What is Aliyah?ALIYAH FROM THE WEST
Record Day For Aliyah
by Jeremy Last as published on TotallyJewish.com
August 18, 2006
There was a palpable air of excitement at Ben Gurion airport this week as the first ever flight from the UK specifically for new immigrants touched down in Israel. Read more
Massive Western Aliyah This Week,
Despite Month of War
by Ezra HaLevi as published in Arutz Sheva,
August 9, 2006
After a month of war, and with plenty of time to postpone or reschedule their Aliyah (immigration to Israel), four planeloads of Jews are scheduled to arrive ...Read more
Amidst War, 650 French Jews Move to
Israel in One Day
by Ezra HaLevi as published in Arutz Sheva,
July 25, 2006
Despite the Re-Engagement War, 650 French Jews arrived on Aliyah (immigrating to Israel) Tuesday - the largest number to arrive in a single day since 1971. The new immigrants arrived on two chartered Israir flights, one with 500 passengers from Paris and the other with 150 Jews from Marseille. They arrive in Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday afternoon and were greeted by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Read more
The Voice Of My Beloved
by Tamar Weissman as published in the
Jewish Press
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
There are things that should not be said out loud, at least by people with little authority, because they might come out wrong. They might be construed as arrogant, naïve, impossible. The tone of voice must be just right, timbre calm and measured – even the pauses between words dare not be too great or noticeable, or you run the risk of being dismissed as preachy and holier-than-thou. That’s why many of us from the U.S. who have chosen to make aliyah also choose to maintain a relative silence about our life’s path, hoping very much not to distance those we love and leave behind. Read more
Jewish Agency: Immigration from West hits all-time record level
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27/12/2005 By Amiram Barkat
The number of immigrants from Western countries has hit a record high this year, although overall immigration is stabilizing, according to statistics for 2005 released by the Jewish Agency. Some 23,000 people have moved to Israel in 2005, 4 percent more than in 2004. By contrast, immigration from North America has risen by 15 percent and immigration from France has risen by 23 percent in the same period. The number of immigrants has remained relatively stable, however, due to a 10-percent decrease in immigration from the former Soviet Union. The increase in immigration from the West is attributed to the activity of organizations in France and North America that provide grants to Jews who move to Israel.
T h e r e h a s a l so been an increase in the number of Israelis who had moved abroad but returned to Israel this year. Some 5,700 Israelis moved back here in 2005, an increase of about 13 percent since last year, according to statistics released by the Immigrant Absorption Ministry.
Ministry officials say they think the number of returning Israelis is actually double what the official statistics show, because only about half report their return. The ministry is planning to expand its activities in areas in the United States where many Israelis live, and is to open a branch in Philadelphia.
This year has also seen a 37 percent increase in the amount of Jewish students from abroad who study in Israel under the Masa program. Some 5,500 students participated in the program in 2005, the Jewish Agency said.
"The Aliyah - Most Holy for the Lord"
Kjell Sjöberg at Intercessory Prayer Conference
January 1993 - Jerusalem
The heading is aliyah - most holy for the Lord. I felt a responsibility to give this word to such brothers and sisters who have the calling from the Lord to work for the aliyah - to work for Exodus 2 - the bringing of God's people home to Israel. Together with other leaders I am responsible for the protection of those who are working in an area that is most holy for the Lord. There are even different degrees of holiness; there is holy, and then there are areas that are most holy. The areas that are most holy are also -- how shall I say it -- life-danger if you touch this fire with unclean hands and unclean motives, because in that case you will be burned. I will read such a scripture.
It is best for you to pray to the Lord, that He will give you an ability to listen to what I am saying. And listen now, because I have given this message in Sweden to those who are involved with the aliyah. And they didn't listen. But then they went through the fire. They came back and told us, "Now we understand your point." It is better to hear now.
This message concerns the weakest areas in your life. The softest point where you are easily hurt. It also has to do with weaknesses in your life, things that could be from your youth that have not come into the light, the weakest areas. And I will show you that those areas are known to the Lord. And they are also known to your enemy who is walking around and he is trying to find out if there is any gap in the wall of protection in your life. So the enemy is observing all the time to find out the weakest areas in your life. But I will also show you that there is another group that needs to know the weakest areas, and that is the intercessors. They need to be divinely informed. When they pray for someone involved with the aliyah they need to be informed, not only about the victories and the plans. They need to know about the weakest areas and stand in the gap and cover that area. So I hope you will have ears to hear now.
As I say, this is addressed to those who have a calling to work with the aliyah. We will start to read from Exodus, chapter 4. And I will read from verse 18 to verse 41. So we will take time with the word, I will take time to read, because this scripture here is very important.
Exodus 4:18-19 (NIV)
Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Let me go back to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive." Jethro said, "Go, and I wish you well." Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead."
Now look how the Lord is protecting Moses. So He says, now is the time for you to go home, because there were those who wanted to kill you and now they are all dead, so there is no danger from your enemies. You can see how the Lord is really concerned about the right time to do it when no one, no enemy will attack. Here you can see the heart of the Lord.
Exodus 4:20-22 (NIV)
So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. Then say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son,
I will continue to read, but I will first introduce you to areas that are high-holy, super-holy. And it has to do with the aliyah and also spiritual warfare. Here God told Moses about the spiritual warfare that he was to do in Egypt that would result in judgment over Pharaoh - that was really to deal with the gods of Egypt. And it also had to do with a time when God was fulfilling prophecy, because there was a prophetic word to Abraham, that after 400 years they would be taken out of Egypt. So when you are working in a prophetic dimension -- that's one area -- and also concerning Israel and the aliyah, bringing them back, and the area that is most holy is when you enter into spiritual warfare. Because when you touch these areas it is so important that you don't have any weaknesses: areas in your family, your economy and so on. So now I continue to read.
Exodus 4:24-26 (NIV)
At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched feet with it. "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me," she said. So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)
The Lord told him to go to Egypt. The Lord called him to cooperate with this first aliyah. And the Lord was concerned that no one will threaten your life. Your enemies have died. But on the way the Lord came and was ready to kill him. He was saved by his wife and it seems that... I don't have the full understanding..., but God held Moses responsible that his sons had not been circumcised. So it had to do with his son. Because there was this weakness in the family and he was touching something super holy - the most holy, this weakness was exposed and it could have killed him on the way to Egypt.
But praise the Lord, he had an intercessor who was well informed. Many times the wives are the best ones to pray for the husband, for the one who is living very close, because she knows the weaknesses that you don't see on the platform. So Zipporah, was an intercessor. She stood between God, who was ready to kill her husband, and she dealt with the weakness in the family, she circumcised the child. In this way she saved Moses.
I believe, that God is calling - Peter Wagner calls it grade one-intercessors, he has three different grades. Grade one is, when God honors you in the calling to cooperate with him for the aliyah. He will give you one or two or three intercessors, who will know from you or from the Lord about the weaknesses in your life. And they will stand in the gap and save you, because it is life-danger to enter into something that is super holy for the Lord. I will read to the end of the chapter, so that you can see that as soon as this hindrance was removed the Lord was there again.
Exodus 4:27-28 (NIV)
The LORD said to Aaron, "Go into the desert to meet Moses." So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. Then Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and also about all the miraculous signs he had commanded him to perform.
I believe this area of miracles and signs is also super holy for the Lord.
Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery they bowed down and worshipped.
And this foreshadows the salvation of Israel, when all Israel will be saved. It is written here, they believed - the people believed. They bowed down and worshipped. So Moses was used by the Lord for the salvation of Israel. These areas are super holy for the Lord.
Now I will take you to Exodus chapter 30. And we will read from verse 30 to 33. The first scripture I am reading here as to do with the anointing oil.
Exodus 30:30-33 (NIV)
"Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. Say to the Israelites, 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. Do not pour it on men's bodies and do not make any oil with the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from his people.'"
So here you see the warning. And the warning is about what he calls My sacred anointing oil. I believe it will be revealed in its fullness in the New Testament church in the sevenfold anointing, the end time anointing. It is most sacred to the Lord. But if you have any selfish ambitions or any selfish motives when you touch this sacred anointing - it is a death sentence. But anyone who does this, who makes a perfume of it just to enjoy the anointing - he will be cut off from His people.
