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Caption transcript for Psalms of Ascent: “Psalms 134” (8/8)

• 00:09 ♪PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM♪
• 00:14 ♪JERUSALEM♪
• 00:17 ♪MAY THEY PROSPER WHO LOVE YOU♪
• 00:21 ♪JERUSALEM♪
• 00:24 ♪IT'S FOR THEM MY BRETHREN AND COMPANION'S SAKE♪
• 00:30 ♪I WILL PRAY FOR YOU JERUSALEM♪
• 00:49 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:52 I'M SANDRA
• 00:53 I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS PROGRAM
• 00:55 "THE PSALMS OF ASCENT" ...PSALM 120 THROUGH 134.
• 00:59 I'M KIND OF SAD CAUSE THIS IS THE LAST PROGRAM IN OUR WHOLE SERIES.
• 01:03 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE LAST TIME TO JERUSALEM.
• 01:06 MY GOOD FRIEND DR. JEFFREY SEIF TEACHING ON LOCATION...
• 01:09 MARTY GOETZ WILL BE BACK WITH MUSIC
• 01:12 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ENTIRE SERIES.
• 01:15 SO STAY TUNED FOR "THE PSALMS OF ASCENT"
• 01:20 "BEHOLD...BLESS YE THE LORD ALL YE SERVANTS OF THE LORD"
• 01:26 "WHICH BY NIGHT STAND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD."
• 01:29 "LIFT UP YOUR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY AND BLESS THE LORD"
• 01:34 "THE LORD THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION."
• 01:43 WHAT'S REPRESENTED
• 01:44 BY THESE ARMS EXTENDED...
• 01:46 THIS TRANSCENDENCE...
• 01:48 THIS LOOKING BEYOND THE MOMENT
• 01:50 OR FOLKS SAYING "LORD I NEED YOU",
• 01:52 "LORD I WANT YOU",
• 01:54 "LORD HELP ME."?
• 01:55 ARE THEY SAYING THAT...
• 01:57 ALL OF THE ABOVE...
• 01:58 SOME OF THE ABOVE?
• 01:59 IT CERTAINLY IS PERSONAL FROM PERSON TO PERSON
• 02:02 BUT WHAT IS TO BE OBSERVED IS THAT PEOPLE DO TAKE LEAVE OF THE MOMENT.
• 02:07 MINDFUL OF SIN AND CIRCUMSTANCE WE REACH UP TO GOD AND SAY
• 02:11 "HELP ME",
• 02:12 "HEAL ME AND MAKE ME WHOLE."
• 02:15 PEOPLE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY
• 02:16 AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE HERE FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
• 02:19 IT'S HARD TO CARVE OUT SOME SPACE JUST TO GIVE THIS TALK
• 02:23 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT.
• 02:25 THEY JUST COME AND COME AND COME TO JERUSALEM...
• 02:29 SOME TOURISTS JUST TO SEE THE SITE,
• 02:31 OTHERS TO SEEK THE LORD HERE.
• 02:34 IN THE CASE OF THE PSALMIST, HE ENCOURAGES LIFTING HANDS UPWARD.
• 02:38 YOU CAN GO TO THE WESTERN WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SITE BEHIND ME.
• 02:41 PEOPLE WRITE PRAYER REQUESTS AND STICK THEM IN THE WALL.
• 02:45 DIFFERENT PEOPLE...
• 02:46 DIFFERENT WAYS...
• 02:47 DIFFERENT DAYS...
• 02:49 ALL OF WHOM ARE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE TOUCH OF HEAVEN HERE IN THE HOLY LAND.
• 02:55 IN PSALM CHAPTER 134 WE COME TO THE CLOSE OF THIS SECTION CALLED "SHIR HAMA' ALOTH"...
• 03:05 "PSALMS OF ASCENT"...
• 03:08 PSALMS THAT WERE SUNG BY PILGRIMS OF OLD
• 03:12 AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO THIS PLACE THAT IS IN FACT OF OLD.
• 03:17 IN PSALM 134 IF YOU'LL LOOK WITH ME THERE, THE PSALMIST SAYS,
• 03:35 AND OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THEY KEEP DOING IT
• 03:38 AND MANY STREAM HERE TO DO IT, TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THIS.
• 03:41 IN FACT PEOPLE WATCH THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THIS.
• 03:45 HERE THE PSALMIST ENCOURAGES "BLESS THE LORD".
