SHUVA ISRAEL NEWSLETTER......... Sounding the Shofar to the Nations
                                for rebuilding the Ancient Ruins

Volume No. 1 Issue No. 10  Date: July 2000

Dear Pastor Ed,

Shalom my dear friend. I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the generosity of "For the Sake of Zion." Two months ago, you began an emergency appeal to collect funds so that we could accept and provide housing for ten new immigrant families from the former Soviet Union. You have met and seen the faces of these new immigrants. They leave their homes in the former Soviet Union with little more than the clothes on their
backs and a few rubles in their pockets. They come with trust that God will provide for them as they return to the Land of their forefathers, Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Their difficult journey to Israel is a recreation of the journey taken by our ancestors. They walk the very same steps traversed 5,000 years ago by our patriarchs and matriarchs. It is the Bible come alive in modern times. They are coming home in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy
and you, my friend(s), are playing a pivotal part in the ingathering of the exiles.

"Thus said the Lord God, I will gather
You from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered and I will give you the Land of Israel."
                               
Ezekiel  11:17

You witnessed several months ago during your trip to Israel, the
accommodations of the 41 families in our temporary absorption facilities in the community settlements of Einav and Shavei Shomron. When ten additional new families unexpectantly landed on our doorstep a few months ago, we took them in with joy.

We immediately had to refurbish old, run down trailers. We had to purchase small refrigerators, ovens, basic furnishings and food for these families. My dear friend, Pastor Ed, you immediately responded to the immediate need and appealed to the friends of "For the Sake of Zion" to raise the funds necessary to pull our new families through their initial weeks in Israel. You and your constituents demonstrated and continue to demonstrate their love for Israel and His people.

This summer, we expect an additional influx of thirty new families. This will create an additional emergency situation as their daily needs will have to be provided for as well. As "For the Sake of Zion" reaches out, educates and broadens its base of support, please share with your wonderful people the continuing emergency need to provide for God's children returning home to the Land of our forefathers. 

I have been asked, "Why the Church" and "What is Christianity's role in the return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel"? I embarked on this mission over a year ago convinced that the Church is ready to step in and play the major role in restoring the Jewish people to the Land of Israel

In contradiction to our Biblical mandate, the American government pressures Israel to retreat from it's ancient homeland. The European community is overwhelmingly ../side2d with Yasser Arafat and other extremist Arab elements that want to destroy the state of Israel. Together, pastor, ttthis has created the opportunity for the Church to stand up and declare tdeclare that the world is acting against God's Divine plan. The Church Church is Israel's best friend and with God's help we can cause an earthquake and miracle no less than that of the parting of the Red SeaSea.  

We are truly blessed to have you as our friends. Please convey my blessings to those who see our mutual vision of returning one million scattered Jews to the Land of Israel 

May you and your family, congregants and all those connected with your holy work be blessed.

 B'vracha (Blessings)

 Your dear friend,
Eliezer Braun Karnei Shomron, Biblical Samaria
Israel

 

 

 

 

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