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To:            arutz-7@ArutzSheva.org
From:          Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@ArutzSheva.org>
Subject:       Arutz-7 Op-Ed: JUST PREPARING FOR THE REAL THING

JUST PREPARING FOR THE REAL THING
by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Arutz Sheva Israel National Radio <http://www.arutzsheva.org>
Broadcast on Mar. 13, 2000 / Adar Bet 6, 5760

In This Article:
  1. At First Glance
  2. The Rambam's Words
  3. Preparing the Way

AT FIRST GLANCE
It sometimes appears that we see certain processes taking place, in
the spiritual realm, that are harmful and offensive to Jewish belief.
On deeper thought, however, we know that G-d's actions are more
elevated and more sublime than ours - as are His 'thoughts' from ours.
When we look more closely at these "harmful" processes, we see that
in fact, the same events that appear to be damaging - are precisely
those that prepare the way for the revelation of the G-d of Israel in
the world in a more perfect and complete way. 

Christianity, for instance.  At first glance, it appears that
Christianity brought tragedy and catastrophe upon Israel, and that its
entire essence has been only bad.  Maimonides, however, says that
Christianity and Islam came to the world in order to prepare the way
for the true Messiah, the King of Israel from the House of David. 

THE RAMBAM'S WORDS
These are Maimonides' words, written in his Laws of Kings (11,4):

 "Even Jesus the Christian, who thought he was the Messiah... was the
subject of a prophesy in the Book of Daniel (11, 14):  "...also the
renegades of your people will exalt themselves to fulfill the vision -
but they will stumble."  Could there be a greater stumbling block than
this [Jesus]?  For all the prophets spoke of the Messiah who will
redeem and save Israel, who will ingather all its exiles, and who will
strengthen them in the fulfillment of the Torah's commandments - while
he [Jesus] caused Israel to be killed by the sword, their remnants to
be dispersed and humiliated, the Torah to be switched for something
else, and most of the world to worship a G-d other than the G-d of
Israel!  But - the thoughts of G-d cannot be fathomed by human minds.
For our ways are not like His, and our thoughts are not like His.  All
these activities of Jesus the Christian, and the Ishmaelite who came
after him, are all for the purpose of paving the way for the true King
Messiah, and preparing the entire world to worship G-d together, as is
written (Tzefaniah 3,9):  'For then I will conver the nations to a
pure language, that they may all call in the name of G-d and serve Him
together.'

 "How will this work?  For by then, the world will already be filled
with the idea of Messiah, and Torah, and commandments, even in far-off
islands and in closed-hearted nations, where they engage in
discussions on the Torah's commandments: some say that the Torah's
commandments are true but are no longer binding in these times, while
others say that there are hidden, deep meanings to them, and that the
Messiah has come and revealed their hidden secrets.  But when the true
King Messiah arrives, and will succeed and will raise them up, all the
peoples will immediately realize that they had been taught lies by
their forefathers, and that their ancestors and prophets had misled
them." 

PREPARING THE WAY
From these words of the Rambam, we learn that even though Christianity
negates the Torah, and promotes a different redemption and a different
redeemer - even so, the very discussion of these issues arouses
thoughts and anticipation throughout the world of great events.  And
even though these are mis-directed, the hearts are still ready and
waiting.  When the Messiah, King of Israel, reveals himself, everyone
will immediately recognize him, and will realize that "Moshe is true,
and his Torah is true." 

Similarly, this is how we must view the upcoming visit of the Pope in
Israel, and its accompanying disquiet.  At first glance, we ask
ourselves, who needs this visit?  What does it help us?  It seems to
only do damage and cause confusion!  But this is only at first glance.
 In deeper truth, this is just another step in the preparation of the
Jewish people's complete redemption, which will lead to the redemption
of the entire world and their understanding that "The L-rd, our G-d,
is One, and His Name is One."

Shalom, shalom.

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Rabbi Melamed is Rabbi of Beit El, Dean of Beit El Yeshiva Center
Institutions, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arutz Sheva. 

