Why I Go So
Often To Israel
“Then I will reverse your exile. I will gather you
from all the nations and places where I have driven you,’ says Adonai, ‘and
bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’ (Jeremiah 29:14, Complete
Jewish Bible)
“So why do you go to
Israel so often?” I was asked recently, after returning from my most recent time to that nation traveled many times to over the past decades. That was followed with the statement,
“Your sister asked me”, from an immediate family member. I am sure they were
wondering the same.
I am quite positive others
have thought that too. “Well, he’s just a bit …..?” I must admit that that has been
spoken by more than one too.
Why not spend the money
on a dream vacation to Hawaii, or a week-long cruise to the Bahamas; or a rented car tour throughout France or other parts of Europe? Hey, why not even a night out
at Wrigley Field, which some still hold dear to their hearts. That would only
cost a mere $200 or so, depending on seats, food, parking, and more.
Simple answer: the Lord
has given me that privilege, honor, and life’s purpose, and I know it clearly. Even
before I was prophesied as being called as a “scepter for Zion”, when I was
ordained in 2003 in the little town of Pineville (kind of like Bethlehem is to
Jerusalem in size and distance, but in this case, Charlotte, North Carolina
where we have lived the past 25 years, since 1994) it had been firmly planted
in my heart.
“Privilege?” you write?
“Called?” you ask? “Honor?” you say? What is a scepter for Zion anyway?
Let me tell you.
Since that cool, August
night at the Mackinac Island, Michigan Christian conference back in 1978,
Derek Prince with Steve & Laurie Martin Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 1988
Having been raised a
Catholic, I had been wrongly taught that the Roman church was now “Israel”;
that all that had been promised to the Jews and their Promised Land had been
passed onto the ones Yeshua (Jesus) had called Himself to be His disciples (not
pope) – Peter and His followers. Starting just a few decades after His ascension,
and definitely by 330 AD, with the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, that church organization
has been trying to, and has accomplished much, in “de-Jewing” the very
foundation of the Judeo-Christian faith.
Having falsely claimed
this as the truth, the Replacement Theology theory, which I didn’t even know
about until a few decades ago, has consumed the masses, declaring that the
Church has replaced Israel and all the promises pertaining to it and the Jews.
That is what the Deceiver
and Liar does – he twists the truth until people, in their accepting deception,
can’t see the truth being eliminated, even as it is happening right in front of
them.
So prevalent today in
the societies of the nations worldwide, even that which has been rightly known
as blatantly wrong is now considered right. Evil has replaced good as the
accepted norm.
When it comes to Israel
and the Land belonging to the Jews, as given to them by the Creator of the Universe, God Almighty, it has now been long taught throughout all reporting
and newscasts that they, Israel and the Jews, are wrong, and everyone else is
right. How absurd!
It is because He is
right, stated for all ages in His Word, that I go to Israel so much. To stand
with my friends the Jews while at the same time counting myself among those who
do, and forever will, continue to do so, is a privilege and honor.
The Lord is returning
His people to their Land. It is called aliyah. I see it. I know it. I stand
with them in the midst of it, in the very land of Israel.
"For on My holy
mountain, on the high mountain of Israel," declares the Lord God,
"there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land;
there I will accept them and there I will seek your contributions and the
choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. As a soothing aroma I will
accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands
where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of
the nations. And you will know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the
land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers.” (Ezekiel
20:40-42, NASU)
This is just one verse
out of the entire Bible where He proclaims, He will bring them back.
I believe God. I believe
in His Son, Yeshua (Jesus). I trust the Third Person of the Trinity, Holy
Spirit. Therefore, what They have had written about Israel, from beginning to end,
I don’t twist and turn for my own theological purposes. I take it for what He says it says
and go with it.
That makes it right. No one or no other will change that.
One thing I can further be
sure is this, that even as the rest of the world shakes, rattles and rolls, the Lord
reigns, His Word is true, and those who stand committed to His purposes,
knowing the end of the Book, will, in the end, see His long-time plans fulfilled.
Thank you, Yeshua. And
thank You for the friends and relationships You have established, and continue
to expand, as we bless Your people in Israel. The rewards promised are even
greater.
Now think of this,
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People,
Inc.
P.S. On May 10 I returned from my 20th
trip to Israel. And guess what? I brought back for you my last 58 short videos
I entitle “Walk With Me in Israel”. Watch them here on our YouTube channel: Walk With Me - Israel May 2019
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Now Think On This #422 - in the year of our Lord 05.15.19 – “Why I Go So Often To Israel” – Wednesday,
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Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Steve!
ReplyDeleteThank you Steve for your steadfast faithfulness to G-d and to the Jewish people..and you are so right...It's a no brainer as it's in the Word of G-d, The Bible...
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