Day 6 in Israel 2012

On this day, we visited Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem is a memorial to Holocaust victims.

Before we entered the memorial, we heard from Tom Seiwicki. He warned us of the very real threat to Israel from Iran and it's nuclear weapons. He also warned us that their weapon building is dangerous to the whole world. He told us that Iran has developed enough Iranium to make four or five nuclear bombs.
Mr. Seiwicki told us that dozens of people are being killed in Syria who are trying to throw out the regime there. 50,000 rockets are aimed at Israel but people live normally because they believe they have much strength in the Lord God. Mr. Tom was born to Holocaust survivors. His parents were given documents with a start of David and Jew--these were considered death documents. His parents survived by pretending to be Christians! They saw all their relatives destroyed. Mr. Tom's father was actually able to hold Tom's baby son and declare, "This is my victory over Hitler!" Mr. Seiwicki used the scripture "For Zion's sake, I will not be silent..." The Jewish people have an UNBREAKABLE bond with the land of Israel! Each year, people continue to say "Next year in Jerusalem..." in speaking positively over their circumstances instead of succumbing to an exile mindset.
We, as a part of Aglow, have a vital connections with Jerusalem and Israel. Tom told us that Aglow's presence strengthens him. Isaiah 66:4 says "Be glad with Jerusalem and rejoice with her!"

Yad Vashem is a memorial set up to remember and honor the SEVEN MILLION plus people who died in the Holocaust. Murder was committed to entire Jewish communities during this time in history. There is a giant stone artwork that is set up outside the memorial that is designed and shaped like a map of the Jewish communities that were killed.
We toured the memorial. We saw pictures and videos of Jews being murdered, tortured, starved and abused by Germans. There were also other groups and nations who lent an evil hand in the destruction of SEVEN MILLION Jews. In the memorial, we saw a set of braids. Real hair that a girl had cut off. She put them in a satchel, then they led her off and killed her. Her father came home to find only his daughter's braids.
When Israel gained it's independence not too long ago, thousands of people were still in prison!
Concentration camp horrors--oppression--abounded. In Yad Vashem, there was a concentration camp model that showed how the Jews were led into it by the hundreds and thousands and eventually led into gas chambers and their bodies lifted up out of the chambers to be burned or buried. Led like cattle. The realities and atrocities that occurred--it was not even humane one bit.
There were stories of triumph amidst the horrors. In one camp, a Jew bribed an inmate to get materials for a shofar. He then courageously blew the shofar on Rash Hashonna! If you are part of Aglow, you know that was a SOUND OF PRAISE that was released in that place!
Another Jew also bribed one for a potato sack. He wrote down the prayer for Rosh Hashonna to recite it on that holiday.
The German soldiers created gas chambers because they kept getting blood all over their uniforms. They needed a place where they could kill a LOT of Jews without getting messy--hence, the gas chambers. Their methods were psychopathic and non-emotional. Crowds stood to watch in various locations as Jew after Jew was herded in to be shot and killed.
In the end part of Yad Vashem, there is a giant cone hanging from the ceiling. They have names and pictures of 600 Jews hanging from the ceiling. I tried to look at all of them as a token of respect. They all had lives and smiles and things going on in their lives! Sonia Neeson is one of the names that I have noted and I display it here in memory of her name.
Yad Vashem means a name and a memory. You can find the scripture that speaks of doing this in Isaiah 56:5.
Visiting Yad Vashem was very emotional and very somber. It was the truth of history.

After we left the memorial, we travel to visit the Garden Tomb. In this place, we sang "I Love You Lord." It was very lovely. I was reminded how beautiful Jesus is. Here, we took communion corporately as Aglow. It was very significant. When we finished, we were able to look inside the tomb example. Whether that is exactly the location where Jesus' body laid before He rose from the grave, it is debatable.

We then went and visited King David Church, a Messianic Jewish place of worship and prayer. It was at the top of a mall building. Here, we sang "Oh how I love Jesus." Mr. Tony Hoyt spoke to us in this place. He talked to us about the 7 mountains mantle and he gave us Genesis 1:28--to take dominion.
If you haven't heard, the seven mountains are spoken of by Johnny Enlow. They include Arts&Entertainment; Business; Church; Education; Family; Government and Media. We then stood at the windows of that place which looked out in all directions over the land of Israel and in the city of Jerusalem. We each prayed and spoke over Israel concerning the different mountains and we declared that we would take dominion over the mountains and that God's will would be done on earth in these areas as it is in heaven!