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Episode: “Looking Ahead into 2015”

We preview the new series and programs viewers will see in 2015.

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Caption transcript for “Looking Ahead into 2015”

00:18 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel
00:22 is that they might be saved.
00:25 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek.
00:28 For the same LORD over all
00:30 is rich unto all that call upon Him.
00:43 Shalom and welcome to our program
00:45 Myles and Katharine Weiss here
00:46 coming to you from Israel.
00:48 And we're so grateful to be able to bring you
00:50 a look into what we have planned for 2015.
00:53 You know it doesn't ever get old.
00:55 The story of the LORD is fresh every morning.
00:59 And God's mercy is new every morning.
01:01 We love to bring you Christianity through Jewish eyes.
01:04 And it is never, never, never boring.
01:07 It's really exciting.
01:08 In fact, one of the most exciting things
01:09 Is the reality of the prophetic time we're living in.
01:12 We're looking forward to doing some programs on Bible prophecy.
01:15 Let's take a look right now.
01:25 This know also...
01:27 that in the last days
01:29 perilous times shall come.
01:31 Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse
01:36 deceiving and being deceived.
01:38 But continue in the Holy Scriptures
01:41 which are able to make thee wise unto salvation
01:45 through faith in Christ Jesus.
02:02 I do know for a fact
02:03 that Iran has made
02:05 significant inroads
02:07 over the last 24 to 36 months
02:10 in as far as their short range missile capabilities
02:15 that puts those Persian Gulf countries at risk.
02:18 This is a great interest and a great concern
02:20 to those countries.
02:22 And that's from one of Israel's top missile experts Uzi Rubin
02:27 who helped develop the aero missile defense system.
02:30 He's the one that said they had made incredible leaps
02:33 in technology over the last few years.
02:36 And that has a lot of people concerned.
02:38 And then the ICBM is what North Korea and Iran is working on
02:41 that would put Europe as well as Russia and the United States at risk
02:46 of a long range future nuclear target.
02:51 At the time when the Arab Tsunami is sweeping
02:55 more and more pro-American elements in the Arab world
03:00 at the time when the Arab Tsunami highlights
03:02 the unpredictability, the unreliability
03:05 the treacherous, the violent intolerant nature of the Arab Islamic Middle East.
03:11 This is the time when Israel is more and more highlighted
03:15 as the only stable and reliable
03:18 and capable commercially
03:20 and militarily the only democratic
03:22 and most importantly the most unconditional ally of the U.S.
03:27 And this nation is in trouble
03:28 because of our many sins.
03:31 But one of our primary sins
03:32 I think is a tendency to turn away from Israel
03:36 our dear ally that I really believe that Genesis Chapter 12
03:42 is going to be in affect for America very soon
03:45 if we don't get back to blessing Israel.
03:49 Imagine the earth was destroyed
03:50 and you traveled here from another planet
03:52 and you found a dollar.
03:54 And you saw "In God We Trust"
03:56 And you said, well what god were they talking about?
03:58 If you interpreted it based on they symbolism on the U.S. dollar
04:03 you would interpret it as either and Greek or a Roman god
04:07 You would definitely not connect it to a Biblical Judeo or Christian God
04:12 because there was no symbolism on the dollar that equates to that.
04:16 The Great Seal itself especially the reverse side of the seal is very important
04:19 because on the Great Seal there is a prophecy.
04:22 It's from the Apollonian Priestess the Cumaean Sibyl.
04:26 That's where the language "Novus Ordo Seclorum" is taken from.
04:30 And it is a prophecy about the return of Apollo,
04:34 "Apollyon" in the New Testament,
04:36 who will return at the end of time and give birth to a new world order.
04:40 What is coming here
04:42 Jesus says,
04:43 Let no man deceive you
04:45 many will come in My Name.
04:46 He also says
04:48 that even the elect will be
04:49 deceived if that were possible.
04:51 We read in 2 Thessalonians
04:54 So it gets to the point what are we really looking at here?
