I
TOO SENT MY SON TO ISRAEL This
story is not meant in humor-- It is meant to make you think...
A Jewish father was concerned
about his son who was about a year away from his Bar Mitzvah but was sorely lacking
in his knowledge of the Jewish faith. To
remedy this he sent his son to Israel to experience his heritage. A
year later the young man returned home. "Father,
thank you for sending me to the land of our Fathers," the son said."It was wonderful
and enlightening, however, I must confess that while in Israel I converted to
Christianity." |
"Oy
vey," replied the father, "what have I done?" So in the tradition of the patriarchs,
he went to his best friend and sought his advice and solace.
"It is amazing that you
should come to me," stated his friend, "I too sent my son to Israel and he returned
a Christian." So in the tradition of the patriarchs, they went to the Rabbi.
"It is amazing
that you should come to me," stated the Rabbi, "I too sent my son to Israel and
he returned a Christian. What is happening to our sons? Brothers, we must take
this to the Lord," said the Rabbi. They
fell to their knees and began to wail and pour out their hearts to the Almighty.
As they prayed the clouds above opened and a Mighty Voice stated, "Amazing that
you should come to Me. I, too, sent My Son to Israel......"
Zechariah
14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the
midst of thee.
2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall
be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut
off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those
nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand
in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and
the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward
the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall
remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye shall flee
to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto
Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with
thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be
clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD,
not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be
light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from
Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder
sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over
all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
10 All
the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and
it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the
place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel
unto the king's winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall
be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that
have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand
upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue
shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day,
that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold
every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the
hand of his neighbour.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the
wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver,
and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse,
of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be
in these tents, as this plague.
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one
that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go
up
from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast
of tabernacles.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the
families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even
upon them shall be no rain.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come
not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite
the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This shall
be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up
to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells
of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall
be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in
Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall
come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more
the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
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