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Episode: “Who are You, Yeshua?”
Caesarea Philippi, a center of pagan worship, was a remarkable place for Jesus to reveal His Messiahship. Though darkness and brokenness may surround us, the Gospel message continues to advance, and even the forces of hell will not prevail against it.
Series: “Much Like Peter”
On the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Yeshua began His ministry by calling disciples to follow Him. One of these was Peter — who often acted before thinking. Even so, the Messiah foresaw that this simple fisherman would become the leader of the Apostles and a powerful voice for the Gospel.

This series features teaching by Dr. Jeffrey Seif, reenactments by Israeli actors, David and Kirsten Hart singing songs by Zola on location in Israel, interviews with Israeli Believers, and modern life applications with the Harts. Each program reveals that many of us who follow the Lord are “much like Peter.”

Caption transcript for Much Like Peter: “Who are You, Yeshua?” (3/9)

  • 00:01 David Hart: Shalom again.
  • 00:02 Today we ask the question, "Why go to the gates of hell
  • 00:05 to announce the founding of the church?"
  • 00:07 Find out today on "Our Jewish Roots,"
  • 00:10 with Bible teaching by Dr. Jeffrey Seif.
  • 00:14 ♪♪♪
  • 00:19 narrator: Sunrise on the Galilee.
  • 00:22 Simon Peter prepares his nets for a day at sea.
  • 00:25 Much like the sea, Peter is unpredictable,
  • 00:29 calm and steady and then, in an instant, tempestuous.
  • 00:34 As we reflect upon the Lord's most intriguing disciple,
  • 00:38 we can see ourselves because we too have been broken and then
  • 00:44 restored We too, in so many ways, are much like Peter.
  • 00:56 David: We're so glad you've joined us today.
  • 00:57 I am David Hart.
  • 00:58 Kirsten Hart: I'm Kirsten Hart.
  • 01:00 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Jeffrey Seif.
  • 01:01 David: So, last week's program was about Peter
  • 01:03 and Yeshua, walking on the water, a wonderful miracle.
  • 01:07 Today, we head north about 25 miles,
  • 01:10 not really a great place that we head to today, yes?
  • 01:14 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Well, depends who you talk to.
  • 01:16 It's fascinating at one level.
  • 01:18 It's a famous ruin in the Hellenistic Greek world and not
  • 01:22 always frequented by Jews but it was an important place.
  • 01:26 There was interesting interaction there with Jesus and
  • 01:28 the gang, his disciples.
  • 01:29 Kirsten: I've gotta say, our first tour there that we went up
  • 01:33 to the Caesarea Philippi area and they said this is the gates
  • 01:37 of hell and we went, "Oh, they're not old creaky gates."
  • 01:41 We always thought that, you know, that the gates of hell
  • 01:44 will not prevail, that it's like these literal big metal gates
  • 01:47 and it's everything that this place where you're filming at,
  • 01:51 what it was.
  • 01:53 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: We hear Jesus's words
  • 01:54 when we read the Bible.
  • 01:55 When we visit the places, where those words were given,
  • 01:58 it gives perspective of what he's saying that wouldn't
  • 02:00 otherwise be there.
  • 02:01 Thus the expression, "gates of hell."
  • 02:03 But the real biggie there, to my way of thinking,
  • 02:05 is when Jesus raised the question,
  • 02:07 "Who do men say that I am," and we have the first opportunity
  • 02:10 to acknowledge him as Messiah, profound.
  • 02:13 Kirsten: It's a good Peter place, isn't it?
  • 02:15 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: It sure is, yes.
  • 02:16 David: It is.
  • 02:18 Right now, we head to northern Israel to find out more about
  • 02:20 the life and legacy of Peter.
  • 02:22 Let's go there now.
  • 02:26 narrator: In the first century,
  • 02:27 Caesarea Philippi was a center of pagan worship.
  • 02:30 A strange place, it would seem, for Yeshua
  • 02:33 to bring his disciples.
  • 02:35 But he had, for good reason, and now Peter and Andrew packed
  • 02:39 their bags, anxious to leave the gates of hell behind them.
  • 02:46 Peter: [speaking foreign language]
  • 02:48 Andrew: [speaking foreign language]
  • 04:16 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: On many occasions,
  • 04:17 Jesus said things and did things that offended the sensibilities
  • 04:22 of his hearers.
  • 04:23 They were shocked.
  • 04:24 One of those things he did was that he brought people here.
  • 04:29 Where is here?
