Dear Friends,

Because of many delays in the Messianic Bible project moving forward, Dr. Brown gave Zev Isaacs his resignation as General Editor earlier this year (2007). However, Zev informed Dr. Brown that he believes that he is the man to get the Bible project completed and Zev encouraged him to move forward with it when his schedule permits. Zev also informed Dr. Brown that he does not plan to finish the project himself, putting it in Dr. Brown’s hands.

It is Dr. Brown’s hope that, in the future, he and an editorial team will be able to get the Messianic Bible completed, and there are other Jewish ministries who have expressed interest in potentially helping with that project as well. However, no work is being done on it at present, and Dr. Brown is not soliciting any funds for the work at this point in time. (Dr. Brown had no control of the funds that came in for the project through Zev Isaacs , and so he cannot account for what happened to money given to Zev Isaacs’s ministry. While gifts for outreach ministry are always welcome at ICN, we want to emphasize that we are not presently soliciting contributions for the Bible project.)

During the last five years, Dr. Brown has been able to compile a substantial amount of material that will help undergird the Bible project – including 1,500 pages of material on answering Jewish objections to Jesus – and he believes in the importance of getting such a reference Bible completed. He encourages all those who are interested to pray for God’s grace on the work and to believe with him that the work will resume and be brought to completion in the not too distant future.

Thank you for your interest in reaching the lost sheep of the house of Israel!

The ICN Staff, on behalf of Dr. Michael L. Brown