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Caption transcript for Voices From Israel: “Roots Run Deep” (3/10)

• 00:06 THIS PLACE IS PART OF YOUR HERITAGE.
• 00:09 THIS PLACE IS PART OF YOUR DREAM.
• 00:11 PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE LAND OF THE BIBLE.
• 00:13 I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES IN HISTORY
• 00:15 WHEN CHRISTIANS HAVE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY
• 00:17 WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE WERE BEING ATTACKED.
• 00:19 WE WILL ULTIMATELY SEE THE WORLD CHANGE.
• 00:22 GOD'S PURPOSES FOR ISRAEL JUST MARCH ON, DON'T THEY?
• 00:31 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 00:32 WELCOME BACK TO OUR VOICES FROM ISRAEL SERIES.
• 00:35 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PARTICULARLY INTERESTING VOICES ON THIS PROGRAM.
• 00:39 LATER ON, I'M GOING TO INTERVIEW ANDREA AND GARY COOPERBERG
• 00:44 WHO ARE SETTLERS FROM KIRYAT ARBA, NEXT TO HEBRON.
• 00:48 IT'S FUNNY TO SAY SETTLERS FROM HEBRON
• 00:50 BECAUSE ABRAHAM LIVED IN HEBRON, OF COURSE.
• 00:52 THEY'RE NATIVES OF HEBRON, BUT THEY'RE BACK
• 00:54 THEY LIVE CLOSE TO THE ACTION AND THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
• 00:58 TONY, HE IS OUR TRAVEL MANAGER
• 01:02 AND WHERE ARE WE GOING ON THE LEG OF THE TRIP?
• 01:05 WELL, TODAY, ZOLA,
• 01:06 WE HAVE A VERY FASCINATING DAY IN OUR TRAVELS.
• 01:08 WE WILL TRAVEL FIRST TO THE TEMPLE MODEL,
• 01:11 A MAGNIFICENT SCALE MODEL THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
• 01:16 THE TEMPLE MOUNT, WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS ACTUALLY THERE,
• 01:19 COMPARED TO TODAY.
• 01:21 WE ALSO TRAVEL TO THE PLACE OUTSIDE THE CITY,
• 01:24 THE GARDEN TOMB WHERE OUR LORD WAS LAID IN THE TOMB
• 01:27 AND WE FIND THAT HE'S NOT THERE, ACTUALLY.
• 01:29 HE'S RISEN, JUST AS SCRIPTURE SAYS.
• 01:32 WE ALSO TRAVEL TO THE PROMENADE
• 01:35 AND SEE A MAGNIFICENT PANORAMIC SHOT OF JERUSALEM, THE CITY,
• 01:41 A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT
• 01:44 AND THEN IN GETHSEMANE WHERE OUR LORD PRAYED.
• 01:47 VERY INTERESTING, LET'S GO TO JERUSALEM NOW.
• 02:00 AS WE BOARD THE BUS TO BEGIN OUR DAY,
• 02:02 I MAKE SURE ALL ARE PRESENT AND READY TO GO
• 02:05 AND THEN WE DRIVE TO THE HOLY LAND HOTEL IN JERUSALEM
• 02:08 WHERE THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SCALE MODEL OF THE CITY
• 02:10 AS IT LOOKED IN THE FIRST CENTURY WHEN JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES WALKED HERE.
• 02:14 OUR ISRAELI GUIDE, ZVI RAVAI SHOWS US ALL THE INTRICATE DETAILING OF THIS MODEL.
• 02:20 HERE WE SEE THE TEMPLE MOUNT WITH THE EASTERN GATE,
• 02:23 THE OUTER AND INNER COURTS, THE TEMPLE ITSELF
• 02:27 AS WELL AS THE COLONNADE OR SOLOMON'S PORTICO.
• 02:30 EVEN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE THE COMMON PEOPLE LIVED THERE LIVES
• 02:34 AND THE PERIMETER WALLS WHICH PROTECTED THE CITY
• 02:37 HAVE BEEN FAITHFULLY REPRODUCED DOWN TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL.
• 02:40 THERE IS A NEW OBSERVATION DECK THAT YOU CAN CLIMB TO GET A BROAD PERSPECTIVE OF THE CITY,
• 02:46 A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE JERUSALEM OF JESUS' DAY.
• 02:53 THEN WE DRIVE BY THE OLD CITY WALLS AS WE SEEK THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BURIED.
• 02:57 WE COME TO THE GARDEN TOMB WHICH IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE OLD CITY.
• 03:01 HERE WE SEE A LUSH NATURAL BEAUTY.
• 03:05 WE LISTEN TO ONE OF THE SPOKESMEN GIVE THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE
• 03:07 AND WE SEE A POSSIBLE LOCATION OF THE CRUCIFIXION.
• 03:11 THIS PLACE HAS A POWERFUL AFFECT ON BELIEVERS WHO COME HERE
• 03:15 TO SEE A RICH MAN'S TOMB CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK
• 03:19 AND A CHANNEL FOR A LARGE STONE TO SEAL IT'S ENTRANCE,
• 03:23 BUT IT IS THE EMPTY TOMB ITSELF THAT STIRS THE SPIRITS OF THE FAITHFUL
• 03:28 TO THE SACRIFICE OUR SAVIOR MADE IN OUR BEHALF.
