Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign

Prayer Letter for February 2026

Dear Prayer Partners,

As we unite in prayer this month, let us remember Paul’s instruction to pray for all men, especially those in authority. He said this is key for us to live quiet, peaceful lives, adding it also is “good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:1-4) The saving “truth” Paul had in mind then follows: “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all…” (1 Timothy 2:5-6a).

Indeed, there is only one way to God (John 14:6). Jesus is the only door to the Father (John 10:9). And he sits at His right hand to ever make intercession for us (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25). Thus, “we have an advocate with the Father” (1 John 2:1). So, as we pray in Jesus’ name, picture him also interceding for us.

Now some may think this exalted position only came after his death, burial, resurrection and ascension, when Jesus sprinkled his blood on the mercy seat in heaven and sat down at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19; Hebrews 1:3, 10:12, 12:2, 22-24). However, he is the lamb slain before the foundation of the world, and he has been mediating between God and mankind since the Creation (Revelation 13:8; John 8:58).

Consider how the pre-Incarnate Christ appeared numerous times in the Old Testament, often as the “Angel of the Lord” or “Angel of His Presence”. He was in the burning bush and told Moses to remove his sandals, indicating he was holy, then proclaimed he was indeed the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:2-6). Jesus was with Israel at Sinai and in the Wilderness, which Paul confirms when writing that the Israelites “drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ” (1 Corinthians 10:5).

Jesus insisted that “no one has seen God at any time” (John 1:18). For He “dwell[s] in unapproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16). Yet Jesus is God in a visible, approachable form, being “the express image of His person” (Hebrews 1:3). And he appeared to select men and women over and over throughout the Hebrew Bible. Abraham served the Lord a meal (Genesis 18:1-8). Jacob saw God “face to face” (Genesis 32:30). Moses and the seventy elders “saw the God of Israel” (Exodus 24:10-11).

In truth, Jesus was already present and interceding for mankind as far back as the Garden of Eden. God told Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge, warning “for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Yet in the next chapter, Adam and Eve are given something of a reprieve – they will live on until old age but must leave the Garden, work for their food, and experience pain in childbirth. God is holy and thus required consequences for sin. But I believe Jesus mediated with the Father, and the first humans were spared death on the day they sinned, all according to the mercy and foreknowledge of God. So, as we pray for all men, let us appreciate just how much Jesus has intervened for fallen humanity from the start.

Thank you for being so faithful in prayer,

David R. Parsons
Senior Vice President & Spokesman
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

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PS: Our next day of prayer and fasting for the Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign will be on Wednesday, 4 February 2026. Also, please join our daily Global Prayer Gathering at 4:30 PM (Israel time) to pray for the nation of Israel. So, please join us there at on.icej.org/ICEJGlobalPrayer

And let us hear from you about your needs and how God has answered your prayers! Send a short email to prayer@icej.org to let us know you are praying and fasting with us.