Counting the Omer The Jewish community is presently observing the biblical spring feast season occurring between Passover and “Shavuot”. It retraces their ancestors’ seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. 49 days are known as “Counting the Omer”. (The omer was an ancient unit of measure of the grain harvest.) It is a time of giving thanks for the past, present and future agricultural harvest. It is
Prayer for Ethiopia During the recent visit by our missionary to Ethiopia, Brent observed great opportunities in Messianic, Christian and Jewish communities for developing relationships between believers and the Jewish people. Also pockets of Jewish people scattered throughout the countryside of Ethiopia as well as in metropolitan areas exist in varying degrees of poverty. “Adonai said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, and I will make them hear
Pray for the Israeli Election The election of Prime Minister will be held April 9, but Israelis do not directly vote for their Prime Minister. Instead, they cast a single vote for one of the 47 political parties registered in Israel. This determines the number of seats a party gets in the Parliament (known as the Knesset – Knesset building pictured above). The 47 political parties have already