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Negev Office Grand Opening
October
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Sephardic Anusim Center of the Americas
May 7, 2008
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"The exiles from Jerusalem who are in
Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev."
(Obadiah 20)
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Gates Opening Up!
I've highlighted a few words in Psalms 24:7-10 as it
reads: "Lift up your heads, O you
gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of
glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty
in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift
them up, you ancient doors, that the King of
glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The
LORD Almighty--he is the King of glory,"(NIV).
Do not be mistaken! The main point here is not the
head, the gates nor the doors but "the King of glory."
Today, it is our supreme joy and honor to lift up our
heads because God has now enabled us to open up
the gates that have been sealed for many generations.
Verse seven speaks of "heads." The Hebrew term for
head speaks of shaking; and the head is
known to be the easiest member of our body to get
shaken up in more ways than one. It's like 'knocking a
little sense into our head. . .'
The Hebrew term for gate refers to be
split open something that's been shut for a very long
time. And the Hebrew term for door
implies to 'plow through.' Surely, God knows that the
majority of the work we've been doing all these years
is simply plowing.
Today, there are instances where the plowman has
little or nothing to do with sowing and especially
reaping. Thank God that He has allowed me to
plow, to sow and also to see some of the first-fruits of
our commissioning. In other words, we've begun
to see Hispanic Anusim everywhere we go waking up
to a sincere desire to make aliyah first to God and
also to become full Israeli citizens-and to make the
Negev their home.
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"We are proud of you. . ."
Last week I had the distinct honor of being told by a
Bible scholar that he is proud of us because of the
manner in which we're working to fulfill Bible
prophecy. To be quite frank with you, I've always
known we're dealing with ancient prophecies that are
at the verge of fulfillment; but, all along I've sensed as
if this fulfillment lies far ahead of us.
However, after this precious gentleman told me this, it
finally "hit" me real hard that all along, God has been
using us to "prepare the way for the coming of The
Lord." But this prophetic fulfillment does not exclude
all the work that goes into preparing the way for the
Lord. In fact, Messiah can not come nor pass through
this Way of Holiness until the "ransomed of the Lord
return" according to Isaiah 35:10 and 51:11.
I want to firmly remind you that the "Way" the prophet is
referring to is in the desert which is none other than
the Negev. Check it out:
"A voice of one calling: "In the desert (Negev)
prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the
wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall
be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the
rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a
plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and
all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the
LORD has spoken," (Isaiah 35: 3-5 NIV).
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YOU CAN HELP!
If you're like me a lot of so called "appeals" are a
big turn-off! There have been pulpit ministries
and "televangelists" that make such a big thing about
bugging and begging! A few seem to have nothing
else than to play with our mind in terms of our giving to
their program and that God will prosper us (as it were)
over night!
The very season I was granted the license to build a
high power educational television station was the
same year the most highly visible "Christian
ministries" came tumbling down! It took me three long
years to finally put our finances in place to build San
Antonio's first-of-its-kind TV station; but guess what-
GOD DID IT because I surely could not! He's the One
that drew in the savvy and the money to build this 'way
of holiness through the airwaves.' Oh, I'm no longer
involved in overseeing the TV because for the last 12
years I've been on a higher highway--the aliyah
pathway that ushers in the Lord's coming!
So please think about it and pray. . .maybe you, too,
are to help us build this "Way of Holiness" in the
Negev Desert for my people to finally have a home of
their own alongside our Israeli family. Our vision isn't
just a home for our people but to usher in our
Messiah's coming and Zion's liberation.
HOW MUCH?
How much or how little you give or pledge is strictly up
to you. In my experience with the building of the TV
station, I know for sure that God will raise up those
who catch the vision and are compelled by God's
Spirit to give us a hand.
Go To Our Website If You Wish
You can
go directly to our website and use a credit card system
(Paypal) to make your contribution: www.4sephardim.com
. Or you can simply mail in your check or money
order payable to ALIYAH SEPHARDIC CENTER, PO
Box 75, Helotes, Texas 78023. Be sure to notate the
purpose of your donation such as: general donation,
exhibit, new office, other. . .
Hasta Luego y Shalom!
Dell & Helen
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Contact Information
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Dr.Dell F. Sanchez | |
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I have seen many exhibits on Sephardim and a few on
Anusim and Crypto Jews but none comes close to the
thoroughness and detail as the one we're going to
ship to Israel the first of July. Most exhibits have a very
small section devoted to Anusim. (I'll refer to
Sephardic Anusim and Crypto Jews simply as
Anusim from here on out.)
I'm impacted with the words of the prophet Isaiah as
he declares: "Pass through, pass through the
gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build
up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner
for the nations," (62:10, NIV). Our progress has
always hinged on passing (more like pressing)
through gates that have laid shut a very long time.