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Episode: “Our Bearded Jewish Roots Brothers”
In this program, we reflect on how far the Lord has brought Zola Levitt Ministries in 2024. Joshua and Caleb also unveil the future of this television ministry, looking at the new, uncharted direction God is leading our outreach in 2025.

Caption transcript for “Our Bearded Jewish Roots Brothers”

  • 00:07 ♪♪♪ Joshua Colson: Oh, hello, I didn't see you there looking
  • 00:10 so flashy, welcome.
  • 00:14 ♪ Stop spreading the Jews ♪
  • 00:17 ♪ Diaspora has ended ♪
  • 00:20 ♪ I'm going to make Aliyah in old Israel ♪
  • 00:26 ♪ It is my homeland there, I won't go anywhere ♪
  • 00:33 ♪ It's always old Israel, Promised Land ♪♪
  • 00:40 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Joshua, your humble host
  • 00:45 to a year-end review of 2024.
  • 00:48 Cuddle up next to the fire, bring your family, bring your
  • 00:52 pet pucci, tonight we will review all of the great moments
  • 00:56 that we've shared together and even look forward towards
  • 00:59 the future of 2025.
  • 01:01 Join me, if you will, for an amazing night of revelry.
  • 01:07 Joshua: There you went,
  • 01:08 I was worried you had left us for good.
  • 01:11 Welcome to our beautiful call center with all of these
  • 01:13 completely legal workers in the United States.
  • 01:17 How do I know?
  • 01:18 Because they're our children, and we told them they had to.
  • 01:21 It's amazing the family effort.
  • 01:23 We have calls flying in from all over the world donating all
  • 01:26 kinds of proceeds to keep this show alive for another year.
  • 01:30 Oh, that's right, brother, you page those fellows.
  • 01:33 Do a fantastic job.
  • 01:34 All technologies, all the time.
  • 01:36 I absolutely love it.
  • 01:38 This year, 2025, is ahead of us, but we can't go there without
  • 01:42 looking back at 2024 and all of the amazing moments we had.
  • 01:47 For only $19.99 you, too, can join us.
  • 01:50 No, no, you, too, can join for free today.
  • 01:54 Watch some of these amazing moments, but if the Lord moves
  • 01:57 on your heart to call, please go ahead and make a donation.
  • 01:59 I can't say that you'll get a better line in heaven,
  • 02:02 but you know, it couldn't hurt either.
  • 02:03 So, no, definitely, sorry, join us now as we look back at 2024.
  • 02:11 Caleb Colson: You know, we've taught as The Bearded Bible
  • 02:13 Brothers online for years about the Rapture, but right now,
  • 02:17 this moment in history, is the most important time to talk
  • 02:19 about that.
  • 02:21 The church needs to know the truth, because we are so close
  • 02:23 to the coming of Yeshua.
  • 02:25 There's no time left.
  • 02:26 It's time to learn the truth.
  • 02:32 Joshua: Israel has always been pointed to as the fig tree
  • 02:36 to look at as the signs of when Yeshua is returning.
  • 02:43 Joshua: So, now we're heading on to our next location.
  • 02:46 Caleb: The border of Syria.
  • 02:47 Joshua: From Lebanon to Syria all in one day, huh?
  • 02:49 Caleb: Very interesting.
  • 02:51 ♪♪♪
  • 03:01 ♪♪♪
  • 03:11 ♪♪♪
  • 03:18 Joshua: This message is so important today because God
  • 03:20 is calling and saying I have extended my grace to you
  • 03:24 for so very long, but I'm drawing a line in the sand
  • 03:28 and you're gonna have to make a choice.
  • 03:30 ♪♪♪
  • 03:35 Oliver Melnick: And we know, from the Bible also
  • 03:37 specifically, that the whole world is gonna go
  • 03:41 against Israel.
  • 03:42 If what's important to people is how many followers they have
  • 03:45 because it makes you feel important, because biblical
  • 03:48 truth does not get you a lot of followers, unfortunately,
  • 03:50 it never will.
  • 03:52 Caleb: That's right, guys, and that's why we came here
  • 03:53 to the Tomb of the Prophets, it's believed to be
  • 03:55 the final resting place for such greats as Zecharia,
  • 03:58 Haggai, and Malachi.
  • 04:00 ♪♪♪
  • 04:09 Caleb: Once upon a time, there was this little boy, he grew up
  • 04:11 with tools, playing, and you know, building little rocking
  • 04:14 horses made out of wood.
  • 04:16 His name was Yeshua and he lived here in Nazareth.
  • 04:19 Can't you tell?
  • 04:20 This is exactly how he left it.
  • 04:22 ♪♪♪
  • 04:32 Oliver: Most Christians actually don't know that Jesus, Yeshua,
  • 04:35 does not return, not the Rapture, the Second Coming,
  • 04:38 does not return until the Jewish people call on him,
  • 04:41 and that's connected to Zechariah 12:10.
  • 04:44 ♪♪♪
  • 04:54 Jonathan Cahn: The only thing that can save America's revival.
  • 04:56 We have to touch the political realm, we have to--we should
  • 04:58 vote, we should affect the world every way we can, but in the
  • 05:02 end, you know, politics can't save us, but without revival,
  • 05:06 it doesn't matter.
  • 05:07 ♪♪♪
  • 05:17 ♪♪♪
  • 05:27 ♪♪♪
  • 05:34 Dr. Hormoz Shariat: People come to a point of brokenness
  • 05:37 and desperation, and that's where God starts raising up
  • 05:41 first a group of people, but then the whole nation.
  • 05:44 ♪♪♪
  • 05:48 Caleb: He knew God's words were true and he wanted to give
  • 05:51 his people a fighting chance at righteousness.
  • 05:54 He wanted to train them up to possibly get an extension
  • 05:57 of judgment for them.
  • 05:58 Now, that is a real king.
  • 06:00 ♪♪♪
  • 06:06 Caleb: Deuteronomy 17:18-20 explains that it is the king's
  • 06:09 job to write his own personal copy of the Torah to lead him
  • 06:12 successfully in life through following God's laws.
  • 06:15 How quickly has that abandonment of God's Word led
  • 06:18 to our destruction today?
  • 06:19 ♪♪♪
  • 06:28 Joshua: You and what you're wearing right now, you look like
  • 06:31 the hybrid between G.I. Joe and Chuck Norris
  • 06:33 if they were Jewish.
  • 06:35 It's like the coolest, toughest-looking dude.
  • 06:37 I feel completely unmasculine in your presence.
  • 06:45 Mel Bond: The pleasures of holiness,
  • 06:47 oh, out rules the freedom, the best, the greatest pleasures
  • 06:53 this world could ever offer.
  • 06:55 Joshua: And so, just in this period of time where Josiah
  • 06:58 stands up and says enough is enough, it's time to repent,
  • 07:01 that's the message that God gave us for this series,
  • 07:04 that today is the day that one man, one woman,
  • 07:07 can make a difference.
  • 07:12 Caleb: Wow, we are receiving calls like crazy.
  • 07:16 Thank you for your donations that you're giving to us.
  • 07:18 Last year was so amazing.
  • 07:20 We brought you three new series, "Roadmap to Armageddon,"
  • 07:23 "War in Israel," and "Josiah and the Last Reformation."
  • 07:26 We even brought several standalone episodes like
  • 07:29 "The Scapegoat," "The Judas Goat,"
  • 07:31 and "Rise of the Three Kings."
  • 07:33 We want to continue to bring you these series, like next year,
  • 07:36 our brand new series shot in Israel,
  • 07:38 "Rebuilding the Ruined Cities."
  • 07:39 You gotta stay tuned to watch it, but first,
  • 07:42 we'd like to showcase a lesser-known program
  • 07:44 on our station, Rick Stovitz.
  • 07:47 He's a travel guide.
  • 07:48 He even brings our tours to Israel in the midst of war.
  • 07:51 Check out his program now.
  • 07:54 ♪♪♪
  • 08:03 Rick Stevowitz: May 14th, 1948, Israel became a nation
  • 08:07 after nearly 2,000 years of its people in diaspora.
  • 08:09 Since that date, this nation has thrived, leading the world
  • 08:12 in various forms of commerce and technology,
  • 08:15 even winning numerous Nobel Prizes.
  • 08:17 Hi, I'm Rick Stevowitz, and today I'm here in Israel,
  • 08:22 the Holy Land.
  • 08:23 With all of Israel's success, she has faced her share
  • 08:26 of struggles.
  • 08:27 From literally day two of this cozy nation not quite the size
  • 08:30 of New Jersey, it had to stave off war after war as
  • 08:33 its surrounding nations have sought to annihilate her,
  • 08:36 even with the most recent war beginning on October 7th, 2023.
  • 08:40 But fear not, not loyal viewer, Israel is a beacon of hope
  • 08:43 and God's timepiece for the nations.
  • 08:46 What the enemy has meant for evil has been turned into one
  • 08:48 of the best opportunities in history for viewers like you
  • 08:51 to visit the Holy Land with Zola Levitt Tours.
  • 08:53 Sign up at www.levitt.com for your tour today.
  • 08:58 As you know, Zola Levitt Ministries depends completely on
  • 09:02 loyal viewers like you to hear from the Lord and send in your
  • 09:06 donations to keep this show on the air now for almost 50 years.
  • 09:10 Please consider calling now.
  • 09:12 I can hear the phones ringing off the hooks all the way
  • 09:14 in our studios back home.
  • 09:16 If you visited in the past, you know how congested
  • 09:19 the holy sites can get.
  • 09:21 Not unlike the lines at Disneyland, it can take hours
  • 09:23 to get close enough for that coveted selfie with Megiddo,
  • 09:27 not having a single photo bomber in the background
  • 09:30 where you should be able to see the vast fields where
  • 09:33 all of the blood of Yeshua's enemies will fill up
  • 09:35 to the horse's bridle.
  • 09:37 What, really?
  • 09:40 That's ridiculous, no, everybody knows I wasn't
  • 09:42 being insensitive.
  • 09:45 Not unlike the lines at Disneyland, it can take hours to
  • 09:48 get close enough for that coveted selfie with Megiddo
  • 09:51 without countless people in the background.
  • 09:54 It's the perfect time to journey through the culture, food,
  • 09:57 and history, and no-fly zones of Israel's post-October 7th.
  • 10:01 Come with me, Joshua, Caleb, David and Kirsten, won't you,
  • 10:05 on the adventure of a lifetime.
  • 10:07 Sea of Galilee?
  • 10:08 No problem, zero lines.
  • 10:10 The garden tomb?
  • 10:12 Let's go, all your selfies will be free of distraction.
  • 10:14 Dome of the Rock?
  • 10:16 Well, probably shouldn't go there still, but that's okay,
  • 10:19 that's all right, you can still eat all the falafel, pet all
  • 10:22 the feral cats, and even fall asleep without the need
  • 10:25 of a white noise machine.
  • 10:27 Perhaps volunteering could be for you at one of the many
  • 10:30 organizations that are doing incredible jobs at feeding,
  • 10:33 housing, and rebuilding these ruined cities.
  • 10:36 In fact, join me now, if you will, as Joshua and Caleb show
  • 10:40 us these very efforts I've been talking about, highlighting all
  • 10:43 the amazing work being done in Israel in their new series,
  • 10:47 "Rebuilding the Ruined Cities."
  • 10:51 Jim, have we heard from the State Department?
  • 10:53 This lottery is taking forever.
  • 10:55 I don't have a razor, I haven't shaved in a year and a half,
  • 10:58 my hair is ridiculous.
  • 11:01 Things are great.
  • 11:03 Join us now, "Rebuilding the Ruined Cities."
  • 11:06 ♪♪♪
  • 11:10 ♪♪♪
  • 11:18 Amit Musaei: It's derived from antisemitism,
  • 11:20 this is what we have to remember.
  • 11:22 The hatred towards the Jews, specifically made by Muslims,
  • 11:26 that their aspiration is to create an Islamic world,
  • 11:31 and this terror does not stop here and this is something
  • 11:33 that you as Americans need to remember, specifically taking
  • 11:37 very seriously what's happening on your campuses right now.
  • 11:40 This is something that looks like the beginning of the end,
  • 11:45 and people should react and people should know truths.
  • 11:52 They should know the reality.
  • 11:54 They should dig into history and find the correct narrative.
  • 11:59 ♪♪♪
  • 12:09 Caleb: So generous of you to share such a tragic event, and
  • 12:12 we know that the reason you are is so that people will remember
  • 12:16 what happened here, they will not deny the truth, that this
  • 12:19 was an act of brutality, of terrorism, and ethnic genocide.
  • 12:26 Israel Hanna: I was surprised and kind of shocked, actually,
  • 12:28 that we as a team and a film crew could get
  • 12:30 into the very kibbutz.
  • 12:32 Over 300 Hamas terrorists came into that village, destroyed
  • 12:36 the homes, killed several people, a lot of people.
  • 12:42 Joshua: You see, God is in the business of redeeming
  • 12:45 the hopeless.
  • 12:46 He's in the business of coming to those in a hopeless
  • 12:48 situation, giving them hope, restoring them, pulling them out
  • 12:51 of the broken places and erasing those memories of mourning
  • 12:54 and suffering that they've been through.
  • 12:56 ♪♪♪
  • 13:04 Caleb: Josephus, who was a Jewish historian, he himself
  • 13:07 was a leader of a Jewish revolt, and he is the eyewitness account
  • 13:11 we have to chronicle every event with specificity of
  • 13:16 what happened to the Jews.
  • 13:17 ♪♪♪
  • 13:23 Ray McDonald: Everything that we own belongs to God,
  • 13:25 and therefore it's a commandment to share.
  • 13:29 Leket, that's what we're all about.
  • 13:35 Caleb: So, join us as we ascend Tel Gezer.
  • 13:39 Joshua: Does ascend mean climb?
  • 13:41 Caleb: Yep, we're climbing.
  • 13:42 Joshua: Is there an escalator or a moving sidewalk?
  • 13:44 Caleb: No, it's time for exercise.
  • 13:45 Joshua: I don't wanna exercise-- okay, exercise is what I wanted.
  • 13:48 ♪♪♪
  • 13:59 Dr. Mordechai Kedar: The United States, by mistake, knocked down
  • 14:03 an airliner, causing the death of 200 people.
  • 14:09 The Iranians suspected that this was intended, and if America
  • 14:15 comes into the war with Iraq, this is something which Iran
  • 14:18 cannot face, so they raise the white flag.
  • 14:22 ♪♪♪
  • 14:32 Caleb: The border to Gaza is not far from here.
  • 14:34 We're hearing explosions because the campaign in Gaza
  • 14:36 is still ongoing.
  • 14:38 As you see the signs behind me, these were the people who were
  • 14:41 kidnapped from this facility, and we heard a few of them have
  • 14:45 returned since then, but there were more signs that God warned
  • 14:50 the Jews that destruction was coming.
  • 14:55 Joshua: My heart hurts so deep because I know the truth and
  • 14:57 I know his love, and all I want is to be that perfect reflection
  • 15:02 of his love, but you aren't perfect and you never can be.
  • 15:06 ♪♪♪
  • 15:11 Ray: What I always tell Christians is don't be just
  • 15:14 a student of prophecy, but actually God wants us
  • 15:18 involved in what is happening in Israel.
  • 15:22 ♪♪♪
  • 15:36 Lena Bachevsky: So, the thing is that the farmers, for years
  • 15:38 and years, have been the donors.
  • 15:40 Those were the strong people in the equation that were
  • 15:43 providing us food to donate to bring over to the needy.
  • 15:48 Amit: But for me, it was an opportunity to break this circle
  • 15:50 of not coming out, and especially I wanted to come here
  • 15:53 and start to give my testimony here.
  • 15:55 Joshua: Don't think for a second that our God has in any way
  • 15:58 forgotten about those prisoners taking the Gaza,
  • 16:01 because he hasn't.
  • 16:03 Ray: You know, God's still writing his Word.
  • 16:05 God is still working in the human race
  • 16:09 and he's still working even here right here in Israel.
  • 16:12 ♪♪♪
  • 16:17 Joshua: "I will bring my people Israel back from exile.
  • 16:20 They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
  • 16:23 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted
  • 16:26 from the land I have given them, says the Lord your God."
  • 16:34 Joshua: What, what's that?
  • 16:35 What's that I hear?
  • 16:36 That's music to my ears.
  • 16:38 The phones are ringing off the hooks, ladies and gentlemen.
  • 16:40 Thank you for answering the call, the call to keep this show
  • 16:44 alive for another year.
  • 16:45 We have an incredible new series in 2025 coming called
  • 16:48 "The Lobstermen," but first, let's hear from one of our
  • 16:50 fan favorites, Bobby Ross, and see what he has to paint today.
  • 16:55 ♪♪♪
  • 17:03 Bobby Ross: Hello, everyone, I'm Bobby Ross, and welcome
  • 17:05 to "The Joy of Painting."
  • 17:07 Every day is a good day when you paint.
  • 17:09 This canvas is your world.
  • 17:11 I want you to follow along with me as I paint, and if you didn't
  • 17:14 have a brush with you and a canvas, just pick up your phone
  • 17:17 and call in a donation, you silly goose.
