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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ELIJAH, A MAN WHO COULD MAKE IT RAIN . . . . . 3
The CRUCIFIED LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PERTINENT FACTOID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
WHO CAN UNDERSTAND GOD’S
PROPHETIC PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MORIEL SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Our Man from Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NESSIM’S MUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IMMANUEL NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Msindisi Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
AUSTRALIAN REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RAMBLING ROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
YOUR LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MORIEL JAPAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
THE CHURCH THAT BANNED THE BIBLE . . . . . . 31
FGBC TEMPLE / MOSQUE VISITS . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Jacob Prasch
Feature Article
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By Jacob Prasch
The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with
a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain
on the earth for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the sky poured
rain, and the earth produced its fruit. (James 5:16-18)
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours. Elijah was a man who could make it rain. The Holy Spirit, through
this text, is trying to tell us that, if he can do it, we can do it. We can make it rain. But what does that mean
Rain is a Type of the Holy Spirit Poured Out
In biblical typology, different liquids typify the Holy Spirit in different aspects:
New wine is a liquid which represents the Holy Spirit in the aspect of worship. Another liquid is oil, which speaks
of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. But the living water, in Scripture, is always the Holy Spirit outpoured. The rain,
outpoured, goes into the water table and becomes living water. Jesus explained it this way:
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.”
But this He spoke of the Spirit whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was
not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (Jn. 7:38-39)
Jesus said directly that living water is the Holy Spirit outpoured. “For I will pour out water…on your offspring,
and My blessing on your descendants.” (Isa 44:3) Once again, it says that God will pour out the water – that is rain
– on the dry ground. And He says that this means He will pour out His Spirit. Rain is a figure.
Rain on One City, But No Rain on the Other City
And furthermore, I withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. Then I
would send rain on one city and on another city I would not send rain; one part would be rained on, while
the part not rained on would dry up. (Amos 4:7)
Why is it, for instance, that an evangelist can preach in Africa and see thousands and thousands of people saved
at a single meeting, but if he goes to Germany or England or Australia, nothing much happens The answer is here
in Amos 4:7. God would send rain on one city, but on another city he would send no rain. And the city without rain
would have no harvest.
There is a sovereign work of grace in the outpouring of His Spirit. It is raining in Brazil, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines,
and much of Africa. But in the Western Protestant countries which have had the Bible for 500 years, there is
now a drought. God is turning His grace from the rich countries to the poor ones. White, Protestant Christianity is in
numerical, moral, financial, theological and spiritual decline all over the world.
The church is growing in the Roman Catholic countries, the black countries, the olive-skinned countries and the
yellow-skinned countries. The Anglican Church has declined massively in England, yet most of the African Anglican
Bishops are outspoken evangelicals (Bishop Desmond Tutu being the notable exception). African Anglicans are terribly
persecuted by Muslims in Nigeria. Throughout Asia the Anglican Church is very much alive. But in Britain, the
Church of England is a dead church. The old time fire that happened in the Sunshine Revival in Australia, the Azusa
Street Revival in California and the Sunderland Revivals in England with Smith Wigglesworth – that is what is happening
now in places like Ecuador, Chile, the Philippines, Indonesia and Kenya. God will send rain on one city, while
the city not rained upon will dry up.
Today we have people teaching formulas for Church Growth. That is nonsense. It does not work. There is a missing
ingredient – the sovereign grace of God; His Spirit being outpoured.
His Word does not return void. (Is. 55:11) Some people will be saved, one here and one there, but if you are talk-
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ing about a massive harvest, no rain means
no gain! But Elijah was a man who could
make it rain and he was a man with a nature
like ours. In other words, if he can do
it, we can do it.
For The Sake of the Fathers
and for His Name’s Sake
I am convinced that God wants to give
the Western Protestant democracies one
more chance to repent before Jesus comes.
God wants to give the Western countries
another chance – not for our sake, but for
His Name’s sake. Not because we deserve
it; we do not deserve it – our churches are,
by and large, backslidden – but for the sake
of our fathers.
As it says in Romans 11, God wants
to give the Jews one more chance at the
end of the world before Jesus comes.
Why Because when God looks at Israel,
He does not just see Israel’s sin and her
ongoing rejection of her Messiah. When
God looks at Israel, He still sees Jeremiah
in prison. He still sees Isaiah being
sawed in half by King Manasseh. He
still sees Zachariah being martyred in
the Temple. He still sees John the Baptist
having his head chopped off. And
He says “for the sake of their fathers, I
want to give this nation one more chance.”
Great Britain is the same. When God
looks at Great Britain, He does not just see
Britain as it is today, a so-called Christian
country where Hindu gods are worshipped
in Canterbury Cathedral whilst bishops
deny the resurrection and the virgin birth.
When God looks at Britain today, He sees
all of it – past, present and future. He still
sees John Bunyan chained to the wall of
the Bedford County Jail for twelve years
and writing The Pilgrim’s Progress; He
still sees John Wesley being stoned by
mobs who were stirred up by the Church
of England for preaching the Gospel; He
still sees Tynedale being burned alive at a
stake by the Church of Rome so we could
have the Bible in English; He still sees
Charles Haddon Spurgeon; He still sees
Ridley and Latimer and Hooper, martyrs
of England. And God says, “For the sake
of their fathers, and for my Name’s sake, I
want to give this nation one more chance.”
This is equally true of the United
States. He still sees Jonathan Edwards and
D. L. Moody and Harry Ironsides. He sees
the faithful Christians. He does not just see
what we have today with the Prosperity
Preachers – the Mammon worshippers and
the heretics. God wants to give these Western
Protestant nations one more chance to
repent. But for them to have that chance, it
has to rain.
First of all, we have to face up to the
fact that we are in a drought. And, until
this drought ends, all the programs in the
world will not bring about repentance and
revival in the church. It takes rain. No rain,
no grain. No rain, no harvest. Elijah was a
man like us who could make it rain. And
today, God is looking for men and women
like us, who can make it rain.
Now Elijah the Tishite, who was of
the settlers of Glead, said to Ahab “As
the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before
whom I stand, surely there shall
be neither dew nor rain these years,
except by my word.” And the word of
the LORD came to him, saying “Go
away from here and turn eastward,
and hide yourself by the brook Cherith
which is east of the Jordan. And
it shall be that you shall drink of the
brook and I have commanded the ravens
to provide for you there.”
So he did according to the word of
the LORD, for he went and lived by
the brook Cherith, which is east of the
Jordan. And the ravens brought him
bread and meat in the morning, and
bread and meat in the evening, and
he would drink from the brook. And it
happened after a while, that the brook
dried up, because there was no rain in
the land. Then the word of the LORD
came to him saying “Arise, go to Zarephath,
which belongs to Sidon, and
stay there; behold, I have commanded
a widow there to provide for you.” So
he arose and went to Zarephath and
he came to the gate of the city; behold
a widow was there gathering sticks;
and he called to her and get me a little
water in a jar, that I may drink”.
And as she was going to get it, he
called to her and said “Please bring
me a piece of bread in your hand.”
But she said “As the LORD your God
lives, I have no bread, only a handful
of flour in the bowl and a little oil in
the jar; and behold, I am gathering a
few sticks that I may go in and prepare
for me and my son, that we may
eat it and die.”
Then Elijah said to her “Do not
fear; go, do as you have said, but make
me a little bread cake from it first, and
bring it out to me, and afterward you
may make one for yourself and for
your son. For thus says the LORD God
of Israel ‘The bowl of flour shall not
be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil
be empty until the day that the LORD
sends rain on the face of the earth.’”
So she went and did according to
the word of Elijah, and she and he
and her household ate for many days.
The bowl of flour was not exhausted,
nor did the jar of oil become empty;
according to the word of the LORD
which He spoke through Elijah. Now
it came about, after these things, that
the son of the woman, the mistress of
the house, became sick; and his sickness
was so severe that there was no
breath left in him. So she said to Elijah
“What have I to do with you, O
man of God You have come to me
to bring my iniquity to remembrance
and put my son to death!”
And he said to her “Give me your
son.” Then he took him from her bosom
and carried him up to the upper
room where he was living, and laid
him on his own bed. And he called
to the LORD and said “O LORD my
God, hast Thou also brought calamity
to the widow with whom I am staying,
by causing her son to die” Then he
stretched himself upon the child three
times, and called to the Lord and said
“O LORD my God, I pray Thee, let
this child’s life return to him.” And the
LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and
the life of the child returned to him and
he revived. And Elijah took the child,
and brought him down from the upper
room into the house and gave him
to his mother, and Elijah said “See
your son is alive.” Then the woman
said to Elijah “Now I know that you
are a man of God and that the word
of the LORD in your mouth is truth.”
Now it came about, after many
days, that the word of the LORD came
to Elijah in the third year, saying “To,
show yourself to Ahab, and I will send
rain on the face of the earth.” So Elijah
went to show himself to Ahab. Now
the famine was severe in Samaria. (1
Kings 17:1- 18:2) And it came about,
when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said
to him “Is this you, you troubler of Israel”
(1 Kings 18:17)
Then Elijah said to them “Seize
the prophets of Baal; do not let one
of them escape.” So they seized them;
and Elijah brought them down to the
brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Now Elijah said to Ahab “Go up, eat
and drink; for there is the sound of the
roar of a heavy shower.” So Ahab went
up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up
to the top of Carmel; and he crouched
down on the earth and put his face
between his knees. And he said to his
servant “Go up now, look toward the
sea” So he went up and looked and
said “There is nothing” And he said
“Go back” seven times. And it came
about at the seventh time that he said
“Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s
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hand is coming up from the sea.” And
he said “Go up, say to Ahab ‘Prepare
your chariot and go down, so that the
heavy shower does not stop you’”. So
it came about in a little while, that the
sky grew black with clouds and wind,
and there was a heavy shower. And
Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. Then
the hand of the LORD was on Elijah,
and he girded up his loins and outran
Ahab to Jezreel. (1 Kings 18:40-46)
And it rained and it rained and it rained.
Some Background
Information
The three and a half years in which it
did not rain is a type of the three and a half
years referred to in Daniel and Revelation,
when the Spirit will not be outpoured at the
end of the world. It is a type of what happens
eschatologically, when the spirit of
Elijah comes back into operation in some
way, as predicted by the prophet Malachi.
Similarly, the way that Elijah rescued the
Gentile woman and her son teaches something
about the way that God is going to use
the spirit of Elijah, somehow, to take care of
the Gentile church at the end of the world.
Elijah, Elisha and John the Baptist
all had the same spirit. The Lord told Moses
that He would “take of the Spirit who
is upon you, and will put Him upon” the
elders of the people (Num. 11:17).
When events happen in the same geographical
location it usually means that
there is some spiritual and theological
connection between them. Elijah’s ministry
ended on the plain of Jericho where
Elisha received his mantle (meaning his
authority), and John the Baptist’s ministry
occurred at the same place. The wicked
woman, Jezebel, is a type of the woman
Jezebel in the Book of Revelation – the
spirit of false religion – who turned the
king, the political power, into someone she
could manipulate. On behalf of Ahab, she
obtained Naboth’s vineyard, which Ahab
coveted. (1 Ki. 21) In Scripture the vineyard
speaks of Israel and, by extension
or incorporation, the Church. The wicked
woman tried to get the vineyard for the
king. This brought her into conflict with
Elijah and she persuaded the king to try to
destroy Elijah. This is exactly the picture
in the story of Herodias (Matt 14:3-12) –
the wicked woman turned the king against
Elijah (John the Baptist).
Wicked women in the Bible all point
in some way to the character of the wicked
woman in the Book of Revelation where
the conflict with Elijah is going to be replayed
in the Last Days.
Why Did the Rain Stop
The first thing in our study of how God
takes a man like Elijah and turns him into
someone who can make it rain is to learn
why the rain stopped. The rain stopped
because of the sin of God’s people. The
Holy Spirit is not being outpoured on the
Western Protestant world because of its
sin, which is identical to the sin of Israel in
the days of Elijah.
Abortion replays the sacrifice of children
to demons that we see within Israel
and Judah in the Old Testament. The worship
of other gods – the priests of Baal
were not foreigners, they were Jews. Today
it is the same. Across the Western Protestant
world there is a dramatic increase of
the worship of other gods – Islam, New
Age, Hinduism. New Age is permeating
many of the Evangelical and Pentecostal
churches today. People are mixing Christianity
with Paganism – that is where Roman
Catholicism came from, and that is
what is happening today in many Pentecostal
churches.
Materialism - the Church is lukewarm,
materialistic, filled with crazy doctrines. It
has a version of “faith” that is not biblical
– the worship of Mammon in Christian
masquerade, covetousness disguised as
Christianity.
That is why the rain stopped. The first
and foremost responsibility for the decline
of Western civilization does not lie with
secular society, it lies with us. It was the
sin of God’s people that stopped the rain.
the problems proliferating throughout our
society – drugs, abortion, divorce, violence,
crime – all testify to the failure of
the church. God’s people compromised and
eventual Israel ended up with the priests of
Baal. That is what happened in Elijah’s
day, and that is what is going on today. It is
not raining in our countries, because of the
sin of God’s people.
Cherith
The first thing God told Elijah to do,
was to go to the brook Cherith, which is
east of the Jordan (1 Ki. 17:3), and there
the ravens would feed him.
Cherith was on the other side of the
Jordan. When God told Elijah to leave his
land and go to Cherith, he told him to leave
behind his national identity, his cultural
identity and his home comforts. On top of
that, Elijah was to be fed by ravens. Ravens
were not kosher – they were an “unclean”
bird. God was going to provide for him in
ways he would never have expected.
The drought is so critical in the Western
world today, that people who would make it
rain will have to be willing to go to Cherith.
Sometimes that will mean churches
leaving traditional denominations that
have compromised. Sometimes it will
mean Christians leaving churches that have
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compromised, or that have gone into error
and refuse to repent. And it will certainly
mean trusting God to meet your needs in
ways and in places you might not expect,
even through things we consider to be almost
unholy, like the ravens. Elijah had
to be willing to put God first and his land
second. So often today, the problem is that
people are putting their land first – their
culture, their identity, their denominations
and their loyalties to those denominations
– before obedience to the Word of God.
But the people who will make it rain
will be the people who are not afraid to go
to Cherith and trust God.
Zarephath
It is darkest before the dawn. Things
will become much worse before they get
better. The brook of Cherith will eventually
dry up. In verse 9 we see that Elijah
has to go to a place called Zarephath. The
word “Zarephath” comes from the Hebrew
root meaning “to burn or to purify by fire”.
For God to take somebody with a nature
like ours and turn them into somebody
who can make it rain, He needs to purify
them by fire.
There is going to be a very difficult
period – not just trial and testing, not just
drought, nor even persecution – but all
those things together. It will get to the point
where the people you try to help will think
you have betrayed them, as with the widow
at Zarephath. But no matter how bad
things get, no matter how dark it becomes,
no matter how critical the drought, I can
promise you two things: there will be flour
in the dish and oil in the jar for those who
are willing to be purified. Things are going
to get bad before the breakthrough comes.
But there is going to be flour in the dish
and oil in the jar. You will have the Word
of God and you will have the anointing of
the Spirit, no matter what happens. You
will have your grain and your oil when the
others die from famine.
So she said to Elijah…
“What have I to do with you, O man
of God You have come to me to bring
my iniquity to remembrance, and to
put my son to death!” (1 Ki. 17:18)
Her son died. And she blamed Elijah.
The very people you try to help will see the
hardship and they will blame you. Things
have been so bad for so long that the things
we love most will have to die before they
can be resurrected.
Much of the church in the Western
world will have to die before it can be
resurrected. New wine cannot go into old
wine skins. (Mk. 2:22) That was one of the
problems with the Charismatic Movement
– they tried to store the new wine in the old
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wine skins. In order to renew a church you
have to replace the wine skin. The things
that we have loved the most will have to
die before they can be resurrected.
Troublers of Israel
“Is this you, you troubler of Israel”
(1 Ki. 18:17)
Is this you, you troubler of the church
Is this you, you troubler of the Baptist
Union Is this you, you troubler of the Assemblies
of God
You who are standing up against ecumenism
and Kingdom Now and Faith
Prosperity and Name-It-and-Claim-It.
You who are standing up against false
miracles and bogus healings.
You who are standing up against ministers
making themselves rich by exploiting
pensioners with lies.
You troublers of Israel!
That is what they said to Elijah and, if
you want to make it rain, that is what they
are going to say to you.
Next they go to Mount Carmel. Here
the conflict occurs with Jezebel – the conflict
with the spirit of false religion, with
Roman Catholicism, Ecumenism, Free
Masonary, Islam, homosexuality, abortion
and New Age. There is going to be a conflict,
and those who win that conflict will be
those who have been purified at Zarephath.
So much of what we call “charismatic
worship” today – with the noise, the ranting
and raving, and the hype – looks more
like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel
than like Elijah. Notice that the priests of
Baal really thought it would work, they
thought they would get a response.
Our brethren today, caught up in Ecumenism,
Kingdom Now Theology, Restorationism
– all unbiblical, false and dangerous
doctrines, all associated with hype and
with prophecies that do not happen – actually
believe these things. But the conflict
will come and the people will see who the
true prophets are.
The Rain Cloud
It begins small. It does not seem like
anything is going to happen at first. Where
is it
With the priests of Baal it was all loud
boasting and arrogance and cheering and
hype. But God does not work that way. It
begins small. Like a little hand coming out
of the sea. It always begins small. But it
gets bigger and soon the whole sky is filled
with rain clouds. Lightning strikes and
God’s Spirit falls. And it rains and rains
and rains.
There is no easy way to stop the decline
of Christianity in the Western world.
It has gone too far for too long. We have
been sold down the river by our leaders.
All the programs and hype and gimmicks
in the world will not being a harvest of
souls. That takes rain. But the rain has
stopped. Why Partly because of the sin of
society, but mostly because of the sin of
the Church. And until there is repentance
in the Church, there is not going to be a
repentance in the world.
Why has the rain stopped It is not primarily
the fault of pornographers or pimps
or prostitutes or drug dealers or homosexuals
or abortionists. It is primarily my fault,
because I know the truth and I have the
message that can make the difference. It is
our fault, because the church in the West is
Laodicea (Rev. 3:17), because we are trusting
in this life and this world more than we
are trusting in Jesus. It is not raining because
of my sin and your sin.
Those Who Make It Rain
Those who make it rain will be those
who are not afraid to go to Cherith – people
who are not bound by tradition or institutions.
They will not try to put new wine
into old wine skins. They will do what
God tells them and trust God to provide for
them in ways they do not expect.
They will be people who are not afraid
to be purified, people who will go to Zarephath,
people who are willing to see
things that they love die, knowing that
these things will be resurrected in purity.
It will be difficult. But no matter how difficult
it gets, I promise you that there will
be oil in the jar and flour in the dish.
And those people who are purified will
go to Carmel and stand in front of Jezebel
– in front of false religion and Free Masonry
and homosexuality and Roman Catholicism
and Islam. They will stand in front of
the prophets of Baal – those who dare to
call themselves ministers of the Gospel,
but who compromise with false teaching.
There will be a conflict. And those
troublers of Israel are going to win. †††
Quotes of the QUARTER !
