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Episode: Special Guest: Ron Cantor, Part 1

An American by birth, Ron Cantor felt called to move his family to Israel where he shares his faith in Messiah. Ron tells us about his book Identity Theft: How Jesus was Robbed of His Jewishness.

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Caption transcript for Special Guest: Ron Cantor, Part 1

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.
00:42 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
00:44 I'M MYLES WEISS.
00:45 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS
00:47 AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM MYLES, I AM SO EXCITED.
00:49 IT'S A PROGRAM WITH RON CANTOR
00:51 AND ITS GOD IS RESTORING ALL THINGS
00:54 AND GOD IS RESTORING AS WE'VE BEEN HERALDING THE RESTORATION OF JESUS' IDENTITY AS A JEWISH MAN.
01:02 YES, IT'S SUCH A TIMELY MESSAGE
01:03 BECAUSE WE SEE IT PICTURED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
01:06 IN JOSEPH'S LIFE WHERE TOWARDS THE END OF GENESIS HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS.
01:11 JOSEPH IS A TYPE OF MESSIAH
01:12 AND WE'RE LIVING IN THE DAY WHERE JESUS IS REVEALING HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS.
01:16 HE WAS NEVER A GENTILE,
01:18 GOD, HE WAS NEVER JUST THE SAVIOR OF GENTILES
01:21 BUT HE IS FIRST AND FOREMOST THE MESSIAH OF THE JEWS.
01:23 AND RON'S BOOK REALLY DISPLAYS THAT, ILLUMINATES THAT FOR US
01:27 AND IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL BOOK, I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
01:30 AND IT'S REALLY OUR LIFE MESSAGE THAT TOGETHER WE'VE BEEN WALKING IN THIS WALK FOR A WHILE
01:35 EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE AROUND US, ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN
01:38 THAT THE JEWISHNESS OF THE GOSPEL IS REAL, THE IDENTITY OF JESUS AS A JEW
01:42 AND THE NECESSITY OF THE CHURCH TO EMBRACE THAT
01:45 IN ORDER FOR US TO BE PREPARED FOR THE RETURNING OF THE KING.
01:49 THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH
01:51 EXACTLY, AND THIS BOOK DOES THAT.
01:52 SO IN FEW MINUTES WE'LL HEAR ON MY INTERVIEW WITH RON CANTOR
01:55 BUT LET'S GO TO THIS FIRST.
01:59 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
02:03 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER "THE LEVITT LETTER".
02:06 AT LEVITT.COM YOU CAN READ THE NEWSLETTER,
02:10 WATCH THE TV PROGRAM,
02:12 OR VISIT OUR ON-LINE STORE.
02:14 STAY CURRENT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA VIA FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
02:18 COME WITH US ON A TOUR OF ISRAEL
02:20 OR PETRA OR A CRUISE TO GREECE AND EPHESUS.
02:24 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
02:28 RON THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
02:30 I WANT TO ASK YOU RIGHT AWAY WHY DID YOU WRITE "IDENTITY THEFT" AS A NOVEL?
02:35 WELL I DIDN'T ORIGINALLY WRITE IT AS A NOVEL.
02:38 IN FACT, I DIDN'T EVEN INTEND TO WRITE A BOOK.
02:40 I HAVE A TESTIMONY BOOK CALLED "LEAVE ME ALONE I'M JEWISH".
02:43 IT'S THE FIRST THING I SAID WHEN SOMEONE SHARED THE GOOD NEWS WITH ME.
02:47 AND WE WERE RE-PRINTING THAT
02:49 AND I WANTED TO BEEF UP THE JEWISH ROOTS PART
02:53 SO A JEWISH PERSON WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OKAY
02:56 FOR A JEWISH PERSON TO BELIEVE IN YESHUA.
02:58 WELL IT JUST GOT TOO BIG FOR A CHAPTER
03:01 SO I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S MAKE A LITTLE BOOKLET."
03:03 WELL THE BOOKLET GREW UP INTO A BOOK
03:05 AND THEN TWO DAYS BEFORE I WAS GOING TO SEND IT IN TO THE PUBLISHER
03:08 AND IT WAS A SELF-PUBLISHER...
03:10 NOBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AND WE HIRED A COMPANY TO PUBLISH THE BOOK.
03:14 TWO DAYS BEFORE I HAD THIS IDEA THAT I HAD WRITTEN IT INCORRECTLY AS A TEACHING,
03:20 THAT IT WOULD BE FAR MORE INTERESTING IF IT WAS A NOVEL
03:23 ABOUT A JEWISH MAN DISCOVERING THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE GOSPEL
03:27 THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL VISITATION.
03:29 WELL I SAID, "THAT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR SOMEBODY ELSE LORD..."
03:33 "ANOTHER TIME.I'M DONE. I'VE BIRTHED THIS BABY AND IN TWO DAYS I'M SENDING IT IN."
03:38 THIS IS YOUR FIRST WRITING PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE.
03:41 YES, AND I GOT AN EMAIL JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER
03:46 FROM A WOMAN WHO WOULD HELP ME EDIT THE BOOK.
