Day 61 Purim Feast

 

3/2/2026

"Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in 

the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth day of the

month of Adar with gladness and feasting, as a 

holiday, and for sending presents to one another."  

Esther 9:19

  

Monday morning prayer meetings generally find us praying about the deception found in the church regarding the existence of Israel, but today our prayers are directed at the war with Iran, and the many people who need to be free from the evil stranglehold of the enemy. So much happens in a day as the alarms continue to go off and the citizens of Israel run in and out of bomb shelters. What has been happening is so exceptional in that only God could have orchestrated the timing of each event, as it spans  all the way back to Genesis.

The CEO of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jurgen Buhler, shared with us about a new phone app called "Star Walk," that allows users to identify stars, constellations, planets, and satellites by pointing their phones at the sky. He shared that on February 26 he had been using Star Walk, and he said that there was a notice that the alignment of the planets would take place on February 28, as if the planets were announcing a change. That morning was the beginning of Operation Roaring Lions/Operation Epic Fury initiated by Israeli airman and later joined by the United States. The initial strike killed Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and forty leaders who were located in the building that was hit. Yesterday in my blog I mentioned the blood moon and the alignment of the planets from a report from NASA. The blood moon will be visible to many on 3/3/2026. As I shared yesterday, the blood moon in the Bible references divine intervention, a shaking, and a time of repentance. According to the Jewish calendar we are now in the month of Adar, the last month of the year, the month in which the second temple was restored by Ezra and the exiles from Persia by a decree under the reign of King Darius. 

It is also the month when Purim is celebrated. Much has been said about the celebration of Purim in my previous posts, but I did want to mention that it a time of joyous celebration. Although war is ongoing, rockets, drones, and missiles are still flying in from Iran, the regime has crumbled, but the remaining members of the IRGC continue a relentless pursuit of vengeance against Israel and against anyone who is an ally or sympathetic to Israel. It was reported that a volley of drones were coming quite frequently, and the new laser, called the Iron Beam, was actually melting the drones as they fell. Although the citizens in Jerusalem were in and out of the bomb shelters, it didn't seem to hinder the celebration of Purim, as the people dressed in costumes, ate the festive pastries and played games in the shelters. One report said that weddings were not canceled, but they were performed in the shelters, as well. The people of Israel are resilient people, who have suffered years of persecution since they become a nation on May 14, 1948. The day after they won this victory they were attacked by the Arab nation. As we study Biblical history we see that God has been restoring his people to their land, and it continues today, called aliyah. As defined in several places in the scriptures, God is bringing His people back from their where He scattered them. The diaspora are those citizens who have been scattered all over the world. 

In the meantime the Iranian women are celebrating in the streets, because they are free of the stronghold of the evil regime. Still the battle ensues for total freedom and the end of the evil jihad. The woman are bold and courageous, and they are willing to put their neck on the line for the welfare of the nation and their families for freedom. It is obvious that God is directing this war, and He is orchestrating every move. We pray for continued strength and divine protection for the people of Iran and for all the military involved, and we pray for Israel and the citizens and leaders of Israel and America. Thy will alone be done, Our Father.