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Episode: “2013 — A Look Back”

Katharine and I review this year’s TV series. You’ll see our To the Jew First gospel outreach, highlights of guest interviews, teachings from a prophecy conference, and biblically significant events from 2013.

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Caption transcript for “2013 — A Look Back”

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.
00:43 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
00:44 WE'RE HERE ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
00:46 THE WIND IS BLOWING JUST AS THE RUACH HAKODESH,
00:48 THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS BLOWING THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST
00:51 STIRRING THINGS UP AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO YESHUA.
00:54 ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THE TIME OF PROMISE;
00:57 THIS IS THE TIME OF FULFILLMENT.
00:59 GOD IS NOT ONLY BLOWING
01:00 BUT HE'S FULFILLING ALL THAT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD DO.
01:04 HE IS CAUSING HIS PEOPLE TO RETURN
01:05 AND HE IS SMILING UPON THEM.
01:07 AND WE ARE JUST SO THANKFUL
01:10 THAT WE GET TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS TO YOU FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
01:13 WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME CLIPS FROM ISAAC AND JACOB, THE SONS OF PROMISE.
01:17 YEAH, YOU KNOW THE SONS OF PROMISE WAS FILMED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEARTLAND
01:21 ON THE WAY OF THE PATRIARCHS WHERE IT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
01:23 IT'S CONTESTED LAND.
01:25 EVERYONE SAYS THAT THEY OWN IT BUT WE KNOW IT BELONGS TO THE LORD
01:28 AND HE GIVES IT TO WHOMEVER HE WILL
01:30 SO LET'S GO NOW TO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM SONS OF PROMISE.
02:00 AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ISAAC AND SAID,
02:04 "DWELL IN THIS LAND AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU."
02:09 "FOR TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS I GIVE ALL THESE LANDS"
02:14 "AND I WILL PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I SWORE TO YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM"
02:18 "AND I WILL MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS MULTIPLY AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN"
02:24 "AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED."
02:39 ABRAHAM SENDS HIS SERVANT OUT TO FIND ISAAC A BRIDE
02:44 AND IT IS GOD'S PLAN THAT WE PRAY
02:47 AND WE'LL SEE IN THIS SERVANT HOW FAST GOD ANSWERS HIS PRAYER.
02:51 BEFORE HE EVEN BEGINS FINISHING PRAYING HE SEES REBEKAH COMING.
02:55 AND REBEKAH IS WILLING AND SHE SAYS YES RIGHT AWAY.
02:59 IT'S SUCH A PICTURE FOR US OF HOW TO BE A SERVANT,
03:02 OF HOW TO BE WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE.
03:05 HE COMES WITH TEN CAMELS, TEN SHEKELS AND SO MANY OTHER GIFTS TO GIVE TO HER
03:10 BUT HE IS LOOKING TO SEE HER HEART IF IT'S A SERVANT'S HEART,
03:13 IT IT'S THE RIGHT ONE FOR ISAAC
03:15 AND SHE PASSES THE TEST BY BEING A SERVANT.
03:18 IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE FOR US.
03:20 IT REALLY IS, AND REALLY HE COMES WITH THE BRIDE PRICE
03:23 AND REBEKAH SAYS YES...
03:25 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH 60, VERSE 12
03:28 "THE NATION THAT SHALL NOT SERVE ISRAEL SHALL PERISH".
03:32 AND MORDECAI SAID TO ESTHER, IF YOU KEEP QUIET...
03:36 NOW I SPEAK TO EVERY CHRISTIAN WHETHER THEY'RE JEWISH BELIEVERS OR GENTILE BELIEVERS IN AMERICA.
03:42 IF YOU KEEP SILENT NOW GOD'S PLAN WITH ISRAEL WILL GO ON
03:48 BUT YOU AND YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHURCH
03:51 WILL FACE OR HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
03:56 GIVE HER RESPITE LORD,
03:57 GIVE HER RESPITE...
03:59 YOU HAVE USED AMERICA TO FREE EUROPE.
04:02 YOU HAVE USED AMERICA FOR 80 PER CENT OF ALL EVANGELISM.
04:06 LOREN CUNNINGHAM IS AN AMERICAN...
04:09 GEORGE VERWER IS OF "OPERATION MOBILISATION" IS AN AMERICAN...
04:13 BILLY GRAHAM IS AN AMERICAN.
