know not the exact date and time
but the certainty and nearness of His
arrival.
With more examples I suppose I could
go on and on, but this is the sure point to
take with you: If you want to know about
the Second Coming, learn everything you
can about His First Coming. And not according
to the distilled holiday stories or
even elaborate scientifically-based theories
that have become so popular, but according
to His Word, which was the very thing God
gave to the earth at His First Coming.
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through Him,
and apart from Him nothing came into being
that has come into being. In Him was
life, and the life was the Light of men. The
Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
did not comprehend it. — John 1:1-5
Just as it was then, so it is now. The
difference between those who saw and
responded to the signs and those blinded
to them came down to the fact that such
things are not a test of knowledge but faith.
Knowledge of the Scriptures was enjoyed
by all, but only those who were putting it
into practice, who were doers of His Word
and not merely hearers were the ones who
passed the test of faith requisite for spiritual
clarity.
There are many things foretold in
Scripture that have and are coming true.
But there is no greater confirmation that
we are living in the shadow of Christ’s
imminent return than the apostasy that is
presently taking place within the church.
In His Love,
Danny Isom
American Priest Says,
“No Peace Without Syria”
Syrian Arab News Agency
American Protestant Pastor Rick Warren
on Monday said there was no peace in the
region without Syria, noting that 80 percent
of the American people rejected what the US
Administration is doing in Iraq and considered
the US policy in the Mideast as wrong.
Syria’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Badr al-
Din Hassoun received the American Pastor
in Damascus in which he referred to the importance
of spreading culture of amity, peace
and coexistence instead of the ‘clash of civilizations’.
The Mufti called for conveying the real
image of Syria, national unity and its call to
spread peace, amity and justice to the American
people which the US administration has
distorted their image before the world.
Pastor Warren expressed admiration of
Syria and the coexistence he saw between
Muslims and Christians, stressing that he will
convey this image to his church and country.
Quote of the QUARTER !
Winston Churchill, said:
“The farther backward you
can look, the farther forward you can see.”
18 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

Paul M c Guire
Guest Author
DEATH
OF THE OIL DOLLAR and
ISLAMIC ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST THE U.S.
here are radical changes about
to happen in the U.S., Great
Britain, and European nations
that have at their root Islam’s
war against the U.S. dollar as
the world’s oil currency. Russia, China,
Brazil, and the EU. A future economic war
is raging between the US and China over
Middle East oil. New currency, competing
world currencies and gold will act as transitional
currencies. Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Qatar currently have an
estimated 2.1 trillion dollars in reserves.
What will happen when these nations
move from the dollar to another currency?
The global economic crisis was spoken
of by the World Bank president Robert
Zoellick: “One of the legacies of this crisis
may be recognition of changed economic
power relations,” he said in Istanbul ahead
of meetings this week of the IMF and
World Bank. Interestingly, the Word Bank
and the International Monetary Fund are
the organizations an International Federal
Reserve is using to create a new world
currency.
Bible prophecy tells us about the rise
of the Fourth Beast mentioned in Daniel
Chapter 9, or a Revived Roman Empire.
In other words a new world order is being
birthed by a world currency and the
European Union. America, which has
been Israel’s only friend, now finds itself
betrayed by a new administration in
Washington D.C. which appears to favor
relationships with Muslim nations. The
Abrahamic Covenant is clear about what
happens to a nation that stops blessing Israel
and begins to curse Israel.
As a student of Bible prophecy I take
the Abrahamic Covenant very seriously. I
believe America has sowed to the wind and
is about to reap the whirlwind. God’s hand
of protection has been lifted off America,
and now we are vulnerable to either a catastrophic
calamity or something on the order
of a nuclear attack. It is my personal
opinion that America will suffer a catastrophe
of unprecedented proportions and that
this catastrophe will be directly related to
the violation of the Abrahamic Covenant.
I am not setting a date or the nature of the
event; I am simply basing it on “Those that
curse thee I will curse.” In fact, America’s
current economic crisis could be related to
this covenant.
To compound these problems, America
is under an invasion by Islam. It is a longterm
invasion that has been planned for at
least twenty years. I am deeply troubled by
Evangelical Christians who are ignorant to
the reality of this invasion and how it will
affect their lives in America. Let me list a
few of the long-term plans of this Islamic
Invasion against America.
1. Elect presidents, congressmen,
senators and politicians who are
pro-Islam and will vote to further the
agenda of Islam. Part of this implies
covertly financing their campaigns.
2. A strategic ownership of media
and other corporations through the
buying of a controlling interest of
stocks. Media companies are the
primary target.
3. The Islamic financing and backing
of all sorts of laws and bills that
do not seem related to the cause of
Islam. Islam backing “hate crime”
legislation and other laws that will
enable Islam to “piggy back” on
those laws and grant special rights
to Muslims and Islamic groups.
4. Strategic immigration and birth
rates by Islamic men and women.
While Western Christians buy into
the lie of 1.5 children per household
and abortion, Muslims do not
practice abortion and have soaring
birth rates. This is happening
as well in Europe where Europeans
have almost a zero population
growth. Muslims through births
and immigration have established
controlling minorities in many nations.
They have created a powerful
and unified political lobby.
5. The strategic infiltration of college
campuses for the purpose of
conversion and spreading anti-
Jewish propaganda.
In America and European nations we
have a convergence of powerful forces
– the forces of globalization which favor
Islam over Judaism and Christianity. There
is a long-term plan for invasion by Islam
with the endgame of converting Western
nations into Muslim nations. This puts
Christianity and Israel in jeopardy. Biblebelieving
Christians will be attacked and
targeted through “hate crime” legislation.
Until the Lord returns, what strategy can
be employed by the Body of Christ to deal
with this problem? Jesus Christ said, “Occupy
until I come.” The Body of Christ is
not to be in retreat until the return of Christ.
It is an indictment on the theology of
the Christian churches that the forces of
materialism, hedonism and atheism have
driven them into retreat. These same forces
are now at work in America! The latest statistics
in America reveal that the Christian
churches in America will soon be like the
churches in Europe. What is the solution?
The solution is uncompromised preaching
and communication of the entire Word
of God. Men whose hearts are on fire by the
power of the Holy Spirit preaching without
shame the full Word of God. The answer is
not to water down the Gospel in order to
appeal to sinners! The “Seeker Friendly”
and “Emergent Churches” are the spiritual
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 19

News Alert
equivalents of waving the white flag of
surrender. If the Evangelical churches in
America continue to go down the “Emergent
Church” and “Seeker Friendly” road,
the Church will become extinct in America!
The answer is not in retreating from the
truth of God’s Word. The answer is preaching
and communicating the entire Word of
God with no apologies! The answer is not
retreat and compromise, the answer is full
frontal assault with the Word of God on
the powers of darkness. As the Church in
American and Europe we must kneel before
a Holy God and repent of our apostasy and
false doctrine. It is only after true repentance
from false doctrine and apostasy is
made that the fire of revivals can burn in our
hearts. God is Holy and His Word His Holy.
When we reject our idolatry in repentance
God can send His Holy power on
His Church. God is in a supernatural relationship
with His Church. Evangelism and
ministry in the Holy Spirit cannot occur by
any human merit. It is entirely dependent
on the work of God.
Christ is coming back! His prophetic
super-sign is Israel! It is the desire of God
to see His Church wage war against the
powers of darkness before His return. He
said to us, “The fields are white for harvest
but the laborers are few.”
We are to go out and evangelize the
lost. The return of our Lord Jesus Christ
has never been closer.
"MORIEL"
GOD IS MY TEACHER
Moriel online: www.moriel.org
• MORIEL is an evangelistic ministry to people
of other faiths, beginning with the Jews and nominal
(non-evangelical) Christians, such as Roman Catholics
and liberal Protestants. We also hold seminars on
Messianic apologetics, and on Islamic evangelism,
and cult evangelism
• MORIEL seeks to plant Messianic fellowships
where none exist. These are “fellowships” and not
congregations, designed to evangelize Jews and to
provide a practical way for Jewish believers and
those called to the Jews to preserve and express their
identity in Yeshua as Messiah
• MORIEL helps believers to plant churches in
situations where bible-based congregations do not
exist. We call this Misgav Ladach;a Hebrew term
meaning “shelter for the oppressed”.
• MORIEL will stand against serious doctrinal error
where it threatens the credibility of the gospel or
undermines the authority of scripture. This will be
particularly true concerning areas likely to prove
detrimental to Jewish evangelism - such as “Dual
Covenant Theology” and “Christian Anti-Semitic”,
and “Anti-Zionism”
News Flash . . . .
Jews Banned From Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Conference
Monday, October 19, 2009, 10:19 PM, Jim Hoft
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Organization is
holding a conference this week in Egypt. No Jews are allowed.
Israel National News reported:
A United States-based organization’s conference on breast
cancer awareness, to be hosted in Egypt, has been touted by
international news networks as an example of “unprecedented
cooperation” in the region. However, according to Channel 2
news, the celebration of unity may be premature, as Israeli
doctors were told at the last minute that their invitations to
participate had been rescinded.
The conference will be held in Alexandria, Egypt this week,
under the auspices of the American group Susan G. Komen for the Cure – the world’s largest
breast cancer advocacy organization. It is to include meetings between leading researchers
from the U.S. and several Mideast countries.
Israeli doctors were invited to the event as well, and several had planned to attend.
However, on Sunday night, the doctors received brief notices telling them that they were
no longer invited to the conference, by order of Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali.
The notices did not include an explanation of Gabali’s decision. (Hat Tip Ken Solomon)
Evidently, boycotting Israel is more important than curing breast cancer.
*
Susan G. Komen Reverses Decision: Will Allow Israeli
Doctors at Egyptian Conference
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 9:41 PM, Jim Hoft
The Susan G. Komen Foundation reversed their decision and will now allow Israeli
doctors to attend their breast cancer conference in Egypt.
Atlas posted this update:
Sufficient pressure was applied and the decision has been reversed. I was just advised
by Doctors Against Racism.
Thank you for contacting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. We have new information from
our founder, Nancy Goodman Brinker, on this situation.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Pleased to Announce, Egyptian Events to Welcome All
Advocates, Including those from Israel.
Statement from Nancy Goodman Brinker, Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Breast cancer advocates from the United States and across the Middle East are meeting
in Egypt from October 21-27 for breast cancer awareness events. There have been reports
that some of the invited participants would not be allowed to attend these events. Susan G.
Komen for the Cure has now received confirmation that all advocates, regardless of their
country of origin, are invited to fully participate in events to bring breast cancer to the forefront
of public discussion in the Middle East.
After we received the initial report on the situation, we launched a diplomatic effort to
ensure they would be able to participate. I am pleased to report that our efforts led to confirmation
that all advocates would be welcome to participate in the events.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure remains steadfast in our mission to save lives and end
breast cancer forever.
More… Reader K. Solomon added:
HUGE thanks to Ms. Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) for starting the ball rolling, Mr. Jim
Hoft (Gateway Pundit) for accelerating the task at hand, Ms. Joyce Kaufman for the on-air
“calmly voiced monologue” and each of you for doing your part in helping some sanity to
reign.
Notes:Permission given by Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit Blog & Atlas Shrugs(Pamelar Geller), http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/10/susan-g-komen-reverses-decision-will-allow-israeli-doctors-at-egyptianconference/,
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/10/attention-righteoys-atlas-activists-israeli-doctors-will-be-allowed-to-attend-susan-g-komen-cancer-r.html
20 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

FYI
PERTINENT “ ”
October 4, 2009
“Nazi Israel:” Obama’s Official Web Site Equates Israel to Nazi Germany
“The majority of the Israeli policies are the exact copies of the Nazi policies”
by Bill Levinson
Barack Obama’s official Web site, over which Barack Obama’s organization exercises editorial control, carries an entry that equates
Israelis to Nazis and their treatment of Palestinians to the Holocaust. Emily and her fellow moderators at Obama for America apparently
did not consider an entry that compares Israeli Jews to Nazis as “disrespectful to our other users and detract from a welcoming community
where all people can engage in positive discourse.” Here is the material that Obama for America approved for posting.– Nazi Israel … Indeed
Richard Falk, the professor of international law at Princeton University and the UN’s special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories,
had accused Israel of violating international law, international humanitarian laws, and the Geneva Convention. He described Israel’s
policies against Palestinians and its siege of Gaza as “war crimes”, “genocidal tendencies”, “holocaust implications”, and “holocaust-in-the-making”.
He urged the International Criminal Court to look into the possibility of indicting Israeli leaders for war
crimes.
