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Caption transcript for Voices From Israel: “On a Mission” (5/10)

• 00:06 THIS PLACE IS PART OF YOUR HERITAGE.
• 00:08 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?
• 00:32 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 00:34 BACK WITH OUR "VOICES FROM ISRAEL" SERIES
• 00:37 WHERE WE KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG OUR TOURS AND WE TALK TO PEOPLE IN ISRAEL
• 00:41 AND WITH US IS TONY DERRICK,
• 00:43 WHO IS OUR TOUR MANAGER AND GOES ON ALL THE TOURS.
• 00:46 LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH
• 00:49 ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES IN ISRAEL, BRIDGES OF PEACE.
• 00:54 BUT MEANTIME, TONY, WHERE'S THE TOUR GOING.
• 00:56 WE'RE GOING TO STOP BY TODAY AT THE VALLEY OF ELAH
• 00:59 WHERE DAVID SLEW THE PHILISTINE GIANT, GOLIATH.
• 01:02 WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO THE ANCIENT BOAT
• 01:05 THAT WAS FOUND FROM JESUS' TIME AT NOF GINOSAR.
• 01:11 AND THEN WE WIND UP AT KORAZIM, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLACES,
• 01:14 WHICH IS VERY AUTHENTIC.
• 01:16 OH, YES, KORAZIM IS THRILLING.
• 01:17 THAT VALLEY OF ELAH REMIND ME, YOU KNOW WHEN PHILISTINE, GOLIATH IS CALL A GIANT.
• 01:25 YOU KNOW THAT THE PHILISTINES WERE GREEKS.
• 01:28 THIS IS ONE THE THINGS THE PALESTINIANS ARE TRYING TO CONFUSE THE WORLD WITH
• 01:33 THAT THEY DESCEND FROM THE PHILISTINES.
• 01:35 THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
• 01:37 THERE WERE NO ARABS IN THE WORLD IN THE TIME OF GOLIATH OR THE PHILISTINES.
• 01:40 THE PHILISTINES WERE GREEK SAILORS THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE ADRIATIC
• 01:43 AND SETTLED ALONG THE COASTLINES OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
• 01:45 THEY SETTLED AT GAZA AND THEY FOUGHT WITH THE PEOPLE INLAND.
• 01:49 AND THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO THAT.
• 01:50 LET'S GO THERE NOW.
• 03:16 AFTER A QUICK REVIEW OF THIS BIBLE STORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS,
• 03:19 WE TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AROUND BEFORE WE HEAD BACK TO THE BUS AND JOURNEY NORTH TO TIBERIAS.
• 03:26 HERE WE CLIMB ABOARD A WOODEN SHIP MODELED AFTER A MUCH SMALLER 1ST CENTURY FISHING BOAT
• 03:33 THAT WAS DISCOVERED HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
• 03:36 ONCE WE ARE ABOARD, MODERN DAY GALILEAN FISHERMEN TAKE US OUT ON TO THE SEA OF GALILEE,
• 03:42 ONE THE LEAST DEVELOPED, MOST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL
• 03:45 AND SPIRITUALLY MOVING PLACES IN ALL OF ISRAEL.
• 03:49 IT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO BE BACK FOR 1000 YEARS.
• 03:52 IT'S GOING TO BE OUR PLAYGROUND, THE PLACE WE COME TO DO A LITTLE FISHING.
• 03:58 I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET AWAY FROM PERFECT,
• 04:02 BUT THIS WILL BE OUR GETAWAY FROM YOUR REGULAR DAY JOB.
• 04:09 I'VE BEEN COVERING AS MANY OF THE SITES AS POSSIBLE.
• 04:11 I'M GETTING AS MANY PICTURES OF IT SO I CAN SHOW EVERYBODY BACK HOME.
• 04:15 I DECIDED TO COME OVER HERE BECAUSE I TRIED TO COME OVER THREE TIMES BEFORE
• 04:21 AND THE TRIPS CANCELED OUT ON ME INSTEAD ME CANCELING OUT ON THEM.
• 04:25 I ASKED MY WIFE IF SHE WANTED TO COME.
• 04:27 SHE SAID, NO, DON'T WANT TO TRAVEL THAT FAR
• 04:32 AND BE OVER THE WATER IN AN AIRPLANE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
• 04:35 SO I SAID,WELL, WHY DON'T I ASK MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO COME
• 04:38 AND SHE SAID LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.
