How Your Prayers for Israel Make a Difference in Unlocking World Harvest

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Hello and welcome. This is Diane Lake, your host, and I'm going to be sharing how you can understand and apply the prophetic

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through practical terms,

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practical ways, and practical means that make it relevant to everyday life,

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so that you can prepare the way for the Lord's purposes to manifest in the earth.

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This is the podcast, Preparing the Way, the Practical Prophetic.

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Well, hey guys, welcome to episode number 52 titled,

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How Your Prayers for Israel Make a Difference in Unlocking World Harvest.

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By way of introduction, this is a topic I've written about in article format a number of times, several at least,

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but recently I felt like the Lord highlighted for me that I'd never done it in a video or

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in a podcast episode format either one.

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And over time the Lord has added to this message and as far as current events go,

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what began with Israel responding to the invasion of the Hamas terrorist army into Israel on October 7th,

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then in April expanded into a direct conflict between Israel and Iran.

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So obviously prayer for Israel is very extremely important right now.

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As for background, we know that God chose a people out of all the nations of the earth for himself.

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So let's lay a foundation for this because we want to know from scripture

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why we're to pray for them and what the effect will be when we do.

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God called this unique people his beloved nation, Israel.

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Israel means the one who prevails with God.

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Of course, Jesus, who came as a savior for the world, was a Jew born of the Jewish people.

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Born of the tribe of Judah.

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So now we're going to start going through a few scriptures because number one,

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we want to know for sure that we're laying a solid foundation from scripture about our prayers for Israel.

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But also when you pray and decree from scripture, that's the revealed word of God,

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his will revealed through scripture.

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So there is an extra power when you come into agreement with God's word and pray those prayers.

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The Bible tells us that the nation of Israel will endure for all generations.

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You find that in Jeremiah 32, 35 to 36.

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So let's read that in the good word translation.

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It says, and I will dwell among the people of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.

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According to scripture, all peoples of the earth are to bless God's beloved nation, Israel,

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and to pray for the peace of God to be upon that nation.

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We are told that those who bless Israel will be blessed.

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Genesis 12, two to three in the new King James Version says,

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I will make you a great nation.

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God speaking to Abram, I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing.

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I will bless those who bless you and I will curse him who curses you and in you,

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all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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Psalm 122 verse six again in the new King James says,

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

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May they prosper who love you.

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Isaiah 66, excuse me, 62 verses six and seven new King James.

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I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem.

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They shall never hold their peace day or night.

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You who make mention of the Lord do not keep silent and give him his life.

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Do not keep silent and give him no rest till he establishes and till he makes Jerusalem

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a praise in all the earth.

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So see, I'm giving you some verses that you can pray back to the Lord as his revealed will.

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That's a very powerful prayer.

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Now let's move from prayers that we can pray as far as protection and blessing for Israel

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and the Jewish people to the idea that I stated in my title that your prayers for Israel

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and the Jews make a difference in unlocking world in time harvest.

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I once had a prophetic encounter.

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This was a number of years ago in which the Lord reminded me that a critical element

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and key to unlocking the harvest is he plans for us to pray for the nation of Israel.

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I woke one night to unusually clear and distinct revelation.

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I heard the Lord say people that pray for Israel receive a special blessing.

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And we know that according to Genesis 12.3, that's exactly true.

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After I heard that, I was given a series of specific scripture quotations and references.

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So that's unusual.

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That's more specific than I would ever normally expect to get.

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The first verse or scripture portion I got was Romans 11.11.

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The context for that verse is that it's a key passage concerning the restoration of Israel.

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As we know, they did not accept the Messiah when he came the first time.

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So the rest of scripture, I was given concern salvation.

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Hebrews 9 16 to 28, Romans 10 9 and Romans 5 8.

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Now I would really encourage you to go and study all these scriptures out,

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especially by the time we get through with this section.

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If this is something that you want to get deeper into because I'm not going to read every single scripture.

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As I began to pray into this revelation and these scriptures,

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the dots began to connect for me because praying for Israel's salvation is a vital aspect of releasing the harvest.

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And it's actually a message that the Lord had already given me, but he was expanding my revelation on it.

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The nation of Israel and the Jewish people play a critical role in worldwide revival.

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Certain important aspects of end time prophecies have already come to pass,

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like the founding of the state of Israel in May of 1948 and the liberation of the old city of Jerusalem in June of 1967.

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We know that those things were prophesied in Isaiah 66 8 and Luke 21.

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66 8 and Luke 21 24.

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The increase of the messianic movement among Jews both inside and outside of Israel that has followed these events is documented.

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Romans 11 12 reveals that if the Jews falling away was riches unto salvation,

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in other words, after they rejected the Messiah, then the Gentiles and the rest of the world came into their fullness.

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That's what that verse says. Let's read it a little bit more accurately.

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I was kind of adding to it.

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Romans 11 12 states that if the Jews falling away was riches unto salvation,

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for the Gentiles and for the world, how much more will their fullness be?

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In other words, when they do recognize that the Messiah came that first time as their Savior.

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Verse 15 says that if by their casting away the world was reconciled,

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their acceptance of the Messiah will be as life from the dead.

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That's a pretty drastic comparison, I would say.

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Something very good being raised from the dead.

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And Ezekiel 36 23 declares that after Israel is restored, then quote,

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the nation shall know that I am the Lord.

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Quote, that's new King James.

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The increase of world revival, signs and wonders and significant advances in evangelism

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that have followed the restoration of Israel, the land that is the nation of Israel,

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and the beginning of their return to the Lord are all well documented, as I've started to mention before.

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There's two resources, three sources, if you'd like to check this out for yourself,

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that I have found very helpful.

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The first one is titled God's promises and the future of Israel.

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That's by Don Finto, F-I-N-T-O, and Megashift by James Roots, R-U-T-Z.

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This brings the realization that there are specific things that will trigger the end time harvest.

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And I don't know how to tell you anymore emphatically that one of these is prayer for the Jews.

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If you carry a burden for Israel or revival or the release of the end time harvest,

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anyone or combination of these things, I would highly suggest you study all the scripture passages

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that I've just given to you and pray them over Israel.

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Pray that deaf ears may hear and blind eyes may see.

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Because as they return to the land into the Lord, we will see the continued escalation toward

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an ultimate release of the total worldwide revival that the Lord has plans for us.

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And isn't that so exciting when you can come into agreement with His plans and help be an agent?

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That's why we talk about in the beginning of our podcast.

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We want to apply the prophetic so we can help the Lord's purposes be accomplished in the earth.

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For many years now, you can tell I've had a very personal assignment

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from the Lord to pray for the salvation of the Jews,

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that they would return to the land into the Lord.

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Very specific assignment.

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And as we've discussed, people that pray these things receive a special blessing.

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And you know, my hand's raised.

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I want to be someone who receives a special blessing from the Lord.

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I'm sure you do too.

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But little did I realize that I would come to have a far more vested interest

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in praying for the Jewish people than I had ever known.

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Because as it turned out a couple years ago, my youngest son married a beautiful young Jewish woman.

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So needless to say, I am praying with brand new enthusiasm for the salvation of the Jews.

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Not only for my young daughter-in-law, but for any future grandchildren and generations.

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And of course, for her family.

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So honestly, when I pray, I think of my daughter-in-law, my future grandkids,

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future generations, family, whatever associated with that.

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I see that as a first fruits.

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I ask the Lord to give that as a first fruits.

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Just my interpretation in a personal way.

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Recently, while I was in a deep time of intercession for the Jews,

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I found myself praying and decreeing something.

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Not from my mind, but from my spirit, from my heart.

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I don't know if you've ever had that happen where you're like, wait, what?

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What did I just say?

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What did I just pray?

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I don't know if that's happened to you, but in a deep place of intercession for me, it can.

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And I found myself repeatedly saying and praying this phrase,

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salvation has come to the house of Israel.

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That's powerful because we know that our God calls things that are not as though they are.

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So he's saying, it's coming.

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It's coming.

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It's here.

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It's accomplished.

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Even though it's not.

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So that's exciting.

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So friends, as fellow joint heirs of Christ and a friend of the Jews,

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I invite you to join me in decreeing this.

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Not every time you pray for the Jews necessarily, but decree it.

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Because what we do when we do that is we're bringing the will of heaven down,

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something that we've heard the Lord say, then we decree it in the earth realm.

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And that's very powerful.

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We become an agent who helps bring about the will and purposes of God that way.

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So I invite you to say that and decree that in your own prayer life,

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but I'm also going to invite you to say that here now with me.

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If you're listening or you're watching, let's say that phrase together.

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Salvation has come to the house of Israel.

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Let's do it again.

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Salvation has come to the house of Israel.

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One more time together we decree Lord Jesus.

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Salvation has come to the house of Israel.

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Yes, and amen.

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Let it be so Lord Jesus, according to your will.

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