One Year Bible Intercessors... He is going to return... Just as He ascended from His disciples and believers, He will return... We know not the day or hour, only His Father knows... But, Jesus does tell us that He is coming back to take us Home to be with Him forever. Hallelujah! "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only... Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." ("No One Knows the Day or Hour" Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV)
Prayers for America... Please ask God how to continue to pray for our nation, that was founded by Him and now has lost her way. May America be saved unto the Lord Jesus Christ before it is too late. May she love Him with all of her heart and may she love His people. May our military be saved and guided by, and be allowed to pray to their True Commander-In-Chief. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. And, Thank You for continuing topray The Lord's Prayer for America, Israel, and for the world and universehe has created...
He appreciates your prayer gift and weekly labor of love, given to bless all that He has created! Our Father, Who Art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done, On Earth as It Is In Heaven. Please Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread, And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us. Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil. For Thine Is The Kingdom, and The Power and The Glory, Forever and Ever. Amen.
Prayers for Israel and the Middle East... We pray that as Israel and Jews approach Pesach, the Feast of Passover next week, may they yield and accept His Gift of Life, freely given through His death on the cross, so many years ago. Amen. There is much talk about war and with the approaching of the lunar spectacle of the Blood Moons this Pesach and again at Sukkot, The Feast of Tabernacles, this year and next year; may we keep Israel and Jews everywhere in our prayers for their complete reliance on their Holy YHVH who loves them so much He gave His only Son for their lives.the Blood Moons have been indicators of the beginning of other wars, including the 1967 Six-Day War and their appearance also coincided with the creation of the Nation of Israel in 1948. Amen.
For more information about the Blood Moons and their relevance to Israel please go to: Prophetic Significance of the Blood Moons: What do They Mean? How Shall we Pray? And, as I close this week with prayers for Israel, I wanted to share this following story from IsraelNationalNews.com for prayer that one day soon, the Temple Mount will be cleared of false religion and be opened to Jews everywhere to come and pray to YHVH, their Creator and Holy God! As Gentile tourists, in 2004, my family and I were privileged by YHVH to ascend His Temple Mount and pray there for the Peace of Jerusalem and for the Salvation of Israel. We continue to pray that what redemption God has begun may no man stop! In Yeshua's Name we pray. Amen. Top Religious Zionist Rabbi: Allow Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount - IsraelNationalNews.com Influential Religious Zionist Rabbi Benny Lau a nephew of Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Meir Lau said Thursday that he supported the rights of Yehuda Glick and his Temple Mount Faithful group to ascend the Mount to pray, even if he himself does not do so. In a Facebook posting, Rabbi Lau, who heads the large Ramban Congregation in Jerusalem, wrote that he himself has never ascended the Mount. I am among those who believe that everyone must be united on this before taking such a major step as ascending the Mount. The priority is
unity, only then do we merit the House of G-d, as the Temple is known in Jewish literature. However, he said, when I see a video in which a members of the Muslim Waqf, the controlling authority of the Temple Mount, curses Glick and find out that the victim is the one who gets punished, I cannot sit quietly. I do not agree with Glick's vision, but no one can deny that he is a loyal citizen of Israel. He serves in the IDF, he pays his taxes, and he obeys the law. In the name of human rights and equality, he should be allow to ascend the Temple Mount and pray. The incident Rabbi Lau referred to took place on March 17, when police detained Glick after he videotaped the Waqf official who hurled obscene curses at him. After Glick took photographs on the Mount and shared them on the Internet, police confiscated his cellular phone and detained him. Only when he agreed to stop sharing photos did police give back his phone. A more severe incident occurred just two days ago, in which a Jewish visitor to the Mount was physically assaulted by a Waqf official - and was detained by police when he called for help. Glick's regular peaceful visits to the Temple Mount are often met with harassment, but police concerns over offending Muslim sensitivities on Judaism's holiest site - which is also the site of the Al Aqsa Islamic complex - have often led to Glick being detained to "diffuse" the situation, instead of his attackers. Several months ago, police issued an order distancing Glick from the Temple Mount; only after a hunger strike by Glick and pressure from the political echelon did police rescind the order. Despite being the holiest site in Judaism, Jewish access to the Temple Mount is very limited - including a blanket ban on Jewish worship there - in what activists condemn as a capitulation to Muslim extremism. Israeli police, in an attempt to appease the Muslim Waqf which was left in charge of the compound after the 1967 Six Day War, ban Jews from praying or performing any other form of worship. Police sometimes close the Mount to Jews altogether in response to Muslim riots - for days or weeks at a time - despite evidence that such violence is usually planned in advance for the specific purpose of forcing Jews out. The Waqf's campaign to "Islamize" the Temple Mount by purging any Jewish connection to it has also extended to the vandalism and destruction of ancient Jewish artifacts at the site, which once housed the two Holy Temple of Jerusalem. Tags: Temple Mount, Facebook, Yehuda Glick
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces.' For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, 'Peace be within you,' Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good." ("The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord" A Song of Ascents. Of David. Psalm 122:6-9 NKJV) Our twenty-ninth weekly Shabbat Torah Portion/Parasha in the annual Jewish Cycle of Torah Readings is called: Acharei Mot or "After the Death" These Torah, Haftarah/Prophets and Brit Chadashah/New Testament Readings are for this coming Shabbat: Sundown, Friday,April 11th - Sundown, Saturday, April 12th, and for Shabbat HaGadol, "The Great Sabbath."
