You said, “Oops. Me thinks Obama is going to get a come-uppance. Unfortunately, America will suffer with it, too.”

Obama will get his come-uppance, yes, but who put him into office but “we the people.” As a whole, we deserve a come-uppance just as much as our leader. I agree that America needs to wake up and watch out- and maybe a large-scale earthquake is just what we need to do that.

This whole thing is very interesting to watch… Thanks for doing what you do.

Blessings in Yahshua,
KallyLyn

Kimberly Rogers Says:
March 19th, 2011 at 20:53
I didn’t vote for him, so I didn’t put him in office. However, I will still have to suffer the consequences he brings to America. Thanks for you comment.

You said, “Oops. Me thinks Obama is going to get a come-uppance. Unfortunately, America will suffer with it, too.”

Obama will get his come-uppance, yes, but who put him into office but “we the people.” As a whole, we deserve a come-uppance just as much as our leader. I agree that America needs to wake up and watch out- and maybe a large-scale earthquake is just what we need to do that.

This whole thing is very interesting to watch… Thanks for doing what you do.

Blessings in Yahshua,
KallyLyn

Kimberly Rogers Says:
March 19th, 2011 at 20:53
I didn’t vote for him, so I didn’t put him in office. However, I will still have to suffer the consequences he brings to America. Thanks for you comment.

Kimberly Rogers Says:
July 23rd, 2011 at 15:52
Yes. You may share anything on this site. Thank you for wanting to do that.

Shalom!

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 22nd, 2011 at 22:06
I’m still trying to verify this account, but it is significant if true!

JulieKG Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:41
Question…. The date listed for the letter that Jannene received was dated Oct 10… Yes the event is listed as happening on Oct 25th. Is this an over sight? Or is it an event that took place in Oct 2010?
Thanks

sampson64th Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:01
Kimberly….How can I get a hold of the person who wrote the Letter, Renah?

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:16
JulieKG, I don’t know the answer to your question. And I don’t know how to reach Jannene except through the email at the bottom of the PDF.

sampson64th Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:21
I am clicking on the PDF link that says: click here and I am getting a blank page. Do you have Jannene’s email. I would like to email her and confirm this story….I have tons of facebook friends that are getting sooo excited about this news and I need verification

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:38
Here is contact info:
Jannene Howse
P.O. Box 364 Warburton, VIC 3799 Australia
http://entersoulspace.blogspot.com/
nnh@aanet.com.au
0432121934

Jannene’s document contains many scriptural errors such as stating that Yeshua’s law was done away. I only printed her account for the story of what allegedly happened to the Jews. Her story remains unsubstantiated at this time. However, if there is even a glimmer of truth to this, then it is quite significant.

howie Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 15:54
Sorry to say that this account is probably not true as there are many clues in the writings which reduce the credibility ( as pointed out by reputable sources in the land )

The orthodox would not be visiting cafes near the wall on the sabbath for numerous reasons- they wont buy and sell, they wouldnt be open , and there arent really cafes near the wall., and generally not many arabs/palestinians near the wall.

Why would messiah emphasise keeping sabbath to folks who keep sabbath??

it would be unlikely that they would travel all the way up to the sea of
Galilee on the sabbath especially to be baptised in a christian spot, when there are mikvah places all around.

Why mention the AENT??

They would probably not visit churches to share the message???
And the more notable news would have been the reaction of other orthodox to the situation. Even in the beleiving community this would have been heard.

Not sure what the motivation behind this possible hoax would be, except to promote ones ministry and gain financial support????

anyway I wouldnt pass it around.

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 20:10
There are others who have said there were problems with the account. Why don’t some of you contact Jannene for clarification?

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 23rd, 2011 at 20:17
Contact:

Here is contact info:
Jannene Howse
P.O. Box 364 Warburton, VIC 3799 Australia
http://entersoulspace.blogspot.com/
nnh@aanet.com.au
0432121934

Don’t get all excited yet! We still have to substantiate this account. Please participate in this process and keep me informed. Thank you.