  • 17:19 Back to business.
  • 17:21 Well, first, let's build a sky.
  • 17:23 We're gonna add some blue to our sky.
  • 17:26 Here we have some phthalo blue, some Prussian blue, and you just
  • 17:31 wanna do these gentle stroke patterns.
  • 17:36 Let's add a little indigo white.
  • 17:39 Here we go.
  • 17:41 There we go.
  • 17:42 Just fill up that whole sky.
  • 17:44 Add a little bit of titanium white to this.
  • 17:46 It's gonna show you a lot of depth.
  • 17:49 Beautiful water, God's blue water.
  • 17:52 Now, we wanna build the land.
  • 17:54 The land has lots of trees, filled with lots of trees,
  • 17:57 beautiful little trees.
  • 17:58 God made trees.
  • 18:00 I think we need to put lobster boat here just floating
  • 18:02 in the water, you know?
  • 18:04 That's a good idea.
  • 18:05 All right, here's a busy boat.
  • 18:07 Lobster boat is catching lots of lobsters.
  • 18:10 Nothing wrong with lobsters unless you're Kosher, you know.
  • 18:15 Get a little red in there, red for the lobster smiling at you,
  • 18:20 saying, "How's your day?"
  • 18:22 Happy little day.
  • 18:23 Here you go.
  • 18:24 Let's talk to those lobsters.
  • 18:26 Make friends with it, he's a happy lobster.
  • 18:27 We want happy paintings.
  • 18:29 If we want sad paintings, watch the news.
  • 18:32 Now, let's catch those lobsters and lead those little guys
  • 18:34 to Jesus.
  • 18:43 We nearly completed our painting and it's time to treat you to
  • 18:47 a very special treat.
  • 18:48 Jesus called his disciples to become fishers of men.
  • 18:51 These fishers were clean, they were Jewish, but when
  • 18:54 this Jewish Jesus was ascended into heaven, he told those same
  • 18:57 disciples to go into all the world and preach his good news
  • 19:00 to every little unclean creature.
  • 19:02 I bet those silly little disciples didn't begin
  • 19:04 to imagine these creatures would represent lobsters,
  • 19:08 the gentiles, the unclean.
  • 19:10 Rabbi She'ul, Paul, he sure got the memo.
  • 19:13 He is actually what we call the very first lobstermen.
  • 19:16 Now, check out your favorite Bearded Bible Brothers as they
  • 19:19 teach to the lobster capital of the world about the lobstermen.
  • 19:26 Joshua: "Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority
  • 19:29 in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  • 19:31 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
  • 19:36 in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
  • 19:39 and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
  • 19:42 everything I have commanded you.
  • 19:44 And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
  • 19:49 ♪♪♪
  • 19:55 male: Yeshua originally called his disciples to become fishers
  • 19:58 of men.
  • 19:59 So, you are from Israel.
  • 20:01 female: I am also Jewish.
  • 20:02 Caleb: But as Yeshua ascended into heaven, he gave them
  • 20:04 a new directive, to go preach the gospel to every creature,
  • 20:08 the unclean, the lobsters.
  • 20:12 male: But you're there at that moment in time for a reason, and
  • 20:16 that is to speak the Word of God and to speak life to all those
  • 20:19 around you, even in that dark place as well as the divine
  • 20:22 appointment areas.
  • 20:23 male: Take it over there.
  • 20:25 Joshua: But the Bible says that we're getting towards a time
  • 20:27 where it's not gonna be that easy to tell between something
  • 20:29 that's counterfeit like this target and something
  • 20:32 that's real.
  • 20:33 Not only is it gonna be harder to tell, but those who are
  • 20:35 counterfeit are actually going out with the intention
  • 20:38 to deceive.
  • 20:39 male: God calls us to be different, set apart and
  • 20:42 different from the world.
  • 20:43 Well, their whole experience in life has just been being judged
  • 20:46 by everybody that comes along, so they're gonna see
  • 20:50 the same thing if we just come in with that judgment.
  • 20:52 But if we come in with love, it is different and they're more
  • 20:55 likely to receive it.
  • 20:58 Julian Childs: Oh, heavens, oh, heavens, we have
  • 21:01 an unexpected guest.
  • 21:02 I have so much to do today here on "The Israeli Chef."
  • 21:09 Joshua: "The Israeli Chef" is brought to you by a grant from
  • 21:11 Zola Levitt Ministries.
  • 21:13 Julian: Oh, ha, ha, ha, hello, I'm the Israeli Chef,
  • 21:18 Julian Childs.
  • 21:20 What do you do when your friend Elijah shows up unexpected to
  • 21:24 dinner but you have Gentile guests at the table as well?
  • 21:28 No, silly, not the Elijah, but your Jewish friend Elijah
  • 21:32 who keeps kosher.
  • 21:34 Today, our menu was going to be Texas Twinkies, but now we need
  • 21:39 to find a kosher twist that will make everyone happy.
  • 21:41 Ha, ha, ha, since we have limited time today, I've gone
  • 21:45 ahead and made this Twinkie because of Elijah's
  • 21:48 unexpected arrival.
  • 21:50 Now, this Texas Twinkie starts with a base of a jalapeño pepper
  • 21:54 then filled with cream cheese, barbecue brisket, and wrapped
  • 21:59 in bacon.
  • 22:00 Ha, ha, ha, a delicious treat, but in no way kosher
  • 22:04 for my friend, Elijah.
  • 22:05 All we're gonna do now is to show you the finishing touches
  • 22:08 needed for this product so that you can have it prepared for
  • 22:11 your non-kosher guests, and then of course a kosher preparation
  • 22:15 of this meal for your friend, Elijah.
  • 22:16 This is going to be amazing.
  • 22:18 Absolutely love it.
  • 22:21 Once you have your Twinkie pulled, all you want to do
  • 22:24 is this.
  • 22:25 That's right, purge it with fire, torch it, get that bacon
  • 22:31 nice and crisp.
  • 22:32 Lovely, oh, it looks so good, so good.
  • 22:39 You're gonna wanna cut in close on this one, camera.
  • 22:46 Delicious, all right, let's move this one out of the way.
  • 22:49 Oh, where am I at?
  • 22:51 I'm flustered.
  • 22:53 And now, we're going to prepare the Texas Twinkie
  • 22:56 for our kosher guest, Elijah.
  • 22:58 Are you ready?
  • 23:00 There you have it, bon appetite.
  • 23:03 The kosher Texas Twinkie, perfect for all of your friends
  • 23:08 chosen by the Word of God and everything appropriate like
  • 23:10 that with the kosher seal.
  • 23:12 Let's go ahead and have dinner.
  • 23:17 Caleb: Well, Julian, I mean, Josh, that was something.
  • 23:22 Joshua: It was amazing, wasn't it?
  • 23:24 And let me tell you something right now, if you're feeling
  • 23:27 like you're in a road block, an impasse in your life,
  • 23:29 and you need some step forward in the right direction,
  • 23:31 call right now and donate your large sum,
  • 23:34 thousands of dollars if you will, and we can help you
  • 23:37 get to where you're supposed to be in life
  • 23:39 by hand delivering that to Jesus.
  • 23:41 Caleb: Josh, Josh, Josh, Josh, we're not like other
  • 23:43 televangelists and preachers out there.
  • 23:45 God has given us a unique style to reach the world
  • 23:49 in a different way.
  • 23:50 You know, we have a background in film and television, and
  • 23:52 we like comedy, and we like to blend those gifts together to
  • 23:56 reach even the hardest of hearts with the gospel of Yeshua.
  • 23:59 But don't worry, you who have followed us for the last
  • 24:02 six years know that we never water down the gospel.
  • 24:04 Joshua: That's true, and all jokes aside,
  • 24:06 2025 is only going to be possible with your support.
  • 24:09 We're not asking you to sit there and give us $1,000 with
  • 24:11 a promise of something that we can't deliver, but we guarantee
  • 24:14 that if the Lord moves in your heart to bless this ministry
  • 24:17 that we will use that to its utmost to bring you programming
  • 24:20 that is going to elevate your faith, educate you,
  • 24:23 and be a piece that you can give to those you want
  • 24:26 to evangelize to, and I think that's a pretty worthy thing.
  • 24:29 Caleb: That's right, and we listen to the Holy Spirit,
  • 24:31 and one of the new concepts, actually a very important
  • 24:36 concept that he's pushing for 2025 is actually rebranding
  • 24:39 our name.
  • 24:40 We know we've been "Our Jewish Roots" for many years,
  • 24:42 and before that we were "Zola Levitt Presents," but for years,
  • 24:46 for six years, we were "The Bearded Bible Brothers,"
  • 24:48 and people know us by that name.
  • 24:50 And when we speak to people and tell them about our TV show,
  • 24:52 when we say it's "Our Jewish Roots," they don't quite
  • 24:54 understand the concept, it takes a while, but when we say
  • 24:56 we're The Bearded Bible Brothers, immediately
  • 24:58 they get it and they're ready to hear that gospel message.
  • 25:01 So, we're gonna be "The Bearded Bible Brothers"
  • 25:04 starting with the series "The Lobstermen" in 2025.
  • 25:07 Joshua: This series is gonna be like anything--unlike anything
  • 25:10 you've seen from us so far.
  • 25:12 This series also is not just going to focus on Caleb and I,
  • 25:15 we are firm believers that we're here to preach about Yeshua,
  • 25:18 which means there are no celebrity Christians amongst us.
  • 25:21 We are all equal in God's eyes, and because of that we are gonna
  • 25:24 bring on people on a regular basis that you might have seen
  • 25:27 before and might not.
  • 25:28 "The Lobstermen" series has five or six different familiar faces
  • 25:32 and some new ones for you to meet, all of us together,
  • 25:35 all sharing the gospel because we all have a different,
  • 25:37 unique perspective.
  • 25:38 It's gonna be an incredible series.
  • 25:40 It's gonna be a fun series.
  • 25:41 I'm looking forward to the release.
  • 25:43 Caleb: God has given us more freedom and liberty to deliver
  • 25:46 his messages in a way that he wants it.
  • 25:48 In fact, as detailed by Mark Levitt, our CEO in the recent
  • 25:51 Levitt Letter, production has moved from a third-party
  • 25:54 production company now under the ministry's headquarters,
  • 25:57 and we're the producers now.
  • 25:58 So, whatever we hear from God, we get to deliver to you.
  • 26:02 Joshua: Don't worry, we actually have conviction, too,
  • 26:05 even though I joke about it all the time.
  • 26:07 I know what you're thinking, everything's changed,
  • 26:09 nothing's remaining the same.
  • 26:11 Ah, no, don't worry, some things have, like the tours,
  • 26:13 for instance.
  • 26:15 Dave and Kirsten Hart still leading the tours, you just get
  • 26:16 the benefit of us popping in and giving our two cents
  • 26:18 on the tours as well.
  • 26:20 What could be a better tour of Israel
  • 26:21 than The Bearded Bible Brothers sweating along with you
  • 26:23 as we see all of those amazing, ancient things?
  • 26:26 Caleb: That's right, and we still give our benevolence funds
  • 26:29 to Israel to benefit the land, to bless Israel.
  • 26:31 You're gonna learn more of those benevolence funds in the series
  • 26:34 "Rebuilding the Ruined Cities."
  • 26:35 And also, we would like to remember what Zola Levitt,
  • 26:38 our founder did at every year-end program when
  • 26:41 he was asking for donations,
  • 26:43 which he literally only did once a year.
  • 26:45 He wanted to remind us in Romans chapter 10:13-15, "'For everyone
  • 26:49 who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
  • 26:51 How, then, can they call on the One they have not believed in?
  • 26:55 And how can they believe in the One whom they have not heard?
  • 26:57 And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
  • 27:01 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?
  • 27:04 As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring
  • 27:08 the good news!'"
  • 27:09 Send us to the nations, guys, we're ready to go anywhere,
  • 27:12 I promise.
  • 27:14 Joshua: Yes, we are, and for the very last time in 2024 together,
  • 27:17 join us as we Sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim.
  • 27:20 Caleb: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
  • 27:23 ♪♪♪
  • 27:24 ♪ Should your descendants be ♪
  • 27:26 ♪ as stars or as sand upon the sea ♪
  • 27:31 ♪ should promises be forgot from the days of Abraham ♪
  • 27:39 ♪ For Abraham, my dear, for Abraham ♪
  • 27:47 ♪ We'll inherit ♪
  • 27:48 ♪ all the land we see ♪
  • 27:51 ♪ for the sake of Abraham ♪
  • 27:55 ♪ And should Yeshua come again ♪
  • 27:59 ♪ and surely he has come ♪
  • 28:03 ♪ he'll never break his promises ♪
  • 28:07 ♪ for the sake of Abraham ♪
  • 28:11 ♪ Should all descendants be forgot ♪
  • 28:15 ♪ from the days of Abraham ♪
  • 28:19 ♪ He'll never break his promises ♪
  • 28:23 ♪ for the sake of Abraham ♪♪

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