MENCIPTAKAN SUASANA UNTUK TERJADINYA MUJIZAT – Create The Atmosphere For Miracle

“Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya barangsiapa percaya kepada-Ku, ia akan melakukan juga pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang Aku lakukan, bahkan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang lebih besar dari pada itu. Sebab Aku pergi kepada Bapa;” (Yohanes 14:12)

 “Dan Tuhan menguatkan berita tentang kasih karunia-Nya dengan mengaruniakan kepada mereka kuasa untuk mengadakan tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat.” (Kisah 14:3)

Tuhan meneguhkan kesaksian mereka oleh tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat dan oleh berbagai-bagai penyataan kekuasaan dan karena Roh Kudus, yang dibagi-bagikan-Nya menurut kehendak-Nya. (Ibrani 2:4)

Ada 3 hal dasar yang membantu kita untuk menciptakan suasana untuk terjadinya mujizat :

1.        DOA, PUJIAN DAN PENYEMBAHAN – Pray, Praise and Worship HIM Unceasingly

Ø Suasana terjadinya mujizat tentunya tidak lepas dengan yang namanya datangnya hadirat TUHAN dan hadirat TUHAN tidak lepas dari doa, pujian dan penyembahan, sebab TUHAN hadir dan bersemayam diatas doa, pujian dan penyembahan umat-Nya.

 

  “Sesuai dengan perintah itu, kepala penjara memasukkan mereka ke ruang penjara yang paling tengah dan membelenggu kaki mereka dalam pasungan yang kuat. Tetapi kira-kira tengah malam Paulus dan Silas berdoa dan menyanyikan puji-pujian kepada Allah dan orang-orang hukuman lain mendengarkan mereka. Akan tetapi terjadilah gempa bumi yang hebat, sehingga sendi-sendi penjara itu goyah; dan seketika itu juga terbukalah semua pintu dan terlepaslah belenggu mereka semua.” (Kisah 16:24-26)

Ø Orang-orang yang tidak berdoa, memuji dan menyembah Tuhan adalah orang-orang yang tanpa mereka sadari membuat dirinya untuk tidak pernah menerima apapun dari surga termasuk juga mujizat-mujizat yang diperlukan. Karena itu janganlah kita henti-hentinya untuk memuji, menyembah dan berdoa kepada Tuhan untuk menciptakan atmosfir surgawi yang mendatangkan mujizat karena keintiman kita dengan TUHAN YESUS.  

“Kamu tidak memperoleh apa-apa, karena kamu tidak berdoa.” (Yakobus 4:2b).

 

2.       PERKATAKAN FIRMAN dan JANJI-JANJI TUHAN – Standing On The Promises of God

Katakanlah kepada mereka: Demi Aku yang hidup, demikianlah firman TUHAN, bahwasanya seperti yang kamu katakan di hadapan-Ku, demikianlah akan Kulakukan kepadamu. (Bilangan 14:28)

 

Ø Menciptakan suasana untuk terjadinya mujizat tidak terlepas dari memperkatakan 

   janji-janji TUHAN yang tertulis dalam FirmanNya, perkataan-perkataan yang

   memberkati serta perkataan-perkataan yang keluar dari iman kita.

Contoh :

o    Setiap pagi memperkatakan : Aku memiliki jantung, paru-paru, ginjal, dll yang sehat dalam nama TUHAN YESUS karena Ia telah menanggung segala macam penyakit dan kelemahan tubuhku diatas kayu salib.

o    Setiap pagi ketika bangun tidur bersorak-sorailah dan perkatakan dengan bersuara : Dalam nama Yesus aku menyatakan hari ini adalah hari mujizat bagiku, hari kemenanganku, hari terobosanku. Aku menerima mujizat yang aku nantikan, aku meraih kemenangan, aku menerima terobosanku dengan iman di dalam darah Anak Domba yang telah menghancurkan segala pekerjaan iblis di bawah kakiku.  