• 03:31 HE PAID THE PRICE OF SIN SO THAT WE COULD BE FORGIVEN AND ENJOY ETERNAL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
• 03:39 WHERE IS HE? HE'S NOT IN HERE.
• 03:42 THAT'S GREAT, HE IS RISEN AND INSIDE THE DOOR IT SAYS,
• 03:45 "HE'S NOT HERE, HE'S RISEN" GLORY, HALLELUJAH.
• 03:48 THIS WHOLE TRIP BRINGS THE BIBLE ALIVE.
• 03:52 YOU CAN PICTURE THE PLACE AS YOU READ IT.
• 03:54 AS YOU READ IT, IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
• 03:57 MY FEELING IS THAT I SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR
• 04:00 AND THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL CONFIRMATION THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE
• 04:06 NO MATTER WHAT THE SKEPTICS SAY, THAT HE IS RISEN AND HE IS RISEN INDEED.
• 04:11 SO, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
• 04:15 AFTER THE GARDEN TOMB,
• 04:17 WE BOARD THE BUS AND ZOLA TALKS TO US
• 04:19 AS WE HEAD TOWARD ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE SPOTS IN JERUSALEM CALLED THE PROMENADE.
• 04:24 THERE WE HAVE A GROUP PHOTO TAKEN.
• 04:26 AFTER A FEW SNAPSHOTS, ZOLA REMINDS US OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE.
• 04:33 WHEN DAVID MADE HIS CITY OF DAVID, IT WENT DOWN THE HILL FROM THE WALL.
• 04:37 YOU SEE THE HOUSES GOING DOWN THE HILL,
• 04:40 YOU SEE HOW, BY THE WAY, THE ROOF OF EACH HOUSE IS SORT OF THE PORCH
• 04:45 OR CAN BE USED BY THE HOUSE ABOVE IT AS USEFUL SPACE
• 04:52 AND THEY DID THAT AND THEY PUT BATHTUBS OUT ON THE ROOF SOMETIMES
• 04:57 AND TOOK THEIR BATHS THERE AND THAT IS HOW BATHSHEBA
• 05:00 WITH A STRATEGIC ARRANGEMENT OF HER PALM BRANCHES CHANGED WORLD HISTORY.
• 05:03 (LAUGHING)
• 05:06 DAVID'S CASTLE OBVIOUSLY WAS AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
• 05:09 AND HER BATHTUB WAS SOMEWHERE ON THE HILL.
• 05:12 THEY STILL LIVE THAT WAY.
• 05:15 ALL OF THESE HILLS, YOU SEE, HAVE TO BUILD LIKE SAN FRANCISCO,
• 05:18 THE HOUSES ROLLING DOWN AND ROLLING UP.
• 05:21 I OFTEN THINK ONLY GOD PUT A CITY IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
• 05:24 IT HAS NO RIVER, IT HAS NO HARBORS,
• 05:26 IT'S ROCKS AND HILLS, BUT IT'S HIS CITY, IT'S WHAT HE CHOSE.
• 05:31 I'VE BEEN SAVING UP FOR THIS.
• 05:32 I SAVE UP TO COME EVERY TWO YEARS WITH ZOLA IF I CAN
• 05:36 AND I TELL EVERYBODY I CAN TO COME ON OVER AND SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES.
• 05:40 IS THIS WHAT YOU EXPECTED?
• 05:41 I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT I HAVE HAD NO FEARS AT ALL WHILE BEING ON THIS TRIP.
• 05:47 YOU WERE NERVOUS BEFORE COMING,
• 05:49 RIGHT.
• 05:50 AND NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE,
• 05:51 YOU'RE FINDING OUT THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
• 05:53 NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS FOR THE WHOLE TRIP.
• 05:55 WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME AND I'D LIKE TO COME BACK AGAIN.
• 05:58 AFTER ENJOYING THE SCENIC BEAUTY FROM THE PROMENADE,
• 06:01 WE LOAD THE BUS AND DRIVE AWAY
• 06:03 AS DAVID MINAY, OUR BUS DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS,
• 06:06 TAKES US TO OUR NEXT LOCATION.
• 06:08 HERE IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE ON THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE MT. OF OLIVES,
• 06:11 WE FIND QUIET SANCTUARY.
• 06:16 HERE THE DISCIPLES DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP
• 06:18 AS JESUS PRAYED FOR STRENGTH AND LATER JUDAS CAME TO BETRAY HIM.
• 06:25 SINCE THEN, THESE SLOW GROWING OLIVE TREES
• 06:27 HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AND CARED FOR IN THIS GARDEN
• 06:30 IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MESSIAH'S OBEDIENCE TO THE WILL OF HIS FATHER.
• 06:34 AND THUS, THE PLAN OF SALVATION WAS FULFILLED.
