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Episode: “The Word from Jerusalem”

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00:17 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED,
00:24 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:39 WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF
00:43 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
00:45 JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
00:47 I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
00:54 AND HAVE WE GOT A LINE UP FOR YOU.
00:58 IN THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A WONDERFUL EVANGELIST WHO MINISTERS IN ISRAEL.
01:06 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AS WELL FROM A CONGREGATIONAL PLANTER
01:10 WHO WENT TO ISRAEL 25 PLUS YEARS AGO
01:13 AND THE LORD HAS USED HIM TO RAISE UP AN AMAZING MINISTRY THERE.
01:18 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN, HOWEVER, BY HEARING FROM A PROFESSOR IN ISRAEL,
01:22 RONNY REICH TEACHES AT HAIFA UNIVERSITY...
01:27 HE'S AN ARCHAEOLOGIST.
01:28 AND THIS JEWISH FELLOW IS GOING TO HELP YOU SEE HOW THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IS BELIEVABLE.
01:36 OUR FRIEND DAVE DOLAN INTERVIEWS HIM AND OFF TO HIM WE GO.
01:43 WE'RE HERE IN THE CITY OF DAVID
01:45 BELOW THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
01:47 OVER HERE BEHIND US
01:48 IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
01:49 AND THE ARAB VILLAGE OF SILWAN.
01:51 AN IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY WAS MADE HERE A FEW YEARS AGO
01:54 BY PROFESSOR RONNY REICH AND HIS TEAM FROM HAIFA UNIVERSITY...
01:58 THE POOL OF SILOAM...
02:00 THE POOL THAT JESUS HIMSELF VISITED AND HEALED THE BLIND MAN.
02:04 DR. REICH WILL BE EXPLAINING TO US HOW THIS IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
02:07 CAME FROM THIS SEWER PIPE BEING WORKED ON A FEW YEARS AGO.
02:21 WELL IT STARTED
02:23 VERY SIMPLY
02:25 BY A BULLDOZER
02:26 WANTING TO REPLACE
02:27 A DAMAGED SEWER PIPE
02:29 ...MODERN PIPE.
02:31 AND FIVE MINUTES LATER WE STOPPED WORK
02:33 BECAUSE IT HIT ON TWO STEPS OF STONE.
02:36 AND WE CONTINUED WITH WHAT WE CALL A "RESCUE DIG"
02:40 AND THE STEPPED PART BECAME LARGER AND LARGER AND LARGER AND LARGER...
02:44 AND FINALLY WE HAD IN FRONT OF US
02:47 THE EASTERN PART OF A STEPPED POOL
02:51 WHICH COVERS PROBABLY THE ENTIRE SPACE OF THE GARDEN
02:56 WHICH IS PLANTED INTO THAT ANCIENT POOL.
03:00 WE ASKED OURSELVES
03:02 WHAT IS THE TIME OF THIS?...
03:04 THE CHRONOLOGY?...
03:05 ...WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT
03:06 ...BEFORE YOU START THINKING WHAT IT WAS.
03:08 AND BY THE COINS WHICH WE EXTRACTED FROM THE CEMENT
03:12 EMBEDDED IN BETWEEN THE STONES
03:14 WE FOUND OUT THAT THE POOL WAS CONSTRUCTED SOME TIME IN THE FIRST CENTURY B.C.
03:19 AND THEN NEXT TO IT WE FOUND DATA THAT IT WENT OUT OF USE IN THE YEAR 70 CE
03:26 WITH THE REST OF JERUSALEM AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS CONQUERED AND DESTROYED BY THE ROMANS.
03:33 SO THIS IS A LARGE... VERY LARGE POOL
03:38 AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS BROUGHT US TO IDENTIFY IT WITH THE POOL OF SILOAM
03:45 WHICH IS MENTIONED FOR EXAMPLE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN...
03:47 THE STORY OF JESUS FROM NAZARETH HEALING THE BLIND MAN.
03:51 HE SMEARS MUD ON HIS FACE AND THEN SAYS
03:54 "GO AND WASH...TAKE EMERSION IN THE POOL OF SILOAM."
03:59 SO YOU'RE 100% SURE THIS IS THE BIBLICAL POOL OF SILOAM.
04:03 WELL IT IS A BIG POOL...
04:04 IT IS A VERY LARGE POOL.
04:06 IT IS DATED TO THE FIRST CENTURY B.C.
04:08 AND THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE COMMON ERA.
04:10 WE HAVE NEXT TO IT THE VILLAGE OF SILWAN.
04:13 AND IT IS ALSO FED BY THE SPRING WATERS...
04:16 RUNS RIGHT ALONG HERE.
04:18 ALONG HERE IT RUNS AND FEEDS IT NOT TODAY...
04:20 TODAY IT'S EMPTY.
04:21 WE CAN DO IT BY THE WAY...
04:23 IF WE WOULD EVER HAD THE ENTIRE POOL
04:27 WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SUBMERGED PART OF IT IN WATER BUT NOT NOW.
04:30 AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
04:33 BECAUSE OF ITS SPRING WATER WHICH FED THIS POOL...
04:37 THE ONLY POOL IN JERUSALEM WHICH WAS FED BY SPRING WATER...
04:40 ACCORDING TO JEWISH CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PURITY - IMPURITY...
04:48 FOR RITUAL WASHING
04:49 FOR RITUAL ...
04:51 WHAT WE CALL "TEVILAH"...
04:53 THIS MUST BE THE POOL OF SILOAM
04:54 BECAUSE THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE INTENTION OF JESUS
04:57 WHEN HE TOLD THE MAN TO WASH HIMSELF...
04:58 NOT JUST TAKE THE DIRT OF YOUR FACE...
05:01 HE SAID PROBABLY...
05:03 TAKE A RITUAL BATH AND COMPLETE YOUR....
05:06 YOU ARE NOW HEALED...
05:08 YOU HAVE ALSO TO BE PURE.
05:10 AND THIS WAS DONE...
05:12 TWO THINGS WAS REQUIRED FOR SUCH A MAN...
05:14 TO TAKE A RITUAL BATH...
05:15 THIS HE PROBABLY DID HERE...
05:16 AND THEN BRING AN OFFER TO THE TEMPLE...
05:19 THE TEMPLE UP ABOVE.
05:20 YES
05:23 INTERESTING AS IT IS TO DIG UP THE PAST
05:25 I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE LORD'S DOING MIRACLES
05:28 IS STILL EVER PRESENT.
05:31 HE HEALED THE FELLOW BY THE POOL OF SILOAM YEARS AGO
05:35 AND HE NEVER HAD A "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" SALE.
05:39 IT SEEMS FOR THAT MATTER THAT THE LORD IS DOING SPECIAL BUSINESS IN JERUSALEM AGAIN.
05:45 BELIEVING THAT TO BE THE CASE
05:47 I AM THRILLED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WAYNE AND ANNE HILSDEN.
05:52 THESE TWO LEFT THE PLANE TWENTY SOME PLUS YEARS AGO IN JERUSALEM
05:58 AND THE LORD HAS DONE THE MIRACULOUS THROUGH THEM.
06:03 OH WE LIVE IN EXCITING TIMES TO BE SURE
06:06 AND YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW THAT'S THE CASE AFTER YOU HEAR FROM WAYNE AND ANN.
06:13 WAYNE... ANN...
06:15 IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH THE TWO OF YOU.
06:19 PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU JEFF.
06:20 IT'S AWESOME.
06:21 AND HERE WE ARE IN JERUSALEM IN THE PAVILION.
06:26 THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A SUPER MEGA CHURCH IN AMERICA.
06:31 GREAT STORY BEHIND THIS...YES?
06:34 WELL THE PAVILION CAME ABOUT
06:36 BACK IN THE END OF 2002.
06:38 WE FOUND AN OLD BEAT UP MOVIE THEATRE THAT WAS ABANDONED...
06:42 IN FACT WHEN WE CAME INTO THIS BUILDING THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY...
06:47 WE FOUND OLD MOVIE REELS ON THE FLOOR...
06:49 OLD POPCORN CARTONS...
06:51 AND IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR ELEVEN YEARS
06:54 IN A SHOPPING CENTER THAT WASN'T DOING WELL
06:58 AND GOD REALLY GAVE US THE EYES OF FAITH
07:00 TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TURN A SHRINE TO HOLLYWOOD
07:03 INTO A SANCTUARY OF PRAISE.
07:04 (Jeff speaking) AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
07:07 PRAISE NOW EMANATES WEEKLY FROM THE KING OF KINGS PAVILION
07:11 IN THE VERY HEART OF JERUSALEM.
07:14 BUILT THIS PAVILION AS A WORSHIP CENTER
07:17 AND ALSO WE'VE OPENED IT UP TO THE WHOLE BODY TO BE USED.
07:21 BUT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF US BUILDING THIS
07:24 WE FELT FROM THE LORD THAT WE WERE TO BUILD A PRAYER CENTER.
07:28 AND ON THE VERY TOP OF THIS BUILDING
07:30 ON THE 17th FLOOR WAS AN EMPTY SPACE
07:34 AGAIN...COLLECTING DUST.
07:35 AN INSURANCE COMPANY HAD BEEN THERE.
