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Caption transcript for Esther: “God Rewards the Righteous” (5/8)

• 00:22 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
• 00:26 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
• 00:31 ♪AND A NATION WILL BE FORMED OUT OF HIM♪
• 00:35 ♪YEAH AND A PEOPLE WILL BE BORN OUT OF HIM♪
• 00:40 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
• 00:44 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
• 00:55 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:57 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 00:58 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN
• 00:59 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS,
• 01:01 PRESENTING THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
• 01:03 WHAT A STORY!
• 01:05 WHAT A QUEEN!
• 01:06 WE'LL LOOK AT ESTHER,
• 01:07 WE'LL CONSIDER MORDECAI
• 01:09 WHO PROMPTED HER TO GO ON THE QUEST TO WIN A PAGENT AND WIN A KING'S HEART.
• 01:14 WE'LL LOOK AT THAT KING XERXES AND THE EVIL, EVIL HAMAN.
• 01:19 OFF WE GO TO A FASCINATING STORY.
• 01:22 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS...
• 01:24 IT'S A GOOD ONE.
• 02:17 THE NAZIS WHO MANNED
• 02:19 THE "STURMGESCHUTZ"
• 02:20 CONSIDERED THEMSELVES
• 02:22 TO BE QUITE FORTUNATE
• 02:23 AS DID THOSE THAT MANNED
• 02:25 THE "PANZERS" BEHIND ME
• 02:26 AND THE REASON WHY
• 02:28 IS BECAUSE THIS TANK ALONE,
• 02:29 5,000 OF WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED BY THE NAZIS,
• 02:32 THIS TANK KNOCKED OUT 20,000 VEHICLES IN THE EASTERN FRONT ALONE.
• 02:36 SO DISCONCERTED WAS STALIN THAT HE CALLED IN HIS GENERAL AND HAD HIM EXECUTED
• 02:41 BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS.
• 02:43 I CAN ASSURE YOU THOSE THAT WERE INSIDE;
• 02:46 THEY SLEPT COMFORTABLY KNOWING THEY WERE IN A WINNER.
• 02:50 AND THOSE THAT WERE STARING DOWN THIS NOZZLE,
• 02:53 THEY KNEW THEY WERE IN TROUBLE AND DIDN'T SLEEP WELL AT ALL.
• 02:56 AND SPEAKING OF SLEEP,
• 02:58 OUR STORY TODAY IS PLAYED OUT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SOMEONE THAT HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING.
• 03:04 YOU MIGHT RECALL THE STORY IN THE 6TH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
• 03:09 INTERESTINGLY, PROVIDENTIALLY, XERXES JUST COULDN'T GET TO BED
• 03:14 AND WHAT HE DID IS HE CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND READ
• 03:18 AND HELP HIM TO EXPLORE IF THERE IS ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS
• 03:22 AND HE WAS REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT SOMETIME PRIOR THERE WAS A PLOT AGAINST HIS LIFE
• 03:27 AND THERE WAS A JEW NAMED MORDECAI WHO WAS GIVEN TO HELPING HIM.
• 03:31 XERXES ASKED A REASONABLY GOOD QUESTION THAT I WANT TO EXPLORE WITH YOU
• 03:35 AS WE LOOK FIRST AT THE BIBLICAL TEXT IN MY VERSION WHICH IS A HEBREW VERSION,
• 03:38 WE READ,
• 04:00 "FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THIS?"
• 04:02 "FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME?"
• 04:03 IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE JUST AS YESTERDAY
• 04:05 THERE ARE FORCES UNLEASHED FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 04:10 AND INDEED IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
• 04:12 THAT WAS WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT OF WAR RIGHT HERE.
• 04:16 IN A WORLD TODAY AS YESTERDAY PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE QUESTION
• 04:20 "HOW CAN WE DESTROY THE JEWS?"
• 04:22 ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT SOMEONE IS ALIGHTING UPON THE QUESTION
• 04:26 "WHAT CAN I DO TO BLESS A JEW?"
• 04:30 AND LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 04:31 IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE JEWS HAVE MADE SO MANY CONTRIBUTIONS JUST LIKE MORDECAI YESTERDAY...
• 04:38 TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS XERXES OWED HIS LIFE TO MORDECAI...
• 04:42 AND IN SO MANY WAYS I BELIEVE THERE'S SUCH A DEBT THAT'S OWED THE JEWISH PEOPLE TODAY...
