A rabbi discusses the scattering and regathering of the Jews

This account came to me from friends who live in that part of the world and I have edited out clues as to their whereabouts for their personal safety.

I just want to share an experience I had several years ago when I was visiting Jerusalem during the feast of Sukkot ( Feast of Tabernacles)  with F--------.   We happened to meet a rabbi who was praying by the part of the wall closest to the holy of holies.  Very early on in our conversation I let him know that I believed in Yeshua and he was eager to show us some sites in the Jewish quarters and tell me some of his ideas about the Gospels.   This was a rare moment where I was given some insight as to what the Lord is doing among the Jewish people today.    He took us to stand in the part of the Jewish quarter which looks out at the Mt of Olives.  The Mt of Olives faces the Eastern Gate, the direction which Yeshua will come when he returns.   

The rabbi was eager to discuss where I thought Yeshua was crucified and I explained that I thought it was on the Mt.of Olives because the Mt of Olives  would be facing the holy of holies and when the curtain of the temple was torn open it was like the Father tearing his garments as he looked upon the Son.  Now I'm not saying that I'm right about this or not, so that's not the point of my story.  

Much to my surprise, the rabbi agreed with me and went on to tell me with stunning historical accuracy what would have be happening on the day Yeshua was crucified.   He explained that not only was his crucifixion on an "appointed feast" or a "mo'ed" in the Hebrew, but it would have to be an "appointed place" which is also called a "mo'ed".   He said that it would have had to be a place of importance and also a place that would be very visible to all. The prophet Zechariah's tomb is on the Mt of Olives.  He spoke about all the Jewish customs of those days and why the site could not be far away. He quoted numerous passages from the gospels and then this one from the book of Acts: 

They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.” Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. Acts 1:12 

Then the rabbis turned to me and said "and he's coming back here" pointing to the Mt. of Olives.   In my utter amazement I quickly responded:  “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. " from Zechariah 12:10 and  He replied in turn, "Yes, exactly.!"

I asked him a number of questions about how he knew all of this and who he thought Yeshua was .  He told me that I would be surprised to learn what they are discussing in some the yeshivas in Jerusalem. He qualified that by saying, "some of us who are open". When I asked him who Yeshua is he said, "well the whole New Testament is about him".   He would not commit himself further, but this was already enough for me. 

The funny thing was that five minutes before meeting him, I was praying at the wall for the salvation of my people as well as the Muslims on the other side of the wall, and then I received this amazing peek into a window of what is happening in our day.  ....   Jews mainly represent only 2 1/2 of the 12 tribes that all the prophets promised would be restored.   The others are mixed with the nations and look like all different kinds of Gentiles.  The Northern Tribes never returned from Assyrian exile because of their apostasy.  The prophet Hosea, as well as Paul and Peter explain that one day, "those who were not a people, will be a people and God will have compassion on them".   As the gospel reaches to the 4 corners of the earth  the scattered tribes, or lost sheep are hearing their Master's voice along with the nations.  Some  Jews and the others tribes are even in Muslim countries.   One known example of this is the Pashtuns.  There are Cohen's in Morocco who are Muslims.  The young man in my Hebrew class raised in Yemen, who claims his family is "like the Taliban" believes that he has Jewish heritage from his mother's side.  The father's tribe conquered her tribes village, so he might be right.  I have been able to share with him about God's promises to restore "all Israel".   

In the past number of years we have experiences the riches of observing the Lord's "appointed times".  In the book of Genesis, it says that God put the sun and the moon in the sky to designate "signs and seasons".   The word here for signs "oth" means prophetic signs,  seasons is "mo'edim".  Yeshua will return to an appointed place on an appointed time.  Yom T'ruah ( feast of Trumpets) was historically called the feast in which no one knows the day or the hour because it falls on a new moon which requires two witnesses to site.  We know that the sound of the last trumpet will signal the resurrection.  Passover is one of these special appointments that we have where we are able to see the clear connections between celebrating the historical exodus from Egyptian slavery and celebrating the the victory that Yeshua's death and resurrection had over the enemies of sin and death.   Within the feast is the seven day observance where we remove the leaven from our houses and our hearts.  Within the feast there is a waving of the sheath celebrating "first fruits'.   Yeshua is the first fruit of the resurrection and because this we know that we have this same hope and promise.  When we count seven weeks after the the waving of the sheath and we arrive at Shavuot or Pentecost.  On Shavuot Israel received the Torah at Mt. Sinai and on Pentecost the Spirit of God was poured out on the followers of Yeshua who were at Jerusalem to celebrate this pilgrim feast and waiting as they had been instructed by Yeshua.  