‘The Truth War’ – John MacArthur
The goal of human philosophy used to be truth
without God. Today’s philosophies
are open to the notion of God without truth or
to be more accurate, personal
“spirituality” in which everyone is free to C
reate his or her own god. Personal gods pose
no threat to sinful self-will, because
they suit each sinner’s personal preferences
anyway, and they make no demands on
anyone else.
The Dilemma of Laodicea
Description: The Dilemma of
Laodicea is the last of the seven
churches before Jesus returns.
Scripturally and logically the contemporary
church of the 21st century
is conspicuously in the character
of that church at the close of
the 1st century. Immediately after
His message to Laodica shifts
into it apocalyptic panorama of
events global, cosmic, and celestial
which unfold culminating
with the establishment messianic
kingdom following an unprecedented
spectrum of cataclysmic
events. The first problem Laodicea
had and has is its blindness
to its true spiritual state in the
eyes of God at the precipice of an
avalanche of prophetic events that
will constitute the final outcome
of the church of Israel and The
Jews and finally the human race.
It is a church from which Christ
has been excluded; indeed locked
out as he knocks, how many of
this church will let Him in before
it is too late. Laodicea faces a dilemma
as old as it is new, what is
that dilemma The dilemma ventures
beyond both its blindness
and luke warn state addressing
rather the very causes. It is only
those whom Christ corrects who
will be prepared for His coming.
Author Bio: Jacob Prasch is a
Hebrew-speaking evangelist to the
Jews and a Bible teacher elaborating
on the original Judeo-Christian
background and hermeneutics of
the New Testament. He has also
been a conservative voice for biblically
based discernment among
moderate Pentecostals and Charismatics
opposed to the seductions
prevalent in today’s church.
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Jacob Prasch
Special Interest
But now Christ has
been raised from
the dead, the first
fruit of those who
are asleep
(1 Co.15:20)
Some people try to tell us that signs
and wonders and miracles will cause the
unsaved to believe.
At Passover in Jesus’ time, famous
rabbis would come together and debate.
At one particular Passover the rabbi who
everybody wanted to see was someone
who could feed thousands of people with a
little boy’s picnic basket, who could walk
on water, who could heal the sick and even
raise the dead. The people wanted Him to
put on a show. They had a “signs and wonders”
gospel. They also wanted somebody
to get rid of the Romans, the way the Maccabees
had gotten rid of the Greeks. They
had a “Kingdom Now” gospel. And, if you
understand the Hallel Rabbah from Psalm
113 to 118, which they sang to Jesus, they
were singing “give us prosperity now.”
They had a “prosperity” gospel.
These people did not want a Messiah
who was going to be a Suffering Servant.
They wanted one who was going to make
them rich.
Purge the Leaven
Passover begins with the purging of
the leaven. Jesus would not put on a show.
Instead He purged the leaven. Leaven is
a figure of sin, particularly sins of pride,
because it puffs up. Pride is the kind of
sin that undergirds other kinds of sin. If
somebody has a greed problem, for example,
their underlying problem is pride.
If somebody has a lust problem, their underlying
problem is pride. Pride is the sin
that underlies other kinds of sin. Pride is
also associated with false doctrine. That is
why Jesus said, “Beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees”. (Mt. 16:6).
The Sanhedrin was responsible for
the inspection of lambs at Passover. They
checked for up to seventy-four different
blemishes. If unable to find a blemish on
a lamb, they would approve it for sacrifice.
But they perverted the Torah, turning their
Levitical role into a business. The religious
leaders were twisting the Word of God
for their own aggrandizement, exploiting
God’s people and profiteering on the blood
of the lamb. Instead of getting rid of the
Romans, God got rid of them. God is much
more concerned with the sin in my life and
in your life than He is with the sin in the
“Those whom I love, I
reprove and discipline;
Jesus said to him, be zealous, therefore,
“Because you have seen Me, and repent”
have you believed (Revelation 3:19)
Blessed are they who did not
By Jacob Prasch
see, and yet believed’”
(Jn. 20:24-29)
he Crucified Life
I have been crucified with
Christ; and
it is no longer I who live,
but Christ lives
in me. (Gal. 2:20)
lives of the unsaved.
Jesus cleaned the moneychangers out
of the temple because judgment begins
in the house of God. Having cleansed the
temple, they brought the lame to Him and
He healed them. “These signs follow”.
(Mk. 16:20) Jesus would never allow signs
and wonders and miracles to be amplified
above repentance.
The same thing happened at Hanukkah,
the Jewish feast of miracles, They wanted
to stone Him and He said, “I showed you
many good works from the Father; for which
of them are you stoning Me” (Jn.10:32).
If signs and wonders are really the key
to revival, why did they cry out a few days
later, “Crucify Him”, when they knew that
Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead, and
healed the lame and the blind The prosperity
preachers, who claim they have all
the miracles, have been around a long time,
but no revival has come; rather the Gospel
has been disgraced by their scandals.
Doubting Thomas
But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called Didymas, was not with them
when Jesus came. The other disciples
were therefore saying to him, “We
have seen the Lord!” But he said to
them, “Unless I see in His hands the
imprint of the nails, and put my finger
into the place of the nails, and put my
hand into His side, I will not believe.”
And after eight days again His disciples
were inside, and Thomas with
them. Jesus came, the doors having
been shut, and stood in their midst,
and said, “Peace be with you.”
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach
here your finger, and see My hands;
and reach here your hand, and put it
into My side; and be not unbelieving,
but believing.” Thomas answered and
said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Because you
have seen Me, have you believed
Blessed are they who did not see, and
yet believed’” (Jn. 20:24-29).
Thomas is a picture of all human
doubt. Jesus was manifest to them in the
breaking of bread – the bread of His Word.
When Jesus rose, He wanted to show them
that He was not a spirit, so He physically
ate something.
After Jesus raised Lazarus from the
tomb, He was seen eating with Lazarus
(Jn.12:1-2). When He raised the little girl
from the dead, He said that something
should be given to her to eat (Mk.5:43).
Spiritual bodies do not need to eat, so the
Bible uses the idea of somebody eating
after being resurrected to show that it is
physical resurrection. Jesus was identifiable:
not at first, but He was recognized
in the breaking of bread. He was able to
do things like walk through walls. That
teaches something about our future. What
happened to Him, will happen to us.
But now Christ has been raised from
the dead, the first fruit of those who
are asleep (1 Co.15:20).
When the high priest was out in the
Kidron Valley at sunrise on the first day
of the week after Passover, he had to bring
the first of the grain offering up through
the East Gate into the temple. All four
gospels tell us that Jesus rose at sunrise,
at the very time when the high priest was
bringing in the first fruit. Jesus was the
first fruit of the resurrection. Our resurrection
and His are the same event, only
He is the first, so His resurrection teaches
about ours. Moses, Jesus and Elijah
were transfigured together. Elijah – a man
who never died (he was raptured), Moses
– somebody who did die, and Jesus.
That is what overthrew Pagan Rome.
It is a terrible tragedy of history that Papal
Rome became no better than Pagan Rome
afterwards but, nonetheless, the early
Christians overthrew the power of Pagan
Rome. Tertullian said, “the blood of the
martyrs is the seed of the church.” These
people loved not their lives unto death.
Paul wrote to the Romans quoting from
Psalm 44, “For Thy sake, O LORD, we are
being put to death all day long.”
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Special Interest – Continued
The Apostle Paul
What was the proof of Paul’s anointing
as an apostle Was it all the churches he
planted, all the people who were saved, the
fact that he could stand up and debate famous
rabbinic leaders and win the debates
No, that was not his proof. It was not even
the miracles, including raising someone
from the dead (Acts 20). None of that was
the proof of his anointing. The proof of his
anointing was this – “I bear on my body
the brand-marks of Jesus” (Gal. 6:17). He
used the Greek word “stigmata”, which
gives us the English word “stigmatize.” He
was willing to be accursed in his flesh in a
visible way for the sake of Christ.
Romania
My wife is a Romanian Jew. Her parents
are Holocaust survivors. They suffered
under the Nazis and narrowly escaped with
their lives. Most of the family was killed.
Then they suffered under the Communists.
My wife grew up as a “Refusnik” and immigrated
to Israel when she was eleven
years old.
Ceausescu was a terrible, evil man, but
the church grew in Romania. Revivals happened
among Gypsies and people who had
previously been unconvertible. Many Jewish
people were saved. Richard and Sabena
Wurmbrand (Voice of the Martyrs) came
out of that Jewish community. So many of
the believers we know in Israel were Jews
from Romania. What made the church in
a country like that grow What did people
see to make them believe They saw a crucified
body that had been resurrected.
I have been crucified with Christ; and
it is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me. (Gal. 2:20)
They did not just parrot the words. The
revolt in Romania that overthrew Ceausescu
began in the place that had the highest
concentration of evangelical Christians in
Romania.
I have met many Christians who lived
in the power of the resurrection. I have met
many Messianic Jews who live in the power
of the resurrection. I remember about
ten years ago in Israel, while the Iron Curtain
was still standing and very few Jews
were able to get out of Russia to come to
Israel. Some did and some of these were
believers who were saved in underground
Pentecostal and Baptist churches.
“Jesus Loves You”
I remember one brother who had a
wife and five children. He had been some
kind of a leader in one of the underground
churches. The KGB imprisoned him for
years. His family, at certain times, did not
know if he was dead or alive. The KGB
Jacob Prasch
beat him repeatedly and tortured him, but
he would not deny his faith. They gave
him psychotropic drug injections in large
quantities, intravenously and electro-shock
treatment repeatedly. He is only a middleaged
man but he looks like a very old man
because of what they did to him.
He is in Israel now. He is a Jew. His
wife leads him around by the hand. There
is only one phrase he can say; it is the only
thing he ever says: “Jesus loves you.”
They gave him electro-shock torture,
they gave him psychotropic drugs,
they tried to destroy his faith in Jesus the
Messiah. But that was the one thing they
could not destroy. They destroyed his life
in this world, they destroyed his mind and
his health. They destroyed everything, but
his faith in Jesus. That man has a crucified
body that walks and lives in the power of
the resurrection.
Rose Werner
My wife and myself are very privileged
to be the friends of a Jewish woman
from Hungary who was a second generation
Jewish believer, Rose Werner.
During World War II, Rose had an
opportunity to escape from Hungary. The
Lord spoke to her directly and said, “No,
I want you to go to the Gestapo and turn
yourself in as a Jew.” She did. Very few
people, either Jews or Gypsies, survived
Auschwitz. She is one of the very few who
did. What happened to her in Auschwitz
was unspeakable. They were taking Jewish
women by the thousands and thousands
every day, stripping them, shaving
their heads, pulling their teeth out, gassing
them, and then putting them in ovens.
She volunteered for that. When she
went to be with the Lord there were a lot of
other people waiting for her, a number of
those Jewish women who were gassed to
death, who heard the Gospel of the Messiah
Jesus from a Jew who believed it, before
they died. Rose Werner had a crucified
life. That woman had a crucified body that
lived in the power of the resurrection of
Yeshua the Messiah.
I have known people like that. Many of
them suffered for their faith. Many, not all.
I have known many Christians like that,
godly people. It is usually not the guy with
the big mouth, like me, it is usually the little
old lady who washes the church steps,
who fasts and prays every day. It is usually
people like that. I have known a lot of
people like that over the years. They stand
out. I can point to this one and to that one.
You can see them. But there is a big difference
between seeing individual Christians
and a crucified body.
We are the body of Christ. When the
world sees us as a crucified body that has
been resurrected, they will listen to our
message and respond.
Revival
Jesus’ death is ours. His resurrection
is ours. The world is skeptical about us
and our message, and they are going to
become more skeptical. What is the solution
Prayer, of course. The preaching of
the Gospel, absolutely! But there is only
one thing that is going to put this nation
back on the track to real revival. There is
only one thing that is going to make this
hardened nation reconsider the claims of
Jesus. It will not be some confidence trickster
from America with big rings and a fancy
limousine telling them that God wants
them rich. It will not be people behaving
like lunatics in some Toronto church. Their
weird behavior will prevent people from
believing. What will make them believe is
when we have a response to their request,
“Show me a body that has been crucified
and resurrected. Let me see.”
• Paul could say, “Here!”
• Rose Werner could say, “Here!”
• Richard Wurmbrand could say, “Here!”
A crucified body is where each and every
one of us can stand up and say, “Here!”
Show Me Jesus
Richard Wurmbrand is a Jewish believer.
He is a friend of my wife; they
speak to each other in Romanian. He tells
about a Romanian peasant who had been
saved and imprisoned and tortured by the
Communists for his faith.
There was also a scientist from the
Academy of Science in Bucharest, who
was not a Communist. He did not believe
in God, he was just a scientist who
was not a Communist, so they put him in
prison and they tortured him. There was a
small room with maybe forty people living
in it, teetering on the brink of starvation,
everyone of them having been beaten repeatedly.
The Romanian peasant, who was
not an educated man, was going around
witnessing to the other people who were
dying with him. Wurmbrand was there.
The scientist, who had been a prominent
intellectual, began mocking the peasant.
He said to him, “How can you be happy
How can you say you have joy when this
is happening to you You don’t even know
if they have killed your family.” Every day
they carried out two or three dead bodies,
and each of them wondered whether they
would be next. “Why are you happy” The
peasant said, “I’ve told you many times, I
am happy because of Jesus.”
Remember Jeremiah Jeremiah had
a delight. He could not sit in the circle of
merrymakers, but he still had joy. The scientist
said, “Jesus! You are happy because
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of Jesus! Do you see Jesus” “Oh, yes, I
see him every day,” replied the peasant.
• “Do you talk to Jesus”
• “Oh, yes, I talk to Jesus every day.”
• “Does Jesus talk back to you”
• “Oh, yes, He talks to me every day.”
• “What does Jesus do Does He ever
smile at you”
• “Oh yes, Jesus smiles at me.”
• “Show me how He looks when He smiles.”
And the peasant said, “Like this.” And
the Shekinah glory came over the face of
this peasant. The scientist fell down on
the floor and began pounding his fists on
the floor and said, “You have seen Jesus
Christ.” And he became a believer.
Laodicea
We are living in the days of Laodicea
(Rev. 3:14-22): a lukewarm church that is
proud, materialistic and oblivious to its
true state.
Laodicea’s first problem is that it does
not know that it is Laodicea. It does not
realize that it is lukewarm. It thinks that,
because it is well-off materially and financially,
it is well-off spiritually, but it is not.
There is a faithful remnant in Laodicea.
Jesus says:
Those whom I love, I reprove and
discipline; be zealous, therefore, and
repent (Revelation 3:19).
I want Him to correct the things that are
wrong in me, because when He comes, I
want to be ready.
“Here it is!”
Lakeland could not bring revival. Toronto
could not bring revival. Kansas City
could not bring revival. Jim Challenge
could not bring revival. The “Decade of
Harvest” did not bring revival. None of
that stuff brought revival.
These people do not believe any more.
They are too skeptical. And, to tell you the
truth, when I look at some of the things going
on in the name of Christianity today,
I do not blame them. If I was not already
saved, I would be very skeptical.
“Show me. Let me see. Show me, then
I will believe. Let me see a body that has
been crucified and resurrected, then I will
believe.”
They are going to believe when we can
say, “Here it is!”†††
Quotes of the QUARTER !
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen
to decide who has the
better lawyer – Robert Frost
PERTINENT “
The Résumé of Jesus Christ
Author Unknown
Address: Ephesians 1:20
Phone: Romans 10:13
Website: The Bible
Keywords: Jesus Christ, Lord & Savior
”FYI
y name is Jesus – The Christ. Many call me LORD! I’ve sent you my résumé
b because I’m seeking the top management position in your heart. Please consider
my accomplishments as set forth in my resume.
Qualifications:
• I founded the earth and established the heavens (see Proverbs 3:19).
• I formed man from the dust of the ground (see Genesis 2:7).
• I breathed into man the breath of life (see Genesis 2:7).
• I redeemed man from the curse of the law (see Galatians 3:13).
• The blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant comes upon your life through me
(see Galatians 3:14).
Occupational Background:
• I’ve only had one employer (see Luke 2:49).
• I’ve never been tardy, absent, disobedient, slothful or disrespectful.
• My employer has nothing but rave reviews for me (see Matthew 3:15-17).
Skills & Work Experiences:
• Some of my skills and work experiences include: empowering the poor to be poor no
more, healing the brokenhearted, setting the captives free, healing the sick, restoring
sight to the blind and setting at liberty them that are bruised (see Luke 4:18).
• I am a Wonderful Counselor (see Isaiah 9:6). People who Listen to me shall dwell safely
and shall not fear evil (see Proverbs 1:33).
• Most importantly, I have the authority, ability & power to cleanse you of your sins (see I
John 1:7-9)
Educational Background:
• I encompass the entire breadth & length of knowledge, wisdom and understanding (see
Proverbs 2:6).
• In me are hid all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (see Colossians 2:3).
• My Word is so powerful; it has been described as being a lamp unto your feet and a lamp
unto your path (see Psalms 119:105).
• I can even tell you all of the secrets of your heart (see Psalms 44:21).
Major Accomplishments:
• I was an active participant in the greatest Summit Meeting of all times (see Genesis 1:26).
• I laid down my life so that you may live (see II Corinthians 5:15).
• I defeated the archenemy of God and mankind & made a show of them openly
(see Colossians 2:15).
• I’ve miraculously fed the poor, healed the sick and raised the dead!
• There are many more major accomplishments, too many to mention here. You can read
them on my website, which is located at: www dot – the BIBLE. You don’t need an Inter
net connection or computer to access my website.
References:
• Believers and followers worldwide will testify to my divine healings, salvation, deliverance,
miracles, restoration and supernatural guidance.
In Summation:
Now that you’ve read my résumé, I’m confident that I’m the only candidate uniquely
qualified to fill this vital position in your heart. In summation, I will properly direct your
paths (see Proverbs 3:5-6), and lead you into everlasting life (see John 6:47). When can
I start Time is of the essence (see Hebrews 3:15).
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Guest Author
Danny Isom
W h o C a n U n d e r s t a n d G o d’s P r o p h e t i c P l a n
W h o C a n U n d e r s t a n d G o d’s P r o p h e t i c P l
Who Can Understand God’s Prophetic P
Who Can Understand God’s Prophetic Plan
“But as for you, Daniel, conceal
these words and seal up
the book until the end of time;
many will go back and forth,
and knowledge will increase.”
– Daniel 12:4
“I tell you that He will bring
about justice for them quickly.
However, when the Son of Man
comes, will He find faith on the
earth” – Luke 18:8
For most people studying the book of
Daniel, the emphasis would be on the visions,
the miracles, and perhaps unraveling
the various numbers provided which
describe the timing of the unfolding of
God’s prophetic plan. In other words, the
quest is often to determine the meaning
of those things which, as of Daniel’s time
at least, were sealed up. But Jesus offers
what at first blush is a contrast to the quest
for knowledge in stating that the important
character trait He will be looking for at
His Second Coming is faith. I would offer
that if we were to study the book of Daniel
looking for what we as believers are to personally
apply just like any other portion of
Scripture, we will accomplish both goals
simultaneously. In other words, the greater
treasure provided in the book of Daniel is
that biblical insight and understanding is
promised not as a gift to a privileged few
granted a superior intellect, but to anyone
attaining to greater faithfulness by putting
God’s Word and ways into practice.