03:48 AND SHE SAID, RON I HAD THIS VISION OF A BUTTERFLY COMING OUT OF A COCOON TOO EARLY
03:53 AND IT NEVER REACHED ITS FULL POTENTIAL AND IT'S YOUR BOOK.
03:57 AND I SAID, "NO", I SAID, "I AM NOT RE-WRITING THIS THING.
04:02 AND SO ANOTHER WOMAN EMAILS ME A DAY LATER, ALMOST THE SAME THING.
04:06 I SAT DOWN WITH MY DAUGHTER, DANIELLE.
04:07 I SAID, "DANIELLE, I HAVE THIS IDEA I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK."
04:10 SHE SAID, "DAD YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT."
04:13 WELL, I'M NOT JOHN GRISHAM.
04:15 I'VE NEVER WRITTEN FICTION.
04:16 I'VE TOLD A LOT OF FICTION, MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU, BUT I'VE NEVER WRITTEN IT.
04:19 AND I SAT DOWN TO WRITE.
04:22 I SAID TO DANIELLE, "I'M GOING TO WRITE ONE CHAPTER AND THEN TOMORROW YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK."
04:25 I WROTE ONE CHAPTER AND IT JUST FLOWED.
04:28 IT WAS SO...IT WAS FUN AND SO THE NEXT DAY I SAT DOWN WITH DANIELLE.
04:31 I READ IT TO HER AND ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS INTO THE CHAPTER THAT I HAD RE-WRITTEN SHE BURST INTO TEARS.
04:38 AND WHEN SHE BURST INTO TEARS I BURST INTO TEARS CAUSE I THOUGHT "SHE LIKES IT!"
04:42 AND I WAS LAUGHING TOO CAUSE I WAS REALLY "WAIT... I JUST MADE THIS UP YESTERDAY"
04:46 AND IT'S NOT FICTION BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON HISTORY.
04:50 BUT THAT'S WHEN I SAID, "OKAY...THIS COULD BE SPECIAL".
04:54 IS THERE SOMETHING IN IT FOR NON-BELIEVERS, FOR BELIEVERS, FOR JEWISH PEOPLE?
04:59 TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU WROTE IT REGARDING EACH PEOPLE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO BE READING IT.
05:04 WELL WHEN I ORIGINALLY WROTE IT AS A TEACHING
05:07 I CERTAINLY WASN'T THINKING OF OUTREACH
05:09 BUT AS I BEGAN TO RE-WRITE IT AS A NOVEL...
05:11 NOW ORIGINALLY IT WAS A TEACHING BOOK IN THREE SECTIONS...
05:14 NOW IT'S THREE BOOKS... A TRILOGY.
05:16 AND THE FIRST PART OF THE TRILOGY WE REALLY DISCOVER THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE FAITH
05:20 AND AS I'M WRITING IT I'M THINKING IF I'M SEARCHING THIS COULD PUSH ME OVER, THIS COULD BE THE CLOSER.
05:32 WELL AFTER IT CAME OUT I GET AN EMAIL FROM AN ISRAELI LIVING IN THE STATES
05:36 AND HE SAID, "RON I FOUND YOU ON FACEBOOK."
05:38 "SOMEHOW I GOT YOUR BOOK AND I READ IT AND I'M THE GUY IN THE BOOK."
05:43 "YOU WERE SPEAKING TO ME."
05:44 OH MY GOSH
05:46 AND HE CAME TO FAITH A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT AND NOW WE'RE IN CONTACT.
05:49 SO IT'S A GREAT OUTREACH.
05:50 BUT I DIDN'T WRITE IT FOR THAT.
05:53 I WROTE IT BECAUSE MOST GENTILE BELIEVERS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE ETHNICITY OF YESHUA IS SIGNIFICANT.
05:59 PAUL SAID IN ROMANS CHAPTER 9,
06:02 HE SAID...HE STARTED OFF BY SAYING I'M NOT LYING
06:05 WHICH IS A FUNNY THING FOR AN APOSTLE TO SAY
06:08 CAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH ASSUME THE GUY WRITING THE BIBLE ISN'T LYING.
06:11 BUT HE SAYS, I'M NOT LYING, I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
06:14 WHAT PAUL, WHAT IS BURDENING YOU?
06:16 HE SAID I WOULD TRADE MY SALVATION
06:19 IF ONLY THE JEWISH PEOPLE WOULD BELIEVE.
06:21 AND PAUL WAS REVEALING NOT JUST HIS HEART HE WAS WRITING SCRIPTURE.
06:25 HE WAS REVEALING GOD'S HEART FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
06:28 AND WHAT HAPPENED...
06:29 JUST TO GO BACK...
06:32 THE MAIN REASON I WROTE THE BOOK IS CAUSE I WANTED ANSWER ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION.
06:37 WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ACTS 15 IN 1983...
06:41 CAUSE IN ACTS 15 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS A GROUP OF JEWS.
06:45 IN FACT SOME OF THEM ARE PHARISEES...
06:47 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT
06:49 SOME OF THE PHARISEES WERE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH
06:53 AND THEY CONTINUED TO IDENTIFY AS PHARISEES.
