Wait A Minute (acoustic, Seldom Seen)

Hello Grafted In Readers,

Today is August 8, 2018 in my corner of blog land.
I titled this post, Wait A Minute, because of the pasted news item below from Breaking Israel News, about Chinese Christians studying the Torah, first five books of the Holy Bible.

Since one of our blog intentions is to encourage one another in the study of God's instruction, this post is fitting: Other news on my life afterward.
Chinese Christians Are Praying For The Peace of Jerusalem
By Dr. Rivkah Lambert Adler August 8, 2018 , 9:22 am
Look! These are coming from afar, These from the north and the west, And these from the land of Sinim. Isaiah 49:12 (The Israel Bible™)
Christians from around the world come to Jerusalem every Sukkot to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. (Credit: Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz/Breaking Israel News(
It’s risky to be a Christian in China today. Despite this, the numbers of Chinese Christians interested in studying Torah, learning Hebrew and visiting Israel is skyrocketing.
According to San Diego, CA-based Pastor Grace Wang, underground churches are very active and growing rapidly in China. Wang told Breaking Israel News that her weekly Torah messages, which she records in Mandarin Chinese using her iPhone, are distributed through an underground network of churches and are heard by more than 10,000 people each week. “They are hungry for Torah,” she explained.
Wang shares a passion for the Temple Mount with Rabbi Yehuda Glick. She translated Glick’s book Arise and Ascend: A Guide To The Temple Mount into Chinese. The first 2,000 copies sold out quickly and she just got funding to reprint another 2,000 copies.
Asked how she understands the phenomenon of Chinese Christians being fascinated by Torah and Israel, she said, “We are almost in the End Times. This is the work of God, to open the heart of people to have a desire for Torah. It’s above nature. It’s so powerful. This is totally supernatural.”
Wang noted that, after studying with her for a time, many of her students begin to celebrate the Biblical festivals, although it’s not safe for them to observe Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) outside of their homes in China.
“They celebrate with the Jewish calendar. They fast and pray on Yom Kippur (Jewish day of Atonement) and Tisha B’Av (day of mourning for the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem).”

They do this, despite the fact that, according to Wang, “In Mainland China, there is no freedom. It’s really amazing! They love the God of the Jewish people. They don’t have money to come to Israel, except maybe once in their lives. They never see Jewish people. They study the Bible. Their only wish is to come to Israel.”
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Yes, it is exciting to realize God so loved the world, not just the west, not just North America, but the world.. Consider for a minute or two.

- In my writing life, I am still working on my autobio with regard to editing, revising and spell-checking. Someone even showed me how to correctly note
Simon and Garfunckel, the acoustic duo from the late 1960s. I hope to publish, Homecoming, in a couple months and will let you know!

- We are living through the 'dog days' of summer here. August has felt much like July with temperatures in the high eighties Fahrenheit with accompanying humidity. Soon, our nights will become cooler, which mean improved sleep.

Thanks for dropping by. May His Presence ever be with you!

Mellow Rock
David Russell