The next area is the incense, the holy incense in the same chapter. The Lord told Moses about the ingredients for this sacred anointing.
Exodus 30:36-38 (NIV)
Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD. Whoever makes any like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from his people."
Now I am reading this to show you that there are areas where the Lord says this is most holy for me. And if you touch this incense, if you have selfish motives, you are here just to enjoy and not to give your life in it for instance, then you are touching fire and you will be cut off. It is dangerous! It is dangerous!
It is so exciting with prayer meetings, because we know the news before it comes, I mean we pray the news. And when you go to the prayer meetings you receive information you can't read in the newspapers. So sometimes we have reports from intercessors who have met presidents, some prime ministers. People get excited, they don't want to miss the next prayer meeting. But some are there as spectators, because they get the news, and that is dangerous - just to go there to enjoy. You have to enter into that holy area to serve the Lord.
So I am trying to prove that the aliyah is a most holy area, because in history God has chosen to speak Himself. Usually He speaks daily to His servants. But He has reserved a platform for Him, where He delivers His own messages to the whole world. And I believe that the aliyah is one of those platforms that the Lord has chosen for Himself speaking to the whole world. I will give you some examples to understand the nature of God speaking in a different Way.
Exodus 32:15-16 (NIV)
Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
The same: I have written these notes myself. But Moses had stone notes that were written by God Himself with God's handwriting. So they were very special notes -- ten notes, and it was a message to the whole world. A message to Israel first, but to all the nations in the world to be a foundation for law and order in nations. But I will continue to read:
Exodus 32:19 (NIV)
When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain.
Moses got holy anger and he destroyed the tablets. But God had written them Himself to the whole world. But this time God was gracious and He wrote them again. So you can read from Exodus 34, verse 1 to 3. So He said, let Us do it again. But I have the very strong feeling that the aliyah is a platform God has arranged to speak to the world in the end time. And He can't do it twice. He can only do it once. So therefore the aliyah is super holy, high holy. This time because of the mistake of Moses, God was willing to write again. So the Lord said to Moses in Chapter 34:
Exodus 34:1-3 (NIV)
The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain."
So the Lord said this message to Israel and for the whole world I will write it again.
Now we will turn to the aliyah. I will read some different scriptures: Isaiah 11, 10-12. There are so many promises and some of you know them by heart. I just want to show that this is God's message to Israel and the whole world. You can find many such scriptures. The Redeemer Himself enter the platform. He has arranged this platform and He Himself is acting on the world's scene and speaking.
Isaiah 11:10-11 (NIV)
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
He did it the first time, when He brought them out from Egypt and now He is speaking in the same way. I really need to show you how important it was when God spoke the first time through Moses, because it was an act, that was a foundation for Passover and the Holy Communion. So there are millions and millions, families, generation after generation that have continued to celebrate the message God gave through Moses. Moses was chosen as His servant, so it was a message to the whole world to be remembered generation after generation.
God is speaking in this way when He sent Jesus. I mean there are very few occasions -- you don't need all your fingers of your hand to count those very special occasions when God is speaking Himself to the whole world. But here you have a second time.
Isaiah 11:11-12 (NIV)
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
So He is raising the banner. And He is bringing His descendants from he four quarters of the earth. But you see here, it is a message for the whole world. It's a banner for all the nations. And now I will take you to Ezekiel 36, verse 23 and 24. and you will find that concerning the aliyah the Lord is saying: I will make Myself known to my people and I will make myself known to the nations in the world. So the point is: God is speaking through the aliyah to the whole world. I will read as I said from verse 23 and 26:
Ezekiel 36:23-24 (NIV)
I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes. "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
This is just one of the scriptures. It is not the only one where the Lord says: I will bring you back to your own land and in this I say I will make myself known to all the nations of the earth.
Then I will take you to Isaiah 45 and I will read from verse 21 to 23:
Isaiah 45:21-23 (NIV)
Declare what is to be, present it-- let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.
This is the prophetic dimension. He foretold it through his prophecies.
