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Episode: “A New Season of Ministry”

Sandra interviews Myles and Katharine Weiss who provide the on-location teaching for the upcoming series on Ruth. Senior Theologian Dr. Tom McCall reviews the history of Zola Levitt Ministries. Tracie Robbins talks about upcoming tours to Israel.

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Caption transcript for “A New Season of Ministry”

00:16 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:23 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.
00:44 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
00:46 I'M SANDRA AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
00:49 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SEASONS
00:51 AND HOW GOD USES US FOR A SEASON.
00:54 LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO MEET MYLES AND KATHARINE WEISS
00:57 AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RUTH.
00:59 RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY GOOD FRIEND DR. TOM MCCALL.
01:03 YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO THE MINISTRY.
01:05 AND RAHAB IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU AND ZOLA DID TOGETHER.
01:08 YES IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
01:10 TO BE BACK HERE
01:11 WITH YOU SANDRA
01:12 AND... YES,
01:13 RAHAB FEATURES VERY PROMINENTLY
01:15 IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERICHO
01:19 WHEN THE ISRAELITES FIRST TOOK OVER THE LAND BACK 1500 B.C.
01:26 THEREABOUTS.
01:27 AND HERE WE HAVE THE STATEMENT OF RAHAB...
01:31 SHE WAS A WOMAN OF FAITH;
01:33 SHE HAD GIVEN REFUGE
01:34 TO THE SPIES SENT OUT FROM JOSHUA.
01:37 BUT A GENTILE >>AND A GENTILE
01:39 THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING >>A JERICHO-ITE
01:41 YEAH... RUTH AND RAHAB...
01:42 GENTILE WOMEN...
01:43 WONDERFUL WOMEN OF FAITH.
01:45 BUT SHE HAD FAITH...
01:47 SHE HAD FAITH IN THE GOD OF ISRAEL.
01:48 SHE SAYS THAT "I KNOW THAT THE LORD, YAHWEH,"
01:51 "THE LORD HAS GIVEN THIS LAND TO YOU"
01:53 "AND THAT A GREAT FEAR OF YOU HAS FALLEN ON US"
01:57 "SO THAT ALL WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY ARE MELTING IN FEAR BECAUSE OF YOU."
02:02 "WE HAVE HEARD HOW THE LORD DRIED UP THE WATER OF THE RED SEA"...
02:07 AND SHE GOES ON AND ON RECOUNTING THE GREAT VICTORIES
02:10 THAT THE LORD HAD GIVEN ISRAEL
02:13 AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE HEADED FOR JERICHO.
02:16 BUT SHE BELIEVED THE LORD
02:18 AND THE LORD DID SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR HER
02:21 AND SPARED HER FAMILY WHEN THE WALLS OF JERICHO FELL
02:26 AND SHE MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY OF ISRAEL...
02:32 SALMON WAS HIS NAME
02:34 AND THEIR SON WAS BOAZ, IN THE BOOK OF RUTH.
02:40 BOAZ...WHICH TIES RIGHT IN WITH THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO DO ON RUTH.
02:43 AND BOAZ BECAME THE HUSBAND OF RUTH AND WHO WAS ALSO A GENTILE.
02:47 BUT KEEP GOING WITH THAT...
02:48 KEEP GOING WITH THE GENEALOGY.
02:50 WELL THEN FROM THERE
02:52 WE FIND THAT THE DESCENDENT OF BOAZ AND RUTH WAS NONE OTHER THAN DAVID.
03:00 THEN KING DAVID >>THE KING
03:01 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
03:04 IN FACT, THAT'S ALL GIVEN IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE BOOK OF RUTH...
03:09 THAT'S WONDERFUL
03:10 THE GENEALOGY...
03:11 IT IS...IT REALLY IS
03:12 FROM PEREZ, THE SON OF JUDAH DOWN TO DAVID THE KING.
03:16 I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE OLD VIDEOS, THE OLD TAPES OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM NOW
03:22 OF YOU AND ZOLA OUT TEACHING ALL AROUND ISRAEL.
03:25 ONE OF THE PLACES WAS JERICHO.
03:27 YEAH THAT'S TRUE.
03:28 AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME WE WERE THERE.
03:31 THAT IS TRUE WE ARE AS WE SAY,
03:33 "FOR SUCH A SEASON AS THIS"
03:35 WE ALL HAVE OUR SEASONS
03:37 AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR KATHARINE AND MYLES
03:40 AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE MINISTRY.
