I was expelled from Israel
The Kibbutz leadership organized a summit for me. I went there with the Bible under my arm, praying in advance. I told them what I had been promised in Finland and that I had not had to work on the Sabbath here for 7 weeks.
They wondered. Sarai, the leader of Kibbuts, asked me, “Do you love us Jews?” I replied, "Of course I do. Otherwise I wouldn't have come here for these jobs. However, I love more than any people, the Holy One of Israel and his commandments, one of which is 'Remember holify Sabbath.' "
The next day I heard that I must to leave the kibbutz as soon as I'll get a return flight to Finland. Concerning Sabbath they did not want to make any special arrangements for their activities. They could have decided that the Arabs who do spent Friday as their weekly rest day would be allowed do it. Those Christians, who spent Sunday on their weekly rest day would be allowed do it too.
In addition, the Israelis and I could have celebrated the Sabbath on our Saturday rest day. It would have been easy to arrange. The decision may have been influenced by the fact that I was no longer able to work hard. Only later did I come to realize that the decision was the best for me! After all, I wouldn't have been able to withstand the hard work there in the summer heat!
Kibbutz had a meeting room called 'Moodon'. There Christians were able to hold worship events and there was a piano for accompaniment. Because I'm quite good in writing text, I made a felt-tip pen painting of the Hebrew verses Luke 3: 21-22.
>>21 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Yeshua also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."<<
That painting I made was hang on the wall right next to the piano. Whenever the Israeli youth played the piano, they saw it, and its message must have borne fruit. From these two verses there are three divine personalities who were active at the same time: the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Father.
I used to sing beautiful gospel songs in English together with Eila while working in the kibbutz dining room. I had known her earlier in the Siion Church in Helsinki.
Israeli Kibbutz teenagers often came to the doorway to listen to our song. You see, we were singing joyous praise songs that the children liked. Even the adults who worked in the dining room liked them. One of them begins with the words, "Every day with Jesus, is sweeter than the day before ...".
Adonai came to me to comfort me
After hearing that I had to leave the kibbutz soon, I went to my apartment very sad. I closed the door behind me and told my sorrow to Adonai.
I said in my heart, "Oh dear Elohim, I feel so bad when I am not understood here. Israelis consider me heretical because I am a Christian and holify the Sabbath. Christians do not understand me either. I hope that you understand and love me."
When I was praying, I had the Bible open on the table. When I am in distress, I always look for comfort in it. The same way now. I had just read verses John 14: 21-23.
>>21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Adonai, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Yeshua answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.<<
I continued praying and tears started flowing from my eyes as my heart cried. I said to Adonai, "You know that I keep the Sabbath because I love you, your word, and I want to please you. I hope you still love me."
When I had said that, He immediately came into my room. I noticed that I was no longer able to sit in a chair, but started to fall. I moved to the bed on my back and closed my eyes, waiting for what he had to say.
I heard him say, "I love you." Then his Spirit slowly flooded through me like a tidal wave of love. I was getting weaker. Soon I heard the same words again, "I love you." After that came an ever stronger tidal wave of love that slowly passed through my whole body.
I was like molten wax and for the third time I heard the same words, "I love you." The tidal wave of love that followed was so strong that I said, "Stop my dear Elohim, I can't stand it anymore! Now I know and feel that you truly love me."
I was afraid to be changed into atoms and then disappear into nothingness. After that, his supernatural presence in my room ended, the power of his Holy Spirit slowly waning, and finally I was able go to the kibbutz's dining room eat supper.
My face shoned of the light of Yehowah's love
I went there in ecstasy and my face shined so that everyone stared at me, including the kibbutz leader, Sarai, who happened to be there for dinner at the same time.
As I ate supper, I told my believing friends that I had encountered an unprecedented touch of the Spirit of Love of Elohim and therefore my face shone. They were amazed.
Another time I had experienced my face begin to shine in supernatural light, when everyone around gazed at me, started tremble with fear and thought me being an angel. It happened in the center in Helsinki in 1972.
