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Caption transcript for Esther (2017): “The Triumph of God in Human History” (8/8)

• 00:05 Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved,
• 00:12 for there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
• 00:14 for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.
• 00:40 Welcome to "Esther, For Such a Time as This"
• 00:43 here, on Zola Levitt Presents.
• 00:45 I'm Kirsten Hart.
• 00:46 And I am David Hart.
• 00:48 I can't believe this is the final program of this wonderful series.
• 00:51 And the theme today is the Triumph of God in human history.
• 00:55 Dr. Jeffrey Seif will be with us again.
• 00:57 Ted Pearce will be singing and teaching.
• 01:00 Chaim is on location along with his wife Deana.
• 01:03 She will be giving us a Hebrew lesson.
• 01:05 Now, let's wrap up the story of Esther.
• 01:08 The future finally looks bright
• 01:11 for Mordecai, Esther and the Jewish people.
• 01:20 "Pur", a simple cube like object.
• 01:24 Pur had been used to determine the date of death
• 01:28 for every Jew in the Persian Empire.
• 01:31 Now, one year later, Mordecai considers a brighter day.
• 02:14 With the roll of the dice it was decreed that on a certain day
• 02:17 a certain people would be annihilated.
• 02:22 Sounds like something from World War II
• 02:25 when I think of genocide
• 02:27 but it's a story that goes back to the Bible
• 02:30 when in Shushan, the capital, there was a wicked man Haman
• 02:36 who threw the dice and determined with it
• 02:39 that a people would come to an end.
• 02:43 Tragic, horrible that someone could be so wicked.
• 02:48 But even in a dark world like that,
• 02:51 God raised up someone and brought about deliverance for the people
• 02:55 with a net result is that those who had grief
• 02:59 were able to experience their grief, their sadness turned into gladness.
• 03:04 It says it explicitly in chapter 9, verse 22.
• 03:07 I'll read it in my version.
• 03:09 take a peak in yours...we're told,
• 03:36 What a story here.
• 03:37 Individuals that thought all is lost got a new lease on life.
• 03:45 And that my friends is the Gospel story in a nutshell, that
• 03:51 individuals who through sin and circumstance can be finished.
• 03:56 By virtue of what Jesus did,
• 03:58 individuals are able to secure a new lease on life.
• 04:04 Oh that's the story in the book of Esther
• 04:06 in which case, here, what happened is
• 04:09 God raised up a woman.
• 04:11 The woman's name was " Hadassah ", "Esther",
• 04:16 and she was placed for such a time to affect a very great deliverance.
• 04:23 It could be that there are some within the sound of my voice
• 04:26 that need a deliverance.
• 04:28 I don't know what that would mean to you.
• 04:31 But speaking to you with the Bible on one hand
• 04:33 and coming to you from the Mount of Olives here in Israel,
• 04:39 I want to remind you that there is a God who lives.
• 04:43 There is a God who can turn your sorrow into rejoicing.
• 04:53 Our Resource this week,
• 04:55 the Series, "Esther, For Such a Time as This" on DVD
• 05:00 This 8 part Series presents
• 05:02 the biblical account of the young, beautiful Jewish woman
• 05:05 who becomes the Queen of Persia.
• 05:08 When Esther is confronted with murderous, racial hatred
• 05:11 she allows herself to be used by God
• 05:13 and saves the Jewish people from genocide.
• 05:16 Contact us for the DVD Series,
• 05:19 "Esther, For Such a Time as This"
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• 06:46 Now, let's go to Chaim in Israel.
• 06:54 Shalom again.
• 06:55 Hi, Chaim Malespin here.
• 06:57 We're in a bunker from the 1948 Israel War of Independence,
• 07:01 in the Galilee.
• 07:03 We're talking about BDS,
• 07:04 Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions,
• 07:06 and about God's desired heart to bless both the
• 07:09 Sons of Ishmael and the Sons of Isaac,
• 07:11 all the sons of Abraham.
• 07:14 This thing "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions",
• 07:17 it is a propaganda tool designed not to help,
• 07:21 not to really bring peace, but to further divide.
• 07:24 We have enough division.
• 07:26 We want to come together, and as Believers, bless.
• 07:29 If we want to be like Esther,
• 07:31 and we want to take a stand and be brave, I would say,
• 07:35 pray and take action like Esther.
• 07:37 What did she do?
• 07:38 She prayed.
• 07:39 She went and she prepared herself.
• 07:41 She fasted.
• 07:43 That's what we need to do,
• 07:44 and then take action in our governments,
• 07:46 and we will see God's blessing come on our governments,
• 07:49 and that the Peace that He prophesied will come.
• 08:52 From my earliest memories as a child I recall the celebration of Purim.
