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Episode: “Days of Remembrance: Purim”

This program features teaching from Myles and Katharine while also including interviews with Messianic Believers living in Israel. We discover how they celebrate and remember this special holiday that has been recognized by the Jewish people everywhere for millennia.

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Caption transcript for “Days of Remembrance: Purim”

00:03 Israel's existence and the lineage of Messiah
00:06 was threatened by an overwhelming militant force.
00:09 Mordecai said to Esther, perhaps you have been
00:13 brought into the kingdom for such a time as this.
00:17 The statement rings through the ages
00:19 and challenges us even to today.
00:26 Shalom and welcome to our program. I'm Myles Weiss
00:28 And I'm Katharine Weiss
00:29 and we want to welcome you to our program on Purim.
00:33 It's read out of the book of Esther.
00:35 It's all about God preserving the people.
00:38 And we want to bring it to you because we know that
00:41 you are more and more aware of the calendar of the LORD.
00:44 These are not the biblically mandated feast,
00:46 Right
00:47 the Feast of Purim.
00:48 Correct
00:49 This is a feast that is really an extra-biblical feast
00:52 that comes as a commemoration
00:54 of God's great deliverance in the Jewish people.
00:56 And I am so glad that God is a covenant keeping God.
00:59 He says that all Israel shall be saved in Romans 11:26
01:03 and so we know that he's going to preserve the Jewish people,
01:07 first reason of course is so Messiah could come.
01:10 The Book of Esther is all about God preserving
01:13 the Jewish people against all odds.
01:15 Wonderful.
01:16 And I love how Mordecai says to Esther,
01:18 you can think that you'll be safe in the palace,
01:22 we'll be safe in our own little palaces,
01:24 but God is calling us to take a stand for the biblical views
01:29 of who he is and what he's about in this day.
01:33 And he's about preserving the Jewish people.
01:36 So let's go now and hear
01:38 some more about Purim in Israel.
01:42 Purim - the Feast of Esther
01:45 takes place about 400 years before the time of Yeshuah .
01:48 It's at the height of the Persian Empire.
01:51 The Jews are in captivity and that
01:54 empire was so large that at the center,
01:57 Shusan, where the story takes place
01:59 was the core of the place
02:01 but it reached all the way to India
02:04 and all the way to Ethiopia
02:06 and it was a 2 million square mile empire.
02:09 A tremendous land tract, a tremendous empire
02:13 that was ruled by King Xerxes.
02:15 And it was a time that the Israelites were
02:18 allowed to return according to the decree Cyrus
02:21 but many of them stayed behind
02:23 because of the comfort and were unwilling
02:26 to become pioneers in the land of Israel.
02:28 Well we have the same situation today where
02:30 many of us in the west are reluctant to return home,
02:33 some of us prevented for different reasons but
02:36 we are unable or unwilling to return
02:38 and be pioneers in the land and so we have
02:41 Jews in the Diaspora all over the world.
02:44 Purim is a plural word for "Pur"
02:47 "Pur" means "lots".
02:49 And lots were cast to determine the date of
02:52 the destruction of the entire Jewish people.
02:54 Now we know that throughout history
02:57 Satan, " Ha Satan ", the "Adversary"
03:00 has tried to annihilate the Jewish people, why?
03:03 Because God is a covenant keeping God,
03:06 he loves the Jewish people,
03:07 continues to love Israel.
03:09 And also because through the Jewish people
03:12 the heroes of the faith emerge,
03:14 the ones we learn from, the patriarchs and the prophets
03:17 and of course most of all Mashiach Yeshua
03:21 comes through the Jewish people.
03:23 So Satan is always trying to wipe us out.
03:27 That is the same that is going on today.
03:29 But God is the hero of the book of Esther.
03:32 He is also the hero of Israel.
03:35 He is " Shomar Yisrael ", the Guardian, the one who
03:38 watches over Israel, who keeps Israel.
03:42 Now the villain in the story...
03:44 There are four major characters.
03:46 First there's Vashti, the Queen who is deposed.
03:49 Esther, the Jewish girl is raised up as Queen.
03:52 And then the four main characters are
03:54 Esther, as a representation of the human spirit,
03:57 the king as a representation of the flesh, or the world.
04:01 Haman, the anti-God character,
04:04 and Mordecai who represents the Holy Spirit in our story.
04:08 Now, I am predisposed to like this
04:12 because of course my Hebrew name is "Mordecai"
04:14 so I do have an affinity for him.
