Shalom and Blessings;
As the expression from the movie Jaws goes; "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water," Israel goes into its third lockdown! This time it is even stricter than before. Foreigners will not be allowed to enter the country and all Israelis returning from abroad will be quarantined in government sanctioned hotels for a minimum of 10 days. We are told that this will last 2 weeks with the possibility of being extended, at the digression of the Corona virus task force.
On a happier note, Israel started mass vaccinations with no adverse reactions being reported; we pray that will be the case well into the future. The Ministry of Health is predicting that we will see the effect of the inoculations on the numbers of infections in approximately 3 weeks. Ellen and I fasted and prayed about taking the drug and feel confident that the Lord gave us the OK. I must caution that this may not be the case for everyone; we all need to do our own praying and fasting. We have an appointment for our first injection January 3rd with our second 21 days later; Glory be to God.
I would like to share that the manifestation of the Gifts of the Spirit is given to every Believer, not just to rabbis, pastors, prophets etc. No one has to be concerned that they cannot operate in the Gifts of the Spirit. All the Gifts are given to every Believer by GRACE not by merit! We receive these Gifts without any merit of our own. We cannot fast to receive the Gifts; we cannot pray long hours to receive the Gifts, which means that the least qualified of us can flow in the Gifts the greatest! If we understand Grace, we will understand this. Also, because the Gifts are administered by Grace and not merit, we can understand why well-known teachers, preachers and prophets who were found out to be involved in some sort of immorality can still operate in the Gifts. This answered a big question in Ellen's and my life. At times we prayed for people for healing and they were not healed, in fact they died, then at times we prayed for people and they were healed, surprising us as much as the person we prayed for. This showed us that healing, like all the other gifts, is a Grace Gift; we cannot take glory or credit if someone gets healed nor can we take the failure if they do not get healed. 1 Corinthians 12: 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
Hi Ellen here…There is a Hebrew word we hear at this present time more and more, it is "bidud" (בידוד), it means quarantined or isolated. As I hear this word, I acknowledge those who are isolated from others for two weeks because of infection but also my spirit hears isolated in the spirit. Let me explain what I mean as I tend to be abstract at times…There are many of us, Believers and unbelievers that willingly put ourselves in bidud. There are some that do it for protection from the world, from fear, reality, harshness, deception…even from love. If anyone reading this is willingly entering spiritual bidud I offer you a way out…Prayer, fasting, listening and hearing and for those that do not believe yet…receive Yeshua as your Lord and savior today to be freed of the chains that are holding you in bondage to self, to fear to even being loved. Amen and I love you all!!!
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Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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