It all began when the orthodox Jews began to pressure the Librarian not to accept any of our books. Then the newspaper refused to print any of our articles while continuing to print articles by orthodox Jews against the Messianic believers. We thought, "Why not print our own newspaper reflecting God's views and also warning of the coming Tribulation. So a Minute to Midnight was born!
The first step was writing articles and doing a layout. We did this and presented it to the printer. This particular printer has a ministry of printing Bibles and testimony books, so any money we paid him will be used for the advancement of the Lord's Kingdom! Double Blessing!
The next step was going back to the printer and picking up 2000 full=size printed copies. WE got an extra bonus, since the color was slightly off on some of the pictures- they gave us 600 copies - perfectly readable! The Lord must have plans for these! We began by distributing some of them to the Jerusalem congregation. Page One has an attention-getting headline: "The Missionaries are coming!" with an article on why we persist in spreading the good news when we are bombarded with negativity. We have the cure for all of mankind's ills - The Messiah of Israel and the world!
For English translation of Front Page Editorial, Click here!
These articles will be translated into English and put onto this web site as soon as we get the time to do that. Meanwhile the inside pages have a teaching on the life of Paul and how he turned from being a persecutor to a messenger of love. There is an article on how many prophets of God were killed by the leaders of Israel and how the two witnesses of Revelation will also be killed on the streets of Jerusalem. There is also an article of Micah 5 and the first coming of the Messiah. Also, the Third chapter of John, a few articles on Bible puzzles,verses, "Ask Aunt Tikvah (Hope)" - an advice column, and more.
The Back page tells who we are - not a religious denomination, but those who have a relationship with the King of the Universe, etc. It gives our post office box where letters can be sent. It has a short notification that passing out religious books in public is not illegal in Israel. We included a short story that is going around the internet that shows that Y'shua is IN us and how we should be ministering to one another. And, finally, we included what would be in the next edition: The Messiah is returning! He came the first time as a lamb to be sacrificed. When he returns, He is coming as the Lion of Judah! Are you ready? When he comes, what will he find you doing?
Lura and Edwin Beckford
03/04
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