Opening Ceremony
Genesis: 35th Chapter, 9-11 verses And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. Exodus: 4th Chapter, 22 -23 verses And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son even my firstborn: And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. Isaiah: 43rd Chapter, 1-7 verses But now thus saith the LORD that created you, 0 Jacob, and him that formed thee, 0 Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. Ezekiel: 37th Chapter, 20- 28 verses And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. And one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever; and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forever more. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. Isaiah: 45th Chapter, 16-17 verses Acts: 13th Chapter, 22-23 verses Romans: 11th Chapter, 26th verse Galatians: 6th Chapter, 15-16 verses They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee,and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, upon the Israel of God. Members: Lord God of Israel, help us to love thee, and then we shall be the true Israel’s of God. OPENING PRAYER Lord God of Israel, there is no God like unto thee; and thy name is great and shall and must be honored by all the true Israel’s of God. Help us to so die from this world, and ourselves, that Thy kingdom can freely come to us. Help us to so be dead to the world, and ourselves, that we might be freely willing for Thy will to be done both in our bodies and spirit. Help us to so love thee that it will only be Thy will to deliver us from all that thou hatest. And lead us only into that thou lovest. Give us and teach us Thy will and way each day as we are able to receive it. All of the kingdoms are Thine and, if we love thee, thou will freely give and bless us with and in them. All power is in Thine hand and, if we love Thee, Thou will freely give Thy power to us. Help us to so love Thee that we can be the true Israels of God. For thou hast placed salvation in Zion for Israel Thy glory. These and other blessings, we ask in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen