"Orthodox" Jews collaborate, praise and even give an award to the founders of xian media outlet GLC

GLC, founded by Al and Tommy Cooper, sent out their end of year newsletter which shows very clearly they are an organization whose goal is to missionize Jews.

With phrases like "reaching the lost sheep of Israel" and "reach the lost with the good news of Yeshua" and "to the Jew first" I don't think there can be any doubt where these people stand on the "salvation of the Jews". What's even worse is the theology being pushed by the Coopers as they stated in a speech they gave at a ceremony in which they were honored by "Orthodox" Jews Ari Abramowitz and Sondra Oster Baras. The Coopers believe that the people of Israel, includes xians who are "grafted in" by their belief in yeshu. They believe this entitles them, and all those like them, to the inheritance promised to Avraham and his decendents i.e. the land of Israel.

MEET THE GROAT FAMILY, HAYOVEL VOLUNTEERS

Meet Hayovel volunteers, Ken, Brenda and Autumn Groat.  Autumn volunteered with Hayovel for the harvest 2013.  Ken volunteered for the pruning 2014 and the whole family arrived last month for the harvest with Hayovel.  The Groat Family created a board game called The Tribes of Israel to raise money for trip to Israel.

In an interview with a messianic blogger the Groat Family said,

We were inspired to make The Tribes of Israel game about 12 years ago after finding out we are part of Israel*.  We learned our identity by studying Scripture with another family the Father put into our lives. 

According to their blog called Preparation for Restoration (see side bar for explanation on restoration) 

"We are about preparing for the restoration of the Kingdom to Israel."

On the Groat Family blog, Autumn describes her time in Israel with Hayovel.  It is all disturbing but I will quote what I thought was the worst of it.

"Many times as we drove through Arab villages we would pray for them, that they would come to the knowledge of who Yeshua is and who Israel is."

"Anyway, the Jews know about our history because they have suffered from it. Because of this history it is hard for the Jews to trust Christians. They never know when the Crusade will happen. That is where the work of HaYovel comes in. We know that it was an action that caused the offense between Christians and Jews, so an action must be done to heal the breach. That is what we are doing, trying to heal the breach with love. It was really neat to actually see that happening. One wine maker said that he sees that we love HaShem (God). He saw that we don't worship idols and are just trying to serve HaShem just like they are. He said that we are brothers and that we can walk together. Restoration is happening right before our eyes!"

On 1 Kings 8:35,37-43

"They are several things I learned from this passage while in Israel. One was we are the foreigner. We are not Jews, but have heard what God has done. We came from far away (most of us from the US and Canada). So Solomon prayed that when we pray towards Jerusalem that God would hear us. Another point was brought up by Avraham Hermon (a man from Har Bracha that came and spoke to us a lot). He said that Solomon asked that God would answer the Jews prayer when there is famine, pestilence, locusts, and enemies. But when we pray Solomon asked the God would answer whatever we ask. "

"It was so encouraging to hear from a Jewish man that no one stands with Israel like HaYovel does. He said that HaYovel gives him hope for Israel. He called us the remnant of the remnant of the remnant."

"This year alone, our hands have touched 270,000 bottles of wine! The wine makers see us as a fulfillment of prophecy. They told us many times, “We want your DNA on our grapes!” "

"One day we were reading through the portion of Scripture where Abraham's servant goes to find a bride for Isaac. There is a great parallel here to our relationship with God. Abraham represents God, Isaac – the Messiah. Rebekah, who is to be Isaac's wife, represents us, who will be the bride of Christ. The servant is a representation of the Holy Spirit. So in order for Isaac to marry his bride, she had to be brought to the land of Canaan (what would be Israel). The servant asked Abraham what would happen if the women would not come. The answer was the wedding was off. It is the same for us. The Holy Spirit is sent to gather in Yeshua's bride. The wedding is set to be in Jerusalem. You can see the Spirit asking the Father, “What if she won't come?” The answer is the same, the wedding is off. I thought it was a neat parallel. It really shows that there is a reason why so many Christians are being drawn to the land of Israel. Today we are facing a battle of being detached from the Land. We can't do that, this is where the wedding will take place!"