You see, we have this in Philippians chapter 2 that God has decided to exalt Jesus above all other names, so that every knee shall bow in heaven, on earth and under the earth. I say I am most interested in God's methods to bring people to their knees here on this earth. Here on earth He will use the prophetic word in the end times, just before Jesus is returning. I believe that nearly all prophecies have been fulfilled. We will use this as an argument when we ask people: "Who told you this long ago? Repent! Bow your knees and receive Him!"
So I believe that the aliyah is the end-time preaching to the world that will be used to bring in the harvest in the end time. So this is a most holy area -- God's method to bring the people down on their knees and receive salvation. Then you understand: God has called individuals with the calling to cooperate with Him, both here in Israel, in Jerusalem, and out among the nations.
So I meet those who are called. But I remember once when I gave this message, there was a church ready to start work on the Exodus project. I felt that I needed a special time to speak to the pastor and the elders and the intercessors and to those who were called. The pastor, the elders and the intercessors came, but those who were called didn't come, they were busy businessmen. So I told them, "Now you are entering into the area that is most holy for the Lord. And this will affect this church, so you will really have to see that there are no weaknesses in the church. Because now you will enter into the fire." I am not going to say more just now - but they went through the fire. They (the businessmen) didn't listen. I think the pastor listened and some of the intercessors - they didn't listen. So they have been burned by the fire now. Because this is most holy.
You can't start because you get inspiration from someone. You read the book Exodus 2 and you get inspired, and you start something in your own area. You really have to check, I mean go through the light. And everything needs to be covered by the blood of Jesus. But the blood of Jesus does not cover unconfessed sins and weaknesses that you have not dealt with -- there is no covering for that. But it's an opening in the wall around you. So this calling has to do with the weakest areas in your family for instance. So before you enter into the calling make sure that as far as you are concerned everything is all right with your wife, with your husband, and your children, that everything is covered and in the light. Because otherwise your family will be hurt.
And also the economy. It is very important that your economy is based on righteousness and also what God has said: trusting the Lord. I have seen those who got excited in my country. And we have a government that is subsidizing the churches. When it comes to social work we can get 50% subsidies from the government. We have actually a kind of corruption, subsidy corruption, and many Swedes are involved in this. They suck out everything they can get from our government. And I know those who saw the vision for Exodus 2 and started to work. I mean how can we sneak this into a possibility to get aid from the government. There are many holes you can sneak into. You can lay the office in an area that is underdeveloped where you get special aid and so on.
I think I will read from Isaiah 30 if I remember right, yes. Don't allow your economy to go bankrupt because of being involved in the exodus and aliyah. If you seek help from sources that are not pleasing to the Lord then you will be hurt by the fire. So I will read from Isaiah chapter 30 from verse 1:
Isaiah 30:1-3 (NIV)
"Woe to the obstinate children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin; who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh's protection, to Egypt's shade for refuge. But Pharaoh's protection will be to your shame, Egypt's shade will bring you disgrace.
You see, I can tell you temptations people have when they hear about millions coming back to Israel. They think that they need furniture. And someone working for exodus, for the aliyah, he goes to a businessman who is not saved and says: "Here is a market, please help!" And this is to seek resources from areas that will be to your shame. I need to say this, I need to warn you. So when this is finance, a finance will go through the fire. The finance for every aliyah project will go through the fire. Because this has to do with the honor of the Lord. This is most holy for the Lord. So no unclean hands must touch these areas. So I have seen that the weak points are exposed in different ways. So the moment you touch this, you touch the fire. And concerning... I mean is it really founded in the church?
What I am saying now has also very much to do with spiritual warfare. Now I am applying it to this area. When we went to Iraq and Egypt, those who were in the team know that there were three occasions when team members nearly died. One occasion was when we said, when you go to Egypt don't buy any souvenirs. And one didn't listen, and he nearly died from an epileptic attack. He had never had one before. He received a souvenir and he was rescued to life by Sean. And when he came back to his senses in the hospital badly hurt he confessed immediately: "I was disobedient."
And when we go on very tough assignments then it is revealed if the elders did not lay hands on you before you went. If you didn't have the support of your church, because that's your protection to be supported by your church, by your pastor and your elders. When you enter into a most holy area you need the highest possible protection. And you need those who are behind you, praying behind you, because it will be revealed when you are in the fire.
