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and meditation on His Word.Another of our guest speakers was David Pawson, who has been associated with the ICEJ Feast celebrations since the very beginning in
1980. David shared what he believed was a word from the Lord for the ICEJ, based on the passage from Acts 4 quoted above – that the time has come for the ICEJ to embrace another aspect of our calling to “comfort” God’s people through the demonstration of God’s power in ‘signs and wonders’ – for the lame man, normal was over.
Once again this year our group was thoroughly blessed by Jesma’s teachings which focussed on Jesus as a Jewish Rabbi doing ‘things’ that were not ‘normal’. On many occasions, by his words and actions, Jesus broke all the traditions of the Jewish religious leaders and elders in order to show what the Kingdom of God is really like – the woman caught in adultery, the woman of Samaria (possibly a prostitute) who had many husbands, the father and the 2 sons in the story of the prodigal son – in all of these instances, Jesus was not constrained by ‘normality’. “Normal” was over!
I am confident that for many of us, we have experienced many events in our lives that would indicate that ‘normal’ was over, but in fact it was when Jesus came that ‘Normal’ was really over.
May the Lord challenge each one of us to look beyond what the world or tradition is telling us, and to look to Jesus as our
example.May the Lord bless you abundantly out of Zion
Bruce and Merrilyn Garbutt
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ICEJ AUSTRALIANovember 2011
“Normal is over” says a T-shirt, and certainly the month of October was anything but ‘normal’ for us, and not just because of our Feast of Tabernacles tour of Israel, and our tours to Berlin and Turkey, but also for the lessons learned during these events.
Just prior to our departure, I received a copy of an article by the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Lord Jonathan Saccs (www.chiefrabbi.org) written for the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11,2001 in the USA, events that changed the world. Our ‘normal’ way of life was over! In the article, the Chief Rabbi suggested the events were “linked to a wider moral malaise”, being “us and our…unsustainable self-indulgence.” These words challenged me at the time, and that challenge was reinforced during our tours.
Berlin was another reminder that ‘normal is over’ as it was for the world’s Jewish population, and for many millions of people impacted by the Holocaust and other aspects of World War II. On the other hand however, out of the graves and ashes of the Holocaust, the nation of Israel was ‘reborn’ – an event that continues to impact world events today. Normal is over!
After Berlin we travelled to Israel for our annual Feast of Tabernacles celebrations. The Feast of Tabernacles, (also known as the Feast of Ingathering) is one of God’s ‘appointed times’ (Leviticus 23) and is a reminder of God’s continued provision, and of His promise to “gather the outcasts of Israel and bring them to their own land” (Deut 30:4). At the Feast celebrations, one of our special guest speakers was Angus Buchan, a potato farmer from South Africa who recounted many miraculous events from his life, which demonstrated the power of God to intervene on behalf of his people – especially those who are prepared to spend time with Him in prayer
Abraham is known in Jewish tradition, as a follower or disciple of the Almighty, and also as one who was a great
discipler of others. His story begins with the instruction in Hebrew, “Lech Lecha” – “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land I will show you.”[Genesis 12:1] Jesus gave to his disciples a similar instruction in Matthew 28, “Go therefore and make people from all nations into disciples...” God is a sending God and we need to be conscious of being sent as His disciples every day, in every circumstance in which we find ourselves. Each day presents opportunities to be involved in tikun ha olam, working with God to restore His broken world.
This instruction and Abraham’s obedient response, resulted in him and Sarah and their household embarking on a great adventure with God. They didn’t know where they were going or what they would do when they arrived, but God promised blessing and increase as they stepped out in obedience to His call. OBEDIENCE leading to BLESSING and INCREASE are the marks of a life of discipleship.
Abraham became the Father of all who believe – the ultimate pattern, apart from Jesus himself, of how we are called to live as disciples [Hebrews 11:8=11]. Abraham’s leap of faith involved risk, courage, vision, sacrifice and faithfulness. God is still looking for people who will exercise those qualities in partnering with Him in His great redemptive purposes, living their lives with kavannah, God focussed intent.
Many people are crippled by fear of the unknown, fear of failure and fear of what people think. It has rightly been said that to try something is to risk failure, but if you never try, you have failed already. Faith in God is the opposite of fear, which cripples us and hinders our effectiveness. Fear of God alone keeps us focussed on obeying His will and leading. This often means choosing to ignore negativity and criticism and push through, despite opposition. In the book “Faith of Leap,” Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch write, “God has designed us as decision makers in His very image, as agents of the Kingdom, not only to partake in history, but to prayerfully shape and direct it in His Name, a true act of worship. And the part we have to play will depend largely on a clear sense of our mission, on the level of intentionality in what we do, and on the fortitude and integrity with which we do it.”
All of us need to be continually fired, or refired, with a holy discontent with things as they are, and a passion to work to see God’s Kingdom impact our world.
The Jewish people are about to begin their yearly Torah reading cycle again, and they will be studying the life of Abraham in the book of Genesis. Eleven chapters are given over to telling the story of this remarkable man and
I encourage you to take time to study his life. The chapters reveal him as a man whose life was characterised by obedience, faith, faithfulness, integrity and commitment to God’s promises over a long period of time. He had a holy discontent with things as they were and continued to seek God for the fulfilment of His promises. [Genesis 13; 15]
He was a man of vision, able to see the big picture and work towards its fulfilment and so God promised that he would be the father, not only of the Jewish people, but of the community of faith that would spring up throughout the nations as a result of his obedience [Genesis 17:5; Isaiah 49:6].
He was focussed on God and His purposes, rather than on himself, and was willing to live a life of sacrifice and surrender to God’s purposes [Genesis 22; Romans 4:21; Hebrews 11:17-19]. His willingness to sacrifice even his beloved Isaac led to more promises of fruitfulness and increase on God’s part. In Genesis 23, as he farewells Sarah, we see his character revealed even through suffering and loss.
We, his spiritual descendants, have much to learn from the life of this great man of faith. The church Jesus birthed was never meant to be a safe, secure exclusive club with a focus on the comfort of its members. We are meant to be a revolutionary force in the world, bringing change and blessing one life at a time, like our Rabbi and Saviour Jesus.The early Christians were called “The Way”, a term that speaks of being on the move, not static. We are a people on a journey, advancing the Kingdom of God. Like Abraham, we need to see ourselves as tent dwellers, ready to move when God calls us, unencumbered by the things of this world [Hebrews 11:8-11].
They were also called Notzrim, branches, a term which speaks of growth and spreading out from the root and trunk, places of strength, bringing increase and fruitfulness.
Discipleship is a journey. It has a starting point, salvation, but the end of the journey is found in God’s great redemptive purposes. Like Abraham, we have a part to play. He would have achieved little and missed out on the great adventure of journeying with God, if he had chosen to stay in his comfortable, secure surroundings in Ur. We also, will not achieve all God has purposed for our lives unless we are willing to travel light, get rid of excess baggage from our lives, and to move out with faith, courage and kavannah, God focussed intent.
By Jesma O’Hara
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By Kay Garbutt ______________Christian Curriculum Studies - $25______________How Can Three Be One - $5______________Passover Manual - $8______________The Seven Churches of Revelation - $12______________Yeshua the Bridegroom - $8 By Jesma O’Hara ______________Biblical Feasts - God’s Sanctified Signposts - $7______________In Our Image - $7______________Israel - An Everlasting Possession - $7______________Israel, God’s Signal to the Nations - $7______________The Day of Restoration - $7______________The Mustard Seed (New Edition) - $10 BOOKLETS by Jesma O’Hara ______________The Seven ‘I AM” Sayings of Jesus - $3______________The Richness of the Root - $3______________The Rabbi from Galilee - $3______________New Anti Semetism - $3______________Two Trees - $3______________What is Christian Zionism - $3______________What is Replacement Theology - $3______________Why Should Christians Support Israel - $3______________Which God Do We Worship? - $3______________To Tithe or Not to Tithe - a Look at Giving in the Bible. - $3______________Why Study Hebrew Roots? - $3______________Delight in the Sabbath $3______________Women in the Plan and Purpose of God $3______________Israel and the Church $3 Hear the Word of the Lord Series by Jesma O’Hara ______________1. Jerusalem - $3______________2. The Chosenness of the Jewish people - $3______________3. The Day of Restoration - $3______________4. The Golden Thread - $3______________5. Ruth - $3______________6. Diaspora - $3______________7. Persecution & Suffering - $3______________8. The Holocaust - $3______________9. The Jewishness of Jesus - $3______________10. Israel’s Place among the Nations - $3 OTHER BOOKS ______________Ninevah: A Parody of the Present - Victor Schlatter - $20______________Mountains of Israel - Norma Archbold - $15______________Our Father Abraham - Dr Marvin Wilson - $37______________Our Hands Are Stained With Blood - Michael L Brown - $20______________Showdown of the Gods - Victor Schlatter - $15______________Sons of Abraham - Tom Hess - $27______________Where is the Body - Victor Schlatter - $17______________Who Told You You were Naked? - Victor Schlatter - $20______________The Green Horse - Norma Archbold - $20______________The Signet Ring - Loretta McCarthy - $22 NEW BOOKS_______________Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts (Dr Richard Booker) - $22 _______________Lost in Translation Pt 1(Klein & Spears) - $20 _______________Lost in Translation Pt 2 - The Book of Revelation (Klein & Spears) - $25 _______________Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus (Spangler & Tverberg) - $25 _______________Israel’s New Disciples (Fisher) - $18 _______________The Irrevocable Calling (Daniel C. Juster, Th.D.) - $15 _______________God’s Promise and the Future of Israel (Don Finto) - $22 _______________Your People Shall be My People (Don Finto) - $20 NEW! NEW! Gerald Rowland’s book is now available _______________‘The Messiah Comes to Israel’ for - $20
