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Episode: “2011 and Beyond,” Part 2

From the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Dr. Jeffrey Seif reviews some of the highlights for this past year and considers the future and what it holds for believers, the ministry and the world.

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Caption transcript for “2011 and Beyond,” Part 2

00:16 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:23 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK.
00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:42 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
00:44 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
00:45 PLEASED TO WELCOME AGAIN
00:47 TO A SPECIAL EDITION
00:49 OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
00:52 NORMALLY I DO THAT "HEARTY SHALOM TO YOU" STUFF IN OUR STUDIO IN DALLAS.
00:56 BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL FORGIVE ME THIS TIME AS I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
01:03 AND...OH...
01:05 WHAT A VISTA BEHIND ME!
01:07 AND I KNOW IT'S INSPIRED YOU,
01:08 SAVE THE FACT YOU COULD PROBABLY DO WITHOUT THAT DOME OF THE ROCK
01:11 AND LIKE ME YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR THE DAY WHEN THE TEMPLE IS BUILT THERE.
01:17 WELL THAT DAY'S COMING.
01:19 WANT TO REMIND YOU OF A VERSE IN SCRIPTURE...
01:21 ZECHARIAH SPOKE OF DAY WHEN NOT ONLY IS THIS LAND RESTORED AND JEHOVAH WORSHIP IN IT,
01:29 BUT HE SAYS,
01:41 I COME HERE ALL THE TIME AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
01:43 THAT SOMETIMES I FEEL VERY ALONE IN WHAT I DO AND WHY IS THAT?
01:47 BECAUSE LIKE JEWS THE WORLD OVER,
01:49 WE FEEL LIKE THE WORLD'S AGAINST US
01:52 AND THERE'S GOOD REASONS WHY WE FEEL THAT WAY.
01:55 HOWEVER, TRUTH BE KNOWN,
01:57 THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
02:01 AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF YOU IN WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
02:05 WE LIKE TO POKE OUR CAMERAS AROUND HERE IN ISRAEL
02:08 AND SHOW THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY...AND THIS IS THE GOOD.
02:12 I WANT TO BEGIN THIS YEAR END PROGRAM BY REFLECTING SOME ON THE YEAR
02:16 AND TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
02:19 ONE OF THE PLACES WE TOOK YOU TO
02:21 A STORY WHERE THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS WERE COMING
02:25 TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
02:28 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY,
02:31 A MASSIVE MARCH THAT LIGHTS THE CANDLES OF JEWS ALL OVER ISRAEL.
02:36 COME WITH ME AND LET'S LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL MARCH HERE AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
02:44 (Singing)
02:53 AND WHAT IS YOUR FEELING
02:54 AS AN ISRAELI
02:55 TO SEE NOT ONLY THE ISRAELIS
02:56 BUT ALL THESE PEOPLE?
02:57 I'M PROUD...
02:58 I'M SO PROUD TO SEE
02:59 WHAT EVERYBODY DOES FOR US
03:01 ON THIS PARADE AND BESIDE THAT
03:03 TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE
03:05 LIKE JERUSALEM AND APPRECIATE
03:08 WHAT JERUSALEM DOES FOR US.
03:10 I KNOW A JEW IS MY BEST FRIEND.
03:13 HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM
03:15 2,000 YEARS AGO.
03:16 HIS NAME IS YESHUA HA MASHIACH
03:18 HE'S LIVING DEEP IN MY HEART.
03:20 I LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
03:22 THE NATION OF ISRAEL.
03:24 (Singing)
03:28 IT'S A BIBLICAL MANDATE.
03:30 AND IF WE WANT TO BE
03:31 BLESSED BY GOD
03:32 WE NEED TO BLESS ISRAEL.
03:33 AS ISRAELIS WHAT IS YOUR FEELING
03:36 SEEING SO MANY INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE?
03:39 I'M VERY HAPPY...
03:40 IT'S VERY PLEASANT
03:41 FOR ME TO SEE ALL THIS
03:43 AND ALL THE TOURISTS
03:44 THAT COME HERE...
03:45 IT'S SOMETHING....
03:49 IMPOSSIBLE!
03:52 (Singing)
03:55 WHY DO THINK THAT SO MANY
03:57 CHRISTIANS SUPPORT ISRAEL
03:59 AS THEY DO?