  • 04:31 Well, we're at a site called Caesarea Philippi and it was
  • 04:35 here where Jesus told the disciples,
  • 04:38 "The gates of hell will not prevail against you."
  • 04:41 I mention that because in first century Judea,
  • 04:45 Hebrews saw this place as the gateway to hell.
  • 04:49 I mention that because behind me was a pagan shrine that was
  • 04:55 perceived as the gateway to the underworld, interestingly.
  • 05:01 This is the equivalent of Jesus taking people to a red-light
  • 05:04 district, that is to say, this isn't a place where pious Jews
  • 05:09 would frequent, but Jesus brought them
  • 05:13 here to Caesarea Philippi.
  • 05:15 Behind me, you'll see a big rock face and there's nitches carved
  • 05:21 into it wherein pagan deities were placed.
  • 05:25 Pagans would come here.
  • 05:27 There was a big temple protruding out of that cave.
  • 05:30 The temple isn't there any longer, but the cave is.
  • 05:34 It was a place dedicated to Pan.
  • 05:39 Pan--or the place actually today is called Banias,
  • 05:42 actually Panius with a "P" not a "B," the Romans referred
  • 05:47 to it as such, dedicated to the mythological figure of Pan.
  • 05:51 Pan was known to be able to, in the mythological mind,
  • 05:56 to frequent heaven and earth on a quick notice.
  • 06:00 And the shrine behind me was a gateway to the underworld where
  • 06:04 demons would come out, if you will, and it was here that Jesus
  • 06:09 brought his disciples to teach them a lesson.
  • 06:11 We can see it in the Matthean Gospel;
  • 06:15 actually, Mark and Luke tell the story as well,
  • 06:18 but I want to develop the Matthean text in chapter 16,
  • 06:21 when Yeshua comes here and he asks a question, in verse 13.
  • 06:26 And the question is, "Who do men say that I am?"
  • 06:29 Now, when he asks a question, it's not that he doesn't know
  • 06:32 the answer.
  • 06:33 It's rather Socratic, if you will.
  • 06:35 It's a teaching method that was common in antiquity.
  • 06:37 You would ask a question to begin the conversation
  • 06:40 to make a point.
  • 06:42 They'd kick it around; subsequent to which,
  • 06:44 Peter pipes in.
  • 06:46 He says in verse 16, "You are the Mashiach,
  • 06:50 you are the Christ, you are the Messiah."
  • 06:53 This is the first time in the Gospels
  • 06:56 where that is articulated.
  • 06:58 Jesus is commonly referred to as the Christ.
  • 07:01 It's not his last name.
  • 07:03 You know, his mother and father weren't Mr. and Mrs. Christ.
  • 07:05 Of course, he's divinely born.
  • 07:07 But I thought as such growing up.
  • 07:09 But Christ is a title that's employed.
  • 07:11 Jesus, prior to this, he's known as a miracle worker,
  • 07:16 a healer, a wonder worker, and what have you.
  • 07:18 But here, someone zeroes down and says,
  • 07:21 "You are the Messiah."
  • 07:23 He says it here, subsequent to which,
  • 07:25 Jesus says, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah."
  • 07:31 Now, by the way, Simone in century 1 was a common Jewish
  • 07:37 name, kind of like John is, if you're an American
  • 07:40 or Charles or Geoffrey.
  • 07:43 You know, my name is Jeffrey but in Britain it's Geoffrey
  • 07:45 with a G-E-O.
  • 07:47 They were common names but, as you might recall from a previous
  • 07:50 segment and from your own understanding of biblical
  • 07:53 literature, that he was renamed.
  • 07:55 He says, "Simon, that My Father has revealed this to you.
  • 08:01 And I also tell you that you are Peter."
  • 08:06 Now, what's interesting, the word "Peter,"
  • 08:08 we're looking at a Greek word for rock.
  • 08:11 And we're up against this rock face wherein deities were
  • 08:16 enshrined, but here you have Peter confessing that he is the
  • 08:21 Mashiach, subsequent to which Jesus employs the name "Peter,"
  • 08:27 rock, against this rockface with this background in mind.
  • 08:32 And he says that "upon this rock I will build My church."
  • 08:36 Now, frankly, people argue, well,
  • 08:38 this is the argument.
  • 08:40 It's a theological argument that Peter,
  • 08:43 the church is gonna be built upon his person and there's a
  • 08:46 whole well-known religious denomination that alights
  • 08:50 upon that perspective.
