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Caption transcript for The Warrior King: “Israel’s Sweet Psalmist” (7/8)

• 00:53 A HEARTY SHALOM TO YOU,
• 00:55 JEFFREY SEIF HERE ONCE AGAIN WITH ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:01 THANKS FOR WATCHING.
• 01:02 YOU'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING GOOD IN THIS PROGRAM.
• 01:05 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 01:07 WE'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT WORSHIP.
• 01:09 WHEN WE LOOK AT DAVID WE SEE A MAN WHO LEARNED TO WORSHIP
• 01:13 AND BY VIRTUE OF HIS SO DOING HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER EQUILIBRIUM
• 01:17 IN A WORLD THAT MANY TIMES WAS CASCADING OUT OF CONTROL.
• 01:21 OFF WE GO TO CONSIDER THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE.
• 01:30 MUSIC OF THE TEN STRINGS SOOTH MY TROUBLED SOUL.
• 01:37 AH, EVIL SPIRIT, THE TUNE OF DAVID HATH PURSUED THEE FOR NOW.
• 01:55 BIBLE READERS ARE INFORMED
• 01:57 THAT MUSIC HAS BEEN AROUND
• 01:59 SINCE THE DAWN OF CREATION.
• 02:02 IN THE HEBREW BOOK, "B'RESHEET", GENESIS
• 02:05 IN THE 4TH CHAPTER,
• 02:06 READERS ARE INFORMED THAT
• 02:08 ONE OF CAIN'S PROGENY,
• 02:10 A FELLOW NAMED JABAL
• 02:12 WAS THE FATHER OF THOSE WHO PLAYED THE HARP.
• 02:16 NOT ONLY WERE PEOPLE INTO MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING,
• 02:19 BUT EVEN BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME ACCORDING TO THE HEBREW BIBLE, MUSIC WAS AROUND.
• 02:25 AND WHY DO I SAY THAT?
• 02:27 WELL I DON'T SAY THAT.
• 02:28 EZEKIEL IS SPEAKING OF SATAN.
• 02:33 THIS INHERENTLY EVIL PERSONALITY GOES BY THE LATIN EPITHET "LUCIFER"
• 02:38 OR "LIGHT BEARER WHO DECEIVES".
• 02:41 AND WE'RE TOLD IN CHAPTER 28, VERSE 13
• 02:44 THAT HE, THAT THIS PERSONALITY
• 02:47 WAS IN EDEN, THE GARDEN OF GOD.
• 02:51 "PARADISE" IS A LATIN WORD FOR "ENCLOSED GARDEN" AND THERE HE WAS AND FROM THERE HE FELL.
• 03:00 THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH MUSIC
• 03:03 IS TO SAY THAT THIS SAME PERSON WE'RE TOLD WAS...
• 03:07 HE CAME INTO HIS OWN IN EZEKIEL CHAPTER 28, VERSE 13, HE SAYS,
• 03:20 HENCE YOU HAVE SOME CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS EVIL PERSONALITY
• 03:24 AND THE MANUFACTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC.
• 03:28 BUT AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, "WHY SHOULD THE DEVIL HAVE ALL THE GOOD MUSIC?"
• 03:36 ENTERED DAVID.
• 03:39 ACTUALLY WE SEE MUSIC BEFORE DAVID...
• 03:42 MIRIAM AFTER MOSES AND ISRAEL...THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SEA.
• 03:49 THE WATERS PART WE'RE TOLD IN THE BOOK, IN EXODUS THAT SHE COMES OUT WITH TAMBOURINE.
• 03:54 WE FIND PRIMITIVE STARBURSTS OF PRAISE ACCOMPANIED WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTATION.
• 04:02 WE THEN AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE HEBREW BIBLE FIND
• 04:05 THAT PRIMITIVE MUSIC EVOLVES AND BECOMES MORE FORMALIZED
• 04:11 BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE BOOK "TEHILLIM" OR PSALMS.