04:00 ACTUALLY IT IS CLEAR...YES
04:02 WE ALWAYS HEARD
04:03 ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLES
04:05 THAT'S AGAINST US
04:06 AND WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE
04:07 THAT REALLY LOVES US
04:08 AND IT'S REALLY TOUCHING.
04:10 IT JUST MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
04:12 I'M PROUD TO BE A JEW.
04:14 I'M PROUD TO BE IN YERUSHALAYIM
04:16 AND I'M PROUD TO BE
04:18 SHARING ALL OF THIS...
04:20 SUKKOTH...
04:21 THE PARADE...
04:22 EVERYTHING...
04:23 THANKS TO GOD
04:25 WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS WAY.
04:27 (chanting) WE LOVE ISRAEL...WE LOVE ISRAEL.
04:32 IT'S OUR SECOND TIME
04:33 HERE IN ISRAEL
04:34 AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED
04:35 IT'S AMAZING.
04:37 I THINK IT'S AMAZING
04:38 TO SEE THE NATIONS
04:39 COMING TO SUPPORT ISRAEL.
04:41 IT'S HAPPENING...
04:42 IT'S A PROPHECY
04:43 AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING
04:44 HOW GOD IS BRINGING
04:46 ALL THE NATIONS TOGETHER
04:47 TO ISRAEL.
04:48 IT'S VERY, VERY MOVING
04:49 TO SEE SO MANY NON-JEWS
04:52 WHO OBVIOUSLY LOVE US
04:56 AND IT'S VERY, VERY MOVING
04:59 AND IT'S A SIGN THAT
05:02 WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
05:09 HOW'S THAT FOR SOME WONDERFUL FOOTAGE AND GREAT TESTIMONIES?
05:14 I THANK GOD FOR IT ALL.
05:17 PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SAY,
05:20 "ISRAEL, WE'RE BEHIND YOU".
05:22 I MET ONE SUCH PERSON HERE WHO WASN'T FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
05:25 WHO WAS FROM THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
05:28 ROSEMARY SCHINDLER,
05:30 RELATED BY MARRIAGE INTO THE OSKAR SCHINDLER FAMILY TOLD ME,
05:35 "JEFF, YOU NEED TO MEET NAIM KHOURY, A BAPTIST PASTOR OF ARAB EXTRACT IN BETHLEHEM."
05:44 WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT NAIM
05:47 ISN'T SIMPLY THAT HE STANDS FOR JESUS IN AN ISLAMIC WORLD
05:51 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
05:54 BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH STANDING FOR JESUS
05:57 HE STANDS WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE
06:00 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT.
06:02 SOME PEOPLE SAY,
06:03 "WELL THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT THE JEWS."
06:06 NO...ITS PRINCIPALLY ABOUT JEWISH CONCERNS, TRUE,
06:10 BUT I'M ALL ABOUT WANTING TO PUT SPOTLIGHTS ON WORTHY PEOPLE
06:14 AND THIS ARAB BROTHER IN THE LORD IS WORTHY PEOPLE.
06:19 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM THIS YEAR
06:22 AND HAD A PROGRAM CENTERED AROUND HIM.
06:24 LET'S HEAR FROM HIM NOW...
06:25 DR. NAIM KHOURY,
06:27 ARAB CHRISTIAN PASTOR
06:29 OF BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH.
06:33 (Jeff speaking) WE'RE HERE AT THE CHURCH NOW...
06:35 YOUR CHURCH IN BETHLEHEM.
06:36 AND YOUR HOME IS ON
06:38 THE PROPERTY OF THE FACILITY.
06:39 YOU'RE COMING HOME
06:41 ONE EVENING...
06:43 OR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET SHOT IF I CAN ASK?
06:45 YES, AS I SAID BEFORE...
06:47 BELIEVING IN
06:48 THE COVENANT OF GOD
06:49 WITH ABRAHAM
06:51 YOU MAKE LOTS OF ENEMIES
06:52 AMONG THE TRADITIONAL CHURCHES
06:56 LIKE THE PALESTINIAN...
06:57 THE ARABS...
06:59 BECAUSE THEY DO BELIEVE IN THE REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY...
07:01 IN OTHER WORDS...ISRAEL....