  • 08:52 Others, and I include myself within the others,
  • 08:55 that argue that it's the confession that Jesus is the
  • 08:59 Christ, the Messiah, that's the principal foundation,
  • 09:02 that's the point that's in play here.
  • 09:05 I mention that because when he calls him Peter,
  • 09:08 as he does here in verse 18, I could call him chol,
  • 09:14 which is sand, which seems to be more descriptive of the fellow.
  • 09:18 Or another name could be cheres which is clay.
  • 09:21 It seems to me that Peter isn't that rock-solid sort
  • 09:25 of fellow that we know.
  • 09:27 But the confession itself stands as that which is rockworthy
  • 09:32 and solid and he gave voice to it here,
  • 09:35 subsequent to which the Lord says that this is going to be
  • 09:40 the beginning of something new.
  • 09:42 And it's true, the confession that Jesus is the Messiah
  • 09:45 is the beginning of something new.
  • 09:48 It needn't be just the beginning of Christian history,
  • 09:50 and it is in so many ways, but it can be that confession
  • 09:54 that's the beginning of something new with you.
  • 09:59 ♪♪♪
  • 10:15 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Our Creator chose certain places on
  • 10:17 the planet to reveal himself and his message of redemption to us.
  • 10:22 Mount Sinai, Moriah, Olives, the Mount of Beatitudes,
  • 10:27 as well as various seas, rivers, and deserts.
  • 10:29 These were the places.
  • 10:31 Some are now only ruins, yet they continue to tell of the
  • 10:36 Lord's faithfulness and love.
  • 10:38 These sacred backdrops have been beautifully captured in our
  • 10:42 resource this week, a book, "Heaven and Earth:
  • 10:47 Landmarks of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation."
  • 10:51 Our producer and director, Ken Berg,
  • 10:54 has assembled some of his favorite photographs taken
  • 10:57 during his 4 decades of travel through the lands of the Bible.
  • 11:03 Contact us and ask for the book, "Heaven and Earth."
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  • 12:23 Kirsten: Thanks.
  • 12:25 David: Yeah. Kirsten: Thanks.
  • 12:27 David: Right now, we continue our story of Peter as he and his
  • 12:29 brother, Andrew, make haste to leave Caesarea Philippi.
  • 12:32 They don't totally understand the message about the keys
  • 12:35 to the kingdom, but they still leave
  • 12:38 with absolute assurance about their Messiah.
  • 12:43 ♪♪♪
  • 12:47 Peter: [speaking foreign language]
  • 12:49 Andrew: [speaking foreign language]
  • 13:38 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Astronomers speak of black holes in space.
  • 13:43 Theologians hark to the black hole in this place.
  • 13:48 As mentioned in the previous segment,
  • 13:51 in century 1, people saw this as the gateway to hell.
  • 13:56 This was quite a pagan shrine, a place that Jews wouldn't
  • 14:01 frequent, but Jesus brought his Talmidim,
  • 14:05 the Yeshua Jesus brought his disciples here.
  • 14:09 And it was here where Peter acknowledges that Yeshua
  • 14:14 is the Mashiach, the Messiah, subsequent to which Jesus
  • 14:20 says of Peter that "upon this confession I'm gonna build
  • 14:25 something new and powerful,
  • 14:28 and the gates of hell will not prevail."
  • 14:31 That is, this new movement is not going to be absorbed into
  • 14:36 the black hole of space or to be absorbed by the powers
  • 14:42 that were construed as coming from this place.
  • 14:47 It's an interesting story and, by the way,
  • 14:50 when I open up the Bible I oftentimes wanna go back
  • 14:52 to century 1 and be the historian, be the tour guide.
  • 14:56 But what I wanna do here at this place is be the pastor,
  • 15:00 the more so.
  • 15:02 And I say that because when I hear the language of Jesus,
  • 15:06 when he says--he calls this flaky man a rock,
  • 15:11 and when he says of him, that "I'm gonna build my community
  • 15:15 upon you," that tells me that success can come from something
  • 15:20 that isn't perfect.
  • 15:22 And that that success can prevail even when people find
  • 15:25 themself amidst imperfect circumstances,
  • 15:29 that is to say, hell's not going to prevail.
  • 15:32 He doesn't say it's not going to assail.
  • 15:35 He doesn't say there won't be a contest, but he says
  • 15:38 at the end of the day, the Jesus story is a winning team.
  • 15:42 Now, if I were a betting man and not a believer,
  • 15:45 I don't know that I would have bought it when I first heard it.
  • 15:47 You're looking at Jesus, you know,
  • 15:49 a wonder worker, philosopher, who gathers a group of flaky
  • 15:52 people around him.
