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Episode: The Miracle of Passover (2012), Part 2

Zola explains the origin and significance of the Passover and demonstrates the feast. He also shows how Christ is revealed in the feast and proceeds to tell a “Christian Love Story.”

Series: “The Miracle of Passover (2012)”

Zola explains the origin and significance of the Passover and demonstrates the feast. He also shows how Christ is revealed in the feast and proceeds to tell a “Christian Love Story.”

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Caption transcript for The Miracle of Passover (2012): Part 2 (2/2)

00:20 PASSOVER...
00:22 THE CROWN JEWEL OF BIBLICAL FEASTS,
00:24 SACRED TO JEWS AND CHRISTIANS ALIKE.
00:27 TAUGHT SINCE THE EXODUS 35 CENTURIES AGO
00:31 AND REVERED IN THE LORD'S SUPPER,
00:33 COMMUNION, THE EUCHARIST
00:35 AND BY ALL PEOPLES WHO RESPECT THE FREEDOM OF NATIONS.
00:39 HERE IS PASSOVER IN ALL ITS GLORY.
00:48 SHALOM AND WELCOME
00:49 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
00:51 I'M MYLES
00:51 THIS IS KATHARINE
00:53 AND WE'RE CONTINUING TODAY
00:54 WITH THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER.
00:56 THIS IS ACTUALLY PART 2.
00:57 OUR FOUNDER ZOLA LEVITT WILL BE TEACHING
00:59 EVEN THOUGH HE'S GRADUATED AND GONE TO HEAVEN.
01:01 WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOOTAGE OF HIM DOING A PASSOVER YEARS AGO.
01:04 AND REALLY WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE CUPS OF THE LORD.
01:08 THERE ARE FOUR CUPS USED DURING THE PASSOVER SERVICE
01:12 AND WE'RE COMING UP TO THE CUP OF REDEMPTION,
01:14 THE PASSOVER CUP THAT HAS TO DO WITH REDEEMING US.
01:16 AND IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNION.
01:18 AND I HAD NO IDEA BEING RAISED A CHRISTIAN OR A CATHOLIC
01:22 THAT COMMUNION WAS SO TIED TO PASSOVER.
01:24 IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE PASSOVER SERVICE.
01:26 WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE COMMUNION
01:28 COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE PASSOVER SERVICE.
01:30 SO LET'S JOIN ZOLA
01:32 AS HE CONTINUES WITH THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER.
01:37 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN
01:38 WELL, I'M DRESSED FOR PASSOVER
01:40 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
01:41 GOING TO DO TONIGHT
01:42 THE SECOND HALF OF OUR PASSOVER
01:44 TEACHING WE STARTED LAST WEEK.
01:46 PASSOVER IS JUST THAT LONG AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT MUCH SHORTER
01:49 AND SO WE'LL FINISH IT UP TONIGHT.
01:51 WE HAVE A STUDIO AUDIENCE AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL OFFER YOU TEACHING MATERIALS.
01:57 DON'T TRY TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING I'M SAYING...REALLY I'D RATHER YOU WATCH.
02:00 WE HAVE A BOOK AND A CASSETTE AND VIDEOS AND SO ON...ALL OF THIS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
02:04 SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE STUDIO AND PASSOVER IN ALL ITS GLORY.
02:10 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
02:12 WELL WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PASSOVER.
02:14 LAST WEEK I EXPLAINED HOW THIS 3500 HUNDRED YEAR OLD FEAST,
02:17 THE WORLD'S OLDEST FEAST BY A LONG SHOT,
02:21 WAS STILL BEING SET UP IN JEWISH HOMES
02:24 AND I EXPLAINED THAT IN THE EXODUS THERE WERE 400 YEARS OF SILENCE
02:30 BEFORE THAT BLOOD SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB THAT GOT THEM OUT OF EGYPT
02:33 COMPARABLE TO THE 400 YEARS OF SILENCE FROM THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT TO WHEN JESUS CAME,
02:40 THE BLOOD SACRIFICE THAT TAKES US ALL OUT OF SLAVERY.
02:43 AND THEN WE WENT ON TO COMPARE THE LAMB AND JESUS,
02:49 THE LAMB OF EGYPT AND THE LAMB OF GOD...PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING IN GOD'S VIEW.
02:54 AND THEN I EXPLAINED HOW WE HAVE A DAY OF PREPARATION TO SET UP...THIS TABLE CHANGE OVER,
03:00 THE DISHES, GET THE LEAVEN OUT OF THE HOUSE,
03:02 FATHER DONS THE KITTEL,
03:03 WE COME TO THE TABLE, WE LIGHT THE CANDLES,
03:05 WE HAD THEM LIT BY A FEMALE BECAUSE A FEMALE BROUGHT US THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AFTER ALL
03:11 AND THEN WE DRANK THE FIRST CUP OF WINE, WE HID THE AFIKOMAN,
03:17 WE BROKE A PIECE OF BREAD THAT WAS THE MIDDLE OF A STACK OF THREE,
03:22 WE WRAPPED IT AND HID IT AWAY AND WE'LL COME TO IT LATER.