07:03 THE CHURCH REPLACED ISRAEL...
07:05 GOD HAS FINISHED WITH ISRAEL AND ALL OF THAT...
07:10 BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE...
07:11 GOD HAS NOT FINISHED WITH ISRAEL YET.
07:14 AND THE RESULT OF THAT...
07:16 THEY DID NOT LIKE FOR ME TO TEACH THE WHOLE TRUTH
07:22 ABOUT THE BIBLE AND THE COVENANT...
07:25 IN OTHER WORDS...
07:27 SO YOU'RE TELLING THAT STORY
07:28 HERE IN YOUR CHURCH
07:30 AND WORD IS GETTING OUT
07:31 AND PEOPLE ARE COMING AND TALKING TO YOU SAYING
07:33 YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THAT MESSAGE
07:34 AND YOU SAID, "NO".
07:35 NO... I CANNOT
07:36 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE WHOLE BIBLE.
07:39 I BELIEVE IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT
07:41 AS THE INSPIRED, INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD.
07:44 IT'S THE COVENANT OF GOD.
07:46 AND GOD SAID TO ME...
07:47 HE SAID IF YOU NEED TO BE BLESSED
07:49 YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN AND SHARE THE FULL COVENANT
07:54 AND THE PROMISES OF GOD WITH ABRAHAM.
07:56 IT'S AN EVERLASTING COVENANT FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER...
07:59 AND NO ONE CAN REPLACE IT OR CHANGE IT.
08:02 THE RESULT OF THAT...
08:04 I START TO FACE DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS HERE IN BETHLEHEM.
08:07 THIS CHURCH WAS BOMBED 14 TIMES.
08:10 14 TIMES?
08:13 AND FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS SHOT...FOUR BULLETS...
08:16 ONE HIT MY LEFT SHOULDER HERE...
08:20 AND A LOT OF THREATENING...
08:23 A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES...
08:25 BUT I BELIEVE FROM ALL MY HEART THAT MY TIME IS NOT TO GO YET...
08:30 I NEED TO KEEP THE MESSAGE...
08:32 PREACH THE MESSAGE.
08:34 I GUESS IT'S NOT YOUR TIME YET
08:35 BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL HERE
08:36 AND YOU'RE STILL PREACHING AND TEACHING.
08:38 AMEN
08:39 NOW ON THE WAY HERE
08:40 OUR PRODUCER KEN BERG TOLD ME,
08:43 HE SAYS, "THERE'S SOMEONE THAT YOU NEED TO MEET".
08:46 HE SAID, "JEFFREY YOU NEED TO MEET PASTOR KHOURY"
08:50 BECAUSE YOU CAME SO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
08:52 I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY NOW THAT I'M HEARING YOUR STORY.
08:57 PERSECUTED FOR YOUR FAITH IN JESUS...
08:59 GIVEN FOR DEAD FOR WANTING TO STAND WITH JEWISH PEOPLE
09:04 IN A CHURCH THAT WAS BOMBED 14 TIMES.
09:09 YES SIR...
09:10 IT'S HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE MY SAVIOR
09:14 BECAUSE HE'S THE LIVING SAVIOR.
09:16 IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
09:20 THANK YOU...
09:21 YOU ARE MOST WELCOME HERE
09:23 AND WE JUST THANK GOD
09:25 FOR WHAT HE'S DOING.
09:26 HERE WE HAVE SEEN
09:28 MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE
09:29 TOOK PLACE IN OUR CHURCH...
09:31 ALMOST 48 MIRACLES THE LAST TWO - THREE YEARS.
09:34 I MEAN SERIOUS MIRACLES.
09:36 YOU TALK ABOUT CANCER BEING HEALED.
09:38 YOU TALK ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BEING HEALED.
09:41 YOU TALK ABOUT HEART DISEASES BEING HEALED.
09:44 YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF
09:46 RHEUMATISMS BEING HEALED.
09:48 ONE AFTER ONE.
09:49 AND THE MOST AWESOME MINISTRY
09:51 WE'VE SEEN THE LAST 5 YEARS
09:53 BROTHER JEFF
09:55 IS THE DELIVERANCE MINISTRY.