The video embedded here has been removed because it no longer worked. TW will try to find one that is active to go with the following caption, but till then we can only apologize. TD

This lecture is part of a series titled "The Seventy Most Difficult Questions" by Rabbi Elyahu Kin. In this presentation Rabbi Kin expounds on the history of the dispersion of the Tribes of Israel and their whereabouts today. The lecture contains video footage filmed by recent researchers on this topic.

My friend then added this comment to the above story:

I don't agree with all of what he says, but it is interesting to hear the Orthodox perspective on this.   What's very interesting is that they believe in two Messiahs a suffering one and a kingly one, and they say that Messiah ben Yosef the suffering one will save the descendants of the Northern Kingdom (sometimes called Ephraim, House of Israel , etc)  Messiah ben David the victorious King will save Judah.   In a sense they might be right but wrong about the fact that there are 2 different Messiahs.   He's one and the same and as the gospel goes out "the lost sheep" hear his voice along with the nations where they are scattered.

I think the tribes are scattered to the 4 corners of the earth because Scripture says so.   The ingathering will surprise a lot of people when they see how big Israel actually is, both the physical descendants and those who have been grafted in:

 Map of the Diaspora of the Jews

Contributor of the above article remains anonymous for their personal safety. TD

Barack Obama and Racial Double Standards

Peter Wehner  "Late last week I heard from a theologian of liberal leanings, someone with whom I have been in (often friendly) correspondence for years. He wrote me to voice his objections to my recent “diatribes” against President Obama. That didn’t particularly surprise me. What did surprise me is how he framed his objections. He didn’t take issue with the facts I’ve presented or even my interpretation of the facts. Rather, his concerns were expressed this way:"...
...."Normal standards of truth, evidence and argument no longer apply. Obama needs to be treated with kid gloves — even if he makes false and malicious charges against others and, in the process, does great damage to our civic and political culture." 
(Emphasis added)


The NY Times breaks its eerie silence on the Trayvon Martin killing with a responsible piece urging people to respect the process and trust the prosecutor.   "So yes, the prosecutor can certainly indict Zimmerman on the basis of probable cause, but since she eventually needs to be ready to bring this to court and meet a "reasonable doubt" threshold, there is no time like the present for her to clear that hurdle in her own mind."

NBC and Editgate  "But the biggest problem for NBC News is that a single unnamed sacrificial scapegoat doesn't begin to pay for the deliberate crime of throwing gasoline on a racial fire that was already raging."


Zimmerman family challenges Holder on New Black Panthers, says no arrests ‘based solely on your race’    
Read the Zimmerman's letter here.  It includes this DOJ definition of a hate crime:

Hate crime is the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious, sexual orientation, or disability. The purveyors of hate use explosives, arson, weapons, vandalism, physical violence, and verbal threats of violence to instill fear in their victims, leaving them vulnerable to more attacks and feeling alienated, helpless, suspicious and fearful. Others may become frustrated and angry if they believe the local government and other groups in the community will not protect them. When perpetrators of hate are not prosecuted as criminals and their acts not publicly condemned, their crimes can weaken even those communities with the healthiest race relations.

 Bing

Obama's America: Man tells police group yelled ‘Trayvon,' then beat him  "Police are investigating the “racially motivated” beating of a 27-year-old man who was walking home from midtown bars early Saturday when he said he was jumped by five to eight men who shouted “Trayvon” before the attack."


