Yom Kippur Scapegoat | What was God saying Prophetically to Israel?
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from Zion
Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer
Requests Israeli Ministries
We always
emphasize the importance of special prayers and support of the Israeli
ministries around the holidays and the reason is that as God has made
Israel (1) the time clock for believers in all nations to know where we are on
the prophetic clock, He has also made the biblical Feasts of the Lord a
prophetic calendar that specifically speaks to the Jewish people what His
dealings with them mean. God has commanded Jews to keep these Levitical Feasts
throughout all generations, because through them He can speak to them about
their own spiritual restoration through holy days that are very familiar to
them and theirs alone. They become picture perfect vehicles to remove the veil
of blindness to Israel’s Messiah from their eyes. Of course it doesn’t end there. In this issue Sally Shiff who has been supplying daily uopdates since the attack on Israel by Hamas began on Oct 7, 2023, takes the holy of Yom Kippur to tell how “Yom Kippur is especially meaningful to me. It was a precursor to my salvation….in the summer of 1980, I was an intern to Congress in Washington D.C. While I was there I saw firsthand how corrupt the Congress was. I wanted to be a US Senator and seeing it first hand was devastating to me. One day, I was travelling on the subway and all of the sudden the subway broke down three stops before I intended to get off. As I walked upstairs to the street level, I saw these Jesus Freaks....As I walked up to the table I asked them: "What are you doing here? God does not live in this place." They answered, "Yes, He does, come with us." I told them, "I can't I am Jewish." Then I just walked away. As I walked past the Smithsonian Institute suddenly I had a revelation of God - that He is real…. A few months later was Yom Kippur and it was in the closing hours. My Synagogue was partly founded by my family and I would attend faithfully every Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur service. But this Yom Kippur closing service was different for me out of the 5,000 attending. I was sitting in the back and began thinking what had happened in Washington. As the Rabbi was directing us to proclaim in rounds "The gates are closing" and "God let us into the Book of Life," I really meant it and begged God to let me in.
Fast forward a few months - and a lot more miracles of revelation along the way! On December 13, 1980, I gave my heart to Yeshua and He became the Lord of my life. He answered my Yom Kippur prayer!
In his “Perseverance” newsletter Rueven gave the following prayer points intercessors can pray over Israelis: Suicide (among freed hostages, wounded soldiers & responders) | Broken hearts (Israel’s battle is nonstop and our people are stretched beyond words) | Isolation (We may be winning the tactical and strategic battles forced upon us from all sides, but it seems that Israel...is becoming increasingly isolated in an uncaring world.) | Deception (While Syria’s terrorist leader Julani was taking selfies with Trump, his officials was adding compulsory morning prayers in all Syrian schools to proclaim: “May we die for the Jihad and for Allah. This is our way…” | Gospel outreach. Our work is cut out for us and for all Messianic disciples here in Israel as we draw nearer to the next round of the time of Jacob’s trouble. Pray that we will be hidden from the enemy; anointed to bear witness for the True Messiah in the face of great resistance; empowered to comfort the brokenhearted with the love of God; and financially supported to carry on our duties and fulfill our calling. | WATCH: Reuven speaks on A DAY TO ATONE
The Faithful Galileans / Aliyah Return Center Chaim Malespin “We heard the trumpet now what are we gonna do about it? | ... The Feast of Trumpets has awakened us with an ancient message: "Prepare for deliverance"....God's calendar tells a perfect story. The trumpets that once announced freedom, now call us to something greater: . . . . we're not just celebrating Tabernacles, but answering God's prophetic call to gather in the Land for Israel's restoration. This October 9th at the Sea of Galilee—the exact place Isaiah promised light would dawn— we’re really feeling the urgency to gather representatives of each of the nations that stands with us here together this Tabernacles…. As the sacred Feast of Tabernacles approaches—our season of harvest—remember: it all starts with a seed. Will you help us plant seeds of hope? Let’s cover the expenses of this event!