03:43 GREAT...IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU SANDRA.
03:45 YEAH...LETS GO TO JERICHO AND SEE TOM.
03:49 SHE IS IN THE MOST WONDERFUL, GENEALOGICAL LINE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
03:54 WHAT A BLESSING GOD GAVE TO RAHAB.
03:57 AND THE PARALLELS THAT WE COULD DRAW ARE REALLY VERY OBVIOUS.
04:03 THERE NEED TO BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE RAHAB
04:06 AND WE SHOULD BELIEVE LIKE RAHAB DID
04:11 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THE LAND TO THEM
04:13 AND WE SHOULD DO
04:14 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM.
04:15 THIS PARADE OF PILGRIMS
04:17 ARRIVING IN THESE BUSES,
04:19 PULLING UP TO THESE
04:20 ANCIENT SITES ALL DAY LONG
04:23 SHOULD ALWAYS STAND BEHIND ISRAEL.
04:25 IT'S A SAD THING BECAUSE IN SOME QUARTERS TODAY,
04:28 EVEN IN SOME SEMINARIES
04:30 THERE ARE PEOPLE PULLING AWAY FROM THE IDEA OF ISRAEL BEING A FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
04:34 THAT'S SIMPLY NOT BIBLICAL
04:35 AND IT'S EASY WHEN YOU COME HERE TO SEE THAT.
05:01 IT IS INTERESTING HOW GOD USES US ALL, EVERY ONE OF US,
05:06 JEWS AND GENTILE TO FURTHER HIS KINGDOM.
05:09 IT ALWAYS GETS ME EXCITED WHEN I HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE KNOWING WHERE GOD WANTS THEM TO GO.
05:15 TOM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEASONS AND CHANGES
05:18 AND YOU KNOW ZOLA WAS FOR A SEASON
05:21 AND NOW MYLES AND KATHARINE ARE HERE.
05:22 THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RUTH.
05:24 WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS WITH THIS MINISTRY.
05:26 OH I KNOW THAT'S TRUE.
05:28 I LOOK BACK AT THE TIMES THAT ZOLA AND I HAVE SPENT
05:31 OVER IN ISRAEL AND THE PLACES THAT WE WENT...JERICHO...
05:36 AND JERUSALEM...
05:38 AND ALL OVER ISRAEL...
05:39 IN GALILEE WHICH HE LOVED SO MUCH...
05:42 CAESAREA...
05:44 EVERYTHING WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING WITH ZOLA ON ALL THOSE TRIPS.
05:49 AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
05:52 WE SEE THAT THE MINISTRY IS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON ISRAEL.
05:57 YEAH...THE VISION IS THE SAME ISN'T IT?
05:59 AND JEWISH ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY
06:00 AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THIS MINISTRY IS FAMOUS FOR.
06:02 AND NOW, HAVING MET MYLES AND KATHARINE
06:07 I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE LORD IS REALLY BLESSING THIS
06:12 AND IS GOING TO MOVE THE MINISTRY RIGHT ALONG
06:15 AND IT WILL BE A BLESSING TO THE PEOPLE.
06:20 JEWS AND GENTILES >>JEWS AND GENTILES
06:22 ISN'T IT GREAT?
06:23 HE IS JEWISH... MESSIANIC...
06:25 AND SHE IS GENTILE...
06:26 THE STORY OF RUTH RIGHT THERE IN A NUTSHELL.
06:27 IT'S A GREAT TEAM AND YES IT'S THEIR OWN STORY OF RUTH TOGETHER
06:32 AND HOW GOD BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
06:34 BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
06:37 AND THE LORD'S WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE
06:40 RIGHT HERE IN THE ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRY.
06:42 I BELIEVE IN MY HEART...
06:44 EVERYONE HAS A SEASON
06:45 AND IT HAS A LENGTH
06:47 AND WE JUST NEED TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO WHEN HE WANTS US TO DO IT
06:50 AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF ALL THE REST.
06:51 ABSOLUTELY
06:53 BACK AFTER THIS.
06:58 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
07:02 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
07:04 "THE LEVITT LETTER".
07:05 WHEN YOU CALL BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE
07:08 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
07:12 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
07:13 "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES"
07:16 INCLUDES READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDS, AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
07:20 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
07:24 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
07:27 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
07:43 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
07:46 ♪SHA' A' LU, SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
07:50 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
07:57 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE...♪
08:00 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
08:11 ISRAEL IS ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
08:15 YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW FAMILY,
08:17 WE'VE GOT NEW FAMILY WITH MYLES AND KATHARINE...
08:19 THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY.
08:20 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW FRIENDS AND NEW FAMILIES IN ISRAEL.
08:23 WE ARE
08:24 AND I'M JUST SO DELIGHTED
08:25 TO HAVE MYLES AND KATHARINE.
08:26 THEIR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE,
08:27 JUST THROUGH THEIR MARRIAGE...
08:29 THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED 25 YEARS...THEY HAVE CO-LABORED IN MINISTRY
08:32 DOING COUNSELING, LED MANY TOURS TO ISRAEL IN THE PAST.
08:35 PASTOR TOURS...LOVE IT >>YES ABSOLUTELY
08:38 THEY HAVE BEEN GUIDES, THEY HAVE BEEN PASTORS,
08:41 THEY REALLY KNOW THE HEART OF ISRAEL
08:43 AND TO HAVE THEM ON TOUR IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE.
08:45 IT IS A WONDERFUL BLESSING.
08:46 AND WE DO BECOME FAMILY ON THE TOURS...
08:49 WE LOOK OUT AFTER EACH OTHER...
08:51 WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER...
08:52 WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
08:55 WE DO AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO ISRAEL.
09:00 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU COME WITH US TO ISRAEL
09:02 YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
09:05 AND TO BE ON A TOUR WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE
09:08 WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BROADCAST WITH YOU...
09:10 SANDRA JUST THE PRIVILEGE OF THIS BROADCAST BEING ON 30 PLUS YEARS...
09:13 BUT ON TOUR WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WATCH THE SHOW,
09:16 THAT READ THE NEWSLETTER,
09:18 AND WE TRULY DO GEL TOGETHER.
09:20 WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WAILING WALL,
09:21 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE JORDAN RIVER,
09:23 WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE...
09:25 WE WANT YOU TO COME WITH US FRIEND.
09:26 GO TO LEVITT.COM
09:28 CLICK ON TOURS
09:30 I DO ENCOURAGE YOU
09:31 TO REGISTER EARLY
09:32 CAUSE WE DO SELL OUT ABOUT
09:33 3 OR 4 MONTHS IN ADVANCE
09:34 SO CALL MEIN THE OFFICE
09:36 1-800-WONDERS
09:37 AND I WOULD LOVE TO
09:38 TALK WITH YOU PERSONALLY.
09:39 WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE SERIES ON RUTH. >>YES
09:41 HOW AMAZING...RUTH WENT BACK TO ISRAEL...
09:44 WAS NOT FROM ISRAEL...
09:46 AND WENT TO ISRAEL...
09:48 THE LAND THAT SHE NOW SAID, "YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD".
09:51 THAT'S RIGHT
09:52 I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING.
09:54 IT IS ENCOURAGING AND PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT...
09:56 THEY'LL FEEL THAT SPIRIT OVER THERE
09:58 AND WE WANT YOU TO COME WITH US.
09:59 ABSOLUTELY, YOU NEED TO COME NOW...
10:01 IT'S A WONDERFUL TRIP!
10:03 I ALSO WANT YOU TO GET
10:04 THE LEVITT LETTER.
10:05 THIS IS FULL OF INFORMATION
10:06 ABOUT ISRAEL...
10:07 IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION
10:08 ABOUT THE TOUR...
10:10 GREAT ARTICLES...GREAT ARTICLES
10:12 I GET IT IN THE MAIL
10:14 AND I THINK
10:15 "I'M JUST GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF PAGES"
10:17 AND I SIT DOWN
10:18 AND I READ THE WHOLE THING.
10:19 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT.
10:20 YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS
10:21 "PSALMS OF ASCENT"
10:22 AND EVERYONE HAS COMMENTED
10:24 HOW WONDERFUL MARTY GOETZ IS.
10:26 WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MARTY GOETZ' MUSIC.
10:29 HERE'S MARTY AND THE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
10:31 HERE IS HIS MUSIC
10:37 ♪MY SOUL WAIT THOUGH ONLY,♪
10:42 ♪ONLY UPON GOD♪
10:45 ♪FOR FROM HIM IS MY EXPECTATION♪
10:52 ♪MY SOUL WAIT THOUGH ONLY,♪
10:56 ♪ONLY UPON GOD♪
10:59 ♪FOR FROM HIM IS MY EXPECTATION♪
11:12 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
11:14 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
11:19 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
11:21 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
11:26 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
11:28 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
11:32 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
11:34 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
11:44 ♪MY MESSIAH ONLY,♪
11:47 ♪HE ONLY IS MY ROCK♪
11:50 ♪HE'S THE HORN OF MY SALVATION♪
11:58 ♪MY LORD YESHUA ONLY♪
12:01 ♪HE ONLY IS MY ROCK♪
12:04 ♪HE IS THE HORN OF MY SALVATION♪
12:17 ♪OH... HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
12:19 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
12:23 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
12:26 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
12:30 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
12:33 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
12:37 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
12:39 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
12:49 ♪SH'MA YISRAEL ADONAI ELOHENU♪
12:57 ♪ADONAI, ADONAI ECHAD♪
13:07 ♪BARUCH SHEM K'VOD MALCHUTO♪
13:14 ♪L'OLAM OLAM VAED♪
13:27 ♪HE... IS... MY DEFENSE♪
13:31 ♪AND I SHALL NOT...BE...MOVED♪
13:36 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
13:38 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
13:45 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
13:47 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
13:51 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
13:53 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
13:56 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
14:00 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
14:04 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
14:06 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
14:09 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
14:12 ♪NO... I SHALL NOT...♪
14:15 ♪BE... MOVED♪
14:31 WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME MAKING THE "PSALMS OF ASCENT".
14:34 THAT WAS MARTY GOETZ AND HIS MUSIC AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
14:37 WE'RE NOW GETTING READY TO DO THE RUTH SERIES WITH MYLES AND KATHARINE WEISS.
14:42 WELCOME...I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
14:44 I LOVE THE RUTH STORY.
14:45 IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE STORY
14:47 AND YET IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED IF YOU REALLY START STUDYING IT.
14:51 IT'S REALLY TRUE.
14:52 IT'S AN AMAZING STORY
14:53 THAT STANDS ALONE AS
14:54 A WORK OF LITERATURE.
14:56 BUT IT IS AN AMAZING LOVE STORY ON SO MANY LEVELS.
14:59 SO GIVE ME A LEVEL.
15:00 OKAY... THE FIRST LEVEL IS THE STORY OF RUTH AND NAOMI,
15:04 THE LOVE STORY OF A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND A MOTHER-IN-LAW.
15:08 THAT HAS A LOT OF PERSONAL MEANING FOR US
15:10 BECAUSE MY MOM BECAME A BELIEVER.
15:12 MY JEWISH MOTHER BECAME A BELIEVER BEFORE SHE WENT TO HEAVEN
15:15 AND THE END OF HER LIFE THE FACE THAT SHE RECOGNIZED WAS MY WIFE.
15:19 OH HOW TOUCHING.
15:20 HER GENTILE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
15:22 SO WE HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THIS.
15:23 BUT IT WASN'T AS TOUCHING
15:26 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
15:27 BECAUSE AT FIRST
15:28 I WAS AN ASSAULT BEING A GENTILE
15:30 AND SO I HAD TO DRAW ON GOD'S LOVE
15:33 JUST LIKE RUTH DID
15:35 TO BRING NAOMI BACK INTO THE HOUSE OF BREAD
15:37 AND BRING HER BACK OUT OF HER BITTERNESS AND DRAW HER OUT.
15:41 SO WITH HANNAH I HAD TO DRAW ON THE LOVE OF GOD.
15:44 OH AND HANNAH IS SUCH A WONDERFUL NAME... I LOVE THE NAME.
15:47 AND I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THAT IT REALLY TAKES PLACE IN BETHLEHEM, HOUSE OF BREAD,
15:52 THEY'RE IN A FAMINE,
15:53 THEY LEAVE AND EVERYTHING GOES WRONG THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. >>YES
15:57 AND YET THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN SAYS,
15:59 "I'M GOING BACK WITH YOU".
16:01 RIGHT... "I WANT TO BE WITH YOU."
16:03 AND IT'S A REAL PICTURE FOR TODAY.
16:04 THE OTHER LEVELS OF THE LOVE STORY...
16:06 ONE OF COURSE IS THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN RUTH AND BOAZ
16:08 WHICH IS FULL OF PROPHETIC MESSIANIC UNFOLDING
16:12 BECAUSE RUTH THEN IS GRAFTED IN TO THE LINE OF JESUS.
16:15 AND IT'S AN AMAZING STORY OF HOW GOD OVERLOOKS THE CURSE ON THE MOABITES
16:20 AND GRAFTS IN A MOABITE WOMAN.