• 04:47 MEDICINE, ECONOMICS,
• 04:50 VARIOUS KINDS OF DEVICES THAT ARE MANUFACTURED IN MODERNITY,
• 04:56 PHARMACEUTICALS...
• 04:59 NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT BIBLICAL LITERATURE,
• 05:01 VALUE, VISION, VIRTUE,
• 05:03 COMES THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS DOES THE MESSIAH HIMSELF.
• 05:07 THERE'S SO MUCH THERE THAT'S COMING THROUGH FOR YOU,
• 05:10 LET ME ASK YOU THE QUESTION,
• 05:11 IS THERE SOME BUSINESS THAT'S OUTSTANDING?
• 05:14 MIGHT YOU YOURSELF CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BLESS THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
• 05:20 I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU FROM ISRAEL RIGHT NOW
• 05:23 AND INDEED ISRAEL NEEDS YOUR HELP.
• 05:26 THOSE OF US ENGAGED IN TRYING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JEW,
• 05:29 TRYING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL,
• 05:31 TRYING TO SHOW THE BIBLE FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE...
• 05:34 WE NEED HELP TOO.
• 05:36 PLEASE CAREFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY BE LIKE WE FIND IN THE TEXT HERE
• 05:40 WHERE SOMEONE IS ASKING THE QUESTION
• 05:41 "HOW CAN I BLESS THOSE PEOPLE?"
• 05:43 I HOPE YOU'LL PRAY ABOUT IT
• 05:45 AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED IN RETURN FOR SO DOING.
• 06:32 EVERY MAN WANTS TO BE HONORED.
• 06:36 BUT NOT EVERY MAN DESERVES IT.
• 06:40 TO BE SURE, THOSE WHO FOUGHT UNDER THE BANNER OF THAT FLAG BEHIND ME TO THE MAN DESERVED IT
• 06:47 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 06:49 BECAUSE THAT FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF THOSE WHO REFUSED TO BEND,
• 06:54 TO THE MAN THEY FOUGHT AND HELD OFF EGYPTIAN ENCROACHMENT.
• 06:59 AND GOODNESS, TODAY AS YESTERDAY
• 07:01 THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AMINDED TO ENCROACH UPON JEWISH REAL ESTATE
• 07:06 AND TO LOOK TO SLIT THE THROATS OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
• 07:11 AND SIMILARLY TODAY AS YESTERDAY, GOD RAISES UP DELIVERANCE.
• 07:16 THAT FLAG BEHIND ME IS THE SYMBOL OF DELIVERANCE.
• 07:20 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING WE HAVE A STAR ON THE ONE HAND
• 07:23 AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLUE STRIPES AND THE WHITE ON THE OTHER?
• 07:27 WHEN I THINK OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER, THERE'S "ESTHER", WHICH IS A WORD MEANING "STAR"
• 07:31 AND WHEN MORDECAI WAS HONORED LATER ON IN THE 8TH CHAPTER, VERSE 15,
• 07:35 HE'S ADORNED IN BLUE AND WHITE.
• 07:39 AND HERE WE HAVE THE STAR AND THE ADORNMENT IN BLUE AND WHITE
• 07:43 TO REMIND US OF SALVATION FOR A PEOPLE TODAY.
• 07:48 YESTERDAY, AND I'M LOOKING NOW IN THE 6TH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER,
• 07:53 YOU CAN RECALL HOW THERE'S A KING XERXES WHO CAN'T SLEEP AND HE BECKONS FOR RECORDS
• 07:59 AND DISCOVERS THERE WAS A JEW NAMED MORDECAI WHO HAD SAVED HIS LIFE.
• 08:04 HAMAN WAS IN PROXIMITY TO HIM SO HE INQUIRED OF HAMAN WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE TO THE MAN,
• 08:09 IN RESPONSE TO WHICH HAMAN THINKING IT WAS HIM SAID,
• 08:12 "WELL, DECK HIM OUT IN ROYAL REGALIA AND PARADE HIM ABOUT"
• 08:15 "AND LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT MAN IS TO BE HONORED."
• 08:19 "GOOD IDEA" SAYS XERXES,
• 08:21 "YOU DRIVE HIM AROUND".