How does the book of Daniel begin
Seal up the book until the
end of time . . . . .
It begins with Daniel
finding himself in the
exact, same situation as
every believer of every
age: living IN the world
but not OF the world.
But Daniel made
up his mind that
he would not defile
himself with the
king’s choice food
or with the wine
which he drank; so
he sought permission
from the commander
of the officials
that he might not defile himself.
– Daniel 1:8
The first and foremost concern of a
believer in the Last Days is personal faithfulness.
The world separated and isolated
Daniel. The world tried to rename him. The
world tried to re-educate him according to
their ways. But someone who we have
come to know as one of the wisest and most
knowledgeable individuals in all of history
did not become so by setting out to attain
knowledge; his quest began by seeking
to remain faithful. All that followed was
predicated on what began from the heart.
Then Daniel went to his house and
informed his friends, Hananiah,
Mishael and Azariah, about the
matter, so that they might request
compassion from the God of heaven
concerning this mystery, so that Daniel
and his friends would not be destroyed
with the rest of the wise men
of Babylon. – Daniel 2:17-18
When the situation worsened Daniel
convenes a prayer meeting. A person of
faith finds comfort and support in the company
of other people of faith. Daniel did not
seek experts who could provide an answer,
but found the answer together with others
in the pursuit of faith. How often when
we read about events today which clearly
lend themselves to being the fulfillment of
God’s prophetic plan are we driven into
deeper fellowship with those of a similarly
inclined heart In other words, the response
of the truly faithful in such times is
an actual, visible response of faithfulness.
“If it be so, our God whom we serve
is able to deliver us from the furnace
of blazing fire; and He will deliver us
out of your hand, O king. But even if
He does not, let it be known to you, O
king, that we are not going to serve
your gods or worship the golden image
that you have set up.” – Daniel
3:17-18
And what will happen when the persecution
which Scripture repeatedly warns
will inevitably come materializes Yes,
these men’s knowledge was certainly tested
to its limits, but their endurance was born
out the quality of their faithfulness. The
events of the Last Days certainly serve up
judgment on those refusing to repent and
believe, but at the same time they serve
to affirm and strengthen those clinging to
God’s Word and ways from the heart.
Now when Daniel knew that the document
was signed, he entered his house
(now in his roof chamber he had windows
open toward Jerusalem); and
he continued kneeling on his knees
three times a day, praying and giving
thanks before his God, as he had been
doing previously.
– Daniel 6:10
And from the furnace to the lion’s den,
the test is the same. In the Last Days the challenge
is made directly against one’s faithfulness
which is something not built during
the Last Days when the events foretold
all come about, but in the course of a daily,
consistent life leading up to them. Daniel
did not suddenly become faithful because
he witnessed events, but because he spent
his whole life practicing daily faithfulness
he was prepared when such events finally
arrived. The repeated biblical teaching is
that those who understand that the fulfillment
of prophetic events is at hand are the
ones who have been putting God’s Word
and ways into practice all along. Daniel did
not live his life any old way he wanted and
then, when faced with the impossible, finally
come around to God’s ways because
of the crisis. Daniel spent his life putting
into practice the faithfulness which would
see him through the crisis when it came.
In the first year of Darius the son of
Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who
was made king over the kingdom of
the Chaldeans— in the first year of his
reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books
the number of the years which was
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revealed as the word of the LORD to
Jeremiah the prophet for the completion
of the desolations of Jerusalem,
namely, seventy years. So I gave my
attention to the Lord God to seek Him
by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, sackcloth and ashes. – Daniel
9:1-3
What did Daniel do when he recognized
from the plain meaning of Scripture
that God’s prophetic plan was being fulfilled
in his lifetime Did he write a book
Embark on speaking engagements Convene
prophecy conferences “So I gave
my attention to the Lord God to seek Him
by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth and ashes”. I truly believe that if
the myriad of books, websites, and conferences
dedicated to the topic of the Last Days
were accomplishing their biblical mission
that they would not measure their success
by attendance numbers, book sales, or the
amount of information they put out but by
the sincere repentance, return to the cross,
and earnest desire to engage God on behalf
of those who still have time to return to Him.
The book of Daniel begins with a commitment
to faithfulness, is peppered with
examples of faithfulness in action, and ultimately
displays the quest for faithfulness
for every party involved.
“Those who have insight will shine
brightly like the brightness of the expanse
of heaven, and those who lead
the many to righteousness, like the
stars forever and ever. – Daniel 12:3
It is not merely knowledge which identifies
the Last Days over-achiever, but righteousness.
This is really a corollary to the
Great Commission (Mt. 28:18-20) where
we are commanded not to make converts
but disciples. Those who have real biblical
wisdom where God’s prophetic plan is
concerned are not purveyors of information
but act in the same character as the
Old Testament prophets whose message
was always accompanied by a call to return
to God’s Word and ways.
I would submit that this hits home for
what I believe is a very serious yet underestimated
problem in the shadow of
the Last Days. On the one hand there are
outright false prophets and false teachers
who are trying to deceive the Elect; on the
other hand there are a great many “information
providers”. There seem to be no
end of authors, speakers, books, websites,
and conferences whose goal is to provide
information, and yet those who also attach
the application of righteousness to their
message are sparse and few. I will admit
that one of the reasons I am drawn to the
teaching of Jacob Prasch, David Hocking,
Dave Hunt, Roger Oakland, Chuck Smith,
Danny Isom
and many others cut from the same cloth is
that they never simply provide information.
The never conclude a message without a
personal challenge to put it into practice, to
return to God’s ways. I would suggest that
we do not just need teachers who can provide
“insight”, but who are actively leading
in the quest for “righteousness”.
“Many will be purged, purified and
refined, but the wicked will act wickedly;
and none of the wicked will understand,
but those who have insight
will understand. – Daniel 12:10
Here we are provided the stark contrast
of who will and will not “understand” as it
is defined biblically. If to this point it has
not been clear to you that understanding
is the natural outcome of faithfulness, it
should be clear in this specific distinction
that it will not come to “the wicked”, someone
who by definition behaves unfaithfully.
Scripture uses a number of different
terms which describe specific sinful states.
“Sinner”, “backslider”, and “unbeliever”
are used to describe not only different kinds
of behavior but to specify that person’s relationship
(or lack thereof) with the One
True God. Someone identified as “wicked”
in Scripture is referring to someone in rebellion
to what they know, someone not
just influenced by evil but putting it into
practice. Just as Daniel provides an example
of daily, personal faithfulness which
produces the kind of person who comes to
know and understand what God is doing,
someone termed “wicked” is the result of
the habitual pursuit of faithlessness resulting
in spiritual ignorance to what is going
on. The practical question to ask yourself
is which of these two destinations are you
going to most likely arrive at based on what
you consistently put into practice
Notice too in this verse that the events
of the Last Days work to confirm the quality
of everyone’s faith. The wicked do not
simply continue unchanged, they actually
“act wickedly” whereas the faithful are
“purged, purified and refined”. When the
events of the Last Days materialize, they
drive each person ever more forcefully
down the path they had been regularly pursuing
leading up to them. The quality of
our faithfulness (or faithlessness) in times
of relative peace is amplified when times of
extreme duress push it to its limits. Do you
really think if you do not regularly hold to
God’s Word and ways now that you will
suddenly change when these events actually
take place
“Let the one who does wrong, still do
wrong; and the one who is filthy, still
be filthy; and let the one who is righteous,
still practice righteousness;
and the one who is holy, still keep
himself holy.” – Revelation 22:11
Guest Author
I honestly believe that everything
which today is only partially or completely
not understood in the book of Daniel will,
according to God’s timing, be plainly,
fully, and completely understood. But I
would suggest that the book of Daniel contains
a greater teaching of how we are to
attain the position wherein we will come
into that knowledge. The deeper things of
God are going to come to those who seek
to go ever deeper in their exclusive commitment
to God’s Word and ways alone.
In truth, Daniel teaches it is going to come
not as the result of the exclusive pursuit of
Bible codes or the application of extraordinary
intellect, but the consistent, daily
pursuit of putting what we already know
into practice.
As it was at the first coming of Christ,
so it will be at His return. Those who recognized
what was happening were enlightened
not because of extraordinary wisdom,
but practicing ordinary faith.
In His Love,
Danny Isom
“mailto:Servant@WalkWithTheWord.org”
oriel Online
www.moriel.org
"MoRIEL"
GOD IS MY TEACHER
• 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.”
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David Royle
MORIEL MISSIONS, SOUTH AFRICA
JULY 2010
Dear Friends, Greetings in Jesus,
The last two months have been busy
with a lot of changes and a lot of travelling.
My tour of Australia and New Zealand
went well with me making a lot of New
contacts. I have always loved Australia but
the chance to go and meet people from a
new land was exciting. I caught up with
the NZ administrator Nigel for the first
time. We had spoken over the phone and
corresponded by email many times but to
meet him face to face was wonderful and
to see the hard work he puts in.
Australia was a time of meetings and
catching up with friends and supporters
who have faithfully given time, finances and
effort to the ministry. The meetings went
very well and the fellowship was sweet. I
thank the Lord I was able to catch up, even
for such a short time with my friend and
Aussie administrator, Marg Godwin. Marg
has been doing a great job, selflessly and
tirelessly even through ill health. What
was good was to see her faithful team
by her side. Marg you are a diamond!!
After the tour and a long think, I think
it is needed that I cover some old ground
for the sake of new friends and also clarity
concerning who we are and what we do. If
you have heard me speak about this before
please bear with me for a short while.
Lyn and I along with our family came
to South Africa March 2000. I have been
involved here since 1991 where I caught
the African bug and spent the next 9 years
pleading with God and my wife to let us
come over here.
Since 2002 we have headed Moriel
Missions here and pioneered churches and
set up a pastor training program. However
as you will know our hearts have always
been burdened by Psalm 68vs5-6 concerning
the plight of Orphans who have been
affected by the HIV pandemic. This led
us to founding Ebyown which was to be a
place of nurture, love and a home to children
no one else wanted. The next sentence
will be large and in bold for emphasis. WE
ARE NOT AN ORPHANAGE.
My children “were” orphans, now they
have a Mum and Dad in Lyn and I, a big
brother in our son Chris and they share
our home receiving the care that our own
children (whom all serve the Lord) have
benefited from. To this day all the kids are
committed to Christ and have been baptised,
praise the Lord.
We home school all the children (12
at the moment) and through your help and
prayer provide for their medical, spiritual
and practical needs. It has been a joy to
watch them grow in Christ and keep well
with your help. This is because we follow
Psalm 68 instruction and provide a family.
However some people including Jacob
who we love dearly, have it ingrained into
there minds that we and Bezaleel are orphanages
and all the Draconian or Dickensian
images that come to mind. We do
not have little Olivers asking for more. We
do not have Triple Bunk beds with 12 to a
room. We have normal children who once
were lost but now are found.
On tour its amazing how many people
think we are an institution, if we were we
would not be involved in this work. In an
institution most people clock of at 5pm
and hand over to night carers, but the work
we and Bezaleel do is 24/7. We may not
have hundreds of kids but nether the less
the work is just as intense with the constant
medical needs. Thank you for bearing with
me while I clarify things for the sake of integrity.
Integrity in Mission is an issue.
Everyone of us sees wild claims of
mission success in some news bulletins,
however so we may weep and cry with one
another its important to have this attribute
of God. To help us I have some notes from
a teaching I did the other week at the end
of our news, I hope it challenges all of us.
EBYOWN
This month we began an outreach into
a local pediatric ward of a hospital. We
have been involved with the hospital for
9 years and have fostered a few children
from there such as Paulina who is now our
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adopted daughter. In short we have some
history with the Matron and nurses there.
What we aimed to do was this:
• Visit for a whole morning on a regular basis
• Take some of our older kids to play with
the children
• Introduce the nurses and carers to a different
perspective of relating to the kids
• Assess dietry requirement
• Give massage and physio where necessary
• Share the gospel with nurses and carers
and children where possible
The first session went excellent. The
first thing Lyn did was to get the nurses
to sit low on the floor so that they could
understand the perspective of a child. She
then moved them to bed level to understand
what the children saw. Many of the
kids are disabled and cannot move yet the
view they saw was very limited. For example
pictures painted on the wall for the
children benefit could not be see. All they
saw of the nurses was their bellies.
Lyn then got them to sit on the floor
with the children, to hold and cuddle them,
to speak to them and interact and understand
these kids are special with special
needs and are not just patients or things to
be kept clean and dry.
We hope that in the coming months we
can set up a soft room for play and physio
and encourage the nurses to treat these little
ones as loved and special. Why is this
important Well one little one there, nearly
two years and who does not move, after an
hour lifted himself up on his arms for the
first time.
We had a bit of concern this month regarding
the childrens blood tests, Viral loads
were up on some and CD4 counts took a bit
of a tumble with others. DR Levin is sure
this is just a glitch and we hope that next
months results will go in the right direction.
Sikki who is nearly 5 has begun to take
her first steps, she can (on tottering legs)
now follow Prudence down the hallway, its
quite funny to see.
WORLD CUP DAY!!! Ebyown and
Bezaleel go together to have a celebration,
eat food and cake from all the participating
countries. They even had a soccer match (I
think Ebyown got hammered)
EBYOWN RELOCATION
As many of you have read through our
news and have picked up on my latest tour,
we are trying to relocate Ebyown and the
ministry to the Western Cape. However
to do this we will need to sell so we can
purchase and so there is a little insecurity
about how and when this will happen.
However the place needed a paint and we
have filled in floors and tiles three rooms
and also relocated a large window for better
light. The outside has been painted and
David Royle
we have replaced old metal doors with
new wooden ones, so its been very busy as
we’ve prepared for sale. Please pray for us
during this challenging time. I will be with
the brothers in the Cape the weekend of the
24th July where I will be sharing the word
and answering any questions people may
have about the implications of the move. I
will also hopefully be looking at a couple
of prospective locations for the move.
TEACHING MATERIAL FROM
AUSSIE
I have brought back some teaching
material from Australia featuring Jacob
and others. If you want to order then contact
Chris, morielmissionscollege@gmail.
com or phone him on 0823739297
PRAYER NEEDS
• Give us today our daily bread
• The children’s upcoming blood results
Ebyown and ministry relocation
• The upcoming Video on Demand plat
form for the internet
• Upcoming visit to UK
• Continued strength for Lyn, Chris and I
• Aletheia Church
• The outreach to Tini Vorster Hospital
CONTACT DETAILS
South Africa, David Royle
moriel.david@gmail.com
UK Joanne Drinkwater
jo.drink@ntlworld.com
USA David Lister
morieldavid@yahoo.com
Australia, Marg Godwin
moriel@vic.australis.com.au
New Zealand, Nigel Nicholsen
moriel@maxnet.co.nz
THE INTEGRITY OF GOD
My friend Peter Afrika said many years
ago that some people lack so much integrity
that if they said it was raining outside
you would have to walk out and check.
They just couldn’t be trusted.
A persons Integrity is important in fact
it is such an important issue that the way
the world functions depends on integrity.
The word has several uses and I have found
several meanings.
This article is about integrity as a theoretical
and ethical concept. For other uses,
see Integrity (disambiguation) [7] .
Integrity is a concept of consistency
[8]
of actions, values, methods, measures,
principles, expectations and outcomes.
In western ethics, integrity is regarded
as the quality [9] of having an intuitive [10]
sense of honesty [11] and truthfulness [12] in
regard to the motivations for one’s actions.
[citation needed [13] Integrity can be regarded
as the opposite of hypocrisy [14] , [1] [15]
in that it regards internal consistency as a
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virtue, and suggests that parties holding apparently
conflicting values should account
for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs.
The word “integrity” stems from the
Latin adjective integer (whole, complete).
[2] [16] In this context, integrity is the inner
sense of “wholeness” deriving from qualities
such as honesty [11] and consistency of
character [17] . As such, one may judge that
others “have integrity” to the extent that
one judges whether they behave according
to the values, beliefs and principles they
claim to hold.
A value systems [18] abstraction depth
[19]
and range of applicable interaction may
also function as significant factors in identifying
integrity due to their congruence or
lack of congruence with empirical observation
[20] . [clarification needed [21] ] [citation
needed [13] ]. Such a value system may
evolve over time. [3] [22] while retaining
integrity if those who espouse the values
account for and resolve inconsistencies.
[4] [23] Ayn Rand, [24] considered that integrity
“does not consist of loyalty to one’s
subjective whims, but of loyalty to rational
principles”. [5] [25]
Integrity is word also used in Engineering
and Science. For example the Hull of a
ship if it remains whole and doesn’t leak is
said to show structural integrity.
Scientific method for bringing accurate
data must show Integrity.
Then we have Christian Integrity – Wikapedia
says this about it
Strong’s Concordance [26] records 16
uses of words translated as “integrity” in
the KJV [27] Old Testament [28] , and none in
the KJV New Testament [29] .[7] [30]
One view of integrity in a Christian
context states: “The Christian vision of integrity
suggests that personal authenticity
entails living in accordance with personal
convictions that are based on an understanding
of God’s purposes for creation,
humankind and the person as a disciple of
Jesus.”[8] [31]
So as we can see Integrity is something
that for society and for our faith in general
has to flow within and without, YET how
often in the faith do we find proffesing
Christians who carry little integrity.
So what does the Bible say about Integrity
The NASB has 46 occurances of the
word. In fact there are 5 Hebrew words.
So what does the Bible say about Integrity
The NASB has 46 occurances of the
word. In fact there are 5 Hebrew words.
h]MT, tummah (1070d); from 8552;
integrity:— integrity (5).
8537. sT tom (1070d); from 8552;
completeness, integrity, also part of the
high priest’s breastplate:— blameless(1),
full(1), full measure(1), innocently(1), in-
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tegrity(16), random(2), upright(1).
8535. sT tam (1070d); from 8552;
complete:— blameless(5), blameless
man(1), complete(2), guiltless(3), integrity(1),
peaceful(1), perfect one(2).
3476. WvY yosher (449c); from 3474;
straightness, uprightness:— correctly(1),
honest(1), integrity(1), justly due(1),
right(1), upright(1), uprightness(8), what
is justly due(1).
8549. sYmT tamim (1071a); from
8552; complete, sound:— blameless(22),
blamelessly(1), complete(1), entire(1),
full(1), intact(1), integrity(4), perfect(5),
sincerity(1), unblemished(2), uprightly(1),
who is perfect(1), whole(2), without blemish(12),
without defect(36).
So we can see that Integrity is speaking
about a person who is whole or complete
and has the values, ethics and character
shown through these 5 Hebrew words.
Certain men in Scripture valued integrity
and tried to walk in it.
Such a man was Job read Job 27vs 1-6.
Look at what it says about the things Job
valued and did not want to lose.
King David although weak like us tried
to walk and valued integrity. Psalm 26vs 1-7
Integrity also brings benefits to those
who walk in it:
– Proverbs: 2vs7
– Job: 8vs20
– Psalm: 25vs21
– Prov: 20vs7 Even the sons of the man
who walks in integrity are blessed
– Prov: 28vs6 its even better to be poor but
have Integrity
– Prov: 11vs3 Integrity will guide you,
think about it if you thing whole, honest
righteous and true, it will guide you in
all things.