• 06:40 THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WITH ZOLA, HE BROUGHT US HERE.
• 06:44 AND I WAS SO ASTOUNDED AT THE WAY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN KEPT.
• 06:50 WHEN I SEE THE GATE, I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR IT TO BE REOPENED
• 06:56 AND SEE SOMEONE COME THROUGH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
• 06:59 THERE ISN'T A BRIDGE TO IT NOW, BUT THERE WILL BE AT THAT TIME
• 07:02 OR MAYBE HE WON'T NEED A BRIDGE AT THAT TIME, BUT IT WILL BE OPENED.
• 07:07 AS WE NEAR THE END OF OUR DAY, WE WALK TO A NEARBY PLACE
• 07:12 WHERE I TALK TO THE GROUP AS THEY FOCUS ON THE WALLS OF THE OLD CITY.
• 07:16 ON THIS BEAUTIFUL JERUSALEM EVENING WE LOOK TO THE EASTERN GATE
• 07:20 AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THIS ANCIENT CITY
• 07:22 WILL ONE DAY SEE THE MESSIAH'S RETURN TO THE MT. OF OLIVES,
• 07:25 ENTER THE EAST GATE AND BEGIN TO RULE THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
• 07:30 UNTIL THAT TIME, WE WAIT PATIENTLY.
• 07:32 LIKE THE OLIVE TREES IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE,
• 07:35 WONDERING WHEN OUR FAITH WILL BECOME SIGHT.
• 07:38 COULD IT BE TONIGHT?
• 07:46 WELL, TONY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PREMIER SITES IN JERUSALEM.
• 07:49 SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING SITES THAT ONE CAN SEE,
• 07:52 THE TEMPLE MODEL, THE GARDEN TOMB,
• 07:55 THE PROMENADE AND GETHSEMANE WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO VISIT.
• 08:02 OH, IT'S A VERY INSPIRING PLACE.
• 08:04 IT'S JUST, ON AN OBJECTIVE LEVEL, IF YOU COMPARE ISRAEL WHICH IS A 3000 YEAR OLD LAND,
• 08:12 IT'S REALLY A 4000 YEAR OLD LAND.
• 08:14 WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM THE COOPERBERGS, COMING UP,
• 08:16 THAT ABRAHAM LIVED THERE 4000 YEARS AGO.
• 08:19 IT'S NOT LIKE EUROPE WHICH IS A FEW HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
• 08:23 IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE A TRIP TO ROME WHICH IS 2000 YEARS OLD,
• 08:27 OR EVEN ATHENS WHICH IS 2500 YEARS OLD.
• 08:31 IT'S OLDER THAN ALL OF THOSE.
• 08:33 IT'S OLDER THAN ANY WESTERN CIVILIZATION
• 08:37 AND IT RANKS ON THE LEVEL WITH THE ORIENT AND WITH EGYPT AND SO ON.
• 08:44 ANY WAY, GARY AND ANDREA COOPERBERG,
• 08:46 THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR LEVITT LETTER.
• 08:48 [THEY'RE] FASCINATING PEOPLE.
• 08:50 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, TONY. THANKS A LOT.
• 08:52 I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
• 08:53 NOW TO OUR INTERVIEW.
• 08:55 WELL ANDREA, YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE DIFFICULT CITIES, I GATHER, HEBRON.
• 09:01 YOU LIVE IN KIRYAT ARBA, THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT.
• 09:03 HOW'S LIFE?
• 09:06 LIFE'S JUST LOVELY IF YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE HUNDRED THOUSAND ARABS THAT SURROUND YOU.
• 09:14 LIFE IS VERY, VERY NICE THERE.
• 09:17 THERE ARE 6 OR 7 THOUSAND JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 09:20 I THINK SO, MAYBE CLOSE TO 10 THOUSAND
• 09:25 THAT LIVE IN ALL THE SETTLEMENTS AND AREAS NEAR BY.
• 09:30 BUT YOU'RE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED.
• 09:32 YES.
• 09:33 OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE AN AMERICAN AND YOU COME FROM WHERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
• 09:37 WE MOVED TO ISRAEL FROM WEST HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND.
• 09:42 HOW LONG AGO.
• 09:44 WE'VE BEEN IN ISRAEL 22 YEARS AND 21 OF THEM WE'VE LIVED IN KIRYAT ARBA.
• 09:50 YOU'RE A NURSE.
• 09:52 YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH SOME CASUALTIES.
• 09:54 I WASN'T TAUGHT IN NURSING SCHOOL
• 09:57 HOW TO HANDLE BULLET HOLE WOUNDS AND CLEAN BULLET HOLE WOUNDS.
• 10:01 I'VE LEARNED HERE.
• 10:03 I DON'T THINK ANY DAY THAT I GET UP, I THINK IT'S A NORMAL DAY.
• 10:06 THE ABNORMAL IS THAT WHEN I SLEEP AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
• 10:12 THAT'S ABNORMAL.