• 08:58 We read in the text how it was decreed
• 09:01 the Jews should celebrate the holiday,
• 09:03 and celebrate it we do from generation to generation.
• 09:07 We used to eat special foods.
• 09:09 There was this hamantashen and this food that we'd eat to remind us of the
• 09:14 hat that Haman was alleged to have worn.
• 09:16 We have special celebrations
• 09:18 in the synagogue on the holiday,
• 09:22 different things that we do to remember the event.
• 09:25 Before getting away from the event,
• 09:28 an event where Esther gets a considerable amount of recognition
• 09:31 and rightly so, but before we get away from her in the story
• 09:35 I want to alight upon Mordecai some.
• 09:38 And the reason why I want to do that
• 09:40 is because the text does that.
• 09:42 In the 10th chapter the book finishes off by talking about Mordecai,
• 09:48 a fellow who we know became great.
• 09:51 After Haman's demise we see Mordecai's rise
• 09:54 where all of Haman's holdings, and they were vast,
• 09:57 went under Mordecai's superintendency.
• 10:01 So this was a man who like Esther went from rags to riches.
• 10:06 Sometimes when people fair well
• 10:08 they forget those that are less fortunate,
• 10:10 but not so with Mordecai.
• 10:13 Let's consider the way the story ends.
• 10:16 We're told of him,
• 10:33 Why was he great?
• 10:35 Why was he esteemed?
• 10:36 Well we're told here in the text,
• 10:55 The text tells us that Mordecai, as great as he became, he remembered
• 11:00 those that were less fortunate.
• 11:04 And as I noted, some people when they elevate in life
• 11:07 they're so anxious to leave their humble origins
• 11:10 they forget the people,
• 11:12 they forget the race,
• 11:13 they forget the social strata
• 11:15 of those that are less fortunate.
• 11:18 Not so with Mordecai.
• 11:20 As he became great he remembered the needs of his brethren.
• 11:26 And so it is we're told as we get away from the story
• 11:28 that there was a man who was held in high esteem
• 11:32 because of his sharing,
• 11:34 because of his caring.
• 11:36 I hope some of you will take that as a challenge
• 11:38 as you ask yourself the question,
• 11:40 How you can conceivably use your influence and resource
• 11:44 to be a blessing in the world?
• 11:48 Mordecai was like that and he's remembered here in the biblical text,
• 11:52 and we're told that those of us that are like that,
• 11:55 we're going to be remembered too.
• 11:58 Certainly by virtue of our accepting Jesus
• 12:00 we have our name written in the Lamb's Book of Life
• 12:03 and our good works follow us to the other side of the grave
• 12:07 when we awaken to hear the words,
• 12:09 "Well done good and faithful servant."
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• 12:53 that we go to Israel twice a year.
• 12:56 And you may be sitting there today thinking,
• 12:58 I could never take a trip to Israel,
• 13:01 for whatever reason.
• 13:03 We used to think that and God finally opened
• 13:05 up the door for us to go to Israel.
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• 13:13 You may be wondering
• 13:14 why these are sitting in front of us,
• 13:16 and why we're not eating them.
• 13:18 I'm wondering the same thing too.
• 13:20 Dr. Jeffery Seif talked about these cookies, " Hamantoshen "
• 13:24 that are eaten during the Feasts of Purim.
• 13:28 One of the reasons we love to go to Israel,
• 13:31 at least I do,
• 13:32 is the food!
• 13:33 The food is wonderful.
• 13:35 Last trip we were there almost three weeks,
• 13:36 I only gained 3 pounds.
• 13:38 So one could say it's a wonderful way to
• 13:40 loose some weight in Israel.
• 13:42 Now, let's go to our Hebrew lesson with Deana Malespin.
• 13:51 Shalom Havarim "Hello Friends"
• 13:54 Another important word that you need to learn in Hebrew
• 13:57 for the celebration of Purim is Hagigah ,
• 14:01 which means, "Celebrate"!,
• 14:03 because that's what we like to do
• 14:04 is celebrate during the holidays,
• 14:07 eat lots of good food,
• 14:09 the Hamantoshens or the Osnei Haman ,
• 14:12 and dress up and read the Megillah , the Scroll of Esther
• 14:16 and have a really special time with family and friends.
• 14:21 Thank you Deana.
• 14:22 Kirsten and I today have so many things
• 14:24 we're so grateful for and we celebrate.
• 14:27 One of those reasons is
• 14:29 we just found out that we are going to be grandparents.
• 14:31 Very exciting.
• 14:33 So to that we say,
• 14:34 Hagigah !
• 14:35 Let's Hagigah !
• 14:36 Celebrate the fact that we're going to be grandparents,
• 14:39 and today on Zola Levitt Presents
• 14:42 we Hagigah the fact that God redeemed His people.
• 14:46 He saved them once again.
