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I want to thank all of you who’ve been praying for protection over Israel and Jerusalem as the Gaza war has picked up steam again. I think it was both Thursday night and Friday night that we had sirens here in Jerusalem because of missiles that had been shot in this direction from Yemen. We praise God that they were intercepted, but we really appreciate your prayers and standing with us.
Today I want to share two things, but they’re related in the sense that they both are part of what I believe God is doing in this season worldwide, wherever intercessors will call out to Him for their nation.
God is in a process of exposing evil, unrighteous, unjust systems, and not only exposing them, but, as intercessors continue to humble themselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from their wicked ways, He will uproot these evil systems so that our lands can be healed.
Two visions for you to pray into: one concerning Israel and an uprooting that is needed here, and a second concerning Turkey and an uprooting that is needed there.
Matthew 15:13, Prayers for Israel
On the 16th of March, I had a vision during our worship in Succat Hallel. My wife Patricia had previously seen the Knesset looking almost like an open Bible, and I saw something very similar.
I saw this Bible coming down out of heaven, and it had a crown on it, which would seem to indicate the authority of the Word of God. Then it came down over the Knesset, which I believe represents not only the Knesset but everything of the government of Israel: the executive branch, the judicial branch, the legislative branch—the full government of Israel.
As the Bible was above the Knesset, I saw that it began to rain from the Bible down onto the Knesset. It began to soften the ground, and underneath the Knesset, it began to expose and reveal roots, both good roots and bad roots. There were roots that were full of light, and there were roots that were very, very dark.
Then I saw that Jesus (Yeshua) began to reach into these roots and pull out the bad ones. He would just pull them out, and they would be uprooted, and He took them to the side where it was not raining and put them all in a pile where they quickly dried.
Then He set them on fire. He burned these evil roots so they could never have their influence to bring forth evil systems over the government of Israel again.
I felt the Lord was wanting us to know that this is the time. There’s a lot of unrest, demonstrations, a very polarized media here in Israel, and many accusations are being made. Quite honestly, I feel like the judicial system is being politicized here, as it has been in many other nations, where one judge or one attorney general—or two or three judges—unelected people (as the judiciary is here, they are not appointed by elected officials but by a select little committee), are exerting influence.
We see something happening in the judiciary that concerns us here, as in many nations. So I felt the Lord wanted us to proclaim together: let’s proclaim that we proclaim the authority of the Bible, the authority of the full Word of God, over every area of the government of Israel.
We agree together, in the name of Yeshua, with the Word of God that Yeshua Himself (Jesus) spoke in Matthew 15:13, where He said:
Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
So we pray that the things promoting injustice, unrighteousness, wickedness and evil systems that would come against any of God’s purposes or plans for Israel will be uprooted. Not only in other places like Hamas and Hezbollah and all of that, but here within Israel, that in the government of Israel these evil systems will be uprooted.
Psalm 9:14, Prayers for Turkey
The second vision I’d like to share is one I already shared, but I feel it needs to be prayed into right now.
For those who are not aware, there have been major, major demonstrations in Turkey for four nights in a row now. They say that the largest demonstration in at least ten years is taking place.
The people are very, very upset because President and Prime Minister Erdogan preempted the nomination, which should have taken place at this time.
It looked like the mayor of Istanbul would be nominated as the chief opposition rival in the election to President/Prime Minister Erdogan . This mayor of Istanbul is tremendously popular and seems to be desiring true liberty in Turkey.
So the people in Istanbul and Izmir and Ankara have taken to the streets, and even though the government silenced some social media, even they said that they could not demonstrate, the people continued to demonstrate in large numbers in the streets.
I believe this aligns with a vision I received on the 10th of December 2024 concerning Turkey.
In that vision, I saw that it was a very, very dark night, no stars, no light of the moon or anything.
Under the cover of darkness, President Erdogan was ordering the troops of Turkey to invade and attack Christians and Kurds in northern and especially northeastern Syria. It was like he was getting away with it because it was all in the dark—no one seemed to be aware of it.
Then in this vision, suddenly, like in a prison break movie, sirens came on and bright lights—and a spotlight shone upon President Erdogan and upon these troops and what they were about to do toward Kurdish people and Assyrian Christians and others in the north of Syria.
When the light came on, and he was exposed, I saw great angels come, and the net that the troops were going to throw over northern Syria, over these Christians, over these Kurds, the net blew back on them. The angels just pushed it back on Turkey, and they were caught in their own net.
I believe there’s something God is wanting to do at this time to expose evil intentions that were coming forth from President Erdogan and his orders to his military.
Again, we love the people of Turkey. God loves the people of Turkey very much. But the Lord hates evil systems—systems of injustice, systems of oppression. So we proclaim over any kind of evil system of oppression that is trying to come forth through President Erdogan.
We proclaim the Scriptures in Psalm 9:15:
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
We proclaim together from Jerusalem, let any nets of evil that have been thrown out, that have been prepared against innocent people, fall back upon those evil leaders that would cast those nets and upon the military that cast those nets.
So we say, let the angels of God rise up. Let them push that net back. Let those who have laid the net be caught in their own net. Let those who have dug the pit fall into their own pit.
And may the purposes and plans of the Lord for Turkey at this time come into fulfillment.
We believe You, Lord, for this in the mighty name of Yeshua. We thank You, Lord, that You are Lord over the nations.
Again, we thank You that You who watch over Israel never slumber or sleep.
You’ve been protecting us even at night during these missile attacks. And we thank You, Lord, for Your great grace and strength upon our leaders and upon the military to finish the uprooting of evil systems like Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Iranian regime.
May this be a season of uprooting evil systems that would oppress not only Israel but the people of Gaza, the people of Lebanon, the people of Yemen, the people of Iran.
We thank You for reports we had recently from our friends in Lebanon. They said that for the first time in 30 years, they have hope that their beautiful country that was almost destroyed and basically destroyed economically may be set free from the oppression of Hezbollah.
And they say: Keep praying for the full uprooting of these jihadist, oppressive terror groups.
So we agree together for that, in the name of Yeshua.
Amen.