• 10:14 I HEARD IT SAID OF AMERICANS WHO DECIDE TO COME HERE,
• 10:18 I DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH OF IT, I JUST HEARD IT SAID,
• 10:21 90% GIVE IT UP AND BOUNCE RIGHT BACK.
• 10:24 TO GO BACK TO AMERICA?
• 10:26 YES.
• 10:27 I DON'T THINK THAT EVER ENTERED MY MIND.
• 10:31 THAT'S NOT YOU.
• 10:33 I DRANK THE WATER HERE OR SOMETHING.
• 10:34 IT GETS INTO YOUR BEING TO LIVE HERE, GOOD OR BAD, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.
• 10:43 WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO?
• 10:45 WELL, GARY YOU'RE HOLDING AN AUTHENTIC RAM'S HORN, A SHOFAR.
• 10:51 YOU HAVE A PROJECT SHOFAR, I KNOW,
• 10:54 BUT, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ACTUALLY BLOW THIS THING.
• 10:56 YES, ACTUALLY I PERFORMED THE MITZVAH,
• 11:00 THE COMMANDMENT OF SOUNDING THE SHOFAR ON ROSH HASHANAH
• 11:04 IN THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH IN HEBRON.
• 11:05 I'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS
• 11:07 AND QUITE FRANKLY I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
• 11:11 I NEVER WAS TRAINED.
• 11:13 IT'S NOT SOME MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IT'S A SPIRITUAL THING.
• 11:16 IT REPRESENTS A CONNECTION, A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH HEAVEN.
• 11:21 IT REPRESENTS A CALL, A CRY, AN ALARM, AN AWAKENING
• 11:26 AND WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME NOW, ESPECIALLY A TIME OR REAWAKENING
• 11:30 OF REDEMPTION WE CAN SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES.
• 11:33 I HAVE STARTED SOMETHING I CALL "PROJECT SHOFAR"
• 11:37 WHERE THE SYMBOL OF THE SHOFAR IS CALLING OUT THE ALARM
• 11:41 TO WAKE UP PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY
• 11:43 AND TO ACT ACCORDINGLY RATHER THAN RELEGATED TO SOME KIND OF POLITICAL PROCESS.
• 11:52 WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IN ISRAEL, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF MY PEOPLE,
• 11:56 IS REACTING TO POLITICAL SITUATIONS AS IF WE ARE JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY
• 12:02 AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS LIVE IN PEACE AND WE'LL DO IT AT ANY PRICE.
• 12:06 WE FORGET THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS CREATED MIRACULOUSLY UNDER IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS
• 12:14 AND THE REAL PURPOSE FOR THIS COUNTRY WAS TO FULFILL GOD'S WILL.
• 12:20 IT WAS PREDICTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN THE BIBLE
• 12:22 AND WE SEE THOSE PREDICTIONS COMING TRUE BEFORE OUR EYES TODAY.
• 12:26 YES, WELL THE SHOFAR--
• 12:27 THOSE WHO ARE SO CLOSE TO IT, CLOSE THEIR EYES TO IT
• 12:30 AND DON'T EVEN SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
• 12:33 AND SO THE CALLING OF THE SHOFAR IS TO TRY TO OPEN YOUR EYES AGAIN TO SAY,
• 12:36 OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK. LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
• 12:38 WE DIDN'T JUST COME BACK HERE BECAUSE IT WAS NICE.
• 12:41 NOBODY WANTED US HERE.
• 12:43 RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO GIVE IT AWAY TO THE ARABS,
• 12:46 OH, YES.
• 12:47 TO MAKE PEACE WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS,
• 12:50 BECAUSE THE EXACT OPPOSITE WILL OCCUR.
• 12:52 THE MORE WE GIVE AWAY, THE MORE WE EMBOLDEN THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL
• 12:57 TO THINK THEY CAN DESTROY US.
• 12:59 AND SO IT WILL GUARANTEE THE WAR WILL COME QUICKER
• 13:02 AND THAT THERER WILL BE MORE LOSS OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES.
• 13:04 SO IT MAKES NO SENSE.
• 13:06 OK, YOU ARE REGARDED AS A RIGHT-WING RADICAL SETTLER,
• 13:10 OUTSPOKEN OF THE GOVERNMENT, WHATEVER.
• 13:13 YOU GET ALL THESE--
• 13:14 I'M NOT AN OPPONENT. I'M A PROPONENT.
• 13:16 I'M A PROPONENT OF JUDAISM, OF JEWISH RETURN,
• 13:19 OF BRINGING REAL PEACE IN A REAL WAY,
• 13:22 ONLY WITH GOD'S HELP AND ON THAT, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM
• 13:25 AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
• 13:29 THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S THE BASIC PROBLEM.
• 13:30 OH, I AGREE.
• 13:32 MY LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, REALLY FOR THE MOST PART, DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
• 13:34 THEY BELIEVE IN PLEASING THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD
• 13:39 AND THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM AND IT'S NOT.
• 13:42 THE WARNINGS ARE REPLETE THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE
• 13:44 THAT WE SHOULDN'T RELY ON HORSES AND ON KINGS, WE SHOULD RELY ONLY ON GOD.