• 04:14 THE WORD "PSALMS" COMES FROM THE WORD "PSALTER",
• 04:17 THEY'RE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH, IT'S A PRAYER BOOK.
• 04:20 THE HEBREW "TEHILLIM" MEANS "PRAISES".
• 04:22 ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ONE BOOK IT'S FIVE.
• 04:25 IN AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE THE 5 BOOKS OF MOSES YOU HAVE 5 BOOKS OF WORSHIP IN THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 04:31 AND SOME OF THESE WORSHIP SONGS COME WITH WHAT TODAY ARE ANACHRONISTIC,
• 04:36 HARD TO COME TO TERMS WITH, ARCHAIC EXPRESSIONS, VARIOUS FORMS OF MUSICAL NOTATIONS
• 04:41 THAT REFLECT THAT IN ANTIQUITY WE HAD LEVITICAL CHOIRS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ECONOMY
• 04:48 THAT WERE GIVEN TO GIVING VOICE TO BIBLICAL PRAISE.
• 04:52 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 04:54 BECAUSE IT WAS LONG OBSERVED THAT MUSIC ENABLED INDIVIDUALS TO RISE ABOVE THEIR VEXING CIRCUMSTANCES.
• 05:02 MUSIC PROVIDED A MECHANISM TO PUT PRAYER TO SONG WITH INSTRUMENTATION.
• 05:09 IT HELPS PEOPLE TO PRAY AND IT HELPS PEOPLE TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THINGS THEY'RE THINKING AND THEY'RE FEELING.
• 05:15 IT SEEMS THAT THE LORD LED DAVID INTO THAT WORLD EARLY AND I'M GLAD THAT THE LORD DID.
• 05:22 WE'RE ALL THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE WARRIOR KING'S MUSICAL PROCLIVITY.
• 05:29 DAVID LOVED THE LORD AND HE LOVED TO GIVE VOICE.
• 05:32 THERE'S SOME 70 PSALMS THAT WILL ATTEST TO THAT.
• 05:35 I REMEMBER YEARS AGO I WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN.
• 05:38 I HAD PICKED UP A DREAD DISEASE CALLED GUILLAIN-BARRE.
• 05:42 I COULDN'T WALK; I COULD BARELY MOVE A HAND, A FINGER.
• 05:45 AND SOMEONE BROUGHT ME A CD PLAYER
• 05:47 AND THERE WAS A SONG IN THERE BY PAUL WILBUR,
• 05:50 "I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES UNTO THE LORD,"
• 05:53 AND WITH MY FINGER I'D PLAY IT AND PUSH REPLAY AND PLAY IT AND REPLAY.
• 05:57 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 05:58 BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THIS IS THE ONLY THING I COULD LIFT.
• 06:02 AND I'D CRY AND I'D PRAY AND I'D SING.
• 06:06 ONCE I WAS IN A LAWSUIT AS WELL,
• 06:08 PRESSED AGAINST THE WALL IN A WORLD GONE BAD DEALING WITH WICKED SITUATIONS
• 06:15 AND I'D HAVE TO PRAY THE PSALMS EVERY MORNING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH JUST TO GET MY HEAD ABOVE THE WATER.
• 06:21 WELL THANK GOD FOR GOD, THANK GOD FOR DAVID, AND THANK GOD FOR THAT GIFT.
• 06:25 DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF IT.
• 06:27 SAUL HIMSELF, WE'RE TOLD IN THE TEXT IN 1ST SAMUEL, CHAPTER 16,
• 06:31 HE'D GET WRAPPED AROUND THEIR AXEL, HE'S VERY DISCONCERTED AND DEPRESSED
• 06:35 AND DAVID WOULD COME AND PLAY HIS MUSIC AND YOU KNOW, IT TAMED THE SAVAGE BEAST.
• 06:41 OFF WE GO NOW TO LOOK AT DAVID THE PSALMIST A LITTLE CLOSER AS WE CONTINUE WITH OUR STORY
• 06:47 ON THE WARRIOR KING AND LOOK AT DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP FOR THESE GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES.
• 07:06 THE SPIRIT OF DAVID...
