• ISRAEL \ Dec 29, 2004
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    Abandoned movie theater in Jerusalem becomes home of King of Kings Assembly
Abandoned movie theater in Jerusalem becomes home of King of Kings Assembly Pastor Hilsden said, "It's not just a building, but it actually declares that we believe in the restoration of Israel. What we did is take a dilapidated, broken down ruin and began to restore it."

Only a few months ago, inside the building, instead of hearing singing, we?d have heard construction sounds.

The physical restoration took place in a city known to Christians around the world for its tremendous spiritual warfare and its enormous biblical significance since Jerusalem is the city the Bible says Jesus will come back to and where He will establish His Kingdom.

The ground-breaking project took 22 months to transform an abandoned movie theater - the largest in Jerusalem - into one of the most technologically advanced facilities in Israel. The architecture even includes a ceiling meant to look like a prayer shawl.

Hilsden calls the project a physical reflection of a spiritual truth. He said, further, "The restoration will also be a spiritual restoration. It's not only a restoration of the Land, but a restoration to the Lord."

Pastor Jack Hayford of Church on The Way came to help dedicate the facility.

Hayford said, "This is a place where demon darkness will be shattered. This is a place where chains of addiction will be broken. This is a place where bodies will be healed. This is a place where saved souls will receive the full empowerment of the Spirit, and will become agents of the Living God in this city and elsewhere in the world. This is a revival center, Hallelujah!"

While King of Kings met in a rented facility for years, now the pavilion will be the spiritual home for hundreds of people living in Jerusalem and is meant to serve the body of Messiah within Israel and around the world. The financial commitment posed a huge challenge, but support came from around the world, for what Pastor Hilsden calls a "miracle in the making.?

Hilsden added, "We've had an incredible response from people who have said, how can I help? They've helped us very significantly. To pray for us. Give towards us, and we've seen miracle after miracle after miracle, to see this vision become a reality."

During this season of congregational prayer, the Scripture verse, Psalm 27:5 became a powerful theme. It says: "For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavilion, in the secret place of His tabernacle shall He hide me. He shall set me high upon a rock."

We looked at the building but we heard musical worship of God. Hilsden believes joy and worship make up the heart of the pavilion. He hopes as a worship center it will reflect Jerusalem's biblical past, present and future.

"The place where David worshipped. The place where Yeshua came and showed us the Father, whom we worship. Jerusalem is the place where He's coming back and where we'll gather around His Throne and worship."

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