07:37 WE TOOK IT OVER...
07:38 REBUILT IT FROM SCRATCH
07:40 AND MADE IT INTO A 24-7 PRAYER CENTER.
07:43 WE'RE ALMOST AT 24 HOURS...
07:45 WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
07:46 AND IF YOU COME UP THERE...
07:47 AND YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE... >>I'VE BEEN UP THERE
07:49 PEOPLE ARE PRAYING.
07:50 (singing) ♪ BE GLORIFIED ♪
07:51 ♪ BE GLORIFIED LORD ♪
07:53 ♪ BE GLORIFIED ♪
07:58 ♪ IN THE HEAVENS LORD... ♪
08:00 WELL THE WORD OF THE LORD COMING FORTH FROM JERUSALEM...
08:03 FIRST TO YOU ANN
08:04 AND THEN I'LL PITCH IT TO YOU WAYNE TO FINISH UP AND PUT A WRAP UP.
08:07 WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART?
08:09 DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING FROM HERE TO THE WORLD
08:12 OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY RELATIVE TO THAT?
08:15 I THINK THAT WE'RE IN A DAY
08:16 WHERE THE LORD REALLY WANTS TO
08:18 GET THE WORD OUT TO THE CHURCHES
08:21 ON A GLOBAL LEVEL.
08:24 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD
08:27 THAT THERE'S A RENEWED KIND OF INTEREST
08:29 AND RECEPTIVITY TO HEAR ABOUT ISRAEL
08:32 AND WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND
08:34 AND SO FROM THIS ROOM
08:36 IT'S ON MY HEART TO IMPART THAT
08:43 USING THE WORD OF GOD PRIMARILY
08:45 AND USING TESTIMONIES FROM HERE
08:48 AND USING EVEN DRAMA AND MUSIC
08:51 TO REACH PEOPLE'S HEARTS WITH AN AWAKENING OF GOD'S PURPOSES FOR ISRAEL.
08:57 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS "THE COVENANT".
09:01 IT'S A STAGE MUSICAL WHICH HAS BEEN DONE REALLY BEAUTIFULLY
09:07 AND WE'VE RUN IT IN CERTAIN SEASONS.
09:10 PAUL WILBUR AND I CAME OUT TO SEE THAT SOME MONTHS AGO...
09:14 LOVED IT!
09:15 WAS THAT IN LOS ANGELES?
09:16 NO...HERE
09:17 OH HERE >>HERE
09:18 THAT'S GREAT.
09:19 WE SKIPPED A COUPLE OF SEASONS
09:22 BUT WE'RE HOPING TO RUN WITH IT AGAIN SOON.
09:25 BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REACHES PEOPLE FROM EVERY DENOMINATIONAL BACKGROUND
09:31 AND LOCAL PEOPLE...
09:33 ISRAELI PEOPLE COME AND THEY SEE THEIR OWN STORY...
09:36 THERE'S A FULL HOUSE AN EVENING
09:37 YES...THEY HEAR THEIR OWN STORY TOLD.
09:39 AND IT'S LIKE TELLING THEM THAT THE LEGEND IS TRUE.
09:45 (SINGING) ♪ TRUST IN THE LORD O ISRAEL ♪
09:47 ♪HE IS YOUR HELP AND YOUR SHELTER♪
09:50 ♪ TRUST IN THE LORD O ISRAEL ♪
09:54 ♪ HE WAS AND HE IS AND FOREVER WILL BE THE LORD ♪
09:58 ♪ LORD... ♪
10:03 ♪ FOREVER... LORD ♪
10:09 WAYNE WHAT'S THE WORD OF THE LORD FROM JERUSALEM?
10:13 WELL THESE ARE THE LAST OF THE LAST DAYS...
10:16 I'M CONVINCED OF THAT.
10:17 AND IF THERE'S ONE LAST WORD
10:19 THAT I THINK THE LORD WANTS TO SAY
10:21 IS "TIME IS SHORT..."
10:23 "I'M COMING SOON..."
10:24 "AND AS YOU SEE THE FIG TREE BLOSSOM "
10:29 " YOU KNOW THAT SUMMER IS NEAR."
10:31 "YOU KNOW THAT MY COMING IS NEAR."
10:32 AND LOOK AT ISRAEL AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE...
10:37 IT'S A MIRACLE...
10:39 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL IN MAY 14, 1948 WAS NOT A POLITICAL ACCIDENT...
10:44 THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO THIS LAND,
10:46 THE SAME PIECE OF REAL ESTATE PROMISED TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB IS HAPPENING...
10:53 IT'S AN ETERNAL COVENANT...
10:55 AND NOW SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS IS GOING TO OCCUR...