"The Scapegoat" (Painting by William Holman Hunt, 1854) The Torah Parasha or Portion readings of Acharei Mot or "After the Death" include: Yom Kippur, Centralized Offerings and Blood, and Sexual Practices. Torah Readings: Leviticus 16:1-18:30: Chapter Headings: "The Day of Atonement," "The Sanctity of Blood," "Laws of Sexual Morality," "Moral and Ceremonial Laws," and "Penalties for Breaking the Law." "Gleaners"...Reflecting One of God's Instructions for His People Found in Leviticus 19:9-10. (Watercolor by James Tissot, circa 1896-1902)
Shabbat HaGadol, "The Great Sabbath" Haftarah (Prophets and Writings) Readings: Malachi 3:4-24: Chapter Headings: "The Coming Messenger," "Do Not Rob God," "The People Complain Harshly," "A Book of Remembrance," and "The Great Day of God." "The Prophet Malachi" (Watercolor by James Tissot, circa 1888) Shabbat HaGadol means "The Great Sabbath," and the Haftarah Readings from the Book of Malachi for the special Sabbath refers to a Great Day that God is preparing! This week's Special Shabbat is one of Judaism's several special Shabbatot/Shabbats. Shabbat HaGadol/The Great Shabbat is annually observed the weekend before Pesach or the Feast of Passover, which begins next week on Erev Pesach/Passover Eve Monday, April 14th. An unblemished Passover lamb...
Special Shabbatot/Sabbaths Explained: Shabbat Ha-Gadol is the Shabbat before Pesach/Passover. Several Shabbatot/Shabbats like the Great Sabbath, receive special notice on the Hebrew calendar. They will have special Haftarah or "Prophet," readings assigned to them, or add special significance to their standard Shabbat readings. Other Special Shabbats like the Four Parshiyot/The Four Torah Portions: Shabbat Shekalim, Shabbat Zachor, Shabbat Parah and Shabbat HaChodesh, read before and after Purim, have special Torah readings and require an additional Torah scroll because of their significance. For more information about Jewish Special Shabbats, please go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/special_shabbat On Shabbat HaGadol, the rabbi presents a sermon usually about preparations for Pesach. This Special Shabbat commemorates the Jews' preparation for the original Pesach/Passover in Egypt. Shabbat Ha-Gadol (The Great Sabbath) commemorates the 10th day of Nisan, when the Hebrew slaves took the lambs that they were going to offer for Pesach and tied them up outside of their homes, to keep until they offered them as a sacrifice on the 14th of Nisan as recorded in Exodus 12:3-6. According to tradition, this was a dangerous thing to do, because Egyptians worshipped sheep. But miraculously, instead of slaughtering the Hebrews for killing sheep, the Egyptians instead fought with each other over whether the Hebrews should be sent out of their land! The special Haftarah Reading for this Shabbat is Malachi 3:4-24. This messianic prophecy regarding the end of days and the return of the prophet Elijah, is read at this time because it is believed that Elijah will return at Pesach.
This is why a cup of wine is included for Elijah to drink in Jewish Passover Seder rituals! Brit Chadashah (New Testament) Readings: Book of Galatians: Chapter Headings: "Greeting," "Only One Gospel," "Call to Apostleship," "Contacts at Jerusalem," "Defending the Gospel," "No Return to the Law," "Justification by Faith," "The Law Brings a Curse," "The Changeless Promise," "Purpose of the Law," "Sons and Heirs," "Fears for the Church," "Two Covenants," "Christian Liberty," "Love Fulfills the Law," "Walking in the Spirit," "Bear and Share the Burdens," "Be Generous and Do Good," "Glory Only in the Cross," and "Blessing and a Plea." "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." ("Sons and Heirs" Galatians 3:28-29 NKJV) For Those New to Our One Year Bible and Readings...Welcome! For our faithful intercessors and readers, we have developed a "One Year Bible and Torah Readings Letter," with an attached amplified weekly Sunday-Saturday "One Year Bible" Word document that includes One Year Bible Scripture references, as well as their chapter headings. Our history is that to learn more about our Judeo-Christian roots, over four years ago, we added into the existing "One Year Bible" weekly letter, the traditional Shabbat Torah/Old Testament and Haftarah/Prophets Readings read by observant
Jews worldwide. We have also included the Brit Chadashah or New Testament Readings read by Messianic Jews. This easy-to-use format gives us a "heads-up" for daily Scripture readings, and tells us what the weekly Shabbat Torah readings are for Friday and Saturday. We can read and pray through the Bible and Torah readings, and compare their teachings to world, national, state and local headlines; as well as to situations in our daily personal and business lives! Again, attached to this letter is this week's "Word" document of One Year Bible Readings amplified with chapter headings. As the Lord leads, I have highlighted key verses in purple...his color of royalty. God Is So Good! In closing, I pray that you will be blessed as you read God's Word in His "Amplified One Year Bible" and in His Messianic Torah, Haftarah/Prophets and Brit Chadashah/New Testament Readings. I pray that our combined prayers, covering America, Israel and the Whole World that He has Created, will help establish God's Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven! I ask that God will richly bless all who read and pray with God's Word. I ask God to bless the faithful who pray for America, Israel and the Whole World that He has Created, in the Day and Night Watches! And I pray, that God will bless all who follow His Leading and His Word... May many be added to His flock daily, for His Glory, until Jesus Returns! In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. Susan Turner, Scribe Amplified One Year Bible and Torah Readings P.S. If you would like to receive past amplified "One Year Bible" and/or Torah Readings, please contact me directly at slturner77@aol.com.
To view unamplified One Year Bible Readings without chapter headings, you can go to: oneyearbibleonline.com