03:26 WE HAD A YOUNG CHILD ASK THE FOUR QUESTIONS AND WE STARTED THE STORY OF THE EXODUS,
03:33 ESPECIALLY THE FOODS ON THIS PLATE.
03:35 THERE'S BITTER OF HERBS
03:39 AND CHAROSES, A MIXTURE OF APPLES AND NUTS AND CINNAMON THAT REPRESENTS BRICK MORTAR
03:43 AND THEN THE PARSLEY WHICH WE DIPPED IN SALT WATER.
03:49 WE POINTED OUT ABOUT THE DIPPING IN THE GOSPEL, "THE ONE WHO DIPS AFTER ME".
03:52 AND WE CAME THROUGH THESE FOODS,
03:55 THE SECOND CUP WE POUR IT OUT SO IT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD FOR THE PLAGUES
04:01 AND WE HAD COME UP TO THIS EGG.
04:04 THERE'S AN EGG ON THIS PLATE.
04:06 THERE'S AN EGG IN WHAT WE CALL EASTER TOO,
04:09 BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS REALLY IS NOT A VALID BIBLICAL SYMBOL.
04:13 IT'S NOT CALLED FOR IN THE SCRIPTURE.
04:15 THE EGG IS USED AS A SYMBOL OF FERTILITY.
04:19 NOW FERTILITY AND RESURRECTION ARE QUITE DIFFERENT THINGS.
04:23 YOU NOW, EVERY PLANT, EVERY BUG IS FERTILE.
04:27 WE GET RESURRECTION ONLY FROM JESUS CHRIST.
04:30 THE EGG SEEMS TO HAVE CREPT ON TO THE JEWISH FROM THE BABYLONIAN TIMES,
04:36 FROM NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
04:37 IT SEEMS TO HAVE CREPT INTO RESURRECTION SUNDAY THE SAME WAY.
04:42 IN OTHER WORDS, THAT SUNDAY IN THE BIBLE IS CALLED "FIRST FRUITS".
04:47 WHEN WE SAY "EASTER"
04:49 WE ARE PRONOUNCING THE NAME OF A BABYLONIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY, "ISHTAR".
04:54 THIS LEAKS OVER FROM A PAGAN RITE AND THE BABYLONIANS HAD A FERTILITY RITE EVERY SPRING.
05:02 THEY HAD A VERITABLE ORGY,
05:03 THEY HAD TO GET AHEAD OF THE PLAGUES THAT WERE KILLING THEM ALL THE TIME
05:07 BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE LAW OF GOD AND DID NOT LIVE IN A CONTINENT WAY
05:11 AND THEY HAD WHAT THE LORD CALLED "THE DISEASES OF EGYPT"
05:14 AND THEY WERE DECIMATED ALL THE TIME,
05:16 SO IN THE SPRING THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE A LOT OF FERTILITY AND HAVE THE FERTILITY GODDESS.
05:21 THEY WORSHIPPED THE THINGS IN NATURE OF FERTILITY,
05:24 THE TREES WERE PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES,
05:26 SO THEY BOUGHT NEW OUTFITS,
05:28 THE RABBIT WHO WAS SO HEROICALLY FERTILE,
05:30 WE STILL HAVE THIS EASTER BUNNY.
05:32 YES, AND WE PLAY WITH EGGS TOO, THE PRIME SYMBOL OF FERTILITY.
05:38 WE COLOR THEM, WE HIDE THEM.
05:39 NOW LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU A TRUTH,
05:42 AN EGG HUNT IS AN ATTEMPT AT PREGNANCY, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
05:47 WELL, THINK ABOUT THAT.
05:49 AND IT'S ALMOST FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
05:52 AND WE'RE DOING THIS BABYLONIAN RITE EVERY SPRING
05:55 AND CONFUSING IT WITH RESURRECTION SUNDAY, "FIRSTFRUITS".
05:58 IF WE WOULD ONLY CALL IT "FIRST FRUITS" BY ITS BIBLICAL NAME, A MUCH GREATER TRUTH EMERGES.
06:04 IF THERE'S A FIRST, THERE'S A SECOND, A THIRD.
06:07 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESURRECTION HERE.
06:10 IN I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15, VERSE 22 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
06:27 JESUS IS CALLED BY THE NAME OF A FESTIVAL.
06:30 HE HAS A NUMBER IN THIS RESURRECTION.
06:33 HE'S THE FIRST MAN PERMANENTLY RESURRECTED AND HIS NUMBER IS 1.
06:37 AND WE ALL HAVE A NUMBER.
06:39 EVIDENTLY, YOU GO INTO ONE OF THOSE CROWDED STORES WHERE THEY GIVE YOU A NUMBER,
06:42 YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE SERVED AND YOU WILL BE SERVED.
06:45 WELL, IN THIS RESURRECTION IT SAYS THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.
06:50 WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE LOWER NUMBERS. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
06:53 WE GO IN ACTUAL RANKS IN THIS RESURRECTION.
06:56 IT'S THAT ORGANIZED.
06:57 YOU HAVE A NUMBER, AND I HAVE A NUMBER,
06:59 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED.
