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t is one of those big, untold in the Hebrew Bible was none
stories: Millions of Jews have other than Jesus of Nazareth! He
Ibegun a quest to find their promptly accepted Christ as his
Messiah. personal Saviour and Messiah!

In unprecedented numbers Jews ¦ Steve Fenchel's life was
are searching for answers to the changed by the death of his
deepest and most important father. He started mixing with “the
questions in life. Some are wrong crowd” and slowly his life
searching through the Hebrew began to unravel. He began to use
Scriptures, others are reading the drugs to escape the darkness and from the woman she had met on missing.
New Testament for the first time. depression. It was the writings of the plane which contained one of
They are searching on Google for C.S. Lewis that opened Steve's her books and a card with the During one of her classes, a
information about the Messiah or heart to Jesus. His friends Scripture, “He will delight in you student wrote a paper that
are watching a new series of became believers in Jesus and with song” (Zephaniah 3:17) - the changed her life. The student
videos by Jews who claim to have through their witness he saw the verse of Scripture Diane had wrote about virtues and values.
found the answers. These videos, answer to his search for happi- awoken with in her mind that very This paper was very different from
some of which have gone viral, ness and meaning. day! Deeply moved, Diane any other she had seen written on
were produced and posted on a attended a service with her the subject.
new website called I Met Messiah ¦ Growing up in a Jewish family in believing sister, received prayer,
(http://www.imetmessiah.com/). Columbus, Ohio, where everyone and became a believer! Rose ended up befriending the
seemed to be talking at once, it student and he shared with her
¦ Take the story of Mitch Forman was no surprise when Diane ¦ Growing up, Mottel Baleston's how his faith in the Messiah
who grew up in a religious Jewish Cohen became an attorney and an only contact with Christians was changed him and gave him
family. He was a successful chef active leader in the synagogue. with Italian Catholics; therefore, meaning and fulfilment in life.
until his wild lifestyle cost him his Although warned by her old-world he pictured Jesus as Italian. He
dream job. This caused him to grandmother to be careful about was shocked to discover Jesus After attending a church and
spiral out of control and he felt he Christian antisemitism, Diane was Jewish and the New Testa- seeing a faith community that was
was wasting his life. was drawn to a book entitled, ment was written by Jewish men. loving and caring, she realized
Rabbi Jesus. Reading it on an there was something more to
A Christian girl he met sparked airplane, she struck up a conver- When he began reading the New Jesus and Christianity. Rose
some jealousy in Mitch, as she sation with a Christian woman, Testament, he expected to find an found the peace and fulfilment
seemed to know more about the herself an author. antisemitic handbook, but was she was looking for through a
Hebrew Scriptures than he did. As surprised it began with a state- relationship with her Messiah.
he began to study the New Diane next entered a difficult time ment about three Jewish men
Testament, he saw that it was when her marriage of 28 years (David, Abraham and Jesus) and I Met Messiah is one of multiple
mostly written by Jews and that dissolved. Some time later, she how one is the anticipated evangelistic websites developed
the prophesied coming Messiah received a package in the mail Messiah of Israel. by Eitan Bar, a native Jewish
Israeli who was born and raised in
Mottel's life was changed when he Tel Aviv. He has a background in
discovered following Jesus was multimedia design and visual
the most Jewish thing a person communications, and holds an
can do. He tapped into a powerful MA in theology. He currently
truth for his Jewish people. serves as director of Media and
Evangelism of One for Israel.
¦ Professor Rose Harrison grew
up during World War II and faced a Throughout the world, there are
lot of hardships, including anti- many large communities of
semitism. Despite overcoming Jewish believers in Yeshua. In
great odds, she felt empty. Rose Israel, there are many commu-
was determined and passionate; nities and home fellowships of
she went on to get a doctorate and Messianic Jews.
became a College professor. But Source: Eitan Bar, Joel News
still she felt something was International 968, Nov. 2015.

O ns leef in 'n wêreld waar nie. Mense praat met hulle en hy het behoefte om Jesus te "Toe raak Hy aan hulle oë en sê:
ons kontak het met doen gunsies vir hulle, maar daar ervaar - hy is velhonger vir Jesus!
'Wat julle glo, sal gebeur.'"
(Matteus 9:29).
mense sonder om fisies is weinig aanraking.
in hul teenwoordigheid te wees. Die waarheid van hierdie stelling "En Hy het in Betsáida gekom, en
Ons gesels per SMS, Whatsapp, Aanraking is deel van liefde. is dat ek en jy Jesus se "vel" is. hulle het 'n blinde man na Hom
Skype en e-pos. Ons voel asof ons Velkontak het 'n intense en Mense het meer as net bemoe- gebring en Hom gesmeek om hom
goeie verhoudings handhaaf en genesende uitwerking op 'n mens digende woorde nodig - hulle het aan te raak" (Markus 8:12).
vir 'n wyle kan sulke kommu- se siel en alle mense smag daarna. kontak nodig. Dit is interessant
nikasie voldoende wees, maar Los vir 'n slaggie die tegnologie. om te sien hoeveel keer Jesus aan Vra vir Jesus om jou te wys hoe
dan ontdek ons 'n groot leemte: Gaan sit by iemand, kyk hulle in mense geraak het wanneer Hy om mense se siele te bedien deur
Daar is baie kommunikasie, die oë, luister na die emosie in hul hulle bedien het. Boonop was dit kontak met hulle te hê. Laat
maar geen kontak nie. woorde en raak aan hulle. Bedien dikwels mense aan wie niemand hulle Jesus se aanraking deur
hulle met liefde. wou raak nie. jou ervaar. Daar is niks wat
Ek het vir jare lank een maal per mure vinniger afbreek as dit nie!
week 'n bejaarde tannie besoek. 'n Vriend van my het eendag gesê "Toe steek Jesus Sy hand uit, raak
Sy het my altyd vertel dat hy wens Jesus het 'n vel gehad hom aan en sê: 'Ek wil. Word [Uit: Vitamiene vir die Siel,
bejaarde mense velhonger raak - sodat hy aan Hom kon raak. Hy gesond!' En sy melaatsheid was Riekert & Pippa Botha, Struik
niemand raak meer aan hulle weet Jesus is lief vir hom, maar onmiddellik weg." (Matteus 8:3). Christelike Media]