BelieversJourney Says:
November 24th, 2011 at 09:22
Hi Kimberly,
I agree with howie, there are all kinds of things that give a check in my spirit about this. I did pray about it and asked the Lord to confirm or refute it. Right after this I was led to a video about Dual Covenant Theology (DCT). Coincidence?? I don’t know much about DCT, but I do find that this story contradicts scripture.

Although we know that this sort of thing will happen (salvation of Jews) because scripture supports it, and I believe the remnant of Judah (Jews) are already being awakened. BUT–why would Yeshua/ Jesus tell the Jews to keep the Torah laws and the Sabbath?? Jews already keep the Sabbath. Dual Covenant Theology is a heresy and yet there are many Christians that believe it. There is only ONE Covenant and ONE Law of Christ (Gal 6:2) that is now written on our hearts. (Jer 31:31-34.) It is a work of the Holy Spirit through sanctification and not of our flesh by the keeping of Torah.

If you read Jannene’s blog there are errors galore as well. Definite Seventh Day Adventist doctrines. And she says there is no trinity– well whatever you want to call the three persons of the godhead, there are three that bear witness in Heaven….
1Jo 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (KJV) BTW- This scripture was removed from all modern translations.

This whole story smacks of one who is trying to legitimize their beliefs.
Just my opinion. But thanks for sharing this and bringing it to our attention.

IN Christ, Sarah

arielrud Says:
November 24th, 2011 at 10:19
As a member of the Messianic community in ISrael and attending a Messianic community in Jerusalem, this whole story sounds extremely suspicious!!
No-one in any of the circles that I am associated with have heard anything or witnessed anything regarding this event.

It definitely does seem as if someone is intent on pushing their own agenda or seriously suffering from “Jerusalem Syndrome” – Google it

If there had been the slightest iota of truth in this story it would have been all over the news in Israel. Alas, nothing like it has been heard except for a “story” in a purported hand written note delivered to Jannene Howse.

Lastly, as I was reading this article all of the questions, and more, that howie listed came to mind…..

Don’t forward or repeat this hoax!!!

Kimberly Rogers Says:
November 24th, 2011 at 10:33
Thanks for your input! I was not able to substantiate anything about the story before posting it. I’m glad to know I’m not alone in questioning its veracity. I think it is safe to say there is little or no truth to the account. It’s a good thing that it has been revealed as a likely hoax here in this blog so that no one else will pick it up and run with it!

JocelinOhio Says:
November 25th, 2011 at 19:38
Hi Kimberly,

Just got this report/explaination from Avi Ben Mordechai, a Messianic Torah Teacher in Jerusalem, Israel…

Spiritual Revival has hit Israel!! Thousands of Jews – Orthodox, Ultra-Orthodox – Embrace Yeshua! … (Really?)
Hi everyone.

Well, by now you’ve heard the global news about Israel’s newest “spiritual revival” as announced on Israel Y-NET News, the Jerusalem Post, Arutz 7/ Israel National News and huge numbers of other news outlets all over the world!!; that Israel has experienced its most intense; its largest; its most unbelievable revival to date; that hundreds of Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews embraced Yeshua as the “King of the Galaxies!!!!!!” YES! A vision starts it all from one of Jerusalem’s “well loved rebbes” Abraham Mohar, Age 76.”

Well, as the old saying goes, “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

The actual writer of this piece of news (that has been forwarded on to me by several individuals, a story that looks to be going viral all over the internet) appears to be totally unfamiliar with Israeli geography and daily life and the religious culture in Jerusalem, amongst its various religious sects.

Let’s take a look at some of the reported facts:

1) A Chabad Synagogue in East Jerusalem that normally seats 300 but on that Shabbat, is overflowing with a 1,000 or more Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox Jews, prostrating on the floor, falling out the front doors and into the street, etc…?

2) “Asher ben Golan” is reading IN ENGLISH to these hundreds of Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the AENT (Aramaic English New Testament). Why read in English to people whose native language is Yiddish? And why read especially from THAT specific English version of the New Testament? Hmmm….

