Shalom All,
I write to you on a somber
day, a day I will never
forget and am thanking God
for allowing me to be in
this country for such a
time? as sorrowful as it is
right now.
Today I saw something that
will forever haunt me.
Something that I will never
forget as it has been burned
into my memory. All of the
staff on my floor paused at
the television as we watched
something I doubt will make
it into the news on your
side of the world. Gush
Katif is the settlement in
Gaza that remains to be
evacuated. A three star
Colonel (Golani Fighter ?
most notorious and amazing
unit of the IDF) stood in
front of the Gush Katif
settlers and listened to
several of the settlers as
they took turns yelling out
their pain and frustration.
One man in his late
twenties/early thirties was
wearing an orange shirt and
was crying and sobbing and
saying ?I once served under
you in the IDF and now you
are here to remove me from
my home? why, why,why must
you do this to us? Why are
we against one another now?
How could we let the enemy
come between us and cause
such distress? Why must I
leave my home and everything
I love, why!? This man
sobbed and I have never seen
such a heartbroken person.
Then the Colonel did the
most amazing thing I have
ever seen. He walked right
into this man and held him,
hugged him as they both
cried. The Colonel said, ?I
am your brother, I am not
your enemy and I love you.
I do not want to do this but
I must because I am ordered
to.? And they continued to
cry together and sob. Right
then, I started crying
myself and stood there with
tears streaming down my
face. I had a realization?
if you are for God then you
must be for Israel. If you
claim to be for God but
against Israel then you have
been deceived. These people
are suffering and being
forced to negotiate with
terrorists. These are God?s
people and we are to support
them. As I went back to my
room, Mandy and I were glued
to the television as we
watched the Palestinian
leaders being interviewed.
Here are some interesting
and sickening facts: The
Palestinian government is
setting aside 1.4 million
dollars to THROW A PARTY
once the last of the
settlers are removed. I was
so angry I threw my pillow
at the TV. Not only this,
but the Palestinians are
producing tons of souvenirs
that say, ?First Gaza, NOW
JERUSALEM!? I am
infuriated. I am telling
you now, you must keep your
eye on Israel during these
next few months. More will
be happening here that will
usher in the return of
Messiah than ever before, I
believe. We will NOT give
them Jerusalem and you have
my word that if a war breaks
out, I will remain here
until the day I die to
support Israel during such a
time. Please Pray!!!
Now if I may be ?preachy?
for a moment, I want to
challenge you all. I know
from experience because I
have been born and raised in
the USA? I know the
mentality there. There is a
very deceptive and alluring
spirit that has settled upon
the Believers there. It is
a spirit of complacency,
selfishness and offense. If
we are not careful, those
things can cause us to be
completely blinded and
unaware of what is going on
in the rest of the world. I
challenge you to open your
eyes and start to see what
Yeshua is doing to get our
attention! The time is at
hand, the time is near and
we must be doers of the Word
and not hearers. One hour
on Sunday does not cut it.
Reading a few verses and
attending a covered dish
dinner does not cut it. I
challenge you to get out of
your comfort zones and do
something new, something
different, something bold.
Mandy and I believe that His
Return is so very soon? but
can you sense this in your
spirit also? Are you having
dreams, visions? Are you
sensing the urgency in your
Spirit that the One who has
redeemed us is on His way
back?
I had a vision years ago
that still remains in my
heart. I saw Yeshua sitting
at the right hand of God and
I could not see God, He was
a blinding light, I could
only see Yeshua. And all of
the sudden the angels threw
themselves on the ground in
silence. All of the sudden,
cries could be heard, cries
of urgency, of longing?
these were the cries and
prayers of the Believers on
earth. Then Yeshua leaped
out of his throne and had
such an amazing piercing
passion in His eyes. He was
about to rush down to earth
to take His children back
when God?s arm went before
Yeshua and held Him back.
Then a loud voice said, ?Not
now, My Son, but very soon?
very soon.?
And I leave you with this:
The time is soon, the events
are unfolding, Israel is the
center of all of the
end-times events. It?s time
to take a bold step out into
the unknown for the sake of
the lives of those that are
perishing without a saving
knowledge of Yeshua.
What will your part be?
Rev 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride
say, Come. And let him that
hears say, Come. And let him
that is thirsting come. And
whosoever will, let him take
the water of life freely.
This is Erin reporting LIVE
from Jerusalem?