--ZION'S HOPE

'A Passion for God, His people,
and His plan for planet earth'

A SPECIAL WORD~
From: MARV ROSENTHAL

[Marv Rosenthal is a Messianic Jewish man. I share with you, his recent newsletter Nov. 2010]
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Dear Citizen of Heaven through faith in Christ alone,- cross

I greet you enthusiastically in the name of our Lord who is coming soon. Some years ago a colleague and beloved friend of mine began a concert by singing a little chorus which I had never heard before, and which I have never heard again. It began like this:

"He's filling up heaven with sinners..."

And I remember my critical, theological mind said, "Oops! God is not filling up heaven with sinners." And then he sang the second line, which went like this:

"Who've been washed in the blood of the Lamb."

Immediately I realized that he was right. God is filling up heaven with sinners--but they are sinners who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb.

Our world, like Humpty Dumpty, is heading for a big fall and not all the king's horses, nor all the king's men, will be able to put our planet back together again. Only the Son of God can do that. And so, as a mission, we are focused on sharing the love of God, manifested in the Son of God, and made available through the Spirit of God. Salvation was planned by the Father, purchased by the Son, and processed by the Holy Spirit.

Sometimes I feel the magnetism of the world calling us in a myriad of directions--some are not biblical, some are okay but not the best. It is so easy to be led astray. Jesus is the Way; there is none other. Jesus is the Truth; there is no truth apart from Him. Jesus is the Life; He is the source of life and the sustainer of life, without Him there is no eternal life. I am impressed by the fact that there is a definite article before "Way," "Truth," and "Life." He alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Years ago I remember reading words on a little plaque that I will never forget:

"I preach as never sure to preach again,
---And as a dying man to dying men."

There is an overwhelming urgency concerning the sharing of the Gospel. What we as a mission are able to do, we're able to do because many who get this letter pray for us, encourage us, and suppport us. They sense the urgency.

I don't pressure you to give. That's not my style, and it's not biblical. I do want to extend to you the invitation and privilege of participating in what the Lord is doing through the missionary staff of Zion's Hope, a ministry to Jewish people and the world God so loves.

May you press on and be found faithful as the days become darker and the opposition gets greater.

Yours sincerely in His love and grace, - bible

Marvin J. Rosenthal
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