Dec 15
2009

2009 In Review

Posted by Myles in A Moment With Mordechai

Thank you for your participation with us in the many wonderful events and ministries of 2009! With your help we have touched the world with the kingdom of God. Here is a partial list of works with which we partnered and who you financially supported through Beth Shalom:

  • Shiloh Israel Children's Fund - Therapy Center for the victims of terror
  • Calvary Baptist Church, Bethlehem - Arab Christians preaching the message of Yeshua's love to Muslims
  • Carmel Assembly, Haifa - Seminal "One New Man" congregation, touching the poor, the addicted, the abused in all strata of Israeli society, including Jews, Arabs and Russians.
  • Rick Weinicke, prophetic sculptor - introducing his fountain of tears to pilgrims in Israel and believers in the Bay Area
  • International Transformation Network - imparting the message of the Hebrew roots of faith to 540 international marketplace, government and church leaders, many of whom received the burden for Israel
  • Ted Pearce ministries - anointed Messianic worship leader
  • Tikkun - apostolic teaching of Dan Juster, Messianic elder
  • Revive Israel - Asher Intrater, raising the next generation of Messianic leaders in Israel
  • Mofet Avi - Raising and releasing anointed marketplace leaders to touch all of Israeli society and the world
  • Sudanese refugee children in Haifa and Israeli orphans
  • Jerusalem Institute for Justice - attorneys advocating for the civil rights of Messianic Jews in Israel
  • David's Tent/Final Frontier - the Boskeys in Beersheva - training prophetic worshippers, providing anointed Biblical analysis of current  events

We also celebrated Shabbat and the feasts of the Lord with dancing, worship, the Word and 'table talk' fellowship over delicious food. God was present at every gathering with exhortation, edification and comfort. We saw physical and emotional healings as we prayed for one another. Beth Shalom hosted (along with New Life Christian Center and Santa Rosa Nazarene Church) over 500 people in two Passover Seders, where Jewish friends heard a clear connection between our ancient history and the Messiah, Yeshua. We partnered with Global Legacy/Bethel Church to bless Israel in the land with healing prayer and financial support.

What an awesome God we serve...thank you for standing with us as we look forward to even greater exploits in the coming season! We love you and it is a joy to serve together!

Myles (Mordechai) and Katharine

Nov 07
2009

God Blesses the Children of Israel and the Church Concurrently

Posted by Myles in A Moment With Mordechai

As prophetic scripture unfolds in the headlines of today's news sources, it is worthwhile to keep our eyes on the prize of the increasing kingdom of God. Around the world, good reports are being heralded; reports about people of faith walking in love and seeing outrageous merciful manifestations of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

This month's blog is an encouraging word: a reminder of the shared destiny between Christians and Jews, between the genuine church and the people of Israel. Several years ago, when we were hosting a busload of pastors and leaders in Israel we experienced a moment of joyous revelation of this truth. Rabbi Benny Elon, a distinguished member of the Knesset (parliament) welcomed our group and stated, "We (the Jewish people) are the children of Abraham, and you (the Christians present) are the children of Abraham by faith."

May the following lift your eyes to see the elegant unfolding plan of God.

God Blesses the Children of Israel and the Church Concurrently

There are over seven hundred references to Jerusalem in the Hebrew Scriptures. God clearly identifies Himself with His people, His land and His purposes.In the modern era, as God prepared to restore the Jewish people to their promised land, we can see parallels between the blessing of that restoration and the restoration in the church worldwide.In 1867, Mark Twain returned from the Middle East with a report about the desolate, rocky barren wasteland left virtually tree-less by the Ottoman Empire. You can read his observations in An Innocent Abroad.

Following are some examples of this intertwined destiny: 

Israel

The Church

Late 1800s – Theodore Herzl campaigns in Europe for the Jewish homeland to be re-established in the Biblical heartland

Late 1800s – the first waves of the modern Pentecostal movement begin

1904 – 1906 World community offers Uganda as a Jewish home, they choose to wait for“Palestine” (Roman name for Israel)

1904 – 1906 Welsh and Azusa revivals sweep the world

1947 - 1948 – The state of Israel is established, the land “smiles” according to local Arab proverbs!

1947-1948 – the Dead Sea scrolls are found, providing archaeological evidence of the inerrancy of scripture and the Latter Rain movement is launched (Billy Graham, Paul Cain, Oral Roberts, etc.)

1967 – Jerusalem returns to the Jews through a miraculous six day victory against innumerable odds

1967 – the charismatic renewal transforms mainline denominations

1973 – God preserves the tiny nation again during the Yom Kippur war

1973 – The ‘Jesus people’ see thousands saved, especially in the American West. The Jews for Jesus, established in SF at that time, raises up many leaders of the modern Messianic movement.

Life from the dead is Paul’s estimation of the Jews return to the promised land…could it be that the unprecedented harvests in Korea, China and Africa are connected to this restoration of Israel in God’s timing and providence?

 God has a shared destiny for Jews and Christians which continues today. The church, like Ruth is awakening to this connection and together we find Boaz in the harvest field…