• 07:11 DAVID...
• 07:13 IT IS HE THAT CAUSES ME THIS ANGUISH.
• 07:18 THE TUNE HIS FINGERS PLAY HAD MADE ME MAD.
• 07:22 IT IS HE WHO WOULD TAKE MY THRONE....
• 07:25 NO!!!...
• 07:32 RUN DAVID, RUN.
• 07:35 IF I COULD ONLY PURSUE THEE, I WOULD.
• 07:40 BUT I FEAR EVEN MORE SO THE LORD WHO RUNS WITH THEE.
• 07:56 I'VE SEEN THIS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.
• 07:58 AND WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
• 08:00 THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE.
• 08:04 WHAT AM I REFERENCING?
• 08:05 A CRIME SCENE.
• 08:07 AS A POLICE OFFICER IN ANOTHER CAREER,
• 08:09 I'VE WALKED INTO WORLDS WHERE THEY USE KNIVES, PISTOLS, SHOTGUNS, AND THEY'VE KILLED.
• 08:17 IT'S HORRIBLE AT ONE LEVEL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I THINK OF THE PENT UP ENERGIES.
• 08:23 PEOPLE CAN'T CONTROL THEM.
• 08:26 THE RAGE GETS THE BETTER AND THEY UNLEASH IT ON THOSE ROUND ABOUT THEM.
• 08:32 AND IT'S NOT PRETTY.
• 08:34 WHAT THEY LEAVE IN THEIR AFTERMATH IS PILLAGE.
• 08:38 AND SO IT IS WE WALK INTO A WORLD HERE AND NOW,
• 08:41 AND NOW I AM SPEAKING AS A BIBLICAL THEOLOGIAN, NOT AS A POLICE OFFICER.
• 08:45 WE WALK INTO A WORLD HERE WHERE WE EXPERIENCE DAVID WHO'S THE VICTIM OF SOMEONE'S MALICE.
• 08:54 WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
• 08:56 SAUL IS HELL BENT ON DESTROYING HIM.
• 08:59 HE TAKES A SPEAR AND THRUSTS IT AT HIM AND YOU KNOW, I WONDER DAVID MUST HAVE THOUGHT "WHY?"
• 09:08 BUT IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME MIND YOU.
• 09:10 RECALL THE STORY WHEN DAVID BEGAN HIS FIGHTING CAREER IF YOU WILL.
• 09:15 HE GOES TO THE BATTLE LINES TO BRING FOOD STAPLES TO HIS BROTHERS
• 09:19 AND GOLIATH SHOWS UP AND DAVID'S...WHAT'S UP WITH THIS?
• 09:22 SOMEONE OUGHT TO TELL HIM TO SHUT UP.
• 09:24 AND HIS BROTHERS SAY, "WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP DAVID AND GO BACK TO YOUR STUPID LITTLE SHEEP."
• 09:29 AND DAVID SAYS SOMETHING THAT HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT ON MANY OCCASIONS, "WHAT DID I DO?"
• 09:34 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT...
• 09:36 SURELY DAVID, THE HEROIC DAVID...
• 09:40 WHEN THE WORLD COLLAPSES ROUND ABOUT HIM DAVID MUST SURELY HAVE THOUGHT, "WHAT DID I DO?"
• 09:48 "WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?"
• 09:50 LIKE JESUS, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, HE MUST HAVE AT THE FEELING LEVEL SAID, "MY GOD, MY GOD WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?"
• 10:00 BECAUSE IT SURE FELT LIKE THAT.
• 10:02 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 10:04 BECAUSE TRUSTED PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT HAVE FORSAKEN HIM TO PUT IT MILDLY.
• 10:10 DAVID HAD TO RUN FOR HIS OWN SAKE IF YOU WILL AND THIS IS INTERESTING FOR MY MONEY.
• 10:15 AND WHAT'S THAT?
