"May your Name be Inscribed in the Book of Life," is the famous Jewish greeting on holiday cards during the Jewish fall holidays.  But most Jewish people do not understand the meaning of the Book of Life, and the reality of eternal life!

Ten days after Rosh HaShanah, on September 22 (2006), Jewish people around the world will fast for 24 hours and go to synagogue to pray - it is Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.  Synagogue services last many hours during which Jewish people will do soul searching and recite prayers to rid themselves of the sins they've committed over the past year.

This year many of the 14 million Jews around the world will attend these Yom Kippur synagogue services, and my heart cries out for them because they do not know Yeshua - the One whom the prophets speak about in their own Jewish Bible.  Because of this, God's 14 million Chosen People are on their way to an eternity of weeping and gnashing of teeth described by Yeshua in Luke 13:28.

"Okay Chaim, but what happens the day after Yom Kippur when you sin again, how do you rid of your sins?  Do you think that a Jewish person can go to the synagogue once in a year on Yom Kippur, year after year, and simply do the 'al chets' to rid himself of his sins?"

"I guess that doesn't make much sense," Chaim replied.  "Tell me more about why Yeshua is the Messia.  I don't quite understand Zev, are you will Jewish or are you now a Christian?  I don't fully understand how you believe that Jesus, or as you call him Yeshua, can take away my sins.  And I also want to know more about what you were saying about the animal sacrifices performed at the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur - how does that relate to the prophecies about Yeshua?"

This was part of the conversation that I had with Chaim, a young Jewish man from Russia who I met in the park this past Sunday.  For one hour we spoke about the Messianic prophecies and Yeshua.  At the end of our conversation, Chaim said, "I never knew any of this stuff before.  Thanks for explaining Isaiah 7:14 about how Jesus' mother had to be a virgin and about the other prophecies you told me about."  Chaim contacted me a few days later, asking if we could meet again to talk about Yeshua.  Please keep Chaim in your prayers.  He is a precious yound man in his early 30's who is sincerely searching for the Lord.

THALIA:  A Jewish woman in her mid 30's from South Africa who teaches Yoga.  "After our first meeting about God, Thalia wanted to learn more so we spent three hours over lunch - the longest lunch I've ever had - because she could not stop asking questions about God and Yeshua," our outreach worker reported.  "This is completely new tome.  I must admit that even though I was raised Jewish, I've never heard about these prophecies before," Thalia said.

SHLOMO: A Jewish man in his 50's.  He is originally from Tunisia but lived in Israel most of his life.  "Shlomo and I sat in his apartment discussing everything from Messianic Judaism and Christianity to the Messianic prophecies and the Jewish holidays.  When we were discussing Yom Kippur and the animal/blood sacrifices for atoning of one's sins, Shlomo's response was, "I don't sin!"  When I asked him if he said the 'al chets' in sunagogue on YomKippur, he recognized that he does sin and Shlomo said he is open to learning about the Messianic prophecies."

LIOR: A Jewish man in his early 20's whose name means "my light" or "I have light."  Lior is a secular Jew from the Tel Aviv are who met with one of our outreach workers who relayed this story.  "Your name is great, you have the light of God," I said.  "I really don't know much about God, I have never really thought about it," Lior replied.  "Didn't you learn about God when you had to read the Tanakh (Bible) in public school?"  "Yes, but just as a history book," Lior replied.  I told him about the Messianic Prophecy Bible that we created and he looked at me with a big warm smile and responded in his thick Israeli accent, "Wow, that sounds really important, I would love to read one of these Bibles."

Chaim, Thalia, Shlomo, and Lior are just four real people who are part of the 14 million Jews around the world of which 99% do not know Yeshua simply because no one has ever taken the Gospel to them.  Only 1% of Jewish people know Yeshua.  The other 99% are on their way to an eternity separated from God!

But there is a solution! We need to give them a Messianic Prophecy Bible which explains: 1) how Yeshua is the One whom the prophets spoke about; 2) how Yeshua fulfilled the Jewish holidays; and 3) how Yeshua is the final atonement for all our sins.