Shalom, dear friends and family.   We’re hoping that this update finds you well and enjoying the cold weather.  Signs of Spring are already beginning to show, and as we experience the wonder of God’s seasons, we have much for which to be thankful.  This month’s newsletter is a bit different than our ‘usual,’ and we’re grateful to our God for new and exciting opportunities.  Michael ministered in two local churches in January and continues to engage people with a ‘support Israel and our Jewish people’ message.  We covet your prayers and extend our commitment to praying for you regularly.

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ANNUAL PASSOVER SEDER
SATURDAY, 27 APRIL 2024, 5:00 PM
MC COMB, MISSISSIPPI

 

ISRAEL WAR AGAINST HAMAS – DAY # 116
ARE YOU WANTING TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP???

The war against terrorist organization Hamas continues in Gaza, as well as in Judea & Samaria (The “West Bank”), and on the borders of Syria and Lebanon.  Three US servicemen were killed recently in Jordan by an unmanned drone strike. President Biden delays a response…….and over 220 Israeli IDF Soldiers have given their lives since 7 October 2023.

Many of you have expressed a common frustration – “we’re praying and advocating for Israel and against the rise of anti-Semitism, but it feels incomplete and inadequate…….we want to DO something.”    A few years ago, several close friends in ministry encouraged us to establish a US 501c3 not-for-profit ministry to represent our personal ministry – apart from King of Kings or any other ministry.   We listened, prayed, and created a not-for-profit ministry – Isaiah 61 Ministries.  Chapter 61 of Isaiah has been something of a ‘life Scripture’ for us – directing our ministry in a way that complements the gifts of God resident within us.

We are not about publicity or fanfare, but have been quietly obedient to the Lord and are sending monthly support to widows and orphans here in America, in Israel, and in the natiions as the Lord leads.  This is not about us.

In response to requests to help our friends ‘do something,’ we set up a special fund within Isaiah 61 Ministries – The Israeli Relief Fund.   We have already sown seed into this fund, and have directly helped at least 10 needy families displaced by the war, or significantly impacted by it.  We’ve helped with food, shelter, clothing, utility bills, and the ‘stuff of life,’ not just Believers in Israel, but also not-yet-believers in the Land, and Arab Christians in the Bethlehem area.

So, if you would like to ‘do something’ to help some Israelis in the war, we offer Isaiah 61 Ministries Israeli Relief Fund as a vehicle.  There are no administrative costs, so all funds designated will go to Israel and help needy families, lone soldiers, and widows there.   This is your opportunity to ‘do something,’ so just note “israel” or “War” on your check, or if you send funds by PayPal, send us an email and let us know your hearts.   You can do this on our website, www.isaiah61ministries.co.  SEE BELOW FOR NEW GIVING DETAILS.

Thank you in advance, and God’s richest blessings on you and yours.

 

THE HAMAS TUNNEL SYSTEM 

TRUTH:  Hamas’ network of terror tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip surpasses the length of most of the world’s major subway systems.   Billions of dollars sent in ‘aid’ to help the Palestinian people actually go into rebar and cement.

 

BRIEF HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT THE MUFTI OF JERUSALEM, who met with ADOLPH HITLER in Berlin, November 28, 1941, and the legacy of that meeting playing out in today’s world.

The  Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini  was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine in the early 20th century. The Arab countries were firmly convinced that Germany would win the war and that the Arab cause of eliminating the Jews would then prosper. 

In 1941, Haj Amin al-Husseini fled from Palestine to Germany and met with Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joachim Von Ribbentrop and other Nazi leaders. He wanted to persuade them to extend the Nazis’ anti-Jewish program to the Arab world. He remained in Nazi Berlin for four years and received a lavish stipend. He proposed an Arab revolt all across the Middle East to fight the Jews.

