''After being marred for eighteen centuries by Judaeophobia, anti-Judaism, and anti-Semitism, a revolution of restoration is impacting the Christian church. Scholars, clergy, and laity from virtually every nationality, ethnicity, and denomination are reconnecting their faith in Jesus with its historical Jewish roots.

''Recovering the church's Hebraic heritage is restoring an over-Hellenized, over-Latinized Christianity to the faith of Jesus and the apostles. It is replacing the church's traditional Greco-Roman dualistic mindset with the biblically Hebraic holistic mindset in which the earliest church expressed their faith and devotion to God. Believers' lives are being enriched as they become more truly Christian (Christ-like) by being more like their Jewish Lord.'' - So says John D. Garr, Ph.D. of the Restoration Foundation.

Now is also the time in which the prayers of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, which He prayed for all who would receive His Word in John 17 are being answered, at this time and in this - your generation! John 17 teaches us that if there is to be a glorious church it will be the product of this supernatural and vital unity between believing Jewish believers in Yeshua and us so called 'Gentile' Christians, which testimony alone will convince the world that the Almighty Father really sent His Son into the world to be a sacrifice for sin! No amount of 'politically correct' religious ecumenical unity apart from the Messianic believers whom He refered to as 'My brothers' - will accomplish this.

 The picture below is of the Kotel, the Western wall of the original temple in Jerusalem. It is all that remains and is a favourite place of prayer - for good reason.

Although other parts of the Temple Mount retaining wall remain standing, the Western Wall is especially dear, as it is the spot closest to the Holy of Holies, the central focus of the Temple.

 

 

 

 

 

After they were filled with the Spirit, the early believers in Yeshua overcame their fears and were frequently to be found in and around the temple - especially during the set times of prayer. When King Solomon built the Temple, he specifically asked God to heed the prayer of the non-Jew who comes to the Temple (1 Kings 8:41-43). The Jewish prophet refers to the Temple as a "House of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56.7). To see a live webcam view of the Kotel (Western Wall) click here.