• 04:41 AND A FEW DAYS LATER, SHE SAID, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO GO.
• 04:44 AND I TOLD HER THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
• 04:48 WE'RE IN GOD'S HANDS.
• 04:52 IF IT'S OUR TIME TO GO, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE ARE,
• 04:56 AT HOME OR SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR OR IN THE AIRPLANE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
• 05:02 IF IT'S NOT IN HIS TIME, OUR TIME TO GO,
• 05:05 WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME, I PROMISE YOU.
• 05:08 SHE SAID, YES, LET'S GO.
• 05:11 AFTER WE GET SETTLED, ZOLA TEACHES US FROM THE SCRIPTURES.
• 05:15 NOW WHEN EVENING CAME, HIS DISCIPLES WENT DOWN TO THE SEA.
• 05:20 NOW, THESE DISCIPLES, WE HAVE THESE RENOSSANCE PAINTINGS
• 05:24 OF THESE GREY HAIRED OLD MEN WITH PIE PLATES ON THEIR HEADS
• 05:27 AND WE HAVE ALL THESE HOLY, HOLY PICTURES.
• 05:31 DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A GALILEAN BOATMAN LOOKED LIKE?
• 05:33 LOOK AT THEM.
• 05:35 THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.
• 05:38 STRONG MEN, TANNED, USED TO A DAY'S WORK,
• 05:42 CAN HANDLE ROPES, CAN HANDLE NETS AND THEY WERE TRADESMEN.
• 05:48 THEY WEREN'T HOLY PEOPLE.
• 05:50 AS A MATTER OF FACT, JESUS WENT OUT OF HIS WAY,
• 05:52 HE COULD HAVE GONE TO THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM AND CHOSEN 12 PRIESTS.
• 05:56 BUT, HE CHOSE PLAIN FOLKS, WHICH IS A CLEAR SIGN
• 05:59 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
• 06:02 THAT THIS KINGDOM IS NOT FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL OR THE SPIRITUAL.
• 06:06 IT'S FOR THE POOR IN SPIRIT AND THE MEEK AND THE HUMBLE.
• 06:09 FOR US, NOT FOR THE STRONG.
• 06:14 THEY GET INTO A BOAT, IT SAYS THEY STARTED TO CROSS THE SEA TO CAPERNAUM.
• 06:18 WE CAN SEE WHERE THAT IS.
• 06:20 THE LORD DIDN'T REALLY CROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA,
• 06:22 BUT HE TOOK A SHORTCUT OF 5 MILES OR SO ON THE WATER AROUND THE NORTH END.
• 06:56 NOW PICTURE THIS, THEY WENT 3 OR 4 MILES OUT HERE.
• 06:58 NOW, THE WATER IS 200 FEET DEEP AND THE WAVES BEGAN TO BUILD AND BUILD.
• 07:04 THEIR BOAT WASN'T LIKE THIS.
• 07:06 IT WAS A SMALL BOAT, 12 MEN SIT SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
• 07:09 YOU'LL SEE THE JESUS' BOAT IN A FEW MINUTES WHEN WE GO TO NOF GINOSAR.
• 07:13 MATTER OF FACT, NOF GINOSAR, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAY, IS THE HOME OF THE JESUS BOAT.
• 07:16 YOU CAN GO AND SEE IT 20 TIMES IF YOU WANT TO.
• 07:19 IT'S RIGHT ON THE PREMISES.
• 07:22 YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A SEAWORTHY BOAT,
• 07:25 BUT IT'S BASICALLY A GREAT BIG ROW BOAT,
• 07:27 EASILY CAPSIZED BY WAVES, ESPECIALLY WITH 12 MEN ON BOARD.
• 07:32 AND ONCE YOU'RE CAPSIZED OUT THERE, YOU CAN'T SET YOUR BOAT UPRIGHT.
• 07:36 THE BIG WAVES AND WINDS, YOU CAN DROWN, YOU CAN DROWN 50 FEET FROM THE SHORE.
• 07:41 YOU JUST CAN'T GET YOUR-- GET UNDER CONTROL AND SWIM.
• 07:44 SO, IT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS.
• 07:47 IT SAYS IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK, MARK 6:45
• 07:51 IF THEY HAD NOT CALLED OUT TO HIM, HE WOULD HAVE PASSED THEM BY.
• 07:59 THAT ALWAYS FASCINATED ME.