06:55 AND THEY COME TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS BIG MEETING...
06:57 THE FIRST BIG THEOLOGICAL DEBATE
06:59 AND THE QUESTION WAS "WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE GENTILES WHO WANT TO BELIEVE IN OUR MESSIAH?"
07:05 AND SOME OF THEM SAID, "WELL THEY GOT TO BECOME JEWISH."
07:08 AND THAT WAS OBVIOUS.
07:09 THAT MAKES SENSE.
07:12 IT WAS A REVELATION THAT THE GENTILES DID NOT HAVE TO BECOME JEWISH IN ORDER TO BELIEVE IN THE JEWISH MESSIAH
07:17 BUT FOR THE JEWISH GUYS THERE IF YOU HAD WALKED UP TO THEM
07:21 AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER JEWISH THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE CRAZY.
07:25 THEY WERE ANSWERING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE GENTILES.
07:27 EXACTLY, THERE'S SO MUCH THE UNIVERSAL SITUATION WE'RE IN TODAY
07:31 ON THE OTHER END OF ACTS 15 IS WHAT THE ISSUE THAT'S BEFORE US NOW
07:34 WHICH IS,WHEN I BECOME A BELIEVER AM I NO LONGER A JEW?
07:37 WHICH MANY OF US GO THROUGH...
07:39 I THINK ALL OF US GO THROUGH.
07:41 AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING I SAID TO MYSELF WHEN I EMBRACED YESHUA IN 1983...
07:44 I SAID..."I'M NO LONGER JEWISH" BECAUSE NOBODY TOLD ME THAT
07:49 BUT GROWING UP IN AMERICA YOU CAN'T BE JEWISH AND BELIEVE IN JESUS.
07:54 AND TO BE A JEW MEANS YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS.
07:57 AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.
07:59 THE ONE DEFINING ELEMENT.
08:01 I COULD NOT HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT I BELIEVED AS A JEW BUT I KNEW WHAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE.
08:04 EXACTLY
08:05 SO THAT'S WHEN WE WROTE THE BOOK.
08:07 WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE HISTORY
08:09 WHERE WAS THE TURNING POINT
08:10 AND WE FOUND THAT ONE OF THE BIG TURNING POINTS
08:12 WAS IN THE YEAR 49 WHEN CLAUDIUS KICKED ALL THE JEWS OUT OF ROME.
08:17 MESSIANIC JEWS...
08:18 TRADITIONAL JEWS...
08:19 HE MADE THEM ALL GET OUT OF ROME.
08:21 AND WHEN THEY LEFT THEY TOOK WITH THEM SOMETHING VERY VALUABLE.
08:24 THEY TOOK THE TORAH SCROLLS.
08:25 THEY TOOK THE PROPHETS, THE WRITINGS.
08:27 AND SO THE YOUNG ROMAN CHURCH...THEY HAD NO BIBLE.
08:30 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT THAT THERE WAS NO BOOK OF ROMANS OR GALATIANS OR...
08:34 EXACTLY
08:35 AND SO THEY DEVELOPED IN THE ABSENCE OF THE JEWS, WHO HAD THE SCRIPTURES,
08:39 THEY DEVELOPED A THEOLOGY THAT SAID GOD IS PUNISHING THE JEWS;
08:42 THAT'S WHY THEY WERE KICKED OUT OF ROME...HE IS AGAINST THEM.
08:45 AND THAT GREW UP TO BECOME REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY.
08:48 AND SO FIVE OR SIX YEARS LATER THE JEWS WERE ALLOWED TO COME BACK INTO THE CITY OF ROME
08:54 AND THEY'RE TREATED VERY POORLY BY THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS.
08:58 AND PAUL HEARS ABOUT IT AND HE WRITES THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
09:03 THAT'S WHY THE ROMANS ARE STRONG IN ISRAEL;
09:05 HE WASN'T JUST WRITING THAT IN A VACUUM.
09:08 HE WAS ADDRESSING A FALSE THEOLOGY
09:11 AND ROMANS 11 HE SAYS, HEY GUYS THIS IS A BIG DEAL, DON'T JUDGE ISRAEL.
09:15 YES...SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF
09:17 BUT GOD CAN GRAFT THEM BACK IN AS HE HAS DONE WITH US
09:20 AND YOU STAND BY FAITH.
09:22 DON'T BE ARROGANT BUT BE AFRAID.
09:25 SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING EVEN WHEN PAUL PLEADED WITH THEM, DON'T TURN AGAINST ISRAEL, THE CHURCH DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE
09:33 AND IT GOT TO THE POINT IN THE INQUISITIONS WHERE JEWS WERE TOLD YOU MUST BECOME CATHOLIC OR YOU MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
09:42 AND THE MANY OF THE JEWS WHO DID CONVERT FOR ECONOMIC REASONS...
09:46 SURVIVAL
09:48 SURVIVAL REASONS...
09:49 IT WASN'T WITH THEIR WHOLE HEART
09:52 AND THE CHURCH WAS SO CORRUPT AT THAT POINT
09:54 WHAT WE'RE THEY CONVERTING TO?
