Posted on 10/05/2009 12:06:53 PM PDT by TaraP
The voices of thousands of Christian pilgrims worshiping "Yehoshua Christ" echoed for miles over the hills of the Judean Desert late Friday night - the first night of Succot...
Just as the silence of Shabbat was settling over Jerusalem, the pilgrims - representing dozens of nations - came down to the shores of the Dead Sea in a long caravan of buses, wearing Judaic emblems like tzitzit, kippahs, and Stars of David on their clothing and jewelry.
One Christian woman from Brazil, who said she was visiting Israel for the first time, was dressed from head to toe in an outfit tailored from Israeli flags. Sharp blasts from shofars, brought along by enthusiastic worshipers, often punctuated the evening's activities.
Around 4,000 gathered on the moonlit beach of Ein Gedi to worship "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" and to fulfill an ancient Hebrew prophesy penned more than 2,500 years ago by the prophet Zecharia, which they say predicts that people from every nation will someday join hands with Jews to celebrate Succot.
"The nations... shall come up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles" the Web site of the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem, which hosted the celebration, quotes from the Bible.
"Say tonight, I am a part of the fulfillment of the prophesy," a worship leader urged the cheering crowd, who sang Hebrew classics like Shalom Aleichem and Hine Ma Tov. "You will bring blessings upon your nations."
Just WOW...
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LOL...Good one!
Can someone explain why the six-pointed star and not the menorah is the symbol of Israel? What is the significance of the six-pointed star.
The six pointed star is the intersection of two triangles representing God reaching down to man and man reaching up to God is what I was always taught, but I could be wrong. It’s been known to happen.
The six pointed star is made up of 2 triangles. One descending from heaven and one rising from the earth.
The trinity triangle from heaven is love, truth and light through the ascending temple of body, mind and spirit.
The two are unified in heaven on earth. The trinity made manifest in mankind made in the image and likeness of God.
The union of heaven and earth.
Actually the origins of the six pointed flag are occult or magical origins.
See this excerpt from a book (title at the bottom): http://www.menorah.org/starofdavid.html
And this article from the Jewish Encyclopedia, mentions that it was not present in mainstream rabbinical sources, but was associated with magical amulets meant to protect the wearer. See Jewish Encyclopedia article on Magen Dawid .
As Hose 4:6 puts it, "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" ...
that should be “Hosea 4:6” .
If the Jews are not celebrating with Christians with the knowledge that Jesus as the King of kings then the prophesy is not fulfilled.
Excellent point.
“As Hose 4:6 puts it, ‘my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...’”
Truer words were never spoken. Thanks.
echoed for miles over the hills of the Judean DesertHey, that's the Palestinian Desert so just cut it out right now.
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