The Rocks Of Jerusalem Cry Out

The very rocks of Jerusalem cry out Shalom from Yerushalayim, the City of the Great King! The very rocks of this precious city testify to the 36 wars that have raged over her. She has been reduced to ashes 17 times. She has risen 18 times. She has been sanctified by blood and by martyrs. She has known the hoof beats of Assyrian war chariots, the battering rams of Rome. She has heard the hissing arcs of Saladin's sabers, the rattling of Crusaders' chainmail, and the tattoo of Israeli gunfire. Heaven and earth met in Jerusalem and will meet here again. Jerusalem is the navel of the earth and the apple of God's eye. I have been your ambassador to Jerusalem for decades, standing up to presidents and prime ministers at UN assemblies, peace conferences such as the one in Madrid, and even at the White House. Right now we have a huge opportunity to stand for the Jewish people and show the world God's love, but we can't do it without your help. I am asking you today to send a sacrificial gift so that we can continue this vital work. Being here in Israel and seeing the open hatred and desire for the destruction of God's Chosen People so active is heartbreaking, especially in light of my recent trip to Ukraine and Belarus. The Jewish people I met there (and the needs are SO great—please continue to pray with me for these dear people) long to come to Israel. Yet, even those who do come are not safe. The same hatred for God's Chosen People that threatens their lives and future in Ukraine is very evident here. Nearly 30 years ago, God directed me to go behind the Iron Curtain into the former Soviet Union to work for the release of Jewish people there so that they could go to Israel. I'll never forget the day I was able to present President Ronald Reagan with a petition signed by one million people urging the release of Russian Jews, including dissident Natan Sharansky. Nothing that I am sharing with you is budgeted. We have made the biggest step of faith of our ministry this year—not only to launch the brightest light in the nation of Israel with the first Christian museum in the Jewish state, but also to do so much there to help suffering Holocaust victims. Yet we cannot turn away from this urgent need. We must do both! Today, I am asking you to open your heart to the cries for help from Ukraine. - Dr. Mike Evans