• 08:00 WAS HE ONLY OUT FOR A WALK.
• 08:04 HE HAPPENED TO SEE THE DISCIPLES AND THEY HAPPENED TO CALL OUT.
• 08:08 I THINK IT TEACHES THAT WE ARE TO REACH OUT TO THE LORD IN THE STORMS OF LIFE.
• 08:15 WE ALL HAVE STORMS, WE ALL FACE DEATH FROM TIME TO TIME, REALLY AND TRULY.
• 08:22 YOU SORT OF FACED DEATH COMING HERE ON A TRIP, ASK YOUR FAMILY.
• 08:28 BUT, YOU ALL CALL OUT TO THE LORD.
• 08:30 WE'VE DONE IT TOGETHER.
• 08:32 HE'S WALKING OUT THERE, TAKING CARE OF US.
• 08:36 HE'LL GET YOUR BOAT BACK TO LAND.
• 08:39 THE IDEA IS, WE DON'T HAVE AN AUTOMATIC SAVIOR BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN HIM
• 08:47 AND THEN HE GOES TO WORK AND WE LEAVE IT ALONE.
• 08:49 HE WANTS US TO, AS HE WANTED THE DISCIPLES TO CALL TO HIM.
• 08:54 HE WANTS US TO CALL OUT WHEN WE NEED HELP.
• 08:57 ♪ ♪
• 09:34 AS WE COMPLETE OUR CROSSING OF THE SEA OF GALILEE,
• 09:38 WE STOP AT NOF GINOSAR TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANCIENT JESUS BOAT
• 09:43 AND THEN ENJOY A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF TOURISTS EVERYWHERE WITH A LITTLE SHOPPING.
• 10:02 WELL, THIS IS THE SYNAGOGUE OF ANCIENT KORAZIM
• 10:06 AND AS WE SAW, THERE'S JUST NOTHING STANDING IN THIS WHOLE CITY.
• 10:10 I MEAN THIS IS THE BIGGEST BUILDING AND IT'S BEEN HELPED ALONG BY THE ARCHAEOLOGIST.
• 10:16 THE LORD HAS SOMETHING AGAINST THIS PLACE.
• 10:19 BUT, IT'S SO AUTHENTIC.
• 10:21 I WANTED TO BRING YOU HERE BECAUSE WHERE I'M STANDING,
• 10:23 ROUGHLY IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LORD.
• 10:26 IN THE CENTER OF THE SYNAGOGUE WAS A PLATFORM, A BEMA.
• 10:29 IT'S RIGHT HERE.
• 10:31 YOU STOOD HERE FACING THAT WAY, JERUSALEM.
• 10:35 THERE'S A CHAIR OF HONOR HERE IN THE CORNER NOW CALLED MOSES CHAIR.
• 10:39 THERE'S AN INSCRIPTION ON IT FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL TO THE SYNAGOGUE
• 10:45 AND HELPED TO BUILD IT AND HE GOT THE WONDERFUL CHAIR FACING THE SPEAKER
• 10:50 AND DIRECTLY WHERE THE DOORWAY IS NOW, WAS THE HARON HA-KODISH
• 10:55 OR THE ARC OF THE COVENANT, YOU MIGHT SAY, IN WHICH THEY PUT THE TORAH SCROLLS, THE LAW.
• 11:01 SO, THE CONGREGATION WAS ROUGHLY AROUND LIKE, IT WASN'T A GREAT BIG SYNAGOGUE AS YOU SEE,
• 11:08 BUT THIS IS NOT A GREAT BIG TOWN.
• 11:09 IT SERVED THE TOWN VERY WELL IN ITS TIME.
• 11:12 BUT, WHEN THE LORD CAME HERE, HE SAID THIS,
• 11:16 AND I'M READING FROM MATTHEW 11:20.
• 12:09 AND HE CONCLUDES THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE IN MATTHEW 12:41
• 12:39 FIRST HE SITED THE PEOPLE OF TYRE, SIDON GOING TO CONDEMN THEM, THE PEOPLE OF SODOM.
• 12:47 THESE ARE BASICALLY GENTILE PEOPLE HE'S SAYING.
• 12:50 YOU ARE THE CHOSEN PEOPLE, BUT THESE GENTILES WILL APPEAR AND TESTIFY AGAINST YOU IN JUDGMENT.
• 12:56 WHAT IS THE MEN OF NINEVAH, BUT GENTILES WHO REPENTED,
• 12:59 AND THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, A BLACK LADY,
• 13:03 THE RULER OF A COUNTRY LIKE, SHEBO WAS LIKE ETHIOPIA
• 13:08 CAME 1000 MILES TO SEE KING SOLOMON.
• 13:11 OH, I CAN SEE IN THE GREAT WHITE THRONE, THIS WOMAN STAND UP IN HER ROYAL ROBES AND SAY,
• 13:16 OH, THEY KNEW, THEY KNEW WHO THIS JESUS WAS.
• 13:20 IF I CAME THAT FAR TO SEE SOLOMON, HE'S FAR GREATER THAN SOLOMON.
• 13:25 SO, IN A WAY, HE'S REALLY NEEDLING THEM
• 13:28 THAT ORDINARY GENTILE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE REVELATION
• 13:32 ARE GOING TO CONDEMN YOU IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
• 13:35 AND EVIDENTLY THEY REALLY DIDN'T LISTEN
• 13:38 BECAUSE HERE WE ARE IN THEIR TOWN AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING HERE.
• 13:42 IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT CAT, THERE WOULDN'T BE A LIVING SOUL IN ALL OF KORAZIM.
• 13:49 AND YOU'LL GO TO CAPERNEUM NEXT AND IT WILL LOOK,
• 13:52 IT LOOKS BETTER, IT WAS BIGGER AND MORE EXCAVATED TODAY, BUT, AGAIN, I HOPE THEY HAVE A CAT.
• 14:00 AND BETHSAIDA IS IN WORSE SHAPE OF ALL.
• 14:03 IT'S JUST UNDER ARCHAEOLOGIST TOOLS, IT'S JUST BARELY OFF THE GROUND.
• 14:09 SO, WE LIVE IN TIBERIAS, THAT IS THIS GREAT CITY DOWN THE LAKE
• 14:14 THAT'S FULL SIZE, BUT IT SURVIVED.
• 14:18 THIS WAS A GENTILE CITY JESUS DIDN'T VISIT SO HE DIDN'T CONDEMN IT.
• 14:23 SO, THE LORDS PROPHECIES HAVE REALLY WORKED OUT
• 14:26 AND I BROUGHT YOU HERE BECAUSE I KNOW,
• 14:28 IN THIS ROOM, JESUS CHRIST STOOD AND PREACHED THE VERY WORDS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU.
• 15:15 FOR A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 15:20 ASK FOR ZOLA'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 15:28 ZOLA'SNEW KINGDOM CATALOG DESCRIBES HIS, BOOKS, TEACHING TAPES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
• 15:35 FOR ZOLA'S FREE NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG CALL
• 15:45 WELL, TONY, NOT EVERY TOUR GOES UP THAT HILLSIDE AND LOOKS AT KORAZIM.
• 15:50 BUT, AS WE NOTED IN THE TEACHING, IT'S JUST SO TOTALLY AUTHENTIC.
• 15:55 IT IS AN AUTHENTIC SITE AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT JESUS TO DO
• 15:59 IS PASS THROUGH YOUR CITY AND FIND THAT THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SHOULD BE.
• 16:02 WOW, ISN'T THAT TRUE.
• 16:05 THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE SERMON THAT MORNING, AS WE POINTED OUT.
• 16:08 I DON'T BLAME THE LORD AT ALL.
• 16:10 WELL, WE WENT TO TALK WITH BRIDGES FOR PEACE.
• 16:14 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MINISTRIES
• 16:16 SAY THEY'RE BRINGING JEWS AND IMMIGRANTS, HELPING THEM, ETC.
• 16:19 BUT, THESE ARE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE DOING THIS JOB,
• 16:21 HELPING THE IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY GET TO ISRAEL AND BRINGING THEM IN AND IT'S THE ONE I RECOMMEND.
• 16:27 I DO NOT RECOMMEND THESE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED, WORLD RENOWNED, ETC.
• 16:31 DON'T SEND YOUR MONEY TO UNBELIEVERS.
• 16:35 IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND DON'T SEND THEM TO AMERICAN MIDDLE MEN.
• 16:38 WHAT FOR?
• 16:40 BRIDGES FOR PEACE IS WHERE WE RECOMMEND YOU SEND
• 16:43 TO HELP THE IMMIGRANTS GOING TO ISRAEL.
• 16:46 OPERATION EZRA IS ONE OF THEIR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS
• 16:50 THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIRECTLY BLESS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
• 16:55 THIS PROJECT BEGAN WITH THE DESIRE TO FIND A WAY FOR CHRISTIANS TO PARTICIPATE.
• 17:00 WE HAVE A SLOGAN AT BRIDGES FOR PEACE THAT SAYS,
• 17:02 WHY JUST READ ABOUT BIBLE PROPHECY, WHEN YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT.
• 17:05 LOOK, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SIT AT HOME AND READ YOUR BIBLE
• 17:08 OR READ A BOOK BY A PROPHECY TEACHER AND YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT IT, YOU CAN DO MORE.
• 17:13 I'VE OFTEN SAID TO PEOPLE WHO DONATE TO THESE MANY PROJECTS,
• 17:16 WHAT IF YOU WERE ALIVE DURING THE TIME OF JOSHUA
• 17:19 AND HE WERE BRINGING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OVER THE JORDAN RIVER
• 17:21 INTO THE PROMISED LAND, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR SHOES WERE GOING TO WEAR OUT,
• 17:25 THEIR TENT WAS GOING TO BLOW AWAY,
• 17:26 THEIR FOOD, THE MANNA WAS GOING TO STOP,
• 17:28 WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE BEEN THERE AND GIVE THEM SOME THINGS TO HELP THEM.
• 17:36 WELL, WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE GIVE GIFTS TO THE NEW IMMIGRANTS AS THEY COME IN TO THE COUNTRY
• 17:39 AND THESE ARE NEW IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN,
• 17:42 MOST, ABOUT 80% THAT ARE STILL COMING IN FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
• 17:46 MOST OF THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE IS A RUSSIAN SPEAKING GROUP.
• 17:48 WE'VE GIVEN OUT TO DATE, ABOUT 125,000 GIFTS TO NEW IMMIGRANTS.
• 17:53 THESE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE A JEWISH BIBLE, BLANKETS,
• 17:57 KITCHEN STARTER KITS, FOOD KITS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHATEVER THE NEED,
• 18:01 SCHOOL KITS FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO START SCHOOL.
• 18:03 BASED ON THE FAMILY AND WHAT THEIR PARTICULAR NEED IS,
• 18:06 THEY CAN GET ONE OR UP TO 7 OR 8 GIFTS EACH ONE OF THE THEM WHEN THEY COME IN.
• 18:10 CERTAINLY THESE ARE NOT THINGS PEOPLE BRING WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE ALLOWED ONE SUITCASE
• 18:15 AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH FOOD ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
• 18:18 WE DISTRIBUTE OVER 2 TONS OF FOOD FROM OUR FOOD BANK EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK
• 18:22 AND WE'RE FEEDING OVER 14,000 PEOPLE.
• 18:25 WHAT YOU SEE HERE HAPPENING BEHIND ME,
• 18:27 IS ALL OF THE FOOD THAT IS BEING PREPARED FOR DISTRIBUTION THIS WEEK.
• 18:32 ALL THE PRODUCE THAT COMES IN TODAY WILL BE PREPARED IN FAMILY SIZED PORTIONS
• 18:36 TO BE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
• 18:38 WE'RE HELPING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 3,200 FAMILIES EACH MONTH RIGHT NOW.
• 18:42 ABOUT 500 OF THEM WE WORK WITH DIRECTLY.
• 18:45 WE INTERVIEW THE FAMILIES.
• 18:46 WE DETERMINE WHO GOES ON THE PROGRAMS AND WHO COMES OFF.
• 18:49 THE OTHER 2700, WE WORK THROUGH 68 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS TIME
• 18:55 WHO ARE ALSO HELPING PEOPLE.
• 18:56 WE PROVIDE THE FOOD TO THEM AND THEY DISTRIBUTE IT OUT.
• 18:59 WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CREATING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
• 19:03 BECAUSE FOR CENTURIES THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN SKEWED.
• 19:06 CHRISTIANS HAVE PERSECUTED JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.
• 19:09 OH, NOT CHRISTIANS LIKE YOU AND I, THE ONES WHO HAVE A HEART RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD,
• 19:14 BUT PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES.
• 19:17 THE ORGANIZED CHURCH HAS COME OUT WITH A POLICY OF ANTI-SEMITISM
• 19:22 THROUGH THEIR THEOLOGY AND THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS
• 19:24 WHICH HAS CAUSED TREMENDOUS PAIN AND ANGUISH TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 19:28 CULMINATING IN THE HOLOCAUST OVER 50 YEARS AGO.