04:57 What is coming is unprecedented
04:59 and it will cause in my opinion
05:01 this great deception which says
05:03 that ET created all life on earth
05:07 that ET genetically manipulated us
05:10 that ET started the world civilizations
05:13 that ET created all the world's religions
05:15 and now at this critical juncture in human history
05:18 ET has come to give us a DNA download upgrade.
05:24 So much of Bible prophecy
05:26 takes place right here in Jerusalem
05:28 Yeah, we really wanted to establish again for you
05:31 the historical right of the Jews to be in the Land
05:33 and the future that God has for this place.
05:36 In fact, the very place, the Holy of Holies
05:38 is called "Ha'makom" "The Place"
05:42 and that's why we did a series
05:43 that we will show you next year
05:45 called ZION FOREVER
05:55 We're here on the Southern Steps
05:56 No question about it
05:58 this is one of those
05:59 "X" marks the spot places.
06:01 The 1st century steps are still here.
06:03 We understand that Yeshua taught here
06:05 And we see the massive Herodian stone going back to the time of the second Temple.
06:11 Above it Suleiman's building from the 15th century.
06:13 But no doubt about it
06:15 this is one of those places
06:17 where so much of Bible history took place
06:19 especially at the time of Christ.
06:21 One of the discoveries that was made here in the City of David
06:25 is this Greek inscription
06:27 carved into a block of stone.
06:29 It was found by Weill at the beginning of the 20th century.
06:33 Now this inscription is very important because it tells us
06:35 something about Jerusalem the approach that people took
06:40 to the Temple and to the institution known as the synagogue.
06:43 And it tells us also,
06:45 there's a detailed description here
06:48 that this was a place where people who came from a great distance could stay here.
06:52 So it was almost like an inn.
06:54 And this meant that Jewish pilgrims who came to Jerusalem
06:57 would be able to stay in this building which was located in this vicinity.
07:01 And that then connects us to the Jesus story
07:03 because Jesus of course found it very difficult
07:06 to place Himself and His disciples within the City.
07:10 They went to the Upper Room
07:12 in order to have the Last Supper together
07:15 Well first of all we are facing the southern wall of the Temple Mount.
07:19 And the Southern Wall was the most important wall during the second Temple period
07:24 because the greatest part of the population of Jerusalem
07:27 lived further south
07:28 in the City of David
07:30 on Mount Zion
07:31 on the southern part of Mount Zion.
07:33 And so most of the people came to the Temple Mount
07:35 through this side where the two gates which are very famous;
07:39 the one which is called "The Triple Gate"
07:41 which we see here
07:42 and another one which is a double gate.
07:44 I have to say,
07:45 I have to be frank here
07:47 as a scholar but as a secular person.
07:49 I very much believe in the Bible.
07:51 I have no doubts about the existence of the story of the Bible
07:54 No doubts whatsoever because whenever I see
07:57 verified
07:58 proving things outside the Bible
08:01 the Biblical story is being supported
08:03 by 2 different academic lines.
08:05 One of them is history which is documents
08:06 and the other one is archaeology which stands for its own
08:09 but that it needs interpreted.
08:10 And we interpret it with whatever we can find.
08:12 If it goes along with documents
08:14 then we say "bingo" no doubts whatsoever.
08:16 So if you have the book of Jeremiah being proved here with many, many chapters.
08:19 If you've got things coming up from the time of Abraham,
08:21 time of Patriarchs...
08:23 we are talking about a great astonishing for the world today.
08:26 And as we move forward
08:28 yes
08:29 I expect many of the other stories to be proved as well.
08:31 It's quite easy as things keep popping up out of the ground >>here at the City of David.
08:35 (Zachi Dvira speaking)
08:36 We have evidence of the destruction of the first Temple.
08:38 We have arrow heads from the destruction that the Babylonians fired on the Temple.
08:43 We have a broken or smashed small figurines; clay figurines.
08:50 Terra cotta fill is what we call them
08:54 that attests the activity of king Joash who it is said
09:04 that he smashed all the molten images.
09:07 And we have many of them.
09:09 You know it's so important
09:11 for our viewers to see
09:13 the next generation
09:14 understanding Israel.
09:16 Think about what Zola started 30 plus years ago.
09:18 But it's important the kids get this isn't it?
09:20 Right
09:21 When you handle the things of the
09:24 1st and 2nd century
09:26 I mean these are...
09:27 the rocks are literally speaking to these people
09:30 about their history
09:31 their heritage
09:33 and the Temple that was here.
09:34 It is so exciting to see their faces
09:36 as they find these finds.
09:38 It's amazing!
09:39 Yes it is.
09:40 You know it's so important for us too.
09:42 We want the message of Christianity through Jewish eyes
09:45 and the relevance of the state of Israel.
09:47 We want it to go to the next generation.
09:49 It's a passion for us.
09:50 We have children in college.
09:51 One just graduated.
09:53 It's so exciting for us to see kids understanding the importance of Israel,
09:57 the importance of their Jewish heritage.
10:00 This is the City named after David himself.
10:03 But we first hear about this city
10:05 in the book of Samuel
10:08 as the fortress of Zion.
10:10 There's where we are first introduced to this City
10:13 So first and foremost this is "Zion".
10:15 When you talk about Jerusalem you're talking about Zion.
10:19 Now "Zion" becomes synonymous for the whole country later on
10:23 but Zion originally starts here.
10:25 And it is the "fortress" of Zion that David conquers
10:29 when he comes here approximately the year 1,000.
10:32 What we're looking at behind us is the destruction era of 586
10:37 when of course all of Israel goes to Babylon.
10:41 But when we talk about Zion and the heart of David
10:44 we can imagine it right here
10:46 because David's palace was some where above us
10:49 and these were sort of the upper echelon houses that existed at that time.
10:54 We know that David looked from his palace
10:58 and sinned with Bathsheba.
11:01 We know that his longing was from above.
11:04 And that's really the heart of God.
11:06 God longs for Zion
11:08 just they way it says here in the book of Psalms.
11:12 I'm reading from Psalm 132,
11:29 And it's really a picture for us
11:31 of the battle between Meshiach and HaSatan, the adversary,
11:34 the accuser of the brethren.
11:36 It's an epic battle.
11:37 It looks forward to the defeat of the devil himself.
11:41 Isn't it amazing that David, a shepherd, was born in Bethlehem?
11:46 Yeshua, a Shepherd of people, was born in Bethlehem.
11:49 And it had to be so because the prophet Micah said in 5:2
12:03 speaking of Messiah.
12:04 He had to be of the House of David.
12:06 He had to be of the Tribe of Judah.
12:07 And He had to be Yeshua HaMashiah.
12:09 There is no other.
12:11 You know, David was anointed three times.
12:14 Privately by Samuel in Bethlehem
12:17 and then by the men of Judah a little later in the story
12:20 and then finally by the elders of Israel.
12:22 And here's a parallel that you may not hear elsewhere.
12:25 Jesus also was anointed three times.
12:27 In the womb by the angel Gabriel
12:30 He was called into being.
12:32 And then by the river in front of John the Baptist, John the Immersor.
12:38 He was anointed before men.
12:41 And then finally at the time of the ascension
12:43 He was anointed with oil of joy above His fellows.
12:47 He is the King of Kings.
12:48 David Melech Israel pictures the coming Meshiach.
13:01 Hello, I'm Wayne Fornier
13:04 and I've been a supporter of Zola Levitt Ministries
13:07 for many years.
13:08 If you see this outreach as worthy of your financial support
13:12 Please call us
13:15 Visit us online
13:18 or write to us.
13:26 We depend on your financial sustenance.
13:29 Thank you
13:31 You know we want to thank you
13:32 for your gifts of funds.
13:33 We really depend on them
13:35 and we know that you are faithfully giving.
13:37 And if you've ever thought about giving
13:39 would you just go ahead
13:41 and just send in something small or big
13:43 or whatever God puts on your heart?
13:45 It helps us to bring you
13:47 these shows from the Land of Israel
13:50 with the Jewish perspective
13:52 in the Holy Land.
13:53 It's really true
13:54 One of the greatest series we've done
13:55 is called "The Journey of Restoration"
13:57 which parallels the restoration of Israel
13:59 and actually follows us on a tour.
14:01 We want to re-broadcast that in 2015
14:03 because we want you to have a chance to see Israel
14:06 as our pilgrims see it.
14:08 And of course, we always want to invite you to come with us.
14:10 But we can't do any of this without your help.
14:13 So thank you for your gifts of funds.
14:15 And let's go now to a clip from "The Journey of Restoration".
14:24 I love Israel... I love the people.
14:27 Totally so... it's un describable.
14:29 And it feels like home... it just feels like home.
14:33 "Welcome to Jerusalem"... it just took my breath away.
14:36 It just shows the finger print of God everywhere.
14:38 To realize how special this city and the people were to the LORD
14:43 It's God's chosen Land and Jesus walked on it.
14:47 I think there's a restoration as pastor Myles talked about.
14:51 How God is really gathering the Jews in.
14:56 Through the blood of Jesus Christ we've been grafted-in and now this is our city also.
15:11 (Myles speaking) In the southern part of Israel is the Arava
15:14 a valley that stretches from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea.
15:18 In modern times this valley divides Israel and Jordan.
15:21 In Bible times the area just east of here was Edom
15:25 which in Hebrew means "red".
15:28 You can see traces of that color in the landscape
15:30 as we enter Timna Park.
15:33 Timna is the site of the very first copper mine.
15:36 Thousands of ancient mining shafts have been found here
15:39 as well as remains of smelting furnaces
15:42 dating back to ancient imperial Egypt.
15:45 The life size replica of the Biblical Tabernacle
15:47 stands in the middle of the park
15:50 where the guide Marco Saad meets our group.
15:55 Jesus was our perfect sacrifice.
15:57 He was the last sacrifice.
15:59 Because of Jesus we don't have to bring any more animals or bring any more sacrifice.
16:04 This whole tabernacle was like God's plan for salvation through Jesus.
16:10 (Myles speaking) Our next stop is inside the Tabernacle
16:13 This is a Holy place.
16:15 And here we find some wonderful types and shadows of the coming Messiah.
16:21 So this area is called Hakodesh which means "The Holy".
16:24 Only the priests were allowed to be inside.
16:26 We see there is different rings of holiness right throughout the courtyard
16:28 which only the priests and Levites were allowed to be inside.
16:31 In here after the second curtain only the priests
16:33 and then after the third curtain in the Holy of Holies only the high priest only once a year.
16:39 We keep moving forward in the restoration
16:41 moving towards this great gift.
16:43 In 1948 when this gift was given
16:46 the scrolls were discovered
16:48 the same time a young man named Billy Graham was released full time into his ministry
16:54 and went around the world as the greatest evangelist in the modern era.
16:57 God's restoring the Jewish people.
17:00 He's restoring the church.
17:01 He's growing Israel.
17:03 He's growing the believers.
17:05 There's a shared destiny that He's always looking at
17:08 that's leading to the bride of Christ.
17:10 (Katharine speaking) As our group gathered for prayer
17:12 there was little question that after 2,000 years
17:15 you could still sense the LORD's presence
17:18 in this quiet little grove of olive trees.
17:23 Just knowing that He's suffered the way He has suffered.
17:25 And even His closest people with Him fell asleep in the process of that.
17:30 And the agony of that is like aagh...you know?
17:33 So this is a very peaceful place
17:37 but it's only peaceful because He came here and made it peaceful.
17:43 And it's so awesome to be here where Jesus was,
17:48 where He agonized
17:52 and knew what was coming and yet He went on ahead
17:57 and died on the cross for us.
18:20 Amen
18:21 Amen
18:23 One of the most exciting projects we have coming up this year
18:26 is the story of Joseph.
18:28 This series has been close to my heart.
18:30 We wanted to do it for a long time
18:32 because we really see that there's a parallel between
18:35 Joseph and Jesus in the Bible that is so important
18:38 for our Jewish family and friends
18:40 to know that Yeshua is Meshiach
18:43 that He is the Jewish Messiah.
18:45 I know you're used to seeing Katharine with me.
18:47 Thought we'd do something now.
18:48 And I'd like you to meet our Joseph
18:51 our young actor Yitshak Cohen
18:53 who plays Joseph in our upcoming series.
18:55 Yitshak...welcome.
18:57 Thank you Myles.
18:59 Tell us a little bit about your acting background.
19:01 Thank you for inviting me Myles.
19:03 Basically I was learning acting for two years, five years ago.
19:10 And as I came to faith I got lost in the acting life
19:16 actually, basically because in Israel we don't have much acting or drama or anything else.
19:23 And then I found this Messianic body that creates every 2 years
19:27 actually a big, big musical show
19:31 And they have it at one time in 2 years.
19:36 And I had the privilege to play in one story which is Noah's Ark
19:41 and it was great.
19:44 Yeah, its interesting that the believers...
19:47 It's such a great possibility
19:50 so much potential for the believers to tell the story of Yeshua through drama
19:54 right here in the Land just as we do on television.
19:57 And you're able to be part of that.
19:59 Tell us about being in "Joseph"
20:00 What's this experience been like?
20:02 aaah...wow!
20:05 Sometime you say to yourself, aaah I wish I could live in that time.
20:09 And sometime like, I couldn't live in that time.
20:12 So I was actually had both of this thought.
20:17 And during this process I could see more closely...
20:23 realize actually what Joseph in passing
20:25 but actually what happened with Jesus .
20:28 And although what happened with Jesus didn't finish yet.
20:31 So Jesus is like the story over the whole world.
20:34 And Joseph telling the story of his own family.
20:37 But the symbols...
20:38 It's almost correct...almost one on each other basically.
20:42 It's really the time right now for the Sabras, the native born Israelis
20:46 to recognize that Jesus is Jewish
20:49 and that the story is Jewish
20:51 and that He's Meshiach.
20:53 And I feel like this is a great opportunity for them to see that.
20:56 Tell us a little bit about what it was like to get put in a pit.
21:00 aaah...well
21:06 You know all this time you think I could not imagine what happened there
21:10 and how he could actually suffer that much.
21:13 And to put myself in Joseph's position
21:18 and to have my brothers putting me in that pit.
21:23 My brothers...my close ones.
21:24 It's awful...it's crazy.
21:26 And you cannot understand them.
21:28 Because actually family is supposed to be the one to protect you
21:30 not the one that attacked you.
21:32 So this whole story...it's...
21:34 It's full of God and it really looks forward to the time when
21:37 our people, when the Jewish people will recognize...
21:40 nationally recognize Meshiach.
21:42 Yeah...yeah.
21:43 We're really looking towards that.
21:45 I want to ask you something about as a believer in the Land.
21:47 You know it's our privilege to come and to show America, show the West what goes on here.
21:53 But as a believer is there something you would like to say
21:55 to either the Church or about America in general.
21:59 Just as someone who was born here, came to faith here.
22:02 Just look right in the camera and tell our friends at home any message you have for them.
22:09 Okay guys
22:12 you need to understand
22:13 that basically the Messianic body
22:15 here in Israel is growing
22:17 and many believers from America with Jewish background
22:20 coming to make Aliyah which is great.
22:22 We don't have much of the world of drama, acting.
22:28 We're starting growing in the music industry
22:30 but we actually...
22:32 I'm thankful for what you're doing here
22:34 which is great.
22:36 It's still a bit but it's the open gate to make something even bigger.
22:40 And I think with the time we are going to have more and more believers, even actors
22:46 playing in Bible stories.
22:50 Well thank you for being with us today.
22:54 I think that the people getting to know you will...
22:57 it will actually make the story come more alive as they see you as Joseph.
23:00 So we appreciate your being here.
23:02 Thank you very much sir.
23:03 And we want to take you now
23:04 and show you some highlights
23:06 from this upcoming series about Joseph.
23:07 Let's go there now.
23:34 (speaking in Hebrew)
23:53 The language of Hebrew is so pictorial, it is so expressive, it's so poetic.
23:57 And even in this situation that Joseph is in
24:01 the word "Meshiach", "Anointed One"
24:04 It's so close to the word, the name given to him
24:06 by Potiphar and by the jail overseer.
24:09 There was a spiritual connection
24:11 that God was bringing for the people...
24:13 and the brothers.
24:14 Yes, the famine was alienation.
24:18 It means being subtracted from or away from God.
24:21 But all the people that God has re gathered,
24:24 all the Jewish people are being brought back to His Land
24:27 and being put into His plan.
24:30 As we're standing here with the Al Aqsa Mosque behind us
24:33 the sons of Esau have built that mosque on the land given to the sons of Jacob.
24:38 And that envy, that jealousy is still being played out in our lives today here in Israel
24:43 and around the world.
25:51 I know you enjoyed that interview with Yitshak Cohen
25:53 and also seeing some scenes from our Joseph series.
25:57 We waited long to do that because we were looking for the funds to come in.
26:00 We're so grateful
26:02 because of your faithfulness
26:03 we were able to make that series.
26:05 Yeah, we really want to thank you
26:06 for standing with Israel
26:08 for standing with us.
26:10 You know it's a valid thing to do.
26:12 And we know that you know
26:13 that His return is soon.
26:15 So let's continue the work
26:17 while it is yet day.
26:19 Yeah, that's really perfect.
26:20 You know we know that
26:22 the Jewish roots of Christianity
26:23 is such an important message.
26:25 We want the West to understand
26:27 where the Christian faith comes from and we want
26:29 the West to stand with Israel.
26:30 And we need you to help us to do that.
26:33 So we want to thank you again for all you've done.
26:35 And we ask you to do some more in this coming year.
26:37 This is going to be with the best year yet.
26:40 And you know, we like to always remind you
26:42 that this is about praying for the peace of Jerusalem
26:45 And so we say "Sha'a lu Shalom Yerushalayim"
26:49 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
26:52 ♪ Pray for the peace of my home ♪
26:59 ♪ And the whole world knows that the God of Israel ♪
27:05 ♪ Moved His mighty arm ♪
27:08 ♪ and He brought us back from Egypt ♪
27:10 ♪ And the whole world knows ♪
27:12 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
27:14 ♪ And we pray for peace yes we pray Sha'alu Shalom ♪
27:18 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
27:20 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
27:22 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
27:24 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
27:26 ♪ Yes, the whole world knows ♪
27:28 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
27:30 ♪ And we pray for peace yes we pray Sha'alu Shalom ♪
27:36 ♪ All the world will ascend to Jerusalem ♪
27:40 ♪ They will sing Hallelujah Amen ♪
27:44 ♪ They'll give thanks for the peace of Jerusalem ♪
27:48 ♪ Peace on earth and good will to all men ♪
27:55 ♪ And...the... whole world knows ♪
27:59 ♪ that the God of Israel moved His mighty arm ♪
28:03 ♪ And He brought us back from everywhere ♪
28:05 ♪ The whole world knows ♪
28:07 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
28:09 ♪ And we pray for peace ♪
28:11 ♪ Yes, we pray Sha'a lu Shalom ♪
28:13 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
28:15 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
28:16 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
28:18 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
28:20 ♪ Yes, the whole world knows ♪
28:22 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
28:24 ♪ And we pray for peace yes we pray Sha'alu Shalom ♪♪

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