16:22 I'LL TEACH ABOUT THAT.
16:24 WELL THAT'S INTERESTING... THAT'S EXCITING.
16:25 AND THE OTHER PART THAT'S INCREDIBLE
16:27 IS THE STORY OF THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN GOD AND HIS JEWISH PEOPLE...
16:30 HOW HE PROMISED US THAT WE WOULD FIND THE HOUSE OF BREAD.
16:34 HE PROMISED US THE LAND,
16:35 HE PROMISED US THAT HE WOULD ME US IN THE LAND
16:38 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT UNFOLD TODAY.
16:39 AND HE FEEDS US.
16:41 I MEAN THE SYMBOLISMS AND THE INS AND THE OUTS.
16:45 IT DOESN'T GET A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THAT.
16:47 AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THE BOOK OF RUTH IS TRADITIONALLY READ AT SHAVUOT...
16:50 WHAT THE CHRISTIANS CALL "PENTECOST".
16:52 THAT'S RIGHT...THAT'S RIGHT
16:54 IT'S THE TRADITIONAL BOOK THAT'S READ IN ORDER TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HARVEST AND THE FIRST FRUITS
16:57 AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN PROVIDING FOR US
17:00 AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN HIS PROMISES
17:02 AND THE FACT THAT HE'S A PROMISE KEEPER.
17:04 AND THE HARVEST... THE HARVEST TIME
17:05 THE HARVEST
17:07 GOD USES EVERYTHING...
17:08 THE SEASONS...
17:09 HE USES TOOLS...
17:10 HE USES EVERYTHING TO TEACH ABOUT HIS GOODNESS. IT DOES EXCITE ME.
17:15 RIGHT AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER TEACHINGS IN THERE
17:18 ABOUT THE THRESHING FLOOR AND WHAT THE MEANING OF THAT IS.
17:21 I BELIEVE OUR GUIDE ARIE BAR DAVID IS GOING TO TEACH ABOUT
17:24 THE TOOLS OF THE TIMES OF THE BIBLE
17:26 AND HE'S GOING TO TEACH ABOUT THE THRESHING FLOOR
17:29 AND THE TOOLS THAT ARE THERE.
17:31 AND THEN I'M GOING TO ADD IN SOMETHING ABOUT THE THRESHING OF THE NATIONS.
17:33 OH...INTERESTING >>AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.
17:35 THRESHING OF THE NATIONS >>YES
17:37 SEE MY MIND'S ALREADY GOING...IT'S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT.
17:40 WELL WE'RE IN THAT SEASON RIGHT NOW
17:42 WHERE THE NATIONS ARE BEING WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
17:44 AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL.
17:46 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING THE NATIONS THAT HAVE CURSED ISRAEL NO LONGER EXIST...
17:51 THEY DISAPPEARED
17:52 IT'S A REAL TELL FOR US TO BUTTON DOWN OUR HATCHES AND GET THINGS GOING.
17:58 ALRIGHT SO WHAT DOES RUTH MEAN TO YOU?
18:01 RUTH MEANS TO ME ABOUT COVENANT LOVE
18:04 COVENANT LOVE
18:05 COVENANT LOVE...
18:06 GENTILE AND JEW WALKING TOGETHER IN COVENANT LOVE.
18:09 AND IT ALSO MEANS TO ME THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL
18:12 WHEN YOU FACE SOME OF THE MOST ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
18:15 I MEAN HERE NAOMI, SHE FACED LOSING HER HUSBAND, LOSING HER TWO BOYS...
18:19 LOSING HER SONS, I WOULD JUST...
18:21 AND BEING IN A FOREIGN LAND
18:23 AND THEN KNOWING THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TWO WOMEN...
18:27 SO SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
18:28 AT FIRST SHE SAID "COME WITH ME"
18:30 BUT THEN HALF WAY HOME SHE'S LIKE
18:31 "I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU",
18:35 "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO... HAVE ANOTHER CHILD?"
18:37 SO RIGHT THERE WAS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN...
18:39 AND ORPAH CHOSE TO GO BACK
18:42 BUT RUTH SAW SOMETHING IN NAOMI
18:44 AND SOMETHING IN NAOMI'S LIFE WAS COMMUNICATED FOR HER TO SAY
18:48 "NO...WHERE YOU GO I WILL GO..."
18:50 "WHERE YOU LODGE I WILL LODGE"
18:51 "YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE".
