For Such A Time EXACTLY As This!

 

For such a time exactlyas this! 
by Donna Diorio

It's crunch time for Christians who love Israel but many of you misunderstand what's going on there because you don't pay enough attention to what Israeli Messianic ministries have to offer you. If you got your Israel news from Israeli Messianic ministries you would have more understanding of the times and how what is happening in Israel impacts us all. I'm not saying this to make anyone mad or feel ashamed because what I'm saying is THE TIME HAS COME for Christians and Messianic Jews to pay far more attention to what is happening in Israel. May God do a quick work in your understanding and may you see why after Acts 12 when the Apostle to the Gentiles, Paul came to Jerusalem just at the time of these events, his eyes were opened to exactly how much help the body of Messiah in Israel really must have.

It changed Paul’s ministry in the churches from that point on because as he ministered to the Gentiles, he made it a point to foster their understanding of spiritual indebtedness to the Israeli Jewish body of Messiah. He was not raising donations in all the churches for the support of the Messianics in the Diaspora because they had freedoms that the Messianic body in Israel did not have and still don't to this day.

Current events in Israel are worsening their situation significantly. It is high time we dropped the petty, internecine jealousies between the different schools of thought in the Messianic community and among Christians. God is calling us to stand with our Israeli brothers and sisters IN THE FAITH of JESUS. But will we answer that call, or will we cling to our petty jealousies and pecking orders?

Break free, believer, and follow the LORD who is building His LIVING TEMPLE in the Land of Israel even in the midst to complete societal upheaval unfolding as the super religious make their play to "legally" make their minority judgment rule over all other Israelis.  Even God himself gives every human being the dignity of choice. Israel will NOT become holy through the reign of the most pious of religious Judaism. Only the Messianic Jews in Israel are on the path of the LORD Yeshua.
 

Acts 12:1 King Herod Agrippa[a] began to persecute some believers in the ekklesia. 2 He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword. 3 When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish people, he also arrested Peter. (This took place during the Passover celebration.[b]) 4 Then he imprisoned him, placing him under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring Peter out for public trial after the Passover. 5 But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

 ....23 Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.
     24 Meanwhile, the word of God continued to spread, and there were many new believers.
     25 When Barnabas and Saul (Paul) had finished their mission to Jerusalem, they returned,[d] taking John Mark with them.

     Even though God had saved Saul from himself, from passionately persecuting Jews who followed Yeshua, the events he witnessed in Jerusalem were a revelation to him. His eyes were opened by the events to another call God was adding to his apostleship of the Gentiles. (Galatians 2:7-8) From that point on, in addition to preaching the kingdom of God to the Gentiles and setting up functioning congregations among them, Paul began to stress to all them to collection donations that he would take to the apostles in Jerusalem for the distribution of the needs in the body of Messiah. Not to the unsaved rabbis, not to the government projects in Israel - but to be given to the apostolic team to help the body not only survive but thrive in sharing the Good News of Messiah in Israel. He continued to urge this collection in his letters written after Acts 12.

     Then the time came a few years later for him to take the donations to Jerusalem, along with ambassadors from each of the Gentile churches contributing. He pressed in to make it to Jerusalem before Shavuot (Pentecost), even though prophets came out of the woodwork to tell him that if he continued in his journey to Jerusalem, he would be bound in chains and his freedom taken from him. But Paul would not be turned back, because he knew his assignment was from God, not from himself and not from other men. He had to set the precedent for the level of sacrifice that would be required from the churches in the days we are now entering.

    If you are unaware of these things, it is time to open your Bible and your eyes to SEE!