• 08:25 GOODNESS WE'RE TOLD,
• 08:26 AND I'M LOOKING HERE IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 11,
• 08:34 HAMAN TAKES MORDECAI,
• 08:36 PUTS HIM ON THE HORSE,
• 08:37 DECKS HIM OUT
• 08:39 AND HE LEADS THE HORSE AROUND THROUGH THE CITY.
• 08:41 WE'RE TOLD HERE,
• 09:03 LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING PROPHETIC IN THAT
• 09:06 AND THAT IS THAT GOD HAS A WAY OF ELEVATING
• 09:09 EVEN IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING TO DESTROY.
• 09:15 WITH ALL THE FORCES OF HELL UNLEASHED AGAINST MORDECAI,
• 09:19 UNLEASHED AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 09:21 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE HAND WAS STAYED.
• 09:25 IT'S FASCINATING PRINCIPALLY
• 09:26 BECAUSE ESTHER IS GOING TO STAND UP AND BE THE HEROINE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THAT
• 09:31 AND GOD'S GOING TO USE HER.
• 09:32 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION,
• 09:35 "COULD YOU YOURSELF THINK OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN TAKE A STAND FOR GOD'S WILL, HIS WAYS, HIS PURPOSES AND HIS PEOPLE?"
• 09:42 IF YOU'RE MINDED TO DO THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU TODAY
• 09:46 LIKE MORDECAI YESTERDAY WILL HAVE YOUR REWARD.
• 09:52 WE'RE TOLD IN THE BOOK "BERESHEET"... "GENESIS" CHAPTER 12
• 10:01 BE A BLESSING TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND COUNT YOURSELF THEN AMONG THOSE WHOM THE LORD IS DESTINED TO HONOR.
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• 11:03 IT'S BEEN A GOOD SEASON.
• 11:05 PLENTIFUL RAIN
• 11:06 AND NOW THE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH THE WARMTH OF THE SUN.
• 11:10 SOON WE WILL SEE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
• 11:14 I AM JOSHUA AND THIS IS MY LAND.
• 11:18 IT IS RICH AND FERTILE,
• 11:20 BLESSED BY HASHEM.
• 11:22 MANY YEARS AGO ABRAHAM JOURNEYED ACROSS THE ROADS THAT ENCOMPASSED THESE VERY FIELDS
• 11:28 AND GOD PROMISED HIM THAT ONE DAY HIS SEED WOULD INHERIT THIS VERY LAND.
• 11:37 COME SEE FOR YOURSELF THIS MIRACLE OF LIFE.
• 11:41 WALK THE LAND OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
• 11:45 WITNESS WITH ME THIS MAGNIFICENT LAND OF PROMISE.
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• 12:05 I AM SO HAPPY THAT THE WHOLE OF THE ISRAELI TOUR INDUSTRY IS COMING TO LIFE.
• 12:11 IF YOU COME WITH US TO ISRAEL
• 12:13 YOU'LL COME TO LIFE ALONG WITH IT.
• 12:16 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING.
• 12:19 HOW ABOUT YOU?
• 12:20 COME WITH ME...
• 12:21 CALL 1-800-WONDERS
• 12:24 IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT IT
• 12:25 AND LET'S GET THE BALL ROLLING.
• 12:28 NOT EVERYONE CAN GO TO ISRAEL.
• 12:30 WE LOVE BRINGING IT TO YOU.
• 12:32 THE OFFER IN THIS PROGRAM WILL BE COMING UP LATER...
• 12:35 "AN ISRAELI LOVE STORY"
• 12:37 WRITTEN BY MY PREDECESSOR,
• 12:39 THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT.
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• 13:00 PLUS WE HAVE BUTTONS.
• 13:01 YOU CAN SHARE YOUR FAITH,
• 13:03 TELL THE STORY.
• 13:04 HERE I HAVE MY FLAG OF ISRAEL.
• 13:06 WE HAVE OTHER BUTTONS AS WELL...
• 13:08 A GOOD ONE "PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM"...
• 13:11 LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
• 13:13 "CHAI" IN HEBREW MEANS "TO LIFE"...
• 13:15 SIMILARLY SHALOM...
• 13:17 YOU'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
• 13:20 WELL YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS BEFORE RELATED TO THE BIBLE.
• 13:22 DO YOU KNOW THAT ONCE UPON A TIME WICKED HAMAN WAS ASKED THE QUESTION BY THE KING,
• 13:27 "WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO THE ONE THAT THE KING WISHES TO HONOR?"