18:53 THE MOST FAMOUS WORDS
18:55 I THINK IN THE WHOLE
18:56 OLD TESTAMENT.
18:57 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
18:59 I LOVE IT
19:00 BUT SHE WAS LAYING HOLD OF THAT COVENANT FOR HERSELF.
19:03 AND IN THAT LOVE I THINK SOMETHING...
19:06 I KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENED FOR NAOMI.
19:08 SO IT MEANS TO ME COVENANT LOVE...
19:10 WALKING TOGETHER...
19:11 GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES...
19:13 BEING FAITHFUL TO GOD. YEAH...YEAH
19:15 AND HE WILL WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
19:16 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING HOW SHE "SAW" IN NAOMI.
19:20 YES >>I LOVE THAT POINT.
19:21 THEY NEED TO SEE SOMETHING IN US.
19:23 PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THAT WE'RE BELIEVERS.
19:26 WE NEED TO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN HEATHENS.
19:28 WE REALLY DO.
19:29 YES WE DO.
19:30 AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS
19:32 THAT RUTH WAS WILLING TO SEE IN NAOMI SOMETHING
19:34 THAT NOW TODAY THE CHURCH IS FINALLY SEEING IN THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
19:38 THAT WE HAVE A COVENANT TOGETHER,
19:41 THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS INTENDED US TO SHARE A DESTINY.
19:44 AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT EVEN TODAY
19:47 WHEN WE BRING BELIEVERS TO ISRAEL.
19:48 WHEN THE GENTILE BELIEVERS WALK DOWN THE STREET
19:51 THE JEWISH PEOPLE LINE UP THE STREETS...
19:52 "THE 'NATSARIM" ARE HERE"
19:54 "THE SHOOTS ARE HERE."
19:55 THOSE THAT HAVE GROWN UP FROM AROUND THE OLIVE TREE
19:58 WHICH IS ALSO THE WORD JEREMIAH USES
19:59 FOR "THE WATCHMEN ON THE WALLS".
20:01 THE WATCHMEN ARE HERE,
20:03 THOSE THAT GOD INTENDED TO STAND WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE HERE.
20:06 AND YOU CAN TELL WHOSTANDS FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. >>YES
20:09 I MEAN YOU REALLY CAN WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETS IN ISRAEL
20:11 YOU KNOW WHO'S FOR ISRAEL.
20:13 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEELING, ITS AND INCREDIBLE...
20:17 I'M SO PROUD OF BELIEVERS WHEN THEY GO TO ISRAEL AND THEIR LITTLE EYES OPEN
20:21 AND THEY'RE LIKE "OH THIS IS GREAT!"
20:23 "THIS IS MY JEWISH ROOTS"
20:25 AND "DO YOU MEAN THAT THE SYNAGOGUE COMES FROM HERE AND THE TEACHINGS?" >>EXACTLY
20:28 AND THEN HERE'S RUTH...
20:30 THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF SO MANY LEVELS OF US.
20:34 WHAT A PICTURE OF RESTORATION TOO.
20:36 RUTH AS A MOABITESS,
20:37 SHE WAS A DESCENDANT OF LOT. >>RIGHT
20:39 THERE WAS A TURNING AWAY AND THERE WAS A CURSE AND THERE WAS DIFFICULTY
20:43 AND SHE OVERCAME THAT.
20:44 GOD CHOSE HER TO OVERCOME THAT TURNING AWAY
20:47 TO TURN HER BACK AND GRAFT HER IN TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL
20:51 LIKE EPHESIANS SPEAKS OF.
20:52 RIGHT AND TOOK THE WORST OF THE WORST...
20:54 THE WORST MOABITES...
20:56 THEY HATED EACH OTHER
20:58 AND YET THIS GENTLE WOMAN...
20:59 THE LINEAGE OF KING DAVID...RAAAHHH!
21:02 GOD IS SO GOOD...
21:04 HE IS SO GOOD.
21:06 AND YOU KNOW ALSO IN GENESIS CHAPTER 12 IT TALKS ABOUT
21:08 "IF YOU BLESS MY PEOPLE I WILL BLESS YOU."
21:10 AND I REALLY SEE THIS IN THE LIFE OF RUTH
21:12 THAT SHE WAS BLESSING GOD'S PEOPLE AND GOD BLESSED HER.
21:16 YOU KNOW HE TOOK HER FROM POVERTY TO BLESSING.
