A Letter To My Christian Brethren - Dennis McCleod, New Zealand

                          A letter to my Christian Brethren by Dennis McCleod 

After much criticism from Christians on protest lines and more, I will never apologise for standing with Israel. Here is why. To do so would be to go against the call of the Lord on our lives. About this time in 1992, after much prayer, the Lord had us give up everything, and I mean everything. So many miracles, too many to mention here, cleared the way to release us for what the Lord had planned for our future work for Him. He called we followed. [Matthew 16:24-26] Penny and I left New Zealand on the 22nd of December 92, with no church support or backing, not knowing when we would return. [Psalm 25:4-11] 

After a very eventful trip, an IRA bomb exploded near Oxford Street, London,  just after we walked by, and an emergency in the plane shortly after leaving Heathrow, requiring the aircraft to return to the airport, we finally arrived in Israel four hours late. We could find no one to meet us, which made us wonder, were we right? On exiting the terminal, there was my name on a piece of torn cardboard, under the circumstances, the greatest sign I have ever seen. [Psalm 33:4-5] Our first stop was Bethlehem, where we were employed as House Parents to around a dozen special needs children, some of whom were blind. 

 

Here, we encountered our first experience with open antisemitism from many Christian Arabs and expats from various countries. [1 Peter 5:8] We also had first-hand experience with terrorism and people being used as human shields, which included my Penny. On my removing the threat, I ended up facing a situation where only calling upon the Lord saved me from serious injury. [Psalm 91] 

During our whole time in Israel, we lived by faith, totally relying on the Lord alone, never asking anybody for anything, including finances. We were given a very small amount of pocket money in Bethlehem, plus food and board. The Lord also supplied us with a car, and as a mechanic, I repaired it for our general use. 

 

After sixteen months, our next stop was Jerusalem, with nothing on the horizon for our future. In a few days after much prayer, we had a roof over our head, food, and soon even another vehicle. [Philippians 4:19] Then we started working for a ministry called Christian Friends of Israel, a Jerusalem-based ministry helping the Jewish people of the Land. The Lord again answered our prayers, with a flat with the rent paid, of course, there were other costs we had to pay, but the Lord took care of all our needs. At the Distribution Centre of this ministry, I was the manager. 

After a month or so, the Lord spoke very clearly to me with the words, ‘You are living Bible prophecy.’ Scriptures, such as I will bring the people back to the Land, [Jeremiah 30:3] Build up the ruined cities, [Isaiah 58:12] Gentiles will help the blind, the lame, the mother with child, [Isaiah 49:22-23] we saw the Bible coming alive. We even had an occasion to see the supply of the loaves and fishes, [Matthew 14:13-21] so many miracles occurred before us. 

 

When it was time to return home, we had no funds to do so. We either walked or prayed; we chose the latter. Within two weeks, we had our fares and money for the trip home. Once home. Our future was bleak, no home, or car, no food, and with the question of how we were to make a living, again the Lord stepped in, supplying our needs, including my old job opened for me to return. It was a journey of miracles and obvious evidence that God was with us all the way. From living in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, we learnt much and grew in our understanding of the word of God. [2 Timothy 3:16-17]. 

For me to now turn my back on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, would be to say He was wrong about His promises to Israel, and the path He took Penny and me on. It was a road of learning about the Word of God and the mindset of the Middle East. Are the Israeli people faultless? Of course not, none of us are. [Romans 3:23] But for Christians to condemn, without knowing their Bible, or the past and present history, or the hurt that the terror has caused by the countless antisemitism attacks that have occurred throughout history. Can never understand the hurt that October 7th brought to the surface. 

 

Yes, to stand with the enemies of Israel is to stand against Elohim Himself. Again, I will never turn my back on the Lord, and the journey He took us on, the miracles we witnessed, the lessons learnt. To do so would be to deny my Lord and Saviour. To call for the destruction of Israel, as many do with their chants, would be to go against the Lord Himself. For the experience we had in serving in HaEretz, The Land, and continue to serve Him within Bible prophecy, all glory goes to the Lord. 

