morning and evening, lasted for two and one half hours each. Be sides the messages and their im mediate interpretation into beauti ful Japanese by a scholar and theo logian, there were times of prayer and joyous hymns. Never before had we heard the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah (“ The Hope"), sung in Japanese translation. The constant reminder given the visi tors was that, although there had been diligent and constant prayer for some forty years for the sal vation of Israel, these Japanese brethren had never seen a Hebrew believer. The reception accorded them can only be compared to the experience in Acts 14:8-16 (with the allowance that pagan were not here involved). The potential of Japan in the Far East, whether politically, economi cally, scientifically, or culturally, makes it the gateway for that dense ly populated area of the globe. But the possibilities for the gospel are limitless, and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ will well hang her head in shame if she bypasses, lightly regards, or ignores this glor ious opportunity of the century. With the aid of the New Japanese Bible, published by Lockman Foun dation and Word of Life Press (TEAM), and messengers of God with the knowledge of the truth and aflame with zeal for souls, taught and motivated by the Holy Spirit, the fruit is incalculable and inevitable. May Cod grant that Tal bot Seminary shall train men and women of God to enter into this open door while it is still called day. Will you covenant with Cod to pray to this end? Dr. Feinberg is Dean of Talbot Seminary Page 9
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accustomed to scorn and worse, for a number of them had been imprisoned by the Japanese em peror during WW II because they believed and taught that they were yet to be ruled by King Jesus. To preach to these earnest souls on the evangelization of the lost sheep of the house of Israel and then to witness them in prayer on their faces before God for the salvation of Israel and their own homeland of Japan, was an experience of a lifetime and one that shall last through this life. The sessions,
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