Wednesday, November 19, 2014

SHALOM TODAY KIDS Pakistan (Lehore) - Sabbath meeting

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SHALOM TODAY KIDS
Pakistan (Lehore)

Greeting to you in the Name of Messiah who is most High God!

On 15 Nov 2014 we had a wonderful Sabbath meeting with Shalom Today Kids. Good news to all of the kids was shared by another believer in Christ, Teacher Shomaila Akash. She joined Shalom Today Worldwide Ministries as a volunteer to teach the kids.

On this Sabbath she led the meeting and explained the story of “Zacchaeus”. Children took interest in that story and learned more about the life of Zacchaeus.

The theme of this story was "How we can find salvation in our lives.” If we have compassion to find Messiah in our lives like “Zacchaeus”, then we will absolutely find salvation because Yeshua is salvation.

At the end of the meeting we distributed rice among the deserving and orphan kids. They enjoyed the blessing of Almighty God.

Once again we are thankful to all of you. It will be possible by your prayers and financial support.

Love and Blessing
Mr. Moses Julius
Director

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26 Israeli Children Lost Their Fathers Yesterday

26 Israeli Children Lost Their Fathers Yesterday

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |  Israel Today Staff
The attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood on Tuesday claimed the lives of five men - four Jewish worshippers and one Druze police officer - who in turn were fathers to a total of 26 children.
Twenty-six Israeli children have buried their fathers over the past 24 hours.
But there were signs of hope in the outpouring of love and support for these children. As an example, a local resident of Har Nof who witnessed the aftermath of the synagogue attack conveyed this story:
"I was in a small supermarket in Har Nof. The shopkeeper spoke with an employee about the names of the victims, which had just been released. At that very moment, a handsome seven-year-old boy walked into the store with his rabbi. In a husky voice, the rabbi stated the boy’s name, and the shopkeeper immediately realized this was the son of one of the slain men. The rabbi quickly and subtly signaled that the boy did not yet know what had happened.
"The shopkeeper immediately ran to the boy, holding out candy and said, ‘Here, my dear, you can have what you want - do you like it here?’
"The child smiled and said yes. Then the shopkeeper whispered to him: ‘When you want something from my store, just come here and I give it to you for nothing.’
“The boy whispered back a thank you and looked happy. His rabbi thanked the shopkeeper with a nod and they both left the store. The shopkeeper could hold back no longer and broke down into tears.”
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

26 Israeli Charities that Received $2.8 Million from John Hagee Ministries in 2014


The 26 Israeli Charities that Received $2.8 Million from John Hagee Ministries in 2014

By Lea Speyer  

“Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.” (Genesis 18:18)
John Hagee
Pastor John Hagee at his annual Night to Honor Israel in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
At the recent 33rd annual “Night to Honor Israel” event held by John Hagee Ministries, 26 organizations from Israel were presented with donations that will allow them to continue their work for the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Over the years, John Hagee Ministries has given over $80 million in donations towards humanitarian efforts in Israel, cementing the strong bond between Evangelical Christians and Israel.
Here are the 26 organizations honored by John Hagee Ministries and the amounts they received.
To see 2013′s donations, click here.

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/23963/26-israeli-charities-received-2-8-million-john-hagee-ministries/#vXgJMTVmlie6fp0V.99

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/23963/26-israeli-charities-received-2-8-million-john-hagee-ministries/#vXgJMTVmlie6fp0V.99

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Was Matthew a False Prophet? - Ron Cantor

Was Matthew a False Prophet?

November 17, 2014 — MAOZ ISRAEL MINISTRIES

Ron CantorBy Ron Cantor
In Matthew 2:23 the gospel writer makes a confusing claim. He suggests that Yeshua’s going to live in Nazareth was a fulfillment of an Old Covenant prophecy:
[Joseph] went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that [Yeshua] would be called a Nazarene. (Matt. 2:23)

Anti-Messianics have sought to use this verse to confuse young Jewish believers, by claiming that the New Testament is false. After all, there is no prophecy from the Hebrew Scriptures that claims that Yeshua would be called a Nazarene… Or is there?
First of all, what is a Nazarene? In the context of the Matthew verse it would be someone who lives in Nazareth. However, one must look deeper to see the wordplay—something that was very common in Hebrew literature.
The word for Nazarene that is use in the Hebrew New Testament is natsri (נַצְרִי). The root of this word is natsar (נַצַר). From this root we get the Hebrew word netser (נֵצֵר). And a nester is a branch.
With this information, let’s see if there is anything regarding a Branch and the Messiah in the Hebrew prophets:
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.” (Jer. 23:5)
“In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land.” (Jer. 33:15)
“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.”
(Zech. 3:8)
“Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is theBranch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the LORD.’” (Zech. 6:12)
Ok problem solved, right? Not exactly, you see in all these verses the Hebrew word for branch istsemach (צֶמַח), not netser. In Modern Hebrew tsemach means plant, but since virtually every English translation of the Bible uses the word branch for tsemach, we can be quite sure that branch is the proper meaning in the Old Covenant. So despite being two different words with the same meaning, it could still be a clever wordplay between the name of the city and the Messianic prophecies:
  • Yeshua is from Nazareth,
  • So he is a Nazarene (natsri),
  • Which is the same as netzer (branch),
  • And the prophets spoke of a tsemach (branch) coming forth to be the Messiah and King.

Well, that is enough for me to see that Matthew was referring to these prophetic passages when he said that Yeshua would be called a Nazarene according to the prophets. But isn’t there even one verse that uses the same word netser for branch and refers to the Messiah? Yes!
One of the most famous Messianic prophesies of all is in Isaiah 11:
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch (netser/נֵצֵר) will bear fruit. (Is. 11:1)
So if we had any doubts about Matthew’s use of the word natzri meaning branch, they should be definitely be put to rest. And most scholars believe that Matthew had the deepest knowledge of Old Covenant prophecies. Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology states, “Matthew has a special fondness for the Messianic prophecies in Isaiah and other prophets.” It is noteworthy that they point out Isaiah from all the prophets, the book where we find the branch/netser verse.
Scholars agree Matthew was writing to Jews. He uses prophecy from the Old Covenant 62 times. It makes no sense to add the verse about the Nazarene, if it wasn’t clear to his Jewish readers what he meant. If he is making it up to hoodwink his readers, he has no need with 61 other prophecies. It would only cut at his credibility. Clearly he was referring to Isaiah 11:1 and possibly the other verses that we mentioned as well.
An interesting footnote is that the same root is used in the verb l’natser (לְנֵצר) which means to guard, to keep, to maintain. Yeshua was the only human that was able to l’natser the Law of Moses completely. So not only is Matthew not mistaken, who quotes Yeshua as saying that He “came not to destroy the Law of Moses, but fulfill it” (Matt. 5:17), he also comes across as brilliant in his ability to write in such a way that was very common in his day, and do it masterfully.
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