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Episode: “Looking back at 2010,” Part 1

With the little town of Bethlehem behind him, Dr. Jeffrey Seif takes a look back at the programs we brought you in 2010, plus provides a glimpse for what’s ahead in 2011.

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Caption transcript for “Looking back at 2010,” Part 1

00:17 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL
00:21 IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:24 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK.
00:26 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:42 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
00:43 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
00:44 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU
00:46 TO A VERY SPECIAL EDITION
00:47 OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
00:49 SPECIAL EDITION
00:50 BECAUSE IT'S A YEAR END EDITION
00:52 DURING WHICH TIME WE GET TO REFLECT SOMEWHAT WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE YEAR.
00:57 AND WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE LAND OF ISRAEL
00:59 POKING CAMERAS INTO INTERESTING PLACES AND GETTING INTERVIEWS WITH VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE.
01:07 SPEAKING OF INTERESTING PLACES,
01:08 BEHIND ME IS THE CITY IN THAT SONG
01:11 "O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM".
01:14 WELL IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIGGER I MIGHT ADD.
01:16 AND WE'RE IN THERE REPORTING WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND ROUND ABOUT,
01:20 FOR INSTANCE, JERUSALEM,
01:21 JUST A LITTLE NEIGHBORING CITY.
01:23 WE'RE ALL ABOUT GETTING YOU TO SEE PLACES AND PEOPLE.
01:27 AND SPEAKING OF PEOPLE,
01:28 ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS PAST YEAR
01:30 WAS OUR INTERVIEW WITH DAN AYALON, A MINISTER,
01:33 IN FACT, A FORMER AMBASSADOR FROM ISRAEL AND NOW A DEPUTY TO THE PRIME MINSTER.
01:39 WHAT A GUY!
01:40 HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A WINDOW INTO UNDERSTANDING WHY ISRAEL
01:43 IS FOREVER LAMBASTED IN THE PRESS AND IN THE WORLD.
01:48 HERE IN ISRAEL, OF COURSE,
01:49 WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE
01:51 LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES,
01:53 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHICH ARE
01:56 IN MY MIND THE MOST DECENT,
01:58 THE MOST COURAGEOUS
01:59 IN THE WORLD.
02:00 THEY ARE THE ONES
02:02 WHO COULD STAND
02:04 AND ACTUALLY DID STAND
02:06 AGAINST WORLD INJUSTICE
02:08 WHETHER IT WAS NAZISM
02:09 OR WHETHER IT WAS COMMUNISM,
02:11 AND NOW TERRORISM.
02:13 AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE
02:16 THE UNITED STATE'S BEST FRIEND
02:18 AND ALLY HERE IN THIS REGION
02:20 AND I BELIEVE BEYOND.
02:21 I'M PUZZLED WHY...
02:23 IT DEFIES REASON
02:25 THAT PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE
02:26 HELL-BENT ON CASTIGATING
02:28 JEWS AND ISRAEL
02:30 BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A STRONG...
02:32 I MEAN THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE
02:33 TO THE STORY.
02:34 WHY DOESN'T THE WORLD
02:36 WANT TO HEAR IT?
02:37 OR WHY DON'T PEOPLE
02:38 WANT TO TELL IT?
02:39 DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THAT?
02:41 IT CONFUSES ME.
02:42 WELL, FIRST OF ALL
02:43 I WOULD SAY IT'S BECAUSE
02:45 THIS AUTOMATIC MAJORITIES
02:47 THAT THE ARABS
02:48 AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES AND
02:50 NON-DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES HAVE.
02:51 LOOK THERE ARE 22 ARAB COUNTRIES
02:54 WHICH ARE VOTING AS ONE BLOCK.
02:58 THESE 22 ARAB COUNTRIES,
02:59 THE ARAB LEAGUE COUNTRIES,
03:01 ARE A PART OF THE LARGER GROUP
03:04 CALLED THE "OIC",
03:06 "ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC STATES"
03:08 WHICH HAS 57,
03:09 SO ALL READY YOU HAVE 57 VOTES
03:12 AGAINST ISRAEL
03:13 OR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
03:15 OR EUROPE FOR THAT MATTER.
03:16 THIS 57 ARE YET PART OF
03:19 A LARGER GROUP THAT USED
03:21 TO BE CALLED THE "GROUP OF 77"
03:23 OR "THE NON-ALIGNED".
03:24 NOW THERE ARE 118 COUNTRIES
03:27 IN THIS GROUP.
03:28 SO ALREADY YOU HAVE
03:29 AN AUTOMATIC MAJORITY...
03:30 118 COUNTRIES OUT OF
03:32 TOTAL OF 192 MEMBER STATES
03:35 IN THE UNITED NATIONS.
03:37 YOU HAVE ALREADY
03:38 AN AUTOMATIC MAJORITY
03:39 AND CAN TELL YOU
03:41 THAT IF THE DECIDED TODAY
03:43 TO PASS A RESOLUTION
03:44 THAT EARTH IS FLAT
03:45 THEY WILL SUCCEED.
03:47 NOW WHY DO THEY SUCCEED?
03:49 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE VOTES.
03:51 BUT ALSO THERE IS NO REAL...
03:54 I WOULD SAY...
03:56 CONSCIENCE...
04:00 WORLD CONSCIENCE...
04:01 A BEACON THAT WOULD BE
04:03 OF DECENCY AND HOPE
04:04 ASIDE FROM THE UNITED STATES
04:06 THAT WOULD CALL THEIR BLUFF
04:08 AND WOULD CASTIGATE THEM.
04:10 AND THIS IS BECAUSE
04:12 MAYBE THERE ARE SOME SPLITS
04:13 AMONG WESTERN DEMOCRACIES...
04:16 MAYBE ITS BECAUSE OF CONVENIENCE
04:18 MAYBE BECAUSE OF LAZINESS...
04:20 MAYBE SOME BECAUSE OF
04:22 VERY NARROW INTERESTS,
04:25 SHORT TERM INTERESTS...
04:26 THEY DO NOT WANT TO
04:27 UPSET THE ARABS...
04:28 THEY ARE DEPENDENT
04:32 ON OIL SUPPLY...
04:33 THINGS LIKE THAT.
04:34 BUT IN THE LONG RUN
04:36 IT IS VERY, VERY...
04:40 VERY, VERY URGENT
04:43 AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
04:45 THAT COUNTRIES,
04:47 LIKE MINDED COUNTRIES...
04:49 DECENT PEOPLE
04:50 WOULD PULL TOGETHER.
04:52 OTHERWISE DIVIDED WE FALL,
04:54 UNITED WE CAN NOT ONLY SURVIVE
04:58 BUT THRIVE.
05:01 WELL THERE YOU HEARD FROM A STATE LEADER.
05:04 AND NOW I WANT YOU TO HEAR AGAIN FROM A CHURCH FEEDER.
05:07 LANCE LAMBERT SPEAKS TO CHURCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
05:11 AND WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS OF ISRAEL WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
05:16 FEW ARE MORE INTRANSIGENT THAN HIM IN HIS RESOLUTE SUPPORT
05:21 FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING HERE AMONGST THE PEOPLE IN THE LAND.
05:26 YOU KNOW MINISTRIES, MINISTERS,
05:27 TEND TO WANT TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES,
05:29 BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR PEOPLE BETTER THAN ME.
05:31 SO OFF WE GO IN A SECOND AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM LANCE.
05:34 DAVID DOLAN, FORMER CBS CORRESPONDENT, INTERVIEWS HIM
05:39 AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY
05:42 AND LET IT GET INTO THE HEAD AND THEN DOWN TO THE HEART.
05:44 OFF WE GO NOW TO LANCE LAMBERT.
05:49 I REMEMBER VERY WELL
05:51 WHEN I WAS...
05:53 I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
05:55 MORE THAN 14 OR 15...
05:57 I REMEMBER ALLEN REDPATH
05:59 GETTING VERY STEAMED UP
06:01 ONE SUNDAY MORNING
06:03 GRIPPING THE SIDES OF THE PULPIT
06:05 AND SAYING,
06:06 "AS SURE AS I STAND HERE"
06:08 "GOD WILL JUDGE THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE BRITISH ISLES"
06:14 "FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE."
06:16 HE SAID, "AT THIS VERY TIME"
06:18 "THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IS BOMBING SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST"
06:23 "AND THE ROYAL NAVY IS SHELLING THEM AND RAMMING THEIR SHIPS."
06:27 HE SAID, "AND THEN THEY'RE TAKEN"
06:29 "EITHER INTO CYPRUS OR INTO MAURITIUS."
06:33 AND HE SAID, "THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THERE WILL BE NO EMPIRE"
06:39 "AND BRITAIN WILL BE AN OFFSHORE ISLAND OF EUROPE."
06:46 AND I REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE GETTING UP AND WALKING OUT
06:50 AND I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE...
06:52 I WAS ONLY A KID...
06:53 I THOUGHT OH THEY'VE GOT LUNCHEON APPOINTMENTS,
06:56 THE PASTOR IS GOING ON RATHER LATE
06:58 AND SO THEY'RE OFF TO THEIR LUNCHEON APPOINTMENTS.
07:01 ACTUAL FACT I LEARNED LATER
07:04 THAT THEY WERE PATRIOTS
07:06 WHO WERE HORRIFIED THAT THE PASTOR COULD SAY SUCH A THING
07:11 ABOUT THE GREAT BRITISH EMPIRE UPON WHICH THE SUN NEVER SET.
07:15 BUT THE SUN DID SET ON IT.
07:18 AND IT SET ON IT EXACTLY THE TIME THAT ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1948.
07:26 THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE DISILLUSION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
07:29 I HAVE SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
07:33 THAT AMERICA IS HEADING EXACTLY FOR THE SAME SITUATION.
07:38 WELL LANCE THAT'S A VERY STRONG STATEMENT.