  • 15:54 To think this is going to be a world movement that's gonna take
  • 15:57 on the forces of darkness,
  • 15:58 people wouldn't have seen it coming.
  • 16:01 They would have thought,
  • 16:03 "This is a fad that's gonna come and go."
  • 16:05 But there is something inherently powerful,
  • 16:07 if I take the literature literally and seriously,
  • 16:09 there's something inherently powerful in the gospel that can
  • 16:13 change people's flaky lives, that can bring them into
  • 16:16 something strong, and that can give them a sense
  • 16:19 of prevailing amidst the turbulence of trying times.
  • 16:22 Now, that's an interesting story and I'm summing it up in my own
  • 16:25 words, but that is, in effect, what Jesus was saying.
  • 16:29 And the reason why I want to alight upon it and speak to it
  • 16:33 as a pastor, more so than as a theologian, as a historian,
  • 16:37 is because a lot of times we feel vexed by circumstance.
  • 16:42 We feel beaten.
  • 16:44 We look at our lives, we look at our situation, we go, "Oh, my."
  • 16:49 It just doesn't look like there's a win.
  • 16:53 You know, we do our own math, we count the money in our bank,
  • 16:57 we count the circumstances that beset us,
  • 17:01 and we can wonder how are we gonna make it?
  • 17:05 We see brokenness within us, in our bodies.
  • 17:08 We can see brokenness in our relationships,
  • 17:10 and certainly, with anyone that eyes--that has eyes to see,
  • 17:14 we can see brokenness in the culture that we live in.
  • 17:17 And it's easy to go, "Oh my," in a sense of despair,
  • 17:22 that is to say, we're coming from a place in our gut where it
  • 17:27 feels that the forces of darkness are just going to get
  • 17:30 the better of it all.
  • 17:32 Isn't it good to know, and this indeed is the point that Jesus
  • 17:36 was making, that those of us that confess him as Lord, that
  • 17:41 we sign up and ultimately we become part of a winning team.
  • 17:46 At the end of the day, we're the head and not the tail.
  • 17:49 We're a victor, not a victim.
  • 17:51 We're destined to conquer and not be conquered.
  • 17:55 As I'd said a moment ago, the Jesus story didn't look like
  • 17:58 much: a ragtag group of fishermen just following Jesus
  • 18:01 around the countryside as he tells stories and,
  • 18:04 you know, does miracles.
  • 18:05 Who's--who would know that it would come to this: the world
  • 18:09 over, people confessing that Jesus is Lord and attesting to
  • 18:13 the fact it's been transformative
  • 18:15 of their own life.
  • 18:16 That doesn't just need to be people
  • 18:18 in your webs of relationship.
  • 18:20 That can be your own voice coming from amidst your own
  • 18:23 circumstances.
  • 18:24 And I think that's extremely important and I think it's
  • 18:27 really good to know.
  • 18:29 It's a pastoral point.
  • 18:30 Pastors usually open up a Bible
  • 18:32 and they speak from a pulpit somewhere.
  • 18:34 Here, my pulpit is the Holy Land and,
  • 18:36 by the way, thank you for bringing me here.
  • 18:38 While this place is referred to as the Holy Land,
  • 18:40 this particular piece of land is not noted to have been
  • 18:43 particularly holy, but Jesus said something sacred here that
  • 18:47 has profound implications for history.
  • 18:50 Not just human history but your history as a human being.
  • 18:53 And I want you to take him up on it.
  • 18:55 That confession that Jesus is the Messiah,
  • 18:57 hey, buy into that, go that direction,
  • 19:00 and you too can experience, much like Peter,
  • 19:03 that the forces of hell will not prevail.
  • 19:08 ♪♪♪
  • 19:24 Kirsten: This program is unique in the fact that we enjoy
  • 19:28 taking all of you to the exact spots that Dr. Seif is teaching
  • 19:34 about, and today's program was Caesarea Philippi.
  • 19:38 Its history is rough and hard, but it also has such incredible
  • 19:44 beauty because it's the head waters for the Jordan River.
  • 19:48 So you have these bubbling springs
  • 19:50 that are pure and gorgeous.
  • 19:52 Then you have the gates of hell, side of the mountain,
  • 19:56 that's so ugly, and it's just, is it juxtaposition,
  • 19:59 is that the correct term?
  • 20:01 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: There you go,
  • 20:02 yeah, juxtaposition when you impose two different kinds of
  • 20:04 images together.
  • 20:05 Yeah, it really is interesting.
  • 20:06 David: Part of the history we need to see what happened there.
  • 20:08 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: That's why when people visit Israel,
  • 20:10 you know, pilgrims come and why Zola Levitt,
  • 20:13 the founder of the ministry, said,
  • 20:15 "One trip to Israel is worth 10 years of Sunday school."
  • 20:17 It is just--to see it is to believe it,
  • 20:20 really, quite frankly.
  • 20:22 Kirsten: Well, we can't understand the Scripture.
  • 20:24 I mean, you can.
  • 20:26 You can read it and understand it and we have for our whole
  • 20:28 lives, but when you see it, there's something that takes you
  • 20:31 to a whole 'nother level and we're so thankful that you were
  • 20:33 able to point out this is where this happened,
  • 20:37 and it makes it come alive.
  • 20:39 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: I think it entails cultivating
  • 20:41 the aptitude to listen.
  • 20:43 I learned from many years of marriage that if a woman doesn't
  • 20:47 feel heard, she doesn't feel loved.
  • 20:50 And I mentioned that because, to make biblical literature the
  • 20:54 object of attention entails paying attention to what's being
  • 20:57 said, the interactions, the context, the place.
  • 21:01 And the extent to which we can get all of that in view,
  • 21:04 someone that can do that is listening,
  • 21:07 they're penetrating, and because they're putting more into the
  • 21:11 experience of studying Scripture,
  • 21:13 they can get more out of it.
  • 21:15 Now, looking at the Bible, looking at the good news through
  • 21:18 the eyes of the Jews, and going to Israel,
  • 21:20 to get that view, it does a lot of that work for us.
  • 21:24 It kinda puts text and context in place, and it gives it
  • 21:28 a clarity, a brilliance, a significance,
  • 21:30 that might not otherwise be captured.
  • 21:32 Kirsten: So true.
  • 21:34 And today was the biggie.
  • 21:36 It's one of the big Peter stories.
  • 21:39 Yeshua saying, "Who do they say I am?"
  • 21:42 And he says, "You are the Christ."
  • 21:44 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: It's the first acknowledgement,
  • 21:46 the first of billions.
  • 21:48 If I was a betting man around century 1,
  • 21:51 seeing Jesus with this ragtag militia of unemployed fishermen,
  • 21:56 I wouldn't think, "This is gonna take over the world," especially
  • 21:59 when the boss gets crucified and everyone else scatters,
  • 22:02 you know?
  • 22:03 You wouldn't think this is a winning team.
  • 22:05 But truth be known, there's a lot of power in the confession
  • 22:08 that Jesus is Lord.
  • 22:10 And that in the text here, we see the first articulation of
  • 22:13 that, and now here we are 2,000 years later.
  • 22:17 Look at the impact that's had on the world.
  • 22:19 Kirsten: I love that.
  • 22:21 I never even thought of that.
  • 22:23 He was the first one to say that and we're worship leaders
  • 22:26 and we sing those words week after week:
  • 22:29 "You are Lord, you are Lord," you know?
  • 22:31 And here, Peter said for the first time,
  • 22:34 "That's who you are."
  • 22:36 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Yeah, and it reminds me too that a lot of
  • 22:38 people that say Jesus is Lord don't really understand what
  • 22:40 they're saying, you know.
  • 22:41 People say, "Jesus is Lord,"
  • 22:43 without him being the Lord of our life.
  • 22:45 People say, "I believe that Jesus is the Christ."
  • 22:47 But if you say, "I believe in Jesus Christ," you're saying,
  • 22:49 "I believe Jesus is the Christ."
  • 22:51 If you say, "I believe Jesus is the Christ," you're saying,
  • 22:54 "I believe Jesus is the Messiah."
  • 22:56 If you're saying, "I believe Jesus is the Messiah," that
  • 22:59 presupposes there's--the person has some understanding of what
  • 23:02 the Older Testament says about the Messiah,
  • 23:04 to say, "I think Jesus is it."
  • 23:06 But saying "Jesus Christ" is just some kind of--
  • 23:08 statement, most people don't realize what they're saying.
  • 23:11 And I mention that 'cause neither did Peter.
  • 23:13 You know, Peter says, "You are the Messiah," but then,
  • 23:15 as you read on, it shows he didn't really know what a
  • 23:17 Messiah was all about. It comes incrementally.
  • 23:20 David: Can I say this?
  • 23:21 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: You surely can.
  • 23:23 David: I'm kind of in awe just sitting here with you,
  • 23:25 drinking it in.
  • 23:27 I had Bible class at 19 years of age at a Bible college
  • 23:32 in southern California, 7:45 in the morning.
  • 23:35 I think my professor was the twin brother to Ben Stein,
  • 23:39 you know what I'm talking about?
  • 23:41 "All right, class, turn over in--" it was really hard for me.
  • 23:44 But we--we, you, bring this same message
  • 23:49 that I heard at 19 to life, and it's just amazing.
  • 23:52 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Well, you're kind.
  • 23:53 You're hearing me speak for 4 minutes or 5 minutes,
  • 23:54 not 45 minutes.
  • 23:56 I might put you to sleep too.
  • 23:57 David: No.
  • 23:59 Kirsten: No, we'd stay wide awake.
  • 24:00 David: It's fascinating, it really is.
  • 24:02 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Well, you're kind.
  • 24:03 You know, I think that we live in a world today where there's
  • 24:06 an appreciation for Jewish views and the good news.
  • 24:10 Now, a lot of times, Bible teachers wanna come up with
  • 24:13 fads, you know, how can I direct your attention my way?
  • 24:15 And then your dollars to follow your attention.
  • 24:18 Well, here's this novel teaching,
  • 24:20 here's this this, here's this that,
  • 24:21 you know, and trying to garner enthusiasm and attention.
  • 24:25 We aren't as minded to teach things that are new as much as
  • 24:29 things that have been forgotten.
  • 24:32 And our niche, if you will, isn't to come up with new
  • 24:35 doctrines, it's to go back and take a deeper look at the older
  • 24:39 ones and dig around it with a Jewish perspective,
  • 24:41 and we think it gives it the vitality that wouldn't otherwise
  • 24:44 manifest.
  • 24:46 David: We go back one more time.
  • 24:47 It's master class what you do for us.
  • 24:48 And for you.
  • 24:50 Kirsten: Thank you.
  • 24:51 David: Hey, we get to sing Zola songs.
  • 24:53 We've been doing it for 6 years.
  • 24:54 This song is about Peter and it says the sick are healed,
  • 24:58 the blind can see, the lame can walk.
  • 25:02 Miracles, we go to these places where these miracles took place
  • 25:06 and it's an honor for us to sing these songs written by our
  • 25:10 founder, Zola Levitt, but, before we do that.
  • 25:13 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: The song will come in a second.
  • 25:14 I hope to see you in a week.
  • 25:16 As you go, Shaalu shalom Yerushalayim.
  • 25:18 Kirsten: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
  • 25:22 ♪ When we first saw you by the sea ♪
  • 25:26 ♪ My brother Andrew there with me ♪
  • 25:31 ♪ We saw a rabbi, sun set ♪
  • 25:35 ♪ How could I have known ♪
  • 25:38 ♪ How could I suspect ♪
  • 25:43 ♪ You simply told us ♪
  • 25:46 ♪ Follow me ♪
  • 25:48 ♪ We left our nets there in the sea ♪
  • 25:53 ♪ If I could live that moment again ♪
  • 25:58 ♪ That moment you made us fishers of men ♪
  • 26:06 ♪ The sick are healed ♪
  • 26:08 ♪ The mute can talk ♪
  • 26:10 ♪ The blind can see ♪
  • 26:13 ♪ The lame can walk ♪
  • 26:15 ♪ I was so shy I was so soft ♪
  • 26:20 ♪ Thou art the Christ ♪
  • 26:23 ♪ The Son of God ♪
  • 26:27 ♪ And now you ask me ♪
  • 26:30 ♪ Who am I? ♪
  • 26:32 ♪ As if I'd not been by your side ♪
  • 26:36 ♪ The things you showed me ♪
  • 26:39 ♪ The love I saw ♪
  • 26:42 ♪ Thou art the Christ The Son of God ♪
  • 26:50 ♪ The sick are healed ♪
  • 26:52 ♪ The mute can talk ♪
  • 26:55 ♪ The blind can see ♪
  • 26:57 ♪ The lame can walk ♪
  • 26:59 ♪ I was so shy I was so soft ♪
  • 27:05 ♪ Thou art the Christ ♪
  • 27:08 ♪ The Son of God ♪♪
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Episodes in this series

  1. Foundation of Faith
  2. Faith Requires Boldness
  3. Who are You, Yeshua?
  4. Divine Apparently
  5. I Don’t Know Him
  6. Do You Love Me?
  7. Tongues of Fire
  8. Beyond Israel’s borders
  9. Bonus interviews

Guest organizations and links