To this end, the Mufti sent Hitler 15 drafts of declarations he wanted Germany and Italy to make concerning the Middle East. One called on the two countries to declare the illegality of the Jewish home in Palestine. Furthermore, “they accord to Palestine and to other Arab countries the right to solve the problem of the Jewish elements in Palestine and other Arab countries, in accordance with the interest of the Arabs and, by the same method, that the question is now being settled in the Axis countries.”

Research has shown that the Holocaust almost spread to the Holy Land.  In 2006, historians at the University of Stuttgart concluded from their studies of Nazi archives that a unit of SS troops stationed in Athens, was tasked with following invading frontline troops in Palestine and then rounding up and murdering about 500,000 European Jews who had taken refuge there as a Middle Eastern aspect of the Final Solution.

The Mufti aided the Nazis by recruiting and organizing Bosnian Muslim battalions for the Waffen-SS, and tried to convince the Axis powers to bomb Tel Aviv. Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal alleges that the mufti also visited death camps.

Some German historians say that Hitler had a plan to extend the Final Solution to the Middle East and had forged an alliance with Arab nationalists. This is perhaps why Hitler met with the Mufti and provided him a budget of 750,000 Reichsmark per month to foment a jihad in Palestine.

In 1945, Yugoslavia sought to indict the Mufti as a war criminal for his role in recruiting 20,000 Muslim volunteers for the Nazi SS, who participated in the killing of Jews in Croatia and Hungary.

The mufti is regarded by Palestinians as  one of the ‘founding fathers’ of Palestinian nationalism and remains a respected figure in Palestinian society.This legacy of Jew-hatred was handed down, finding its way into the origins of the Palestinian Authority.

Al-Husseini met a young Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the first president of the Palestinian Authority in Egypt in 1946. At that point, Arafat became his protege, taking over the cause and eventually the leadership of Palestinian nationalism.

Source:  Israel 365 news online 1/30/24

A good friend recommended a very insightful and bold commentator, Tom Nash.  I’ve been following his posts on YouTube.   I think you will find his analysis and understanding enlightening. Take a look at a few of his videos – they’re short and to the point.

 

CONNECT WITH US IN PRAYER

A RIGHTEOUS RESOLUTION TO THE HAMAS WAR & RETURN OF ALL HOSTAGES IMMEDIATELY

CESSATION OF ATTACKS FROM HEZBOLLAH AND OTHERS IN THE NORTH

WISDOM FOR THE LEADERS OF THE US & ISRAEL AND OUR ALLIES IN RETALIATORY ACTIONS

CONTINUTED DIVINE APPOINTMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND ABROAD

HEALTH AND VITALITY

CONTINUED OPEN DOORS AS WE MINISTER IN LOCAL CHURCHES AND OTHER VENUES

WISDOM REGARDING AN INVITATION TO RETURN TO ETHIOPIA TO TRAIN  MESSIANIC LEADERS

PARTNER WITH US IN FINANCES

There are a few NEW options if you are prompted to partner financially in ministry with us:

If you don’t need a tax deduction, you can send funds to us via the INTERNET directly thru PayPal.  Use [email protected], which is Michael’s account.  Send as a friend, and there is no cost to you or us.

If you don’t need a tax deduction, you can send funds to us by check, payable to Michael Bryan, and mail to Michael Bryan, PO Box 255, Magnolia, MS 39652.

Tax-deductible donations by CHECK  can be made payable to Isaiah 61 Ministries and mailed to:

Isaiah 61 Ministries
PO Box 255
Magnolia, MS. 39652

You will receive a printed receipt and our eternal gratitude.

Tax-deductible donations via the INTERNET can be made thru the KKCJ website, www.kkcj.org.  Engage the “Give” tab at the top of the page, select “Staff Support,” and select “Michael Bryan.”

We are grateful to receive a partial salary from King of Kings Community to help with the work of ministry, and as God opens new doors for us, we know He will supply the needed resources to enable us to minister from America to Israel and to the Nations.  May God continue to bless you as you continue blessing us and Israel.

As Spring approaches, we wish you all of God’s richest blessings, love, joy, peace, growth and good fellowship in Messiah.

Michael & Patricia