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The Action Report January 2008 My Precious Friend, My “son Timothy” and I have returned from Israel. This time it was the younger man, Christopher, who was sick the entire journey. He proved a real soldier, and his prayers and presence gave the older guy – me – the strength to preach and teach with power. We ministered to believers across the north as well as bringing encouragement and help to the Israel Defense Forces. It took me some 20 journeys to Israel before being invited to enter a base on the Goal that is close to foreigners. The soldiers even gave us s demonstration of their prowess and firepower. My challenge to Jewish believers in Jesus was the same I give around the world. “Don’t walk on eggshells. Walk and witness boldly. Live such lives of integrity that, if adversaries criticize you, your neighbors won’t believe them.” I also encouraged them to be like their persecuted brethren in China who say: “We don’t follow signs and wonders. Signs and wonders follow us!” It is obviously not easy confessing Jesus (Yeshua in Israel). Followers of Jesus the Jew the Jew are a tiny minority. But their message is not weak – instead, it is found throughout the prophecies of the First Testament and is fulfilled in an awesomely alive Messiah. Parts of the messianic movement, like Christian denominations everywhere, are riddled with jealousy, envy, division, intrigue – in short, a terrible lack of love. My challenge was to seek and receive from the Spirit of God a fiery baptism of unconditional love, first for each other and them for all. To pray for the sick. To cast our demons. To live out the whole Bible and let God be God and do what He wills and wants. Elijah’s God convinced others when it came to a demonstration of power. So will our Father honor the Son of God if we throw aside our doctrinal differences, extremes, and fears, and just obey His Word. No believer in Israel could say “But you don’t understand persecution.” They know I have faced swastikas and threats from anti-Semites, opposition from Christians who claim God is finished with Jews and Israel, and some Jewish leaders who would dearly love me to be silent concerning Jesus. But if the truth sets men free – and we have the truth in Jesus – then we dare not be timei8d in both living and declare it! Please keep this work in your prayers. The needs are great and your support is so needed. Your help this month would be a big lift to my heart and this ministry. May God’s presence fill your 2008, 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! |
