These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.
Acts 17:6
In Israel, there are approximately 20,000 Jewish people who believe in Yeshua as Messiah. While the percentage of Messianic Jews is relatively small, their number is increasing.
In fact, in 1999, there were only 5,000 Messianic Jews. This should remind us of God’s promise to restore the hearts of the people spiritually after they return to the land of promise from exile.
Ezekiel prophesied:
Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord. Ezekiel 37:12-14
The Lord is fulfilling his promises.
While turmoil surrounds Israel and we read of wars and rumors of wars in headlines every day, the Spirit of God is moving among the Jewish people.
Israel’s Messianic Jewish community is diverse and vibrant. While the majority of the synagogues are Hebrew-speaking, there are also Russian, Amharic, and Spanish-speaking congregations.
Israel is a melting pot of Jewish culture. Jews have made aliyah (Hebrew for going up, aliyah is the word used to describe Jews emigrating back to Israel) from all over the world.
That’s why in Israel, you will find Ashkenazi Jews, Sephardic Jews, Mizrachi Jews, Ethiopian Jews, and many more. Just as Israel is diverse, so is Israel’s Messianic Jewish community.
The Messianic Jews in Israel have experienced growth and increasing favor with the local communities; however, they still face challenges.
Messianic Jews are committed Israeli citizens. They serve in the IDF. They work regular jobs. And they tirelessly proclaim Yeshua as Lord and the promised Messiah.
The Messianic Jewish community in Israel needs our prayers.
I want to invite you to join me now in a prayer for the believers in Israel and Messianic Jews around the world. Would you join me?
Heavenly Father, I approach Your throne of grace today in order to pray for all the saints, as Your Word instructs me. I pray that You would strengthen and provide for all the saints across the globe according to Your will.
I specifically pray for the believers in Israel, and I ask that You would grant them boldness and fill their mouths with Your words, that they may boldly proclaim the gospel.
I pray that they would not be ashamed of the gospel of Yeshua the Messiah, but that they would always be aware that the Gospel is the power of God to salvation, for everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the gentile.
I ask that You would provide for their physical and material needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
I pray for unity in the body of Messiah between Jewish and gentile believers, that we may all dwell together in unity and that there would be no longer division in the body. Thank you for grafting the gentiles into the body of the Messiah and for breaking down the dividing wall of hostility that once separated Jews and gentiles. I ask that You would help us all work together to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Finally, I pray for the believers in Israel in the same way Paul prayed for the believers in Ephesus: that You would strengthen them with power in their inner beings by Your Spirit, that Christ would dwell in their hearts through faith, that they would be rooted and grounded in love and be able to understand with all the believers how broad, long, high and deep the love of Christ is, that they would know His love which passes our knowledge, and that they would be filled with all Your fullness.
It is in the Name above every name that I pray, Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, Amen.
