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THE OIL OF ISRAEL
PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED
“Gather yourselves
together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.”(Genesis 49:1)
THE OIL OF
ISRAEL
PROPHECY BEING
FULFILLED
JOHN BROWN
Copyright © John Brown
2010
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THE OIL OF
ISRAEL
PROPHECY BEING
FULFILLED
JOHN
BROWN
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Chapter
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True
Biblical Faith
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Chapter
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The
Vision and the Calling
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Chapter
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The
Scriptures Given to John Brown
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Chapter
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Now
By Faith
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Appendices
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About
John Brown
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The
Joseph Project
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Zion
Oil & Gas Vision Statement
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52
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Zion’s Charitable
Foundations
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Letters
From Shareholders
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Jews
& Christians United For Israel
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John
Brown’s
Personal Testimony
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Ancient
Tribes of Israel Map
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Zion
License/Levant Basin Map
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Zion
Corporate Information
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PREFACE
Dear Friends of Zion,
As I begin to write this introduction for this book,
I feel compelled to quote a Jewish Rabbi who very profoundly and meekly said
“with Faith there
are no questions, and without Faith, there are no answers.” I do not pretend to have the spiritual insight of
these great men of God; Hal Lindsey, Marcus Lamb, Jim Spillman, Rabbi Jonathan
Bernis, John Hagee, Joel Rosenberg, David Jeremiah and Frederick Brotherton
Meyer, so I have quoted these great men of faith and have used the Bible verses
as I believe God gave them to me.
All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
good works.
(2 Timothy
3:16-17)
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Knowing this first, the
scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.
(2 Peter 1:20-21)
So, why did
God choose Zion to discover the oil in Israel? The answer is I don’t know why, but He
did, and I believe I was told by
God that it was to
(Isaiah 14:24) (Zechariah 1:17) and to
bless the body of Christ. (Isaiah 23:18 NIV) and Zion Oil only exists because of
God’s
faithfulness to Israel (Psalms 36:5, 89:1-5) and not because of my faith (Isaiah
25:1).
I
believe the promise of
Israel’s oil
begins in Genesis 49:1: “and
Jacob called unto his sons, and said, gather yourselves together, that I may
tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.” Then in verse 28, Jacob proceeded to bless the
twelve tribes of Israel. In Verses 22-26, he speaks of blessing Joseph’s land with the
“blessings of the deep that lieth under and they shall
be on the Head of Joseph.” In Deu-ternomy 33:1, Moses also“and this is the
blessing, wherewith Moses the
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man of God blessed the children of Israel before his
death.” In verse 4 “Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob.” In verses 13-16 Moses speaks of Joseph again and
that his land would be blessed “for
the deep that coucheth beneath”; these scriptures speak prophetically of the most
precious things (meged) of the earth and again, just like Jacob’s prophecy, the
blessing will be found “on
the Head of Joseph”.
Verse 19
states, “for
they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the
sand.” The blessings on Joseph’s land are based
on God’s
promises in which He prophesied through both Jacob and Moses that the blessings
lies deep
beneath the land and on the head of Joseph; Jacob blesses both of Joseph’s sons. (Hebrews
11:21; Genesis 49:22-26) and Moses again blessed both sons of Joseph, Ma-nasseh
& Ephraim, and the land (Deuteronomy 33:13-16).
When we
celebrated the Ma’anit #1 well
dedication on April 3, 2005, Rabbi Yittzhak Schwartz, as part of his blessing
for Zion, read this scripture:
They shall call the
people unto the
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Temple was to deposit the Vision in my
heart to discover the oil of Israel. I want it to be perfectly clear,
I believe that I was created, saved and chosen by God to and that God alone will receive all the glory by
these prophecies being
Zion Oil & Gas (Psalm 86:10; 83:18)
because all I am is His only obeyed God and by faith followed Him on this
twenty-nine year faith journey (Luke 17:10).
I guess I
don’t really
know why it should be so surprising to us believers that God’s Word is true and
what will happen in Israel after the oil is found in the last the Bible says in Deuteronomy. 33:4: “Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob.” In Deuteronomy 34:10 it is written that, “And
there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew
face to face.” Amos 3:7 tells us, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth
his secret unto his servants the prophets.” And 1 Kings 8:56 states:
Blessed be the LORD that hath given rest unto his
people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not
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failed one word of all his good promise, which he
promised by the hand of Mo-ses his servant.
God has promised many such blessings for His people
and its impossible for me even to begin to list them all, but He is a faithful
God (Psalm 119:89-90) and if you are to receive His promises you must believe
and trust Him �by faith� that He is able to keep all of His promises
(Hebrews11:6).
I was in Israel in May of 1983 when God spoke to me
these verses in 1 Kings 8:41-43:
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy
people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; (For they
shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out
arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; Hear thou in heaven thy
dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for:
that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people
Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called
by thy name
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“By
faith” I believed that “all” also must include petroleum oil, so I prayed for the
oil of Israel “by
faith” (John 14:14; Romans 10:17) and I have never doubted
that God heard my prayer and would keep His promises to me (Hebrews11:1) and I
must encourage you all to trust Him and to gently rebuke you as well. God is
faithful so when we doubt Him and don’t believe His
Word, then what we are saying is that He is not being truthful and is lying to
us! (Psalm 40:10) While these are blunt words but it nevertheless is true if we
doubt His faithfulness and do not trust Him to perform His Word (Hebrews
6:11-15). God plainly calls unbelief and doubt sin (Romans 14:23) and when the
children of Israel disobeyed God and did not believe Him, they paid a severe
price (Deu-teronomy 1:23-46; 2:15) and we are all called to walk by faith and
not by sight (2 Corinthi-ans 5:7). The Bible is full of examples of men who had
victorious faith; Abraham, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, David, Jehosophat, Job; the
list is endless. “Who
through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions.” (He-brews 11:33) In Chapter 11 of Hebrews which is
called the hall of Faith, other men like Abel, Enoch, Noah, Isaac, Jacob,
Joseph, Moses and
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many others (Hebrews11:29-32) also trusted
and obeyed God by faith build the Kingdom of God. Quite frankly, we as
believer’s
should never doubt God, His Word or His promises because our doubt and unbelief
DO NOT
honor God!
