Servant of Messiah Ministries

Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

Purim – a full moon and 14 days to elections.

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Purim March 14th, 2006 and a full moon. The moon, like the church radiant, as she reflects the light of the Son to a dark world. Pretty words and wishful thinking….

Israel weeks away from elections and Hamas refusing to recognize their right to exist. Meanwhile, Iran accelerates uranium enrichment and the UN is divided over a unified response. Purim again 2500 years later, only the weapons are suicide bombers and atomic weapons. The calls still go out to “wipe Israel off the map!”

Where is the Esther – the church that can intercede and has the ear of the King? Where is the heart of the bride in times of such danger to our kin? She is rich and increased with goods and she has need of nothing. In the shelter of the king’s court and in the “house of the Lord” she will watch their destruction.

This Bride, this Body of Christ – who was to go into all the world and carry good news…. Commanded to go First to the Jew and then to the Gentile.
  • Sure the church carried a cross to the Jew. She carried the red cross painted on the steel shields of the crusaders whose sport was “How many Jewish babies fit on a pike?”
  • Sure the church carried a cross…..the priests waved the cross as the torture and fires of the inquisition burned the sons and daughters, of God’s personal friend, Abraham.

We’ve all read in the Bible that the wicked have no rest. But did you know that the Bible says God has no rest either?

Look at Isa. 62:6, 7:”I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord give yourselves no rest, and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.”

Isaiah says we should give God no rest.

First, Isaiah says God sets watchmen in Jerusalem. Verse 6 is written as Hebrew Poetry. The first and second parts of the verse say the same thing—using different words. But the second part adds more information.

In the first part, Isaiah says God sets up watchmen and they should never be silent.In the second part, the prophet says, “You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,”

The word “watchmen” in the first part stands parallel with the word “you” of the second part. So you are the watchmen, who should call on the Lord.

Ezekiel also describes the work of watchmen. In Ezek. 33:2-9, the prophet explains the watchmen’s message. If he gives the message, he delivers his own soul from punishment.
The scriptures laid on us…our duty is clear. Is our heart with Gods people and with His work? Otherwise,  we stand guilty of their blood.

Both Ezekiel’s and Isiah’s watchmen are warned to “never be silent.” It is their duty of prayer and their warning that saves them. Will our warning and our intercession save them?

But we play tourist in Israel and buy pretty little shofars to play with…..The God of Abraham promised to save Israel. He also vowed to hold the church – The “watchmen” accountable for their blood, because as tourists we bought pretty shofars, instead of blowing them.

Gaza is forsaken

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Zep 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

August 14th 2005 – 9th of AV However, in recent days the Israeli government changed its position, and there is now a real possibility that the disengagement will be delayed to August 15, 2005 (the period between the 17th of Tamuz – July 24 – and the 9th of Av – August 14 – is a religiously sensitive time, hence the government’s desire to avoid its coinciding with the pullout.

So on  Sunday August 14th 2005 (9th of AV) the Jews in the Gaza Strip did  mourn the 9th of Av with even greater appreciation; it was their last full day in their homes. As they fast history repeats itself.

In 587 B.C., Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians on the 9th of AV

In A.D. 70, the 2nd Temple was destroyed by the Romans on the 9th of AV

Emperor Hadrian flattened and plowed Jerusalem on Av 9 (fulfilling Micah 3:12) one year after the last Jewish stronghold in the Bar Kokhba revolt fell to the Romans on Av 9.

Edicts were signed to kick Jews out of England and Spain, in 1290 and 1492 respectively, all on the 9th of Av.

In 2005, however,  it is the Israeli government itself,  that is forcing Jews from their homes on the 9th of AV in failed land for peace deal.

Katrina got her name over the Bahamas – as the evacuations began the week of August 15th. Exactly one week after Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon completed the forcible eviction of Jewish settlers on the 22nd of August from the Gaza Strip hurricane Katrina struck the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with a destructive and catastrophic force on August 29th.

Eighty percent (80%)  of the entire city of New Orleans was left under water. Six – Hundred thousand were left homeless. Many weather experts called this the worse hurricane and natural disaster that has ever hit the the country. President Bush supported Sharon’s evacuation from Gaza. In April 2005 Bush and Sharon met in Crawford, Texas where Bush praised Sharon for his “strong visionary leadership” in initiating the Gaza withdrawal, known as the disengagement plan. “I strongly support his courageous initiative to disengage from Gaza and part of the West Bank,” he said, referring to the withdrawal of more than 8,000 Jewish settlers from Gaza and four isolated West Bank settlements. We reaped the fruits of our interference as a country.

A study shows the 8 major “Acts of God” to come on America were all co-incidental to a major agreements and political efforts in the Middle East, as we traded Gods land, for our peace,  or for cheaper oil.