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Caption transcript for Voices From Israel: “Raised to Walk” (6/10)

• 00:07 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.
• 00:14 I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES IN HISTORY WHEN CHRISTIANS
• 00:17 HAVE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE WERE BEING ATTACKED.
• 00:19 WE WILL ULTIMATELY SEE THE WORLD CHANGE.
• 00:23 GOD'S PURPOSES FOR ISRAEL JUST MARCH ON, DON'T THEY?
• 00:32 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 00:33 WELL, WE'RE BACK WITH OUR "VOICES FROM ISRAEL" SERIES
• 00:37 WHERE WE'RE SORT OF GOING ALONG WITH ONE OF OUR TOURS AND LOOKING AT THE SITES.
• 00:40 LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW A RETIRED AMERICAN PASTOR AND HIS WIFE
• 00:45 WHO HAVE THROWN IN THEIR LOT WITH ISRAEL AND LIVE THERE NOW.
• 00:48 BUT, TONY, TONY DERRICK IS OUR TRAVEL MANAGER
• 00:51 AND HE TAKES ALL OF OUR TOURS AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO VISIT TODAY?
• 00:56 WE ARE HEADING UP TODAY TO THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES,
• 00:58 WHERE THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT WAS PREACHED. >>EXACTLY.
• 01:00 A FAMOUS PLACE AND A VERY FAMILIAR PLACE.
• 01:03 WE WILL THEN GO TO CAPERNAUM AND THEN TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
• 01:08 SOMETHING PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO, THE JORDAN RIVER BAPTISMAL SITE.
• 01:12 OH, YES, THEY SURE DO AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE BAPTIZED.
• 01:16 I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN.
• 01:18 IT GIVES YOU A LIFETIME STORY.
• 01:20 YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS SAVED IN THE EARLY 70S,
• 01:23 THERE WERE SO FEW JEWS SAVED THAT TIME AND AGAIN THEY WOULD CALL MY RADIO PROGRAM
• 01:27 AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, WERE YOU BAPTIZED?
• 01:30 LIKE IT WASN'T QUITE PROPER.
• 01:32 ONE LADY SAID,-- I SAID, YES I WAS.
• 01:34 WELL, WAS IT IN A BAPTIST CHURCH?
• 01:36 I SAID NO, IT WAS IN THE JORDAN RIVER AND THAT PUT AN END TO THE ARGUMENT.
• 01:41 IF YOU CAN BE BAPTIZED IN THE SAME WATER AS THE KING, YOU SIMPLY CAN'T GO WRONG.
• 01:47 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
• 01:49 WELL, LET'S JOIN OUR TOUR AND TAKE A LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL GALILEE.
• 01:52 ON THE DAY WE ARRIVE AT THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES OVERLOOKING THE SEA OF GALILEE,
• 01:58 THE WEATHER IS PERFECT, AS IT IS MUCH OF THE TIME HERE.
• 02:02 WE MAKE OUR WAY PAST THE CHURCH ON THE SUMMIT
• 02:05 AND WALK TO A COVERED AREA WHERE ZOLA OPENS UP THE SCRIPTURES.
• 02:09 HE GAVE A SERMON ABOUT JEWISH LAW TO UNSAVED JEWS BUT, IN DOING THAT,
• 02:16 ENUNCIATED THE TRUE CENTRAL PILLAR OF CHRISTIANITY,
• 02:22 THE PLAIN, THE MEEK, THE ONES WHO FEEL IN DEBT TO GOD BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS
• 02:26 AND PRAY FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS.
• 02:29 THEY ARE THE ONES GOING TO HAVE THIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
• 02:35 THERE WAS A LAW ABOUT MURDER AND THEY ALL KNEW IT, BUT HE RAISED THE STANDARD.
• 02:44 IF YOU'RE ANGRY WITH A BROTHER, YOU MIGHT AS WELL MURDER HIM.
• 02:49 THERE'S A LAW AGAINST ADULTERY AND THEY ALL KNEW IT,
• 02:52 BUT HE SAID, IF YOU LUST AFTER A WOMAN IN YOUR HEART, THEN THAT'S ADULTERY.
• 02:57 WOW, HE TOOK THE LAW AND HE MADE A TOUGHER LAW
• 03:00 AND THAT'S THE LAW WE'LL OBTAIN IN THE KINGDOM
• 03:01 ON THE UNBELIEVERS IN THE KINGDOM, NOT ON US.
