HHMI Newsgroup Archives
From: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 1997 2:17 AM
To: Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup;
Subject: 40 Orthodox Rabbis become Believers -- IN ISRAEL!
From: BeaknDeakn@aol.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 22:01:47 -0400 (EDT)
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Fwd: 40 Orthodox Rabbis become Christians--IN ISRAEL!
---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj: Fwd: 40 Orthodox Rabbis become Christians--IN ISRAEL!
Date: 97-05-26 21:27:08 EDT
From: BLohr220
To: BeaknDeakn
IForwarded message...from Dlohrs@writeme.com
>
> A STARTLING ENCOUNTER WITH A
> RABBI IN JERUSALEM
>
> Barbara Richmond has kept this amazing incident very private but now
> feels led to share her miraculous experience in Jerusalem in 1995
> involving a group of rabbis.
>
> There is no doubt that Barbara is a totally reliable witness. She is
> the Director of Women's Ministries at a solid Central Florida church
> with which I am familiar. I know her pastor. She is a popular Bible
> teacher, speaker, seminar leader, author and radio host.
>
> In September 1995, Barbara led a group on a tour of Israel, as she
> frequently does. On their free day, with no scheduled activities, she
> went with several of her group for shopping into the Old City of
> Jerusalem. Her friends were in some shops and Barbara was waiting for
> them outside on one of the narrow old streets. She says, "It was a
> beautiful afternoon and I was leaning against one of the old stone
> walls, just kind of praying in the Spirit, and enjoying where I was."
>
> Suddenly, over her left shoulder, she heard a man's voice call,
> "Barbara." She turned to look, but didn't see anyone she recognized.
> The only male on that little street was a man she described as "in
> full black attire, big beard, curls on the side" -- an Orthodox rabbi.
> She thought to herself that he could not have been the one to say her
> name because they do not even speak to women in public. In fact, she
> avoided eye contact as she knew this sometimes offended them. She
> turned back, thinking maybe she had been mistaken.
>
> A few seconds later, she again heard the voice say, "Barbara -- isn't
> that your name?" She looked again, and discovered the rabbi was
> looking right at her. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Come here." She
> moved toward him. He told Barbara his first name and said, "I live
> here in (the name of his neighborhood). I wanted to tell you that I am
> a believer that Yeshua is the Messiah. As a matter of fact, there are
> 40 of us rabbis in the community to whom, as we have been studying the
> Torah, the Ruach ha 'kodesh (the Holy Spirit) has shown that Yeshua is
> the Messiah."
>
> Barbara's heart was so moved by this unusual work of the Holy Spirit
> that she broke into tears. The rabbi added, "At present we are secret
> believers, not because we are afraid, but because the Lord, the Holy
> Spirit, has not told us to speak out our testimony yet. The Lord has
> told us to pray for our brethren, so we are meeting at midnight, and
> we are praying."
>
> Barbara asked the obvious question, "But how did you know me? Why are
> you telling me this?"
>
> The rabbi chuckled, and replied, "I don't know you. But last night we
> were praying, and one of the other rabbis came over to me. He put his
> hand on my shoulder, and said to me, 'Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock,
> you go to (name of street she was on), and you will see there an
> American woman with black hair. Her name is Barbara. Give her this
> message.'"
>
> The rabbi then gave Barbara the message. He said, "The Lord wants you
> to know that what was spoken over you 26 years ago, He is about to
> bring to pass."
>
> Barbara was stunned, and overwhelmed with emotion. Only her husband
> knew that exactly 26 years ago, in 1969, as a new believer of only
> three months, she had gone to a Full Gospel Businessmen's meeting in
> New York City where Kathryn Kuhlman, the evangelist with a powerful
> healing ministry, was one of the main speakers. Barbara had only a
> momentary personal encounter with her, but Kuhlman pointed her long
> finger directly at Barbara, as she often did with people, and spoke
> these prophetic words: "The Lord is going to take you to the nations
> and is going to do miracles at your hands, but you are going to have
> to wait a few years to see it come to pass." Barbara had never
> forgotten this.
>
> He added, "The other thing that the Holy Spirit told this brother is
> that when you get home from this trip, you will have a letter from
> Africa waiting for you, inviting you to minister there, and you should
> go. It is the Lord who is opening this door, and it will be a turning
> point in your life."
>
> Before they departed, the rabbi asked, "What do you do?" Barbara
> explained that she was a Bible teacher. He replied, "Oh, would you be
> interested in just some simple notes that I have accumulated since I
> have come to see Yeshua?" She said yes, of course, and he later had
> delivered to Barbara's hotel a collection of handwritten notes of
> Hebrew and cultural insights into the New Testament, unique insights
> not evident in the English or Greek words themselves. Barbara
> considers these notes a treasure, and is sharing them (see below *).
>
> Upon leaving, the rabbi told her, "When our testimony becomes public,
> I am sure we will see each other again."
>
> When Barbara got back home to the U.S., a letter from Africa was
> waiting for her! It was an invitation to speak, which she obviously
> accepted. She reports that miracles did, indeed, take place there, and
> that it was definitely a turning point in her life. Barbara says there
> are people who know nothing about her Jerusalem experience who have
> come up to her and said, "Something really changed in Africa. We
> enjoyed your teaching before, but this is just a totally different
> plane."
>
> Barbara has been to Israel since, but has not seen the rabbi, nor has
> she revealed his name, honoring his request.
>
> I was most touched by Barbara's closing thoughts: "My prayer is that
> (this testimony) will cause people to realize the lateness of the
> hour. When God moves sovereignly like that among the Jewish people
> (revealing the Messiah and manifesting gifts of the Holy Spirit
> described in the New Testament) -- and among the most religious of
> them -- the coming of Jesus is getting close! I pray that everybody
> who hears this will be taken up with the urgency of the hour."
>
> (Comment: One wonders to how many more rabbis than the 40 had the
> Ruach ha 'kodesh, the Holy Spirit, revealed the Messiah by 1995, and
> how many more since then. Only He knows, but He has greatly privileged
> us to be aware of at least this much about what He is doing.)
>
> * Barbara can be contacted at ruth311@juno.com
>
> --------- End forwarded message ----------
>
>
---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:
To:
Date: 97-05-25 03:11:41 EDT
---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:
To:
Date: 97-05-23 00:08:54 EDT
This is really significant...check it out!
--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
From:
Subject: 40 Orthodox Rabbis become Christians--IN ISRAEL!
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 08:05:27 -0400
Message-ID: <199705221205.IAA00693@alpha.esper.com>
Folx,
I received this from one of the lists I am on. I thought it was
provocative
enough to pass on.
Grace & peace,
Mike McClung
Pastor, Lionheart Fellowship
Maryville, TN
Subject:
A remarkable story!
Date:
Tue, 20 May 1997 06:51:15 -0700
From:
From:
Many thanks to Todd Gilleland and Dean Cooper for helping me find the
source of this remarkable story.
Enjoy!
_____________________________________________________________________
A STARTLING ENCOUNTER WITH A
RABBI IN JERUSALEM
Barbara Richmond has kept this amazing incident very private but now
feels led to share her miraculous experience in Jerusalem in 1995
involving a group of rabbis.
There is no doubt that Barbara is a totally reliable witness. She is
the Director of Women's Ministries at a solid Central Florida church
with which I am familiar. I know her pastor. She is a popular Bible
teacher, speaker, seminar leader, author and radio host.
In September 1995, Barbara led a group on a tour of Israel, as she
frequently does. On their free day, with no scheduled activities, she
went with several of her group for shopping into the Old City of
Jerusalem. Her friends were in some shops and Barbara was waiting for
them outside on one of the narrow old streets. She says, "It was a
beautiful afternoon and I was leaning against one of the old stone
walls, just kind of praying in the Spirit, and enjoying where I was."
Suddenly, over her left shoulder, she heard a man's voice call,
"Barbara." She turned to look, but didn't see anyone she recognized.
The only male on that little street was a man she described as "in
full black attire, big beard, curls on the side" -- an Orthodox rabbi.
She thought to herself that he could not have been the one to say her
name because they do not even speak to women in public. In fact, she
avoided eye contact as she knew this sometimes offended them. She
turned back, thinking maybe she had been mistaken.