09:56 EXACTLY
09:58 BUT THE CHURCH HAD SPIES AND WAS LIKE CUBA OR IRAN.
10:01 THEY WOULD COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND THEY WOULD CHECK ON FRIDAY NIGHT
10:05 TO SEE IF YOU WERE LIGHTING THE SABBATH CANDLES.
10:07 AND IF YOU WERE DOING ANYTHING JEWISH; IF YOU SIMPLY JUST REFUSED PORK
10:11 THE CHURCH WOULD ARREST YOU AND YOU WOULD BE BURNED ALIVE.
10:15 THAT WAS YOUR PUNISHMENT.
10:16 YOU KNOW PAUL HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH OF THE BLAME FOR THIS
10:18 AND SO OFTEN WE HEAR THAT PAUL INVENTED CHRISTIANITY AS IF IT WAS APART FROM JEWISHNESS.
10:24 YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THE BOOK OF POINTING OUT THE NINE INSTANCES WHERE PAUL HIMSELF GOES TO THE JEW FIRST.
10:29 IT SAYS THAT IN ROMANS 1:16.
10:32 HE ACTUALLY DOES IT THROUGHOUT ACTS AND WE HEAR THAT HE IS REACHING FOR THE JEWS FIRST AND THEN TO THE GENTILES.
10:37 I HAVE FRIENDS WHO SAID OH IT DIDN'T WORK WITH THE JEWS SO HE WENT TO THE GENTILES BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HIS HEART WAS.
10:43 NO, AND IT "DID" WORK WITH THE JEWS.
10:45 ONE OF THE MISNOMERS IS THAT THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS.
10:48 NOW IT IS TRUE THAT AS A LEADERSHIP THAT'S WHERE THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP CAME DOWN.
10:54 WE DON'T BELIEVE IN HIM.
10:55 BUT THERE WAS A REVIVAL IN JERUSALEM.
10:58 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 THAT 3,000 MEN PLUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAME TO FAITH
11:03 AND AFTER THAT IT GREW TO 5,000 PLUS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
11:07 AND THEN WHEN PAUL COMES BACK TO JERUSALEM...
11:10 AND THEY'RE BLAMING PAUL
11:12 BUT HIS HEART..."I WANT TO GO TO JERUSALEM".
11:14 IN FACT HE SAYS I'M WILLING TO DIE JUST TO GET BACK TO JERUSALEM.
11:18 HE GETS BACK TO JERUSALEM WHERE HE MEETS A GUY NAMED JACOB WHO MOST PEOPLE KNOW AS JAMES,
11:22 ANOTHER MISNOMER, JAMES IS A GREAT NAME IF YOU'RE A CHAUFFEUR OR IF YOU'RE A BUTLER
11:29 BUT THE BROTHER OF THE YESHUA'S NAME WAS NOT JAMES IT WAS JACOB.
11:35 ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THEY ETHNICALLY CLEANSED THE JEWISHNESS OF THE NEW COVENANT SO THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM JEWISH.
11:41 WELL HE MEETS JACOB AND THE OTHER APOSTLES
11:44 AND JACOB SAYS TO HIM LOOK BROTHER SAUL, BROTHER PAUL,
11:47 HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS HAVE BELIEVED AND THEY'RE ZEALOUS FOR THE TORAH.
11:55 ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
11:56 BOTH/AND
11:58 RIGHT, SO NUMBER ONE WE SEE THAT IN MANY FOLKS BIBLES IT SAYS THOUSANDS
12:01 BUT THE GREEK AS YOU SAID IT'S MYRIADS WHICH MEANS TENS OF THOUSANDS
12:05 AND IT DOESN'T SAY "AND THEY'VE LEFT JUDAISM".
12:07 IT SAYS THEY'RE ZEALOUS FOR THE TORAH.
12:10 THAT'S CRAZY IF THE TORAH'S BAD AS MANY PEOPLE TEACH
12:14 BUT PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 7 THE TORAH'S GOOD, SPIRITUAL AND HOLY.
12:17 WE WERE THE PROBLEM.
12:20 BUT NOW UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, UNDER GRACE THESE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWISH BELIEVERS THAT JACOB SPEAKS TO PAUL ABOUT
12:26 ARE EMPOWERED TO LIVE OUT THE LAW NOT UNDER COMPULSION BUT AS A MEANS OF CALLING.
12:32 YES, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
12:34 I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THIS.
12:36 WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
12:54 YOUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
12:58 ENABLE US TO BRING YOU OUR WEEKLY TELEVISION SERIES,
13:01 OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER,
13:02 AND OUR WEBSITE...
13:04 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS ALSO SUPPORT
13:06 OTHER MINISTRIES THAT SHARE THE GOSPEL HERE AND IN ISRAEL
13:10 WHO ARE: "TO THE JEW FIRST FUND",
13:13 "EITAN SHISHKOFF OUR MAN IN HAIFA"
13:15 AND "THE GOOD NEWS FUND".
13:17 WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
13:21 AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL OUR MESSIAH RETURNS.
13:58 WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME WITH US TO ISRAEL.
14:00 IT IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
14:02 I'VE BEEN THERE OVER TWENTY TIMES AND IT NEVER GETS OLD.
14:04 IT'S ANCIENT BUT IT NEVER GETS OLD.
14:06 IT'S ENDLESS REVELATION IN THE WORD.
14:08 PASTORS WHO COME WITH SAY THAT IT'S CHANGED THEIR MINISTRY
14:12 SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO PLEASE COME WITH US TO ISRAEL.
14:15 YOU'LL LOVE THE LAND.
14:17 IT BELONGS TO THE LORD AND YOU'LL LOVE IT.
14:19 SO RON WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT PAUL
14:22 AND HOW THERE'S SUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT WHO HE WAS.
14:26 WHEN WE SEE THAT HE WAS SAUL AND THEN HE BECAME PAUL, THEY CHANGED HIS NAME.
14:29 YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THAT.
14:31 WILL YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THAT?
14:32 WELL WHEN I WAS A NEW BELIEVER
14:34 I WAS TAUGHT THAT THIS GUY SAUL DIDN'T LIKE BELIEVERS, MESSIANIC JEWS, HE WOULD PERSECUTE THEM.
14:40 BUT THEN WHEN HE CAME TO FAITH HE GOT RID OF HIS JEWISH NAME AND TOOK A CHRISTIAN NAME.
14:45 AND I JUST ASSUMED THAT WAS TRUE UNTIL I THOUGHT...
14:47 WAIT A MINUTE...THERE WERE NO CHRISTIAN NAMES.
14:50 PAUL WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN NAME WHEN PAUL BECAME A BELIEVER BECAUSE IT WAS ALL NEW.
14:56 IF ANYTHING PAUL WAS A LATIN, ROMAN NAME CONNECTED TO PAGANISM IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CASE.
15:01 THE FACT IS THAT HE NEVER CHANGED HIS NAME.
15:04 THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY THAT PAUL CHANGED HIS NAME.
15:07 IT SAYS VERY SIMPLY IN ACTS 13:9, "SAUL, WHO WAS ALSO CALLED PAUL".
15:13 THE GUY HAD TWO NAMES WHICH IS VERY NORMAL.
15:16 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT AS A JEW BORN IN AMERICA I GOT TWO NAMES.
15:20 EVERY JEWISH PERSON THAT'S BORN OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL GETS A NAME CONNECTED TO THEIR REGION.
15:25 IN HIS CASE IT WAS PAUL AND IN MINE IT WAS RON
15:27 AND HIS HEBREW NAME WAS SAUL, "SHAUL" THAT HE USED AMONGST THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
15:33 MINE IS "CHAIM" WHICH YOU CAN CALL ME IF YOU WANT BUT I LIKE RON BETTER THAN THAT.
15:37 SO HE NEVER CHANGED HIS NAME.
15:39 HE WAS A JEWISH RABBI;
15:40 HE CONTINUED TO BE A JEWISH RABBI.
15:42 THAT'S FOR OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW THAT.
15:44 YOU KNOW I AM MORDECHAI WHO IS ALSO CALLED MYLES.
15:46 AND WE ALL HAVE TWO NAMES.
15:49 WE HAVE OUR FAMILY LINEAGE IN HEBREW AND THEN THE LOCAL NAMES OR WHATEVER COUNTRY OR WHATEVER PLACE WE'RE IN.
15:53 SO THAT'S A GREAT...YOU BRING GREAT CLARITY TO THAT ISSUE.
15:57 NOW WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON FOR YOU NOW
15:59 WITH "MESSIAH'S MANDATE" AND THE OTHER MINISTRIES,
16:01 "MAOZ", THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING NOW?
16:04 TELL US ABOUT HOW THE BOOK RELATES TO THOSE MINISTRIES CURRENTLY.
16:06 WELL WE HAVE A MINISTRY CALLED "MESSIAH'S MANDATE".
16:10 WE ALSO WORK WITH "MAOZ ISRAEL" THEY'RE OUR COVERING MINISTRY
16:13 AND "MAOZ" HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 35...40 YEARS.
16:17 WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT EVERY MONTH THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST...
16:22 I CAN SAY THIS CAUSE I HAVE ONLY BEEN WRITING IN IT A LITTLE BIT
16:26 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE PIECES OF INFORMATION COMING OUT OF ISRAEL ABOUT THE MESSIANIC MOVEMENT.
16:32 WE IN "MESSIAH'S MANDATE" STARTED SOMETHING A FEW YEARS CALLED "THE ISAIAH 2 INITIATIVE"
16:37 WHERE WE STARTED TAKING THE YOUNG ISRAELI BELIEVERS TO OTHER NATIONS.
16:41 IN FACT OUR LAST TRIP TO NIGERIA
16:43 WE DID FIVE NIGHTS OF CAMPAIGN MINISTRY, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, SIGNS, WONDERS, MIRACLES...
16:48 WE SAW 67,000 PEOPLE HAND IN DECISION CARDS
16:52 SO WE FELT LIKE IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE BACK IN OUR NATION
16:56 AND IT'S GREAT THAT JEWISH PEOPLE ARE COMING TO FAITH
16:59 BUT WE'RE ALSO CALLED TO BE A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS.
17:02 THE BIBLE SAYS, (SPEAKING HEBREW),
17:05 "THE LAW SHALL GO FORTH FROM ZION".
17:08 SO WE BEGAN TO DO THAT
17:10 AND WE'RE HOPING SOON TO GO TO UGANDA TO PARTNER WITH OUR DEAR FRIEND PASTOR UMAR MULINDE
17:16 WHO WAS ATTACKED RECENTLY BY ISLAMIC FANATICS.
17:19 HALF HIS FACE WASDESTROYED... BLINDED IN ONE EYE BY ACID.
17:23 AND WE WANT TO GO BACK WITH HIM AS JEWISH BELIEVERS AND SHARE THE GOSPEL.
17:27 WE WROTE ABOUT HIM IN THE LEVITT LETTER
17:29 AND I THINK HE'S BEING CARED FOR BY THE MESSIANIC BELIEVERS IN ISRAEL.
17:32 HE IS...ISRAEL THE STATE OR THE...HOSPITAL IS PAYING ALL OF HIS MEDICAL BILLS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
17:38 BUT "MAOZ"...WE'VE RAISED THE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL HIS OTHER NEEDS...HIS FAMILY...
17:42 WE BROUGHT THEM TO ISRAEL...
17:44 WE PAID FOR THE AIRFARE...
17:45 WE PUT THEM IN A HOTEL AND THEY ARE JUST GREAT PEOPLE.
17:48 IT'S SUCH A GREAT EXPRESSION OF THE HEART OF GOD IN OUR DAY.
17:50 YOU KNOW THIS BOOK...
17:52 FOLKS THIS IS "IDENTITY THEFT"
17:53 AND THE BEST WAY TO GET A HOLD OF IT IS THROUGH YOUR MINISTRY ISN'T IT?
17:56 SURE...FOLKS CAN GO TO IDTHEFTBOOK.COM
18:01 AND THEY CAN ORDER IT THERE.
18:03 THEY CAN ALSO FIND IT ON AMAZON IF THEY DOWNLOAD IT FOR THEIR E-BOOKS
18:06 AND IF FOLKS JUST WANT TO GO TO MY WEBSITE RONCANTOR.COM
18:10 WE HAVE A THING THERE CALLED "MESSIANIC JEWS THE MOST HATED PEOPLE ON EARTH"
18:14 WHICH IS A FREE DOWNLOAD WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.
18:18 SO RONCANTOR.COM TAKES YOU TO MESSIAHSMANDATE.ORG
18:21 AND THEY CAN GET THE BOOK, THEY CAN READ OUR BLOG AND LEARN MORE ABOUT US.
18:26 SO REGARDING THE PUBLISHING OF THE BOOK IT'S GOING TO BE OUT
18:29 AND IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE BY THE TIME PEOPLE SEE THIS
18:31 AND I UNDERSTAND ITS PART OF A TRILOGY
18:33 AND YOU END IT ABRUPTLY...
18:35 THIS ONE ENDS ABRUPTLY.
18:37 I WAS KIND OF LIKE ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF AND IT ENDS.
18:39 AND YOU'RE SETTING UP FOR I THINK TWO MORE BOOKS.
18:41 YES, WELL WHAT HAPPENED IS WHEN WE RE-WROTE IT AS A NOVEL
18:44 I HAD TOO MUCH INFORMATION FOR JUST ONE BOOK AND IT WAS ALREADY IN 3 SECTIONS
18:50 SO WE DECIDED TO DO A TRILOGY
18:52 AND WHAT'S EXCITING IS THAT WE ALREADY PUBLISHED IT OVER THE SUMMER
18:57 BUT 2 DAYS AFTER IT CAME OUT SOMEBODY HANDED A COPY TO THE FOLKS AT DESTINY IMAGE.
19:02 I HAD NO HOPES THAT A MAJOR PUBLISHER WAS GOING TO PICK IT UP.
19:05 WITHIN 3 HOURS OF THEM GETTING A COPY OF THE BOOK
19:08 THEY CAME TO THE CONFERENCE WHERE WE WERE AND THEY SAID
19:12 WE WANT TO SIGN YOU TO A BOOK DEAL, WE LIKE THIS.
19:14 SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN IN PRINT SINCE LAST SUMMER
19:18 THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS MARCH/APRIL OF 2013 AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
19:25 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING A NATIONAL PRINT CAMPAIGN
19:28 AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HAPPY ABOUT IT MAKES ME HAPPY.
19:32 WELL I THINK IT'S PERSONAL AND BIGGER THAN PERSONAL.
19:35 IT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT TO YOU THAT THE PUBLISHER'S NOTICE IT
19:38 BUT I THINK YOU WILL ALSO AGREE WITH ME THAT IT'S SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIGN OF THE TIMES,
19:43 WHERE WE ARE, THAT THIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE JEWISHNESS OF JESUS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ISRAEL
19:48 IS THE SEMINAL MESSAGE FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
19:53 IT'S GOING TO KEEP BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
19:56 YESHUA'S NOT GOING TO RETURN TO AN ANTI-SEMITIC CHURCH.