• 10:16 DAVID, THIS GUY WHO'S GOING TO GO ON FROM SAUL,
• 10:21 WHEN HE'S GONNA LOOK AT HIS CAREER AS HE'S REFLECTING ON IT AT THE VERY END OF IT,
• 10:26 HE'S GOING TO PROVE TO BE ISRAEL'S GREATEST WARRIOR KING.
• 10:30 THIS IS A GUY WHO INHABITS REAL ESTATE THAT HAS 6,000 SQUARE MILES
• 10:34 AND WHEN HE'S DONE ISRAEL HAS EXPANDED TO 60,000 SQUARE MILES.
• 10:40 THIS IS A WINNER, NOT A LOSER.
• 10:43 BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT DAVID SPENT THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER ON THE RUN.
• 10:49 THIS FORWARD MOVING KING SPENT 13 YEARS... TALK ABOUT 13 BEING AN UNLUCKY NUMBER...
• 10:55 13 YEARS ON THE RUN FROM SAUL FOR NO GOOD REASON.
• 11:02 NOW, I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME ON THIS.
• 11:04 AND THERE MAY BE SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE A SAUL IN YOUR WORLD,
• 11:06 THAT IS TO SAY THAT WITHIN YOUR WEBS OF RELATIONSHIPS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT JUST FRUSTRATING,
• 11:10 BUT SOMEONE WHO'S DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH, WHO'S THREATENING YOU.
• 11:15 AND LISTEN, WHEN I'M READING THE BIBLICAL STORY
• 11:18 I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN REVERSE.
• 11:22 DAVID WHO WAS MINDED TO BEGIN HIS CAREER BY SERVING SAUL
• 11:26 REALIZED HE HAD TO GET OUT OF DODGE.
• 11:28 THERE MAY BE SOME WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE THAT YOU MIGHT CONSTRUE THAT AS WISDOM FOR YOU.
• 11:33 I KNOW THERE'S A SONG "SOMETHING TELLS ME I'M IN FOR SOMETHING GOOD"
• 11:37 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STUFF,
• 11:39 WHEN IT REPEATS AND GOES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
• 11:42 SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE NOT.
• 11:44 AND I WANNA TELL YOU WITH A BIBLE IN ONE HAND AND A LITTLE JESUS IN MY HEART
• 11:48 THAT SOMETIMES IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE.
• 11:52 BUT FOR FEAR OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
• 11:54 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE HOLD ON TILL THE VERY END LEADING TO THEIR OWN DEATH,
• 11:59 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO CUT AND GET OUTTA DODGE.
• 12:03 AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME PLEASE.
• 12:05 UNCERTAIN AS DAVID'S WORLD WAS WHEN BAD THINGS WERE HAPPENING AROUND HIM,
• 12:10 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HE WALKED BY FAITH IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
• 12:14 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED,
• 12:16 GOD RAISED HIM UP TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GREATER THAN HIS WILDEST IMAGINATION
• 12:20 AT THE TIME WHEN HE'S DODGING THESE SPEARS.
• 12:23 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE SAME GOD IS THE GOD OF DAVID;
• 12:26 THE SAME GOD IS THE GOD FOR YOU.
• 12:28 AND I WANT YOU KNOW THE SAME LORD IS THE LORD OF ALL
• 12:31 AND HE BESTOWS HIS RICHES UPON ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM.
• 12:34 I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS A GREAT FUTURE FOR YOU
• 12:38 AND HE CAN EVEN USE THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE PRESENT TO PREPARE YOU FOR IT.
• 12:49 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
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• 13:01 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES" INCLUDES
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• 13:10 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR TO ISRAEL OR PETRA
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• 13:19 WOULD YOU SAY THAT EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY
• 13:21 THAT WANTS TO MAKE THE TRIP TO ISRAEL SHOULD DO SO?
• 13:24 YES, IT IS WORTH THE TRIP,
• 13:26 IT IS WORTH THE TIME,
• 13:28 IT IS WORTH THE MONEY.
• 13:30 YOU SAY THIS WITH PASSION.
• 13:31 OH, I TELL YOU I'M SO HAPPY THAT I CAME.