Professor Falk had a little taste of Israel’s Nazi-like crimes and human rights violation when he traveled to Israel, last Sunday
December 14th, 2008, to visit the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to report on Israel’s compliance with human rights standards
and international humanitarian law. The Israelis “detained” Professor Falk at the airport, treated his as a criminal and a threat to the
state, humiliated him and de-
ported him next day back to
Geneva.
…Emboldened by the
American blind and unconditional
support, defiant Israel
wanted to publicly give its
finger to Falk and to the UN
he represents, declaring itself
above all international laws
and above any criticism of its
crimes and human rights vio-
lations even if such criticism
comes from a Jew himself. Such defying humiliation
of the world political body
is meant to distract the UN,
and thus the whole world,
away from the holocaust it
is perpetrating against the
1.5 million Palestinians in
Gaza, and all its on-going
war crimes against the rest
of Palestinians throughout
the whole Palestine.
Falk’s accusations of Is-
rael’s Nazi-like holocaustal
implications are no differ-
ent from those made by John
Dugard, his predecessor, in
several reports on conditions
in occupied Palestine. Many
conscientious political figures,
as well as regular citi-
zens, around the world had
described Israel’s policies in
occupied Palestine in specific
and in the Middle East
in general as war crimes and
threat to world peace.
Comparing the present-
day Israel with Nazi Germany
one discovers that
the majority of the Israeli
policies are the exact cop-
ies of the Nazi policies. Nazi
Germany had invaded its Eu-
ropean neighbors extending
from England to Russia. Israel had also invaded all its neighboring countries; Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. It is also heavily involved
in the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. Its tentacles had also reached African countries as far as South Africa, Somalia, Sudan,
Angola, and Sierra Leone.
… Worse than the Nazis Israeli forces used to invade peaceful Palestinian towns, execute men, women and children in cold
blood everywhere and anywhere they encounter them, dynamite their homes on top of their residents, and finally demolish the
whole town making room for new Israeli colonies. Throughout 1948/49 Israelis had committed 70 ugly massacres against Palestinian
villagers, and totally destroyed 675 Palestinian towns and villages including their churches and mosques. Such massacres
and demolitions followed a set pattern, repeated in one village after the other, indicating a pre-meditated genocidal plan..
The rest of these lies and blood libels are available at Barack Hussein Obama’s official Web site, Organizing for America. Suffice to
say that this entry passed muster with Obama’s moderators and is clearly acceptable to Obama for America.
Posted by Bill Levinson @ 11:58 pm
From the Atlas Shrugs website – Permission given by Atlas Shrugs (Pamelar Geller), http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 21

Moriel Australia
Margret Godwin
AUSTRALIANnews
Australian & Rambling Rose Report– December 2009
Greetings Dear Family in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Again dear family, we tidying up and filing away yet another year. I won’t bore you with the obvious, but where does the time go? It has
been a big year here in Australia. The country is still undergoing Royal Commissions of the “Black Saturday Fires.” While some homeowners
are deciding whether to rebuild or move, many others are too scared to make momentous decisions (as they see it at this time). And while it is
still spring we are already having excessive heat and fires, and many frightened eyes look nervously to the hills for that wisp of smoke to come
over the horizon.
As if that is not bad enough, we are madly sailing down the road of abortion on demand, homosexuality, legalizing same-sex marriage, and
allowing children to be adopted into these unions. The government is giving over all rights to other nationalities while denying the same legal
rights to Christian-born Australians. Almost every vestige of Christianity has been removed from our schools and, even more sadly, in supposed
mainline church schools. As I have for several months been restricted physically from doing a lot of other things, I have been quietly observing
the depraved way of life that we seem to have so readily embraced. I almost fall prostrate at the mercy and patience of our God. We are no longer
shocked at the evilness, cruelty and putrid way of life that through the Internet and television can be accessed in what once was the sanctity of
our homes. All I know for sure is that I must hang onto the Lord, not through any strength of my own, but through His almighty power. I am
weak but He is strong. While I praise Him for the wonderful gifts He has given me I see so very clearly what a temporary thing this “mortal” life
is. Please forgive me if I come across as preaching (never, never, never) but in my heart I felt I wanted to share this with you.
So my dears, as we embrace 2010 I pray that we all shake the dirt off our hands and feet. That we cleave unto Him—the King of kings and
Lord of Lords. More precious than anything or anyone else. The words of the chorus, “Lord you are more precious than silver,” and, “I will sing
you a love song,” have been going ‘round and ‘round in my head. As I quietly sing them to myself I feel the most beautiful peace seep through
me, and I acknowledge that everything is in His hands. Praise Him. I pray also that you all have a Christ-filled holiday season, and the Lord
holds you safely in His magnificent and beautiful hands.
Just one more encouragement before I close: don’t forget the widows/widowers, those alone, those in nursing homes. Just take a few moments
to perhaps take them for a meal, or go eat with them, make a telephone call or, even more precious, write them a short letter. Just think,
if each of us wrote one letter, how much pleasure that would bring.
And finally, thank you so very much to all those who have been praying for Jacob, the ministry, and for me personally. May the Lord bless
you mightily. My love to all of you; may the Savior whom I adore wrap His loving arms around you, and may you experience a “joy unspeakable”
Shalom,
Marg
ambling
G’Day dear family,
o s e
Well, here I am coming to a close of my tenth year at the computer, having started out in 1999 as “a scribe in training.” As 2009 closes I feel
that, were I to be perfectly honest, I have not graduated any further. But in saying that, I am comfortable where I am. As a dear friend of mine used
to say, “she loves to sit on the fence!” Probably got lots of splinters in my bottom, eh!
My goodness, we have had some wonderful times during this past decade. Yet we have also seen horrific things happening to brothers and
sisters around the world in the name of “Christianity.”
Most of my personal happiest times have been getting to know more of you when we travel to different venues with Jacob, Dave and Calvin.
It is amazing. While I don’t recognize a lot of the faces, as soon as I hear a voice I can generally make out who you are.
At the risk of sounding too worldly, I must make a New Year’s resolution for 2010. Now you had best sit down. I am going to clear out my
office and completely revamp it, and putting everything in its rightful place. Now you stop that laughing! Truly I am going to do it!! I can hear a
chorus from all around Australia saying, “I’ve heard that before,” or, “How many times have I heard that!?” I have to do it anyway for my own
survival. I fear one day I will not be able to find my way out and will just fade away and not a living soul will know where I am. Thank the Lord for
my faithful companions, Noah and Esther (my ragdoll cats) they have incredible orienteering instincts and can always find a way in to check on me.
Now to our Aussie Readers a few reminders: It is time to re-register for the 2010 Quarterly. The 2010 Moriel program will include visits by
Jacob (July), Dave Royle (May), and Calvin Smith (tbd). We have huge a “thank you” to pass on to all those who have supported the ministry
prayerfully and financially; for the love displayed toward those on the mission fields prayerfully and financially; for all the volunteers who visit
those who are on their own, or who are ill or lonely; for all those who have helped at the mail outs and conferences (I could not have managed
without them); for the pastors and their wives who have welcomed our speakers. And a “thank you” to Pammie and Vic who travel over each
week (staying overnight) to help me here. This couple is wonderfully generous and faithful. New additions to the Moriel “House Mob” are Les
and Trish Martin and their little dog Trixie. Les and Trish have taken over as managers at the Belgrave Lodge, and in their spare time they come
over to do what they can.
Well my dears, our dear Carrie in the USA is awaiting this effort so I had best close for now. I hope you enjoy the bumper Sept/Dec issue; that
should keep you going over the holidays. I apologize for the delay but things have been a bit “iffy” here with me.
Oh, Oh, I am really going to have to go! My little Esther has just brought in her latest prize, a dear little brown lizard (minus it’s tail). I will
have to try to catch it, keep her away from it, and then put her in the “sin bin.” It is not as though she hasn’t had plenty of warnings!!!!
Note that the office will close for a month over the Christmas break, but I will be clearing the mail and sending out some of the orders as they
come in. God bless you all. I look forward to catching up with you in 2010.
Love in Christ,
Marg
22 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

Hebrew Lesson
The water of life is the Word from God
HEBREW LESSON . . .
FAQ: Why Didn’t the Jews Resist?
Resist not Evil
In the realm of human nature, the most natural response
when one is threatened or attacked, or even put in danger,
is what scientists refer to as “fight or flight”: either to defend
oneself against the danger, or to flee from it. One of
the most frequently pondered questions about the Shoah,
is why did the Jews not fight back more against the Nazis to
prevent their people from Genocide and the gas chambers.
It seems only natural, that a people who existed all over Europe,
close to 12 million at the beginning of World War II,
with 3.5 million in Poland alone, should pick up arms against
a tyrant seeking to destroy them and take control of Europe.
Some have counted the Jews as “lambs to the slaughter” and
expressed wonder at the idea that millions walked what is
perceived as blindly to their death. After all some reason,
in mass executions, did the Jews in line to be killed not realize
that the others were being killed, and were not more of
them than even the battalions? The nature of resistance in
wartime though is not well understood by many, and the
nature of resistance in genocide is even less understood.
One thing is clear in considering the choice to resist or
not, that morality and wisdom in wartime in general becomes
very complex, with threatening consequences. It is
this complexity of choice that will be considered here.
A Darkening Horizon
The choice for the Jewish People and others to resist or
not resist the Nazis began as soon as the Nazis started to
come to power. In 1923, the Nazis had growing support
but they were still a very small minority Party, and would
gain only about 3% of the vote. Still, even at this point with
the perception of the Nazis as a fringe group and the disdain
for brutal tactics and censorships by the ‘brownshirts’,
many German Jews were outspoken, but there was only occasional
resistance, because neither the Jews nor Domestic
Germans felt that the National Socialists would come to hold
the monolithic power which would come about in 10 years.
Anti-Jewish demonstrations and rhetoric were decried by
some and supported by others, not unlike such occurrences
today in Europe and the United States.
Anti-semitism in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany,
though was not limited to the Nazis: many old prejudices held
strong, and the Jews, who had remained a people through
dispersion for centuries, had learned the value of passive
co-existence to the extent possible, combined up until this
time period with a segregation lasting far beyond the Jewish
Enlightenment which gave rise to possibilities of Modern
20th century assimilation of the Jews into Western cultures.
The Morality of Resistance vs
Non-resistance
To discuss the morality of whether to resist or not resist
in war time is to move out of the normal range of ethics: in
war in general, a person is in constant danger, but so are
others; in war quick life and death decisions must often be
made without time to consider outcome or moral implications.
Jewish resistance was compounded in these choices
in which there were not right or wrong decisions but wrong
or less wrong decisions. An example of this would be, Jews
who had a small cache of arms in the ghettos, who at best
could have killed a small group of Nazis out of thousands.
Should they resist? If they picked up weapons and fired, the
result would most likely be the rapid random killing of themselves
and innocent bystanders, or even a razing or bombing
of the ghetto. If they did not resist they would most certainly
been enslaved, deported, robbed and murdered. Resistance
in many cases became more of a statement than a realistic
defense. Medical staff in the ghetto or Jewish hospitals faced
the same kinds of choices: in one case during the time of deportation,
staff at a children’s hospital were asked to ready
their patients because the Nazis would arrive shortly. Knowing
the Nazi’s penchant for killing the weak and ill, some
staff members gave their patients large doses of morphine or
other narcotics: they knew the patient would probably die.
Resistance and Consequences
A premiere example of the dilemma of Jewish Resistance
during the Shoah lies in the events surrounding and leading
to the ‘Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’. Unlike regular warfare,
where assaults are met by resistance with calculated risk, the
Ghetto provides a unique look at a classic moral dilemma.
Long before the uprising, ZOB knew about the consequences
of the deportations. The youth, more willing to rebel initially
tried to work within the bounds afforded them – they
warned the Judenrat. The youth and the Judenrat however
were greatly constrained by moral and political boundaries.
If the Judenrat lived up to their conscience, then their defiance
of the Nazi liaisons would have brought instant imprisonment
and death. For the younger dissidents, though,
the dilemma constantly and throughout the war, was that of
minor resistance endeavors succeeding, vs the great and real
possibility that the action would bring about retribution and
death not only to them but to many people. The fear was
well-grounded: by the time of the Uprising, there had been
constant reprisals and even legislation enacted which made
Jewish resistance an extremely difficult potential.
NOTES: http://www.shoaheducation.com/faqjewsresist.html
© 1997,2003Elizabeth K. Best, PhD; Shoah Education Project (Web)
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 23

South Africa News
Salvador & Dianne Hayworth
Salvador and Dianne’s
Msindisi = (Zulu for saviour) Jesus is the Saviour of the world and it is He that we are trying to serve. He saves
from Sin and the consequences of sin. He saves us from ourselves. He saves us from eternal death and despair.