04:16 I THANK GOD AS A EUROPEAN.
04:18 I'M NOT CRITICAL OF THE MEN
04:20 BUT I'M WOUNDED IN MY HEART TO SEE HOW AMERICA IS THROWING AWAY WHAT'S MEANT TO BE.
04:28 WHEN AMERICA STOOD BESIDE ISRAEL GOD USED AMERICA.
04:36 THE MISSION TO HARAN HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
04:39 ABRAHAM'S SERVANT HAD FOUND A BEAUTIFUL WIFE FOR ISAAC NAMED REBEKAH.
04:44 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WERE LEAVING WITH THE BLESSING OF REBEKAH'S FAMILY.
04:49 "OUR SISTER" THEY SAID, "MAY YOU BECOME THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF TEN THOUSANDS"
04:56 "AND MAY YOUR DESCENDANTS POSSESS THE GATES OF THEIR ENEMIES."
05:05 IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE STANDING HERE IN MODERN TEL AVIV
05:08 AND SEEING THIS AMAZING ARCHITECTURE BEHIND US
05:11 AND KNOW THAT WE'RE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
05:14 MEDICINE AND ARCHITECTURE, EVERYTHING MODERN,
05:17 AND YET THIS STORY BEGINS WAY BACK IN THE TIME OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
05:23 TELL OUR VIEWERS SOMETHING ABOUT THE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS
05:26 THAT WE USE THAT WERE INVENTED HERE.
05:28 SURE, IN FACT, ONE OF THE BIG PARTNERSHIPS IS ACTUALLY...
05:32 WE TALK ABOUT START-UP NATION...
05:34 BUT IT'S VERY BIG COMPANIES LIKE INTEL, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE; APPLE
05:38 IT LOOKS LIKE WILL BE OPENING THEIR FIRST R&D CENTER OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
05:43 HERE IN ISRAEL.
05:45 INTEL...MOST OF THE CHIPS THAT YOU USE IN YOUR COMPUTERS LIKE THE PENTIUM, THE CENTRINO
05:50 WERE DESIGNED IN OR BUILT IN ISRAEL;
05:54 SO THERE'S A LOT OF ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR CELL PHONE, IN YOUR COMPUTER,
05:58 IN THE INTERNET AND THE THINGS THAT RUN THE INTERNET,
06:01 ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE ON A DAILY BASIS;
06:04 MEDICAL DEVICES AND SO ON.
06:06 BUT A LOT OF THOSE INVENTIONS HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY SCALED UP BY BIG AMERICAN COMPANIES.
06:12 SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR THESE BIG AMERICAN COMPANIES,
06:18 IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM AND FOR ISRAEL.
06:23 ISAAC'S FATHER ABRAHAM LIVED A LONG FULL LIFE AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 175.
06:29 AND ABRAHAM'S SONS ISAAC AND ISHMAEL BURIED THEIR FATHER IN THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH
06:36 IN THE FIELD THAT ABRAHAM HAD PURCHASED FROM THE HITTITES.
06:41 IT WAS HERE THAT SARAH HAD ALSO BEEN BURIED.
06:54 YEARS AGO GOD HAD SPOKEN TO ABRAHAM ABOUT HIS TWO SONS.
06:59 "AS FOR ISHMAEL, I HAVE BLESSED HIM AND WILL MAKE HIM FRUITFUL"
07:04 "AND WILL MULTIPLY HIM EXCEEDINGLY."
07:07 "TWELVE PRINCES SHALL HE BEGET"
07:09 "AND I WILL MAKE HIM A GREAT NATION."
07:12 "BUT MY COVENANT WILL I ESTABLISH WITH ISAAC;"
07:15 "AN EVERLASTING COVENANT"
07:17 "AND WITH HIS SEED AFTER HIM."
07:32 WE'RE COMING TO A PIVOTAL PART OF THE STORY
07:34 BECAUSE THE SONS OF PROMISE REALLY NEED TO MAKE A DISTINCTION
07:38 BETWEEN THE LINE OF ISHMAEL AND THE LINE OF ISAAC.
07:41 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE ISHMAEL IS BLESSED
07:44 BUT THE COVENANT GOD MAKES WITH ISAAC.
07:46 IN FACT, EVEN BACK IN GENESIS 17 HE SAYS
07:49 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
07:53 MY COVENANT I WILL MAKE WITH ISAAC.
08:03 ISAAC BECAME PROSPEROUS IN THE LAND OF CANAAN
08:06 BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND BECAME JEALOUS
08:08 AND DESTROYED THE WELLS THAT ISAAC'S FATHER HAD DUG MANY YEARS BEFORE.
08:13 ISAAC DUG NEW WELLS BUT THE PHILISTINES CLAIMED THE WATER WAS THEIRS.
08:18 UNDETERRED, ISAAC AND HIS MEN MOVED ON AND DUG YET ANOTHER WELL.
09:13 THIS IS A STORY ABOUT WELLS.
09:15 WE'RE COMING TO THAT PLACE WHERE THE WELLS ARE COMING INTO THE FOREFRONT OF THIS STORY.
09:20 I'M SITTING IN A FIELD OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM.
09:22 THERE IS DRIP IRRIGATION HERE, A MODERN ISRAELI INVENTION.
09:25 IN FACT, WHEN YOU GO IN YOUR BACKYARD AND YOU WATER YOUR LAWN OR YOUR PLANTS, YOUR SHRUBS,
09:30 YOU CAN THANK THE JEWISH PEOPLE;
09:32 YOU CAN THANK ISRAEL BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE DRIP IRRIGATION WAS INVENTED.
09:36 SO TELL ME, WHY DID YOU JOIN THE IDF?
09:38 WELL FOR ME I FEEL LIKE I WAS GROWN UP WITH TWO COUNTRIES IN MY BACKGROUND.
09:43 MY FIRST COUNTRY WAS WHERE I GREW UP AND IS AMERICA.
09:46 AND THE SECOND COUNTRY WAS MY HERITAGE
09:48 AND WHERE ALL MY PEOPLE ARE COME FROM, ALL THE JEWS, WHICH IS ISRAEL.
09:51 AND I REALLY WANTED TO HELP OUT MY SECOND COUNTRY WHICH IS ISRAEL
09:56 AND I THOUGHT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO THAT
09:58 IS TO HELP PROTECT THEIR CITIZENS AND TO PROTECT,
10:00 TO HELP THE COUNTRY THAT WE WERE GIVEN TO BY GOD.
10:03 SO ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO THAT IS BY SERVING IN THE IDF
10:06 AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE SOLDIERS ARE PROTECTED
10:08 AND IF ANYONE GETS HURT YOU CAN HELP THEM AS WELL.
10:10 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FIDF AND PERSONALLY
10:13 HOW HAS THAT ORGANIZATION HELPED YOU AND WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR IT AS A WHOLE?
10:17 THE FIDF HAS HELPED ME IN NUMEROUS WAYS.
10:22 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PAST SHABBAT I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SHIRT TO WEAR SO I WENT TO TIBERIUS,
10:33 I WENT TO A STORE THERE
10:35 AND WITH A VOUCHER THAT THEY GAVE ME
10:37 I WAS ABLE TO BUY MYSELF A SHIRT FOR THE SABBATH.
10:39 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE LITTLE THINGS.
10:42 HI SAPPHIRE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
10:44 CAN YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS WHAT CAUSED YOU TO WANT TO JOIN THE IDF?
10:48 WELL I AM ORIGINALLY FROM THAILAND.
10:52 I GREW UP THERE FOR 19 YEARS
10:55 AND I WENT TO A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
10:58 SO ALL MY FRIENDS WERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
11:01 I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO JOIN THE ARMY
11:06 UNTIL THE LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO PICK WHERE WE WANTED TO STUDY
11:11 AND WHAT SUBJECT AND WHERE IN THE WORLD.
11:13 MY LAST YEAR I WENT THROUGH A BIT OF RACISM IN MY SCHOOL.
11:20 THAT JUST MADE ME KIND OF STRONGER AND MADE ME SUPPORT MY COUNTRY MORE
11:25 AND I JUST DECIDED, THOUGHT IT WAS BEST FOR ME TO MAKE AN ALIYAH AND JOIN THE ARMY.
11:30 THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING
11:32 AND I KNOW OUR VIEWERS AT HOME LOVE TO PRAY FOR THE IDF
11:36 AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO AN ORGANIZATION HERE IN ISRAEL CALLED "FRIENDS OF THE IDF".
11:41 HOW HAVE THEY HELPED YOU IN YOUR STATE HERE, BEING FROM THAILAND?