Ø Janganlah bersungut-sungut dan berkata-kata hal-hal yang negatif pada saat engkau melihat janji Tuhan belum terjadi dalam hidupmu,  tetapi ingatlah : “Janganlah engkau lupa memperkatakan kitab Taurat ini, tetapi renungkanlah itu siang dan malam, supaya engkau bertindak hati-hati sesuai dengan segala yang tertulis di dalamnya, sebab dengan demikian perjalananmu akan berhasil dan engkau akan beruntung.” (Yosua 1:8) 

Ø Janganlah rasa takut dan kekhawatiran mendominasi pikiran dan perkataanmu : "Karena itu Aku berkata kepadamu: Janganlah kuatir akan hidupmu, akan apa yang hendak kamu makan atau minum, dan janganlah kuatir pula akan tubuhmu, akan apa yang hendak kamu pakai. Bukankah hidup itu lebih penting dari pada makanan dan tubuh itu lebih penting dari pada pakaian? (Matius 6:25)

Siapakah di antara kamu yang karena kekuatirannya dapat menambahkan sehasta saja pada jalan hidupnya? (Matius 6:27)

3.    JAGA HATI DAN PIKIRAN - Carefully Guard Your Heart and Thoughts

 

     Jagalah hatimu dengan segala kewaspadaan, karena dari situlah terpancar kehidupan. (Amsal 4:23) 

Ø   Jikalau engkau sungguh ingin melihat dan mengalami kebaikan Tuhan termasuk mujizat mujizat yang engkau rindukan maka salah satu hal yang krusial adalah untuk  Menjaga hatimu baik-baik!!!  Untuk terjadinya mujizat kita harus menjaga hati kita dengan penuh kewaspadaan penuh!!!  Karena suasana hatimu menentukan.

Ø   Jagalah hati kita dari kesombongan, dari sakit hati, dari kepahitan, kekecewaan dan kemarahan dari dendam, dari keputus-asaan, dari tawar hati dan kasih mula-mula yang padam, juga dari segala rasa khawatir, bimbang dan keraguan yang merupakan wujud dari ketidak-percayaan bahwa Ia pasti akan menjawab segala permohonan kita dalam kebaikanNya.

 

      Dari Daud. Jangan marah karena orang yang berbuat jahat, jangan iri hati kepada orang yang berbuat curang; sebab mereka segera lisut seperti rumput dan layu seperti tumbuh-tumbuhan hijau. Percayalah kepada TUHAN dan lakukanlah yang baik, diamlah di negeri dan berlakulah setia, dan bergembiralah karena TUHAN; maka Ia akan memberikan kepadamu apa yang diinginkan hatimu. (Mzm 37:1-4)

Tuhan Yesus Memberkati,

Joel Harahap

I AM BACK - In ADAR GOD Has An AHA Moment for ME

“The Lord is close to the broken hearted and the oppressed.” Psalm 34:18

Have you ever faced something in your life that seemed to isolate you from the rest of the world?

Did you feel like you could see the community, but you just couldn’t participate in it,  pushes you away from being able to interact with life.

Although you may have become unreachable to society, Jesus can meet you right at your pain.  That’s what He does best. He steps beyond the boundaries of human limitations to walk into your hell and raise you to life again. What an awesome God we serve! He will go through the trials over again just to help you through it. All you have to do is ask and trust that he is Lord of your life!

Lord, bind up my brokenness and take away the pain crushes my heart.  Lord bring me back to the reality of who I am in You.  Show me that my brokenness and pain is not the end.

“My God, My God why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?” Psalm 22:1

Do you feel alone, disfigured, and dishonored in your pain? Is life and joy draining from your personality? Welcome to Gehazi’s hell, the neighborhood where dying is actually easier than living.

That is what leprosy does. It isolates, disfigures, and destroys you. Not only do you die, but you die alone. And you die a disfiguring and painful death.

With each passing day, the disabling effects of neuropathy (death of the nerves) continue to aggressively advance from the extremities of the toes and fingers toward the heart.

The curse of numbness robs its victims of freedom, independence, and the ability to interact with the world around them. We even see this curse attacking the souls of our Prozac society, inducing a paralyzing, and crippling numbness of spirit-producing an unfeeling, uncaring, numb nation.

This leprosy attitude seems to be spreading. We feel all alone, pushed in a corner, like no one understands, when maybe God is pulling us away from people to be closer to Him. He hasn’t forsaken you - maybe you just refuse to let loneliness be a good thing.

