This week we will pray for Israel through the words of the prophet Zechariah. These are words of warning, judgment and hope. As always, God’s special relationship with the land and the people of Israel never changes. It is a relationship of love, grace and mercy based on His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Zechariah 12:1-2
12 This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel.
The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says, 2 “Jerusalem will be like a cup in my hand. It will make all the surrounding nations drunk from the wine of my anger. Judah will be attacked by its enemies. So will Jerusalem.
PRAY FOR ISRAEL TO EMBRACE HER UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND HIS MESSIAH.
[For the last few weeks Israelis are once again suffering terror attacks, this time at the hands youth with a knife.]
Since 2013 2000, 996 people have been killed in terror attacks.
In addition to the victims themselves, terror attacks have turned 2,853 Israelis into orphans, with 99 of them losing both parents in the attack. There were also 978 widows, and currently there are 800 parents alive who have a least one child killed in a terror attack.