Satan, our master enemy, will use anything in his attempt to corrupt the Church and to destroy the world. In concluding this CETF, which has been more of struggle to bring together than most previous issues, we bring together two reports from Israel dated May 12 & 22 respectively. These came via email from Uri Marcus Nehemiah Trustees <ntcf@netvision.net.il>

This is a highly recommended source of information from within Israel. Please feel to request inclusion on their email News service, mentioning our name as your contact.

As with most of what has preceded in this paper both reports relate to Music and Deception.

National Triumph / Spiritual Disaster

May 12, 1998.

Shalom from Jerusalem,

I thought that perhaps you might better be equipped to pray for Israel after reading the following report, written by a dear Brother in Yeshua, Marvin Kramer, who lives in Haifa.

Weep and pray for Israel as our people continue to run their course in preparation for judgment, and yet rejoice that in the end, we shall repent and return to our Messiah.

Uri

Dearest Brethren,

You may have heard that three nights ago, Israel took first place in the yearly Euro-Vision song festival, which was held this year in England. To the great excitement of some, Israel won. However, the singer who brought triumph to Israel is a transsexual (male to female?), called "Dana International," previously known as Yaron Cohen.

When the results of the contest were announced, there were celebrations that went on throughout the night, mostly by homosexual and lesbian groups and organisations. Oh, yes, there were non-homosexuals celebrating as well, but Israeli television focused in on men kissing men and women kissing women and some who took off most of their clothes in the course of their celebrations.

The weather here has been quite weird over the past few weeks, but today's weather was the strangest of all. One third into the month of May and Israel had rain and a desert heat wave, as well as fog, which descended from the mountains throughout most of the day. It gives one an eerie feeling. It is almost as though the G-d of the universe, who chose Israel to be a praise and a glory to His great Name, put a literal "cloud" over the celebrations and was saddened as His Chosen People, the Apple of His eye, once again defiled themselves, once again exalted themselves and once again took pride in an abomination, rather than in the G-d who loves them with an everlasting love and Who longs to be gracious unto them.

The enemy of our souls stirred the perverse minds of the world community (the voters of the contest), as different nations voted for Israel and encouraged her in her uncaring indifference to her G-d and Maker. And G-d, for His part, will allow Israel to run the course of her harlotry and perversion, before bringing judgment upon her, to cleanse her of her filth and sin.

Brethren, pray for us. As the expression "Next year in Jerusalem" was pronounced at the end of the Euro-Vision song contest, almost immediately the orthodox community took a contrary stand to oppose any effort to hold such a contest in the Holy City of G-d.

You probably heard about the fiasco with the dance troupe "Bat Sheva", which was supposed to perform at Israel's 50th year celebrations, when VP Al Gore was in town. When it was discovered that part of their "cultural expression" was to sing a song about G-d and in the process strip off the tops of their clothes, the President of Israel, orthodox groups and others vehemently objected to such a performance. As a result, the group decided to cancel their performance.

Thus began a week to 10 days of demonstrations, objections, proclamations, etc., by the so-called "enlightened liberals", who saw nothing wrong with defiling Jerusalem (and the people of Israel as well) by a lewd and mocking performance hiding behind the guise of "cultural expression".

Now, with what appears to be the latest perversion brought about by the prince of the power of the air and accuser of the brethren, the nation will probably become even more divided than before. The holding of the Euro-Vision contest in Jerusalem could well bring down the government, as if it didn't have enough political earthquakes to be concerned about.

We need your prayers. Not only as a nation, but as believers as well. Some of the brethren here saw nothing wrong with allowing their children to watch the song-fest, because the kids were "taken" with the Israeli representative.

Sometimes I feel that the Body of Messiah needs to be evangelised all over again.

With love and remembrance of you all before the Throne of Grace,

Marvin & Orit

Marvin S. Kramer, Esq.
PO Box 7853
Haifa, 31074
<msklaw@netvision.net.il>

Appeared in Volume 4.2 June/July/August 1998