• 13:30 HE THOUGHT IT WAS HIM
• 13:32 BUT GOODNESS WAS HE SURPRISED.
• 14:41 WORKS FOR ME...
• 14:43 LET'S GET THIS RIGHT...
• 14:44 HAMAN'S COUNSELORS AND WIFE
• 14:47 TELL HIM,
• 14:48 "HEY LISTEN HAMAN"
• 14:50 "IF THAT GUY'S A JEW"
• 14:53 "THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE BETTER OF HIM".
• 14:58 WELL I LIKE THAT.
• 15:00 THAT'S "CHAKIM"...
• 15:01 THAT'S SMARTS...
• 15:03 AND THAT BY THE WAY IS SO VERY TRUE.
• 15:07 I'M COMING TO YOU
• 15:07 FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES HERE
• 15:09 AND THESE HILLS HAVE SEEN MANY ARMIES.
• 15:14 THIS GRASS, THESE FLOWERS ROUND ABOUT ME
• 15:18 HAVE FELT THE TRAMPLING OF BOOTS OF MANY EMPIRES
• 15:24 THAT MADE THEIR WAY INTO THIS PART OF THE WORLD
• 15:26 ONLY TO EVENTUALLY BE SENT BACK IN RETREAT.
• 15:32 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL LIVE.
• 15:35 IN THE LIVING WORD, IN THE SCRIPTURE,
• 15:38 WE'RE TOLD IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 13,
• 16:00 ...WAS THE PROPHETIC WORD.
• 16:03 WHAT'S TRUE HERE
• 16:06 IS TRUE HERE
• 16:08 AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE SCRIPTURE
• 16:11 BUT ELSEWHERE AS WELL.
• 16:13 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
• 16:15 "NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU"
• 16:17 "SHALL PROSPER" IN ISAIAH.
• 16:20 IN GENESIS THE WORD IS "I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU AND I WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU."
• 16:26 SEEMS TO ME THAT HAMAN'S ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE EQUATION WHICH REMINDS ME...
• 16:35 I THINK THAT WE DO WELL TO PLACE OURSELVES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOD'S LOGIC
• 16:43 AS OPPOSED TO BEING ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE LEDGER...
• 16:46 IT WILL ONLY TURN AGAINST US.
• 16:50 WELL HAMAN WAS JUST FIT TO BE TIED...
• 16:53 HE WAS BRATTY, SPOILED; DISCONCERTED, MOODY THAT MORDECAI SHOULD FARE WELL.
• 17:00 THERE ARE MANY IN THE WORLD TODAY SIMILARLY
• 17:03 WHO JUST DON'T LIKE TO SEE JEWS HAVE SUCCESS
• 17:07 AND ARE JUST ENRAGED AGAINST THEM TRYING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
• 17:12 SO MUCH FOR THE BAD NEWS
• 17:14 AS I'VE SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT,
• 17:18 GOD HAS PROMISED THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM HAVE DESTINY WRITTEN ALL OVER THEM
• 17:24 AND SO IT IS THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO DESTROY THEM
• 17:28 WILL THEMSELVES COME TO AN INGLORIOUS END.
