THE KLEIN FAX
P.O. Box 245, Poriya Illit 15208
April 1, 2014
1 Nisan, 5774
In this letter:
– The Burden of the Lord
– As In the Days of Noah
– Personal News
– Galilee Worship Tour
– A Big Thank You
Dear Praying Friends,
The Burden of the Lord
As we were getting ready to immigrate to Israel, our beloved former pastor David Wilkerson shared a most precious truth.  He said that at the foundation of any God-inspired work or ministry is the burden of the Lord.  It is the source of our motivation, strength and direction.  There have been a few times when Father let me experience His heart.  The first was in relation to a struggle with one of our teenage children.  I felt like I was being torn apart.  My emotions were like a roller coaster out of control.  I cried out to God, “What are you doing to me?”  He answered, “Read Hosea.”  He later added,  “You asked to know My heart for Israel.  You couldn’t get it from My just telling you.  You needed to go through this experience to understand.”  The next time was just before taking our pilot trip to Israel in 1989.  Wanting to know Him more deeply, I asked Father to show me what grieved His heart.  On the night we returned home I got my answer.  He said, ”When my children fight.”  At the time, I didn’t realize the deep effect this had on me.  The next encounter was in the following year.  After having been told by the Lord the year before that we were to immigrate to Israel within three years, Pastor Dave suggested that I spend a month by myself in Israel waiting on the Lord without plan or agenda to get a word on where we should go and what we should do.  I was led to start my trip in the Tiberias area (very near where we now live).  On the very first morning of these days that were set aside to get direction, I received my answer.  The part of the story that amazes me is not that it came so quickly, but that it took some seven years for me to recognize that what I heard within hours of arriving was in fact my answer.  Part of the reason I didn’t get it is that He didn’t specifically say the word was for me — unlike the year before when He said, “Here is the answer to your question.”  This time He just revealed His heart — that the Land would be filled with people praising Him when returns.  He also showed me that it could not be accomplished without the participation of the Body in the nations.  The result has been that we have spent the better part of the last twenty years endeavoring to bring Father’s heart for Israel to our brethren in the nations.  If we are knit with Father’s heart, we will of necessity share His grief, which in turn fuels our passion.  To know Him in this way is to know our calling and election.  It releases a river of never-ending faith and strength. 
As In the Days of Noah
If the Lord was grieved at the time of Noah, who can imagine how He must feel now?  Amidst the controversy of the unbiblical elements of the film about Noah, could it be that it being done at this moment in history is actually a prophetic statement of what is presently in God’s heart?  It is today is as it was in the days of Noah. 
One recent morning, standing in our kitchen, I was filled with a passion and grief the likes of which I have not known before.  I sensed that my cries and groans were in sync with a Divine release that sealed a moment — as when the Bridegroom spoke to the five heedless virgins…as when God spoke to Israel after they tested Him ten times in the wilderness…and as the Lord told those who had done so much in His Name that He did not know them.  This experience left me with the sense that a door has been closed…that something has been released that will not be turned back…that we have come to the end of a season. 
In Jeremiah chapter 3, one hundred years after the ten northern tribes were dispersed, God harshly rebuked the tribe of Judah (including Benjamin) for how lightly she considered her sister’s judgment.  Israel (the ten tribes) had openly sinned and were sent into exile.  Judah had made the outward appearance of repentance but remained inwardly hardened.  The Lord declared that faithless Israel was more righteous than treacherous Judah.  As I read this passage many years ago, I was impressed that Israel then is Israel now and Judah then is where the church is now.
Without grace it is impossible to repent.  In the hour of judgment, the window of grace closes.  People’s hearts are fixed. When the midnight cry goes forth, it will be too late to acquire the needed oil.  An hour has come that those who do not hearken to the voice of the Lord will become dull of spirit…as did the five unwise virgins. According to the root definition in Strong’s Concordance, their foolishness is described as dullness, stupidity, and heedlessness, caused by an association with religious rites.  If we have not listened when the volume was all the way up, how will we pay attention when it is turned down?  The injunction of Hebrews 3 and 4 are words for this very moment:  “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart.”  The current level of spiritual activity is unprecedented…and we do not expect it to decrease.  We must grasp the fact that as loving and forgiving and filled with grace as our Father in Heaven is, He is also highly sensitive and holy.  After twenty-two years in Israel, we have witnessed that we in the land are doing no better than anyone else in dealing with trials and temptations. The conflicts, factions, and divisions in the Body are not decreasing.  We stand in dire need of prayer and intercession.   We too are at a critical point of heeding or being dulled.
From our vantage point, we see that things have gone to a new level in the nations, in the Land, and in the Body.  News has recently come out that leaders of major ministries have spun off into apostasy. A former Israeli Prime Minister has been convicted of a crime and is likely on his way to jail for bribery…a former Israeli President is in prison for rape…a former Chief Rabbi stands accused of bribery and fraud…a former IDF Chief of Staff is facing legal problems…numerous Mayors are facing indictments…and a string of former MKs and Ministers have spent time behind bars.
In the midst of this all, there is some very good news.   As the sun shines and the rain falls on the righteous and the wicked, the spirit of judgment likewise lands on all.  It has one effect on the rebellious and quite another on the righteous.  While this spirit fixes the hearts of the wicked where they are, it fixes and strengthens the hearts of the children of the Kingdom to stand against every onslaught of the kingdom of darkness.  Halleluiah! (By the way, relating to Pharaoh’s heart, the correct literal rendering of “hardened” is actually “strengthened”).
Personal News
On April 2nd we leave Israel for Australia, primarily to see our son, daughter in-love and our FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, the youngest of whom we have not yet met.  We will be with them from April 11-28th.  In the days before and after, the Lord has arranged for a few ministry meetings.  The public meetings will be between the April 28th and May 4thunder the auspices of the Canberra House of Prayer.  For specific details, you can contact Paul or Hilary Moroney at: prayerworx@internode.on.net.  We would really appreciate your prayers for our 36-hour trip and our time Down Under. 
Galilee Worship Tour
We are encouraged to have received a good number of responses from people interested in taking part in such a gathering.  We are continuing to seek the Lord for the dates and details.  We ask you to join with us in praying for the release of a stream of worshipers coming to the Land…specifically to the Galilee…beginning in this next year.  Please pray for the right people to be commissioned and sent by the Lord throughout their respective countries to gather groups of worshipers, that by the end of the year there would be at least one, if not two, groups each month.
A Big Thank You
Last month we wrote of the sizable financial investment it took to establish the new Emmaus Way Center for worship and re-creation.  We have been so very blessed by the response of our friends to this little note buried in a super-long letter.  We’d appreciate your continued prayers that all we need will be restored. Having said that, we should really add that the new facility is already being well-used to build and encourage the Body.  We recently hosted some ten believing Arab families (about 25 people) for a day of worship, fellowship, barbeque, and games.  It’s because of the support of our friends and partners that we can be a blessing to the Body in the Land and the nations.  We cannot overemphasize what a privilege it is to be able to so freely give ourselves.  When we return from our trip, we will work on getting pictures of the Center and some of the gatherings posted on our website for you all to see and enjoy.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for praying for us.  Our arms are upheld and we are able to press on.
                                                            May we truly live all our days on earth…
                                                                 For the Glory of His Name,
                                               Arni and Yonit
EMMAUS WAY IS ABOUT LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
OUR GOAL IS TO GIVE HIM A PLACE ON EARTH…
WHILE ON THE WAY TO BE WITH HIM IN HEAVEN
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