• 13:35 IT IS JUST SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO COME
• 13:39 WHERE OUR LORD WAS BORN AND CRUCIFIED AND WAS RISEN.
• 13:49 LIFE CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO VACATE.
• 13:54 THE WORD "VACATE" AND THE WORD "VACATION" ARE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH,
• 13:58 MEANING IN AFFECT "TO EMPTY".
• 14:01 MAY WELL BE THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS STEP BACK FROM YOUR PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO GET NEW VISION TO FACE THEM.
• 14:06 WHAT A BETTER PLACE TO DO THAT THAN IN ISRAEL?
• 14:10 IF YOU WERE TO CALL 1-800-WONDERS
• 14:13 WE'LL SEND YOU THIS...
• 14:15 OUR FOLDER WITH INFORMATION...
• 14:17 HOW YOU CAN GO WITH US TO WALK IN JESUS' FOOTSTEPS.
• 14:22 IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GET AWAY TO,
• 14:24 TO EXPERIENCE THE LORD IN HIS LAND
• 14:27 AND SEE WHAT HE MIGHT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE WORLD THAT YOU INHABIT.
• 14:31 THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO VACATE.
• 14:34 PRAISE HAS THAT SAME EFFECT WORSHIP DOES,
• 14:36 WHERE WE LEAVE OUR WORK A DAY WORLD AND CIRCUMSTANCE, ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE.
• 14:41 THE OFFER IN THIS PROGRAM TODAY IS SOME OF ZOLA'S GREATEST WORSHIP PRAISE MUSIC.
• 14:47 ZOLA WAS AN EXPERT MUSICIAN.
• 14:50 TRAINED IN IT, HE HAD THE DISCIPLINE AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED.
• 14:55 DAVID LEARNED HOW TO BE CALM IN BATTLE
• 14:57 AND WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW HE DID IT AS WE CONSIDER OUR STORY ON DAVID.
• 15:06 THOSE OF US WHO FOUGHT WITH DAVID FOUND IT STRANGE THAT HE NEVER FEARED DEATH.
• 15:10 EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE HIS CONFIDENCE GREW.
• 15:13 HE TOLD US THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPETH AROUND ABOUT THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD.
• 15:18 DELIVERANCE, HE SAID, WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD.
• 15:22 EVER CALM, EVER SECURE.
• 15:26 DAVID'S FAITH REMAINED UNFLINCHING.
• 15:38 AND TO THINK I USED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER IN THE BIG CITY
• 15:41 AND NOW I'M COMING TO YOU FROM ISRAEL WITH ALL OF THESE SHEEP.
• 15:45 AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE HERO OF OUR STORY, DAVID
• 15:49 CUT HIS TEETH WORKING LIKE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE,
• 15:53 WORKING WITH THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE.
• 15:56 AND I THINK IT'S PERHAPS FOR THAT REASON THAT DAVID WAS ABLE TO MAKE THIS SHIFT
• 16:00 AND ENVISIONED THAT THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD,
• 16:03 THAT IS IN AS MUCH AS HE HIMSELF WAS KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARD THE WELFARE OF THOSE UNDER HIS CHARGE,
• 16:09 HE KNEW THAT DIFFICULTIES NOT WITHSTANDING GOD WOULD DO SIMILAR ON HIS BEHALF
• 16:15 AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON IN PART WHERE IN PSALM CHAPTER 34...
• 16:18 AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO TURN THERE WITH ME AND HAVE A LOOK IF YOU WILL PLEASE.
• 16:23 SHEEP CAN BE A LITTLE PUSHY AS I'M LEARNING RIGHT NOW.
• 16:27 BUT HE SAYS IN PSALM CHAPTER 34 IN VERSE 4;
• 16:38 A MOMENT AGO WE CONSIDERED IN THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT
• 16:41 THAT DAVID WAS PRESSED AGAINST THE TURBULENCE OF TRYING TIMES,
• 16:45 BUT HE HAD A GOOD GOD WHO WAS A GOOD SHEPHERD AND HE SAYS, "I SOUGHT HIM AND HE DELIVERED ME."
