© 2019 Chosen People Ministries
New Testament readings courtesy of Jeffrey Feinberg, Ph.D.
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Messianic Education, developed in the Walk Series.
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FROM THE DIRECTOR
NOCHOMOWITZ,
MANFRED
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
EMET MINISTRIES
Shalom Friend,
from Chosen People Ministries’ early history, I am moved by the L-rd’s faithfulness in
I am very excited to present Emet Ministries’ / Chosen People Ministries’ Messianic
Jewish Art Calendar, “Proclaiming G-d’s Faithfulness,” which debuts photographs
the L-rd, with faces not unlike those in my own family albums. It might be tempting
When I look upon these photos, I see men and women, Jews and Gentiles who love
preserving Chosen People Ministries for 125 years and counting!
to see them as a world apart—and in many ways they were. They lived on the other
was in the air, as the Eastern European Jewry suffered and fled pogroms, and the Dreyfus affair in France, which
nation of Israel. Jewish practice among Eastern European and Sephardic Jewry was mostly traditional, although
Reform and other forms of liberal Judaism were popular among Western Europeans. However, anti-Semitism
the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and Zionism was an ideal touted by intellectuals and socialists, which did not
year Chosen People Ministries’ Mission was founded, the Jewish people were in complete diaspora, having a
The global Jewish community at the turn of the 20th century was on the cusp of huge change. In 1894, the
turbulent post-war years, the birth of the modern nation of Israel, the cold war, an
side of both world wars, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the Holocaust and
exponential technological boom, and insurmountable societal change.
presence on nearly every continent and hailing from every tribe and nation. The State of Israel was still under
make it a popular idea among pious Jewish people who believed the Messiah Himself would re-establish the
began in 1894 and ended twelve years later, indicted Alfred Dreyfus, a secular French citizen of Jewish heritage,
everlasting Word, which does not change! When looking at these images, I hope you will see the people in them
Yet, Hebrews 13:8 reminds us that Yeshua “is the same yesterday and today and forever,” and King Solomon in
Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us that “there is nothing new under the sun.” The Jewish men, women, and children you
for treason. It is easy to look at these photos and see people and places frozen in time.
will see in this calendar are just like you and me today. They found the source of life—Jesus—and rested on his
years: sharing the gospel, distributing New Testaments (in Yiddish and Hebrew, as necessary), and establishing
In a practical sense, the same methodologies Chosen People Ministries uses today began during these early
as brothers and sisters in the faith and those with whom you will fellowship for eternity.
Jewish evangelistic and Messianic centres designed to meet the spiritual and practical needs of Jewish seekers
valleys and mountaintops. Each one of our days is set before us, and I pray that you experience the presence and
everlasting Messiah, who is faithful in every generation. I hope you will view these precious memories as a daily
It is my hope that these images from our rich past will move you to more deeply trust in our faithful G-d and
which this message travels. In the early years, these means consisted of print and radio, which expanded into
and believers, as well as Messianic congregations. The only thing to change in all these years is the mode by
television, and now continues through social media engagement and online campaigns.
source of strength as you go about your life this year, following the L-rd as you face both difficulties and joys,
joy of the L-rd every moment of your life.
Manfred Nochomowitz
In our Messiah Yeshua,
Founder and Executive Director, Emet Ministries South Africa
South African Director, Chosen People Ministries
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