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The Temple Mount is unlike any other holy site in the world …
And there’s no other place on the planet that holds more meaning and sacred significance to the Jewish people – at the base of which the Western Wall of the old Temple courtyard still stands.
The Temple Mount is where Abraham prepared to offer his son Isaac in obedience until – foreshadowing the eventual coming of Messiah – God stopped him and provided a substitute sacrifice.
One thousand years later, King David purchased the threshing floor of Araunah on this spot (see 2 Samuel 24:24) and designated it to be the site for the Temple that would become a permanent habitation for the presence of God among the Jewish people.
Do you want to know how to pray for Israel in greater detail and depth? Jewish Voice Ministries has put together this Intercessory Prayer Guide for Israel that provides focused, targeted requests to help you pray for the nation of God’s People. We hope this prayer guide can help both Messianic Jews and Christians pray their support for Israel.
It is the site of the Second Temple that stood in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) day – where the promised Messiah walked, taught and worshiped.
Only the overwhelming force of invading armies has ever been able to drive the Jews from that rocky, sacred hill. And then, only temporarily.
The Babylonians, the Romans, the Crusaders, and finally the Muslim hoards have all tried. But each time, the Jewish people have been drawn back to their historic, God-granted place of origin.
For 4,000 years, Jerusalem in general and the Temple Mount in particular have served as the geographic focal point for the Jewish people.
And today, tensions and conflict surrounding the Temple Mount are unlike any other time in history.
I shared earlier in June that Jewish visitors fell under attack when they were granted access to the Temple Mount to commemorate Jerusalem Day – celebrating God’s faithfulness in the Six Days War, when the Jewish people took back control of the Old City, reunifying Jerusalem.
Muslims rioted, throwing stones, chairs, anything they could get their hands on. Once police and Israeli forces dispersed the crowds, many Jewish people were able to enter and pray.
But this incident is just one of many. And the reality is, Muslims are intent on wresting complete control of the Temple Mount from the Jewish people.
In 1967, when the Jews won back the Old City, there was only one Mosque in the Temple Mount area. Today, there are five.
In fact, Muslim groups like the Palestinian Authority accuse the Jewish visitors of the Temple Mount as being “invaders” — and these groups are doing anything they can to prevent the Jewish people from worshiping at their most holy site.
Just last week, another violent protest erupted on the Temple Mount.
In honor of Tisha B’Av, the day of mourning when Jews commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples, Jewish visitors ascended the Temple Mount. And they were met with violence at the hands of Muslims.
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Four police officers and dozens of others were injured in the skirmish.
But nothing will keep the people of Israel from gathering on God’s holy mountain. Not those who refuse to acknowledge the Jewish Temples ever existed. Not those who claim Israel has no right to exist. And not those who will stop at nothing until Israel and her people have been destroyed.
Even now, with so much contention surrounding the Temple Mount, I sense God stirring the hearts of His people.
I believe the seasons ahead will be a massive time of God opening the eyes of the Jewish people to the truth that Yeshua is the promised Mashiach (Messiah)!
This may have been what Ezekiel foresaw when he prophetically wrote:
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve Me, and there I will accept them (Ezekiel 20:40 NIV).
Such a movement could act as a holy spark that might possibly ignite one of the greatest revivals in human history – in Israel and throughout the Middle East.
And you could be a part of it all!
Your support today to bless the people of Israel will help provide the greatest and most eternal blessing we can bestow upon a Jewish person: an introduction to the Messiah, Yeshua.
That’s the core of our entire ministry at Jewish Voice. And I believe it’s the reason behind your faithful prayers and giving.
And I pray you’ll be willing to give a generous gift to help.
Your generosity will help save and support the Jewish people – in Israel and around the world – by providing:
When we first visited Gutu, Zimbabwe, in 2014, 75-year-old Mandinyenya spent five hours waiting to get into the Clinic and said it was well worth the wait. He also said, “I want the people in America to pray for us. And I want the Clinic to come back again!”
