Join Gregg and Grant tomorrow for an eye opening discussion with Roddey Harel – a believing Israeli who now gives biblical teachings, tours and ministry. He grew up in the Carolinas like any other American. He left the house when he was 14. After a stint in the corporate world, he later came to help his Jewish Grandmother in Israel who was dying, and never returned to the United States, having made Aliyah to become an Israeli citizen together with his wife Sheila. He no longer holds US citizenship.
Here is a video Roddey took looking out his window in Jerusalem last week on April 14th. He was in the thick of Iranian missiles raining down over his apartment in Jerusalem…
Last week, Roddey was with a group near the Egyptian border guiding them to an ancient agricultural site in the Negev, contrasting the ancient methods of farming to the Moshav methods of agriculture today (similar to a Kibbutz, but more co-operative business community and not as socialistic).
The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
– Isaiah 35:1-2
Moshav Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley
Roddey discusses a tour near the Egyptian border of ancient agriculture
We made this video together inside the old city of Jerusalem walls just past the Jaffa gate at Christ Church in late 2022, where he explains the importance of Mt. Zion using a diorama of ancient Jerusalem:
Roddey riding the light rail in Jerusalem
For more on our Heartbeat Israel monthly Zooms, including past recorded episodes, click there.
Join us as we discuss with Jonathon Serenil the Unite SA network project – a place where Christians across their city can be connected with other Christians for commerce, needs, services, products, goods, jobs and labor in God’s Economy using website and app technology.
It will be vital in the days ahead to NETWORK the remnant people of God together in our cities in all things, especially in economy, finance, barter, jobs, business, exchange, banking and investment. As well as (of course) prayer and John unity across ministries and churches and the people of God. Preaching a practical gospel of the Kingdom to serve and help one another and unbelievers. God loves business – the business of people helping other people.
You may remember Jonathon from our 2020 discussions surrounding Mission City and Apostolic Ministry Centers as it relates to San Antonio and the Storehouse and cities of refuge….
Related Scriptures
Matthew 20:26-27
Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve
– Federal Reserve System aka “The Fed” – Was commissioned by Congress in 1913. The Fed acts as the US “Central Bank”, but does its operations via 12 regional Fed Reserve banks. Run by the “Board of Governors”, who’s members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
– Federal Reserve Banks – 12 private regional banks (not part of the US government) that is owned by its member banks. All US Treasury (part of the US Government) activity that relates to printing and coining money, does so as “Federal Reserve Notes” (a debt instrument). Regulates US Commercial banks, but also secondarily regulates all other banks, thrifts, or credit unions, whether state or federally chartered. Any depository institution is ultimately regulated by “The Fed”.
– FDIC – Federal Depository Insurance Corporation (US Government Corporation) established as part of Glass-Stegal act of 1933
– NCUA – National Credit Union Association – regulates Federal Credit Unions (US Government entity)
– NCUIF – National Credit Union Insurance Fund – like the FDIC for credit unions
– Credit Union – “affinity” banks that are either State or Federally regulated and are member owned (cooperatives)
– State Chartered Bank
– Thrift / Savings and Loan – mortgage banks regulated through the OCC
– OCC – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (part of UST that regulates banks)
– Non-Banks – Finance companies that loan money usually funded through the capital markets (Wall Street) and are not regulated as banks because they do not take deposits which are insured
– Insured deposits – all deposits of traditional banks are insured through one agency or another
– Loan underwriting standards – all loans of traditional banks must be written according to the underwriting standards of the banks regulator, ultimately the Fed
***Key takeaway – any “bank” in the US that takes deposits, and separately makes loans based on its own decisions is ultimately regulated under The Federal Reserve System, whether directly or indirectly.
The Federal Reserve Building in D.C.
Current risks to the US Banking System
– The inherent 10-1 leverage built into our fractional reserve banking system means that if the value of the bank’s loan portfolio goes down by roughly 10%, the bank becomes insolvent.
– Commercial lending exposure to commercial real estate. CRE has steeply declined in value since offices became less occupied during and post COVID-19 with the work-at-home and work-remote trend. While some returning to the office has lessened vacancy rates, there has been an unforeseen step-wise change in demand, which has not snapped back, which now has put loans made to various office buildings at risk of default post any further governmental COVID relief/stimulus monies. Read article here: Mezzanine Lending – Commercial Real Estate in Trouble and here: US Commercial Real Estate Weakness
John Paul Jackson’s Coming Perfect Storm prophecy JPJ Prophetic Headlines – “Too Big to Fail Fails” – B of A Nationalized; “Funds will Dry Up” – US Govt / Fed
Here is an AI generated summary of our website that I thought was actually pretty good:
Storehouse: A Christian Community Economic Network
The Storehouse vision aims to create local Christian communities that facilitate economic relationships based on biblical principles.
It involves forming a “Storehouse Community” where members exchange goods and services, support each other, and invest in local businesses, reducing reliance on traditional banks and financial markets.
The community promotes “in-sourcing” by encouraging local production and exchange, and establishes a “savings club” to lend to those in need and support Kingdom initiatives.
Coming out of Babylon and divorcing Baal are seen as forms of repentance, freeing individuals from cultural distractions and temptations that hinder Kingdom principles.
The Storehouse Community acts as a “bank” for its members, providing non-recourse, no-interest loans to help people in financial need and promote economic productivity.
4/3 – Commercial Real Estate US Banking Risk 4/10 – TBD 4/17 – TBD 4/24 – Heartbeat Israel
Roundtable Discussion – Bank of Japan ends negative rates and Francis Scott Key bridge collapses
Bank of Japan
We have our eye on this latest BOJ rate hike which happened last week and ended the last central bank to scrap negative yields (institutions get paid interest to borrow). Why? Because it portends a setup like we had in 2007, whereby the BOJ raises rates prematurely again. Because the Yen carry trade is still “on” in the hedge fund macro world.
Container ship name: Dali (named after Salvador Dali, the Spanish surrealism artist)
The ship belongs to Singapore-based Grace Ocean Pte Ltd, which is owned by a Hong Kong group, and was carrying containers on behalf of Danish shipping giant Maersk. Synergy Marine, the Singapore company that operates the Dali.
Francis Scott Key – Author of our national anthem – The Star Spangled Banner
Prophetic Take
Bridge collapse
The Civil War was fought in the state of Maryland. The FSK bridge actually bridges the North to the South in so far as slavery was concerned (South Maryland held the most slaves and was the most sympathetic toward the Confederacy).
South Maryland Slavery
The container ship represents commerce and consumerism and economy. Is it a sign of that our outsized consumerism and 24/7 greed for increased commerce lead to collapsing the fragile unity we have today among races, religions and political ideology in the USA?
The fragility of things…apparently dirty fuel was what caused the engines of the container ship to fail, and thus the propulsion and electricity to also fail. The margins for error both in the ship size, and in the bridge construction ended up in complete collapse of the bridge. It reminds me of the World Trade towers collapsing in NYC – how the total collapse was surprising. In the same way, you can see through video how the entire span of the bridge failed when the ship struct just one stanchion of the bridge. Fragile. Likewise, is our peace and unity between parties and factions very fragile and can be brought down by the smallest of calamities? And if we had a big fissure, how bad could it get?
Is this bridge collapsing a sign of coming civil war?
Rick Joyner had a dream about a coming second civil war in the US. You can read it here: https://a.co/d/aAqW6iH. One of the things mentioned on page 36 is this:
In 1987, I was shown in a prophetic experience that we had been turning to the left as a nation for a long time. I was also shown a coming sharp turn to the left. I was not shown whether this was good or bad, just that it would happen. I was then shown a reaction to this and a turn back to the right. I saw that we would never again make a sharp turn to the left, but there was a danger we would go too far to the right.
Rick Joyner, Second American Revolutionary War, page 36
In fact, Fort Carroll – a hexagonal fort build between 1848-1852 was built by none other than Robert E. Lee, then a Colonel in the US Army.
Dali
Ship named after Salvador Dali the surrealism artist – are we in a period of surrealism when it comes to economic strength? Market highs? Optimism is low, but yet everything is at peak valuations – real estate, bitcoin, gold, stocks, etc.
Dali is a hunting goddess in Georgian mythology. Are we in the age of the gods (Johnathan Cahn’s book – Return of the gods) – which is to say the worship of false gods? Are we in the age of the hunter to bring God’s people back to Him through times of difficulty (and God’s people back to Israel according to Jeremiah 16:16)?
Jeremiah Johnson’s Prophetic Take:
The body of Christ is called to be “bridge builders” according to John 17:
I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
John 17:23
And a house divided cannot stand…
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand
Join us as Grant and Gregg dive into a really important conversation about what people believe about the end-times, and how Satan has used some of these theologies and thought strictures to sow-in subtle aspects of “replacement theology”.
Has the Christian Church become spiritual Israel?
And further, that such “weed seeds” take us away from our calling and purpose to see the Kingdom advanced for Jew and Gentile together.
Some Key Scriptural Considerations
Romans 9-11: One new man Zechariah 4 and Revelation 11: The Two Olive Trees Ephesians 2: The Commonwealth of Israel Ezekiel 37: The awakening of & ruach into the Jewish people Romans 11: The stirring unto jealousy is relational
“A typical definition of replacement theology can be paraphrased as such: ‘Israel has been replaced by the Christian Church, so the promises and prominent position once held by God’s chosen people are now held exclusively by the Church.'” also see www.replacementtheology.org
Well, it includes a number of things that we can capture with typical phrases uttered:
“The Church is Spiritual Israel” “The Church is Spiritual Jerusalem” “The Promised Land is not geographic, it’s spiritual” “The Jewish people have their own covenant” “Circumcision is no longer valid (Acts 15)” “We are not under the Law (Romans 6)” “We are now the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16)” “The Kingdom of God is going to be taken from Israel and given to another nation (Matt 21:43)” “… and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.” (Matt 3:9)
Key phrases heard from various Christian leaders
“The Church will be raptured, and then God will deal with the Jews.” “Israel will be saved, but after the rapture” “The Church could be raptured at any time.” “Every scripture has been fulfilled that needs to be fulfilled before the Church is raptured.” “The gentile Church will complete the task of Matt 24:14 in that the gospel will be preached to the ends of the earth, then the end will come, and the Jews will become jealous as the Church is raptured.”
There are many different takes on the end-times. The study of the end-times is called eschatology, which stems from the Greek word eskhatos which means “last”. Some popular eschatology are as follows:
Pre-tribulation Rapture Premillennialism (sometimes referred to as Dispensationalism) – many Pentecostal and Charismatic denominations believe in this idea, which is to say, the end-times will be difficult, but the “Saints” or the “Church” will be raptured up to heaven with Jesus before tribulation begins in earnest. After the church has left, people can still repent, including Jewish people, but it’s their last chance.
Historical Premillennialism – the doctrine of the early church, which essentially is a more literal interpretation of Revelation and the OT prophets. The “catching up” spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 4 is somewhat simultaneous/synonymous with Jesus’ second coming. A simplified way of thinking is that the Church goes up to meet Jesus/Yeshua as He returns to the earth with the other saints riding white horses (Rev 19).
Partial Preterism – the world is getting better, and the Church will continue to rise up in authority until Revelation 11:15 – “the kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of Christ”. Much of the tribulation described in the bible was fulfilled in 70 A.D. with the destruction of the Temple.
Amillennialism – there is no literal 1000 year period. For the past 2000+ years we have been in the “Millennium”, this continues until Christ returns, which could happen well into the future.
How too short or long timing of the Second Coming can lead to Replacement Theology
Related phrases, sayings or ideas leading to replacement theology issues:
“We only have __ years left!” (fill in the blank with single or double digit numbers) “The Church’s main job is to get all the Jews back to Israel. Then the end will come.” “People have been saying Jesus is coming back for thousands of years.” “The lands of Palestine have been controlled by many people and different religions for thousands of years.”
Potential Negative Effects
– romantic / fantasized view of Israel – depersonalized perspective toward Jewish people – God will deal with the Jews later, so I just need to stay pure and rapture ready – preaching the gospel to the nations refers to the gentile nations
Food for thought
– How can we stand with Israel and support the Messianic branches, even at the cost of death, if we have already been raptured? – who will share the gospel and disciple those who remain on the earth? – who are the righteous martyrs during the tribulation?
We are all Jews Theology
Also related – the opposite issue to replacement theology can also be espoused by some gentiles – which instead of replacement theology we have the “we are all Jews” and “we will all live in Israel” ideas:
“Which tribe are you in?” (Revelation 7) “Do I need to move to Israel?”
“Set fire to their synagogues or schools” – Luther
“Luther is particularly tragic in this sense since he had rejected anti-Semitism in earlier writings, but Luther always believed Jews should be converted and he gradually lost patience when they did not embrace Christianity.” – Dr. Kurt Hendel
“[The Nazis] very clearly used Luther’s writings that had all this anti-Semitism in them to support their cause.” – Bonhoeffer
The richest 1% of people amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created in the last two years – Oxfam
And how about “Big Brother”?
Is AI in the Bible? Will AI be part of a global anti-Christ beast government?
Our own Guerney Hunt joins us, who is a technologist for IBM. IBM works on some of the most advanced computing and software on the planet, so it will be great to get his perspective on AI. You may recall his contributions on our Bitcoin discussion and on the Mully movie discussion from a few years back.
Scriptures referenced on the call:
Mark of the Beast
He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name
Revelation 13:16-17
Worship Adonai
The Lord upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.
Psalm 145:14-21
Meeting Face-to-Face Important
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching
Hebrews 10:24-25
Ear Test Words
Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
Roundtable Discussion – How do we Alleviate Poverty?
We explore together how Jesus addresses poverty in the context of His Kingdom. This is why we pursue the Storehouse Vision, which is the gospel being preached, and the Kingdom of God coming to the earth as it is in heaven. https://newbreed.co/storehouse/
For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good
Mark 14:7
No one among them was poor
Acts 4:34
But there will be no poor among you
Deut 15:4
Contradiction of scripture? Or a conditional promise? How do we get there from here?
Some discussion Questions
If we just had enough money, would that solve the problem? If we just redistributed the world’s money, would that solve the problem? Is poverty a state of mind? Is poverty inherited? Is poverty a curse?
Does my poverty get alleviated based on your generosity? or God’s help?
Understanding “The Way”
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime
– Author Unknown
Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
– Jesus Matt 7:9-11
Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, gazed into heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the bread and the two fish and distributed them to his disciples to serve the people—and the food was multiplied in front of their eyes!
Mark 6:41
Scriptures Referenced in Call
Philippians 4
The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself
Proverbs 11:25
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others
Philippians 2:3-4
Great resources on the subject of how to address poverty from a biblical standpoint:
Romans 911 and New Breed of Business Parallel Study – Part 13
It’s a Process – Taking Steps
Join us tomorrow for the final part of the Romans 911 joint study with the New Breed of Business (Joint Study Syllabus here – scroll to the bottom to see prior study episodes).
Here is the associated reading and prep for the meeting…
Romans 911
Prep
Read p185-200 Romans 911 Study Guide Watch final video #8 Romans911.org
Discussion Topics
Israel must be saved Israel must return (Aliyah) Will we stand with Israel?
Example of Mike from Lubbock, TX of trusting God with no money to fix inverter and batteries for RV Example of Clare from Rukungiri, Uganda trust the Lord for her House of Prayer rent Example of Grant Berry of coming out of financial worry Communicating the Message / Preaching the Gospel
We will continue our joint sessions together: Grant and Reconnecting Ministries together with Gregg and the New Breed of Business in monthly Zoom roundtable discussions we are calling “Heartbeat Israel”. Our next session will be March/April. Here are some of the prior episodes of Heartbeat Israel…
Did you know that Sodom’s greatest sin wasn’t necessarily homosexuality?
The sins of Sodom according to Ezekiel 16 were:
Haughtiness
Pride
Accumulating material wealth
Not helping the poor
Idleness – taking one’s ease
All five of which are really an expanded definition of Greed.
Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had arrogance, were overfed, unconcerned, and had an abundance of idleness; neither did help the poor and needy. And they were haughty and did detestable things before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit
Ezekiel 16:49-50
My friend Allan Parker, who argues human rights cases before the US Supreme Court, teaches the following wherever he goes:
According to the bible, four sins bring national destruction:
Forsaking God;
Shedding Innocent Blood;
Sexual Immorality; and
Greed
Culture’s Definition of Greed
We often have a certain notion of what greed means. We usually narrow it down to those dastardly characters in movies or fiction that represent a handful or small minority of people. Certainly we are not like them! And certainly our whole society isn’t like that!
Mr. Potter
Mr. Monopoly
Gordon Gekko
Yet, what are the parallels to today’s society and culture compared with Sodom and Gommorrah?
In the last days… men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power… always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth
2 Timothy 3:1-8
Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah
1 Jude 11
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality
Revelation 3:12-14
Greed has a close affiliation and is part of another spirit – Mammon. And another sister spirit is Fear. A third is envy. When these forces get wrapped around the unholy desire for money, we need to watch out. Whenever we have an unnatural desire for money for anything – survival, food, luxury, pleasure – literally anything. When we listen to animated voices whispering – you need to get after some more income, those bills are coming due!
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money
Matthew 6:24
The opposite spirit to greed is contentment with what God provides.
But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world
1 Timothy 6:6–7
Mentioned on the podcast…
And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God
This week we will hear from Rosie Dennerlein, founder and CEO of Shakan Global Mission, a mission to help people rise above poverty and be transformed through Christ based in Uganda. Rosie has been a successful entrepreneur in the consumer products area, manufacturing and distributing Oils of Shakan for 8 years. She has amazing plans to combine healthcare, wellness, healing, entrepreneurship, and business creation in the outskirts of Jinja, Uganda to see God’s Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.
Recently, other New Breed of Business missionaries visited Jinja Uganda: Joel Frazier and Chareese Westbury, who know Rosie and have worked together in the same area of Uganda spreading God’s love, including economic impact. See Uganda Storehouses for more on that. They will join us as part of the discussion.
Bio
Through Isaiah 61, the Lord called Rosie Dennerlein to go to Uganda in 2015 to promote healing from the inside out…“Proclaim good news to the poor and bring freedom to the captives.” In the Fall of 2019, Rosie, a certified aromatherapist, trained over 100 women to make a mosquito repellant to help prevent malaria. In addition, many healing miracles were witnessed through prayer to Jesus. In February 2022, Shakan Global Mission Inc, a non-profit organization in the USA was birthed to support God’s work. Shakan Global is working jointly with Shakan Mission Uganda, LTD, a NGO in Uganda, registered in September 2022.
VISION: For communities in Uganda to rise above poverty and be transformed through Christ for a global impact.
MISSION: To provide resources to empower impoverished families to become sustainable, thriving communities through economic development, agriculture, education, and integrated health using Christian values.
Shakan Global Mission Center (Under Construction)
Purpose of the Mission Center
· to host global and local guests for short term service to help carry out the mission/vision
· to provide bible studies, prayer meetings, and a hub for divine connections to strategize kingdom of God initiatives (John 17 unity).
SIDE VIEW
FRONT VIEW
PRAYER GARDEN
LAND BEING CLEARED FOR AGRICULTURAL TRAINING
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Child Sponsorship and Community Empowerment Program just launched.
Truth Centered Transformation Discipleship Training Program for pastors to empower communities to rise above poverty
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