11:45 WELL THEY HELPED ME VISIT MY FAMILY.
11:49 THEY OFFERED ME A TICKET TO THAILAND
11:53 LIKE A FREE TICKET TO GO VISIT MY FAMILY AND SPEND PASSOVER WITH THEM.
11:56 THAT'S HUGE!
11:58 YEAH, IT'S AMAZING.
12:00 I GOT TO SPEND TWO WEEKS WITH MY FAMILY AND WITH MY DAD.
12:03 PASSOVER DINNER WAS AMAZING.
12:06 BEING A LONE SOLDIER IS VERY DIFFICULT
12:09 ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE PARENTS,
12:11 IT'S HARD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OR TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
12:16 AND "FRIENDS OF THE IDF" HAS JUST OPENED UP THAT WORLD OF SUPPORT AND FRIENDS.
12:22 AND THEY SUPPORT YOU LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID
12:25 AND HAVING A TRIP BACK HOME WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING
12:28 ESPECIALLY, IF LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL HARD TIMES.
12:32 AND I'M ALSO A PART OF "GARIN TZABAR"
12:35 WHICH WORKS WITH "FRIENDS OF THE IDF"
12:37 AND IT JUST GAVE ME FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS
12:41 AND THEY HELPED ME THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE ARMY AND IT'S AMAZING!
12:45 I'M VERY GLAD I DECIDED TO JOIN THE ARMY.
12:48 IT MADE ME STRONGER, A BETTER PERSON
12:52 AND IT JUST MADE ME MORE INDEPENDENT AND MATURE
12:57 AND I REALLY LOVE PROTECTING PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY OR HELPING OUT
13:01 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WHAT ISRAEL NEEDS.
13:05 AND ISRAEL IS GOING THROUGH A LOT AROUND THE WORLD,
13:08 LIKE A LOT OF POLITICAL ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD
13:11 AND I JUST THINK...I LOVE SUPPORTING MY COUNTRY AND I THINK IT'S THE BEST.
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14:58 HERE WE ARE IN THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
15:00 AND IT'S OUR JOY TO BRING YOU THE ANCIENT ROCKS AND THE LIVING STONES;
15:04 THE STORY THAT WAS AND THE STORY THAT IS AND IS TO COME.
15:07 YOU KNOW EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT ISRAEL
15:09 YOU HAVE TO SEE IT THROUGH THE EYES OF SCRIPTURE
15:11 AND IT'S OUR JOY TO BRING YOU THE LIVING STONES,
15:13 THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING WITH ISRAEL TODAY,
15:16 THE IDF SOLDIERS.
15:17 YOU KNOW WE HAVE SUCH A POIGNANT TIME WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE IDF
15:21 AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE LONE SOLDIER PROGRAM.
15:23 AS WE WERE FILMING THE "SONS OF PROMISE"
15:25 WE REALLY WANTED TO BRING YOU A SENSE OF THE BLESSING
15:27 THAT COMES THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE BOTH IN ANCIENT TIMES AND TODAY,
15:31 SO LET'S GO AGAIN TO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM "SONS OF PROMISE".
15:39 SOON AFTER ISAAC HAD GIVEN HIS BLESSING TO JACOB,
15:43 ESAU APPROACHED HIS FATHER'S BEDSIDE WITH THE FOOD HE HAD PREPARED.
15:47 WHEN ISAAC FOUND THAT HE HAD BEEN DECEIVED BY JACOB HE WAS VERY ANGRY.
16:35 THAT THIS CONFLICT WILL BE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS
16:38 AND WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE BIBLICAL HISTORY AND WE SEE IT EVEN TODAY.
16:43 THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE SONS OF ESAU AND THE SONS OF JACOB.
16:47 AND SATAN COMES AS THE ACCUSER
16:50 AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO ESAU IS THAT HE NURTURES THAT GRUDGE
16:53 AND HE MISSES THE "HASSED", THE "GRACE" OF GOD, THE LOVING KINDNESS OF GOD
16:58 AND IT REALLY FOR US IS A WARNING ABOUT HOW WE VIEW LIFE.
17:03 DO WE FILTER LIFE THROUGH PAST PAIN
17:05 OR DO WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH PRESENT PROPHECY?