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From: Eddie Chumney
To:      heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Response to Arutz-7 commentary

     
    Dear Hebraic heritage newsgroup members,

    While people on this newsgroup DO NOT AGREE with this commentary
that Yeshua/Jesus is NOT Messiah, this is a VERY IMPORTANT
commentary to read and understand for the purpose of EDUCATION of how
most Jews in general and how Orthodox Jews in particular view present
and historical Christianity.

    They see their historical suffering (mostly in Europe) coming
from "Christian Europe". They view the Catholic church and the Pope
as representing the Christian world. They view Christianity as being
anti-Israel and anti-Torah and this is confirmed in their minds when
the Pope signs an agreement with the PLO and Arafat recently where
the Pope desires to divide Jerusalem and make it an international
city in accordance with the thought, intent and desires of the United
Nations and UN Resolution 242 and 338 upon which the current Israel /
Arab peace process is based.

     Therefore, believers in Messiah NEED to be EDUCATED as part of
embracing their Hebraic heritage in Messiah that the Jewish world
sees Christianity and Christians in general as being anti-Torah and the
Messiah as being anti-Torah. For these reasons, they can NEVER accept
Christians and the Jewish Messiah (Yeshua/Jesus) as being TRUE
worshippers of the God of Israel and the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob as long as they are anti-Torah.

     Because the Jews in general and the Orthodox in particular view
Christians, Christianity and the Jewish Messiah through their
historical suffering in "Christian" Europe and as an anti-Torah based
faith, they  view Christianity as a pagan religion and the Jewish
Messiah as NOT  fulfilling the Torah, prophets and writings of the
God of Israel.  Therefore, the Jewish Messiah is seen as being the
Messiah of Gentile (pagan) Christianity.

      As long as Christianity continues to call the Torah "a strange
thing" (Hosea 8:12), it will be IMPOSSIBLE for the house of Israel
(Christianity) to be reconciled and restored to the house of Judah
(Judaism) in fulfillment of the restoration of BOTH houses of Israel
(Ezekiel 37:15-28).

      While the Bible describes APOSTATE Christianity as "riding the
beast" (the One World Government --- New World Order System) in
Revelation 17, the "Elijah remnant" within Christianity will confess
the sins of the forefathers and return to the Torah of the God of
Israel. (Jeremiah 16:19). The "Elijah remnant" today are those who
are embracing their Hebraic heritage in Messiah, the Torah, the
Sabbath and the Biblical  festivals through STUDY which leads to
PRACTICE.

      The FIRST step in embracing the Torah of the God of Israel for
all those who love the Jewish people, the land of Israel and an
UNDIVIDED JEWISH city of Jerusalem is to  begin to keep the BIBLICAL
Sabbath (from Friday sundown to Saturday  sundown) and the Biblical
Festivals (Leviticus 23).

     Embracing our Hebraic / Jewish heritage in Messiah is more than
just "head knowledge" where you know the meaning of 7 Jewish idioms
and your brother and sister in Messiah only knows 3 Jewish idioms so
therefore you are a "better Hebraic roots scholar" or have a "deeper
relationship" than your fellow brother and sister in Messiah and thus
this makes you "qualified" to teach a home study fellowship group so
that you can impress others in the group with your "deep Hebraic
roots knowledge of the scriptures".  It is a Hebraic/Jewish concept
that  STUDY of Torah leads to PRACTICE  of Torah and LIVING a Torah
based  lifestyle. 

     Ephraim (Christianity) is prophecied to REPENT from departing
from Torah  (Jeremiah 31:18-2-) who the Messiah taught was the
"prodigal son" (Luke 15:11-32).

     When Ephraim REPENTS from calling the Torah "a strange thing"
(Hosea 8:11-12), the God of Israel will begin the NATIONAL and
MESSIANIC redemption of both houses of Israel (the ingathering of the
exiles as called by Orthodox Judaism) and make both houses of Israel
ECHAD in HIS hand (Ezekiel 37:19).

      Please do NOT take lightly the days and times in which we live
and the PROPHETIC events which are happening NOW in the nation of
Israel. These events are signalling to WATCHMAN on the wall (Jeremiah
31: 6) that  JACOB'S trouble (NOT just JUDAH'S trouble) is at hand
(Jeremiah 30:1-7) as well as the  cry of redemption (Isaiah 40:1-11
and Jeremiah 31:7-11) and the return to Torah for those who have the
SPIRIT of Elijah within them (Malachi 4:4-6).