• 03:06 I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND THERE'S BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS AGAIN.
• 03:10 THE GOOD NEWS IS, HE CAME AND SAID THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND AND GOT US READY FOR IT.
• 03:15 THE BAD NEWS IS, IT'S A VERY HARD LAW INCLUDING,
• 03:20 CUT THE HAND OFF IF IT OFFENDS THEE,
• 03:23 PLUCK THE EYE OUT IF IT OFFENDS THEE,
• 03:25 BE YE PERFECT AS YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT.
• 03:30 BUT, THE GOOD NEWS AGAIN IS, WE SHALL BE CHANGED.
• 03:34 AND WHEN WE ARE CHANGED, THESE LUSTS, THESE THIEVING HEARTS,
• 03:39 THIS WICKEDNESS WILL ALL BE GONE
• 03:43 AND WE'LL REALLY BE ABLE TO OBEY THE LAW.
• 03:45 BUT, THE LAW IS STILL HERE ON THE BOOKS AND THE UNBELIEVER IN THE KINGDOM,
• 03:48 CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN NATURAL BODIES FROM THE TRIBULATION, FOR EXAMPLE,
• 03:53 THEY'LL HAVE TO OBEY THESE LAWS AND THEY'RE TOUGH.
• 03:59 SO, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN, YOU SEE, THE CHRISTIAN IS OUTSIDE THIS LAW.
• 04:04 YOU'LL BE CHANGED FOR THE KINGDOM, IS FORGIVEN NOW
• 04:08 EVEN FOR THE SINS I MENTIONED, THE FORGIVENESS OF CHRIST PAYS FOR THEM ALL.
• 04:13 AFTER WE TAKE THE TIME TO SING AND PRAY, WE HEAD BACK TO THE BUS
• 04:20 FOR THE SHORT TRIP OVER TO NEARBY CAPERNAUM.
• 04:23 OUR ISRAELI TOUR GUIDE ZVI RAVI, IS A MESSIANIC BELIEVER.
• 04:27 HE GIVES US THE CHURCH HISTORY AS WELL AS THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE OF THIS PLACE.
• 05:28 FOR BELIEVERS, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A VISIT TO THE GALILEE
• 05:31 IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
• 05:35 IT WAS IN WATERS LIKE THESE THAT OUR LORD JESUS WAS BAPTIZED BY HIS COUSIN JOHN.
• 05:41 HERE THE GROUP GATHERS TO HEAR ZOLA EXPLAIN THE JEWISH CUSTOM OF RITUAL BATHS
• 05:47 AND THE SYMBOLISM IT HAS FOR ALL CHRISTIANS.
• 05:59 NOW, ALL CHRISTIANS ARE PRIESTS, BUT THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL PRIESTS IN THE TABERNACLE.
• 06:05 IT SPEAKS OF CERTAIN OFFERINGS AND SO ON.
• 06:08 AND SAYS IN VERSE 4
• 06:17 THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WATER REGENERATION PROCESS.
• 06:22 THEN ROMANS 6, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 06:25 ADDRESSES THE WHOLE POINT OF BAPTISM.
• 06:44 WATER KILLS, GOING UNDER WATER COULD BE VERY BAD FOR YOU
• 06:48 IF YOU STAY DOWN TOO LONG.
• 07:16 THE RIVER CLEANS YOU AND IS A PICTURE OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
• 07:22 YOU'RE BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, I ALWAYS SAY, RAISED TO WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE.
• 07:26 WHEN I WAS BAPTIZED IN THIS RIVER, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THIS.
• 07:29 IT WAS UP THERE BY THE CEMENT PLATFORM.
• 07:31 DR. TOM MCCALL OF OUR MINISTRY DIPPED ME IN THE WATER.
• 07:35 AN ISRAELI GUY SWAM OVER AND ASKED WHAT WE WERE DOING.
• 07:39 THAT'S HOW THE ISRAELIS ARE.
• 07:40 AND SO WE TOLD HIM A MIKVAH.
• 07:43 THE JEWS CALL IT A MIKVAH, THEY DIP THEMSELVES IN THE WATER
• 07:47 AND THE GUY JUST LISTENED BEWILDERED
• 07:51 ON WHO WE PUT QUITE A WITNESS ON AND THEN SWAM AWAY.