We did return to Gutu, and, now, we are going again. It’s been three years since our last visit. The fact that Jewish Voice is bringing another free Medical Clinic to the area is, no doubt, good news to the people of Gutu. However, we desire to bring more than just medical treatment. We hope to see people deeply impacted by THE Good News: salvation through Yeshua (Jesus). And like Mandinyenya, we too hope for prayer covering – yours, from wherever you are ̶ for the people of Gutu, our team ministering to them, and the whole region.
Please sign up to help cover this Outreach in prayer from wherever you may be and at a convenient time for you. Here is a day-by-day prayer guide to help you stay in step with what we are doing and know how to pray:
Wednesday, August 21–Wednesday, August 28 ▪ Isaiah 40:3–5
Thursday, August 29 ▪ Proverbs 3:6
Friday, August 30 ▪ Numbers 6:24–26
Saturday, August 31 ▪ Psalm 19:14
Sunday, September 1 ▪ Ephesians 4:16
Monday – September 2 ▪ Philippians 2:3–5
Tuesday – September 3 ▪ James 1:17
Wednesday – September 4 ▪ John 6:37
Thursday – September 5 ▪ Luke 17:5
Friday – September 6 ▪ 2 Timothy 2:15
Saturday – September 7 ▪ Isaiah 40:31
Sunday – September 8 ▪ Psalm 96:1–3
Let’s pray:
Father, Abba, thank You for sending Yeshua to die for us and His Spirit to live in us. Thank You for each person serving on this Outreach and for each one praying for it. May many people come and receive medical care, hear about and believe in Yeshua. We ask You for the best of Good News in Gutu – that Jewish people and their neighbors would be saved. In Yeshua’s name, Amen.
Late last week, in less than 24 hours, two brief attacks erupted along two separate border areas in Israel:
One attack targeted Israel Defense Force (IDF) troops stationed in the south along the Gaza strip. An attacker, identified as a Hamas terrorist, armed with grenades and a military grade assault rifle, infiltrated the southern border in Israel and injured an officer and two soldiers before being killed by the IDF.
While these types of incidents aren't uncommon, they are continual reminders that Israel’s enemies surround her borders and her people on all sides.
Both Iran and Hamas have threatened to mount relentless attacks along Israel’s southern border, especially if war breaks out in the north along the Syrian and Lebanese borders.
It’s critical for Israel and her military to protect herself on multiple fronts – which could break out with unpredictable, explosive violence at any moment.
End-times signpost: Israel surrounded by conflict
There has never been a time when Israel and the Jewish people have not been victimized by the enemy’s savage attacks against them. Even today in America the Anti-Defamation League reports the highest level of anti-Semitism since World War II.
Because Israel and the Jewish people play a major role in the last days, the enemy has always been hard at work opposing God’s plan using hatred against the Jews and anti-Israel sentiment, rhetoric, and violence.
The enemy cleverly disguises each campaign with a compelling lie that blames the Jews for some kind of ill. In the book of Esther, the villain Haman told King Xerxes that the Jews refused to obey the law and should be wiped out. In medieval Europe, Jews were commonly blamed for poisoning village wells, among other things. Hitler promoted many lies in his attempt to annihilate the Jewish people worldwide.
Today the world has been told and has almost mindlessly accepted, that all unrest in the Middle East is Israel’s fault. If the Jews would give the Land “back to the Palestinians,” there would be peace in the world and terrorism would end.
But nothing could be further from the truth.
The presence of so much conflict, with Israel as the epicenter, is merely setting the stage for the final showdown in the Middle East.
Bible prophecy tells us that one day the entire world will stand against Israel. Zechariah 12:3 (NIV) states, “On that day when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.”
Is peace possible?
Is peace even possible? In truth, is that even the right question to ask? We have to believe that peace is possible and will happen when Jesus returns.
As Believers, we serve the Prince of Peace. God commands us to pray for the “peace of Jerusalem.” It doesn’t matter what any of us think about the potential chance for peace. We have no choice but to pray…
In addition to praying, I hope you’ll also demonstrate your love for Israel and her people with your gift today!
Your generosity will help support the Jewish people, in Israel and around the world, by providing:
