And He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather together the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Isaiah 11:12)

Jews and Christians from the “four corners” of the earth are invited to pray together for eight days this Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) for the final return of the Jewish people from the four corners of the earth to the Land of Israel. The first full day of Sukkot this year is September 19; the last is September 26.

Israel Returns (Shavei Israel) director Michael Freund has invited Ebenezer Emergency Fund to join Israel Returns in praying together daily throughout Sukkot. Both Israel Returns and Ebenezer’s Operation Exodus work to “Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth,” as God instructs through Isaiah 43:6 and innumerable other Scriptures.

For more than 60 years now Jews from Russia, Ethiopia, the US, and other countries have been brought home to Jerusalem. Intercessory prayer has been vital to accomplishing this commission.

The name “Four Corners Prayer Journey” describes the call to Jews and Christians worldwide to join in interceding for this living prophecy that is being fulfilled before our eyes. Ebenezer’s site, ebenezerUSA.org, provides an invitation from Freund to join this prayer mission, together with the daily prayer focus. It speaks of the Bnei Menashe, a Lost Tribe who live in India, for example. In the coming months Israel Returns will bring home some 900 members of this community that has been exiled from the Land for more than 2,700 years. Freund earnestly requests prayer for this mission.

“Sukkot” means “booths,” referring to the temporary dwellings that many Jewish people build annually from branches, leaves, and other natural materials to remind themselves of their forefathers’ 40 years in the wilderness, when they were entirely dependent on God’s provision. Some even eat their meals and sleep in a sukkah throughout the entire period. Tabernacles is the third and final fall feast. These “High Holy Days” are known as God’s “Appointed Days.”

Sukkot celebrates God’s provision and falls during the season of harvest, so is perfectly aligned with both organizations’ mission to facilitate God’s ingathering of Israel’s exiles. During the Feast of Tabernacles when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, Jewish people brought sacrifices on behalf of non-Jewish nations; today many Christian pilgrims from across the world come to Israel annually to join in this celebration. Freund welcomes individuals and congregations to join this prayer initiative. “By standing together, Jews and Christians can fulfill prophecy and bring about great miracles.”