Pe Echad 'One Voice' Messianic worship album released on major platforms despite adversity
The Bible exhorts believers to give thanks and praise in every circumstance, and this album is a manifestation of such praise in the face of fierce opposition
Amid Israel's great pain and turmoil for more than a year since the Oct. 7 massacre, praises are ringing out from Israel. A new album of Messianic worship, titled "Pe Echad" – "One Voice" in Hebrew – has been released on major music streaming platforms, even as Israel has been facing a war on seven fronts.
The album, Pe Echad, draws inspiration from the Book of Romans, emphasizing unity in worship: “…that you may with one mind and one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 15:6).
The Bible exhorts believers to give thanks and praise in every circumstance, and this album is a manifestation of such praise in the face of fierce opposition.
The songs for the album were recorded live at an event held by the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Israel (MJAI) in Jerusalem last year. The concert was one of many such events held at the Pavillion in the city center, but this particular one received unwelcome attention in the form of violent protests by a mob of extremist Orthodox Jewish youth. Concert-goers were attacked by angry protesters and police were eventually called to quell the riots.
The mob was reportedly mainly comprised of two far-right Jewish organizations, Lehava (Hebrew for “flame”) and La Familia, both of which are well-known for inciting violence.
Activists from Or L’Achim, an organization that attempts to counter Christian proselytization in Israel, also reportedly tried to block participants from entering the concert and made efforts to break into the main hall.
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King and Lehava founder, Bentz Gopstein, reportedly accompanied the activists, while police officers attempted to prevent Lehava activists from entering the concert. King labeled attendees were “terrorists, who were equal to Islamic terrorists.”
Not only was the album born in adversity but it has also been publicly released in a time of great trouble and war following the Hamas terrorist massacre on southern Israel's Gaza border communities on Oct. 7 of last year.
Yet, praising amid adversity is part of the biblical story. Jewish people are called such after the tribe of Judah, and Judah received his name when his mother, Leah, chose to praise God despite her pain. Genesis 29:35 records her words as she named her fourth son, Judah, meaning praise. Despite her circumstances, she declared, “This time I will praise the Lord.”
The “Pe Echad" concert and album were organized by the MJAI, which serves the Christian and Messianic communities. According to the MJAI website, the organization seeks to “express Messianic identity as Jewish and Israeli believers in Yeshua the Messiah, strengthen the unity and the bond between believers in Yeshua the Messiah, and to be a living testimony to faith in the God of Israel and in Yeshua the Messiah.”
The MJAI also aims to be an expression of the prophets’ declaration that “Out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
MJAI organizes biennial music conferences, providing a platform for Messianic artists to showcase their latest worship songs. Songwriters present their new compositions to the gathered musicians, and selected songs are then publicly performed and published in Messianic songbooks, which are made available to congregations throughout Israel.
The songs on the album Pe Echad are as follows:
Song of Love – Joel Goldberg
One Voice Medley – Emanuel Roro, Thais Schucman, Keren Silver
Father of All Mercies / Father of Mercies [feat. Shai Sol] – Joseph Genosar
Faithful – Helen Yilma
Fairest Lord Jesus / He Is the Light – Liel Davis, Dariel Myers, Liora Chapman
Hungry – Shilo Ben Hod
Only in Yeshua / See How Good – Jael Kalisher
Our Father – Emanuel Roro
The God of Heaven – Jael Kalisher, Emanuel Roro
Rock of Israel – Shilo Ben Hod
He Shall Reign / Blessing and Honor / God Almighty, God Most High – Eli Ben-Moshe
The album can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube or on the MJAI website.
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Jo Elizabeth has a great interest in politics and cultural developments, studying Social Policy for her first degree and gaining a Masters in Jewish Philosophy from Haifa University, but she loves to write about the Bible and its primary subject, the God of Israel. As a writer, Jo spends her time between the UK and Jerusalem, Israel.
