There are Israelis who have lived their entire lives in the land of the Bible and have never once heard the Gospel clearly explained to them. They know the names of Abraham, Moses, David, and the prophets. They walk the same land where Yeshua lived and ministered. Many know His name—but know Him only as the central figure of another religion, disconnected from their own people and their own Scriptures. Many have never had someone open the Word of God with them, share the Good News of Yeshua, and help them discover the Jewish identity of our Messiah.
Last week, we shared Paul’s longing:
“My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.”
Romans 10:1
But Paul does not leave that longing as a prayer alone. A few verses later, he asks the question that speaks directly into what we are preparing to do this Fall Feasts season:
“How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?”
Romans 10:14–15
As we prepare to bring hundreds of Israelis to the Galilee, that question is very real to us: How will they hear?
This is why we continue to go.
Through years of ministry in Israel, we have seen how genuine relationships and simple kindness can open hearts to conversations that might once have seemed impossible. A friendship grows. Someone sees faith lived out before them. Questions begin to surface: Why do you believe? Who is Yeshua to you? Where does this hope come from? We cannot open another person’s heart—that belongs to God—but we can be present, we can love, we can answer, and when the opportunity comes, we can tell them. God will do the rest.
Our upcoming Fall Feasts outreach in the Galilee will give us an entire day for those opportunities. There will be conversations during the journey north, meals shared around tables, visits to biblical places, and a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee. Our guests will hear testimonies, ask questions, open the Scriptures with us, and discover the Jewish identity of our Messiah Yeshua in the very landscape where so much of His ministry took place. And at the heart of the day, we will gather everyone together to hear the Gospel preached clearly from the stage. Yeshua will be proclaimed openly, and hundreds of Israelis will have the opportunity to hear the Good News for themselves.
This brings us back to Paul’s question: “How shall they hear?” They will hear because someone will sit beside them and share their faith. They will hear because testimonies will be shared and the Scriptures will be opened. They will hear because the Gospel will be preached. They will hear because someone was willing to go.
But Paul takes the question one step further: “And how shall they preach unless they are sent?”
This is where you become part of the story. You may be thousands of miles from the Galilee. You may never meet the Israeli who will sit on that bus, hear a testimony, open the Scriptures, or listen as the Gospel is preached from the stage. But you can help send us to them. Your partnership can bring someone you may never meet within hearing distance of the Good News.
Last week, we shared that approximately $100 makes this complete day possible for one Israeli, including transportation to the Galilee, meals, visits to biblical places, the Sea of Galilee boat trip, and the evangelistic gathering. Today, you can help make that place possible.Whatever amount the Lord places on your heart, your partnership helps extend this invitation—until another person is on that bus, another Israeli is sitting beneath the preaching of the Gospel, and someone who perhaps has never truly heard before finally has the opportunity to hear.
Paul began Romans 10 with a prayer that Israel might be saved. Then he asked the question that turns prayer into action: How will they believe if they have not heard? How will they hear if no one tells them? And how will anyone go unless they are sent?
We are ready to go. Will you help send us?
And as we go and tell them, together we will trust God to do the rest.