• 14:48 Yes.
• 14:49 Now, let's go to the wrap up of Esther
• 14:51 and then we'll have Dr. Jeffery Seif
• 14:53 teaching for us in Israel.
• 15:31 The people of Israel live.
• 15:34 It's not to say there aren't forces bent on
• 15:36 trying to see that we don't, but we do.
• 15:39 And the reason why we live is because God lives.
• 15:42 And that's the reason we sing a song, Jews that is,
• 15:45 from here in Israel and all over the world,
• 15:48 Am Yisrael Chai "The people of Israel live".
• 15:52 Well the story, the book of Esther takes place against the backdrop of
• 15:56 someone endeavoring to see to it that we don't live.
• 16:00 You can recall there's Haman, something of a wicked sort,
• 16:05 bent on destroying the Jewish people.
• 16:08 He hated Mordecai, and not just Mordecai but
• 16:12 by extension all Jews everywhere.
• 16:15 And he utilized his influence to enact a scheme to annihilate the Jews,
• 16:22 and so dispatched from the Capital of Shushan were couriers that took
• 16:27 messages all over this vast Media-Persian Empire
• 16:33 extending from India on the one hand,
• 16:36 all the way to Ethiopia on the other.
• 16:39 Jews were scattered about but it was decreed into law that a day would be
• 16:45 set aside to destroy the Jewish people.
• 16:49 Seems, however, that difficulties in the world aside,
• 16:52 God always has His own.
• 16:56 In the book of Esther we're told there was a fellow Mordecai
• 17:00 who pushed his charge forward, her name was " Hadassah " in Hebrew.
• 17:05 It's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.
• 17:07 It comes from the word for a particular kind of tree, a myrtle tree.
• 17:11 Coming here from the Mount of Olives,
• 17:13 where there's greenery round about,
• 17:15 Hadassah arguably had a little olive tint in her skin,
• 17:19 a little something special.
• 17:21 In fact she's so special that she has worked her way into the Jewish psyche
• 17:26 for loveliness and caring and sharing so much so that in Israel here
• 17:29 there's even a hospital named after her called Hadassah Hospital.
• 17:34 Well her caring and sharing came to bloom in the story
• 17:37 in the book of Esther when she was
• 17:40 fortuitously elevated to become queen.
• 17:43 Speak of rags to riches, here's a girl who not just because of her beauty but
• 17:48 because of an inner beauty she had something a little extra,
• 17:52 and she caught the attention of a king named Xerxes.
• 17:56 The net result is that she becomes queen and then
• 18:00 when in the empire Haman enacts his scheme to destroy the Jews
• 18:06 she's well placed to utilize her influence to do something about it.
• 18:12 Oh I'm reminded of when Mordecai petitions her "please dear you have to"
• 18:16 and she says, "I can't, I can't",
• 18:18 but then she's reminded that she had come into
• 18:22 the kingdom for such a time as this.
• 18:26 All over the world today Jewish people remember Esther and Mordecai and
• 18:31 the Feast of Purim that commemorates when the Jews were given permission to
• 18:38 defend themselves against those that would look to destroy them.
• 18:43 And in synagogues today the world over
• 18:45 Jews read the story of the book of Esther,
• 18:48 and every time Mordecai's name is mentioned,
• 18:51 we go, "Hoorah...Hoorah"!
• 18:53 It's quite a party atmosphere.
• 18:55 Every time Haman is mentioned we go "Booh...Booh...Booh".
• 18:59 The story that I want to leave you with, however,
• 19:01 is the story of one woman who utilized her influence,
• 19:05 and changed the course of history by virtue of her so doing
• 19:10 and she's always remembered then as
• 19:13 a woman who took a stand "for such a time as this."
• 19:20 Thank you Dr. Seif.
• 19:22 Well this is the last program of this wonderful series.
• 19:25 We have had Ted Pearce with us right here
• 19:27 at this desk for the series.
• 19:29 We've loved having you with us.
• 19:30 Oh, my pleasure brother.
• 19:32 Just great having you.
• 19:33 Thank you Dave.
• 19:34 Here's your question of the day.
• 19:36 The whole series of Esther is about
• 19:38 "for such a time as this".
• 19:40 Esther had her time in history
• 19:43 where she saved the Jewish people.
• 19:45 She went out and above and beyond.
• 19:48 How can we do that right here in our time in history?
• 19:53 How can we go above and beyond to help the Jewish people?
• 19:56 Well, if you think about it,
• 19:58 the first thing she did was
• 19:59 call for 3 days of prayer and fasting.
• 20:02 And that's really the best place for us to start too.
• 20:05 If the Lord has given you a burden for the salvation of the Jewish people
• 20:10 then you're going to spend time in prayer for them, you know?