3) About a thousand Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews get “baptized” in the Sea of Galilee on the following Sabbath…?

4) The “well-known” and “most beloved” of Rebbes, 76-year-old Rabbi Abraham Mohar of Jerusalem leads the way with a vision of “Yeshua.” …?

5) This spiritual revival moves down to the Western “Wailing Wall” (Kotel) of Jerusalem, where they all gather near a large number of cafés there…?

6) “Asher ben Golan” calls to someone using his mobile phone on Shabbat, all the while leading hundreds of Chabadniks into the Shul (Beit Kenesset/ Synagogue) in Arab East Jerusalem.

7) Up to a thousand or more Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews are dancing in the street with each other and with their wives and children pledging their lives to Yeshua, the “King of the Galaxies.” …?

The Jews gathered at the synagogue on the Sabbath, when “Asher ben Golan” is reading the English New Testament to them from the AENT (again, why read in English, and what is the reason to mention THAT specific English version?), and they all are discussing the Book of Matthew amongst themselves in the “ancient Hebrew language”…?

Ladies and Gentlemen, if this story was not so chaval (so pitifully sad), it would actually be gut-wrenchingly funny; but it’s not funny. This story comes from a very sick mind or perhaps, minds. And anyone who knows anything about daily life, religious culture, Orthodox Jewish halacha, and Israeli geography should know from the start that this story is a fraud and the fact that it’s going viral on the internet is proof enough that if one wants to spread a bunch of mindless drivel to the masses, it can be done with tremendous ease and most people will not be able to discern the difference between truth and error. This is really sad.

From my perspective, this story appears on the surface to be a thinly veiled promotional marketing piece for the AENT (the Aramaic English New Testament by one Andrew Gabriel Roth and his sidekick Bruce Gorovenko). I can’t prove it conclusively, but it looks that way, given that the story specifically mentioned the AENT as the “Bible” of choice, being used for this “great revival.”

I contacted a very close and well-connected Chabad friend of mine here in Jerusalem and told him about this story and asked if he knew of anything like this happening; the players involved; the locations, etc… His response to me was: “What are you talking about?” I then contacted another friend of mine connected to the Orthodox Jewish world here in Jerusalem and told him the story and his response was basically the same, “What are you drinking, Avi? …in so many words.

Once again, Ladies and Gentlemen, briefly, let me address the following:

1) There is no Chabad Shul in East Jerusalem that I am aware of, nor that my Orthodox friends are aware of, large enough to normally seat 300 but that could on occasion accommodate up to 1,000 people. While it is true that there are small enclaves of Jewish settlers in Arab East Jerusalem, the presence of even a small Jewish community is a huge point of contention between Arabs and Israelis, so a massive Jewish synagogue of ANY description in Arab East Jerusalem is HIGHLY unlikely. And why would all of these Ultra-Orthodox Jews go to Arab East Jerusalem to celebrate the arrival of the Messiah, when their Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah She’arim is just on the other side of Highway 1?

2) Who is this “Asher ben Golan” who was reading IN ENGLISH the Aramaic English New Testament (AENT) to these hundreds of Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews? None of the people that I contacted know anything about this.

3) About a thousand Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews get “baptized”in the Sea of Galilee on the following Sabbath? Oh, please! This would have been HUGE NEWS in the Jerusalem Post, Y-Net News, Arutz Sheva (Seven) Israel National News! It is true that Orthodox Jews regularly immerse themselves in the mikveh for religious purposes, usually on Friday afternoon BEFORE Shabbat; for this reason, EVERY Orthodox Jewish community has a local mikveh… so why the need to go all the way to the Sea of Galilee/Kineret to immerse oneself in a mikveh? Is the writer of this article even aware that the Kineret is at least a two-and-a-half hour drive north from Jerusalem? And of all things, the writer claims that they do this ON SHABBAT! So let me get this straight… Yeshua comes to “Rabbi Mohar” in a dream and tells the much-beloved “Rebbe” that he wants his people to keep Shabbat so that Yeshua can come back, so they decide to celebrate by making the two-and-a-half hour drive to the Kineret so that they can be “baptised” on Shabbat, thus violating EVERY Orthodox Jewish notion of what it means to keep Shabbat?!?! Even if they drove up the day before, Orthodox Jews don’t mikveh on Shabbat, period.

4) I asked my Orthodox friends about this “well-known” and most beloved of “Chabad Rebbes” of Jerusalem – a 76-year old “Rabbi Abraham Mohar” and here’s the scoop: there is an old Christian urban legend about a man of this name, from quite some time ago–at the turn of the Twentieth Century, to be exact; a story that he had a vision of Jesus and because of this, he converted to Christianity. Furthermore, in Hassidic Judaism, there is a difference between a “Rabbi” (ordinary local leader) and the “Rebbe” (head Rabbi of that sect), so this so-called “Chabad Rebbe” is a joke: to the Chabadniks, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was their last Rebbe, and can NEVER be replaced by a new Rebbe. Many of them actually believe that Schneerson is the Messiah himself. So who is this “Rebbe Mohar”…? Oh, please!

5) This spiritual revival of a thousand Orthodox Jews then moves from Arab East Jerusalem “down” to the Western “Wailing Wall” (the Kotel) of Jerusalem, where they all gather near a large number of cafés there. Sorry folks, but having been a resident of Jerusalem for a number of years, and also being a licensed Israeli tour guide, I can assure you that there are NO cafés in the Kotel (”Wailing Wall”) area, Judaism’s holiest site.

6) This Asher ben Golan in the story calls out to someone using his mobile phone on Shabbat, all the while leading hundreds of Chabadniks into the Shul (Beit Knesset/ Synagogue) in Arab East Jerusalem? Once again, violating everything that Orthodox Jews believe about what it means to keep Sabbath! Please understand, among religious Jews, mobile phones are not used on the Sabbath day, and if you used a mobile phone in their presence, you would definitely be hearing their protests.

7) Up to a thousand or more Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews are involved with mixed dancing in the street with their wives and children, all of them pledging their lives to Yeshua, the King of the Galaxies? Oh, please! Consider this: the Ultra-Orthodox are currently involved in a campaign to remove ALL images of women on billboards across Jerusalem because of “immodesty!” (see women in advertising). And we’re supposed to believe that hundreds of Ultra-Orthodox Jews have now totally changed the way they keep Shabbat, have accepted Yeshua and have been baptised in his name, and are now dancing in the streets with actual live flesh-and-blood women? Hummm.

The Jews gathered at the synagogue on the Sabbath (where “Asher ben Golan” is reading the New Testament to them from the AENT) are discussing the Book of Matthew amongst themselves in the “ancient Hebrew language.” Folks, the Ultra-Orthodox consider the ancient Hebrew language “Lashon Kodesh” and do not use it for regular conversation! When they speak, they normally speak in Yiddish. If they speak in Hebrew at all, it is Modern Hebrew and not ancient Hebrew that graces their tongue!

9) In Mevasseret Tzion, a “backwater suburb” of Jerusalem, there was a HUGE issue that recently came up regarding ONE secular Israeli girl who had converted to believing in Yeshua. That’s in Mevasseret! Now, in the capital of the entire country and religious center of all Judaism – Jerusalem, we are supposed to believe that a thousand or so Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews “convert” to become believers in Yeshua, and THAT DOES NOT make National News in Israel, even in the secular Jerusalem Post? No one can find anything about this story here in the Land! And yet, there are large numbers of people outside of Israel promoting this story as though it were true and verified!

10) There are a number of other idiotic things purported to be true in the story, making the whole thing a fraud (a re-worked urban legend). A number of people, for example, have pointed out the apparent time-warp in this story, in that the “handwritten letter” sent by “Asher ben Golan” to one Ms. Jannene Howse of Australia, was supposedly received by her on the 10th of October, 2011, while this story concerns events that transpired in Jerusalem more than two weeks later! Given the time it takes to mail a “handwritten letter” from Israel to a person in Australia, should we conclude that Mr. Golan was writing about these events which he viewed in his handy crystal ball more than a month before they actually transpired? Or is there another purpose to this crazy story? So many of the people who have pointed out this discrepancy have indicated that it must be just a typo, so much do they want the story to be true, that in their minds, IT IS!!! But, my friends, I am here to report to you that this story is a fraud and I encourage you to be more diligent about what you hear and accept to be true, whether it’s something written about anyone – me or someone else, or even another group or ministry.