07:02 SOME OF YOU HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS THAN I DO. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
07:06 BUT REALLY THE EGG IS A FERTILITY SYMBOL
07:11 AND FERTILITY AND RESURRECTION ARE REALLY QUITE DIFFERENT.
07:13 IT'S A LITTLE CRUSADE OF MY OWN.
07:15 I WISH WE COULD CALL THE FESTIVAL "FIRST FRUITS".
07:18 I REMEMBER A CHURCH WHERE THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON "FIRST FRUITS".
07:22 A PASTOR CALLED AND SAID, "COULD YOU SPEAK TO US ON FIRST FRUITS?"
07:26 I WAS SO HONORED THAT FINALLY I HEAR SOMEBODY USE THE RIGHT NAME...THE BIBLICAL NAME FOR THE FESTIVAL.
07:33 I SAID, "I'LL BE GLAD TO COME".
07:34 I CAME TO THE CHURCH,
07:36 ON THE WAY IN I BROKE A BRANCH OFF A YOUNG TREE TO WAVE OVER THE CONGREGATION,
07:39 CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO ON FIRST FRUITS,
07:41 A THANK OFFERING FOR THE LORD MAKETH THE LAND FERTILE AGAIN AFTER THE EXODUS.
07:45 A DEACON TOLD ME, "BROTHER LEVITT, WE JUST PLANTED THOSE TREES."
07:49 I SAID, "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A SACRIFICE!" (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
07:53 I REMEMBER THAT MORNING I SAT ON THE PODIUM,
07:57 THE PASTOR WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT
07:59 AND HE SAID TO ME, "HOW DO I INTRODUCE YOU BROTHER LEVITT?"
08:01 "DO I CALL YOU A MESSIANIC JEW OR A COMPLETED JEW"
08:05 "OR A HEBREW CHRISTIAN, A JEWISH CHRISTIAN, WHAT ARE YOU?"
08:08 AND I THOUGHT A MINUTE AND I SAID,
08:10 "YOU KNOW WHEN MY PEOPLE WERE SAVED IN THE FIRST CENTURY THEY CALLED US CHRISTIANS."
08:15 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
08:16 THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO THAT.
08:18 WELL, THAT IS THE PLATE INCLUDING THE EGG AND THIS IS HOW IT IS SET UP.
08:24 WHEN FATHER IS TELLING THE STORY
08:27 WE'VE PARTAKEN OF EACH OF THE FOODS AS HE COMES TO THAT ISSUE IN THE STORY.
08:31 SO WE DIPPED FOR THE RED SEA AND SO ON.
08:34 BUT THIS WHOLE PLATE IS A STORY OF SALVATION.
08:37 IT REALLY TELLS OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE...
08:39 THE BITTER HERBS BEFORE YOU WERE SAVED...
08:42 THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB...
08:44 YOUR COMING TO CHRIST...
08:46 THE RED SEA...
08:49 YOU KNOW WATER KILLS BUT THE HEBREW NATION WENT IN THERE AND CAME OUT SAFELY...
08:54 WELL YOU WENT INTO YOUR BAPTISM AND WENT OUT SAFELY,
08:56 YOU COULD DROWN IN THERE BUT YOU CAME OUT SAFELY LIKE THEY DID.
08:59 AND NOW YOU'RE IN THE WILDERNESS
09:01 WALKING ALONG IN THIS TOUGH AREA OF SO MUCH LAW WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO GET FOOD AND WATER
09:07 BUT WE'RE EVER HEADING TOWARD HEAVEN, JERICHO.
09:11 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN JERICHO?
09:13 A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE
09:15 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE...FLOWERS AND GRAPEFRUITS AND ORANGES HANGING OFF THE TREES
09:20 AND COLD WATER RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE GUTTERS.
09:22 THIS IS WHERE GOD CHOSE TO SHOW HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE THEIR PROMISED LAND.
09:27 JERICHO IS A SYMBOL OF PARADISE,
09:30 OF HEAVEN, OF THE END OF THE EXODUS JOURNEY, OF THE END OF OUR JOURNEYS IN THIS LIFE.
09:36 THE CLINCHER IS THE NAME OF THE LEADER.
09:38 YOU RECALL WHEN THE CHOSENPEOPLE WENT INTO THE PROMISED LAND AT JERICHO
09:42 IT WAS WITH SHOUTS AND TRUMPETS AND THE WALLS FELL DOWN.
09:45 AND THE NAME OF THE LEADER WAS JOSHUA, GENERAL JOSHUA.
09:49 WELL, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE OUT THE CHURCH?
09:52 WE CALL HIM JESUS BUT HIS NAME IN HEBREW IS "YESHUA".
09:55 IF YOU TRANSLATE THAT DIRECTLY TO ENGLISH WITHOUT THE GREEK TRANSLITERATION OF JESUS,
10:00 "YESHUA" MEANS "JOSHUA".
10:03 WE LOSE A BIBLE TYPE, A SYMBOL THAT'S WONDERFUL HERE.
10:07 THE FACT IS ONCE AGAIN JOSHUA IS GOING TO TAKE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE TO THE PROMISED LAND
10:13 AT THE SOUND OF THE SHOUTS OF THE TRUMPETS.
10:25 SO IT'S A REPEAT PERFORMANCE,
10:27 THE RESURRECTION OR THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS LIKE THE ENTRY INTO JERICHO AFTER THE EXODUS.
10:34 WELL, AFTER ALL THOSE FOODS WE THEN HAVE THE REAL MEAL.
10:39 THESE ARE JUST APPETIZER FOODS OBVIOUSLY
10:41 AND NOW WE SERVE THE BEST MEAL OF THE YEAR
10:43 AND IT IS NOT LAMB THOUGH.
10:47 THEY USUALLY OMIT LAMB BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOU LAMB TO THE TEMPLE,
10:51 OFFER IT TO GOD, HE HAD A PORTION...THE PRIEST TOOK A PORTION.
10:56 GOD LIKES LAMB EVIDENTLY.
10:58 THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE EATING IN FRONT OF HIM
11:00 AND SO THEY HAVE CHICKEN OR BEEF OR SOME OTHER KOSHER MEAT AND THEY EAT A WONDERFUL FEAST.
11:05 AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS FEAST FATHER GETS UP AGAIN, THE SERVICE GOES ON,
11:12 I MEAN WE'VE EATEN FOR TWO HOURS NOW,
11:14 PICTURE, THIS IS A LONG EVENING, I CAN TELL YOU.
11:17 AND AT THE END OF THIS MEAL THE LAST THING EATEN IS THAT HIDDEN AFIKOMAN.
11:23 YOU REMEMBER THE PIECE OF BREAD WE BROKE LAST WEEK.
11:26 WE TOOK THE MIDDLE PIECE OUT OF THIS BAG,
11:28 BROKE IT, WRAPPED IT UP IN A WHITE CLOTH...HID IT AWAY.
11:32 FATHER NOW BRINGS IT FORTH AGAIN, GETS IT OUT OF ITS HIDING PLACE.
11:41 AND THIS PIECE OF BREAD AND THE THIRD CUP OF WINE, THE CUP OF REDEMPTION,
11:47 IS THE LORD'S SUPPER.
11:50 IT'S NOT LIKE IT, IT IS IT.
11:52 IT'S THE ORIGINAL.
11:53 IT'S THE COMMUNION, THE EUCHARIST, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
11:58 THIS RED AND THIS PARTICULAR WINE...YOU SEE I TOLD YOU...
12:02 YOU COULD SEE THE WHOLE SERVICE YOU'LL APPRECIATE IT BETTER.
12:06 SO THIS IS HOW IT COMES OUT OF THE SERVICE.
12:09 AND LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE BREAD AND THE WINE.
12:13 WE CAN PICK UP JESUS DOING THIS IN THE GOSPEL.
12:16 MATTHEW CHAPTER 26, VERSE 26, IT SAYS,
12:27 NOW WHAT DID HE SAY IN THAT BLESSING?
12:28 WELL THE BLESSING OVER BREAD HAD BEEN THE SAME FOR 1500 YEARS.
12:32 "BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI ELOHEINU, MELECH HA-OLAM, HA-MOTZI LECHEM MIN HA-ARETZ."
12:37 "BLESSED ART THOU, O LORD OUR GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE,"
12:40 "WHO BRINGEST FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH"
12:42 AND SO THERE WAS A PROPHECY IN THAT BLESSING.
12:46 MEN DON'T WORRY IF THEY TRY TO PUT MY BODY IN THE EARTH THIS WEEK.
12:50 THIS BREAD IS MY BODY BUT GOD BRINGS FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH.
12:55 YOU CAN'T BURY A KERNEL OF WHEAT.
12:57 SOMETHING COMES UP AGAIN.
12:59 WHEN HE SAID THIS BREAD IS MY BODY IT'S NOT JUST A METAPHOR, THE BREAD IS UNLEAVENED.
13:04 IT'S PURE LIKE HIS BODY.
13:07 IT HAS STRIPES.
13:09 YOU HAVE TO GRILL IT.
13:11 BY HIS STRIPES ARE WE HEALED.
13:13 AND IT'S PIERCED WITH HOLES LIKE A PIE CRUST IS PIERCED,
13:16 YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT.
13:18 HE SAID, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE".
13:22 HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, "BEIT LEHEM"..."HOUSE OF BREAD".
13:26 HE WAS BURIED ON THE FESTIVAL CALLED "UNLEAVENED BREAD".
13:29 THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE WE HAVE OF OUR LORD
13:32 AND WE GET OUR SALVATION SIMPLY LIKE THIS.
13:38 HIS BODY IS BROKEN FOR US.
13:41 WE PARTAKE OF IT AND WE INGEST THAT QUALITY OF RISING FORTH FROM THE EARTH.
13:47 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL PIECE OF BREAD THAT WE HID AWAY.
13:51 IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE THREE.
13:53 IF IT'S THE TRINITY, THEN THAT WHOLE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED WITH THE BODY OF THE SON.
