London Connection

While I was in London, I had the opportunity to spend a day with Steve Maltz, a wonderful Jewish man who is a strong believer in Yeshua HaMashiach.  He took me on a tour of East London, a place that was once the home of Jewish life in England and is now, unbelievably, a center of Muslim activity.

Steve has written several books about the need for recovering the Hebrew and Jewish background of our faith.  They are worth reading.  Here is his web site:

http://www.saffronplanet.net/

 

I wanted to show you three photos of the shifting social climate in London (and Britain).  The first is a picture of a building that was originally the church of the Huguenots (early 18th Century), then a Methodist Chapel where John Wesley preached, then the Center of the London Jewish Society, then a synagogue, and now a MOSQUE!

The second is a photo of the last Jewish business in this entire area, fittingly a funeral parlor, now closed.

Finally, a picture of an historic synagogue sandwiched between two enormous Islamic buildings (notice the signs)  The Muslims cannot tear it down because it is in the historical record.  Do you see the remnants of something thrown against the building?

Please keep Steve and his organization in your prayers.  He is in the middle of a major spiritual battle.

 

 

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Richard Laplante

Skip, you state about this photo, “Finally, a picture of an historic synagogue sandwiched between two enormous Islamic buildings (notice the signs) The Muslims cannot tear it down because it is in the historical record. Do you see the remnants of something throw against the building?”

I’m not sure this is what you are referring to but to me, on the right side of the synagogue door looks like a mezuzah. If so, that sandwiched between these two Islamic building are contained the words, “Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One”

Richard Laplante

Ah! Yes, I see what you mean. It is an offense to the community and the Nations.

That said, Scripture has something else to say, “God is in the midst of her [Israel], she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah (Ps. 46:5-7).

Jan Carver

i see a huge splatter up above the blue door on the right by the star of david, just under the number 5659… you know i have never seen so much graffiti until just recently & seems a lot of it is in England/London & there a bouts…

isn’t the One True God of Israel first & then all of us wild olive shoots grafted in – aren’t we always an offense to the “world & it’s systems?” what is new under the sun – it is only going get worse to get better…

for a look at some street art/graffiti in UK/England you can go here – just a small sampling i’m sure:
THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL by Dave in Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roystonvasey/sets/72157627715752257/with/6438872203/

btw – that first photo reminds me of the tower of babel with a pincer on the end & in the middle photo is that Christmas tinsel bordering the brick building on the left or some kind of security wire???

jan

Kees Brakshoofden

Hi Skip,

Sadly this is nothing new to me. It’s happening all over Europe. Churches are being closed by the dozens. Last week the newspaper said that the Roman Katholic church had to close 13 churches in the city of Tilburg, Holland, a medium large city. Protestant churches are disappearing just as fast. Synagogues have been burned on the mainland much longer ago: when nazi Germany crushed Europe and killed every Jew they could find. So there aren’t that many synagogues left. Also sadly Holland is no longer a (political) friend of Israel, although we have a Jewish minister of foreign affairs right now…. But I wonder what the US is going to do with Obama, a friend of the muslims…?

Some time ago I was talking about the Jewish faith in one of my classes. This class had about 60% muslim children. One of them said during the lesson – and his eyes were on fire – All Jews are bad, master, all Jews are bad! They kill Palestinian children, they should be killed themselves! Whatever I tried to say, it made no impact. They are being thoroughly brainwashed in their mosques.

Again we hear of Jews being attacked in the streets just because they are Jews. This is very worrying. But in some large cities police is afraid of entering certain areas that are mainly muslim. In Britain some cities alow unofficial muslim judges to judge with muslim sharia. In Holland this does not happen – yet?

I will never forget what a muslim imam once said on television: We will make Europe a muslim state. It may take long, but we’ll simply out-breed you! And indeed: muslim families are often very blessed with children…

Kees Brakshoofden

But let us not forget: there is only One Who determines what the future is going to be…
Praise God!

Kees Brakshoofden

And to end with a smile: last winter one of my muslim pupils said to me, when was leaving school: Sir, you will go to hell! I said: Well, thank you. At least I won’t be so cold there! It was snowing… 😉

Michael

“last winter one of my muslim pupils said to me, when was leaving school: Sir, you will go to hell!”

Hi Kees,

That’s funny, based on my experienece with Muslims, it is hard to imagine one saying “hell”

I’ve worked with Jews and Muslims and Hindus for years on different projects

And never heard a Muslim use a disrespectful word to anyone

After moving to Silicon Valley from Sausalito years ago

I always thought Silicon Valley was a God forsaken wilderness by comparison

But maybe it is a little more like Paradise than I ever realized 🙂

Kees Brakshoofden

In the eyes of muslims there are only two parts in the world: the house of peace, where muslims rule, and the house of war, where they do not rule YET!!! Their plan is to make it the house of peace by any means: lieing, cheeting, being nice, etc. All is alowed to conquer the house of war, which is …. us!

