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All Israel News – With all of the latest debate round Israel and the Gaza War, together with questions on how a lot international locations just like the United States ought to help Israel happening as a part of the election cycle across the Western world, the difficulty of Christian help for Israel is as soon as once more being raised.
In a latest interview with Moody Radio’s “Dawn and Steve within the Morning,” All Israel News Editor-in-Chief Joel Rosenberg was requested the query: “Is it actually mandatory that Evangelical, born-again believers intercede on behalf of the nation and the folks [of Israel]?”
Calling it a “nice query,” Rosenberg responded, “The reply shouldn’t be solely, sure, is it mandatory, it is commanded.” He cited Psalm 122:6, which states, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”
He famous that all through scripture, God instructions His followers to hope for all nations, which incorporates Israel, however that God calls it “the apple of my eye.”
The phrase “apple of my eye” translated in Hebrew refers back to the pupil of the attention.
“The means God sees the remainder of the world is thru Israel, by the lens of Israel,” Rosenberg acknowledged.
However, he famous that not solely is prayer for Israel a commandment, however that it additionally works.
“We serve a prayer-hearing, prayer-answering God,” Rosenberg stated.
He inspired Christians to proceed to hope for the hostages in Gaza, mentioning the latest rescue of Israeli-Arab hostage Qaid Farhan al-Qadi on Tuesday.
After his rescue, al-Qadi thanked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling him: “You actually did sacred work. There are different folks [hostages] who’re ready.”
Rosenberg requested believers to maintain praying, saying, “There are nonetheless barely over 100 [hostages] which are in these tunnels … so we have to preserve praying and never surrender.”
He additionally referred to the state of affairs on Sunday, when Israeli intelligence officers seen that Hezbollah forces had been making important preparations for a retaliatory assault in opposition to Israel over the killing of senior commander Fuad Shukr in July.
The IDF launched a pre-emptive strike on key Hezbollah rocket launchers, which had been readied for the strike on Israel, sparing Israel from what may have been a larger-scale Hezbollah assault.
“Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terror military in Lebanon, was simply minutes, minutes away from firing upwards of 6,000 missiles at Northern Israel, Central Israel, and Tel Aviv,” Rosenberg instructed hosts Steve and Dawn. He additionally spoke about Israel’s latest elimination of three high-level terror leaders from Hamas and Hezbollah in latest weeks.
“What is going on?” Rosenberg requested. “To me, these are the fulfillments of God displaying mercy, not primarily as a result of Israel is praying, most Israelis are usually not praying,” he famous, “however Evangelicals are interceding in prayer on behalf of Israel, and God is responding to these prayers.”
“He’s making an attempt to get the eye of the Jewish folks,” Rosenberg added.
“We are sheep who do not perceive that we now have a shepherd,” Rosenberg acknowledged concerning the Jewish folks. “We’ve been wandering away from that shepherd, and it is harmful.
“We want the prayers of hundreds of thousands of Evangelicals.”
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