If you want
to increase your faith, then you must spend time reading His Word (Romans 10:17)
and remember that Faith without works is also dead (James 2:14-25) and you
cannot receive these promises without you and your faith being tested first (James
This book is
being written by faith in 2010 based on God’s instructions to
me to write a book (Jeremiah 30:2) and to share the Vision
(Habakkuk 2:2-3) before
Israel. God also told me that after the
oil is discovered many more Prophetic visions, which are all written in God’s Word, will begin
to happen and I am to share these scriptures with you all in (Ezekiel
12:21-28).
John M. Brown Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. Chairman/Founder
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CHAPTER 1
TRUE BIBLICAL FAITH
So then,
what is Biblical Faith? The Bible defines this for “Now Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain
of what we do not see.” And true faith not only believes it but knows it and
expects it will happen.
“So
then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17)
“BY FAITH” I received this Blessing and Prophecy from the Rabbi
Eliezer Berland, the Dean of the Shuvu Banim Yeshiva in Jerusa-lem. Rabbi
Berland is one of the leading rabbis of the Bratzlav Hassidic court, numbering
scores of thousands around the world. The Bratzlav Hassidic court is one of the
leading Hassidic movements today, both in and outside of Israel.
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References and Recommended Readings
are:
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Moses: The Journey of Faith
by Fred- erick
Brotherton Meyer |
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Faith for Earth’s Final Hour
by Hal Lindsey
(www.hallindsey.com) |
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Breaking the Treasure Code: The Hunt for
Israel’s Oil
by James R. and
Steven Spillman (www.tppress.com) |
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Biblical
Faith will only work when we believe that God will keep His promises to us and
then our faith pleases God. Because without faith it is impossible to please Him
(He-brews 11:6) and the more that we learn about God (from His Word) the more
our faith grows and we become certain of the promises that He makes to us. True
biblical faith is always centered only on God’s will and Word
and not ever self-centered. It must only be based on our belief, trust, and and His Word only and not in our faith itself or the
object of our faith. The faith life always looks at all things through God’s Word and His
unlimited ability to work out all things for our good (Romans 8:28). Jesus said
to us in Mark 9:23: "...
if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth."
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er, the power of putting self aside so God
may work unhindered through us. It is the attitude of our heart which having
ascertained the will of God, and being desirous of becoming a vessel for it,
goes on to believe and expect that God will work out his purposes through
us.
It is, in
brief, that desire to serve God which allows Him to use us and we become the
channel or vehicle through which He passes to bless mankind. The believer -moved, a God-possessed man; and the work which he
does in the world is not his, but God's through him. There are, therefore, these
necessary conditions of all true faith:
- The sense of helplessness and
nothingness (Romans 12:1-3).
- An absolute assurance of being on
God's plan (Psalm 32:8).
- Entire consecration that He will work
out his plan in our life (Proverbs
19:21).
- The daily food of promise (The
Word) (Psalm 119:130).
- A daring to act, in utter independence
of feeling, on a faith which trusts
completely in the faithfulness of God
(Psalm 37:5).
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My
Testimony - It All Began in 1981
(Revelation 12:11)
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Zion is a testimony and a journey of
faith, which began for me when I was saved, or born again, in January
1981. This testi-mony is based only on God's faithfulness to the Jewish
people and the Nation of Israel (Genesis 17:1-8). Both of which are
covenant promises and will come to pass (I Kings 8:56; Isaiah 25:1) and
not because of my faith. It is God's purpose and will for my life to
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I was saved by faith. It is a gift of
God (Ephesians 2:8, 9) and (Romans 10:8-9). |
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Jim Spillman came to Zion Temple in
Claw- son, Michigan in February 1981 and taught on "The Oil of Israel"; by faith I believed it and The Great Treasure Hunt. God used |
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Jim Spillman first in vision for the oil in my heart. |
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The Vision Book, I was told by faith to write the vision
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What the Bible (Word) declares comes
only by faith (Romans 10:17). |
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The Bible (Word) speaks to us by
faith (Psalm 119:105, 130, 138, 160) and then we must "by faith" believe the promise (Hebrews 11:1) and then by
faith act on it (James 1:22, 23). We are clearly warned by God about doubt
and unbelief (Hebrews 3:7-19) and how a true believer's rest can only be
obtained by faith (Hebrews 4:1- 12). God wrote this about Abraham who is
the father of our faith in (Romans 4:1-25). |
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Yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did
not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and
being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to
perform. |
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(Romans 4:20-21). |
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I then went by faith in 1983 to
Israel where God gave me (I Kings 8:41-43) and then by faith: |
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(2 Chronicles 6:32-33) I prayed and
asked God by faith for the oil! (Hebrews 11:1) And then by faith I
believed I received it (Mark 11:22-24) Since then I have by faith believed
it and spoken it and do not doubt it (Hebrews 10:38 ). |
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God called me full time to pursue the
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sion for the oil in December 1985
(Acts 22:14-15). So, by faith I resigned my job from Valeron and moved to
Houston, Texas (Hebrews 11:8) and then by faith I was told to write the Vision
Book (Habakkuk 2:1-3). I was very concerned that I only write what God has written and in the Bible. There is a severe penalty if we add to
or take away from His Word (Revelation 22:18-19) so I wrote The
Vision Book by faith only after I
received (Jeremiah 23:28-29).