11:01 IT'S ALL PART OF THE PACKAGE...
11:02 EZEKIEL 36 AND 37 TALKS ABOUT FIRST RESTORING TO THE LAND
11:06 AND THEN SPIRITUAL REVIVAL
11:09 AND THEN ROMANS 11 PAUL TELLS US THAT
11:11 WHAT WILL THEIR ACCEPTANCE BE
11:13 BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD FOR THE CHURCH
11:16 OR FOR THE WORLD REALLY.
11:17 SO I BELIEVE WORLD HARVEST IS COMING
11:19 AND ISRAEL'S A KEY TO THAT HARVEST
11:21 AS JEWISH PEOPLE'S EYES ARE OPEN TO THEIR MESSIAH
11:24 THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME SOME OF THE BEST DISPLAYS OF GOD'S GLORY IN THE WORLD
11:31 AND WILL ATTRACT THE WORLD TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL
11:35 AND TO HIS MESSIAH...JESUS.
11:38 (SINGING)
11:39 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
11:42 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
11:46 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
11:49 ♪ GOD OF ISRAEL ♪
11:53 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
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12:14 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
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12:24 WOULD YOU SAY THAT EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY
12:26 THAT WANTS TO MAKE THE TRIP TO ISRAEL SHOULD DO SO?
12:29 YES, IT IS WORTH THE TRIP.
12:31 IT IS WORTH THE TIME.
12:33 IT IS WORTH THE MONEY.
12:35 YOU SAY THIS WITH PASSION.
12:36 OH I TELL YOU
12:37 I'M SO HAPPY THAT I CAME.
12:39 IT'S JUST SUCH A PRIVILEGE
12:42 TO BE ABLE TO COME WHERE OUR LORD WAS BORN
12:46 AND CRUCIFIED AND WAS RISEN
12:53 SOMEONE ONCE ASKED ME
12:55 WHEN'S A GOOD TIME TO GO TO ISRAEL
12:57 AND THE ANSWER IS...ANYTIME.
13:00 EVERY TIME I GO THERE ITS SPECIAL
13:02 AND I WANT YOU TO GO TOO
13:04 SO YOU CAN BE BLESSED...
13:06 ISRAEL CAN BE BLESSED...
13:07 HONESTLY IT'LL BE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
13:10 PICK UP A PEN...
13:12 WRITE DOWN 1-800-WONDERS
13:15 AND GIVE US A CALL.
13:17 COME WITH ME...
13:18 OR GO WITH SOMEONE...
13:19 JUST GO...DO IT.
13:22 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN US...
13:23 COME WITH US.
13:25 THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT TO US...
13:26 GOING TO ISRAEL IS ONE.
13:28 YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE...
13:30 AND I HOPE YOU DO.
13:31 WWW.LEVITT.COM
13:34 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR MAGAZINE
13:37 IT'S MONTHLY...
13:38 THE LEVITT LETTER...
13:39 WE'RE PLEASED TO GET IT TO YOU.
13:41 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FURTHER STUDIES,
13:44 YEARS AGO WHEN ZOLA WAS ALIVE
13:46 WE DID A SERIES TOGETHER CALLED
13:49 "THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN STUDIES".
13:52 IT'S AN EXTENSION STUDIES PROGRAM.
13:55 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF A DOZEN NOTEBOOKS...
13:58 YOU GET IT...
13:59 THIS IS OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY...
14:00 YOU OPEN IT UP...
14:02 THERE'S LECTURES HERE ON CD...
14:04 THERE'S NOTES...
14:05 THERE'S TESTS...
14:06 THERE'S WAYS FOR YOU TO GET INTO THE BIBLICAL STORY.
14:12 TALK ABOUT GETTING INTO THE BIBLICAL STORY...
14:16 WITH US TODAY IS A GOOD FRIEND...
14:18 TODD BAKER.
14:21 TODD'S BEEN WITH THIS MINISTRY FOR YEARS...
14:23 A GRADUATE OF THE DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY...
14:26 A PHD FROM TRINITY...
14:28 AND AN EVANGELIST IN ISRAEL.
14:30 TODD...GLAD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. >>PLEASURE TO MEET...JEFF
14:32 GOOD TO MEET YOU BROTHER.
14:34 NOW YOU GO BACK WITH US HOW LONG?
14:36 I STARTED WORKING WITH ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES IN 1996
14:40 AND WE STARTED THESE GOSPEL OUTREACHES IN 2000...
14:44 SO ROUGHLY ABOUT 13 YEARS TOTAL.
14:46 AND YOU GO TO ISRAEL FREQUENTLY DON'T YOU?
14:49 YES WE DO...
