Still Small Voice

Warm greetings to everyone. 

Jay joins me in wishing all of you a very special, happy and sweet New Year.

“They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.“ Hosea 11:10

I want to begin with this amazing news of Jews returning to Israel from the nations as never before. Look at these statistics, just in from Howard Flower who heads up ‘Aliyah” for the International Christian Embassy – Jerusalem. One of their main thrusts has always been to help Israel bring her sons and daughters home. Just look at the increases of returning Jews from across the world. All are up! Venezuela: 50%, Argentina: 70%, USA: 88%, France: 137%, Britain: 64%

I personally believe this to be the greatest prophetic sign to the world today. Jesus said: “The great trumpet [Shofar] will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.” Matt. 24:31

Father God is faithful to his written Word – The Bible. This call is very dear to our hearts. Jay and I with our young sons were pioneer fishers, in the 1970’s when we visited and encouraged Jews on every continent to return home. Latterly, we helped the Jewish and Christian Communities bring Jews home via Jay’s historic films, Apples of Gold and Gates of Brass. Fishers and Hunters my first book tells a little of the story.

What does Rosh Hashana 5782 mean prophetically?

It is to be a year when the strength or power of an ox will be given to God’s servants to carry the glory of HIS Presence. God’s Spirit will tabernacle in and through us in new strength and joy for His glory. See Numbers 7:1-5

The days of introspection and repentance culminate on Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement. I give thanks everyday that I don’t have to witness the slaughter of an innocent animal to atone for my sin. I see the ancient temple as a slaughter house with endless rivers of blood flowing down the Kidron valley. David perfected praise and worship in the tabernacle, before Solomon’s Temple. “On the last day, that great day of the feast Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. He that believes in Me as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” John 7:37

Our most favorite celebration is the joyous Feast of Tabernacles or Succot. Our custom has been to build a flimsy structure in the garden, like a play house with cloth sides and tree branches for a roof. We see the stars peeking through at night and we even sleep there on warm evenings. It is a ‘show and tell’ reminding us WHO is actually in charge of everything and WHO waits to be invited into our fragile lives to “tabernacle” with each of us. It is humbling to take time to ponder just how weak we all are without the “stuff” that chokes so many of our lives. Family and friends always join in celebration at this harvest season.The pomegranates are ripe and filled with ruby red seeds that represent the Word of God. If left on the tree, its skin will burst spewing seeds into the surrounding ground. “Oohfarratzata” in Hebrew means ‘breaking forth’, an example of what the Word should be in our own lives.

Afghanistan Refugees 

Fifty years ago, Jay and I, and son David 2.5, flew from Manila into Hong Kong. The following day our second son, James Christian was born. On his 3rd day we flew into Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma at the time, which was in the throes of a military coup. On Chris’ 5th day we flew on into Calcutta where we caught a 3rd class train to New Delhi. We travelled overland by bus into Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran on to Turkey. From Istanbul we caught the Orient Express train up through the Balkans and Austria to Luxembourg. It truly was the journey of a life time and you will be able to read about it is Jay’s upcoming book “Miracles Among the Nations”. At that time, spring 1971, the USSR was running the show in Kabul. I remember, they bulldozed down the American Protestant Church in Kabul. The US was backing Al Qaida back then? History is stranger than fiction and sadly keeps repeating itself.  Some Taliban leaders today served in Kabul at that time. The current leader of the Taliban was releasedfrom Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay prison by former President Barack Obama in a prisoner swap deal!!

Fast forward fifty very sad and destructive years and we have arrived at the cost of underestimating one’s enemy. America’s longest 20 year war bred desertion, destruction, danger as death stalks Afghanistan today. China, Russia, Pakistan and Canada are among the 14 remaining Embassies in Kabul today. The horrific T.V. clips show Americans and their Afghan sponsors at the mercy of the monstrous Taliban today. Where is America’s culpability? It is chillingly sinister. It does not bode well for anyone. Where does Jerusalem fit with the radical Taliban in Kabul? 

Israel’s Future?

Radical Islam is salivating over the Temple Mount and all of Jerusalem.

