Texas oilman seeks gusher from God in Israel
Zion Oil & Gas founder using Bible to find oil
KIBBUTZ MAANIT, Israel - A Texas oilman is using his Bible as a guide to finding oil in the Holy Land.
John Brown, a born-again Christian and founder of Zion Oil & Gas of Dallas, can quote chapter and verse about his latest drilling venture in Israel, where his company has an oil and gas exploration license covering 96,000 acres.
“Most blessed of sons be Asher. Let him be favored by his brothers and let him dip his foot in oil,” Brown quotes from Moses’s blessing to one of the 12 Tribes of Israel in Deuteronomy 33:24.
Standing next to a 177-foot derrick at Kibbutz Maanit in northern Israel, Brown said the passage indicated there is oil lying beneath the biblical territory of the Tribe of Asher, where the agricultural community is located.
Geological surveys and an attempt by an Israeli-based company to find oil at the same site 10 years ago, a venture he said was abandoned for lack of funds, led Brown to pick the spot where new drilling will begin this week.
Brown said he raised money for “Project Joseph” from fellow evangelical Christians in the United States.
“From the investment standpoint, they certainly hope to have a return of the money,” he said. “But the basis of it is Genesis, chapter 12.”
In that passage, God promises to shower blessings on those who bless the “great nation” sired by the Hebrew patriarch Abraham.
For the first time in the history of TWIT, I'm truly at a loss for words. I don't think I can even comment on this one.
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On Saturday April 2, 2005, I, along with 46 other prophecy believing Evangelicals visited the site of Zion Oil. Prophecy dictates that in the latter days, Isreal will become exceedingly wealthy. I personally met their founder, Tom Brown, who is a believer in YHWH and his friend. With a humble heart he shared his testimony and believes that whenever God decides todo anything, He does it in such a way that the World will unmistakenly know it was God who did it. I believe Tom Brown will find abundant oil in this region, not only because of the Deuteronomy and Genesis passages leading to the very site selected, but because oil in Israel could bring the war of wars leading to the return of the Christ.
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