20:00 GOD IS TURNING THE HEART OF THE CHURCH
20:02 AND WE BELIEVE THAT IN ADDITION TO OTHER MATERIALS OUT THERE
20:05 GOD'S GOING TO USE THIS BOOK TO OPEN UP THE EYES OF THE GENTILES.
20:09 LET ME SAY THIS...
20:11 JUST AS THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BLINDED TO THE MESSIAH-SHIP OF YESHUA,
20:14 THE CHURCH HAS BEEN BLINDED TO THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE NEW COVENANT.
20:18 AND I GET SO EXCITED.
20:20 I GET EMAILS ALMOST EVERY DAY FROM GENTILE BELIEVERS WHO HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT
20:26 AND THEY SAID "RON, I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN".
20:28 FOLKS WHO DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING
20:31 SUDDENLY STARTED READING IT AND SAID "I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN."
20:34 I THINK THAT WE'RE IN THAT SEASON THAT THE CHURCH IS AWAKENING.
20:37 WE GET TO BE PART OF THAT.
20:39 HERE AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS
20:42 BUT THIS IS NOW SPREADING AROUND THE WORLD
20:45 AND SO MANY CHURCHES ARE AWAKENING AND BECOMING AWARE OF THIS NEED TO TURN FROM THAT REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY,
20:52 TURN FROM ALL OF THAT "MISHEGOSH", THE "CRAZINESS"
20:55 THAT LED US INTO THIS GENTILIZING OF THE CHURCH
20:58 AND TO TURN BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PATTERN THAT GOD SET AS A JEWISH MESSIAH AND THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
21:05 AND THIS BOOK DOES A GREAT JOB OF MOVING THAT FORWARD.
21:08 WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE?
21:10 WHAT ELSE IS COMING UP FOR YOU?
21:12 WELL WITH THE BOOK COMING OUT THE DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENING UP IN EUROPE.
21:15 WE'VE BEEN IN SWITZERLAND, GERMANY.
21:17 WE DO THESE THINGS CALLED "IDENTITY THEFT" SEMINARS,
21:20 A 6 HOUR SEMINAR WHERE WE DO THE WHOLE TEACHING.
21:23 I WAS JUST IN SINGAPORE AND SINGAPORE IS LIKE THE SWITZERLAND OF THE FAR EAST
21:28 AND SOME DOORS HAVE OPENED TO GO TO A VERY LARGE COUNTRY NEXT TO IT
21:33 THAT IS KIND OF SECRETIVE AND CLOSED
21:36 AND THE BELIEVERS ARE PERSECUTED THERE
21:37 SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO THAT VERY LARGE COUNTRY
21:40 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TEACHING ON THIS
21:43 BECAUSE THE BELIEVERS THERE...
21:44 THERE'S A REVIVAL IN CHINA.
21:46 SOME SAY AS MANY A 100 MILLION BELIEVERS
21:48 AND I AM TOLD THEY LOVE ISRAEL BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A THEOLOGY.
21:53 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY LOVE ISRAEL.
21:55 AND SO DOORS HAVE OPENED FOR US TO GO IN TO TEACH
21:58 AND TO BRING SOME OF THEM TO ISRAEL AND TEACH SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE COMING YEAR.
22:03 IT'S EXCITING BUT REALLY IT'S A SOVEREIGN MOVE THE BACK TO JERUSALEM MOVEMENT...
22:08 THEY KNOW IT'S RIGHT,
22:09 THEY LOVE THE JEWS IN ISRAEL,
22:10 THEY WANT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW,
22:12 THEY WANT TO GO INTO JERUSALEM AND IT'S ALL VERTICAL, IT'S ALL COMING FROM HEAVEN TO THEM
22:16 AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH ISRAEL AND THE JEWS
22:20 WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.
22:22 RON THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL AND TIMELY MESSAGE.
22:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
22:25 WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
22:27 AND NOW LET'S GO TO SOME MUSIC BY ANOTHER LOVER OF ISRAEL, OUR FOUNDER ZOLA LEVITT RIGHT NOW.
22:34 ♪ISRAEL MY LOVE ISRAEL MY PROMISED♪
22:41 ♪CHOSEN OF GOD CHOSEN FOR ME♪
22:49 ♪HOMELAND FOREVER LAND OF MESSIAH♪
22:57 ♪ISRAEL, MY LOVE♪
23:06 ♪OUR GOD WATCHES THEE♪
23:21 THAT WAS LOVELY MUSIC BY ZOLA.
23:23 MYLES, GOD IS DOING SUCH A WORK TODAY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST AND IN THE WORLD
23:29 AND HE'S ALSO RESTORING THE JEWISHNESS OF JESUS TO THE WORLD.
23:34 YES, IT'S REALLY OUR LIFE STORY ISN'T IT?
23:36 I REMEMBER WHEN I BECAME A BELIEVER I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE, JUST LIKE RON,
23:40 THE ONLY ONE WHO'S EVER GONE THROUGH THIS.
23:42 IN FACT, WHEN I EVENTUALLY CALLED THE "JEWS FOR JESUS"
23:44 AND I SAID "HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE?"
23:46 THEY SAID, "A FEW OF US".
23:48 I REMEMBER GOING TO NEW YORK ON THEIR CAMPAIGN AND SEEING THE BUILDING THAT SAYS
23:51 "JEW FOR JESUS ESTABLISHED 32 A.D. GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR" RIGHT THERE ON THE STONE.
23:56 AND REALLY THAT'S THE STORY.
23:58 THIS IS A JEWISH STORY THAT GOES BACK 2,000 YEARS AND ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT,
24:02 GOES BACK FULLY 4,000 YEARS TO WHEN ABRAHAM WAS CALLED OUT
24:06 AND THE LINE OF MESSIAH CAME THROUGH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB WHO IS CALLED ISRAEL
24:11 AND NOW HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF THE AGE AND GOD IS RESTORING LIKE YOU SAY THE JEWISH IDENTITY OF THE GOSPEL OF WHO JESUS IS
24:20 AND IT'S A MESSAGE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR IT,
24:25 THE NEED FOR OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO KNOW ABOUT IT
24:28 AND MORE AND MORE AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
24:31 THE JEWISHNESS OF JESUS IN CONTENT AND IN CONTEXT.
24:35 SO WE'RE SEEING HIM IN HIS EVERY DAY ORTHODOX LIFE THAT HE LIVED.
24:41 YES, AN OBSERVANT JEW.
24:42 WHEN THEY FIRST...
24:44 THE CONFLICT WAS CAN THE JEWS...
24:45 CAN THEY LET THE GENTILES IN, RIGHT?
24:47 EXACTLY, EXACTLY SHOULD GENTILES BECOME JEWS IN ORDER TO FOLLOW JESUS?
24:52 AND NOW FOR US IN THE MODERN DAY IT'S DO I BECOME A GENTILE WHEN I BECOME A BELIEVER?
24:58 AND WHAT RON'S BOOK IS DOING SO ELOQUENTLY IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES.
25:03 HE'S USING A NOVEL FORMAT IN ORDER TO DRAW PEOPLE IN
25:06 AND HE IS LAYING OUT SOME VERY IMPORTANT THEOLOGICAL TRUTH IN THE FORM OF A NOVEL.
25:11 IT'S A BRILLIANT WORK AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR MORE AND MORE FROM RON AS THE DAYS GO BY.
25:15 YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW THAT OUR PEOPLE...OUR VIEWERS NEED TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE...
25:21 SO MANY OF THEM THEY LOVE ISRAEL
25:23 BUT THEY'RE BURDENED TO SEE THEIR PASTORS AND THEIR LEADERS UNDERSTAND THIS MESSAGE ALSO.
25:27 AND I THINK WE NEED TO APPROACH IT WITH HUMILITY AND WITH GRACE
25:31 AND WHENEVER WE'RE TRYING TO DISPLACE REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH REALLY THE HUMILITY OF THE LORD
25:37 AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND CONSISTENT AND SERVE
25:42 AND IN THAT WAY WIN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE AND FROM THERE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THESE MESSAGES.
25:46 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US.
25:48 I WAS SERVING LOCAL PASTORS BY BEING THEIR COUNSELOR FOR THEIR PEOPLE
25:51 AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY LISTENED TO ME ABOUT ISRAEL
25:54 SO MUCH SO THAT 50 OF THEM CAME WITH ME TO ISRAEL
25:57 AND THEIR LIVES WERE AFFECTED BY THE REALITY OF THE GOSPEL IN THE LAND TODAY.
26:02 AND THAT'S MULTIPLIED TODAY.
26:04 SO GOD IS REACHING MANY PEOPLE WITH THE MESSAGE OF HIS JEWISH MESSIAH, JESUS, YESHUA.
26:11 YES, AND WE'RE IN THAT SEASON AND IT WILL INCREASE AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.I JUST...
26:19 IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
26:21 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU SAID YOU STARTED TO READ THE BIBLE
26:23 THAT IT WAS ALL THE NAMES THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE CATHOLIC NAMES,
26:25 THEY WERE ACTUALLY JEWISH IDENTITIES...YOU KNOW...
26:28 MARY IS MARIAM...
26:30 THE WHOLE BOOK WAS JEWISH AND IT SHOCKED ME THE NEW TESTAMENT B'RIT HADASHAH WAS A JEWISH BOOK
26:35 AND I THOUGHT WHY DIDN'T MY RABBI TELL ME THIS?
26:38 WELL, HE DIDN'T AND HOPEFULLY HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS BEFORE HE LEFT THE PLANET, I DON'T KNOW.
26:43 THE FACT IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ALL THE TIME
26:47 ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR MINISTRY HERE AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
26:50 AND SO AS WE GO TODAY
26:52 WE WANT TO REMIND YOU AS WE ALWAYS DO...
26:55 SHAL'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
26:57 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
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27:07 OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER,
27:09 AND OUR WEBSITE...
27:10 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS
27:12 ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN ISRAEL THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF
27:15 "THE JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGY FUND",
27:18 "BRIDGES FOR PEACE"
27:20 AND THE "LONE SOLDIER FUND".
27:22 WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
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