• 03:49 HERE IN JERUSALEM HE SAYS,
• 04:05 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
• 04:06 I THINK HUMAN NATURE BEING WHAT IT IS,
• 04:10 THE HUMAN CONDITION BEING WHAT IT IS,
• 04:13 OUR OWN SENSE OF BEING ASSAILED SOMETIMES BY CIRCUMSTANCE, BY SITUATIONS...
• 04:19 WE WANT TO TAKE LEAVE OF IT ALL IF BUT FOR A MOMENT...
• 04:23 CARVE OUT SOME SPACE AND ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE
• 04:27 WITH THE BELIEF THAT BY VIRTUE OF SPENDING SOME TIME THERE WE'LL BE ENERGIZED,
• 04:33 WE'LL BE ABLE TO MORE EFFECTIVELY MOBILIZE FAITH AND RESOURCES
• 04:37 TO BETTER MEET THE TROUBLES OF THE DAY.
• 04:41 AND HENCE THERE'S THIS SENSE OF SANCTUARY, RETREATING.
• 04:45 IT'S NOT THAT IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY A PERMANENT RETREAT FROM LIFE
• 04:48 THOUGH IT COULD BE SAID THAT SOME EXCESSIVELY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE GAME TO DO THAT.
• 04:53 NO, IN THIS CASE PILGRIM'S CAME TO JERUSALEM NOT TO SPEND THEIR LIFE HERE
• 04:58 BUT RATHER TO GET A TOUCH OF HEAVEN HERE
• 05:00 IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE ENERGIZED TO THEN GO HOME
• 05:04 AND GET A SENSE OF GOD'S WILL AND WAYS TO MEET THE TROUBLE OF THEIR DAYS.
• 05:10 THIS SENSE OF TRANSCENDENT WORSHIP THAT'S REFLECTED BY THIS
• 05:14 ONE NEEDN'T COME TO JERUSALEM FOR IT
• 05:16 THOUGH HERE IN JERUSALEM, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THE PSALMIST IS ENCOURAGING,
• 05:20 "LIFT YOUR HANDS".
• 05:22 THIS SENSE OF LIFTING THE HANDS IS FOUND ELSEWHERE BEYOND THE PAGES OF THE PSALMS.
• 05:28 WE FIND IT IN ANCIENT ART AND LITERATURE.
• 05:33 AS FOR ART YOU CAN GO TO THE CATACOMBS, THOSE BEING THE PLACE WHERE THE EARLIEST BELIEVERS MET
• 05:39 AND THEY HAD THESE VARIOUS HUMBLE FRESCOS PAINTED IN THE PLASTER
• 05:43 THERE'S PICTURES OF PEOPLE PRAYING LIKE THIS.
• 05:47 BEYOND THOSE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS UNDER ROME, UNDERGROUND
• 05:51 WHERE YOU GET THE TERM "UNDERGROUND CHURCH"
• 05:53 THE EARLIEST ABOVE GROUND WORSHIP FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN FOUND
• 05:58 WAS DUG OUT OF THE EARTH
• 05:59 IN DURA-EUROPOS, SYRIA
• 06:02 AND THERE THERE'S FRESCOS
• 06:03 AS WELL OF PEOPLE PRAYING LIKE THIS FROM THE 3RD CENTURY.
• 06:08 WHETHER IT'S THE 1ST CENTURY,
• 06:09 WHETHER IT'S THE 3RD CENTURY A.D.,
• 06:11 WHETHER IT'S 1000 B.C.
• 06:13 PEOPLE ARE ENTERING INTO GOD'S PRESENCE LIKE THIS.
• 06:16 THE EARLIEST JEWISH BELIEVERS IN YESHUA, IN JESUS, WOULD BE GAME TO PRAY WITH ARMS EXTENDED.
• 06:23 JAMES CHARLESWORTH, A PROFESSOR AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY,
• 06:27 TRANSLATED A BOOK, A COLLECTION OF SONGS FROM THE 1ST CENTURY MESSIANIC, JEWISH WORLD
• 06:34 CALLED "THE ODES OF SOLOMON".
• 06:37 AND THEREIN IN THAT HYMN BOOK OVER AND AGAIN THE CALL IS TO PRAY WITH ABANDON,
• 06:41 WITH ARMS EXTENDED LIKE THIS, LIKE WHAT WE'RE READING HERE.