One thing is clear: whoever decided to put this out there on the internet (one or more people); it was done for a purpose. I suppose it was done to rake in a lot of cash for “Jewish evangelism” but I can’t prove this statement. Another, more likely, reason may be that the publisher of the AENT was looking for a way to increase sales and market share for his “new Bible.” I don’t know and frankly, I don’t care.

What I do care about is this: each of you needs to be very careful about what is going on in these days in which we live. There is no shortage of charlatans, liars, thieves, “wolves in sheep’s clothing,” and others out there who will do anything, and use anything, even out-and-out lies, to advance their own agenda, and relieve you of some of your hard-earned cash as they seek to build up their own kingdoms.

You have been forewarned.

Avinoam
Jerusalem

teddyc1 Says:
November 28th, 2011 at 07:22
Avinoam “Avi” ben Mordecai wishes to forewarn us all about charlatans when he himself teaches that married men can have mistresses. The whole dialogue is below:

http://www.mashiyach.com/SighandCry/avibenmord.htm

Further, while Avi has not repented for his unscriptural position above, he has retracted his wild assumptions about the publisher of the AENT being involved in the fake report, as seen below, where he writes:

“Well, we are certainly grateful to find out that the publisher and editor of the AENT are together with us in condemning this sick, abusive hoax, and we wish to express how relieved we are to find out that they were not behind the rumor. So we ask their (and your) forgiveness for our mistake in speculating that they may have been involved with it in some way. May the individual(s) who perpetrated this hoax be brought to justice before Yehovah.

“That being said, we wish to correct our email to remove all references to the AENT and its publishers. For the record, if you wish to forward this message on to anyone, or put it on your website or blog, you have our permission to do so.”

http://hanavi-report.com/news/spiritual-revival-has-hit-israel-thousands-of-jews-orthodox-ultra-orthodox-embrace-yeshua-really/

Shalom,

Teresa C.

Shalom and Shavuah Tov everyone.
Below is a correction update from Avi regarding his earlier email about the hoax letter.

Important correction regarding the email we sent out on Friday about mass conversion of Jews in Israel
Shalom to all of you,

We wish to make a correction to the email we sent you regarding the mass conversion hoax that was posted on the internet last week about more than a thousand Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews converting to belief in Yeshua after hearing the book of Matthew read from the English translation found in the Aramaic English New Testament (AENT). One thing that was curious to us was why the author of the fraudulent report specifically mentioned the AENT in the context of the whole story. In the email that we sent out on Friday, we speculated that perhaps it was the publisher or author of the AENT who put the story out, in order to sell more copies of the book. Well, we were wrong.

We received a stern rebuke from Carmen Welker, webmaster and editor of the AENT, who wrote to us and personally agreed with us that the whole story was a hoax, and, in her words, said:

The fact that this obvious RUMOR has so many “holes” in it, including geographical problems should have been a HINT that it was a hoax, perpetrated by some sick, vindictive jerk who hates Andrew Roth and his “sidekick, Bruce Gorovenko.”

Well, we are certainly grateful to find out that the publisher and editor of the AENT are together with us in condemning this sick, abusive hoax, and we wish to express how relieved we are to find out that they were not behind the rumor. So we ask their (and your) forgiveness for our mistake in speculating that they may have been involved with it in some way. May the individual(s) who perpetrated this hoax be brought to justice before Yehovah.

That being said, we wish to correct our email to remove all references to the AENT and its publishers. For the record, if you wish to forward this message on to anyone, or put it on your website or blog, you have our permission to do so.

Shalom,

Avi and Dina ben Mordechai