\u201cSo, the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshipped.\u201d<\/em> Exodus 4:31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n God has been appearing<\/strong> to many of our Israeli soldiers in so many ways since the beginning of the Gaza war and the people are thinking about God once again. I felt like sharing true stories, validated by reputable sources so that you can share with others. Not only do the People of Israel live but the God of Israel is on His Throne just as He was during the great Flood of ancient times. (Psalm 29:10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this issue of For Zion\u2019s Sake<\/em> we speak of God\u2019s mighty acts among the Jewish people that have been evident in Israel since the most unthinkable and difficult-to-believe brutal massacre of 1,200 innocent Jewish victims on 7 October 2023 took place. The bloodthirsty barbarity of Hamas terrorists is hard to express. God began to appear among the Israeli army in unmistakable ways and no one has remained unchanged or denied the miracles. May your faith in the God of Israel soar to new heights to know that He is indeed on His Throne and watching over Israel. Everywhere the Jewish nation is talking about the unexpected encounters among the Israeli soldiers in Gaza. Divine Mercy has appeared again and again as God manifests in different ways at dangerous moments. In the book of Romans 15:10 it says we are to \u201crejoice with His people.\u201d<\/em> Why? Because God is at work performing His Covenant Promises to Israel by sending angels to work on her behalf. These miraculous occurrences caught many by surprise; however, His Presence is so absolutely clear that it has altered not only the landscape but the common person on the street. As you relive the Swords of Iron war with us, listen with your heart to these inspiring stories of God\u2019s protection. These words \u201cI would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the Land of the living\u201d<\/em> (Psalm 27:13-14) are most appropriate. May Christians everywhere awaken. \u201cThus says the LORD of hosts, \u2018In those days ten men from all nations will grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, \u201cLet us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.\u201d<\/em> (Zechariah 8:23) Hold onto this magazine\u2013for what you are about to learn is God\u2019s Faithfulness to His Chosen People.<\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 1.<\/strong> \u201cMy unit was called in on a Shabbat morning\u2026weapons had been handed to us\u2026we had never shot them; we had no idea if they worked\u2026we were immediately engaged by terrorists\u2026my rifle worked perfectly, firing every shot, hitting what I was aiming at\u2026not a single jam\u2026I thanked HaShem (the Lord) for giving me a rifle that worked\u2026then we switched to another battalion, after resting, we went to the range to practice\u2026immediately the rifle jammed\u2026again and again\u2026it was a broken rifle\u2026it had been broken from the moment it was handed to me the first time but on those first days of the attack it had worked to perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 2.<\/strong> \u201dIt was a dark Gaza city at night\u2026it was a virtual minefield\u2026no one was around\u2026just as the platoon of Israeli soldiers entered an empty city block knowing that explosives lay in their path\u2026where they did not know\u2026it was a life and death mission. The commander had not slept for close to thirty-six hours\u2026he could barely see in front of him\u2026they had entered into the blackness of night\u2026every hand on a shoulder in a straight line\u2026they quietly walked\u2026all of a sudden the commander saw a white dove flying off the roof of a building\u2026and the dove flew down in front of the commander\u2026the dove landed in midair in front of his face, hovered in the air and he is looking at the bird. He realizes he has not slept, and he thinks maybe he is imagining this\u2013 but the dove continues to float in midair right before him\u2026so he leans forward\u2013 as he was about to touch the bird the soldier behind him pulls him back\u2026when he saw the dove was not hovering but had landed on a very thin trip wire going across the entire street. One more step and the entire block would have blown up killing all the soldiers. The dove looked back at him and flew off saving the entire brigade\u2026\u201d (IDF Commander of Elite unit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 3.<\/strong> \u201dThey were seen storming the heavens calling out to God\u2026they had brought a Torah to the home and were reading God\u2019s Word, crying out for the mother\u2019s daughter, a hostage. \u201cOri, come back in peace.\u201d Israeli mothers were crying out to God for Ori. It was Shabbat and when the mother separated the challah bread the prayer \u201cOh God, you have commanded us to separate the challah\u2026may it be counted by you as if I performed this prayer exactly as you would have it upon your altar as in the day of the Holy Temple\u2013Holy One be awakened and bring back our captives.\u201d Not long after this prayer her daughter was saved in a miraculous attempt to rescue the hostages. God had heard this mother\u2019s cry! Ori walked in the door of her home, and the cry was heard loudly as the mother cried \u201cOh Creator of the World, I love you! I love you, Amen. Amen.\u201d(A mother\u2019s heart was heard by God\u2013a video from a Sephardic Jewish home).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 4.<\/strong> \u201cMy brother is in the Golani Brigade. He has to go into the tunnels. Soldiers had to enter a house to get to a tunnel which was underground in one room\u2026in the IDF the officers go in first, then we follow (as our ancestors did in the Bible) the unit goes in\u2026twenty-five soldiers\u2026the others stay behind and surround the house\u2026the soldier with the radio calls the commanding officer to find out if they are going to stay or come out. He is not answering\u2026the soldiers outside guarding the house walk back in\u2026standing at the entrance was a Rabbi with a long beard\u2026black coat\u2026the Sergeant said to him \u201cWhat are you doing In this house?\u201d This \u201ctsaddik\u201d (a righteous being in Hebrew) said to him \u201cYou must get out of the house now!\u201d (he spoke In Hebrew to them)\u2013 \u201cIf you do not get out now there will be many widows and orphans\u2026you have to leave now,\u201d The soldiers answered him saying \u201cWe cannot leave\u2013we have to go into the tunnel first to find our brothers! We are not leaving without our commander.