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Jesus had no
servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet
they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines,
yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet
kings feared Him.
He won no military
battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no
crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a
tomb, yet He lives today.
Hallelujah!
Dear Friend in the Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Warmest greetings to you
in the blessed Name of our Coming Lord Yeshua.
Thank you very much for
your prayers and faithfully support of this ministry to our Lord Jesus as
we reach out in love
with
the Gospel of the Messiah to an
increasing number of Jewish and not-Jewish souls in these last days. The
Lord will richly
bless you and give you His joy as you bless and do good to the Jewish People
in His Name. We are privileged to love the Jews
for
the Messiah’s sake (Gen. 12:3; Romans 11:30 -31).
On April 4, most churches will celebrate Passover. By the Bible, Pesach
should always be on 14 Nissan (Aviv). In this
year, by
Jewish calendar, Passover will be on sunset of March 29. Passover is the
first holiday and is also first in the Biblical
New Year,
because God says that the New Year starts in the month of Nissan (Aviv).
When Lord blessed the bread (Mazah) which was eaten in the day of Passover
and was given to his disciples, He said that
this
bread is His body. The cup of wine, which they separated after the supper,
which symbolized salvation, joy, and blessings,
after the blessings of Yeshua-HaMoshiah,
started to be His blood, spilled for our sins. This is the new value, which
Jesus put
in the Passover. And now Passover has
spiritual value for everyone in the world, who believes in Yeshua the
Messiah- who is
our Passover. “Behold The Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin of the world! “(John 1:29b) The Passover holiday
is a
great holiday, which talks to us about
the deliverance of the Dead, so that we are the children of God, for which
Lord Jesus
the Messiah died on the cross.
In the Bible, we see in the month of Nissan
(Aviv) 3 holidays in 8 days. First it’s the Passover which shows us Lord’s
death as the Lamb of God. Next day starts
a Feast of Unleavened Bread which shows that we are holy in Him. This
holiday
continues for 7 days. But on the 2nd
day of this holiday comes another holiday called First fruit that shows us
the resurrection
of the Messiah (1Cor.15:20). 3 holidays,
3 prophecies fulfilled in 8 days. We can read about these holidays in the
book of
Leviticus in the 23rd chapter.
Messiah is risen! Praise the Lord! Amen!
Within the month of February I witnessed to about 100 people. I met a
half-Jewish family from Uzbekistan . They received
my witness and also took my literature
about Yeshua. Another Jewish man whom I met and shared about Jesus started
to
say bad words about Jesus. I just replied
to him with the words that Jesus still loves him very much. In the Russian
pharmacy
I met an elder Jewish woman who told me
that she is too old to start to think about God. I witnessed to her, but she
said that
she is from a communist country and doesn’t
need the Lord. A young Muslim man from Uzbekistan took from me literature,
but told that he has his own faith. A
Jewish family from Belarus also got from me all literature and was
interested to hear
about Jesus.
In the grocery store I met a cashier F. who
told me that she is Jewish. I asked if she has a Holy Scriptures. She said
no. I
witnessed and offered to her a whole
Bible. She accepted.
In the February I have traveled again to
Sacramento , CA . In two airports I had an opportunity to meet a couple
people
that
I witnessed about the Lord. I met C. who told me that his parents are
Catholic, but their personal life is not a Christian.
C.
was very open to receive the witnesses about what it means to be born again.
While I was waiting another flight, I saw one
young
lady who came and sat right next to me. She had the chain with some symbol
of Hebrew letters. I started to pray and
God
gave me the strength to start to speak to her. The lady told me that she is
Jewish from the East Side of Cleveland . Her
name
is M. and she is 24 years old. She never heard about Yeshua
and was glad to get from me all the Messianic literature I
had.
On the same day I had an opportunity to meet one American-German woman from
a very liberal church. I had an
opportunity
to witness to her too.
In the Beachwood mall I met one Israeli woman who
was so happy to get a NT from me to read about the Messiah. In the
Strongsville
mall, I met 5 new Israelites. One of them very gladly
accepted a NT because he said that he always thinks about
the
Messiah. Another religious Israeli, whose parents came from Yemen , had a
conversation with me for over 35 minutes.
He
tried to explain me that Jesus is not the Messiah, and I prayed and tried to
tell him that Jesus is the Messiah according
the
Scriptures. At the end of our conversation the Israeli accepted from me only
the Tanach (OT). In the Westfield mall in
Canton
, I met another 2 Jewish people. One of them was from Israel and one from
Ukraine . The Israeli lady didn’t want to
speak
with me because she said that her parents are very religious and they don’t
believe in Yeshua. The Ukrainian Jewish
lady
accepted from me NT. I also met in the same mall 2 young American ladies.
One of them after my witnesses, accepted a
NT,
but the other lady rejected.
In the Chinese
buffet, on the West side of Cleveland , where I had a Pastoral meeting, I
had an opportunity to witness to
workers who are Buddhist. Praise the Lord
that they accepted Christian literature from me in Chinese language.
Our congregation is doing well. We continue to prepare 2 people for Tvilah
(Baptism).
If God leads you to start or continue to help us financially, please send
your donations to Beth-El Messianic Congregation
and Ministries, P.O. Box 360165, Cleveland, OH, 44136.
Thank you also for praying for my family. Please pray for our family’s
physical health.
Messiah is Risen, Yes- He is Risen indeed!
May the God of Israel richly bless you, especially on these holidays.
In the Messiah-Lord Yeshua, Pastor Igor. Shalom.
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