21:19 AND HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT AS WE STAND WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE
21:23 WE WILL BE BLESSED NOT ONLY HERE ON THIS EARTH BUT IN HEAVEN.
21:26 BLESSED...BLESSED
21:27 BUT YOU ARE BLESSED.
21:28 I CAN REMEMBER REALLY FINDING OUT ABOUT ISRAEL AND THINGS
21:30 AND SOMEHOW MY LIFE WAS JUST MUCH RICHER...
21:33 JUST MUCH, MUCH, MUCH RICHER.
21:35 IT'S A BLESSING... RUTH IS GOOD.
21:38 AND THEN NAOMI TOLD HER... SHE TAUGHT HER
21:40 HOW TO APPROACH CERTAIN CUSTOMS AND CERTAIN WAYS OF THE TORAH
21:44 TO GO HIDE AND LAY HOLD OF HER INHERITANCE.
21:47 AND RUTH DID NOT QUESTION HER. >>RIGHT
21:49 DID NOT QUESTION HER
21:50 SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT HER MOTHER-IN-LAW TOLD HER TO DO.
21:53 I KNOW THERE ARE JOKES IN THERE THAT TO ME HAS BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS.
21:56 BUT WHAT A PICTURE OF LOVING YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW AND LISTENING AND OBEYING.
22:02 I THOUGHT... IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
22:04 IT REALLY IS A PICTURE OF OVERCOMING LOVE... THE POWER OF LOVE.
22:08 AND WE'RE JUST THRILLED THAT WE GET TO TEACH IT IN THE LAND
22:11 IN THE LAND...OH YEAH
22:13 AND SHARE WITH THE PARTNERS OF ZOLA'S MINISTRY
22:15 WELL I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VISIONS.
22:19 ZOLA BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW THOSE JEWISH ROOTS,
22:21 NOT JUST THE SEVEN FEASTS,
22:23 THIS IS GOOD...THIS IS OLD TESTAMENT THAT CAN REALLY SEGWAY INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
22:27 EXACTLY
22:28 SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT MINISTRY FOR ALL OF US
22:30 TO LOOK AT THE SEASONS AS WE'RE SO LOVINGLY SAYING.
22:33 BUT IT'S TRUE... THERE ARE SEASONS.
22:35 AND HERE'S THIS SEASON OF HARVEST,
22:37 HERE'S THE SEASON OF REAPING,
22:39 HERE'S THE SEASON OF PLANTING...
22:40 AND YOU SEE IT ALL IN THIS WHAT?... FOUR CHAPTERS.
22:43 EXACTLY
22:44 FOUR CHAPTERS
22:45 IT'S INCREDIBLE
22:47 IT IS AN AMAZING BOOK.
22:48 IT'S SO FULL AND TO SEE IT TAUGHT IN THE LAND,
22:52 TO SEE IT CONNECTED TO THE LAND,
22:54 TO THE IMPLEMENTS, THE AGRICULTURE,
22:55 THE SEASONS, THE PEOPLE...
22:57 IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A RICH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VIEWERS,
23:00 IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN.
23:01 IT IS...I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER DONE RUTH...
23:04 I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY HAVE TOUCHED ON IT
23:06 BUT TO REALLY GO INTO THE DEPTH OF RUTH
23:08 I THINK EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
23:11 AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION
23:13 WHEN WE WERE CALLED TO DO THIS WITH YOU
23:15 IS THAT IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE
23:17 WE HAPPEN TO BE SHOWING UP BY GOD'S PROVIDENCE
23:21 EXACTLY WHEN THE BOOK OF RUTH IS BEING TAUGHT.
23:23 AND JUST AS RUTH "HAPPENED ON THE FIELD"...
23:25 "HAPPENED ON THE FIELD" THAT BOAZ WAS. >>YEAH
23:29 NO COINCIDENCE
23:30 THAT THING IS HAPPENING.
23:32 I LOVE GOD, HE IS JUST AMAZING.
23:33 YOU MENTIONED ARIE BAR DAVID,
23:36 HE IS GOING TO DO SOME COMMENTARY ON THE THRESHING FLOORS,
23:40 AND THE CUSTOMS THEN DURING BIBLE TIMES.
23:43 HERE IS ARIE BAR DAVID.
23:47 HOW BEAUTIFUL IS TO SIT AROUND THE TABLE IN A WALLED CITY
23:52 IN A STONE HOUSE
23:53 WHERE YOU HAVE THE PITA BREAD,
23:55 YOU HAVE THE OLIVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
23:57 WE'RE NOW IN A PARTICULAR HOUSE OF BETHLEHEM...