• 06:45 BUT LISTEN, THOSE EARLY MESSIANIC BELIEFS
• 06:48 SAW BY STANDING AND PRAYING LIKE THIS,
• 06:51 WHAT THEY GOT WAS A PICTURE NOT JUST OF ABANDONMENT AS ONE ENTERS INTO GOD'S PRESENCE,
• 06:56 NO THEY GOT A PICTURE OF THE CROSS.
• 07:00 DO YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, THAT YESHUA CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS AND TO HELP PEOPLE
• 07:05 AND HE CAN PUT A NEW SONG IN YOUR MOUTH,
• 07:10 A SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD
• 07:12 SOMEWHERE STUCK IN THE MALAISE
• 07:14 THERE'S NO GOOD NEWS,
• 07:15 THERE'S NOTHING TO SING ABOUT,
• 07:16 THE MIND IS JUST SPINNING WITH FERMENTING DISCONTENT.
• 07:19 GOD CAN FIX THAT.
• 07:21 PILGRIMS CAME HERE, JERUSALEM, TO ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE
• 07:25 AND EVEN IF YOU CAN'T COME TO JERUSALEM YOU WOULD DO WELL TO ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE.
• 07:30 GO INTO A SANCTUARY,
• 07:31 A HOUSE OF WORSHIP,
• 07:32 TALK TO A PASTOR,
• 07:34 TALK TO THE LORD,
• 07:35 FIND OUT HOW IN MESSIAH, YESHUA, HOW IN JESUS
• 07:38 YOU CAN BE BORN ANEW AND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ALONG WITH YOU.
• 07:45 WERE THAT TO BE YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU COULD SING LIKE THE PSALMIST HERE WHO SAYS,
• 07:49 "BLESS THE LORD ALL THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD."
• 07:53 "AND WE BLESS YOU FROM ZION EVEN HE THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH."
• 08:04 SHALOM, I'M MYLES WEISS
• 08:06 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS
• 08:07 WE KNOW YOU ARE BEING BLESSED BY
• 08:08 DR. JEFFREY SEIF'S GREAT TEACHING
• 08:10 ON THE PSALMS OF ASCENT
• 08:11 AND WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
• 08:12 OUR NEW SERIES COMING UP CALLED
• 08:14 "THE BOOK OF RUTH: YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE"
• 08:17 IT'S GOING TO BE HERE SOON ON
• 08:19 ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 08:20 MYLES AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
• 08:21 TO BE IN ISRAEL DURING THE TIME
• 08:23 OF SHAVUOT PENTECOST
• 08:25 TO SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL
• 08:26 INSIGHTS REGARDING THE GREAT WOMAN OF GOD.
• 08:29 IT'S A GREAT STORY OF REDEMPTION
• 08:31 AND LOVE FOR ALL...
• 08:32 YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
• 08:33 AND NOW BACK TO SANDRA AND JEFF.
• 08:38 PSALM 134, VERSE 2 IS SUCH A PICTURE AND A VISUAL OF LIFTING OUR HANDS AND BLESSING THE LORD.
• 08:45 IT IS SCRIPTURE,
• 08:47 "LIFT UP YOUR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY AND BLESS THE LORD."
• 08:52 WHETHER WE LIFT OUR HANDS OR WE DON'T LIFT OUR HANDS,
• 08:55 WE DO NEED TO BLESS THE LORD EVERY SINGLE DAY OF OUR LIVES...
• 08:59 GIVE THANKS TO GOD.
• 09:01 HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SERIES ON "THE PSALMS OF ASCENT".
• 09:07 THE PSALMS OF ASCENT SPEAK OF THE JOURNEY EVER UPWARD
• 09:12 TOWARD ZION INTO THE COURTYARDS OF THE LORD.
• 09:16 THE PSALMIST MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THIS JOURNEY IS SOMETIMES RIDDLED WITH DIFFICULTIES
• 09:22 BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WITH BLESSING.
• 09:27 HE SPEAKS OF DECEPTION...
• 09:29 AND PRESERVATION...
• 09:33 DEPENDENCE...
• 09:36 AND STABILITY...
• 09:39 RELIANCE...
• 09:41 AND PERSEVERANCE...
• 09:44 REDEMPTION..
• 09:46 AND COMFORT...
• 09:49 JOY...
• 09:50 AND UNITY
• 09:53 "THE LORD THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION"
• 10:00 THE PSALMS CONTAIN A WIDE RANGE
• 10:04 OF EXPERIENCES, OF EMOTIONS
• 10:08 FROM AGONIES TO ECSTASIES AND EVERYTHING IN LIFE IN BETWEEN.
• 10:14 THE PSALMS TALK ABOUT LIFE FROM LOVE, ABANDONMENT,
• 10:19 DISAPPOINTMENT, DISGRACE
• 10:20 IN RELATIONSHIPS,
• 10:22 IN PERSONAL PERFORMANCES...
• 10:24 ALL OF THAT.
• 10:25 THE PSALMS OF ASCENT CONTAIN THAT TO VARYING DEGREES
• 10:30 IN PART BECAUSE IT'S REAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT ARE COMING HERE TO JERUSALEM
• 10:36 BECAUSE THEY WANT A TOUCH OF GOD.
• 10:39 THEY WANT GOD TO HELP THEM IN THEIR LIFE.
• 10:43 THEY DON'T JUST COME AS I'D SAID EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM...
• 10:46 YES SIR, THEY COME TODAY,
• 10:48 THEY'RE HERE RIGHT NOW.
• 10:49 IT'S HARD TO CARVE OUT SOME QUIET SPACE
• 10:51 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY HERE PRAYING, PRAISING, TALKING
• 10:55 AS THIS VISTA IS JUST LIGHTING THEIR CANDLE.
• 10:59 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU BUT I DO KNOW THAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU.
• 11:03 AND IF YOU'LL PERMIT
• 11:05 I WANT TO DISCUSS SOME OF WHAT WE CONSIDERED IN THE PSALMS OF ASCENT
• 11:09 AND THEN I WANT TO TALK TO YOU PERSONALLY IN SOME PASTORAL SENSE IF YOU'D PERMIT.
• 11:14 IN THE PSALMS OF ASCENT WE HEARD GRIEVING PEOPLE
• 11:17 THAT ARE SO CONCERNED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THEM WRONG IN LIFE...
• 11:21 DECEITFUL LIPS,
• 11:23 THE MANIPULATORS,
• 11:24 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ABANDONED THEM ON ONE HAND,
• 11:27 DISAPPOINTED THEM ON THE OTHER...ALL OF THAT.
• 11:30 IT COULD BE THAT SOME OF THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.
• 11:34 THE STORIES OF SINNERS WANTING TO ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE AND EXPERIENCING HIS FORGIVENESS,
• 11:41 IT COULD BE THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THAT.
• 11:43 THERE'S STORIES IN THE PSALMS OF ASCENT ABOUT PRAYING FOR BLESSINGS IN FAMILIES,
• 11:49 IN MARRIAGES, WITH CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
• 11:54 AND IT COULD BE THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THAT.
• 11:58 WHEN YOU READ THE PSALMS THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
• 12:02 BECAUSE IT IS SO DOWN TO EARTH IN THE WAY THAT IT TALKS TO HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
• 12:09 AND NOW AS ONE HUMAN BEING TO ANOTHER IF YOU'LL PERMIT
• 12:15 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
• 12:21 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT FROM THIS PLACE.
• 12:24 IT SAYS IN THE PROPHETS THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD WILL COME FORTH FROM ZION.
• 12:30 AND HERE WITH JERUSALEM IN THE BACKGROUND
• 12:32 I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'M PRAYING AND HOPING IS THE WORD OF THE LORD FOR YOU.
• 12:37 AND THAT WORD IS THAT IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF RIGHT NOW,
• 12:43 YOU'RE NOT IN A PIT THAT'S SO LOW
• 12:45 WHERE GOD CAN'T HIMSELF CONDUCT A RESCUE OPERATION TO DELIVER YOU OUT OF IT.
• 12:52 YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S THE CASE
• 12:54 AS YOU FIND YOURSELF IN CIRCUMSTANCES
• 12:56 THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY UNABLE TO EXTRICATE YOURSELF FROM.
• 13:01 IF THE PSALMS OF ASCENT TELL ME ANYTHING,
• 13:04 THEY TELL ME THERE'S A GOOD GOD
• 13:06 AND PEOPLE ARE COMING TO WORSHIP THAT GOOD GOD JOYFULLY.
• 13:09 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE A NEW SONG IN YOUR MOUTH
• 13:13 AND YOU CAN BE PART OF THAT HAPPY THRONG
• 13:16 BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO DO WHAT THE PSALMIST SAYS...TO REPENT...
