Join us as we Celebrate the Feast of Hanukkah ! Enjoy Family, Fellowship, and Fun as we gather as Jew & Gentile to Re-Visit the story and meaning of Hanukkah. Learn of the Maccabees, G_d's Chosen Guerilla Fighters who by HIS Miracle, took back Jerusalem to set the stage of the Miracle of the Oil !
HOLIDAY & HEBREW MUSIC
LEARN the game of DREIDEL
JOIN US for 'ONEG !' , ..... FELLOWSHIP over a ' Pot Luck ' MEAL !
HEBREW BLESSINGS AS WE BREAK CHALLAH BREAD
And, Joyously, in the Holy Name of Yeshua / Jesus,
Hear the BIG NEWS
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The coming permanent ' MESSIANIC ' Worship Presence
As the Greater Church continues the current and monumental SEASON of Reclaiming the Roots of our Judeo-Christian Faith, it is imperative that we continue to keep our eyes on the Holy Land and people of Israel. It would appear that our Christianity has begun to 'Reach Out' to our blessed Jewish Brother & Sister believers ( The Remnant ) and is attaining a 'Further Clarity' of the MESSIANIC MANNA intended for completeness or ' FULLNESS ' of ONE NEW MAN !
The Most Appropriate of Holiday Gifts !
OH ! , How we Love You Messiah Yeshua
Enjoy the following Edification from our dear friend Mitch Forman, VP of Chosen People, whom is actively helping us PLANT a 'Messianic' presence here in Southern Maine along with our personal Mentor and Brother, Messianic Rabbi Henry Morse of Sha'ar Hashamayim in Stoughton, MA.
We are Very Blessed to call both of our 'Brothers in HIS Blood', FAMILY !
Please Include Both Mitch and Henry in your seasonal prayers of Holiday blessing.
22ND KNESSET DISSOLVED, ELECTIONS CALLED FOR MARCH 2, 2020
Benny Gantz walks during a session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019.(Gali TIBBON / AFP)
For the second time, Israel’s top politicians have failed to form a coalition government. As a result, Israelis will head to the polls yet again to elect a new government. The short-lived 22nd Knesset was disbanded, paving the way for the March 2, 2020 elections. There is a great deal of finger-pointing with blame being widely distributed for this frustrating political deadlock. The Likud party will hold an internal primary for the leadership of the party prior to the March elections. Gideon Sa’ar and Benjamin Netanyahu will run for the party’s leadership; however recent polls have said that Likud will lose seats if Netanyahu is not reelected as the head of the party. Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently facing criminal indictment on charges of bribery and corruption and is expected to ask the Knesset for immunity. Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party has maintained throughout the process that they will not sit in a coalition government with Netanyahu while he is under criminal investigation.
Please pray for this extremely rare, frustrating, and uncertain time in Israel’s history.
Olive Leaf at the Tel Aviv Sheraton Hotel serves excellent food in beautiful surroundings (photo credit: Courtesy)
Tel Aviv was recently ranked seventh in the BBC’s “Top 10 Destinations for Foodies.” Tel Aviv has food stalls and amazing hole-in-the-wall spots offering hummus, falafel, sabikh sandwiches (roasted eggplant with za’atar, hummus, and hard boiled eggs) and shakshuka (a spicy breakfast dish in which eggs are poached in a savory tomato and green pepper broth). Since Tel Aviv is a melting pot of cultures, there are many restaurants that blend east and west with their spices, sauces, and fried or baked options. Tel Aviv also boasts the ability to have fresh farm-to-table vegetables and fruits, so many can eat a vegetarian Mediterranean diet. Even more so, it has proclaimed itself to be the “vegan capital,” as most restaurants now offer completely plant based, vegan options.
Praise God for the healthy and delicious food that is grown in Israel!