Before going to the dining room, I had played the guitar and sang praises to him, who had said three times me, "I love you." As I sang the songs, I just had to fill up with the Holy Spirit even so that when I entered the dining room I couldn't walk normally, but I started jumping for joy like feeding calves! HalleluYah!
The next day at 2 pm I heard that the Finnish kibbutz organizer had managed to arrange for me a return flight to Finland.
The return flight had to take place so that I only had less than 4 hours to pack my goods and deliver the kibbutz goods. The organizer asked if there was any time to do so fast? I replied that I would at least try.
Then she hugged me and thanked me for saying that it was very difficult to find one empty seat for the return flights. I joked to her, "Ah, how glad you were to get rid of me so soon." She understood it as humor.
As I ate supper, I told my believing friends that I had encountered an unprecedented touch of the Spirit of Love of Elohim and therefore my face shone. They were amazed.
Another time I had experienced my face begin to shine in supernatural light, when everyone around gazed at me, started tremble with fear and thought me being an angel. It happened in the center in Helsinki in 1972.
Exit arrangement from Israel
The next day at 2 pm I heard that the Finnish kibbutz organizer had managed to arrange for me a return flight to Finland.
The return flight had to take place so that I only had less than 4 hours to pack my goods and deliver the kibbutz goods. The organizer asked if there was any time to do so fast? I replied that I would at least try.
Then she hugged me and thanked me for saying that it was very difficult to find one empty seat for the return flights. I joked to her, "Ah, how glad you were to get rid of me so soon." She understood it as humor.
I picked in faith one promise-star from the sky
Then a clever Christian woman said, "Leif, now you are in the same situation as Abraham in ancient times. Look at the sky and read those bright stars and, in faith, pick one of them as the Lord's promise for you." I replied, "Yes, I'll pick one." I chose a bright star, saying, "May that star be from Adonai as a promise to me tonight. Thank you Adonai Yeshua!"
Having said that, we saw someone driving the car from the Kibbutz Hotel at high speed the zigzag down towards us. The mountainside was so steep that the road had to roam back and forth when descending.
I realized the car was a prayer answer to me, the star of the promise I was asking for. Shortly before the car came to our attention, I went to the middle of the road and bravely lifted my thumb to stop the car. The man was driving a big black passenger car and stopped suddenly just near me.
I asked in English for a trip to Jerusalem, in front of the luxury hotel EYAL. He nodded. At the same stop, there was also a young couple who had light hair like the Nordic people. They too had been waiting in vain for the bus and wanted to get to Jerusalem.
That young couple started to bargain for the price of the trip, and after a while time was only 30 minutes left to drive to Jerusalem. I was trying to reach the bus, by which I had to travel from Jerusalem to Lydda near Tel Aviv to, Ben Gurion airport, I prayed quietly in my heart:
"Adonai, help me and immediately influence in their hearts the decision that they will either come or not. Otherwise, I won't get there in time." After my prayer, the young couple nodded to him and they sat in the back seat of the car. I sat down next to the driver.
Illegal taxi and cheap price
After driving for a while, I asked the people in the back seat, "Do you love Lord Jesus?" They smiled and replied, "Yes, we do. We love him."
Then the truck driver rejoiced and said he self was a Christian Arab born in Bethlehem. He said through the thick cigar smoke that he would therefore agree to lower 50% of the price because we were all Christians!
We thanked him with joy and wondered how he could see the dimly lit road through the thick cloud of cigarette smoke that floated around his head. The young couple was from Sweden and got out of the car before me paying 22 shekels. I continued in a taxi to the other side of Jerusalem and arrived there just 5 minutes before the departure of the bus.
My share of the price of that illegal taxi was 11 shekels and I had after that only 30 agoras, so without the two fellow traveler and a half price I would not have been able to pay for the trip and a big dispute about it would have arisen! The bus driver wondered at my exact arrival time. I said to him, "The Lord helped me again."
HalleluYah!
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