BUT DOES GOD HAVE INTEGRITY
Yes he does according to Romans 3vs7
in the amplified Bible
Vs7: But [you say] if through my falsehood
God’s integrity is magnified and
advertised and abounds to His glory,
why am I still being judged as a sinner
You see to get a handle of Gods Integrity
we must look at the characteristics the
word implies and how they relate to the
Father. For example:
God is truth, in fact the NASB rendering
of integrity is Truth
But if through my lie a the truth of God
abounded to His glory, b why am I also still
being judged as a sinner
So what other words describe Gods Integrity
Well weve read them:
• Blameless - rendered Perfect, Psalm 19vs7
• Peaceful - Isaiah 9vs6, Ephesians 2vs14-18
• Rightous - Psalm 48vs10, Romans 10vs3-4
Then finally we have the fact that God is
Just. One scholar puts it this was
JUSTICE OF GOD — that perfection
of his nature whereby he is infinitely
righteous in himself and in all he does,
the righteousness of the divine nature exercised
in his moral government. At first
God imposes righteous laws on his creatures
and executes them righteously. Justice
is not an optional product of his will,
but an unchangeable principle of his very
nature. His legislative justice is his requiring
of his rational creatures conformity in
all respects to the moral law. His rectoral
or distributive justice is his dealing with
his accountable creatures according to the
requirements of the law in rewarding or
punishing them (Ps. 89:14). In remunerative
justice he distributes rewards (James
1:12; 2 Tim. 4:8); in vindictive or punitive
justice he inflicts punishment on account
of transgression (2 Thess. 1:6). He cannot,
as being infinitely righteous, do otherwise
than regard and hate sin as intrinsically
hateful and deserving of punishment. “He
cannot deny himself” (2 Tim. 2:13). His
essential and eternal righteousness immutably
determines him to visit every sin as
such with merited punishment.
All these things are part of Gods attributes
as a Holy God, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, the triune Gods reflects all these
things in His pristine nature –for He is a
God of INTEGRITY.
APPLICATION
In the beginning of this message I
pointed out that Integrity is something that
holds things together. With Integrity we relate
to one another much more easily as we
can see by the words that communicate the
opposite of Integrity such as Hyprocricy,
lies, injustice, unwholesome, dishonesty
unfaithfulness. When we are demonstrating
these things everything in society
breaks down and how can we claim to have
a relationship with Christ when there is no
fruit of repentance that should demonstrate
the heart of God.
However there are what some might
say OBSTACLES TO INTEGRITY.
Poverty – even the most willing person
may act dishonestly if they or/and their
family are immersed in poverty without
food or shelter or any of the foundational
needs in life.
Self interest – acting without integrity
in business often stems from this issue and
the issue of personal cost having more value
than the person or promise made.
Unbelief – if God promises in His
word blessings for walking in Integrity, the
tension between the here and now and the
delivery point of blessing can be too much
for some. After all acting in integrity may
be something that bears fruit in eternity
rather than the here and now.
No foundational Judeo Christian value
system in a post modern world – The word
of God provided strong values, an ethical
system that is unsurpassed, however in today’s
society everything is relative. What
an issue means for you will mean something
different to someone of a different
value system.
Over promising – There is a very cruel
saying “if you want anything doing as a
busy man” the fact is some people cannot
say know and end up either drained
or breaking promises and so looking as
though they lack integrity. So then how
should we apply these things
First of all the foundation of every society
is a godly family. Marriages can only
function if there is transparency, honesty
and faithfulness, in other words Integrity
between husband and wife is basic for a
successful union between man and woman.
Secondly families usually produce
children. The way that children inter-relate
with parents and each other must be on the
basis of Integrity. To be in a position when
a parent no longer trusts a child and a child
no longer trusts a parent through lack of
truth, honesty or even worse is tragic, Integrity
is the key and an understanding that
Gods promise in the Decalogue still stands
today if one honors or has integrity in the
way children relate to parents.
Thirdly we have The Church, our extended
faith family. Today we see such a
lack of integrity in the Body of Christ because
they do not see it as extended family
and the fruit is that people often don’t pull
their weight, don’t disciple, join the local
church merry-go-round with no commitment,
tell lies and play politics and live a life
that does not glorify Christ yet they profess
His name showing Hypocrisy and worse.
Fourthly in society in general – Business
dealings especially, I have become
very suspicious of people who claim to be
in Christ and a brother or sister in the Lord
and yet their dealings with each other and
the world are scandalous. Christian Integrity
were your yeah is Yeah and your nay is
Nay is very much needed.
Finally and most importantly, what
about the God of Integrity we serve, how
is your relationship with Him Do we keep
our promises as He keeps His Do we steal
from the money bag so to speak Are we
100% for Christ or is He a name we forget
when its convenient
Our God is a God of Integrity
King David a man of Integrity
Job under affliction kept his integrity
Integrity brings abundant blessing.
The question is will we now begin
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to walk in it with our family With our
church With our community With our
business dealings Because if we cannot
get these things right, how can we have integrity
with the God of Integrity
Easton, M. 1996, c1897. Easton’s Bible
dictionary. Logos Research Systems,
Inc.: Oak Harbor, WA
Our Man from Israel . . . .
Our Man from Israel
End Notes
[1] morielmissionscollege@gmail.com
[2] moriel.david@gmail.com
[3] jo.drink@ntlworld.com:
[4] morieldavid@yahoo.com
[5] moriel@vic.australis.com.au
[6] moriel@maxnet.co.nz
[7] Integrity (disambiguation): http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Integrity_%28disambiguation%29
[8] consistency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency
[9] quality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaity_
%28philosophy%29
[10] intuitive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_
%28knowledge%29
[11] honesty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesty
[12] truthfulness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthfulness
[13] citation needed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wikipedia:Citation_needed
[14] hypocrisy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy
[15] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-0#cite_note-0
[16] [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-1#cite_note-1
[17] character: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_
character
[18] value system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Value_system
[19] abstraction depth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Abstraction_layer
[20] empirical observation: http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Empirical_observation
[21] clarification needed: http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify
[22] [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-2#cite_note-2
[23] [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-3#cite_note-3
[24] Ayn Rand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_
Rand
[25] [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-4#cite_note-4
[26] Strong’s Concordance: http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Strong%27s_Concordance
[27] KJV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_
King_James_Version
[28] Old Testament: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Old_Testament
[29] New Testament: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
New_Testament
[30] [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-6#cite_note-6
[31] [8]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity#cite_
note-7#cite_note-7
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Peace, Peace…
Are we going mad...once again
I think that there’s just so much that a normal person could put up with. We hear the
sword rattling and ongoing rhetoric of the Iranians as they thrive to achieve nuclear power
for “peaceful” purposes, but under the same breath make no secret of wiping Israel off
the face of the earth. We hear the ongoing ranting of the Turkish government concerning
their “peace” flotilla to help the poor besieged and suffering Gazans. Their “Love Boat”
had terrorists from all the lands of the Middle East and were planning, in advance, a
violent confrontation with the Israeli navy, and hoping that someone would get killed so
they can film it and send it to all the international press organizations. The only thing that
was filmed was the beating of the Israeli unit as it boarded the ship. They were beaten and
clubbed and still the Turkish government together with the rest of the Arab world and unfortunately
many other nations, condemned the affair as “piracy, murder and a massacre.”
Well, it’s good to see that the impartial United Nations has began an inquest into the affair.
Last week a number of rockets were fired by Hamas from Egyptian territory towards the
gulf cities of Eilat and Aqaba. The resort city of Aqaba had one killed and many wounded.
It was obvious who fired them, but initially the Jordanian government refused to acknowledge
that it was done by their Arab brethren. There comment was, “It was fired from
somewhere in the west.” And if that wasn’t enough, Hamas makes a statement that Israel
fired them in order to blame Hamas. Wait! Things get better! It’s been an exciting week!
Along the Israeli-Lebanon border an Israel group of soldiers were cutting a fallen tree
that had fell on the Israeli fence from the other side. Two shots were fired from snipers
in Lebanese territory killing the commanding officer and wounding another. The Israeli
army swiftly retaliated by hitting a number of Lebanese army positions, killing four, including
press reporter (Gee, did he just happen to be in the neighborhood) It was a major
incident and obviously well planned by someone on the other side. The UN troops stepped
in to calm the scene and actually made a statement in favor of Israel that they were in
their own territory and the assault was unprovoked. Right away the Arab press backed the
Lebanese story that Israeli troops had entered their territory and they were protecting their
sovereignty against Israeli aggression. It seems that since the Israelis’ were in the right,
most of the world kept silent and made no comment of the affair.
Now, besides all this distorted press there seems to be another matter of grave concern
that really bothers me, and I assume many others. What’s the deal with the Muslims getting
permission to build a 13 story mosque at “Ground Zero” Is this insane or what Of
all places, why there It’s a slap in the face to all the families who have lost their love ones
there. It seems to me a very much “In your Face!” by the Islamic world. I can understand
tolerance of other faiths in the Home of “The Brave and Land of The Free” but this has
gone far enough. Yet the OK came from Washington. Is anyone really surprised It’s going
to be an Islamic cultural center as well. I wonder if they’ll have a little exhibit of relics
from 911.
I think much of the world is starting to lose their minds. I think there should be an
awakening before it’s too late! Hey, maybe now the Islamic world will be tolerant enough
to allow a 3 rd Temple built upon the Temple Mount Time will tell.
Ronnie Cohen
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Shalom again from sunny (and now
hot and sweaty) Israel, This news maybe a
little shorter than usual, because of either
being in the hospital or convalescent for
19 days since the 28th May. However, I am
on the mend, and slowly getting back to
doing things!
Happenings In Hospital
My last stay in hospital was in Nahariya,
where I had a two bedded ward all
to myself for one day, and a companion
from Karmiel for the next three days. She
asked me what I was reading. I replied,
“The Holy Scriptures,” This led to an interesting
discussion in which she told me
that she believes it is all nice stories, but
not true! She became even more intrigued
when she noticed that most of my visitors
were believers and talked about the Bible.
My son Michael told her we were Messianic
Jews. We had to explain that we are
Jews who believe that Jesus is the promised
Messiah of Israel. She told me she had
heard of Messianic Jews but had never met
them, so this was very interesting for her.
Her visitors and mine all visited together
and we were like a family. On the last day
while I was out of the room, she chatted to
a friend and told her about us. Her friend
told her, “One of my friends are Messianic.
There is a big congregation here, and
she and her husband head up the local assembly.”
I asked her what the name of her
friend’s, friend was She phoned again,
and it turned out to be Ronit Ovadia, wife
of Yossi Ovadia, the Pastor of Karmiel Assembly!
Somehow I feel there was a purpose
for my stay in Nahariya Hospital!
The Seething Pot Of Our
International Situation
On a very sober note, we are aware of
the presence of American warships in the
Gulf, and Israeli submarines prowling the
waters. Hesbollah has stockpiled at least
three times more weaponry than the last
war, and is itching to use it. Both Iran and
Syria have long range weapons aimed at
all Israeli cities. They have sworn to wipe
us off the map of the Middle East. Turkey,
a long time key ally, is moving rapidly towards
Islam and the East, though she was
an ally just as surely as Iran was before
the Ayatollah Khomeini. As we see things
moving towards a climax, and are in the
eye of the storm, we covet your prayers to
be watchmen, and that both Jews and Arabs,
will hear and believe the Gospel. We
live in perilous but exciting times.
Fellowship News and
Growing Pains
Just before I went into the hospital for
the second time, (nothing serious), we had
a meeting in my house. We were so packed
that there were no chairs left to sit on, not
even room left on the staircase where a
number were sitting! My son Michael translated
for us. The food was brought in and
prepared by others, and all the furniture replaced
at the end of the meeting. I was able
to sit back and enjoy. In the evening, three
Dutch pastors came to see us. We invited
any one of the pastors who wanted to come
so they could meet not only the leadership
but some of the congregation. A number of
our new people came as well as some of
the committee. It was wonderful to hear
the young people from South America testifying
how they had come to faith and met
their partners. How they found us in Nahariya,
and become part of a family! May the
Lord send us many more such.
Over the past year we have seen a slow
but steady growth in the numbers of permanent
and committed members of the
congregation. Also, for the first time we
now have a problem of what to do with all
the little children! It has become apparent
to us that if things continue at the present
rate, we will have to move from being a
home based congregation to finding some
larger premises for our main weekly meetings.
While in one sense this is a problem,
it is a good problem. It is a sign that the
LORD is building up the work here. We
have prayed for a long time that He would
bring young couples and children into the
fellowship, providing the LORD does not
tarry, they are the foundation for the next
generation. So we praise God for His faithfulness
and would covet your prayers for
wisdom, discernment and the LORD’s enabling
for what lies ahead.
Various Other News
Old Shoshana, will be heading back to
the States, after nearly 40 years in Israel.
Pray that she may remember what she has
heard and continue to believe the Gospel.
Also we continue to pray for Frederika,
who at 96 still comes regularly, but finds
it difficult to believe. She enjoys the meetings
very much, but needs salvation. Please
take these two into your hearts.
Apologies!
Owing to pressure of work on Avi, plus
having to visit me and ferry me to doctors’
appointments as well, Karen is now also in
hospital having a hip replacement. Many
of the receipts for gifts sent have been written,
but still need an accompanying letter
and enveloping and addressing. We are
short on the secretarial side, but most of
the work has been done. I am nagging poor
Avi to come round and finish the work! A
sure sign that I am feeling better! So we
beg for a little more indulgence, and you
will be hearing from us soon, and we hope
to give you more news next month. In the
meantime we covet your prayers for us and
for Israel, and that son Michael will soon
be able to sell his apartment and move to
Nahariya. At the moment he is commuting
with Annie and the kiddies!
Other Ministries And Friends
Our teacher, M and family are in Holland
for a break, visiting his very sick and
dying father. He would also value our
prayers at this difficult time. Tim and family
are returning to the States next month,
and will leave a big hole in the congregation
and our hearts. Najeeb and Elisabeth
are back in the country, and also need our
prayers as they immerse themselves in the
work in the midst of ongoing financial difficulties.
However their work goes on and
is blessed.
As usual, Avi, Esther and N our worship
leader, as well as Professor T and family
send their greetings.
God bless you all,
in Messiah’s service. Ruth Nessim
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Reverend Najeeb Atteih
Immanuel News
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News from Immanuel Church bookshop Haifa June-July 2010
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here we are again to share with you some of what God is doing in and through
the Book-shop. Last Monday, around mid-day, a lady entered the book-shop
searching for a baptismal gift. I asked her who was going to be baptized, and
she answered, “My baby.” I answered, “We do not have such things in the shop.” So I
asked her why she needed to baptise her baby, she said, “So that he will be a Christian.”
I asked her if she thought that this was the way to be a Christian, and she replied, “that
this was their Church tradition, and the way she had been brought up.” I asked her if she
thought it was better to become a Christian this way, or to believe in Jesus Christ. She had
no answer for this. Then I fetched my Bible and read the last verses of Matthew 28 for her.
When I was done, she read them and repeated them over and over again.
“Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever,
I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world”.
Matthew 28:19- 20
She sat silently for a few minutes and I knew she was thinking about what she had
heard. Then I asked her how you could take a baby and teach him God’s Word and if he
could understand. I explained to her that baptism is to die with Jesus, to be raised up with
Him, and to live with Him, that is why we do not baptise babies. Baptism comes after
Salvation, believing on the Lord, and when one begins a personal relationship with Him. I
told her that I was like her before I came to know Him, although I knew everything about
Him. Eighteen years ago He changed my life, and I know that one day I will spend eternity
with Him. One day every one of us will meet Him after we die, wherever we come from,
and whatever we believe, but blessed are those who meet Him now as Saviour and have
committed their life to Him. She had no answer for this, but said she would think about
what I had shared with her. She did not have a Bible, so I gave her one, and advised her to
take a half hour every day for Bible reading, and to start at Matthew’s Gospel. We believe
that God will cover her with His Word, and that it shall not return unto Him void.
One day, while we were on vacation, a young lady came into the shop and Stephan,
one of our church members, went to help her. She asked what kind of a shop was this
Upon hearing that it was a Bible Book-store, asked if we were born again believers On
ascertaining that we were, she began to attack us, and said, “we were not believers at all,
and all that we wanted to do was to destroy the Catholic Faith.” Stephan invited her to
sit and have a cup of coffee so they could talk and see what the Bible said. She accepted.
As they read, she started to ask many questions, and Stephan was able to answer them all
from the Word of God. She was shocked to learn how far she was even from the Catholic
Faith. She once belonged to a satanic group and suffered much from that, and realized
now that she needed to be close to the Lord. She realized how stunted they were in their
growth as Christians because they did not read from the Bible, because they only relied
on what the priest taught them. Stephan assured her that it was not too late, and that she
could repent and ask for forgiveness from the Lord Jesus for all her sins, and be assured of
His forgiveness. At this point, Stephan related that she began to cry like a baby. Stephan
shared this with us, and we prayed for her in our prayer meeting. A few days ago, she returned
to the shop, when I (Elisabeth) was there, and asked if she could hear more, and if
we could guide her in her Bible reading. Stephan introduced her to me, and explained that
we are both in the shop every day, and that whenever she came to the shop, she would find
one of us. She was very happy to hear that.
Matthew 22:14 – For many are called but few are chosen
In our last two mailings, we told you about a couple who had many problems and
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Immanuel News
had begun to come to our meetings. After
a period of care and teaching of the Word
of God, the wife decided that she could not
be a believer and walk with Jesus, because
she would have to give up many things in
her life which she could not. From her side,
she said that her husband could continue to
come to the meetings, but of course he is
not the kind of man who could decide for
himself. Concerning them, it is very clear
that many people decide that they cannot
go in the Way of Jesus, because they are
not willing to give up the sin that is in their
lives. We will continue to pray for them,
and leave them in God’s hands.
School children in need
Also in the last mailing, we told you
about a couple who owe the school-fees
for three children. There was some confusion,
as the sum in shekels and dollars did
not match.
The shekel sum was the correct one.
We do apologize. Till now, we have not
been able to help this family, although one
source showed interest in this problem, we
do not know if the sum will cover their expenses.
Please pray for this family, because
if we don’t help them, the children will not
be able to return to school in September!
Soon it will be time to return to school,
but some children, especially those going
into first grade, will not be able to start
school because of the recession and the
difficult economic situation that many are
experiencing. If you would like to bring joy
to the heart of one boy or girl who is due
to start school, and would like to support
even one such child, we need 500 shekels
to equip each one with what they need to
start school. This includes the purchase of
satchels, books and writing materials, not
to mention the fee one has to pay to the
school for administration! We have ten
such children.
Farewell to a faithful
Servant
Nardine, who has been helping us in
the shop for two years, stopped working
at the beginning of July, she finished her
degree in Medicine, and is now working as
a Houseman (beginner doctor) in Hadera
Hospital. She served us with dedication and
faithfulness. Please pray that the Lord will
use her in her new capacity for His glory.
Prayer for Ruth Nessim
We also ask prayer for Ruth, who has
been one heart with us in the work over
the last years. She suffered a major heart
attack, but praises God, and is back on
her feet, still with a major blocked artery
which needs treatment.