"The Oil of Israel" (Amos 3:7)
Jacob's Blessing was "The
Vision" (He-brews11:21). By faith
Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh). In
the last days (?) (Genesis 49:1; 22-26 [key
verses25-26]) Joseph's Land will
be blessed with oil. Moses' Blessing (Deuterono-my 33:13-16) confirmed
Joseph's Land and Asher's foot (v:24) (see the
biblical map and Zion's exploration licenses opposite) The rights of given to the sons of Joseph (I Chronicles
5:1-2).
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By faith I then moved to
Houston, Texas- 1986 to pursue the vision (Hebrews 11:8; |
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BIBLICAL FAITH
Nehemiah 2:20). After ten years of various
trials and testing (Job 23:10) and just like Moses, I tried very hard in my own
strength
THE VISION AND THE CALLING
When first
visiting that God gave me a scripture (I
Kings 8:41-43), a vision (Oil for Israel) and, as a Christian Zi-onist and New
Covenant believer (Isaiah 65:1), the calling to render assistance to the Jewish
people and Nation of Israel and to aid them in the Restoration of the Land by
providing the oil and gas necessary to help the People of Israel maintain their
political and economic independence (Leviticus 19:33,34) (Exodus
6:6-8).
In the
Bible, God sovereignly declares that Israel is His chosen people (Exodus 4:22);
and we can gain some understanding of God's choice, His vision and purpose by
reading (Deuteronomy 7).
As a
Christian Zionist, I declare, "...
thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God". (Ruth 1:16) And I believe that, as true
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Christians, we must all so identify with
Israel, as we are all part of the "wild olive branch" grafted onto the olive tree by the grace of God
(Romans 11). Moreover, I identify with Israel because I share in their struggle
and understand a little something of their pain, their confusion, their hope,
the media misrepresentation, and the world�s disdain of the Jewish people and
the nation of Israel - even and perhaps more so today, when Israel appears to be
coming under greater criticism for taking those very steps of self-defense which
we in America take for granted as our sovereign moral right in defense of
ourselves and our interests.
As a
believer, I have and can have no doubt that mankind must learn that obedience
towards God and His commandments is the key to progress, whether personal or
corporate, national or international. Disobedience, on the other hand,
can lead only to great the story of the Jewish people and the nation of
Israel. Indeed, it appears that God's chosen people have ascended to heights and
descended to depths far beyond our experience - in both blessings and curses -
in progress and disaster.
In considering the history of Israel,
how-
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be, the forced pressure of the 'peace'
negotiations and calls of "land for peace" - despite the fact that Israel is the only nation on
Earth that was created by a sovereign act of God (Genesis 15) and whose(Numbers 34:1-12). For in (Exodus 32: 13) He said,
"...All of this land which I have spoken of will I
give to your descendants and they shall inherit it forever."
And when in
the summer of 2000, the Prime Minister of Israel indicated that in return for
the much prayed for "peace", Israel would be willing to give most of the
territory of the Holy Land reconquered in the 1967 War - a war commenced by the
Arabs with the declared purpose of destroying Israel - to the Palestinians for
an independenta state, those very Palestinians rejected the offer, declaring
that the Jews had no right to Jerusalem or to the Temple Mount, that the Bible
was "forged" to show such a connection between the people of
Israel and the site of His House, and then they commenced a wave of terrorism,
sending human bombs to kill and maim teenagers at discotheques and families at
pizza lunches.
Yet the recent events in the land of
Israel
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notwithstanding, with sorrow and regret,
we must admit the truth and confess that the greatest sufferings imposed on the
Jewish people throughout history have come from the so-called 'Christian' church
and from those confessing the Christian faith. For this we must all ask their
forgiveness.
The forces
directed against the Jews have misrepresented God and have wrongly interpreted
His Word in an attempt to rob Israel of its inheritance which is based on
(Genesis 17:7-8) a sovereign promise from God (Exodus 6:4) and an everlasting
covenant (Deuteronomy 4:31). Despite the fact that these expressions of evil are
totally contrary to God's everlasting covenant, His unchanging nature and
purpose, these actions were and
by these evil men and nations for their
own ends.
But as the
Bible declares, God HAS
NOT forsaken His covenant people
(Jeremiah 31:31-40); and, as 'new covenant believers', we are commanded by God
in the Bible to stand together with the Jewish people whom the world
has abused. As the for the Jewish people - for them the realization
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of their covenant and for
them the answer to their prayers of countless generations:
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall
no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord
thy God. (Amos
9:14-15)
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THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER The Blessings of the
Fathers (Genesis Chapters 17, 27,
49; Deuteronomy Chapters 32, 33)
The economic
and political stability of Is-rael, indeed, its very survival is at stake, not
in any small measure because of its dependence on imported oil and gas. The
desire to free Is-rael of such dependence has opened up unexplored areas of
Israel and today more sophisticated exploration and drilling techniques than
previously used are being utilized to assess the oil potential of those
areas.
The State of
Israel lies in the heart of the Middle East and is surrounded by areas in
neighboring Arab countries which contain the world's largest are the blessings and posterity which G-d had
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promised Abraham also for his son Ishmael
in (Genesis 17:18-20) and by Isaac�s blessing also of his son Esau in (Genesis
27:38-39). The genealogies of Ishmael (Genesis 25:12-18) and Esau (Genesis 36)
show that their descendants became the inhabitants of modern day Saudi Arabia
and other Arab countries, from Egypt to Iraq and Jordan to Yemen.
The State of
Israel, as a national member of the free world and as the only true, stable
democracy in the Middle oil to remain independent from outside political
pressures.
In 1988, the
Government of Israel, acting through the government-owned Oil
Exploration Investments Ltd.-iaries and geological consultants of renowned
international reputation, established the hydrocarbon potential of Israel, and
validated the existence of significant
oil and gas in the Land of Israel, as
also exist in the neighboring countries of the Middle East.
Past
exploration efforts have yielded several small on-shore discoveries and the
recent, significant gas fields
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blessings of the twelve tribes, as G-d prepared him
to view the "Promised Land" which HE had given to HIS chosen "Children of
Israel" -makes direct reference to the existence of OIL in Israel.