14:50 WE GO THREE TIMES A YEAR
14:53 TAKING THE GOSPEL BACK TO THE PEOPLE ON LAND FROM WHENCE IT CAME.
14:58 SO WHEN PEOPLE SUPPORT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
15:00 THERE'S MONIES THAT ARE EARMARKED BY PEOPLE TO GO TO HELP OUTREACH
15:04 AND YOU DO THAT YOURSELF AND WITH OTHERS.
15:07 WE'RE FOREVER BUILDING TEAMS TO GO THERE AND MINISTER.
15:10 RIGHT...AND THIS IS TO FULFILL THE DIVINE ORDER OF EVANGELISM
15:14 IN ROMANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 16 JEFF...
15:17 THE GOSPEL IS TO GO TO THE JEW FIRST
15:19 AND JESUS AND THE APOSTLES FOLLOW THAT SAME PARADIGM
15:22 AND WE DO IT TOO.
15:24 BUT THE CHURCH DOESN'T DO IT TODAY...
15:25 SO MANY DAYS...
15:27 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ISRAEL...
15:29 THEY'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
15:30 AND EVEN THE GOSPEL TO JEWISH PEOPLE...
15:32 PEOPLE AREN'T AS INTERESTED IN THAT...
15:34 BUT YOU'RE NOT GUILTY OF THAT CRIME ARE YOU?
15:37 NO SIR...NO SIR
15:38 YOU KNOW JEREMIAH CHAPTER 31, VERSE 31 SAYS...
15:40 GOD SAYS THERE...
15:42 BEHOLD I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL...
15:45 "B'RIT HADASHAH" IN HEBREW.
15:47 SO THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE GOSPEL MESSAGE
15:49 THAT EMANATES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
15:51 IS PRE-EMINENTLY FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
15:54 THEY GAVE IT TO THE WORLD
15:55 AND WE SEEK TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM.
15:57 SO YOU HAVE THIS EVANGELIST SIDE TO YOU.
16:00 YOU WERE A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN FOR YEARS TOO WEREN'T YOU?
16:03 YES I WAS.
16:05 YOU MUST CARE ABOUT HURTING PEOPLE.
16:06 I DO...I DO...
16:08 AND JESUS SPENT SO MUCH OF HIS MINISTRY
16:11 MINISTERING TO THE SICK,
16:13 THE DISENFRANCHISED,
16:14 THE HURTING...
16:16 AND REALLY ISRAEL IS PICKED ON BY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
16:22 ISRAEL IS CERTAINLY SICK...
16:24 IT'S DISENFRANCHISED...
16:25 IT'S MARGINALIZED...
16:26 EXACTLY
16:28 AND HERE COMES THIS THEOLOGIAN, CHAPLAIN, EVANGELIST
16:30 BUILDING TEAMS TO GO THERE.
16:32 WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU?
16:34 WELL IT'S TREMENDOUS EVERY TIME WE GO JEFF.
16:36 THERE'S A UNIVERSAL RECEPTIVITY TO HEARING ABOUT WHY YESHUA
16:42 IS THE MESSIAH FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES.
16:45 AND I THINK IT'S A FORESHADOWING
16:47 THAT PARTIAL BLINDNESS IS BEING LIFTED FROM THE EYES OF THE NATION ISRAEL
16:51 THAT PAUL TALKS ABOUT IN ROMANS CHAPTER 11, VERSE 25,
16:54 THUS INDICATING TO ME AND TO ANYONE WHO'S BIBLICALLY AWARE
16:57 THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY ON THE CUSP OF THE RETURN OF THE LORD
17:01 NOW THAT HIS OWN PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER
17:04 THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE MESSIAHSHIP OF YESHUA.
17:08 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING OF A BLINDNESS
17:10 WHERE JEWISH PEOPLE DON'T EASILY PERCEIVE JESUS...
17:14 BUT THAT'S A SITUATION THAT'S CHANGING.
17:16 IT SEEMS TO ME AS WELL THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
17:19 THAT DON'T EASILY PERCEIVE THE JEWS
17:22 AND SOMETIMES THERE'S MISCONCEPTIONS LIKE
17:24 HANGING THE DEATH OF JESUS ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE
17:27 AND TOTO AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
17:29 YOU'VE WRITTEN AGAINST THAT SORT OF THING HAVEN'T YOU?
17:31 YES...I DID AN EXEGETICAL STUDY
17:34 ON MATTHEW CHAPTER 27, VERSE 25...
17:37 HIS BLOOD BE UPON US...
17:38 OR THE JEWISH PEOPLE
17:40 RACIALLY CONDEMNED FOR THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
17:42 AS YOU KNOW...
17:44 THAT VERSE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
17:46 TO FUEL ANTI-JEWISH THEOLOGY
17:48 THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE GUILTY FOR THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
17:51 I REMEMBER AS KID...
17:53 IT WAS EASTER TIME...
17:54 WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SOMEONE YELLED AT ME...
17:56 "HEY YOU DIRTY JEW... YOU KILLED JESUS!"
17:59 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS... MILLIONS OF JEWS DIED AT THE HANDS OF NAZIS
18:05 THAT IN PART THOUGHT THEY WERE...YOU KNOW...
18:07 GOD'S AGENTS TO CLEANSE THE EARTH OF THESE VILE PEOPLE.
18:10 YOU WANT TO CORRECT THAT DON'T YOU?
18:11 ABSOLUTELY...
18:13 THE BLOOD OF JESUS REDEEMS THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
18:15 IT DOESN'T EXECRATE THEM FOR ALL ETERNITY
18:18 SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR MINISTRY AS EVANGELICAL
18:22 AS WELL AS TEACHING THE CHURCH ABOUT THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THEIR FAITH
18:26 AND WHY THEY NEED TO GET BEHIND ISRAEL...
18:28 LOVE THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.
18:29 SO IN THIS REGARD AS FAR AS THAT BOOK GOES
18:33 YOU'RE OFFERING A CORRECTIVE TO THE WAY THAT CHRISTIAN PEOPLE SOMETIMES
18:38 PERCEIVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
18:40 YES...AND TO BRING THEM TO AN AWARENESS
18:43 THAT GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH ISRAEL.
18:46 HE'S RESUMING HIS PROGRAM WITH THEM
18:48 AND THEY ARE THE MESSIANIC PEOPLE
18:50 AND THEY'LL BE THE KINGDOM PEOPLE...
18:52 THEY'LL BE THE HEAD NATION IN THE COMING KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.
18:56 SO ON THE ONE HAND THEN...
18:57 THEOLOGIAN, EVANGELIST, PASTOR; CHAPLAIN TODD BAKER
19:01 WANTS THE CHURCH TO SEE THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN A NEW LIGHT.
19:06 AND YOU WANT THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO SEE YESHUA...
19:10 TO SEE JESUS IN A NEW LIGHT DON'T YOU?
19:12 EXACTLY
19:13 AND YOU WROTE A BOOK...
19:14 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
19:16 "MESSENGERS OF MESSIAH - WITNESSING ENCOUNTERS WITH THE CHOSEN" ...
19:20 HERE'S ME WITNESSING TO TWO ORTHODOX...
19:22 AGAIN THIS IS KIND OF A HANDS ON MANUAL OF DOING JEWISH EVANGELISM PARTICULARLY IN ISRAEL...
19:28 AND IT CHRONICLES THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
19:31 OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
19:35 AND I PLAN ON WRITING A SEQUEL IN 2010 COVERING THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
19:41 SO THIS COVERS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF OUR TEN YEAR MINISTRY FROM 2000 TO 2005
19:46 AND THEN WE'LL WRITE THE SEQUEL IN 2010
19:49 COVERING 2005 TO 201O
19:52 ABOUT OUR WITNESSING IN ISRAEL AND THE AMAZING STORIES THAT WE HAVE.
19:56 OUR...WE...
19:58 A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST THINK THAT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES MAKES TV EXCLUSIVELY...
20:03 AND WE DO THAT...
20:04 BUT YOU'RE PART OF THIS OUTREACH ARM OF THE MINISTRY.
20:08 RIGHT... ZOLA STARTED "TO THE JEW FIRST FUND"
20:11 WHEN I WENT ON MY FIRST OUTREACH
20:13 AND CAME BACK AND GAVE HIM A WONDERFUL REPORT AND HE SAID...
20:17 WE NEED TO GET BEHIND YOU...
20:18 WE NEED TO FUND THIS...
20:19 SO LET'S START A "TO THE JEW FIRST"
20:21 SO THAT WE CAN FACILITATE JEWISH EVANGELISM IN ISRAEL...
20:26 THE PLACE WHERE THE GOSPEL HAPPENED...
20:28 THE PLACE WHERE YESHUA WILL RETURN TO REDEEM HIS PEOPLE.
20:31 WE SENT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ISRAEL IN 2009...
20:37 PEOPLE SENT MONEY TO THIS "TO THE JEW FIRST FUND"
20:40 AND WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
20:44 AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR ENDEAVORS TO HELP
20:48 JEWISH PEOPLE COME TO KNOW THE LORD.
20:51 WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THAT FOR YOU?
20:53 WELL JUST THE FACT THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE GAVE ME MY MESSIAH,
20:58 GAVE ME MY FAITH,
21:00 GAVE ME THE WORD OF GOD...