He came to give eternal life and died to satisfy the justice of God so that we can come into relationship with the
Creator that we have been estranged from.
Psalm 115: 1 – “Not to us, O Lord,
not to us, but to Your name give glory because
of Your loving kindness, because of
Your truth”
As of late we have been asked a few
questions by various people which we take
to be indications of the kind of questions
many people are asking. So this month
we thought we would answer them in our
newsletter for all to read. They are answered
according to the most asked question
first and the least asked question last.
1. Where do you get
your support?
We are solely funded by freewill
offerings from individual supporters who
feel prompted to give either one offering
or regular support. Occasionally we have
had churches from Australasia and the
UK also give freewill offerings. A couple
of friends have also donated textbooks
towards Salvi’s theological studies. And,
thank the Lord, He has prompted a couple
of people to contribute towards Salvi’s
Bible college fees, just enough to cover the
rest of the certificate level of the course.
Salvi is applying for a bursary so as to
lessen the costs of the course. Sometimes
it can be quite tight but we have seen the
Lord move people’s hearts to contribute to
the building of our hut, and towards our
weekly living and ministerial expenses.
2. What is it missionary
life like?
On a weekly basis Salvi preaches and
prepares Bible and theological studies. Di
does Zulu, helping locals with things like
taking people to the clinic or helping Gogo
at our Kraal, as well as maintaining the
home, hand washing clothes most days.
On a Monday we both take the truck to
fetch 85 liters of drinking water from the
communal tap. This is a hand pump borehole
tap and the water is used for cooking
and drinking. Salvi also fetches eight 20
liters containers of river water per week
that is used for everyone at the Kraal for
washing and bathing. Phumulani’s family
still wants to fetch water from the river
themselves. Di has yet to master the art
of carrying water on the head! Salvi also
empties out the porta-loo about 2 to 3 times
a week, and Di takes the liberty of using up
left over river water in giving the car a good
wash, or washing mud-caked shoes after it
has been raining. Suddenly shoes become
platform boots! When it is hot Di will fill
our solar shower, otherwise we bucket bath.
3. How long do you intend
to stay?
We are here for as long as the Lord
desires. The good thing is that the hut we
have built will not go to waste as it is on
Phumulani’s land. When we do leave, the
hut will go to him. He has said that he
would not use it for himself, but keep it
for visiting missionaries, like Caleb and
Sophie, and as a possible venue for church
meetings. The focus is not upon us being
the ones to do the work, but that the work
is done in which we play a part. We pray
that the Lord may bring in other people
who preach the truth of God’s Word to
evangelize and disciple the ‘whosoever’
in these areas. Also that people who can
speak the truth in Zulu will be sent to work
in God’s vineyard, not to build up our
particular Bible studies or church groups
but Jesus’ Church.
4. Is it hard staying there?
Like many things there are pros and
cons. It can sometimes be frustrating being
without having running water or electricity,
especially for Salvi when he wants to do
research, lectures or assignments for Bible
college. Living here can be hard for Di
when she wants to share more; the language
is a barrier at this stage for her. It can also
get monotonous when people think that
because you are white you are to give them
work or money and other such things. The
lifestyle though, is quite laid back so we
do not have the burden of hectic schedules
which is a plus.
Latest News:
This month we have had the arrival
of Lorraine and her three girls to give
them a week holiday. While we were in
Springs we arranged with her to come
over during the school holidays. We said
that if she could find her way here we
would pay for her ticket home again. As
you may already know, Lorraine and Di
worked closely together in Springs. After
Lorraine’s husband, Sam, died we wanted
to support her in whatever way we could.
When she called about coming to visit us
we were overjoyed, but when we heard
that the total for all their tickets was R699
we immediately thought that we did not
have the money to provide her ticket home.
So we prayed about it. During that week
someone gave us R100 so we put that aside
for Lorraine. Lorraine was arriving on the
Monday when we would have to purchase
her ticket home to guarantee that she would
have three seats booked for the following
Sunday. Though we told nobody about the
need, we prayed. On Sunday the church
decided to give us the offering that had
been collected over a couple of months.
They had no idea how timely it was. When
we counted it the total was R590 which
gave us a total of R690, just R9 shy of the
total. All glory to the Lord. But that was not
all. When Lorraine arrived she told us that
she did not have the money to come here
either. But a visiting pastor, knowing about
her, had supplied her with the means to
purchase the ticket to come here! We pray
Lorraine and the girls had a refreshing stay
and were encouraged in their walk, even
though the weather was drizzly all week.
While here, Lorraine got to meet the
people from the Tuesday night Bible study
as it was our turn to host it. Salvi has been
teaching on the “first foundations” from
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Hebrews 6:1-2. This week he was teaching
on washings and baptisms. It is wonderful
to see the Lord working in their lives. One
of them hasn’t been baptized as a believer,
having been sprinkled as a baby in the
Dutch Reformed Church which they are
still attending. But he has now said that he
wants to be properly baptized and will be
arranging the day where we will baptize
him in his dam. This will probably be in a
couple of weeks.
Lorraine helped Di with kid’s club on
the Saturday she was here. Our numbers
are growing and that week we had it in our
hut, and Di counted 22. Please pray that
the Lord will give the children hearts to
understand the Gospel as Celani, Khetiwe
and Di take it.
On the Sunday that Lorraine left we were
blessed with a couple from Paulpietersburg
who have been listening to Moriel and
Ariel teachings and experiencing change
by them. They also attend the Wednesday
nights with our friends in Vryheid and have
been encouraged by the fellowship. They
have left the German Lutheran Church
and were attending Elijah Ministries in
Sandton, Johannesburg once a month to
get good Bible teaching. When they arrived
they said that they had come to get baptized
as Salvi had shared from Scripture a few
weeks back about the importance of it.
This took us by a little surprise but it was a
wonderful surprise and we got our bath out
of the storage mud hut, plugged up the hole
and filled it with water. It was a privilege
to share in this occasion with them. They
came with us to Church afterwards where
Phumulani preached a cracking message
in English and Salvi translated into Zulu.
Phumulani was speaking from 1 Peter
about the trials on faith. Salvi said he was
amazed by Phumulani’s clear presentation
of election which he put forth as follows:
“God chooses people to salvation, but the
Bible does not tell us the basis by which
he chooses. Yet man must come freely
and willingly to God.” It is amazing that
this topic has been debated endlessly and
theologians have come to no satisfactory
conclusion and yet Phumulani, from the
middle of rural KwaZulu Natal put it so
simply and yet profoundly that God is both
sovereign and that we must come willingly
and the beauty being that it portrays a two
way relationship where God calls and man
freely responds. After the meeting we
shared in a meal at our home and then we
took Lorraine back to Vryheid to catch the
bus home.
A week later our friend Sue Wells will
be visiting us with seven of their foster
children. Allen and Sue Wells run a ministry
called Bezaleel which is a family home
with eleven children that they parent.
Salvador & Dianne Hayworth
These children were from various African
tribal backgrounds. Allen has started a Wi-
Fi internet business to provide a future for
some of his children. However it is still in
its early stages. The family lives by relying
on free will offerings of people who feel
moved to support them. Please keep them
in your prayers, especially regarding Sue’s
visit. If anyone would like to learn more
about their work, receive a newsletter or
support them in any way please feel free to
contact them on these details. Email: bezaleel@saol.com.
Phone: +27 (0) 11 815 3900
Salvi continues to evangelize three local
areas. In Eastmine a couple of weeks
ago he was waved down by a family who
wanted him to share the Scriptures with
them. He started a study and then they
asked him to come again. They still want
to continue studying the Scriptures, so this
could be the start of a small Bible study
in that part of the community. The ladies
at Saturday’s Bible study in Steiland have
been asking wonderful questions and it is
faithfully continuing. Please pray for these
studies. If anyone has any questions or
comments please feel free to e-mail them.
Our internet time is very limited so we
might be slow in replying but we welcome
any correspondence.
Shalom In Jesus.
Salvi and Di.
THE PRINCIPLE OF GODLINESS
1 Timothy 3:16 – “By common confession,
great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh, Was
vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations, Believed
on in the world, Taken up in glory”
The fact that Jesus was vindicated in
the Spirit means that He was wronged in
the flesh. You can only be vindicated if
you have wronged or have been wronged.
As Jesus was sinless we know that He did
no wrong, so He could only have been
wronged. Jesus was never really seen for
who He was while He was on the earth. It
was a rare occasion that someone like Peter
would say, “You are the Christ, the Son
of the Living God.” But Jesus was seen by
angels. He preached only to the people of
a tiny country, Israel. He said that He came
for the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
God had promised Abraham that through
his seed all nations would be blessed. But
in His vindication Jesus was proclaimed
among the nations. We read about that in
the book of Acts. In the flesh no one really
believed in Him. 5,000 people followed
Jesus for the food but left at His teaching.
South Africa News
When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead,
no one believed that Jesus could do it. Even
Martha’s faith failed. She had displayed
faith concerning the fact that God would
give whatever Jesus would ask, and concerning
the fact that Jesus was the Christ,
the son of God. She had also believed in
the resurrection on the last day. When it
came to the actual raising of Lazarus, her
faith failed. But in Jesus’ vindication He
was believed on in the world. And lastly
Jesus died a cruel, shameful and humiliating
death. He died the death of a convicted
criminal, though He did nothing wrong.
But in His vindication He was taken up in
glory. Jesus did not snatch at His vindication
but He trusted on His heavenly Father.
He waited for God to initiate it and He responded
to God’s leading.
The Gospel shows a relationship between
God and man where man is helpless
to save himself and has no righteousness
of his own. Therefore God, out of His own
initiative, stepped in and initiated salvation
by what Jesus did on the cross and by the
Gospel’s call to repent. God offers salvation
and man must respond. This is not only
true of salvation, but it is also true with all
our blessings. And this is true spirituality:
that I respond to what God is telling me
and showing me in faith. The idea that we
can initiate anything in our Christian walk
is pseudo-spirituality. Everything that we
do in our Christian walk is in relation to
what God has already done. We believe because
He has told us and we love because
He loved first.
Y’varechecha Adonai
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Moriel South Africa
David Royle
Moriel Missions
END OF YEAR 2009 REPORT
Dear Friends
We want to end this year giving
praise to our God for His supply that he
has often wrought through you. When
David Lister asked me to put together a
review of the year I felt quite daunted
as so much has happened and I did not
want to forget to thank anyone for their
input. So that’s why I want to begin with
thanksgiving to our God and to our supporters
for all that you have done. From
Jacob and Dave Lister who always mention
the work wherever they go, to all
our administrators who are so supportive,
to my family who put up with my
insecurities and especially to my parents
who host me. The list goes on and on
and on, and so we give Glory to God.
On a personal family note this has
been an amazing year. My son Anthony
and his wife Liz produced a lovely little
girl named Abigail who is a real joy to
us. This was followed in March with the
marriage of our youngest son Aaron to
Erin, whom he met while she was here
in South Africa on mission. As parents,
it has been fantastic to see them all grow
during this year, and we pray that as our
family grows God would continue to
bless it.
Christopher has begun to step up
to the mark as our partner in ministry.
While I am away Chris has been leading
Sunday fellowship and contributing to
the daily devotionals. His job for Moriel
includes copying and distributing DVD’s
to South African customers. He handles
most aspects of administration and oversees
our local staff members, especially
security. He is a real joy to have around,
and to see him grow and mature is a real
pleasure as a father.
The year began on a high with the
opening of our church meeting area.
This was paid for by the believers. It is
made from local materials so it didn’t
cost an arm and a leg. It’s been great to
see it also used as a classroom for all
our kids as well as functioning as a local
fellowship. During January I went to
oversee the work in Kenya and Tanzania.
As you know, we are building a children’s
village outside Arusha. Through the generous
donations of our mission partners
we had completed several houses that
were ready to be moved into.
February saw two significant things:
First of all, our beloved Sam went to be
with Jesus, and this saw the church used
for a funeral for the first time. Secondly,
we had the arrival of Lina and Marijke
as missionaries for one year. It’s hard to
believe that this year is nearly over and
soon they will be gone. We hope to replace
them with two other people in the
positions of teacher and nurse.
In March I went on tour to the UK,
sharing at various fellowships. In April
we had the special event of releasing Salvador
and Dianne to be Moriel missionaries
to Kwazulu Natal. Kwazulu has always
been a burden on Sal’s heart but he
said when joining us for his second time
in South Africa that he would go only if
God gave him a wife. Well along comes
Di, and it soon become apparent that not
only did Sal share God’s heart for Kwazulu,
but that Di shared it too. And so on
April 6 they had their last weekend with
us and departed. Today they have shown
such faithfulness in God’s mission despite
a lot of trials and discomfort. They
are a couple who never ask anything for
themselves, so all I will say is that in the
coming year we are praying the Lord will
provide some basic utilities to make their
life more comfortable.
Lyn and I went in May for our annual
leave in Australia, although this was a bit
of a busman’s holiday with a busy preaching
schedule. It was good to leave the
work in the capable hands of Chris, Lina,
Marijke and the team, and to come home
and find the place still going strong.
This year has seen the ministry
welcome some lovely additions, humanly
speaking, and with material things. On
the people front we had a visit from Jacob
whose tour was almost over when he was
taken ill in Cape Town. We thank the
Lord that when I saw him at the CMFI
conference in October he had lost 20
pounds and was relaxed and happy. Long
may this trend continue as I know I would
like Jacob around for a long, long time.
In September, just before my Autumn
UK tour, we had the pleasure of having
David Lister, Jeff and Judy Baker, and
Judy’s sister Brenda come and stay for
a short while. During this time we had a
rainwater collection system installed and
various repairs done as Jeff is a builder.
Judy and Brenda made themselves busy
with Lyn and the kids and I was sorry to
see them leave.
Other people to arrive were Mouse
and Simmy, two small children who suffer
from cerebral palsy and other conditions.
They were so tiny and frail, and we
pray that during their introduction to the
home they would be stimulated and also
grow physically. We also will be having a
new little girl soon who has to be fed from
a tube, so watch this space for her arrival.
This past year the Lord has provided
us with so many material things as well.
Before their departure Sal and Di were
able to purchase a 4x4 with the sale of
their car and a gift from Moriel Missions.
In September we also were able to purchase
a 4x4 to take the kids to hospital in
large groups.
On top of this there has been some
renewed infrastructure and we are. as
always, grateful for the donation of a
generator that keeps the power on during
the many blackouts we experience
in this area. On top of this the Lord has
provided everything we have needed for
food, bills, medicines and staff payments
during the last 12 months, so we are constantly
praising Him for His provision.
This month (November) sees Lyn and
me go up to Tanzania to visit the children’s
home that is developing. One thing
they need is for the systems to be in place
that will ensure every one of our children
and new-born babies get the love, care
and nurture they need. So please pray for
this visit and for our team leader Norbert
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who does a good job with a lack of consistent
resources. As with many missions
it is often either feast or famine. Please
pray for the Moriel-associated churches
in Tanzania. These are growing fast, and
the Masai church there has grown to be
the largest Masai church in the area.
So what does the next year hold?
Well we can’t say. God is sovereign and
He sits in Heaven and does as He pleases.
All we know is that He is a great God,
and as long as we submit our ways to Him
then our paths will be straight. He will
do great things with those who humble
themselves and seek His face.
Issues for prayer
We need people. To be specific, we
need a teacher, a nurse and a cook. You
don’t have to be super spiritual, just
hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves, normal
people. C.H. Spurgeon called himself a
“Plodder.” Well look what God did with
a plodder, and imagine what He can do
with any life heeding His call.
I would like someone to take on Aletheia
in my place. It didn’t work out with
Zak and so the church I planted seven
years ago is still under my leadership.
Well God is sovereign, and so that’s probably
what He wants. Please ask the Lord
to give me the peace I need to do this as I
want to be in His will at all times.
Please continue to pray for all the
children in all their challenging circumstances.
They are very brave kids and we
love them to bits. Thus far, God has preserved
each of them in His Grace.
As we grow, God has provided all
the finances we need. I do not take this
for granted and every evening we pray,
“Give us our daily bread.” Please support
us in prayer in this area.
• How can you help us?
• Please pray; this is the engine room of
the ministry
• Please consider working with us out here
on mission
• Please consider supporting us financially
• Please add your name to the newsletter list
You can get hold of us at the following
or by visiting our International Web
site: www.moriel.org
PO Box 10807
Strubenvale 1570
Gauteng, South Africa
moriel.david@gmail.com
+27 (0)823739297
Many thanks in Jesus,
Dave Royle
And all at Moriel South Africa
David Royle
Aron & wife Erin
Liz and Abigail
New Church Building & School
The New (Used) 4x4
Jacob & school girls in SA
Jacob & Baden
Simi
To Whom much is given . . . .
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South Africa News
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Allen & Sue
E Z A L E E L
E W S L E T T E R
December 2009
FDear friends
Five thirty on a Saturday morning
saw the seven younger children and me
heading out the gate in the bakkie (van)
for Kwa Zulu Natal for our longed-for
visit (albeit a short one) to Salvador and
Dianne. We left Allen in the capable
care of Lizzie, Thoko, Rosie and Walter
to spend a quiet weekend at home
with Roxanne coming in to cook supper
for them. Four and a half hours later
found us at Vryheid after an uneventful
journey, including a long stretch littered
with potholes, and kilometers of traveling
behind four to five trucks at in
line ahead of us. Salvador and Dianne
met us in Vryheid and we followed
them out of town to the outlying
farmlands about forty minutes
away. We then turned down a sand
road (actually a mud road) and a little
way along arrived at their home.
It was such a joy to be with
them again, and the children were
very excited. Soon after our arrival
there came to have lunch with us a
couple I’d met at Elijah Ministries
and put into contact with Salvador
and Dianne. We then climbed into
the 4x4 and went to another family
who farm farther up, for fellowship
and supper. Before we left we were
introduced to Phumulani’s mom and
a family member and her baby who
live in the kraal together. Phumulani
was at work at the time and we saw
him later.
We were warmly welcomed when
we arrived at the farmhouse and not
long after, Dianne, Kim, Chanelle,
I and the children except Ruth and
Precious climbed the mountain on
their farm. It began to rain (it had been
heavily overcast all that time) but that
did not dampen our enthusiasm, and the
children climbed ahead. Benjamin, who
had gone ahead with the others, began
to cry and declared that they would never
see mom again, but Kim reassured
him that I was right behind and I would
find them. When we arrived at the top
it flattened considerably with a dam before
us. The view was magnificent and
declared the glory of the Lord. Johnny
fetched us at the top, taking another
route in his bakkie and we went slipping
and sliding back down to the farmhouse
to hot baths and dry clothes for the children,
kindly provided for by Kim.
At about eight thirty that evening
we negotiated our way back in poor visibility
and very muddy roads to give the
children their meds and sort out sleeping
arrangements. I slept with five of the
children in Salvador and Dianne’s hut
and they slept with the two older boys in
another hut graciously made available
by Gogo.
When we had arrived earlier on, we
all squeezed into the bathroom to have
a demonstration from Dianne regarding
the wonders of the porta-loo. We were
instructed that, once what needed to be
done was done, we were to press a lever
twice to rinse the bowl.
“Cool” exclaimed the children.
Needless to say, in their enthusiasm I
think the lever was operated numerous
times, and unexpectedly before leaving
for church the next morning the loo began
to leak. Salvador had to empty it in
the long drop nearby.
Church takes place at Celani’s (Phumulani’s
sister) home and we reach there
by car. Phumulani preached in English
and Salvador interpreted in Zulu. Later
in the day Salvador went out with Phumulani
for a Bible study, while Dianne
and I went exploring with the children.
We went down to the river, crossed it
(it’s not very wide at the moment), and
went up the other side. It is truly beautiful
out there with wide, very green open
spaces, and the clouds lying low over the
tops of the mountains. While I was there
two Scriptures which have encouraged
me in difficult times came to mind.
Psalm 118:5 (NASB): “From my
distress I called upon the Lord; the
Lord answered me and set me in a
large place.”
Psalm 121:1&2 (NASB): “I
will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From whence shall my help
come? My help comes from the
Lord, Who made heaven and earth.”
The simple act of physically looking
upward and outward at God’s creation
reminded me of the greatness
and faithfulness of our God. Bedtime
is a lot earlier because as much as
possible is done before dark and light
must be provided for by candles.
Phumulani came over for a devotional
that evening and by six thirty
the following morning we were on
our way home.
I was greatly encouraged to see
what the Lord is doing in and through
Salvador and Dianne’s lives, their
faithfulness to our Lord who has
called them to serve Him there at this
time, and also for the precious way
in which the Lord provides and cares
for them and their needs. For the things
that still need to be done we join with
them in looking to the Lord for provision.
We are also thankful to the Lord
regarding Clayton finding employment
after about five months of no work in
the UK. We would also like to thank
Bernard and Carmel from Bridge Lane
Fellowship, where Clayton fellowships,
for their generous hospitality in being a
home-away-from-home for him. Psalm
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68:6 tells us that God places the solitary
in families, and we thank you for being
that family for him.
Looking back over the year we marvel
at the goodness of the Lord. The children
have been well with only Ruth having a
bout of strep throat and Ben with shingles.
Lily our granddaughter is cared for
by us during the day. The children love
her and she delights in being with them.
Five of the girls started with choir this
year and Rosie with ballet. The ballet
has done marvels for Rosie’s disability
and has been worth the time it takes to
have her there. She performs in her first
show on Saturday in a dance called “The
Teddy Bear’s Picnic.”
We had the “Music Star Evening”
last week and eight of the children performed.
Lizzie continues to do well in her
music and is very committed to practicing.
This week we go for the biannual blood
tests and checkups for the children.
It has been a busy year but hopefully
things should start slowing down which
will allow for time to get other pressing
things done.
Allen has just gone through a difficult
time with his Wi Fi to the point of wanting
to throw in the towel. He has been
up until all hours, and at nine o’clock
one evening we found him perched at
the top of his 26-meter (about 80-feet)
tower checking radio cards with a torch
strapped to his forehead trying to figure
out what was wrong. We thank the Lord
for strengthening his resolve and giving
him the ability to keep on.
We want to express our gratitude
to the Lord for His love and provision,
and to all of you who have so selflessly
been His instruments in making it possible.
May the Lord bless you and may
you grow in your love and knowledge
of Him.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless
it abides in the vine, so neither
can you, unless you abide in Me.
I am the vine, you are the branches; he
who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears
much fruit, for apart from Me you can
do nothing. John15:4&5 (NASB).
I am the good shepherd; and I
know My own, and My own know me.
John10:14. (NASB)
Allen & Sue
I am the good shepherd; and I know My own,
and My own know me. John 10:14
Our trip to Kwa Zulu Nata
Performance at the Music Star Evening
South Africa News
Shalom
Allen and Sue
Visit to Salvador and Dianne
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Immanuel News 2009
Reverend Najeeb Atteih
Ha i f a
mmanuel
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B o o k s h o p H a i f a , I s r e a l
Over the summer, we were happy
to have been able to visit
Germany and Romania for
both business and pleasure, but now we are
back to ministry and service in Haifa. Even
though we were away for a few weeks, a
lot has been happening in the bookshop.
Stunned silence
A man we shall refer to as “J” entered
the shop when we were praying together
with a few others. He stood and waited till
we had finished praying. Najeeb realized
that someone had come in, so he asked
about his need. He replied that he wanted
rosary beads. From the conversation, it
quickly became clear he was from a Catholic
background. He kept all the Catholic
traditions and holidays, and was keen to be
an observant Catholic. For him, Sunday is
a day of rest – a holy day – so he keeps that
day special instead of Saturday, which is
more traditional in Israel.
Najeeb asked him what is the most important
thing, Sunday, or the God of Sunday?
He asked, “What do you mean by that?”
Najeeb explained that the Lord Jesus,
who was crucified on the cross for us,
needs to be the most important thing in our
lives, and began to explain the Gospel to
him. More than five minutes after hearing
the message from Najeeb he was completely
silent. He simply stood and pondered
about what Najeeb had told him.
Najeeb said, “When you came in you
saw that we were praying. Could we also
pray for you, that the Lord would keep the
words that we have just shared in your
heart, to give you strength, and bring their
meaning to your life?”
He accepted, so they prayed for him
and then he left the shop. We believe that
God’s message is powerful and effective,
and even though we didn’t see him make
a step of faith right there and then, we are
counting on God’s promises that his words
will accomplish much in this man’s life:
Isaiah 55:11 “So is my word that goes
out from my mouth: It will not return to me
empty, but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
“They told me I would
find what I was looking
for in here”
Another man came into the shop one
day when Elizabeth was working. He was
Jewish. His first words were: “They told
me that I would find what I am searching
for here in your bookshop.”
I wondered what his needs were – what
could an elderly Jewish man want that was
in our bookshop? I asked him what he was
looking for, and by way of reply, he took a
book out of a plastic bag he was carrying.
He showed it to me and asked me what it
was. I told him it was the Qur’an. I prayed
in my heart that he wasn’t going to ask me
about the Qur’an or any Islamic literature,
but he immediately added, “I already have
the Qur’an, I need the New Testament!”