Just days ago, “Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira called upon the Taliban to declare a Caliphate and conquer and liberate Jerusalem”. EMRI TV

Will Israel recover from the Netanyahu years of deception? Example: China takes over our Haifa and Ashkelon ports as of Oct 1st for the next 25 LONG years. In our neighborhoods, high definition cameras trace our movements 27/7 using face-recognition technology. There is no inward or outward movement on our borders. Pray for Israel. What you see is not what you get, unfortunately.

The Prophets should be weeping.

We need ‘discernment’ to know the times in which we live and who and what to listen to. The LORD gave this word to Jay in 1976 and it has come to pass many many times in our lives. “When others are laughing, you will be weeping, and when you are weeping, others will be laughing.” To see with the eyes of the Spirit of God and act in obedience is an art.

“Walk in My footsteps!” 

We always seem out of step with the world but strive to stay in close touch with headquarters – Heaven! These are the “Days of AWE” all right. It’s a time for great repentance and spiritual warfare. Learning the timing of the Holy Spirit is vital. In mid-August I was completely broken for a period of days. I had to spend time in private supplicating and interceding. I felt like my heart was breaking. There was no reason in the natural, but I carried the burden for days until it lifted. Only, now I understand. Heaven searches the earth for those who will stand in the gap in devastating times. These are days when man is held in the balance and found wanting. So many world leaders are like empty shells. How drastic and tragic for their citizens first and others because of the tightening global grip on all populations.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you .” Hosea 4:6

My prayer is for Jews and Christians, the people of the Covenant among the nations to make the difference. First, we must desire God’s Presence, and willingly partaker of His principles and truth.

“Arise shine, for your Light has come…” my prayer this 5782.

COVID

COVID never left … vaccine or no; it continues to grow. What a perfect bio-weapon to disrupt every life. What a perfect scheme to divide those that take the ‘jab’ from those who choose not to. What a perfect system to conquer inordinate control and finances. What none of us want to acknowledge is that we have been lied to, even duped if you will! Pfizer have stated openly that Israel is their ‘laboratory’ for COVID. What are they doing with the information they receive? This is not a happy story, for the vaccinated and the unvaccinated alike. Today it is impossible to leave Israel and no entry is permitted for the unvaccinated.

“Israel’s COVID death toll was 500 this August. Health Ministry 

Israel has taken draconian measures to discipline the unvaccinated, isolating them from society. For example, the unvaccinated are forbidden to swim in public pools, or take driving lessons. A friend prayed: “What are You going to do for me Jesus?” She felt encouraged to go to the local Emergency and ask for a blood test. (She is a retired nurse.) A few hours later the nurse called and demanded. “When did you have COVID?”

“I was very ill in December of 2019.”

“Well, you have had COVID, and have developed antigens. We will see that you get the Green Passport.”

So now she is being permitted to move in society after almost two years.  

The Workplace in Israel:

Teachers, doctors, nurses and caregivers, will only be granted entry to their workplaces IF  – they have documentation showing they are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from the virus or test

negative for the virus within the past 72 hrs.

Officials also revealed that, starting October 1, the “Green Passport” system which allows entry to most public places to the vaccinated or recovered, will only apply for six months following either the second or third dose. Then what?

This just in from Australia: 

“I am a career nurse just one of many others who are being bullied into taking the vaccination. I am not ready for it, nor do I want it at all. I will lose my job after the 30th September. Pray for me.” K.E.

W.H.O. –4.5 million have died of COVID worldwide. 

In closing, “ Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Be on the alert because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goes about seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

“The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4,5.

My dear friends:  “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”  

 Meridel Rawlings

Meridel Rawlings Ph.D., Box 84156, Mevasseret Zion, 9079097 Israel.

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Fire Refugees 

Today, huge forest fires in Canada, California, Turkey, Australia, Morocco,  Greece and even Siberia dominate the news as hotter, drier temperatures turn living trees into kindling. In Israel, the hill country to the West, of Jerusalem went up in flames due to 3 arson attacks mid-August. One of the largest wildfires in Israel’s history ripped through the area of 10 villages, which had to be evacuated. 6,200 acres of woodlands went up in smoke in these hills. Homes were lost along with a harp workshop. An estimated 10,000 laying hens perished when their coop caught fire. It took some 1,500 firefighters from Israel, Greece, Italy and France worked nonstop for 52 hours before finally putting out the various blazes. Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem was threatened. 

