Submitted by: Barbara Payne
Shofar Be Tzion Ministries
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December 18, 09
Shalom Brethren, my Fellow Warriors,
I want to apologize for taking so long to get back to you. I really really kept praying on when I should put this out.
We have been to Israel. The devil really tried to stop the trip to Israel but we have over come and continue to overcome in the name of the Lord.
I am in the process now of taking care of another health issue. We covet your prayers that God’s will be done for miraculous healing and victory. We will give you more specifics as we can.
I just want to bring to you some current events and situations. As you have watched what is going on around the world now, some of you have e-mailed me asking, “What do we do now!”
Well, what we don’t do is use the machine gun effect of shooting everything because you have to focus on what you are going to shoot at and specifically hit. Let me give you a couple of points.
The first thing I need you to look at immediately is that way the White House is conducting itself as a Chicago, back-room thuggery – a semi-Mafia street gang where they are threatening and bribing.
The next point to stay on is concerning Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska as he is the pivotal vote on the Health Care Bill. He says no vote unless there is no abortion provision in it. “I can’t support the bill with the abortion language that’s in there,” he said. ( http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/16/passage-senate-health-care-reform-hinges-abortion-funding/) Well, the whole thing is a bummer and we don’t need to vote for it at all but at least he is standing on that. He was threatened by a White House representative of the President to shut down the base in his state (which happens to be the former strategic air command and still the central point where Pres Bush was sent for safety for central command and control for 9/11) unless he votes. This is not the kind of government that we need.
That’s why you have to contact all the senators on both sides and tell them, “This will not be tolerated. We will vote you out!” Do not get tired in this.
I don’t know if you noticed but Time magazine is making like we all don’t exist. They will put a koala bear in with an intravenous shot before they will put any one of the millions of people that are protesting this perverted government.
The Congress is so concerned over how the President is conducting the government that they passed a bill stating that he cannot make a treaty without a vote from Congress that requires a 2/3rds majority.
Also, it has been proven that this entire Global Warming change is a phony. It is an absolute phony. They are calling it ‘E-Mail Gate’ because they hacked e-mails from scientists that are supposed to be the biggest professional Global Warming specialists saying, “Oh we have to hide the real truth.
( http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=global+warming+emails&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Google search site for Global Warming e-mails)
The leaked e-mails recently exposed acts of manipulating scientific evidence on global warming. Kevin Trenberth, a climatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research argued skeptics and other evildoers had cherry-picked and presented comments out of context. To rectify this injustice, a freedom of information request was sent to Trenberth and the NCAR, asking for his e-mail correspondence with other renowned climate scientists in an effort to help contextualize what they had been talking about. Surely the tragically uniformed among us could use some perspective. This leading author obtains 95% of his funding through the Federal Government via the National Scientific Foundation. Soon after the request was fired off, NCAR counsel stated that it is not a federal agency since it’s budget it laundered through the NSF and is under no obligation to provide information to the public.
What you need to understand is that these e-mails were hacked and read, then publicly quoted. They have said, very simply, that they have to turn around and falsify the information otherwise everything is going down the tubes.
On the local front, you need to keep contacting your state and federal representatives unceasingly. They are trying to pass the Health bill by Christmas Eve. They do not have the vote. Do not be tired. Do not weary. They believe that you are just going to go away. You hear what I’m saying? They believe that you will just fade away if they ignore you long enough.
Let me tell you how our President is damaging us worldwide. Because of his wishy-washy, namby-pamby milk toast stand and his leading toward muslims and Palestinians, these are the things we have to look forward to.
The Palestinian Authority, after the Prime Minister of Israel had said that they would freeze construction for 10 months, with certain limitations, said No to the peace proposal. Not only “No,” but they want Israel to guarantee to go back to the pre1967 borders, which would be absolute military suicide for Israel. Now you would think that since Israel took the step toward peace that the President required, that the President would now step up and say, “O.K. – we will now side with Israel.”