“For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,”Isaiah 46:9-10

Learn from the mistakes of others. It is never okay to resist God. He is sovereign. If you decide to deliberately go against Him, the consequences may extend beyond you. It can affect those you love. Obey and honor God at all costs, He will meet you where you are.

Lord, help me to obey Your word and Your will. Keep my heart pure so that my family and I will be pleasing to You and blessed by You. You are the true God. I will obey You!  Amen

Every great mystery has an “AHA!” moment after the climax.  God’s “AHA!” moment for you is simply the knowledge that God can provide new beginnings to the “dead ends” you encounter in life.  This is where you find your greatest comeback.  This is the season of seeing dreams come true.

Sometimes you have to apply unprecedented effort to preserve what God has given you. That truth often just doesn't register with some people who get blessed or have something restored to them by God.

Do you wish to receive a miracle from God? Are you willing to step out of your situation and “come— back” to your first love?

God has a miracle in store for you. It is a father's nature to give sacrificially to his son and daughter. God is no different! He wants to bless you exceedingly and abundantly more than you can even imagine. Once you receive your miracle, however, it is up to you to preserve it and protect it.

I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until You restore me?- Psalms 6:3

Lord, You're never going to give up on me. I am thankful that I will always have Your support. I believe that if You restored Gehazi after the things that he did, that You can do the same for me ! Amen

I have some good news for you. I believe there can be a “fullness of time” for you! I believe that God is going to fulfill every good word spoken over you. I believe your promises are pregnant and about to give birth!

Lord, I believe in You and Your promises. I know that in Your time You will fulfill the promises You have made in my life. Forgive me for forgetting the blessings and the promises that You have already fulfilled in my life. I look forward to receiving all You have for me!

The due date for the delivery of God's promise came when Gehazi mysteriously resurfaced from the depths of leprosy with new life and fresh favor. Somehow this man went from serving the prophet to serving the King. We know that much, but there are at least seven years of shrouded mystery to unravel before we can connect the two points.

Something happened that was powerful enough to transport Gehazi from hobbling with lepers in earthly hell to hobnobbing with a King in the royal palace of Israel ! Somehow, sometime during those dark days and years of hell on earth, God set the stage for Gehazi's miracle comeback. And this one looks like an ultimate turnaround of true biblical proportions. How did God do it?

This reminds me of another time and another mystery. On this occasion, everyone involved in the story was confident the condemned man was down for the count. He could never come back—all of the “i's” were dotted , all of the “t's” crossed.

The Pharisees, lawyers, and scribes knew their stuff—this man had been convicted of blasphemy and turned over to the Roman executioners. His fate was sealed—and for good measure, they sealed his tomb too.

Everything that could be done had been done. Their greatest enemy was now their greatest trophy. His body was wrapped in the grave, and all hope of His kingdom coming was over. Then it happened.

Hell's broken gates and death's shattered grip announced an escape! And Heaven announced, “He's back!” No one knew how it happened or how He did it. But Hell knew the party was over. Jesus was alive again! He's back!

The words, “He's back!” sum up what we know about Gehazi. This begs the question, “How did he get ‘back'?” How did he make such an ultimate and unlikely comeback? Is this kind of miracle turnaround available for everybody? Can you turn such a bad night into a good day?

The answer is Yes!

God provided an ultimate comeback for both Gehazi and His own Son, Jesus! If you have accepted Jesus, you are now in His family. What does that mean? It means that we are now sons and daughters of creation's Father. In God, we are joint heirs with Jesus! Did you get that? We don't just get the leftovers or the hand-me-downs of Jesus; we get the same exact quality as He does!

God has already planned your comeback. If God provided a way for His Son to come back from the grave, God has made a way for you, His child, to turn back to an abundant life in Him.