• 07:55 BUT, WHAT THIS DOES, IT'S NOT JUST A--
• 08:02 IT IS AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD AND SO FORTH.
• 08:06 BUT, IT ENABLES YOU TO BE A PRIEST.
• 08:09 THAT'S WHAT IT DID IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THE TABERNACLE.
• 08:12 ALL CHRISTIANS ARE PRIESTS I SAID.
• 08:14 AND LET ME GET YOU THE VERSE FOR IT.
• 08:35 AND IT'S ESPECIALLY ADDRESSED TO GENTILES BECAUSE PETER SAYS
• 08:50 SO, ESPECIALLY GENTILES.
• 08:52 IT'S ONE THING TO SAY A JEWISH GUY IS A PRIEST.
• 08:55 I'M A PRIEST, I'M A LEVITE.
• 08:57 MY NAME IS LEVITE.
• 08:58 LOTS OF JEWS ARE PRIESTS, BUT TO SAY TO GENTILE PEOPLE,
• 09:03 YOU BECOME A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION.
• 09:08 ALL THESE TITLES ARE ISRAELI TITLES, A PECULIAR PEOPLE.
• 09:11 YOU BECOME APPOINTED INTO ISRAEL NOT JUST AS AN ORDINARY ISRAELI, BUT AS A PRIEST.
• 09:19 SO, YOU'RE DIPPED LIKE A PRIEST AND FROM THERE ON
• 09:24 ENABLED LIKE A PRIEST TO MINISTER TO THE PEOPLE FOR GOD.
• 09:29 SO, THAT'S THE WHOLE STORY ON THE BAPTISM.
• 09:31 SO, AS YOU GO IN THE RIVER, THE MINISTERS WILL ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR FAITH AS ALWAYS,
• 09:36 BAPTIZE YOU IN THE WATER AND YOU'LL BE RAISED TO WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE.
• 09:46 I BAPTIZE YOU, MY LITTLE SISTER IN CHRIST,
• 09:49 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 09:52 BURIED IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, RAISED TO WALK IN A NEW WAY OF LIFE.
• 09:57 (APPLAUSE)
• 10:03 I SAW MY GRANDDAUGHTER BAPTIZED, A TREMENDOUS TIME.
• 10:08 IT'S A SPECIAL TIME FOR YOU.
• 10:10 I WANTED TO BE WITH HER AND DO IT AT THE SAME TIME.
• 10:13 I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE THAN THE JORDAN RIVER.
• 10:17 ME, TOO.
• 10:19 I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS EVER SINCE I WAS 12, SO, I FINALLY MADE IT.
• 10:25 HAVE YOU BEEN BAPTIZED IN CHURCH BEFORE.
• 10:27 NO, NO, NEVER HAVE.
• 10:29 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.
• 10:30 UH HUH.
• 10:31 PRAISE THE LORD.
• 10:34 AMEN.
• 10:35 ♪
• 10:45 THIS IS MY ROOMMATE ROBERT AND WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER NIGHT
• 10:48 AND HE'S NEVER BEEN BAPTIZED BEFORE.
• 10:51 FOR ME TO BE ASSOCIATED IN PART OF THIS, IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE
• 10:57 BECAUSE HE'S MY BROTHER IN CHRIST AND WE'LL SPEND ETERNITY TOGETHER WITH OUR LORD.
• 11:02 AMEN.
• 11:04 THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, BURIED WITH OUR LORD IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH,
• 11:08 RAISED TO WALK IN A NEW WAY OF LIFE.
• 11:10 GLORY.
• 11:11 HALLELUJAH.
• 11:16 FOR A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 11:21 ASK FOR ZOLA'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 11:28 ZOLA'S NEW CATALOG DESCRIBES HIS BOOKS, TEACHING TAPES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
• 11:35 FOR ZOLA'S FREE NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG
• 11:45 WELL, TONY, AS AN ORDAINED MINISTER, YOU'RE OFTEN TO BE FOUND IN THE JORDAN.
• 11:50 YOU HELP US WITH THE BAPTISMS EACH TIME.
• 11:52 I DO THAT.
• 11:53 IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
• 11:56 I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE
• 11:59 GO INTO THE JORDAN RIVER AND WITH TEARS OF JOY, COME OUT OF THE JORDAN RIVER.
• 12:04 OH YES, THEY JUST LOOK LIKE ANGELS WHEN THEY COME OUT IN THOSE WHITE DRESSES,
• 12:07 THE ROBES THEY GIVE YOU THERE AT THE RIVER.
• 12:12 IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
• 12:14 THE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED AND IT'S A SPECIAL TIME FOR THEM PERSONALLY, TOO.
• 12:19 RHETT AND VIRGINIA SANDERS REALLY GO BACK AND FORTH FROM ISRAEL TO THE UNITED STATES.
• 12:24 WE TALKED WITH THEM AS WELL.
• 12:38 WELL, VIRGINIA, IT'S UNUSUAL FOR A MOTHER OF 8 AND HOW MANY GRANDCHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?
• 12:44 21.
• 12:45 ...21 GRANDCHILDREN TO THROW HER LIFE INTO THIS CRAZY LAND.
• 12:49 WHAT POSSESSED YOU HERE?
• 12:51 WELL, FOR MANY YEARS THROUGH JUST READING THE WORD OF GOD,
• 12:55 GOD HAS PUT IT INTO OUR HEARTS,
• 12:58 A LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL.
• 13:00 YES.
• 13:02 AND TO STUDY, WE'VE STUDIED A LOT OF THE PROPHETS AND BEEN IN THE PSALMS
• 13:06 AND JUST REALLY REALIZED HOW MANY PROMISES THERE ARE OF GOD
• 13:09 ABOUT THIS LAND AND OUR HEARTS JUST HAVE BEEN STAMPED WITH JERUSALEM AND MT. ZION
• 13:14 AND WE JUST HAVE A CALL TO BE HERE.
• 13:16 NOW, YOUR HUSBAND WAS PASTORING A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
• 13:20 HE WAS, YES, AND HE WAS RETIRED IN 1998
• 13:24 AND HE SAID THE FIRST THING HE WANTED TO DO WAS COME TO JERUSALEM AND WORSHIP THE LORD
• 13:29 SO WE CAME TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN EMBASSY'S FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
• 13:34 WE STAYED 2 MORE WEEKS AFTER THAT.
• 13:36 SO, WE'VE COME A LOT.
• 13:40 WE'VE COME A NUMBER OF TIMES AND JUST TO FULFILL THE CALL AS WE COULD.
• 13:46 SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR DAYS HERE?
• 13:48 WE'VE CONNECTED UP WITH THOSE THAT ARE HERE
• 13:51 TO REALLY STAND WITH ISRAEL IN PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND PRAYER FOR ISRAEL.
• 13:57 AND THAT'S A GREAT PART OF IT.
• 13:58 PLUS GETTING TO MEET WONDERFUL ISRAELIS AND TALKING WITH THEM,
• 14:03 JUST SHARING OUR HEART OF LOVE FOR THE GOD OF ISRAEL
• 14:08 AND FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND FOR THE WORD OF GOD
• 14:11 AND THE PROMISES OF GOD TO ISRAEL AND OF COURSE, FULFILLED IN YESHUA.
• 14:16 WELL, RHETT, YOU'VE TAKEN ON QUITE A CITY HERE IN YOUR RETIREMENT, MOVE TO JERUSALEM.
• 14:23 MY GOODNESS.
• 14:25 WHAT'S THE IDEA?
• 14:26 ARE YOU GOING TO WITNESS HERE?
• 14:27 WELL, WE HAVE HAD THIS ON OUR HEARTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS
• 14:31 AND OF COURSE HAVE LOVED ISRAEL EVER SINCE WE BEGAN TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.
• 14:35 ONE OF OUR MAJOR OBJECTS OF BEING HERE IS TO WORSHIP THE LORD AND TO PRAISE HIM
• 14:43 AND TO ENCOURAGE AND LET THE JEWISH PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE CARE,
• 14:47 THAT WE'RE BEHIND THEM, THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.
• 14:49 AND I GUESS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DESIRES I HAVE IS TO
• 14:53 RADIATE THE LOVE OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB
• 14:57 SO MUCH THAT I MAKE THEM SO JEALOUS THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY.
• 15:01 AND OF COURSE, THE ANSWER IS YESHUA.
• 15:02 YES, YES, YESHUA.
• 15:05 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ROMANS 11 SAYS TO DO.
• 15:07 EXACTLY, I LOVE THAT.
