Dear friends:
 
Several years ago I was privileged to communicate a few times with Israel’s Gary M. Cooperberg, most prominently of the community of Hebron.  I learned that Gary was a courageous, outspoken defender of Israel and its biblical traditions.  According to his bio, he is currently the Director of Public relations for the Jewish Community in Hebron, the author of the Jewish Press column A Voice from Hebron, and serves as Director of Public Relations for Yeshivat Kiryat Arba.
 
To my knowledge, Gary is not a Messianic Jew, but he exhibits an excellent perspective of history and the times in which we live.

Thanks to John Terry of The Revelation Files, I can report that in a July 17 message headed “Redemption is at hand,” Gary Cooperberg wrote:

“We are getting to the point where even the most absurd concepts are being accepted as normal and reasonable. The very survival of our nation appears to be under grave threat by our own leaders. All likely contenders for the office of our next prime minister are cut from the same cloth and promise no improvement. “Clearly redemption is closer than ever. When the majority of Jews finally realize that none of our leaders is able to help us they will turn in desperation to our Father in Heaven. They will begin to understand that the only explanation for our very existence is owing to His infinite mercy and personal protection. Then we will return unto Him in penitence, prayer and supplication and seek to serve Him by observing His Law. Then we will become worthy of His miracles which will permeate the world and fulfill the prophesies which have yet to come to pass. He will send us one True Jewish Leader who will lead us in battle and return genuine Jewish pride and fear of G-d to our nation.”

(Bramlett: Pray that the “True Jewish Leader” for whom he yearns will not be the false messiah, but the true Messiah.)
 
The above quote is from Stan Goodenough in an article titled “Days of Messiah,” on his Web site at http://www.stangoodenough.com/?p=74.  Stan goes on to say:

Redemption is at hand. Many Jews are yearning and looking for the coming of the Son of David. And He will come, He has not abandoned them and He will not leave them at the mercy of the rapacious, God-hating and rejecting nations that are gathering, drooling, to divide up this little land and leave its people - God’s people - at the mercy of their foes.

We are living in the days of Messiah. He is coming soon. His feet will touch down here, right where I stand. Then He will cross the Kidron Valley and take up His place on the Throne of David that will stand inside the glorious new Temple – right over there, on the Temple Mount.

Hallelujah!