Past Events
RICO CORTES in Australia 12-23 February 2016
Rico Cortes is based in Orlando USA, but travels regularly to Israel and around the world to teach from the Scriptures the Gospel of the Kingdom, encouraging and challenging all to follow Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) and foster a closer relationship with our Heavenly Father.
Rico has travelled across all continents except Australia, so he is looking forward to coming to share from the Word here across the country this February 2016. Countries he has toured and shared the Scriptures in the last few years include Belgium, Germany, England, Holland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Hong Kong, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rico, Pouerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, across the USA and of course the beloved land of our great King, Israel.
Rico is looking forward to touring across Australia in February 2016, to share with us from God’s Word, with desire for us to have a closer relationship with our Heavenly Father as we follow Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) (Luke 10:27, Deut. 6:4-7, John 14:15,23-24).
Rico will challenge you to keep the Commandments that Yeshua (Jesus) kept. He specialises in uncovering spiritual truths hidden within the Holy Temple and the services that took place there. His knowledge of the Covenants, Tabernacle, Holy Temple, priests and procedures combine to bring an incredible prophetic message to us today regarding how we are to reverently approach and be true servants of our Creator, יהוה (YHWH, the LORD). His passion is to learn and teach the Word of God, and he has been studying and sharing from the Bible in its Hebraic context for 17 years and from Ancient Near East perspective over last three.
Born in Puerto Rico, raised in California, Rico now resides in Florida. A former Pro Baseball player for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets in the minor leagues for 6 years, he had a 10 year career as a Pro Baseball Scout for the Chicago White Sox team. Rico played, coached, and managed baseball in Venezuela & Puerto Rico.
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Past Events
Michaél Ben David
Mishley Yeshua International Ministries
From Jerusalem, ISRAEL – ministering with Praise Music, Psalms and from the Word, across Australia 8 January to 2 February 2016
FREE CONCERT BRISBANE: Saturday January 23, 2016
@ Living Faith Church, 50 Brays Road Murrumba Downs
6:45pm for a 7:00pm start. (light supper included)
Michaél and his wife Ashley will be attending the worship and study on Saturday January 23 at the same venue. All visitors welcome.
Check out his songs on YouTube:
An Israeli musician and modern-day psalmist, Michaél Ben David (Emet Zion Music, YouTube) has ministered internationally with praise music from his home in Jerusalem for several years. Earlier this year Michaél married Aussie-born Ashley, and they combined to form “Mishley Yeshua International Ministries”. They are ministering with praise music together across Australia with events from 8th January to 2nd February 2016.
A love offering for Michaél ben David will be taken up on the day.
The Joseph Storehouse
Vision for Israel & The Joseph Storehouse seeks to help all those in Israel in desperate need. Tragically, that describes many elderly Israelis, including Holocaust survivors. According to Bitut’ach Le’umi (Israel’s Social Security) reports, there are around 170,000 pensioners in Israel living under the poverty line, and 85% of those are immigrants.
This matches what we experience working closely to help those who find themselves fighting poverty in their old age. We are gearing up for an effort to help 300 Holocaust survivors in June, in addition to our ongoing assistance to the elderly. Donations from VFI make a huge difference because many of the elderly are spending half of their pension just on housing (nearly 200,000 pensioners are in this unsustainable situation, according to the Social Security reports).
Sadly, many of these poor elderly citizens are also Holocaust survivors. Today in Israel, there are some 150,700 survivors of the Holocaust according to the Brookdale Institute. Every hour at least one Holocaust survivor passes away, according to a study by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel. We feel strongly that after surviving Nazi brutality in their youth, these victims should be able to spend their last years in Israel with dignity.
Vision for Israel & The Joseph Storehouse provides assistance each year to many of these survivors. Food and medicine are especially urgent for these now elderly victims who once suffered Nazi persecution. We give vouchers to purchase food, clothing and other basic needs. We also provide medical assistance in the form of walkers, canes, wheelchairs and medical supplies of all kinds. And our program to distribute blankets and heaters for the winter has become critically important for many during the winter months.
Another population in dire need is that of elderly immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Of the nearly 1 million who came to Israel since 1989, 20% are now 65 or older, and more than 35% are 55 or older. Like many elderly immigrants, the Jews who came from Communist Russia have found that they were unable to work in Israel either long enough or at high enough wages to build up an adequate pension or enough savings for retirement, according to Dr. Ze’ev Hanin, chief scientist at the Ministry of Absorption in an interview with the newspaper Yisrael Hayom. Yet, they make just enough pension to be ineligible for other government assistance programs.
With your help, Vision for Israel & The Joseph Storehouse has reached out to many elderly Israelis who fall into this gap. We will continue to strive to bless them with health and dignity.
News & General Information
Weekly Study Introduction
Recently David Biema of Time Magazine wrote a fascinating article entitled “Future Revolutions” in which he identified the “Re-Judaizing of Jesus” as one of the top ten cultural trends of the 21st Century. Understanding the Jewish context of Jesus is becoming more and more essential for the next generation of Christians in the world today.
Perhaps the single most powerful way to understand the Jewish context of Jesus is to study the Jewish Scriptures themselves, namely, the Law (Torah), Writings and Prophets. This was Jesus’ own approach with his disciples: “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27).
Centuries before Jesus walked the earth, Ezra the Scribe and the 120 elders of the Great Assembly divided the Torah into 54 portions so that in the course of a year (beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah –Rejoicing over God’s Word) the entire scroll would be recited during services. This practice is still observed in synagogues around the world today. Yeshua (Jesus), said that these Scriptures plainly testify of Him (John 5:39). “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27).
Now you can better understand how the Jewish Scriptures bear witness that Jesus is the promised Messiah of Israel by studying the weekly Torah portion. Partake of this beautiful and ancient tradition by reading and studying the weekly Torah portion to gain a deeper understanding of the Gospels from a Hebrew perspective!
There are 54 Torah Portions from Genesis 1:1 to Deuteronomy 34:12. Each Torah portion, features a wealth resources, including selections of Torah as well as portions from the Prophets and New Testament. Throughout the weekly studies, careful attention is taken to demonstrate how Yeshua (Jesus) is powerfully revealed in these Jewish Scriptures.