14:17 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
14:21 ♪SHA'A'LU, SHA'A'LU SHALOM♪
14:25 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
14:32 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE♪
14:34 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM♪
14:44 WOW...WE'RE COMING UP
14:45 ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
14:47 PARTS OF THE PASSOVER SEDER,
14:49 OR CEREMONY,
14:50 WHERE THE CUP OF REDEMPTION
14:51 SHOWS US THAT THERE'S A PICTURE OF A BRIDAL CEREMONY IN THE PASSOVER.
14:56 IT'S THE TIME WHEN THE LORD OFFERS THE BRIDE THE CUP
14:59 AND WE GET TO DRINK THE CUP OR NOT DRINK THE CUP.
15:02 IT'S A CHOICE THAT WE ALL HAVE.
15:04 WE GET TO SAY "YES" TO THE LORD
15:06 IT'S REALLY PICTURED HERE.
15:07 LET'S JOIN ZOLA AS HE CONTINUES
15:09 WITH THE CUPS OF THE LORD IN "THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER".
15:14 WELL, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE BREAD AND HOW IT SPEAKS TO RESURRECTION.
15:18 WHEN WE INGEST THAT BREAD
15:20 WE INGEST THAT QUALITY OF COMING FORTH FROM THE EARTH OURSELVES.
15:24 WHEN HE HAD SAID THAT BLESSING
15:26 THEY'D SAID IT FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL,
15:27 BUT HE REALLY GAVE IT A NEW MEANING.
15:29 NOW, THE CUP...HE SAID,
15:31 "BARUCH HATA ADONAI ELOHENU MELLECH HA'OLAM, BORAY PERI HAGAFEN".
15:35 BLESSED ART THOU, OH LORD OUR GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE,
15:38 CREATOR OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE.
15:40 WELL HE'D ALREADY SAID "I'M THE TRUE VINE".
15:42 THE DISCIPLES ARE THE BRANCHES.
15:44 IT'S US, THE CHURCH THAT IS THE FRUIT OF THE VINE OR THE FRUITS OF THE VINE.
15:49 AND WE'RE BRANCHES TOO,
15:50 AND WE BEAR FRUITS, BUT HE IS DRINKING A TOAST TO US.
15:54 AND WHY?
15:56 BECAUSE A CUP OF WINE WAS THE WAY THAT A BRIDEGROOM PROPOSED MARRIAGE.
16:00 HE DRANK A TOAST TO THE BRIDE.
16:02 HE SET IT BEFORE HER.
16:03 IT WORKED LIKE THIS.
16:05 SEE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE DATING AND COURTSHIP IN ISRAEL.
16:08 THE LAW WAS TOO STRICT FOR THAT.
16:09 THEY JUST PROPOSED ON THE FIRST DATE.
16:12 MY FATHER PROPOSED TO MY MOTHER ON THEIR FIRST DATE.
16:15 YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF MARRYING STRANGERS.
16:18 IN FIDDLER ON THE ROOF THERE'S A SONG, "THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU WAS ON OUR WEDDING DAY".
16:22 THEY SAID NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU KNEW EACH OTHER YOU STILL ALWAYS MARRY A STRANGER.(LAUGHTER)
16:29 SOME PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING. (MORE LAUGHTER)
16:35 (ZOLA LAUGHS)
16:38 YOU KNOW REBEKAH MARRIED A STRANGER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
16:41 REMEMBER REBEKAH...SHE'S LIKE AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE CHURCH.
16:44 SHE'S IN HER PLACE IN HARAN
16:46 AND HERE COMES A SERVANT SENT BY ABRAHAM.
16:48 ELIEZER COMES TO HER AND SHE WATERS HIS CAMELS
16:51 AND HE SHOWS HER BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT A PERSPECTIVE BRIDEGROOM HAS SENT.
16:56 SHE SEES THESE THINGS AND SHE'S WOOED AND WON AND WILLING TO GO OFF AND MARRY HIM.
17:00 THAT'S OUR POSITION.
17:01 WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN JESUS CHRIST,
17:03 BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE GIFTS BROUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
17:06 AND WE'RE WOOED AND WON WILLING TO GO OFF AND MARRY THIS JEWISH PRINCE WE KNOW NOT WHERE.
17:11 SO REBEKAH IS REALLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE CHURCH.
17:14 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
17:16 A PERFECT STRANGER COULD SPOT ANY LADY IN THE MARKET THAT DIDN'T HAVE A VEIL ON
17:20 AND FOLLOW HER HOME AND LEARN WHERE SHE LIVED AND COME TO HOUSE WITH A MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
17:26 HE WOULD ALSO BRING SOME MONEY.
17:28 THEY HAD A BRIDE PRICE.
17:30 HER FATHER WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A PRICE FOR EACH DAUGHTER.
17:33 IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IF YOU RAISED SONS YOU HAD DEFENDERS AND WORKERS ON YOUR PLACE...
17:38 NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
17:40 BUT THE MEN THAT RAISED DAUGHTERS HAD NOTHING BUT LIABILITIES.
17:42 SOME OF YOU MEN MAY SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. (LAUGHTER)
17:46 WHEN THEIR GIRLS GOT BIG ENOUGH...
17:47 THE BOYS WANTED TO MARRY THEM...
