It’s another sign of revival and, to some believers, nothing less than evidence God is moving in the Holy Land as the End Times near.
Messianic Jewish leader Zev Porat, head of Messiah of Israel Ministries, recently succeeded in preaching the Gospel at a synagogue in Israel. In conversations with the cantor and the rabbi of the synagogue, Porat shocked the Jewish believers with his scriptural proofs that Yeshua, Jesus Christ, was the supreme sacrifice that allowed the Law to be fulfilled.
Naturally, both the cantor and the rabbi reacted with surprise and some anger, because as Jews they do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. However, Porat drew their attention when he referenced Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, one of Israel’s most revered scriptural authorities. When both the cantor and the rabbi said they would believe what Rabbi Kaduri believed, Porat amazed them again by showing them the “The Rabbi Who Found Messiah,” which details the remarkable story of how the legendary Jewish teacher may have discovered Yeshua really was the Messiah.
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The consequences of Porat’s testimony in the synagogue are still playing out.
“Ever since my visit in the synagogue that day, Cantor Ron Labovitz and I continue to have conversations on the phone concerning the biblical evidence of Yeshua as Messiah,” Porat told WND. “Cantor Ron Labovitz told me that many who heard the Gospel in the synagogue during that ministry encounter are continually questioning him and Rabbi Abraham Zinger about those things we were able to share and reveal.”
Porat said the abbi’s students “are fascinated by Kaduri’s revelation and also by the Bible verses I was able to study with them in the synagogue.”
“Canter Ron says they only want to talk about what they heard about the Kaduri Messiah-revelation instead of studying the Talmud rabbinic books,” Porat said. “The seed was planted. The soil is fertile. The fruit is promising.”
According to Porat, Labovitz said Zinger regrets letting Porat enter the synagogue, calling him a “troublemaker.”
“I am honored, to the glory of Yeshua to be called a troublemaker for the Kingdom’s sake,” Porat said. “What is amazing and supernatural to me, is the fact that cantor has not surrendered his life to Yeshua yet, but he is encouraging the continued conversations in the synagogue. I believe this to be a part of a number of stunning End Time occurrences.”
Since Rabbi Kaduri’s death and the revelation of his mysterious last message hinting at Yeshua being the Jewish Messiah, an increasing number of Jews in Israel have come to faith in Jesus Christ. “The Rabbi Who Found Messiah” has served as a valuable tool of ministry in the revival, according to Porat.
The remarkable TRUE story of how one of Israel’s most revered spiritual teachers found the answer to an ancient mystery. Learn the facts about the most exciting spiritual development in the Holy Land today. “The Rabbi Who Found Messiah” by Carl Gallups, available now in the WND Superstore.
“Orthodox Jews in Israel continue to be fascinated by the revelations set forth in the book ‘The Rabbi Who Found Messiah’, written by Pastor Carl Gallups,” claimed Porat.
“I sincerely believe God chose Rabbi Kaduri to be greatly used to impact the End Times’ ingathering of his people, the Jews, as stated in Romans 11:26. I also believe that Yeshua Ha Mashiach selected Pastor Gallups to be the one to powerfully reveal the Kaduri declaration to the Jews in Israel, in written and visual format. He does this in an investigative manner – a style that often proves to be very convincing to the inquisitive Jewish mind.”
Gallups, a former law enforcement officer who now is a radio host and pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton, Florida, agrees with Porat that the growing acceptance of Jesus Christ as Messiah among Jews is a sign of the Last Days.
“As I point out in a couple chapters in my latest book, ‘When the Lion Roars,’ there is an unprecedented and growing movement among the Jewish population in general of a turning toward Yeshua as Messiah,” Gallups told WND. “That relatively recent phenomenon not only applies to Jews coming to Christ around the world, but also and specifically in Israel. There are more messianic congregations in Israel now than ever before, and their numbers are increasing.”
Gallups claims the growth of Messianic Judaism may be underestimated because many Jews keep their new beliefs secret to avoid persecution.
“I have several contacts inside Israel that confirm that there are an increasing number of secret study rooms springing up, especially in the metropolitan areas of Israel, where Jewish people can go and participate in a guided study of the scriptural proof that Yeshua is the Messiah that they seek,” the pastor claimed. “Most of the Jews in Israel that have surrendered to Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah are still a bit hesitant to come forward fully with their new-found faith for fear of persecution and even rejection – often by their own family members and even employers.
“More often than not, for an orthodox Jew to profess Jesus as Messiah in Israel is no small matter. There are Jewish legal/social-action organizations that have formed inside Israel for the sole purpose of rooting out those Jews who are claiming that they have turned from Judaism to Jesus. They also actively pursue groups or individuals that are attempting to evangelize Jews in the name of Jesus. Zev has been routinely persecuted by such groups. I also have been targeted by some of these groups in Internet smear campaigns.”
Gallups emphasized the revival’s success is partially due to the late rabbi’s method of revealing the truth he discovered.
“I think Kaduri’s method of revealing his revelation, through a note posted on his website a year after his death written in coded format, was brilliant!” Gallups said. “It was divinely inspired, I believe. Because if he had simply declared that truth with his mouth, he would have been summarily dismissed as a crazy old man who had lost his mind at the very last.
“But by revealing the messianic truth to a select group of his students, and then announcing the fact that he was going to eventually post a note with the name of Messiah to the attendees of his synagogue services, only a few months before his death, he insured that his message would have to be taken seriously by all who had any spiritual discernment at all. And the results have been amazing – and continue to amaze.”
Porat emphasized the Jewish nature of the revival and its organic roots within the Jewish tradition, including the tradition of his own family.
“I come from a family that has a heritage of rabbinical tradition,” he told WND. “My father was a rabbi, as well as his father, and his father’s father. My great-grandfather knew Rabbi Kaduri personally. This is why, as a man who was training to become a rabbi when I believed in Yeshua as Messiah, I am particularly overwhelmed that Yeshua has chosen me to be part of what is happening in Israel today, for the Kingdom’s sake.”
And the Messianic Jewish leader said his daily experiences are linked to overwhelming global changes that herald nothing less than the fulfillment of prophecy.
“As believers in Yeshua and the Word of God, we are watching prophetic events all over the world that possess profound prophetic overtones,” he said. “These include the rise of ISIS, the re-Islamization of Turkey, China and Russia heavily engaged in the Middle East with a powerful military presence, and in particular, the ongoing battles over Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. On top of all these things, Jews and Arabs around the world are being saved like never before. We are now in the midst of unfolding prophecy, right before our eyes.”
The remarkable TRUE story of how one of Israel’s most revered spiritual teachers found the answer to an ancient mystery. Learn the facts about the most exciting spiritual development in the Holy Land today. “The Rabbi Who Found Messiah” by Carl Gallups, available now in the WND Superstore.