Evan Thomas and Lev Guler at Beit Asaph are closing in on the final remodeling of the congregational meeting place in Netanya (hopefully by early Oct meeting in the Sports Center will be a thing of the past.) They have worked hard to get to this place – including during Covid letting go of the facility they could not afford to keep open during the shutdowns. Now they have 3 months to raise the last of the finances to meet their purchase obligations. Can you help & if you have pledged, honor your pledge. honor. Email for building purchase donation info.
Please note the following link to a very brief video at our Rosh HaShana/ Feast of Trumpets service (our last hopefully at the rented Sports Center) and then a visit to new Beit Asaph Outreach Center
This congregation has a long history of fostering goodwill with Arab Christians, through meetings and prayer meetings. “We firmly believe that these tangible acts of unity will ‘prepare the ground’ for national healing once peaceful co-existence is restored! Please pray with us towards this end.”
Dov Bikas who heads the Aviv
Ministry for Evangelism & Humanitarian aid to Addicts on Tel Aviv
streets sends the most wonderful testimony from Aviv asst director of a
polished woman who recently entered the Aviv Center – who turned out to a God-restored
woman they had helped only the year before – now established in a Tel Aviv
congregation & living in grace a peace. Must read! Link here to
the entire September 2025 Newsletter | Also Dov sends these 2 YouTube videos on their ministry Serving Safely in Tel Aviv: Volunteer Training and Ashkelon:
Prophecy, History, and the Gospel (A
short report from a special tour that was organized for the new immigrants in
the historic park of Ashkelon.)
The Revive Israel is also
celebrating the Fall Feasts in a time of great transitions: “Even
creation points to transition: one day cool and cloudy, the next hot and
blazing. So too are our lives – full of ups and downs. The holidays remind us
to stay flexible. As one leader once said: “Blessed are the flexible, for
they will bend and not break.’…, the ability to bend without breaking is a
gift.”
They ask prayer for team member “
Raphael is serving in the reserves. For Liel and the children” For Tal
takes part in a family’s conference for reservists.| For our people
during Yom Kippur, as many seek forgiveness, that they would encounter Yeshua,
our perfect atonement.| For the Friday Market, many more would come and
hear the Good News.| As Paul writes: “Pray
in the Spirit on all occasions… be alert and keep on praying for all the Lord’s
people” (Eph 6:18).
Josie Silver at Out of Zion writes When
Nations Turn Away, El Shaddai Sustains His people …., the voices of world leaders have
once again revealed their “true colors” toward Israel—and it is far from favorable….Israel
has always stood as a target—of persecution, boycotts, relentless hatred,
threats of annihilation, and unceasing efforts to divide the land.
. . .But Israel has something greater than human alliances. We have a
covenant-keeping God.
Though the pressure is real and the suffering tangible, the Lord has
promised that His people will not be destroyed. Israel will not only endure—Israel will prevail. We will be the head
and not the tail.
I
am reminded of one of God’s covenant names: El Shaddai…. Genesis 17:1.…The
name El Shaddai, rooted in the Hebrew word for “breast,” is plural—literally,
“double-breasted.”
Another English translation is “The One Who Pours Out.” The picture is
powerful, like a nursing mother whose child is wholly dependent on her. El Shaddai is the inexhaustible source of
life, provision, comfort, and protection for His people….(as with the
nursing mother) So
it is with Israel and El Shaddai. Click Here to Support Out of Zion ministries
Beit
Hallel’s Israel Pochtar WATCH NOW Proclaiming Peace in the Midst of Shaking
| Yom Kippur: For us as
believers in Yeshua, this moment carries even deeper meaning. We remember that
true atonement was accomplished once and for all through His sacrifice!....
Watch Israel Pochtar on Yom Kippur |
A Divine
Assignment : Evangelism and Discipleship Center renovations. Read more!
Among the things Howard Bass of the Yeshua’s
Inheritance congregation addressed was how many people have heard of
Charlie Kirk “and are speaking up so
much about his faith and views. God is testing hearts over reactions to his
assassination . . . .Just as God has used Charlie Kirk, in his brief life,
and even more so through his violent death as a martyr, to embolden many
Christians despite the dangers, so, too, I believe, that despite all of his own
sins and unbelief till now in Yeshua, God is using Benjamin Netanyahu to
embolden Jews, and also Christians, to encourage many to stand openly with
Israel. A
time of reckoning is coming for us all…. There is a world-wide conspiracy -- both
within and without the household -- against YHVH and His Anointed One. And
the devil is the accuser of the brethren -- whether physically, or through
faith -- of the Messiah, who is the Son of David, Son of Judah, Son of
Jacob/Israel. He is the Savior given to His own people, and to the rest of
mankind. . .