Pine, cypress, eucalyptus, oak, pistachio, carob and other vegetation grow here, along with grapevines, olive and fig trees planted on agricultural terraces first built 1,000 years ago. Birds and large wild animals, such as deer, escaped their burning habitat to surrounding forests. Smaller creatures, were lost.

Photo: Fire Refugees by Mark Hobson 1989.

Please let this painting speak to you. Studying it never fails to move me. The first time I encountered a forest fire was in 1945 in the Disney movie Bambi. I think it is in us all to have strong emphatic feelings for the suffering of helpless animals destroyed by the negligence of man. This and the destruction on the forests, leaves me with a profound sense of loss. The beauty and hope I see here is that in time, forests do regenerate, and the natural species return.

But today, the scene is painful. Smoke lingers in the air, waiting to be washed away by winter rains. Israel’s first woman forester Nurit Hibsher said, “even the ashes blanketing the forest floor can be beneficial in the process of mineralization and regeneration over the next five years, but it will take 20 to 30 years to see tall trees here again. Sights like this are becoming frighteningly common around the world. In previous decades when fires were few and far between, meant forests had time toregrow before the next blaze. With climate change the period between fires is getting shorter.”

Israel also suffers fire terrorism, particularly the Gaza border communities. They remain under frequent attack from one end of the year to the other. Hamas sends incendiary balloons and kites, which systematically destroy crops and domestic and wild animals! 

Our friends and neighbors Shoshanna and Micah Harrari watched helplessly as their harp workshop went up in flames. She writes: 

“No, none of the harps were able to be saved, except my own personal one, because it was at home and not in our work shop. I imagine that as they went up in flames, their last sounds were melodies of peace and healing lifted heavenward on the wings of the flames.  Perhaps they played out of pain of nations and peoples of the world suffering through their own fires of affliction. They were a “corban”, a sacrifice, and I hope they carried a blessing as they left this world for Gan Eden to join the heavenly orchestras of the angels.”

Photo: Micah and Shoshanna Harrari, creators of Harrari Harps

I was touched deeply by Shoshanna’s insight and inquired; “LORD, why was their workshop lost?” The answer came swiftly:

“From this place of craftsmanship, I received praise and worship through the work of dedicated hearts and hands. The ‘enemy’ that ‘bent one’, hates the sound of the harp and tried to stop it.  But, watch what I shall do in the future. Worship to me shall break forth from all quarters, for these Hills of Benjamin will come alive with worship. What the enemy meant for evil, watch Me turn it for good.” 

“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Meridel Rawlings

Dr. Meridel Rawlings, Box 84156, Mevasseret Zion, 9079097 Israel.

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Hello friends:

Oh my, I think the entire world is enjoying these summer days as never before. We do remember Canadians grappling with forest fires, and Germans with the worst flood in a thousand years. Israel in lock-down once again because of the COVID Delta variant. But, warm sunshine and flowers lift our spirits. This morning my family read: “The earth is the LORD’S and everything in it; the world and all who live in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.”  Psalm 24:1,2 New Covenant Prophecy Edition

Where is Albania?  it sits just north of Greece on the seacoast. It is a balmy summer evening in tiny Albania. I write, from Saranda, a key tourist city on an expansive bay just opposite the Greek Island of Corfu. Until this week it had remained a land of mystery to us. The people here have suffered! The Nazi’s take over in WW11 morphed into the grip of Communist control until finally a revolution brought release in 1992. We see sinister evidence of that iron grip in gun turrets, and awful hulking dead communal buildings. Even down on the magnificent turquoise seashore shadows of death persist. The concrete evidence of expansive military facilities and hidden Russian submarine bases cast a dark shadow, even on a sunny day.

I am so happy to announce that my son Chris is able once again to help with all the work involved in getting this letter up on my website and my book published. We have worked together going on 25 years now. Shelly, Daniel’s wife posts my work on Facebook. She is convinced that is where I need to be. Daniel does all of the film work, and our eldest David helps out with editing when he can, as he is in charge of film production for Israel’s Ministry of Health. Jay and I and our sons represent a family in concert, trying to work for the good of all.

The hard working people create a bright contrast. Locals take care of what little they have. A brand new nation and history are in process here. Jews arrived in 70 A.D. with the destruction of the Temple and dispersion as Roman slaves, who prospered in time. Today, Saranda is the holiday destination on the sea, founded 5,000 years ago. We took note of the former Jewish synagogue, just a historical footnote today, built in the 3rd and 4th century CE. Interestingly, Jay and I each gave a short TV interview for a reporter from ABC-TV about the synagogue. The remains are carefully preserved near a large Catholic Church. 

