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Moriel Australia – Continued
Geoff Toole
Moriel Japan
knees – especially me – asking the Lord to lead our union to what we saw in
Dave and Ruth.
We brought them out to the country for a couple of days to give them a
break from their very hectic schedule. Ruth fell in love with the beautiful
Strezlecki Mountain Range behind us and marveled at the changing colors.
Dave loved to share a joke with us, but at times it was lost in the American/Australian
understanding or sayings, but we laughed ourselves silly at
the joy Dave got from the telling us his jokes. One evening we went to dinner
(driving for ages) for him to get spare ribs, and before long our table
was surround by staff and diners listening to this dear man. Ruth was ever
watchful and would ever so gently draw things to a close if she saw him getting
weary.
At the Conference (on a long weekend) the weather was dreadfully hot
with north winds blowing constantly. I was mindful of Dave’s health and
suggested to him that after his session Ross would take him to the motel
nearby for a little rest and his response was “Oh no my dear I never miss an
opportunity to hear the boy preach, I always learn so much from him!”
Of course the boy was Jacob. The love and respect between them was
so apparent. At the end of the conference we had a question and answer
time and it was move over Laurel and Hardy, they were so funny. Sure they
answered the questions but the jokes flowed. Dave would say “now just a
moment junior I will answer that one!”
So many wonderful memories!
A couple of years later, Dave and Ruth were here in Melbourne and I
went to see them. I was just getting out of the car when they pulled up beside
me and immediately that wonderful couple were giving hugs and expressing
their sympathy at Ross’ passing. Of all the thousands of people all over the
world they would encounter they remembered us. I was so humbled.
This dear man had earned his final reward, and while Ruth will miss him
dreadfully she will have such inner joy and peace because she knows exactly
where her beloved is.
Dave and Ruth were wonderful friends of Moriel and Jacob. Please continue
to pray for Ruth.
Each of our administrators will be bringing you reports from their part of
the world so I will bring this to a close with an apology if I have rambled on
(which I do at times) too long but do close with a reminder to be ever watchful
for that opportunity to share Our Lord & Saviour.
Humbly in Christ,
Marg
Your Letters and
Comments
ness of Christ imputed to us, not our own.
There is no mixture. Salvation is all the
work of God; we only respond to it.
Another example still is Jesus’ caveat to
The Church of Laodicea about spitting out
the lukewarm. The area around Laodicea
has hot springs fed from the Roman aqueduct
from Pamukela in modern Turkey but
there are cold springs also where the water
seasonally chills forming both hot and
cold springs and wells. The springs where
the hot and cold mix are lukewarm. As always,
Jesus hates the mixture. We address
this in the book The Lord led me to author
“The Dilemma of Laodicea” (which you
can get from Moriel website or catalogue
or Amazon etc.).
There is more to Leviticus 19 than
this, but this is the essence of the meaning.
How the Law of Moses is the shadow
of New Testament truths fulfilled and revealed
in Jesus is a massive subject and
therefore not something we can explain
extensively by e mail. If you want to truly
understand the New Testament beyond a
baby food level of milk instead of meat we
must understand it in light of The Old Testament
(Hebrews 5: 10-14, 1 Cor. 3:1-2).
Churches that do not expound the Old Testament
in light if The New Testament only
serve milk which is good for babies (new
believers) but cannot produce real growth
in older believers who have been saved
any length of time. As a result we are told
their spiritual senses cannot discern good
from evil ( true doctrine and practice from
false). It is like its counterpart when unsaved
Jews cannot really understand the
Tenak (Old Testament) beyond a superficial
level unless they understand it points
to Christ as the Messiah. The New cannot
be understood properly without the Old,
not the Old without the New.
Again, this is a massive subject and goes
into lengths beyond what we can respond
to by email, but I hope this at least answers
your question. We do have a wide variety
of scriptural teachings and several books
including ‘Grain For The Famine‘ where
we attempt by God’s grace to address this
issue with scriptural exposition. See also
Understanding the Mixture.
In Jesus,
Jacob Prasch & Moriel
moriel japan
News from the Far East
June Report 2013
It has been a busy and fruitful few
months since our last Moriel Japan
report. This term began with a lot of
prayer and the Lord has blessed His work.
Earlier in the year I began listening to a recording
of Andrew Murray’s ‘With Christ
in the school of Prayer’, which encouraged
me to seek the Lord more specifically
in prayer. The months of March and April
were wonderful. There were opportunities
to share the gospel at every turn. More
people received tracts than ever previously.
More people on buses, trains, and streets
were asking about faith in God and the
bible than ever. I have never experienced
times like these. So I am encouraged, and
I also encourage you to remember what
Christ and the apostles taught about our
need for specific and zealous prayer. The
Lord always proves His word true. How
much more would be accomplished if we
all believed in the importance of prayer!
And how great is the work to be done!
Scott and Khea Noble visited us in
March for two great weeks of evangelism
and teaching. I realized how different the
Buddhism of Thailand and Japan are. There
are relatively few sincere Buddhists here,
but around the temples they can always be
found. Scott and Khea led us to some of the
temples in Kyushu where we distributed
tracts and spoke with local worshippers.
One priest’s testimony was that he had
turned to Buddhism after his friend had died
in a car crash. Although he truly believed
his Zen Buddhism, he readily admitted to
not having reached ‘enlightenment’ as they
put it, and I sensed that his heart really was
open to spiritual truth in a way that most
Japanese are not. There must be many like
him in the ‘priesthood’. Scott and Khea encouraged
us a lot regarding reaching out to
the local priests and their families. We had
some good times street preaching and witnessing
together in Fukuoka and Osaka.
Another approach was to open an archaeology
club in some local community
centres. The aging population of Japan
now boasts large numbers of recently retired
people who have time to pursue new
interests. I had an idea to advertise an archaeology
club simply as a way of meeting
new people and creating the ‘circle’ which
seems to be so important in this culture.
Japanese people trust others much more
once they are connected in some kind of
social circle or group. At our first meeting,
Scott presented the archaeology of the Hittites
and Assyria. Six new people attended.
A few were English students, but two were
strangers. One of which, ‘Shiokawa san’
was encouraged to begin reading the old
testament and happily received a Japanese
creation magazine. He promised to come
again. Another lady said she was interested
in Indiana Jones! Right now I am preparing
our next meeting on the topic of Egypt (and
of course what God did there!). Please pray
that people will join this study and that it
will lead to real opportunity to witness and
present the gospel. Especially ‘Shiokawa
san’, who was encouraged to read the bible
and learn more.
Grant returned to Japan after a visit with
his family back in the US. The Lord was
able to make good use of him there, sharing
about the need for missions in Japan and
encouraging people to pray for and join
in the work here. Right now Grant is busy
improving his Japanese and preparing for
another term of evangelism. Last week God
provided a local English teaching job. Pray
for God’s direction for him now. It is an exciting
time as summer is approaching and
the witnessing opportunities will be many.
Leaving Scott and Khea on their way to
Tokyo I left for the Philippines on April 1st.
The work there has never been better. More
and more young people from the universities
came and joined our meetings. There I
continually introduced the basic principles
of midrash, this time in the context of the
History and Prophecy of Egypt. We looked
at Joseph’s famine and compared the
plagues of Exodus, to those of Revelation,
with particular emphasis on those that the
Hebrews went through, and the last seven
plagues from which they were spared. It is a
great study and I encourage you to do it too!
The false ‘grace’ teaching of Joseph
Prince has divided up the body there, especially
down in the islands. It was helpful
for them to clear up some of the issues of
what biblical grace really is. Pastor Hope,
who exactly one year ago was removed
from ministry on account of his Moriel
affiliation, is doing well. Moriel provided
financial assistance to Hope which he has
invested in a field of peanuts. By the time
you read this the harvest will be done and
most of it will be peanut butter. He is reaching
out to the ‘young people’ and providing
a space for them to come and study more.
Some of the young students asked their
pastors to borrow the concordance but were
refused. Their pastor told them they would
“mis-interpret”, and that “It was only for
those who had been to bible college”. No,
these are not the Catholics but the ‘protestants’
saying this. Hope is working hard to
get lots of good teaching into their hands
and the hands of their friends. I am convinced
that they already know a great deal
more than their teachers. They are the outcasts
of Israel, that God is already beginning
to use. May we provide them with
what they need to study and teach others.
One of them was threatened recently by his
Catholic family at knifepoint on account of
his conversion. He has been a faithful believer
for three years and has a great deal
of knowledge considering his situation. Yet
his pastor, after three years, will not baptize
him! The LORD is personally tending the
needs of his scattered sheep.
Hope has now joined Pastor Pol, also
zealous in the promotion of midrash and
discernment, and together they are getting
the teaching out to many in the various
provinces of the Philippines. Pastor Pol was
able to arrange a meeting in a central province
where about 120 pastors and teachers
could attend their first midrash and prophecy
seminar. (As opposed to the ‘prophecy’
seminars of Cindy Jacobs and the G12
which are so popular now. Pol was overwhelmed
with joy to watch his brothers and
sisters eyes open as they saw for the first
time some deeper truths of scripture (which
have become so familiar to us). One host
pastor happens to be head of a university
school of veterinary science, researching
buffaloes. He treated us to a sample of their
buffalo yogurt and buffalo milk café latte
after the meeting. I have found the simplest
way to teach midrash to new people is to
use the exegesis of Melchizedek, in Hebrews
Ch 7. This gives us such a clear pattern
that we can repeat for any other bible
passage. We are now planning a follow up
seminar for them and another similar one in
Manila, Lord willing, by Jacob next year.
I was blessed to visit Olongapo again
and see so many of the young children
growing in their faith and knowledge of
the Lord. Two years before, I mentioned to
David Lister that soon the families of the
children would come. Pastor Paul had a
great idea to invite the mothers to help with
the food preparation and through that many
are now attending regular bible studies and
asking good questions. I was not sure if the
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