17:49 YOU COULD KIND OF CONSOLIDATE YOUR LOSSES. (LAUGHTER)
17:52 WELL, THE YOUNG MAN WOULD COME IN.
17:54 NOW IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A STRANGER.
17:56 IT COULD BE THE KID FROM THE NEXT FARM.
17:58 IT COULD BE A FELLOW AT WHO'S FEET YOU DROPPED A MAP TO YOUR HOUSE IN THE MARKET PLACE.
18:01 (LAUGHTER)
18:03 BUT ANYWAY, WHOEVER IT WAS,
18:05 HE WOULD COME IN AND SET DOWN THIS OBVIOUS ENVELOPE WITH A CONTRACT
18:08 WITH A BUNCH OF CASH IN THERE
18:10 AND SET A CUP OF WINE BEFORE YOU.
18:15 THERE YOU ARE LADIES;
18:16 TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED.
18:18 TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES... (LAUGHTER)
18:21 READ THE CONTRACT,
18:23 COUNT THE MONEY. (LAUGHTER)
18:26 BUT EITHER LIFT UP THAT CUP AND DRINK IT...
18:28 OR IF YOUR INTUITION TELLS YOU SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT
18:32 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRINK IT, JUST WITHDRAW.
18:34 THAT GUY WILL PICK UP HIS STUFF AND LEAVE AND HE WON'T BE BACK.
18:39 OKAY...THAT'S HOW IT WORKED.
18:41 LET'S SAY IN OUR STORY THE GAL PICKS UP THE CUP AND SIPS FROM IT.
18:46 WELL, THEN THE YOUNG MAN WOULD JUMP UP AND SAY,
18:48 "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU".
18:49 THEN HE'D GO BACK TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE
18:51 AND BUILD HER A LITTLE MANSION -
18:53 A BRIDAL CHAMBER FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
18:56 NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE GOSPEL.
18:59 THE LORD CAME FROM HIS FATHER'S HOUSE TO OUR HOUSE...
19:02 HE BROUGHT THE CONTRACT...
19:04 "B'RIT HADASHAH", THE NEW CONTRACT...
19:06 NEW TESTAMENT WE CALL IT.
19:08 DON'T LOSE YOUR NEW TESTAMENT...
19:09 THAT'S YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE.
19:11 AND HE POURED THE CUP HERE AT THE PASSOVER TABLE,
19:16 SET IT BEFORE US.
19:18 THEY DRANK IT THAT NIGHT, THE CHURCH.
19:20 AND IT'S SET BEFORE YOU OFTEN.
19:23 AND HE PAID THE PRICE,
19:24 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICE...
19:26 THE VERY LIFE OF AN INNOCENT MAN.
19:28 YOU CAN'T PAY MORE THAN THAT.
19:31 AND HE MADE THAT SPEECH,"I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU"
19:34 AND HE WENT BACK TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
19:36 AND HE SAID, "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS".
19:39 I'S ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH THERE...WONDERFUL.
19:42 AND RIGHT NOW HE'S BUILDING A BRIDAL CHAMBER.
19:45 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING.
19:47 IT COULD BE TONIGHT.
19:48 NO REASON WHY NOT TONIGHT.
19:50 MORE LIKELY TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT.
19:52 HE DIDN'T COME LAST NIGHT.
19:54 SO THERE WILL BE A NIGHT HE COMES.
19:57 A MAN DOESN'T PAY A PRICE LIKE THAT FOR A BRIDE AND NOT GO AND GET HER.
20:00 BELIEVE ME, THE YOUNG MAN WHOSE CUP SHE DRANK ALWAYS CAME BACK FOR HER, NO QUESTION.
20:06 WELL, SHE WENT ABOUT HER BUSINESS WEARING A VEIL IN THE TOWN.
20:10 THE VEIL IS HER FAITH...
20:12 THAT'S WHAT COVERS HER AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE HER, BUT THEY KNOW SHE'S ENGAGED.
20:15 THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THE WORLD FROM RECOGNIZING US REALLY,
20:19 OUR CONTRACT BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE ONE WE LOVE AND ARE WAITING FOR.
20:24 THE CONTRACT SAID SHE HAD TO BE WAITING EVERY NIGHT.
20:26 SHE TRIMMED AN OIL LAMP.
20:28 THEY LIKED TO COME AT MIDNIGHT.
20:30 THEY LIKED TO COME LIKE THIEVES IN THE NIGHT.
20:32 SHE WAS CALLED CONSECRATED, SET APART, BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.
20:36 SHE'S NOT HER OWN.
20:37 THAT'S HOW PAUL DESCRIBES THE CHURCH.
20:39 HE SAID, "I WOULD PRESENT YOU A VIRGIN BRIDE TO MY LORD".
20:43 THAT'S THE STORY.
20:44 AND WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS FINALLY DONE
20:46 IT WAS UP TO THE FATHER OF THE GROOM WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS PROPERLY FINISHED.
20:50 YOU COULD SEE THE LOGIC THERE.
20:52 IF IT WERE UP TO THE YOUNG MAN HE WOULD THROW UP SOME KIND OF LEAN-TO AND GO GET THE GIRL.
20:55 (LAUGHTER)
20:57 HIS FATHER TOLD HIM WHEN IT WAS DONE.
20:59 SO IF YOU SAW A YOUNG MAN BUILDING A CHAMBER YOU MIGHT SAY TO HIM, WHEN IS THE BIG DAY?
21:04 BUT HE WOULD SAY, "I DON'T KNOW. ONLY MY FATHER KNOWS".
21:07 WHICH THE LORD SAID IN THE GOSPEL YOU SEE.
21:10 WELL, THE BIG NIGHT WOULD FINALLY COME.
21:12 THEY'D SLIP UP TO HER HOUSE IN THE DARK
21:15 MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS ASLEEP.
21:17 NOW THE RULES WERE THEY COULDN'T JUST RUSH IN AND GRAB YOU OUT OF YOUR BED.
21:20 I MEAN THIS IS YOUR WEDDING NIGHT.
21:22 YOU MIGHT HAVE COLD CREAM ON YOUR FACE.
21:23 THE RULES WERE THAT WHEN THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE HEARD
21:27 SOMEONE IN THE WEDDING PARTY HAD TO SHOUT.
21:30 WHEN SHE HEARD THAT SHOUT SHE KNEW HE'D BE IN THERE IN A MOMENT.
21:34 SO THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
21:36 IT SAYS IT WAS MIDNIGHT AND A CRY WAS MADE.
21:39 OR THE GREAT RAPTURE SCRIPTURE,
21:40 I THESSALONIANS 4:16,
21:46 AND THEY'D RUSH IN AND GRAB THE BRIDE AND ALL THE GIRLS
21:49 AND RUN THEM OUT OF THE TOWN AND THROUGH TOWN INTO THE BRIDAL CHAMBER AT THIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
21:55 NOW I TELL THAT STORY TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CUP.
21:58 THIS CUP IS THE LORD'S PROPOSAL TO YOU.
22:00 IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT AND GO WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES,
22:04 THEN WHEN THEY SERVE YOU THIS CUP, DRINK IT.
22:07 NOW YOU LADIES HAVE HAD MORE CUPS POURED FOR YOU THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY LIFT.
22:12 THAT'S NORMAL.
22:13 IDEALLY YOU PICK UP ONE GOOD ONE.
22:16 BUT YOU KNOW THE CUP YOU DON'T DRINK,
22:19 THAT FELLOW WOULD TAKE HIS STUFF AND GO.
22:22 HE'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN.
22:24 THE ONE CUP YOU LIFT AND DRINK,
22:26 THAT YOUNG MAN WILL ALWAYS COME BACK.
22:28 SO WHEN THEY SERVE YOU JESUS' CUP, DRINK IT
22:30 AND WHEN HE COMES, HE'LL STOP AT YOUR HOUSE.
22:33 NOW THAT IS COMMUNION.
22:35 THAT'S THE BREAD.
22:36 THAT'S THE WINE.
22:38 I BROKE UP THE PIECE OF BREAD
22:39 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR SALVATION.
22:42 THAT'S SIMPLY IT...
22:43 HIS BODY BROKEN FOR US...
22:45 THAT CUP.
22:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SIN WE RENEW OUR VOWS SO TO SPEAK... WE DRINK IT OFTEN.
22:52 THE LORD PUT DOWN HIS CUP AND SAID,
22:54 "I'LL NOT DRINK THIS WINE UNTIL I DRINK IT NEW WITH YOU IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM."
22:57 HE DOESN'T SIN, BUT HE'S WAITING TO DRINK ANOTHER CUP WITH US.
23:01 THE LAST CUP HE HAD WITH THE CHURCH WAS THEN ON PASSOVER NIGHT...
23:04 IMAGINE...HE MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
23:07 THAT'S THE THIRD CUP.
23:08 AND THE FOURTH CUP IS FOR ELIJAH.
23:11 ELIJAH HAS A CUP OF WINE IN FRONT OF AN EMPTY CHAIR
23:14 AND WE'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO COME AND ANNOUNCE THE MESSIAH.
23:17 MALACHI SAYS,
23:23 WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE THE SECOND COMING.
23:25 BUT THE JEWS HAVE NOT RECEIVED JESUS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR ELIJAH.
23:29 THEY SEND THE YOUNG CHILD TO THE DOOR, OPEN IT...
23:32 LOOK OUT INTO THE STREET, SEE IF ELIJAH'S THERE.
23:34 IN MY TURN I WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE CORNER.
23:36 THERE WERE GENTILES LIVING BETWEEN US AND THE CORNER.
23:38 I THOUGHT MAYBE ELIJAH WOULD PASS BY AND NOT STOP AT OUR HOUSE.
23:42 WE HAD A TABLE SET.
23:44 I MEAN DISHES, SILVERWARE, COFFEE...EVERYTHING FOR ELIJAH IN CASE HE CAME.
23:49 HE NEVER DID COME
23:50 AND WE DON'T EXPECT HIM UNTIL THE SECOND COMING.
23:53 HE MAY BE ONE OF THE TWO WITNESSES.
23:55 AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO INTO THE HYMNS.