“How did I feel seeing this ruin?” I was asked. “I am encouraged. It represents ‘roots’, and our roots are alive and well. Israel is a first world nation today brought back from a ruin just like this.” The Muslim mosaic makes up 57% of the population of 3 million. Their ’call to prayer’ is muted, not blaring as in Israel where all differences are so painfully pronounced. Respect for one’s fellowman is the rule, religion takes a backseat. We would do well to take note.

Hidden Treasure

“I met Manual!” Jay just got the car washed. “He is a go-getter, graduated from high school and heading for military service this fall. I told him about being born from above, found in John chapter 3.“

“What does that mean?” he asked. 
“Just ask the LORD to be born from above.” I encouraged.
“Yes,” without a moment’s hesitation, he responded, “I will do that! In the next breath, “where are you from?” 
“Canada/Israel” I replied. 

He volunteered: “My Grandparents hid Jews during WW11! As a matter of fact, before WW11 the population of Jews in all of Albania was a mere 200. But after the war was over, there were 3,000 accounted for. You see, people here gave them forged documents, jobs in plain sight and hiding places to survive.”

This is the only nation in Europe with less Jews before the Holocaust than after. We respect Jews and modern Israel.”  We are finding treasure here.

In 2015,  Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said: “Albania is proud to have been a country where no Jew was released to the Nazis, and where there are incredible stories of Muslim families who protected Jewish families.”

Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu said of Albania: “We never forget our friends and we appreciate their display of humanity, civility and courage in our darkest hours.”

Can you join Jay and I in praying: God Bless Albania?

Meeting the Locals

We are staying in a Muslim home. The lady of the house greeted us this evening, offering fresh honeycomb from their beehives. As we ate in our room, Jay and I sang Psalm 19:10. Tonight is their Feast: Eid al-Adha. Ramadan ends remembering the Islamic tradition of Father Abraham. They teach, he offered Ishmael (not Isaac) to God. Every people-group cries to be special, to be chosen. It is a need in every human heart. Even cults fake exclusivity, playing into that human craving. But mankind IS blessed and special because ALL were created to be loved forever. “I have loved you with an everlasting love.”  Jer. 31:3 So cried the prophet Jeremiah to a people who had turned their back and did not want any of it. Yet today, the message has gone out around the world and billions believe in the love of a Savior. Hallelujah. See Jeremiah 31:31-34. Last night Jay said to a fellow in full Albania traditional dress: “God loves you!” His immediate response; “God loves, everyone! Thank you.”

The tourists drive large shiny black cars. The locals ride bikes or motor scooters. Many houses are still in the building stage reminding us of Israel in the 70’s. The town itself is glitzy with lots of seaside restaurants and night clubs. The people are very kind and bright. They have light complexions and beautiful green, gray or violet eyes.

We engaged in the following conversation with our waiter today. His name is Sony. At an appropriate moment Jay told him that he is loved by God, and added; “Jesus is crazy about you.” He flashed an appreciative smile and said: “You know, I am an only child, and my parents died ten years ago. I have thought a lot about God. For me the most important thing is to respect my fellow humans. They are my brothers and sisters. Thank you for this!” Then I got up and said, “I am here to give you a hug from your Mama.” He was so thrilled, and not the least bit self-conscious. 

We have found all we have met to be curious, talkative. wanting to communicate. I feel that ‘revival’ could break out, all we have to do is strike a match. Pray for Albania. A State in flux, headed for the big leagues very soon. 

Aliyah from France: “I say to the north give up, and to the south, keep not back, bring my sons and daughters from the ends of the earth.”  Is. 43.

Howard Flower who heads up the Aliyah Dept. for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem writes:

“Meridel, Aliyah from France has doubled already this year. The seeds you have sown in France  and Europe are for sure bringing a harvest today. I have been working on Aliyah  from France since 2006 and yes, this is a really happy day. Angels are rejoicing. May those who have eyes to see, rejoice and be glad. Please be blessed!”

