Amazing things start to happen when people actually believe God will do what He says and take action on that belief. We step out in faith that God will heal us, provide financial and other resources, and guide our paths in life. Why, then, do we have trouble believing God will restore all of Israel’s Lost Tribes as He has promised?
Margot Crossing and Richard Hewitt have learned to believe God’s promises to regather and restore all Israel. That’s why they have been working for many years among people groups in Asia who know their connection to ancient Israel, and why they are shepherding the establishment of an institute to dedicate serious academic attention to this subject. They just took a major step by participating in the Interconnectivity of Ancient Israel in Asia Symposium in Aizawl, India, in November 2023. In this three-part interview, we hear about the symposium, and about the contributions to it by scholars from Japan, Korea, India, and other nations.
Why is God working to restore all of Israel’s tribes just as He has restored the Jewish remnant of Israel? Because this is the way He will glorify His Name throughout the earth. He’s in the process not only of regathering Israel, but also building His people into the righteous nation He has always intended. We hear something about that in, “Like A Tree,” the latest midrash from Barry Phillips and David Jones. Righteousness is also the inspiration for our musical guests, the Aleph Tav Band, and Dylan White.
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Lily Portion for Today: Tuesday January 23
Remember, it is through faith among siblings that the moral elements of the family are upheld, and it is faith in Elohiym which binds family units to His Throne. (Prayer: Father, make my family Your faithful instruments. Uphold them through the power of Moshiach, our Redeemer, to keep serving You with dedication, amein)
Leviticus 23:16, “You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.” If this fifty day period sounds familiar, it should. The appointed time of Shavuot has become Pentecost in the modern Christian church. By changing theme and often the time of this important feast day many have lost the meaning and the importance of this appointed time.
Thought for Today: Tuesday January 23
The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problems are not moral; rather, our fundamental problems are spiritual. It is not just that we are immoral, but that a moral life alone cannot bridge what separates us from Elohiym. Herein lies the cardinal difference between the moralizing religions and Yeshua's offer to us. Yeshua does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.
To Glorify YHVH
References:
Romans 12:1 / Philippians 2:13 / Hebrews 10:38 / 1 Corinthians 6:20 / Psalm 50:15 / Colossians 1:13 / Psalm 26:12 / Matthew 25:21 / Romans 12:6 / Matthew 5:16 / Ephesians 4:15 / Colossians 3:17 / Colossians 3:23
In view of YHVH’s mercy, I offer my body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to YHVH – this is my Spiritual act of worship. It is not in my own strength; for it is You Adonai, Who are effectually at work in me – energizing and creating the power and desire in me – both to will and work for Your good pleasure, satisfaction and delight. Father I will not draw back or shrink in fear, for then Your heart will not have any delight or pleasure in me. I was bought for a price – purchased with preciousness and paid for -- and made to be Your very own. I honour You, Adonai and bring glory to You in my body. I call on You in the day of trouble; You delivered me, and I shall honour and glorify You. I rejoice because You delivered me and drew me to Yourself out of the control and dominion of darkness and transferred me into the Kingdom of Your Son Yeshua Moshiach. I will confess and praise you Adonai my YHVH with my heart, soul and spirit and I will glorify Your Name forevermore. As a bond-servant of Yeshua Moshiach, I receive and develop the talents that have been given me, for I would have You say of me: “well done, faithful servant”. I make use of the gifts You gave me, according to the grace You gave me. I let Your Light shine through me before people that they may recognise, honour and praise You, my Father Who is in Heaven. In the mighty Name of my Saviour Yeshua, I allow my life to express truth in all things by speaking truth, dealing with truth and living in truth. Whatever I do – no matter what it is – in word or deed, I do everything in the Name of Yeshua and in dependence upon His Person, giving praise to YHVH the Father through Him. Whatever my task may be, I work at it heartily from deep within my soul as if it is done for Adonai my YHVH and not for people. May Your name be glorified, be honoured and praised forever and ever.
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