We so thank all of you who pray for us
Reverend Najeeb Atteih
and help us. You know that we could not
manage without your faithful prayer and
support. May God bless you all abundantly
Please also pray for the shop that
the Lord will supply all our needs in this
difficult time.
Pray for all who hear the Gospel in our
shop and congregation.
Pray for us that the Lord will give us
wisdom and strength to continue in His
service.
Yours in Jesus Christ,
Pastor Najeeb and Elisabeth Atteih
Haifa History
A small port city, Tell Abu Hawam, existed
in the Haifa region in the Late Bronze Age
(14th century BC). The 6 th century BC geographer
Scylax describes a city “between the bay
and the Promontory of Zeus” (i.e., the Carmel)
which may be a reference to Haifa in the Persian
period. The city moved to a new site south
of what is now Bat Galim, in Hellenistic period,
after the old port became blocked with silt. The
archaeological site of Shikmona lies southwest
of Bat Galim neighbourhood of Haifa.
Mount Carmel and the Kishon River are also
mentioned in the Bible. The geology of Mount
Carmel has left the Mount riddled with caves.
A grotto on the top of Mount Carmel is known
as the “Cave of Elijah”, traditionally linked to
the Prophet Elijah and his apprentice, Elisha. In
Arabic, the highest peak of the Carmel range
is named El-Muhrrakah, or the “place of burning,”
harking back to the burnt offerings and
sacrifices on this hilltop in Canaanite and early
Israelite times. It is believed that this was the
point of Elijah’s biblical confrontation with
hundreds of priests of a Baal; the Baal in question
was probably Melqart.
Early Haifa is believed to have been located
in an area that extends from the present-day
Rambam Hospital to the Jewish Cemetery on
Yafo Street. The inhabitants engaged in fishing
and agriculture.
There are disputes over the exact location
of early Haifa with many researchers believing
that the name ‘Haifa’ is identical to a settlement
of which the remains have been found in an
area that extends from the present-day Rambam
Hospital to the Jewish Cemetery in Yafo Street.
The residents of this time were largely thought
to have been involved in various coastal industries,
including fishing and agriculture as well
as acting as a port welcoming groups of people
who eventually settled in the city. Before the
Persians came to the area in 600 CE, the population
of Haifa is thought to have been widely
dispersed across the area.
The city is first mentioned in Talmudic literature
around the 3rd century CE, as a small
fishing village and the home of Rabbi Avdimos
and other Jewish scholars. The hellenised population
lived along the coast at this time was
engaged in commerce. Haifa was located near
the town of Shikmona, the main Jewish town in
the area at that time and a center for making the
traditional Tekhelet dye used for Jewish Priests’
temple cloth.
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Friday
7:00 – 8:00 The New Mystics Jackie Alnor
8:15 – 9:15 The Old Mystics (Desert Fathers) Caryl Matriciana
Saturday
9:00 – 10:00 Joel’s Army Arises! Jewel Grewe
10:30 – 11:30 Domionism & the False Church Sarah Leslie
Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 Traits of the Whore of Babylon Jackie Alnor
2:15 – 3:15 Pantheistic Hollywood Caryl Matriciana
3:45 – 5:00 Being a Discerning Woman in Today’s World Sarah Leslie
Dinner Break
7:00 Testing the Spirits Johanna Michaelsen
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South Africa News
Salvador & Dianne Hayworth
Salvador and Dianne’s
September 2010
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.
Dear Friends and family,
At the moment we are in Piet Retief,
visiting our friends Olaf and Charnel and
sharing mutual encouragement of each other’s
faith. It has been almost 3 months since
we last saw them. They travel a lonely and
hard walk. There are no suitable churches it
seems that they can be part of in their area.
Many are into charismatic teachings and
things such as word of faith. We recommended
a church that they might be able to
check out and we hope that they might get
good fellowship there. We have been able
to share some encouragement with them
from Matthew 24. It speaks of the exhortation
to endure to the end throughout whatever
persecution or tribulation we may
have to go through before the Lord comes
for us. It was a lovely time of fellowship
and we will be doing part 2 tonight.
In last month’s newsletter we mentioned
that Mesuli, a young lad who had
asked to be baptized, has since asking, got
cold feet. We have followed up with him
and he seems to have shrunk back from
that decision out of concern of what his father
may think. We have left the ball in his
court and pray that the Lord will convict
him. Whether he gets baptized by one of
us or by some other believers the important
thing is that he obeys the Lord. During
this month we went to see Mesuli, and his
school choir, sing at the Natal Youth Choir
concert in Vryheid. We were able to take
Celani and her children to see the different
choirs perform wonderfully. It was a very
pleasant event.
For those who don’t know, we have
made friends with a guy, called Jabulani,
from Alpha. A month ago, Salvi was
asked to pray for him. He was too weak.
A week later Salvi visited and found out
that he was feeling a little better and walking
about. Salvi tried to witness to him and
speak about ancestral spirits but he didn’t
look interested. Salvi said he would bring
his bible the following week and speak
then. When he came back Jabulani was
so open about hearing it and was agreeing
with everything Salvi was saying. Then
Jabulani shared that he had prayed and
God had showed him in a dream that the
other pastors were preaching lies. Upon
being asked when he got that dream he
said it was the day after Salvi last visited.
Salvi gave him his bible and then asked
about his medication and it seemed like
Jabulani has AIDS. When Salvi left him
he looked so downcast. 3 weeks passed
without seeing Jabulani and when Salvi
returned to speak to his family Jabulani
turned round to them all and said, ‘There
are no Ancestral Spirits!’ To which a girl
replied, ‘There are!’ After sharing from the
word about the subject Salvi handed out
tracts about God delivering us but with a
certain young man Salvi decided to give
a different tract about where our home is.
The man looked puzzled but started reading
it. Jabulani asked Salvi to wait for him
and everybody left except the young man
reading the tract. Salvi felt he should speak
with him and the guy was fairly open and
of a friendly disposition. During the course
of conversation Salvi felt impressed to tell
him ‘The Lord knows the pain that is inside
you and he can heal your heart.’ He replied
by saying that he had a lot of pain in his
heart and asked if God can heal his child.
He was comforted that God can turn all
things round for His glory and was shared
about the story of Joni Tada but he needs
to repent from his sins, believe that Jesus
took his punishment and give his life to the
Lord. Salvi does not preach to people about
God healing hurts, so it was totally out of
character. But Salvi shared that he doesn’t
know what is hidden in his heart but God
sees it and He used these circumstances to
minister to him. Please pray for him, his
name is Sibonelo. After speaking to Sibonelo,
Jabulani came back and they started
speaking about the Lord. Salvi asked
him if he had given his life to the Lord.
‘Yebo’ he replied. ‘When’ Salvi asked. He
said the day that Salvi last visited. Jabulani
came the following Sunday to church
and said that he had shared with the local
Zionist preacher that he is teaching lies.
The Zionist preacher said, ‘But the ancestors
speak to us.’ Jabulani replied, ‘Yes but
God tells us not to do it.’ When we picked
Jabulani up the Zionist preacher came
and asked for the bible references about
ancestral spirits. Last Sunday the Zionist
preacher came to our church meeting and
shared that he has changed his mind about
ancestral spirits. We tried to encourage him
that he still needs to turn to the Lord to be
saved. Salvi has started discipling Jabulani
and found out that Jabulani cannot read…
That explains why the Lord in His grace
gave him the dream! So yesterday Salvi
taught him, with his mother and another
relative present, about repentance from
dead works. Afterwards we started the first
literacy class with him and the 2 relatives.
AEIOU were covered and we will see if
they can remember them next week. We
had so much fun as they tried to remember
what sounds the letters represented. They
looked excited by the prospect of learning
to read. Please pray for Jabulani and Mr
Khumalo, the Zionist preacher.
Salvi has been given the opportunity to
teach this month at church and has been doing
a short series on the Songs of Ascents
from a prophetic perspective. It has given
the opportunity to preach the Gospel of the
Kingdom for some who have not been born
again. With Salvi’s voice feeling strained
this month it has been great for Phumulani
to take up some of the slack at Esihlengeni
on a Sunday. It is great to see his confidence
and boldness in preaching. He can
preach quite loud for someone who is so
quiet. Phumulani is the humblest man we
have ever met. He is not self seeking, does
not want to be in the limelight and only
wants to follow and serve the Lord. He is
a faithful and trustworthy African disciple
of Christ who never asks for himself and
would rather give than receive. How pre-
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cious to find people like him in a continent
where so many pastors are busy trying to
build up their empires and constantly asking
for funds to do so. Phumulani works on
a farm but would love to find some work in
Vryheid, as something like an apprentice
mechanic or some other semi skilled position.
He has studied and passed up to N4
level of Mechanical studies, 2 levels shy of
a diploma. Please pray that the Lord opens
this door for him.
We have managed to finish the building
of the outside toilet. All that is needed
is for the toilet and sink to be installed,
windows puttied in and door put on. Di has
relegated her clinic runs, if any are to be
done, to a Tuesday morning which means
that her Zulu classes are not interfered with
as much as they have been sometimes.
Certain things are starting to click in with
speaking Zulu and those times have been
very exciting for her but still a long way to
go. She has been able to put a fence around
her garden, dig it over and add manure.
She got Salvi to help with the erection of
the fence and such working together in the
garden was a good test of ourr marriage.
But we just about managed to pass the test.
Lol. The rains shouldn’t be too far away
and soon Di will be able to plant. Di has
been able to visit kids club again for a
couple of weeks and help out. In fact last
Saturday Celani sprung on her that she was
to teach it. Di was able to share the gospel
with the kids and give them a visual aid to
take home. Khetiwe has continued going
with us to share in Ngenitsheni and her sister,
Zanele has also been asking to attend.
Please pray for Zanele, we feel that she
is near the kingdom. But while Salvi has
been preaching, Khetiwe and Di have been
able to read bible stories for the children
and Zanele is getting to hear the gospel
preached to her again and again through
these occasions.
We would just like to say thank you
to all those who faithfully pray for us and
share in this ministry. Our hope is that this
newsletter should always be an encouragement
to you in your lives and Christian
walk. May the Lord richly bless you. We
have had encouraging feedback from other
newsletters and we want to open the invitation
that if anyone would like to write with
questions or comments to feel free to contact
us. It is an encouragement to us to hear
from you.
Salvi and Di
LIVING UP TO YOUR NAME
(A SHORT STUDY OF PHILEMON)
“[Heb. 8034] shem a primitive word
(perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea
of definite and conspicuous position; compare
8064); an appellation, as a mark or
Salvador & Dianne Hayworth
memorial of individuality; by implication
honor, authority, character:--+ base, (in-
)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.”
What is in a name I have a dictionary
called a dictionary of Etymology. Etymology
means ‘the study of word origins’. In
today’s western culture names no longer
carry meaning in everyday life. Names
have become merely labels. In Cape Town
there is a place called Llandudno. I would
think that hardly anyone in Cape Town
knows what it means. I used to live in the
original Llandudno in North Wales, UK,
and through speaking to Welsh speakers I
learned that Llandudno means ‘Chapel of St
Tudno’. The word Llan means chapel. Tudno
was a real person. There is the smallest
chapel near there called Llandrillo, which
is the chapel of St Trillo. It has six chairs
in it and is hundreds of years old. These
were real missionaries who pioneered their
own work in Wales. In the bible, names are
not merely labels to distinguish between
places and people. Names are descriptive
of characters and events. You just have to
read Genesis and the naming of places and
children to see the importance of names.
Adam named the animals and he named
Eve, showing that he had ownership and
authority over the animals and had lordship
over Eve. Names also gave a sense of identity
or character. Just think about Jacob.
His name means ‘supplanter’ or ‘deceiver’
because that is the character he exhibited
at birth by grasping at his brother’s heel.
This was his natural character and this is
how he behaved for much of his life. When
he wrestled with God he received a new
name, a new nature, Israel. Now although
this idea of names describing people’s
character is common through out scripture
we must be careful that we do not think it
is so with every single person in the bible.
Some bad people had good names. In verse
2 of Philemon, Archippos is named but his
name means horse ruler. I do not think we
can read much from that one. But it is true
that names do indicate something.
Proverbs 22: 1 says, “A good name
is to be more desired than great wealth”.
This is saying we should desire to have a
good name. Now this is more than just our
name signifying something good. When
people hear our name it should bring good
memories with it. It is about our reputation.
When someone says the name Salvador
Ung Hayworth, it should not carry evil
connotations with it. When someone says
your name what connotations are carried
with it In fact this is part of the criteria for
picking elders in 1 Timothy 3: 7, where it
says of the man that he must have a good
reputation with those outside the church,
so that he will not fall into reproach.
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Philemon is such a book
(Philemon 1: 1 – 25)
When I have read this letter this aspect
of names has really stood out to me. This
letter was written while Paul was in Rome
as a prisoner under house arrest. We can
read about that in Acts 28. When Paul had
visited Jerusalem the Jews rioted while he
was in the temple. The commander, upon
learning that Paul was a Roman citizen,
sent Paul to Felix for his own protection.
Felix kept Paul in prison until he was succeeded
by Festus. Festus wanted to try Paul
and hand him over to the Jews because he
wished to do them a favour. Paul hearing
the threat of being sent to Jerusalem used
his right as a Roman citizen to appeal to
Caesar and thus he was sent to Rome.
There he remained under house arrest but
was allowed to have visitors. One of these
visitors was a run away slave, Onesimus
who had run away from Colossae, from
his master Philemon. We will look at him
later. Paul was living up to his name. Paul
introduces himself in this letter as ‘Paul, a
prisoner of Christ Jesus’. The name Paul
means ‘little’. This speaks of humility. He
did not hold onto his rights but endured all
things for the sake of Christ’s name. Paul
was not in prison for wrong doing, but he
was there because of Jesus. The word prisoner
in Greek is the word ‘desmios’ and
it means, ‘captive’, or chained. In other
words it was not the Romans who he had
been made captive by. It was Jesus who he
was a prisoner to. What has this to do with
living up to your name Turn to 1 Peter 4:
15 – 16. Paul was identified with the name
of Christ Jesus, he was a Christian. And by
going to jail because of his preaching of
the gospel, he was glorifying God in this
name. He was living up to the name of
‘Christian’. Before anything else we must
be identified as Christians. That is before
occupation, past times, hobbies, abilities,
before anything, Christ must be supreme.
In Philippians 3:8 – 9 Paul says he regarded
all things to be loss for the sake of
Christ and counted them as something not
fit for humans, but something to be thrown
to the dogs. All human acclamation and
achievement was refuse, he said it was all
dung. Christ was the name he cherished.
Now who were Paul and Timothy writing
to To Philemon, who may have been
an elder, as Paul says that he was a fellow
worker. Philemon was in the Colossian
community of Christians. But we know
from verse 2 that he was definitely host to
a congregation of believers. Philemon was
a man who was doing God’s will in his life.
Now the name Philemon means ‘friendly’.
His name tells us about his character. In
verse 5 we read about Philemon’s character,
of his love and of the faith which he
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had towards the Lord Jesus and towards all
the saints. In verse 7 we read that Philemon
refreshed the hearts of the saints. He
had given the saints rest and ease. He was
a soothing balm on sore hearts, he was a
comforter, a Good Samaritan, he was a
friend… he lived up to his name. Philemon
had a good name and he lived by it. He
was friendly. Now read 1 Peter 1: 6 – 7.
Peter was encouraging born again believers
scattered through out various regions
who were facing difficult circumstances.
These believers had faith, they had an inheritance
waiting for them, and they had a
living hope. But why did they have to go
through these distressing times Because,
as Peter writes, the trial of their faith, more
precious than gold refined in the fire, would
result in praise and glory and honour when
Jesus returned. They had faith, for sure but
faith still had to be tested. As Romans 5:
3 – 5 shows, first there is tribulation, then
perseverance, then proven character, then
hope and hope does not disappoint because
God’s love has been shed abroad in
our hearts. It is not just enough to claim to
have faith, faith must be tested. Through
tribulation comes proven character. You do
not prove gold in a frying pan, or a bread
oven. You must turn the heat much higher.
It is easy to love people who love you back.
That is no proof of our love. What happens
when you are required to love someone
that has wronged you Philemon was not
the only one of his disposition. In fact at
the beginning of the letter to the Colossians,
(1: 4) we read of their faith in Christ
Jesus and their love for all the saints. It was
a whole community of love. There were a
number of other Philemons loving each
other and loving other saints of Jesus. But
could Philemon extend that love to a criminal
that had wronged him
You see, in this letter we read about one
of Philemon’s slaves who had run away
from him. Paul seems to imply in verse 18,
that Onesimus had wronged him and cost
him a great damage. Onesimus ran away.
He was like some of us that run away from
our problems and seek to start a new life.
He did not want to face up to Philemon.
So he ran to Rome. And once there, who
should Onesimus meet but one of Philemon’s
good friends, Paul Now running
away does not seem a big deal to us. We do
not think that Philemon would have been
that harsh on him, because after all Philemon
was a Christian and Christians forgive
do they not But Roman slaves would wear
a badge that read, ‘Seize me if I should try
to escape and send me back to my master.’
According to John Drane, there were legal
penalties for anyone harbouring a slave.
Slaves had no rights. Two years prior to this
event, according to Dean Farrar, there was
an instance in Colossae where a slave had
murdered a prefect. In this instance the senate
ordered the whole familia of slaves be
put to death. Though runaway slaves were
not an uncommon phenomenon, the wrath
of their masters was not uncommon either.
Paul had led Onesimus to faith and now he
was in a dilemma. Paul was under obligation
of Roman law to return the slave back
to his master. But there was a more pressing
issue than the obedience to Roman law
and that was the salvation of Onesimus’
soul. How does Paul fulfil his obligation
while maintaining his love for Onesimus
He gets Onesimus to go back willingly and
pleads on behalf of Onesimus. He sends
him back to Philemon, (the friendly one,
the one who loves and refreshes the hearts
of the saints) and tells him that Onesimus
is his own heart. (v 12) He says that he
would love to have Onesimus with him on
behalf of Philemon as that help that Philemon,
being too busy, could not be to Paul.
But Paul respects Philemon’s position.
Paul constantly puts himself at Philemon’s
discretion and respects his authority. Paul
does not command or compel Philemon to
do the right thing Why is Paul taking this
route with Philemon Why does he leave
Philemon with the choice
John 15: 2. Jesus is the vine and we
are the branches. Now Jesus has made a
promise that if we abide, or remain in Him,
and He in us, we will bear much fruit. The
key to keep from being a fruitless branch
is not to strive to bear fruit. It is to remain
in Christ and to have His word remain in
us and to respond to it. But when we bear
fruit, it says that he prunes us so that we
may bear more fruit. Why is it when we
seem to be doing so well for the Lord and
we are in a good place, that God then strips
that away from us and we are put into
something where we are out of our depth
Why does God not leave it alone If it is
not broken why fix it It is because God is
pruning us, so that we will bear more fruit.
Philemon had it good. He walked in love,
he served God and he brought rest to the
hearts of the saints. Why was Paul now
requiring this of Philemon Why did Philemon
have to forgive and love this person
who had backstabbed him and ill treated
him It was because God wanted Philemon
to bear more fruit. Paul wanted Philemon
to do this of his own volition because any
obedience done grudgingly would not be
of the same quality. Paul wanted Philemon
to grow in love and the only way for this
to happen was out of a willing heart. He
wanted Philemon to live up to his name.
In Philemon 1: 20. Paul was basically saying
‘Yes, Philemon, you have brought rest
to all these other people, what about me
What about my turn, do you not care about
me too’
God stretches us and brings us to the
end of ourselves. We see this with Peter.
His name was originally Simon, the hearing
one, but Jesus gave him the name Peter,
which means a piece of rock, like a
boulder. He was supposed to be immovable,
steadfast, in the image of the bedrock,
Jesus Christ. And what happened
when it came to the crunch, after Jesus
was captured and taken to Caiaphas He
had protested that he would never forsake
or deny Jesus, but when push came
to shove, he caved in. He did not live up
to his name. What was the answer to this
Jn 21: 15 – 19. Jesus asks him a question
3 times. ‘Do you love me’ One question
was given for every denial. Peter had denied
Jesus by the fire in the court and now
Peter has to face up to Jesus near the fire
that Jesus had made. Jesus does not let him
get off Scott free. Yes, Jesus showed decency
and respect to Peter, he fed him just
like the others but there is no pretence with
Jesus. He knows exactly what we are and
what we have done. Peter had to face Jesus
about it. He asks the first time, “Simon son
of John (Jonas)”; you see Jesus does not
call him Peter but he calls him Simon. And
you have this sense in the text that during
this time with Jesus, he is Simon Peter but
after being confronted with Jesus he becomes
Peter once again. It is stretching it
far to apply it to the whole of the post resurrection
appearances but this is the way it
seems here. And how does Jesus confront
him He puts forth God’s ideal. He says,
‘Simon, son of John, do you ‘agape’ me
Do you love me with God’s love, with a
stong unconditional love, no matter what’
And how does Simon Peter respond ‘Yes,
Lord, You know that I ‘phileo’ you, you
know that I am fond of you, I like you.’
What is Jesus’ response to that Does he
say well that is just not good enough is it
No, instead he commissions Simon Peter
as a pastor. Again a second time Jesus puts
forth God’s ideal, ‘Simon son of Jona, do
you ‘agape’ me’ And again a second time,
Peter just does not make the grade. ‘Yes
Lord, you know that I am fond of you.’
Peter is honest. He does not pretend like
nothing has come between them; he tells it
as it is. He did love Jesus, he could not wait
to meet him but it was not God’s grade of
love that he had. But the third time Jesus
asks differently. He says, ‘Simon, son of
Jona, do you ‘phileo’ me Are you fond
of me Do you only like me’ And this is
what gets Peter. You see he is broken over
his sin and his failure. He is back to being
Peter, he is back at the cross. ‘Yes you
know it Lord, you know all things, you
know that I am fond of you, that I only like
you. I cannot fool you. You know. This is
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how I am. I am not the macho tough guy
that I thought I was, I am not rock solid.’
But look at verse 18. ‘Hey Peter you never
were rock solid for me, you did what ever
you wanted. You did what pleased you, but
look, one day you will get to a place where
you will live up to your name, you will be
a rock, you will go to your death for me’.
And what was it that restored Peter here
It was the grace of God. That is what Jesus
showed Peter all the way through and
it would be by Christ’s enabling that Peter
would be able to live up to his name, live
up to his calling.
It is just like Paul wrote to Philemon’s
group of Christians in Colossians 1: 9 – 12.
In verse 10 Paul prays that they will walk
in a manner worthy of the Lord. How is
that possible Verse 12 says that God had
qualified them to share in the inheritance.
He has made it possible. The answer is in
Him. In verse 11 he prays that they would
be strengthened with all power, for the attaining
of all steadfastness and patience.
He is the one who qualifies. Now how
does this relate to Philemon As far as we
can see, Paul was confident of Philemon’s
obedience. It was almost like Philemon’s
acceptance of Onesimus was in the bag,
so to speak. But not even Philemon is so
strong to love just as God loves. Paul knew
this and this is why I believe that he starts
and ends this letter wishing grace on this
household. In verse 3 Paul wishes Grace
and Peace. Why grace They needed grace
because grace is God’s influence on the human
heart. May God influence you and help
you to forgive, to let go of the hurt because
sometimes we cannot do it ourselves. And
why peace They needed peace because
Philemon and Onesimus were not at peace.
They were at enmity with each other and
Paul was dying to see reconciliation. So
much so, that Paul followed the example
of Christ and took on himself the price of
Onesimus’ crime. Paul said, charge it to my
account. But Paul ends the letter in verse
25 wishing grace upon Philemon’s spirit.
Though Philemon was being stretched God
would enable him to live up to his name.
This is not even to mention about Onesimus
and the fact that he also was brought
to live up to his name.
But for us, we bear the name Christian
and the world is watching us. It is easy to
bear that name in the good times but God
wants to stretch us. Maybe we have blown
it like Peter did but God can restore. We
can seek his strength and grace to help us.
Maybe we are more like Philemon, with a
good reputation. God may want to prune
us or stretch us so that we will bear more
fruit. Let us not think we are self sufficient,
but seek His grace to help us to do so and
by God’s grace we will.
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J A M E S J A C O B P R A S C H
The Dilemma of Laodicea is
the last of the seven churches
before Jesus returns.
Scripturally and logically
the contemporary church
of the 21st century is conspicuously
in the character
of that church at the close of
the 1st century. Immediately
after His message to Laodica shifts into
it apocalyptic panorama of events global,
cosmic, and celestial which unfold culminating
with the establishment messianic
kingdom following an unprecedented
spectrum of cataclysmic events. The first
problem Laodicea had and has is its blindness
to its true spiritual state in the eyes
of God at the precipice of an avalanche
of prophetic events that will constitute the
final outcome of the church of Israel and
The Jews and finally the human race. It
is a church from which Christ has been
excluded; indeed locked out as he knocks,
how many of this church will let Him
in before it is too late. Laodicea faces a
dilemma as old as it is new, what is that
dilemma The dilemma ventures beyond
both its blindness and luke warn state addressing
rather the very causes. It is only
those whom Christ corrects who will be
prepared for His coming.
Author Bio: Jacob Prasch is a Hebrewspeaking
evangelist to the Jews and a
Bible teacher elaborating on the original
Judeo-Christian background and hermeneutics
of the New Testament. He has also
been a conservative voice for biblically
based discernment among moderate Pentecostals
and Charismatics opposed to the
seductions prevalent in today’s church.
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Margret Godwin
AUSTRALIANnews
Australian Report – September 2010
Greetings dear family in the Name of Our
Lord and Saviour,
It has been a huge three months since
I wrote to you. Primarily the visit by Jacob
& David Lister were by far the busiest but
Praise the Lord was hugely successful.
It was great to see Jacob looking so
much better and having lost a considerable
amount of weight. Please continue
to prayerfully support him in this area as
most of us know it is a constant battle.
Anyway, back to our report. I must
ask you to indulge me a little as there are
thank-you’s I must lovingly acknowledge.
In late June Jacob & David landed in Perth
and spent a few days there. They meetings
at Malaga, and then the next day spent
time with our dear friends, Lidia and Gabriel
Crisan at the Romanian Church in
Bayswater. Our representatives in Perth,
(Charlie & Vicki Duda) looked after all
the resource material and did a fantastic
job. Poor Charlie, who was so ill, had to
miss the meetings – he was so disappointed,
he was just hanging out to see Jacob.
Thankfully he is now ok. A dear sister
in Perth, (Trish MacDonald) stepped in
to help Vicki. They both felt it was like
Christmas morning when they opened up
the boxes containing all the new material.
Thank you girls for a fantastic effort.
Our guests took a flight to Sydney for
a two day session with Pastor Sam Mule
& his wife Nancy at their new premises in
Pymble. As you will know Sam is the Pastor
of the Italian Evangelical Church, formally
at Abbotsford. Sam has been there
for many years, but unfortunately their
lease was not renewed so they had to look
elsewhere, but Praise the Lord he provided
a great new venue.
Pam & Vic (Moriel volunteers), loaded
up their car and were off to take care
of all the material. As always they did an
incredible job and caught up with a number
of old Moriel faces along with some
new ones. Such as, David Rosengreen and
friends from Ararat, Victoria who made
the long trip.
After a couple of free days in Sydney
to allow David an opportunity to do a little
sightseeing, the gentlemen parted company
with Jacob going to Adelaide and David
went to the Sunshine Coast.
In Adelaide, Jacob was the guest of
Pastor Kevin Bickle and the people at Hectorville
C/F. To quote Kevin, “JP was on
fire and the message brilliant.” Trish and
Les (Moriel Volunteers), drove over to
look after things there for us. A wee pint
sized four legged volunteer named Trixie
went along with her owners and charmed
everyone she came across.
The criss-crossing of the nation continued
with Jacob off to CWM in Brisbane for
a four day session, and two day session for
David before going further north to Rockhampton
and all ports between. As always
when we visit Brisbane we know it will be a
full house at each of the meetings. Pam and
I flew up to look after things there.Again, it
was a chance to catch up with so many old
faces and an added to delight to see dear
friends, Glenys Irvine and Harry Korman
from North Queensland, and of course
my dear Merv Plumb. Although our time
was short it was great to see Greg Kaloutis
(who has helped with us for many years).
David’s preaching was wonderful and
was very warmly received by all that attended.
As for Jacob – what can I say!
The hospitality was exceptional and I must
thank Pastor Philip, his wife, Kath and
their team for all they did for us.
I must particularly thank Clive & Donna
Leembruggen (always on hand to help),
Frank Turvey (for his organization) and
Martin & Helen Haly (for all the filming).
We look forward to the next visit.
During this time David was the guest
of Pastor Peter Danzey & his wife Jeanette
at Wurtulla (Sunshine Coast). Pete chauffeured
David up the coast to Caloundra,
Miriam Vale, Gladstone and Rockhampton.
David was so taken by the warmth of
the people he met and will fill you in more
in his report. He left Rocky and flew down
to Adelaide again to see Ken Bickle and
his wife Kerry.
All too soon we were on the last week
of their trip, so all hands were on deck for
the Melbourne meetings.
Wednesday evening with Pastor John
Maisano and family at West Brunswick,
was an absolute favorite. Despite ill health
and so many demands on his time John was
again a wonderful host, and of course Mila
cooked up a storm for JP. Thank you to all
our dear brothers and sisters at Daley Street.
Friday evening we were guests of Pastor
Lionel Letcher at Cornerstone Gospel
Church, Frankston. With David preaching
first, followed by Jacob, it was a great evening.
The thing that excited me most was
the number of young people there. Actually
my spirit soared as I watched them
taking in all that was preached, and helping
out when it was needed, whether it was
tea and coffee or emptying rubbish bins.
I have a couple of funnies to add but will
save them for Rambling Rose.
Saturday brought in bumper crowds at
The Church of the Nazarene at Mt. Waverley.
Pastor Steven Kasambalis was away in
Greece, but his wife Violetta made us very
welcome, and assistant Pastor Troy was
wonderful. He made us feel so very much
at home. I must also thank Sam Sotouri
and his wife Natalie. Sam set the church
up, and he and Natalie provided all the refreshments.
You will hear Jacob often refer
to “Sam the Greek” in his messages when
using the Greek language. When Jacob is
in Brisbane, then it is Greg Kaloutis that is
referred to a “Greg the Greek.”
Sunday was the last day of the tour –
this was at Pilgrim C/F, Pakenham, and the
guests of Elder John Kidd, his wife Janice,
and Elder Michael Shafton and his wife
Margaret. Quite a number of people from
the Saturday meetings travelled out to be
with us. It was a lovely time of worship
with Jacob preaching on the 23rd Psalm
and leading communion. The fellowship
provided a lovely lunch for all our guests,
(thank you Jan). Then the 2010 tour wound
up with David preaching the final session.
All too soon it was over. Joe and John
Hudec very kindly took Jacob to the airport.
Thank you fellars.
David stayed on and did a Tuesday
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night Bible Study at the home of Cameron
and Emma Kidd, Belgrave Heights. It
was bumper to bumper people and young
ones, but what a fantastic evening. It was
especially so, as I looked at the faces of
the young teenagers and almost teenagers,
sopping up every word David shared.
Thank you Emma for having us.
As I draw the thank you’s to a close,
there is one I cannot miss, and that is Chris
Sandford of Kiwi Blue Design. Chris has
done all our Melbourne recordings. He
is a young man with a wife and little one
who has just embarked on a new business.
Thank Chris for all you have done for us
and we look forward to a long and happy
relationship.
Outside Moriel Australia
- Batmeil is engaged
Until now you must think that everything
but everything happens in Australia
but NO, we have exciting news – That
shy little girl who came to Australia in
1999 with her Mum, Dad and brother
Eli, is now a beautifully grown up lady
and has just become engaged to a young
man named Matthew. Yes Batmeil Prasch
is betrothed to Matthew. Any more
news than that will have to come from
the young couple, Jacob and Pavia. But
we pray the Lord will bless their engagement
and they will grow together in
the things of the Lord, cherishing
each other through His beloved son
Jesus. Our loving congratulations to
both sets of parents.
While on the subject of Prasch family,
please pray for Jacob’s mother who
is quite ill and is facing triple-by-pass
heart surgery. Her name is Maureen and
Jacob has asked that you pray for her salvation
(as many know she is very Catholic).
It is an awesome burden to have upon
the heart of the saved one, watching their
unsaved family slips away.
Moriel South Africa
As many will have read, Dave and Lyn
are looking at properties at Cape Town
with the view of relocating Ebyown. It is
getting more and more dangerous where
they are now – anyone who has been there
can testify to that.
Also there would be church support at
the Cape and the fresh sea air would be
tremendous. So if it is the Lord’s wish the
Royle’s may soon be on the move.
Well dears, I must say my most loving
thoughts are with you all. If I have missed
thanking anyone please forgive me.
Blessings,
Marg
Margret Godwin
Hi Dave and Lyn,
Phoebe and Ainsley have collected donations
for your children from the proceeds
of the sales of bookmarks they
made.
Many thanks and God bless,
Jim
Phoebe on the left, Ainsley on the right
Glenys, Jacob & Catherine
Jacob, David, Nancy
& Sam Mule
Hebrews 10:25: Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together,
as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
(King James Version)
– Hebrews 10:25
Moriel Australian
Anti-Semitism Growing
Rapidly in Tolerant Europe
The following is excerpted from
“Jews Reluctantly Abandon Swedish
City,” Haaretz.com, July 11, 2010: “At
some point, the shouts of ‘Heil Hitler’
that often greeted Marcus Eilenberg as he
walked to the 107-year-old Moorish-style
synagogue in this port city forced the 32-
year-old attorney to make a difficult, lifechanging
decision: Fearing for his family’s
safety after repeated anti-Semitic
incidents, Eilenberg reluctantly uprooted
himself and his wife and two children,
and moved to Israel in May. Sweden, a
country long regarded as a model of tolerance,
has, ironically, been a refuge for
Eilenberg’s family. His paternal grandparents
found a home in Malmo in 1945
after surviving the Holocaust. His wife’s
parents came to Malmo from Poland in
1968 after the communist government
there launched an anti-Semitic purge. But
as in many other cities across Europe, a
rapidly growing Muslim population living
in segregated conditions that seem to
breed alienation has mixed toxically with
the anger directed at Israeli policies and
actions by those Muslims–and by many
non-Muslims–to all but transform the
lives of local Jews. Like many of their
counterparts in other European cities, the
Jews of Malmo report being subjected
increasingly to threats, intimidation and
actual violence as stand-ins for Israel. …
A continent-wide study, conducted by the
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
on Conflict and Violence at the University
of Bielefeld in Germany, released
in December 2009, found that … 37.4%
agreed with this statement: ‘Considering
Israel’s policy, I can understand why
people do not like Jews.’ … 86-year-old
Judith Popinski says she is no longer invited
to schools that have a large Muslim
presence to tell her story of surviving the
Holocaust. Popinski found refuge in Malmo
in 1945. Until recently, she told her
story in Malmo schools as part of their
Holocaust studies program. Now, some
schools no longer ask Holocaust survivors
to tell their stories, because Muslim
students treat them with such disrespect,
either ignoring the speakers or walking
out of the class. ‘Malmo reminds me of
the anti-Semitism I felt as a child in Poland
before the war,’ she said.”
Med Venlig Hilsen
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Margret Godwin
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Rambling Rose September, 2010
Hello All,
Well my dears from Chaos Central, I
offer this wee report – well, it is not as chaotic
as it was pre JP Day. We had boxes
partially and fully packed all over the floor
and the verandah, and yes my bedroom plus
the dining room! However, we survived.
But rest assured we are on the path to order
and tidiness – if anyone laughs – woe and
betide! No all jokes aside – by Christmas
20-- we will be the epitome of organization!!!!!!!!
Maybe I should look that up
in the dictionary! I better not make promises
that one may not be able to keep!
As you have read we survived the June/
July tour – actually it was a joy. I kept waiting
for the “bomb” to go off, but no, not a one.
We saw and heard some fantastic
teaching both by Jacob and David. Some of
Jacob’s teaching is what I call “vintage Jacob.”
This was David’s first trip down under
and hopefully it will not be the last. We
will now be offering a good deal of new material
by Jacob, David and David Hocking.
Following Pam’s dilemma in March –
where her luggage was left behind when she
flew to the UK .We were almost paranoid
making sure we had provided and packed everything,
but on the whole things went very
well. Our volunteers in each of the states
were absolutely brilliant. Praise the Lord.
I went along Brisbane – oh the weather
was beautiful – about 23 degrees each day.
The Queenslanders were in jumpers and
coats – Pam and I in T-Shirts. Here in Victoria
we can have 4 seasons in any one day
several times over, such as we are now. In
saying that, I think because of our 7 to 10
year drought, we have had mild winters,
but 2010 winter has hit with a vengeance,
and I love the winter!
As I suggested in the Australian report
we did have some funny times – especially
on the Friday evening while we were going
to Frankston. I am a time freak and
like to be early so off we headed, booked
into our motel and were sitting down to a
lovely dinner when tingle tingle went my
mobile. On the other end was Suzanne
Letcher very gently asking where we were.
I responded, “we are at dinner but will be
there for the 6:45 pm start.” At that point
this gentle little voice said we were due to
start at 6:15 pm! You have never seen three
people move so fast, we got the check, got
the car, and got the passengers – lost our
way!!!!!!!! Suffice to say we eventually got
there, of course me with a very red face.
Prior to this on the Wednesday evening
at Brunswick, I had a new white-board
pens and permanent markers for the overheads,
etc, but for some reason they did not
work. When we got to Frankston we found
they did not have an overhead projector,
so Jacob had to use the white board. That
was ok, but just after he had commenced
I thought to myself, the inks looked quite
sharp, then all of a sudden I realized he
was using the permanent markers, Opps,
the meeting was being filmed – what could
I do – yes you got it – soldier on! The last
thing we saw as we were leaving, were
three or four young men trying to get the
permanent ink off. So Jacob is on warning
– next time he comes back – it will be
power point only. What was even funnier
was at the Saturday and Sunday meetings
so many people went and bought sets of
pens. I won’t have to get any until 2015.
