Subj: here it is again Date: 97-06-20 21:25:45 EDT From: BLohr220 To: BeaknDeakn Subj: Fwd: 40 Orthodox Rabbis become Christians--IN ISRAEL! Date: 05/26/97 To: beakndeakn IForwarded message...from Dlohrs@writeme.com > > A STARTLING ENCOUNTER WITH A > RABBI IN JERUSALEM > > Barbara Richmond has kept this amazing incident very private but now > feels led to share her miraculous experience in Jerusalem in 1995 > involving a group of rabbis. > > There is no doubt that Barbara is a totally reliable witness. She is > the Director of Women's Ministries at a solid Central Florida church > with which I am familiar. I know her pastor. She is a popular Bible > teacher, speaker, seminar leader, author and radio host. > > In September 1995, Barbara led a group on a tour of Israel, as she > frequently does. On their free day, with no scheduled activities, she > went with several of her group for shopping into the Old City of > Jerusalem. Her friends were in some shops and Barbara was waiting for > them outside on one of the narrow old streets. She says, "It was a > beautiful afternoon and I was leaning against one of the old stone > walls, just kind of praying in the Spirit, and enjoying where I was." > > Suddenly, over her left shoulder, she heard a man's voice call, > "Barbara." She turned to look, but didn't see anyone she recognized. > The only male on that little street was a man she described as "in > full black attire, big beard, curls on the side" -- an Orthodox rabbi. > She thought to herself that he could not have been the one to say her > name because they do not even speak to women in public. In fact, she > avoided eye contact as she knew this sometimes offended them. She > turned back, thinking maybe she had been mistaken. > > A few seconds later, she again heard the voice say, "Barbara -- isn't > that your name?" She looked again, and discovered the rabbi was > looking right at her. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Come here." She > moved toward him. He told Barbara his first name and said, "I live > here in (the name of his neighborhood). I wanted to tell you that I am > a believer that Yeshua is the Messiah. As a matter of fact, there are > 40 of us rabbis in the community to whom, as we have been studying the > Torah, the Ruach ha 'kodesh (the Holy Spirit) has shown that Yeshua is > the Messiah." > > Barbara's heart was so moved by this unusual work of the Holy Spirit > that she broke into tears. The rabbi added, "At present we are secret > believers, not because we are afraid, but because the Lord, the Holy > Spirit, has not told us to speak out our testimony yet. The Lord has > told us to pray for our brethren, so we are meeting at midnight, and > we are praying." > > Barbara asked the obvious question, "But how did you know me? Why are > you telling me this?" > > The rabbi chuckled, and replied, "I don't know you. But last night we > were praying, and one of the other rabbis came over to me. He put his > hand on my shoulder, and said to me, 'Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, > you go to (name of street she was on), and you will see there an > American woman with black hair. Her name is Barbara. Give her this > message.'" > > The rabbi then gave Barbara the message. He said, "The Lord wants you > to know that what was spoken over you 26 years ago, He is about to > bring to pass." > > Barbara was stunned, and overwhelmed with emotion. Only her husband > knew that exactly 26 years ago, in 1969, as a new believer of only > three months, she had gone to a Full Gospel Businessmen's meeting in > New York City where Kathryn Kuhlman, the evangelist with a powerful > healing ministry, was one of the main speakers. Barbara had only a > momentary personal encounter with her, but Kuhlman pointed her long > finger directly at Barbara, as she often did with people, and spoke > these prophetic words: "The Lord is going to take you to the nations > and is going to do miracles at your hands, but you are going to have > to wait a few years to see it come to pass." Barbara had never > forgotten this. > > He added, "The other thing that the Holy Spirit told this brother is > that when you get home from this trip, you will have a letter from > Africa waiting for you, inviting you to minister there, and you should > go. It is the Lord who is opening this door, and it will be a turning > point in your life." > > Before they departed, the rabbi asked, "What do you do?" Barbara > explained that she was a Bible teacher. He replied, "Oh, would you be > interested in just some simple notes that I have accumulated since I > have come to see Yeshua?" She said yes, of course, and he later had > delivered to Barbara's hotel a collection of handwritten notes of > Hebrew and cultural insights into the New Testament, unique insights > not evident in the English or Greek words themselves. Barbara > considers these notes a treasure, and is sharing them (see below *). > > Upon leaving, the rabbi told her, "When our testimony becomes public, > I am sure we will see each other again." > > When Barbara got back home to the U.S., a letter from Africa was > waiting for her! It was an invitation to speak, which she obviously > accepted. She reports that miracles did, indeed, take place there, and > that it was definitely a turning point in her life. Barbara says there > are people who know nothing about her Jerusalem experience who have > come up to her and said, "Something really changed in Africa. We > enjoyed your teaching before, but this is just a totally different > plane." > > Barbara has been to Israel since, but has not seen the rabbi, nor has > she revealed his name, honoring his request. > > I was most touched by Barbara's closing thoughts: "My prayer is that > (this testimony) will cause people to realize the lateness of the > hour. When God moves sovereignly like that among the Jewish people > (revealing the Messiah and manifesting gifts of the Holy Spirit > described in the New Testament) -- and among the most religious of > them -- the coming of Jesus is getting close! I pray that everybody > who hears this will be taken up with the urgency of the hour." > > (Comment: One wonders to how many more rabbis than the 40 had the > Ruach ha 'kodesh, the Holy Spirit, revealed the Messiah by 1995, and > how many more since then. Only He knows, but He has greatly privileged > us to be aware of at least this much about what He is doing.) > > * Barbara can be contacted at ruth311@juno.com > > --------- End forwarded message ---------- > > > > > Subj: more Date: 97-06-21 12:52:31 EDT From: BLohr220 To: BeaknDeakn here is this tooSubj: Re: Testimony from israel Date: 97-05-30 11:07:12 EDT From: ruth311@juno.com (Barbara M. Richmond) To: BLohr220@aol.com Dear Julie: To receive a copy of the book with the Rabbi's notes, please send a check or money order for $8.00 to For Your Glory, Inc., P.O. Box 3152, Titusville, Fl. 32781-3152. We will send the book by return mail. May it bless you abundantly as it has blessed so many others. Thanks for writing. Barbara Richmond ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From ruth311@juno.com Thu May 29 21:58:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: from x7.boston.juno.com (x7.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.24]) by mrin53.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA10117 for ; Thu, 29 May 1997 21:58:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ruth311@juno.com) by x7.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id V}Q17748; Thu, 29 May 1997 21:56:52 EDT To: BLohr220@aol.com Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 18:54:02 PST Subject: Re: Testimony from israel Message-ID: <19970529.215228.13998.13.Ruth311@juno.com> References: <970526212622_-1598255348@emout06.mail.aol.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.00 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-9,13-16 From: ruth311@juno.com (Barbara M. Richmond)