09:57 THE DELIVERANCE MINISTRY HAS
09:59 BEEN AN AWESOME MINISTRY
10:02 SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING
10:05 DELIVERED FROM DEMONIC SPIRITS
10:08 AND THEY'RE GETTING SAVED...
10:09 THEY'RE GETTING BAPTIZED...
10:11 THEY JOIN THE CHURCH...
10:12 AND SOME OF THEM SING IN THE CHOIR TODAY PRAISING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
10:17 SO IT SEEMS THAT AS THE DEVIL TRIES TO ASSAULT YOU
10:21 THAT GOD IS JUST TAKING YOU FROM GLORY TO GLORY IN YOUR MINISTRY.
10:25 AMEN...
10:26 BECAUSE THE DEVIL NEVER EVER WAS VICTORIOUS ANY TIME.
10:30 HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED
10:33 AND HE IS DEFEATED BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
10:36 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE VICTORY IN JESUS.
10:39 WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
10:43 SERVING HIM FAITHFULLY.
10:45 WHEN WE ARE FAITHFUL TO HIM
10:47 HE WILL STAY FAITHFUL TO US.
10:58 DR. KHOURY FASCINATES ME
11:00 JUST WHEN I THINK OF HIM
11:01 THE WAY HE'S ABSORBED PUNISHMENT
11:03 FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL.
11:05 WHICH REMINDS ME...
11:06 YOU EVER WATCH NFL FOOTBALL
11:08 AND NOTE HOW TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON
11:10 YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE PLAYERS WITH CASTS ON THEIR ARMS,
11:14 THEY'RE BRUISED AND BATTERED
11:18 BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE GAME.
11:20 IT'S RELENTLESS TO PLAY IN THE NFL BECAUSE IT'S PUNISHING.
11:24 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW...
11:27 THAT IS IT'S A TOUGH SEASON TO BE ENGAGED IN A MINISTRY SUCH AS OURS
11:32 BECAUSE WE'RE JUST COMING OUT OF TROUBLED TIMES
11:35 AND ITS HARD TO FIND A DOLLAR
11:37 BUT WE'RE PRESSING ON, DIFFICULTIES NOTWITHSTANDING,
11:41 AND THE LORD GRACED US BECAUSE HE TOUCHED PEOPLE'S HEARTS TO GIVE US JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY.
11:47 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR BY THE GRACE OF GOD WAS FOR US...
11:51 IT REALLY IS IN EFFECT THE EQUIVALENT OF AN EPIC MOTION PICTURE.
11:55 IF YOU FIGURE A NORMAL MOVIE IS 90 MINUTES,
11:58 WE DO AN 8 PART SERIES,
12:00 YOU FIGURE 30 MINUTES A PROGRAM...
12:02 YOU DO THE MATH...
12:03 THERE'S A COUPLE HOURS OF TV THERE WITH THE ACTORS AND THE DRAMAS.
12:07 AND WE DID A STORY THAT I'M IN LOVE WITH FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS
12:11 ON ESTHER AND IT WAS SUBTITLED "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS".
12:18 WHAT A POPULAR STORY,
12:20 BY THE WAY, IT REMINDS ME OF HOW GOD RAISES PEOPLE UP TO LEND A HELPING HAND.
12:26 THEY COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
12:29 I'VE SEEN FRIENDS COME OUT OF NOWHERE TO HELP US....
12:31 AND KEEP ON COMING...PLEASE!
12:34 I SEE IT IN THE BIBLE...
12:35 I SEE IT IN THE WORLD TODAY...
12:36 ESTHER IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN INSIDE AND OUT.
12:40 GOD POSITIONED HER
12:42 AND SHE USED HER INFLUENCE TO TURN BAD INTO GOOD.
12:47 LET'S SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT RIGHT NOW.
13:13 ♪OUT OF ZION... ZION♪
13:16 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
13:21 ♪AND A NATION WILL BE FORMED OUT OF HIM♪
13:25 ♪YEAH AND A PEOPLE WILL BE BORN OUT OF HIM♪
13:30 ♪OUT OF ZION... ZION♪
13:34 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
13:46 IT ALL HAPPENED IN THE DAYS OF KING ACHASHVEROSH
13:50 ALSO CALLED XERXES.
13:52 HAVING OVERTHROWN THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
13:56 HE RULED OVER 127 PROVINCES FROM INDIA TO ETHIOPIA.