• 17:38 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH♪
• 17:41 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH♪
• 17:46 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH..YEAHHH♪
• 17:51 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN DOIN'?♪
• 17:54 ♪DID YA KNOW THAT THROUGH YOU I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS?♪
• 17:59 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
• 18:02 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THROUGH YOU I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS?♪
• 18:08 ♪OH I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS♪
• 18:13 ♪YES, I WILL BLESS MY PEOPLE♪
• 18:16 ♪OH I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS♪
• 18:21 ♪YES I.....♪
• 18:24 ♪YES I.....♪
• 18:27 ♪.....HEY!♪
• 18:30 ♪WHOAA...WHOAA♪
• 18:32 ♪WHOAAAA...♪
• 18:34 ♪WHOAA...WHOAA♪
• 18:38 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
• 18:41 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I...♪
• 18:43 ♪HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
• 18:45 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
• 18:49 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I...♪
• 18:51 ♪HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
• 18:53 ♪AND THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ME♪
• 18:57 ♪OH I WILL BRING YOU THROUGH IT♪
• 19:01 ♪SO OTHERS WILL SEE ME♪
• 19:05 ♪WILL SEE AND KNOW ME♪
• 19:09 ♪WILL SEE AND...♪
• 19:12 ♪KNOW ME♪
• 19:15 ♪THOUGH ALL I REQUIRE IS ONE WHO WILL LISTEN♪
• 19:19 ♪A HEART THAT IS TRUSTED IN MY HANDS♪
• 19:23 ♪SOMEONE TO ACT UPON MY CALL♪
• 19:28 ♪WHOAAA...♪
• 19:30 ♪AND ALL I DESIRE IS ONE WHO WILL LEAD THEM♪
• 19:35 ♪LEAD THEM HOME....♪
• 19:38 ♪WHO WILL ANSWER ME?♪
• 19:42 ♪HEY THERE...WHOAAA...WHOAAA♪
• 19:45 ♪OHH...OHHHHH...OH...OH...OH♪
• 19:49 ♪WHO WILL ANSWER...YEAHHH♪
• 19:54 ♪WHO WILL LISTEN...♪
• 19:55 ♪LISTEN TO MY CALL♪
• 19:59 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WATCHA BEEN DOIN?♪
• 20:02 ♪CAN'T YOU SEE THAT IT'S ME♪
• 20:04 ♪WHO'S MOVING YOUR HEART♪
• 20:07 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS OH WHATCHA BEEN DOIN'?♪
• 20:10 ♪CAN'T YOU SEE THAT IT'S ME WHO'S MOVING YOUR HEART?♪
• 20:14 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
• 20:17 ♪WHOAAA♪
• 20:19 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
• 20:21 ♪WHOAAA♪
• 20:23 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
• 20:25 ♪I'VE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
• 20:26 ♪YEAH...YEAH...♪
• 20:29 ♪CAN YOU HEAR THE CALL?♪
• 20:31 ♪CAN YOU HEAR ME CALL YOU BY NAME? ♪
• 20:37 WHAT A YOUNG LADY THAT SHARON WILBUR.
• 20:40 AND GUESS WHAT?
• 20:42 WE HAVE HER HERE!
• 20:43 SHARON, HELLO... HELLO...HELLO >>HEY...
• 20:45 GOOD TO BE HERE.
• 20:46 FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
• 20:47 AND KNOWING YOU FOR THE LONGEST... >>YES
• 20:49 JUST LOVE YOUR MINISTRY. >>THANK YOU
• 20:51 YOU WROTE THAT SONG DIDN'T YOU? >>HMMHMM
• 20:53 "HEY THERE, CYRUS" >>"HEY THERE, CYRUS"
• 20:54 WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
• 20:55 YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
• 20:56 JUST A CATCHY PHRASE
• 20:58 SOME PEOPLE HEAR THAT
• 20:59 AND THEY WONDER,
• 20:59 "WHAT IS THIS SONG ABOUT?"
• 21:01 AND WHEN I CAME UPON THE STORY OF CYRUS IN THE SCRIPTURES
• 21:03 I WAS SO TAKEN BACK BY IT FOR MANY REASONS.
• 21:06 YOU KNOW ITS NOT ONE YOU GENERALLY HEAR GROWING UP...
• 21:08 KING DAVID OR STORIES LIKE QUEEN ESTHER...
• 21:10 BUT WHAT I WAS SO MOVED BY
• 21:12 WAS THE FACT THAT GOD CHOSE THIS PERSIAN KING
• 21:15 TO REBUILD HIS TEMPLE FOR THE JEWS.
• 21:17 YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME
• 21:18 THEY WERE DISPERSED ALL OVER THE REGION.
• 21:20 THEY WERE LIVING IN THE DIASPORA
• 21:22 AND GOD DECIDED "I WANT MY TEMPLE REBUILT"
• 21:25 AND HE CHOSE THIS PERSIAN KING...
• 21:26 IT WAS AMAZING.
• 21:27 AND I LIKE THAT SONG NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ABOUT PERSIA
• 21:30 AND SEEING THAT THE LORD DOESN'T JUST WORK THROUGH PREACHERS AND RABBIS, WHATEVER,
• 21:34 HE'S WORKING THROUGH MONARCHS
• 21:36 AND THROUGH A WOMAN THAT YOU REMIND ME OF...
• 21:39 ESTHER...CAUSE YOU'RE A PRINCESS... >>OH THANK YOU...THANK YOU
• 21:41 LOOK AT YOU... >>YOU'RE SO SWEET
• 21:42 GOD'S USING REGULAR PEOPLE...