07:41 IT MIGHT BE SHAKING SOME OF THE VIEWERS IN AMERICAN RIGHT NOW.
07:46 HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE TO SUCH AN UNLEASHING OF JUDGMENT?
07:50 VERY, VERY CLOSE...
07:51 VERY CLOSE INDEED.
07:53 I PERSONALLY BELIEVE AND I SAY THIS VERY CAREFULLY...
07:58 THE BLAME FOR THIS SITUATION LIES AT THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA.
08:09 HOW SO?
08:10 SHE HAS BEEN MORE INTERESTED IN WALL TO WALL CARPETING,
08:14 MINISTERS OF EDUCATION,
08:15 MINISTERS OF YOUTH,
08:17 MINISTERS OF OLD AGE,
08:18 MINISTERS OF EVERYTHING...
08:19 WONDERFUL ENTERTAINMENT...
08:21 MARVELOUS CHOIRS...
08:23 GREAT MUSIC ON ORGANS, PIANOS AND EVERYTHING ELSE
08:28 AND HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NATION IN WHICH THEY'RE FOUND.
08:37 THE CHURCH ON THE WHOLE WITH GLORIOUS EXCEPTIONS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA,
08:45 BOTH UNITED AND CANADA HAS BEEN ASLEEP.
08:49 IT'S TRUE THAT A NUMBER OF EVANGELICAL LEADERS WENT TO MR. BUSH TO WARN HIM.
08:58 BUT BY AND LARGE THE CHURCH HAS BEEN ASLEEP.
09:03 BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD NEVER FALL,
09:08 WOULD NEVER COLLAPSE
09:10 AND THAT IT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY...
09:12 JUST LIKE PEOPLE THOUGHT BRITAIN COULD NEVER COLLAPSE...
09:14 IT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
09:16 IT SEEMS SO.
09:17 ALSO AT THE TIME...
09:19 MAJOR EMPIRES.
09:20 YES AND LOOK AT THE AMERICAN DOLLAR...
09:23 IT'S VIRTUALLY LOSING ITS VALUE.
09:27 WE REALLY FEEL IT OVER HERE IN ISRAEL.
09:29 ABSOLUTELY WE DO.
09:30 AND I MEAN NOW THERE IS REAL TALK
09:33 AS TO WHETHER TO CHANGE THE DOLLAR TO ANOTHER CURRENCY...
09:37 I MEAN THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE...
09:40 THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
09:43 AND I MIGHT JUST ADD TO THIS
09:46 THAT JERUSALEM IS THE BOTTOM LINE IN THIS WHOLE CONFLICT.
09:51 THE REAL CONFLICT IN BATTLE IS OVER JERUSALEM...
09:58 INDEED I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC...
10:02 IT IS OVER ONE SQUARE MILE...
10:06 IT IS THE TEMPLE MOUNT
10:09 WHERE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ONCE STOOD.
10:12 THAT IS THE KEY TO THIS CONFLICT.
10:15 THERE WILL BE NO PEACE
10:17 BECAUSE THE PALESTINIANS AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
10:20 INSISTS ON HAVING JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE MOUNT
10:28 AND ISRAEL FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LET GO OF JERUSALEM.
10:34 AFTER ALL THE WORD "JERUSALEM" DOESN'T OCCUR ONCE IN THE KORAN.
10:41 LANCE LAMBERT IS A CHURCH LEADER...
10:43 SPEAKS TO CHURCHES AS I'D SAID PREVIOUSLY
10:45 AND YOU HEARD HIM SPEAK VERY DIRECTLY.
10:48 I LIKE BOLD SPEECH, BY THE WAY,
10:50 I THINK IN THIS WORLD
10:51 IT'S IN VERY HIGH DEMAND
10:53 AND VERY SHORT SUPPLY.
10:55 MANY MINISTERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT THEIR PULPITS AND PROTECT THEIR JOBS.
10:58 LANCE LAMBERT SEEMS TO WANT TO BE A GUARDIAN OF THE TRUTH
11:01 AND SO SOMETIMES HE SAYS THINGS THAT ARE RATHER DIRECT.
11:04 AND I SAY KUDOS TO HIM...
11:06 SOMEONE I WANT TO EMULATE.
11:08 WELL IN ADDITION TO HEARING FROM CHRISTIAN LEADERS,
11:11 WE HEAR FROM JEWISH LEADERS
11:12 BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO HEAR PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HEAR
11:16 AND LEVI CHAZAN IS JUST ONE PERSON.
11:19 YOU KNOW I'M ALL ABOUT TAKING PEOPLE TO ISRAEL
11:21 AND WE TAKE THEM TO THE STANDARD GARDEN VARIETY HOLY LAND TOUR SITES.
11:26 BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT
11:28 WE LIKE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ISRAEL THAT ARE OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
11:33 LEVI CHAZAN'S PLACE IS NOT ONLY OFF THE PATH BUT WHAT HE IS ALL ABOUT IS OFF THE CHARTS.
11:40 OFF THE CHARTS THAT IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BIBLE IN HAND.
11:43 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS LEVI CHAZAN IS PARTICIPATING IN THE REMANUFACTURE...
11:49 NOW LISTEN TO THIS...
11:50 THIS IS SUPER COOL...
11:52 HE IS PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCHOOL,
11:55 A FIELD SCHOOL,
11:57 WHERE RABBIS ARE TRAINING PRIESTS TO OFFICIATE IN THE SANCTUARY...
12:04 ALL THIS IN ANTICIPATION OF A REBUILT SANCTUARY.
12:08 FRIENDS LET ME TELL YOU, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE PROFOUND.
12:12 OFF WE GO NOW TO LEVI CHAZAN.
12:16 OKAY, WE'RE LOCATED ABOUT
12:17 20 MINUTES OUT OF JERUSALEM
12:18 IN A SETTLEMENT CALLED
12:20 "MIZPAH YERICHO"
12:21 WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF JERICHO, OVERLOOKS JERICHO.
12:25 AND WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OVER HERE
12:29 AND WHAT WILL BE ON THE PREMISES
12:32 IS A FIELD SCHOOL
12:33 THAT IS GOING TO BE THE PREPARATIONS
12:36 FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD TEMPLE.
12:38 AND THIS FIELD SCHOOL IT IS VERY UNIQUE.
12:40 WE WILL TRAIN PRIESTS AND KOHANIM, LEVITES,
12:43 IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR WORK IN THE TEMPLE SERVICE IN JERUSALEM.
12:48 I THINK THIS IS A FASCINATING STORY.
12:51 YOU LIVE IT AND BREATHE IT
12:53 AND PARTICIPATE IN IT DAY AFTER DAY.
12:56 SO IT'S JUST...
12:57 I'M NOT SAYING IT'S PEDESTRIAN OR MUNDANE, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T,
13:00 BUT TO THINK FOR A MOMENT...
13:02 THERE'S A VISION TO RE-GATHER THE PRIESTHOOD,
13:06 TO BUILD A SCHOOL, TO TRAIN,
13:08 TO PREPARE FOR SACRIFICES...
13:10 THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
13:12 YOU HAVE TO REALIZE
13:13 THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE
13:14 HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH
13:15 FOR THE LAST 2,000 YEARS,
13:17 NOT ONLY SEPARATED
13:18 FROM THE LAND,
13:19 BUT SEPARATED
13:20 FROM THEIR SERVICE.
13:21 AND A GREAT ASPECT OF
13:22 THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S SERVICE,
13:24 WHICH IS LISTED IN THE BIBLE,
13:25 IS THE SERVICE WHICH TOOK PLACE
13:28 IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
13:30 IT WAS A MAIN, MAIN PART OF THE JEWISH PEOPLES LIVES,
13:33 THEIR CYCLE, THEIR HOLIDAYS WHENEVER IT WAS,
13:35 EVERYTHING CENTERED AROUND THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.
13:39 JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH WITH THAT.
13:42 THEY'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THAT...
13:44 THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED FROM ANYTHING REMOTELY RESEMBLING ANY TYPE OF SERVICE IN THE TEMPLE
13:50 AND WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER HERE
13:51 IS TO GET THEM RENEWED WITH THIS WORK,
13:54 TO PREPARE THEM IN ORDER TO TEACH THEM ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE TEMPLE SERVICE ITSELF,
14:00 WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO,
14:01 WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO
14:03 AND WE ARE PLANNING HERE TO RAISE A GENERATION OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES
14:07 THAT WILL BE ABLE WHEN THE TIME COMES TO WORK IN THE TEMPLE SERVICE IN JERUSALEM.
14:12 MR. CHAZAN WHAT ARE THE LINES HERE ALL ABOUT?
14:15 AND WHAT'S UP WITH THE STONES?
14:16 THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE GROUND BREAKING WAS DONE A FEW DAYS AGO.
14:23 AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE BASE OF THE ALTAR ITSELF.
14:26 THE FIRST STAGE OF THE FIELD SCHOOL IS TO BUILD THE ALTAR.
14:30 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE FIELD SCHOOL.
14:32 AND WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE IS THE LINE MARKINGS,
14:34 IS EXACTLY WHERE THE SITE OF THE ALTAR WILL BE.
14:37 AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER HERE
14:39 IS STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE ALTAR
14:41 AND THAT'S THE PILE THAT YOU CAN SEE OVER WITH THE HOLE
14:45 AND IS ACTUALLY...
14:47 IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HISTORICAL
14:48 BECAUSE WHEN KING DAVID FIRST CAME TO JERUSALEM
14:51 THE FIRST THING THAT HE DID,
14:52 OUR RABBIS OF BLESSED MEMORY
14:54 TEACH US,
14:55 IS THAT HE DUG UNDER
14:57 THE TEMPLE MOUNT ITSELF
14:59 IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE OUTLET
15:01 FOR THE WINE AND WATER LIBATIONS
15:04 WHICH WERE POURED ON THE ALTAR.