So, friends of Israel, as we begin "The Great
Treasure Hunt" may we join hands with the Government of Israel and its people
and together look toward and pray for "the discovery of OIL in their homeland,
the Land of Israel" and on the "Head of Joseph" as promised in the Torah by the
G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 49:25, 26; Deuteronomy
33:13-16).
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from
the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered,
and I will give you the land of Israel.
(Ezekiel 11:17)
And Israel
will be graciously comforted and restored (Micah 7:18-20; Ezekiel
37:15-28).
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THE VISION ... The Oil Of
Is'ra-el
While
visiting Israel with Alger Wolfe in May 1983, John Brown's prayer to the G-d of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was for oil to be found in Israel. This instruction to John were based on the biblical
portion describing the Dedication of the First Temple in Jerusalem and Solomon's
prayers thereat (I Kings 8:22-66).
Moreover concerning a stranger [John Brown]1,
that is not of thy people Is-rael, but cometh out of a far country
[U.S.A.]1
for thy name's sake: (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong
hand, and of thy stretched out arm); when he shall come and pray towards this
house; hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to ALL that the
stranger calleth to thee for [Oil
for Israel]1:
that all the people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy
people Israel and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is
called by thy name.
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(I Kings 8:41-43)
And
it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which
I command you this day, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your
heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his
due season, the early rain and the late rain, that thou mayest gather in thy
corn, and thy wine, and thine OIL2
[the OIL of Israel].
(Deuter-onomy 11:13-14)
THREE ... The Evidence
Then thou shalt see, and
thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall
be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto
thee. (Isaiah 60:5)
These three
specific -ceived by John Brown in 1983
from G-d while in the land of
Israel,
2 emphasis added
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which has been born by him through the
years for the exact purpose heart!
Today, G-d
Word, the reality of HIS promise when HE
also promised...
"For
surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut
off." (Proverbs
23:18)
THE CALLING... Tell Them
So, then He
told me to "write the vision" (Habakkuk 2:2-3) and then after the oil is
discovered, I am to tell them:
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, "Son
of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, the
days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Tell them therefore, Thus saith
the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it
as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect
of every vision. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor
flattering divination of
Israel. For I am the Lord: I will
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speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to
pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will
I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God." Again the word of the
Lord came to me saying, "Son of man, behold they of the house of Israel say, The
vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times
that are far off. Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; 'There shall
none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall
be done, saith the Lord God.'"
(Ezekiel 12:21-28)
THE PROMISES ... Also Unto the
Gentiles
(Leviticus 19:33, 34)
For the
prophets foretold that the Gentiles (Isaiah 55:5) would also call upon God and
they too would serve him (Zephaniah 3:9) and he would answer their prayers
(Isaiah 65:24) and he would save them (Isaiah 52:10) and set them in the land!
(Isaiah 14:1) For it is also written:
Also the sons of the stranger, that join
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themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the
name of the Lord, to be His servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath and
does not profane it, and all that hold fast to my covenant. Even them will I
bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their
burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be for
my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. (Isaiah 56:6-7)
A NEW COVENANT PEOPLE (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
For God has
promised that not only would He honor his First Covenant and would cause the
Jews to return (Jeremiah 33:14-26), but that one day He would also make a New
Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33-34) and in Hosea 2:23 He said: "...And I will say to them that were not my people,
Thou art my people!" And they
shall say, "you are my God" and they will help restore the Nation of Israel and
many people would come to the Land of Israel to seek the God of Israel
(Zechariah 8:20-23; Isaiah 65:1) and these strangers who dwelt among the people
of Israel would also share in the promised
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inheritance (Ezekiel 47:21-23) and
"... the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you
as one born among you."
(Leviticus 19:34) For G-d's promise to Abraham was, "and
in thy seed shall all
the nations of the earth be blessed."
(Genesis 22:18)
So, now we a
new covenant people (Deu-teronomy 29:12-15) have came to the land of Israel to
claim our promised inheritance and to receive the blessings of Abraham.
(Galatians 3:6-14). For it is also written, "...
is He the God of the Jews only? Is HE not the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the
Gentiles also," (Romans 3:29-30)
for G-d hath not cast away HIS people which HE foreknew. "For
if their [the Jewish
people] being cast away is the reconciling of the world,
what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?" (Romans 11:1-24) Because, "... that blindness in part has happened to Is-rael
until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel will be
saved." (Romans 11:24-36)
Therefore:
As a
Christian, one must recognize that it is written "...
if [we]
the Gentiles have been made partakers of their [Israel's]
spiritual things, their [Gentiles']
duty is also to minister to them
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BROWN
[Israel] in
material things." (Romans 15:27)
Because �the G-d of heaven He will prosper us
[Zion]" (Nehemiah 2:20) with the oil of Israel ... so that
we, a new covenant people of Zion, will minister and assist 'Israel' in their
petroleum and material needs. Because, as touching the election, "they [the Jewish People] are
beloved for the sake of the fathers." (Romans 11:28) And, when they do turn to the Lord,
the veil on their hearts will be taken away (2 Cor-inthians
3:14-16).
THE PURPOSE ... To
Receive The Blessings Of Jacob (Genesis 49:1-2 and
22-26)
I
believe Zion Oil & Gas was
ordained by G-d for the express purpose of discovering oil and gas in the Land
of Israel and to bless the Jewish people and the nation of Israel and the body
of Christ (Isaiah 23:18 NIV). I
believe that G-d has promised in
the Bible to bless Is-rael with one of the world's largest oil and gas
fields, and this will days before the Messiah returns and that it will be
found on the Joseph License and the Asher/ Menashe License, both being on the
Head of Joseph (Genesis 49:1-2 and 22-26):
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And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last
days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and listen unto
Israel your Father ... Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall.
