OUT of ZION Ministries
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Out of Zion Ministries is under the spiritual covering of Kehilat HaCarmel (Carmel Assembly),
Pastor Mike Fryer & Motte Sircus
The CARMEL ALERT September 18th 2010
A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying
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David’s Comment: Time is Short – Time to Put the Gospel to Work
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. (NKJ)
If anyone is in doubt that things are accelerating and the return of the Lord is rapidly approaching – just look at the crazy things taking place all around the world. Things that were taboo 30 years ago are now regularly seen on television & movie screens. Most people don’t even bat an eyelid at things that would have caused an outrage a generation ago. Even in the church, which is supposed to be the House of God, we see & hear things that you would once only have witnessed in a pub or nightclub. Ever since the late 1960’s the moral fibre of the Western world had been steadily sliding into the abyss.
Another clue is the rise of Islam, and not just radical Islam. We are witnessing the covert infiltration of Islam into every sector of our once Christian nations – the most concerning being the media and politics. Do not be fooled like most of those around us. Islam is not a nice peaceful religion. It is a religion that exists to take land for Allah and to subdue all those who resist, even to the point of cold blooded murder. And the Islamic world’s intensifying fervour to see the demise of Israel is yet another indicator of the rapidly approaching end of the age.
Then there are the ever increasing natural disasters. Storms, floods, tsunamis, fires, and earthquakes are wreaking havoc all over the planet. According to the UK’s Daily Telegraph, the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, moved the earth 11 feet. These are truly days of great shaking, but according to the words of Yeshua in Matthew 24 and Luke 21, there is much worse to come. As never before, now is the time to share the Good News of God’s plan and provision of personal salvation with family, friends, neighbours, work-mates, and the people we come into contact every day at the PO, the bank or the store. Even people we encounter who we never met before and are unlikely to meet again, deserve the opportunity to say YES to Yeshua.
Ever since the morning after I gave my life to the Lord, I have had a strong compunction to tell people about the reality of God. Until that time, i had been a devout Atheist, virulently denying the very existence of God. Most people’s initial response was “that’s great for you, but please don’t involve me.” It seems that a spirit has come down over the post-Christian Western World that causes the majority of people to have absolutely no interest in their own eternal well-being. In fact I had a recent revelation that most people (myself included) spend more time & energy trying to prove that God doesn’t exist, than seeking to simply discover the truth. I see now how irrational that is. Surely if there really is a benevolent Creator out there, who desires to have a 2 way intimate relationship with His children, and wants to bless them in every way, any intelligent, rational person would want to have that kind of relationship. Only a lying, deceiving spirit can cause human beings from seeking out their Creator.
Yeshua is now seated at the right hand of the Father, leaving each & every one of us with the “great commission” to go into all of the world making disciples in every nation. That doesn’t mean we need to travel to the other side of the world to share the Gospel. Sadly, most of the people we encounter every day are on the road to eternity in Hell. In case any of our readers don’t believe there is a Hell, Yeshua mentioned Hell many more times that He mentioned Heaven. And if there is no Hell, why did the Son of God need to endure the excrutiatingly painful and shameful death on the cross ? I believe there is a Hell and that the Lord is looking to us to rescue as many of His children as possible from that eternal separation.
I want to share with you some of the ways I employ to share the Gospel
Rather than you doing all the talking, ask them questions ….
Find out where they are currently at in their belief system – there is no point talking about the Bible if they dont even believe there is a God
Share your most powerful, supernatural testimonies – if you don’t have any, step out of your comfort zone and you will soon have some
Use current events to initiate conversations. Here you can quote what the Bible says about the End Times – as a car bumper that i saw said ” Read the Bible – It will scare the Hell out of you !”
Proclaim relevant scripture verses over people – but you don’t need to tell them that you are quoting the Bible – that only causes people to put their defenses up – just proclaim the Word
Most importantly keep the people you are witnessing to in your prayers – Yeshua told us that no one comes to the Father unless the Holy Spirit draws them
If you would like a more comprehensive article on evangelism please email me & I will send you an attached article. REMEMBER ………..
