"what is man that you are mindful of him, .....?" Psalm 8 v4

About us

Who are we ?

My wife and I had been a couple of ordinary Christian believers for many years and had four grown up children when we first went to Israel in 1998. We were amazed to have our understanding of Israel and the Jewish people and the Bible radically changed.

We went to a "Jerusalem Jubilee" prayer conference, run by Christine Darg of Exploits Ministries  (see Internet page) and received teaching from world class teachers.   Upon returning home we sought out good teaching in books and on the Internet.  We found out how little truth there is in the media picture of Israel and how many traditional Christian beliefs are not really Bible based.

We saw how much we had been missing before we experienced the  blessing part of God's promise to the patriarchs,  "He who blesses you I will bless and He who curses you I will curse."

We found that a proper understanding of the Jewish roots of our faith and our Bible changed and enriched our lives, and would like other Christians to experience the same blessings.

My wife passed away in 2015 but I still seek to use this website to offer an introduction to the wonderful ministry we have received. Being priveleged to attend several ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles events, it struck me that it was a shame that these messages from world class speakers were heard only by those present and then lost, and not available to the whole body.

Many of these speakers have been gracious enough to allow me to summarise their messages and material as web pages. Thus I am not imparting my own wisdom or insight but acting as a collector and compiler of a widely available resource.

Does all this Jewish stuff matter ?

Yes;  I believe it does, but not as mere religious trivia.

It is not encouraging to review the state of our churches in the West and compare them with what the Bible shows us is possible when God's people know him and not just facts or doctrines about him. The teaching on this website is not offered for use as religious trivia but as food for those seeking to draw closer to the heart of our Heavenly Father who chose to reveal himself to the world through a chosen people.

We see that God chose the children of Israel (formerly called Jacob) to bring this revelation to the nations of the world.

God's ultimate revelation was through Jesus who came, lived, ministered, suffered, died and was raised from death as a descendant of Israel - a Jew.

If we are to know God, we must see him in Jesus (Yeshua the Jew the Jewish Messiah) the revelation of the Father's glory

It is so sad  that the Church has discarded the Jewish Holy Days that Jesus celebrated and which figure in his teaching.   These are divinely ordained teaching events and are prophetic celebrations.   The Church is also suffering for its adoption of  Replacement Theology and Anti-Semitic beliefs.   How much are we suffering for the Church's history of cursing rather than blessing God's chosen people?

I have no wish to attack the Church, being part of it. I believe our lord is working on all our spots and wrinkles ready for the day he comes as our bridegroom! This may happen soon and we want to be ready.

He is coming for his bride, in the singular.. Will He find us joined together - Jewish and Gentile believers - all focused on Yeshua the Messiah rather than on our denominations and factions?

I find that knowing the Jewish Jesus draws out so much more wonder, praise and worship but we still need to press on to know him personally.

After wrestling all night, Jacob said, "I won't let you go unless you bless me." and that is why Jacob's name was changed to Israel.  (Genesis 32 v25-29)  

Moses learned great things about God and received a wonderful assurances when he declared, "If your presence doesn't go with us, don't make us go on from here.",  but he still asked,  "I beg you to show me your glory!".   (Exodus 33 v12-23)

(Moses did get to see the glory of God in Jesus when Jesus was transfigured on the mountain - but he had to wait a long time . . . . . )

How and why did wildolive come to be?

It all began with one of those God-incidences.  At one ICEJ conference in Jerusalem, we were exhorted to go home and tell others about God's purposes for Israel and the Church's errors concerning Israel.  I then learned of a Church of England initiative called "Cybernauts Awake", which examined the dynamics of people browsing the Internet and encouraged Christians to put good stuff on the Internet instead of grumbling about the bad stuff. Then I was asked by my employer (a further education college), to learn how to write web sites and teach the students.