21:02 AND OUT OF PROFOUND GRATITUDE AND LOVE FOR THEM I WANT TO GIVE THAT BACK TO THEM.
21:06 AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE EVANGELICAL ARM OF ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
21:11 AND "B'RIT HADASHAH MINISTRIES",
21:12 A MINISTRY I DIRECT...
21:14 WE WORK IN UNISON TOGETHER TO FULFILL THAT
21:17 AND IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST...
21:21 IN ISRAEL WHEN THEY SEE THAT YOU LOVE THEM
21:24 AND YOU'RE REACHING THEM WITH THE LOVE OF THE MESSIAH JESUS
21:27 IT JUST OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW DOOR TO REALLY DO EFFECTIVE GOSPEL MINISTRY.
21:33 I TELL YOU...YOU'RE LIKE MY HERO IN THIS SENSE...
21:35 YOU'RE LIKE THE POSTER BOY FOR ALL OF OUR FRIENDS
21:38 IN THE SENSE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES...
21:41 LOVE THE LORD...
21:42 LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
21:44 YOU'RE A GUY...YOU KNOW THAT LOVE FOR THE LORD LED YOU TO
21:46 BIBLE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY INTO THE VOCATIONAL, MINISTERIAL WORLD
21:51 AND NOW YOU'RE USING YOUR POLISHED INSIGHTS
21:55 TO REALLY PENETRATE TO HELP JEWISH PEOPLE COME TO KNOW THE LORD.
21:58 YOU'VE TAKEN IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
22:00 YES AND WE'LL CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE RAPTURE OR I'M CALLED HOME.
22:05 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M COMMITTED TO UNTIL DEATH
22:10 BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S SUCH AN URGENT NEED IN THE CHURCH
22:14 AND ESPECIALLY IN ISRAEL AND WE WANT TO DO THAT...
22:17 AND THANKFUL THAT WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER
22:21 TO CARRY OUT THIS END TIME PROPHETIC MINISTRY...IT IS PROPHETIC JEFF.
22:26 WELL WE HEARD FROM THE HILSDENS EARLIER IN THIS PROGRAM.
22:31 THEY WENT THERE AS AN EXTENSION OF MISSION AND VIRTUE...
22:34 TWENTY-FIVE OR SO YEARS AGO THEY HOPPED OFF THE AIRPLANE IN JERUSALEM...
22:39 NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE...
22:41 AND NOW THE LORD'S RAISED UP A MEGA CONGREGATION THERE. >>FANTASTIC
22:43 AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE...
22:45 DIFFERENT WAYS....
22:46 DIFFERENT DAYS...
22:47 I JUST LOVE THAT YOU...
22:49 OUR VIEWERS, FRIENDS...
22:50 ALL OF US TOGETHER SHOVELING COAL INTO THE ENGINE
22:54 TO HELP THE GOSPEL GET ON DOWN THE TRACK.
22:56 AND YOU KNOW JESUS GIVES A WONDERFUL PROMISE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 10, VERSE 23
23:01 THAT HE SAYS, "YOU SHALL NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE CITIES OF ISRAEL.."
23:05 "UNTIL THE SON OF MAN RETURNS"...
23:07 AND THAT'S A PROPHECY I BELIEVE THAT SAYS
23:09 THAT EVANGELISM WILL TAKE PLACE IN ISRAEL
23:12 AND IT WILL NOT BE FINISHED BEFORE THE LORD RETURNS
23:16 AND NOW THAT IT HAS RESUMED AFTER A 2,000 YEAR HIATUS
23:19 WHEN ISRAEL WAS OUT OF THE LAND...
23:21 NOW THAT THAT HAS RESUMED
23:22 WE MUST BE REALLY CLOSE TO THE RETURN OF THE LORD.
23:25 IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE GOSPEL EXPANDING IN ISRAEL THROUGH YOU...
23:28 THROUGH TELEVISION AS WELL...
23:30 WE GET INTO HOMES THROUGH VARIOUS CARRIERS...
23:33 THROUGH THE INTERNET...
23:34 WE GET OUT...
23:35 AND IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THE STORY OUT.
23:37 HEY IF PEOPLE WANT TO CONNECT TO TODD BAKER
23:39 WHAT'S YOUR WEBSITE?
23:40 OUR WEBSITE IS...
23:46 THEY CAN SEE WE HAVE VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
23:48 OF OUR OUTREACHES OVER THERE...
23:50 THEY CAN GET WONDERFUL TEACHING
23:52 ABOUT THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
23:54 AND ALSO HOW TO LEARN ABOUT...
23:57 TO BE AN EFFECTIVE EVANGELIST TO ISRAEL AS WELL.