The archers fiercely shot at him and hated him; but his bow abode in
strength, and the arms of his hands were made supple by the hands of the mighty
God of Jacob (by the name of shepherd, the Rock of Israel), by the God of thy
father who shall help thee; and by the Almighty who shall bless thee, with
blessings of the heaven above, blessings of the deep [the Oil of Israel]3
that lies beneath; blessings of the breasts and the womb. The blessings of thy
Father are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains, the blessings
of the everlasting hills [Oil]3,
they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that
was separated from his brothers.
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... And The Blessing Of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1,
13-19)
"And
this is the blessing which Moses the man of GOD blessed the sons of Israel
before his death" (Deuteronomy
33:1)
...
And of Joseph he said, blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things
of heaven, for the dew and for the deep [the Oil of Israel]4
that coucheth beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and
for the precious things put forth by the moon, and for the chief things of the
ancient mountains and for the precious things of primordial hills
[Oil]4
and fullness thereof, and for the Good will of HIM that dwelt in the bush; let
the blessing [the Oil of
Israel]4
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was
separated from his brethren
(Deuteronomy 33:13-16)
They shall call the peoples to the
mountain; there they shall righteousness; for they shall suck of
the
4 added by J. Brown
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abundance of the seas, and of
treasures
[the Oil of
Israel]5hid
in the sand. (Deuteronomy
33:19)
THE JOSEPH PROJECT ... The Inheritance
(Genesis 48:15-22)
Joseph shall have two portions. And you shall inherit
it, one as well as another; that concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it
to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you as an
inheritance.
(Ezekiel 47:13-14)
And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it
by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers [Gentile believers] that sojourn among you, who shall beget children
among you: and they shall be to you as those born in the country among the
children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of
Israel. And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the stranger may stay,
there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord GOD.
(Ezekiel
47:22-23)
5 added
by J. Brown
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CHAPTER 4
NOW BY FAITH ... The Joseph License
... The Plan ... By Faith (Hebrews 11:1-40)
Zion�s
approach is somewhat unprecedented ... and that is because of its founder's,
John Brown's, FAITH in G-d and HIS promises (Joshua 1:8) and in G-d's
faithfulness and ability to perform all HIS Word, as we also walk in the steps
of faith as Our Father Abraham walked (Romans 4:11-25). And Jesus said,
"It is written [Deuteronomy 8:3],
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of
God."
(Luke 4:4)
Now,
"FAITH is the substance of things [the Oil of Israel]6hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen." ... And, it is also
written that,"By FAITH Abraham, when he was tested, offered up
Isaac," and "By
FAITH Isaac blessed Ja-cob and Esau concerning things to
come"; "By
FAITH Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each
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of the sons of Joseph." (Hebrews 11:1-22) G-d�s word establishes and so
states "...The JUST shall live by his
FAITH" (Habakkuk 2:4)
"But without FAITH, it is impossible to please
HIM." (Hebrews 10:38 and
11:6)
For: We
worship by faith as Abel. We walk by faith as Enoch. We work by faith as Noah.
We live by faith as Abraham. We govern by faith as Moses. We follow by faith as
Israel. We fight by faith as
faith as Gideon. By faith we are patient
in suffering, courageous in battle, made strong out of weakness, and are
victorious in defeat. We are more than conquerors by our faith
seeing " there is one God who will justify the circumcised By
Faith and the uncircumcised through faith." (Romans 3:29-30)
So, it is
only through faith in JESUS CHRIST that we are saved. "It
is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God'
[Isaiah 54:13]
Therefore everyone who hath heard, AND HATH LEARNED OF THE FATHER, cometh unto
me." (John 6:45-51)
From its
inception, G-d's plan was born through Faith in G-d's Word into the heart of
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John Brown, Zion's founder, and, in all
matters concerning Zion, the Word of G-d has been the basis of John Brown's
conduct and actions: For it is written:
This book of Law shall not depart from your mouth,
but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according
to all that is written in it.
(Joshua
1:8)
Consequently, the founder of Zion shall respect and
"Fear God, and keep HIS commandments: for that is the
WHOLE duty of man."
(Ecclesiastes 12:13)
When we
began again drilling the Ma�anit-Rehoboth Well (MR#2) deeper in April 2009, it
was to reach the Permian Zone. "By Faith" I
believed and so stated publicly
that I believed by faith that this well would be our discovery well in
Israel. However, today, on April 14, 2010, I was informed that this well would
be temporarily suspended. What this means is that I was wrong and I presumed
that I knew what G-d would do in 2010 and for this sin of presumption I ask you
all for forgiveness (James 4:13-17; Psalm 19:12,13).
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However, my faith and belief in the scriptures
remains the same and unshaken because I do believe that oil will be discovered
in Israel and on the head of Joseph (Genesis 49:28). I'm convinced it will
happen someday but I just do not know when (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
"Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven,
And in Earth, in the seas, and all the deep places."
(Psalm 135:6)
by
the God of thy father who shall help thee; and by the ALMIGHTY who shall bless
thee, with blessings of HEAVEN above, blessings of the DEEP [the Oil of Israel]7
THAT LIETH BENEATH; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of him
that was separated from his brethren. (Genesis 49:25-26)
And of Joseph he said, blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things
of HEAVEN, for the dew and for the DEEP [the Oil of Israel]6
THAT COUCHETH BENEATH ... and, for the chief thing of the ancient
mountains
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and for the precious things [Meged] of
the primordial hills [Oil]8
and fullness thereof, and for the Good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let
the blessing [the Oil of
Israel]7
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was
separated from his brethren. (Deuteronomy 33:13-16)
And of Asher he said, Be Asher blessed above sons;
let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him DIP HIS FOOT IN
OIL. (Deuteronomy 33:24)
8 added
by J. Brown
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About John Brown
John Brown
Founder and Chairman, Zion Oil &
Gas
In 1983,
during a visit to Israel, John Brown, spiritually inspired by scripture (1 Kings
8:41-43), dedicated himself Israel; starting the process that led to the Jo-seph
Project. During the next seventeen years he made numerous trips to Israel, hired
oil and gas consultants in Israel and Texas, met with Israeli government offi companies, and assisted those companies in trying to
raise money for oil and gas exploration in Israel. This activity led Mr. Brown
to
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form Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. in April
2000.
John M.
Brown the company's founder, has been chairman of the board of directors since
its organization in April 2000. He served as CEO until September 2004, and as
president of Zion until October 2001. Mr. Brown has extensive management and
marketing experience, serving as corporate director of purchasing at GTE
Valeron, a subsidiary of GTE Corporation from 1966 to 1986, and as corporate
director of procurement at Magnetek Universal, Inc. during 1988-89. Mr. Brown is
also a director of M&B Holding Inc. a provider of cement walls and floors for -ings and home developers. Mr. Brown attended
Fullerton Jr. College and then received a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree from Fullerton College in 1966.
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The Joseph Project
- Zion holds 100% of the working interest
in their licenses, which means, the
company is responsible for 100% of the
costs of explo- ration and production.
12.5% of Zion's gross proceeds from
the sale of oil and gas belong to the
State of Israel as a royalty interest. (I believe this is the tithe, Malachi 3:10)
- Zion holds two Petroleum Exploration
Li- censes in northern Israel - the
79,000 acre Asher-Menashe License and
the 83,000 acre Joseph License for a
total of 162,000 acres on the head of
Joseph.
- After commercial production Zion will
set aside a royalty of 6% for
charitable founda- tions it has
established in Israel and Swit- zerland. (Offerings, Deuteronomy 16:17)
- In 2005, Zion drilled the Ma'anit #1 well
on the Ma'anit structure in the Joseph
License area. Drilling breaks and
shows of hydro- carbons were recorded
from 12,000 to the total depth of
15,500 feet. The Ma'anit structure
encompasses 7,400 acres.
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- From January 2007 to September 1,
2009, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. was
publicly traded on the NYSE Amex,
(previously known as the American
Stock Exchange) under the symbol
"ZN".
- From May 2009 to September 2009,
for the Ma'anit-Rehoboth #2, we
re-entered the Ma'anit #1 well head to
9,500 feet, 'side- tracked' and
drilled to a distance approxi- mately
2,500 feet northeast to a vertical depth of 17,913 feet (5,460 meters) but we
did not reach the Permian section of the
Pa- leozoic Age, which was our
intended target depth (TD), where
I believe is - "the bless- ings of the deep that lies beneath"
(Deut.33:13-16).
- In August 2009, Zion was awarded a
pre- liminary exclusive petroleum
exploration permit (the
"Issachar-Zebulun Permit") on approximately 165,000 acres onshore Israel
(Deut. 33:18,19). As of this writing, a
work program is currently underway for
the Geo- physical Institute of Israel
to acquire seis- mic on the
Issachar-Zebulun Permit.
- On September 2, 2009, Zion switched the
list- ing of its common stock and
common stock purchase warrants from
the NYSE Amex to
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the NASDAQ Global Market (NGM). Zi-on's
common stock continues to trade under the symbol "ZN" and Zion's warrants trade
under the symbol "ZNWAW".
- In October 2009, the Elijah #3 well
was drilled to approximately 10,938
feet when the drill string became
stuck. In February 2010, Zion
temporarily suspended opera- tions on
the Elijah #3 well pending further analysis. As of this writing Zion plans to
acquire additional seismic data in order
to resolve certain questions regarding
the ge- ology surrounding Elijah
#3.
- In April 2010, following production
and other testing, Zion concluded that
com- mercial quantities of
hydrocarbons were not present in the
Ma'anit-Rehoboth # 2 (MR#2)
well.
- As of this writing, plans are well
underway to drill a third well on the
Ma�anit struc- ture. This new well,
the Ma'anit-Joseph #3 (MJ#3), is
targeted at the "deep" Permian geological layer and Zion plans to begin
drilling the well in summer of 2010.
Visit Zion Oil's website at www.zionoil.com/ rig to read the latest updates on Zion's drilling and
exploration operations.
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Zion Oil & Gas Vision Statement
Comfort and Support to Israel
From its
inception, the calling of Zion Oil & Gas has been to assist Israel in the
restoration of the Land by and gas - helping to make Israel politically and
economically independent. We see the State of Israel not only as a refuge for
Jews, but as the fulfillment of
prophecy: "And I will plant them
upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I
have given them, saith the Lord thy God." (Amos 9:15)
"Zion" of Many Meanings
The word
"Zion" is rich with meaning on many levels. Although it originally referred to
the Citadel of Zion on eastern hill of Jerusalem, in what became known as
the City of David, the word was often used by the Hebrew prophets in a much
wider sense. �Zion� has been used respectively to refer to
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the Temple Mount, the entire Land of
Israel or even the People of Israel. In Christianity, the word �Zion� represents
the heavenly city ruled by God.
The decision to name our company "Zion
Oil & Gas" reflects the that our
activities -rael and its people, as well
as working toward the fulfilment of
"Zion" - in all of its many
meanings.
The
Blessings of "Joseph", "Asher", and "Issachar and Zebulun" in the "Land of
Israel"
And Jacob
blessed Joseph (Genesis 49:22-26): "Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough
by a well; whose branches run over the wall. The archers shot at him and hated him; but his bow abode in
strength, and the arms of his hands were made supple by the hands of the mighty
God of Jacob (by the name of shepherd, the Rock of Israel), by the God of thy
father who shall help thee; and by the Almighty who shall bless thee, with
blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings
of the breasts and of the womb. The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond
the blessings of the
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eternal mountains, the bounties of the
everlasting hills, they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the
head of him that was separated from his brothers.� And Moses blessed the tribes
of the sons of Joseph (Deuteronomy 33:13-17): "And of Jo-seph he said, Blessed
of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew and for
the deep that couches beneath, and for the precious fruits brought forth by the
sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, and for the chief things
of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of primordial hills, and
for the precious things of the earth, and its fullness, and for the good will of
him that dwelt in the bush. Let the blessings come upon the head of Joseph, and
upon the top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers."