Rom 10:14-15 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” (NKJ)
The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel.
Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for all of the soldiers in the IDF -they are defending and fighting for the Kingdom of God.
Shabbat Shalom …. David & Josie
THIS WEEKS NEWS REPORTS
1. Netanyahu Demands Full End to Conflict Israel Today News Sept 12th
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that when he attends the next round of direct peace negotiations with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday, he will demand that the agreement they are working toward mark a full end to the conflict. Abbas “needs to recognize the principle that if we reach a settlement on borders then Israel will demand that it end the conflict, and the Palestinians recognize the Jewish state,” an Israeli official told the Ynet news portal. “The prime minister will not agree to a principle that allows the Palestinians to establish a state and then continue the argument over which territory belongs to whom.” In that vein, Netanyahu on Sunday reiterated his demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as “the Jewish state,” and that after the signing of a peace deal. “We both live on the same small piece of land but as soon as we suggest a two state solution for two nations, a Jewish one and a Palestinian one, unfortunately I do not hear from the other side the sentence ‘two states for two nations.’ I hear two states, but I don’t hear two nations,” Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet meeting.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas clarified for his people on Monday that he intends to make not even one concession or compromise in direct peace negotiations with Israel, and that for a final status peace to be achieved, Israel will have to fully meet all Arab demands and abandon its own conditions. First and foremost, Abbas told Palestinian newspapers that if the Jewish building freeze in Judea and Samaria (the so-called “West Bank”) is not extended indefinitely, the negotiations will come to an immediate halt. But Abbas also said he would walk out of the talks if he is pressured at all to alter the Palestinians’ more hardline positions. “If they demand concessions on the rights of the refugees or the 1967 borders, I will quit. I can’t allow myself to make even one concession,” Abbas told the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam. The Palestinian Authority again reiterated to its own people in Arabic that the ultimate goal in regards to Jerusalem is to wrest control of the entire city from Israel. And once again, the international media ignored the nefarious agenda that the Palestinians themselves admit they have. The Palestinian government was outraged this week when the World Jewish Congress kicked off its annual gathering in Jerusalem. Please pray that the PM keeps the Biblical borders and the future of Israel as his primary concern
2. Gaza Rockets Mar Holiday Weekend for Israelis Israel Today News Sept 12th
The Rosh Hashanah holiday weekend was not a restful one for the residents of southern Negev region, where four rockets fired by Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists landed from Thursday to Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, another two rockets were fired at southern Israel. There were no injuries in the attacks, but local Israelis were forced to spend much of the holiday indoors and as close to their bomb shelters as possible. Last Wednesday, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a mortar shell fired from Gaza damaged an Israeli kindergarten just 30 minutes before the children arrived.
Please pray that all rockets & other missiles will continue to land on open ground
3 .IDF Shelling Kills 3 Militants Near Gaza Border Ha Aretz News Sept 12th
An Israel Defense Forces shelling killed three Palestinians approaching the border between Israel and Gaza, Israel Radio reported on Sunday, as the number of violent incidents in recent weeks continues to increase. Earlier Sunday, Gaza militants fired three mortar shells at the northern Negev. No injuries or damages were reported. The IDF Spokesman’s Office stated in response that an “IDF unit spotted suspicious figures attempting to fire anti-tank missiles, at which point the soldiers returned fire.” The statement added that, in an earlier separate incident, Israeli soldiers identified suspicious figures attempting to approach the border fence between Israel and Gaza, with soldiers firing warning shots.
Lask week Israel Air Force planes struck targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in retaliation to Palestinian militants firing a rocket from the territory into Israel. The IDF confirmed at the time that its air force had attacked the coastal territory in response to a wave of security incidents over the last week. The army said that it had struck smuggling tunnels used by militants planning to infiltrate Israel and commit terror acts against civilians soldiers. The cross-border violence was the first since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington on Thursday to relaunch peace talks, and was a stark reminder of the obstacles both leaders face.