14:02 AND THE KING RULED FROM HIS MAGNIFICENT PALACE IN SHUSHAN.
14:08 IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN THE KING MADE A FEAST WITH ALL HIS PRINCES AND SERVANTS
14:15 WHEREIN HE DISPLAYED THE WEALTH OF HIS ROYAL GLORY AND THE MAJESTY OF HIS GREATNESS.
14:40 ALL WERE AMAZED
14:42 AT THE GREAT WEALTH
14:43 EXCEPT FOR ONE
14:44 WHO REFUSED TO ATTEND.
14:49 QUEEN VASHTI
14:51 WOULD HOLD HER OWN FEAST
14:53 SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE KING
14:54 THAT SHE WOULD NOT ATTEND
14:55 HIS FEAST.
14:57 THE KING'S RAGE
14:58 WOULD SHAKE THE VERY EMPIRE
15:01 AND HIS TRUSTED ADVISORS
15:02 WERE SWIFT TO BRING JUDGMENT.
15:32 AN INSULT LED TO A DIVORCE THAT A KING WOULD COME TO REGRET.
15:37 AND THE DIVORCE WOULD LEAD TO A MARRIAGE THAT THE WORLD WOULD NEVER FORGET.
15:43 AND THIS FRIENDS, IS THE BASIS
15:45 FOR THE OPENING OF A DRAMA,
15:47 A FASCINATING DRAMA
15:49 KNOWN IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
15:51 AS THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
15:56 WHILE KING XERXES GARNERED FAVOR WITH MOST OF HIS SUBJECTS
15:59 THERE WERE THOSE WHO WOULD USURP THE THRONE.
16:02 WHILE SITTING AT THE KING'S GATE
16:05 MORDECAI OVERHEARS A DISTURBING CONVERSATION.
16:09 HE MEETS WITH ESTHER AND INFORMS HER OF A WICKED PLOT.
17:01 CONTRARY TO THE POPULAR MYTHOLOGY,
17:04 JEWS ARE A GOOD,
17:07 JUST, EQUITABLE PEOPLE.
17:11 OH TO BE SURE
17:12 WE HAVE OUR SCOUNDRELS
17:14 BUT THESE PROVE TO BE THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE.
17:20 HAMAN HAS FOUND HIS JUST REWARD.
17:23 HIS WICKED SCHEMES HAVE LEFT HIM HANGING
17:27 FROM ATOP THE VERY GALLOWS HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI.
17:33 BUT FROM WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MAGNIFICENT PALACE IN SHUSHAN
17:37 QUEEN ESTHER REMAINS HEARTBROKEN.
17:42 SHE APPEALS TO THE KING ON BEHALF OF HER FELLOW JEWS.
18:21 SHE WANTED TO BE A HELP.
18:24 SHE WANTED TO SAVE HER PEOPLE.
18:26 AND SO SHE ARRANGES TO VISIT HER HUSBAND AGAIN AND PETITION ON THEIR BEHALF
18:31 THAT JEWS BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A SPIRITED DEFENSE
18:34 GIVEN THE FACT THAT A DECREE WAS ENACTED FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION.
18:39 (ESTHER SINGING)
20:40 BEAUTIFUL SONG...YES?
20:42 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY.
20:43 KIND OF GIVES YOU A WINDOW
20:45 INTO THE HEART AND SOUL
20:46 OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE
20:48 HERE IN ISRAEL.
20:49 SHE SANG PSALM 121
20:51 AND WITH ME I'M SURE YOU KNOW
20:53 "I'LL LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE LORD - FROM WHENCE DOES MY HELP COME?"
20:58 "MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH."
21:01 AND IF YOU'VE BEEN WALKING WITH THE LORD FOR ANY SEASON OF TIME
21:05 THEN YOU KNOW FULL WELL HOW THAT'S THE CASE.
21:08 HOW HELP COMES IN VARIOUS WAYS
21:09 ON VARIOUS DAYS
21:10 FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE,
21:12 ALL FROM THE LORD, HOWEVER.
21:14 OVER HERE IN ISRAEL WE NEED A LOT OF HELP.
21:16 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
21:17 WE NEED A LOT FO GOD.
21:19 AND GOD SHOWS UP.