A few seconds later, she again heard the voice say, "Barbara -- isn't
that your name?" She looked again, and discovered the rabbi was
looking right at her. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Come here." She
moved toward him. He told Barbara his first name and said, "I live
here in (the name of his neighborhood). I wanted to tell you that I am
a believer that Yeshua is the Messiah. As a matter of fact, there are
40 of us rabbis in the community to whom, as we have been studying the
Torah, the Ruach ha 'kodesh (the Holy Spirit) has shown that Yeshua is
the Messiah."
Barbara's heart was so moved by this unusual work of the Holy Spirit
that she broke into tears. The rabbi added, "At present we are secret
believers, not because we are afraid, but because the Lord, the Holy
Spirit, has not told us to speak out our testimony yet. The Lord has
told us to pray for our brethren, so we are meeting at midnight, and
we are praying."
Barbara asked the obvious question, "But how did you know me? Why are
you telling me this?"
The rabbi chuckled, and replied, "I don't know you. But last night we
were praying, and one of the other rabbis came over to me. He put his
hand on my shoulder, and said to me, 'Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock,
you go to (name of street she was on), and you will see there an
American woman with black hair. Her name is Barbara. Give her this
message.'"
The rabbi then gave Barbara the message. He said, "The Lord wants you
to know that what was spoken over you 26 years ago, He is about to
bring to pass."
Barbara was stunned, and overwhelmed with emotion. Only her husband
knew that exactly 26 years ago, in 1969, as a new believer of only
three months, she had gone to a Full Gospel Businessmen's meeting in
New York City where Kathryn Kuhlman, the evangelist with a powerful
healing ministry, was one of the main speakers. Barbara had only a
momentary personal encounter with her, but Kuhlman pointed her long
finger directly at Barbara, as she often did with people, and spoke
these prophetic words: "The Lord is going to take you to the nations
and is going to do miracles at your hands, but you are going to have
to wait a few years to see it come to pass." Barbara had never
forgotten this.
He added, "The other thing that the Holy Spirit told this brother is
that when you get home from this trip, you will have a letter from
Africa waiting for you, inviting you to minister there, and you should
go. It is the Lord who is opening this door, and it will be a turning
point in your life."
Before they departed, the rabbi asked, "What do you do?" Barbara
explained that she was a Bible teacher. He replied, "Oh, would you be
interested in just some simple notes that I have accumulated since I
have come to see Yeshua?" She said yes, of course, and he later had
delivered to Barbara's hotel a collection of handwritten notes of
Hebrew and cultural insights into the New Testament, unique insights
not evident in the English or Greek words themselves. Barbara
considers these notes a treasure, and is sharing them (see below *).
Upon leaving, the rabbi told her, "When our testimony becomes public,
I am sure we will see each other again."
When Barbara got back home to the U.S., a letter from Africa was
waiting for her! It was an invitation to speak, which she obviously
accepted. She reports that miracles did, indeed, take place there, and
that it was definitely a turning point in her life. Barbara says there
are people who know nothing about her Jerusalem experience who have
come up to her and said, "Something really changed in Africa. We
enjoyed your teaching before, but this is just a totally different
plane."
Barbara has been to Israel since, but has not seen the rabbi, nor has
she revealed his name, honoring his request.
I was most touched by Barbara's closing thoughts: "My prayer is that
(this testimony) will cause people to realize the lateness of the
hour. When God moves sovereignly like that among the Jewish people
(revealing the Messiah and manifesting gifts of the Holy Spirit
described in the New Testament) -- and among the most religious of
them -- the coming of Jesus is getting close! I pray that everybody
who hears this will be taken up with the urgency of the hour."
(Comment: One wonders to how many more rabbis than the 40 had the
Ruach ha 'kodesh, the Holy Spirit, revealed the Messiah by 1995, and
how many more since then. Only He knows, but He has greatly privileged
us to be aware of at least this much about what He is doing.)
* Barbara can be contacted at ruth311@juno.com
***********************************************************************
Return to
Newsgroup Archives Main Page
Return to our Main Webpage
�2011
Hebraic Heritage Ministries International. Designed by
Web Design by JB.