• 13:49 AND WHEN WE REALLY DO THAT AND WHEN WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST,
• 13:52 WE'VE SEEN THE MIRACLES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
• 13:54 SO, YOUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THE ISRAELIS THEMSELVES DON'T APPRECIATE--
• 14:01 AREN'T COGNIZANT OF THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND BURDEN UPON THEIR OWN SHOULDERS
• 14:06 TO REDEEM THE WORLD, TO BRING REAL PEACE TO THE WORLD,
• 14:09 NOT BY GIVING AWAY OUR COUNTRY, NOT BY NEGATING DIVINE COMMANDMENTS,
• 14:14 BUT ON THE CONTRARY, BY SUPPORTING DIVINE COMMANDMENTS,
• 14:17 BY STANDING UP TO THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGES
• 14:20 TO FULFILL GOD'S WILL, NOT OUR WILL.
• 14:23 IT'S NOT THAT I WANT THE LAND BECAUSE I'M JEALOUS OF ANYBODY ELSE.
• 14:26 GOD COMMANDED US TO LIVE HERE AND FOR US TO BE GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE TO LIVE HERE
• 14:31 AND THEN WILLINGLY THROW IT AWAY IS TO SLAP GOD IN THE FACE
• 14:35 AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TERROR TODAY.
• 14:37 THAT'S THE REAL REASON FOR TERROR.
• 14:40 IT'S A PUNISHMENT.
• 14:41 IT'S OUR PUNISHMENT FOR NOT BEING STRONG AND STANDING WITH GOD'S LAWS.
• 14:45 THIS IS AGAIN PART OF THE ALARM THAT I AM TRYING TO SOUND.
• 14:47 BUT THERE'S A VERY SIMPLE--
• 14:49 WE TRY TO THINK OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER, HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE PEACE.
• 14:54 WE CAN'T ACHIEVE PEACE, ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT.
• 14:56 GOD HAS GIVEN US COMMANDMENTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO.
• 15:00 THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE THINGS, COMMANDMENTS.
• 15:02 IF WE TRUST IN GOD AND DO OUR PART, HE WILL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS.
• 15:06 WE DON'T KNOW HOW.
• 15:08 WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE THIRD TEMPLE IS GOING TO BE REBUILT.
• 15:10 THERE'S AN ARGUMENT AMONG RABBIS, EITHER WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT
• 15:13 OR IT'S GOING TO COME DIRECTLY DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
• 15:15 IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER HOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
• 15:17 SO, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS CONCENTRATE ON OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS JEWS,
• 15:20 EVERY JEW ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOT JUST THOSE OF US LIVING IN ISRAEL
• 15:23 AND I'M MORE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW FOR MY FELLOW JEW LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
• 15:28 WHO LOOKS AT ISRAEL AS A POOR COUNTRY THAT'S UNDER PRESSURE
• 15:31 AND PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING AND ISN'T IT TERRIBLE,
• 15:33 MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE I'LL GIVE DONATIONS FOR IT.
• 15:35 NEVER ONCE DOES HE THINK IN HIS HEART, THAT'S MY HOME, THAT'S WHERE I BELONG,
• 15:39 I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT MAKING PLANS TO COME HOME.
• 15:42 I WOULD SAY CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA THINK MORE ABOUT IT BEING THEIR HOME.
• 15:45 IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
• 15:47 I HAVE FOUND A VERY SYMPATHETIC EAR ON A GREAT MANY CHRISTIANS WHOCOME ON THEIR OWN TO ISRAEL,
• 15:52 WHO COME TO THESE PLACES, TO THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY GO TO,
• 15:56 HEBRON, KIRYAT ARBA, TO BET AEL, TO ALL OF THESE PLACES,
• 15:59 BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE AUTHENTIC CONTINUATION OF THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE.
• 16:03 SO IS IT YOUR FEELING THAT IF PEOPLE WOULD DEDICATE THEMSELVES AND PRAY
• 16:07 AND WHAT IT SAYS IN THE SCRIPTURES, "IF MY PEOPLE WILL TURN TO ME...."
• 16:12 WELL, I'M MORE INTERESTED, I'M INTRIGUED BY EZEKIEL 36.
• 16:15 THAT REALLY HAS THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL.
• 16:19 SORT OF WEST BANK SCRIPTURE.
• 16:20 GOD TELLS US THROUGH EZEKIEL WHAT UPSETS HIM,
• 16:24 WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG AND HOW WE CAN DO IT RIGHT.
• 16:27 IT'S EXCITING EVEN IF WE HAVE TO READ BETWEEN LINE A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE.
• 16:31 IT'S AN EXCELLENT CHAPTER.
• 16:32 HE DESCRIBES WHAT IS (SPEAKING HEBREW) DESECRATION OF GOD'S NAME.
