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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Iran: regime hits out at apostasy — 70 arrested

Published on January 13, 2011 by Elizabeth Kendal   
Ethnic Armenian and Assyrian Orthodox Churches in Iran may exist in peace as long as they do not proselytise (i.e. seek converts). It is illegal to preach Christianity in Farsi (the Persian language) just as it is illegal for Muslims to reject Islam (apostasy). The penalty for apostasy is death. So when Muslim Farsi-speaking Iranians convert to Christianity, they must meet and worship in illegal ‘underground’ fellowships.
Early on 25 & 26 December 2010 armed plainclothed agents from the infamous Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) raided the homes of Christians known to be converts from Islam and/or active in witnessing to Muslims. As well as confiscating CDs, Bibles, religious books, computers and personal documents, they arrested 25 Christians. Sixteen other Christians listed for arrest were not home at the time of the raids and remain unaccounted for. Further to this there are unconfirmed reports that as many as 50 other mostly young believers have since been arrested. Amongst those detained are five married couples, one of whom has been separated from their two-year-old child and another from their breast-feeding infant. The detained Christians are being interrogated and coerced. Eleven have since been released after signing documents promising to refrain from Christian activity. The detained believers are virtually all converts from Islam.
The governor of Tehran province, Morteza Tamadon, describes Protestants and evangelicals as ‘corrupt and deviant’ and also accuses them of conducting an ‘enemy cultural invasion’. ‘The leaders of this movement,’ he declared, ‘have been arrested in Tehran province and more will be arrested in the near future. Just like the Taliban, who have inserted themselves into Islam like a parasite, [evangelicals] have crafted a movement with Britain’s backing in the name of Christianity. But their conspiracy was unveiled quickly and the first blows were delivered to them.’

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This Week in History: The Jews of Basel are burnt




On January 9, 1349, nearly the entire Jewish population of Basel was massacred by townspeople as Jews were blamed for the Black Plague.

At the end of the 14th century in Europe, scores were dying from the Black Plague and nobody knew why. That is, until a scapegoat was found. On January 9, 1349, nearly the entire Jewish population of Basel was massacred by the townspeople. Ignorant to the causes of the plague, the people and local leaders of modern Switzerland, France and Germany accused Jews of poisoning wells. Most were burnt alive.

There were many factors that converged to turn the Jews into the perfect scapegoat for a plague now believed to have spread from China. Anti-Semitism had been a problem for Jews in Europe long before the plague worsened their fate. In the centuries leading up to the Basel massacre, the Church enforced laws similar to the Nuremberg laws seen over half-a-millennium later. Jews were barred from working as weavers, shoemakers, carpenters, miners and bakers, among other professions. As a result of these racist laws, Jews often worked as money lenders, a practice that lead to public resentment against them and may have contributed to the events of 1349. Another law, passed in 1215 by Pope Innocent III was particularly similar to those passed by Nazi Germany in the 20th century – Jews were required to wear a yellow badge at all times.

Despite the general anti-Semitism present at the time, the massacre in Basel can be more accurately ascribed to specific accusations against the Jews in relation to the plague; it was alleged that Jews were suffering and dying from the Black Plague at a much lower rate than Christians. It is not clear if this was actually true, but there are several theories explaining the apparent phenomenon. One theory suggests that Jews buried their dead much more quickly than Christians and in separate cemeteries, thus making their deaths less visible. Another theory speculates that Passover was responsible for saving a great portion of the Jewish population. According to Dr. Martin Blaser, as reported by The New York Times, the clearing of hametz (leavened bread) from homes ahead of Passover deprived rats of food and shelter, helping to stymie the disease’s spread. He adds that the plague peaked in the spring, around the time that Passover would have fallen.


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Watchman of Zion: January 15, 2011: Weekly 5 minute update (Audio Only)

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

Eddie Chumney and Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int’l?

That also through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוהYeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

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Sounding the Shofar in Prophetic Times

