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Moriel Japan 2010 Geoff Toole moriel japan News from the Far East/Autumn Report 2010 Hello and greetings in Jesus’ Name from Moriel Japan. I am in Sydney this week, shaking from the souvenir (some tropical disease) I bought back from Saigon a few days ago. Nevertheless, there is much to tell of recently. The Japanese Front Praise the Lord for the successful June meetings with Jacob Prasch and David Lister. There were many new faces. Mostly those with an interest in Hebrew roots, and a few old AOG believers like myself. The messages were received well with our interpreter, Daisuke, deserving a gold medal, no doubt waiting for him at the judgment seat. All meetings were recorded and have been placed on the internet to get the message out as fast as possible. Many people requested more written material to read over and take it all in at a slower pace. We have finally published our article on PDL and the Emerging Church. The content and information, similar to that in Roger Oakland’s “Faith Undone” and other discernment ministries will be perhaps the first that anyone in Japan will read. We pray that people will get a better idea of where the Emerging church, Contemplative spirituality and Purpose Driven are coming from and see that it is yet another deception, fulfilling prophecy. The next teaching sessions are planned for this year. We will have two sessions on “The Antichrist”in Kobe. We are particularly excited about this topic as it will be new to everyone. There are no Barrys, Hals or Chucks over here. Most Christians have little knowledge or idea of just what ‘antichrist’ means. With more examples recorded and posted on the net it won’t be long before people start picking up the message and reading midrashically themselves. On the Streets This summer we have focussed more time on street evangelism in Amagasaki, a working class city next to Osaka. The suffering of many families there is clear due to the ongoing economic recession. Many good opportunities to share the gospel have come so far. We have decided to spend each weekend at the same town square so that any who want to come to us with questions will always be able to. Still, it has been a slow process. Philippines The last trip to Romblon in the Philippines was great. The response was the best yet. Pastors gathered from the local churches for a two day seminar (admittedly with free food). Day one was an introduction to Midrash using the examples of Jonah and the grain offering. All those who attended are excited about a followup seminar, even without free food. Q and A time again focussed on charismatic issues, anointing, faith prosperity etc. There is a long road ahead for some churches who have been caught up in every error and superstition under the sun, yet I sensed that their attitude was right and God will deal with them step by step. Certainly their eyes were opened and many professed to feeling rebuked by the Holy Spirit. Also it was a pleasure to be able to distribute the concordances purchased by Mark and Carrie. The pastors were all encouraged to make them available to all of their church members. Praise God for His faithfulness. This is the same island where our previous seminar was cancelled by a certain supervisor. Praise the Lord also for saving me from a mix up with the airplane tickets, losing my wallet, losing my voice, dengue fever, a typhoon, a smoke filled church, and a LOT of mud. All of which appeared at some stage in the week. Saigon Vietnam is suffering from the serpent and the dragon right now. I knew about the dragon. I met pastors who cannot return to their church due to a government decision to halt all church activity until the next communist meeting there in March. For many years I have known about the dragon, but this is the first time to see deception in the church. It was very sad and disappointing. Although six Moriel messages have so far been translated into Vietnamese, for various reasons the door does not yet appear to be open. The PDL and faith prosperity nonsense have beaten us into Vietnam, along with an unwillingness to listen to arguments against them on the part of certain leaders. Pray for Vietnam that voices will arise among them calling them back to biblical truth. On the whole, it can still be described as a comparatively pure church, but once that serpent gets its foot in the door, so to speak…! Perhaps significantly, the town where I challenged the pastors about the Purpose Driven life was famous for its production of ‘snake wine.’ We also drank ‘bird’s nest in a can,’ made from the saliva of swallows apparently, on that day. I can’t help but think that the birds have started nesting in the branches. *I had a wonderful few weeks of fellowship in Australia, meeting old friends in Sydney and new ones in Queensland. Thank you to all for your kindness. Autumn update *Praise God. The Summer is ended and at least one person was saved! We were delighted to baptize Mr Kashihara in our local river two weeks ago. He has had a great conversion for which we give thanks to the Lord. *The Anti-Christ seminars went well and are now posted on the website (bi-lingual). Our next project is ‘The Future History of the Church’ series which we plan to hold in Tokyo in late November. *Daisuke is due to marry the daughter of our close brothers in Christ in the Philippines. We welcome Jean next year to our fellowship in Japan. Prayer Pray with us for our outreach in Amagasaki. Pray that those who have taken the tracts and listened will return to find out more. We are praying at the moment about relocating our church to the working class city of Amagasaki where we have been focussing on recently. Please pray that God will make His will known. Perhaps Daisuke and Jean will live in the new church as we begin more outreach to younger kids. Please pray also for our Tokyo seminars later this year. Also for Peter Danzey’s meetings in Tokyo and Kobe early next year as I return the gruelling schedule he had for me this summer! Baruch, who was born 3 months premature is now almost completely restored. There remain almost no ill-effects from his early ordeal. Thank you for your prayers. Geoff Toole 20 Moriel Quarterly • December 2010
Geoff Toole Moriel Japan 2010 m o r i e l j a p a n ~ 2010 “The double challenge. Erroneous religion and erroneous English” Manoah up to his ankles Baruch on his bike Our by the river moriel japan “Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come” Daisuke’s baptism sermon Kashihara San . . . ...and Yuto celebrate the 2nd birth PHOTO ALBUM This is a volcano near our town called Daisen. Daisen means Big mountain! Daisen, Big mountain! m e m o r i e s December 2010 • Moriel Quarterly 21
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