• 16:35 AND VERY SIMPLY SPEAKING, DESECRATION OF GOD'S NAME IS A JEW LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE LAND
• 16:40 BECAUSE IF THE JEW IS LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE LAND, THEN WHERE IS GOD'S STRENGTH,
• 16:44 WHERE IS HIS ABILITY TO DO HIS WILL IF HE CAN'T BRING HIS PEOPLE BACK,
• 16:49 BACK TO THE LAND HE CLAIMS HE'S GOING TO BRING THEM TO?
• 16:51 PEOPLE WILL QUESTION, IS THERE REALLY A GOD?
• 16:54 WHAT KIND OF A GOD IS THAT IF HE CAN'T DO WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO?
• 16:56 AND GOD SAYS THROUGH EZEKIEL,
• 17:00 EVENTUALLY, I AM GOING TO BE TIRED OF YOU DESECRATING MY NAME.
• 17:03 DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU.
• 17:05 I'M DOING IT FOR ME, FOR MY HOLY NAMESAKE
• 17:07 WHEN I LIFT YOU UP AND I BRING YOU HOME BEFORE THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
• 17:10 AND PLANT YOU IN YOUR HOMELAND.
• 17:12 IT'S AN ANGRY PROPHECY BUT IN THE ANGER, HE'S REVEALING HOW WE CAN AVOID THE ANGER.
• 17:18 WHAT IF WE PICK OURSELVES UP ON OUR OWN AND COME HOME
• 17:21 AND LIVE IN THE LAND EVEN THOUGH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO.
• 17:25 NOT ONLY WILL GOD PERFORM MIRACLES FOR US,
• 17:27 HE WILL STOP ALL OF THE PUNISHMENTS.
• 17:30 YES, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE CHAPTER
• 17:32 AND IT ELUDES TO THE HEATHEN THAT OCCUPY THE LAND
• 17:35 ALMOST LIKE WEST BANK SCRIPTURE BECAUSE IT SAYS
• 17:39 THE RIVERS AND THE VALLEYS AND THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL,
• 17:41 IN THE END, THE JEWS PREVAIL, BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
• 17:47 THEY REALLY WON'T UNTIL THEY TURN TO HIM.
• 17:49 AGAIN, THE PROPHECY IS ALSO A WARNING.
• 17:51 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME OUT BAD.
• 17:53 JONAH DID NOT WANT TO GO TO NINEVAH BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID, BUT HE HAD NO CHOICE.
• 18:00 AND THE PEOPLE CHANGED, HE SAID THE CITY IS DOOMED.
• 18:05 OH YES THEY CHANGED.
• 18:06 AND THEY RESPONDED TO THE WARNING AND THEY CHANGED THE DOOM.
• 18:09 WE CAN ALSO DO THAT.
• 18:11 WE CAN RESPOND TO THE WARNING THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US CLEARLY IN EZEKIEL
• 18:14 AND CHANGE THE DOOM THAT IS ACCOMPANYING REDEMPTION.
• 18:18 REDEMPTION IS GUARANTEED, WE WILL DEFINITELY PREVAIL.
• 18:21 ISRAEL WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
• 18:24 BUT HOW WILL WE BE REDEEMED?
• 18:27 WILL WE BE REDEEMED THROUGH ALL THE TERROR THAT'S GOING ON
• 18:29 AND SQUEAK THROUGH WITH SO MUCH HORROR?
• 18:32 OR WILL IT BE DONE WITH JOY AND PRIDE AND GLORY?
• 18:36 THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE AND THIS IS WHY I'M SOUNDING THE HORN
• 18:39 AND THIS IS WHY I'M CALLING ON MY BROTHERS TO COME HOME.
• 18:50 FOR A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WH IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 18:55 ASK FOR ZOLA'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 19:02 ZOLA'S NEW KINGDOM CATALOG DESCRIBES HIS, BOOKS, TEACHING TAPES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
• 19:10 FOR ZOLA'S FREE NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG, PLEASE CALL
• 19:20 DO THE PEOPLE HERE APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE LIVING IN PROPHETIC TIMES?
• 19:24 WELL, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO DO, OF COURSE.
• 19:27 BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RULE THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL
• 19:29 DON'T SEEM TO AND THIS THE MAIN PROBLEM.
• 19:33 BUT, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT MAKING TREMENDOUS CHANGES.
• 19:36 I WANT TO DO THE LITTLE BIT THAT I AM ABLE TO DO AND TRUST THAT GOD WILL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
• 19:40 BUT, WHAT I'M DOING IN "PROJECT SHOFAR"
• 19:44 IS A CRAZY AND IMPOSSIBLE TASK, TO GO TO A JEW LIVING IN AMERICA
• 19:49 AND ASK HIM TO LEAVE AMERICA AND COME TO ISRAEL,
• 19:51 IS LIKE KNOCKING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL.
• 19:53 IT WAS IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED FROM PERSIA,
• 19:56 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK FROM BABYLON.
• 19:59 EGYPT, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE.
• 20:01 EVEN IN THE EXODUS.
• 20:02 IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM,
• 20:05 BUT, I'M LIVING BY A LEGACY THAT A RABBI ONCE TOLD ME.
• 20:08 HE SAID, GARY, IT'S NO MITZVAH TO SUCCEED, BUT IT'S A SIN NOT TO TRY.
• 20:13 SO, ON THAT CONCEPT, I'M TRYING.
• 20:16 AND WHEN I MEET MY MAKER, I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, "I TRIED".
• 20:19 SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT "PROJECT SHOFAR" IS ALL ABOUT.
• 20:22 LISTEN, IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING TO TALK TO YOU.
• 20:25 I DON'T SEE THAT YOU'RE A RADICAL OR ANYTHING THAT YOU SAY AT ALL IS STRANGE.
• 20:30 IT'S ALL VERY SPIRITUAL.
• 20:32 IT SEEMS TO ME FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IT'S THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SECULARS WHO ARE RADICALS,
• 20:38 WHO IMAGINE THEY MAKE A DEAL FOR PEACE OR THAT THEY CAN GIVE AWAY LAND.
• 20:43 I DON'T REALLY THINK THEY BELIEVE IN ALL THAT.
• 20:45 AGAIN I'LL GO DOWN TO THE VERY SIMPLE BOTTOM LINE, IT'S BELIEF IN GOD.
• 20:49 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, I'M NOT ANGRY AT SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GOD,
• 20:53 I CAN UNDERSTAND.
• 20:54 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, THEN WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?
• 20:56 LOOK AROUND YOU, HOW ARE WE LIVING?
• 20:58 HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CONTINUE?
• 21:00 WE'RE A TINY LITTLE COUNTRY, ALL THE NATIONS AROUND US HATE US,
• 21:03 WE'RE LIVING BY A STROKE OF LUCK AND HOW LONG CAN OUR LUCK LAST?
• 21:08 SO, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO TRY TO HEDGE OUR BETS,
• 21:11 TRY TO APPEASE THOSE THAT WANT TO HURT US AND GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT
• 21:14 AS LONG AS IT'S NOT EVERYTHING AND MAYBE WE'LL SURVIVE.
• 21:17 THIS IS WHATOES ON IN THEIR HEADS, I WOULD ASSUME.
• 21:19 OH, YES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE NATIONS AROUND YOU THAT HATE YOU EITHER.
• 21:22 THE SCRIPTURES SAYS YOU WILL BE HATED OF ALL NATIONS.
• 21:25 IT'S ILLOGICAL, IT'S IRRATIONAL.
• 21:27 THEIR POINT OF VIEW IS IRRATIONAL.
• 21:29 THEY'RE DESPERATE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE HONEST, THEY WILL REALIZE THERE IS NO HOPE.
• 21:33 IF THEY ARE REALLY HONEST PEOPLE, THEY'LL PICK UP,
• 21:36 PACK THEIR BAGS AND RUN WHEREVER THEY CAN GO.
• 21:38 IF THEY'RE HONEST, IF THEY THINK THAT IF THEY GIVE AWAY ALL OF ISRAEL
• 21:43 EXCEPT FOR A SQUARE MILE OF TEL AVIV THAT THEY'LL BE HAPPY,
• 21:46 IT WON'T WORK THAT WAY, THEY WANT THAT TOO.
• 21:48 FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, IT'S AN ACT OF DESPERATION.
• 21:52 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
• 21:54 SO TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY HAVE TO VILIFY US
• 21:57 AND PROVE THAT WE'RE WRONG AND THAT WE'RE A BUNCH OF DREAMERS.
• 22:00 BUT, THEIR DREAMS ARE MUCH MORE FANTASTIC THAN OURS ARE.
• 22:03 WHAT'S YOUR VIEW OF THE ARABS, THE TERRORIST IN GENERAL, ISLAM?
• 22:08 I THINK THEY'RE SYMPTOM OF OUR ILLS.
• 22:12 I DON'T SEE THEM AS THE PROBLEM.
• 22:15 THEY'RE A SYMPTOM OF THE REAL PROBLEM.
• 22:17 THE REAL PROBLEM, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB.
• 22:19 WE'RE NOT LIVING UP TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS JEWS.
• 22:23 WHEN WE EVEN SUGGEST THAT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
• 22:26 THERE CAN BE A FOREIGN COUNTRY PLANTED ON OUROIL,
• 22:30 WE'RE SLAPPING OUR GOD IN THE FACE AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR ENEMIES.
• 22:34 OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE WHAT THEY CAN TAKE, THAT'S ONLY A NATURAL THING.
• 22:38 BUT, IF THEY KNEW FROM THE OUTSET THAT WE WOULDN'T TOLERATE WANT THEY'RE DOING,
• 22:42 THEN THEY WOULDN'T DO IT, IT WOULDN'T PAY.
• 22:46 WE'VE TAUGHT THEM THAT IT PAYS.
• 22:48 THEY THREW ROCKS AT US FOR HOW MANY YEARS, 9 YEARS, THEY WERE THROWING ROCKS AT US.
• 22:52 AS A RESULT OF THROWING ROCKS AT US, WE GAVE THEM AUTONOMY.
• 22:55 SO, THEY SAID, HEY, IF WE CAN GET THAT FOR ROCKS, WHAT WILL WE GET FOR BULLETS.