ISRAEL SENDS A TEAM TO SAMOA TO DEAL WITH A DEADLY MEASLES OUTBREAK
In this image from video, people gather outside a health emergency operation center Dec. 5, 2019, in Apia, Samoa (TVNZ via AP)
Israel is sending an emergency medical team to the Pacific island of Samoa to help combat a deadly measles outbreak. Sixty-three people, mostly children under the age of four, have died since mid-October. Samoa is in a state of lock down as government and aid workers spread out among the population of 200,000 to vaccinate as many people as possible. This severe measles outbreak is blamed on “anti-vaxxer” propaganda, which make claims that vaccines are responsible for causing the illness, resulting in only 30 percent of the population becoming vaccinated. From Thursday to Friday of last week, an additional 140 new cases were reported in Samoa. Israel has also seen an increase in cases of measles, though not nearly on the same scale. From April of 2018 through March of 2019, there have been a little more than 3,750 cases reported, with only three fatalities.
Please pray for protection for the Israeli team helping with the deadly measles outbreak. Please pray for the people of Samoa to be safe and healthy.
Just recently, the Chosen People Ministries—Israel ministry center on the border of Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv hosted a wonderful worship event. There were close to seventy people there including a few who are not yet believers. Many young people came to spend the time in worship and prayer for the nation of Israel. There were quite a few soldiers who came in uniform on their way from their base to their homes for the weekend. After quickly changing into civilian clothes, it was a special time of refreshing for them. Outside, there were ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators trying to stop people from coming inside. Prayers were sent their way as well, so that they might come to know the Messiah Jesus.
Please pray for many to come to these events at the center to hear about the Messiah, Jesus. Also pray for those trying to stop these events, for the Lord to open their eyes and ears to the gospel.
If you feel compelled to watch the 'Field of Spiritual Warfare' , .......... today's so-called political news, reflect on this video. With faith and the Patience of God, always remember, He has already conquered the world ! , ..... as believers and followers of 'The Way', in Messiah we are always 'Fighting from a Position of Victory'. Ask His 'LIGHT' into your journey through these rather dark days, and as always, ' SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM ' !!!
Now !,.... I KNOW I am absolutely NOT prophetic ! ' I believe todays blessing of an observation relates to 'eyes that SEE' , and being a diligent 'Watchman' !
And, the past few years of Hebrew Roots studies which 'bless' me with 'recognition' of our Lord's Biblical Signposts, as well as the enclosed ' International News Find ', .......................................
( also tied to this SEASON of Increased Knowledge ) that make today's Post SO, ....... Kingdom Significant to ' Such a Time as THIS'. Because this Season of Increased Knowledge will indeed bring the TRUTH of GOD to the surface for eyes that are blessed to SEE........ AMEYN !!! & Baruch haShem !
Perhaps you recall me preaching about the passing of Billy Graham, and that perhaps it could be demonstrative of God's Spiritual Mantle being handed down to ' another generation ' ?
I then continued with sharing the recent overwhelming feeling that the ' Handing Down of The Spiritual Mantle ' would be alike the handing down of the Spiritual Mantle from Elijah to Elisha, and that the New Generational Mantle Recipient would similarly receive a Double Portion of WISDOM Anointing causative of a Massive Spiritual Outpouring !
( and as you may also have heard, ' I ' believe this imminent Spiritual Outpouring will take on UNSEEN proportion once 'WE' gentiles, or Christian Believers re-acquaint
and re-align themselves to the Roots of our Jewish Jesus, and actually become
ONE NEW MAN through Co-Edification of the Jew & Gentile. ' I distinctly recall something about ' A House Divided ' somewhere.'
Please pray with me that Adonai / God continues to lift the grey cloud of worldly vision from any of His Spiritual Truths during this Season of Increased Knowledge. That He brings further of His truthful clarity to any of these informational finds, in which He desires ' Eyes That See ' to find His Truths, ... and do Teshuva and Repent back to Biblical Truth, and 'Re-Align' their lives with YOUR DESIRE to reconcile ourselves completely to You through the Blessed outline 'originally' blessed to us in the Holy and untainted WORD of The Scriptures, and Living Word Yeshua / Messiah. ... Ameyn!
' Evidently ', and I guess we'll SEE, how the news below from Unkraine plays
out as His Truth 'comes to the top' .....Blessings !
What happens when the PUBLIC discovers the TRUTH (magnitude) Regarding political party corruption?
What happens when the PUBLIC discovers 'Fake News' coordination with political parties to conceal, shelter and protect those Criminally Responsible ?
Define ' Projection ' The Great Awakening !
Upon being Drawn Back to the KINGDOM PLAN
The Edification and Unification of Jewish and Christian Believers through
ADONAI / GOD'S 'COMPLETE' TRUTH !
MUST READ !
KYIV. Nov 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian members of parliament have demanded the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump, investigate suspicions of the legalization of $7.4 billion by the "family" of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych through the American investment fund Franklin Templeton Investments, which they said has ties to the U.S. Democratic Party.
At a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday, MP Andriy Derkach announced that deputies have received new materials from investigative journalists about international corruption and the participation of Ukrainian officials in it.
"Last week, November 14, the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), unnoticed by the media, announced a new suspicion to the notorious owner of Burisma, ex-Ecology Minister Zlochevsky. According to the suspicion, the Yanukovych family is suspected, in particular, with legalizing (laundering) of criminally obtained income through Franklin Templeton Investments, an investment fund carrying out purchases of external government loan bonds totaling $7.4 billion," Derkach said.
With reference to the investigation, he emphasized: it was money criminally obtained by the "family" of Yanukovych and invested in the purchase of Ukrainian debt in 2013-2014.
For his part, MP Oleksandr Dubinsky from the Servant of the People faction said that according to investigators, "the Yanukovych 'family' illegally obtained $7.4 billion and laundered the funds through an investment fund close to some representatives of the U.S. Democratic Party in the form of external government loan bonds."
Meanwhile, Derkach said that several facts indicate Franklin Templeton Investments' relationship with the U.S. Democratic Party.
"The son of Templeton's founder, John Templeton Jr., was one of President Obama's major campaign donors. Another fund-related character is Thomas Donilon. Managing Director of BlackRock Investment Institute, shareholder Franklin Templeton Investments, which has the largest share in the fund. It is noteworthy that he previously was Obama's national security advisor," Derkach said.
The MP said that the presidents of Ukraine and the United States should combine the efforts of the two countries to establish facts of corruption and money laundering with the participation of citizens of both countries.
"President Zelensky must pick up the phone, dial Trump, ask for help and cooperation in the fight against corruption and fly to Washington. The issue of combating international corruption in Ukraine with the participation of citizens, businessmen and U.S. officials should become a key during the meeting of the two presidents," he said.
Derkach said as a result of the meeting, it is necessary to build interaction between the Ukrainian investigating authorities and the U.S. Department of Justice to obtain information about the organizers of the bond issue, clients and beneficiaries of investment funds for each purchase, interrogate fund officials, etc.
As reported, on October 9, 2019, Derkach published official correspondence between NABU and the U.S. Embassy, according to which the first deputy of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Gizo Uglava, through his assistant Polina Chyzh, for a long time provided the U.S. Embassy with information that negatively affected the course of events in Ukraine and the United States.
Derkach said Chyzh received instructions from the representative of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Hanna Emelyanova to provide information on the case involving Zlochevsky.
Derkach also announced the amount of money transferred to representatives of the Burisma Group, including Hunter Biden. According to documents, in general, in favor of Hunter Biden, Alexander Kwasniewski, Alan Apter and Devon Archer, Burisma paid about $16.5 million.
According to Derkach, ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin repeatedly appealed to the NABU Director Artem Sytnyk in the framework of criminal proceedings for Burisma, but constantly received formal responses. The activities of Shokin, according to the MP, irritated then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during his fifth visit to Kyiv in two years. The visit on December 7-8, 2015, was devoted to solving the issue of Shokin's resignation for the affairs of Zlochevsky and Burisma, he said.
"The subject of pressure was the $1 billion credit guarantee that the United States should have provided to Ukraine: Biden himself acknowledged the pressure in his speech to the U.S. Foreign Relations Council in January 2018," Derkach said.
