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• 00:03 where so much of
• 00:04 Bible history took place
• 00:06 especially at the time of Christ.
• 00:07 Absolutely.
• 00:35 For Zion's sake
• 00:37 I will not hold my peace.
• 00:39 And for Jerusalem's sake
• 00:41 I will not rest
• 00:43 until her righteous goes forth as brightness
• 00:46 and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
• 01:00 Shalom
• 01:01 and welcome to our program.
• 01:02 I'm Myles Weiss.
• 01:03 And I'm Katharine Weiss.
• 01:05 We want to welcome you
• 01:06 to our series, Zion Forever.
• 01:07 Its a series focusing on the City of David and the Temple Mount.
• 01:11 Such important places
• 01:13 the most contested real estate in the world.
• 01:15 And not without reason
• 01:17 because God speaks about it
• 01:19 as not only the focus of
• 01:20 where His presence was
• 01:22 where it is
• 01:23 and where it will be.
• 01:25 And it's actually called
• 01:26 Ha Makom - The Place
• 01:27 because its so close to
• 01:28 where the Holy of Holies was.
• 01:30 Its really...
• 01:31 There's nothing like
• 01:33 being on the Southern Steps.
• 01:34 Jesus walked up these steps.
• 01:37 The disciples were on these steps.
• 01:39 The first apostles were on these steps.
• 01:41 And I can't help but think about Anna and Simeon
• 01:44 waiting for the Messiah in this very Temple.
• 01:48 And when Jesus came they saw him
• 01:50 when he was being dedicated as a little baby.
• 01:53 And they were able to see the prophetic word coming forth.
• 01:56 And I believe that God is calling us
• 01:58 to see the prophetic words coming forth
• 02:00 that yes, we're going to hear of wars and rumors of wars
• 02:03 but we're not to look at that.
• 02:05 We're to look up
• 02:06 because our redemption is drawing nigh.
• 02:08 That's so great.
• 02:09 You know the saying...
• 02:11 Jewish people have a saying,
• 02:13 "Two Jews - Three opinions."
• 02:15 It's always possible for us to find something to argue about.
• 02:16 And so it is when you travel in the Land.
• 02:19 There are some sites that are traditional,
• 02:20 some sites that are just wrong,
• 02:22 they're wrongly named.
• 02:23 And others that they are what is called "X" marks the spot.
• 02:26 And this is one of those.
• 02:28 The Southern Steps are the actual...
• 02:29 You can see them;
• 02:31 the difference between the rebuilt, the ancient, the old.
• 02:33 The real place where all this activity took place
• 02:38 and where God will return to.
• 02:40 I think about the controversy over this Land
• 02:44 and the controversy over the establishing of the Nation of Israel.
• 02:48 And it's really a controversy with God Himself.
• 02:51 Because He said what would happen
• 02:54 and He is fulfilling it in our midst.
• 02:56 So, let's go now to our teaching
• 02:59 from the Southern Steps in Jerusalem.
• 03:09 We're here on the Southern Steps.
• 03:11 No question about it,
• 03:12 this is one of those "X" marks the spot places.
• 03:15 The 1st century steps are still here.
• 03:17 We understand that Yeshua taught here.
• 03:19 And we see the massive Herodian stone
• 03:22 going back to the time of the Second Temple.
• 03:25 Above it, Suleiman's building from the 15th century.
• 03:28 But no doubt about it
• 03:29 this is one of those places
• 03:31 where so much of Bible history took place,
• 03:33 especially at the time of Christ.
• 03:35 Absolutely.
• 03:36 You know, Jesus had such a wonderful opportunity
• 03:39 to speak to His people here on these Southern Steps.
• 03:42 He came as a baby.
• 03:44 He was dedicated here.
• 03:46 No doubt that Mary or "Miriam"
• 03:48 went in the Mikva'ot not far from here.
• 03:51 She did a ritual cleansing
• 03:53 before she went up on to the Temple.
• 03:55 And both her and her husband dedicated Jesus there.
• 03:59 Anna and Simeon saw that this was the Messiah.
• 04:03 They said, this is the light to light up the Gentiles
• 04:07 and the glory of Israel,
• 04:10 it says in Luke.
• 04:11 That's right.
• 04:12 This is Luke 2:32.
• 04:13 This is the place where Yeshua was dedicated.
• 04:16 He was most likely circumcised here on the 8th day
• 04:18 He was crucified here in this place.
• 04:20 He was resurrected in Jerusalem.
• 04:22 This is the place that He Himself
• 04:24 called in Matthew 5:35
• 04:27 "The City of the Great King"
• 04:29 referring to Messiah,
• 04:31 referring to Himself.
• 04:33 We know its the City of David
• 04:34 But Yeshua went on to say
• 04:36 it is the City of the Great King
• 04:37 speaking of David's greater Son, Himself.
• 04:40 This place - Yerushalayim
• 04:41 this is the place that was God's heart for the people,
• 04:45 God's place to return to,
• 04:47 the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
• 04:49 Not far from here on the Mount of Olives
• 04:52 the ascension took place in Acts 1:12.
• 04:55 Before us Myles
• 04:56 is the Mount of Olives
• 04:58 and down from us the
• 05:00 City of David to this day.,
• 05:02 And we, literally are standing
• 05:04 on the Southern Steps.
• 05:06 You know, Jesus' feet were here.
• 05:08 That's right.
• 05:09 He was, He is, and He is to come.
• 05:11 and we have a privilege
• 05:12 of being able to share the truth
• 05:14 and the realty of this God that we serve
• 05:17 that is able to keep His prophetic Word
• 05:20 to the dot.
• 05:21 This is where the Church was born.
• 05:22 We know that something happened in the Upper Room.
• 05:24 We understand that.
• 05:25 But this is the place
• 05:26 where Peter could preach to 3,000
• 05:28 where the mikvot,the ritual baptisms were here
• 05:31 so that the people could get baptized
• 05:34 as soon as they were saved.
• 05:35 And the Church was most likely born in the upper room
• 05:37 and then brought to the birth here
• 05:39 on the Southern Steps.
• 05:40 Its a real exciting place.
• 05:41 You know, Jesus kept the feasts here.
• 05:43 He came up 3 times.
• 05:45 He told His disciples
• 05:46 that this Temple,
• 05:49 the Temple that we can see the remains of
• 05:50 would be brought down
• 05:52 but that God Himself would return to the City.
• 05:55 In Hebrews 12:22 it says...
• 05:59 God did not forsake His people.
• 06:02 For a season He had a chastisement.
• 06:05 But God has restored them
• 06:07 and we are going to see a new Temple brought
• 06:09 back here in this place.
• 06:11 What a gift to the Gentile world
• 06:13 that my people nationally rejected Yeshua
• 06:16 as Paul wrote about it in Romans 9 through 11.
• 06:19 Paul, who kept the feasts here as well
• 06:21 even after he had his revelation of Yeshua.
• 06:23 He came here as an observant Jew
• 06:25 and kept the feasts.
• 06:27 And was willing to die here as a martyr if needed.
• 06:29 This is the place.
• 06:30 This is one of those places where
• 06:32 we absolutely know the Jewish history took place.
• 06:34 And no one can take that away.
• 06:37 Amen!
• 06:50 We were very blessed to be able to speak to Professor Dan Bahat.
• 06:53 He teaches at the University of Toronto in Canada;
• 06:56 Bar-Ilon University in Israel.
• 06:58 And he is one of the premier archaeologists in the entire Land.
• 07:02 Let's go now, to hear the interview
• 07:04 with Myles and Professor Dan Bahat.
• 07:08 Dr. Bahat, thank you so much for your time here.
• 07:11 We understand this,
• 07:13 the Southern Steps,
• 07:14 the way up to the Temple.
• 07:15 But there's some very significant findings
• 07:17 that you have regarding the true meaning of these places,
• 07:20 the true history here.
• 07:22 Well, first of all,
• 07:23 we're facing the Southern
• 07:24 Wall of the Temple Mount.
• 07:26 And the Southern Wall was the most important wall
• 07:30 during the 2nd Temple period
• 07:32 because the greatest part of the population of Jerusalem
• 07:34 lived further south in the City of David
• 07:37 on Mount Zion,
• 07:38 on the southern part of Mount Zion.
• 07:40 And so most of the people came to the Temple Mount
• 07:42 through this side
• 07:44 where there are 2 gates which are very famous;
• 07:46 the one which is called the Triple Gate
• 07:48 which we see here,
• 07:50 and another one which is the Double Gate.
• 07:52 It is a very meaningful thing
• 07:54 and I'll say that it shows the continuity, actually
• 07:58 of Jewish life in this country.
• 08:01 In what sense?
• 08:02 The Southern Wall was the most important wall for the Jews
• 08:07 for many, many generations;
• 08:09 actually, till the 17th century
• 08:11 when the Western Wall praying plaza took the place of the Southern Wall.
• 08:16 That's a very unusual change in people's thinking.
• 08:19 Our viewers have always considered that to be
• 08:21 an ancient basis for prayer at the Western Wall.
• 08:23 But you believe that this is...
• 08:25 It's not a matter of belief,
• 08:28 it is a matter of historical documentation.
• 08:30 And I'll tell you why this one was more attractive.
• 08:32 Because here they knew that the two Gates in the South
• 08:35 are still of Herod's time.
• 08:38 Unfortunately the Western of the two gates here,
• 08:43 the Double Gate,
• 08:44 when you inside before it was completely blocked
• 08:47 you can still see Herodian decoration.
• 08:50 Actually its the best preserved part of Herod's Temple Mount
• 08:55 which can be seen on the Temple Mount itself
• 08:57 because all the rest was changed when the Muslims conquered the country
• 09:00 and they destroyed all the previous things
• 09:03 and built actually the two mosques.
• 09:05 Yes
• 09:06 And the thing is that for the Jews,
• 09:09 when they saw the gate with the decoration
• 09:11 which they knew was Herodian
• 09:15 they of course were much more attracted to this side than to the others.
• 09:19 It is very difficult to explain
• 09:21 and it's a long story
• 09:23 why the Western Wall became the Holy place for the Jews today.
• 09:27 Although, the first time when we hear about Jews praying there
• 09:31 the general prayer which you see today
• 09:33 is only from 1655.
• 09:36 Which means 17th century.
• 09:38 Anyhow, the Western Wall was all covered by buildings.
• 09:42 Because remember the prayer plaza which you see today
• 09:45 is only one-ninth of the entire length Western Wall.
• 09:49 It was covered.
• 09:50 All the rest was covered.
• 09:52 But in 1546 there was a severe earthquake.
• 09:56 And that one destroyed the buildings
• 09:59 which were covering the Western Wall plaza.
• 10:00 So it was exposed only for the first time in the middle of the 16th century.
• 10:04 But it took a century till it became a place of prayer.
• 10:08 So you see the process is very long.
• 10:09 Yes, that's a revolutionary understanding for our viewers.
• 10:13 I understand also that there's a misnomer about these gates,
• 10:16 the name conventionally.
• 10:18 Yes, yes...
• 10:19 In general, when people come here
• 10:22 they call it Huldah Gate which is a misnomer, definitely.
• 10:25 I'll tell you why.
• 10:26 Because the only place where we have the names of the Temple Mount
• 10:30 is in the Mishnah
• 10:31 which is the Jewish secondary legal system.
• 10:34 I'm not going into it.
• 10:36 And there the Southern walls of the Temple Mount
• 10:38 which is not this one,
• 10:40 it is the pre-Herodian one
• 10:42 which it still underlies the Temple Mount today.
• 10:44 There, the Southern wall which must be somewhere
• 10:47 around the area closer to where the Temple was.
• 10:51 There's Huldah Gate.
• 10:53 And that's why people believe that the Southern walls are...
• 10:57 They didn't understand that we are speaking here about another Temple Mount.
• 11:01 I understand.
• 11:03 Usually, you know, people who want to emphasize the coming of Messiah and so on
• 11:06 they speak about the 3rd Temple.
• 11:07 Yes
• 11:08 The 3rd Temple existed a long time ago.
• 11:10 Herod's Temple was the 4th.
• 11:12 which means if they want to see another Temple
• 11:14 it will be the 5th in line.
• 11:16 This 1st one, built by Solomon destroyed by Nebuchadnezzer.
• 11:19 The 2nd one built by the patriarchs from Babylon
• 11:23 and was completely defaced or changed.
• 11:26 Somewhere in the 3rd century BCE
• 11:29 when another Temple was built
• 11:32 the pre-Herodian one which is mentioned in the Mishnah.
• 11:35 And its very important
• 11:37 because if we say we refer to the Mishnah
• 11:39 as the basis to the Jewish religious legal system,
• 11:42 when they give all the laws of purity and everything
• 11:45 it refers to that Temple there
• 11:47 which is the pre-Herodian.
• 11:49 The Herodian Temple Mount was considered of lesser importance
• 11:53 and therefore it was allowed to the Gentiles.
• 11:56 And is what the New Testament calls the court of the Gentiles.
• 12:00 And you remember this episode
• 12:01 when Paul is coming with two Greeks.
• 12:04 And everybody is shouting at him
• 12:05 and tell him go to their area.
• 12:07 Which is their area?
• 12:08 The Herodian enhancement of the Temple Mount.
• 12:11 WOW
• 12:12 This is revolutionary for many of our viewers.
• 12:14 I can imagine so but that's history of facts.
• 12:28 What right does Israel have to her Land?
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• 12:36 "Israel's Right to the Land"
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• 12:40 that will silence all objections
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• 12:59 has been reaching out
• 13:00 to Jews and Gentiles since 1979.
• 13:03 Two things make that possible.
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• 13:09 We have a long track record
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• 13:20 As always, thank you.
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• 13:29 for your gifts of funds.
• 13:31 You know, Myles
• 13:32 without the support
• 13:33 of our faithful viewers
• 13:34 we wouldn't be able
• 13:35 to bring these stories
• 13:36 or share the passion
• 13:38 that God has for this Land.
• 13:39 Yeah, its a really a blessing for us.
• 13:41 I hope it is for you as well.
• 13:43 I know it is.
• 13:44 You know it's hard to believe
• 13:45 when you see the scope
• 13:46 of these stones
• 13:47 that they were actually
• 13:49 able to be put in place
• 13:51 and Dr. Bahat will explain that
• 13:52 but the other part
• 13:53 that's amazing
• 13:54 Is that Yeshua predicted
• 13:56 in Matthew 24:2...
• 14:01 And we know that in 70 AD everything changed
• 14:03 for the Temple Mount and for that area.
• 14:06 So, let's go now
• 14:07 to the continuation
• 14:08 of our interview with Dr. Bahat.
• 14:12 Dr. Bahat
• 14:13 a stone of this size,
• 14:15 our viewers are fascinated by this,
• 14:17 How could the Romans back in those days,
• 14:19 How could they get something like this into place?
• 14:21 Not the Romans ...the Jews.
• 14:22 Thank you.
• 14:23 It is Herod's Temple Mount.
• 14:25 Let us start to walk along that stone
• 14:26 to give the impression.
• 14:27 Here it starts
• 14:28 and it goes all the way,
• 14:30 we are walking along it.
• 14:31 Look at that.
• 14:33 This is one single stone.
• 14:34 One single stone
• 14:36 reaching as far as here.
• 14:37 And again, it is not the largest stone
• 14:39 we have got on the Temple Mount.
• 14:41 The question is of course,
• 14:42 how did they do it?
• 14:44 They did it by using two means
• 14:47 which in the Roman period was known.
• 14:49 Number one, pulleys.
• 14:51 And as you know, every curve in the pulley
• 14:53 reduces the weight in half.
• 14:56 And the other thing,
• 14:57 enormous cranes.
• 14:58 Which were maneuvered
• 14:59 by people stepping in a big wheel
• 15:02 which was harnessed to the beam which held the thing.
• 15:05 Fascinating.
• 15:07 At any rate, the question which should be asked,
• 15:08 why did they do it?
• 15:10 I believe that those big stones
• 15:12 are the counter force to a vault inside the Temple Mount.
• 15:16 The same thing we have got in the Western Wall
• 15:18 with a stone which is even much larger.
• 15:20 Not only that, I'd like to mention that the Southern Wall
• 15:23 was completely and deliberately demolished
• 15:26 by the Romans
• 15:28 when they built Jerusalem as a pagan city.
• 15:32 And as you probably know,
• 15:33 even the Roman Temple,
• 15:35 the main Temple of Jerusalem
• 15:37 was built by stones which were taken from here
• 15:40 later to be re-used
• 15:42 when Constantine built the first Church of the Sepulchre.
• 15:44 Byzantine
• 15:45 Yes
• 15:57 Talk about a Jewish presence in this Land,
• 15:59 The Jewish Messiah, Yeshua HaMashiach - Jesus
• 16:02 walked on these very steps in the 1st century.
• 16:05 He was here teaching
• 16:07 and He spoke about it.
• 16:08 He spoke about teaching daily in the Temple from this place.
• 16:11 Can you imagine pilgrims coming up...
• 16:13 Three times a year coming up these steps.
• 16:16 The steps are staggered,
• 16:18 so it's very difficult to walk up them in your natural strength.
• 16:21 Brilliant, that God made sure that as the pilgrims would
• 16:24 come up these steps three times a year
• 16:27 they would have to adjust their walk
• 16:29 because it was uncomfortable to keep their regular stride.
• 16:32 It almost couldn't be done.
• 16:34 In fact, the Huldah Gates here were called the Gates of Mercy
• 16:37 because out of these gates
• 16:39 would flow those who were in mourning.
• 16:41 And if you stood there and gave a gift to them,
• 16:44 it was considered an act of mercy.
• 16:46 You could go in one way and out the other.
• 16:48 But if you went the opposite way
• 16:50 because you were in mourning
• 16:51 people would give you a gift of finance.
• 16:54 And that's why Yeshua referred
• 16:55 to the gift of mercy on the Mount of Beatitudes.
• 16:59 He said, blessed are the merciful
• 17:01 for they shall receive mercy.
• 17:02 And that was a spiritual application
• 17:04 but it was also was very practical
• 17:06 because it was here that those in mourning
• 17:08 could receive a blessing,
• 17:09 a literal blessing from the other pilgrims.
• 17:12 So it was a two-way blessing
• 17:14 both for the giver and those that received.
• 17:17 You know, this is a historical site
• 17:19 and there's no question, that it is the place
• 17:22 that He referred to
• 17:23 when He said that not one stone would be left upon each other.
• 17:27 And then in 70 AD, Titus and the 10th Legion of Rome came
• 17:30 and leveled this place just as He predicted.
• 17:33 And, you know, it brings us to mind of the...
• 17:35 really the interplay between the temporal and the eternal.
• 17:40 There's the Mishkan in the wilderness,
• 17:42 the tabernacle where the Ark of the Covenant was.
• 17:44 But it was temporary.
• 17:46 There's the Beit Ha'Mikdash,
• 17:48 the Temple here, where the Ark was,
• 17:50 and where the Presence of God dwelt,
• 17:52 and where HaMakom, "The Place" exists.
• 17:54 And yet, also temporal because it looks forward
• 17:58 to the person of Messiah.
• 18:00 Yeshua Himself said in Matthew 12:6...
• 18:05 referring to Himself...
• 18:14 speaking of His own body...
• 18:15 And that's exactly what happened.
• 18:17 After the resurrection...
• 18:19 or, at the time of the cross
• 18:21 the veil was rent in the Temple
• 18:23 and it opened the way for us to come in to be with Him forever.
• 18:27 He opened the way for Jew and Gentile.
• 18:30 Looks back, even to the time of David.
• 18:32 Think about this.
• 18:33 David bought this threshing floor from Ornan, a Jebusite.
• 18:37 A picture of the coming together in the future
• 18:41 of the Gentiles, the Jebusites;
• 18:43 and the Jews, King David and David's greater son Yeshua.
• 18:46 There's coming a day when Jews and Gentiles
• 18:49 will worship the LORD together in the earth.
• 18:51 What a day we have to look forward to.
• 18:54 There's no question about it,
• 18:56 that this is Ha Makom.
• 18:58 In there is "the place" where the Glory was;
• 19:01 where the Holy of Holies was.
• 19:03 But, always, a foreshadowing of the Person of Messiah.
• 19:07 He is the Alef and the Tav...
• 19:09 The Alpha and Omega.
• 19:10 He is "Ha Rishon v'Ha'acharon",
• 19:13 the First and the Last.
• 19:14 Yeshua is Ha Makom.
• 19:17 He is "The Place".
• 19:24 I love hearing the Word of God
• 19:26 taught in the Land of God.
• 19:28 You know, there's nothing like it.
• 19:30 And Myles taught so well about Ha Makom, "The Place".
• 19:33 God's resting place.
• 19:35 And we know that Jesus is that place for us today.
• 19:38 We're going to hear a little bit more
• 19:40 from "Our Man in Haifa".
• 19:41 So let's go now to Eitan Shishkoff.
• 19:47 Shalom...
• 19:48 As we read in the book of Isaiah
• 19:50 we read a statement that says that...
• 19:57 Now, just as you can research things
• 20:00 very easily today on Google,
• 20:01 I did the same thing.
• 20:03 Because I was curious,
• 20:04 how much of the earth is covered with water.
• 20:07 And it turns out, over 70% of the earth's surface
• 20:10 is covered with water.
• 20:12 And over 95% of that is with the oceans of the world.
• 20:17 Of course, this is the Mediterranean Sea,
• 20:19 technically not an ocean
• 20:21 but definitly a very, very major body of water upon the earth.
• 20:26 And as its name would indicate,
• 20:28 "Mediterranean" means "the middle of the earth".
• 20:31 Its been considered through history that
• 20:34 this has been the focal point;
• 20:36 and when you study history,
• 20:37 it really has been.
• 20:39 So, looking at Isaiah's formula
• 20:43 I believe that this statement was given for our encouragement
• 20:47 that ultimately, prophetically
• 20:50 there's going to be such a spread
• 20:52 of the knowledge of the Glory of God
• 20:54 that the entire world eventually will see it.
• 20:57 And I want to read something here
• 20:59 that really struck me just a moment ago
• 21:01 because after this statement we read...
• 21:15 So there's something that the sea speaks to us
• 21:18 of the universality of this message of redemption
• 21:22 through the God of Israel and His Messiah, Yeshua.
• 21:24 That...that's exciting to me
• 21:27 because I believe that the love of God is
• 21:30 so universal that it covers the world.
• 21:34 Of course, we know the verse
• 21:37 that every young child learns in Sunday School,
• 21:39 that...
• 21:46 So this worldwide knowledge of the Glory of God is coming.
• 21:49 And I think that you would agree with me its about time.
• 21:53 The world is needing it.
• 21:55 But be encouraged.
• 21:56 I think this is also a sign for us
• 21:58 to be strengthened in our faith
• 22:00 and to look ahead
• 22:01 and even to encourage those around us
• 22:03 that God cares about every human being
• 22:07 that's alive on the earth today.
• 22:10 The knowledge of the Glory of God
• 22:12 will cover the earth
• 22:13 as the waters cover the sea.
• 22:15 Thank you
• 22:17 ♪...will come to rule His own ♪
• 22:21 ♪ A thousand years, a thousand years ♪
• 22:26 ♪ He'll come to rule His own ♪
• 22:31 ♪ The King will come to dwell, haMelech Yisrael ♪
• 22:40 ♪ A thousand years, a thousand years ♪
• 22:45 ♪ haMelech Yisrael ♪
• 22:52 ♪ Yerushalayim I will come at last ♪
• 22:55 ♪ And when a thousand years have finally past ♪
• 22:59 ♪ I will see the new Jerusalem descending, ♪
• 23:03 ♪ I will be there for the grand and glorious ending, ♪
• 23:07 ♪ Out of heaven I will see a city come, ♪
• 23:10 ♪ and I will live forever in Jerusalem. ♪
• 23:17 ♪ And then Jerusalem you'll sing Baruch haShem ♪
• 23:26 ♪ A thousand years, a thousand years ♪
• 23:31 ♪ you'll sing Baruch haShem ♪
• 23:36 ♪ Your King who came before ♪
• 23:41 ♪ Your King forever more ♪
• 23:45 ♪ A thousand years, a thousand years ♪
• 23:50 ♪ Your King forever more ♪♪ (♪ forever more ♪♪)
• 24:08 I hope you can hear
• 24:09 in Zola's lyrics
• 24:10 a wonderful
• 24:12 eschatological teaching
• 24:14 regarding the end of time
• 24:15 the end of days
• 24:16 and really we're
• 24:17 coming up on that time.
• 24:19 We see the signs of the end
• 24:20 and it's very exciting.
• 24:21 A little daunting
• 24:22 but very exciting.
• 24:23 Oh, there's nothing like it.
• 24:24 A thousand years
• 24:25 He will reign in this place.
• 24:27 We cannot look at
• 24:28 what the world is
• 24:30 portraying Jerusalem as
• 24:31 or even our natural senses
• 24:34 are seeing it as a war zone.
• 24:37 But it is actually
• 24:38 "The Place"
• 24:39 It is the Place
• 24:41 of His resting place.
• 24:42 It is the place
• 24:43 that He talks about
• 24:44 over and over again
• 24:46 The Psalmist goes on and on
• 24:47 about the longing
• 24:48 that He has for Zion.
• 24:50 I remember as a new believer
• 24:52 thinking, what is this Zion?
• 24:54 And Zion is Jerusalem.
• 24:56 And not only Jerusalem,
• 24:58 it is the people,
• 24:59 it is them coming back to the fullness
• 25:02 of what God's ordained for them to walk in.
• 25:04 You know, I remember in Bible College
• 25:05 a preacher would here and there, now and then
• 25:07 make a joke about preaching a long sermon.
• 25:09 He would call it
• 25:11 "I spoke from Genesis to Maps"
• 25:12 Meaning even beyond Revelation.
• 25:14 But you know, there's a hidden truth in that
• 25:16 that is no longer hidden.
• 25:17 But the fact is with the re-establishing
• 25:19 of the Land and the people in the Land
• 25:22 we recognize that this is a literal, physical
• 25:25 restoration that is taking place.
• 25:27 And really, the scripture is Genesis to Maps
• 25:29 because it includes this greater Israel,
• 25:32 this future Land,
• 25:33 this place that God will rule and reign from for a thousand years.
• 25:37 And I think about the push that is coming
• 25:41 against the people of Israel, against the Jewish people.
• 25:44 Dr. Martin Luther King said
• 25:47 that to be anti-Zionist is to be anti-Semitic.
• 25:52 In fact, he said it's inherently anti-Semitic.
• 25:55 And I would go a step further.
• 25:56 I would say that it's anti-Christ.
• 25:58 That may sound radical to you.
• 26:00 The fact is, "Christ" is the Greek word
• 26:02 for "Messiach" - Messiah.
• 26:04 It's a Jewish concept, a Jewish word.
• 26:06 To be anti-Zionist is to be anti-Semitic
• 26:10 and to be anti- the Jewish Messiah.
• 26:13 So if you are a believer
• 26:14 you must also be part of...
• 26:16 I would beg you to be part of the understanding that
• 26:20 the restoration of Israel and the Jewish people
• 26:23 is part of our story as believers.
• 26:26 And you and I both have been praying
• 26:29 and calling the Church to pray for Israel.
• 26:31 And I believe that there's an awakening happening
• 26:33 in the Church like never before.
• 26:36 They are calling them to awake, awake...
• 26:38 put on strength of Zion.
• 26:40 In Isaiah 52:1
• 26:54 You know, there's coming a time just like that
• 26:56 that we are looking for.
• 26:58 It's in our time Myles.
• 26:59 And it's not too far off.
• 27:01 And so we have a holy call on all of us.
• 27:03 God's chosen you,
• 27:04 He's ordained you in this generation to be born.
• 27:06 And you are to walk in faith
• 27:08 and walk in His victory.
• 27:10 Amen.
• 27:11 And that is why we like to end our programs by reminding you
• 27:16 Psalm 122:6 tells us
• 27:19 Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim.
• 27:21 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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