He continued to explain, “I need it in
big letters because I don’t see so well now.”
I was curious – fascinated in fact, and
asked him why he needed the New Testament.
He already had the first covenant,
the Torah, but what was going on inside
his heart? I asked him why he wanted it.
He answered “I am a man who loves to
learn about religions, so I have already
read the Qur’an, and now I want to buy the
New Testament.”
Q. I asked, “Did you find any light in
the Qur’an?”
A. He said “What do you mean?”
R. I told him that in the whole Qur’an,
even if he were to read it many times
over, he would not find any salvation
in it.
Q. He asked me, “What are you trying
to sell to me here?”
R. I told him that I was not selling
anything, but that it was for free, and
began to share about the unconditional
love and grace that was purchased
for us on the cross when Jesus died for
me and for him and for everybody.
He seemed to be overwhelmed and
said it was too much for him. I invited him
to sit down, and offered him a cup of coffee.
He said, “Please make one for yourself
and sit with me so we can continue this
conversation.”
So we continued to talk about the
Gospel and the real meaning of the name
“Yeshua” which is “salvation.” For many
years, Jewish people have referred to Jesus
as “Yeshua,” which is an acronym in Hebrew
standing for “may his name be forever
blotted out.”
I explained that Yeshua really is our
salvation and that every knee shall bow at
the end of time, whether or not we accept
His salvation.
Eventually we finished talking, and he
said he was really happy to have come and
been able to talk about these things. He
promised to come back and bring his wife
to meet us as well, and chat further about
Jesus and his salvation.
Help the believers in Gaza
Two years ago, a family man was abducted
and executed in Gaza for his love
of Jesus. Most of you heard about it; He
was both stabbed and shot. The Christian
bookshop that he works in had been blown
up a few months before, and the persecution
among the believers there continues to
be severe. While most of his family, along
with many other believers, were able to
flee to the West Bank, it was not possible
for everyone. Those who were left behind
continue to be a light in this difficult place.
We want to inform you about a sister in
Christ called “S” who was told a few days
ago that she had one week to get out of
her rented accommodation. She would be
thrown out even though she had nowhere
to go. She called in tears, saying that although
she managed to find a place, they
are demanding six months’ rent in advance;
something that is simply impossible for her.
The rent is $400 a month, and she must
supply 6 months all at once. If she doesn’t,
she will be homeless in a few days. Can
you help?
Our daughter trains
for ministry
Most of you know that our daughter,
Kareen, recently went to Bible College in
England for a year. The first few days were
pretty difficult for her. At the beginning she
struggled to settle in – to adjust to the new
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culture, food and people – but she has just
found two other students who also speak
Arabic, who are from missionary families
in Jordan, and this has been a great blessing
to her. She has been a bit tearful, but
she was laughing yesterday when we were
chatting on the internet, and was able to
share what God is doing in her life. It felt
as if I was talking to a sister in Christ – like
two women sharing about their walks and
adventures with God. It’s been hard, and
probably will be hard for a while, but we
know that the Holy Spirit is working in her
life to grow and mature her into the mighty
woman of God that he wants her to be.
Please pray for her!
Keep the doors open
As you know, our bookshop is more
than just a bookshop, but a place where
God’s grace can touch people from all
backgrounds here in the land of Israel. Although
God is accomplishing much and we
are seeing a lot of spiritual fruit in the shop,
it is not a financially profitable enterprise,
and we depend on gifts to keep the doors
open to all who need Jesus. We are writing
to invite you to consider whether you
would be willing to contribute toward the
upkeep and rent of the shop, and be part of
this kingdom venture.
We understand that this is a difficult
time around the world financially, but we
can be sure that every small gift given to
the kingdom is an investment in eternity.
As Jesus says, “Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy, and where thieves break in and
steal. But store up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break in
and steal. For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:18-20)
Please, would you prayerfully consider
whether God would have you invest your resources
in his work at Immanuel Bookshop?
If you are interested, please e-mail us and
we will pass on the details of how to give.
Thank you and warm greetings from
Haifa Israel
In Jesus’ name
Immanuel Church Bookshop Haifa
Rev. Najeeb & Elizabeth Atteih
Immanuel Church Haifa
September-October 2009
Report
Dear Friends of Immanuel Church,
Thank you for your faithful prayers onehalf
of Elisabeth and Najeeb over the past
few months, which have been very busy
and fruitful. We would like to update you
on what the Lord has been doing, and what
we believe He is wanting for the future.
Reverend Najeeb Atteih Immanuel News 2009
will learn together with the Arab students
in the Hebrew language. The vision is to
train and equip Arab and Jewish students
who will become future leaders in the congregations
in Israel and be teaching truly
Biblical doctrines and God’s plan for Israel
in the end-times. This is something which
most of the other colleges in Israel and the
territories do not do. Some even teach a
political theology which can only fortify
anti-Israel feelings. This new initiative
comes entirely from the Arab sector, and
is born of an understanding for, and love
to the Jewish people, and the knowledge
that God has not forgotten them. These Arabs
and Jews who share this vision have a
great love for one another as one family in
Yeshua.
At the present time, the college is meeting
in the temporary Immanuel Church
building, but will have to vacate when the
Immanuel Church vacates! However a
building in a prime place in Haifa has been
put up for sale. It has a basement at ground
level of 80 square metres, and above that
another three floors of 200 square metres
each, a total of 600 square metres .The
space on the ground floor could be used
for Sunday schools. The idea is that the
Theological School take one floor, the
church the next for their meetings and also
for conferences, and the third as guest or
student accommodation. It has 19 parking
places, plus plenty of public parking places
round about.
The Cost of this building is $400,000
(plus taxes), and is truly a bargain, though
it will also need renovation. The owner has
given Pastor Najeeb 90 (now about 80)
days to come up with the money. As we
believe that this may be a strategic project
for the extension of the Kingdom here in
Israel, we are turning to all our friends and
those who believe God is calling them to
assist, to aid us in obtaining this place in
the next month or so. Any who wish to visit
us and see the building are most welcome.
At the invitation of a Romanian woman
who had worked and lived in Ruth’s house
Najeeb, Elisabeth and Ruth Nessim from
Nahariya visited Romania for 10 days in
September. The lady originally came to
faith in a Seventh Day Adventist Church
in Romania, but during the last period of
her stay in Israel, she began to attend and
very much enjoy the Nahariya Assembly.
During our visit to Tecuti, her home town
(which outside looks like a set from Fiddler
On The Roof!), Pastor Najeeb was invited
to preach twice in the Adventist Church
where he spoke on Reconciliation between
Jews and Arabs, and what God is doing in
the land in this respect. His message was
well received, and we believe we made
good contact with some of the people there.
The following day (Sunday), we received
an invitation to the Baptist Church, where
also Najeeb spoke twice, and was warmly
received. It was a joy to meet these Romanian
Christians, who have experienced
great persecution in the past, but are now
enjoying freedom and growing in numbers.
The Mountainous areas and scenery
are all exceedingly beautiful, but the cities
are full of stark contrast. Everything is
available to those who have money, but the
poor beg around the restaurants, and will
eat scraps from the plates! The contrast between
this and Ceauşescu’s opulent palace
was sickening, and the after-effects of his
despotic reign are still very evident.
Firstly, we wish to share with you our
vision for the future of Immanuel Church,
the new Theological school which has been
opened in Haifa, and our vision for future
co-cooperation between Jews and Arabs in
the bonds of Messiah’s love.
Our Congregation which has increased
in numbers has been asked to evacuate the
shed which has been our home for the last
few years. A new meeting place is needed
and we have been looking for a place for
some time to meet the needs of the growing
congregation.
Secondly, and even more importantly,
a new Theological School has begun here
in Haifa, under the auspices of The Israel
College of the Bible. This new extension
college is the inspiration of a number of
Arab believers, who wish to see unity
between Arabs and Jews, and refuse to
teach Replacement Theology, which has
no place for Israel in its teachings, but instead
believes that God has finished with
the Jews, and the Church is now the new
Israel. Thomas Damianos, a gifted man
(Thomas is trained Engineer, and Theologian,
and is also just completing a law
degree) has already commenced teaching
with eight Arab students, and at the end of
the first semester, he hopes to have an intake
of a number of Jewish students, who
Please pray for us. We are well aware
that this is a tremendous undertaking, and
it can only come to fruition by the grace of
God and the help of God’s people. We will
keep you all informed.
We send our greetings to you all in the
name of Yeshua, Ruth Nessim on behalf of
Pastor Najeeb and Elisabeth Atteih
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 31

Immanuel News 2009 – Continued
October 2009
Last week, a Jewish man and his wife
came in looking for a gift for the Philippine
care assistant of his mother. I showed them
the sorts of gifts we had available and they
chose something. I always try to engage
people in conversation as they wait at the
cash desk, and so I asked where they were
from. They replied that they were from Haifa,
and then the man asked if we had New
Testaments in both English and Hebrew together.
I asked “Are you interested in New
Testament?” “Not at all!” He answered,
“But I’m a teacher at Haifa University. I
teach Greek, and because Bible was originally
written in Greek we use it as literature
– as a text to study.” “So you’ve read
it?” “Of course! I teach it,” he said. “You
teach it just as literature? Nothing touched
your heart while you read it?” “No,” he answered
firmly. I told him the truth that could
one day save him; “You need to know that
without Jesus Christ, you can’t reach heaven.”
He explained that for him, the Bible is
just a book of stories, and Jesus was just a
good man. I continued, “It is written that
every knee will bow and every tongue will
confess that Jesus is Lord”. He told me that
he was happy to stay as he was until that
day. There was buy one get one free offer
on the book, so I gave him the free gift. He
thanked me and asked if students can also
come and get the special offer too. I said
yes, but that we had a limited supply. As
he prepared to leave and I suggested that
perhaps now, because he had heard these
words from me, when he reads and teaches
the New Testament, that he could ask God
to give him wisdom and open his heart. He
gave me a big smile and said, “Alright, alright”.
But please pray for this man the next
time he opens this most powerful of books
that he has in his possession. Pray that the
truth would become real to him, and that
God would take him by surprise and cause
him to become a great witness as he teaches
the scriptures at the University.
EVERY NATION TRIBE
AND TONGUE
Another day, a couple of tourists
stopped to look in the shop window. They
came an asked if they could look around, so
I invited them in. As they browsed around
the souvenirs, they were talking and I heard
that they were German, so when they came
to pay at the cash desk I greeted them and
introduced myself in German. They were
very excited and tried to speak more with
me but I had to admit that they had already
seen the extent of my knowledge of their
language! I asked them if they believed in
Jesus, and they answered, “No, no!” and
seemed a bit surprised. I told them, “You
came to the land of Israel without Jesus,
but this is your opportunity to take Jesus,
the Lord of this Land, into your lives and to
return to your country with him”. I shared
the gospel with them, and then asked if I
could give them a gift… they just looked at
me, confused. I knew that we had a couple
of Bibles in German, so I gave them one
as a gift. Wherever I go in the world, I always
try to take some Bibles back in that
language, because you never know who
will need it! I told them I would continue
to pray for them, and encouraged them to
read about Jesus in their new Bible. They
were very thankful, and I don’t know what
will happen to them – we can only sow the
seeds, but God makes faith grow. Please
pray for them.
“ONLY EVANGELICALS HELP
PEOPLE LIKE THIS!”
Najeeb was standing in the shop doorway
recently, and saw a Muslim lady with a
piece of paper, asking people for directions.
Eventually Najeeb saw someone point her
in our direction, and sure enough, she approached
him at the shop entrance. She
explained that many people had told her
to come to us. Her mother is very ill, and
each month needs some expensive medicine
– an injection that costs 700 shekels.
She had asked people in her neighborhood
for help, but because she needed it every
month, people were no longer willing to
give. They told her that Najeeb might be
able to give her money. Najeeb listened to
all of this, and told her that he did not have
a lot of money to help, but that the only one
who could really help her was Jesus. He
explained the gospel to her, and how much
Jesus loved her and wanted to help her carry
her heavy burden. He told her “I will pray
for you, and we will see what Jesus will
do,” and told her to come back in two days.
He then went to ask the congregation
and asked if they would be willing to make a
donation. They put what they had together,
and although it wasn’t enough, Najeeb
took the money and to the special pharmacy
where he could collect the medicine.
The pharmacist saw the name on the prescription,
and looked at Najeeb. “I know this
woman – how do you know her?” Najeeb
replied that he didn’t really know her. “Are
you an evangelical? A born again Christian?”
He asked. “Yes, I am,” replied Najeeb.
