THE ONE-ROOM CHURCH BEGAN TO DETERIORATE

I would like to submit a word (vision) I received from the Lord last year while praying for a Passover Seder we were doing at our church in Toronto.

PRAYING FOR THE PASSOVER

As I began praying for the upcoming Passover Seder at our church, I began to have a vision of a small stone one-room church. As I looked closer at this building I began to see the deterioration and weakness in the structure, at the far rear of the building the foundations were disintegrating and the building was leaning to one side. I also noticed that through out the structure there was many stones missing, and the integrity of the building was very weak as a result of these missing stones. I also noticed that the parking lot was in bad shape and that, most of the asphalt had given way to weeds and crabgrass.

SPEAKING TO THE STONES

As I began to consider what I was seeing, a man walked on the scene. He was dressed in work clothes and had a white hard hat on, he proceeded to walk around the building and survey the condition of the building. After he had circled the building he stopped, and facing the building he began speaking to the stones: explaining to the building the reason for it s condition, He said you are structurally and foundationally weak because you are missing the "J" stones. At this point I began to realize that the man in the white hard hat was Yeshua (Jesus), and that the stones were alive and listening to what he was saying to them. I immediately understood then that the "J" stones that Jesus was referring to, represented the Jewish people, and that all the holes in the walls and foundations were there because of the absence of the Jewish people in the body of Messiah (the church).

COMFORT MY PEOPLE

At this point the stones, realizing the pain of heart this condition caused the Lord, cried out: "Lord forgive us for not pursuing and asking you to share your love and burden for the Jewish people, how can we begin to rebuild and correct this void in our midst?" And I heard the Lord answer with these words, spoken in such awesome passion with tears in His eyes; "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins." Isaiah 40:1-2

Such a Holy silence fell upon the stones, as the Glory of God began to come. And I understood that the Lord was about to begin a season in the midst of His children, showing and teaching them His unconditional love for the Jewish people. I understood this not to be a soulish kind of love based on temporal visible elements but rather based on the Lord s love and covenant that He made with the Patriarchs. This was not because of their goodness but because of His unfailing love.

THE ONE NEW MAN

At this the vision ended, and further understanding began to come into my heart and spirit. As the Holy Spirit began to direct me to the book of Ephesians 2:11-22 which speaks so clearly of the "One New Man." This one new man is made up of both Jew and gentile as in verse 15b where it says "His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two (the two being Jew and gentile), thus making peace," and again in verse 19 where it says "Consequently you (meaning the gentiles) are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people (meaning Israel)." And in verse 21 He confirmed to me why He used the picture of the weak structured building; "In him (Yeshua) the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord." And then again in 1Peter 2:5 where Peter talks about the believers being living stones.

My prayer since that vision has been, Lord bring revelation to your church about the "One New Man," Lord show the church your love for the Jewish people, and how their redemption will lead to the greatest revival in all the earth. Romans 11:15 "For if their (the Jewish people) rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?"

TO MAKE THE JEWISH PEOPLE ENVIOUS

The church has missed so much blessing and opportunity because of their misunderstanding of their need to "make the Jewish people envious", but I believe the Lord is restoring and bringing about deep revelation and understanding of "The One New Man" in Yeshua.

I have, since this vision last year, had such a beautiful vision of this church fully restored and standing upright and there was no more missing stones, and all the stones were just sparkling in the glory of God.

Church, rise up, and begin to sparkle the glory of the Lord.

Reuven Doron, Director / Pastor Embrace Israel Ministries Address: PO Box 10077, Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-0077 USA Phone: (319) 393-1096 | Fax: (319) 393-2912 Copyright 1996-2000 Embrace Israel Ministries - Last modified: August 09, 1999