A Weekend of Praise and Policy 11/04/2008
So this weekend was very interesting, to say the least. On Shabbat, I went, with my roommates, to a messianic congregation in Tel Aviv for a very nice and VERY HEBREW service. Infact, I could only understand about 1/4th to 1/3rd of the what the speaker was saying, but I got the point: he was speaking about the power of the name of Yeshua. On Sunday (though it was still my weekend, this is the first day of the workweek in Israel), I slept in and decided to take the bus to Jerusalem. I seem to have made a habit of this, and I absolutely love Jerusalem. There is no place like it on earth. I was able to visit the Shuk in the center-city and get a nice taste of the mundane and yet colorful life of everyday Jerusalem. After that, I went to King of Kings - Jerusalem for yet another service, but this one was 80% English... I say 75% because, though the speaking is done in English, about half of the music is sung in Hebrew with the translations available on powerpoint. I absolutely love this! There is just something about praising God in His language of revelation that I love. A world-renown Messianic Praise and Worship leader was there: Paul Wilbur. I have included a little video so you can see what the service looked like. It was powerful. Everyone was really into praising God, and Paul was very enthusiastic about praying for Jerusalem. He was unapologetic about speaking out against Obama. He didn't use his name but he claimed that one of the candidates was a long-time supporter of Israel, and the other was caught on video as saying "the Israel experiment was a mistake!" (I have included a news brief highlighting Obama's connection with Rashid Kalidi - a former PLO spokesperson to show that Paul Wilbur wasn't off in saying such things). Paul asked us to petition for Israel in this hard time, and to pray for American leaders who stand with Israel.
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