Giving Tuesday!
- Ariel Blumenthal
- 12 hours ago
- 3 min read
Shalom and happy Giving Tuesday!
When Felipe asked me to write this piece, my first reaction was: “Where is Giving Tuesday in the Bible?” Of course, it isn’t there. But in Israel, Tuesday is yom shlishi—the third day of the week—and the “third day” is full of meaning in Scripture.
In Israel our week begins on Sunday (yom rishon, first day), then Monday (yom sheni, day 2), and then Tuesday (yom shlishi, day 3). When we think biblically, the third day immediately points to resurrection—God bringing life out of death. Hosea 6:2 promises that after “two days” of wounding and exile, God will revive and raise up His people on the “third day.”
Peter reminds us that with the Lord, “a day is like a thousand years.”
After 2000 years—the long “two days” of Jewish dispersion—we are witnessing God restoring Israel in real-time, in our generation. We are living inside a third-day miracle: the rebirth, survival, and prospering of the Jewish nation--despite war, terrorism, anti-Semitism, and relentless opposition.
It is no coincidence that Yeshua Himself was raised on the third day. His resurrection is the center of all of God’s promises; everything else orbits around that victory. But God’s third-day, resurrection work is not finished.
¹²Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! ¹⁵ For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Romans 11:11-15 speaks of another resurrection still to come: if Israel’s rejection brought “riches” to the nations, “how much more” blessing will come when God brings Israel into fullness again. Paul describes it as nothing less than “life from the dead.”
This phrase—how much more—captures the heart of Tikkun Global. The awesome TRUTH of this word is that God is restoring, reviving, and moving in resurrection power among Jews and Gentiles together. The promises are not only for us here in Jerusalem; they are for all of us as One New Man.
Paul uses the Greek word ploutos—riches—to describe what flowed to the nations through Israel’s initial unbelief: salvation, forgiveness, healing, the Holy Spirit, transformed families and societies, eternal hope, and more! But ploutos also simply means “wealth”—real, down-to-earth success, abundance, and provision. God has entrusted blessing to His people so that we might partner together in His purposes.
As we come out of Thanksgiving and move into the rest of the holiday season, we want to thank you sincerely for standing with us. Your generosity enables us to disciple believers, host international Christian leaders, and lead prayer initiatives in Jerusalem and for the nations. It fuels the development of the Tikkun Global Academy, our reconciliation work among Jews and Arabs, and our support of congregations and ministries throughout Israel. We have recently launched prayer watches at our Tikkun Global Ministry Center, which is one of our highest priorities—teach and mobilize prayer locally and globally from Jerusalem. It also allows us to bless the nations by teaching the Jewish roots of the Gospel, sponsoring alignment summits and conferences in Israel and abroad, welcoming partners who visit the Land, and continuing the Great Commission in the spirit of the first-century believers.
Together we carry this mandate from Jerusalem, to Judea, Samaria, the ends of the earth, and back again.
On this yom shlishi, this third day, we invite you to consider sowing from the ploutos God has entrusted to you—both the spiritual riches and the material provision He has given—so that the resurrection work of Tikkun Global can continue to grow in the coming year and beyond.
How much more!
Happy Giving Yom Shlishi! Ariel Blumenthal Executive Director Tikkun Global