15:06 ON TOP OF THE ALTAR,
15:07 THERE WAS TUNNELS
15:08 WHICH LED UNDERGROUND
15:09 THAT KING DAVID HIMSELF
15:11 ACTUALLY DUG THOSE TUNNELS OUT
15:13 IN ORDER TO PREPARE IT.
15:14 SO THE FIRST STAGE THAT WE'VE DONE IS ALSO MADE A HOLE IN THE GROUND
15:18 IN ORDER TO PREPARE OUR MODEL OVER HERE FOR THE WINE AND WATER LIBATIONS.
15:22 I AM ASTOUNDED.
15:25 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THE NEWS CREWS WERE HERE ADVERTISING A STORY...
15:30 THERE WAS SOME GROUND BREAKING...
15:32 I CAN STILL SEE THE CHALK LINES
15:34 HERE WHERE THE MITZBE'ACH,
15:36 WHERE THE ALTAR IS GOING TO BE.
15:37 YOU SEE OVER HERE
15:39 THIS IS THE HILL THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND US
15:41 WITH THE ONE TO ONE SCALE OF THE TEMPLE AND THE ALTAR INSIDE OF IT.
15:46 AND WHAT WE'RE BUILDING OVER HERE THE MODEL,
15:48 YOU HAVE TO REALIZE, THIS IS NOT JUST A SMALL VERSION OF IT,
15:51 THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE TO ONE SCALE OF THE SAME TEMPLE
15:54 WHICH WAS IN JERUSALEM 2,000 YEARS WHICH STOOD THERE.
15:58 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING WHICH IS ABOUT 20 STORIES HIGH.
16:03 JUST THE ALTAR ITSELF IS FIVE METERS
16:06 AND IT'S A HUMONGOUS TASK,
16:08 IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE TASK TO UNDERTAKE.
16:10 AND WE PLAN TO BUILD IT OVER HERE IN THIS MOUNTAIN.
16:13 YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE ALTAR ITSELF.
16:16 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN PART OF THE WORK OF THE FIELD SCHOOL
16:20 BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE WORK OF THE PRIESTS TOOK PLACE, WAS ON THE ALTAR ITSELF.
16:27 WE ALSO HAVE THE BLUEPRINTS OF THE TEMPLE ITSELF OF THE FIELD SCHOOL EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS
16:34 SITUATED IN YERUSHALAYIM IN ITS PROPER PLACE.
16:36 WE READ THE BIBLE;
16:37 WE STUDY ABOUT KING DAVID AND HIS TIME PERIOD.
16:40 AND KING DAVID HIMSELF TALKED ABOUT
16:43 HOW CAN I LIVE
16:44 IN MY WELL ESTABLISHED HOUSE
16:46 WHEN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD
16:47 IS A TENT?
16:48 AND WE SAY TO OURSELVES HOW COULD IT BE THAT HERE WE ARE,
16:51 WE ARE IN OUR WELL ESTABLISHED HOUSES TODAY
16:53 60 YEARS AFTER THE FACT
16:54 THAT THE JEWS HAVE RETURNED
16:55 TO THE LAND
16:57 AND WHERE IS
16:58 THE HOUSE OF GOD TODAY?
16:59 WHAT IS BEING DONE
17:00 TO THE HOUSE OF GOD?
17:01 AND WE HAVE NO ANSWER FOR THAT.
17:03 SO WE'RE TAKING CONCRETE STEPS
17:05 IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY
17:06 START THE PROCESS
17:07 OF THE THIRD TEMPLE RIGHT HERE.
17:09 FOR THE FIRST JEWS CAME HERE
17:10 TO ESTABLISH THE LAND,
17:11 IT WAS ALSO
17:12 THEY ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES
17:13 AND THEY ROLLED IN THE DIRT,
17:15 THEN THEY HAD TO MAKE ROADS
17:16 AND THEY HAD CONSTRUCT HOUSES.
17:18 EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO BE DONE WAS DONE
17:21 AND ONCE WE HAVE THIS BASE
17:23 THE NEXT NATURAL STEP IS REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE FOR GOD.
17:28 THE STORY OF THE TABERNACLE
17:31 IS AN ENDURING ONE
17:32 AND AS A BIBLE COLLEGE PROFESSOR
17:35 FOR 21 YEARS,
17:36 WHEN I GAVE STUDENTS THE
17:38 OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE TERM PAPERS
17:40 SO MANY CHRISTIAN STUDENTS
17:41 WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT THE MISHKAN,
17:43 THIS PORTABLE WORSHIP FACILITY,
17:46 THAT'S NOTED IN THE BOOK "SHEMOT" IN EXODUS
17:48 WHERE MOSHE RABBANI,
17:50 WHERE MOSES IS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO MANUFACTURE THIS PORTABLE WORSHIP CENTER.
17:54 NOT ONLY THAT, BIBLE STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED
17:57 IN THE MORE PERMANENT FIXTURE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH SOLOMON'S PARTICIPATION
18:02 AND LATER ON THE HERODIAN TEMPLE THAT EXISTED IN JESUS' DAY
18:06 WHICH WAS FELLED OF COURSE IN A.D. 70 THERE WAS A REVOLT.
18:11 THERE WAS A REVOLT AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT SINCE.
18:14 WELL SO MUCH FOR HISTORY.
18:17 TO SPEAK TO THE MOMENT,
18:19 AND LEVI CHAZAN HAS,
18:20 THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BENT ON REBUILDING,
18:24 RE-ENGAGING THE STORY OF GOD AT WORK IN THE WORLD
18:30 MANIFEST THROUGH THE MISHKAN,
18:32 THROUGH THIS PORTABLE WORSHIP FACILITY.
18:35 I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TEACH ABOUT IT.
18:37 AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO DO THAT
18:39 IS BECAUSE IT'S A STORY THAT HAS SOME 25 CHAPTERS ALLOCATED IN THE BIBLE.
18:45 THAT'S NO SMALL AMOUNT OF TEXT BY THE WAY, THE BIBLE WANTING TO GIVE VOICE TO GOD'S HOME.
18:50 AND THE RE-PRESENTATION OF INDIVIDUALS BENT ON WORKING IT UP AGAIN,
18:55 TO ME IS JUST SO VERY FASCINATING.
18:58 WELL TO LOOK AT THE FIRST STORY IN CHAPTER 25 OF EXODUS WE'RE TOLD,
19:14 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE
19:16 IS THEY'RE GATHERING MONIES IN EFFECT
19:20 TO BUILD TOGETHER THIS WONDERFUL TESTIMONY.
19:25 AND WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE 8,
19:33 ITS INTERESTING,
19:34 BEHIND ME IS BETHLEHEM
19:35 AND THE DOCTRINE OF THE INCARNATION,
19:38 TO USE THE JOHANNINE GOSPEL,
19:40 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
19:41 WE'RE TOLD THAT THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US,
19:44 THAT GOD IN EFFECT TOOK ON AN EARTH SUIT.
19:47 HE TOOK ON SOME KIND OF FORM THAT HUMANS CAN IDENTIFY WITH.
19:51 THAT'S THE ARGUMENT IN THE PERSON OF YESHUA, JESUS.
19:53 WELL THAT ARGUMENT ISN'T ENTIRELY NEW
19:56 BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
19:59 WE DISCOVER THAT GOD WANTS TO COME AND MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN VISUALLY IN SOME SENSE.
20:03 AND SO HE'S VERY DELIBERATE HERE, HE SAYS,
20:06 "LET THEM MAKE ME A SANCTUARY",
20:07 AND WHY IS THAT?
20:09 BECAUSE,
20:10 "I WANT TO DWELL AMONG THEM."
20:12 BUT HE'S VERY SPECIFIC IN VERSE 9,
20:23 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE LORD WASN'T MINDED TO LET THEM EMPLOY
20:26 A LOT OF CREATIVE IMPOSITION ON THE STORY.
20:30 THERE'S A SPECIFIC WAY THAT GOD WANTED IT DONE.
20:34 WELL THE HEBREW BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT'S TO BE DONE
20:37 AND THE MISHNAH EXPANDS ON THAT SOME
20:39 AND LETS INDIVIDUALS SEE HOW JEWS CONSTRUED IT.
20:42 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS BY THE WAY THAT LEVI CHAZAN'S STORY IS SO VERY FASCINATING
20:46 BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE HEBREW BIBLE ON THE ONE HAND,
20:50 THE JEWISH TRADITION ON THE OTHER
20:52 AND VERY METHODICALLY, VERY DETAILED ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN SHOWN
20:56 THEY'RE LOOKING STEP BY STEP BY STEP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.
21:03 NOW FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JESUS
21:05 THIS IS A FASCINATING STORY
21:06 BECAUSE JESUS' SECOND COMING IS CONNECTED.
21:09 JESUS REAPPEARANCE ON THE STAGE OF THE HUMAN DRAMA
21:12 IS PLAYED OUT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A WORLD WHERE THERE'S A RE-BUILT TEMPLE.
21:16 THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY I SAY THAT.
21:18 I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLORE IT MUCH HERE AS I GO OUT ON THIS SEGMENT.
21:22 BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU HEARD IT FROM ME
21:24 THAT THE RE-PRESENTATION OF TEMPLE WORSHIP IS INDEED SIGNIFICANT.
21:28 IN FACT YOUR PARTICIPATION WITH US IS SIGNIFICANT IN MY MIND'S EYE AS WELL.
21:35 YOU KNOW THAT LEVI CHAZAN AND INDIVIDUALS AT THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
21:39 AND THOSE THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ALL OF THIS
21:41 ARE RELYING UPON FUNDS FROM ALL OVER THE JEWISH WORLD TO HELP RESURRECT THAT STORY.
21:45 SIMILARLY...
21:46 AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS IN A MOMENT...
21:48 THAT WE NEED FUNDS AS WELL
21:50 TO HELP TELL TO THE STORY
21:52 OF GOD AT WORK IN THE WORLD
21:53 OVER IN THE STATES
21:54 IN OUR OWN UNIQUE
21:55 ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES WAY.
21:57 WELL WE LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES DON'T WE?
21:59 AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN ISRAEL
22:01 BENT ON REBUILDING THE TEMPLE
22:04 AND TRAINING UP TO SERVICE ON THE "MITZBE'ACH", ON THE ALTAR,
22:07 TELLS ME WE'RE LIVING IN VERY INTERESTING TIMES.
22:10 I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE TIMES
22:13 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
22:26 WE HAD OVER 80 NATIONS REPRESENTED AT THIS YEAR'S FEAST,
22:29 MORE THAN 5,000 CHRISTIAN.
22:30 YOU MENTIONED 700 - 800 BRAZILIANS,
22:34 I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO TIP YOUR HAT TO COUNTRIES LIKE NORWAY AND FINLAND
22:39 AND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD...
22:40 FROM AFRICA, FROM ASIA ...
22:41 WE HAD FLAGS FROM HONG KONG,
22:43 FROM THAILAND, LOVELY GROUP...
22:45 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
22:47 THESE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO COME UP FOR A DYNAMIC WORSHIP EXPERIENCE,
22:50 THE VERY PROFOUND BIBLE TEACHING THAT WE HAVE.
22:52 BUT MOST OF ALL THEY WANT TO GO OUT IN THE JERUSALEM MARCH EACH YEAR
22:56 AND EXPRESS THEIR LOVE TO ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS.
23:01 THAT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THERE WILL BE ONE TEMPLE.
23:04 THAT'S WHAT WE YEARN FOR...
23:06 THAT'S WHAT WE PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY...
23:07 THAT THERE WILL BE A REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.
23:09 WE FEEL THAT IT'S CLOSER AS THE TIMES BECOME MORE DIFFICULT.
23:12 AND WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED OVER HERE,
23:16 WHAT WILL BE ON THIS PREMISES
23:18 IS A FIELD SCHOOL
23:20 THAT IS GOING TO BE THE
23:22 PREPARATIONS FOR THE BEGINNING
23:23 OF THE THIRD TEMPLE.
23:25 THE TIME IS COMING VERY CLOSE
23:26 THAT GOD
23:28 AND MESSIAH HAS COME HIMSELF
23:30 TO HELP RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
23:34 WELL THERE YOU GO.
23:35 I'VE SHOWED YOU SOME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN 2010.
23:39 NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU A SEGMENT IN A MOMENT
23:41 OF WHAT WE'RE COOKING UP FOR 2011.
23:44 WE FILMED IT AT THE END OF 2010
23:46 BUT IT TAKES AWHILE TO GO THROUGH THE EDITORIAL PROCESS.
23:49 IT'S A SERIES THAT IS REALLY DEAR TO MY HEART
23:52 AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE DEAR TO MANY OF YOURS
23:55 AND I WANT IT TO BE DEAR TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE A LITTLE CLUELESS OF WHAT'S THAT.
23:59 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND GOD'S PLANS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACE.
24:06 AND I WANT TO DO THIS IN PART TO COUNTER-BALANCE THE INSANITY.
24:11 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IN THE CONTEST FOR PUBLIC OPINION,
24:14 TRUTH IS THE FIRST CASUALTY OF THAT WAR.
24:18 AND THE WAY JEWS ARE FOREVER LAMBASTED,
24:21 THE WAY ISRAEL'S DRUG THROUGH THE MUD,
24:23 FRANKLY I FIND IT HORRIFIC.
24:26 AND SO WITH YOUR HELP...
24:27 YOUR DONATIONS HELPED US
24:29 TO GET HERE...
24:30 AND WE WENT ALL ABOUT THE LAND
24:31 WITH AN OPEN BIBLE.
24:33 WE INTERVIEWED INDIVIDUALS,
24:34 WE HAD MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS
24:36 SPEAK TO US AS WELL
24:38 AND ITS ALL ABOUT GIVING
24:39 SOME BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON
24:41 THE WORLD THAT WE ARE LIVING IN.
24:43 AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT LIVING HERE, YOU'RE SEEING IT.
24:46 ITS AMAZING HOW ISRAEL'S SO SMALL
24:48 BUT THE ATTENTION IT OCCUPIES IN THE WORLD IS SO LARGE.
24:52 OFF WE GO NOW TO LOOK AT SOME SEGMENTS FOR OUR SERIES
24:55 THAT WILL BE AIRING IN 2011
24:57 CALLED "ERETZ, ISRAEL: THE LAND OF ISRAEL".
25:09 WHEN WE LOOK IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT
25:11 WE KNOW THAT GOD GAVE THE LAND OF ISRAEL TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL
25:15 AND THEY HAD TO GO CONTEND FOR IT.
25:16 WE'RE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS
25:19 WHERE WE HAVE INTENSE BATTLES IN 1967.
25:22 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SYRIA BEING JUST A FEW MILES HERE.
25:24 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JORDAN BEING RIGHT BEHIND US HERE AS WELL.
25:28 JOSHUA TURNED THEM BACK
25:30 AND HE TOOK HAZOR AND HE STRUCK ITS KING WITH THE SWORD
25:35 AND OH MY WORD FRIENDS
25:37 THERE WAS QUITE A BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT HERE.
25:41 IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PROPHESY BEING FULFILLED
25:43 WITH ISRAEL EMERGING AMIDST ALL THESE TENSIONS.
25:46 THE SYRIANS DEMANDING THAT ISRAEL EVACUATE THIS PLATEAU.
25:50 THERE IS PIECES AS I'D SAID BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL
25:52 BUT CERTAINLY NOT THIS OTHER ONE
25:54 AND WHERE IT WILL END UP WE DON'T KNOW
25:55 BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE AT A BASE
25:57 AND THESE GUYS ARE ON THE LOOK OUT ALL THE TIME
25:59 JUST ILLUSTRATES THAT THAT BATTLE STILL GOES ON.
26:02 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL HAVE HAD CONTEND FOR LIFE
26:05 EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR NATIONAL LIFE.
26:08 IT'S A STORY THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY,
26:11 IT'S A STORY THAT'S PLAYED OUT TODAY
26:14 AND IT'S A STORY THAT HAS PROPHETIC IMPORT FOR TOMORROW.
26:21 MOST MINISTRIES THAT DO TELEVISION
26:23 BRING THE CAMERAS IN TO THEIR WORLD;
26:26 TYPICALLY A SANCTUARY
26:27 AND YOU HAVE A DYNAMIC BIBLE
26:28 TEACHER THAT WAXES ELOQUENT
26:30 WITH A BIBLE IN ONE HAND
26:32 AND SPEAKING FORCEFULLY BEHIND A PULPIT.
26:34 I'M ALL GOOD TO GO WITH THAT...
26:36 I'M NOT BEGINNING WITH A CRITICISM.
26:37 I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY
26:39 WE DON'T BRING YOU INTO OUR WORLD WITH CAMERAS,
26:41 WE BRING YOU INTO THE WORLD
26:43 AND NOT ONLY THE WORLD AT LARGE
26:44 BUT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
26:46 AND THAT IS ISRAEL.
26:47 AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
26:49 ITS NOT CHEAP DOING IT.
26:52 AS YOU MIGHT WELL IMAGINE
26:53 TO BRING FILM CREWS
26:54 ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
26:55 AND THE FILMING, THE EDITING,
26:58 IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
27:00 YOU KNOW PEOPLE SAY JEWS ARE
27:02 ALL ABOUT GOING AFTER THE MONEY
27:04 BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN
27:05 FOLLOWING US AT ALL
27:06 YOU KNOW FULL WELL
27:07 WE NEVER DO IT.
27:09 FOR ME FUND RAISING
27:10 IS NOT "FUN" RAISING
27:11 BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
27:12 THOUGH IT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN
27:14 SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO IT.
27:15 AND USUALLY
27:16 AT THE END OF THE YEAR
27:17 IS THE TIME WHEN WE DO DO IT.
27:18 AND I NEED YOUR HELP
27:19 TO TELL THIS KIND OF STORY
27:21 BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A "ME" THING,
27:23 IT'S A "WE" THING.
27:24 AND IF THIS RESONATES
27:25 IN YOUR HEART
27:26 I'M SIMPLY AN EXTENSION
27:28 OF PASSIONS THAT
27:29 RESONATE WITHIN IN YOU.
27:30 AND IF ITS THERE IN THE HEART
27:32 PLEASE AS AN EXTENSION
27:33 OF WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART,
27:35 NOT CAJOLED BY ME
27:36 BUT AS AN EXTENSION
27:37 OF WHAT'S IN YOU
27:38 WHEN YOU SEE OUR ADDRESS
27:39 ON THE SCREEN
27:40 WILL YOU PLEASE CONTACT US?
27:41 WILL YOU SEND US A CHECK AND SAY
27:43 JEFF I AFFIRM WHAT YOU'RE DOING
27:44 AND I WANT TO HELP YOU DO IT.
27:45 SO IT'S NOT JUST A "YOU" THING
27:47 BUT IT'S A "WE" THING THAT
27:48 TOGETHER WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
27:50 IS COUNTER-BALANCE
27:51 THE INSANITY IN THIS WORLD.
27:53 ISRAEL NEEDS A LOT OF FRIENDS
27:55 AND LET ME TELL YOU
27:56 COMING OUT OF A TOUGH ECONOMY
27:58 WE NEED FRIENDS.
27:59 WE NEED SOME NEW FRIENDS
28:00 AND LET ME COUNT YOU
28:01 AS ONE OF THEM.
28:02 WELL THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS PROGRAM...
28:04 WE'RE COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
28:05 AS YOU GO NOW,
28:06 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
28:08 PLEASE... PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

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