.The
Kingdom of God is near, and so, therefore, is the final and fruit harvest.
. . .Thank-you for your prayers and support.” Email Howard for giving
details or at PayPal for the congregation www.streamsinthenegev.com
and
for Howard & Randy at Pay Pal songfish@netvision.net.il
(Due to certain unidentified hindrances at times to sending
and replying and forwarding e-mails, please address emails to Howard using all 3
addresses: songfish@netvision.net.il
songfish@013net.net),
AND songfishtoo@gmail.com )
From Tikkun
Global The Book of Life - A Yom Kippur Call to
Prayer for Israel | Video
Teaching by Ariel Blumenthal | This teaching about the “Book of Life” will
encourage you in your prayers.
Yom Kippur – The Two Feet of Our
Spiritual Journey by Asher Intrater | Books: Grace beyond Reason by Jerry
Miller foreword by Paul Wilbur
Morning Star Fellowship, Claude & Michelle Ezagouri send thanks for new believers & their desire to be baptized – a big step for Israeli believers. In prayer requests they identify their priority on ministry to the children, teenagers and youth and ask your prayers of them. They ask prayer for the promises of God for salvation of the Jewish people…which now is but a trickle of those to come. Also they ask prayers over “We have developed interaction with other fellowships through worship sessions, small conferences and youth meetings both in our building and in other congregations. Let us pray that the Lord will bless these meetings for the unity and growth of the whole Body of Messiah in Israel.”
Avi & Chaya Mizrachi of Dugit Ministries write At Dugit Outreach Ministries, we join in honoring this sacred day, standing with the people of Israel and praying for hearts to be drawn closer to the Lord. As believers, we cherish the reminder that God’s mercy opens the way for cleansing and fresh beginnings—for Israel, and for all who call on His name. Let’s take this day to pause, reflect, and pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the spiritual renewal of the Land.Lastly, Eitan Shishkoff writes for Fields of Wheat that in the shofar of both the Feast of Trumpets and of Yom Kippur, “What is God Saying? Get Ready” …. The days in which we’re living should be waking us up. The brazen murder of Charlie Kirk, a young man daring to speak out for righteousness, should alarm us. It should tell us that evil is gathering momentum and that civilization cannot long continue this way. The hour is both late and opportune!
Two unrelenting years of multi-front war against Israel should alert us that we’re approaching a climax. The world is turning against Israel & the Jewish people, just as the prophets foresaw. But this is also an hour of opportunity, of a divine challenge to rise up, to love each other, to love the lost, and to declare THE answer—Yeshua!
What then are our priorities? …? What can I give myself to that will make a difference? How shall we pray?
(1) The Salvation of Israel. It is time for our people to cry out for deliverance, and that deliverance IS Yeshua our Messiah [Zechariah 12:10; Ezekiel 37:24,25; Hosea 3:4,5] PRAY: That the Spirit of God will be poured out, especially on the youth (Joel 2:28), and that young messengers will be equipped for the harvest (Matt 9:37).
(2) Demonstrating the true brotherhood of Jewish and Arab disciples of Jesus and raising up an Arab-language youth ministry to equip & inspire a fresh generation. PRAY: For the important first steps in building foundational local support and participation. For God’s hand on Ruby as he brings a team around this vision.
(3) Standing & serving together as Jew and Gentile, refusing to allow anti-Semitic forces to separate us. Rather, forging new levels of heart unity in stormy times. PRAY: For voices to be raised, especially within the body of Christ, revealing the biblical truth of Israel’s covenantal, historic, undiluted role in God’s plan.
SPECIAL, special NEWS! Joel and Teresa are filled with joy to announce the September 20 arrival of their third son, Shalev (peaceful) Aviel (God is my father).
Address support of this “equipping for the harvest” ministry at this link.
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