“How did you know that?” The pharmacist
said “Only evangelicals help people like
this!” There were many other people in the
room, also there collecting medicine, and
Najeeb explained to all who could hear that
this is simply what Jesus asked us to do:
“For I was hungry and you gave me
something to eat, I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink, I was a
stranger and you invited me in, I needed
clothes and you clothed me, I was
sick and you looked after me, I was
in prison and you came to visit me.’”
(Matthew 25:35-36)
Najeeb told her to come back to the
shop to pick up the medicine, and she was
extremely surprised that he had done as he
had said. She cried and poured out blessings
on him and our family. He asked if he
could also bless her, and with her consent,
began to pray for her and her family, and
for healing for her mother. Praise God with
us for the opportunity to witness to all those
people in the pharmacy about the kindness
and generosity of Jesus, and please pray
for this dear woman and her mother – that
they will find something more precious
than money and medicine – the Lord Jesus.
RESEARCH AND YOU WILL FIND
A Jewish man came into the shop to
buy some gifts and when he had made his
selection, he made it clear that he expected
to get a good deal, and a discount. I replied
that it would not be possible for him - to
get a discount, because every shekel goes
to support the work of Immanuel Church,
caring for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics,
broken families, and other needy
people. He seemed very surprised by this
and as we were speaking, Najeeb’s cousin,
Carlos, came into the shop. Carlos has an
amazing story of God’s grace in his life – he
was once involved with drugs, crime and
violence, and is now a man of God studying
in Bible School. He was able to confirm
that the work of Immanuel Church was
valuable for people like him, and that Jesus
gives great hope to Israel in this way. He
then continued to share the great hope for
Israel that God gives in all the prophecies
of the Old Testament. The man suddenly
asked, “Are you born again Christians?”
“Yes we are!” I replied. He explained that
he was a professor of Tourism at the University
of Haifa, and that he had done some
research into the Christian guesthouses in
New Zealand that provide accommodation
for Israeli travelers. In his research he had
found the believers to be really wonderful
and kind people, who also knew a great deal
about the Bible. Carlos remarked that it was
a shame that with all his research and digging,
that he had not yet found the light of
Israel that makes believers shine like this.
We shared with him about Jesus, and told
him he was always welcome to come have
a coffee with us and to talk more. It seems
that God is reaching the professors of Haifa
University! Please pray for this man, and
for professors who are in contact with the
Bible, to come to faith soon as they read
about our wonderful God.
Many blessings in Yeshua’s name
Rev Najeeb Atteih & Elizabeth
Immanuel church book shop Haifa
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Ruth Nessim
Israel Update
from
CJFM Report August 2009
Tel: +972 4 9826932 • Cell: +972 544 914 017 from Israel 0544 914 017 • P.O.Box 269, 22102 Nahariya, Israel
Shalom again to all our friends over the wide world!
When we think of how many people this letter reaches, we realize that in spite of everything, God’s children are one big family and we
want to greet you all wherever you are and whatever your circumstances. Sometimes our circumstances here are not what we would wish,
with Iran threatening our instant extinction as a nation, and one of our soldiers kidnapped and held prisoner for over three years by Hamas. We
wonder what will happen next. But all is in God’s hands, and His kingdom marches on.
The last two months have been like a whirlwind. The trip to Romania went very well, and Najeeb was able to speak four times, with me
translating into English and someone else into Romanian! The churches we visited were well attended with many young people, and we were
invited back. For Sandra, our Seventh-day Adventist friend, it was the first time she had visitors in her home, and her church also invited us
to speak. The next day we were at the Baptist church and found them very warm. Romania is a beautiful country, but still suffering the after
effects of Nicolae Ceauşescu’s mad rule, and the country is very corrupt.
For those who have been interceding with us for rain, while we were in Romania, Israel was blessed with early rains, and in the Golan more
rain fell in two days that the usual amount for the whole of September and October. Pray that this may continue to replenish our parched water
resources and the badly depleted Lake of Galilee.
Returning home to Nahariya, the meetings have been filled, with people sitting on the stairs for lack of space and chairs! A number of
young Spanish-speaking immigrants (plus some older ones) have joined us, and recently we had an influx of Americans! We are very privileged
to have a professor from the States, as well as M...from Holland as our teachers, and Avi continues our mid-week studies on the Epistle to the
Hebrews. A number of unbelievers are attending with various degrees of interest, and old Shoshana has indicated that she wishes to join us for
a meeting, too. She has been very open lately, and listens with interest to most of what I tell her. Cindy tells everyone she is the Congregational
Opposition Party, but loves us and is a regular visitor! Our Arab friends continue to be regular at the meetings, and are always happy when
Najeeb or one of his co-workers turns up and plays the Tabuka. We have truly become international.
On the 15 th of this month, we are expecting a visitor from the States, Georgia from CJF Ministries. Together with Najeeb, Georgia and I
hope to visit our friends over the border, ABDM and this time, hopefully, his brother Z will come with him. He has asked to see me on a number
of occasions, and we hope to get him to Bethlehem. For those who have only recently joined our list, Z ended up in the bed next to my husband
in the intensive care unit after he was shot by a rival terrorist group. After my husband’s death, we all became friends. I have seen ABDM a
number of times, and we talk on the phone, but I have never seen Z since he recovered consciousness. He has shown an interest in the Gospel,
and Najeeb has visited him in his home in the West Bank. Since then he has read a number of Christian books. Please pray for this upcoming
visit, and while we are in Bethlehem, we hope also to visit The House of Hope again, and a number of other precious Palestinian friends.
One most important happening over the last few weeks is the beginnings of a new Arab led and inspired theological college in Haifa
under the auspices of The Israel College of the Bible. It is led by Thomas Damianos, Najeeb’s nephew, who is a trained theologian with
an engineering degree and, very soon, also a degree in law! The first eight Arab students are already learning in Arabic, but after a few
months, they hope to have an intake of Hebrew speaking students, and the course will be in Hebrew so that Jews and Arabs will learn together
and train together as future leaders of the Arab and Jewish Body in Israel. And the most wonderful thing is that these Arab students
and their Jewish companions will not be taught Replacement or Political Theology, as in several other Arab colleges, but will be taught
what God’s Word has to say about Israel, and learn to live and work together and love one another. And this is an Arab inspired and led
theological school which in itself is nothing short of the grace of God. They would ask you to prayerfully consider supporting this work.
At the present time the college is operating from the Immanuel Church hall, which is a makeshift place and soon has to be vacated. A suitable
building however has been seen for sale in a good location in Haifa. It is three (four for Americans, as we don’t count the ground floor)
stories high. Each floor is 200 square meters, (650 square feet), plus an 80 square meter (220 square feet) ground floor storage space. We have
permission to build another story on the roof. It was a sick fund clinic and is a stable building with plenty of parking space around the building,
plus public parking outside. It is on sale for $400,000 ($450,000 including taxes) and they have 90 (now about 80) days to come up with the
funds. Dr Erez Soref, principal of the Israel College of the Bible, visited it and said that if that building were in Tel-Aviv he would buy it, as
it really is a bargain. If this building can be obtained, it could then be registered in the name of the Immanuel Church Haifa, and there would
be space for the congregation, the Bible school and a dormitory/guest center on the three stories. It seems to be an ideal place, and now they
are appealing for funds for this project, which could be a turning point in the history of Arab-Jewish relations in Israel. Of course, they don’t
expect any one person to come up with the entire sum, but if anyone has anything to spare for this work, and the Lord lays it on your hearts,
please let us know.
Thank you for all your help
and prayers on our behalf.
With our love in Messiah
Avi, Esther and Ruth
The building (shown) needs some renovations but is at an exceptionally good price
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 33

Letters & Comments
Your Letters and
Comments
AMERICAN LETTERS
My church is going through some hard
times, with the younger crowd looking for
something more appealing. Like the article I
forced Danny to write the $250K we spent on
portable, state-of-the-art stage, lighting and
sound equipment for our church move into a local
Cinema is proving his thesis. I was reading
this article by Don Veinot (http://midwestoutreach.org/blogs/convergence)
and spotted an
article Don quoted from:
That change shows strongly in small
groups, for 40 years the backbone of the church
and in some 93 percent of US Churches (according
to Beyond Mega church Myths from
Jossey Bass Publishers). The aging of small
groups (”Group Movement Showing its Age,”
Washington Times, 2-15-09) stands in contrast
now to what younger seekers don’t like about
them — including “reading assignments and
Q&As” over relational learning.
This “...relational learning...” hit me in
the face at the last small group leaders meeting
last week, when we were told that we were
now “Life Groups” that would be relating to
each other by talking about what the pastor
spoke on the previous Sunday. Oh, and as an
afterthought, for those of us studying the Bible,
there was still a place for that too! I am so tired
of hearing about yelling matches at board meetings,
tired of seeing the needed crews of 15 or
more just to set up and break down the stage
spectacular each week dwindle, tired of the detestable
music continue week after week, etc. I
don’t have it in me to stand up and fight (I guess
I am what the pastor has termed “...turtles that
need to be prodded”), so I am choosing to stand
up and leave. I consider my home fellowship
to be “church” anyway. I have listened many
times to “Fundamentals of Ecclesiology” and
am trying to structure my home group around:
1. Teaching Apostolic doctrine (kerygma, ho
melia, exhortation)
2. Fellowship
3. The Lord’s Supper
4. Prayer
Providentially, there is a church just
7 minutes from my house where Arnold
Fruchtenbaum used to speak, Irvine Community
Church (http://www.irvinecommunitychurch.
org/2009/). The church shares the building
with Ha Davar Ministries (http://hadavar.org/)
which has a very good Messianic teacher (Bob
Morris)...a number of people from my church
have landed there and give it a good report.
Please pray for my wife and myself as we seek
the Lord for a new church home.
John D
RESPONSE
When you use entertainment and/or hype
to draw people, you will need more of the
same to keep them. Otherwise your competitor
churches will put on a bigger and better freak
show and you will lose customers.
This is what the Bill Hybels junk, the Rick
Warren junk, the consumerist Robert Schuler
junk, and the Fuller Seminary/C. Peter Wagner
trash has produced.
You are left with a consumerist philosophy
of enterprise driven by marketing and marketing
psychology whereby competing with the
world on the world’s terms has rather resulted
in the transfer growth of churches competing
with each other instead of competing with the
fallen world. The world, false religions, cults
etc. continue to flourish in the face of the ineffective
church growth strategies of men which
are pursued at the misguided behest of biblically
ignorant leaders at the expense of biblical
missions & evangelism, discipleship, and the
teaching of the World of God.
The practical adaptation of any human
mechanism in ecclesiology must be firmly
subordinated to the doctrines and principles
of scripture. Instead, Lucifer has raised up his
aforementioned servants beginning with Norman
Vincent Peel and using them to direct the
church into an open apostasy via everything from
ecumenism & word-faith to the neo Montanism
of Toronto/Pensacola/Lakeland & Maclaren’s
Emergent church. We know where it ends
‘Babylon the Great’ just as we are warned, only
these devils tell us to avoid biblical prophecy.
It is not only your church caught up in this and
what you witness locally in your church is but
a microcosmic reflection of the bigger picture.
What you describe is tragically and frankly
shamefully typical, and as you know it is something
Moriel and some others have tried to warn
about for years.
My other fear is that when Chuck Smith is
no longer in a position to hold things at relative
bay with the force of his legacy, many (and I
mean many) Calvary Chapels will be caught up
in this tide of rubbish. Indeed, it is quite obvious
that courtesy of figures like Gale Irwin too
many Calvary Chapels are drifting in this direction
already.
Jacob Prasch
Hi Moriel & Jacob,
I’ve been wanting to write this thank you
letter for a while now and finally got around to
it. I just wanted to thank you for all your information
and biblical teaching. I’ve been on a
rollercoaster ride of faith ever since God got my
attention about 5 years now. My former pastor
and another mentor nearly on a couple occasions
brought me in the Kingdom Now and the Benny
Hinn stuff. Your site and a couple other sites
that are linked on your page really saved me a
lot of confusion and taught me quite a bit. Honestly
I wish I could put all of this into words but
at the moment but I can’t. Thank you for God’s
influence working through you and your ministry
and helping me see the lies of that mess.
I wish I could say more for the city of Anchorage.
A great deal of the “church” up here
is under the teachings of men like Randy Clark
and associates. Not only that, but also a even
darker type of falsehood under a fellow Alaskan
by the name of Art Mathias and Wellspring
Ministries. This group produces a book of
prayers and methods to “pray” away bad emotions/issues
and uses scripture like Proverbs
14:30; 17:22 to make the point that emotions
are what cause bad health conditions. That if
we remove those things like bitterness we will
have healthy bones. Obviously it’s insane.