January 15, 2011: Weekly 5 minute update (Audio Only)
15 Jan 2011, 7:50 am


You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio:
In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on several things:
1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process
2) The US economy in 2011
The US is displeased with Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak that he hasn’t been able to persuade PM Benjamin Netanyahu since April 2009 to agree to a PLO state with East Jerusalem as its capital. He will no longer receive preferential treatment in relations with the USA. The US has already shown its displeasure toward Benjamin Netanyahu in the past year in a variety of ways. This makes it increasingly likely that the USA will promote policies which are anti-Israel in the near future. Because of the present stalemate in talks, the US will have to decide in the coming weeks how they should approach the next steps. Will they present their own peace agreement? Will they endorse a PLO state based upon 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital in the United Nations? Will they endorse the condemnation of Israel building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the United Nations? The PLO have given the USA maps of their view of a PLO state. However, the USA has been unsuccessful in convincing Israel to put on the table its view of the borders of a future PLO state. Tony Blair representing the Quartet (US, EU, Russian and the UN) told Israel that the international community only has weeks and not months to restart peace talks. The EU’s foreign minister Catherine Ashton suggests there needs to be a Quartet meeting in early February regarding the peace process. Meanwhile, there are calls for the US to impose their own peace plan upon Israel and the PLO. This has been suggested by Howard Sachar in an article in the current issue of “Foreign Affairs” magazine which is the magazine of the Council of Foreign Relations. This view is also stated in the current issue of the “Economist” magazine. David Makovsky who is the director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy which is a Washington think-tank to promote the views of the US in foreign policy is reportedly ready to present suggested maps for the borders of a PLO state in late January. The PLO is planning to have their draft resolution to condemn Israel building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem submitted to the UN Security Council in the coming week. They are also calling upon the Quartet to submit their own imposed peace plan. Meanwhile, Chile announced its recognition of a PLO based upon 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Netanyahu says that he is willing to talk with Abbas as long as it takes to reach a peace agreement. However, he says that the PLO must modify their position regarding recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, dropping their demand for a Palestinian refugee “right of return” and be flexible with security arrangements with Israel on the ground. If there isn’t a possibility of reaching a peace agreement by this March or April, the Labor party (13 seats) is threatening to leave the coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) Erakat: Peace talks with Israeli government have ended
2) Guyana recognizes Palestinian state
3) PA: Goal of state recognition to get Israel back to talks
4) Palestinians to seek UN recognition for independent state in September
5) Abbas: Palestinian state will be recognized
6) Norway says it will be first EU nation to recognize Palestine
7) EU consuls-general want to act against Jerusalem policies
8)  Abbas: US not working hard enough for Palestinian state
9) Palestinians Press UN Vote on Settlement Building That May Force US Veto
10) US meets with Israeli, Palestinian negotiators
11) White House seeks new ideas for Mideast
12) Mideast Quartet to meet in latest bid to renew peace talks
13) Russia proposes Middle East Quartet to convene in early February
14) Mideast Quartet to sit down for parleys
The US National debt is now over $14 Trillion dollars. If all of this debt was refinanced at 5% then it would cost $700 billion dollars a year in interest. If all of this debt was refinanced at 10% then it would cost $1.4 Trillion a year in interest. The US cannot afford interest rates over 5% anymore because it will endanger that the US government could go bankrupt.
A collapse of the US dollar and the establishment of one world currency is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles is as follows:
From a Biblical prophetic perspective, the reason why the God of Israel would allow these events to happen is because it will result in the end of the exile of the house of Jacob and the reunification of the 12 tribes of Israel (Ephraim and Judah).
We will to be “watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem” and we will not rest until the God of Israel makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62).
Shalom in Yeshua the Messiah,
Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int’l

 

Way Stations - Helping to Guide Our People Home!

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Shalom,
    Way Stations are a concept that we developed years ago to help Believers
share their faith about Israel's full restoration. Way Stations serve as guideposts in that they are supply stations for those who want to know more about their Israelite heritage. They serve as road marks that help build up the highway to Zion and guide us back to the Land (Isa 62:10;Jer 23:1-8; 31:21; Mark 2:22).


    Unfortunately, this concept has fallen short of its enormous potential. It is a concept that has been "MIA" (missing in action) of late. (See

    Nonetheless, we continue to believe that Way Stations could be one of the most effective ways to disseminate materials that promote MIA's "one house" perspective (Ephraim and Judah reunited). They can help us declare the truth about MIA's "Inclusion Theology." We teach the opposite of Replacement Theology with "Inclusion Theology." We agree with the Apostle Paul, James, and our Messiah, who all taught that the Jewish people are part of Israel, but they do not represent all of Israel. In Paul's letters he speaks of a "greater Israel" (Rom 11. Eph 2, Gal 3). 

    
We believe that the seed of Abraham has, over the last 3000 years, become like the stars of heaven and the sands of the sea. As prophesied in the book of Hosea, this seed, these heirs of promise, rebelled, were scattered, lost their identity, but in this hour, they and their companions are being reawakened and restored. To aid in this restoration, Way Stations are outposts that serve as a distribution network for Messianic Israel information. Through them we can offer materials, such as books, articles, music and audio CD's and viddeo DVD's.
 