• 13:21 THE WORD"TESHUVA", "REPENT", MEANS TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS.
• 13:26 THAT MAY RESONATE WITH YOU...
• 13:27 THERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE.
• 13:30 THE PSALMIST TALKS ABOUT ENTERING INTO GOD'S SANCTUARY...
• 13:33 YOU MIGHT NEED TO FIND YOUR WAY TO ONE.
• 13:38 SOME OF US ARE WAY TOO ALONE
• 13:39 AND THAT SENSE OF ALIENATION ITSELF...HEAR ME ON THIS...
• 13:42 THAT SENSE OF ALIENATION ITSELF COULD WELL CONTRIBUTE
• 13:45 TO THE DEPRESSION THAT YOU MAY WELL BE FEELING.
• 13:49 YOU NEED TO REACH UP TO GOD...
• 13:51 YOU NEED TO REPENT OF SINS
• 13:54 IF THAT RESONATES WITH YOU RIGHT NOW YOU NEED TO DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SANCTUARY
• 14:01 LIKE THESE PSALMISTS ARE DOING.
• 14:03 IN FACT THESE SONGS WERE SUNG AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO CHURCH IF YOU WILL.
• 14:08 AND BY THE WAY, AS YOU ENTER INTO GOD'S PLACE
• 14:11 YOU'LL DISCOVER GOD AFRESH AS THE WORD OF THE LORD IS OPENED UP AS THE SONGS ARE SUNG...
• 14:17 MANY OF THESE PSALMS IN FACT.
• 14:19 BEYOND THAT YOU'LL DISCOVER OTHER LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE
• 14:23 AND WITH THEM...
• 14:24 AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME,
• 14:26 WITH THEM YOU CAN CONTINUE ALONG LIFE'S JOURNEY AS YOU GO ON YOUR PILGRIMAGE.
• 14:33 TRUTH IS WE'RE ALL MAKING A JOURNEY FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB
• 14:37 AND ITS HELPFUL TO BE SURROUNDED BY LIKE-MINDED TRAVELERS.
• 14:43 WELL I HOPE YOU'RE A LITTLE CHIDED BY THAT,
• 14:46 A LITTLE PRESSED BY THAT.
• 14:48 I'M NOT THE LEAST BIT AFRAID TO NUDGE YOU A LITTLE BIT
• 14:52 HOPING THAT IT'S THE LORD WHO IS NUDGING YOU SOME.
• 14:55 AS I SIGN OFF ON THE SERIES
• 14:57 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
• 14:58 AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF IT BY ALL MEANS ACQUIRE IT.
• 15:02 WHEN PEOPLE BUY THESE PROGRAMS IT HELPS US PAY OUR BILLS.
• 15:05 BEYOND THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS GO
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• 15:11 THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO MAKE MONEY
• 15:13 TO OFFER TO SELL IT TO YOU
• 15:14 AND THEN TELL YOU IT'S FREE
• 15:15 BUT HEY, LISTEN, BIBLICAL TRUTH,
• 15:16 WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A PRICE TAG ON IT
• 15:18 BUT WE DO NEED TO PAY OUR BILLS.
• 15:20 HEY, LISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING WITH US ON THE JOURNEY,\
• 15:23 FOR WATCHING ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 15:25 AND "THE PSALMS OF ASCENT" IN THIS CASE.
• 15:27 AS YOU GO NOW
• 15:28 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM,
• 15:30 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
• 15:43 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
• 15:47 ♪SHA' A' LU, SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 15:51 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
• 15:58 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE...♪
• 16:01 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 16:11 JEFF'S MESSAGE REALLY IS FOR EVERYONE.
• 16:14 AS FUNNY AS IT SOUNDS "FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB" WE DO NEED GOD
• 16:19 AND GOD IS WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR LIVES TO THE VERY END OF OUR LIVES.
• 16:24 IT IS FUNNY, "WOMB TO TOMB", THAT'S MY JEFF, I LOVE IT.
• 16:27 YOU KNOW PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME WHAT IS MY FAVORITE SITE WHEN I'M IN ISRAEL
• 16:31 AND I JUST KIND OF ALWAYS SAY "IT IS ISRAEL".
• 16:34 TRACIE, HOW ABOUT YOU?