I was recently kicked out of my church by
my former pastor because of challenging him
on teachings as well. I thank you specifically
for your teachings on the “Gifts of the Spirit”
and “Preparing for Persecution.” Both have
helped me quite a bit as of late and the idea of
“sitting alone” at times is clear in my mind. But
thankfully God is always with us and His teachings
have given me great comfort.
Once again thank you for your ministry
and God Bless all of you for what you do!
D W
Anchorage, Alaska
AUSTRALIAN LETTERS
Hello MG
Do you notice how magazines (such as
yours) talk of the plight of Israel and the total
BIAS of the world’s media? Sure you do. Are
these publications not talking to the converted -
in most cases? I mean, I get hot under the collar
when I read the obvious bias (read “lies) about
Israel, from the “free (sic) press” - but what
comes of that?
In MY case, and probably yours, it urges
more fervent and heartfelt prayer for the tiny
Nation, which is the Lord’s peculiar nation.
Good thing too. But how about we try to start
a worldwide, concerted effort to get more (millions
more) Christians praying for a breakthrough
in FAIR REPORTING? Is this not
showing our love and care for HIS land? It
will be asked, and perhaps rightly so: “Where
does one find that directive in the Holy Word of
God?” Worldwide momentum in lesser things
begin with just a serve as this ....“If TWO on
Earth agree ...”
I’m going to wait and see what your considered
opinion is before launching out into the
deep with a plan to ask or seek the participation
of other mags and publications, who share our
love for Israel. OK, we can be sure that most of
your readers are now praying for Israel; but can
we suggest that these people (and their earthly
contacts of the same ilk) begin to mention the
“Media Issue” in their prayers, as a matter of
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urgency?
The news we get from Israel is totally
different to that received by the world
and I pray this will change under God’s Almighty
hand. All whilst the world and the wicked
are waxing worse and worse. Why does the
enemy of mans’ souls get all the good breaks?
Because we are not praying in that matter?
Many talk of the difficulty in praying
for Israel and the Jews - knowing their
prophesied future - and this may give some direction
and impetus to them, and others, to pray
( dare I use the words “intelligently or moreinformed
manner” ? ). One of my main prayers
is that a great number of Jews will be saved BE-
FORE the Rapture and thus be spared the Time
of Jacob’s Trouble”.
I leave it with you and your esteemed colleagues
to enlighten my feeble thinking. Am I
on your wavelength?
Mr O of Australia
QUESTION
Hello Jacob,
My name is Michael and I am writing to
you in search of answers in regards to King Solomon.
I have heard you mention his affiliation
with wickedness and dark acts.
I have recently found a book ‘The Key of
Solomon The King,’ which I haven’t heard you
or any other Biblical teacher or minister mention.
My questions for you are, ‘Is this book a
genuine writing and practises of King Solomon?,’
What are the origins and are they factual
in your knowledge? Any information that
you may have or know on this subject would be
greatly appreciated.
Thank-you for your time.
God Bless
Mr T of Australia
RESPONSE
Dear Michael:
This book is occultic and is not Biblical,
thus forbidden to us. It is a book of magic used
to invoke demons, angels, cast curses, typical of
books called grimoire. Stay away from it, read
the Bible, know the Lord in whom all power is
vested.
Here is some information on wikipedia on it,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_of_Solomon
In Peace,
David Lister
QUESTION
Greetings,
I was wondering if you could please clarify the
truth about water divining and its spiritual nature
and origin.
Thank you,
Mr. N
RESPONSE
Dear George:
Such practices are not biblical. Notice
God’s command to Israel in Deut. 18:9-19.
“You shall not learn to do after the abominations
of those nations. There shall not be found
among you anyone…that uses divination.”
Those who do so, God says He will “cut…off
from among His people” (Lev. 20:6).
To find water, perhaps for a well on your
property, ask God, in prayer, for help in finding
the best place to drill. Then survey the area
around you and find the most suitable place for
the well. Another helpful tool could be the advice
of a seasoned well-driller—who does not
practice water divination.
As to its origin, if God forbids it and says it
is not from Him, that it is a practice of other nations
and an abomination, well that only leaves
either the prince of the powers of the air, or in
most cases, guys out to make a some money
making guesses. Water witching, practiced all
over the world, involves using a Y-shaped stick,
a “divining rod,” to find underground water.
One practicing water witching holds the two
branches of the stick in his hands, while pointing
the rod upward and outward. The idea is
that, as the diviner walks, the rod held in this
position will suddenly jerk downward if and
when water is found, to indicate where one
should, for example, drill a well. Sometimes
water is present at that spot; other times, it is
not, either way, he gets paid.
Martin Gardner, in his work Fads and Fallacies
in the Name of Science, gives valuable
insight into the origin of this practice: “The employment
of various shaped rods for divination
goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and
Egyptians… In the Middle Ages, it was associated
with the power of Satan, although many
churchmen made use of divination rods. The
forked twig, for finding minerals, apparently
did not appear until the fifteenth century when
it was used by German prospectors in the Harz
Mining region. When German miners were
imported to England in the century following,
they brought the practice with them. It was in
England that the use of the twig was transferred
from minerals to the search for water.”
Hope this helps.
In Peace,
David
QUESTION
Hello Margaret,
Would it be possible for someone like me
to ask some questions of someone like Jacob?
Reason is, I would like to ask someone who can
‘think Jewish’, AND can read/understand the
Greek NT. Kinda have confidence in Jacob in
that he’s unafraid to tell it like it is - calls a spade
a spade, and am familiar with his viewpoints
on many articles I’ve read of his and have even
attended his presentation here in Adelaide at
one time. If Jacob is too busy to answer them,
that’s OK, but if you can recommend someone,
I would like to read up on their bio and some of
their articles in order to get an understanding of
their perspective.
Example Question; What was the original
language the NT was written in? There is
a claim by many since that movie ‘The Passion’,
that the language spoken by Jesus and all
those in Judea at that time was Aramaic. The
Catholics claim it was, but they have no integrity
when it comes to upholding Scripture, but
they rather uphold their own dogma, rituals and
traditions, and they are quite prepared to do this
even at the expense of Scripture. If this is true,
and Aramaic was the popular language of the
day, consideration ought to be shown why Pilate
wrote the title over Jesus cross in three languages
Hebrew, Latin and Greek (and NOT Ar-
Letters & Comments
amaic)? Am aware that there are certain words
and phrases in the Gospels that are Aramaic, but
some claim that the whole NT was originally
written in Aramaic, others claim it was Hebrew,
and then later translated into Greek. Am happy
if Jacob knows of an article or book on the topic
that he agrees with, and can direct me there.
Kind Regards
Mr O of Australia
RESPONSE
There are tons of books on something
called ‘manuscript source criticism’ (some
good, some liberal higher critical hatchet jobs).
But if you do not know Greek and Aramaic they
would not be very readable to you.
I would rather suggest you get a paperback
book called ‘The Reliability of New Testament
Manuscripts’ by FF Bruce.
There is a patristic reference from the pre
Nicean church fathers Heggisipus & Papias
(one quoting the other) cited by Eusebius that
Matthew was written in Hebrew. This however
may have meant the Hebrew dialect of Aramaic.
All 20,000 or so ancient Manuscript and
codex fragments we have of The New Testament
are in Greek. Even the Sryriac Aramaic
texts in existence are translated from Greek.
There are people called ‘the Jerusalem
School of Synoptic Research’ who argue without
any manuscript eviodence that the gospels
were written originally in Hebrew. Joe
Frankovich (a Roman Catholic scholar) and
Roy Bevin and R. Blizzard (Campebellite heretics)
are among the advocates of this as are the
late Jewish rabbi Professor David Flusser (who
was a very formidable academic, but he had an
agenda). I believe there is still a semi refutation
of this theory on our website (‘Why I Do
Not Accept The Jerusalem School of Synoptic
Research Theories’).
The internal evidence of scripture however
supports Jesus and the Apostles as having spoken
Aramaic. But speaking and writing are two
different things. This is a complex issue related
to New Testament citations of the Septuagint etc.
The closest major text to what Jesus would have
likely spoken is ‘The Peshita Text’.
Not to be rude or to sound arrogant or elitist,
but unless someone has a knowledge of the
biblical languages it would be rather futile to go
into this much further.
If you are serious about such scholarly issues
of academic theology as textual criticism
there is no substitute for learning it properly. You
might want to begin with on line external courses
from Kings Divinity School where I am a lecturer.
They are hyper linked to the Moriel website.
On our Matthew chapter 16 DVD (available
from Moriel) filmed on location in Israel at
Caesarea Philippe however I dismantle Roman
Catholic arguments on Peter being ‘the rock’
from the Greek and underlying Aramaic and
Hebrew thought. There is also an article on our
website responding to a Roman Catholic apologist
doing the same thing.
This is about all I can tell you at present unless
you wish to seriously study further.
In Christ,
Jacob Prasch/ Moriel
(Philippians 1:6)
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 35

Moriel Japan 2009
Geoff Toole
moriel japan
Greetings in Jesus name from Moriel Japan,
We are grateful to God that our son Baruch, who was born at 780 grams, is now 5 kilos
and doing fine. Thanks to everyone for your prayers.
Our first newsletter is completed and we have begun mailing it to all the churches
which are listed in the directory around Hyogo and Osaka. Thanks to some good advice
from Phil Cavanaugh in Queensland, we were able to buy a good laser printer which has
saved us a lot of money on ink and is making the job a lot easier. We are planning to send
the second newsletter in early 2010, and hopefully from that some churches will open their
doors to Moriel in the near future.
Earlier this year in August, Daisuke (our Moriel Japan Translator) and I went to Mindoro
in the Philippines. A local pastor and area supervisor for the Foursquare Churches,
and a pastors fraternal from various denominations invited us to speak on midrash and
discernment. At some risk to his standing in the denomination, this pastor gave us platform
to speak clearly on not only midrash but the purpose driven agenda, ecumenism, the faith
prosperity gospel, modern ‘spiritual warfare’ and what scripture teaches on these topics.
The hearts and minds of many were opened to see the truth after so long believing in
many popular errors. Question time was vibrant (and long). All together perhaps fifty or
so pastors attended representing perhaps thirty churches. Some were offended, some were
challenged and some stood up and made a public stand against many of the false doctrines
popularly taught in that area.
It was encouraging to see people so interested in the bible through Moriel teaching,
but a little disheartening how widespread the error has become. One comment which has
stuck with me was that many were impressed in that they could attended a seminar based
on no books, but the bible. Something which they are apparently not used to.
As a result of this seminar we have plans to establish some mini libraries (courtesy
of David Lister) in different towns where pastors or lay people can have free access to
Jacob’s books, audios and DVDs. I feel that a simple concordance in each church would
serve a greater purpose than anything. Most pastors there are relying on the condensed
concordance in the back of their bible.
The same pastor recently invited us, or any Moriel speakers, back next year, to give
the seminar on the next island. If anyone feels the call, let me know! I am planning to get
back there in 2010 if possible.
Here in Japan life goes on. We are still slowly making our way through the translation
of the sermons on the Moriel website, homeschooling and running our small fellowship.
Now (November) the cold weather is coming and our time to street witness is limited. One
homeless man has accepted a weekly bible study under his bridge. Praise the Lord.
Your prayers are always greatly appreciated. Pray with us that the newsletter and
Moriel Japan website will find open hearts and open doors for Jacob and David when they
come next time.
In Christ.
Geoff
Geoff does Bible
studies with him . . .
Geoff, Fumie and Kids in garden
Daisuke (Moriel Japan translator)
a teaching trip in the Philippines
Yutos River baptism
Hiroshi (homeless)
Keikos Beach baptism
36 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

Hanukkah
Story
wikipedia.org
The Feast of dedication ... John 8:2 – Then spoke
Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah (Hebrew: hkwnj , pronounced [‘χanuka], also spelled Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday
commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah
is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late
December on the Gregorian calendar.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one light on each
night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: “guard” or “servant”) is also lit each night for the
purpose of lighting the others, and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.
The Story
Around 200 BC Jews lived as an autonomous people in the Land of Israel, also referred to as Judea, which at that time was controlled by the Seleucid
king of Syria. The Jewish people were originally granted religious freedom but after their revolt against the Hellenists, Epiphanes was angered.
By 175 BC Antiochus IV Epiphanes ascended to the Seleucid throne. At first little changed, but under his reign, the Temple in Jerusalem was looted,
Jews were massacred, and Judaism was effectively outlawed. In 167 BC Antiochus ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. As was the normal
practice of the Hellenic religion when sacrificing to the Greek gods, pigs were sacrificed on the altar to Zeus.
