Blessing Israeli Believers November 2019

Update from Oded Shoshani, Kings of Kings Jerusalem, Hebrew Congregation

Evangelism Training
About two weeks ago we began a long-term evangelism training process together with another local congregation. The purpose is to encourage and train people in practical evangelism. For the last two weekends at the services of both congregations we have taught and shared testimonies. The day before we began this training a pot caught fire in Pastor Oded and Sandy's home. God was gracious to protect our home, yet we see the seriousness of the battle. Please pray for protection over the leadership team of this initiative. Pray for both congregations to have a shift in mindset regarding evangelism as well as wisdom, creativity and boldness to share the Gospel!

Home Groups
"E", a religious woman has been attending one of our new home groups. During the first two meetings she had many questions and much resistance. At the end of each meeting we pray for one another and she refused to do so. On the third meeting however, she wanted to pray with others and by the fourth meeting she was praying in Yeshua's name! Thank you for continuing to pray for "E", a continued softening of her heart and revelation of our Messiah in a deeper way. Please also continue to pray for fruit to come from these home meetings.

Prayer Requests
•Shift in mindset regarding evangelism and spirit of boldness
•Growth and expansion in our leadership team
•Strength and courage to our 16 university students
•Protection for those currently serving in the Army

With much love,
Oded & Sandy

Update from BIB co-founder Dov Schwarz

What a special privilege to be alive in this generation! A time where there is a convergence of three powerful concepts: Apostolic, Prophetic, and End Times. This generation is experiencing all three concepts like no other time in history.

It is Apostolic and Prophetic because the words of the apostles are being fulfilled along with the words of the Old Testament prophets-and End Times because it's in conjunction with the return of our great Messiah and Lord Yeshua! That is why the ministry of Blessing Israeli Believers exists and we thank many of you for supporting our work at this time. It is a ministry that fruitfully is sustained and grows in the rich soil of these concepts.

Again, it is worth seeing, hearing, and experiencing this passage of the Apostle Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit, quoting the Prophet Isaiah-in the context of the coming of our Savior Jesus to sit on the throne of David in Jerusalem!

Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
"Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved.
For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth."
And as Isaiah said before:
"Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah."
Romans 9:27-29

Do you see it? The never before seen convergence of these concepts is upon us in this generation! And while the Jewish peopleare gathered, and still being gathered back to Israel, there is great sin in the Land. And yet a remnant will be preserved-and what is in place now to preserve such a remnant? Look no further than the final verse mentioned above. The seed of righteousness of Messiah Jesus thriving inside the hearts of approximately 30,000 Israeli Believers-certainly just a seed in the midst of 7,000,000 Jewish people.

So, the great privilege of living in this generation also comes with great responsibility to participate in the Apostolic, Prophetic, End Times plans of our Heavenly Father. That is why we have this ministry called Blessing Israeli Believers! Our Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) will fulfill all of Abba Father's plans. With revelation and anticipation we look to this soon coming fulfillment also revealed in Paul's letter:

For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins." Romans 11:25-27

A special Thank you to all who are prayerfully and financially standing with us each month to meet the needs of our Israeli Believing Partners. We pray for you continually and trust the Lord's blessings will rest upon your lives.

Dov Schwarz