While we were travelling with David
we found that he had an incredible talent –
he is a human GPS. We didn’t even have to
set it – he looked at the route once and then
this Yankee voice came up with the instructions.
I said to Pam, “he will have to eventually
get one wrong,” but he didn’t. That
was $400 I could have saved had I known.
I was due to drive to Alice Springs
with my friend Delsa next week in her little
truck and caravan, but with my back as
it is, I have to miss the trip. Maybe that’s
the Lord’s way of showing me I will have
time to finish setting up the office.
Faulty Resource Material
We found a few problems with some of
the series for sale at meetings – should you
have anything faulty DVD or CD, please
let us know and we will replace it. Don’t
send it back.
One teaching “The Seven Woes” ends
on the 6 th ‘Woe,’ and Jacob will not be able
to rerecord it for a few months, so please
let me know and I will refund the money.
So sorry about that.
Well dears it is time to close off this
nonsense – may the Lord keep you safe till
we meet again.
In Christ,
Marg
26 Moriel Quarterly • September 2010

Margret Godwin
m o r i e l a u s t r a l i a ~ 2010
“Whew that’s the
last message for
Oz!”
Rambling Rose
“Who is the
biggest kid!”
PHOTO ALBUM
“3 Amigos”
David, at end of
Tour!
Babs Colhoun & daughter Leisa•Jeanette Allwood from Cairns•CWM Congregation•Pam, , Catherine Evans, Glenys Irvine &
Jacob•Jacob & Peta Leembruggen•Folk at Mt. Waverley•Jake Hakola & David Lister•Moriel Team with Bill Randles•Jacob• Jacob &
kids•David, Jacob & one of the children• Adam & Ethan• Annette & Pete Brennan with Nick• Jacob & Scarlett Rose Nickless• John &
Priscilla (to be wed in September)• David at end of Tour
m e m o r i e s
M e l b o u r n e f r o m W a t e r f r o n t
September 2010 • Moriel Quarterly 27

Letters & Comments
Your Letters and
Comments
AMERICAN LETTERS
Mormon question:
Hey David,
I’m so sorry for the lateness of this reply. I
have been fairly busy. Thank you so much
for all the encouragement and advise you
gave me.
I do have a question. In John 10:34 Jesus
rebutted critics sighting the law saying “I
said, you are gods” and at Psalms 82:6 it
says “I said, ‘you are gods, sons of the
Most High, all of you...’”. It also states at
the beginning of that same psalm that God
sits in “the divine council; in the midst of
the gods”.
This is slightly confusing to me. What
does the Bible mean by “gods” and the divine
council
Once again, sorry about the late reply.
In Christ,
Andrew
Answer:
Dear Andrew:
The first thing to do is ask, who is Jesus
speaking to Men! Next, keep reading,
then you will see these men will die in
their sins. Since there is only one True
God by nature, these “gods” are nothing
but men, and sinful men and what is worse
is their sins are not forgiven.
This is always important, always read in
context, get the whole picture! If you separate
a verse from its context it becomes a
pretext for whatever thought or doctrine
you want to make.
In Psalm 82 it states, “God presides in the
great assembly; he gives judgment among
the gods.” It is clear from the next three
verses that the word “gods” refers to magistrates,
judges, and other people who hold
positions of authority and rule. Calling a
human magistrate a “god” indicates three
things: 1) he has authority over other human
beings, 2) the power he wields as a
civil authority is to be feared, and 3) he
derives his power and authority from God
Himself, who is pictured as judging the
whole earth in verse 8.
This use of the word “gods” to refer to
humans is rare, but it is found elsewhere
in the Old Testament. For example, when
God sent Moses to Pharaoh, He said, “See,
I have made you like God to Pharaoh” (Exodus
7:1). This simply means that Moses,
as the messenger of God, was speaking
God’s words and would therefore be God’s
representative to the king. The Hebrew
word elohim is translated “judges” in Exodus
21:6 and 22:8, 9 and 28.
The whole point of Psalm 82 is that earthly
judges must act with impartiality and true
justice, because even judges must stand
someday before the Judge. Verses 6 and
7 warn human magistrates that they, too,
must be judged: “I said, `You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.’ But you
will die like mere men; you will fall like
every other ruler.” This passage is saying
that God has appointed men to positions
of authority in which they are considered
as gods among the people. They are to remember
that, even though they are representing
God in this world, they are mortal
and must eventually give an account to
God for how they used that authority.
When it comes to Mormonism, even the
Mormon has to admit that no man can die
in their sins and become a “god” or exalted
man. Also, a future “god” in embryo must
reach a state of perfectionism in this life
and be living The Celestial Law otherwise
the Mormon that dies in their sin, failing to
repent in this life will be sealed to the devil.
For a complete understanding of this
last paragraph please see my article “Are
You Living The Celestial Law” (http://
moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/discernment/mormonism/are-you-living-thecelestial-law)
In Peace,
David
Dear Moriel Ministries:
The Lord has put it on our heart to support
your Ministries. We have heard Jacob’s
teaching through Dr. David Hocking. We
will support and pray for you.
Your in Christ,
Rex and Charlene B.
Thank you for your prayerful support,
prayer is our biggest need. We love Dr.
Hocking and thank him for his support of
Moriel.
In Peace,
David
AUSTRALIAN LETTERS
Praise the Lord
Dear Marg,
My GP sent me to the specialist where
he diagnosed that I had on the top of my
head a squamous cell carcinoma and on my
nose a basal cell carcinoma which would
have to be removed surgically and would
require skin graft because they had been
there a while is was a bit concerning so I
phoned my Christian friends from Moriel
and others to prayer for the Lords intercession
on this problem . The consultant doctor
was a christian I did not know him but I
knew his mother and I had been asked years
ago to pray for his sister who had a severe
spinal problem {cast your bread upon the
water} he said the surgeon was a christian
man and he would introduce me I told the
surgeon that many people were praying for
him truly the Lord was gracious.
The end result was cancer all clear skin
graft had taken. After the all clear the surgeon
told me that the Lord was a precious
glorious saviour to him and would keep
me. praise the Lord the power of prayer
when the saints are united in intercession.
In Christ, Harry
Dear Marg,
I have just come back from the hospital
for stitches removal and final check up
the pathology report was all clear praise
the Lord!! I told the surgeon that prayer
was going up he was blessed by that he is
a christian man so thank you and the saints
for there prayers the skin graft has taken
all prayers answered. We are blessed to be
a blessing and the saints have blessed me
thank you.
Could you please send a copy of the
quarterly to Dr Sabu Thomas Cairns Base
Hospital The Esplanade Cairns Q 4870
Bless you in Christ
Bro HARRY
Question:
Hello Jacob,
Upon reading the last Moriel magazine I
was a little confused at the statement that
no source material has ever been found
other than in the Greek language.
There is a translation direct from Aramaic
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to English is there not
This would seem to me, and I am no scholar
in these matters, suggest that there has
been source material found written in the
Hebrew dialect: Aramaic.
If you are able to shed any light on this
matter, it would be appreciated.
Kind regards and in Christ,
Brian
Answer:
There is no known Syriac manuscript or
Aramaic text not copied from an earlier
Greek source exists nor is there any proof
that one has ever existed except for a historical
reference by Heggisipus that Matthew’s
gospel was first composed either in
Hebrew or the Hebrew dialect of Aramaic
- a copy of which has never been found.
In Christ,
Moriel
Question:
Hi,
I’m writing to ask for something to be
clarified from an article which Jacob wrote
and that was published in the Moriel Quarterley
– December 2009. “The Road to
Emmaus”. On page 13 under the section
for “The Corporate Solidarity of Simon
Cyrene” It quotes Luke 23:26 and then the
article goes on to ask “Why did Jesus not
carry His own cross” and the response
to the question was to allude that to do so,
would be an admission of guilt and He
wasn’t guilty.
Can you explain to me, in the light of what
has been said about Jesus not carrying His
own cross, what the explanation for John
19:17 might be please
Your explanation would appear correct in
the light of Matt, Mark and Luke as they
all seem to agree with it & in my Bible,
there were no cross-references to say He
did actually carry His cross, but John 19
seems to say quite clearly that He did….
And if He did, how does this then affect the
allusion that to do so, would be an admission
of guilt
Thanks very much for your time.
Heather
Answer:
Thank you for your question.
To reply at length would necessitate a detailed
explanation why John’s Gospel and
the synoptic Gospels differ from each other
in content while the synoptic’s only differ
marginally in comparison.
The details included or highlighted in each
gospel reflect the doctrinal emphasis each
author was inspired to highlight and the
readership it was oriented towards at the
time. While the doctrinal content applies to
all believers at all times, issues of author’s
intent and immediate readsership must be
first taken into account in order to properly
establish what it means for us. John (like
Matthew) for instance was writing to Jews
while Luke was not. John’s gospel was
written weith an evangelistic aim (John
20:31) , while the synoptics (particularly
Luke) were written with more of a historical
aim (Luke 1:1-4). It is not possible to
even attempt to make an exhaustive effort
to asddress these issues of theme, readership,
and author’s intent by e mail - but
bear in mind it is such considerations that
account for the textual differences and
variations in content etc.
The Greek term in John 19:17 for He ‘went
out’ is ‘EKALTHEN’ which simply means
that He carried the cross out of the immediate
presence of Pilot (where He was condemned
on our behalf), it does not mean
that He carried it all the way to Gogaltha.
There is also a translation difficulty in
some versions; ‘that He carried His own
cross’ is better translated ‘He carried it out
Himself’.
John is not concerned with the public procession
of the condemned is his theme or
aim. John is writing for another reason so
omits those details. Luke includes them. It
is in the public procession to execution that
Jesus does not carry the cross because it
could be misconstrued as a public omission
of guilt so God providentially arranges for
the episode with Simon of Cyrene.
The public procession to execution is
however theologically important because
it fulfills in part the ritual typology of the
scapegoats (seir azazel) on The Day of
Atonement / Yom Kippur which we read
about in Hebrews and Leviticus. Here lies
another difference. John’s Passion Narrative
is more concerned with showing Jesus
as the Messianic fulfillment of the Spring
holidays in Leviticus 23-25; particularly
the Paschal or Passover aspects.
In the synoptic passion narratives there is
a greater emphasis on alluding to Christ as
fulfilling the Autumn feast of the scapegoat
while John is more fixed on Jesus as
the paschal. lamb. The Day of Atonement
theme is not absent from John (eg. one
goats would die and one go free - represented
also in John by Barabbas). Likewise
the Paschal theme is not absent from
the synoptic’s. But john puts emphasis on
the Paschal theme and imagery (eg. John
19:36 from Exodus 12:46) while the synoptic’s
have greater emphasis on the atonement
theme. Under divine inspiration each
spotlights different aspects of these same
events and include the historical details
they require to so illustrate this typology
accordingly..
Letters & Comments
It is much more involved than this, but the
prohibitions of time and the limitations of
e mail prevent me from commenting further.
None the less, I trust this helps clarify
the matter for you.
Blessings In Jesus,
Jacob
Greetings...
Just want to tell you yesterday at our small
fellowship the Moriel Alert was the topic
of much discussion...we greatly appreciate
the information..we were shocked and horrified
at the censuring of the speaker.........
cheered for the young man who was so articulate
and spoke the truth.....the man at
the embasy who said someone must tell the
truth.....and the choir.........we want to tell
you there is a small church in Newcastle
who love our jewish brothers and sisters
and who are praying for Israel...we live
in perilous times and seeing one so small
stand stand against many causes me to
again stand in awe of our God and Father
who knows the beginning from the end.......
blessings upon you all at Moriel and once
again thank you for the Alerts.
Mrs T and those attending the same church
September 2010 • Moriel Quarterly 29

Moriel Japan 2010
Geoff Toole
moriel japan
News from the Far East
Moriel Japan Report, September 2010.
Hello and greetings in Jesus’ Name
from Moriel Japan,
I am in Sydney this week, shaking from
the souvenir (some tropical disease) I bought
back from Saigon a few days ago. Nevertheless,
there is much to tell of recently.
The Japanese Front
Praise the Lord for the successful June
meetings with Jacob Prasch ad David Lister.
There were many new faces. Mostly
those with an interest in Hebrew roots, and
a few old AOG believers like myself. The
messages were received well with our interpreter,
Daisuke, deserving a gold medal,
no doubt waiting for him at the judgment
seat. All meetings were recorded and have
been placed on the internet to get the message
out as fast as possible. Many people
requested more written material to read
over and take it all in at a slower pace.
We have finally published our article
on PDL and the Emerging Church. The
content and information, similar to that in
Roger Oakland’s “Faith Undone” and other
discernment ministries will be perhaps
the first that anyone in Japan will read. We
pray that people will get a better idea of
where the Emerging church, Contemplative
spirituality and Purpose Driven are
coming from and see that it is yet another
deception, fulfilling prophecy.
The next teaching session is planned
for September/October this year. We will
have two sessions on “The Antichrist” in
Kobe ad God willing, Tokyo again. We
are particularly excited about this topic as
it will be new to everyone. There are no
Barrys, Hals or Chucks over here. Most
Christians have little knowledge or idea
of just what ‘antichrist’ means. With more
examples recorded and posted on the net it
won’t be long before people start picking
up the message and reading midrashically
themselves.
On the Streets
This summer we have focussed more
time on street evangelism in Amagasaki,
a working class city next to Osaka. The
suffering of many families there is clear
due to the ongoing economic recession.
Many good opportunities to share the gospel
have come so far. We have decided
to spend each weekend at the same town
square so that any who want to come to us
with questions will always be able to. Still,
it has been a slow process.
Philippines
The last trip to Romblon in the Philippines
was great. The response was the
best yet. Pastors gathered from the local
churches for a two day seminar (with free
food). Day one was an introduction to Midrash
using the example of Jonah and the
grain offering. All those who attended are
excited about a follow-up seminar, even
without free food.
Q and A time again focussed on charismatic
issues, anointing, faith prosperity
etc. There is a long road ahead for a lot of
churches who have been caught up in every
error and superstition under the sun, yet I
sensed that their attitude was right and God
will deal with them step by step. Certainly
their eyes were opened and many confessed
to feeling rebuked by the Holy Spirit.
Also it was a pleasure to be able to
distribute the concordances purchased by
Mark and Carrie. The pastors were all encouraged
to make them available to all of
their church members.
Praise God for his faithfulness. This is
the same island where our previous seminar
was cancelled by a certain ‘lord it over
them’ supervisor. Praise the Lord also for
saving me from a mix up with the airplane
tickets, losing my wallet, losing my voice,
dengue fever, a typhoon, a smoke filled
church, and a LOT of mud. All of which
appeared at some stage in the week.
Saigon
Vietnam is suffering from the serpent
and the dragon right now. I knew about the
dragon. I met pastors who cannot return to
their church due to a government decision
to halt all church activity until the next communist
meeting there in March. For many
years I have known about the dragon, but
this is the first time to see deception in the
church. It was very sad and disappointing.
Although six Moriel messages have
so far been translated into Vietnamese, for
various reasons the door does not yet appear
to be open. The PDL and faith prosperity
nonsense have beaten us into Vietnam,
along with an unwillingness to listen
to arguments against them on the part of the
leaders. Pray for Vietnam that voices will
arise among them calling them back to biblical
truth. On the whole, it can still be described
as a comparatively pure church, but
once that serpent gets its food in the door…!
Perhaps significantly, the town we were
in when I challenged the pastors about the
Purpose Driven life was famous for its production
of ‘snake wine’. They also drunk
‘bird’s nest in a can’ that day. I can’t help
but think that the birds have started nesting
in the branches.
Prayer
Pray with us for our outreach in Amagasaki.
Pray that those who have taken the tracks
and listened will return to find out more.
Pray for the coming seminars toward
the end of 2010 in Kobe and Tokyo.
Come and Join us in Japan! Accepting
applications now!
God Bless
Geoff Toole
30 Moriel Quarterly • September 2010

Alan Franklin
The Church That Banned the Bible
from “Cults & Isms”
Editorial
by Alan Franklin
In March 1994 leading evangelicals
and Roman Catholics signed a declaration
called: “Evangelicals and Catholics together
for the third millennium.” This document
says that Catholics and Protestants
who have worked together in opposing
abortion and pornography should “finally
accept each other as Christians… and stop
proselytizing each other’s flocks.” Many
people in the Church of England, Lutherans,
Baptists and other major denominations
are now convinced that Catholics are
their fellow believers in the one true God.
In Britain it has become almost impossible
to point out Catholic doctrinal errors.
Somewhere in Britain a mother and teenage
daughter went on a Bible Society sponsored
walk, organized, as far as they were aware,
by the independent Baptist church which
their family attended. They did not realize
that the Bible Society was now an ecumenical
organization, or they would not have
been on the walk and certainly would not
have given any money.
On the last leg of the walk a middleaged
man joined the walkers and ended up
chatting to the teenage girl and a middle
aged lady from the Baptist church. The pair
soon realized the man was a Catholic and
began witnessing to him. The lady remarked
that she was glad that Catholics were now
allowed to read the Bible, and the man replied
that they had always been allowed
to do that. This, of course, is not true. The
Bible was banned by the Catholic Church
for centuries; it was actually on The Index,
the list of banned books.
The girl told the Catholic man that the
Bible clearly teaches that Jesus’ death was
the one and only sacrifice for sin, while the
Catholic Church offers the “sacrifice of the
mass” over and over again. At this point an
elder of the (Baptist) church interrupted the
conversation and put an end to any further
dialogue along those lines. He said those
religious differences were all long ago and
things were much better now, we didn’t
burn each other at the stake any more and
wasn’t it lovely weather for a walk Later
they all learned that the man on the walk
was a Catholic priest.
The teenager was upset by this incident.
After years of trying to witness to girls and
teachers at school, and students and lecturers
at her college, and often being accused
of being an intolerant bigot, she had now
been firmly stopped – by a church elder for
whom she had great respect. The next day at
their church the girl and her mother were accused
by the wife of another elder of being
“subversive” for lending tapes and videos to
other people at church. The tapes were mostly
by Dave Hunt and Christian creationists.
They were also told they were arrogant
to think they could judge who was and was
not Christian. In fact it is the word of God
which says who is. Someone who thinks
they are saved by membership of a church,
by receiving sacraments regularly, who can
pay for “time off” in purgatory, who wears
magic scapulars for “the grace of a happy
death,” who sings hymns to Mary, “co-redemptrix”
with Jesus – I’m sorry, that person
does not believe the gospel and has not
been saved. They are religious, but they are
not born-again believers in Jesus. They are
Catholics, believers in the Catholic Church,
a superstitious, pagan organization which
masquerades as Christian. The Catholic gospel
is not the true gospel; it is a false gospel,
and people who believe a false gospel are
not saved, they are deceived. It is our job to
undeceive them.
It is tragic that Christians trying to do
this are gagged by their own elders. Later
the Catholic priest phoned the church to
complain about the pair who had so offended
him on the country walk. I wonder if he is
one of the priests who have consecrated his
life to Mary, as thousands of priests have, at
the urging of the Pope
The teenager gave this account of her
conversation with the priest: “One of the
first things to be said was that the testimony
of Scripture bore witness against the Roman
Catholic Church. In illustration of this
point we gave the second commandment,
which makes it plain that we are not to create
images for ourselves of anything that is
in heaven or on the earth and bow down to
them. This goes contrary to Roman Catholic
practice, for Catholics do bow the knee to
statues and images of saints.