"And of
Asher he [Moses] said, blessed above sons; let him be acceptable to his
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil." (Deuter-onomy 33:24.) Of the Land of
Israel, Moses sung (Deuteronomy 32:13): "He made him ride on the high places of
the earth, and he ate of the produce of
the suck honey out of rock,
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rock."
And Moses
blessed the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun (Deuteronomy 33:18-19): "About
Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and you, Issachar, in your
tents. They will summon peoples to the mountain and there offer sacrifices of on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden
in the sand."
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APPENDICES
charitable activities, we established the
Abraham Foundation. In June 2008, the articles of incorporation were
executed and filed by the Swiss
Registrar in Geneva and in November
2008, the Swiss Confederation approved the Foundation as an international
foundation under the supervision of the federal government. In December 2008,
the Republic of Geneva and the Federal government of Switzerland issued a tax
ruling providing complete tax exemption for the Foundation.
In February
2009, we assigned both (i) a 3% overriding royalty interest to the Bnei Joseph
Foundation (in Israel) and (ii) a 3% overriding royalty interest to the Abraham
Foundation (in Switzerland). In June 2009, the Israeli Petroleum Commissioner
formally approved Zion's transfer of the overriding royalty interests to the
respective foundations.
The general
application of the funds will be to support projects for the restoration of the
land and people of Israel and social, charitable, medical, religious,
educational and rehabilitative projects in the United States and
internationally.
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Since Zion Oil had been drilling in Israel John Brown
has received hundreds of letters and phone calls from well wishers, fans and
lovers of Israel. Below is a small sample:
Subject: FW: getting involved with
Zion
Since 1983, after attending a service by Jim Spillman, my father has been
telling me about the visions of oil exploration in Israel. I have followed the
efforts closely for many years, and was extremely excited after learning of
Zion. I am a dedicated Christian, and believe that the discovery of oil in
Israel will play an extensive role in the end times and the fulfillment of in the world than to be involved in this. I am a recent graduate of
Indiana University School of Law, with a background in Industrial Engineering. I
understand that Zion is a small company, but I would be willing to work in any
capacity, and would relish the chance to move to Israel. If you have any
employment opportunities, or think that I could be of service to you in any
other way, please contact me. I can provide you a resume upon request. Your
company and the country of Israel will continue to
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be in my thoughts and
prayers.
|
Just wanted to let you know, I believe in what you're doing. I've
invested in your company and look forward to seeing what God has in store for
you and your company!
The Bible does seem to mention oil in various places, that of the
petroleum kind. I've studied this based on your work and that outlined in the
Great Treasure Hunt.
Further, note was Rev. 6:6 says... "...do not damage the oil or the
wine." This seems to me to be petroleum oil and not wine, but gasoline. In
John�s vision, he wouldn�t know otherwise, so he described it was he could
(likewise further on in Rev. I don't believe he's literally talking about
locusts, but helicopters, etc).
One other thing... Thursday morning I'll be a father for the first time! -el Asher Kyle! 3 years ago I got an inspired message from God about
having a son, with a strong inclination of the name Gabriel after the message.
You know that Gabriel announced Jesus coming
to
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developments of offerings that had been called
for, because we just now were set up on internet and e-mail resources. I am
delighted and excited at the success of your offerings and praise God that you
all are moving forward in the drilling in March.
Before I had gone to Washington, I had told my wife that in my heart, I
believed that God was going to bless Israel with more oil than any nation, and I
couldn't put my finger me. This was before I discovered what you all were doing at the CUFI Wash
D.C.It was nice to see that God had put the same thing on many other hearts ,
and that you all were actually putting legs on the thing. It's nice to have that you are not that crazy after all. .You don't know what it meant to
us to hear that you all were going to get the oil for God and Israel. We are all
rooting for you with prayers and faith.
Please let me know if there is still the availability of giving
offerings/investments at an affordable rate that I could consider participating
in to bless Israel, bless Zion Oil's efforts, and by the grace of God bring
blessing to our church, ministry and family. May God Bless you as you dip your
foot in oil and recieve the blessings of the deep as you strike oil to the glory
of the Lord, to the credit of God's Word, and to bless Israel. We truly
appreciate your work in the Lord.
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JEWS AND CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAELTM
THE MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose
of JEWS AND CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR
ISRAEL (the "Association") is to provide both Jews and Christians with an
association through which, together, they can show their support for Israel and
stand united against all forms of theological, cultural and political
anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism is an assault on G-d, as well as on the Jewish
people.
SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATION
Jews
and Christians - come - let us walk by the light of HASHEM! (Isaiah
2:5)
Come let us go up to the Mountain of HASHEM, to the
Temple of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us of His Ways and we will walk in
His paths. For from Zion will the Torah come forth, and the word of HASHEM from
Je-rusalem. Isaiah 2:3
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Let
not the foreigner, who has joined himself to HASHEM, speak, saying, "HASHEM will
utterly separate me from His people."..
And the foreigners who join themselves to HASHEM to serve Him and to love the
Name of HASHEM to become servants unto Him, all who guard the Sabbath against
desecration, and grasp My covenant tightly � I will bring them to My holy
mountain, and I will gladden them in My house of prayer; their
elevation-offerings and their -vor on My Altar, for My House will be called a house
of prayer for all the people. The word of my Lord, HASHEM/ELOHIM, Who gathers in
the dispersed of Israel: I shall gather to him even more than those already
gathered to him. (Exiled Jews and
many gentiles will rally to the Messiah) (Isaiah 56: 3-8).