    Our primary means of "advertising" has been, is, and will always be, "word of mouth." However, we also want to increase our presence on the Internet and in bookstores. Sadly, most bookstores do not carry messianic books and they are not able to answer questions about the messianic movement, making the two houses one, Ephraim and Judah, the Feasts of Israel, a Hebraic view of being led by the Spirit, etc. etc.  That is why we need your help. Together, we have a three-fold mission.  Step one, establish our own bookstores/lending library - which we call "Way Stations," and have them supply hungry souls with the goods and answers that they need. Secondly, we need to educate Christian bookstore personnel (there are 6500 bookstores and a lot of employees). We need to approach regular bookstores as well. Also, there are 360,000 churches in the United States alone, many of which have small bookstores, book tables, lending libraries, etc. Plus there is an untold number of independent ministries who need to be made aware of the truth about Israel's restoration.

    The Way Station

    Way Stations thus have a three-fold mission: distributing books, articles, teachings, music and audio CDs and video DVDs; acting as a lending library, and, placing materials where others will have access to them with an offer to personally answer their questions.

    
Anyone can be a Way Station. Each one of us can be used to lift up a standard and help lead our people home.

    
The MIA, working in conjunction with its publishing arm, Key of David, can help you to help others. When you join us you will be listed as a Way Station in the MIA Directory, and in the Key of David Marketplace Directory. Only the Father in Heaven knows what doors of service, what great opportunities  might be opened to you. We invite you to step through that door.

 
   To be listed in the MIA Directory you must be registered as an Ally or Friend. To register
go to. Also, you can receive a six month complimentary membership as an MIA Ally by ordering fifty or more copies of the Who Is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer. See Extraordinary Offer.
  
    Once you are registered with the MIA as a Way Station, Key of David will make materials available to you in quantity at a whopping 40% discount! The minimum order is $100 worth of goods after your discount (plus shipping). If you would like to be listed in the Key of David Marketplace Directory please reply to this email with your listing information (see below). We will then send you a discount code that you can use when ordering from Key of David Marketplace.

    For more information and encouragement, we invite you to read the article:
Restoring David's Fallen Tent a Key to a Kingdom Harvest. The article offers a
more detailed overview plus inventory recommendations.
   
    We suggest that each Way Station library should contain at least one of each paper book, audio book, and several copies of the key books such as Redeemed Israel - Reunited and Restored, Israel's Feasts and their Fullness, Restoring Israel's Kingdom, Israel Empowered by the Spirit, The Voice - Hearing the Almighty, Mama's Torah: the Role of Woman, In Search of Israel, and Who Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer.  Also, each Way Station  library should have CD's and DVD's from the MIA annual conferences plus a variety of Messianic music.

    Please contact me if you have any comments or questions, or if you want to place an order over the phone.

   Shalom, Shalom,
 
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   Key of David Publishing
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    At Key of David Publishing words are very important to us.  So it is that we are pleased to present to you a new publication. It is a light, and yet most satisfying fare. It is economically priced so you can feed it to the masses. It is pleasing to the eye and pleasant to the palate.
   
    It is our newest book, Who Is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer.
Who Is Israel? - Redeemed Israel - A  Primer
This powerful and concise 96 page book readily defines our Israelite faith. It lifts up the Messiah and points us toward the restoration of the whole House of Israel. Those who proof-read the manuscript have said that this is Batya's best work ever! It is an easy read that gets the essentials of our faith across in a short time. It includes charts and graphics, plus chapters that can be used as an outline for Bible Studies. Most importantly, this encouraging little book points the way toward the glory that lies ahead for those of Redeemed Israel. You will surely be blessed and inspired as you read this informative little book - so be sure to order additional copies for friends and loved ones! We believe you will want to give a copy of it to everyone you know!

    Who Is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer, rolled off the press last week, and were received from the printer today, Friday, January 14, 2011, and it is now shipping.

    Who Is Israel? Redeemed Israel - A Primer is be available as a 96 page paperback book, as an audio book on CD, it will be down loadable to Iphones and similar devices, and as an electronic book that can be read on Ipads and similar devices, plus we are making a PowerPoint video teaching that is based on the book.
 
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    The Messianic Israel Alliance Southwest Regional Conference will be held in Henderson, Nevada, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 28-30, 2011.

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Bnai' Ephraim International This is the premier online presence that advocates for this generation's sons and daughters of Ephraim.
 
