Circular Letter April/May 2019
In the daily news, we keep hearing how Israel is criticized and condemned. Iran’s threat to defeat Israel in a three-day war, so that “the Israelis will not find enough graves to bury their dead,” speaks for itself.
Here we are reminded of the promises of God concerning Israel: “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” (Zec 12:3).
“When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.” (Eze 39:27-28).
“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec 2:12).
We also hear about the role that the pope plays in the Middle East conflict. During his visit to Abu Dhabi in February, he repeatedly emphasized peace and also addressed the violence against Israel. After his speech, the pope and the grand imam of Al-Azhar, who is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, signed a joint declaration calling for “world peace.”
It is becoming increasingly evident that the peace treaty with Israel is not far off. According to Dan 9:27, it will be a seven-year contract that will be broken in the middle of it. Paul wrote: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (1 Ths 5:3).
But that will take place after our time. Brother Branham wanted to bring the Gospel to Israel, but God did not allow it. Quote: “And so I’m waiting for that great time when I will go to Israel someday to bring the Gospel to them. I was right close to it, recently, had my ticket already bought. And I was at... I was in Egypt, and a half hour I’d been in, over there. And the Holy Spirit, just as definite as you hear my voice, said, ‘This is not the hour for the Jew yet.’ Israel will be saved as a nation. The whole nation will come at once. God deals with Israel as a nation; we all know that (See?), not as an individual: a nation. And He wouldn’t let me go.” (July 8, 1962). Neither Brother Branham nor anyone else is destined to bring the Gospel to Israel; that is reserved for the two prophets, as it is written in Rev 11 and Zec 4:14.
First, the Redeemer will complete His Work of grace with the chosen ones from all nations and take His Bride up into glory in the Rapture for the marriage supper (1 Ths 4:13-17; Rev 19:5-9).
Our task is to sound forth the last call by bringing the final message to the people of God in all the nations of the earth. All who are born again through the Word and the Spirit of God hear, believe, and experience their preparation, and are finally taken up into glory in the Rapture. Amen.
We rejoice with Israel and are particularly grateful for the promise that the Word shall once again go forth from Jerusalem, from Mount Zion.
“Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa 2:3).
The photo shows our tour group in the Knesset on May 17, 2018. On January 21, 2019, I wrote a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighting eight Old Testament Scriptures that are now being fulfilled in Israel.
May the faithful Lord bless all of you.
By His commission,
Bro. Frank
In the daily news, we keep hearing how Israel is criticized and condemned. Iran’s threat to defeat Israel in a three-day war, so that “the Israelis will not find enough graves to bury their dead,” speaks for itself.
Here we are reminded of the promises of God concerning Israel: “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” (Zec 12:3).
“When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.” (Eze 39:27-28).
“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.” (Zec 2:12).
We also hear about the role that the pope plays in the Middle East conflict. During his visit to Abu Dhabi in February, he repeatedly emphasized peace and also addressed the violence against Israel. After his speech, the pope and the grand imam of Al-Azhar, who is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, signed a joint declaration calling for “world peace.”
It is becoming increasingly evident that the peace treaty with Israel is not far off. According to Dan 9:27, it will be a seven-year contract that will be broken in the middle of it. Paul wrote: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” (1 Ths 5:3).
But that will take place after our time. Brother Branham wanted to bring the Gospel to Israel, but God did not allow it. Quote: “And so I’m waiting for that great time when I will go to Israel someday to bring the Gospel to them. I was right close to it, recently, had my ticket already bought. And I was at... I was in Egypt, and a half hour I’d been in, over there. And the Holy Spirit, just as definite as you hear my voice, said, ‘This is not the hour for the Jew yet.’ Israel will be saved as a nation. The whole nation will come at once. God deals with Israel as a nation; we all know that (See?), not as an individual: a nation. And He wouldn’t let me go.” (July 8, 1962). Neither Brother Branham nor anyone else is destined to bring the Gospel to Israel; that is reserved for the two prophets, as it is written in Rev 11 and Zec 4:14.
First, the Redeemer will complete His Work of grace with the chosen ones from all nations and take His Bride up into glory in the Rapture for the marriage supper (1 Ths 4:13-17; Rev 19:5-9).
Our task is to sound forth the last call by bringing the final message to the people of God in all the nations of the earth. All who are born again through the Word and the Spirit of God hear, believe, and experience their preparation, and are finally taken up into glory in the Rapture. Amen.
We rejoice with Israel and are particularly grateful for the promise that the Word shall once again go forth from Jerusalem, from Mount Zion.
“Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa 2:3).
The photo shows our tour group in the Knesset on May 17, 2018. On January 21, 2019, I wrote a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighting eight Old Testament Scriptures that are now being fulfilled in Israel.
May the faithful Lord bless all of you.
By His commission,
Bro. Frank