#Israel #DennisMcCleod #Jerusalem #Jews #Christians #antisemitism #ChristianFriendsofIsrael #Jesus #Savior #Bibleprophecy

Hope and Light for Eternity - Dennis McCleod, NZ

 

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Hope and Light for Eternity by Dennis McCleod

Dennis McCleod, New Zealand CFI rep 

In the words of Dylan Thomas to his dying father, "Fight against the darkness, don’t give in." There was a time the Light of the World shone brightly. He taught, He debated, and always came out on top, for no darkness can ever quell the light the Lord brings to the lives of people. [John 1:5]

Darkness is only the absence of light. But the Light of Jesus is never absent; He is there at all times and in all places. It is said a person’s heart is full of darkness, [Jeremiah 17:9] which in truth, looking at history, is only because they don’t have Jesus to bring light into their soul. But He is still there, calling, knocking at the door, waiting for His knock to be answered. [Revelation 3:20]

We have the choice to either pull the curtain back to see who is at the door or to open it. Then we can invite Him in or close the door; if we send Him away, it may be our last chance, for we don’t know what tomorrow may bring. [James 4:14] If we accept His hand that reaches out to us, with the words come to me. All who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [Matthew 11:28]

The things that befall us the next day may seem overwhelming, but with Jesus in our lives, we can overcome all things. [Philippines 4:11-13] Maybe for a time we feel all has left us, but deep down there is a light, a love that lifts the soul so we can see a future, not just now but into the far-off promise. [John 14:3]

As the years pass, the things of life build up to become a wall that seems to block our path. We look left and right, and there is no end to the wall in any direction. We look up, and it is too high to climb. There is no way forward; we are without hope, but then we look and see that Jesus has broken down the wall of partition [Ephesians 2:14] therefore, He can break down any wall that separates us from the truth of the Word that can light up our path [Psalm 119:105] when we call upon His name. [Romans 10:13]

 

Throughout history, there has always been a person raised up by God to speak about the light. People like Paul, once a hater of the Followers of the Way, who suffered and died for the truth of the Word and what Jesus stood and died for. [Romans 8:12-17]

There were the Church fathers in the early years of Ireland who lived the lives of hermits, so they could get closer to the Lord. John Hus of Bohemia spoke to the crowds about faith by confession and not by works [Ephesians 2:8] he was a light to the word of God, illuminating it into the lives of the people.

The authorities tried to silence the message of hope that He spoke from the scriptures by burning him at the stake. This act of terror against the truth did not silence it but set it ablaze for following generations, proving that the darkness can never blot out the true light.

Then came Luther, a man for the times, and the authorities also tried to extinguish this flame, teachings burnt, people killed, but a fire of the Lord can never be doused out once lit. Others followed, Tyndale, who was murdered, and Knox was put to work as a galley slave.

The Wesley brothers, who, they say, prevented a bloodbath during the English Revolution. In the early part of the 20^th century, there came the Welsh revival, which emptied prisons, put police out of work, and hospitals had far fewer patients than normal. Billy Graham filled stadiums worldwide with the message of light and hope, and the list goes on with people bringing light to the lives of thousands. 

 

Now, Gen Z, the generation of computer games and TV screens, people said, were lost. But not so, there are revivals taking place in many parts of the world. Assisting in this came a man called Charlie Kirk, who spoke and brought hope and light to thousands, a man who stood firm on the Word of God. The darkness may be thinking it has removed the flame in Utah, but as I said, the darkness can never douse the light of the Lord.

Charlie Kirk 

The light of Charlie Kirk did not start with him, nor will it end with his death. Has anyone ever tried to put out an oil fire with water? If you have, then you know how useless it is, so to try to extinguish God’s light from spreading by removing one person is an impossibility. In fact, it can have the opposite effect, as has been proven many times down through history. They killed Jesus, thinking that was the end. [John 11:50] However, on the third day, [Luke 24:2-9] a ripple started to flow around the world, which continues to this day, and the death of all martyrs has kept that ripple going near and far.