Michael

“All is alowed to conquer the house of war, which is …. us”

Hi Kees,

In case you haven’t seen the news in the last few years

There are revolutions within Islamic countries today

Young and old Muslims are dying for the same democratic values

That the Founders of the USA fought for 🙂

LaVaye Billings

Kees, Thanks to the Creator of the Universe, that you could come up with such a delightful answer to the student that said, “‘SIR, you wil go to hell!—– Because we have lived in a Muslim Country, and I have read for forty five years everything I could get my hands on current Islamic teachings, we are very well aware of all this, too. I have wept and interceeded over my own country, U.S. and really many of the nations of the world. I still do often.

Before the last election, I truly believe that when it first became barely known that a man that was sired by a Muslin father, and raised by a muslim step-father, etc. ( his first book stated these things –we read it, others, too, many conservative people read it and wrote comments or short reviews.—–mainstream press igonored it all—), but soon- very soon that book was snatched off the shelves and replaced by another book omitting such things.
During this period of time, I became literally very ill with grief. I have never been know to have stomach problems, but for three days and nights I was exceedly ill. I truly believe it was for the grief that the Holy Spirit of God showed me could/would happen to our nation and world. In the muslim beliefs, if your father is a muslim, you will always be one, too. It does not matter what religion they say they have taken on recently–( to get where they want to go) they are still a muslim at heart.. The American liberal press, and the worldly leaders are so thrilled to get Yahwa, Jesus, Jews, Christians out of their hair that they rejoiced and still are rejoicing to get someone else.
American people are basically so caught up into getting more and more money to buy more and more things, to see and do more & more fun things, to go to more places, and it never ends. I Timothy 6:5 ” Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8. And having food and rainment let us be content. 9. But they that will be rich fall into tempation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

IN A BOOK, NOW OUT OF PRINT, ” THE LAST OF THE GIANTS,- Lifting the Veil on Islam and the End Times” by George Otis, Jr. —-It is a book by a researcher on Islam and spiritual realities underlying current world events. It was dsitributed by Fleming H. Revell Co.’s Chosen Books.——unfortunately someone took our book from our home several years ago. But our twice a week newspaper, with the owner/ editor, did a lenghty interview of our lives in a country with 95 % muslim people and a summary of the book. The editor and his wife wrote it up very well with correct information; we and the book cover, were pictured on the front page. At that time, some people told me they could not find the book, and it was out of print. I have not looked on line but am going to do so now. I think it was written and we had the paper back, before we left Houston in 1993, so it must have been published in the late “80’s.

Please Do not ignore looking for the book, because of the partial title, ” the end times”. The best I remember end times was barely mentioned. The STASTICS WITH PERTINENT INFORMATION TO BACK IT UP WAS VALUABLE AND INTERESTINGLY WRITTEN. I recall later, that the author stated that his only known God given gifts were in statistic and research. ( His father was a well known Charismatic Minister of the Gospel. ( However; I will say, that too many years ago to remember, I stopped reading or studying “end time things”– so it is possible that i just skimmed it and went over that part. I do not think that was the case though. –

— All the things Skip has written on this subject, and MUCH More were in the book.– At the time the book was written there were 300 Christian Churches that had been overtaken and turned into mosques.—–YES, THE MUSLIMS DEFINETLY THINK THEIR LARGE BIRTH RATE IS A big and valuable PART OF EVENTUALLY TAKING OVER THE WORLD. THEY ARE A VERY “PATIENT” GROUP OF PEOPLE— BUT AS STATED ABOVE—-YAHWEH STILL ANSWERS PRAYERS, AND BLESSES REPENTANT PEOPLE,, WE MUST CONTINUE TO SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD ( OF THE OLD & NEW COVENANTS, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, PLUS ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AND FAINT NOT!—-KEEP WARM NEAR THAT OLD COLD WET SEA!—
— WE HAVE NOW HAD 6 Inches of rain for the year— with some of it the past two days, and 51 degrees yesterday, last night, and today into the 60’s– in Central TX. My husband’s sister-in-law and family live in Ruby, Alaska—- past night’s temp: minus – 25. ice on the Yukon River thick enough to let them use snowmobiles to ride on it. And they think that they are in Warming Years. She was born and raised there, and is an Athabascan Indian–educated in Sitka in Catholic Schools, several hundred miles away from where she lived.——

Christina Venter

“Beloved Abba Father. We come to You as Your children and pray with Steve for what You are doing through and for Steve for Your Kingdom. We thank you that we can trust/bitachon in you. No matter what people are trying in Your world/planet earth. We know that Your perfect will will be done and each prophecy will be fullfilled as written in Your Word. Your banner over us is Your love. You are our strong tower and we run to You only in these last days. Your perfect love casts our all fear. We declare therefore that we will not fear but trust You. You ensure victory over the enemy. You alone are the real power and no harm will come to us because You love your childern so much. We bless Your Holy Name. Amen and Amen!

We can be at peace because the Almighty are with us always. He will never leave or forsake His children.
Shalom Shalom!

Jan Carver

AMEN CHRISTINA VENTER, AMEN & AMEN & SO BE IT…♥ JAN

Christina Venter

Shalom dear Jan. Thank you for standing and agreeing with my prayer.

Blessings!