Kansas City prophet calls for 21-day fast and prayer for ‘salvation of Israel’

An independent charismatic ministry launched a 21-day prayer and fast for Israel [May 7-28], which its leaders believe will hasten Jesus’ return as part of the Second Coming.

The Isaiah 62 Global 21-Days of Prayer and Fasting, organized by the International House of Prayer Kansas City and its leader, Mike Bickle, is being billed as a historic gathering that will bring together as many as 1 million “intercessors” who will take turns praying an hour a day for what they call “the salvation of Israel.”

The purpose of the fast is to awaken Jews to the God of Israel….Once they do, Jesus will return. “When Israel wakes up spiritually, Jesus says, I will come down from heaven,” Bickle said. “The Second Coming is actually connected to the Jews saying yes to Jesus. And the Jews saying yes to Jesus is related to the gentiles standing for God’s purpose for Israel.”

The 67-year-old evangelist was originally a megachurch pastor in the Vineyard Fellowship movement. He then became part of a group called The Kansas City Prophets. Among them is Lou Engle, also of Kansas City, who has a prayer group called TheCall Ministries [see https://www.thebereancall.org/content/send-deception.]

“In most charismatic and a lot of American evangelical circles there’s a really big focus on Israel being key to Jesus coming back,” said Brad Christerson, a sociologist at Biola University….American and Israeli Jews have mostly developed warm relations with evangelicals, many of whom, driven by their End Times beliefs, visit Israel frequently and contribute millions of dollars in aid. 

But Bickle has a mixed record among Jews. In a 2011 sermon, Bickle said God would give Jews a chance to convert to Christianity and “raise up the hunters” against those who refuse,” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. Bickle also called Hitler “the most famous hunter in recent history.”

https://religionnews.com/2023/05/08/kansas-city-prophet-calls-for-unceasing-prayer-for-israel/

[TBC: We are indeed exhorted to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem… (Psalm:12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
See All...). Bickle’s teaching is influnced by Dominionist teaching [See https://www.thebereancall.org/content/kingdom-dominion-theology.

In Zechariah 12 we are given the full details of the time to come when the Lord returns to save Israel. It is then that the remnant of Israel “shall all be saved.” 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.]