• 19:31 BUT, THE PAIN IS STILL VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE SURFACE IN MOST JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 19:36 WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE BY STANDING WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 19:40 BY SHOWING THEM LOVE AND BY DOING IT HERE AT OUR FOOD BANK,
• 19:43 AS YOU CAN SEE TONS AND TONS OF FOOD ARE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
• 19:48 EVERY BIT OF FOOD THAT IS GIVEN OUT IS GIVEN WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE
• 19:51 THAT IT'S CHRISTIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE BLESSING THEM FINANCIALLY
• 19:54 AND STANDING WITH THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
• 20:00 COME, YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER.
• 20:02 INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
• 20:07 FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YE GAVE ME FOOD,
• 20:10 I WAS THIRSTY AND YE GAVE ME DRINK.
• 20:14 THEN WILL THE RIGHTEOUS ANSWER HIM SAYING, LORD,
• 20:18 WHEN DID WE SEE THEE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY.
• 20:20 AND THE KING SHALL ANSWER AND SAY UNTO THEM.
• 20:24 VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IN AS MUCH AS YE HAVE IT UNTO ONE THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN,
• 20:31 YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.
• 20:34 I'M HERE BECAUSE THE LORD TOLD ME TO COME HERE AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
• 20:39 I BELIEVE THIS WHAT HE'S PUT ON MY LIFE TO DO.
• 20:42 THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO DO IT.
• 20:43 I'M EXCITED.
• 20:45 I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENING IN ISRAEL TODAY, THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL
• 20:48 IS THE FULFILLMENT OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY.
• 20:49 IF THIS IS GOD'S WORK, I WANT TO BE PART OF IT.
• 20:53 THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
• 20:54 I FEEL THE CALL OF THE LORD ON MY HEART TO BE HERE AT THIS TIME.
• 20:57 WHY AND HOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.
• 20:59 I KNOW THAT HE'S CHANGED ME IN SO MANY WAYS BY BEING HERE
• 21:03 BECAUSE IT'S HUMBLED ME TO SEE THAT WHEN THINK YOU KNOW SO MUCH
• 21:09 AND YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE SO MUCH DOWN, SPIRITUALLY,
• 21:13 YOU REALIZE THAT THERE'S SUCH A DEPTH THAT'S HERE THAT YOU'RE LACKING
• 21:18 AND SO I KNOW THAT HE'S CHANGED ME IN THAT WAY.
• 21:21 AND EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS TURMOIL, I FEEL HIS PEACE,
• 21:26 I FEEL HIS COMFORT TO SAY, I'M NOT LETTING YOU GO YET.
• 21:31 YOU STILL HAVE TO BE HERE FOR A TIME.
• 21:33 3 YEARS AGO A SURVEY WAS IN ISRAEL ON ASKING JEWISH PEOPLE IF THEY KNEW A CHRISTIAN
• 21:38 AND FULLY 62% OF THE POPULATION HERE SAID, NO, WE DON'T KNOW A CHRISTIAN.
• 21:43 AND YET, I GUARANTEE THAT THOSE SAME 62% HAD AN OPINION ABOUT CHRISTIANS
• 21:48 AND IT PROBABLY WAS NOT POSITIVE.
• 21:50 SO, WE ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THAT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO KNOW CHRISTIANS
• 21:56 WHO ARE NOT PERSECUTING THEM, CHRISTIANS WHO ARE SHOWING THEM LOVE,
• 22:00 WHO ARE REACHING OUT A HAND TO HELP THEM.
• 22:02 TALK IS CHEAP, ACTIONS ARE WORTH 1000 WORDS.
• 22:07 SO, WHEN THEY SEE US DEMONSTRATING THIS KIND OF LOVE AND INVOLVEMENT,
• 22:11 IT ALSO GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO WATCH US AND SEE US
• 22:15 AND TO QUERY US AND TALK TO US AND FIND OUT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
• 22:19 IN A WAY THEY WOULD NEVER EVER FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
• 22:22 SOME TIMES PEOPLE DONATE CLOTHING, NEW CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN
• 22:26 SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT THAT GOES OUT
• 22:28 ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY US FOR A YEAR.
