Love For His People

Friday, April 15, 2022

We Must Understand His Heart For Israel and the Jews – Love For His People, Steve Martin

**Around the table in Ein Gev on the Sea of Galilee: Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu, Menalu Gedamu, David Peterman, Steve Martin April 8, 2022**

April 13, 2022 Love For His People ministry in Charlotte, NC

There is a saying that “All good things come to an end.” But I say – that depends upon whom you ask.

As for me, though this latest Love For His People ministry “Ahava Adventures” journey to Israel finished for David Peterman and me on April 13, 2022, after 11 days and 10 nights in Jerusalem, it will continue to go on as the Lord unveils further what He is doing. He is the Alpha and Omega, and when He says the end is here, it is here.

For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, His Holy Spirit is speaking much. We only need to hear and obey.

It is vital for every believer, Jew and Gentile, to understand the extreme importance of their role and responsibility towards Israel and the Jews. It is not just for me and the Love For His People ministry, or the other ministries whose work primarily focuses on Israel, to know this.

It isn’t as if, “Yes, that is their thing and I have my thing and someday it will all work together thing.”

No, each believer needs to comprehend the importance of Israel and what is now, especially in these end times, happening to the Jews.

**Carolyn Hyde, Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu – April 8, 2022 above the Sea of Galilee. (Photo by Steve Martin)**

This is God’s work. It is His thing. And if we are to be about His business, and not out there building our own little kingdom, whether it is by having a “secular” job or “full-time ministry”, we must know His heart for that Land and His people and become involved with it.

It isn’t to be an “us Christians and them Jews” type of thinking.

Each one of us, you, and I must understand what the Bible expressly reveals, from Genesis to Revelation, as to how the Lord demonstrates and shares His father’s love. By giving the nations a people, the Jews, they were and are to be a demonstration, clearly and fully, of His love. He is now bringing them back, after centuries prior to His return to Jerusalem, to complete that demonstration.

As Jesus, Yeshua, came as a Jew the first time, He will be coming back, as a Jew, to set up His kingdom, in person, as He spoke of through His prophets the Jews, down through the centuries.

He is coming back to Israel to set up His throne in Jerusalem. Literally. It will be quite evident to all.

It is absolutely vital for each of us to understand if we are to really know the Father’s heart and His love for His people.

For the Body of Christ to walk in the complete calling, plans, and purposes of the One Who gave us the Plan, the Bible, we must understand Israel and be a part of His work there.

And I will say this, as clearly and as urgently as I can – for the Church to fully be what we are called to be, there must be a solid connection between Christian believers and Jewish believers for it to happen. Trying to get by without that will not work out very well.

As Dr. Phil so often says to ones who haven’t done it the right way. “How is that working out for you?”

Most of you reading this get it. You know the importance of Israel, understand what the Lord is doing with aliyah (bringing the Jews home from all the nations), and are doing what you understand you can do.

Some of you may need to have a further understanding so you too can play the key role you were created to be doing. Now. In your lifetime.

Again, “Israel and the Jews and Christians” is not just another once-in-a-lifetime sermon that the pastor should be preaching and teaching. It is the complete redemption story laid out, from start to finish, as to how the Lord is doing it. All of us need to have a clear vision and focus on this.

With Passover happening this week, it is a major annual sign to the Jews, which someday soon the Lord will open their eyes to see all along it is Yeshua, the perfect Passover Lamb, they are gathering about. They will soon know it is of the One they speak forth with their Seder meals.

With Good Friday and Resurrection Day also occurring this week, Christians rejoice and give eternal thanks for salvation which comes only through Yeshua the Messiah, Jesus Christ, with the Last Supper, and as we gather on Sunday normally with a big meal, it is further declaring to the world the Father’s love with eternal truth.

In time it will be one table we sit at together, because by then we will have come to know He has only one family.

And do you know what that table is called?

“Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelations 19:9-10, NKJV

**Yeshua (Jesus) welcomes His Bride, to sit at the table. Marriage Supper of the Lamb**

Let us pray that we start doing it now.

Ahava and shalom from Jerusalem,

Steve Martin, Love For His People

P.S. The photo above demonstrates part of what the Lord is doing – showing black Messianic Jews sitting at a table with two white Gentile believers, enjoying a nice fish dinner. I ask that the Lord will multiply this “picture” worldwide.

P.S.S. If you had been reading the previous messages, in one of my “P.S.” I wrote of David Peterman’s luggage not making it to Israel. Well, just TWO HOURS before we left the Abraham Hostel in Jerusalem to fly back to the USA, it came! Only 11 days late.

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Message #10 – in the year of our Lord 04.13.2022. – “Last Day – His Heart for Israel and the Jews: – Wednesday, 10:30 pm in Charlotte, NC

**Sharing a meal with the Messianic Ethiopian Jewish congregation in Haifa, Israel April 8, 2022**

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**Nissim & Hadassah Lerner, Steve Martin (north of Jerusalem) April 4, 2022**

Steve Martin

STEVE & LAURIE MARTIN - LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE FOUNDERS My good wife Laurie and I (45 years in October 2022!), through the ministry of Love For His People we founded in 2010, give love and support for our friends in Israel and in other nations with friendship, humanitarian aid, and social media support, along with Steve's messages, and our Ahava Adventures trips to Israel. Steve has also authored and published 33 books. We live in the Charlotte, NC area. We have four adult children, spouses, and eight grandkids.

