PART 2:      SHIELDS OF THE LORD RAISED FOR ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM

The same enemies who started a war against the Declaration of Independence made on May 14, 1948, have never ceased their attacks on Israel to this day to destroy Israel.   Today in 2022 killing the innocent, threatening the people of God, even with nuclear weapons; seeking to surround Jerusalem; to turn the world against Israel in whatever way they can.

We intercede for Israel to the Captain of the Hosts of Heaven, Yeshua Ha Mashiach;

•             that the leaders and the people of Israel would cry out to their God who saves and keeps them.

•             a miracle for unity of Government, of God’s wisdom and for stability and freedom from fear and intimidation and oppression in these days.

•             protection and wisdom for the IDF leadership; Mossad to hear plans of the enemy.

•             comfort for the wives and children and communities for those murdered in terror attacks.

•             that in these times, the eyes of the Israeli people would be opened to see Yeshua and know who He is and turn and love Him.

•             prosperity and safety for Israel in every dimension and increase and restoration; and for salvation – the precious Blood of Yeshua – their King.

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,

The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places.”

Deuteronomy 33:29

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD is your keeper;

The LORD is your shade at your right hand.

6 The sun shall not strike you by day,

Nor the moon by night. 

Psalm 121: 4-6

For You are the glory of their strength,

And in Your favor our [a]horn is exalted.

18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,

And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 89:17-18

But You, O LORD, shall endure forever,

And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.

13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;

For the time to favor her,

Yes, the set time, has come. 

Psalm 102:12-13

Let’s consider what the true Passover is. First, it is the story of the final plague of Egypt (Angel of Death) passing over the Israelites who were captive in Egypt. (Exodus 12:12-13) All who had the blood of a sacrificial lamb painted on the door posts were saved from the death plague. It is in the Passover Lamb we are delivered.

Secondly, we need to also understand Yom Kippur ( יוֹם כִּיפּוּר ), the Day of Atonement. It is the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year. Yom Kippur held on the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year). It is the day when a lamb, and other blood sacrifices, were made by the High Priest to cover the sin of the Jewish people.

Our understanding starts in John 1:29 where John the Baptist announced Jesus as the Lamb of God. John was the final Old Testament prophet, the son of a priest, and as the chosen forerunner of Christ. He declared Jesus as the Passover Lamb of God. This is an absolutely powerful, complete, and transforming truth. Think of the awesome sequence of events God had planned just on the day of Christ’s crucifixion. On the day Christ died on the cross for our sins, it was the fourteenth day of Nisan, A.D. 33 (best understanding).

At the third hour (9:00 AM), Israel’s High Priest placed the paschal lamb on the altar for sacrifice. At that exact moment outside the city walls of Jerusalem, Jesus, the Lamb of God, was nailed to the cross.

For six hours both the paschal lamb and Jesus the Lamb of God, awaited death. Finally, at the ninth hour (3:00 PM), the High Priest ascended the altar in the Temple and sacrificed the Passover lamb.

God the Father allowed the total sin of the world to descend upon His Son Jesus and it was at that exact moment, from the cross, Jesus Christ’s words cried out over Jerusalem and echoed to the whole planet, “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

Passover the most pivotal moment in all of history, as it is the work of the cross and Jesus’ sacrifice that frees us from sin and death.

Three days later, after burial, descent into Hades setting the captives free, and His resurrection; that we have healing, deliverance, provision, and above all salvation in Christ Jesus.

This is our prime focus, His suffering, death, burial, and resurrection. He is the Lamb of God. It is from this place we have been given eternal life and all the benefits of the Cross which include healing and healing of the nations.

Our response is simple: recognise our wretchedness, sin, and our need for God’s forgiveness; then we repent from our sin believing in Him, receiving His grace through faith.

We proclaim the incredible Good News of God’s forgiveness to all the world, lifting up the Name above all names, our Lord Jesus Christ.

With all this in mind and celebrating Passover (aka Easter) in a few weeks, we pray that the current plague will pass over.  We (the Ekklesia) stand in the gap and repent for the sins of our nation, and as grievous as those sins are, we ask for God’s mercy and grace at this difficult time.