• 21:44 RAISING THEM UP FOR DIFFERENT STUFF.
• 21:46 HOW DOES THAT HIT YOU?
• 21:47 IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING
• 21:49 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GOD MAYBE PUTS A BURDEN ON YOUR HEART
• 21:52 FOR A CERTAIN PEOPLE GROUP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
• 21:55 A LOT OF TIMES YOU FEEL UNDERQUALIFIED
• 21:57 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 21:59 GOD DOESN'T CALL THE ONES WHO MAY BE IN OUR MINDS THE MOST QUALIFIED...
• 22:02 YOU KNOW HE CALLS THE ONES THAT HE CAN USE
• 22:04 THAT HAVE A HEART AFTER HIS HEART.
• 22:05 AND THAT'S WHAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE...THE STORY OF KING CYRUS.
• 22:09 KING CYRUS WASN'T EVEN FOLLOWING GOD
• 22:11 BUT GOD CHOSE HIM
• 22:12 AND HE SAW THAT HIS HEART WAS MOLDABLE AND WAS OBEDIENT
• 22:17 AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
• 22:18 AND THE LORD JUST RAISED HIM UP
• 22:19 EXACTLY
• 22:20 NOW THE LORD RAISES UP PEOPLE...
• 22:21 DID YOU EVER THINK...
• 22:22 NOW WHEN I THINK OF YOUR BACKGROUND...
• 22:24 YOU WERE THERE... A SEMI-FINALIST WITH AMERICAN IDOL.
• 22:28 YOU'RE ALL ABOUT MUSIC
• 22:32 DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE THE LORD IS RAISING YOU UP A LITTLE BIT?
• 22:34 YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S PREPARING ME FOR...
• 22:36 I KNOW IT'S FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
• 22:38 BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING,
• 22:41 WHERE HE'S TAKING ME,
• 22:43 BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO REMAIN FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE
• 22:45 AND JUST FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
• 22:46 WHICH REMINDS ME,
• 22:48 WHEN WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS TELEVISION SERIES
• 22:51 "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"
• 22:53 I SAID LET ME GET SHARON WILBUR.
• 22:55 WELL THANK YOU...
• 22:56 I'M HONORED.
• 22:57 YEAH AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE FROM YOU.
• 22:59 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ZOLA LEVITT WHO REMINDS US
• 23:02 THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARD THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 23:07 NOT EVERYBODY IS.
• 23:09 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LORD AND I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
• 23:13 LET'S HEAR HOW ZOLA LEVITT WEIGHS IN.
• 23:19 WHY NOT?
• 23:20 GOD CHOSE THEM AT THE BEGINNING
• 23:21 WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT
• 23:22 OR WHETHER THE NAZIS LIKE THEM OR NOT,
• 23:24 DOES NOT AFFECT GOD'S CHOICE.
• 23:26 IN FACT, I RATHER THINK THE NAZIS PICKED THEM OUT AS INFERIOR,
• 23:30 WHICH OF COURSE THEY WERE NOT,
• 23:31 BECAUSE OF SATAN,
• 23:33 BECAUSE OF GOD'S ENEMY.
• 23:35 IN AFFECT, WHEN GOD CHOOSES A PEOPLE THE DEVIL SAYS, "I CHOOSE THEM TOO".
• 23:38 THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOB HAS THIS DIALOGUE
• 23:41 BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN
• 23:42 OVER THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JOB.
• 23:45 SATAN DOUBTS IT...
• 23:46 GOD SAYS,
• 23:47 "IF YOU THINK HE'LL CURSE ME YOU DON'T KNOW JOB".
• 23:49 AND THEY HAVE AT JOB
• 23:51 AND JOB GETS PUNISHED
• 23:52 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 23:54 THEY LIVED THAT STORY OF JOB,
• 23:56 IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH STORY TO...
• 23:59 I WOULDN'T LIKE TO ACT IN THAT PLAY
• 24:01 AND I WASN'T IN THE HOLOCAUST
• 24:03 BUT I'M A JEW AND I GET THREATS
• 24:05 AND I GET ANTI-SEMITISM ON ALL SIDES.
• 24:09 WELL THOSE ARE SOME SOBER THOUGHTS FROM ZOLA.
• 24:12 SHARON WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM,
• 24:16 PEOPLE HATE JEWS,
• 24:18 AND THEN THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT LOVE JEWS.