23:58 IT SAYS IN THE GOSPEL THEY SANG A HYMN AND WENT OUT TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
24:02 I WANT TO TEACH YOU A HEBREW HYMN.
24:04 IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO LEARN.
24:05 IT ONLY HAS ONE WORD - "DAYENU".
24:08 SAY THAT...
24:09 (AUDIENCE: "DAYENU".)
24:10 DAYENU MEANS "ENOUGH".
24:12 AND IT'S AT THE END OF THIS LONG SERVICE.
24:14 BUT IT REALLY REFERS TO WHAT GOD DID FOR US IN THE EXODUS.
24:18 THE SONG IS LIKE...
24:20 THE FATHER SAYS SOMETHING LIKE,
24:22 "IF HE'D ONLY BROUGHT US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!"
24:26 AND YOU SING, "ENOUGH, ENOUGH, ENOUGH" TO THIS TUNE.
24:29 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
24:32 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
24:35 AND TWICE LIKE A FIGHT SONG...ALRIGHT?
24:38 AND THEN HE SAYS ANOTHER QUEUE
24:40 AND YOU SING ANOTHER VERSE
24:42 AND IT GOES ON AND ON.
24:43 SO LET'S TRY IT...READY?
24:44 IF HE HAD ONLY GIVEN US THE LAW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!
24:47 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
24:50 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU! DAYENU!♪
24:54 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
24:57 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
25:00 COME ON, WANT YOU TO SING LIKE JEWS THAT HAVE HAD FOUR CUPS OF WINE!(LAUGHTER)
25:05 IF HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN US THROUGH THE WILDERNESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!
25:09 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
25:13 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU! DAYENU!♪
25:15 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
25:22 (APPLAUSE)
25:29 AND THAT BRINGS PASSOVER TO A CLOSE.
25:34 THEY SING THAT HYMN
25:35 AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAME HYMN.
25:37 THAT'S AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE.
25:39 THAT'S BEEN SUNG IN EVERY CULTURE IN EVERY GENERATION.
25:42 PASSOVER ENDS ON AN UPBEAT NOTE.
25:44 OH, THERE'S MORE HYMNS THAN THAT IN THE PASSOVER BOOK.
25:48 WE SANG A TON OF THEM.
25:49 YOU WOULD BE AT THE TABLE FROM SUNDOWN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON A REAL PASSOVER.
25:54 YOU WOULD HEAR HOURS OF TEACHING.
25:56 YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE THE EXODUS ALL OVER AGAIN AS IF YOU WERE THERE.
26:00 IT WAS A THRILL.
26:02 IT WAS A WONDERFUL FAMILY HOLIDAY.
26:04 IT ENDS WHEN FATHER PRONOUNCES THIS GREAT BLESSING,
26:07 "L'SHANAH HABA'AH B'YERUSHALAYIM"...
26:10 "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM".
26:13 AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 2,000 YEARS...
26:16 I REMEMBER INTERVIEWING THE MAYOR OF JERUSALEM.
26:18 WE SAW THE FOOTAGE.
26:20 AND HE SAID, "IS THAT POLITICS...2,000 YEARS OF YEARNING LIKE THAT?"
26:25 HE'D BEEN ACCUSED OF "IT'S PURE POLITICS THAT THE JEWS WANT ISRAEL" AND SO ON.
26:29 NO, THEY HAVE PRAYED,
26:30 THEY HAVE CRIED,
26:30 THEY HAVE WEPT.
26:32 AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE JERUSALEM AND CAN GO THERE FOR PASSOVER,
26:35 THE PRAYER HAS BEEN SAID SO LONG THAT IT CONTINUES BY MOMENTUM.
26:39 IT'S STILL IN THE HAGGADAH.
26:40 SO THEY SAY EACH TIME, "L'SHANAH HABA'AH B'YERUSHALAYIM"...
26:45 "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM".
26:47 WE WONDER IF THEY'RE NOT SAYING,
26:49 "NEXT YEAR IN THE NEW JERUSALEM".
26:51 AND I ALWAYS SAY,
26:52 "SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"...
26:54 "PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM".
27:05 PASSOVER REALLY IS
27:06 THE CROWN JEWEL
27:08 OF THE FEASTS OF THE LORD.
27:09 WE'VE DONE SO MANY OF THESE,
27:10 KATHARINE AND MYSELF,
27:12 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE COME TO FAITH DURING THE PASSOVER SERVICE, HAVEN'T THEY?
27:16 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.
27:17 IT'S A WEDDING CEREMONY.
27:19 IT'S A TIME WHERE THE LORD IS INVITING US TO HIS WEDDING IN THE SKY.
27:23 EXACTLY...
27:24 AND SO TODAY YOU CAN SAY "YES" TO THE LORD AS WELL.
27:26 YESHUA IS CALLING YOU.
27:27 THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB IS A FREE OFFER TO YOU.
27:29 WE WANT YOU TO SAY "YES" AS WELL.
27:31 AND AS WE GO TODAY REMEMBER...
27:34 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM...
27:36 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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The Miracle of Passover (2012), Part 1
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Production Code: 1216

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Play Time: 28:30

Year: 2012

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Air dates: 2012-Apr-08

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