Ok, taking a break from my European travel writing, instead going back to my focus on the Holy Land and things I’ve seen and experienced.
I’ve been to a couple of places where there were congregations of Messianic Jews worshiping together who had some books on the testimonies and ministry work that brought Israeli Jewish people (and also Arab people and other groups) to Jesus. I have two books from these places which have some of the most heart warming stories of Israeli finding their Messiah.
Let’s quickly make up this map:-
The first one at the top, is David Davis Z”L (he died in 2017) who is a pastor of a congregation in Mount Carmel, who wrote about his life in this book from being an actor and moving from New York.
The second is in the extreme corner of the bottom of Israel in Eilat from John and Judy Pex at The Shelter Hostel, which is also a meeting place for local believers on Fridays.
Some people are told its illegal to spread the gospel to people in Israel. This is a lie. Israel has freedom of religion, albeit with some restrictions, you cannot convince child to adopt another religious without parents permission, and you can’t coerce someone to follow another religion in return for a gift or bribe.
Conventional evangelism in say, Jerusalem tends to not work well and its socially frowned upon, as in walk-up giving out leaflets. In Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank) the number of believers is very small and congregations are probably limited to meeting in people’s houses. The most common way people accept the gospel is through a Youtube videos which then results in people privately contacting the group like OneforIsrael for more information and a meet up.
I had a flash of inspiration the other day….
Maybe, revival of the Jewish people will happen at opposite edges of Israel and work its way back to the middle when Jesus will come back to Jerusalem!!
One the left, the blue symbols I’ve marked for “WhyMe?” which is from Tel Aviv based evangelist Jacob Damkani, and also for “Leave me alone I’m Jewish” by Pastor Ron Cantor also from Tel Aviv. I’ve not seen these books but I need to get them soon.
Mount Carmel congregation https://britinjerusalem.com/2011/03/13/from-karmiel-to-mount-carmel/
The Shelter Hostel Eilat https://britinjerusalem.com/2015/07/31/come-stay-celebrate-the-story-of-the-shelter-hostel-in-eilat-israel-book-by-john-judy-pex/ and https://britinjerusalem.com/2009/12/23/journey-to-the-red-sea-%E2%80%93-part-two/
I’ll maybe write a part 2 to this part as theres some scripture that points to certain parts of Israel getting revival first.
Interesting find I discovered a few weeks ago.
I absolutely love Mosh Ben Ari. Mosh is an Israeli guitarist of Iraqi/Yemenite Jewish background from the Galilee city of Afula. He is in his mid 40s with dreadlocked hair who plays regular guitar, electric, bass, and various exotic middle eastern style guitars. What’s his most closest equivalent mainstream artist? Maybe Sting, but in all honesty his wide covering of musical genres makes him entirely unique, his style ranges from reggae, folk, Spanish and middle eastern Jewish/Arabic music. All his lyrics are purely in Hebrew. I’m pretty sure he is the best selling local Israeli artist of all time.
This is a truly wonderful story.
Brit In Jerusalem 