From 1974 -1976 Jay and I lived in southern France. We visited Jewish Communities in Eastern Europe, the French, Spanish and Italian Rivieras, and Holland. In the Vatican in Rome to prayed for Cardinals to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. It was the time of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. You can read about these adventures in my book Fishers and Hunters, available on Amazon under Dr. Meridel Rawlings and soon to be released, Miracles Among the Nations by Jay Rawlings.

Aliyah-Immigration Surge from North America

Historic high numbers, of 5,000 souls are expected to immigrate to Israel from N. A. in 2021; a 42% increase over the annual average.

South Africa in Chaos

The ICEJ, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem came to the aid of desperate South African Jews by paying for them to be air-lifted out into the safety of Israel. The world wide move of “Aliyah” is surging worldwide. Watch what the LORD is doing!

Ben and Jerry’s of Ice-Cream Fame

The head of their Board of Directors is a rabid anti-Semitic. She is using her power to bash Israel. She affirmed globally that NONE of their products will reach The West Bank, (Judea and Samaria) in Israel. She just happens to be born of Palestinian parentage and sadly, is obsessed with Jew-hatred. 

The Pay to Slay Program: 

A Palestinian official stated that the financial reward paid to parents, spouses and children of Palestinians killed while committing terror attacks, or attempting to hurt a Jew, receive monthly stipends. I quote: “The Palestinian Authority’s terror rewards are anchored in all the international conventions and treaties, because terrorist prisoners are “freedom fighters.”  He cites the UN member state ratified Geneva Convention as the authority for his claim. What you think is important …

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Love and Blessings to you from,

 Meridel Rawlings.

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You are a blessing to us! Thank you for your letter. I wish you could have joined Jay and I in Galilee to celebrate 62 good years of friendship with a former classmate of mine. Leaving the pressure of Jerusalem, we just loved the pastoral vistas. We circled the entire sea, which is almost overflowing, still. What a miracle year it has been for water. We believe this is a foretaste of the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The land has been satiated, but Israelis who are so hated, are dry, thirsty, cranky, stressed and impatient. To many “God” is not a friend. All of this is subject to change. Join us in actively working toward the coming revelation of “Abba” in heaven who loves us all, in our poor estate. Keep praying saints! “I hear the sound of the abundance of rain.”

Pray also for our new government to pull together in the midst of determined ill-will and lies by the opposition. In 52 years, never have we seen such ‘ill will’ against fellow parliamentarians. We counter with prayer warfare. David countered Goliath: “I come to you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you’ve taunted.” 1 Sam. 17:45b Jesus, when tested by the tempter the 3rd time with world power and rulership over the nations if He would fall down and worship this father of lies countered with: “ Go away, Satan! For it is written and forever remains written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.;” (Deut. 6:13) Matthew 4:9,10.

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Dear Friends:

“ … and  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes;

 and there will no longer be death; 

there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, 

or crying or pain; for the former things have passed away.”  -Rev. 21:4

The missile attacks from Gaza were eleven days of hell. Our neighbours mischief never stops. The foment began right in the heart of Jerusalem at the Damascus Gate and on the nearby rapid transit train. Palestinian youth dared to assault Jews and post their disgusting attacks on ‘Tik Tok’ so the whole world could see what low-lives they are. Then young Israelis began to fight back, but the whole world went crazy too. Both Israelis and Palestinians were fleeing the missiles. Jews in every major city found themselves being preyed upon, hounded, beaten up, screamed at, threatened with rape and death. 112 synagogues burned, hundred of homes were sacked and many others damaged in the heart of Israel. This madness continues worldwide. “the beast was given power to make war with the saints.” -Rev.13:3

“No, no!” You say.“You’ve got it all wrong, that scripture happens during the tribulation.” Forget your neat charts and doctrines and open your eyes. With anti-Semitism exploding globally. Jews are not safe on any street worldwide or in their homes,neither are you! Pay attention, and wake up!