God, I thank You for being my father. I know that it is Your desire to see me succeed, even when I have given up. You are the one who lifts my head when I'm feeling down. I pray that You will be my guide as I walk through this journey of life. I trust that You have planned a way for me to escape from the mess that I have put myself in. Amen

“O Lord, no one but You can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You alone. It is in Your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, You are our God; do not let mere men prevail against You!”- 2 Chronicles 14:11

Lord, reveal to me that I have the power to overcome anything that comes against me. Teach me Your ways. When temptations come, give me the feet of a righteous man so I will walk in the direction of You. Thank You for strengthening me when I thought I was too weak. Amen

On that night… no one in the Palace could sleep. Not a single person. Esther tossed and turned, alternating between prayers of desperation and unsuccessful attempts at sleep while Haman happily engineered the demise of Mordecai. Meanwhile, the Bible tells us, “On that night could not the King sleep.”

Perhaps due to divine insomnia, the King asked for someone to read the court records. As the servant droned on and on, something of great significance interested the King. His attention was suddenly jarred by a paragraph describing the deeds of a royal scribe named Mordecai. This man had learned of a plot, hatched by two of his own bodyguards, to assassinate the King.

The King asked, “What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?” When he learned that nothing had been done, the King acted immediately.

What an interesting discovery! What do kings do when they can't sleep? They check the records.

You may be enduring a bad night or perhaps a bad week, my friend, but take heart. Just because you are enduring a sleepless season, that doesn't mean we have a snoring King. The Bible says, “Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” When you face a “that night” crisis that robs you of sleep, remember that your King is fully awake as well.

And what do kings do when they cannot sleep? They check the records. Reward delayed is not reward denied.

While Esther tossed and turned, her King checked the records and discovered Mordecai's good deed. The next thing we know, the King was no longer checking the records; he had shifted his focus to planning Mordecai's reward!

Do you toss and turn at the possibility of the impending doom of your tomorrows?

After it's been “one of those nights” and you're left with little hope of improvement, God has stayed up all night to devise your victory! Always remember that the plans made in secret will be revealed in public.

Lord, our God, You know our problems better than we know them ourselves. You know how easily we worry ourselves with untimely and self-made cares. God, I pray that You be the one to guide us through our situations. Turn my worry into faith— a never-ending faith in Your power! Amen

You are still here.

Satan may have tried to take you out. You may be in a weakened condition, but you're still here!

God, Thank You for keeping me safe through the storms. I realize that I always need Your guidance. Often, after the storms of life pass, the problem still remains. I pray that You help me with the issues in my life with which I continually struggle. You are my God. You are My Provider. I trust You Lord!

Father, You are my friend. You are my Counselor. You are my Savior. There is nothing that You can’t do!  I pray that in controversial times in my life, You will draw me close to You.  I am not cursed by this world.  I am free in You because of Jesus Christ!  I promise to live for You because You died for me...My closest Friend, I thank you! Amen

Ayin Gimmel 5773

L'Shanah Tova Tikatevu

The season of recompense in the sense of benefitting, indicating that the nature of the giving can lead to either blessing or judgment for the one who gives. In other words, how one chooses to "run" the race in will determine the outcome of one's life. Practice of kindness toward others, pressing yourself to forgive yourself and others so not to stop or hold you to move on.

The Complete Victory Against Ancient Giant

The name "Og" [ayin-gimel] is etymologically related to the root ayin-vav-gimel or ayin-gimel-gimel, which means, "to form a circle." Thus, it refers to the mucous membrane which encircles the glans of the penis underneath the foreskin, and which must also be peeled back as part of the rite of circumcision. The removal of the foreskin is called milah ("cutting") and the removal of the mucous membrane is called periah ("peeling" back).

Og personified the type of evil identified with the mucous membrane which covers the organ of circumcision. As it is written, "he drew a circle". This is a particularly difficult form of evil to deal with inasmuch as it is very close to holiness.

This membrane is obviously much more subtle and delicate than the coarse foreskin. It therefore embodies a much more abstract, delicate form of evil that is therefore much more difficult to root out than the usual, coarse evil.

In Deut. 3:11 and later in the book of Numbers and Joshua, Og is pronounced as the last of the Rephaim. Rephaim is a Hebrew word for giants. Deut. 3:11 declares that his "bedstead" /ranjang (translated in some texts as "sarcophagus") of iron is "nine cubits in length and four cubits in width" (13.5 ft x 6 ft) according to the standard cubit of a man. It goes on to say that at the royal city of Rabbah of the Ammonites, his giant bedstead could still be seen as a novelty in those days. If the giant king's bedstead was built in proportion to his size as most beds are, he may have been 13 feet in height. However, Rabbinic tradition has it, that the length of his bedstead was measured with the cubits of Og himself. The Talmud further documents that Og was so large that he sought the destruction of the Israelites by uprooting a mountain so large, that it would have crushed the entire Israelite encampment. Moses, fulfilling the LORD's injunction not to fear him, seized a spear of ten cubits length, and jumped a similar vertical distance, succeeding in stabbing Og in the ankle. The LORD then caused Og's teeth to lengthen until they grew into the mountain he held aloft; millions of ants then swarmed into his mouth, killing him. - Joel Harahap

A Covenant of Love

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." (John 3:16)

For God so loved the world that He gave...and He gave...and He gave. That is the message the Bible brings us from beginning to end. It sounds simple enough. Yet few of us really comprehend it.

We can understand the idea of a God of power. We can understand a God who desires to be served. But An Almighty God who loves us so much that He desires, above all, to give to us? That can be hard to believe.

For thousands of years, God has been working to drop the revelation of His love into the hearts of men. He's made loving promises of blessing and protection. But He's always faced the same obstacle. Human beings who just couldn't bring themselves to believe those promises were true.

The story of Abram is a perfect example. He wasn't accustomed to the idea of a God who gives. After all, he'd grown up as a worshiper of the moon, and the moon had certainly never seemed interested in doing anything for him. Then he encountered El Shaddai, the Greatest Being of all. The One Almighty God. And the first thing this El Shaddai wanted to do was give to him.

God's promises so astounded Abram that he couldn't believe them. "Lord, he asked, "how can I know I'm really going to receive these things?" (Gen. 15:8).

Do you know how God answered him? By cutting a blood covenant with him. That covenant settled forever any question Abram could ever have about God's love and loyalty. Once blood had been shed, he knew God meant what He said.

God did the same thing for you. He cut a blood covenant with you. And He sacrificed His own Son to do it. Jesus' broken body and shed blood have become the eternal proof of God's love for you. Through Communion, He's urged you to remember them again and again so that when your faith in His promises begins to waver, you "might have a strong consolation" (Heb. 6:18).

Get a revelation of God's love for you by meditating on the covenant He's made with you. Get out the bread and the cup. Go before the Lord with them and take communion thinking about the body and blood of Jesus that enables you to be a blood-covenant member of the family of Almighty God. Let them settle forever the question of God's love for you. You'll never again have to doubt His promises once you believe in His love.

I LOVE YAH IN CHRIST JESUS!!!

 

 

TWELVE REASONS FOR BLOWING THE SHOFAR

1. When we hear the shofar we are to remember God's Kingship. In ancient Israel the new king's reign was announced with the shofar (1 Kings 1:34). When we blow the shofar we remember that Yeshua is King of Kings and Lord of Lords and we are to be obedient subjects.

2. When we hear the shofar we are to remember to be God's worshippers. God seeks those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. The shofar is used in worship and in fact heads the list of instruments in Psalm 150 which are used to worship God. "Praise Him with the shofar."

3. When we hear the shofar we are to remember our need to repent. The shofar signaled the approach of danger. We are in danger without repentance. "Blow a shofar in Zion and sound an alarm on My holy mountain... consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly. Return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping and mourning, and rend your heart and not your garments" (Joel 2:1, 12- 13).

4. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the faithfulness of God. The shofar is made from a ram's horn. It reminds us of the binding and Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac. Because of this act of faith, God promised to bless the Israel and give us victory over our enemies. The shofar is a reminder of our covenant with God because of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

5. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the binding of Messiah Yeshua, our ultimate covenant. Abraham prophesied that God would provide for Himself the Lamb for the burnt offering (Genesis 22:8). Messiah Yeshua was offered up as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world on that same spot two thousand years later.

6. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the shofar that accompanied the revelation of the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, and that all Scripture is divinely inspired by God.

7. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the words of the prophets. I set watchmen over you saying, "listen to the sound of the shofar" (Jeremiah 6:17). Prophets are like a shofar which warn of danger. Israel was judged for ignoring the prophets. There is even greater judgement if we ignore Messiah Yeshua, Israel's greatest prophet.

8. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the battle alarm for war. "Near is the great day of the Lord, near and coming very quickly... a day of shofar and battle cry" (Zephaniah 1:14-16). Messiah will return and fight during the greatest battle of all time, the battle of Armageddon. We are in the middle of a battle that has been raging for the soul of humanity. Satan and his fallen angels are fighting for people to share their destiny. Messiah Yeshua is fighting for people to share His eternal destiny.

9. When we hear the shofar we are to remember the end of all warfare. The shofar was blown at the end of battle (2 Samuel 2:28, 18:16). The shofar is a reminder that our final victory is ahead. When King Messiah returns He will end all wars, battles, and injustice.

10. When we hear the shofar we are to remember our resurrection that will take place at Messiah's return when the shofar blows (1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16).

11. When we hear the shofar we are to be reminded of the Jewish people's restoration to the Land of Israel. Messiah Yeshua will gather all of Israel's exiles. "You will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. It will come about also in that day that a great shofar will

be blown" (Isaiah 27:13).

12. When we sound the shofar we are asking God to remember us. The sounding of the shofar is like a prayer that ascends to God's throne saying, "O Lord, may the sound of our shofar ascend before Your throne. Remember Your covenants, forgive us, save us, and deliver us."

Mayim's Endnote

Behold It Comes SUDDENLY

"The desert and the parched land will be glad: the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; "they will see the Glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God." Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "be strong, do not fear; your God will come, He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution, He will come to save you." Isaiah 35: 1-5

"Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert." Isaiah 35: 6

"And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35: 10

To My Faithful Ones, know that you are not forgotten and at this very moment, I AM very close to you, closer now than you can even think or imagine. While you gave for others, drawing from your own need and from your own experience in the damp confines of the cave where I placed you, not a place of imprisonment but a place of honor.... surely, SURELY, I say to you, that soon and very soon... AND "SUDDENLY"... you shall walk free into the Sonlight, knowing of My great abundance and walking in joy unspeakable.

To My Glorious Beloved, you have been obedient to My call and My word. I have given you encouragement by way of prophecies, dreams and My Word. I said I would continue to encourage and feed you from My Word and from dreams and prophecies until you see the fulfillment of My word. I AM a God Who cannot lie, My word is true and I will accomplish what I intend to do. Your love for Me is as a fragrance that stirs My very Being and as Job, I shall restore and even increase you... I shall give unto you, and in doing so, I AM giving to Myself.

Even though abased, you shall surely now abound in Me even more - more than you have ever known before... 'still you persevered.'

You have found yourselves isolated and it has gotten very lonely at times... 'still you persevered.'

I have seen you in the times when you felt you had nothing left to worship and praise Me with... 'still you persevered.'

I heard you when no one was looking at you as you wept bitter and sorrowful tears and I gathered every tear unto Myself. "I, your God, heard you!" .... 'still you persevered.'

For many, Satan has tried to discourage you through family matters... 'still you persevered.'

When you were alone and you felt as though no one cared, no one understood, I was there with you and "I understand all!" I AM creating in you, a "new thing" and I will change all wounded hearts from so many hurts and false witnesses that rose up against you. I AM restoring you from every word that caused any doubt in your walk, from any who said you were not called and chosen by Me, that you do not hear, that My promises to you will never be. "I will tear these words down" and take them from your innermost being. Yes, you have suffered much in this walk, I chose for you... 'still you persevered.'

Yes, 'still you persevered' as you continued a course of action in spite of any and all difficulties. You were determined, at any cost, to hear and heed only your Master's voice.

Through all the valleys, now you will find the river of refreshing, the river of life.

Through all the deserts, now you will find an oasis of plenty.

I have made all the preparations and now you shall see them enacted in your lives.

Obedience, I AM rewarding faithfulness for obedience. I still do that, I still reward when you are faithful and obedient.

I AM the God of justice and now you shall see My reward for your steadfastness, your obedience for the years of injustice that you have endured and I shall contend with All who have contended with you.

Now, you are about to receive an anointing of greater power, authority and revelation. You shall see the salvation of the Lord, with My rewards following.