• 16:51 HE GOES ON TO SAY,
• 16:57 OUR WARRIOR KING LEARNED THAT HE COULD LOOK TO GOD EVEN CRYING OUT FROM HIS DIFFICULTIES
• 17:02 AND GOD CAN TAKE AWAY THE SHAME AND THE DIFFICULTY AND GIVE HIM A KIND OF JOY.
• 17:08 THERE IS A PEACE OF GOD THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND OUR WARRIOR KING LEARNED ABOUT THAT.
• 17:16 HE SAYS,
• 17:24 WHETHER IT'S SAUL, WHETHER IT'S GOLIATH, WHETHER IT'S HIS OWN SINS,
• 17:30 OUR HERO LEARNED THAT THERE'S A GOOD GOD WHO LOVES HIM
• 17:35 WHO WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO SAVE HIM FROM ALL OF HIS TROUBLES
• 17:39 MUCH AS A SHEPHERD WHO IS KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARD THESE SHEEP WILL LEAD THEM ON SUCCESSFULLY.
• 17:45 AND WHEN THE ENEMIES COME ROUND ABOUT; SNAKES, WOLVES, WHATEVER,
• 17:49 THAT SHEPHERD'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THEM AS WELL.
• 17:51 THIS POOR MAN CRIED TO THE LORD AND HE DELIVERED
• 17:54 AND THEN HE SAYS A STATEMENT IN VERSE 7
• 17:56 THAT'S AS TRUE FOR HIM AS IT IS FOR ME, AS IT IS FOR YOU.
• 18:00 AND HERE WE GO.
• 18:01 IN VERSE 7,
• 18:10 I BELIEVE BY WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE JUST SOME PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
• 18:14 I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS WILLING AND ABLE.
• 18:18 IN JOHN CHAPTER 10 JESUS SAID,
• 18:28 AND THE WORD "SAVED" IN THE GREEK MEANS TO DELIVER, TO HEAL, TO MAKE WHOLE.
• 18:35 WE HAVE A GOD WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT US.
• 18:38 WE HAVE A VERSE IN SCRIPTURE,
• 18:45 SAID PAUL WHO HAD IT IN A BAD WAY ON MORE THAN ONE DAY, BUT GOD IS GOOD.
• 18:49 WE'RE TOLD HERE AS WELL...
• 18:51 WELL WE'RE ENCOURAGED HERE IN VERSE 8,
• 19:01 OUR WARRIOR KING LEARNED THAT HE COULD COME UP FROM NOWHERE.
• 19:05 HE CAME FROM OBSCURITY AS A YOUNG MAN TENDING HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
• 19:10 A DAD THAT DIDN'T RESPECT HIM MUCH.
• 19:13 AND THEN HE ENTERED INTO A WORLD WHERE A SURROGATE DAD IF YOU WILL,
• 19:17 SAUL TOOK HIM UNDER HIS CHARGE.
• 19:19 AND IT WASN'T JUST DISRESPECT IT WAS OUT AND OUT RIGHT HATE.
• 19:22 DAVID CUT HIS TEETH IN HIS TRIALS
• 19:26 AND HE LEARNED THERE'S A GOOD GOD WHO WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT.
• 19:32 AND DAVID'S STORY AS HE MAKES HIS WAY FROM THE WOMB TO TOMB IS SO TELLING,
• 19:37 BECAUSE IN SO MANY WAYS, HE'S LIKE US.
• 19:40 AND HE'S COMMENDED HIS RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
• 19:44 YOU KNOW THERE CAN BE FAMILIES TODAY THAT COME FROM THE OLD COUNTRY
• 19:48 AND THERE'S GRANDMA'S RECIPES
• 19:50 AND GOODNESS IF WE COULD JUST LEARN TO COOK LIKE THAT WE WOULD EAT WELL.
• 19:54 WHEN IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT DAVID'S RECIPES FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE ARE LEFT IN HIS OWN WORDS.
