Concerning the direction of this ministry
(Feb. 3, 2006)
The following is a personal note of explanation as to what is going on in my life at this time and perhaps in the future.
A few weeks ago when I asked you all to pray for me, well, that very next day God powerfully strengthened my spirit and set my mind free. Praise be to God! God answered your prayers in such a way so as to make me wonder if whether a new door and direction in ministry is upcoming. I feel that I have reached a juncture in the road as to what I am to do next. I am thinking that mastering Hebrew may be a part of that plan. Please pray that He helps me master the Hebrew language. I have always found languages to be difficult to learn. This is why he chose me to understand this mystery. Otherwise the glory would be mine rather than His. But now that I have more or less completed the task that He gave me of understanding and publishing the bible numbers and picture codes, I would like to go on and master the Hebrew language so as to remove any stumbling blocks in the minds of men. For to the Jew first He sends me, and then to the rest. (Though I, like Jonah, have wished it the other way around!)
I appreciate all the emails of encouragement that I get from many of you, and I am glad that the forum is such a great blessing to so many. :) As many of you know, most of the work on the forum is done by others. They deserve the credit, not I. Almost every other day I get an email expressing how much the forum means to them! Praise the Lord! And I know that some of you have helped support this ministry now and again financially. My family and I have been truly thankful. You have, in part, been the means to sustain us for the past two years. We would have lacked basic needs if it were not for you. Two or three hundred dollars per month has been coming in for the past 6 months. However, with this new direction that I sense in my spirit I do not wish to feel any pressure upon myself to put out new articles; therefore, I am asking you all to reconsider if that the time to support this ministry has not ended. This is not to say that anyone has been pressuring me to write, but I guess I just feel obligated. But there is a season and a time for everything under the sun. So, please only give if you feel impressed to do so because I cannot promise any further additions to the websites at this time by way of new articles. Instead, pray that I am able to get on full time at my present work --- and my wife part time --- so that there would be no need at all, other than to expand the outreach of the websites including the forum (if the Lord wills).
As said, I sense in my spirit that I have accomplished all that I was called to complete as far as in written form. Sadly, my effort was quite inadequate, but I am sure that God took into consideration my personal weaknesses when He called me to it. A great sign was put into the hands of a timid man.
I was hoping to produce some audio-video, and am on track to do this, but am waiting on the Lord. Perhaps it is wiser to master the Hebrew as said? I say "master the Hebrew" because I do not want to give the impression that I do not know Hebrew at all. I do know some, but not enough if ever I should be called to engage Jewish believers and nonbelievers face-to-face on the matter of the bible codes. I am a one-track kind of person. I only do well at one thing at a time. And so now that storm Zeta has passed and Saddam Hussein's trial is soon to be completed (as predicted by the picture codes some years ago) I feel that the time has come for me to set my face in a slightly different direction. So pray that I know and obey that new direction.
I have no desire to reach out to Jews in the natural. But everything He shows me is geared to them without me realizing it until later on. This in itself is a miracle. For the picture bible codes are really a language that certain religious Jews know --- and the message is geared to them. Ironically, they are not interested because I am not a Jew, and my Master is rejected also by them, that is, Yeshua (Jesus). For the codes preach Yeshua as Messiah. All is about Him. And so, I have always wanted to reach out to the multitudes. "Why reach out to a few when I can reach many," went my reasoning. But God rejected my self-seeking and worked His work toward them despite my heart being out of sorts with His. He was stronger than I and prevailed, and I am humbled by His love and by His power.
God bless you all and may He grant you all peace in believing in Jesus (Yeshua), the Son of God.
P.s., Future mail outs will be sent only if something significant happens. And that's up to God!
I hope to keep in touch via the forum more, Lord willing.
With God's love in my heart for you all,
Dean Coombs (Shekel)