February 2003

Dear Friends:

We’re not very far into 2003 but there seems to be a feeling of foreboding throughout the entire world. War appears imminent, world markets can’t seem to shake the wild gyrations carried over from 2002, the oppressive economic system is imposing a now impossible burden on peoples everywhere and declining Christian values continue to exact a huge toll on the Israel nations. As someone said recently, perhaps all we can do is to look at the reality of the times, examine our own faith, and try to help our brethren rediscover what it is that sets true Christians apart, what it is to be under the comforting arms of God Almighty and the covenants He so generously bestowed upon us.

The trouble is that although most Christians believe in God, it seems not many believe God and this is why there is so much strife, chaos and uncertainty in the world today.

I thought it was ironic when I witnessed the Chinese New Year’s celebrations and learned that this is their “Year of the Sheep.” Well, true Israel are God’s sheep and if Israelites everywhere would pay attention to what He imparted to us in the Holy Bible, we might come to the conclusion that this really is the year of the sheep. For so many of the remaining prophecies of the Scriptures will likely be fulfilled this year, but sadly, the wisdom is falling on the deaf ears on all but those who understand the Israel Truth. So when a learned student suggests that this may be the year when the blindness of Israel will be lifted and Israelites everywhere will learn our identity, or that this year Gog may flex his muscles, or the financial dominion over true Israel may collapse this year, or the war with Iraq may bring unforeseen calamities, they are dismissed without any thought whatsoever. All good questions perhaps, but none that we can predict with any certainty. Yet, there is one thing of which we can be certain, my friends, we are edging closer and closer to the very end of the age and as prophecy comes to pass, we with the knowledge of the Israel Truth will recognize it.

Never forget that nearly fifteen centuries before God the Son walked amongst men, the Kingdom of God was formed at Sinai. Beginning from that moment we were subsequently given Kingdom lands, a Constitution, temporary monarchs and the promise of one day being ruled by the King of kings, Lord of lords. Most Anglo-Saxons, Celtic, Scandinavian and kindred peoples aren’t even aware of the establishment of the kingdom or believe that God has simply forgot His people/His Kingdom and His promises concerning the everlasting nature of His Kingdom among men. This is why Scripture verses like 2: Samuel 7: 10 substantiating the movement of His people to kingdom lands, or 7: 16 where the House of David and the Throne of David was to be established forever are so easily passed over instead of following them through to course and identifying them with the Throne of England and the Anglo Saxon lands.

So instead, the vast majority of true Israel find themselves tied up in the world of commerce, pleasure, materialism, sensationalism and so on, fretting about almost everything and placing their values in false gods. Yet, if we would just believe God! In Matthew 6: 31-34, Jesus imparted these words, “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or, What shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?….for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

No matter what happens in the world, it all comes back to the same thing for the Christian. Love God! Trust in God! Believe God!

Yours in Christ,
Jim Read, President
 

About Our President - Jim Read was a longtime banker, retiring in 1985. He became aware of the Israel Truth in the seventies and became a member of the Association. When the Association fell on hard times by the mid-eighties and was in danger of folding, as had many other sister organizations over the years, Mr. Read became President and engineered the financial campaign to keep it going. He remains President today and has presided over a period when the Association’s magazine, “Thy Kingdom Come,” has played an important role in furthering the Israel Truth around the world. He sees this website as being the next natural step in helping spread the Gospel of the Kingdom in these last precarious days before the return of Christ.
   
   
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