• 16:35 I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCE IN ISRAEL
• 16:38 HAS TO BE GETTING BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
• 16:40 MY FIRST TRIP TO ISRAEL
• 16:41 AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CALL SAY
• 16:43 "DO YOU GET BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN?" AND I SAY "YES'
• 16:45 BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT THAT.
• 16:48 IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU MEET THE LORD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
• 16:50 IT'S A TRANSFORMATION THAT COMES OVER,
• 16:52 THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SAY
• 16:54 AND THEN REALLY MY FAVORITE SITE WOULD BE THE WESTERN WALL.
• 16:56 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE SPIRIT OF YESHUA IS SO STRONG THERE
• 16:59 BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER
• 17:01 EVERY SITE ALMOST SEEMS TO BECOME A FAVORITE SITE.
• 17:04 I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS AT THE DINNER TABLE
• 17:06 AND I USUALLY GO AROUND AND ASK PEOPLE, AND I KNOW YOU TOO,
• 17:09 "WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE SITE TODAY?
• 17:10 AND YOU KNOW THEY REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
• 17:12 AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE GO AND I ASK THE SAME PEOPLE
• 17:14 AND IT'S A DIFFERENT SITE.
• 17:16 AND FINALLY AT THE END THEY'RE SO OVERWHELMED
• 17:19 AND SO TAKEN BACK BY ISRAEL.
• 17:22 IT IS EXCITING TO SEE AS WE SAY,
• 17:24 "THOSE LIGHT BULBS COME ON".
• 17:25 THEY DO.
• 17:26 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR TOURS
• 17:28 IS WE REALLY DO CHRONICLE THE TOURS, WE HAVE PICTURES TAKEN
• 17:31 AND I THINK WE FORMAT OUR TOUR IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE.
• 17:34 OUR GUIDES, YOU KNOW, OUR HEAD GUIDE 2004,
• 17:38 "TOUR GUIDE OF THE YEAR" IN ISRAEL,
• 17:40 OUR PEOPLE ARE WELL EXPERIENCED,
• 17:43 WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO ISRAEL FOR 28 YEARS.
• 17:45 I THINK OUR TOUR RUNS VERY WELL
• 17:47 AND I WANT YOU KNOW FRIEND
• 17:48 THAT WE ONLY ADVERTISE TO
• 17:49 PEOPLE THAT WATCH THIS SHOW.
• 17:51 IT'S A FAMILY TOUR,
• 17:52 ONE OR TWO BUS TOUR.
• 17:53 PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE,
• 17:54 LEVITT.COM,
• 17:56 WE'D LOVE YOU TO COME WITH US.
• 17:58 WE DO...WE ARE A FAMILY... IT IS THE BEST TOUR IN THE WHOLE WORLD...I LOVE IT.
• 18:02 OUR OFFER TODAY, TONIGHT IS
• 18:05 "PSALMS OF ASCENT',
• 18:07 THE ENTIRE SERIES,
• 18:08 VIDEOS, DRAMAS, MARTY'S MUSIC.
• 18:11 I KNOW YOU'VE ENJOYED HIS MUSIC
• 18:12 AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET THIS VIDEO.
• 18:15 SPEAKING OF MARTY...
• 18:17 HERE'S MARTY AND HIS MUSIC "BENEDICTION".
• 18:33 ♪AND NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO♪
• 18:42 ♪TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE♪
• 18:50 ♪ALL WE CAN ASK,♪
• 18:54 ♪ALL WE CAN THINK♪
• 18:58 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY BE TO...♪
• 19:09 ♪YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO DO♪
• 19:16 ♪TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE♪
• 19:23 ♪ALL WE CAN HOPE,♪
• 19:27 ♪ALL WE CAN DREAM♪
• 19:31 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY♪
• 19:37 ♪BE TO YOU♪
• 19:55 ♪ALL WE CAN ASK,♪
• 19:59 ♪ALL WE CAN THINK♪
• 20:03 ♪ALL WE CAN HOPE♪
• 20:07 ♪OR DREAM♪
• 20:09 ♪ALL GLORY BE♪
• 20:12 ♪TO YOU...♪
• 20:20 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY BE♪
• 20:28 ♪TO YOU♪
• 20:45 AS LONG AS THERE IS HOPE THERE IS LIFE,
• 20:48 THERE IS HOPE FOR ALL OF US TO BELIEVE IN THE LORD.