• 15:09 THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS IN THE WORD OF GOD.
• 15:11 HOW'S THE RECEPTION HERE?
• 15:13 WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO WARMLY BY, OF COURSE, MESSIANIC BELIEVERS,
• 15:20 CHRISTIANS WHO LIVE IN THE LAND AND MINISTERING HERE,
• 15:22 BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ONE OF THE WARMEST RECEPTIONS WE'VE HAD
• 15:26 HAS BEEN THE ISRAELIS, THE JEWISH PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
• 15:30 THEY ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.
• 15:33 ARE YOU FROM AMERICA? WHY ARE YOU HERE NOW? AREN'T YOU AFRAID?
• 15:36 THE KEY IS THAT WHEN THEY FIND OUT WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
• 15:43 WE LOVE THEM AND AS I TELL EACH ONE OF THEM,
• 15:47 EVERYTHING THAT I HOLD DEAR AND PRECIOUS,
• 15:51 THE MOST PRECIOUS THINGS IN MY LIFE CAME FROM THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 15:55 AND THAT MY SAVIOR, YESHUA, IS A JEW THROUGH AND THROUGH
• 16:00 AS WELL AS BEING GOD THE SON AND HE IS THE REASON I'M HERE TO SHOW HIS LOVE AND THEY RESPOND.
• 16:08 THEY REALLY DO WARM UP.
• 16:10 I THINK PEOPLE IN AMERICA DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY BELIEVERS THERE REALLY ARE OVER HERE.
• 16:15 IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT REALLY IS.
• 16:17 WE'VE RUN INTO 3 TAXI DRIVERS THAT ARE MESSIANIC BELIEVERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN A DELIGHT.
• 16:26 IN FACT, THEY HAVE BEEN AFTER US TO GET TOGETHER FOR A GOOD OLD PRAYER MEETING,
• 16:31 WHICH WE HAD ONE PRAYER MEETING WITH THEM IN A LITTLE SHOP OVER IN ONE OF THE SECTIONS OF TOWN.
• 16:35 BUT, THEY ARE A REFRESHING GROUP.
• 16:38 IT'S A DELIGHT.
• 16:39 IT'S VERY INSPIRING TO BE HERE.
• 16:42 YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
• 16:44 YOU KNOW, THE MOST EXCITING AND THRILLING THING TO ME
• 16:46 IS WHAT GOD IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN THIS LAND.
• 16:49 THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING HERE.
• 16:51 OH, YAH. >>IT IS EXCITING.
• 16:53 I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE JEWISH BELIEVERS IN THIS LAND
• 16:59 THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY, EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST CENTURY.
• 17:01 I MAY BE WRONG ON MY STATISTICS THERE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME
• 17:05 THAT WE'RE SEEING A REAL MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AMONG THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS THEY TURN TO YESHUA.
• 17:11 THAT'S INTERESTING.
• 17:13 ONE STATISTIC THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME IS SOMEBODY,
• 17:15 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE COUNTS THEM, BUT THERE ARE 6,000, HE SAID, MESSIANIC BELIEVERS IN ISRAEL.
• 17:20 AND I STOPPED TO THINK ON PENTECOST, THAT HALF THAT MANY AND THEY CHANGED THE WORLD.
• 17:25 THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN.
• 17:26 LOOK, AMERICANS WOULD WANT ME TO ASK YOU,
• 17:30 AREN'T YOU AFRAID TO BE HERE FOR WHAT WE READ IN THE PAPER?
• 17:33 NOT AT ALL.
• 17:35 HONESTLY THERE IS SUCH A PEACE AND SERENITY, I KNOW THERE ARE TROUBLESOME TIMES ALL OVER.
• 17:41 BUT, I FEEL AS SAFE HERE AS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
• 17:45 OF COURSE, I'M CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY SAFE PLACE TO BE
• 17:48 IS IN THE CENTER OF THE WILL OF GOD AND WE KNOW WE'RE IN THAT.
• 17:52 WELL, OK BROTHER.
• 17:53 I APPRECIATE TALKING WITH YOU.
• 17:55 GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY.
• 17:57 WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOU ALL.
• 17:59 THANK YOU.
• 18:00 IT'S A MUTUAL BLESSING BETWEEN PEOPLE LIKE THE SANDERS GOING TO ISRAEL.
• 18:05 THEY ARE BLESSED BY ISRAEL AND ISRAEL IS CERTAINLY BLESSED BY THEIR COMPANY.
• 18:10 NOW WE TALKED TO A VERY INTERESTING PERSON,
• 18:12 FRIEND OF OURS FOR MANY YEARS, DAVID DOLAN.
• 18:15 HE WAS A REPORTER FOR ONE OF OUR MAJOR NETWORKS
• 18:17 AND THE PROBLEM WAS, HE DID SOMETHING VERY OFFENSIVE TO AN AMERICAN TELEVISION NETWORK.
• 18:22 HE KEPT TELLING THE TRUTH.
• 18:24 HE KEPT SAYING THAT ISRAEL, A SISTER DEMOCRACY AND A FREE COUNTRY
• 18:27 WAS SOMEHOW BETTER THAN THE PALESTINIAN POLICE STATE.
• 18:31 HE SAID THAT ISRAEL WAS NOT THE OVERLORDS BUT REALLY UNDERDOG IN THE BATTLE.
• 18:37 SO, ANYWAY HE WAS FIRED.
• 18:39 WE HAD HIM ON THE PROGRAM AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT.
• 18:43 BUT, HIS REPORTS JUST COULDN'T BE TOLERATED.
• 18:46 THEY WEREN'T BLAND ENOUGH.
• 18:48 LET'S GO TALK TO HIM NOW.
• 18:50 I'VE MOVED TO THIS LOCATION AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LAST YEAR
• 18:56 BEING ABLE TO LOOK OUT OF MY WINDOW AT THE MT. OF OLIVES
• 18:59 AND THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND THE OLD CITY,
• 19:02 THE AREA WHERE MAYBE 70% OF THE THINGS IN THE BIBLE TOOK PLACE.
• 19:07 IT'S SUCH AN INSPIRING PLACE TO BE.
• 19:10 IN FACT, IT'S TOO INSPIRING.
• 19:12 I'M TRYING TO WORK ON MY COMPUTER AND OFTEN I JUST LOOK UP
• 19:15 AND THE SCENE IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT I STOP WORKING AND GAZE OUT THE WINDOW.
• 19:20 BUT, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LAST YEAR.
• 19:23 I CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF WRITING AND RADIO WORK AND SOME TELEVISION WORK AND PRAYING.
• 19:29 IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO PRAY FROM AS WELL.
• 19:31 WE HAVE TO, I THINK, CALL A SPADE A SPADE HERE.
• 19:34 THERE'S A TERRORIST WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST ISRAEL,
• 19:38 NOT JUST TERRORISM, BUT A TERRORIST WAR.
• 19:41 THIS IS ANOTHER FORM OF WARFARE AND REALLY IT'S THE MOST INSIDIOUS FORM OF WARFARE
• 19:46 BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST ARMED SOLDIERS
• 19:51 THAT ARE WEARING UNIFORMS THAT ARE CLEARLY MARKED AS SUCH.
• 19:54 YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST SHADOWY GROUPS AND TERRORISTS THAT POP INTO BUILDINGS AND RESTAURANTS
• 20:01 AND TRAINS AND BUSES AND BLOW THEMSELVES UP OR SET UP A BOMB
• 20:04 AND THEN ESCAPE AND KILL THEMSELVES AND KILL CIVILIANS IN THE PROCESS.
• 20:08 HOW DO YOU FIGHT THAT? WHO DO YOU GO AFTER?
• 20:11 WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT'S THEIR ADDRESS?
• 20:13 ALL ON THESE ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
• 20:16 AND AGAIN IT'S A GORILLA WAR AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DEMOCRACIES ON THE RUN
• 20:23 BECAUSE DEMOCRACIES HAVE TO ANSWER TO THEIR PEOPLE
• 20:25 AND CIVILIAN VOTERS DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT CIVILIANS ARE BEING KILLED
• 20:30 IN THE RESPONSES TO THESE ATTACKS.
• 20:33 WELL, NEITHER DO THE GOVERNMENTS, THE U.S. OR ISRAEL.
• 20:36 BUT, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT SOME CIVILIANS ARE GOING TO GET CAUGHT UP IN IT, AS ANY WAR.
• 20:40 BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS A WAR, NOT ONE THAT ISRAEL CHOSE.
• 20:44 SHE WAS WILLING TO MAKE PEACE.
• 20:46 I BELIEVE THAT HER OFFERS FOR OVER 90% OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA, THE WEST BANK
• 20:51 TO YASSER ARAFAT WERE GENUINE ONES.
• 20:53 HER OFFER TO TURN BACK MOST OF THE OLD CITY BEHIND US AND A GOOD PORTION OF JERUSALEM
• 20:59 TO THE PALESTINIANS WAS A SINCERE ONE.
• 21:01 IT WAS REJECTED BY THE ARAB SIDE AND THEN THIS, NOT REGULAR WAR,
• 21:05 BUT TERRORIST WAR WAS LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE AND THAT IS THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION HERE.
• 21:12 NOW, DAVID DOLAN IS A CHRISTIAN BELIEVER
• 21:15 AND HE FUNCTIONS WITH THE MESSIANIC COMMUNITY IN JERUSALEM,
• 21:19 THE MOTHER CHURCH AS PAUL CALLS IT.
• 21:22 WE WERE CURIOUS HOW ALL THIS UNREST AFFECTS THE BELIEVERS.
• 21:28 THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT THAN ISRAEL ITSELF.
• 21:31 SO, WE ASKED DAVID ABOUT THAT.
• 21:33 THE NUMBER OF BELIEVERS IS GROWING AND IT'S PARTLY DUE TO THE CRISIS.
• 21:38 YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR ARE FEELING THE HOPELESSNESS OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
• 21:43 A MAJORITY OF THE ISRAELI CASUALTIES IN THE TERROR ATTACKS HAVE BEEN YOUNG PEOPLE
• 21:49 DELIBERATELY TARGETED IN MANY CASES BECAUSE THEY WERE YOUNG.
• 21:53 AND THIS HAS CAUSED MANY OF THEM TO START SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS, TO AT LEAST BEGIN ASKING,
• 21:58 IS THERE A GOD, IS THERE A REASON WE'RE ON THIS EARTH?
• 22:01 AND A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE COME TO THE LORD.
• 22:04 THIS IS TRUE ON THE ARAB SIDE AS WELL, WHERE THERE'S ALSO GREAT UNCERTAINTY
• 22:08 AND GREAT FEAR AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS TREND CONTINUING.
• 22:13 THE BOTTOM LINE TELLS US, THE SCRIPTURES TELL US
• 22:16 THAT THE ISRAELI PEOPLE WILL, IN THE END, CRY OUT TO GOD
• 22:19 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE,
• 22:22 BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE ANNIHILATED,
• 22:25 ARMIES ARE INVADING FROM THE NORTH IT SAYS IN EZEKIEL 38 AND 39.
• 22:30 ARMIES ARE INVADING FROM THE EAST IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
• 22:33 ZACHARIAH TELLS US THAT THIS CITY, JERUSALEM WILL BE A MAJOR BATTLEGROUND
• 22:38 WITH ARMIES SURROUNDING IT AND A SIEGE LAID AGAINST IT,
• 22:41 THAT ALL THE WORLD WILL COME UP TO FIGHT AGAINST IT.
• 22:44 SO, THE SCENE IMPLIES THAT THE ISRAELIS ARE GOING TO HAVE NO OTHER OPTION IN THE END
• 22:49 BUT TO LOOK UPWARDS AND TO CRY OUT TO GOD TO INTERVENE ON THEIR BEHALF
• 22:53 AND I THINK WE CAN ALREADY SEE, IN THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
• 22:58 THE FRAMEWORK BEING LAID FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT,
• 23:01 THAT THE ISRAELIS HAVE RELIED UPON THEIR OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THEIR OWN STRENGTH,
• 23:06 THEIR ALLIANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES AND NOW EVEN THAT IS BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION.
• 23:11 THE ISRAELIS WERE VERY SHAKEN BY THE ATTACKS ON 9-11 IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
• 23:17 PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY SUCCEEDED AND PARTICULARLY ON THE CAPITOL
• 23:22 WHICH IN MANY WAYS SHOOK THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AS AN ALLY
• 23:27 THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE AND READY TO INTERVENE ON ISRAEL'S BEHALF IF NEEDED.
• 23:32 NOW THEY'RE SEEING, HEY THERE'S A WAR DIRECTED AGAINST AMERICA AS WELL
• 23:37 AND MAYBE AMERICA WILL NOT BE AT A POSITION TO COME TO ITS AID.
• 23:41 WELL, THIS OF COURSE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SCRIPTURES IMPLY,
• 23:44 ISRAEL WILL STAND ALONE IN THE END AND WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO CALL OUT TO GOD
• 23:49 AND AGAIN I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT PROCESS UNFOLD EVEN NOW
• 23:53 AND IT'S A SCARY ONE FOR THE ISRAELI PUBLIC.
• 23:56 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
• 23:58 IT'S DIFFICULT TO WATCH BECAUSE MANY CIVILIANS ARE BEING KILLED IN THESE TERROR ATTACKS.
• 24:02 BUT, IT'S HOPEFUL IN THE END BECAUSE THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID
• 24:08 WHEN YOU HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN, YOU'LL TURN TO ME
• 24:11 AND I WILL TURN BACK TO YOU AND SAVE YOU
• 24:14 AND THIS IS THE HOPE THAT WE CLING TO IN THE MIDST OF THIS SITUATION.
• 24:17 NOW, AMERICAN BELIEVERS THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL
• 24:21 AND OF COURSE BELIEVERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES ARE KNOWN AS CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS THESE DAYS.
• 24:25 WE ASKED DAVID HOW AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CAN MOST HELP ISRAEL.
• 24:30 WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS AMERICANS CAN SUPPORT ISRAEL
• 24:35 IS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CONGRESS
• 24:38 AND SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT ISRAEL.
• 24:42 THE UNITED STATES IS A DEMOCRACY AND OUR LEADERS DO RESPOND TO LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS
• 24:49 FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS, SO I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD WAY.
• 24:53 IF PEOPLE CAN COME, ESPECIALLY NOW.
• 24:56 THE TOURS ARE BEING CALLED SOLIDARITY TOURS IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS
• 25:01 BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION.
• 25:03 THE NUMBER OF VISITORS HAS DROPPED PRECIPITOUSLY, BUT,
• 25:06 THOSE THAT ARE COMING ARE COMING TO STAND WITH ISRAEL.
• 25:09 I THINK IF PEOPLE CAN DO THAT IT'S GOOD TO DO AND BY THE WAY, THE SITES ARE STILL ALL HERE
• 25:15 AND TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES THAT ARE WORKING WITH ISRAEL IS ANOTHER WAY
• 25:21 AND FINALLY, WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY, TO PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
• 25:26 I OFTEN POINT OUT THAT THE WORD PEACE IN HEBREW IS SHALOM
• 25:31 AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN JUST A LACK OF PROBLEMS OR VIOLENCE,
• 25:34 BUT IT MEANS WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS.
• 25:36 SO, PRAYING FOR THE COMPLETENESS OF THIS LAND, IN OTHER WORDS,
• 25:40 PRAYING THAT THE MESSIAH'S PEACE WOULD COME TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
• 25:50 WELL, DAVID IS REALLY ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.
• 25:52 HE'S GOT BOOKS IN THE BOOK STORE.
• 25:54 HE'S A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL.
• 25:57 HE'S LIVED IN JERUSALEM FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
• 26:00 YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HELP ISRAEL?
• 26:03 WITH PRAYER OF COURSE, WITH SUPPORT OF WHATEVER KIND.
• 26:08 TELL THEM IN YOUR CHURCH.
• 26:10 TELL THEM IN THE SEMINARIES FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE TO STOP THEIR GOBBLEDY GOOK
• 26:12 AND GET BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE AND SUPPORT THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 26:15 IN THE PROMISED LAND AND BY GOING THERE.
• 26:19 WE TAKE TOURS.
• 26:20 TAKE A BREAK FROM THE VIOLENCE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND GO TO A MUCH SAFER PLACE.
• 26:24 WE SAY IT ALL THE TIME, BUT I'VE TAKEN,
• 26:28 WELL, IT'LL BE 80 TOURS THIS NOVEMBER AND I'VE NOT HAD A STUBBED FINGER
• 26:32 OR LOST A WINK OF SLEEP VISITING ISRAEL.
• 26:35 I COULDN'T SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT DALLAS,
• 26:37 THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE I HAPPEN TO LIVE.
• 26:42 SO, TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. YOU'LL LOVE THE PLACE.
• 26:45 AND SHALOM YERUSHALYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.