We come and we go, [Job 14:10] but the truth of the Word continues forever, [Isaiah 40:8] and no evil act can ever bring it to an end. The truth started before time began and will be here for eternity. [Matthew 24:35] For this, we can be forever grateful knowing this life may end, but eternity has been won for us through Jesus, the sacrificial Lamb, the Light of the world, that no darkness can ever remove because the Lord has won the battle against the darkness that once kept us in bondage. [John 8:36]

 #HopeandLightforEternity#DennisMcCleod #Jesus #CharlieKirk #MartinLuther #GenZ #revivals #WordofGod 

My Encounters with Anti-Semitism - Dennis McCleod

Shalom,

Over the last 30-plus years, I have encountered and suffered from anti-semitism bias, even to the point of having our house attacked, because of our support of Israel. Here are some thoughts on this situation sweeping the world today.

Blessings

Dennis McCleod

My Encounters with Anti-Semitism

By Dennis McLeod 

My first encounter with anti-Semitism was before we lived in Israel, here in New Zealand, from a visiting minister of a church stationed in Jerusalem. The words he spoke, I didn’t fully understand at that time; he was clearly trying to relay to the audience that the Jewish people should not be in Israel. A few years later, while serving in Bethlehem, anti-Semitism was very clear among several of the ex-pats working in the area. Once, an ex-pat American lady verbally attacked me for learning Hebrew while living in an Arab area. This lady also openly confessed that there should be no Jews in this area, to which my Penny replied that there would be no Jews in this area if they hadn’t tried to get them out of that area. The lady stopped talking.

            After leaving Bethlehem, we joined a ministry called Christian Friends of Israel and looked forward to serving the Lord in this new capacity with a smile and joy. A Christian Arab friend in a Bible college, or someone I classed as a friend, said I had to tell them to change their name; in other words, Christians shouldn’t be friends of Israel. Something many Hamas-supporting Christians would agree with today. I have been cursed at and told I am unsaved by such people for supporting the Jewish people. 

The first question I was asked at our new position with Christian Friends of Israel was, ‘Why does New Zealand always vote against Israel at the UN?’ Something I was very ignorant of, as this was 1994, just the start of our thirty-year journey of education on the ‘subject’ of Israel and its situation in the history of the Middle East.

            We have been asked on several occasions, "What are you doing for the Arabs, both in Israel and here in my home country?". During the 18 months we were working for the Arabs in Bethlehem, no one ever asked us, ‘what are you doing for the Jews’? Back in NZ, we met a Jewish lady, who in the 1920s, as an 8-year-old, was called a Christ killer; she had to ask her mother what was meant by what was said. In NZ, I encountered two men I knew and found to be Jewish, but they would not open up to me before knowing what we had been doing in Israel.

            While we were in Bethlehem, there was no security barrier at that time, Jewish rubbish collectors stopped entering the area because of the attacks; a Jewish truck driver delivering petrol was shot dead, Jewish guards on work sites were killed, in Jerusalem, a man was killed waiting for a bus, and girls were attacked in a schoolyard; and Christians were attacked in Bethlehem. Shortly after we moved into Jerusalem, the bus bombings started. First in Tel Aviv, then Jerusalem, and attacks on people around the country, on people waiting for a bus. 

In restaurants and pizza parlors, celebrations were bombed, and men, women, and children were killed or maimed for life. The list goes on, and this does not cover what has taken place over the last 100 years, long before Israel became re-established in their ancestral land. Especially since our time working with and for the Jewish people in Jerusalem.

            First, the Arabs used terror as an attempt to prevent the Jewish people from returning to Israel, then war and intifadas; this all failed to remove the Jewish people from the land. A new tactic was required to claim the land for themselves. During the 6-day war and the 1973 war, it became clear to Arafat that he could not win on the battlefield, so he went to the media. Here, he claimed and published that he and his people were the true inhabitants of the land. 

With this, he played on the fact that very few people knew, or still do, that few protesters, or church members, understand the history of the land, its name, and how and when the ‘West Bank’ came about. That’s another paper. This move has been very successful over the years. Today, we see the same tactic being used in different arenas.

            Hamas attacked with the plan to destroy Israel, the plots of Iran to use Hamas, Hizballah, the Houthis, and others failed. Once more, they have turned to the hearts and minds and ignorance of the public, through the media. First, it was genocide, but with the massive population increase since Hamas took control of Gaza and with no evidence of such an act during this war, once more, they have to employ something else to play on the anti-Semitism boiling just under the surface of society.

            They have the final ace up their sleeve, the hunger card. Convince the world it’s Israel’s fault that the people of Gaza are starving, with false pictures and false narratives, hiding the fact that they themselves are preventing the food distribution with the help of the UN, which evidence is now showing they have been, and it’s working. Why? Because when anti-Semitism is hovering just below the surface, it takes little shaking of the heartstrings to bring it to the surface. They have learnt well from history, where we are in the same old mindset of, It’s happening, it’s bad, Jews are involved, they must be at fault.

  Since October 7th, the anti-Semitism displayed in New Zealand has been appalling, from the person in the street all the way up to the Prime Minister. Witch hunts of the Jewish people have been openly called for, with the silence of the government deafening. In 1947, the then-prime minister, Peter Fraser, voted yes to the UN partition plan because he saw the need of the people. Whereas Holland, the leader of the opposition, would have voted no, as he was influenced by commerce with the Arab nations. 

Today, our government is following the lead of Holland because of the international trade in the Middle East. Being totally blinded by trade deals, which are being exploited by Arab nations, through lies and false information given out by Hamas. Governments are blinded by their feelings towards the Jewish people and have no idea about how negotiations work in the region or the fact that Islam can lie to infidels, especially in times of war.

            It must be remembered what has been said by Arafat in the past, Hamas, and others now: ‘First the Saturday people and then the Sunday people.’ They have also stated they will fly their flag over every synagogue and church in Jerusalem. Arafat also stated that the Oslo Accords were a temporary action until their strength increased. They themselves have warned us and continue to warn us of their plans for Israel and the world.

            Having witnessed the events in Bethlehem during that time, I saw the victory celebrations, which brought together adults and children alike. What they said and their actions about peace treaties—nothing signed means peace, simply a lull to regroup for the next stage of invasion, as demonstrated by Hamas since they came to power in Gaza. Islamic leaders have stated. Give it five years or fifty years; time is on our side, and we will take over. I would advise all leaders to pay very much attention to their rhetoric, for what they say they mean. 

Nothing the PLO, Hamas, or any other group has signed in the last fifty years has been honoured. Israel has made several peace offers, but all they have received in return is destruction. When will it end? A question that has been asked by many. Maybe when Hamas lays down its arms and releases the hostages, or when Israel lays down its arms. However, the results of the latter option have been demonstrated by Hamas, when Israel, believing things were quiet on the border, stepped back, believing a peace could be settled in the area.

#Encounters #Anti-Semitism #DennisMcCleod #NewZealand #Jews #ChristianFriendsofIsrael #Christians

The Blood of the Lamb - Dennis McCleod, New Zealand

 

Hello All,

I've been very busy, so I'm a bit behind. Sorry if there are any mistakes in this message; I was in a rush to finish it before the end of the day. However, here it is, love and blessings to all. Shabbat Shalom, and May His peace be upon all.

Dennis McLeod, New Zealand

The Blood of the Lamb

 

How can we be covered by the blood of the Lamb

Hebrews 10:19-22

"Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water."

We are told that without the Blood of the Lamb displayed upon us, we too will be passed over like the Egyptians and be lost. Why else would the Lord put such emphasis on the story of the Passover, if it was not to warn us of what is to come?

 

I have been thinking again, yes, I know, a dangerous thing. We are told we are washed by the blood of the Lamb, but when, how? It is only through Him that we gain our strength. So, when do we come into contact with the blood of Jesus to gain His strength to face the world? Some say at Baptism, as the water flows over us a symbol of being washed clean by the blood of the Lamb, and this could be right. 

 

Being born again, yes, but this is a Spiritual rebirth. This is a whole different subject, for another day. Let me suggest another time, Jesus said to take up our cross and follow Him? How can we, for we are weak, and He is strong.  It is only by surrendering to Him in our weakness that we can face tomorrow. 

 

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

 

Jesus said, Take up your cross and follow Me. [Matthew 16:24-26] Knowing what He went through, for us mere humans, is an impossible task to achieve, when we examine scripture, considering the crucifixion process that our Lord endured. 

 

Can we really take the insults, the beatings, the scourging, the pain of the nails through our flesh, holding us to the cross for hours, waiting to die?

 

The good news is, we don’t have to. Jesus gave us a way out. He did it for us, then He covered us with His blood, so we don’t have to endure the pain of such a death.

 

Jesus carried the “Yoke” of the cross, from the Roman praetorium, beaten and wounded. During that time, and when He was hoisted up for all to see what happens to sinners, His blood would have rubbed off onto the cross. The cross we are told to carry does not have our blood upon it. But the cross we are told to exchange it for is covered with His blood. Take my Yoke, Matthew 11:29

 

Just like when Simon of Cyrene carried that Yoke, the blood of the Saviour, from His wounds, would have rubbed off on him. Because Jesus took our place on the Cross. [1 Peter 2:24]

 

Any blood we now see on the cross, we exchange it for the blood of the Lamb, the sinless one who took our sins and was crucified, removing all condemnation. [Romans 8:1] When we take up our cross it is the blood of the Lamb that washes over us, not ours, accepting this, we are set free from what was to be.

 

Our blood is sinful, His is sinless. [1 John 1:7] He washes away every sin and makes us clean. [Hebrews 9:13-14] Washes us whiter than snow. [Psalm 51:7] Knowing this is Good News for whatever we face in the future. We are carrying the blood-soaked Yoke of Jesus, showing we are forever under His divine grace, giving us the strength to face anything that comes our way. 

We can go forward in confidence, washed by the Blood of the Lamb, [Revelation 7:13-14] as this world is not our home, because our future is in Heaven. Philippians 3:20 

#BloodoftheLamb #DennisMcCleod #NewZealand #Jesus #sins #blood #cross

God Changes People Through His Word One by One - Dennis McCleod, CFI-New Zealand

July 11, 2025

Dennis McLeod, New Zealand

Blessings from a wet and cold day, but the Word can warm a heart at any time, correct? The area where I was in America is where the horrific floods occurred. In Gaza, young soldiers continue to fall, and street riots are continuing in several countries. We live in perilous times, so maybe we should be spending more time on our knees and less time on our feet, just a thought. The Word of God is beyond question, so when the world is falling apart, His word can hold us together, praise His name, yes?

Many Blessings,

Dennis McCleod

God Changes People Through His Word One by One

There has been much said about the Bible, especially the fact that it has been the best-selling book ever since the invention of the printing press, year after year. Millions of copies, in nearly every language of the world, have been spread from nation to nation, from person to person. In Africa, in many cases, there may be but one Bible in a church, where it is being read until it falls apart. In the West, there may be a Bible for every person in the household, gathering dust on some lonely bookcase hidden away in the dark corner of the room. 

I left a Bible on the table in a church, so people could come and read when they had time. There were no doors or windows, just holes where they should be, so the Bible had to be stored at night to prevent it from being destroyed by roaming wild animals. I heard later that one of the local chiefs came every day to read the scriptures; after doing this for a while, he accepted Jesus as his Lord. Being an influential chief, what effect did his acceptance have on the rest of the people in his village?

 

With the coming of God’s Word, the greatest word ever extolled to the people of the world. Whole societies have been changed from just one word of scripture. My life was saved by using the name of Jesus at a man wanting to cave my skull in with a rock. They say the teachings from the word of God, by John Wesley, stopped a French-like revolution in England. 

A Chinese Pastor spent eighteen years in prison for preaching the Gospel. While he was incarcerated, his people tore pages from a Bible and passed them around, yes, just one page of a Bible, and revival happened. Where the authorities tried to squash the Word of God, the Church grew to many thousands, just by reading a few scriptures and through prayer. [James 5:16-17]

 

An army recruit in Russia was mocked and bullied for reading his Bible, but nothing could stop the Holy Spirit working in that young man’s life. One evening, the Lord even took him to Heaven. When he woke in the morning, he was standing by his bed, but still thought it had just been a dream, until a colleague asked him where he had been last night. When he asked why, he was told because he wasn’t in his bed during the night. He looked down at his bed, and it had not been slept in.

 

As the days passed, the beatings and abuse continued, but his reading of God’s word endured through the harsh punishment. Nothing they did could stop him from reading his most precious possession, his Bible. Then, finally, the government had a gang set upon him, and sadly, he died. His actions and the actions of the authorities were observed by all the members of the camp, which housed around 2000 soldiers. This alarmed the senior people, who saw and knew the testimony of the young soldier. He was able to bear all the attacks because of his faith in the Word of God. 

The scriptures gave him the strength to stand firm within the promises he knew from his daily readings. Without hesitation, regardless of the consequences, he accepted death, rather than deny his Lord. The government decided to break up the camp so the word would not spread, and no two soldiers would be sent to the same camp. Because of the young man’s devotion to the Word, two thousand soldiers were scattered throughout Russia, who had witnessed the actions of someone who gave his life, rather than deny his Lord, and there many did relate the story.

 

This is the power that we all have at our disposal. How well do we know that power, its inspired thoughts, its meaning behind every word, every dot, and stroke that Jesus said would never change? [Matthew 5:18] It is the light to our feet, it’s the lamp that guides us through the dangers of life, [Psalm 119:105] it can lift our spirits in the storms, [Mark 4:35-41] or calm the waters that are about to drown us in the worries of the world. [Isaiah 59:19] When Moses held up the Rod, the battle went well; when it was lowered, things turned for the worse. [Exodus 17:11] 

The word Rod in Hebrew is also known as an item of authority, a shepherd's staff, a help in guiding the flock. When the waters blocked their way, Moses stretched out the Rod to guide the way, which obviously exercised great power, and God parted the sea for them to cross on dry land. [Exodus 14:21-29] Holding the Bible high has the same power as it must, being the word of God. His word page after page, orders, [Exodus 20:1-21] instructions, [Psalm 32:8-9] correction, [Hebrews 12:7-10], and promises, [Matthew 28:20], the information needed to lead us home to be with the Father. 

No other item, person, or writing can give us the same hope. [John 14:6] The joy on the faces and in the hearts of people who have longed to have just one Bible, in their hands for the first time, is something to behold. I once went through a terrible incident, collapsed in a chair, and I asked Penny to bring me a Bible. Opening it,  I started to read, can’t remember where, I just read until my heart stopped thumping in my chest, and the tears ceased flowing, just reading the words settled my spirit. Jesus said, "Come to me, all who are heavy laden" [Matthew 11:28]. What promises we miss by not opening the pages of His Word. 

 

Lord help us to open our Bibles daily, meditate on them, and accept all there is within the pages for our benefit, that will guide us in all situations, to help us and be our guiding light in the name of Yeshua. Amen. John 17:20-26

           

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Am Israel Chaim - Dennis McCleod, Christian Friends of Israel New Zealand

                                             Am Israel Chaim - Dennis McCleod, CFI-New Zealand 

 

It is interesting that at the moment, the number of world leaders who are deciding not to step over the line and side with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to stand with Israel, is growing. Moses said, "Those who are for God step over here," and those who didn't failed to reach the promised land. To be born again is to be totally for God's Word and all it stands for, without questioning the bits you do not like or understand. Yeshua said – "I am the way, the truth, and the life" [John 14:6]. He is the Word made flesh, and when He speaks, He speaks from the Word that He, according to John 1:1, has manifested through.