• 20:51 YOU KNOW IT'S JUST NEVER TOO LATE MARTY.
• 20:52 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH
• 20:55 FOR BEING PART OF THIS SERIES ON THE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
• 20:57 I REALLY CAN SEE WHY THE PILGRIMS WOULD GO UP SINGING THESE PSALMS...
• 21:02 THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.
• 21:03 WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
• 21:05 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
• 21:06 OH IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL
• 21:07 I'VE ENJOYED OUR ANTIPHONAL PSALM SPEAKING.
• 21:10 AND ONCE AGAIN WE SHOULD SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS
• 21:14 WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID GOING UP TO JERUSALEM.
• 21:17 BUT IT WAS ENCOURAGING WASN'T IT?
• 21:18 CAN'T YOU JUST...
• 21:19 I STILL HAVE THIS PICTURE...
• 21:20 I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY REDUNDANT TO SAY
• 21:22 BUT I DO HAVE THE PICTURE OF THESE PILGRIMS GOING UP
• 21:25 AND HOLLERING BACK AT EACH OTHER "THE LORD"..."THE LORD"
• 21:29 I JUST THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE FOR US TO REMEMBER ALL THE TIME.
• 21:33 AND YOU ALWAYS SAY, "SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"
• 21:36 THAT'S PSALM 122
• 21:37 PSALM 122, ITS RIGHT IN THERE.
• 21:40 "I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID TO ME"
• 21:41 "LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD"
• 21:44 AND I WAS THINKING HOW WE'RE ALL...
• 21:47 I LOST MY PLACE HERE BUT I'LL FIND IT...
• 21:49 IN ZECHARIAH 14... YOU KNOW IT SAYS
• 22:04 WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FEASTS,
• 22:06 THE PILGRIM'S FEASTS THAT THEY WENT UP TO JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE.
• 22:18 SO IF YOU WANT RAIN YOU GOT TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM.
• 22:20 YOU GOT TO GO..YEAH "THE TABERNACLE'S" IS ABOUT RAIN...
• 22:22 IT BEGINS THE RAINY SEASON RIGHT AFTER THAT.
• 22:24 EXACTLY AND THEY WENT UP FOR PASSOVER
• 22:26 AND THEY WENT UP FOR PENTECOST OR WHAT WE CALL "SHAVUOT".
• 22:29 "SHAVUOT" >>RIGHT
• 22:31 AND IT JUST OCCURS TO ME THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS,
• 22:35 IT'S ALL ABOUT MUSIC, THEY DOWNLOAD MUSIC ON THEIR IPOD. >>YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT
• 22:39 MY DAUGHTER'S 20 YEARS OLD
• 22:42 AND SHE'S ALWAYS HAS MUSIC GOING.
• 22:45 AND THIS WAS THE MUSIC OF THEIR DAY.
• 22:47 THIS WAS THE MUSIC OF THEIR LIFE.
• 22:49 ABSOLUTELY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE CDS AND DVDS OR BOOM BOXES, THEY JUST...
• 22:53 NO, AND THEY WENT UP SINGING.
• 22:56 AND IT OCCURS TO ME
• 22:58 THAT JUST AS PEOPLE HAVE MUSIC THAT IS KIND OF EACH STEP OF THEIR LIFE.
• 23:03 YOU REMEMBER STEPS IN YOUR LIFE,
• 23:05 YOU REMEMBER PERIODS AND SEASONS.
• 23:07 THESE WERE WHAT THEY CALL "MOADIM"
• 23:09 MOADIM WERE THE FESTIVALS OR THE TIMES OF APPOINTMENT.
• 23:15 AND IT OCCURS TO ME THE SCRIPTURES SAYS
• 23:17 THAT "IT'S APPOINTED FOR EVERY MAN ONCE TO DIE AND AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT."
• 23:23 AND IT JUST OCCURS TO ME
• 23:24 THAT PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT
• 23:26 LIKE IN THEIR LIFE... WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
• 23:28 THE BELIEVERS ARE PEOPLE SET ON PILGRIMAGE... IT ALWAYS SAYS THAT.
• 23:33 AND ESPECIALLY WE JEWISH BELIEVERS ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT
• 23:37 THAT EVERYTHING IS MOVING TOWARDS ISRAEL ...TOWARDS JERUSALEM.