No. This President is lining up with the Palestinian Authority. We need to tell the President, who is being driven by the poles and trying to balance the left and the right – which are not balanceable, that 92% of the people in this country that believe in God want God, want Israel protected, want Democracy, and want the free market values.
It is up to you to go unceasingly, even if you have to do it on a daily basis, and let them know. Do not tire.
Because of this weakness in our government, this so-called ‘new’ fraud is perpetrated. There are Arab Christians in the Holy Land that denounce Israel. ( http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=20149)
“In a lengthy declaration labeled as a message of “faith, hope and love,” dozens of Arab Christian leaders from various churches represented in the region denounced Israel as the main obstacle to peace and rejected the validity of the biblical link between the Jews and the land.
Published on Friday by regional leaders of the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican and Baptists churches, the document, titled “A Moment of Truth,” lamented that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process had reached an impasse, and that there was now little hope of reversing “Palestinian suffering.”
“We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God’s divine providence for all the inhabitants of this land,” read the statement. “Today we have reached a dead end in the tragedy of the Palestinian people.”
Israel was solely blamed for the situation. In a section titled “The reality on the ground,” the Christian leaders listed the reasons peace had not been reached, including Israel’s security wall, the presence of Jews in Judea and Samaria, Israeli checkpoints, the jailing of Palestinian terrorists, and Israel’s control of a unified Jerusalem.
Like their Muslim counterparts, the Christian leaders insisted that the suicide bombings and other attacks against Israelis that necessitate many of the above measures are not terrorism, but rather legitimate resistance:
“Israel justifies its actions as self-defense… In our opinion, this vision is a reversal of reality. Yes, there is Palestinian resistance to the occupation. However, if there were no occupation, there would be no resistance, no fear and no insecurity.”
That position, of course, ignores the fact that Arab terrorism against Israel began long before 1967, when Israel liberated the so-called “Palestinian territories” from Jordanian occupation and took possession of them in line with the original UN mandate for the region.
The leaders then took aim at Evangelical Christians around the world that support Israel based on biblical precepts.
“[Jesus] came with ‘a new teaching’ (Mk 1:27), casting a new light on the Old Testament, on the themes that relate to our Christian faith and our daily lives, themes such as the promises, the election, the people of God and the land,” read the statement.
“For this reason, it is unacceptable to transform the Word of God into letters of stone… This is precisely the error in fundamentalist Biblical interpretation that brings us death and destruction when the word of God is petrified and transmitted from generation to generation as a dead letter. This dead letter is used as a weapon in our present history in order to deprive us of our rights in our own land,” it continued.
The Christian leaders insisted that the biblical mission of universal salvation had everything to do with the land itself and the body of believers in it, and not with the Nation of Israel, as defined in scripture. They were adamant that the Bible offers no spiritual or divine mandate for the Jews to have sovereignty over the land today:
“We know that certain theologians in the West try to attach a biblical and theological legitimacy to the infringement of our rights. Thus, the promises, according to their interpretation, have become a menace to our very existence.
“We declare that any use of the Bible to legitimize or support political options and positions that are based upon injustice, imposed by one person on another, or by one people on another, transform religion into human ideology and strip the Word of God of its holiness, its universality and truth.
“We also declare that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land is a sin against God and humanity because it deprives the Palestinians of their basic human rights, bestowed by God.”
Many will recognize these positions as thinly disguised Replacement Theology. While the church leaders are not calling for Jews to be expelled from the land, they are disputing the Jews’ right to lay claim to biblical promises, since in the Christians’ view, those promises are either no longer valid, or have been transferred to “the Church.”
Ironically, while the bulk of the statement rejected the politicization of spiritual matters when they were used to justify Israel’s right to the land, the Christian leaders demanded political “justice” and the fulfillment of their political aims in the name of “Christian love.”
Israel is home to many Arab Christian-run ministries that advocate peace and reconciliation, both good and biblical goals. However, with very few exceptions, their idea of reconciliation is nothing short of Jews getting on their knees and begging for forgiveness for “stealing” Arab lands, and offering to unconditionally return that land.”