Since then God has supplied a steady flow of teaching, books, magazine articles and Bible insights in a sequence which has enabled a steady growth in the breadth of this site, whilst remaining centred around the call to the church to get back to its (Jewish) roots and use its scriptures properly.

Some principles governing wildolive.

Although this site advocates the use of Yeshua, the proper Hebrew name of Jesus, and the proper names of God, the familiar names are used through most of the text to avoid confusion.

Wildolive acknowledges the debt owed to the authors and ministers who have made this website possible. Wildolive is merely an introduction to the richness available to the disciple. Please make use of the Internet links, Books and other media listed. 

This website is independent and non commercial.   No donations are sought and no data about correspondents will be collected or passed to a third party.  This site does not use cookies. This site has no link with suppliers of books or other items, except as a consumer.

I am not a minister of religion, but the content of this site has been approved by qualified ministers of the Gospel,

Wildolive does not necessarily endorse every opinion expressed on linked web sites, or in forwarded material. Everything shared is believied to be worth checking out.

I do not have a prophetic anointing but will share things that seem to require the reader to use his/her own discernment.

Wildolive is not denominational. I came to faith in a Baptist church and have belonged to three Baptist fellowships but I do not have BAPTIST written through me like a stick of seaside rock. I am as aware of the flaws in the Baptist denomination as any in other BUT I do not believe I should move to some other denomination, or none. I believe we should stay where we are and share our insights, if it is at all possible.

The wildolive creed

Wildolive does not have a creed, or doctrinal statement or any kind of "-ism" label. I believe that all such labels, while describing one important belief will neglect others.

If it were possible to convey all that needs to be said in one snappy phrase like, "God is love" God would not have taken sixty six books to reveal himself to us.

Balance and fairness.

Wildolive has been criticized for lack of balance or a lack of understanding of the plight of the Palestinians. But wildolive policy is that there is no shortage of sources putting over the anti-Israel point of view and the real need is for wildolive to present the truth, to counter these arguments to help you reach a balanced view for yourself.

If wildolive was to present a balance of truth and lies - the result would be half truth!

I am very aware of the plight of the ordinary Palestinian without accepting their leadership's narrative about its causes, that is presented everywhere by Israel haters in the media and even in churches.

Wildolive does not unquestioningly support the actions of the government of the state of Israel, but believes it is there by the will and for the purposes of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as he sees through  His plans.  It is to the fulfilment of these plans that we look forward.

The explanations of Jewish words and tradition offered here are typical rather than definitive. Different sources have different explanations and definitions This is part of the richness of Judaism, and testament to the willingness of Jews to discuss differences of opinion and belief.

Bible quotations used. Most quotations are from the Complete Jewish Bible, as I have found it to bring out the Jewishness of the Bible. However, it has been criticised for paraphrasing.

I would point out that Bible translation is not as simple as looking up the words and replacing them with the English equivalent. The Hebrew, or the Greek with Hebrew thought behind it has a completely different structure from English and every translator has to read and understand the source text(s), which is not always easy, and then express it in a form of English that conveys the meaning to the target audience. So any translation is partly paraphrase. Also, sad to say, some of the accepted, mainline translations contain ideas that are contrary to the original texts.

The pictures on wildolive were taken during  more than twenty visits to Israel, at Passover and Tabernacles and other occasions.

My pictures are copyright - more precisely "copyleft" - free to use but authorship must be acknowledged.- Please do not use any without permission.

Pictures used on this site with the permission of their owners remain the property of the owners; not wildolive.

You are welcome to use the teaching material for purposes such as worship, prayer, study groups and Church magazines.  (Please include the www.wildolive.co.uk credit with anything you use)

This rendering of the Messianic Seal of the early Jerusalem church, and the animated version at the head of each page, are the original work of Wildolive.co.uk.

 

You can contact me by E-Mail on info @ wildoive. co. uk (without the spaces)

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Wishing you Shalom and God' richest blessing.

- Michael Beer

 

Updated 04/06/22

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