MY Son shall be glorified in you AS HE glorifies ME, your Father. This is My will for you, in the tumultuous days ahead, that I will use My specially trained and loving sons and daughters, who shall be equipped in glory to do marvelous things as to the I AM.

BEHOLD, IT COMES!

In His Love and Cares,
Joel Harahap

12 Reasons Why Every Christian Should Stand With Israel

1. The Bible is filled with Israel

All Bible believing people should stand with Israel. The Bible introduces The God of Israel and 2/3rds of the scriptures are dedicated to the people of Israel, their history and their destiny.

2. Christians have A Common Destiny with Israel

Our ultimate destiny is the manifest Kingdom of God in which Jesus rules from the throne of David in Jerusalem. If we truly believe the Bible we must inevitably believe in the future good ofIsrael. Isaiah 2:2-5. Micah 4: 1-4

Isaiah 2:2-3 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; he will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (NKJ)

Micah 4:1-2 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the

LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.(KJV)

3.Because Israel is A Unique and Special Nation to God

Exodus 19:5 'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a (peculiar) special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. (NKJ)

Deuteronomy 14:2 "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a (peculiar) special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. (NKJ)

Psalm 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.(KJV)

4. Christians also are A Peculiar Treasure to God

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (KJV)

1 Pet 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (KJV)

Both Israel and the church are therefore said to be “a peculiar treasure to God.” This fact surely forges a link between the two!

5. Because God Says He will bless Those Who bless Them.

Genesis 12:3: "I will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.".

Isaiah 60:12: 'For the nation that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.

Throughout human history many mighty world kingdoms have fallen and disintegrated e.g

Egypt, Persia, Rome, Greece, Spain, Germany, Britain. In every instance there have been factors of anti Semitism inbred in the system and this has brought about their downfall in accordance with the Bible principle.

6. Because We Owe Them A Debt for What We have received Through Them

Through Israel the promises and covenants were given. Through them came the law, the Prophets and the Messiah Jesus, who has opened up access to God for all. Through the Jewish apostles the gospel first went to the nations.

To the Israelites 'pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God and the promises, of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all.' (Romans 9:4-5).

"For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also be of service them in material to them in their material blessings" (Romans 15:27)

7. Because God's Gifts and Call On Them have never been revoked

Romans 11:28: 'As regards the gospel they are enemies of God for our sake; but as regards the election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and call of God are irrevocable.'

Though most Jews have not yet responded to the gospel, this has not invalidated God's plan for them, which He will ultimately fulfill. The covenant with Abraham has not been replaced by the New Covenant, nor been set aside because of their failure to enter the New Covenant. Though the once for all sacrifice of Jesus has fulfilled and replaced the Temple sacrifices, the eternal covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants has NOT been set aside. “A hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the gentiles has come in, and so all Israel will be saved.”(Rom 11:26)

8. Because God has promised to bring Them Back to Their Land.

God has promised to turn, again to the Jewish people, to bring them back to their land and to cleanse them from unrighteousness.

"I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and

inhabit them; l will plant them upon their land and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land which I have given them ' says the Lord your God.‟” (Amos 9:14-15)”

"I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all sides and bring them to their own land; and I will make them one nation in the and, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all.” (Ezekiel 37:21-22)

The regathering of Israel is prophesied in Ezekiel, Isaiah, Deuteronomy, Amos, Hosea, Jeremiah, by Jesus in Luke 21:24, and by Paul in Romans 11. It is a key condition to the full flowering of the Messianic age. God promised Abraham and his descendants the land of Israel as an everlasting possession. He confirmed that promise with Isaac as recorded in Genesis 26:3-4 and again with Jacob in Genesis 35:12.

9. Because The Times of The Gentiles are fulfilled

Jerusalem will be trodden down underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are

fulfilled.' (Luke 21:24)

Jesus foresaw that the Roman Gentile armies would overthrow every vestige of Jewish rule in Jerusalem; but He also saw that that Gentile domination of Jerusalem would come to an end.

In 70 AD Jerusalem fell to the Roman army.

In 1967, in the course of defending themselves against an attack from their Arab neighbours, the Israelis regained control of the entire City of Jerusalem for the first time since 70 A D. thus fulfilling this prophecy of Jesus. All believers in the words of Jesus should know that the ending of Gentile control of the city is God's plan. “When you see these things happen look up your redemption draws nigh.” (Luke 21:28)

10. Because We are to "Comfort God’s People"

In Isaiah, God says 'Comfort, comfort my people says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins'. (Isaiah 40:1-2)

This is a call to Christians to comfort the Jewish people. Isaiah also envisions that the leaders of the nations would help the Jewish people and nurture them in their regathering.

'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. Kings shall be your foster fathers and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you and lick the dust off your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame." (Isaiah 49:22-23)

God says that the Gentiles will nurture the Jewish people and assist them in their reentry to their land. It is our divine mandate to help them for their own sakes and for the fulfillment of their unique call. Gentile believers must do more than observe what God is doing with the Jewish people...God is asking us to get involved in helping them!

11. Because We Need To Make Reparation For Anti-Semitic Teachings And Actions

Throughout the history of the Church, since the second century, Christian leaders have been guilty of the most vicious anti-Semitic remarks. These remarks have provided the basis for despots throughout the centuries to this day to ridicule, discriminate, and even kill the Jewish people. Often those who claimed to be followers of the Messiah (Rescuer of Israel, and the One who has taught us how to love and forgive) have perpetrated these actions. Can we blame the Jews for so often resisting a Messiah whose followers were anti-Semitic? In justice as well as in charity we need to make reparation for the tragic record of Christianity (both in its Catholic & in its Protestant forms) in its dealings with the Jewish people. We who should have been their nurturers; have so often been their enemies and tormentors. The spirit of anti-Semitism did not begin or end with Adolf Hitler but can find a landing ground on Christians who have not been awakened to their responsibility towards Israel.

The heretical teaching that the Church has replaced Israel has been taught since the second century. This teaching is faithful neither to the Old Testament nor New Testament Scriptures.

Though most nations and churches denounce anti-Semitism today, anti-Zionism is still widely acceptable. It is the new anti-Semitism. Opposition to Israel's right to fulfill their God given destiny in the land of promise is the most dangerous form of anti-Semitism today.

12. Because God is working with Them to Work Out His Plan for World Peace

Romans 11:15: 'For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their

acceptance mean but life from the dead?'

The Messiah is coming back to Israel to be reconciled with His own people. He will reign from there with His overcoming saints 'from every tribe and tongue and people and nation' over all the nations. (Rev. 7:9; 11:15)

Isaiah 2:3 'For out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.'

World peace is coming. The fullness of the Messianic age is coming. But first there will be the destruction of all systems and kingdoms that ignore God’s Messianic plan.

If you want world peace, pray and help the Jewish people.

If you want to see the Church restored, pray for and help the Jewish people:

If you want to see the Messiah return, pray for the restoration of Israel.

If you want to see your nation and all the nations including the Arab nations) blessed, pray and work for it to stand with Israel and the Jewish people, and resist anti-Semitism.

If you want your own life to be blessed, help and bless the Jewish people

If you want your life to prosper, pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Seven Practical Things Believers Can Do To Help Israel

1. Study and understand what the Bible has to say about God's plan for Israel and the Jewish people.

2. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for God's purposes for the Jewish people. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love you" (Psalm 122.6).

3. Teach your church to stand with Israel. Organize a pro Israel event or seminar in your church or city each year to encourage biblical solidarity with God's plan for the Jewish people and Israel. This will bring a blessing on your church and city.

4. Support (financially and otherwise) Christian agencies that help the Jewish people return to Israel and settle in their land. E.g. “The International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem” – Christian Friends Of Israel, Bridges For Peace Jerusalem etc

5. Share the Messiah with the Jewish people in the context of their own faith, destiny, and scriptures.

6. Refuse to support anti-Semitic sentiments in public and social life. Where appropriate speak out as the Spirit leads in wise and loving ways e.g. notify politicians and/or media of your views.

7. Visit Israel if possible. This is a practical way to learn about the people and support them and their economy. "Walk about Zion and go all around her. Count her towers mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces that you may tell it to the generations following." (Psalm 48:13)

In this time of international travel should we not all consider making Jerusalem our destination of choice?