24:03 AND YOU WOULD KNOW TOO...
24:04 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HEART AND YOUR GIFT.
24:08 SPEAKING OF GIFTS...
24:10 THANK YOU FOR HELPING TODD DO WHAT HE DOES
24:13 BY HELPING US DO WHAT WE DO.
24:16 TOGETHER WE'RE ALL ABOUT MAKING JESUS KNOWN...
24:20 MAKING YESHUA KNOWN IN AMERICA...
24:23 ISRAEL...THE WORLD.
24:25 LAST WORDS YOURS...
24:26 THIRTY SECONDS TODD...
24:28 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL THE WORLD?
24:29 WELL JEFF YOU EXHORTED THE AUDIENCE ABOUT GOING TO ISRAEL...
24:34 WE'RE NOT ONLY WITNESSES TO ISRAEL
24:36 BUT EVERY CHRISTIAN THAT GOES TO ISRAEL...
24:38 THEY ARE A WITNESS OF THE LOVE OF YESHUA FOR HIS PEOPLE.
24:41 WE NEED TO GO...
24:42 WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM...
24:44 AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THEM
24:46 AND SUPPORT THEM NO MATTER WHAT.
24:48 AND THIS IS WHAT OUR MINISTRY, ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES, IS ALL ABOUT...
24:52 AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT
24:54 AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THAT WITH YOU JEFF.
24:59 AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE...
25:01 GOD BLESS YOU TODD.
25:02 THANK YOU JEFF
25:08 ♪ BARUCHIM H'BAIM L'YISRAEL ♪
25:12 ♪ BARUCHIM H'BAIM L'ADONAI ♪
25:17 ♪ THEY ARE BLESSED WHEN THEY WORSHIP IN ISRAEL ♪
25:20 ♪ THEY ARE BLESED BY THE FATHER, EL SHADDAI ♪
25:23 ♪ AND THEY KNOW WHEN THEY GO TO ISRAEL ♪
25:27 ♪ THEY WILL WALK WIH THE ONE THEY ADORE ♪
25:29 ♪ THEY WILL SPEAK, THEY WILL WEEP THERE IN ISRAEL ♪
25:32 ♪ WITH THE ONE WHO HAD COME THERE BEFORE ♪
25:35 ♪ ORCHESTRA ♪
25:41 ♪ BARUCHIM HA'BAIM L'YISRAEL ♪
25:45 WELL THAT WAS ZOLA...
25:47 BEAUTIFUL MUSIC...
25:48 I HOPE YOU LOOK AT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM AS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC...
25:52 IT'S CERTAINLY MUSIC TO MY EARS...I HOPE...THE LORD'S EARS
25:56 AS WE CONSIDER THE GOSPEL COMING FORTH FROM AND GOING TO ISRAEL PROPER...
26:03 TO ISRAEL THROUGH THE LIKES OF DR. TODD BAKER,
26:08 THROUGH THE LIKES OF PASTOR WAYNE AND ANNE HILSDEN...
26:13 FABULOUS STORY...
26:15 THEY JUST LANDED THERE...
26:16 AND BIG CONGREGATION...
26:19 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE COME IN TO HELP THEM TO BUILD AND TO TRANSFORM.
26:24 WE'RE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO TRANSFORM
26:27 AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AS YOU SUPPORT US AND OTHER GOSPEL ENDEAVORS...
26:32 IT'S ALL ABOUT AS TODD SAID EARLIER...
26:35 WE'RE ALL ABOUT LOOKING AT YESHUA THROUGH JEWISH EYES
26:39 AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT HELPING JEWISH PEOPLE TO COME TO KNOW
26:43 THAT YESHUA IS INDEED THE JEWISH MESSIAH.
26:46 THANKS FOR GOING WITH US ON THE JOURNEY.
26:49 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
26:51 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
26:53 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

Guest organizations and links

Wayne Hilsden
- King of Kings Community Jerusalem, Co-Founder and President
- Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries (FIRM) (FIRM), Founder and President
- Twitter
Dr. Todd Baker
- Brit-Hadashah Ministries, Founder and President
- Shalom, Shalom Messianic Congregation, Co-Founder
- Amazon
- IMDB
Dr. Jeffrey L. Seif
- Amazon
- IMDB
David Dolan

Information

Production Code: 1006

Type: Episode

Play Time: 28:31

Year: 2010

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Closed Captioned

Host: Jeff Seif, David Dolan

Guests: Professor Ronny Reich, Archaeologist; Wayne Hilsden; Ann Hilsden; Dr. Todd Baker

Air dates: 2010-Mar-07, 2011-Jan-30

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