Christians: Here to serve Israel

YNet ^ | Nov. 2, 2006 | Yaakov Lappin

[Alouette]

International Christian Embassy receives Pentecostal delegation; 'my father served Hitler, I lobby for Israel,' says leader

Yaakov Lappin Published: 11.02.06, 16:46

Some 70 Christian delegates from around the world met at the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem Wednesday evening to express solidarity with the State of Israel, and to convey the message that the Israeli people were "not alone."

The meeting was held to welcome representatives of the Pentecostal European Fellowship (PEF) to Jerusalem. Pentecostalism is a growing Evangelical sect in Europe, and millions of Christians are members of the movement.

Ingolf Ellssel, Chairman of the PEF's Board of Directors, told the meeting: "Over the past decade, we realized we're not getting the full picture (on the Middle East) from the European media. So we had to come to see for ourselves."

Ellssel said his delegation was briefed by the Foreign Ministry on the situation.

"We are the second largest church in the world, impacting 650 million Christians," Ellssel said, adding: "The latest numbers indicate we have 35-40 million charismatic Pentecostal Christians around the world."

'My father served Hitler'

Ellssel said his visit to Israel was especially important because of his personal history, as well as his religious belief.

"My father served Hitler, and lost 16 years of his life. After his imprisonment, he found Jesus. So I was aware of the churned relations with the people of Israel. In the 1970s, when one country after another was removing its embassy for Jerusalem, I was aware of the prophetic words about the people of Israel, and I am happy to witness the prophecy being fulfilled," he said.

"Otherwise, you can't explain how people living for 2000 years in Diaspora maintained their national identity," Ellssel added.

"We as Christians are living in a time in which we must wake up. We must organize ourselves and become a lobby for these people. That's why we are here," Ellssel added.

Shaya Ben Yehuda, Director of Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem's International Relations Division, said he was moved by the visit of the Christian delegations.

Addressing Ellssel, Ben Yehuda said: "It was moving to hear you, Mr. president, speaking about your father. It makes me think about my grandfather, my family, what happened to them during those darkest days."

"We are all created in the image of God. We Jews, Christians, share this from the bible. Your act, to come here during difficult days, is touching," Ben Yehuda said, adding: "It's not just the State of Israel, it's the whole of civilization that is at risk... Jews and Christians are really together. What is in danger is our right to live according to what the Lord told us."

"You are the modern righteous of this generation. You will all be blessed, and you will have a place of memory in the house of the Lord," Ben Yehuda told the delegates, who responded with warm applause.

10,000 African Christians prayed for Israel'

"This is a new phenomenon, that out of the Evangelical Christian world, there is a lot of support and understanding for Israel. This phenomenon is not located in Europe alone?we can tell you with a great deal of certainty that this is a world wide movement," Hedding added.

Describing a mass prayer session held in Africa for Israel, Hedding recounted: "At the beginning of this year, I had the privilege of attending a very special conference in Nigeria, attended by 10,000 African leaders. The unforgettable thing is, they had this incredible love for Israel. They burned themselves out all day, praying for hours and hours for Israel..."

Speaking to Ynetnews, Hedding said the Christian Embassy had no wish to interfere in Israel's strategic territorial decisions. "We stay out of it. This is a democracy. It's not a theocracy. The International Christian Embassy does not dictate to the Jewish state where or how it should draw its borders or express her sovereignty," he said.

"We are however totally dedicated to the fact that Israel has the right to exist here in peace and security. And wherever Israel draws her borders and decides to defend herself, we will stand by her and all her people. So we are here in the defense of the Jewish state, and we support the Jewish state's right, democratically, to sort out its problems. We are here to serve you, and not to dictate to you," Hedding added.

[Alouette]

Welcome, Christians.

The same liberal Jews who are so much in favor of allowing the Gay parade through Jerusalem, would foam at the mouth at the idea of a Christian parade.

[Alouette]

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[100-Fold_Return]

Pentecostalism is a growing Evangelical sect in Europe, and millions of Christians are members of the movement.

Thanx to God's Gospel being able to go out on satellites throughout the world. :>

[Nachum]

Welcome, Christians. Welcome, Christians.

Dittos

[RoadTest]

If all the people (and Churches) that called themselves Christian, throughout the centuries since Christ ascended into Heaven, had moved like this, things would be a lot different today.

[APRPEH]

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL COMMUNITIES

[Convert from ECUSA]

Christians like me and a lot of others on FR and outside of FR deeply appreciate the welcome we receive from Israel and the Jewish people!

[Kitty Mittens]

Amen! I Dearly Love Israel, and Pray for her Protection and Blessing Regularly.

[unionblue83]

Israel and the Jewish people will always have the support, friendship and prayers of this conservative Christian.

[Salem]

"The same liberal Jews who are so much in favor of allowing the Gay parade through Jerusalem, would foam at the mouth at the idea of a Christian parade."

Ouch!  

It's Alouette and the Jews at Free Republic who define Judaism and Israel in our view!

"The appropriate way to memorialize the Holocaust is not by building museums, but by building schools, synagogues and yeshivos so that the next generation of Jewish people will be firm in their faith and observance. Not another freakin damn shrine to the dead. ... Anti-Semites love Holocaust memorials. They look at the exhibits featuring piles of dead Jews and feel great satisfaction. " ~ "Alouette"  [Permalink]

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Letter To The President In Support Of Israel ~
'Final Solution,' Phase 2 ~
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" ... It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world."—FReeper Retief
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"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."—FReeper Noachian
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[SevenofNine]

Come think of it do you think Olhmet govt would call Free Republic terrorist forum

I THINK SO LOL!

[Salem]

Yeah, he could. But once his Knesset email address was posted, the response would crush their servers.

Ol' Olmert has scarier things to worry about, though.

Eze 34:1 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? .... [Ezekial 34]

[SevenofNine]

Salem which one scare Olhmet first

Wrath of freepers or GOD LOL!

I pick AL Mighty

come think of it there some Freepers that have temper of Wrath of God

[Convert from ECUSA]

"It's Alouette and the Jews at Free Republic who define Judaism and Israel in our view!"

You said it Salem! Alouette and our Jewish friends at FR rock!!!!!!

[Convert from ECUSA]

"It's Alouette and the Jews at Free Republic who define Judaism and Israel in our view!"

You said it Salem! Alouette and our Jewish friends at FR rock!!!!!!