Over 100 righteous gentile clergymen banded together to bless Israel. They say that in return their state, Ohio, was blessed with:
- approval of a multi-million dollar gas pipeline that had been stalled in lawsuits
- dramatic increase in turkey and white-tail deer harvest, and largest cow herd in thirty years
- miraculous shift in a winter storm, dumping 30 inches of snow 70 miles away, and in pro-Israel Richland County, only 2 inches
- discovery of half a million dollars that covered a shortfall in the county budget
BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz March 7, 2018 , 3:47 pm
Ohio Clergymen Bless Israel and See Astounding Blessings in Return
“I will bless those who bless
you And curse him that curses you; And all the families of the earth Shall
bless themselves by you.” Genesis 12:3 (The Israel Bible™)
The clergy, led by Benjamin Mutti and Reverend El Akuchie who
are both coordinators of the Richland Community Prayer Network, stood with
Israel when
they sent a letter of solidarity to Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu in January 2017.
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Some of the 103 Ohio
pastors in support of Israel (Photo: Benjamin Mutti)
In the
letter, the clergyman apologized for the some of the actions of former
President Barack Obama, particularly when he ordered his
UN ambassador, Samantha Power to abstain instead of veto Security Council Resolution 2334. The resolution, which passed
unanimously, declared Israel’s presence in “east Jerusalem,” Judea, and Samaria
to be illegal.
“These
actions of the Obama Administration do not represent the will of the governed,”
the letter stated. “Furthermore, this Administration has now been deposed. Most
assuredly, we believe that the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob gave all the
land of Canaan to Israel as an everlasting covenant with Jerusalem as its
eternal undivided capital.”
“Please be
reminded Prime Minister Netanyahu, even though nations
conspire against Israel, these people plot in vain. Even though the kings of
the earth band together against you and your country, the One enthroned in the
heavens laughs.”
Perhaps the
most significant part of the letter was its conclusion in which the Ohio
pastors bonded their fate with that of Israel, despite the geographic distance
from the Jewish state.
“Since our
destinies are intertwined together, you will always have friends in Ohio,” the
letter said. “What affects your country affects our country. Beyond a shadow of
a doubt, your GOD and His people are fighting and praying for you.”
The letter, signed by 103 Christian clergies from
North-Central Ohio, was also sent to Rabbi Yehudah Glick, a long-time Temple
Mount activist and Member of Knesset (MK) from Netanyahu’s Likud party. The
clergymen were yearning to make up for the “crime” of the UN Security Council
resolution.
“We believe
the Jews should be a light unto the nations,” Benjamin Mutti told Breaking Israel News. “The UN
resolution was a national crime. We wanted to bring reconciliation between our
people and the Jews and also between us and the God of Israel.”
According
to Mutti, that act of reconciliation starting bearing fruit right away.
“After
sending the letter, we immediately began seeing signs of God’s favor. The
economy rebounded and the ecology also responded almost immediately after we
sent the letter.”
One of the
ways the economy bounced back was the approval of a hotly contested the Rover
Pipeline, a 713-mile natural $4 billion gas pipeline. Although the project
would bring jobs and money to the region as well as facilitate the distribution
of natural gas throughout the US and Canada, the pipeline was mired in several
lawsuits. Its approval came ten days after the clergy sent the letter to
Netanyahu. At the time, North-Central Ohio had a stagnant regional economy that
was reported as the fifth worst in the country, and Mutti said that the project
brought an enormous boost to the region.
“The pipeline company pays the landowners,” Mutti explained.
“The employees who put in the pipeline also brought income to the region, and
several local companies participated in the project.”
For many people in Ohio who live in rural communities, the land
plays a powerful role in their lives.
“We follow the land,” Mutti said. “We watch nature for answers.”
And the answers immediately came.
“According to Department of Agriculture numbers, the spring
turkey harvest in Richland County saw a dramatic twenty-four percent increase
from last year, whitetail deer harvested was the best in four years, and the
cow herd in Richland County, which is estimated in late winter, is now at its
largest number in over thirty years, which is amazing!” Mutti said.
Even with all that, the divine gratitude was not complete. In
mid-March of 2017, winter storm Stella was poised to hit their region hard. At
the last moment, however, the storm changed direction and dumped 30 inches of
snow 70 miles away. The region that had participated in the pro-Israel
initiative received just two inches.
The clergymen decided to take their blessing of Israel even
further. In response to the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement that
calls for a boycott on Israeli products, 42 Christian clergies petitioned the
Richland County treasurer, Bart Hamilton, in May 2017 and requested that he
invest community funds in Israel bonds. The standing county policy did not
permit such international investments, but at the urging of the clergy, the
treasurer looked into the possibility of doing so. They cited the strong
performance of these bonds as an economic incentive.
After consulting with the treasurer, the county’s prosecutor
rewrote the investment guidelines for the county, which had stood for 25 years.
The treasurer then announced at a public county commissioner board meeting his
intention to invest between $100,000 to $200,000 in Israel bonds. That very
day, the county appeared to reap a Divinely-sponsored return on the investment.
“The day the County Treasurer announced that the county
government would invest in Israeli bonds, was the same meeting that half a
million dollars in unexpected revenue were reportedly discovered to alleviate a
budget shortfall!” Mutti shared.
It is clear, at least to Mutti and the clergy of North Central
Ohio, that blessing the Children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has its
advantages.
“There is something about Ohio, but we here feel a close
brotherhood to Israel,” Mutti said. “Maybe it is our closeness to nature that
allows us to see God’s presence clearly.”
