Originally published in Charisma News
Prophetic intercessor Lou Engle, founder of The Call and Lou Engle Ministries, is calling believers to join a global event, The Jesus Fast/Global 2021 Fast, until Pentecost on Sunday May 23″
Beginning on April 14, Engle will lead a 40-day fast reminiscent of Jesus’ wilderness experience inaugurating His ministry and the first harvest of Jewish souls.
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Also called the Yeshua Fast 2021, the worldwide event is coupled with the Global Ruth Call, named after the biblical gentile woman who famously told her Jewish mother-in-law Naomi: “Your people shall be my people and your God my God” — Ruth 1:16b.
“It is our expectation and prescient anticipation that this 40-day fast could be a tipping point for a new day of salvation for Israel and harvest in the earth,” Engle says in the video introducing this fast (3:24).
The vision for Jesus Fast 2021 is rooted in what Engle calls “a threefold cord revelation from the Scriptures”.
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Firstly, there’s a global spiritual aliyah — the Hebrew word for going up to Israel from among the nations — in which the gentile church turns its heart and love to Jesus, Israel and the Jewish people, based on Ruth’s example.
Secondly, worldwide prayer for the salvation of Israel becomes a tipping point for a global harvest of souls, described in Romans 11:12-15.
Then thirdly, growing expectation for Jewish people to see Jesus as Messiah leads to a new Pentecost from Jerusalem and a global harvest of souls, based on Isaiah 44:1-5 and Ezekiel 36:24-26.
Two prayer points among others include rising antisemitism and evangelism to Jewish people.
A daily devotional and prayer guide for the Jesus Fast 2021 is available at thejesusfast.global. Watch Engle’s invitation to the event on that site or here.