Althouse posts this: "Good lord, what an ugly place we are in right now. Who would have thought that in the last year of Obama's presidential term, the public mind would obsess over race at this level? I'm recalling the media coverage of election night, 2008, and the inauguration, when there was a rhapsody of closure and a feeling — some called it "hope" — that we had entered a new era of harmony. How did we get sucked into some nightmare parody of the past? If it's not Obama's fault, can he at least do something to yank us up out of this awful place? In 2009 or even 2011, he would have given a speech. He would have believed he could rescue us with a speech, perhaps because we kind of thought he could. Maybe no one believes anymore. There's a hope vacuum, and look what's moving in."


The legacy of this president is just that; divisions between races, rich and poor, employed vs. unemployed, labor vs. management, unions against governments and demonization of all who disagree with this administration. The damage done by Democrats under Obama will be a long time healing and we must be rid of this man and his allies, despite all threats of race riots if he is not re-elected. TD

Bing

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Why won’t Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich quit?

The Washington Times  "Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are as irrelevant now as Ron Paul to the selection of the Republican presidential nomination, and they both know it. They both know that Mitt Romney can start planning his coronation in Tampa."

...."In return Mr. Romney mocked back about a new Obama television commercial: “So the president put out an ad yesterday, talking about gasoline prices and how high they are. And guess who he blamed? Me! Maybe after I’m president I can take responsibility for things I might have done wrong. But this president doesn’t want to take responsibility for his mistakes.”

"This is the exchange of fire and brimstone that speaks volumes, and identifies Mr. Romney as the last obstacle between Mr. Obama and four more years, the prospect that stokes the fire under Republicans. The campaign conversation of insult, invective, jawing and abuse is what Rick andNewt, like all candidates, are desperate to get in and stay in. “Irrelevant” is the most dreaded lick with the rough side of the tongue."

Cartoons from http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/04/04/98097

Zimmerman family challenges Holder on New Black Panthers, says no arrests ‘based solely on your race’

The Daily Caller  "I am writing you to ask you why, when the law of the land is crystal clear, is your office not arresting the New Black Panthers for hate crimes?” the family member wrote to Holder.

"“The Zimmerman family is in hiding because of the threats that have been made against us, yet the DOJ has maintained an eerie silence on this matter. These threats are very public. If you haven’t been paying attention just do a Google search and you will find plenty. Since when can a group of people in the United States put a bounty on someone’s head, circulate Wanted posters publicly, and still be walking the streets?”

....

"I am writing you to ask you why, when the law of the land is crystal clear, is your office not arresting the New Black Panthers for hate crimes?” the family member wrote to Holder.

" “The Zimmerman family is in hiding because of the threats that have been made against us, yet the DOJ has maintained an eerie silence on this matter. These threats are very public. If you haven’t been paying attention just do a Google search and you will find plenty. Since when can a group of people in the United States put a bounty on someone’s head, circulate Wanted posters publicly, and still be walking the streets?” "

Updated; Democrats say I don't need no stinkin' photo I.D. to vote

Big Government   "U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has declared that there is no proof that in-person voter fraud is a problem. He's about to see proof that even he can't deny.

"In a new video (below) provided to Breitbart.com, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas  demonstrates why Holder should stop attacking voter ID laws--by walking into Holder’s voting precinct and showing the world that anyone can obtain Eric Holder’s primary ballot. Literally."

"The young man then suggests that he should show his ID; the poll worker, in compliance with DC law, states: “You don’t need it. It’s all right. As long as you’re in here, you’re on our list, and that’s who you say you are, you’re okay.” "

Here's the part I loved:

"The young man replies: “I would feel more comfortable if I just had my ID. Is it alright if I go get it?" The poll worker agrees.

" "I’ll be back Faster than you can say Furious,” the young man jokes on his way out, in a reference to the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal that has plagued Holder’s Department of Justice."

http://terrellaftermath.com/

From Heritage:Voter ID ‘Sting’ Targets Eric Holder

DOJ says, hey, it's no big deal!