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From Eliyahu, latest major earthquakes.... .

quoted from his news letter: Tsiyon Messianic Radio Newsletter Vol 6.2 - 11/10/6010 TAM - 01/14/2011

Look at this list of these major earthquakes sent in by a listener:

A number of our listeners have emailed us about the mass animal deaths that have been reported around the world as the world's new year began. This global anomaly has gripped the attention of thoughtful people everywhere. While the news media tries to explain this away as "normal" even some who do not accept the Bible are not buying the trite explanations, realizing that this global aspect is a new thing. And what about earthquakes, all within about a month of the new year? Look at this list of these major earthquakes sent in by a listener:
Dec. 2... 6.9 earthquake in New Guinea

Dec. 17... 7.2 earthquake on the CA//Mexico border

Dec. 20... 5.6 earthquake in El Salvador

Dec. 21... 6.2 earthquake in Sumatra

Dec. 21... 7.4 earthquake in Japan

Dec. 25... 7.6 earthquake in Fiji
Jan 2...... 7.1 earthquake in Chile

Jan 5....... 6.6 earthquake in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.
10 minutes later, there was another quake that registered 5.5
This many major earthquakes in one place after another over a period of only one month is normal? That's what the "experts" and the news media want us to believe. Here is the truth from our Messiah:
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Matthew 24:7-8
Friends, for more on the strange events being observed in nature in these days don't miss our latest program, The Whole Creation Groans.
Blessings and Shalom,

Eliyahu ben David
www.tsiyon.org

Friday, January 14, 2011

Prophecy for 2011

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

Dr.Dell F. Sanchez and his ministery?

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"The exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev." (Obadiah 20)





Prophecy for 2011
Not Effort but Sacrifice!
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2010 included two exoduses. As we exited 2010, the weekly Torah portion led us into the Book of Exodus (i.e., exiting). I'm just now remembering that God whispered into my heart that He is ushering us into a desert-exodus experience this year.

I believe God is leading America into a desert of sorts. We're not to worry because God's intent is for our good and not for our harm. I do not think this desert wilderness will last 40 years but I do know it is intended to TEST us. Needless to say, we're at the brink of tests that come in the form of mighty shakings.

Exodus 16:4-5 says, "Then the LORD said to Moses, 'I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.'" Please note, God is saying that He wants 'to see whether we will follow His instruction' and directives. In other words, the good news is that He wills to instruct and direct us if we let Him. We have nothing to loose if we do and all to loose if we don't.

Exodus 20:20 says that Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning." His tests are intended to keep us from sinning any more. In other words, God's intent is to STOP US from sinning-because we have sinned pretty miserably.





God's test includes no less than two things.

First, God is taking our "toys" away from us. Secondly, God is requiring more than our good efforts-He is demanding sacrifice. Let me explain.

God is stripping us, including our government from the toys that have consumed much of our attention, money and time. God is stripping us of our pet projects which kept us too busy from truly listening and depending on Him. We've become addicted to the little toys that keep us so busy on an individual and a national basis. We see this in the news every single day-how God is stripping our government from material things we took for granted which led to mismanagement of God's resources. This is sending shock waves all across our nation and also affecting all nations of the world. And He isn't through with us yet.

Secondly, God is requiring real sacrifices from each and every American citizen. Situations that we could previously accomplish with some good effort will no longer work this year. God has led us to the point where we must go way above and beyond the very best efforts we could ever engage in. God is expecting us to make real sacrifices in order to attain His best for us and for our nation.

Psalms 51:16-17 reads: "You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."

In other words, God will no longer endure what we called our personal sacrifices which became nothing more than route and routine. He is requiring the sacrifices of a "broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart. . ."

This sounds much like that which God spoke to King Solomon in 2 Chronicles 7:14: ". . .if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

Now this is what I call sacrifice in this day and age in our nation-willingness to humble ourselves, a real commitment to pray and truly seek God's face and to turn from our "wicked ways." But this shouldn't be a sacrifice if we hadn't become such a proud and arrogant people.

The epitome of the sacrifice God's calling for is captured in Psalm 50:5 which says, "Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

God doesn't want another temporary or provisional commitment. He wants a permanent and irreversible covenant with Him which can take place only by our daily and personal sacrifice. This is the only way that, individually, we'll press beyond the insurmountable obstacles that lay before us. And this is also the only way that our nation might possibly remain as the number-one nation in the world. Failure to do this only spells our nation's bankruptcy.





And if our nation goes down, most Americans will go down too. Conversely, if most Americans go down, we'll pull our entire nation along with us too.

So it is that we do not need a new set of toys and addicting pet projects to keep us busy or entertained. We need 2 Chronicles 7:14 to become our daily prayer and action. We need to contract every muscle within our being to sacrifice itself so that we might finally achieve God's purpose and destiny for us and for our nation.

In conclusion, the title for the first Torah reading for the New Year reads: "And I appeared." I earnestly believe that if we follow the 2 Chronicles 7:14 formula set by The Almighty, He shall appear to our nation once again. I believe God will "hear from heaven and will forgive (our) sin and will heal (our) land" -and this begins with you and me today.

Shalom,

Dell





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