A very Providential and timely gathering, a burden removed and celebrating all things Jewish!

​Hello friends….

On 10/1, we threw a party for a family that we've been loving on. It took place on a farm owned by someone who helps us teach English. Our friends slaughtered 2 of his sheep according to their faith custom & we had a trad feast. The original invite had been made 3 months ago, but when the Ancient of Days prepares celebrations via Ephesians 2:10, divine appointments follow! (For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do!) Then we go fully incarnational into the world!

Recently, I mentioned our friend who'd fought the bad guys in his country. He was notified by the U.S. gov't that all his checks during Covid had been written by mistake & he had to repay a large sum. The "aerialist bro" (AB) who's hosting his family pled for his mercy in a letter, which proved indispensable. Then, an attorney friend, (another on our English class team), also offered help w/another attorney friend. The deadline had already passed!!!......This was due to many changes of address & long work hours. We lifted the problem to Jesus & our attorney friends took on the gov't. Stunning how a committee just so happened to review the case 1 week before the party. Unanimous nays except for 1. That 1 person persuaded the other committee members to do the right thing! So, we had a reason to celebrate beyond celebrating friendship.....which is already a good enough reason! Thx to all for praying on this!

Our faith was not sourced out of Europe, but the East. So, my curiosity about Christianity's Jewish roots & Eastern thinking is intensifying. The ancient Eastern roots of our faith actually resonate more closely to their cultures. Gospel workers in early pagan Europe rightfully contextualized for their audience, but we now need fresh bread!  The Eastern narratives need restoring so Jesus' Gospel may take root in a way more organic to them. We, in the American Church, (inc. your's truly) are usually underinformed about all that is Jewish. I'm on a quest to discover Messianic contexts.


Here is an entertaining video which explains Rosh Hashanna......


https://youtu.be/1AuMXq5sHDw



Moments after the 1st slaughter, our host commented on the animal's silence & reminded us of Isaiah 53:7......"He was oppressed & afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth...." Another noted that Rosh Hashanna (Jewish New Year) had just passed. Of course!! How fitting! When our friend's burden was lifted, he was celebrating new beginnings, whether he celebrates RH or not!....I'd never before heard the Hebrew term "Akedah" until seeing the video above. Constant w/that theme, I'd like to think the juxtaposition of the slaughter & our friend's debt/subsequent debt relief took on new dimensions that day. At the beginning of this blog is a pic moments before his son did the slaughter, which was his first.

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Our friend was the chef....he sealed the lid w/bread dough!
​Amazing technique!!!

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Continuing w/the Jewish theme.....

"Tabernacle as One" went on for several days in a local park in celebration of Sukkot. On 10/14, I brought a friend from the "a country" who'd met Jesus in a dream & received Him 2 weeks before meeting me! What's more compelling: She has some Jewish lineage & sometimes went to Jewish celebrations as a child! (Clueless that I was a believer, this is the woman who immediately invited me to her Church for Resurrection Day service the first time she met me!!!! She now attends the i Church.)  So, taking her to the Friday night Shabbat dinner was a bit of a homecoming for her as this feast focuses on nomadic themes & God dwelling among us! Please for her son. He's in a camp in Europe & was being threatened w/deportation. But it appears that he has just cleared that hurdle....but keep praying! 

For more Providence, debt relief, all things Jewish & the nations! ​

​..........Just another witness to His Glory