“It’s no coincidence that these so-called examples of rampant voter fraud consistently turn out to be manufactured ones.”

" In other words, there wouldn’t be any holes in the system if conservative activists would stop pointing them out." Obama supporters say, "Hey, give us any excuse to hang our hat on, even if it makes no sense. Just give us something, anything!"

Project Veritas demonstrates why Holder should stop attacking voter ID laws

John Fund: Voter fraud is a scandal, and the attorney general can’t look away anymore.  "Holder’s opposition to ID laws comes in spite of the Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision in 2008, authored by liberal Justice John Paul Stevens, that upheld the constitutionality of Indiana’s tough ID requirement. When groups sue to block photo-ID laws in court, they can’t seem to produce real-world examples of people who have actually been denied the right to vote. According to opinion polls, over 75 percent of Americans — including majorities of Hispanics and African-Americans — routinely support such laws."

"Note that O’Keefe’s assistant never identified himself as Eric Holder, so he was not illegally impersonating him.
Nor did he attempt to vote using the ballot that was offered him, or even to accept it. O’Keefe has been accused by liberals of committing voter fraud in his effort to expose just how slipshod the election systems of various no-ID-required states are, but lawyers say his methods avoid that issue. Moreover, he has only taped his encounters with election officials in jurisdictions that allow videotaping someone in public with only one party’s knowledge.

Is O'Keefe's group at risk for this?   "The New Hampshire attorney general‘s office is investigating after a video surfaced that appears to show people using the names of deceased individuals to obtain ballots on the day of the state’s presidential primary..."

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Geert Wilders: A CHILLING REPORT FROM HOLLAND

Via Islamica  Geert Wilders is a Member of the Dutch Parliament.  "In a generation or two, the US will ask itself: "Who lost Europe?" Here is the speech of Geert Wilders, Chairman, Party for Freedom the Netherlands, at the Four Seasons in New York, introducing an Alliance of Patriots and announcing the Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem .."

And the numbers would not be threatening if the Muslim-immigrants had a strong desire to assimilate. But there are few signs of that. The Pew Research Center reported that half of French Muslims see their loyalty to Islam as greater than their loyalty to France .  One-third of French Muslims do not object to suicide attacks. The British Centre for Social Cohesion reported that one-third of British Muslim students are in favor of a worldwide caliphate. Muslims demand what they call 'respect'. And this is how we give them respect. We have Muslim official state holidays.

...."Now you know why Winston Churchill called Islam 'the most retrograde force in the world', and why he compared Mein Kampf to the Quran.  The public has wholeheartedly accepted the Palestinian narrative, and sees Israel as the aggressor. I have lived in this country and visited it dozens of times. I support Israel. First, because it is the Jewish homeland after two thousand years of exile up to and including Auschwitz; second because it is a democracy, and third because Israel is our first line of defense. "This tiny country is situated on the fault line of jihad, frustrating Islam's territorial advance."....  

Hat tip to John Paul Curnutt, former schoolmate from Oregon back in the day. 


Right: Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.

Wait upon the Court

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/04/livin-on-the-edge/

Morphing Reality in Service to Obama's Reelection

Victor Davis Hanson  "Suddenly, the Supreme Court is a suspicious organization run by unelected politicos that uses capricious judicial fiat to overturn widely popular laws. The president denigrated it in a State of the Union address and now suggests that such “unelected” jurists (as opposed to electing them?) should act responsibly and thus “must” not find a popularly enacted law unconstitutional.

"I am confused: I thought we were supposed to welcome such judicial audit. Was not that the charm of the Warren Court? Did not the Obama administration go to federal court to ask justices to set aside the Defense of Marriage Act that it was entrusted to enforce — seeking judicial help not to follow a law that it chose not to seek to overturn in Congress?"

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/04/06/98154

....Putting a bounty on someone’s head is not a crime? Posting a private address to followers for the intent to foment violence against the residents is not either? Nor is doctoring a tape to inflame racial tensions in a period of unrest a terrible thing to do. For congressional representatives to label someone not charged with a crime an assassin or executioner is not considered bad taste and draws little rebuke.

