It would be nice to write you a rosy upbeat positive article about Israel, but who would believe it.  So I will write of a recent situation that has shown me some things I seldom think of simply because I am just to busy preparing as the Lord has directed me.  In fact we often become like a horse with blinders and have only a kind of tunnel vision but my blinders were removed by my son-in-law.

Our oldest daughter and son-in-law are visiting with us it is his first visit to Israel. Because my wife and I want all our children home here in I Israel I wanted to show him how wonderful Israel is this of course would start with my playing the role of a tourist guide to show him all the places he would like to see. 

It was early Sunday morning, Yom Reshon, (the first day of the week in Israel) he ask me if it was possible for me to take him to Bethlehem, I said no, Israelis are not allowed to go there, so then he ask if we could take him to Jericho, I said no Israelis are not allowed there either.  Then he said how about the Garden Tomb, I told him that was in East Jerusalem and it all depended on the circumstances and if these Arabs who call themselves Palestinians are rioting or if there is any terrorist alerts.  Well what about the Temple Mount he asked, can we go there, and I then I told him, that we Jews are not allowed to go there most of the time but some times if we behave ourselves they are generous to us and allow us to go there in small numbers on Tuesday afternoons.  But we can’t go there now because this is the Islamic holiday of Ramadan and they would kill us.

So what about the Old City, I told him yes we can go there and if they are not throwing rocks over the wall from the Temple Mount we can go to the Western Wall and Pray.  But if we are allowed onto the Temple mount next Tuesday we are not allowed to pray there, the Moslems walk around watching to see if Jews or Christians are praying and they will run you off the Mount if they catch you praying.  You see the one thing they fear is our prayers.  But we can walk through the Jewish Quarters and even parts of the Old City, for example through the Jaffa gate all the way to the Temple Mount is for the most part safe for us, but we dare not venture into the Moslem quarters around Herold’s Gate and there has been a rash of stabbings of Jews around the area of the Damascus Gate.  It would not be to smart for us to attempt to go through the Lions Gate (St. Stephen’s Gate) that leads directly into the north end of the Temple Mount and there is always danger for us there. 

I think you have the picture by now, of these problems that are directly related to the weak Israeli Government and their desire to please the US and not the Jews of Israel. To begin with the fact that they have given the Holiest site in the Jewish world to the Jordanians is in itself beyond understanding.  When we consider that Jerusalem isn’t even mentioned in their Koran, and there is no real proof that their Prophet ever came to Jerusalem.  It is very clear that their holy sites in Mecca and Medina should be enough, but their desire to destroy the Jewish People goes back to Ishmael and Isaac and that is really what it is all about.  It can also be seen in the one thing that unites all the Arabs, the destruction not only of Israel but of all the Jewish People.  They will of course fail as they have always failed. 

We are living in the days when good is called evil and evil good and there isn’t a better way to see this than to take a close look at Islam.  They call Jews and Christians evil and themselves good.  They teach their children from kinder garden that to be a suicide bomber and to kill the Jews and Christian is good because they are evil.  What we are talking about here is approximately one third of the population of the planet who has been taken over by the Devil. 

There is however no chance that God will ever forsake His people in the Land He has brought them back to.  That is not to say that God will not chasten them and bring them back to Him.  I’m often asked why prepare to bring Jews to Israel if the Arabs with the help of Russia and others are planning the total destruction.  I have a lot of answers but the only one I am presently concerned with is God has given me a vision and confirmed it with thousands around the world.  For me and my house there is no option but to follow that leading to its very end wherever that may lead. 

Over the past couple years we have been supplied with two boats and have contacts with others with boats, we have contacts in the way of safe houses and safe routes.  But we are nowhere near finished with the work that must be done.  In fact, our greatest need at this time is finishing the restoration of the larger boat, and establishing many more contacts in Turkey, Cyprus and Europe. 

We are faced with many enemies, as Islam has spread its evil influence throughout the world.  It is even necessary for us to occasionally move about in Moslem Countries in order to do the things that must be done.  Daily we pray asking God to touch those who He would and bring them to this Ministry.  I think the enemy that troubles me the most are those who call themselves Christians and still maintain an anti-Semitic attitude towards Israel and Jews and the skin heads and neo-Nazis are on the increase in Germany and throughout all of Europe. 

What blesses me every day is to hear from so many who have heard from God telling them to support this Ministry, only God could have done what has been accomplished so far, and only God can take us the rest of the way, and if we all listen to His voice we will save many.

I apologize for taking so long between reports I will try to do better.   

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel and all the IDF soldiers.  Pray for this Ministry and your part in it.  Shalom, jerry golden