• 22:32 WHEN THEIR BIRTHDAYS COME AROUND,
• 22:34 WE ESPECIALLY LIKE TO BLESS THE CHILDREN WITH A NEW OUTFIT
• 22:38 AND A NEW TOY OR SOMETHING THAT WILL BLESS THEIR LIVES.
• 22:41 IN FACT MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON OUR PROGRAMS SAY
• 22:44 THAT THE ONLY GIFT THEY GOT FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY WAS FROM US, FROM A CHRISTIAN.
• 22:48 ACTUALLY THEY'RE RATHER AMAZED.
• 22:50 THEY SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD LOVE ME ENOUGH
• 22:52 TO GIVE ME A GIFT ON MY BIRTHDAY.
• 22:54 SMALL THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
• 22:57 WE ALSO HAVE A HOME REPAIR PROJECT WHERE WE GO OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
• 23:01 INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE GO IN AND WE DO EVERYTHING FROM THE CEILING TO THE FLOOR.
• 23:05 WE EVEN HAVE A WOODWORKING SHOP TO MAKE NEW DOORS
• 23:07 AND WINDOW FRAMES AND CUPBOARDS AND CABINETS.
• 23:09 THE IDEA BEING THAT WE CAN BE PART OF, AS ISAIAH SAID,
• 23:12 BUILDING UP THE BROKEN DOWN WALLS OF JERUSALEM.
• 23:15 I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM,
• 23:19 IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THEM THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
• 23:22 AND THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY THIS MINISTRY HAS TAUGHT ME IS HOW TO BE A LIGHT.
• 23:28 JESUS SAYS WE HAVE TO BE THE LIGHT TO THIS WORLD
• 23:30 AND WE CANNOT SHARE THE GOSPEL, WE CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
• 23:34 THAT'S NOT OUR PURPOSE, IT'S TO EVANGELIZE AT ALL, BUT, THROUGH WHAT WE DO.
• 23:40 AND I THINK THE JEWISH PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DEEDS THAT WE DO.
• 23:45 THEY HAVEN'T KNOWN CHRISTIANS LIKE US IN THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY
• 23:48 AND NOW THEY'RE MEETING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.
• 23:50 THESE EZRA PROJECTS GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TANGIBLY BLESS THEM.
• 24:30 ♪ SUCH A TIME OF WANDERING ♪ AS NO PEOPLE KNEW BEFORE,
• 24:37 ♪ YET YOU KEPT TOGETHER YOUR ♪ PEOPLE SHORE TO DISTANT SHORE,
• 24:45 ♪ ALWAYS AS OF YORE, ♪ YOURS FOREVERMORE.
• 24:54 ♪ NOW, THAT WE'VE COME, LORD, ♪ NOW THAT WE'RE HOME, LORD,
• 25:00 ♪ STRETCH OUT YOUR ARM ♪ AND PROTECT US.
• 25:09 ♪ SHIELD US FROM DANGER, ♪ QUIET THE STRANGER,
• 25:16 ♪ SEND OUR MESSIAH AND ♪ WE'LL TRULY BE HOME.
• 25:39 YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC THAT YOU HEAR ON THE PROGRAMS,
• 25:41 THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME RIGHT ALONG THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE MINISTRY, 25 YEARS,
• 25:45 HE HASN'T FAILED.
• 25:47 I REALLY AM NOT SAYING THAT FACETIOUSLY.
• 25:50 I WAS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN WHEN I WAS SAVED,
• 25:52 BUT I COULD NOT COMPOSE THE WAY THAT I DO NOW, OR PLAY THE WAY I DO NOW.
• 25:58 THAT IS THE LORD.
• 26:00 THAT IS A GIFT THAT JUST CAME ALONG WITH HIS CALL
• 26:02 AND I'M SO PLEASED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU
• 26:05 AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU GET OUR MUSIC CDS AND TAPES AND SO FORTH
• 26:10 AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AND IT'S STRAIGHT FROM HIM TO YOU, PUT IT THAT WAY.
• 26:16 I'M THE STENOGRAPHER AND GLAD TO DO IT.
• 26:18 WELL, BRIDGES FOR PEACE IS JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE.
• 26:21 THEIR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
• 26:22 THEY ARE CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS WHO SUPPORT THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.
• 26:26 THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE RECOMMEND.
• 26:28 WE RECOMMEND FEW OTHERS TO REALLY HELP IMMIGRANTS GET TO ISRAEL.
• 26:33 JUST DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR ON THAT.
• 26:35 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.