“After discussion on this point we
moved on to the Roman Catholic teaching of
transubstantiation. The Roman Catholic was
stating Jesus’ words: ‘This is My body.’ We
pointed out that Jesus was standing there in
His physical body as he spoke those words
and that he also made metaphorical statements
elsewhere, such as ‘I am the door.’
“We went on to tell the man that Jesus’
death on the cross was the final payment for
sin, and that this fact is denied by the Roman
Catholic Church, which teaches that Jesus’
sacrifice is literally repeated again and again
at each ‘sacrifice of the mass.’
“No Roman Catholic can have unity
with us if we believe that salvation comes
through faith in Christ alone, and that the
sacrifice of Jesus at Calvary made a full and
complete atonement for our sin. Neither
should we attempt to make Roman Catholics
feel they have any unity with us, for
the Roman Catholic Church teaches that
punishment for sin falls on individuals,
who can be exempted from this punishment
through good works, attending mass, and
even through the payment of money (indulgences).
Surely this should produce within
any believer a righteous indignation It is no
less than blasphemy to state that anything
can secure exemption from punishment for
our sin, when the shedding of our Lord’s
blood was supposedly insufficient to do so.
“You might argue that many Roman
Catholics do not fully understand the teachings
of their church, and that many have
hearts which sincerely seek after God. It is
our duty to tell such people the truth, not to
leave them floundering in the darkness of a
heretical, anti-Christ religion. Anyway, the
man we were talking to clearly knew the
doctrines of the church and was ardently defending
them.
“People need to be freed from Roman
Catholicism by the blood of Jesus, no less
than they need to be freed from other false
religions. Just because the errors of Roman
Catholicism are more subtle than those of
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Editorial – Continued
other religions, they are no less dangerous
(indeed they are far more so). Yes, it is divisive
to tell people the truth, and the cross
is an offence to people. You may also think
that we should not be confrontational, but
which biblical figure followed a policy of
‘no confrontation’ Certainly none of those
who were sent to declare God’s truth to
people. Should we have befriended the man
first Where is it done so in the Bible” (End
of the girl’s letter.)
So it was that a clear-minded young girl
saw the obvious, when church leaders, including
the Archbishop of Canterbury and
any number of other top church leaders,
seemingly cannot. What a sorry state our
churches have come to in Great Britain, past
home to great men of the gospel like Whitfield
and Wesley, Spurgeon and Knox.
Unfortunately the Church of England,
the Anglican church, is almost as bad as the
church of Rome. We now have Protestant
cathedrals, like Winchester in Hampshire,
inviting Catholic preachers in to say the
mass! This cathedral, where they now solicit
admission fees as if to Disneyland, has
a place in the hearts of the Franklin family
because it was to this building that God
led my wife, Pat, as she was on the point
of conversion. While on a visit there, she
was prompted by the Holy Spirit to open
the Book of Common Prayer and read: “Except
a man be born again he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.” Yet now, for the first time
since the 16th century, a Roman Catholic
cardinal has celebrated mass in Latin at the
high altar. Michael Scott-Joynt, the Bishop
of Winchester, is twinning Winchester with
the Roman Catholic cathedral of Florence
and invited Cardinal Piovanelli, the Archbishop
of Florence, to spend the weekend at
Winchester, not only officiating at mass, but
giving the Sunday evensong service.
Cathedral spokesman Simon Barwood
told the press: “It’s a real symbol of the
sisterhood between Anglicans and Roman
Catholics. Bishop Michael has just
been to Florence visiting the cathedral for
a week and the millennium celebration of
our patron saint, St. Swithun, seemed the
perfect occasion to return the hospitality
and sign the twinning agreement. We
have several different partners attached to
the cathedral now. It’s symbolic, but also
practical. There are exchange opportunities
and a new atmosphere of tolerance and
understanding.” How nice for them. What
next, links with the Hindus and Moslems,
in a spirit of tolerance and understanding
The pope has already done this, of course,
even including tree worshippers in a giant
ecumenical service. Only true Christians
weren’t invited. These “church leaders”
wallow in their ignorance and flaunt it.
This criticism applies particularly to
many so-called Christian bookshops, which
are so stuffed full of crucifixes and rosaries
Alan Franklin
that they don’t seem to have room on their
shelves for Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, which
tells the true story of horrific persecution of
Christians down through the ages. When I
tried to get certain of these bookshops in my
home area to stock my first video and later
my book EU: Final World Empire I was told
that it was too divisive and might upset the
Catholics, who were good customers. When
I delivered a lecture on the Catholic creed
to one shop manager who had rosaries on
his shelves, he became agitated and told me
to keep my voice down or Catholics would
hear. I said this was my intention! We must
always remember to love Roman Catholics,
for most of them are in ignorance of what
their church teaches and has done through
the ages. Is it love to keep them in ignorance
I worked for years with some pleasant
Roman Catholic people, but it is not loving
to allow them to proceed merrily to hell, believing
that the sacraments, the Virgin Mary
etc will save them, plus the occasional fumble
with the rosary beads. I have often noticed
how fearful and superstitious they are:
for example, most would not pass me on the
stairs of our offices as “it brings bad luck.”
What we must bring to such folk – our divine
commission – is the truth about Jesus, the
only conduit between man and God. It seems
the need for compromise and unity, together
with a certain profit motive, is stopping the
clear truth of the Bible reaching denominational
and nominal Christians, particularly
those under Catholic deception. We should
be more interested in prophets than profits!
My wife and I have been accused – often
in hostile terms – of being too critical
and “unloving,” for daring to confront some
unbiblical comment or policy. Yet God calls
us to be discerning and to speak out against
heresy: Paul did it all the time and Jude instructs
us to contend for the faith. This is not
what most churchgoers in Great Britain want
to hear today. The people have itching ears
for false doctrine, have no love for the truth
and do not want to hear any different. Their
ignorance, even in once godly denominations,
would seem to make them very happy.
We often meet truly discerning, well
read and wise older Christians who tell us
they “cannot find a church.” The same thing
is happening across the USA. I am privileged
to speak at the East Coast Prophecy Conferences
in Pennsylvania put on by Southwest
Radio Church of Oklahoma City. One after
another delegates to the conferences have
told us they to leave their churches. One family
had to leave the church their grandfather
founded. They all felt they had no choice but
to leave because of false doctrines which
were now taught. Time and again we met
people in this situation; people lamenting
the friends they had left behind, but people
who knew they could not stay in an organization
where apostasy was taught from the
pulpit. This is clearly the Laodicean church
age. Interestingly enough, we have found
that just about the only born again people
there and also in Britain who are still content
with their churches are those in the
Brethren, or some evangelicals and Baptists
who stick like glue to the scriptures.
Not only does the Christian church not
know the history of Protestantism, it doesn’t
know biblical history, which is even more
serious. Our daughter Annie and her friend
spent three weeks at the wonderful summer
Bible camp held in New York state by Dr.
Arnold Fruchtenbaum, learning about the
Bible from a Jewish perspective (Arnold is
a Messianic Jew, saved as a teenager). On
returning to her home church, an Anglican
(Episcopalian) center, Annie’s friend was
asked, in all seriousness: “What is the point
of learning about the Bible from a Jewish
point of view”
An anti-semitic stance is behind some
churches’ attitudes: when my wife grew
up in the Roman Catholic faith in the midwest
there was an underlying anti-semitism.
Among the Catholics she grew up amongst,
the word ‘Jews’ was seldom used without
the prefix “damn.” This is just one sign that
Catholicism is incompatible with biblical
Christianity. We are not to seek unity with a
false religious system with its roots in pagan
Babylon.
In recent times Catholic commentators
and apologists have glossed over the
disgraceful complicity of the Vatican in
Hitler’s holocaust of the Jews. However,
God made sure the truth came out. In a Roman
flea market, of all places, a journalist
antiquarian book collector called Fabrizio
Coisson found documents that prove that
Pope Pius XII knew all about Nazi atrocities.
This Pope, of whom it has often been
said that he turned a blind eye to Hitler, who
was a Catholic, was given a daily account of
the atrocities of Hitler’s henchmen. Francis
D’Arcy Godolphin Osborne was the British
minister to the Holy See and typed out a daily
report for the Pope. He culled this from
British broadcasts, picked up in the Vatican
where he took refuge in 1940. Mr. Coisson
said he was astonished to find a signed note
in which the British diplomat describes how,
on a daily basis, he typed out the BBC broadcasts
and gave them to the Pope. Osborne
died in Rome in 1964 and it is thought that
some of his possessions were sold and eventually
found their way on to the market stall.
The Times, published in London, carried
a story on May 24, 2000 headed: “British
envoy sent Pope bulletins on the Holocaust.”
The story quoted Professor Owen
Chadwick of Cambridge University, author
of “Britain and The Vatican During The
Second World War”, as saying the find was
“remarkable,” while Jesuit historian Father
Pierre Blet admitted it was astonishing. The
reports in the market documents give a detailed
account of Jewish deportations, mass
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killings and “inhuman experiments” and
may at least slow plans to beatify Pius XII.
Rabbi Martin Hier, of the Simon Wiesenthal
Centre in Los Angeles, was quoted in The
Times as saying that it would desecrate the
memory of the Holocaust victims to beatify
a man “who sat in silence on the throne of
St. Peter and watched the trains take Jews
across Europe to the death camps.”
Francis Osborne had arrived in Rome in
1936, to represent Britain at The Vatican. He
was an admirer of Pope Pius. However, he
closely followed Allied broadcasts and began
putting together compilations of what he
called “British wireless news” for the Pope.
He emphasized the suffering of civilians
in occupied Europe and German – “crimes
against humanity.” In October of 1940 he
told the Pope that the Germans were actively
promoting anti-Semitism in Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria. In 1941 his tone had
become more dramatic, as the Nazis “committed
atrocities in the name of the myth of
the superior race.” He also put it in writing
for the Pope that the Germans were: “conducting
experiments on sick and mentally
deficient children in Germany,” and noted
that Hitler had vowed to “liquidate the Jews
for at least 1000 years.” The Pope was also
told that Polish Jews were being murdered
and deported en masse and that: “In Poland
they have announced that Jews may in future
only travel by railway after obtaining a
special permit, and then only by slow train.”
In 1943 Osborne’s campaign was intensified
and he told the Pope that in Slovakia
: “77 per cent of the Jewish population has
been deported to an unknown destination,
which probably signifies death…..and the
number of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto has
been reduced by 400,000 since last July
– there are barely 35,000 left.”
The writer John Cornwell had earlier
claimed in his book “Hitler’s Pope” that
Pius not only failed to speak out against
Nazi persecution as Pope, but that earlier, as
Papal ambassador (Nuncio) in Berlin in the
1920s and Secretary of State in the 1930s, he
helped put Hitler into power by suppressing
German Catholic resistance to the Nazis. It
is clear that there was no love for the Jews at
the very top of the Roman Catholic Church,
yet the whole concept of the Messiah is a
Jewish one. It was the Jews who were looking
for a Messiah, the Jews who had been
told they were God’s chosen people, the
Jews to whom God sent the prophets, the
Jews who were saved time and again from
their enemies, the Jews to whom God sent
great leaders, the Jews to whom God spoke
directly, the Jews who provided the disciples
– and Jesus was a Jew. It was the Hebrew
scriptures which contained the Messianic
prophecies and if Jesus is not the Messiah
of the Jews, he can’t be our Messiah either.
Suddenly you have no basis for Christianity.
Years ago I recall the leader of a black
Alan Franklin
church pointing out: “Jesus wasn’t white.”
He certainly wasn’t the blue-eyed, flaxen
haired savior depicted in many stained glass
windows. He almost certainly had olivecolored
skin and dark hair, as you would
expect from someone born in the Mediterranean
area, which makes it all the more
amazing that there are churches in America
and elsewhere dedicated to racism, yet calling
themselves “Christian”. Yes, Jesus was a
Jew, a fact people sometimes need reminding
of, but he came for every inhabitant of
the world. All the more surprising than that,
in these last days, you can be called “racist”
for telling people that Jesus is the only way
to Heaven. This happened to our daughter,
as she tried to witness to a fellow student.
It happened to a teacher friend of mine who
was told that he couldn’t teach “Christian
exclusiveness” in religious studies. After
all, all roads lead to God, don’t they
There is a difference between real
Christianity and Catholicism, a difference
the evil rulers of the world recognize far
more than the gullible Christians of western
Protestantism. Some years ago some Americans
I know ventured down to Mexico to
help build an evangelical church. The local
believers had tried to build it, but had
been shot at by the Roman Catholics of the
area. They said to the work team from the
USA: “They won’t dare shoot at you.” So
the church was built, one of the builders being
a brother-in-law of mine. If you want to
see the difference between Christianity and
Catholicism, go to South America. There’s
not a lot of ecumenism about…
It is a matter of historical record that
the Catholic Church has tried to keep the
Bible out of the hands of ordinary people.
The Catholic Bible was in Latin, which few
people could read, and they wanted to keep
it that way. Just a few dates:
• 1229 A.D. Council of Toulouse,
Canon 14: “We prohibit also that the
laity (the ordinary people) should be
permitted to have the books of the Old
or New Testament…”
• 1559 Index Librorum Prohibitorum
– Pope Pius IV starts an Index of Forbidden
Books condemning the works
of “arch-heretics” Luther and Calvin,
including translations of the New
Testament. You needed permission in
writing to read a Catholic translation
of the Bible, and if you had a Bible in
the common language without written
permission, your sins could not be forgiven
unless you turned in the Bible.
• Sept 8, 1713 Encyclical Unigenitus
from Pope Clement XI – condemning
the “error” of stating that every person
should study Scripture.
• May 5, 1824 Encyclical Ubi Primum
from Pope Leo XII – condemning
Bibles printed in the vernacular (the
spoken language of the people) as a
Editorial – Continued
“wretched undertaking”.
• May 8, 1844 Encyclical Inter Praecipuas
(On Biblical Societies) – Pope
Gregory XVI condemns “secret gatherings”
for the reading of scripture.
“We again condemn … biblical societies
…”
• 1897 Pope Leo XIII Apostolic Constitution
Officiorum ac Munerum – “All
versions of the Holy Bible, in any vernacular
language, made by non-Catholics
are prohibited; and especially those
published by the Bible societies, which
have been more that once condemned
by the Roman Pontiffs (Popes)…”
• 1930 Forward to the Index of Prohibited
Books “Those who would put
the Scriptures indiscriminately into the
hands of the people … (these) counterfeit
champions of the inspired book
hold the Bible to be the sole source
of Divine Revelation and cover with
abuse and trite sarcasm the Catholic
and Roman Church.”
• 1983 Code of Canon Law (the current
Catholic law on Bibles in the common
language) – Translations of the Bible
cannot be published unless approved
by the Apostolic See (the Papacy in
Rome) “annotated with necessary and
sufficient explanations.”
And those are some of the reasons we
say again that the Roman Catholic Church
is: the church that banned the Bible. We are
sorry to say that the suppression of Scripture
did not stop there. Incredibly, the Protestant
Reformation did not go nearly far enough
– and after the break with Rome, even the
Church of England banned the English Bible!
Courageous preachers called Lollards
were burned at the stake with their English
Bibles hung round their necks. John Bunyan,
beloved author of Pilgrim’s Progress,
fell foul of the Church of England and was
made to serve 14 years in Bedford Jail near
Cambridge for preaching the gospel.
In the year 2000 as part of the celebrations
in England at the turn of the millennium,
excerpts from Pilgrim’s Progress were read
out in one of the great London cathedrals by
some actress. We were sickened. At no time
did anyone say, “We’re standing in one of
the great Church of England cathedrals, the
religious organization which burned people
to death for possessing an English Bible and
which imprisoned great authors and preachers
like John Bunyan.” No, they did not say
that. They too, the Church of England, are
tarred with the same wretched brush: the
church that also banned the Bible.
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News Alert !
“Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol - a thing detestable
to the LORD, the work of the craftsman’s hands – and sets it up in secret.
Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’” – Deuteronomy 27:15 (ESV)
Urgent
Plea from a Christian Indian Woman Concerning FGBC Temple/Mosque Visits
My name is Supriya Mitchell and I am an Indian woman who was born and raised in Pune, India. I now live in Virginia but still have friends
and family back home that I visit as much as I can. Although I was raised in a Christian home, I was taken to Hindu temples by our maid who
was and still is a follower of Hinduism when I was a little girl. I love much of my Indian culture but also am burdened for so many of my people
who worship false gods. I know the religions of my homeland from seeing them first-hand, and I hope my perspective helps in this matter. I am
thankful that the true God preserved and protected me from many of the evils associated with following Hindu gods or the god of Islam.
The reason I am writing this is that I am here to plead with all my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ NOT to VISIT TEMPLES or
MOSQUES. I have seen the things in temples that you all may not even think about. I have seen people getting possessed. As a little girl I have
witnessed lots of Hindus and Muslims coming to the exorcist who had his little place next to my house and it is still bone chilling to think about
it. I have heard the demon voice coming out of those people and so you can see why I am concerned with this practice of taking Christians and
even groups where some may not even be true believers into these pagan places of demon worship. The leaders of the youth conference are
aware that some who attend Momentum may not yet know Christ and so they preach the gospel to them and urge them to make sure they really
know Him. But then, a large group of these young people will be taken into a temple or mosque when they may still not even be saved. Some
hearts may be open to possession or oppression by the evil spirits being worshiped there. This is so dangerous and is heavy on my heart.
This is one of the reasons I am so concerned about these visits. I am pleading with you all not to go and send the people of your church or
your kids into such a dangerous place where DEMONS are worshiped. Right before conference last year I called one of the leaders of these
temple trips and was told that those trips were already planned and could not be canceled. Well, that was a year ago, and the decision has been
made again to take conference goers of both the youth and adult conference into these places again. It is a burden in my heart for God’s people
and I plead with you all not to go. There are many other ways you can learn about Hinduism but caution needs to be taken. Going to temples or
mosques and doing what they require is not necessary.
Just remember, coming from an Indian perspective that even removing your shoes is a worship to their gods ; removing shoes is respecting
their gods. It clearly says in 1 Cor.10:14-33 not to fellowship with demons or do things that are known to be pagan. I have also been informed
that in some trips in the past there was a buffet laid out for the people who visited the temples to eat after the tour. What is the reason to eat food
offered to idols when the Bible says not to and there are many Indian restaurants to eat Indian food This practice is definitely associated with
dedication to false gods. All that food has been dedicated to whatever god or goddess is prayed to in there.
Please understand that I know we need to reach out for ethnic people and it so awesome and very exciting to learn about other cultures. But
there are other ways to do it besides going in to their places of worship and actually doing rituals that mean something Hindu or Islamic . My
suggestion is to make friends with Hindus and Muslims and just talk about Jesus and share the Gospel. There are many places and ways that we
can do that that do not involve compromising our faith in Jesus Christ.
PLEASE, I plead with you NOT to VISIT the TEMPLES.
for more info, please watch http://www.youtube.com/watchv=Dtw-a7D6jm8
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