And I also know those who have been burned, because their protection working for the aliyah is also to be connected with the body of Christ in Israel. It is part of the protection. So I have seen those working for the aliyah without knowing any believers in the land. They work with unbelievers. Of course we are ready to work with unbelievers, but for our protection we need to be connected with the body of Christ. I say this before you go bankrupt, before there is a disaster in your family. I believe actually, this is most holy. There are moments when I even question if we can use the name EXODUS in our ministries, because it's reserved for the Lord. I think there are too many using this word to build their own kingdoms and their own projects for a platform -- there are many things popping up now. And if you use the word EXODUS in connection with your ministry you really need to hear it from the Lord. You can't do it if there are any selfish motives within you. So I am warning you now.
This message is a message to Zipporah, the wife of Moses, and it is a message to intercessors who will belong to the inner circle of those responsible to pray for anyone who has a calling for the aliyah. I believe that God has divinely called men and women and churches and ministries to work for this. There is no doubt about it, don't misunderstand me. But everyone who is touching something that is super holy for the Lord needs the highest protection because God is going to use those who have a calling. But we will walk in a minefield where there are pits and snares and terrors. But the Holy Spirit will guide us through that minefield when we have intercessors who are praying for us, praying for when we are bringing God's people home to Israel by planes and boats and buses and so on. We will do it, but we are touching something that is most holy for the Lord. And we have discovered that we need so much prayer protection when we are doing this for every step of the way. That's the reason why Gustav Scheller has called for 490 intercessors to be dedicated to pray for the exodus operation. So we need prayer day and night for protection. But we also need the intercessors who know, who can stand in the gap.
I don't know if I told this before, but the Lord has called me to be an intercessor for my younger brother Stanley. He is an evangelist and a pastor and God is using him and he is very bold. He is much bolder than I am. God is using him on television and radio, but I know very definitely that I am called to be an intercessor for my younger brother. And you see, when we are young -- we were six brothers and sisters -- but Stanley and I we slept in the same room when we were small kids. I know the weaknesses of Stanley, when only his wife knows about. He can easily be hurt on some very few soft spots. So when he is in the fire I am covering him in prayer on those weak points. And I know that his wife also knows about it and my mother, but not many people. It is not for the public the weaknesses of the servants of God. They have their weaknesses. And they need class one intercessors to cover them in prayer. They need the Zipporahs. In the moment when a servant of God is tempted in some way to anger or something else you need to be awakened before and cover him in prayer so that it will not be a disaster. So the intercessors are called to stand in the gap.
I think I will read two more scriptures.
2 Corinthians 2:8-11 (NIV)
I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. The reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven-- if there was anything to forgive-- I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
So Paul said that we are not unaware of his schemes. And I believe that satan is a completely defeated enemy. When Jesus died on the cross the head of the serpent was crushed and I say that at that time he got brain damage. It affects his creativity. So from the moment when he got that brain damage he cannot create any new schemes. But whenever you go doing spiritual warfare on the earth you will find that he is only using old schemes from Babylon, Egypt and from the Canaaite people who lived in the promised land. So when we discover something we say, "Oh, that's just the old scheme from Babylon, this is just the old scheme from Egypt." He calls it NEW AGE, but there is nothing new after the cross. But he is repeating old strategies that had already been defeated. But he has only one way to stand against us and that is to use our weaknesses, this is his scheme.
So here Paul speaks about forgiving a brother and don't remain with unforgiveness because we all know about the schemes of the devil. And we know about the old schemes. But the only thing he has left is our weaknesses. I said this before, I said this in Bournmouth some moths ago, but we have learned something to prepare a prayer assignment in a tough place for two days, to walk in the light, to confess sins, to pray for one another and when we come to the real battle ground we use 20 minutes in spiritual warfare against the enemy. But it takes two days to deal with the weak areas in our lives. So that's the proportion. The enemy is not the problem for us when we proclaim a victory that's already been won. But the problem is if he knows about weaknesses in our team then we can't do anything about the enemy until we have dealt with those weaknesses.
