What I am about to tell you is so incredibly awesome...
Many of you know the story of The Reluctant Prophet Jonah and Ninevah. God had called him to go to Ninevah and preach a message of repentance. Jonah wanted no parts of that because he had witnessed first hand and heard plenty of stories of Assyrian cruelty.
It is recorded in Biblical history that the Assyrians had killed many of Jonah's people . In fact stories are told that the Assyrians impaled them at the end of the cities and in some cases flayed them alive. It was brutal manslaughter on God's people. So when God called Jonah to go and preach he said no way and fled to Tarshish. Well, God had other plans and now enter the the story of the large fish which eventually puked him back on the shore towards Ninevah.
You know the rest of the story... He preached a message of Repentance and the whole city repented even the dogs were covered in sackcloth. I believe Jonah knew this was going to happen and that is why he fled in the first place. He remembered how the Assyrians had done such evil things and caused his people to flee...
Fast forward to today...
Ninevah is now modern day Mosul and thousands of people are fleeing the city because of Isis. A modern day group doing similar things that the Assyrians did. People are leaving in droves and to be quite frank many that we talked to do not want to go back there. They remember what Isis did they recall how their neighbors have raided their homes and broke their trust.
Do you know where many are headed to as I type? They are headed to Erbil. They are now gathering in groups to learn about Jesus. Many will get saved and find Jesus in the church that is being planted in Erbil.
Could it be that these same people that Grace4Iraq is rescuing in these apartments will one day be the group that reluctantly returns to Modern Day, Ninevah (Mosul)?
My heart skips a beat at this thought because we could see God do the very same thing he did in Jonah's day. We could see one of the greatest revival's recorded in the Bible taking place in Mosul by the very people we are rescuing and our Pastor friend is equipping...
We know from the Bible that the Middle East is the greenhouse for the end times... Could this movement help usher in the Rapture?
I ask you to pray for Pastor Malath and his wife Nour as they are elbows deep into leading this church movement and they are sharing the good news of Jesus with many modern day Mosul refugees...
Could God be up to something really big? All I know is that he longs for all to come to repentance and there are many in Mosul that need Jesus!
May we see in our day what Jonah did!
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Praying for the nations to be reached with the Good News! Thanks for running out in front Jim and Grace Community Church!
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