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TEACHING DVDs by Kay Garbutt ______________Aliyah in the Stars - $20______________Born for Eternity - $20______________Day of the Lord - $20______________Gospel in the Stars - $20______________Holy Holy Holy - $20______________Passover - $20______________Seven Redemptive Names of God - $20______________Teachings of Jesus the Rabbi 1 - $20______________Teachings of Jesus the Rabbi 2 - $20______________Time of the End - $20______________Jesus in Genesis - $20______________Jesus in the Biblical Feasts - $20______________Jesus in the Tabernacle - $20______________The Priesthood - $20______________The Kingdom of God - Torah - $20______________First Love - $20______________Death to Life - $20______________Wake Up - $20______________Come and Dine - $20 TEACHING DVDs by Jesma O’Hara______________God’s Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East - $20______________Jesus Trail - $20______________One New Man - $20______________Story of Ruth - $20______________Why Study Our Hebrew Roots? - $20______________The Relationship Between Israel and the Church -______________A new look at the Prodigal Son - $20______________Messianic Moments - Jesus and the Land of Israel - $20______________In our Image - 4 DVD Set (with Notes) - $70
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______________The Four Covenants - $8______________New Testament Believers and the Law - Parts 1&2 - $15______________Hold On - $8______________The Kingdom of God is Active - $8 ______________The Spiritual Battle for Israel - $8______________Israel: A Type of Jesus - $8 By Jesma O’Hara______________Kingdom Currency - $8 ______________Seed of Abraham - $8 ______________The Seven I AM Sayings of Jesus - $8______________God’s Plan of Redemption - Parts 1&2 - $15______________The Keys to the Kingdom - Parts 1&2 - $15______________The Meaning of Shalom - $8______________Which God Do We Worship? - $8______________To Tithe or Not to Tithe? A Biblical look at Giving - $8______________The Day of Restoration for Israel & the Church - $8______________The Hebraic Concept of Kavannah-Living with Intent - $8______________God’s Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East - $8______________Jesus Trail - $8______________One New Man - $8______________Story of Ruth - $8______________Why Study Our Hebrew Roots? - $8______________Jesus the Passover Lamb (double Cd) - $15______________Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus (double Cd) - $15 FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2010 CD’s______________Jerusalem - A Praise in the Earth - Malcolm Hedding - $5.00______________Christian Zionism - Malcolm Hedding - $5.00______________Israel and the Kingdom of the Gospel - Jurgen Buhler - $5.00______________Emerging Trends: Israel’s Economy - Graham Scofield - $5.00______________The Preeminenceof the Jerusalem in Prophecy - Christine Darg - $5______________Jerusalem - A Stone of Trembling - Lance Lambert - $5.00 Indigenous Pastors on the Spiritual Battle for Jerusalem ______________Ofer Amitai & Naim Khoury - $5.00 Jerusalem, Messiah & the Triumph of Redemption ______________Paul & Nuala O’Higgins - $5.00______________Emerging Movements: Finding your Tribe - Fredrik Ekholm - $5.00______________Current Affairs Briefing - David Parsons - $5.00______________Eagles over Auschwitz - Major General Amir Eshel - $5.00______________Jerusalem - Place of Rememberance - Mosy Madugba - $5.00______________Israel in Galations - David Pawson - $5.00______________Israel the Past, Present and Future - Erik Selle - $5.00 Emerging Innovations: Israel’s Competitive Advantage ______________Anton Hermantha - $5.00______________Jesus- The Shepherd King - Juha Ketola - $5.00______________Occupation, Who’s Occupation? - Moshe Sharon - $5.00 Supernatural Restoration to Truth and Righteousness ______________Larry Booth - $5.00______________Awreness, Preparation and Prevailing - Allen Jackson - $5.00______________Mountains of Jerusalem - Michael Little - $5.00______________Emerging Kingson Commerce - Dale Neil - $5.00______________Israeli and Jewish Entitlement to Jerusalem - Jaques Gauthier - $5 The Prophetoc Hebrew Meaning of the Name of Jerusalem ______________Daniel Yahav - $5.00 Our Feet are Standing in your Gates, O Jerusalem ______________Susan Michael - $5.00______________Pentecost and It’s Worldwide Effects - Reinhard Bonke - $5.00
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