The Jewish roots of Christianity

Home » Zola TV » Video Archives » ZLM Video

Bible teaching with an emphasis on Israel, prophecy and the Jewish roots of Christianity

This program is not available for playing in your browser (see below for alternatives).

Play video (28:31)

Note: You can control playback speed from the gear menu in the player above.

Episode: “The Wells of Salvation”
Abraham’s servant ventures out to find a wife for Isaac. Myles interviews Jan Willem van der Hoeven, a Dutch-born student of Corrie Ten Boom and longtime resident of Jerusalem and champion of the Jewish people. Mark Levitt interviews a representative of Bridges for Peace, one of ZLM’s Benevolence Fund recipients.
Series: “Sons of Promise”
Isaac and Jacob
This eight-program series is an eloquent statement about the Abrahamic Covenant line through the Jewish people.

Caption transcript for Sons of Promise: “The Wells of Salvation” (1/8)

  • 00:26 AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ISAAC AND SAID,
  • 00:29 "DWELL IN THIS LAND AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU."
  • 00:35 "FOR TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS I GIVE ALL THESE LANDS"
  • 00:40 "AND I WILL PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I SWORE TO YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM"
  • 00:44 "AND I WILL MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS MULTIPLY AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN"
  • 00:50 "AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED."
  • 01:04 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
  • 01:06 I'M MYLES WEISS.
  • 01:07 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS.
  • 01:08 AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TODAY TO BRING YOU A NEW SERIES,
  • 01:11 "THE SONS OF PROMISE: ISAAC AND JACOB".
  • 01:13 THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
  • 01:16 AND GOD'S CONTINUING HIS WORD,
  • 01:18 HIS SPOKEN WORD THAT HE SPOKE TO ABRAHAM.
  • 01:21 HE MADE HIM A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIM A LAND
  • 01:25 AND THAT HIS DESCENDANTS WOULD HAVE THE SAME LAND.
  • 01:27 WE'RE SEEING THAT PROMISE MADE ALIVE TODAY
  • 01:30 BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE PROMISE IT BUT HE'S A COVENANT KEEPING GOD
  • 01:33 AND HE RE-ESTABLISHES IT THROUGH ISAAC AND JACOB.
  • 01:37 IT'S SO IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING
  • 01:40 THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE COVENANT LINE COMES THROUGH ISAAC AND JACOB.
  • 01:44 THERE IS A BLESSING TO ISHMAEL;
  • 01:46 THERE IS A BLESSING TO ESAU IF THEY TAKE IT, IF THEY WANT IT,
  • 01:49 BUT THE COVENANT LINE IS THROUGH ISAAC AND JACOB
  • 01:52 AND WE REALLY SEE THAT IN THIS STORY.
  • 01:54 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THESE 8 PROGRAMS
  • 01:56 AND IT REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLAYING OUT THROUGH THE DRAMA FROM THE BIBLE
  • 02:00 AND ALSO A LOOK INTO MODERN ISRAEL.
  • 02:02 THAT'S RIGHT
  • 02:03 SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THIS PROMISE IS NOT ONLY TO THE JEWS
  • 02:06 IT'S THROUGH THE JEWS
  • 02:08 AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT COMES TO YOU,
  • 02:10 IT COMES TO WHOSOEVER WILL THROUGH THE JEWS
  • 02:13 BECAUSE YESHUA SAID IN MATTHEW 22 THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF THE LIVING NOT OF THE DEAD.
  • 02:19 AND SO EVEN TODAY HE'S THE GOD OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
  • 02:22 AND TO WHOSOEVER WOULD BE GRAFTED IN TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL.
  • 02:26 THIS IS REALLY A STORY ABOUT "DOR L' DOR", "GENERATION TO GENERATION".
  • 02:32 SO LET'S GO TO OUR DRAMA NOW AS THE BIBLICAL STORY UNFOLDS
  • 02:36 WITH ABRAHAM SENDING HIS SERVANT OUT TO FIND A WIFE FOR HIS SON ISAAC.
  • 02:47 AND ABRAHAM SENT HIS SERVANT TO THE LAND OF HIS BROTHER NAHOR TO FIND A WIFE FOR HIS SON ISAAC.
  • 03:53 THE STORY OF ISAAC AND JACOB,THE SONS OF PROMISE
  • 03:56 REALLY BEGINS WITH FATHER ABRAHAM BACK IN GENESIS 12.
  • 03:59 GOD SAYS TO ABRAHAM "LEK LEKA", "GET UP AND GO".
  • 04:02 HE CALLS HIM OUT OF THE LIFE THAT HE KNEW INTO A NEW LIFE AND A NEW LAND.
  • 04:07 WE'RE STANDING HERE IN JAFFA LOOKING AT MODERN TEL AVIV.
  • 04:10 A MIRACLE OF THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PROMISES
  • 04:14 YES, GOD IS A GOD OF PROMISES.
  • 04:16 HE'S A GOD OF LOVE
  • 04:18 AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
  • 04:20 YOU SEE IN THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM...
  • 04:22 ABRAHAM WAS A MAN OF ALTARS,
  • 04:24 ISAAC WAS A MAN OF WELLS
  • 04:26 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW JACOB IS A MAN OF TENTS,
  • 04:30 A PEACEFUL MAN THAT GOD EXTENDS HIS COVENANT PLAN
  • 04:34 AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL IS BIRTHED THROUGH THE LINE OF JACOB.
  • 04:38 YES, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH CONTROVERSY TODAY IN THE WORLD
  • 04:42 ABOUT THIS LITTLE COUNTRY SMALLER THAN NEW JERSEY AND YET A COVENANT LAND,
  • 04:46 SO IN THIS SERIES WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT GOD'S FULFILLMENT OF HIS COVENANT PROMISES.
  • 04:51 WE'RE GOING TO NOTICE HOW IN THE SCRIPTURE IF YOU TAKE THEM TOGETHER
  • 04:55 YOU CAN SEE THAT GOD PROMISED IN JEREMIAH 16
  • 04:58 THAT HE WOULD NO LONGER BE KNOWN AS THE GOD WHO BROUGHT US UP OUT OF EGYPT
  • 05:02 BUT AS THE GOD WHO BROUGHT US FROM THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, THE EAST AND THE WEST.
  • 05:06 AMOS 9:15 SAYS WHEN WE COME BACK INTO THE LAND THIS TIME WE WILL NEVER BE UPROOTED AGAIN.
  • 05:11 THAT'S RIGHT
  • 05:13 AND ISAIAH 66, VERSE 8 ASKS THE QUESTION... CAN A NATION BE BORN IN A DAY?
  • 05:17 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED MAY 14, 1948
  • 05:21 THIS NATION WAS BORN AND GOD INTENDS TO KEEP IT HERE
  • 05:25 AS A WITNESS OF WHO HE IS UNTIL THE COMING OF MESSIAH.
  • 05:30 THAT'S THE SEASON THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
  • 05:32 SO THIS STORY BEGINS WITH A WELL
  • 05:35 AND IT REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF HOW ISAAC,
  • 05:37 A MAN OF WELLS, IS GOING TO BE THE LINE THROUGH WHICH THE PROMISES WILL COME FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD
  • 05:43 ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL SEE IN THIS SERIES
  • 05:45 IS HOW GOD IS BLESSED US NOT ONLY WITH MESSIAH
  • 05:49 BUT ALSO WITH INCREDIBLE BLESSINGS IN TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE AND PHYSICS,
  • 05:54 SCIENCES THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
  • 05:56 THROUGH THIS SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE GOD HAS BROUGHT UNTOLD BLESSING TO THE EARTH.
  • 06:01 OUR STORY WILL CONTINUE WHEN WE RETURN FROM THIS...
  • 06:14 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
  • 06:18 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER "THE LEVITT LETTER".
  • 06:22 AT LEVITT.COM YOU CAN READ THE NEWSLETTER,
  • 06:25 WATCH THE TV PROGRAM,
  • 06:27 OR VISIT OUR ON-LINE STORE.
  • 06:29 STAY CURRENT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA VIA FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
  • 06:33 COME WITH US ON A TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
  • 06:36 OR A CRUISE TO GREECE AND EPHESUS.
  • 06:40 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
  • 07:54 THE DRAMA UNFOLDS AROUND A WELL
  • 07:56 AND WE SEE THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE STORY OF ISAAC
  • 07:58 JUST AS KATHARINE SAID IN THE EARLIER SEGMENT THAT ISAAC IS A MAN OF WELLS
  • 08:03 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW GOD USES THAT PICTURE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT WHO HE IS
  • 08:07 AND ABOUT THE LIVING WATER THAT HE BRINGS TO WHOSOEVER WILL ASK.
  • 08:12 THERE'S SUCH A PARALLEL BETWEEN ISAAC AND YESHUA,
  • 08:16 BETWEEN ISAAC AND JESUS AS A PROMISED SON.
  • 08:19 HE REALLY IS...ISAAC IS REALLY A PICTURE OF THE MESSIAH.
  • 08:23 WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE STORY OF ABRAHAM
  • 08:25 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT UNFOLD BEGINNING WITH
  • 08:27 THIS SECTION WHERE THE BRIDE IS BEING CHOSEN FOR HIM,
  • 08:31 JUST AS YOU'VE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD AS A BRIDE FOR YESHUA.
  • 08:36 LOOK AT THE PARALLELS HERE.
  • 08:37 THERE WAS A PROMISED SEED AND A PROMISED SON.
  • 08:41 FOR BOTH ISAAC AND FOR YESHUA THERE WAS A PROMISE THAT MESSIAH WOULD COME.
  • 08:46 WE SEE THE PROMISE IN ISAIAH 9 THAT UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN
  • 08:50 AND WE SEE THAT IN THE PROMISE OF ISAAC.
  • 08:53 ABRAHAM AND SARAH WERE BEYOND HOPE AND YET GOD SAID, I'M GOING TO DO THIS.
  • 08:58 LOOK AT THE TIME IN BETWEEN, THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE PROMISE AND THE FULFILLMENT.
  • 09:03 THERE'S A VERY LENGTHY INTERVAL IN-BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
  • 09:06 ABRAHAM AND SARAH WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THEIR SON TO BE BORN
  • 09:11 AND SO IT IS WITH THE MESSIAH.
  • 09:13 IN FACT, IN GALATIANS PAUL SAYS THAT WHEN THE FULLNESS OF TIME HAS COME GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON.
  • 09:19 THERE WAS A TIME GAP IN-BETWEEN.
  • 09:21 ANOTHER PARALLEL; BOTH SARAH AND MARY (MIRIAM) ASKED,
  • 09:25 HOW CAN THIS BE?
  • 09:27 HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?
  • 09:28 SARAH LAUGHED.
  • 09:29 MIRIAM (MARY) ASKED, HOW COULD THIS BE?
  • 09:32 AND YET NEVERTHELESS AT YOUR WORD SO BE IT.
  • 09:35 AND THEY BOTH ASKED THE QUESTION OF GOD,
  • 09:37 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR SUCH A THING AS THIS, TO BRING FORTH A SON.
  • 09:42 AND THEY WERE BOTH NAMED BEFORE THEIR BIRTH.
  • 09:45 ISAAC WAS CALLED "YITZHAK" (LAUGHTER) BEFORE HE WAS BORN
  • 09:50 AND YESHUA WAS CALLED "SALVATION" (YESHUA) BEFORE HE WAS BORN
  • 09:55 BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BRING SALVATION TO HIS PEOPLE.
  • 09:58 THEY BOTH HAD MIRACLE BIRTHS.
  • 10:00 THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ABRAHAM AND SARAH TO HAVE A CHILD
  • 10:03 AND THERE IS NO WAY IN THE NATURAL FOR MARY TO HAVE A CHILD WITHOUT A NATURAL FATHER.
  • 10:09 IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL BIRTH IN BOTH CASES.
  • 10:12 AND FINALLY, THEY BOTH HAD A VERY SPECIFIC, UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR FATHER.
  • 10:18 FOR ABRAHAM AND ISAAC IT WAS THAT FULFILLMENT OF THE WAITING FOR A PROMISED SON, A SON OF COVENANT.
  • 10:25 AND FOR YESHUA IT WAS HEARING THE SOUND COMING AT THE TIME OF HIS BAPTISM
  • 10:30 WHEN THE HEAVENS OPENED AND THE DOVE LANDED ON HIM AND HE HEARD THE VOICE OF HIS FATHER SAY,
  • 10:37 THIS IS MY BELOVED SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.
  • 10:41 WE'RE GOING TO SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS STORY
  • 10:43 HOW GOD IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE STORY OF REDEMPTION THROUGH THE LIFE OF ISAAC
  • 10:48 AND THEN THROUGH THE LIFE OF JACOB.
  • 10:50 WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
  • 11:03 YOUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
  • 11:07 ENABLE US TO BRING YOU OUR WEEKLY TELEVISION SERIES,
  • 11:10 OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER,
  • 11:11 AND OUR WEBSITE...
  • 11:13 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS
  • 11:15 ALSO SUPPORT OTHER MINISTRIES THAT SHARE THE GOSPEL HERE AND IN ISRAEL THROUGH OUR:
  • 11:20 "TO THE JEW FIRST FUND",
  • 11:22 "EITAN SHISHKOFF OUR MAN IN HAIFA"
  • 11:24 AND "THE GOOD NEWS FUND".
  • 11:26 WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
  • 11:29 AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL OUR MESSIAH RETURNS.
  • 12:07 ISRAEL IS A LAND OF COVENANT.
  • 12:09 IT'S A LAND WHERE WHEN YOU GO,
  • 12:11 AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME WITH US,
  • 12:13 THE BIBLE WILL COME ALIVE IN A WHOLE NEW REALM TO YOU.
  • 12:17 YOU'LL BE WALKING WHERE JESUS WALKED.
  • 12:19 YOU'LL BE SEEING THE PLACES THAT HE TALKED ABOUT,
  • 12:21 THAT YOU'VE READ ABOUT AND YOU'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN
  • 12:24 SOMETHING THAT'S LIFE-CHANGING
  • 12:26 SO WE JUST WOULD LOVE YOU TO JOIN US.
  • 12:28 MYLES AND I WOULD LOVE TO HOST YOU.
  • 12:30 THAT'S RIGHT...WE NEVER GET TIRED OF GOING TO ISRAEL.
  • 12:33 YOU KNOW REALLY A GOOD WAY TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT THE MINISTRY
  • 12:36 IS THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTER.
  • 12:38 IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING OUR NEWSLETTER
  • 12:40 PLEASE CALL US.
  • 12:41 GO TO 1-800-WONDERS
  • 12:43 OR GO ON LINE TO LEVITT.COM
  • 12:45 AND GET IN TOUCH WITH US.
  • 12:46 THIS IS AN UP-TO-DATE MAGAZINE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ISRAEL
  • 12:50 AND REALLY HAS INCREDIBLE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO PUSH BACK AGAINST DIS-INFORMATION
  • 12:54 THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PITCHED BY THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA
  • 12:58 AND ALSO, OUR RESOURCE THIS WEEK
  • 13:00 IS A BEAUTIFUL NEW POSTER.
  • 13:03 IT'S A GENEALOGY CHART THAT TALKS AND SHOWS YOU THE SONS OF PROMISE.
  • 13:07 IT SHOWS THE LINEAGE OF ISAAC AND JACOB THROUGH ABRAHAM
  • 13:11 AND LEAVES ROOM IN THIS VERY CHART TO PLUG IN YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS,
  • 13:16 TO PUT IN MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME TO FAITH
  • 13:18 OR THOSE THAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR SO THAT YOU ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL
  • 13:24 AND ALSO BEING GRAFTED-IN TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
  • 13:27 WELL SO MANY PLACES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT GOD SAYS
  • 13:29 "I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
  • 13:32 AND HE CALLS THE WOMAN THAT WAS OPPRESSED
  • 13:33 WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER ABRAHAM OR EVEN...
  • 13:36 JUST SO MANY PLACES WHERE GOD WANTS US TO KNOW
  • 13:39 THAT WE'RE PART OF THE COVENANT KEEPING PLAN THAT HE HAS FOR THIS EARTH.
  • 13:43 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT
  • 13:45 AND THIS IS REALLY THE FAMILY CHART FOR ALL OF US
  • 13:47 SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US TO RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE.
  • 13:50 IT WILL BLESS YOU.
  • 13:51 IT WILL BLESS YOUR FAMILY.
  • 13:52 IT MAKES A BEAUTIFUL GIFT.
  • 13:53 ALSO WE WANT TO RETURN NOW TO OUR STORY.
  • 13:56 YOU KNOW THIS COVENANT STORY IS REALLY THE STORY OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE.
  • 14:03 IT'S REALLY ABOUT HIS FAITHFULNESS.
  • 14:05 THERE ARE HEROES AND VILLAINS IN THE STORY,
  • 14:07 THERE'S DRAMA IN THE STORY,
  • 14:08 BUT IT REALLY DOES DEMONSTRATE THAT THE HERO OF THE BIBLE IS GOD HIMSELF.
  • 14:13 SO NOW LET'S RETURN TO THE BIBLICAL DRAMA THAT COMES FROM GENESIS.
  • 14:22 AND ABRAHAM'S SERVANT SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE HOME OF ABRAHAM'S BROTHER NAHOR.
  • 14:27 HE TOLD THE FAMILY ABOUT THE REASON FOR COMING
  • 14:30 AND HOW THE LORD HAD LED HIM TO THIS VERY PLACE TO FIND A WIFE FOR ISAAC.
  • 14:35 THE GOD OF HIS MASTER ABRAHAM HAD BEEN FAITHFUL
  • 14:38 FOR THE FAMILY HAD AGREED TO THE TERM SAYING,
  • 14:42 "THIS THING WAS FROM THE LORD".
  • 15:29 ABRAHAM SENDS HIS SERVANT OUT TO FIND ISAAC A BRIDE
  • 15:33 AND IT IS GOD'S PLAN THAT WE PRAY
  • 15:36 AND WE'LL SEE IN THIS SERVANT HOW FAST GOD ANSWERS HIS PRAYER.
  • 15:40 BEFORE HE EVEN BEGINS FINISHING PRAYING HE SEES REBEKAH COMING.
  • 15:44 AND REBEKAH IS WILLING AND SHE SAYS YES RIGHT AWAY.
  • 15:48 IT'S SUCH A PICTURE FOR US OF HOW TO BE A SERVANT,
  • 15:50 OF HOW TO BE WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE.
  • 15:53 HE COMES WITH TEN CAMELS AND SO MANY OTHER GIFTS TO GIVE TO HER
  • 15:57 BUT HE IS LOOKING TO SEE HER HEART IF IT'S A SERVANT'S HEART, IT IT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR ISAAC
  • 16:02 AND SHE PASSES THE TEST BY BEING A SERVANT.
  • 16:05 IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE FOR US.
  • 16:07 IT REALLY IS, AND REALLY HE COMES WITH THE BRIDE PRICE
  • 16:09 AND REBEKAH SAYS YES AND THAT'S REALLY THE PICTURE THAT WE SEE HERE.
  • 16:13 IT'S A REAL INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE MODERN AND THE ANCIENT REALITIES.
  • 16:17 WE'RE SITTING HERE IN MODERN TEL AVIV,
  • 16:20 LOOKING AT THE INCREDIBLE THING THAT GOD HAS DONE IN REBUILDING THIS NATION
  • 16:24 AND YET THIS ANCIENT STORY REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT GOES ONE FOR US WHEN WE SAY YES TO MESSIAH.
  • 16:31 SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE IN THE HOTELS
  • 16:34 WE'LL SEE YOUNG ORTHODOX KIDS COURTING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN THE HOTELS
  • 16:39 AND THEY'LL MEET TOGETHER AND THEY'LL TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER;
  • 16:42 THE MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A HUMAN ELEMENT...THEY HAVE TO SAY YES.
  • 16:48 I REMEMBER YEARS AGO I WAS SETTING UP A MEETING IN NORTHERN INDIA
  • 16:53 AND A YOUNG PASTOR WAS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS FIRST CHILD IN ANOTHER CITY
  • 16:56 AND HIS WIFE AND HIM WERE MARRIED ONLY FIVE YEARS
  • 16:59 AND I ASKED HIM, ASHER, WHAT IS AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE LIKE TODAY,
  • 17:04 BECAUSE IN INDIA THEY STILL DO THAT.
  • 17:06 HE SAID, WHEN WE FIRST MET WE WERE SIX YEARS OLD
  • 17:11 AND WE DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN UNTIL THE DAY OF OUR WEDDING.
  • 17:15 WE WERE MARRIED IN A TYPICALLY INDIAN LAVISH WEDDING
  • 17:18 AND FOR THE FIRST MONTH ALL WE COULD CONSIDER WAS SUICIDE.
  • 17:23 WE WERE LIVING WITH A STRANGER,
  • 17:24 WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE...
  • 17:26 AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED.
  • 17:28 HE SAID, MYLES WE THREW OURSELVES ON THE FLOOR OF OUR FLAT AND WE CRIED OUT TO GOD
  • 17:33 AND HE GAVE US LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
  • 17:35 HE GAVE US SUPERNATURAL LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
  • 17:38 AND THAT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING,
  • 17:40 THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN ELEMENT FOR US TO SAY YES
  • 17:44 JUST AS WE SEE REBEKAH SAYING YES TO THE SERVANT OF ABRAHAM TO MARRY ISAAC
  • 17:50 WE HAVE TO SAY YES WHEN MESSIAH COMES AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OF OUR HEART
  • 17:55 AND SO THAT'S OUR PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY
  • 17:57 THAT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT CALL
  • 18:00 THAT YOU'LL SAY YES TO THE MESSIAH AND BECOME THE BRIDE
  • 18:05 JUST AS REBEKAH BECAME THE BRIDE OF ISAAC, A TYPE OF MESSIAH,
  • 18:08 YOU AND I CAN BECOME THE BRIDE OF MESHIACH HIMSELF.
  • 18:25 REBEKAH REALLY IS AN EXAMPLE FOR US OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GOD'S BRIDE.
  • 18:31 YOU KNOW SHE WENT THE EXTRA MILE.
  • 18:34 NOT ONLY DID SHE WILLINGLY GIVE A STRANGER A DRINK
  • 18:37 BUT SHE OFFERED TO GIVE THE CAMELS A DRINK TOO
  • 18:40 AND THAT WAS NOT A SMALL TASK,
  • 18:43 THOSE WERE TEN VERY THIRSTY CAMELS.
  • 18:45 WHEN YOU SEE IN SCRIPTURE, TEN IS ALWAYS TESTING
  • 18:48 AND SHE PASSED THE TEST OF WANTING TO BE THAT SERVANT THAT GOD IS CALLING ALL OF US TO BE.
  • 18:54 WE STEP INTO OUR DESTINY THROUGH SERVICE AND SHE CERTAINLY DID.
  • 18:58 IT'S A GOOD WORD.
  • 18:59 YOU KNOW SPEAKING OF SERVANTS;
  • 19:01 WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE OF INTERVIEWING YAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVAN.
  • 19:06 HE IS A DISCIPLE OF CORRIE TEN BOOM.
  • 19:08 YOU MAY KNOW HER STORY FROM "THE HIDING PLACE"
  • 19:10 AND HE HAS BEEN STANDING WITH ISRAEL AS A GENTILE
  • 19:14 STANDING WITH ISRAEL FOR OVER FORTY YEARS
  • 19:16 AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR FOR US TO BE WITH HIM UP NEAR THE TEMPLE MOUNT
  • 19:23 AND BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW HIM IN ISRAEL
  • 19:25 AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HIS PASSION FOR THE THINGS OF GOD
  • 19:28 AND HIS PASSION THAT THE NATIONS WOULD STAND WITH ISRAEL.
  • 19:31 IT WAS SO ENCOURAGING FOR ME PERSONALLY.
  • 19:33 IT WAS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO HAVE HIM ON OUR PROGRAM.
  • 19:36 SO LET'S WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY GO TO MY INTERVIEW WITH YAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVAN.
  • 19:44 YAN WILLEM YOU'VE BEEN IN ISRAEL FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
  • 19:46 HOW DID YOUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ISRAEL BEGIN?
  • 19:49 FIRST OF ALL IT IS NICE TO BE ON YOUR PROGRAM.
  • 19:51 THANK YOU
  • 19:53 AND AS I HAVE ALREADY DONE I BLESS YOU AND I HOPE THAT
  • 19:55 THE PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR MINISTRY
  • 19:59 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE VOICE FOR ISRAEL
  • 20:03 IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICES TO SAVE OUR NATIONS.
  • 20:09 I WAS INFLUENCED, AMONG OTHERS, BY CORRIE TEN BOOM WHO LIVED IN HOLLAND WHERE I GREW UP.
  • 20:16 THE AMERICANS KNOW HER FROM "THE HIDING PLACE" FILM THAT BILLY GRAHAM MADE
  • 20:21 AND OF COURSE THE BIBLE IS EXTREMELY CLEAR
  • 20:24 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE THAT ISRAEL HAS ESPECIALLY IN THE END TIME.
  • 20:32 I THINK, FOR INSTANCE OF JEREMIAH 30, VERSE 10 AND 11.
  • 20:36 "WHEN I BRING JACOB BACK,"
  • 20:38 "THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END WITH ALL THE NATIONS WHERE I SCATTERED HER,"
  • 20:44 "I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END OF ISRAEL."
  • 20:46 YOU SEE THE COLLAPSE OF NATIONS.
  • 20:48 IN EUROPE, WHERE I COME FROM...
  • 20:50 ECONOMICALLY...
  • 20:51 AND INFILTRATED BY THE POWERS OF ISLAM...DECADENT.
  • 20:56 IT'S NOT ANYMORE A CHRISTIAN EUROPE,
  • 20:59 IT'S A HEATHENISH EUROPE
  • 21:02 AND AMERICA WILL GO THAT SAME WAY IF THIS MESSAGE THAT YOU REPRESENT AND A FEW OTHERS...
  • 21:08 I WISH I COULD SAY "MANY" OTHERS...WILL NOT BE HURT
  • 21:12 BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH 60, VERSE 12
  • 21:16 "THE NATION THAT SHALL NOT SERVE ISRAEL SHALL PERISH".
  • 21:19 AND MORDECAI SAID TO ESTHER, IF YOU KEEP QUIET...
  • 21:24 NOW I SPEAK TO EVERY CHRISTIAN WHETHER THEY'RE JEWISH BELIEVERS OR GENTILE BELIEVERS IN AMERICA.
  • 21:29 IF YOU KEEP SILENT NOW GOD'S PLAN WITH ISRAEL WILL GO ON
  • 21:35 BUT YOU AND YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHURCH
  • 21:39 WILL FACE OR HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
  • 21:43 GIVE HER RESPITE LORD, GIVE HER RESPITE...
  • 21:46 YOU HAVE USED AMERICA TO FREE EUROPE.
  • 21:50 YOU HAVE USED AMERICA FOR 80 PER CENT OF ALL EVANGELISM.
  • 21:54 LOREN CUNNINGHAM IS AN AMERICAN...
  • 21:57 GEORGE VERWER IS OF "OPERATION MOBILISATION" IS AN AMERICAN...
  • 22:01 BILLY GRAHAM IS AN AMERICAN.
  • 22:03 I THANK GOD AS A EUROPEAN. I'M NOT CRITICAL OF THE MEN
  • 22:07 BUT I'M WOUNDED IN MY HEART TO SEE HOW AMERICA IS THROWING AWAY WHAT'S MEANT TO BE.
  • 22:14 WHEN AMERICA STOOD BESIDE ISRAEL GOD USED AMERICA.
  • 22:32 I THINK YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THE PASSION
  • 22:34 AND THE FERVENCY WITH WHICH YAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVAN SPEAKS
  • 22:38 AND HOW HE STANDS FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER FOR GOD.
  • 22:41 WE COULDN'T GET ALL OF THE INTERVIEW THAT WE DID WITH HIM ON THIS PROGRAM
  • 22:46 SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REST OF IT PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE,
  • 22:49 GO TO LEVITT.COM
  • 22:50 AND YOU'LL SEE THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW.
  • 22:52 HE REALLY DOES GET JUST SO EXCITED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT...
  • 22:56 THERE'S AN IMPARTATION TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL THROUGH HIS MINISTRY.
  • 22:59 EXACTLY, HE'LL CALL YOU UP TO INTERCEDE FOR ISRAEL AND TO REALLY STAND FOR THE LORD.
  • 23:04 HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN.
  • 23:06 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AND SHOW SOME OF THE BENEVOLENT FUNDS
  • 23:09 THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGH ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
  • 23:11 "BRIDGES FOR PEACE"...
  • 23:13 THEY HELP HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS,
  • 23:15 THEY HELP THE IDF
  • 23:16 AND REALLY THEY'VE BEEN THERE IN THE LAND FOR FORTY YEARS OR MORE
  • 23:20 BUILDING THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.
  • 23:24 YOU'RE RIGHT.
  • 23:25 YOU KNOW MARK LEVITT
  • 23:27 ON THIS SERIES YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A NUMBER OF TIMES
  • 23:28 WHEN MARK LEVITT IS INTERVIEWING SOME OF THE BENEVOLENCE FUNDS THAT WE SUPPORT.
  • 23:32 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT YOUR FUNDS TO THIS MINISTRY
  • 23:35 NOT ONLY GO TO PRODUCE THESE PROGRAMS
  • 23:37 BUT WE ALSO ARE CONSTANTLY SUPPORTING DIFFERENT MINISTRIES,
  • 23:41 AND DIFFERENT BENEVOLENCE FUNDS IN ISRAEL.
  • 23:43 SO NOW LET'S GO TO MARK LEVITT INTERVIEWING BRIDGES FOR PEACE.
  • 23:48 WHAT MAKES BRIDGES FOR PEACE UNIQUE AMONG MINISTRIES IN ISRAEL?
  • 23:52 WELL I THINK THATWHAT MAKES US UNIQUE IS OUR VISION
  • 23:56 AND THAT IS WE HAVE A VISION OF CHANGING THE ATTITUDES OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
  • 24:00 IN FACT, THE FACT THAT WE'RE BASED IN JERUSALEM IS ALSO VERY SPECIAL.
  • 24:05 YOU KNOW A LOT OF MINISTRIES ARE BASED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY
  • 24:08 WHEREVER THAT MIGHT BE IN THE WORLD
  • 24:10 AND THEY'RE TELLING WHAT GOD BELIEVES ABOUT ISRAEL AND SO ON
  • 24:13 BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE WITH 70 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WHO ARE SHOWING GOD'S LOVE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
  • 24:18 AND MOST JEWISH PEOPLE, MOST ISRAELIS HAVE A HUGE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
  • 24:24 AND TO OUR GREAT SADNESS THEY BELIEVE THAT CHRISTIANS CAUSED MOST OF THEIR PAIN THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.
  • 24:30 SO WE'RE HERE AS CHRISTIANS ON THE GROUND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
  • 24:34 WE HAVE CHRISTIANS FROM 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON OUR STAFF
  • 24:37 AND WE'RE HERE TO SHOW THAT WE LOVE THEM.
  • 24:40 AS CHRISTIANS WE LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE;
  • 24:41 THAT WE BELIEVE GOD HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIVES
  • 24:44 AND WE BELIEVE GOD IS BRINGING THEM BACK FROM THE NATIONS
  • 24:48 AND THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COOPERATE WITH GOD'S PLANS.
  • 24:50 WONDERFUL
  • 24:51 NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT RIDGES FOR PEACE IS A MULTI-FACETED OUTREACH
  • 24:54 THAT HELPS OLD PEOPLE, CHILDREN, IMMIGRANTS, MANY DIFFERENT SORTS OF PEOPLE.
  • 25:00 WHAT IMPACT WOULD YOU SAY BRIDGES FOR PEACE HAS HAD HERE?
  • 25:04 OH, IT'S QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
  • 25:06 ACTUALLY AT THE CURRENT TIME WE HAVE ABOUT 28,000 PEOPLE IN ISRAEL ARE RECEIVING FOOD THAT'S GIVEN FROM CHRISTIANS.
  • 25:13 CHRISTIAN MONEY GIVEN TO THEM ALL OVER ISRAEL...
  • 25:16 52 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES...
  • 25:18 WE WORK WITH 18 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES
  • 25:20 AND I WOULD GUESS THAT PROBABLY 60 PER CENT OF OUR RECIPIENTS
  • 25:26 ARE CHILDREN AND OF COURSE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AS WELL.
  • 25:31 I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ISRAEL HAS A HUGE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS.
  • 25:36 IN FACT ABOUT 3 MILLION OF THE POPULATION CAME HERE AS IMMIGRANTS
  • 25:40 AND WE'RE HELPING A LOT OF THEM.
  • 25:42 SO WE HELP IMMIGRANTS...
  • 25:44 PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LANDING IN THE LAND
  • 25:46 AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR NEXT FOOD
  • 25:49 AND WE HELP ORPHANAGES...
  • 25:51 IT'S A HUGE REACH.
  • 25:53 IN FACT, SO MUCH THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZED BY THE KNESSET AND BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
  • 25:57 AND BY VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT
  • 25:59 AS BEING A SIGNIFICANT HELP TO THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THIS COUNTRY.
  • 26:06 SPEAKING OF "SONS OF PROMISE", I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MARK LEVITT.
  • 26:10 HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR MINISTRY AND ZOLA'S SON.
  • 26:14 SO TO SEE HIM INTERVIEWING BRIDGES FOR PEACE IS REALLY KIND OF NICE.
  • 26:18 AND YOU KNOW, THAT MINISTRY IS SO PROFOUND.
  • 26:20 THEY DISTRIBUTE 70 TONS OF FOOD PER MONTH IN ISRAEL
  • 26:25 AND THEY SERVE 300 HOT MEALS A DAY TO CHILDREN IN ISRAEL...THOSE WITHOUT.
  • 26:30 SO IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL WORK
  • 26:31 AND WE GET TO BE PART OF SUPPORTING THEM.
  • 26:33 AND IT'S SO NEEDFUL THIS TIME
  • 26:36 IT REALLY IS
  • 26:37 SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
  • 26:40 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH "THE SONS OF PROMISE" AND SEE HOW GOD IS ALIVE TODAY.
  • 26:45 UNTIL WE SEE YOU REMEMBER...
  • 26:48 SHAL'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
  • 26:50 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
  • 26:54 OUR RESOURCE ON THIS PROGRAM,
  • 26:56 "THE PROMISED SEED OF ABRAHAM" LINEAGE CHART
  • 26:59 IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DONATION OF $20 OR MORE
  • 27:02 WE'LL SEND YOU THIS BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL ART WORK
  • 27:05 SHOWING AN OVERVIEW OF THE FAMILY TREE OF JESUS BEGINNING WITH ABRAHAM.
  • 27:09 THIS WORK OF ART IS SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
  • 27:12 AND ALSO INCLUDES SPACE FOR YOU TO ADD YOUR OWN NAMES TO THE FAMILY TREE.
  • 27:17 CALL 1-800-WONDERS AND ASK FOR THE LINEAGE CHART
  • 27:20 OR VISIT US AT LEVITT.COM
  • 27:23 OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER IS FREE
  • 27:26 AND FULL OF INSIGHTFUL ARTICLES AND NEWS COMMENTARY FROM A MESSIANIC PERSPECTIVE.
  • 27:31 VISIT LEVITT.COM TO FIND OUR NEWSLETTER
  • 27:34 ALONG WITH CURRENT AND PAST PROGRAMS,
  • 27:36 OUR TELEVISION SCHEDULE
  • 27:37 AND MUCH MORE.
  • 27:39 YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
  • 27:41 HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS BLESS ISRAEL.

Episodes in this series

  1. The Wells of Salvation
  2. The Bridegroom and the Bride
  3. Blessing, Covenant, Contention
  4. Mayim B’sason (water from the wells of salvation)
  5. Brothers and Birthrights
  6. The Promise of Heaven Touches Earth
  7. For the Love of Rachel
  8. Dor V’dor (from generation to generation)

Guest organizations and links

Bonus Material