In other words, my brethren, according to the Arab Christians, you need to throw away the scriptures. So any of those who see this that are Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican or Baptists, you need to contact your local, regional and national headquarters and tell them that the Palestinian representatives of your faith are perverting the Bible and using propaganda for the destruction of Israel.
I don’t know if you remember when I told the story on TCT that when I was a policeman in Israel, we stopped a priest of the Greek Orthodox church coming from Jordan into Israel and he had a trunk full of dynamite. He was only banned because he was a priest rather than jailing him. So you need to understand that if we do not stand, the devil will. They will lie, cheat and they will go on.
Because of the weakness of our government and our President, the infiltrators in our school systems and our government feel very bold.
In Lantern Road elementary School in Fishers, IN, the second graders were required to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest.
The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references to Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa. However, no other deity, other than Allah, was referenced in the show.
“It went off…without a hitch,” Danielle Thompson told the Indianapolis Star. “Several families thought it was a nice program.”
But others did not – especially David Hogan. His daughter came home with a copy of the lyrics just days before the production. Hogan, a Christian, told the American Family Association, a conservative advocacy group, that he was deeply concerned to learn that his daughter had been singing, “Allah is God.”
Here’s what the children were assigned to sing:
“Allah is God, we recall at dawn, Praying ‘til night during Ramadan
At this joyful time we pray happiness for you,
Allah be with you all your life through.”
At this joyful time we pray happiness for you,
Allah be with you all your life through.”
But when it came time to perform the “Christian” part of Christmas, children were assigned to say:
“I didn’t know there was a little boy at the manger. What child is this?
I’m not sure if there was a little boy or not.
Then why did you paint one on your nativity window?
I just thought if there was a little boy, I’d like to know exactly what he (sic) say.”
I’m not sure if there was a little boy or not.
Then why did you paint one on your nativity window?
I just thought if there was a little boy, I’d like to know exactly what he (sic) say.”
“Micah Clark, executive director of the Indiana AFA, launched an Internet protest once he heard about the allegations. “What surprised me here is that we’ve had a secular scrubbing of Christmas for so long and the school apparently didn’t see the problem with kids singing to Allah,” he told FOX News Radio. “You won’t even mention Jesus and you’re going to force my child to sing about Allah?”
That drew the ire of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana. “It’s unfortunate if that was removed from the program just because of Islamophobic feelings,” Shariq Siddiqui told the Indianapolis Star.” (http://www.foxnewsradio.com/2009/12/14/public-schoo-kids-singing-to-allah/#axzz0ZgJnGmk0)
Also, interestingly enough, children in Naples Florida decided to have “Kick a Jew” day. They would ask children in the school if they were Jewish. If they said yes, they would kick them! Now, there is no tolerance for muslim, for Christian stuff in school or if you bring a picture of a knife you’re libel to be expelled, yet 10 of these children were given a one-day in-school suspension without any ‘sensitivity training’ required of them. But, the other school is calling having the kids singing about allah teaching the kids how to be sensitive.
So every one of you parents, grandparents and even not parents, in this Christmas season and this Chanukah season (by the way, Happy Chanukah and a Merry Christmas!) you need to go to your schools and make sure they are not doing this. You need to tell your children as well as you saying to others “Happy Chanukah” (while it lasts) and “Merry Christmas” because that is the reason for the season … His coming to save us.
Do you guys hear this! I wish you could hear my voice instead of just read the words. As a matter of fact once this medical procedure is completed successfully in the Lord, I will create an on-line version for you to hear at www.shofabetzion,com .
One other thing I have the absolute written proof in front of me that Obama adopts new Palestinian hard line. ( http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=20185 to read full article) “Israel made what US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “unprecedented” gestures to get the peace process back on track. But the Palestinians refused, and instead introduced new hard-line positions. So, naturally, Washington and other international peace brokers are going to appease the Palestinians amid their most recent tantrum and adopt their new positions.”
I promise you Israel will not agree. I really respect Netanyahu for facing off his political party to do this and in the process of doing this, he now shows the whole world that this is all they’re going to do and he’s gone as far as he’s going to go. Also, with Iran launching a 12 hundred-mile range rocket for a final test, Israel is going to have to attack. As a matter of fact, President Obama warned the Chinese Prime Minister in Beijing that Washington could only prevent Israel from attacking Iran only for so long. Senior Israeli diplomats revealed this Thursday that Obama was in China to convince it’s leader to stop opposing international efforts to sanction Iran.
Iran will not be sanctioned. 7 years they have given them to complete their nuclear weaponry. Both Israel and Obama also hope to decrease China’s dependency on Iranian oil. See, that dependency is the problem.
Meanwhile Israel and American intelligence communities are leading the global effort to uncover and shut down clandestine Iranian purchase networks that are busy buying up materials needed for Iran’s nuclear program. One such network was recently exposed in Taiwan.
Well my fellow brethren, I think this is a big bite to take in and chew on, letting the Lord tell you what you need to do. Now it seems like an awful lot but I want to tell you that every time we, the people – the sleeping giant that has awakened, move, it is thunderous.
They have put out another notification informing the military that people who believe in God – who believe in the bible and will not be moved, are a threat to this government. And I agree. We are not a threat to the United State of America – to the Constitution – to the free market values of God and this country. But we are surely a threat to a government that wants to do away with God. They should thank our Lord that we are Christians and not muslims because if 92% of this country believed in allah, there wouldn’t be a living Christian left. I say that and you can tell anybody you want. If there were any living, they would be paying a jizrah tax for the right not to be killed.
So my friends, as I wrap this up, I call upon you for prayer and action. The time is gone. If you can’t act, you can pray. But, let’s crank it up even more. For those of you that have asked, I believe this is pretty informative but don’t sweat the little stuff. Keep moving on the health bill but don’t focus on it – focus on the points in this newsletter.
“But Rabbi, how can I focus on all these things in this newsletter?”
Easy. One at a time in the best way you can deal with it – especially locally. Our schools – our young generation are trying to be stolen from us. You have to take dominion of the schools back.
Trust in the Lord – lean not to your own understanding – be brave – be bold – and pray that God’s will be done in all our lives. Pray that those who are being attacked will be protected and those that have illnesses will be healed. Pray that those who are frightful will have the boldness from the Lord and that we all use the measure of faith that we’ve all been given to act on what God tells us to do this day.
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I am blessed to say that the mayor of Marion, Illinois has allowed us to place a 12 foot menorah in Tower Square, where we have celebrated Chanukah publicly every day at sundown as well as at Adat Ariel Congregation and as Congregation Shofar Be Tzion has celebrated it in Connecticut. It is bringing knowledge of God’s word forth because of it.
Hanukkah Celebrated During Festival of Lights Fri.
by M. Elliot MARION, IL – Originally published 09:05 PM, Wednesday Dec. 09, 2009
Updated 07:43 AM, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009
Updated 07:43 AM, Thursday Dec. 10, 2009
On Friday afternoon, December 11, the Messianic Jewish congregation, Adat Ariel, will come together to celebrate Hanukkah with a “Festival of Lights”. The will light a new ten foot tall Menorah at the town square in Marion. Rabbi Moshe Laurie invites “one and all” to this community event at 4:20 – sundown. The lighting of the Menorah will then run through December 18 at the same time each evening.
“We celebrate because the Messiah also celebrated according to the scripture in John 10:22 when Yeshua (Jesus) celebrated the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem,” said Rabbi Laurie, in commemoration of the restoration of the temple. “It is the story of how God once again stopped his people from being annihilated by the great military power of that day. That is why we celebrate the “Eight Days of Light” (Hanukkah) in remembrance of this great event.”
(http://www.westkentuckystar.com/News/Local—Regional/Southern-Illinois/Hanukkah-Celebrated-During-Festival-of-Lights-Fri- for the complete article)
Bless you all,
In Service to The King,
Rabbi Moshe Laurie
March 14th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
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