• 20:14 And if he hasn't, maybe you should pray for this,
• 20:17 have the Lord open your eyes to what He's doing in the world
• 20:22 in regards to the Jewish people, and even the Gentiles.
• 20:26 So, starting with prayer I think is always the best thing to do,
• 20:31 but the enemy is coming against the Jewish people in Israel like a flood,
• 20:37 and his favorite tool is the big fat lie.
• 20:40 So, I think in many ways, just speaking the truth defeats his kingdom.
• 20:47 So I think wherever we find lies and insults against the Jewish people,
• 20:53 it's really an important thing we can do,
• 20:55 after prayer,
• 20:56 is just confront the lies.
• 20:58 But that's so good
• 21:00 because I really don't think we do that in the church.
• 21:03 We're Gentiles, we're in the church.
• 21:05 We never hear, "let's get on our knees and
• 21:08 pray for the Jewish people".
• 21:10 And I think if we started doing that
• 21:12 it might change the time that we're in,
• 21:14 but we don't do that.
• 21:15 How do we do that?
• 21:16 Well, every show that you do here
• 21:19 ends with Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim .
• 21:22 It's a command from Psalm 122, verse 6,
• 21:25 that we should take seriously,
• 21:27 and literally pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
• 21:29 That's always been sort of the spiritual center of the world,
• 21:33 and the enemy is just having his way too much of the time.
• 21:37 So I don't know any other way to confront this accept
• 21:42 to just obey what the Bible says to do.
• 21:45 But I think that that's a great point.
• 21:48 I think it's a wonderful way to end this series.
• 21:51 We always talk about Esther, for such a time...
• 21:53 It's almost as such a time as "that",
• 21:56 but we are living in a time right now
• 21:58 for such a time as "this".
• 22:00 We can make a difference.
• 22:02 And we don't fast.
• 22:04 We should.
• 22:05 But that prayer and fasting changes things,
• 22:07 and think that is a great point,
• 22:09 that's how we can help the Jewish people
• 22:12 right here and right now.
• 22:13 Well this issue that she stood up against
• 22:18 was issued from what is today Iran.
• 22:21 Back then, it was Persia,
• 22:23 but today it's Iran,
• 22:24 and again today the order is being issued from Iran to annihilate the Jews.
• 22:30 So really not much has changed since Esther.
• 22:32 In fact, there may be more of an existential threat today.
• 22:36 So prayer's not just something that helps,
• 22:40 it's all that really works.
• 22:42 It is.
• 22:43 Would you treat us with one more song for the series?
• 22:47 I'd love to.
• 22:48 Great, here he is, Ted Pearce.
• 22:53 ♪ All the people are running at the sound of His voice.♪
• 22:59 ♪ It comes from Jerusalem, roaring like a lion. ♪
• 23:06 ♪ All the angels are with Him, the people make a joyful noise. ♪
• 23:12 ♪ It's the Son of David, taking up His throne in Zion. ♪
• 23:19 ♪ Tremble, O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 23:25 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the God of Israel, ♪
• 23:32 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 23:38 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the Holy One of Jacob. ♪
• 23:47 ♪ How the earth did shake and the heavens poured out rain when the Holy One ♪
• 23:56 ♪ Arises to take His place. ♪
• 24:00 ♪ And the mountain quaked as the voice of God proclaims ♪
• 24:06 ♪ "Prepare, Behold I come! ♪
• 24:09 ♪ This will be the day!" ♪
• 24:13 ♪ Tremble, O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 24:19 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the God of Israel, ♪
• 24:26 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 24:33 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the Holy One of Jacob. ♪
• 24:51 ♪ Riding on the heavens in chariots of fire ♪
• 24:56 ♪ It's the Glory and Power Of God Most High. ♪
• 25:18 As we wait for the day when your feet will split the Mount of Olives
• 25:23 and every knee is going to bow
• 25:26 ♪ Before the Holy One of Jacob. ♪
• 25:30 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 25:37 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the God of Israel, ♪
• 25:44 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 25:50 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the Holy One of Jacob. ♪
• 25:56 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 26:03 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the God of Israel, ♪
• 26:10 ♪ Tremble O Earth at the presence of the Lord, ♪
• 26:16 ♪ Tremble O Nations before the Holy One of Jacob. ♪
• 26:26 [The People Sing ♪ Tremble O Earth ♪]
• 26:29 ♪ Before the Holy One, Before the Holy One ♪
• 26:38 ♪ Before the Holy One of Jacob ♪♪
• 26:50 Thank you Ted for another wonderful song.
• 26:52 We have enjoyed having you as our Guest Analyst for the whole series,
• 26:56 and our Guest Musician.
• 26:58 Hope you've enjoyed this series "Esther, For Such a Time as This".
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• 27:04 Sha'alu 'Shalom Yerushalayim
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