• 23:41 I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY READ THESE PSALMS
• 23:44 NOT ONLY WHAT IT CAN MEAN TO THEM PERSONALLY
• 23:46 BUT ALSO WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM AS A PEOPLE. >>I AGREE
• 23:50 ARE THEY MOVING SOMEWHERE?
• 23:52 ARE THEY HEADING TOWARD THEIR TIME OF APPOINTMENT?
• 23:54 RIGHT AND IF WE'RE BELIEVERS
• 23:55 WE STILL NEED TO BE SERVING GOD,
• 23:58 WE NEED TO BE DOING OUR PRAYERS,
• 24:00 WE NEED TO BE ACTIVELY MOVING TOWARD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
• 24:05 IF WE'RE NOT BELIEVING THEN WE REALLY KIND OF NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT I THINK
• 24:10 AND LOOK INTO OUR HEARTS AND JUST SAY "LORD, JUST SHOW ME"...REAL SIMPLE... NOTHING REALLY HARD.
• 24:16 AND I LOVE THESE PSALMS,
• 24:18 THEY REALLY DO HAVE EVERYTHING...REDEMPTION ...THEY'VE GOT PEACE...
• 24:21 THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BULLIED...
• 24:23 GOD TAKES CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
• 24:25 THE PSALMS 120 THROUGH 134...
• 24:28 VERY GOOD INFORMATION FOR US IN OUR LIVES.
• 24:33 AND THAT 134,
• 24:34 THAT'S KIND OF THE GRAND FINALE...
• 24:49 AND THAT IS THE ULTIMATE THING
• 24:51 IS YESHUA WILL RETURN TO ZION AND BLESS THE WORLD...
• 24:55 BLESS THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.
• 24:56 BUT ALSO RIGHT BEFORE THAT,
• 24:57 PSALM 133 IS SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.
• 25:06 AND WE WILL. >>YEAH AND OUR CAUSE IN THESE DAYS IS
• 25:08 TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER...
• 25:09 JEW...GENTILE...
• 25:10 MALE...FEMALE...
• 25:11 ALL OF US...
• 25:12 YOUNGER...OLDER...
• 25:13 ONE BODY SERVING THE LORD UNTIL HE RETURNS.
• 25:16 BRETHREN SERVING THE LORD
• 25:17 ISN'T THAT THE PICTURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PRODUCE?
• 25:21 IS SERVING THE LORD >>MMM-HMMM..AMEN
• 25:23 SO IF YOU HAVE ONE THING TO SAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT PSALMS 120 - 134
• 25:26 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
• 25:27 WELL I WOULD SAY...
• 25:29 IT'S A BIT REDUNDANT ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID BUT I'LL REPEAT IT.
• 25:32 ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY SOMEWHERE?
• 25:34 YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY THESE PSALMS REMIND US
• 25:38 THAT THEY COVER SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE...♪
• 25:43 DISTRESS... CALLING TO THE LORD... >>YES... YES
• 25:45 ARE YOU LIFTING UP YOUR EYES TO THE LORD?
• 25:47 DO YOU HAVE A HEART FOR GOD'S HOUSE?
• 25:49 DO YOU HAVE A HEART FOR GOD'S PEOPLE?
• 25:51 ARE YOU REMEMBERING TO PRAY THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM?
• 25:55 AND ARE YOU REMEMBERING THAT YOUR HOUSE IS BUILT ON THE LORD
• 25:58 UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE
• 26:00 THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILD IT?
• 26:02 AND SO IT REMINDS US TO KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON HIM.
• 26:05 THANK YOU MARTY, I'VE LOVED IT...
• 26:07 I HOPE WE DO IT AGAIN.
• 26:08 THANK YOU >>LET'S DO IT AGAIN
• 26:10 YOU HEARD HIM...
• 26:11 GET IN TUNE WITH GOD...
• 26:12 GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
• 26:14 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING US.
• 26:15 I ALSO PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY.
• 26:19 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
• 26:21 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
• 26:23 BOTH FINANCIALLY AND ANY WAY YOU CAN COME TO ISRAEL WITH US
• 26:27 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
• 26:28 WE DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF COMMERCIALS.
• 26:30 WE DON'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF ADS.
• 26:32 WE CAN'T MAKE THESE PROGRAMS UNLESS YOU SEND US.
• 26:35 GOD BLESS YOU,
• 26:37 STAY WITH US WE'VE GOT MORE EXCITING THINGS COMING ON ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 26:42 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:44 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM