Help Jewish People get their names into the Book of Life
[ Bible Probe ]
Posted by Bible Probe on August 28, 2006 at 12:02:38:
Happy Rosh HaShanah:
"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.
My Meeting with Chaim
"Yes,on Yom Kippur I go to the synagogue and I say the 'al chets'. (Lightly
pounding one's chest while reciting prayers to God, one acknowledges sins
committed over the past year). I say the 'al chets' so that I can receive
forgiveness for my sins," Chaim responded.
"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 synagogue on Yom Kippur, 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.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Yom Kippur in the time of Yeshua
When the first and second Temples were standing in Jerusalem, the High Priest (Kohen
Gadol) would remove his ordinary priestly robes and take a ritual bath. Then he
would put on special white clothes. After offering the ordinary morning
sacrifice, he would offer a young bullock to atone for his own sins, as he could
not intercede for the people of Israel until his own sins were atoned for. He
would then carry incense into the Holy of Holies, and then return to the altar
to get blood from the sacrifice, which he would sprinkle on the lid of the Ark
of the Covenant (Mercy Seat) and seven times on the ground in front of the ark.
After this he would sacrifice a goat for the sins of the people,
and sprinkle its blood on the ark and in front of it, as he had done with the
blood of the bullock. This made atonement for the Holy of Holies. Next, he
provided atonement for the tabernacle by sprinkling the blood of both animals on
the horns of the altar once, and seven times on the ground around it. This
is where it begins to get exciting...
The Azazel (Scapegoat) - After this, the high priest would go out into
the Temple court and lay his hands over the head of the scapegoat, confessing
over it the sins of the people of Israel. Then the goat would be taken outside
the city and released into the wilderness. This symbolized the removal (carrying
away) of the sins from the people of Israel. According to the Talmud, a scarlet
cord was tied around the neck of the scapegoat. The cord was reported to have
turned white as the goat was led away from the city.
The Babylonian Talmud records that for the last forty years before the
destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. - that would have been just about
the time Yeshua was offered up as the final sacrifice - the scarlet cord around
the neck of the scapegoat failed to turn white.
In Yeshua, all our sins are carried away "as far as east is from west" (Psalm
103:12). Yeshua is not only our High Priest, but He is also the final sacrifice
who takes away our sins.
Because of that, Your Name is Written in the Book of Life.
Imagine, if in all the synagogues around the world, the rabbis were discussing
with their congregants the links between the scarlet cord, the scapegoat, and
Yeshua. And imagine if in all the synagogues during the fall holidays they were
actually reading about how Yeshua fulfilled the Jewish festivals in our
Messianic Prophecy Bible.
Yeshua commands us to be part of the Great Commission. It is your responsibility
to share the Gospel.
Please help Jewish people like Chaim, Lior, Thalia, Shlomo and the 14 million
other Jewish people in Israel, the United States, Canada, and around the world
get a Messianic Prophecy Bible. Please give them the opportunity to have
their names written in the Book of Life, too.
Above written by "The Messianic Prophecy Bible Project", part of the Messianic
Bible Society.
Visit them and give as little as $20 or even less, to help get these Prophecy
Bibles to God's Chosen People who are lost:
http://BiblesforIsrael.com
Their Mission is to:
Bibles For Israel’s mission is to raise up hundreds of Israeli Hebrew-speaking
Jewish missionary-evangelists to give every person in the Holy Land this
urgently-needed Messianic Prophecy Bible so they will know Yeshua (Jesus) is
their Messiah and Eternal Salvation!
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