Beit Yeshua
2011 - An
Evening Honoring Israel
May 6, 2011
An
Evening
Honoring
ISRAEL
"Hatikvah"
by Reyna & Julia
"Yisrael"
by Gideon & Tim
"ASHREINU"
DANCE
the Machol
Dancers
EXHIBITS
Praise, Worship
& Dance
SPEAKERS 1
Steve Martin
Love For His
People
Cathy Hargett
Highway to
Zion
Ze'ev Nevo
Israel Media
Ministries
The HALLEL
Dancers
"Eretz Eretz Eretz"
"Hulu"
SPEAKERS 2
Doug Williams
Beit Yeshua
Curtis Loftin
Beit Yeshua
Rabbi Yossi Wentz
Beit Shofarot
PRAYER FOR
ISRAEL
"Peace of
Jerusalem"
The Machol
Dancers
An Evening Honoring Israel
Biet Yeshua joined with Beit Shofaort, Highway to Zion and Love For His People on Friday, May 6, 2011, in the Family Life Center of Covenant Bible Church, Lincolnton, NC., 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, for our fourth annual Evening Honoring Israel. The meeting celebrated Israel's 63rd Birthday since their rebirth as a nation on May 14, 1948.
The shofarot (ram's horns) are sounded as the evening begins
Susan lights Shabbat candles and Paul says kiddush (prayer & blessings) over the bread & wine
HATIKVAH
"The Hope"Julia & Reyna from Beit Shofarot, played the Israeli National Anthem "Hatikvah"
on violin and flute, while everyone sang
Curtis welcomes everyone and shares announcement about upcoming events
Gideon (on the guitar) and Tim (on the bongo) sing the Ted Pearce song "Yisrael"
As The Machol Dancers prepare for the Israeli Folk Dance "Ashreinu",
Carolyn tells the story of the song
The Story Behind the Song "ASHREINU"
In the fall of 1944, in the Auschwitz concentration camp, a group of 50 Hungarian Jewish boys under the age of 18 had been selected for the gas chambers. They had been told they were to take showers, but this was later in concentration camp history, and the boys knew the truth.
Inside the bathhouse, one boy shouted out, “Brothers! Today is the day of Simchat Torah! Before we die, let us celebrate Simchat Torah one last time! We don’t have a Torah Scroll to dance with, so let us all dance with God Himself—Who is surely here among us—before we return our souls to Him.”
50 young voices raised in song, and 50 pairs of feet stamped in joy before the L-rd:
Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu u’ma nayim goraleinu u’mah yafah yerushateinu (How fortunate we are and how wonderful is our portion and how beautiful is our heritage.)
The commandant came and was infuriated. One boy told him, “leaving a world where Nazi beasts reign is a cause for celebration.” To teach them a lesson, the commandant had them all pulled out and put in a holding block overnight, telling them he planned to torture them the next day.
The next morning a high-ranking Nazi officer arrived, needing to conscript a large number of workers. He saw the group of boys and ordered them along with several hundred other inmates, to be transferred to his work camp. Survivors of Auschwitz report that all 50 boys survived the war.
ASHREINU
"Fortunate Us"
Composed by Reb Aharon Charitonov
Sung by Avraham Fried
How fortunate are we, How good is our portion,
And how pleasant our destiny, How beautiful is our inheritance.
Ashrinu, Ashreinu, Ashreinu, Ma Tov chelkeinu
Ashrinu, Ashreinu, Ma Tov Chelkeinu.
U’ma Noim, U’ma Noim, Noim Goroleinu,
U’ma Yofo Y’rushoseinu.The Dance
To see the video of The Machol Dancers dancing to the Israeli Folk Dance "Ashreinu"
CLICK HEREThe next 20 minutes was spent looking at various exhibits concerning Israel
"The Seven Species of Israel" Exhibit
The Seven Species are (1) Olives, (2) Grapes, (3) Figs,
(4) Dates, (5) Pomegranates, (6) Wheat and (7) Barley
This exhibit allowed everyone to "taste" the species of food that are native to Israel
The "History of Modern Israel" and "Biblical Borders" Exhibit
allowed a look into what God says about the borders of Israel in Scripture
GENESIS 15:18
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river,
the river Euphrates."The Holocaust" Exhibit
An "Archeology in the Land of Israel" Exhibit
The "Adopt A City For Prayer" Exhibit
Everyone was given a choice of 40 cities from which to choose and then pray over for the next year
Brochures were provided for each of the cities
The "Pray For the IDF" Exhibit
The "Israel Photos & Memorabilia" Exhibit
included photos and memorabilia from our trip to Israel
The "Beit Yeshua" Exhibit
displayed photos of events and activities of the Lincolnton-based Jewish-Roots Group
and gave out "ISRAEL" wristbands
The "Beit Shofarot" Exhibit with Rabbi Yossi Wentz
advertised their upcoming concerts with Sue Samuels and Greg Silverman
as well as brochures and information about the synagogue that is located in China Grove, NC
The "Highway to Zion" Exhibit with Cathy Hargett
showed photos of Assemblies and Events sponsored and supported by the Charlotte-based ministry
as well as information about traveling to Israel
The "Love For His People" Exhibit with Steve Martin
provided merchandise from the land of Israel and information about the Pineville-based minstry
The "Precious Oils" Exhibit with Cynthia Hillson
shows Cynthia's "oils" and brings fragrances written in the Bible to life
We moved into a time of praise, worship and Israeli Folk Dance
Steve Martin (Love For His People)
talks about connecting & partnering with those living in Israel
To see the video of Steve Martin of Love For His People speaking
CLICK HERECathy Hargett (Highway to Zion) talks about traveling to Israel
To see the video of Cathy Hargett of Highway to Zion
PART 1
CLICK HERETo see the video of Cathy Hargett of Highway to Zion
PART 2
CLICK HEREWhy Go To Israel?
1. Because you love what HE loves and HE love Israel
2. God said to do it
3. It is a type of your spiritual destiny
4. Because we're grafted in to the Jewish people
5. Because it is our inheritance
6. Because the Highways to Zion are in your heart
7. Because we are a phophetic people with a prophetic calling
8. Becasue once you get there, you'll fall so madly in love with your God, that you'll be changed foreverCathy also introduced us to Ze'ev Nevo of Israel Media Ministries
Ze'ev is a sabra (native-born Israeli) from Jerusalem who is now living in Indian Land, SC
To see the video of Cathy and Ze'ev
CLICK HEREThe HALLEL DANCERS
from Beit ShofarotThe Hallel Dancers from Beit Shofarot dance the Israeli Folk Dance "Eretz Eretz Eret"
The second dance by The Hallel Dancers was the Israeli Folk Dance "Hulu"
Doug Williams (Beit Yeshua) talks about what the Scriptures have to say about Israel
To see the video of Doug Williams of Beit Yeshua speaking
CLICK HEREGENESIS 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.EXODUS 29:45
And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God.PSALM 132:13-18
For Adonai has chosen Tziyon, He has wanted it as his home. "This is my resting-place forever, I will live here because I so much want to. I will bless it with plenty of meat, I will give its poor their fill of food. Its cohanim (priests) I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy. I will make a king sprout there from David's line and prepare a lamp for my Anointed One. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on Him there will be a shining crown."ISAIAH 14:1
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
ZECHARIAH 8:23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; "In those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt (tsitsits) of him that is a Jew, saying 'We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.'"Curtis Loftin (Beit Yeshua) speaks on God placing His name on Jerusalem
To see the video of Curtis Loftin of Beit Yeshua speaking
[Thanks to Steve Martin for this video]
CLICK HEREDEUTERONOMY 12:11
Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord.DEUTERONOMY 12:21
If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the Lord has given you, as I commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.God was known by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as "El Shaddai" - "Almighty God". Shaddai means "Almighty" and is typically shown with just the Hebrew letter "Shin". A topigraphical map of the City of Jerusalem with the Kidron Valley (on the right), the Central Valley or Tyropoeon (Ty-rop-eon) Valley (in the middle) and the Hinnon Valley (on the left) - shows the Hebrew letter "Shin" over the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount area.
DEUTERONOMY 16:6
But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.DEUTERONOMY 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
DEUTERONOMY 12:5
But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go.There is a 2nd place where God stamps His Name ...
... On your heart
HEBREWS 8:10 & 12
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”Rabbi Yossi Wentz (Beit Shofarot) talks about "One New Man"
To see the video of Rabbi Yossi Wentz of Beit Shofarot speaking
[Thanks to Steve Martin for this video]
CLICK HEREDoug leads the group in a prayer for Israel
The Machol Dancers dance to "Peace of Jerusalem" by Kirk Dearman
The evening concluded with an "offering" for the needy in Israel
and Oneg - a time of food and fellowship[Thanks to Paul & Steve for the numerous photos from the Evening Honoring Israel]
