Tag Archives: Yeshua

“You shall live – I love you!”

December 26, 2014 heidifredsgaard Leave a comment

This happened in August 2006, in the 2nd Lebanon war:

“I was called back to the reserves and was sent to Lebanon, to the war. A bomb that was hidden under the sand exploded killing a few soldiers and almost myself. A helicopter rushed me to the hospital where I was in a coma. Here I saw a vision of Jesus on the cross that told me I shall live and that he loves me. When I woke up I was blind. The doctors did a cornea transplant on 1 eye so now I see 50%. After 3 months I left the hospital and pondered about my vision. The doctors laughed at me when I told them about it, cause they said that it’s impossible to get a vision while in coma… One day I went to a shopping mall in my city where there was a group of missionaries from Scandinavia. 1 girl wore a shirt that said “Jesus loves you” and I remembered the vision so I told her my testimony and she took me to her pastor. Today I have excepted Christ and has been baptized.”

With these words from my Jewish friend I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Jesus was and is not just a random human being whose birthday I celebrate every year. He is God himself who led himself be born like us to save us by being crucified for our sake and by resurrecting so that we may live. – To me that is the greatest gift of all!

Chanukah

December 22, 2014 heidifredsgaard Leave a comment

In these days I am experiencing how Chanukah is celebrated in Jerusalem.

Chanukah in Hebrew means “dedication” and it is a festival of lights which is always celebrated in the winter. It is not mentioned in the Torah, but belongs to the historic memorial days of the Jewish people.

A party on the 5th day of Chanukah at Mamilla, (the newest shoppingstreet in the city)

During eight days a candle is lighted every evening in a special candlestick. In this Chanukiah (the candlestick) there must be eight candles and an extra candle for lightning the others. The extra candle is called Shamash, the serving light.

At this light-seance the Jewish people commemorate how the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BC was purified and rededicated after having been desecrated by the Greek occupation. The feast lasts for eight days due to the miracle with the oil that had to be used for the candlestick in the temple during the rededication. Usually the oil was only able to last for a day, but it lasted for eight days.

Jewish men writing their prayers down at the Western Wall during Chanukah

In addition to commemorating the rededication of the temple the Jewish people also celebrates the liberation from the Greeks, a dark period in Jewish history.

Chanukah is also celebrated by many Messianic Jews who at the light-seance think of Jesus as he called himself the light of the world. The festival of lights reminds them that Jesus is the ultimate liberator – the liberator from this, at times, dark world that we’re still living in.

Thursday we celebrated both Chanukah and Christmas in King of Kings.

And yesterday, at the service in King of Kings, Jesus was indeed celebrated with a visit from the US, Eddie James and young former drug addicts, alcoholics, etc. from an organization he founded. They created an amazing party for Jesus with their singing, dancing and passion. A wonderful experience!

Listen to their ending prayer to God:

Friends from England visiting

December 15, 2014 heidifredsgaard Leave a comment

In the week that has passed, I have had the pleasure of being in great company with these lovely friends.

I met Christina and Warren in a campaign with Jews for Jesus 2 years ago in London, last year they came to visit me in Denmark and now they have just been visiting me here in Jerusalem.

We visited both Tel Aviv and Haifa during the week. In Tel Aviv we joined a morning meeting with Jews for Jesus, got to see their different buildings in the city and went on the streets with one of the employees to hand out flyers about Yeshua (Jesus) and to talk with people showing interest. It was amazing to be able to spread the word about Jesus to people passing by! Warren has a great gift for sharing the gospel with people, and the fact that he is a messianic Jew makes people stop and wonder. Christina speaks Hebrew, and she also had some good conversations with people about the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua. Great to witness that!

In Jews for Jesus' t-shirts — In Jews for Jesus’ t-shirts

In Haifa we met one of Christina’s Israeli friends who took us on a tour in the city by car (very comfortable) and spent the evening with us where he introduced us to the music scene of the city.