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Monday, April 4, 2022

The Ahava Adventure Continues…Day 2 in Jerusalem April 4, 2022. Rabbi Kokeb, Avraham, and the questioning, though eager Jewish man

**Avraham Saidan in the middle, Steve Martin, David Peterman. Jerusalem April 4, 2022**

April 4, 2022 Love For His People ministry Jerusalem, Israel

Morning came early today for David and me. About 3:30 am early Jerusalem time. A lot to share but I will give you just a few of the highlights on this second day here in the Land.

With only a noontime lunch planned with our friend, Ethiopian Messianic Jew Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu, we had a few hours to let the Holy Spirit guide our steps with divine appointments until then. As we hear and obey, He is always faithful to lead and show the way.

Never miss an opportunity to have some good Israeli coffee. Starbucks never made it here in Israel. They just couldn’t compete. Just a few good ounces of the coffee that beat them out will also help get your step going. We enjoyed the cappuccino type at the Jaffa Street shop just around the corner from our stay at the Abraham Hostel. Throw in a few freshly baked pastries and the day can’t go wrong! We enjoyed the baker named May who in turn enjoyed conversing with us. And his smile added more light to the bright shop as the sun started coming up.

After completing the Israeli-style breakfast included with the hostel room, we set out east down Jaffa Street. Ben Yehuda shops were still just getting started so what would end up being a 6.7-mile walk today began as we headed towards the Jaffa Gate of the Old City.

A photo here. A few at the “I Love Jerusalem” popular photo spot helped me get my normal daily 100+ photos.

Oh yes. Because our checked luggage was still in NYC as per the American Airlines email, I had to get toothpaste, a toothbrush, some socks, etc. Just a slight adjustment on the second day of this adventure. I would have to make do with the few things I was wisely taught by an internationally traveling minister I served with, to take with you in your carryon. In case your 48-pound other full checked bag takes a side trip on its own.

It is really good to see the tourists coming back! In a report I read earlier, the travel industry is scrambling here to keep up as so many over the last two years had to find other employment due to lockdowns. For example, tour guides left previous jobs to work in the high-tech industry. For many, it was indeed a very suffering time.

Please listen to Rabbi Kokeb’s interview recorded today on our website: https://loveforhispeople.com/2022/04/04/ethiopian-messianic-rabbi-kokeb-gedamu-in-jerusalem-shares-on-the-life-of-ethiopian-jews-in-israel/)

**Steve Martin, Rabbi Kokeb Gedamu, David Peterman. Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem 04.04.22**

Many Old City shops struggled immensely, and as we walked towards the Western Wall it was very telling. A good Arab friend I had for years, named Louie from Jericho, was among the casualties. His shop no longer exists.

Once we got to the Hurva Synagogue we began to head back so as not to miss our lunch appointment. As we started out, to take the Armenian Section route through the Old City, being it is less hilly than coming the way we did, it happened. Right near the huge golden menorah encased on the plaza, ready for the Third Temple, a man in his 50s I guess asked me a question. I don’t remember what that specific question was (I am 67 mind you) but the Holy Spirit, Ruach HaKodesh certainly used it to begin the half-hour conversation David and I had with him.

His name, Israel, was searching. He was curious as to why we were there.

“Because we love Israel and the Jews. God’s chosen people.”

“You really believe that?” he asked.

“Certainly”, I replied. “Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) came to save first the Jews, and now we Gentiles, Christians, are grafted in. We love Yeshua and His people.”

While into the conversation, he told us of his rabbi father and his imma (mother) who lived in Mea She’arim, the ultra-Orthodox Haredi and Hasidic Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem. They both had survived the Holocaust. And they both told him never to believe anything about Yeshua.

And so we spoke of the Scriptures from his own Torah, which he said were never taught in the yeshiva (Bible school) he went to. The rabbis insisted the Talmud, oral traditions, were more important than the written word Torah. He never knew about Isaiah 53, which is prophesied and written by his own major prophet, of the Suffering Servant, the Messiah Yeshua, ever existing.

We could see the Holy Spirit touching his heart. We prayed with him and do hope to make further contact. Lord, continue to open his eyes to see You!

Our very good friend Rabbi Kokeb, who made aliyah (immigration to Israel) was able to join us in the early afternoon. Again, for written length purposes of this report, please hear him speak personally in the recording we made. (https://loveforhispeople.com/2022/04/04/ethiopian-messianic-rabbi-kokeb-gedamu-in-jerusalem-shares-on-the-life-of-ethiopian-jews-in-israel/)

Always a joy it is to be with my very mature friend, Avraham Saidan, who came to Israel from Iraq in the late 1940s. Now in his 80s, this dear, small stature of a man has such a big heart. Along with his two sons, David and Dan, and daughter Dahlia, they own and operate two shops on Ben Yehuda Street here in the capitol city. Helping Avraham make a phone call over 15 years ago started this lasting friendship.

I trust you are enjoying these short reports. Maybe I need to expand them further and make into a book later, with a lot more leadings of the Holy Spirit? The Lord knows…