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Israel Update by Charlotte & Uzi Lotan
Letter 02 -  April 2009
In This Issue:
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Prayer for Israel
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Our Personal Updates
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Greetings in the precious name of Messiah!  
 
As we write this Update, half of the Jewish year is over, can you believe it, and Passover is already knocking at our door!
 

Our Pascal Lamb

Take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses... The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you...  For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. (Ex.: 12, 13 & 1Cor. 5:7-8).
 
So, this is a good opportunity to wish you all a Happy Passover, a happy Festival of Freedom from Bondage, and a Solemn Day of Reflection & Joy over Our Pascal Lamb's finished Work on the Cross! 
Today's Theme for Israel: "Do not touch My Anointed ones; do My Prophets no harm!"(Ps. 105:15)

 

As part of experiments in Behavioural & Learning research, some distinguished scientists took a snail, and put it into a "T" shaped tube. Their intention was to monitor the snail's Learning Abilities. To the far right-hand side of the T-tube they connected a very low voltage electric current. It took 20,000 times of getting this small shock, before the snail learnt the lesson, and stopped going to the right.
 

Psalm 105 is described in the Hebraic tradition, as the Psalm of "God's Marvellous Deeds for Israel" (a similar passage is found in 1st Chronicles 16:7-22). 
In Psalm 105, the Psalmist states very clearly, that:

 

"He remembers his covenant forever, the word He commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant He made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 'To you I will give the land of Canaan, as the portion you will inherit.'" (Ps. 105:8-11).

 
This is only but ONE portion of MANY in the Bible, where the God of Abraham, Isaac & Israel, and the Father of our Beloved Saviour Yeshuah, underlines, re-iterates and emphasizes HIS own Covenant with His Nation Israel, dwelling in the Land He allotted to them to posses, forever!
The same Psalm, 105:7, turns to the Nations, and says of God: He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. This is a little "hint", that our God CAN & WILL judge all the earth - every nation on it, if it is necessary. The Psalmist also adds a short History Lesson, and says of God:
 
"When they (the Israelites) were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it (in the Land), they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. He allowed no one to  oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings: 'Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.'"
 

Liberating Al Quds - Jerusalem

 
September 2001, Durban I Conference. The Common Thread of the meetings - a method for "Liberating Jerusalem, by Machine-guns based on faith in Islam". Will Durban II be any different?

Why are we telling you all of this?
Because of the upcoming United Nation's "Durban Review Conference" in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference, which will convene between 20 - 24 April, is also known as "Durban II", and is a review of the previous conference which took place in September 2001, in Durban, South Africa.

We cannot possibly explain in detail all of the implications of this infamous "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance",officially organized, sponsored & hosted by UN, and strongly backed by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and numerous Islamic, Israel Hating NGOs. It will suffice to say here, in this somewhat limited venue, that "The first UN Durban Racism Conference, which ended September 8, 2001 - three days before the terrible events of September 11th - was a notorious outpouring of hate and anti-Semitism directed at Jews, Israel and the United States" (Eye on the UN, April 6th, 2009).  The Leader of this Conference is Iran, the UN Member State which Advocates the total Destruction and annihilation of another Member State - Israel. Co-chairing the Conference are known Human Rights Protecting and Supporting states, such as Libya (the Chair), Cuba, Iran (Leading State), Syria and Pakistan. We recommended the following Links, for essential and important background:
 

And what does the Durban II Conference have to do with Psalm 105, you may ask?

Everything! This is when the True Church of God, all over the world, needs to rise up, watch and pray, for God to "Foil the Plans of the Nations", according to Psalm 33:10:  The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.  
 
Pray against the official demonization and the de-legitimization of the State of Israel and of the Jewish People. Pray against the growing global supremacy of Islam, officially backed by the UN. Today, be like the Sons of Issachar, who understood the signs of the times; have good measure of Discernment, under the Spirit of God, to know how to pray, and for the knowledge and understanding of the broader picture of what He is doing in the world today! Let us all make sure that the Church does not become this snail: let us make sure that she stands with Israel, in the spirit of the words written in Psalm 122, right now. 
 
Prayer Points for Israel  
  
  • Please continue standing with Israel today. Prayfor Israel's Salvation and protection.Please pray for the Salvation of Jews, Druze & Muslims. Please pray for God to bring about His promises, in the Spirit of things given in Isaiah 61:7-11.
  • Please pray against the North-Korean - Iranian immediate Nuke threat
  • Please pray for the newly formed Government of Israel, to be CAPABLE, UNIFIED and caring, especially now, at such a time as this.
  • Please pray for Righteousness, Compassion and the Knowledge of God to be the Guiding Pillars for this new Government
  • Please pray for God to foil all unrighteous anti-Messianic & anti-Christian steps the Ministry of Interior is planning to take. It is headed and operated, again, by the Ultra Orthodox Shas Party.
  • Please continue praying for the comfort of families in Zion: Shalit and Arad. Corporal Gilad Shalit is a POW in the hands of the Hamas since July 2006; Ron Arad is a missing pilot. He was alive when he jumped from his Fighter plane in 1986! 
Beit Hallel Ministry Update

 "Beit Hallel" is a Faith Ministry in Samaria, Israel.

 
Recent & Future Activities  
Since January, when we last published our update, we continued to have very busy months here, at Beit Hallel.
We have had guests to stay, and hosted groups for worship, fellowship, meals and ministry. And now of course, Passover is already here. 
 
We also have had opportunities to gradually be more involved in our local Congregation in Kfar Sabba, Hama'ayan Congregation. Uzi was already asked to speak there one Shabbat. We are very happy to be back in Hama'ayan: it was our first ever Israeli Congregation in the Land, when we first returned here in 1993.
 
It has been wonderful to have familiar friends with us, and also to meet so many new friends. Each group is very special, and their 'fragrance' lingers after they leave.  We are so blessed to be allowed to serve the Body in this way. 
 
And now, after Passover, we are expecting a very very dear couple from the USA, to come and stay with us for 10 days.
 
After that - we shall start getting ready for our "Irish Tour" at the end of May. Our dear friends from Ireland have kindly invited us to come for two and half weeks. We thank them all for their kindness, and we are very excited indeed!

March 2009 - Erev Shabbat at Beit Hallel

 
Personal Updates  
  • God continues to provide translation jobs, which assist with the running expenses of Beit Hallel. "Lotan Translations" is growing, and so does our experience and knowledge of the "Trade" (it is more of another facet of Ministry rather than "business")
  • Our personal involvement with the Local Body in Israel is growing amazingly, and is such a blessing, as well. It is wonderful to see how God is "weaving" the cords of connections within the Body, and knitting us together. It is so exciting!

Prayer Needs: 

·        We PRAISE God for His financial provision during these past months. We thank you for your generosity and continued prayer for us, personally, and for the ministry of Beit Hallel.  

·        We PRAISE God for the extra translation jobs, and we continue to request prayer for this, as our expenses are still exceeding our income.  

·        Please pray for success and impact of our forthcoming trip to Ireland 

·        If you would like to support this ministry financially, you may do so by either sending a one time gift, or a monthly donation. You may use this site (Clickable!) to do so.

Charlotte & Uzi 2007 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We thank you for your prayer, encouragement and giving.
 
With His love,
 
Charlotte & Uzi Lotan
Beit Hallel (House of Praise) - Israel