HEBREW ROOTS TEACHER MIKE CLAYTON IS BRINGING A TOUR TO THE SHOMRON IN NOVEMBER

Mike Clayton is a "hebrew roots" teacher (formerly know as a messianic).  He served as a spiritual advisor and teacher to the Hayovel group while they were in Israel in 2012 and 2013. He believes, as do Hayovel volunteers and other so called xian zionists, that he is part of the people of Israel and that the land of Israel is his home and inheritance. He states this very clearly in the following video of him speaking to the Hayovel volunteers in 2013 in the Old City.

Mike Clayton video

Mike Clayton is hosting an Israel tour in November. The tour will visit Har Bracha, probably to among other yishuvim.

Tour description and itinerary

There is a growing movement (a new xianity) that believes that xians and Jews must unite as one people in the land of Israel for yeshu to return.  Clayton is part of this movement. The first stage is what they call the physical restoration, the building up of Eretz Yisrael, the reconciliation of Jews and xians and the return of Jews and xians to Eretz Yisrael.  The second stage will be the acceptance of yeshu as messiah and G-d by Jews.  When this is accomplished, they believe, yeshu will return to rule from Jerusalem. 

In keeping with this xian and Jew united as one theme, Hanoch Young will be the "Orthodox Jew" co-leading this group. Watch Young in this video speaking at a "messianic jewish" conference in Orlando Florida in Nov. 2013.  I believe it says it all.

Hanoch Young speaking at ARI Conference 2013

From the tour website,

"Dr. DeWayne Coxon will facilitate the logistics of the tour. He has planned and guided tours in Israel since the early 1980s and has travelled to Israel over 150 times since his first visit to the Land in 1965. Dr. Coxon is the President of Blossoming Rose, which is also the curator of an archaeology dig. He is responsible for the development of Biblical Tamar Park.

According to the 990 form filed by Blossoming Rose for 2012, their mission is;

"Educating constituency and hundreds of volunteers about Jewish/Israel needs and projects including land maintanence and development, archaeological, restoration and other ministry and humanitarian projects as well as hands on projects."

"To teach and educate volunteers and friends of Israel about their christian heritage and about the need to participate on hands-on work projects in Israel including land development and maintenance, archaeology restoration and to provide other assistance."

Another part of the Tour,

EXPERIENCE LIFE IN THE LAND:

One of the unique things that tour participants will experience will be visiting several Jewish communities located in Judea and Samaria. An added bonus will be staying at Biblical Tamar Park, an ancient Jewish city south of the Dead Sea. Staying at Tamar Park will provide an opportunity to see how people from the times of Abraham, Moses, King David, and the Prophets lived in the desert.

Everyone who registers for this trip is invited to extend his or her tour experience and become a “Volunteer” at Tamar after the tour. This low cost experience is available for up to a maximum of 90 days. Long term volunteers pay only $20 a day for board and room and short term volunteers, who stay less than 30 days, pay $30 a day. Volunteers are needed in various work areas from horticulture to cooking, housekeeping, mechanical, and carpentry.

This is an another volunteer opportunity for xians to get a foot in the door of Israel.

Xian groups, including Hayovel, are creating non-agricultural volunteer opportunities in preparation for shmittah, otherwise they would be locked out of the land for a whole year which is unacceptable to them.

HAYOVEL AND THE ISRAEL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK

Aaron Murphy spoke at Ha'Ivri's Israel Advocacy Conference, as the representative of Hayovel. Here are a few things you should know about Murphy.

Before he removed his online footprint, as all people who are publicly associated with Hayovel do, Aaron Murphy had a facebook page in which he referred to himself as a "bond-servant of Yahshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ)" and in another place he listed his religion as "Hebrew Israelite".

According to the "new testament" xians are "grafted into the commonwealth of Israel". Some xians think this means spiritually but others like those of Hayovel believe that by worshipping yeshu, they become physically part of the people of Israel and are entitled to the inheritance promised to Avraham, i.e. the land of Israel.

Quotes from Hayovel volunteers,

The Brumlow Family
We are believer’s in Yahshua (Jesus) the Messiah, the Living Torah. We believe that Yahshua was YHWH incarnate. We believe that the Torah was given by YHWH as sep-apart instructions to keep his people set-apart. We are Sabbath keepers and are Torah observant and acknowledge that the more we walk in Torah, the more we understand the heart of our Abba YHWH. We practice the feasts and appointed times of Yahweh as we have been grafted in to His family and are a part of the house of Israel (Rom 11:17).

Stephanie Brumlow
I'm a redeemed daughter and humble servant to YHWH the Most High, an Israelite grafted in through the blood of Messiah keeping the commandments including the Sabbath and all the biblical feasts just as He did.

Barrett Warren
This is the most lenient position the Torah takes on going to war.  And it is only talking about the Nations outside of HaErets(the land).  So a strong argument can be made that the Palestinians, even though they are not Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites or Jebusites should be treated as if they are, because of the fact that they live in the land of our inheritance.

In this Hayovel promo video Murphy says the phrase "the restoration of all things" three times in less than one minute.



Tommy Waller writes on the Hayovel website about his Family Week 2013,
I think people left Family Week inspired to take on the challenge of submitting to authority. The fruit of that has the potential to produce healthy, productive individuals, families and communities equipped to take their part in the restoration of all things.

So what do Murphy, Hayovel and other so called "xian zionists" mean by "the restoration of all things". It is the process of setting up and preparing the 'kingdom of Israel" for yeshu's return and reign from Jerusalem. For a more detailed explanation on this idea see the page Restoration on this blog.

According to them, this restored kingdom of Israel will include xians but won't include Jews who don't believe in and worship yeshu.

A hebrew roots/messianic website sums it up well.
We believe that a great move of the Almighty YHVH Elohim is afoot on the earth today bringing about “the restoration of all things” before Messiah can return (Act 3:21). This involves the Jews coming to know Messiah Yeshua—the Living Torah—and Christians returning to YHVH's instructions in righteousness—the Written Torah, and all becoming one in Yeshua who was/is the Torah (Word) of YHVH made flesh.

HAYOVEL AND JEWISH EVANGELIST LAWRENCE HIRSCH

Lawrence and Louise Hirsch founded Celebrate Messiah in 1995.  Celebrate Messiah  is an organization dedicated to the conversion of Jews in Australia and is associated with the missionary organization Chosen People Ministries.

Celebrate Messiah lists two messianic centers, one in Jerusalem and one in Tel Aviv on their website and missionary opportunities to Israel.

Lawrence Hirsch is also the representative for the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism for Australia and New Zealand and the President of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Australia.  

"Rabbi" Hirsch is the leader of messianic congregation Beit HaMashiach in Melbourne, Australia, which will be hosting a team from Tommy Waller's Hayovel organization this Shabbat.

A team from Hayovel has been on a speaking tour to New Zealand and Australia for the past month.  During Hayovel's speaking tours, they take up donations and recruit volunteers.

In this video Hirsch talks about his messianic congregration's success in converting Jews, and the new Messianic synagogue and community center he is building in the Jewish area (Caulfield) of Melbourne, Australia.

Hirsch also converts Jews in Israel and Russia 

In September 2004 Celebrate Messiah pioneered a new work amongst the "Forgotten Jews of Far East Russia" in the region of Birobidzhan (the Jewish Autonomous Region). Today Celebrate Messiah has a network of messianic outreaches and fellowships across the Far East of Russia, Siberia and the Ural mountains. Celebrate Messiah in Birobidzhan has a Messianic Synagogue in the heart of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Russia - Birobidzhan. Celebrate Messiah began an outreach ministry in this remote region of the Far East of Russia in September 2004.

Through our partnership with Chosen People Ministries we support and are actively involved in sharing the good news of Messiah with Jewish people in Israel.

On November 3, Hayovel spoke to Israel Focus Group "with group members now comprising messianic and gentile believers" at Greenlane Christian Centre. The Israel Focus Group is promoting Celebrate Messiah's Simcha 2013 event which will take place at Greelane Christian Centre.

On November 15, Hayovel spoke at Rosedale Bible Church.  The contact persons listed are Chris and Margaret Herud, who are on the board of Celebrate Messiah.

But Chris and Margaret's greater fame lies among Israeli travelers in New Zealand!  The Heruds have gained a sterling reputation among hundreds of Israelis who have had the pleasure of experiencing their sincere hospitality and loving witness.

Messianic Judaism was created to make xianity more palatable to Jews.  It's sole purpose was to be a tool for Jewish evangelism. Many of the churches Hayovel speaks to are Messianic or are connected to Messianic organizations.

For more on the damage done to our people by Chosen People Ministries see this report by Jewish Israel.

JOHN HAGEE'S CUFI A NIGHT TO HONOR ISRAEL 2013

Let's be clear, even though some Jews choose to ignore it, Hagee, like all xians, has a biblical mandate to convert all peoples to his beliefs and "savior".  He doesn't even try to hide it.

"The mission of John Hagee Ministries is to aggressively fulfill the commission that Jesus Christ gave to His followers to go into the world and make disciples of all people. Our purpose is to bring the lost to Jesus Christ and to build up and encourage those who are already believers. We pledge to our viewers & supporters to take The Gospel to all the World and to all Generations."

According to xians, the best kind of Jew is one who believes in yeshu, which they refer to as a completed Jew. So, it is no surprise that at John Hagee's annual CUFI Night to Honor Israel 2013, the main musical performance was done by a gospel group called The Isaacs.  While introducing the Isaacs, John Hagee's son, Matthew makes it known that the Isaacs are descendants of holocaust survivors and xians. 

The group is made up of Lily Isaacs and her three grown children Ben, Sonya and Rebecca.

From the Isaacs website;

Lily Isaacs is a vocalist and matriarch of the group. She was born in Germany after World War II to two Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors and moved to the United States when she was 2 years old. She grew up in the Bronx, NY studying theatre and performing on Off Broadway and in 1968 recorded a folk album on Columbia Records with her friend as "Lily and Maria."  She became a Christian in 1971 when a death in the family brought her and patriarch Joe Isaacs to church for the first time. Soon after, they began singing Christian music and laid the foundation upon which the Isaacs ministry has been built.

Lily's testimony has been an inspiration to people around the world, so much that she has written an autobiography about her life's story.  Her love for Jesus has brought her through every chapter of her life and she loves to sing and share about His love.

Ben accepted Christ as a young boy and has always had a heart for ministry and helping people.  

Sonya believed on Christ at 6 years old.  She has dedicated her life to spreading the gospel and shining God's light wherever she goes.

Becky has a passion for the Lord and loves to minister through song and testimony. 

Becky has two children, Levi and Jacobi. So that is three generations of Jews lost to xianity and that is what is being celebrated by xians and Jews at A Night to Honor Israel.  As usual at the end of the program, Hagee calls up the representatives of Jewish/Israeli organizations to receive the checks he so graciously donates each year.

The 50,000 dollar recipients.

The 75,000 dollar recipients.

The 100,000 dollar recipients.

The 150,000 dollar recipients.

The Jewish Agency received 250,000 dollars but the big winner was Nefesh b'Nefesh which received half a million dollars.  Just look at how grateful Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart were.

Did any of these Jews think about the poor lost souls of the Isaacs family?  Or were they only thinking of the big fat checks they were getting? Do these Jews care at all that while xians are giving money with one hand they are stealing Jewish souls with the other?

The "new testament" teaches that yeshu came to break down the middle wall of separation between Jew and gentile so that he could create one new man. Many xians think they must finish the job for yeshu to return. Xian zionist "love" has done more to achieve this goal in the past 10 years than xianity did in the past two thousand.  I would imagine that when xians see a spectacle of Judeo-xian unity like Hagee's Night to Honor Israel, they must believe the second coming is just around the corner.

G-d decreed upon holy Israel that they must be separated from impurity and from the impure nations. The idolatry and foreign culture of the nations cannot coexist with G-d's Torah or with G-d himself.  (Rabbi Kahane z"l, Or HaRa'ayon)

WHY IS DAVE FITZPATRICK SPEAKING AT THE SHOMRON EVENT IN A NEW YORK SYNAGOGUE

David Ha'Ivri and the Shomron Liaison Office have organized two events to take place Sunday, November 17, 2013 at a New York City synagogue.  In the afternoon from 2-5  there will be an Israel Advocacy Conference and in the evening there will be a wine tasting of Shomron wines. The purpose of these events is to bring together Jews and xians for Israel. 

According to the flyer Dave Fitzpatrick is representing something called Israel Heartland Lobby Initiative. I can't find anything on the internet about this Initiative but there is much about Dave Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick has spent the past two decades of his life involved with organizations, events and personalities whose sole purpose is to convert Jews to yeshu.

In 1991 a small group of members including Dave and Peggy Fitzpatrick, left Belmont Church to start a new church which eventually became Grace Center in Franklin TN. Belmont Church was led by Don Finto.  Since then Fitzpatrick and Finto have reconciled and Finto occassionally gives sermons at Grace Center.  Don Finto is associated with the NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, who believe the conversion of the Jewish people will trigger the Second Coming.

In a 2011 article, Rachel Tabachnick writes,

Apostle Don Finto, joined by Messianic Rabbi Marty Waldman, delivered the Israel prayer at Rick Perry's August 6 prayer rally; not John Hagee.  Finto is a leading figure in an international effort to encourage evangelicals to support Messianics and their ministries to evangelize Jews. (Messianic is the term for Jews who convert to Christianity but retain their Jewish identity.)  Finto did not change his message for Perry's religio-political event, but  prayed for Jews of Israel and the world to convert. The belief that the conversion of Jews is the trigger that will bring about the return of Jesus is part of the end times narrative being popularized by the apostles of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).

Here is a video of Don Finto at the prayer rally.

The article continues,

Don Finto authored a popular and widely distributed Christian Zionist book in 2001.  In it, he quotes Apostle Dan Juster, head of an international network of Messianic congregations and ministries.

"I have become convinced that Rabbinic Judaism is a more severe departure from biblical faith than I had ever realized in my early days of Jewish recovery...The atmosphere of New Testament carried on the spirit of the Hebrew Scriptures pervasively and profoundly.  The essence of Rabbinism is a severe departure, replacing revelation with human reason...We who are Jewish are biblical New Covenant Jews, not Rabbinic Jews!"

Your People Shall Be My People

This Don Finto book is the classic text on supporting Messianics, befriending Jews, and gaining access to Jewish communities for the purpose of leading them to Yeshua (Jesus in Hebrew).  The name of the book is Your People Shall Be My People: How Israel, the Jews, and the Christian Church Will Come Together in the Last Days.  

The book lays out both the reasons and the instructions for supporting Messianic communities and ministries and for proselytizing Jews. It has been distributed internationally, including through the largest single Christian Zionist event, the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, co-founded and co-chaired by Robert Stearns. (Stearns served as one of John Hagee's CUFI directors and was also in attendance as Rick Perry's prayer rally.)

From 2003 until 2009, Fitzpatrick was listed on the board of an organization called the Israel Relief Fund,with Finto and another NAR leader,  James "Jim" Goll. 

Fitzpatrick has ties with Jim Goll, at least back to 1994.  Goll writes in his book, The Coming Israel Awakening;

In the summer of 1994, Dave Fitzpatrick, Avner Boskey, Richard Glickstein and I participated in Bernis's third festival, which was convened in Minsk the capital city of Belarus (White Russia).

We each had been involved in different prayer groups that conducted prophetic intercession for Israel and the Jewish people. But for a season we would be a team with specific prayer assignments.

Bernis is Jonathan Bernis of Jewish Voice Ministries. The festivals are events where Bernis preaches yeshu and converts people to xianity.  Bernis writes about the festivals in his book, A Rabbi Looks at the Last Days;

The miracle in the former Soviet Union was not that Jewish people were lining up to hear about Jesus.  The miracle was that the bias among Jewish people in the United States did not exist there. Jewish people were willing to come to our events knowing they would hear why we believed  Jesus was the Jewish messiah.  In each city of Eastern Europe where we brought the festivals, among the most moving experience for me was the opportunity to minister to Holocaust survivors.  With each festival we organized a special reception for Holocaust survivors and then seated them in a special section.  In the years between 1993 and 2000 when the festival ministry was at its height, we literally filled football stadiums.  At each event dozens of Holocaust survivors accepted the Lord.

Fitzpatrick is no longer the leader/preacher of Grace Center but is still involved with programs there. On October 6, 2013, he participated in the Global Day of Prayer event held at Grace Center. Todd McDowell served as Master of ceremonies and many pro-Israel xian leaders from Nashville were at this event including James Goll, Don Finto, Lynden Allen and Laurie Cardoza Moore.

Todd McDowell is the director of Finto's organization, The Caleb Company and is also on the board of Toward Jerusalem Council II. The vision of TJCII is to unite Jews and xians in order to usher in the second coming of yeshu.

This event was recorded live and can be viewed here. The event brings together messianic Jews and xian gentiles to pray for Israel.  The event was nearly 2.5 hours long.  I will touch on the most disturbing points.

At mark 0.52.00-1:00:00

They start the praying with the salvation of Israel.  

At mark 1:05:00

They bring up a missionary family to be prayed over.  This family just returned from 6 months of missionizing in Israel.  

McDowell says "They go intentionally to Israel preaching the gospel."

At mark 1:34:00 Fitzpatrick prays,

"We want to wrestle in the first visitation on churches, L-rd G-d, and synagogues. Father, we pray for a visitation in all synagogues within this city.  Would your spirit move upon them."

At mark 1:40.00- 1:52:07

Thomas Boehm, a jewish believer,  and Lyndon Allen a black xian preacher, speak about the unity between Jews and gentiles in yeshu which is referred to the One New Man. Thomas Boehm's father Frank is a former president of the Jewish Federation of Nashville. Frank cried when Thomas first told him that he was a believer in yeshu but eventually came around to accept it and now the two work together on behalf of Israel.  You can read about them here.

At mark 1:58.20-2:04:

Todd McDowell takes up donations that he will be taking to Israel with The Caleb Company in a couple of weeks. Those donations will be given, 10% to the Jewish community in Nashville, part to palestinian believers in Israel and the rest through a messianic organization in Ashdod to holocaust survivors. He claims the Israeli government asked a messianic leader in Ashdod to take care of these holocaust survivors.

For the past three months Fitzpatrick facilitated a learning program on Israel which brought in speakers to Grace Center every Wednesday night from August 25 until last week. Fitzpatrick writes in the ad for the series,

I am excited about facilitating a forum for various local leaders such as Don Finto, James Goll, Todd McDowell, Tommy Waller, and others along with hopefully bringing in some Washington D.C. connections like Bill Koenig. 

Here we see Fitzpatrick is still working with Don Finto and James Goll. Bill Koenig and Tommy Waller are also listed. Koenig is listed as a special guest at the at the second event, the evening wine reception. 

In an earlier ad Hayovel was listed as a sponsor.  They have been removed from the more recent ads, however, according to the facebook page of Hayovel volunteer, Jacob Meyers, he will be assisting Hayovel at the event.