Newsletter September 2026

Dear Saints,
   It’s a blessing to be living in this hour. Despite all the negative activity in America and around the world, one sees Scripture coming to pass. Ezekiel prophesied around 2600 years ago that the Jewish people would permanently return to their land, Israel. Ezekiel 36:24: “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” Again, in chapter 37:3, God spoke to Ezekiel and asked if these bones would live again. The Lord said in vs. 5, “I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.” Then Ezekiel prophesied in vs. 10 as the Lord commanded, “and they lived, and stood up upon their feet an exceeding great army.” In vs. 11, the Lord said, “These bones are the whole house of Israel.” In vs. 12 the Lord said “I will open up your graves oh my people and bring you up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel” (This referring to the 6 million Jews annihilated in World War II) vs. 14 “you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall you know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.”

   The prophecy above came true at 4 p.m. on May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion signed a document establishing Israel as an independent state. In the book Israel, Enchantment of the World, Martin Hintz writes, “the declaration became effective the next day as the last British troops left the country, but not everyone was elated. Palestinian Arab’s remember May 15 as al-Nakba, or (the catastrophe)” (p.55). Since that day 78 years ago, the Palestinians and other Arab nations have sought to conquer Israel. However, God has brought his people back, so they will never be uprooted again. Israel is the only nation that God was 100 percent involved in creating.

   Outside of Jesus, the wisest man that ever lived, Solomon, said in Ecclesiastes. “There is nothing new under the sun”. One reads in the Old Testament that there was continued hatred toward Jewish people. The Philistines of those days are the Palestinians of today, a thorn against God’s chosen. One sees a similar situation happening to the Jewish people during the time of Nehemiah and the remnant after World War II. The few Jewish people who survived Babylonian captivity and returned were in great trouble and disgrace Ne. 1:3. This also happened to the Jewish people after 6 million were annihilated. The physical wall of Jerusalem was broken down, and its gates had been burned with fire. Physically, mentally, and emotionally (after WWII), Jewish people were destitute and had no protection or safety. God raised up Nehemiah to complete the impossible task of rebuilding the wall and gates, a 52-day miracle. God also raised up Ben-Gurion to make Israel a nation in one day. Isaiah 66:7-8. Never before or since has a nation been formed in a day.

   Jerusalem is 3,000 years old, and God had allowed other nations to come in and rule only to be displaced. The people’s disobedience caused this to happen. They refused to turn from sin to the Lord. God chose Jerusalem, out of all the cities in the world, to put his name there (1 Kings 14:21). That is God’s City. One day the Lord shall be King over all the earth, and his throne is in Jerusalem, where he shall reign for 1000 years. The people who are left in the nations which came against Jerusalem must go up and worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and keep the feast of tabernacles. And those families who will not come up to worship shall have no rain. Zechariah 14:16-17.

   On Israel’s 70^th anniversary, the U.S. moved its embassy to Jerusalem, affirming God’s Word: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Today there are 7.8 million Jews living in the land. God is the God of Israel. They started with 70 people.

   Just as exciting as it is for us to witness the fulfillment of prophecy, I’m sure the disciples and others in the upper room were amazed as they received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. What Joel spoke about in Joel 2:28a became a reality on the day of Pentecost. The Scripture says, “I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy”. The Old Testament Scripture came alive, just as it did for Ezekiel. The disciples’ doubts, fears, and unbelief turned 180 degrees. They now experienced faith, hope, and trust they had never known. No longer sheltered and hiding behind closed doors (as the disciples did after Jesus was crucified), they received a revelation of the Kingdom of God. They became fearless, and “They loved not their life even unto death” Revelation 12:11b.

   After Pentecost, Mark 16:15 (Evangelism) became their focus. The Scriptures are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Their focus should also be ours, as hatred in the world increases toward born-again believers, the Jew and Israel. Secular humanism (man without God) is on the rise. Time is short; share the Lord. Don’t allow the evil one to cause you to lose hope. God does not change. He is the same miracle-working God who opened the Red Sea, turned water into wine, walked on water, and established Israel in one day. He will never leave you or forsake you. He is Emmanuel. GOD WITH US.

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Serving our King together. Please pray for us.

Rev. Joseph and Eric Ross