• 22:59 SO, THEY'RE SHOOTING IS NOW.
• 23:00 AND THEY'RE GETTING AWAY--
• 23:01 AND WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THEM.
• 23:03 THE ROCK ALMOST GAVE AWAY THE WHOLE JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
• 23:07 SO, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE CAUSING THE TERROR.
• 23:10 I HATE TO SAY THIS. WE'RE GUILTY.
• 23:12 DO YOU SEE THEM AS, SAY, NEBUCHEDNEZER AND THE CALDEANS IN SCRIPTURE,
• 23:16 WHERE GOD ACTUALLY USED THEM AND SAID HE WOULD USE THEM TO PUNISH THE JEWS.
• 23:20 ABSOLUTELY.
• 23:21 LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY. LISTEN TO THEM.
• 23:24 THIS IS OUR LAND FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL.
• 23:26 WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP ONE INCH. WE WILL DIE TO THE LAST MAN.
• 23:29 WE WILL NOT NEGOTIATE OUR BIRTHRIGHTS.
• 23:32 WAIT A SECOND, WHO SHOULD BE SAYING THAT.
• 23:36 THEY'RE TEACHING US, THEY'RE GIVING US THE SCRIPT AND WE DON'T EVEN READ IT.
• 23:40 OF COURSE, THIS IS GOD-
• 23:42 I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT.
• 23:43 JUST LISTEN TO YOUR ENEMIES.
• 23:44 THEY'RE TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
• 23:47 THEIRS ARE ALL LIES.
• 23:48 IF WE SAID IT, IT'S THE TRUTH.
• 23:50 BUT,WE'RE ASHAMED AND AFRAID TO SAY IT.
• 23:51 WE HAVE THE TRUTH WITH US. WE'RE AFRAID OF IT.
• 23:54 THEIRS ARE LIES AND THEY'RE WALKING IN AND RUNNING WITH THEIR LIES.
• 23:56 WELL, IF YOU'RE A RADICAL OR YOU HAVE STRANGE IDEAS, I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM.
• 24:02 I ALWAYS ENJOY TALKING TO YOU GARY. THANKS FOR SHARING.
• 24:06 MY PLEASURE, ZOLA. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
• 24:08 ♪ HE MADE ME TO WALK ON ♪ THE WATER.
• 24:12 ♪ HE TOLD ME NEVER DOUBT.
• 24:21 ♪ TEACH ME TO WALK ON WATER ♪ EVEN WHEN I CAN'T STAND.
• 24:31 ♪ HELP ME TO KNOW IT'S YOU ♪ I FOLLOW,
• 24:37 ♪ HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND.
• 24:42 ♪ TEACH ME TO WALK ON WATER TO ♪ REACH OUT AND TAKE YOUR HAND,
• 24:53 ♪ IN SEAS OF DOUBT, ♪ I'LL REACH OUT,
• 24:58 ♪ LEAD ME TO THE PROMISE LAND.
• 25:05 ♪
• 25:19 WELL, THE COOPERBERGS ARE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LIVE OUT THEIR ZIONISM.
• 25:24 THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY AMERICANS, BUT THEY COMMITTED TO THE HOLY LAND LONG AGO
• 25:28 AND TO ONE OF WHAT HAS BECOME A ROUGH AND TOUGH PART OF THE HOLY LAND, KIRYAT ARBA,
• 25:33 OUTSIDE HEBRON WHERE THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL, RELATIVELY,
• 25:37 OF JEWISH PEOPLE AND 100,000 OR 120,000 ARABS
• 25:44 AND STILL THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PLACE IS TOTALLY BIBLICAL.
• 25:50 THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SAY ABRAHAM WAS PRACTICALLY WHERE THEY LIVE
• 25:54 WHEN GOD TOLD HIM GET UP ON THE HILL AND LOOK TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
• 25:58 AND THE EAST AND THE WEST AND ALL THAT YOU CAN SEE,
• 26:01 I GIVE IT UNTO YOU AND TO YOUR SEED FOREVER.
• 26:05 GOD CALLED THAT COVENANT, EVERLASTING.
• 26:09 SO, THAT'S THE WAY THEY TELL IT TO ME AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS IN THE SCRIPTURES.
• 26:15 THEY GO WITH THE SCRIPTURES.
• 26:17 LIKE OUR GUEST LAST WEEK, RUTH MATAR, JEWISH PEOPLE FILLED WITH ZEALOUSNESS FOR THE LAND,
• 26:22 ZIONISTS TEND TO AGREE RIGHT DOWN THE LINE WITH THE SCRIPTURES SAYS BECAUSE,
• 26:28 FRANKLY, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, GOD HIMSELF IS A ZIONIST.
• 26:32 A ZIONIST IS SOMEONE WHO FAVORS THE JEWS GOING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LAND
• 26:37 AND RECLAIMING IT AND OCCUPYING IT AGAIN
• 26:40 I THINK JEHOVAH COMES DOWN ON THAT SIDE OF THAT QUESTION.
• 26:45 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.