The Environmental Terrorizing of Children

Warning Signs  "A key element of the Green’s endless indoctrination schemes has been to reach children, the most vulnerable among us and for this reason our schools have been turned into Green prisons where their version of the Earth is pumped into the minds of children here and around the world. 
"Their primary teaching tool is fear. Fear that the oceans will rise and wipe out entire cities. Fear that the rainforests are disappearing. Fear that entire species are being destroyed by the hand of man. Fear that the use of any kind of fuel, coal, natural gas, and oil is despoiling the planet."

 globalwarmingskeptics.info

Rev. Wright unleashed; sees “white supremacy” driving “world policy” (Updated)

Update: Jeremiah Wright: Yes, Obama Heard My Radical Sermons For 20 Years…
“I’ve been preaching the same way since I was licensed to preach in 1959, ordained in 1967. Barack was in elementary school when I was ordained. CBS, ABC, MSNBC and Fox News spent $4,000 each buying 20 years of my sermons so they could hear what Barack Obama heard for 20 years.” (Video)

Obama mentors Rev. Wright
and Bill Ayres

His controversial words took aim at Thomas Jefferson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the media and plenty of other targets.
"Last week, Wright spoke at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Charleston, West Virginia, as part of a week-long revival event. His controversial words took aim at Thomas Jefferson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the media and plenty of other targets."

To be a Jew is to be a magnet for hatred, no matter how unjustified and irrational.

Aish.com - Your Life, Your Judaism  

"I can't force the horrifying image out of my mind.

"The murderer on the motorcycle dismounted, grabbed the beautiful eight-year-old little girl by her hair. He put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. When it failed to fire, he switched to another weapon, shot the girl at point-blank range in the temple, calmly retrieved his moped and rode off."

Never fear, Israel. We
Americans will have
 your back

...."You see a man park his motorcycle, start to shoot, enter the school grounds and chase children to catch one and shoot a bullet into her head. It's unbearable to watch. He was looking to kill."

...."It is beyond human imagination to fathom how anyone can single out innocent children for assassination. We struggle to understand, but the level of evil involved surpasses anything we can comprehend."

...".We weep because we are witness to a threat to the civilized world that is still mistakenly identified as a Jewish problem — and then conveniently shunted aside as unworthy of global concern."

 Jewish Ideas Daily: How the Left Turned Against the Jews  "Political and personal betrayals filled her life. But as Colin Shindler shows in his Israel and the European Left ...her embrace of anti-Semitism would have struck her fellow Communists as no betrayal at all.

http://fawstin.blogspot.com/

"Before I go further, I should say that Shindler's book is superb: a well-written and meticulously researched history of the horrors and ironies of the last 100 years. He shows how screaming stereotypes and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories developed by Marxists — not by fascists or Islamists or Catholic and Orthodox nationalists, but by the Left — have survived while all around has changed." (Emphasis added)


"Excuse my cynicism, but how is it that these countries can get away with ethnically cleansing their Jewish communities yet reap the PR benefits of restoring Jewish buildings?"


Will churches boycott Israel? "All five of the mainline denominations in the United States – Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Lutheran and United Church of Christ – have debated or adopted policies intended to divest or boycott Israel. 
"These Churches are now at a crossroad. During the upcoming General Conference of the United Methodist Church ... and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA ... anti-Israel actions in the form of boycott, divestment or sanctions are expected to be brought to the floor for a vote. The strategic objective of this campaign is not economic. It has been and continues to be about the isolation and the weakening of Israel’s image in the eyes of the world — and most crucially, America."

Some Jewish background: the yarmulke  "...a hemispherical or platter-shaped cap, usually made of cloth, often worn by Orthodox Jewish men to fulfill the customary requirement held by some orthodox halachic authorities that their head be covered at all times, and sometimes worn by both men and, less frequently, women in Conservative and Reform communities at times of prayer."