17:09 DO WE ALLOW GOD'S WORD TO AWAKEN US, TO QUICKEN US
17:12 AND MAKE US ALIVE TO HIS PROMISES, TO HIS GOODNESS, TO HIS "HASSED"
17:16 OR DO WE MAKE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUFFERING COLOR THE WAY WE SEE LIFE.
17:21 AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING PLAYING OUT POLITICALLY TODAY.
17:24 WE CAN'T LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH THE SUFFERING OF THE DAY.
17:27 WE HAVE TO REFER BACK TO THE WORD BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY SURE WAY TO UNDERSTAND
17:32 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
17:40 AND JACOB DREAMED THERE WAS A LADDER THAT REACHED UP INTO HEAVEN.
17:47 HE SAW ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING.
17:51 AND THE LORD SAID, "I AM THE LORD THE GOD OF YOUR GRANDFATHER ABRAHAM."
17:58 "I AM THE GOD OF ISAAC."
18:00 "I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND THAT YOU ARE LYING UPON."
18:03 "I WILL GIVE THIS LAND TO YOU AND TO YOUR SEED"
18:07 "AND YOUR SEED WILL BE LIKE THE DUST OF THE EARTH"
18:10 "AND YOU SHALL EXPAND TO WEST AND EAST; TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH."
18:15 "ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS."
18:22 "I AM WITH YOU AND WILL PROTECT YOU WHEREVER YOU GO AND WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THIS LAND."
18:30 "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL I HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVE PROMISED."
18:38 OVER MY SHOULDER YOU SEE A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF THE LADDER FROM HEAVEN...
18:43 THERE ARE ALWAYS THESE TURN AROUNDS IN THE BIBLE.
18:46 THERE'S ALWAYS A TIME WHEN THERE'S DIFFICULTY AND HARDSHIP
18:49 AND YOU THINK THAT THE GOOD GUYS ARE GOING TO LOSE OUT
18:52 AND THERE MAY BE A LONG WAIT BEFORE GOD'S JUSTICE COMES
18:56 BUT THERE ALWAYS IS A TIME WHEN GOD'S JUSTICE COMES AROUND.
19:00 THINK ABOUT PHARAOH OPPRESSING THE HEBREW PEOPLE FOR 400 YEARS
19:04 AND THEY CRIED OUT AND IT SEEMS THAT GOD WAS DEAF
19:07 BUT WHEN HIS TIME CAME DELIVERANCE CAME.
19:10 AND WHEN HAMAN CAME TO DESTROY THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PERSIA AND GOD TURNED IT AROUND
19:15 AND MORDECAI WAS VICTORIOUS AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE SPARED ONCE AGAIN.
19:20 AND EVEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WHEN SAUL OF TARSUS CONSENTED TO STEPHEN'S STONING.
19:25 AND GOD...SOMETIME LATER PAUL (SAUL) HIMSELF WAS STONED,
19:30 NOT UNTO DEATH BECAUSE GOD HAD A PURPOSE FOR PAUL AND A PURPOSE TO RELEASE THROUGH HIS LIFE.
19:35 IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT DESTINY.
19:36 IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT YOUR DESTINY AND MINE.
19:39 YOU KNOW JACOB IS ABOUT TO BE DECEIVED BY LABAN.
19:42 AND ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT THE SAME DECEPTION THAT HE USED ON ISAAC WHEN ISAAC'S EYES WERE DIM
19:48 ARE ABOUT TO COME BACK ON HIM AS HE IS GOING TO BE FULL OF WINE AND IN THE DARKNESS
19:54 AND HE'S GOING TO BE DECEIVED ABOUT WHICH BRIDE HE IS WITH.
19:57 AND SO WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND IN THE BIBLE
20:00 BUT IT'S ALWAYS COMING BACK TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE PURPOSES OF GOD.
20:05 LABAN IS GOING TO CHANGE HIS WAGES TEN TIMES...
20:09 TEN THE NUMBER OF TESTING.
20:10 BUT GOD IS GOING TO HAVE HIS WAY
20:12 AND JACOB IS GOING TO BE THE FATHER OF THIS NATION.
20:16 ABRAHAM, YITSHAK (ISAAC) AND YACOV (JACOB), A SON OF PROMISE LEADING TO THIS,
20:21 THE SONS OF PROMISE ALIVE AND WELL AND BACK IN THEIR LAND.
20:26 WELL HELLO FROM BEN YEHUDA STREET.
20:28 I'M HERE WITH TODD BAKER,
20:29 THE LEADER OF OUR "TO THE JEW FIRST" EFFORT.
20:32 TODD, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
20:33 I'M DOING GREAT MARK.
20:34 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE IN YERUSHALAYIM,
20:37 THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING,
20:39 BRINGING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS BACK TO HIS PEOPLE,
20:42 THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
20:44 WELL THIS TRIP MARKS 93 MISSIONARIES THAT OUR MINISTRY HAS SENT TO ISRAEL.
20:50 AND TODD, SOME FOLKS BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE AMERICAN JEWS MAY SEEM STAND-OFFISH ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THEIR MESSIAH
20:57 THAT WITNESSING TO JEWISH ISRAELIS MUST BE VERY TOUGH.
21:02 WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
21:03 WELL ON THE CONTRARY.
21:05 EACH TIME WE COME OVER HERE AND CARRY OUT THESE OUTREACHES THREE TIMES A YEAR
21:08 THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR SEEM TO BE MORE AND MORE OPEN
21:12 TO HEARING ABOUT YESHUA AND READING THE NEW TESTAMENT
21:16 AND LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE FOR HIM BEING THE MESSIAH.
21:19 AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON IS AS WE DRAW NEARER TO THE RETURN OF THE LORD TO ISRAEL
21:24 THAT PARTIAL BLINDNESS THAT PAUL TALKS ABOUT IN ROMANS 11 IS LIFTING
21:29 AND AS WE KNOW IT WILL COMPLETELY LIFT
21:31 WHEN THEY SEE YESHUA, JESUS COMING TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
21:35 BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE SEEING IT NOW
21:37 IS A GOOD INDICATOR THAT HIS RETURN IS NEAR
21:40 AND HE'S OPENING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF HIS PEOPLE.
21:44 YOU KNOW WE'RE STANDING ON A SPOT HERE
21:47 WHERE EACH DAY A BLOOD MOBILE COMES AND RECEIVES DONATIONS OF BLOOD.
21:52 AND THIS IS ONE OF TODD'S FAVORITE PLACES TO TALK ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
21:55 WHICH HE SHED FOR JEW AND GENTILE ALIKE.
21:59 YEAH...WE TRIED TO GIVE BLOOD THIS TIME BUT WE COULDN'T
22:03 BECAUSE THE DAY'S CYCLE DIDN'T WORK OUT
22:06 BUT WE DEFINITELY DO THAT WHEN WE CAN
22:10 AND I WILL DO IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE
22:13 AND LIKE YOU SAID
22:14 IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD IN THE BIBLE.
22:18 LEVITICUS 17:11 SAYS WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SINS
22:23 AND THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD.
22:26 AND BLOOD ATONEMENT... IN THE OLD COVENANT
22:30 ITS ANIMAL SACRIFICES POINT TO THE ONCE FOR ALL PERFECT ATONING SACRIFICE OF YESHUA.
22:35 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS IN OUR WITNESS TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE OVER HERE
22:41 BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD
22:44 AGAIN COMING FROM UNDERSTANDING AND READING THE TORAH.
22:47 WELL LET'S SEGUE-WAY NOW TO TODD IN THE TRENCHES
22:51 AS HE GIVES A B'RIT HADASHAH AND EXPLAINS ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO A JEWISH ISRAELI.
22:58 I'M HERE WITH AVI CHAI, AN ISRAELI,
23:01 AND WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH HIM HA'BESORA YESHUA HA'MESHIACH,
23:06 "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST".
23:09 AND AVI, YOU HAVE READ THE TANAKH,
23:12 OR WHAT CHRISTIANS CALL THE OLD TESTAMENT, CORRECT?
23:14 CORRECT
23:15 HAVE YOU EVER READ THE B'RIT HADASHAH
23:18 OR WHAT CHRISTIANS CALL "THE NEW TESTAMENT?
23:20 NO, I NEVER READ IT.
23:22 WELL PART OF OUR MINISTRY AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE
23:26 TO YOUR PEOPLE FOR GIVING US BOTH TESTAMENTS OF THE BIBLE
23:30 IS TO GIVE YOU A COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE WITH THE TANAKH, OR THE OLD TESTAMENT,
23:35 AND THE B'RIT HADASHAH, THE NEW TESTAMENT.
23:39 AND THE MESSIAH CONNECTS BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER.
23:43 IN THE TANAKH YOU HAVE PROPHESIES,
23:45 VERY DETAILED PROPHESIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH.
23:47 AND THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE IT WITH THE LIFE OF JESUS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
23:51 I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH.
23:54 ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
23:55 YOU'RE WELCOME.
23:58 YOU'RE WELCOME AND JUST IN PARTING I LIKE TO SAY
24:01 THAT WHEN I LOOK AT AN ISRAELI I KNOW THAT THREE THINGS ARE TRUE;
24:05 ONE, THE GOD OF ISRAEL EXISTS;
24:07 TWO, THE BIBLE IS TRUE;
24:10 AND THREE GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES,
24:12 AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE PROOF OF THAT.
24:16 AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DO OVER HERE
24:19 IS WE BRING JESUS BACK TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE, HIS PEOPLE;
24:23 GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHY JESUS IS THE MESSIAH
24:29 AND HISTORICAL PROOF GIVEN IN THE B'RIT HADASHAH, OR THE NEW TESTAMENT.
24:34 REMEMBER IN JEREMIAH 31:31 GOD PROMISES THAT HE WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT,
24:39 A B'RIT HADASHAH WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.
24:42 AND THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT
24:46 WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THE NEW COVENANT AS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OLD COVENANT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
24:54 GOD BLESS YOU
24:58 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
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25:32 TO BRING YOU OUR WEEKLY TELEVISION SERIES,
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25:36 AND OUR WEBSITE.
25:38 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOUR GIFT OF FUNDS ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN ISRAEL
25:41 THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF THE JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGY FUND;
25:45 BRIDGES FOR PEACE;
25:46 AND THE LONE SOLDIER FUND.
25:49 WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
25:53 AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL THE MESSIAH RETURNS.
25:58 WE'RE HERE IN JERUSALEM.
26:00 THE WIND IS BLOWING
26:02 JUST AS GOD IS BLOWING BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT ACROSS THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
26:06 YOU KNOW EVERY TIME WE BRING PILGRIMS TO ISRAEL
26:08 WE ALSO CO-LABOR WITH DR. TODD BAKER AS HE BRINGS HIS "TO THE JEW FIRST" MINISTRY.
26:14 ITS MYLES AND I COMMITMENT TO BRING THE GOSPEL... THE GOSPEL OF GOD
26:20 YOU KNOW ROMANS 1:16 SAYS,
26:22 I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL FOR IT'S THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION
26:25 TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GREEK AND THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT.
26:30 OUR COMMITMENT IS TO THE GOSPEL FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION.
26:36 YEAH, EVERY TIME WE COME TO ISRAEL THE GOSPEL COMES WITH US
26:39 BUT WE ALSO LIKE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BLESSING
26:42 THAT IS COMING THROUGH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
26:45 YOU KNOW WE BEGAN ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THE STORY OF ABRAHAM
26:49 AND NOW WE'VE DONE ISAAC AND JACOB.
26:51 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE STORY OF THE PATRIARCH JOSEPH.
26:54 WE YOUR SUPPORT;
26:56 WITH YOUR HELP WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS SPRING.
27:00 I FEEL IT'S SO IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME
27:02 BECAUSE THE STORY OF JOSEPH IS SUCH A PICTURE OF YESHUA.
27:03 IT'S SUCH A MESSIANIC PICTURE IN PROPHECY OF WHO JESUS IS
27:07 AS A JEWISH MESSIAH AND THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
27:11 AND WITHOUT YOUR CONTINUAL GIFTS OF FUNDS WE CAN'T BRING YOU THESE PROGRAMS
27:14 THAT WE KNOW YOU'RE EDIFIED,
27:17 WE KNOW YOUR EXHORTED AND WE KNOW YOU'RE COMFORTED TO SEE GOD'S PLAN IN THIS TIME
27:22 AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS SO PLEASE
27:25 SEND IN YOUR BEST GIFT TODAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BRING YOU
27:28 INTERVIEWS, SHOWS AND PROGRAMS FROM HERE.
27:32 YOU KNOW WE NEVER LIKE TO CLOSE A PROGRAM WITHOUT REMINDING YOU
27:36 ALWAYS FROM PSALM 122:6
27:40 SHAL'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
27:42 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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