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Myles & Katharine Weiss

Dear Reader,

Greetings from Jerusalem—the City of the Great King!

If you follow today’s news and our television program, Zola Levitt Presents, you know that things on our planet are heating up, speeding up, and looking up! We followers of Yeshua and His Word—the entire Bible—rejoice amid the mishigas (Yiddish for craziness) that is overtaking the world.

Katharine and I just completed two weeks of television production here in God’s covenant Land. With our faithful crew from Berg Productions, we covered a lot of ground (literally) and topical material. Always planning ahead, we try to shoot segments for future series, and this trip held to that pattern. We updated the Feasts of the Lord (our programs, not the Biblical mandates!) and added some stand-alone programs on Shavuot (Pentecost), Purim (Esther’s season), and the Fall Feasts (Trumpets, Atonement, and Booths). We included some awesome interviews and messages from Israeli Believers and even from their children. Watch for some surprising and touching moments on upcoming broadcasts.


Holocaust survivors

Making judicious use of your donations, we also prepared for our pending spring 2016 series — working title: Out of the Ashes/L’Chaim! The overall intention is to tell the story of Israel’s restoration after the horrors of the Holocaust. To that end, we journeyed to the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s Haifa home for Holocaust survivors. ICEJ is one of the many organizations that Zola Levitt Ministries supports in the Land and a recipient of our benevolence funds for many years. The interviews with two of the home’s residents were extremely emotional for Katharine, me, and the film crew. You will find them a significant part of our next series.

Two important aspects of producing TV programs related to the Holocaust:

  1. The need to respect the dignity of the survivors and never to exploit them. Unfortunately, not everyone shares this value as we do. So we chose these interviewees based on THEIR fervent desire to tell their stories as soon and deeply as possible. As the generation of the Holocaust passes from the scene, Holocaust deniers are emboldened to lie about the events of WWII.

    After visiting Gotha concentration camp, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower wisely wrote to Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall on April15,1945: “I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’” Supporters of Israel and history must remember and retell the story of this maniacal and methodical genocide.
  2. Avoiding the trap of Moslem propaganda that denies the Jewish people’s ancient connection with Israel. Moslems would like the world to believe that Israelis are recently arrived European colonists who stole Arab land. Thus, any Holocaust-related program must include the understanding of very ancient Jewish roots here in the Land. Our television programs, newsletters, and website do that.

Please pray for us regarding these tricky aspects of our production. In respect to our connection with ICEJ, let me recount three very interesting events that recently occurred here in Jerusalem.

  1. The two Chief Rabbis (Ashkenazi and Sephardic, of European and Mediterranean ancestry, respectively) declared the Christian Embassy and its work a scourge in Israel. They claimed that the only purpose of Christian Zionists is to convert Jews to Christianity. A Jewish man named Isi Leibler wrote a wonderful Op-Ed in rebuttal. He demanded an apology and recounted the sacrificial history of ICEJ and other Christian groups here in Israel. You can read Leibler’s article at http://wp.me/pieUD-2ju

    We Messianic Believers are committed to sharing our faith through our testimony, but many followers of Christ here in Israel have determined to 1) trust God with Jewish spiritual identity and 2) work simply to be friends with and love the Jewish people and alleviate the burdens of this tough neighborhood. Of course, the irony is that following Yeshua does not make one less of a Jew. Yeshua has enhanced my own “Jewishness” and my commitment to Israel and the Jewish world.
  2. David Parsons is Media and Public Relations Director for ICEJ and a frequent interview guest on Zola Levitt Presents. We ran into David during Sukkot at an Embassy soirée for invited guests. He lit up when he saw us and effused, “I have to tell you; a woman called us. She had seen my interview with you for ZLP in which I recounted how God gave me a heart for the Jewish people. I told her how the ‘spirit of adoption’ overtook my soul, and she was so moved by it that she came to work for us!”

    Katharine and I were overjoyed at this news and wonder how many other lives are being altered by what we do, together with your prayers and financial support.
  3. We had a Peter-like encounter. While we were producing promos on the rooftop of DayStar studios, ICEJ’s executive director Jurgen Buhler was being interviewed on the roof of TBN … next door. As if in a vision of Jews and gentiles together, he and I chatted about our projects. I told him that we had just been in Haifa visiting ICEJ’s survivors home and that we had interviewed residents with the intent to create documentary series that recount their stories and how God restored us to the Land after WWII. Buhler was grateful to hear my news and suggested: “By the way, you should be our guests tonight as “Chairman’s Delegates” to the Sukkot gathering. Nearly 5,000 people from almost 100 nations gather yearly to celebrate [the Feast of] Tabernacles in a mikrah, a rehearsal, of upcoming millennial life.” (See Zechariah 14:16–19)

    DayStar’s Jerusalem leaders escorted us, and ICEJ rolled out the red carpet for us. This led to an encounter with TBN representatives and an invitation to be on their Jerusalem-based program next spring! Our Lord loves to surprise us.