04:16 But he is a real hero in this in that he
04:19 represents the work of God in actually changing the
04:23 divine order of things in an entire nation.
04:26 One is deposed, one is raised up
04:29 and that attempt to annihilate the Jews
04:31 is reversed by God himself.
04:34 The battle between Mordecai and Haman
04:38 has its roots in the history of Israel.
04:42 God told Moses...
04:50 ... way back 1400 years
04:52 before the time of Yeshua.
04:53 Why? Because within Amalek was that demonic
04:57 attack against the purposes of God.
05:00 It's not just that God is a destructive person,
05:03 He's the Creator, he's a Lover,
05:05 but he knows the end from the beginning
05:08 and so the instruction to wipe out Amalek was
05:11 in order to preserve the line of the Messiah.
05:14 Well, it didn't work out that way and so
05:16 years later in 1,000 b.c. during the time of David,
05:21 Saul was commanded to wipe out Agag
05:24 also an Amalekite.
05:26 He didn't do it either.
05:27 And so here we have Mordecai
05:29 400 years before the time of Yeshua
05:31 dealing with the fruit of that disobedience to God.
05:35 Because the line of Amalek was still alive
05:39 they were still opposing the purposes of God.
05:41 Now we have Haman who is opposing Mordecai,
05:45 opposing Esther, and the purpose of God.
05:48 And it is God's intention to reverse that.
05:50 And there's some wonderful cultural
05:52 aspects to this holiday.
05:54 We have the "Fast" of Esther,
05:56 the " Taanit " of Esther.
05:58 In the winter we have the Purim [shemeel]
06:00 which is where we tell the entire story and
06:03 act it out and just play the parts of
06:05 all the characters in this Bible narrative.
06:09 And of course we have some foods and some special
06:11 cultural things that go on.
06:13 And in our family it was very much type cast.
06:15 My youngest son was the king,
06:18 my older son was Mordecai,
06:19 my beautiful bride of course was Esther
06:21 and I would be the bad guy Haman.
06:24 And as our children were growing up we
06:27 would act this story out in order to
06:29 remember from generation to generation through
06:33 the reading and the reciting of
06:35 the whole " Megillah ", the whole "Scroll"
06:37 that God is the secret hero.
06:40 He's never mentioned by name in this book
06:42 and yet he is the real hero of the book of Esther.
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07:23 As the Biblical narrative of Esther unfolds we see that
07:27 the plot from Haman is to wipe out all the Jews and
07:31 specifically targets Mordecai
07:34 because Mordecai is standing up as a representation of the Jews.
07:39 It's interesting that both the name "Esther" and "Mordecai"
07:42 are Persian names that are now revered names among the Jews.
07:45 Esther's Hebrew name was actually " Hadassah "
07:48 which means "myrtle" like the tree.
07:50 But we don't really know what Mordecai's Hebrew name was
07:53 because his name was given to him in Persia
07:55 and it's become a very heroic and valid
07:57 name among the Jewish people
07:59 but it's actually from the Persian language.
08:02 It's interesting that today Iran, which is the
08:06 modern version of ancient Persia is
08:08 again seeking to wipe out the Jewish people,
08:11 in fact has predicted that in
08:13 several decades there will be no Israel.
08:15 But I have really bad news for the Mullahs.
08:17 Good news for the people of Iran
08:19 because they will be turning to Jesus.
08:21 In fact, some count that they are turning to Jesus
08:24 in greater numbers than any nation in the world.
08:27 There is kind of a race between China and Iran
08:29 for the most Christianizing nation on the planet.
08:33 The people of Iran will know the Lord.
08:35 There's some wonderful prophesies in Jeremiah 49
08:38 about the future of Iran/Persia.
08:41 But in the meantime there's a false leadership
08:44 at the top that is opposing Israel,
08:46 opposing Yeshua and the work of God.
08:49 But God will have his way.
08:50 I remember being in a prayer meeting
08:52 during ministry in Argentina
08:54 And someone was praying, Oh Israel we pray for you
08:58 because America is behind you
09:00 and we need America to be there for Israel.
09:02 I stopped the prayer meeting.
09:03 It was kind of a bold move.
09:05 But I stopped and I took the leader aside
09:08 and I said, really it's up to America to decide
09:11 whether she will stand with Israel
09:13 because God will preserve Israel.
09:16 He is Shomar Yisrael .
09:18 So it's not that Israel needs America
09:20 as much as it is America needs to know where she stands.
09:23 And that's the story of Esther.
09:25 The story of Esther is about coming out of hiding
09:28 and coming out of denying your roots
09:31 and recognizing where you come from and where you're going.
09:34 Esther comes out of hiding from her Jewish roots.
09:37 She looks Persian, she appears to be Persian
09:40 but Mordecai challenges her
09:42 in fact, he says to her,
09:44 (Speaking Hebrew)
09:48 Who knows, that you've been brought into the kingdom
09:51 for such a time as this.
09:53 And I think that's a word for the church today.
09:55 I think that's a word for all believers internationally
09:59 to recognize that replacement theology is a myth and it's
10:02 also a dangerous, dangerous departure from orthodoxy,
10:07 from the real meaning of the Bible.
10:09 God is still working with Israel.
10:12 He will continue to work with Israel into eternity.
10:15 I advise you to read Romans 9 through 11
10:19 without prejudice, without spiritualizing.
10:21 Just read it for what it says
10:23 and you will be amazed that it is not only the pivotal
10:26 story of the Roman letter
10:29 but it is the most accurate and clear picture of the fact
10:34 that we as international and Jewish believers need
10:37 to stand with Israel as we see the day of Messiah approaching.
10:42 Now throughout history there are always these attacks against
10:45 the Jewish people.
10:46 It's an attack against the Word of God, the covenants of God
10:49 and the promise of Messiah.
10:51 Think about this.
10:52 This is my pantheon of "H's",
10:55 Haman, Herod,
10:57 Hitler, Hussein,
10:58 Hamas, Hezbollah,
11:01 all coming to try to wipe out Israel
11:04 and all will fail.
11:05 I think it's an opposite of
11:08 God breathing His Spirit into
11:10 Abram and making him Abraham
11:12 and Sara making her Sarah;
11:14 that " Hey " letter, that breath of God comes in.
11:16 Well these people sucking out the breath of God
11:20 and standing against the purposes of God...
11:22 But they will fail because God is going to
11:25 do what he says he's going to do.
11:27 One of the beautiful aspects of the book of Esther is
11:30 on the human level if there is a hero it is Esther.
11:33 She becomes the Queen.
11:35 She stands for her people.
11:36 And I'd like to say something about women in the Bible.
11:39 She's a prime example of the heroin in the Bible
11:43 but she's not the only one.
11:44 Think about the mothers and wives
11:46 that are exalted by Scripture,
11:48 Abigail and her relationship to David,
11:50 Hannah as the mother of Samuel
11:53 and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, Baptiser,
11:58 and Miriam , the mother of Yeshua , "Mary" we say.
12:00 Think about the teachers, Priscilla who worked
12:03 with her husband Aquila,
12:05 and they taught in the New Testament.
12:06 Finance - leaders in finance like Lydia who
12:08 helped Paul in his mission.
12:11 She partnered with him financially.
12:13 The military leaders, Deborah who was a great General,
12:16 stood with the Generals of Israel in ancient times.
12:19 All throughout the Bible we see women elevated by God
12:23 put next to, not under, not over,
12:26 but next to the men in there lives
12:28 because two are better than one.
12:30 Esther's story?
12:31 Clearly a story that illustrates the reality
12:34 of the New Testament mandate that he who
12:37 seeks his life shall lose it but he who
12:40 loses his life for God's sake will find it.
12:43 That's in Matthew 16:25
12:45 and it's a Word for the Church today.
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13:27 Our resource this week,
13:30 "Esther, For Such a Time as This" on DVD.
13:34 This 8 part series presents the Biblical account of
13:37 the young, beautiful Jewish woman who
13:40 becomes the Queen of Persia.
13:42 When Esther is confronted with murderous, racial hatred
13:45 she allows herself to be used by God and
13:48 saves the Jewish people from genocide.
13:50 Contact us for the DVD series,
13:53 "Esther, for Such a Time as This"
13:58 Part of telling the whole "Megillah" the whole "Scroll"
14:00 is dressing up in the costumes they would wear at the time.
14:03 In fact, here we have Queen Esther.
14:05 She's with us today.
14:06 You know there's nothing like re-enacting the story
14:09 to actually get it into your being,
14:11 in your mind what happened.
14:13 And Lilly is our Queen of the day.
14:15 We used to have Stephen as the King.
14:18 And you used to play the bad Haman.
14:21 But you know what?
14:22 There's nothing like Purim.
14:24 Right Lilly?
14:25 Don't you love it?
14:25 Yeah.
14:27 Would you take that scepter and bring it
14:28 back to the King now for us?
14:30 Myles - Thank you.
14:34 You know, when you have a child dressed as Esther and she's
14:37 so beautiful and it's just so sweet, sometimes it's easy
14:40 to lose the meaning of what this holiday's about and the
14:44 reality of intercession and the importance of prayer,
14:48 and how Esther stood for Israel
14:51 and how we as the Church, Jew and Gentile together
14:54 are to stand for the purposes of God in our generation.
14:58 You know, Esther wasn't somebody that just was of a noble line.
15:01 She was actually an orphan.
15:03 And God through his providence brought her into the kingdom
15:07 as it says in Scripture, "For such a time as this."
15:11 She postured herself for the king.
15:14 And she was able to be ready when
15:17 the Lord made a request of her.
15:19 And it was through Mordecai her uncle that
15:21 said that there's this edict out that Haman wants
15:25 to wipe out all the Jews
15:28 and just because your in this royal room or
15:31 just because you are the Queen, it
15:34 won't mean that you will be saved.
15:36 So you need to take a stand.
15:38 And she needed to take a stand Myles.
15:40 And I think there's something for us.
15:42 There's a lesson for us that silence is the biggest,
15:44 deadliest weapon that the enemy has.
15:47 We have to raise our voice.
15:49 And we have to be the Esther's of our day
15:51 no matter what our past was.
15:53 Maybe we didn't have a good past.
15:55 Maybe we were an orphan.
15:56 But God wants to give you the royal apparel
15:59 and he wants to make you ready to be
16:02 the voice for his people in this time.
16:05 You know, it said that as she surrendered she had to come to
16:08 a place and say, "If I perish, I perish."
16:10 That's right.
16:12 The Hebrew of that,
16:13 (Speaking Hebrew)
16:14 If I perish, I perish.
16:16 And really, that's the stance we need to take in these days.
16:19 You know, when she took that scepter,
16:21 when you saw Lily as Esther take that scepter
16:24 it was the royal decree that came to her
16:26 that she had the authority to speak.
16:29 And you have the authority as the Church,
16:31 as the living Body of Yeshua ,
16:33 You have authority in the heavenlies
16:35 and authority to speak in this world.
16:37 And we need to take that authority
16:39 and not forget where we come from.
16:40 for the Gentile believers to remember
16:42 Israel and the Jewish people,
16:44 for all of us together to know that we
16:47 represent the voice of God in our generation.
16:49 Right, and that same spirit, that same
16:51 Haman spirit is after the Jewish people today.
16:55 It is wanting to annihilate the Jewish people.
16:57 And the enemy of our day is again trying to get
17:01 the Church to be silent, not to take sides.
17:04 We don't take sides.
17:05 We are for all people
17:06 but God wants us to stand with his Jewish people
17:09 and for his plan for the Land and his plan
17:11 for the redemption of the people itself.
17:14 So would you take to heart the book of Esther
17:17 during this time of Purim?
17:19 And would you be that voice?
17:21 Wherever you may be your voice can
17:22 be loud and it can be clear.
17:24 Or it can be silent through
17:27 a prayer or through a letter.
17:29 Whatever it might be Myles.
17:30 It would be several ways that you could take
17:32 a stand for the people of Israel in this time.
17:34 We believe that standing with national Israel
17:37 according to Genesis 12:1-3
17:39 is valid, it's important, it's God's mandate.
17:43 And we also believe in Galatians 6:10
17:46 that we're to support the body.
17:48 It says in Galations that we are to do good to all,
17:50 especially to those of the household of faith.
17:53 God once showed me that it's a big " chuppah ",
17:55 it's a big wedding canopy under which we can take our
17:58 place with our ministry and our emphasis.
18:00 There are some that are supporting National Israel without the Gospel
18:04 and they believe that that's their call.
18:06 There's some that are primarily declaring the Gospel
18:08 and that's their call.
18:10 We want you to find your place under the wedding canopy.
18:12 For us, we want to do both.
18:14 We want to support the state, support the people.
18:16 We also want to proclaim the goodness of Yeshua ,
18:20 the power of Yeshua .
18:21 That's our story, that's our testimony
18:24 that he is our Mashiach .
18:25 And we want you to stand with us
18:28 also as we bring that forward.
18:30 So during this season remember
18:32 we are Esther in this generation.
18:34 And there's something really important
18:36 that we need to just hold on to,
18:38 is that there's so much power in prayer.
18:41 You know she called all the people
18:42 to fast and pray for 3 days.
18:44 And I know God is calling us as a nation to pray
18:47 for his plan of preservation for the Jewish people.
18:51 And I know that God himself will
18:53 defend his people and show himself strong.
18:56 So let's be on the Lord's side
18:58 and let's stand up and take our stand these days.
19:01 Amen!
19:13 ♪ Sha'a'lu shalom Yerushalayim ♪
19:17 ♪ Sha'a'lu, Sha'alu shalom , ♪
19:21 ♪ In the holy city of Jerusalem ♪
19:28 ♪ We will pray for peace, sha'alu shalom . ♪♪
19:41 You know it's the heartbeat
19:43 of this ministry
19:44 to bring Israel to you.
19:45 But we also love to have you
19:47 come with us on our tours.
19:49 You will be...just
19:51 your heart will come alive to
19:53 God's covenant keeping power
19:55 and how he has kept his Word,
19:57 he has kept his people
19:58 and he will keep
19:59 his promises to you.
20:01 So please join us
20:02 on our next tour
20:03 we would love, Myles and I
20:04 would love to host you.
20:06 I never get tired of going to Israel.
20:08 I'm looking forward to our next tours as well.
20:10 You know, there are parallels
20:12 between Hanukkah and Christmas
20:14 the same time of the year.
20:16 There are parallels between Purim and Halloween
20:17 believe it or not
20:18 because it's a time of dressing up.
20:20 Because there's a joyous celebration when the
20:22 people dress up in the characters of the Bible
20:25 and the characters of the Book of Esther.
20:27 And it's a fun time.
20:28 It's a time to remember the goodness of God
20:30 in preserving the Jewish people.
20:32 It's a real celebratory time.
20:34 Right, it's not around a demonic thing like Halloween.
20:37 It's definitely around a
20:39 biblical remembrance of God's deliverance.
20:43 But the Jewish people in Israel
20:45 take it as a time to dress up either...
20:48 most everybody dresses up like Queen Esther
20:50 or Mordecai or Haman, right?
20:52 And they read the whole Megillah ,
20:54 the read the whole scroll.
20:57 And then they act out
20:58 and any time Haman's name is mentioned they have a grogger.
21:02 We used to do this in our own home.
21:04 Yeah, we did.
21:06 And to make noise to stamp out the name of Haman
21:08 as if it is the name of Satan - same idea
21:11 cause he's a characterization of the demonic influence
21:14 that wants to wipe out the Jewish people,
21:16 Still alive today.
21:17 In fact the conflict between ancient Persia and Israel
21:21 we see in the Book of Esther
21:22 is alive today in Iran and Israel.
21:25 Yeah, very much alive today
21:27 and it's reason for us to be like Esther
21:31 the church and take our time in prayer,
21:33 our time in fasting.
21:35 This Iran deal is not good for us or for Israel.
21:40 And God will have his way.
21:43 And we just want to partner with him.
21:45 And we want that Holy Scepter to be extended to us once again
21:49 to see these kind of things overturned.
21:52 Yeah, this conflict with Iran is going to have
21:55 a very interesting way that it plays out.
21:56 You see it in Jeremiah 49
21:59 and we're going to see that play out.
22:00 There's going to be very difficult times ahead for Iran
22:02 but in the meantime it is one of the fastest
22:04 growing Christian countries in the world.
22:06 So good news is ahead for Israel and for Iran.
22:10 There may be tough times on the way there.
22:12 So now let's go to a very special treat.
22:15 We have this beautiful family in Israel
22:17 Ariel and Shayla Hyde and their children
22:19 will be singing to us about the story of Mordecai and Esther.
22:22 Let's go to them now.
22:34 ♪ UMordechai yatza milifnei hamelech ♪
22:37 ♪ Bil'vush malchut ve'ateret zahav , ♪
22:41 ♪ UMordechai yatza milifnei hamelech ♪
22:44 ♪ Veha'ir Shushan tzohala us'meichah . ♪
22:48 ♪ Lay'hudim hay'tah orah vesimchah , ♪
22:52 ♪ Orah vesimchah, vesasson viy'kar . ♪
22:55 ♪ Lay'hudim hay'tah orah vesimchah , ♪
22:58 ♪ Orah vesimchah, vesasson viy'kar . ♪♪
23:10 Ariel thank you so much for being with us today.
23:13 Thanks for having me.
23:14 So tell us about celebrating Purim in the
23:16 Land or whatever's in your heart regarding this
23:18 particular holiday festival.
23:20 Well it's a beautiful celebration of
23:23 remembering how God orchestrates really all
23:26 things together for the good of those who love him.
23:28 And so people in Israel really take it extreme.
23:32 You'll see things set up all over malls and all
23:34 over the country.
23:36 Kids getting out of school, all sorts of
23:38 costumes and dress-up making a really big
23:41 party out of it.
23:43 Some people even take it farther and really...
23:45 Well you know, they try to get drunk and everything.
23:48 But we as believers, we actually use this
23:51 opportunity as an outreach to them.
23:55 We invite lots of people to come.
23:56 We've had events with up to 150 non believing Jewish people.
24:00 And we have a play.
24:02 My wife Shayla has played Esther a few times.
24:05 And I played the king.
24:07 And at the end we connect it to Yeshua, to Jesus and
24:10 for example we say, look this is the story of how somebody
24:13 was willing to lay down her life if necessary for our people.
24:17 And then we tie it in to Messiah and what he's done.
24:21 That's fantastic
24:22 Yeah, and it's really an amazing parallel as well
24:26 in the story of Purim and how
24:28 you see God working behind the scenes.
24:30 His name isn't even mentioned.
24:31 It's an amazing parallel to modern Israel
24:33 how even though we don't see a pillar of cloud, or maybe
24:36 some people don't even know that God is working
24:39 yet he's brought us back from the 4 quarters of the earth.
24:41 He's made the desert blossom.
24:43 He's supernaturally protected us
24:45 in spite of all of our enemies attacking us.
24:47 Twenty-two hostile nations.
24:50 Six hundred and seventy times the land mass of Israel.
24:53 And yet somehow we still won all these wars
24:56 just like back then, how he orchestrated things together.
25:00 It reminds me of the first Prime Minister,
25:02 David Ben Gurion, saying,
25:03 to be a realist in Israel
25:05 you have to believe in miracles.
25:07 That's right, Yeah.
25:08 Thank you so much.
25:09 Thanks.
25:12 The real hero of the Book of Esther who is
25:15 never mentioned by name is God Himself.
25:17 We see the characters playing out different
25:20 aspects of the life of God on earth.
25:23 But behind the scenes it's God Himself
25:25 who's setting the characters up to come
25:28 to the conclusion that we hear in Esther 4:14
25:30 (Speaking in Hebrew)
25:36 Who knows whether you've been brought
25:38 into the kingdom for such a time as this.
25:40 In the midst of the joyousness and the celebration of Purim
25:43 we see this undercurrent of a deep abiding understanding of
25:47 God's covenant keeping power
25:49 and his desire for us to stand for that which he loves.
25:52 We had an amazing time with young Lilly Pearce
25:56 the daughter of our friends Daniel and Amber Pierce.
25:59 She dressed in her finery as Queen Esther
26:01 which we love to see little girls
26:03 dress as their favorite princess.
26:05 But she was able to bring to the forefront
26:09 the passion that God has for his people
26:13 and for the church together with his people
26:16 to stand for the things that are important to him.
26:18 So let's hear from Katharine and Lilly right now.
26:23 Here we are in Purim
26:25 and we're with Lilly.
26:26 Lilly, you look so beautiful in your Esther costume.
26:29 Tell me what you know about the Book of Esther.
26:32 Ummm...that she helped the Jews
26:36 and she got rid of Haman.
26:41 WOW
26:43 Cause he had a plot against the Jews, right?
26:46 Yes
26:47 He wanted to see them...
26:48 dead
26:49 But do you think that you might
26:51 take a stand like Esther did?
26:53 Yes
26:54 Me too
26:55 We might have to.
26:56 That's right.
26:59 Out of the mouths of babes, "We might have to."
27:01 WOW it's just profound that someone that young
27:05 can see what's emerging in the world.
27:08 Because her parents have her in the Bible.
27:10 She understands the connection
27:11 and living in Israel of course she understands
27:13 the connection between the two.
27:15 You know, that's why we always
27:17 end our programs by encouraging you please
27:19 Sha'a'lu shalom Yerushalayim
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