This
Association will carry a message -- a message to the world that the G-d of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is and the covenants with Israel and the Jewish people
are eternal and have never been set aside. The Association will shout
out that its blessings of Abraham.
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For the
times are who has many enemies, and
there is another rising tide of anti-Semitism around the world. The new code
word for anti-Semitism is anti-Zionism. Anti-Semitism is an assault on G-d, as
well as on the Jewish people. The Association must do everything that it can to
make Israel strong and deliver the message that we not stand for anti-Zionism
and anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism was and is deeply imbedded in Christian Church
doctrine and tradition based upon the chosen people being no longer "Is-rael"
but the Church.
According to
Franklin H. Littell in The
Crucifixion to
Understand the Jewish Experience,
the primary question for the Christian church is where it stands on the survival
of the Jewish people and Judaism. With Christian anti-Semitism based upon the
superseding or displacement myth of the Jewish people, the restored Israel and
the continued existence of the Jewish people are a substantial refutation of the
traditional Christian myth about the eventual annihilation, assimilation, or
withering away of the Jewish people and Judaism.
If Christians want to understand the
very
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foundations of their religion, they need to
understand what should be their relationship and understanding of the Jewish
people, G-d's witnesses on earth, and modern Judaism. Christians need to
recognize that their mission of preparing for the coming of the Kingdom of G-d
is shared with the Jewish people and the
Jewish people have their faithfulness to the divine covenant promised by G-d
in Genesis.
Elie Wiesel has commented that "Auschwitz represented
a failure, a defeat for 2,000 years of Christian civilization." Wiesel in
Messengers of God, Biblical Portraits and
Legends lamented who among the
Christian community actually studies the Word of G-d in which he
said.
In
Jacob's vision of the future, he wept together with his persecuted descendants.
And this was how he addressed God: In Your Book, it is written that one may not
slaughter an animal and her young on the same day. This law shall not be
observed by the enemy; he will kill mothers and their children in each other's
presence. I shall not ask You who will observe Your Law; I shall simply ask You
to tell me who will study it.
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In
his dream Jacob saw a ladder whose top reached into heaven. It still exists.
There are those who have seen it, somewhere in Po-land, at the side of an
out-of-the way railroad station. And an entire people [were] climbing, climbing
toward the clouds on fire. Such was the ancestor Jacob must have felt.
The Christian community does not realize that instead
of choosing to assimilate at all costs because of anti-Semitism, Jewish people
worldwide continue to renew and intensify their Jewish life and to raise Jewish
children. Knowing of the fate to which these decisions may threaten their family
and of how little the world really cares, such decisions can only come from
faith and trust in G-d.
Judea and Ruth Pearl in I
Am Jewish, Personal Reflections of
Daniel Pearl said that to be
Jewish is to be part of a four-thousand year old community of memory that
recognizes what we owe to those who have come before us. The Jewish people are
the only people in the world today who still inhabit the same land, embrace the
same religion, study the same Torah, speak the same aboriginal language, Hebrew,
and hear the same
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name, Israel, as they did 3,500 years ago.
To the people who say show me proof that G-d exists, I say look to G-d's
witnesses on earth, look at the history of the Jewish people after two thousand
years of persecution and the Holocaust and you will see proof that G-d exists.
The Jewish people live. Israel lives! Juda-ism lives!
Many
evangelical churches still preach a
modified form of which they claim that
the world is now in the time of the Church and G-d has set aside the Jews. If
there is another Holocaust, then it is to be. They see no purpose in Christian
dialogue with the Jewish people, unless the Jews want to accept the Christian
message of salvation.
A leading
theologian of Christian-Jewish dialogue, Paul M. van Buren, has stated that
if the Christian church is faithful to G-d and His
covenant with His people, the proper mission of the Christian church to the
Jew-ish people would be to help Israel to be what it is in the covenant by G-d's
election and to help it perform its mission.
Israel's
mission to the world and the Association�s guiding mission to the world
should
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be the same - tzedaka u-mishpat - the two virtues which were the basis for Abraham's
initial election by G-d. I have known, loved and appointed Abraham in order that
he commands his children and household after him to observe the way of the Lord,
which is to do compassionate righteousness [tzedaka] and moral justice [mishpat]. This is why G-d promised to make of Abraham a
great and powerful nation through whom all the nations of the earth would be
blessed. Genesis 18: 18-19. \
As the
natural and spiritual children of Abraham, we must through our decisions radiate
this compassionate righteousness [tzedaka] and moral justice [mishpat] that shows that we are pursuing Israel's mission to
the world through the Association. By pursuing Israel's mission, Israel and the
world will be blessed. And this is the spiritual message that the Association
must deliver.
Radical
Islam has picked up the torch of anti-Semitism from the Nazis and Professor
Robert S. Wistrich has said that Hitlerism did not die in April 1945 nor was
Auschwitz truly "liberated," but this "culture of hatred" has been ignited
across the Arab-Muslim world. For radical Islam is not about the territorial
or
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On
the following page (72) is a copy of my personal testimony. In Romans Chapters
10 & 11, the scriptures contain Paul's Prayers for Israel and that salvation
is open to both the Jew and Gentiles. It clearly states that a remnant of Israel
will be saved by an Election of Grace and that G-d himself caused a spiritual
blindness to fall on the rest. And we Gentile believers are warned by G-d to not
boast against them (Romans 10:11-15). If you will read chapter 11 very
carefully, you will see that G-d has a plan for Israel and the Jews in Verse 25
"for I would not, brethren that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that the blindness in part is happened to
Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in" and in verse 26 "and so
all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the
deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob"; but until then we are
warned in verse 28 "as concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes:
but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers
sake".
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his
ways past finding out!"
(Romans 11:33-36)
John M. Brown
Founder, Jews and Christians United
for Israel
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