Dalton Lifsey - The Controversy of Zion and the Time of Jacob’s Trouble: The Final Suffering and Salvation of the Jewish People

ENDORSEMENTS

Dalton Lifsey has written a timely and important book. As the controversy of Zion intensifies in the coming years, this work will prove to be an extremely valuable resource. Highly recommended.

ALLEN HOOD, M. DIV. ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

President of the International House of Prayer University

Associate Director of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City

It has been my privilege to walk with Dalton on a daily basis for the last five years. I can testify to the painstaking prayer, study, and wrestling that have taken place in order for this work to emerge. From my vantage point it is one of the most clear and articulate writings on a notoriously difficult subject. The balance of boldness and tenderness displayed in this book enables the reader to feel what God feels and see what God sees concerning His beloved people. With the two-fold danger of replacement theology and what I would call un-sanctified Zionism in the Church we need voices of truth to emerge. I believe Dalton is one of these voices.

AARON WALSH

Director of the Tauranga House of Prayer, Tauranga, New Zealand

Dalton Lifsey has written a clear, concise and highly invaluable work. This is a message that every believer must hear. Too much of the Church today is confused or ignorant concerning this most important subject of Israel and the end-times. As we approach the time of Jacobs trouble , the crucifixion of the Church, and the return of Jesus Christ, this work will prepare us for what lies ahead. I strongly encourage all serious students of biblical prophecy to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church through Dalton Lifsey and this book.

JOEL RICHARDSON

Author of Islamic Antichrist and Gods War on Terror

Dalton Lifsey has written a book about Israel and the Last Days which is hard-hitting and sobering. I am not sure of all his interpretations, but who in this field could be totally correct. This is a serious study and the scenario he presents is possible and credible. It is a worthy contribution to the subject on which the Tikkun leadership has reflected for many years.

DANIEL JUSTER

Director of Tikkun International, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Author (with Asher Intrater) of Israel, the Church and the Last Days

With a deep reverence for the Word, a fervent love for the Jewish people, and a burden for the maturity of the Church, Dalton Lifsey has clearly articulated a key prophetic word for this urgent hour. Dalton is a skilled expositor with insight far beyond his years. This is an invaluable book that provides clarity on a number of issues that the Church cannot afford to be ignorant about or indifferent toward, especially as the time of Jacobs trouble draws near. I strongly recommend it.

MIKE BICKLE

International House of Prayer of Kansas City

Dalton Lifsey is the face of a new breed of young leaders that God is raising up in this generation. His message comes from a life immersed in the prayer movement and a study of Gods Word that I have personally witnessed and been inspired by. His teaching comes from a heart filled with love for Christ and all peoples. A critical issue at a crucial juncture in history.

DAVID COLE

Youth With A Mission (YWAM), Tauranga, New Zealand

Yes, there has been identity theft; that is Israels identity has been stolen by the Christian Church. Yet an identity recovery movement has arisen whereby it is being made clear from Scripture that Israel does have a glorious future. Dalton Lifseys contribution here is both clarifying and very helpful in that he challenges shallow, contemporary apprehensions of Israels return to the Land, following a solid biblical basis. Recommended as vital and challenging reading.

BARRY E. HORNER

Author of Future Israel

Dalton has done the Church yeomans service, by calling our attention to some often overlooked distinctions in the prophecies of Jewish return that distinguish between a preliminary regathering in unbelief, and a greater and final return that follows the great tribulation. Failure to recognize this crucial distinction ill-prepares the Church for its prophetic responsibility towards Israel. Here is a concise compilation of clear evidence that makes the vision plain upon tables, so to save many from deception.

REGGIE KELLY

Laporte, Minnesota

THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION

AND THE TIME OF JACOBS TROUBLE

The Final Suffering and Salvation of the Jewish People

DALTON LIFSEY

Maskilim Publishing

The Controversy of Zion and the Time of Jacobs Trouble :

The Final Suffering and Salvation of the Jewish People

Copyright 2011 Dalton Lifsey

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-473-19148-1

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TO MY SONS,

Isaiah and Elisha, I love you dearly.

May you witness the consolation of Israel with your own eyes.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Time and space do not permit me to adequately acknowledge those to whom I am so greatly indebted. Nevertheless, I wish to briefly thank:

Anna For being an amazing wife, a loyal best friend, my personal prophet, and an incredible mother to our sons. Thank you for loving me, serving me, challenging me, and encouraging me the way you do.

Reggie Kelly For being a teacher, mentor, and friend who invested so much time into my life for the sake of the advance of the Gospel. Thank you for writing the Foreword and for allowing me to quote you so extensively throughout the book. You are a gift to the Church and a voice to the nations.

John Kutzko For being a spiritual father, a loyal friend, and constant encouragement. I dont know where I would be if it were not for your involvement in my life through the years. Thank you for the way that you have stood with my family.

Aaron and Kristi Walsh For being mentors and comrades who have constantly reminded me over the years that a prophet is first a priest . Thank you for leading so faithfully and serving so honorably.

Art Katz and Derek Prince For awakening my heart to the issue of Israel.

Allen Hood For encouraging me in the proclamation of this message and for serving me in the completion of this book.

Daniel Juster For standing so faithfully for truth with holy affection for your Jewish brethren. We need more fathers like you.

Andy Hickman For being a brother with whom I have spent countless hours wrestling over the controversy of Zion . I treasure your friendship.

Teresa Miller and Zach Wheeler For selflessly laboring to edit this book. I couldnt have done it without you.

FOREWORD

By Reggie Kelly

In no other place is the glory and sovereignty of grace seen more clearly than in the eschatological death and resurrection of Israel. The prophetic history and destiny of Israel provides the great overview of salvation history. In this context alone is revealed the highest vision of divine glory (Romans 9-11). Through Israel, the everlasting Covenant is brought to historical completion in an open and public display of divine glory that includes the reinstatement of the natural branches (Romans 11:15-29). To this end, and for the sake of this open demonstration in the sight of all nations , the Jewish race has been miraculously preserved.