The Still Small Voice

I was sensing that I needed to go on a water fast. I am no stranger to fasting and have done several 40 day water fasts in the past. So I prayed and the answer to my query came, swifty and quietly. “Begin on Monday.” God never wastes words.That Monday just happened to be May 10th when the war broke out in full force. 4,000 rockets were launched into civilian areas in Israel including Jerusalem. Don’t forget the mortars. Together, Hamas launched 7,000 devices against us. It was war. Our kids slept in the family room on ground level so when the sirens went off they could rush immediately into our bomb-shelter which is just off the kitchen. This is tough stuff with a 3 month old baby and his mother. But the truth in, trauma set in nationwide. Daniel’s only comment: “At age five, I remember running into the sealed room. You clamped a gas mask over my face, before the rockets fell. That was Saddam Hussein’s Gulf War. I never imagined that my infant son , Ryan, would also have to listen to ear-splitting sirens and wait for the ‘thud’ of rockets. At 3 months he slept in our bomb shelter!”

Israel took this attack as an opportunity to dismantle 40% of the Hamas military infrastructure in Gaza, including 60 miles of underground tunnels large enough to drive jeeps through. Sadly, Hamas uses the ‘human shield’ approach and hides behind their desperately poor civilians, especially the children making Israel into heartless murderers. They are EVIL and profit from the endless suffering of their poor. 

Meanwhile, three women from the family of the leader of Hamas, as undergoing serious medical treatment in Israeli hospitals. One is a 17 year old niece, who has already received a month of bone marrow transplants for cancer. Most people choose not to believe that Israel at her heart is a humanitarian people. We Rawlings have lived here 50 years. Seeing is believing my friends! All the while rockets are thrown at us by the blood relative of these women. Yes, this has a touch of insanity to it.

Friends in Finland, Norway, Canada, the USA and Australia called to pray with us. My Canadian family were silent except for one call from my 92 year old uncle. A nephew wrote to say there was very limited news coverage in Canada and that it was all pro-Palestinian. Its time to wake up! I fasted for six days until I could go no further. I don’t have the physical strength of the past, but I believe my prayer power has grown and so I poured out in prayer and continue to do so.

Jerusalem, if I forget you …

My son Josh asked his Dad the other day. “What really fuelled you and Mom to live such risk-taking adventurous lives?” Quietly his Dad responded: “People. We love people, all kinds of people! We love to see them blessed.”  I learned this vital lesson from my dear Mom. Love what God loves and hate what He hates! He does not hate people, He hates Evil! She loved people and taught her children how to love the unlovely.  So friends, if we love God, and allow Him to love through us, we will love people and we will love Jerusalem. 

To take your spiritual temperature check out what you spend your time thinking about? Where are your heart emotions and thoughts? That is where you are. It’s just that simple. One of the central themes of the Bible is the city of Jerusalem, mentioned 660 times in the Hebrew scriptures and 146 times in the New Testament. That mysterious word “Zion” appears 165 times. Therefore reference to Jerusalem is found close to 1000 times in the Bible. It is the only city called “holy” in all of scripture. Pause and think of that.

Jerusalem is close to God’s heart. He loves it and has glorious plans for its Redemption along with each one of us. He has put his NAME here. “This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it. My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Ps.132:13-14. Is. 56:7

WARNING

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.”  Zechariah 12:2-3

In Jerusalem, history was chiseled out by the Hand of God and Salvation was created for all men. This city will be the future throne of God’s Messiah,  who will rule over all nations with a rod of iron. Yes, before hand, we are assured of conflict involving all nations. But we are witnessing the untoward events from another perspective. We perceive paving stones being laid down with each attack; creating an avenue for the return of the KING! If you want to discern the times in which we are living, just look to Jerusalem.

“Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” Luke 21:24

We are promised:

“ … and  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying or pain; for the former things has passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

That divine act of love is given to every man, woman, boy and girl on planet earth. We have a Father in

 Heaven who loves us. What good news to this fatherless and motherless generation of lost youth!

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency –  17 Sivan 5781 – May 27, 2021

Israel welcomed a wave of more than 500 new Olim (Jewish immigrants) from more than 20 countries this week, according to figures from The Jewish Agency for Israel, which has billed this an “Aliyah Super Week.”…

The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) joined in as one of the main supporters of this effort and sponsored flights for 148 new immigrants. My first book “Fishers and Hunters” is all about the call of Jews to return home to Israel. It has never stopped happening! God’s Word is ever-living.

The Health Tip of 2021

And the dream!

“How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity …

It is like the dew of Mount Hermon coming down on the hills of Zion;

For there the LORD has commanded the blessing; life forevermore.”

 Psalm 133:1,3

We send love and blessings to you from Jerusalem.

Meridel and Jay and family

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