      Many people and "leaders" within the Hebraic roots movement get
so caught up with trying to know 7 Jewish idioms while their brother
and sister only knows 3 Jewish idioms that they have NO COMPREHENSION
that the ENTIRE PURPOSE of embracing our Hebraic heritage in Messiah
in these end of days is to PREPARE our HEARTS for what the Orthodox
Jews call the MESSIANIC redemption (or the ingathering of the exiles)
and the prophetic event of Joseph (Ephraim) revealing himself to
Benjamin (the house of Judah), the restoration of BOTH houses of
Israel (Ezekiel 37:15-28) and the coming of KING Messiah.

      Eddie Chumney
      Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l

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To:            heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject:   Vatican covenant signed Feb 15th, 2000 with Yasar Arafat and
                 the Survival of America, Judaism, and Christianity

 
From
Louis A. Romo
Former Staff Sergeant United States Air Force
Security Service Intelligence Analyst-Reporter/Russian Linguist
3327 Dwight Way, Stockton, California, 95204
 home tele: 209-942-3322-after 6 pm pacific time
work tele: 209-836-6148-7am to 3 pm pac. time
 
 
Monday, March 14th, 2000
 
To All EDitors:

     I humbly submit with great sadness the following "religious
advisory" OP-ED letter, seeking no monetary compensation or even a by-line
credit with my name.  In fact I would prefer for all the addressees to do
their own research and report to all your readers your findings if you come
up with the same analytical deductions I have arrived at. I believe you as
Editors can produce a superior report such as the Kansas City Star recently
did on Aids within the Catholic Church.  If I am correct then it is your
solemn duty as reporters to warn America of her coming desruction. The
Chinese have promised to destroy us.  The Russian Military has done the
same.  Fundamentalist Islamic groups and nations have defense treaties with
Russia and Russia with China...all ready to act instantly.  Our destruction
will happen in ONE DAY and not dragged on for centuries like the Collapse of
the Roman Empire...We are in such critical danger there is no time for being
politically correct....
 
I have written it with the same seriousness that I helped draft the messages
warning the white house and the top military/political leaders that the
Russian Air Defense was waiting for Gary Powers in 1960 with  three new
Sukhoi fighters.  I have written this letter with more concern and worry Now
than during the Cuban Missile Crisis when as a team member of
ERU-1(Emergency Reaction Unit nr. 1) I was privileged to have worked with
Naval Security in providing our national leaders with the necessary
communications intelligence to soundly resolve that crisis in our favor.  On
the basis of "Sacred Mathematics"  I advised the Presidency in 1984 that the
Russian Jew would be leaving Russia in 1988 or immediately thereafter.
Using the same methods I gave the Presidency a 30 day notice that there
would be a war in the Middle East in 1990...Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait
right on schedule....Once again...I feel this year on the Hebrew calendar is
of grave troubles for all mankind. 
 
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A Letter To The Editor:    Significance of Covenant Signed Feb 15h By
Vatican with Arafat condemning Israel's Possession Of Jerusalem.
 
            The survival of America, Judaism, and Christianity is now at
stake with the Vatican having signed a covenant on February 15th, 2000 with
Arafat.  In the preamble of the document is the declaration that any Jewish
unilateral decisions and actions in Jerusalem are morally and legally
unacceptable.  This act re-confirms the Vatican's 1985 publicly declared
position that the Catholic church attitude toward Judaism and Israel would
be governed not by theology but by international law.    For over 50 years
the Vatican has not really accepted Israel because she would not establish
diplomatic relations with her or recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish national
capitol.  Yet the Vatican rushed to embrace Arafat without a country as soon
as he was recognized by the Clinton administration.
           
                The apology given by the Pope  on Sunday March 13 was too
weak on the church's deplorable acts against the Jewish peoples and Israel.
Perhaps this Pope is personally and truly sincere, however, the fact that
there was in-fighting amongst the Cardinals and the document was still
incomplete as of late last week indicates that the Pope is no longer in
control and liberal elements not accepting the entire Bible as God's Word
are still in total control... It truly appears the apology is only to cover
up and disguise the February 15th covenant  while at the same time being
"politically correct" to please the masses.  One wonders-was the Vatican
also the first to rush into Hitler's arms ?  A real apology would have been
given in Jerusalem the day Israel declared it's re-birth in 1948...with that
Pope standing besides real Modern Day Biblical Israelite Heroes.
           
