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The Action Report Arabs, Jews, & the Lebanese: A Prayer for All Dear Special Friend, It’s one of those moments etched in Norma’s and my memories. I had been given special permission by Israel to cross into Lebanon in order to help so many suffering people. Terrorists stalked the land, and kidnappings and murders were common. Then it happened. Word came to Norma that a missionary had been killed by terrorists. He was born in Chicago and was a former US Marine. I fit the bill perfectly, and only later did Norma learn that I was alive and a good man, Bill Robinson, was with the Lord. In those days, Israel still occupied the southern zone in Lebanon in order to prevent rocket attacks against the Jewish people. Though life was difficult, at least most Lebanese thought they could remain in their homeland. But when the Israeli soldiers who protected them pulled out, many Christian Lebanese fled for their lives to Israel. That is where they live to this day—dreaming of a day they can return to their battered but beautiful Lebanon. I remember how they so loved me for coming to care for them that they wanted to build a house for Norma and me if only we would stay in Lebanon. It was not to be. But now, during my last journey to Israel, they were waiting to see me as I preached Jesus and offered them hope and help. I also challenged them not to miss their opportunity to shine as lights to Jews and Arabs around them. In Lebanon, many were “Christians” in name only. Now, though kept from their physical birthplace, many are being born again spiritually and meeting God in a living encounter. So as you pray for Israel’s Jewish and Arab peoples, don’t forget a large third group—your Lebanese brothers and sisters. They need our love as well. Next month I shall tell you how we are reaching thousands of lives around the world (I just returned from incredible days in Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay). Hatred against Israel and the Jews is breaking out like a cancer—worldwide. Part of my strategy is to take God’s heart for Israel and the Jews to the church around the world. Many Christians, once ignorant of prophecy being played out in the Mideast, are now learning to stand up and be counted for their own Jewish neighbors and for God’s protection and salvation toward Israel. What a day to be alive—before the night comes. Please keep this work in your prayers and in your giving. We need you—love you—appreciate you! To Israel—to the world, Frank Eiklor Related Articles · More Articles Jesus said many would come in His name and deceive the hearts of the simple, sinful and proud. Eastern mysticism and meditation is a big thing in the gullible West. And one day a “world leader” will appear on the scene with the persuasion of a god and the heart of a devil. Jesus warns His children to know the Scriptures, live in obedience to the Father’s will, and stay alert to the signs of the times. They laugh no more. Now God’s description of how He will destroy the old earth and create a
new one makes perfect sense. The splitting of the atom turned many skeptics into believers.
After all, look what man himself is capable of doing with the atom and hydrogen bombs. Now
the fear is that nuclear weapons are being placed in the hands of madmen who wish to annihilate
their enemies. God has blessed man with incredible genius. We stand in awe as we watch men and women in a room full of computers and high-tech instruments guiding and landing spacecraft on distant planets. At that moment, we appear invincible. But then a mammoth tornado comes—or a terrifying hurricane—or rains that flood whole regions and never listen to our shouts to “Stop!”—or the shake that removes from under our feet any confidence or pride we carry, and leaves us numb with hardly enough breath to even utter the paralyzing word “EARTHQUAKE!”. And man is helpless in the face of it all! |
