Why Bless Israel?  Who is the Joshua Fund?

The Joshua Fund was founded by Joel and Lynn Rosenberg in the summer of 2006. The desire of their heart was to mobilize Christians to “bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, according to Genesis 12:1-3.”

In this famous passage from the book of Genesis, the Lord promised to bless those who bless the children of Abraham and curse those who curse them. In Matthew 19:19, Jesus instructed His followers to “love your neighbor as yourself.” In Matthew 5:44, Jesus told His disciples to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus exhorted His followers to feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, care for strangers, clothe the naked, care for those who are sick, and visit those in prison.

Genesis 12: 1-3 (King James Version)

¹Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

²And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

³And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

How the Joshua Fund Has Helped to Bless Israel

Seeking to obey these biblical commands, the Rosenbergs established a non-profit educational and charitable organization that works closely with Jewish and Christian allies in Israel and the Middle East, as well as Christian allies around the world to help bless Israel.

As an educational organization, The Joshua Fund has sought to engage Christians globally about God’s love and plan for Israel and her neighbors. The Joshua Fund has:

• Led multiple prayer and vision trips to Israel.
• Organized conferences, retreats, and seminars about the epicenter for Christians in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
• Addressed millions of people globally through TV, radio, video, print, and the web.
• Built relationships with government, business, and religious leaders to support our interests in the region.

As a charitable organization, The Joshua Fund has worked to Bless Israel by:

• Provide food to individuals and families in severe need.
• Stockpile food and relief supplies ahead of coming wars.
• Provide clothing for those in need.
• House the homeless.
• Provide care for Holocaust survivors.
• Provide care for the elderly.
• Help protect and care for unwed mothers and their unborn children.
• Provide medical help for children needing open heart surgery.
• Purchase medical equipment for hospitals.
• Distribute school backpacks and school supplies to needy children.
• Purchase vehicles to transport relief supplies and people.

The Joshua Fund has also worked in the West Bank and Gaza—as well as in Israel’s neighboring countries—to:

• Establish the first-ever legally-sanctioned Christian radio station in northern Iraq, owned and operated by Iraqi Christians.
• Help build a ministry training center in Iraq, run by Iraqi Christians.
• Print and distribute hundreds of thousands of copies the Damascus film—a film made by Arab Christians in Syria about the life of the Apostle Paul—in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.
• Organize training conferences for Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem, and Iraqi Christians in northern Iraq.
• Provide food and relief supplies to Muslims and persecuted Christians.
• Distribute school backpacks to needy Muslim and nominal Christian children.
• Distribute New Testaments and the Jesus film in Arabic and other languages to Muslims.

These are critical times. Approximately one-in-four Israelis live under the poverty level, including about one-third of Israeli children. Palestinians are even more impoverished, and the global economic crisis has not helped matters.

Moreover, the geopolitical situation remains extremely volatile. In its first three years of operation, The Joshua Fund team responded to two wars against Israel—one provoked by Hezbollah in Lebanon in the summer of 2006, the other provoked by Hamas in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. Violence inside Iraq has created significant humanitarian relief needs there, too. Meanwhile, new threats against the Jewish state by Iran, Syria, and others continue to mount.

As a result of such troubling trends, the leaders of The Joshua Fund are committed to “praying for peace, while preparing for war.” That is, we are praying that the Lord blesses and protects Israel and her neighbors and gives them true, just, and lasting geopolitical peace and economic prosperity. At the same time, The Joshua Fund is doing what we can to prepare for the possibility that another war, or series of wars, is coming.

Bless Israel and Contact the Joshua Fund with Your Questions

Please direct all questions about The Joshua Fund to Lucas Edwards at 1 (703) 860-0166 or e-mail him at lucas@joshuafund.net and learn how you can get involved to bless Israel.

We hope to increase web traffic to The Joshua Fund so others can get involved to help Bless Israel and their neighbors making a difference in the middle east.

John 3:1 KJV – There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 KJV – The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
John 3:3 KJV – Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:4 KJV – Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
John 3:5 KJV – Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 KJV – That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 KJV – Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
John 3:8 KJV – The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
John 3:9 KJV – Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
John 3:10 KJV – Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
John 3:11 KJV – Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John 3:12 KJV – If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
John 3:13 KJV – And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 3:14 KJV – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:15 KJV – That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16-3-18

John 3:16 KJV – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:17 KJV – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:18 KJV – He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:19 KJV – And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20 KJV – For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 3:21 KJV – But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 3:22 KJV – After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
John 3:23 KJV – And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John 3:24 KJV – For John was not yet cast into prison.
John 3:25 KJV – Then there arose a question between [some] of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John 3:26 KJV – And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
John 3:27 KJV – John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John 3:28 KJV – Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
John 3:29 KJV – He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John 3:30 KJV – He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
John 3:31 KJV – He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 3:32 KJV – And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
John 3:33 KJV – He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
John 3:34 KJV – For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
John 3:35 KJV – The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John 3:36 KJV – He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 3:16 – 3:18 has a very important message about Jesus Christ and why He came to this world.

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