            It is horribly frightening to awaken and realize that the
Vatican has finally ripped of it's false face of friendship toward Israel
and her people  the world over.   The whole earth knows of the deeds and
history of Arafat and his Palestinian Liberation Organization.  For the
Vatican to have joined forces with him can only signal the commencement of
"the birth of a new inquisition" , the final holocaust.   I believe that
because the Holocaust was not even mentioned in the diluted apology; when
the POPE himself has seen Jews with numbers stamped on their forearms like
branded cattle, that God is now going to allow Lucifer to come in and mark
every human being on earth with a computer chip in their hand or forehead
to worship him, satan...Yes we have arrived at the "Time of Jacob's
Trouble".   If anyone should be declared with instant sainthood it should be
the 6 millions Jews who went to their death quietly without protesting, just
like Jesus.. Those 6 millions Jews died living their final hours closer to
the way Jesus preached than Christians live today.  What the church could
not win by theological honest discourse, it will now try to
win...Jerusalem...by "international law" joining the nations, united to
force a peace upon Israel. Truly we have arrived  at the point in time that
John wrote about in the Book of Revelations that the churches would become
neither hot nor cold, having a form of godliness but denying the words  of
G-d, Hashem.  Jesus said HE would spit those people out.
 
            This publicly declared covenant, reported primarily and
rightfully so in Israel, and shamefully not in America, is totally
anti-Christian, anti-Jewish.  It completely ignores the Abrahamic Covenants
and all the subsequent reconfirmation's by God with HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE and
flies against the VERY WORDS OF JESUS.  It can only be viewed as  a covenant
of death with the devil himself.  Both parties,  the Pope and Arafat, as the
pliable plastic puppets of satan, by their action will now bring on the
destruction of over 3/4 of the world's population.  Truly  Jerusalem has
become a burdensome stone around the neck of the nations and God will cut to
pieces all those that go against the Jewish People and Israel exactly as
written by the prophet Zecharia.  Truly it is the zenith of insanity for the
Vatican, the leadership of over a billion people, insanity to claim
representing a "JEWISH GOD' to blatantly come out and treat with contempt
and disdain the Jewish people!  
 
            If the leadership knows and understands, but denies the
scriptures that HE, GOD... ELOHIM... HASHEM, would bless those that blessed
Abraham and his descendants and curse those that went against Israel and the
Jew.....surely will not the flock follow in like wise manner imitating and
copying "the bishop of Rome" unless a remnant few stand up and denounce this
agreement straight from hell?  This agreement when fully reported throughout
TRUTH SEEKING American Newspapers, religious and secular,  will be viewed as
a religious pearl harbor attack, a new crystal nacht disguised by the papal
visit to Israel.   All the acts of contritions and carefully crafted
apologies are meaningless with this signed covenant.  This means persecution
of Bible believing and professing Jews and Christians will now commence in
both Europe and America on a scale unseen since the middle ages.
As for my family and I, we no longer consider ourselves catholic..Just plain
Christians praying for Elijah to come doing his mission.
 
                 Now Bloody History is repeating itself.  Israel and her
people the world over are on trial just as Jesus was.  The crucifixion of
Jesus can be considered a  model for our generation.  Since Abraham accepted
G-d's, Hashem's assignment, the Jewish people have been running the gauntlet
just as Jesus did the walk on "way of the Crucifixion".  When Jesus fell,
Simon of Cyrene picked up the cross and carried it for HIM.  Today, 50 years
after returning as a nation, the Jewish peoples have temporarily strayed
from their centuries old original mission,  the age old flame of Zionism
flickering.((( the return to the lands and Jerusalem as promised by God
through all the prophets and Jesus))).  Instead of helping like Simon The
Cyrene and standing tall beside Israel,  supporting her, the mainline
religious groups, with the Papacy leading the charge, are acting like the
mob screaming at Pilate for Jesus.  Today the liberal "religious" and
secular people are screaming for cutting out the bowels of G-d, Hashem's
SACRED HOLY LAND.  The nations are like starving carnivorous birds of prey,
scavengers circling, waiting impatiently for it's prey to die of physical
and mental exhaustion.  Full of fatigue and discouragement, the Mirage of
Peace" has become an idol highly sought.  
 