As a Jewish believer in Yeshua, I am fervent in telling my people about the Mashiach. Katharine and I serve on the board of FIRM (Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries) whose mandate is not only Genesis 12:1–3 (to bless the sons of Abraham) but also Galatians 6:10 (to do good to all, especially those of the household of faith). FIRM is connecting the Church around the world directly to the Body of Messiah in Israel.

This activity is controversial because Israeli policy counts on groups like ICEJ NOT to witness to the Jewish people, but just to love them and awaken the world to the wonder of Israel. And this they do with class and integrity.

One might expect tension between ICEJ and FIRM, but there is none. Rather, there’s mutual respect and cooperation, recognizing that, as God showed me once, He has a big chuppah (wedding canopy). There is room for everyone to work who has a mind to work. We each need to find our place under the canopy and “work while it is day” (John 9:4).

A major part of this ministry’s work is the production of high-quality television that honors the God of Abraham. In November, Zola Levitt Presents programs include:

FIRM with Wayne Hilsden
Pastor Hilsden led King of Kings Community in Jerusalem for over two decades. When he saw the need for Christian ministries to support the Body of Messiah in Israel, he organized the Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries (FIRM). As he speaks with Myles and Katharine, we’ll hear that God’s heart for the Jewish people includes the message of Yeshua.
Letters
Myles and Katharine respond to letters and emails from viewers of the program and readers of the Levitt Letter. Tune in to hear them tackle controversial subjects that include conversion to Judaism, the ideology of Islam, and prophetic signs of our era.
Giants and Fallen Angels
Dr. Dennis Lindsay discusses his new book Giants, Fallen Angels and the Return of the Nephilim, and opens our eyes to the invisible world and the dangers that loom ahead, just as predicted in Bible prophecies. Myles gives us a preview of the series Times of the Signs, which begins the following week.

Times of the Signs. In this eight-program TV series, Myles and Katharine Weiss encourage Believers to look beyond the troubling prophetic signs of our day and live in growing expectation of our Messiah’s return. return.

On the Prophetic Horizon
The first program reviews the major prophetic signs that point to the return of Yeshua (Jesus). Myles and Katharine lay out an overview of the series and the quickening pace of prophecy.
Government on Whose Shoulders?
Just as prideful Nimrod built the tower in Babel, Satan attempts to install a man-based government over Earth. Witness the United Nations, which claims to seek world peace but stands against Israel and, thusly, against the God of Israel and the Prince of Peace. The King of the Jews will return in all His glory. Mankind’s only hope lies in humbly accepting Yeshua’s sacrifice on the cross. Only then will we be lifted up to rule with Him.

As I write this letter to you, Katharine and I are preparing to meet our tour groups, first in Athens and a week later in Jerusalem. We have two buses of pilgrims this time. Truthfully, groups of fewer than 100 pilgrims, such as ours, are a delight because Katharine and I get a chance to really know the individuals and pray with them. Several friends of ours joined Zola Tours after traveling on a gargantuan tour of 20 buses, specifically coming with us because they want to be near the leaders and really sense the pastoral care and anointing that Zola Tours’ teaching provides.

I want to urge you to join us in the spring of 2016. Virtually every visitor to Israel recounts the life-changing nature of these study tours. As Zola always observed: “A trip to Israel is worth more than ten years of Sunday School.”

These are joyful study tours, not mere vacations. You will be amazed at how the Bible comes alive in His land. To personalize your pilgrimage, call Sandra, our Zola Tours manager, to discuss options at 214-696-9760. You may also email her at travel@levitt.com, or get information at www.levitt.com/tours.

You can select your trip from spring 2016’s study tour options:

Deluxe Israel (Israel only)Mar 13–22$4,288
Grand Petra (Israel & Petra)Mar 13–25$5,288
Prices include airport tax, fuel surcharges (subject to change), and tips.

Katharine and I would love to host you. But whether you join a tour or not, please remember: Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim!—Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! (Ps. 122:6)

Your brother and messenger,
Myles Myles

P.S. Find your place under God’s chuppah by praying and allowing Him access to your heart. Perhaps standing with us financially is also part of His call to you.

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