Early on Saturday, Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel, causing no injuries, the Israeli military said. Hours later, witnesses and Hamas security officials said Israeli aircraft fired rockets at targets in Gaza, including smuggling tunnels along the border with Egypt. Gaza security officials say one Palestinian was killed, one wounded and three are missing after the Israeli air strike. Hamas identified the five as smugglers working in a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border. The Islamists of Hamas routed forces loyal to Abbas to take over the Gaza Strip in 2007. Hamas rejects Abbas’s peace moves and said on Thursday that 13 militant groups had agreed to work together to launch “more effective attacks” against Israel.
Please pray that the IDF is able to locate and decommission all who seek to make war with Israel
4. Palestinian Mortar Targets Israeli Kindergarten Israel Today News Sept 12th
Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell at an elementary school compound in southern Israel on Wednesday morning, damaging the kindergarten building. The attack came just 30 minutes before the students arrived for school. Officials said that had the attack happened just a little later, Israel would today be mourning a major tragedy. School officials decided to go ahead with classes, but had all of the students study in the few buildings that are fully reinforced against Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks. Students were not permitted to go outside for recess.
Lets give thank to the Lord for the fact that the children were not harmed
5. Nine Mortars Hit Southern Israel – One Terrorist Killed in Tunnel Strike Ha Aretz News Sept 15th
Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian, witnesses said. The attack came hours after Gaza militants stepped up rocket and mortarfire on southern Israel, in an apparent attempt to scupper Middle East peace talks. Witnesses in the southern Gaza town of Rafah said the Israeli air strike killed a tunnel worker and wounded two other people. The Israeli army confirmed the attack. Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two Qassam rockets into Israel. One of the rockets exploded in an open area in the industrial zone just south of Ashkelon. There were no injuries or property damage. In addition to the rocket strikes, nine mortar shells also hit an open area in the Eshkol region near the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
There was also a fear of renewed violence across the border in Jordan, with the U.S. embassy in the country warning of a high chance of terror attacks in the Red Sea city of Aqaba over the coming 48 hours. The increased violence came a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Tuesday in Egypt to continue the direct peace talks that began earlier this month. The leaders were meeting again in Jerusalem on Wednesday, for their third conversation in two days. Hamas, which control the Gaza strip, have condemned the talks and early this month timed a pair of West Bank shooting attacks to coincide with the opening of negotiations in Washington, killing four Israelis and wounding two.
Please pray that those repsonsible for these rocket attacks are prevented from making further attacks
The Israel Defense Forces killed a Hamas military commander in the West Bank, Israel Radio reported on Friday, in the latest of recent violent clashes between Israel and the Islamist organization. Hamas has declared its objection to the recent relaunch of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying that Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas does not represent the Palestinian people and is not authorized to negotiate on its behalf. Speaking to the cabinet earlier this week, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said that Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and which is believed to have operatives working in the PA-ruled West Bank, has issued “an organizational directive to foil the talks.”
According to the IDF, an Israeli army unit had been conducting a raid for wanted Palestiniains in a village east of Tul Karm, when one of the wanted men, named by Israel Radio as Hamas West Bank strongman Iyad Shilbayeh, began “running suspiciously toward the [IDF] force, refusing to heed the soldiers’ request to stop.” “The unit, feeling threatened, opened fire, killing the suspected,” the IDF Spokesman’s office said, adding that “the incident was being investigated.” In an escalation of tensions on Wednesday, militants fired two phosphorous mortar shells into Israel from the Hamas-ruled Strip. A total of nine mortar shells were fired on Wednesday, all falling in fields in the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no casualties or damage.