21:20 GOD'S INTEREST IN THIS LAND,
21:21 HIS COMMITMENT TO IT
21:23 IS EVIDENCED IN THE BIBLE
21:24 FROM COVER TO COVER
21:25 AND WE WANTED TO SHOW IT
21:27 IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
21:29 AND SO WE HAVE INVESTED
21:30 AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF ENERGY,
21:33 FINANCIAL AND PEOPLE RESOURCES
21:34 TO BRING THIS NEW SERIES,
21:36 "ERETZ ISRAEL"
21:37 ON THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
21:39 IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THIS LAND TO A PARTICULAR PEOPLE
21:43 YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT.
21:46 SPEAKING OF WHICH NOW YOU'LL SEE A PORTENT OF THINGS TO COME
21:50 IN OUR UPCOMING SERIES,
21:52 ERETZ ISRAEL - "THE LAND OF ISRAEL".
22:09 PRESSED AGAINST THE WALL PEOPLE DO TEND TO TURN THEIR HEART UPWARD.
22:25 THE PROMISE GIVEN
22:26 OF A GREAT NATION
22:28 ABRAHAM THEN DEPARTS
22:30 AND HE MAKES HIS WAY
22:31 TO THE LAND THEN CALLED CANAAN.
22:37 OPEN YOUR BIBLES PLEASE TO GENESIS CHAPTER 12
22:40 AND LET'S FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FATHER ABRAHAM.
22:45 WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE 5...
23:00 IN 1909 JEWS GATHERED IN THESE SAND DUNES
23:03 TO PLAN A NEW TOWN
23:05 THAT WOULD BECOME THE URBAN CENTER OF ISRAEL...
23:07 TEL AVIV.
23:08 TODAY OVER A MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IT...
23:14 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR WAY
23:16 AS WE WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES
23:18 ON ROUTE TO THE PROMISED LAND...
23:29 WITH YOUR HELP LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S COOKING IN THE ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRY'S KITCHEN.
23:37 WE SO MUCH LOVE TELLING THE STORY OF ESTHER,
23:40 WE WANT NOW TO ALIGHT UPON ANOTHER WOMAN.
23:44 OH THERE ARE GREAT WOMEN IN THE BIBLE...MOVERS AND SHAKERS,
23:49 ONE OF WHOM IS A WOMAN NAMED RUTH FROM MOAB,
23:55 A JORDANIAN WOMAN, AN ARAB WOMAN
23:57 WHO JOINED HERSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
24:01 SHE IS SO COMMENDABLE IN SO MANY WAYS WITH HER VIRTUE.
24:05 TO BE WITHOUT VIRTUE IS SAID TO BE QUOTE "RUTH"LESS.
24:11 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THE WAY THE LANGUAGE, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, HARKS BACK TO BIBLICAL MOORINGS?
24:17 WE WANT TO EXPLORE THIS FASCINATING STORY OF THIS LOVELY WOMAN.
24:24 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY FASCINATING ABOUT HER
24:28 ONE OF WHICH IS AT LEAST, THE WAY I RECKON,
24:31 IN THE FIRST CHAPTER,
24:32 SHE SAYS IN VERSE 16 AT THE END RELATIVE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
24:36 THIS ARAB WOMAN SAYS,
24:38 "YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE AND YOUR GOD MY GOD."
24:46 NOW THERE'S BEAUTY IN THAT TO SEE THAT RESOLVE,
24:50 THAT COMMITMENT TO JOIN HERSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
24:54 SHE WAS ROLLING THE DICE AGAINST AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
24:57 SHE HAD FRIENDS AND KINFOLK IN MOAB BUT SHE OPTED TO LEAVE HER ARAB RELATIONAL NETWORK
25:05 TO JOIN HERSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
25:08 WHAT COMMITMENT!
25:09 IF YOU'LL PERMIT
25:11 I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU
25:12 ABOUT THAT JOINING
25:13 AND THAT COMMITMENT.
25:14 IF I ASK YOU FOR MONEY
25:16 I HOPE YOU WON'T BE TOO OFFENDED
25:18 TO HELP US MAKE THIS PROGRAM
25:19 AND OTHERS LIKE IT.
25:20 IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A PROGRAM;
25:21 IT'S A SERIES, SOMETHING AKIN TO A MOTION PICTURE.
25:24 THE REASON WHY I DON'T FEEL BAD FOR ASKING
25:27 IS BECAUSE IF YOU FOLLOW THIS MINISTRY
25:29 YOU KNOW THAT WE NEVER ASK FOR A DIME.
25:32 IN PART YOU KNOW JEWS HAVE A REPUTATION,
25:34 THEY'RE ALWAYS AFTER THE MONEY.
25:36 THAT'S FANTASY BY THE WAY,
25:37 THAT'S NOT TRUE
25:38 BUT IT'S AN ABIDING PREJUDICE IN THE WORLD
25:40 AND WE'RE SENSITIVE TO IT.
25:42 WE TRY AND BE DISCREET
25:43 AND NOT SPEND ANY TIME
25:45 BUT WE USUALLY TAKE THE TIME
25:47 AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO SAY,
25:48 "HEY, WILL YOU HELP US FOR THE COMING YEAR TO MAKE GOOD TV,"
25:52 "TV WORTH WATCHING."
25:55 SOME TELETHONS GO ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS
25:57 BUT OUR APPEAL GOES ON FOR MINUTES AND MINUTES.
26:01 AND HERE AT THE TAIL END OF THE PROGRAM
26:04 AND AT THE TAIL END OF THE YEAR
26:05 LET ME ASK YOU PLEASE
26:07 IF YOU WILL TO PRAYERFULLY
26:08 CONSIDER STANDING WITH US.
26:11 WHETHER IT'S A DIME OR A DOLLAR,
26:13 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE,
26:15 I DON'T KNOW,
26:16 BUT I DO KNOW
26:17 THAT WE NEED SOME HELP.
26:19 ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
26:20 LIKE MANY MINISTRIES
26:22 IS CRAWLING OUT OF THE RAVAGES
26:24 OF A REALLY TOUGH ECONOMY
26:26 AND WE'VE BEEN PRESSING ON,
26:27 DIFFICULTIES NOTWITHSTANDING.
26:30 AND THE LORD HAS ENABLED WITH
26:32 FRIENDS COMING ALONG SIDE OF US.
26:33 CAN I ASK YOU PLEASE
26:35 TO BE GRACIOUS
26:36 AND CONSIDER PRAYERFULLY
26:38 COMING ALONGSIDE OF US RIGHT NOW
26:40 WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE...
26:41 A DIME OR DOLLAR,
26:43 A HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND,
26:44 WHATEVER,
26:45 IT REALLY HELPS US
26:47 GET ON DOWN THE ROAD.
26:48 WE DON'T FLY IN PRIVATE JETS,
26:50 IN FACT, WE FLY COACH
26:52 ON THE WAY OVER HERE
26:54 TO GET TO THE LAND
26:55 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO
26:56 SPEND MONEY ON EXECUTIVE PERKS,
26:58 WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND MONEY ON
27:00 TELLING A BIBLE STORY
27:01 FROM A VERY, VERY,
27:03 VERY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
27:05 AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT.
27:07 SO AGAIN I HOPE YOU WON'T THINK
27:09 THE LESS OF ME FOR ASKING.
27:11 I WANT YOU TO KNOW
27:12 THERE'S A BLESSING IN IT FOR YOU
27:14 IF GENESIS IS TO BE BELIEVED
27:16 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT
27:18 IS GOD SAYS,
27:19 "I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS THEM"
27:21 "AND CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE THEM."
27:23 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE COMING YEAR
27:26 BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING
27:28 TO GET GOD'S HELP IN THE PROCESS
27:30 ATTEND TO GOD'S BUSINESS.
27:32 BECAUSE HE HAS A WAY OF,
27:34 IF WE'RE SERVING HIM...
27:35 THERE'S A WAY THAT IT COMES BACK TO US 30 FOLD,
27:38 60 FOLD, AND 100 FOLD.
27:41 YOU'LL SEE AN ADDRESS
27:42 COMING UP SOON.
27:43 PLEASE SEND THE BEST DONATION
27:45 YOU CAN TO HELP US BRING
27:47 GOD'S WORD TO A THIRSTY WORLD
27:49 THAT'S STARVING FOR IT.
27:51 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
27:52 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
27:56 PLEASE...
27:57 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OFJERUSALEM

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