" the very core of our future ministry. Ger- no longer visible. Through divine appoint- I
ald, a Gentile Believer, and I, a Jewish ments, I began to connect with Messianic
Believer, together became Ephesians 2:14, Believers who still seemed Jewish. I prayed
"One New Man." We married and began to and studied. I found
.. seek the Lord. Eventually, we knew we were that Jesus was Jewish ~"
and that most of the i i to attend Bible School. We stepped out like
first Believers were :~,i. abraham, not knowing how we would do
this, but each step of the way, God provided. Jewish. As I contin- . i
m,. I could write a book just ued my research, J
I realized how
much the Christian
Church had sepa-
rated from its Jew-
7< ish roots and that "~,~,d~
~~ cause of so much ..~ this was not God's ~.~"'~ ......
" hurt to the Jewish intent. I came to
People, including the understand the true meaning of Mat-
Holocaust. I cried / thew 5:17 when Yeshua said, "think not that
~i .... ., out to God to show I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets:
me the truth, that t I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill."
if Jesus was His .................. The meaning of the word "fulfill" is to
Son, the Messiah, 1~. ~ clarify, to perfect a foundation on which
I wanted to know. to build further. Yeshua never meant to
For the next two months on the miracles do away with or abolish the Old Testa-
...... I studied the Bible and we saw God ment teachings. I became a Jew again,
attended Bible studies. Then the do as we were ; but one who knows the Messiah. It is
. ; day came that I knew Jesus was the Mes- obedient. These " important for Jew and Christian alike
'L | siah; I asked Him into my heart and God were vears of " * " to realize that when a Jewish person
~'~'g'~"~'}"~., i j,, ~ became, real. This was the beginning' of wilderness, becomes a Believer in Yeshua, they do
%; ~ , being set free of fear and rejection, k new learning to live not lose their Jewishness. a Jew never
All life had begun. by faith, learn- converts!
,~ Here am t Lord &nd Me ing to serve, r~ The Spirit of God put a new fire in my
~ ! was on fire for God! Everywhere dealing with heart to teach the Church its prophetic
U ; I went I spoke about the Lord, with our rebellion, end-time role toward Israel, the Jewish
i many people getting saved, from and learning ~1,, mm~'' People, and the desire to return to its
i supermarkets to airports. Eventu- to do things Jewish roots. I returned to Europe with
ally I was led to an Assembly of God God's way. I had many opportunities to have a new message: "God's plan for the Church
Church in Miami, Florida. I gave a ministu in dance, but I had to lay my gift and the Jewish People." One of my main
my dance gift over to the Lord, of dance completely down for the Lord to teachings is on the Book of Ruth, which
and through much prayer the purify it and to find His perfect will for my reveals the prophetic revelation of the role
, Creative Arts Ministry developed. life. I was called to preach and now knew of the true Church in the restoration of Is-
~:~ I choreographed large church I had been appointed to do this from my rael, the Jewish People, and the return of the
{~!~"~ productions which touched mother's womb. I cried out to God as Isaiah Lord. Ruth, a Gentile, represents one type of
, the lives of many. It was at did: "Here am/Lord, Send me. " Christian today. She joins herself to Naomi,
this church that I had another A Jew or Not a Jew? who represents Israel and the Jewish People.
divine appointment - I met my hus- After many miraculous years of serving To my Jewish Mishpocha, my
band, Gerald Nikirk. the Lord in ministries in the U.S. and Europe, prayer is that you, too, find our
\['} Our last name, NiMrk, comes I began to feel that something was missing. Messiah who sets the captives
from a Ger- Most of my mentoring since I accepted Jesus free:
i man word was from Christianity. My Jewishness was
Neukirch,
/ meaning Susan Nikirk is a Messianic Jew and ordained minister. She is cofounder with her
New Church. husband Gerald, of Nikirk Ministries, Voice in New England Television Broadcast.
• ' Little did I Hagafen "Vine" ~orship Cent~ and the author~director of ~Vatchmen School of
'{ know that Prayer. Her desire is to awaken the Body of Messiah to see their "One New Man"
my marriage calling according to Scripture.
to Gerald was Visit her website for witnessing resources
and to purchase her DVDNideo a prophetic
testimony "Dancing Out of Darkness," www.nikirkvoice.org or contact: statement that
Nikirk Ministries, Colchester, CT 06415, Phone: 860-537-588 I. would become
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