24:01 BETHLEHEM THE CENTER OF FOOD.
24:05 IN HEBREW "LECHEM" IS BREAD.
24:07 IN ARABIC"LEHEM" IS MEAT.
24:10 IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A CENTRAL MARKET WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND FIND FOOD.
24:16 LIVING INSIDE A HOME LIKE THIS...
24:18 LOOK THIS WALLS MADE OF STONES. THIS IS LIMESTONE.
24:24 IT IS THE MAIN ROCK HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
24:26 IT'S ROOFED WITH LOGS AND SOME PLASTERING ON THE WALLS
24:31 TO PROTECT FROM THE SUN, FROM THE RAIN.
24:34 WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE GROUND
24:37 JUST YOU PUT A MAT ON THE GROUND AND YOU SLEEP.
24:41 LOOK...A PLACE FOR BEDS.
24:45 WHAT A DIFFERENCE OF LIVING HERE IN HOME LIKE THIS AND BEING OUTSIDE IN THE FIELDS.
24:54 LET'S REMEMBER... RUTH...SHE WAS OUTSIDE ON THE FIELDS OF BETHLEHEM.
25:00 IT'S CALLED A (FRATA).
25:02 BUT AT THE SAME TIME NAOMI WAS IN HOUSE LIKE THIS IN A HOME ALL DAY THINKING ABOUT RUTH.
25:11 AND THEN IN THE EVENING TIME RUTH LEFT THE FIELD
25:15 AND SHE BROUGHT SOME OF THE GLEANINGS MATERIAL WITH HER TO THE ROOM.
25:20 AND WHAT A JOYFUL MEETING IT WAS AROUND THE BED
25:24 WHEN NAOMI COULD TAKE THE GRAINS AND MAKE OUT OF THIS FLOUR
25:28 AND THEN BAKE PITA BREAD FOR BOTH OF THEM.
25:35 I LOVE SEEING THE CULTURE OF THE DAY
25:37 AND I REALLY THANK ARIE FOR SHARING WITH US THE CULTURE.
25:40 IT MAKES THE BIBLE COME ALIVE.
25:42 AND I THINK RUTH AS MUCH
25:43 AS ANY BOOK OF THE BIBLE
25:44 REALLY DOES THAT FOR US.
25:46 SO IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE
25:47 TO SEE THESE TEACHINGS
25:48 COMING OUT OF THE LAND FROM THE PEOPLE,
25:50 FROM THE WAY THE SCRIPTURES COME ALIVE THROUGH THE BOOK OF RUTH IS AWESOME.
25:54 RUTH IS AWESOME.
25:55 YOU WERE EVEN MENTIONING
25:56 HOW TODAY THEY EVEN
25:57 LEAVE THE PART OF THE LAND
26:00 FOR THE GLEANERS TO COME.
26:02 THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER THEY STILL LEAVE THE CORNERS OF THE FIELD
26:06 SO THAT POOR PEOPLE WALKING ALONG CAN STILL HAVE FOOD.
26:11 I FIND THAT INCREDIBLE.
26:12 IT'S A REAL PICTURE OF GOD'S HEART FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT.
26:15 YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A HAND OUT
26:17 BECAUSE GOD HAD A GREAT IDEA AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S...
26:20 YEAH...HE'S THE GOOD IDEA MAKER
26:23 THE IDEA MAN
26:24 THAT IT WASN'T A HAND OUT
26:26 BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING FROM A PLACE OF POVERTY...
26:29 THEY COULD HAVE SOMETHING...
26:31 DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
26:32 BUT FORTUNATELY BOAZ LEFT RUTH WITH BUNDLES...
26:35 SO HE WAS GIVING HER A BLESSING.
26:38 ISN'T THAT A BLESSING?
26:39 GOD DOES BLESS US AND LEAVES US WITH BUNDLES OF LOVE.
26:42 NEXT WEEK...RUTH...
26:44 YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT...
26:46 YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
26:47 STAY WITH US.
26:48 GOD BLESS YOU
26:49 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
26:51 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

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Production Code: 1120

Type: Episode

Play Time: 28:30

Year: 2011

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Host: Sandra Levitt

Guests: Dr. Tom McCall, Zola Levitt, Tracie Robbins, Marty Goetz, Myles Weiss, Katharine Weiss, Arie Bar David

Air dates: 2011-Nov-06

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