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Operation Compassion/Ministry to Israel: 'A Jewish Homecoming'
4/6/01
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Russian Jews
on their way to Israel.
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Buses arrive in Novosibirsk every Monday from Omsk with Jewish
travelers on their way to Israel. Partnering with sister organizations
such as Operation Compassion, Ministry to Israel is expanding the
fishing of Jews in the southern region of Siberia.
Responding to the call to help the Jews in Siberia, Russian Christians
have answered in an overwhelming manner. In only a few short months
Russian “Fisher-men” have been established in four regions
and their influence is growing rapidly. Almost everyday teams go
to Jewish villages, in vans supplied by Church of God Christians,
with information and financial assistance to expedite the tedious
procedures each family must go through in order to immigrate to
Israel.
People like Aaron, a 94-year-old Jewish man who has lived in Omsk
all of his life, now has, for the first time, the chance to fulfill
the hope of a lifetime, to live in the land his forefathers could
only dream about.
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Michael Utterback
and John Nichols with "Fishermen."
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The best friends Israel has are the discerning believers in the
Jewish Messiah. Christians who know deep in their spirits the ultimate
plan of the God of Israel to restore his Chosen People to the Land
of Promise and then reveal Himself to them there.
Today, right now, in the opening decade of this new millennium,
there is a “dividing line of fire” before every nation,
every denomination, every church and every believer. A call from
the Holy Spirit to take a stand for Israel, not necessarily on behalf
of a political entity, but a stance along side the people of Israel,
people to whom God promised He would restore in the last days.
For this purpose, Operation Compassion has chosen to partner with
Ministry to Israel in its endeavors to feed the Russian Jews living
in poverty and help return them to their homeland.
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