\u201d The Rabbi is blocking the door to the tunnel\u2026and puts his hand out to block them from entering. One soldier reached forward to move the Rabbi out of the way and his hand went right through him\u2013there was nothing there\u2026 everyone looked at each other and thought \u201cWhat are we seeing here?\u201d The soldiers are all in shock. The commanding officer then comes out of the tunnel. The Rabbi is still standing there. The officer asks, \u201cWhy do we have a Rabbi standing here?\u201d He then tried to push him out and the Rabbi says one more final time \u201cyou must leave the house now.\u201d While he was speaking\u2013out of his mouth came fire\u2026it totally freaked every soldier out\u2026but as he said, \u201cGet out now\u201d we took about twenty steps out of the house\u2013and the house blew sky high\u2026we had seen a \u201cmalak\u201d (an angel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 5.<\/strong> \u201cThere were eighteen Israeli soldiers in a house ready to rest for the night. Nine were religious so they asked another soldier to pray with them. (They needed 10 for a minyan, the number required for prayer). He asked first to excuse himself to go to the bathroom. After a period of time, he never came out\u2026so they knocked at the door, and they heard groaning. They smashed the door down\u2026and saw an Arab who had come from one of the tunnels underneath the bathroom floor\u2026he pulled the Israeli soldier into the tunnel from the floor\u2026the soldier was fighting for his life but the Arab has his hand around him\u2026the soldiers shot the terrorist\u2026they recognize that in this tunnel are monsters\u2026they had been planning an attack\u2026but the soldiers were able to wipe them out\u2026all because the soldier went to the bathroom\u2026one Jew who had decided to pray the evening prayers with the soldiers decided to go first to the bathroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n STORY 6.<\/strong> \u201cEight hundred students were learning Torah at a learning center. Arab terrorists had learned the student\u2019s schedules. A terrorist was captured outside of the yeshiva. The IDF soldiers asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you attack this yeshiva?\u201d He told them \u201cWe did not attack it, because when we came into the area and we looked and the building was burning, we saw the fire, we saw the smoke. We thought one of the missiles hit it already\u201d There had been no smoke, no fire, it was untouched. They went for a different target which saved eight hundred students by something they saw which cannot be explained. The deduction was that God runs His World and if He wants someone to see to save lives, they see it.\u201d (An Israeli General related the above story)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am writing this letter while on the way to my base\u2026I am happy and grateful for the privilege of defending our beautiful country and people Israel. If something happens to me, I forbid you to mourn. I had the privilege of achieving my dream and destiny. You can be sure that I am looking down on you with a big smile\u2026I left home without even being called up for reserve duty\u2026I always said that if I have to die, it would be to defend other people and the nation. May my name never be forgotten\u2026our soldiers fight like lions\u2013\u2002and what lions! The Lions of Judah! \u201cBehold, the people rises up like a lioness and lifts itself up like a lion.\u201d <\/em>(Numbers 23:24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat is happening on the battlefields of Gaza will change Israel\u2019s society\u201d (Rabbi Chaim Eisen). Many churches are continuing forward without recognizing Israel because of a theology that pushes Israel out the door. They will be sorry they did\u2013one day. Church apostasy runs rampant according to the Pew Research Center. Many mega-church pastors are planning on building towers higher than they have already built. Man builds with his hands. God builds by His Spirit. (Genesis 11:4) God is moving by His Spirit in modern day Israel and we are watching it happen nearly every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I remain astounded at the amount of Christians who feel Israel does not fit into their theology. Who authorized Christianity to separate from Israel? When this happens, it is like removing the foundation of a house after it has been built? Who would do that? May the Ruth part of the church arise and shine brightly on behalf of our Lord. Let us clear His Name and represent Him correctly in this generation. Whole army brigades are breaking out praying, dancing, and worshipping the Lord before going to the battlefield. Shofars are being blown. Prayers for safety and victory are being prayed and faith is abundant in the hearts of so many warriors. One video clip filmed a commander shouting Hallelujah and raising His Voice saying, \u201cGod is King\u2013was King\u2013and will be King forever and ever!\u201d Amen. A great partial spiritual revival in many ways has come to Israel which began in the military. The division and arguments of brother against brother has changed. People are much more unified as the miracles are looking to God for deliverance speaking it publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that you have been encouraged by reading of these miraculous events which are but a few of the many which have been reported. It is time for the world to realize that God does not play games. His eternal word to us is that \u201cBehold, I have engraved you (Jerusalem) on the palm of My Hands, thy walls are continually before Me.\u201d<\/em> (Isaiah 49:16) Israel is protecting the nation\u2013the country God has returned His People to build for the sake of His Name. The war you have heard about in the nations is a war against evil which is attempting to prevent Jerusalem from being the \u201cCity of the Great King.\u201d<\/em> (Psalm 48:1-2) Let us \u201crejoice\u201d that God is on His Throne and He will not forsake His Chosen People. As the people believed when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked upon their affliction bowed their heads and worshipped. Let us bow our heads and thank the Lord in prayer that He has been so faithful to reveal Himself mightily in this modern-day war against His People. God bless each person as you pray.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013Sharon Sanders\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\nGOD SPREADING WINGS OVER ISRAEL (Personal Testimonies)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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