6. IDF Kills Hamas Military Leadwr in the West Bank – Tensiomns Rising Ha Aretz News Sept 17th
Please pray for calm over the Yom Kippur weekend – often a time of heightened pressure on Israel
Defense Minister Ehud Barak held initial discussions with defense officials this week about the approaching end of the building freeze in the West Bank. He is trying to find ways to restrict settlement construction by the Defense Ministry, which is the de facto authority in the West Bank, without issuing a new order to suspend construction when the moratorium ends on September 26. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday urged Israel to extend the freeze. She told Channel 10 this would be “extremely useful” for making progress in negotiations with the Palestinians. A senior official familiar with the debate on the construction freeze said new building in the West Bank could be delayed through legal measures for a long time. The ministry is also examining legal steps it can take to delay the construction of 2,000 housing units that had been approved before the construction freeze went into place.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at his meetings this week with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he would not extend the moratorium on construction. The official said that, instead of a new suspension order, which would require the approval of both the cabinet and the forum of seven ministers, Israel could reach quiet understandings with the Americans on limiting the construction for several months. It is expected that such understandings would enable the Americans to persuade the Palestinian Authority not to quit the negotiations, the official said. Barak is due to leave Saturday night for Washington, where he will meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor General James Jones. He is also scheduled to meet with Clinton. . Terrorist Planned to Bomb IDF Event in Paris Ha Aretz News Sept 11th
7. Barak May Use Legal Loopholes to Impose Defacto Settlement Freeze Ha Aretz News Sept 17th
Please pray that Baraks plans will be foiled
7 A terrorist who planned to bomb an Israel Defense Forces fundraising event in Paris has been arrested in Egypt and extradited to France, the Le Journal du Dimanche reported late Saturday. The report, which was relayed to the newspaper by French intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini, did not specify when the arrest took place nor did it elaborate on the details of the IDF event in question. Speaking in an interview with the weekly newspaper, Squarcini said French authorities foil an average of two planned attacks per year, but “one day or another, we’re going to get hit.” He said the risk of a terrorist attack on French soil has “never been higher” and that “objectively, there are reasons for worry.”
The intelligence chief added that France’s history as a colonial master in North Africa, its military presence in Afghanistan and a proposal that would ban full-covering face veils in public make the country a prime target for certain radical Islamist groups. The risk now was as high as in 1995 before of deadly attacks on the Paris Metro by Algerian Islamic extremists, Squarcini told Le Journal. Squarcini said the threat is threefold, coming from Al-Qaida’s North African affiliate – an Algerian insurgent group that allied itself with the international terror network several years ago and has targeted French interest in the region in the past – radical French converts to Islam and French nationals who have trained with extremist groups in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.
Please pray for angelic protection over Israeli interests everywhere in the World
* Recommended U-Tube Video Clips *
NEW Mulsims taking over in France http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2010/August/Islamization-of-Paris-a-Warning-to-the-West
The Identity of the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures http://www.youtube.com/user/israelmedia1#p/a/u/1/mQFWi6cCUtY
New insights to the battle of Gog & Magog by Chuck Missler http://www.god.tv/video/play?video=1280 45 minutes
Israel Under Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMEvrxgv3O0
Interesting info from an Arab perspective http://www.shoebat.com/videos/speak2arab.php
What is Obama planning ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNlaQEYw0q4&feature=player_embedded
For those who want to boycott Israel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbIQto3KPUM&eurl
Israeli innovation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHStBGk_D8Y
what may unfold over the next few months http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=136
85 other YouTube videos about Israel at:http://www.jr.co.il/videos/israel-videos.htm
FINANCES: The Carmel Alert prayer points bulletin is sent out weekly via e-mail. We also produce a bi-monthly family ministry newsletter which we prefer to send out by postal mail. Much of our literature is on our website at: www.out-of-zion.com Out of Zion Ministries is answering the call to be a blessing and a light to the nations. David regularly travels to churches around the world to share the Word of the Lord in respect to the Jewish roots of Christianity, and to bring awareness of the Church’s relation-ship to Israel and the Jewish people and her responsibility to partner with the Lord in the restoration of Israel. We are open to visiting your congregation if we are invited. We are have a vision to take the Gospel to the Jew first and then to the people of other nations.
The work of Out of Zion is made possible through the prayerful and financial support of the Body of Messiah. We encourage you to seek the Lord as to how He would have you be His & our fellow-workers. If you wish to become a partner in the restoration & salvation of Israel, & the restoration of the Church to her Jewish roots, please contact us at kiwi@netvision.net.il. Your prayer and financial support will go toward our expenses here in Israel and our ministry to the nations.