• 24:20 HOW DO YOU CONSTRUE ALL OF THAT?
• 24:22 I THINK THROUGHOUT HISTORY IT SEEMS
• 24:25 THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS
• 24:26 WHERE THE HATRED OF THE JEWS AND THE ANTI-SEMITISM
• 24:28 HAS JUST GROWN TO A HEIGHTENED LEVEL
• 24:31 AND I'M ALWAYS SO ENCOURAGED
• 24:33 WHEN I MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HEART FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 24:35 BECAUSE ITS NOT ABOUT HAVING A PASSION
• 24:37 OR A BURDEN FOR A PEOPLE GROUP
• 24:41 BUT ITS REALLY HAVING A BURDEN FOR GOD'S HEART.
• 24:43 THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
• 24:44 THEY'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
• 24:45 AND SO WHEN THERE'S PEOPLE
• 24:47 THAT COME AROUND US
• 24:48 AND SUPPORT US IT JUST...
• 24:49 THERE'S A CERTAIN UNITY THAT COMES WITH THAT
• 24:51 IN A STRENGTH
• 24:52 AND ITS REALLY ENCOURAGING.
• 24:55 SOME PEOPLE SAY... AND WITH GOOD REASON
• 24:58 THAT SOMETIMES JEWISH PEOPLE CAN READ THE BIBLE
• 25:00 AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE SEEING JESUS.
• 25:02 OKAY...JESUS PEOPLE READ THE BIBLE
• 25:05 AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE SEEING JEWS
• 25:07 AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S THE MANDATE TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 25:11 IS JUST SO EVERYWHERE IN THE LITERATURE...
• 25:13 THERE'S GOT TO BE A BLINDNESS THERE.
• 25:15 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
• 25:16 I AGREE WITH YOU.
• 25:17 I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE PAST AND TRIED TO SHOW THEM THIS...
• 25:20 YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO JUST...
• 25:22 "I DON'T KNOW WHY I SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
• 25:23 "WE'RE THE NEW JEWS AND GOD HAS FINISHED WITH THEM" AND ALL THAT.
• 25:27 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN READ PASSAGES
• 25:30 JUST OF THE PROPHECIES OF GOD'S BLESSING...
• 25:33 YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT JEREMIAH AND THE BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS...
• 25:36 GOD IS DECREEING THESE BLESSINGS AND THESE PROMISES
• 25:40 TO THESE PEOPLE FOREVER AND EVER
• 25:42 FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
• 25:44 IT DOESN'T SAY,
• 25:45 "UNTIL THE NEXT GROUP TAKES OVER AS THE NEW CHOSEN PEOPLE".
• 25:48 SO I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING
• 25:51 HOW PEOPLE CANNOT SEE THAT.
• 25:54 SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
• 25:55 THINKING THAT AMERICA IS STEPPING BACK FROM STANDING BEHIND ISRAEL
• 25:58 AND WE'RE CONCERNED
• 26:00 THAT OUR CULTURE MIGHT ABSORB SOME CONSEQUENCES.
• 26:02 IT'S A SCAREY THING
• 26:04 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN,
• 26:06 I DON'T KNOW WHAT...
• 26:08 ITS HARD TO KNOW...
• 26:10 HOW HISTORY HAS GONE...
• 26:11 THINGS THAT CAN TURN IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
• 26:14 AND WE JUST HAVE TO PRAY THAT OUR COUNTRY STANDS BEHIND ISRAEL...
• 26:16 CONTINUES TO DO THAT.
• 26:17 AND THE WICKED ARE GOING TO GET THEIR JUST DESERVE TOO.
• 26:20 THAT'S TRUE...
• 26:21 JUDGMENT WILL COME
• 26:23 YEAH...WE KNOW THE ENDING
• 26:24 SO WE CAN REST ASSURED.
• 26:26 SPEAKING OF ENDING...
• 26:27 BEFORE WE END NOW...
• 26:29 NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WICKED HAMAN GETS HIS JUST DESERVE.
• 26:35 DON'T WAIT TIL NEXT WEEK TO CHECK US OUT.
• 26:37 IF YOU WILL...
• 26:38 WE'RE THERE ON YOUTUBE,
• 26:39 FACEBOOK,
• 26:40 YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE SCREEN...
• 26:42 GO WITH US ON THE JOURNEY PLEASE.
• 26:43 THANK YOU,
• 26:44 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:45 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:47 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM