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A multicultural crowd of about 900 people sang, prayed and proclaimed Scripture together “with fervour” at a prayer rally for Israel at the Redemption Church, Johannesburg on Sunday, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, South Africa (ICEJ).
She said that the event, which was organised in just three days by South African Friends of Israel (SAFI), ICEJ, Bridges For Peace and some individuals, was “blessed and anointed” and marked by “real unity”, with Christian pastors, a Jewish rabbi, a member of Parliament, a deputy Israeli ambassador, and members of the Jewish community joining the predominantly-Christian crowd in praying for Israel, for the release of the hostages and “for our beloved South Africa”.
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In contrast to a related rally in Sea Point, Cape Town, which was cancelled the previous Sunday after it was violently disrupted by a large crowd of Palestine supporters, “it was peaceful and held in a good spirit”, she said.
She said members of the Jewish community present were “incredibly blessed” by the event.
Christians who attended loved hearing from the different speakers. They really wanted to stand with Israel, to know more about God’s heart for His people and to find out how they could help, she said.
“We really experienced open hearts from churches. Churches that maybe beforehand, it wasn’t an issue for them, are opening up and saying: ‘We want to understand more. We want to be involved on some level.
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“So, I think this is the beginning of more [such events]. I don’t think it’s the end. In fact, we’re looking at doing similar events in Durban, PE, Bloemfontein, Pretoria. And also, after what happened in Cape Town, were are just evaluating what takes place in Cape Town,” said Myburgh.
Bafana Modise national spokesperson of SAFI said Sunday’s prayer event was marked by “the unity of South Africans in our diversity standing for Israel. The united voices of all South Africans — Jews in the church. rabbis talking in the church. These are interesting times and as they always say: ‘Behold, God is doing a new thing’.”
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