We declare Passover for Australia.

We call Australia to repentance, faith, and salvation.

We call Australia to its Joseph anointing, a provider of things physical but more so a nation sending the Gospel of Jesus into the region (South Pacific) and to all nations.

This is the time for us, the Ekklesia (body of Christ), to shine, because we are salt and light, we have the answer to all the world’s issues, and that answer is complete in Jesus Christ, the crucified Lamb of God.

• Ministries that we support:
  Kehilat Ha Carmel/House of Victory – Haifa
  Howard Bass – Streams in the Desert – Beersheba
  Kehilat HaMaayan/Single Mothers, Widows Orphans & needy families – Kfar Saba
  Be’ad Chaim – Jerusalem

• The salvation of Israelis – both Jews and Arabs
• Israel’s leaders/Government – March 23rd election (Give Israel a government that will not need to submit to Haredi manipulation to function.)
• Messianic leaders/congregations/unity
• Covid 19 – restrictions lifting, life resuming.
• Pray for all those organisations that are reaching out to the poor and needy at this time.
• Pray that the Palestinian Authority will organise a vaccination program for its people very soon.
• Aliyah, that many Jews would return to the Land
• Ein Yakov our prayer sponsored street in Mea She’arim, Jerusalem
• Ministries supported by Celebrate Israel

refer:  The Awesome Power of Blessing

Papa God thank you that we can come to You and present these requests!
We worship and praise You because You are the Lord God of Israel!

We bless Jerusalem and all the people and land of Israel in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach!

We bless Jerusalem with Shalom peace according to Psalm 122:6 in the name of the Prince of Peace!

May the people of Israel to come to know their Messiah, Yeshua according to Psalm 40:7 and Isaiah 53; in the name of Yeshua the Lamb of God!

We bless Israel’s borders that they may be secure and extended to all that you promised according to Exodus 23:31 in the name of the as Captain of the host of the Lord! – Joshua 5:14

We declare Exodus 23:27 “I will send my terror before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs unto you.” over the land of Israel and her people.  We declare this to the UN and Paris meeting of nations.  No weapon that is formed against Israel shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17)

We declare Jerusalem and the whole land of Israel to be united and protected from being divided according to Joel 3:2 and the name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

May the nations understand the depth of God’s wrath against those who don’t follow Him according to Isaiah 60:12 and they repent from their wicked ways.

We ask you Lord God Almighty to keep a watchful eye over Your People, and bind the schemes and resources of their enemies so they can do them no harm according to Zechariah 12:1-5 and Psalm 91!

We bless Bibi Netanyahu and all Israel’s leaders that they will first be shepherds and then to rule (2 Sam 5:2), so Israel’s citizens can live in Shalom peace and they will come to salvation (1 Timothy 2:1-4) in the name of Jesus our saviour.

May the Government of Israel be just and give their country stability, and be free from corruption (Proverbs 29:4)

We bless all the leaders that they would ask God for wisdom and follow His word and leading according to James 1:5

Community blessing for Israel
We bless every household in Israel.
We bless every marriage and we bless the relationships between family members of different generations.
We bless Israel health and your wealth.
We bless the work of your hands.
We bless every wholesome enterprise Israel is involved with. May Israel prosper outrageously!
We bless the pupils at your schools; we bless them to learn and to understand what they are taught.
May they grow in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man.
We bless the teachers in Israel and pray that school may be a safe and wholesome place, where belief in God and in Yeshua HaMashiach can be comfortably taught.
We speak to the hearts of all the people who are in Israel.
We bless them to be open to the wooing of the Holy Spirit and to become more and more responsive to the voice of God.

May the people and nations take this Scripture to heart and bless Israel, thus receiving a blessing and not a curse according to Genesis 12:3!

We bless you Lord! Bless the Lord O my soul … and we forget none of Your benefits; according to Psalm 103:1-5 .

We as intercessors stand together before you Adonai and we Bless the Land and People of Israel in the name of The Most Gracious Father, The Son Jesus and the The Mighty Holy Spirit – AMEN!