Newsletter
He Is My Defense
June 13, 2025
The surprising—and widely anticipated—Israeli strike on Iran’s weapon’s facilities and nuclear sites has stunned the world and changed the global situation significantly. Jenny and I, of course, are relieved to know that the evil plans of the Jewish state’s most virulent enemy have, at the least, been severely thwarted and, perhaps, even destroyed.
This military action is not only an encouraging example of the strength, fortitude and even tactical genius of the Israelis but also should serve as a sign of hope for the U.S. and the rest of the world. In the days ahead, we will all witness what this game-changing event will yield vis-a-vis peace in the world and the realignment of nations in terms of their relationship with this ‘tiny and mighty nation,’ as a well-known news anchor described Israel.
How meaningful and moving it is that a verse was chosen from the Hebrew Scriptures to underscore the Israeli leaders’ decision to strike Iran—before Iran could strike them:
‘Look, a people rises like a lioness, And lifts itself up like a lion.
It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.’ (Numbers 23:24)
The Jewish people, who have been saying ‘Never Again’ since being nearly annihilated not many years ago, have ‘risen’ to make sure those words are not just an empty slogan. She is rising to take her place in the world as a land and a people that God says is the ‘apple of His eye’; a nation about whom it is said: ‘The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.’ (Zech. 2:8, Ps. 87:1+2)
Until the ‘Lion of the Tribe of Judah,’ Yeshua, establishes His kingdom in Jerusalem, the city that bears His Name, the ‘lioness’ of our people, Israel, will continue to have to rise up and defend herself against the enemies that desire her destruction. No one on earth is unaffected by this monumental current event.
Let us pray for the LORD’S will to be done; that He would protect lives in ‘The Land,’ including some we know from ‘here’ who are now ‘there’; that there would be a minimum of innocent casualties on all sides; that Iran would surrender its malign designs, and that the nations of the world would distance themselves from this rogue, Islamist, terrorist regime and support the only free, democratic state in the Middle East.
We in America, and in every country, should be grateful that Israel is holding the line against this existential threat of Iran, as well as being on the frontlines of the fight to preserve, not only Israel, but all free peoples everywhere.
As believers in Messiah Jesus, we continue to pray, as we daily do:
‘Baruch Haba B’Shem Adonai.’
‘Blessed is HE who comes in the NAME of the LORD.’ (Mt. 23:37-39)
And we pray that THAT prayer would be on the hearts and the lips of our beloved kinsmen in the Land of Israel. The One who returns in answer to that prayer will finally bring what Israel and the world has long been waiting for: SHALOM! PEACE!!
Shabbat shalom. May it be soon. Join us TONIGHT for 'House of Worship' at 7 PM (CT) as we lift up and pray for Israel and her people.
In HIS love, Marty and Jenny Goetz.