Weekly Parasha: Parasha Ki Tavo & Sermon "Tushuvah"

Shalom and blessings;

Can cats and mice find common ground and make peace with each other? I think we all know the answer to that question! Tuesday, Hamas and Israel agreed to end border hostilities after Israel agreed to allow Qatar to flood the enclave with massive amounts of money. Can money buy peace, can it by happiness? We all know that answer as well! Many times the ancient kings of Judah and Israel hired and paid for the help of a neighboring country to neutralize an enemy instead of turning to God and the results were disastrous, I think we can expect the same here.

Gaza is part of the land God promised to Israel. He said that if we did not drive out the pagan inhabitants of the land they would be thorns in our flesh and pricks in our eyes. And so it is and so it will be, agreements or no agreements, because that is the way God said it will be. The Sinai Peninsula now occupied by Egypt and the part of the Jordan Valley occupied by Jordan (land for peace) will not bring peace in the long run. Pagans are occupying God's Promise Land and when we made peace with them we made peace with their gods; "You shall have no other gods before Me (Exodus 20:3). Be prayed up and look up because disaster is coming. The recent peace agreement with the UAE I believe does not apply here because God never promised Israel any of their land; He will deal with them another time.

Hi Ellen here…well on a lighter and more feminine side I return to the subject of clothing. Women like clothing and always want to be looking their best. Last time we spoke about this I said our wardrobe had taken a very casual look and now with soaring temperatures here in Israel…light and airy…but there is a wardrobe that is given to us as believers in Yeshua free of charge…white as snow…protective and long lasting! Let us look! In Yeshayahu (Isaiah) we see that our Lord has given us a breastplate of righteousness, a helmet of salvation, garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped in a cloak of divine passion (59.17). Also in Yeshayahu (61.10) He clothed us in garments of salvation and arrayed us in robes of righteousness…Let us not forget the sandals of peace and the belt of truth in Ephesians 6…is not this wonderful, is not this exciting. We are adorned by our God in gorgeous clothing and wrapped in His salvation. Bless you all!

Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.

Rabbi Jack & Ellen