DD Israel-God's Chosen People-Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

                                                                                  February 5, 1984... Bible Lab

Be a card-carrying Zionist - Our God, the Lord of Hosts is.  The Jerusalem Program- and aims of Zionism are:
    The unity of the Jewish people and the centrality of Israel in it's life... Ezekiel 37,  Isaiah 62.
    The ingathering of the Jewish people  in it's historic homeland,  Eretz Israel (Land of Israel) through Aliyah ("to go up" - word for Jewish immigration back to Israel) from all countries.  Jeremiah 16 (God uses the hunters and the fishermen to do this)
    The strengthening of the State of Israel which is based on the prophetic vision of justice and peace.  Isaiah 9:6,7,  Isaiah 11,  Isaiah 61:7-9
    The preservation of the identity of the Jewish people through the fostering of Jewish and Hebrew education and of Jewish spiritual and cultural values.  Jeremiah 16:19-21,  Isaiah 30:19-26,  Genesis 12:1-3,  Zechariah ch. 12,13,14,  Isaiah 46:13,  43:5-7...

Sing the songs of Zion...  Psalm 137, 126,  Isaiah 12,  Jeremiah 31:12
    Buy Israeli folk songs, tapes, sing them, go to a celebration and be filled with joy and gladness.

Jews are very special to God - the Jewish people are close to God's heart.  He watches over them and His nation, Israel, from Rosh Hashana to Rosh Hashana-- the beginning of the year to the end of the year.  Deuteronomy ch. 7 and 11..
    We are very special to God who believe in the Jewish Messiah,  Yeshua Hamascheach (Jesus, the Messiah) ...  I Peter 2:9,10

Israel forever - Jeremiah 31:31-38
   The New Covenant-God writes His laws in their hearts.  Hebrews 8:8-13.  Blood covenant - I Corinthians 11:27.  Exodus 12:13,  Matthew 26:2, Hebrews 9:22, Leviticus 17:14, Hebrews 13:20something, Hebrews 10:19-23,  Colossians 1:2.  God swears this by His High and Holy Name Romans ch. 9, 10, 11... God has not rejected His people.  He has an Eternal Purpose and Plan to carry it out He will....  Isaiah 14:24-27, 46:10,11.

All nations to be blessed as faithful Abraham, people will pray.
Genesis 18:18,  Romans 4,  Galatians 3:29,  Genesis 12:1-3, 17:18, 25:5,6,  Genesis 26:3,  Hebrews 11:18,  Genesis 28:4,13-15, 35:9-15, 36:6-9,  Isaiah 58:14... search out the specific blessings we will have as we believe God's promises and prophecies... friend of God, material prosperity, spiritual health, blessings of the fruit of the womb, home, family, descendants and posterity...

Salvation is of the Jews - God's faithful witnesses,  Isaiah 43:8,  We, too, are His witnesses,  Acts 1:8, John 4:22,  I Peter ch. 3, 'daughters of Sarah' - Trust, obey, be not afraid or terrified.  Sarah was obedient to follow Abraham as he followed the Lord- even thought she was 'barren' and going to a strange land... Genesis 11:30, 17:15-22

Discover the Feasts of Israel - Rosh Hashana,  Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, the feast of dedication that our Jewish Messiah, Jesus, attended faithfully- John 7)  Succoth or Feast of Tabernacles or Booths,  Yom Kippur, and Passover.... Look and see how God provided for every single need.  All the human emotions that He created in us are surfaced through observance of the feasts... rying, weeping and wailing, repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation, laughing, dancing, feasting and making merry, hoping, remembering, thanksgiving, anger at enemies, hugging, gift giving, loyalty and never giving up...

Lets pray for the Peace of Jerusalem


Zachar!  (unsure of meaning)


-Get Jerusalem Post
-visit Jewish museums
-make aliyah
-speak out against anti-semitism
-don't be silent
-remind Jewish people of God's love and (something I can't read) for them
-be familiar with the prophecies
-declare of the Holocaust "Never Again!!!!!!"