Antiochus’s actions proved to be a major miscalculation as they provoked a large-scale revolt. Mattathias, a Jewish priest, and his five sons Jochanan,
Simeon, Eleazar, Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah became known as Yehuda HaMakabi (“Judah the Hammer”). By
166 BC Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By 165 BC the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple
was liberated and rededicated. The festival of Hanukkah was instituted by Judah Maccabee and his brothers to celebrate this event. After recovering
Jerusalem and the Temple, Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made.
According to the Talmud, olive oil was needed for the menorah in the Temple, which was required to burn throughout the night every night. But there
was only enough oil to burn for one day, yet miraculously, it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of oil for the menorah. An
eight day festival was declared by the Jewish sages to commemorate this miracle.
The version of the story in 1 Maccabees, on the other hand, states that an eight day celebration of songs and sacrifices was proclaimed upon rededication
of the altar, and makes no mention of the miracle of the oil. A number of historians believe that the reason for the eight day celebration was that
the first Hanukkah was in effect a belated celebration of the festivals of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret. During the war the Jews were not able to celebrate
Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret properly; the combined festivals also last eight days, and the Sukkot festivities featured the lighting of lamps in the Temple (Suk.
v. 2-4). The historian Josephus mentions the eight-day festival and its customs, but does not tell us the origin of the eight day lighting custom. Given
that his audience was Hellenized Romans, perhaps his silence on the origin of the eight-day custom is due to its miraculous nature. In any event, he does
report that lights were kindled in the household and the popular name of the festival was, therefore the “Festival of Lights” (“And from that time to this
we celebrate this festival, and call it Lights”).
It has also been noted that the number eight has special significance in Jewish theology, as representing transcendence and the Jewish People’s
special role in human history. Seven is the number of days of creation, that is, of completion of the material cosmos, and also of the classical planets.
Eight, being one step beyond seven, represents the Infinite. Hence, the Eighth Day of the Assembly festival, mentioned above, is according to Jewish
Law a festival for Jews only (unlike Sukkot, when all peoples were welcome in Jerusalem). Similarly, the rite of brit milah (circumcision), which brings
a Jewish male into God’s Covenant, is performed on the eighth day. Hence, Hanukkah’s eight days (in celebration of monotheistic morality’s victory
over Hellenistic humanism) have great symbolic importance for practicing Jews.
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 37

Editorial
Disclaimer: Moriel is not a political organization
and our purposes in addressing
politically related issues is only where such
issues concern and affect Judeo-Christian
theology in areas of doctrine and prophecy,
Christian and Jewish religious freedom and
human rights, and in areas of social morality.
While we spiritually and theologically
oppose Islam, we do not oppose peaceable
moderate Muslims personally and we denounce
racism as contrary to the faith to
which we ascribe. We electorally sanction
NO political party and endorse no political
candidates under the auspices of our ministry
or organization.
Lie upon lie, politicians in most Western
countries from Gordon Brown and Tony
Blair to Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barak
Obama continue to lie each time another act
of Islamic terror is perpetrated against the
West with the prostest that Islam is a tolerant
religion. The biased media machine is always
prepared to propagate this myth as is the left
wing academic establishment. In a recorded
video Barak Obama even once referred to
his “Muslim faith”, irrespective of whether
that was an error or not, and it thus remains
unclear if he indeed is a Muslim or not.
George Bush went on television singing
the praises of Islam after September 11th and
placed a Koran in the White House to honor
it, commissioned celebrating Ramadan in
the White House, and extended the express
visa program to Saudis for a full year despite
most of the 9-11 hijackers being Saudi and
connected to the House of Saud who are, effectively,
the Saudi government who funded
Al Qaeda. As the UN ignores the Islamic
genocide of Christians, choosing instead to
condemn Israel’s self-defense against Islam,
both the Bush and Obama administrations
as well as James Baker acted against the interests
of the families of the September 11th
victims murdered by Islam by demanding
that members of the Saudi government not
be litigated against for funding Al Qaeda.
Now Barak Obama fails to call the Ft.
Hood attack an act of terror and orders an
investigation as to how a military medical
officer could perform such an act of murder.
The fact that the murderer was a fundamentalist
Muslim yelling, “Allah hu akbar” already,
of course, provides the reason why this
Myth or Lie ?
The Fallacy of a Peaceful Islam in the West
devout Muslim psychiatrist with a penchant
for sex shows murdered 13 Americans in an
act of terror. Meanwhile Obama attempts
to engage Iran even as Iran provides hardware
to kill Americans and Israelis in Iraq,
Lebanon and elsewhere and suppresses the
human rights of its own internal opponents.
The fact that the oil whore liars of Washington,
White Hall, the BBC, Harvard, and the
Bush Ranch cannot produce a single Islamic
country that is either peaceful or tolerant is
something they expect us to ignore as they
also expect us to turn deaf ears to the Christian
church persecuted in heathen Islamic
countries such as their beloved Saudi Arabia,
where their true loyalty appears to rest.
And once again a number iof these popular
myths are debunked by Muslims themselves.
First: Like the attempted airport attacks
n Glasgow, Scotland by Muslim medical
doctors, we again witness that terror is an
integral component of fundamentalist Islamic
belief to the degree that even the most
educated Muslims in supposedly humanitarian
professions are more than willing to
perpetrate such acts. It is NOT only uneducated
Muslims who are prone to terror. In a
poll taken in 16 countries after September
11th, 63% of Muslims responded that they
believed the suicide attacks were justified.
The Islamic doctrine of “Tahwid” teaches
it is permissible to lie in order to advance
jihad against non-Muslims. They can falsely
claim to believe in peace and tolerance when
they do not because of a religion that allows
them to lie to non-Muslims whom they want
to conquer or murder. Such Muslims do not
often have to lie, however; there is a usually
a President of the United States (either
a Democrat OR a Republican) or a Prime
Minister of Great Britain more than ready to
lie for them.
Second: Once again we are witness to
the implausibility of the ridiculous claim
that there are Westernized or even Americanized
Muslims who are like the rest of
us. The Ft. Hood murderer and the Imam
of his mosque are both American-born U.S.
citizens. A fundamentalist Muslim can never
be accepted or trusted as an American in the
way people of other faiths can. Their faith is
in a god of hate and requires a commitment
to a religion of murder and terror which does
not allow them to elicit such trust.
One of our expressed fears for some time
is that in countries such as the United Kingdom,
because the mainstream political parties
will not defend Britain from the fundamentalist
Islamic invasion, ordinary people
are being driven into the clutches of the BNP
(British National Party) as the only voice of
honesty available and the only ones apparently
willing to protect them and their country
from this ugly cancer of violence, terror,
murder, forced marriages of under-age girls,
honor killing of women, and intolerance. It
is a sad day when people are forced to support
racists, some of whom are virtual Neo-
Nazis fully capable of executing their hate
against Asians, Blacks, Jews, Arabs, Gypsies
and others because of mere skin color
or ethnicity, in an act of desperation because
of the failures of their own governments.
We are prepared to recognize that there
may be individual, cultural Muslims who
are not fundamentalists and who do, in fact,
wish to live in peace with other communities,
who are not Jew-haters or anti-Christian,
and only wish to be be good citizens. These
too, however, are among the first victims of
fundamentalist radicals as we can presently
witness in contemporary Iran. The actions of
Islamic fundamentalists can too often result
in moderate Muslims being unfairly placed
into the same category as the fundamentalists
in the climate of fear the Saudi-funded
CAIR organization creates. At least twice
the U.S. Justice Department identified CAIR
(Council for American Islamic Relations) officials
with Islamic terror groups. Yet this organization
is allowed to continue to operate
inside the U.S. by our corrupt government.
There are two lessons of Ft. Hood that
should have already been learned long ago
but have not been, and if our corrupt government
has its way still will not even in
the face of this event. The first is that there
is no such thing as a peaceful Islamic fundamentalism
that is socially and politically
compatible with Western values of pluralism,
democracy, and tolerance. The second
is that the politicians, left-wing academics,
biased media, and Islamic spokesmen who
say it is peaceable, tolerant and compatible
with our values are liars.
JJ Prasch
(These comments are the opinion of
the author and do not necessarily reflect
the views of others associated with Moriel
Ministries and do not constitute an official
political position or official doctrinal position
of Moriel Ministries. The author also
assures all readers that the author denounces
any hatred of Muslims as people and objects
only to Islamic fundamentalism).
38 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009

The Town Halls: This is a Spiritual Problem
by Pastor Bill Randles
The recent shockwaves of public frustration, coming out of town hall meetings
across the nation, have stunned both the media and elected representatives
from both parties. It has become increasingly obvious that they don’t know
what’s going on. The real problem is more than mere politics, and goes much
deeper than the healthcare issue. The real problem is spiritual.
This is a conflict between the traditional American vision of personal responsibility,
private property, productivity, individualism, and self-government, as
opposed to the new vision -”change”- i.e.: collectivism, cradle to grave government
“compassion”, equality of outcomes, leadership by an elite anointed class,
and yes the “S” word - (Socialism).
One could almost liken it to a clash of two revolutions, the American Revolution
and its Judeo Christian ideals, and the failed promise of the Atheistic French
Revolution, of ”liberty, equality, and brotherhood”.
The frustration and rage of the once “silent majority”, (one eloquent protestor
told Arlen Specter that he had “awakened a sleeping giant”), comes out of
the realization by many that after more than forty years, due to the constant undermining
of our institutions and the incremental implementation of Socialistic
agenda, we are losing our merit based, productive, and responsibility oriented
society. The vicious and disconnected reactions by our political and media elites,
ranging from ignoring them outright, to impugning their motives and accusing
them of being a phony grassroots movement - ”astroturfers” - underscores the
suspicion of many, that not only do they “not get it”, but that they refuse to “get
it “ in any way.
The impasse is almost unbreachable, because this is the clash of two different
worlds. How could the play by the rules, pay your own way, responsible and productive
America, even begin to understand the world of the Alinsky community
organizers, Acorn and other agitators, union bosses and pay to play politicians?
This problem cannot be reduced to simplistics such as Republicans versus
Democrats. In fact the Republican Party itself is largely silent, and perhaps as
many of those expressing outrage are Democrats as well as Republicans or Independents.
The Republican Party sold its soul to the leftist consensus long ago,
and most conservatives know this.
By saying it is a spiritual problem I am not saying that this is about Christians
versus the lions. Of course not all who object to the collectivist coup of our nation
are Christians. People of many faiths and even some of no faith are feeling the
“sinking feeling” that we have been losing this country at an accelerating pace.
But it is the Judeo Christian vision of our nation that is being usurped.
It is spiritual on the level that those who drink deeply of the original vision
of the Founders, of a self-governing nation, based upon personal responsibility,
merit, respect for private property, and individualism are partaking of a Christian
vision of life. Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things
that are God’s. God is God, not government.
Those who have mainlined on the vision of the left, of an all-sufficient government,
cradle to grave care, collectivism, larger than life, personality cult leadership,
equality of all outcomes, etc., whatever faith they may profess, are imbibing
an Atheistic vision of “the good”. There is no God, but Government. How can
there be any reconciliation between the two?
Ours is a torn nation, a house divided cannot stand. I conclude with this
simple promise from the God of the Bible,
“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and bow
down to Me, then will I hear from heaven and heal the land.” (2 Chronicles
7:14)
Article printed from Moriel Archive: http://moriel.org/MorielArchive
Copyright © 2008 Moriel Ministries. All rights reserved.
Jacob’s USA Tour
Christ Community in El Centro
Friday through Sunday,
Jan. 15 - 17, 2010
1923 Austin Road
El Centro, CA 92243
760 352 0336
Speakers: David Hocking
and Jacob Prasch
Calvary Chapel Tri-City
Thursday through Sunday,
Jan. 28 -31, 2010
2334 East Southern Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85282
480- 345-6200
Shalom Prophecy Conference
Friday through Sunday, Feb 4-7, 2010
32500 Cathedral Canyon Dr
Cathedral City, CA 92234
760-115-0181
Messianic Hotline: 760-837-SAVE
Calvary Chapel East
Albuquerque, NM
Friday through Sunday Feb 12-14, 2010
12820 Indian School NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
505-243-2025
Believers in Grace
Marion, IA
Wednesday through Sunday
Feb 17-21, 2010
8600 C. Avenue
Marion, IA 52302
319-373-3087
Vision Calvary Chapel
Friday through Sunday,
March 12 - 14, 2010
Prophecy Conference
Porterville, CA
Red River Bible and
Prophecy Conference
Thursday through Sunday,
March 18 - 21, 2010
Courtyard By Marriott
1080 28th Ave. South
Moorehead, MN 56560
20th Winnipeg Prophecy
Conference
Friday through Sunday,
Sept 15 - 17, 2010
Victoria Inn
1808 Wellington Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 39