                 Every human being on earth, especially a mainline
Christian, not accepting the Jew is like a picador.  The picador puffed up
with false pride; sticking, jabbing, and thrusting lances into
Israel...preparing her for his master, the matador---the devil with his
anti-Christ AND False Prophet to finish the job.  While no one knows who the
anti-Christ will be until after the Rapture, the Bible does not say the
identity of the false prophet can't be determined before hand....possibly
because the identity of the false prophet will become obvious, being a  know
religious leader praising and advancing the cause of a charismatic political
leader solving earth's problems.
  
                Truly the Pope has by his Anti-biblical actions placed
himself in the forefront as "first place Contender" position whether he
realizes it or not for the title of "false prophet".  Christianity has now
arrived at total apostasy with deafening silence throughout Europe  and
America with the Television and newspaper media having given tacit approval
by not reporting this covenant joining the papacy with arafat like Siamese
twins.  There is now a full fledged revolution throughout the earth against
the ONE TRUE GOD just as there was in the Heavens when Lucifer revolted.  We
have come full circle and must now be thrown unto the dust. As G-d cleanses
the earth by water the first time now we are about to be baptized by nuclear
fire.
 
                No nation going against Israel has ever survived as a leader
or empire.  The Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans are all forgotten "grand''
civilizations ground to dust for their defiance and going against God.  In
modern times Spain, England, and Russia have all fallen after persecuting
the Jew.  England's mighty navy ruled the oceans for centuries after
defeating Spain.  The sun never set on the British Empire till the end of W
W II.  England fought the re-establishment of Israel as a nation.  Her
siding with the Arabs to secure control of the Middle East and it's oil
wealth swiftly ended her dominant role on earth.  America will be viewed by
historians as haven fallen in the late 1980-early 1990's along with Russia.
Perhaps America was spared temporarily because she was previously in the
distant past a God fearing nation. America has had seven excellent
prosperous years from 1993 to 2000 while at the same time becoming totally
spiritually and morally unraveled.  While appearing  to be a "godly nation"
America has forced the Madrid conference and Oslo accords on Israel and lead
the way in gathering together world pressure to force the Jewish people to
give up the Golan Heights and carve out within her bowels a new Arab nation
comprised of her worst enemies.  The Palestinian state to be declared by
Arafat, guaranteeing control of the religious sites to the Pope, is a modern
day Trojan Horse assembled by the nations and being painfully dragged center
stage of human history.  For being the world leader  in dissecting Israel ,
God will permit The United States to be attacked swiftly with nuclear ,
chemical-biological warfare, and civil war.
         
            Charge it to "Divine Providence", a confirmation from GOD, that
this is an unholy alliance.  ON Tuesday, February 15th, 2000, when the
agreement was signed, the Vatican bible Study web site ran the story of
Korah's Rebellion.  It tells how over 250 of the appointed leaders  rose up
against Moses and Aaron and GOD destroyed them by the earth opening up and
swallowing them....One should wonder with fear if God is going to cause Mt.
Aetna and Vesuvius to explode, like Mt. St. Helene, and the earth open up???
Charge it to "Divine Providence", but the Pope's visit to Israel will be
during the Feast Of Purim.  One should wonder if this is God's way of
telling the Jewish People to "beware"; Haman still lives, endeavoring,
perhaps not to destroy  the Jewish people, but to establish total
hegemony... total authority, influence, and leadership over the religious
sites of the Old City Of Jerusalem.  The signing of this covenant may be
what God considers the ultimate blasphemy against him and is now going to
treat us like ancient Egypt.
 
 Sincerely,
Louis A. Romo
 
Proclaiming the soon coming of Elijah to Jerusalem.......If mankind joins
together in praying for his return.......

May God have mercy on us and may Christianity and Judaism recognize Elijah
when he requests to present himself.......

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