 

To go against this Word is to go against God Himself. We read in the Book of Obadiah about what happens to those who oppose Israel, in light of the Truth of God and His Word. To claim to be born again and to say that Yeshua made mistakes, and did not mean what He said, is to read the Word from a humanistic perspective and not through the Holy Spirit's power. 

Only when we surrender ourselves to His will can He then reveal all things to us. [John 14:26] It has been reported that there is a very high percentage of American evangelicals who do not believe God gave Israel to the Jewish people. Is it any better in any other country? 

Many years ago, I attended a meeting in our city where the Dean of a Cathedral in Israel stated that the commandment, thou shalt not kill, can mean anything you want it to mean. He was trying to draw a parallel between this scripture and those that said the land had been given to the Jewish people, which was clearly against. In other words, we can interpret any scripture to follow our personal beliefs. Where does it say in the Word that we can change His commandments, no matter where in scripture they can be found; in fact, the Word clearly warns us from doing this. [Revelation 22:18-19] 

 

God has purchased us with the Blood of His firstborn, Yeshua, and this happened while we were still sinners. [Romans 5:8] He did not wait for us to repent but met us in our darkness and then brought us into the light through His love and grace. God then placed Yeshua at His right hand, and He became our only advocate with the Father, [1 John 2:1]

"What you ask in my name I will give you." [John 14:13] It is evident we can only be genuinely following the Lord if we are prepared to be totally obedient to the Father without doubting His Word. Obedience comes from hearing, believing, and obeying , not by questioning the truth of what Yeshua said or did; we must remember, He is the truth.  

In John's Gospel, Yeshua says many times, "I am telling you the truth."  He is the way; He is the shepherd of the flock.  If we claim to be a people who God purchased by a very painful price, as He watched His sinless Son, the guiltless one, die for the sins of the guilty, to bring life to the world. [John 3:16-17] Then call into question His actions, are we true followers or telling Him He has it wrong?

 

God has every right to expect us to try to be holy as He is Holy [Leviticus 19:1-2], and we do not achieve this by good works, but by surrendering to the one who set us free from the punishment that lay in our path. To be born again is a privilege, not something that we can claim for ourselves and then stand with God’s attackers. 

By attacking the Jewish people, the Apple of God’s eye, [Zechariah 2:8] is a direct attack on Elohim Himself. To be born again is to be saved by grace, a free gift of God. If we attack or abuse His chosen people,  who were chosen above all others, Deuteronomy 7:14 and confirmed in Deuteronomy 14:2 with a stronger explanation, something even many Christians call into question. 

 

God’s Word has been proven correct, time and again. I am reminded again of the words my Penny once spoke. God has been proven correct in the things I do understand; therefore, He must be correct in the things I don’t understand.

 

With this philosophy, we can move forward in the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding [Philippians 4:7], with confidence, knowing that Elohim guides us in all things, and standing with the Jewish People gives us confidence that we are on the right side of His-story.

 

God had His son die in our place that we might not only live, but come into a knowledge of Him and His Word through the power of the Holy Spirit, [John 16:7-8] If we go against Israel. The promises of God for that nation are that we are really falling under the power of the Holy Spirit, or the influence of the world?

 

We cannot claim to be born again, baptised by the Holy Spirit, then stand with God's enemies against the nation of Israel, working to destroy the Jewish people. People claiming to be Christians have abused us several times because we stand with the people of the book, as proclaimed by the very book they claim to follow. 

Living in Bethlehem,  I have seen and heard many things, PLO flag flying from a Bible college, anti-Jewish statements, suffered abuse from ex-pats just for studying Hebrew while working for the Arabs, and more.

 

The Word of God either stands forever, or it doesn't. Isaiah 40:6-8, which is repeated in 1 Peter 1:24-25, tells us it does. Yeshua clearly stated it is everlasting, [Matthew 5:17-18] for which we can be forever grateful. As I have stated at meetings, it is our time to stand, step over the line in the sand, and stand with the Lord, standing tall and clearly stating, Yam Israel Haim. The people of Israel LIVE. 

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