So what I've shared here is protection when we are on the battlefield. But concerning the aliyah and the exodus it's on a very different level. When God becomes our enemy because we have not dealt with things from the past, usually there are things we have never told anyone, not even your wife or your prayer companion or your pastor, you have never asked for counsel; the enemy keeps this as a snare. The Lord also knows about it. The moment you enter and touch the fire it is revealed. So we need to deal with this.
The last scripture I will read is from Matthew 11. It is not connected now with spiritual warfare. I will read it first and the I will explain. And this is also a word for those who are called to work with the aliyah and the Exodus 2 as we say. It's not a word for everyone.
Matthew 11:1-6 (NIV)
After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee. When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me."
I will apply this to the aliyah, to those who are called to prepare the way for the aliyah. I continue to read:
Matthew 11:7-15 (NIV)
As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings' palaces. Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: "'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. He who has ears, let him hear.
Now, when Jesus came that was one of the occasions, the mightiest occasion when God spoke to the whole world through His Son. So that was God's platform. There was one who was called to prepare the way for this. And before, I mean just when the transfer took place, John the Baptist was removed from the scene. And he was in prison. And he asked questions in the prison and there he was told. Now I tell it to you in another way:
Yes, the Russian Jews are coming home, the American Jews are coming home, they are coming from South Africa. So God is bringing them home to Israel from all four corners of the earth. And now the time has come when the Lord Himself will speak to the whole world. But what about some of those who work to prepare the way? The Lord is removing them from the scene. Because He Himself will have the full attention. And this is something the Lord spoke to me last evening when we had this half hour of worship at the end of the meeting. There were moments when the presence of the Lord was very strong. And you don't need much time, because the Lord can say much in just a few seconds. It's just flashing. Actually the Lord said that He is going to remove some of those who have worked faithfully to prepare the way for the aliyah, for the Exodus. And He did this with John the Baptist, but He also honored him and He said, he was a shining lamp. And he was really a man of God, but he was removed from the scene.
I was reminded last evening about a prophetic word given to a man in Sweden who is moving strongly in a prophetic dimension. And there was a sister who prophesied on the telephone and told him about things, some years ago, and we see how these things are coming into fulfillment. But she also prophesied that the moment when all this I have told, when it has been fulfilled, my faithful servant has been removed from the scene. I have taken him away. So this brother he is preparing the way for the Lord. And he is moving. But he also knows that when the fulfillment comes he will no longer be here on this earth. And I believe that this is one of the consequences that when God is speaking to the whole world, He wants to be alone on the platform. And He knows if we have temptations after it has happened to have seminars and say. "I did it," then He takes us to heaven before it happens.
Hallelujah, hallelujah! Lord, I pray for all my dear brothers and sisters who have a calling just as you called Moses, just as you called John the Baptist and you called human beings to be your tools to cooperate with you even when you had chosen one of those few occasions to speak to the whole world. Hallelujah, hallelujah, I praise you for Moses who carried your notes! And you are so faithful that you wrote the notes two times. Lord, but we know that now the platform is set in world history in such a way that you can't do it twice before your second coming. This message can only be delivered once to the whole world. And therefore I pray for everyone who is called to cooperate with you in a message that is most holy to the world. Search us, Lord, search us now, do it today, do it in this prayer conference, Lord. And search our hearts and deal with the weakest areas in our lives. Yes, reveal it, Lord, show us our hearts in your light! And give us now an opportunity to bring it out in the light, to confess it with witnesses so that it will be established, that it's covered with the blood of Jesus and it's forgiven, it's confessed. Lord, bring things into our memory, not in a condemning way, but we know, when your light is shining the deliverance is just around the corner. So I don't ask for any depression in this prayer conference, but I ask for deliverance from the weakest areas in our lives.
And I pray for those who have a calling for the aliyah. Give them class one intercessors as Zipporah who was so close, so she knew immediately the weakness in the family. And she jumped up in front of God and she acted. I pray for many Zipporahs -- in the name of Jesus -- among the intercessors, Lord. And Lord, those who can take it, give them confidential prophetic insight, and a heart to pray for brothers and sisters who are involved in this most holy work, so that they can cover them in prayer and cover them in the areas in the moments when they are most weak, Lord. Give many Zipporahs in the prayer army, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus! Amen.