• 20:01 HE SAYS HERE,
• 20:03 NOW THAT MEANS REVERE HIM, RESPECT HIM,
• 20:08 THAT'S MORE THEN JUST GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS AND ON WEEKENDS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU.
• 20:13 A REVERENCE FOR THE LORD PAYS DIVIDENDS.
• 20:17 OUR WARRIOR KING LEARNED THAT.
• 20:19 WE'RE CONSIDERING DAVID LIKE LEADERSHIP IN GOLIATH LIKE TIMES
• 20:23 AND WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A GOD WHO LOVES, WHO SAVES AND REDEEMS.
• 20:27 HE DID IT FOR DAVID, HE'LL DO IT FOR YOU.
• 20:34 (Jeff speaking) JUST AS DAVID'S MUSIC LIFTED THE SPIRITS OF SAUL,
• 20:38 SO THIS SONG WILL USHER US INTO THE COURTS OF PRAISE.
• 20:42 PAUL WILBUR JOINS US FROM JERUSALEM'S KING OF KINGS PAVILION.
• 20:48 ♪LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 20:52 ♪OF ISAAC AND ISRAEL♪
• 20:57 ♪LET IT BE KNOWN TODAY♪
• 21:00 ♪THAT YOU ARE GOD.♪
• 21:03 YES LORD AND IN THIS HOUSE.
• 21:05 ♪WE OFFER UP OUR LIVES♪
• 21:10 ♪AS A LIVING SACRIFICE♪
• 21:14 ♪COME PURIFY US WITH YOUR HOLY FIRE♪
• 21:20 ♪HOLY FIRE♪
• 21:23 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 21:27 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 21:31 ♪WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP AT YOUR HOLY HILL OH LORD♪
• 21:40 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 21:44 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 21:49 ♪AND WE SURRENDER TO YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL♪
• 21:55 ♪OH, LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 22:02 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS GOD,♪
• 22:07 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS OUR GOD♪
• 22:11 ♪AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVERMORE♪
• 22:18 ♪EVERMORE...
• 22:20 ♪FOR THE LORD HE'S OUR GOD♪
• 22:24 ♪FOR THE LORD HE'S OUR GOD♪
• 22:28 ♪AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVERMORE♪
• 22:35 ♪EVERMORE...
• 22:37 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 22:41 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 22:46 ♪WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP AT YOUR HOLY HILL♪
• 22:52 ♪HOLY HILL...
• 22:55 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 22:59 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 23:04 ♪AND WE SURRENDER TO YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL♪
• 23:11 ♪OH LORD....♪
• 23:13 ♪...GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 23:34 PAUL WILBUR IS A GREAT GUY.
• 23:37 WE LOVE, BY THE WAY, INTRODUCING YOU TO GREAT PEOPLE
• 23:39 AND SO I'M PLEASED TO SHOW YOU A CLIP FROM THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT INTERVIEWING DR. IAN STERN.
• 23:46 I KNOW IAN PERSONALLY.
• 23:48 HE'S A PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST.
• 23:51 HE CAN GET THOSE STONES TALKING.
• 23:53 AND OFF WE GO TO HIM NOW AS HE TALKS ABOUT BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY,
• 23:57 CORRELATES HOW THOSE ANCIENT STONES HELP US UNDERSTAND THE BIBLICAL WORD.
• 24:04 THE CITY OF DAVID DOWN BELOW THE TEMPLE MOUNT...
• 24:07 NOW THAT'S...
• 24:08 THERE'S A SOUTHERN WALL,
• 24:09 I WALKED THIS WHOLE AREA, THEN YOU HAVE...
• 24:11 IT'S KIND OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
• 24:12 IF THE PALESTINIANS HAVEN'T DESTROYED THE WHOLE THING
• 24:15 AND DIGGINGS THAT ARE SAID TO BE ALL THE WAY FROM DAVID'S TIME.
• 24:20 WHAT WE HAVE THERE
• 24:21 IS MATERIAL THAT GOES BACK
• 24:22 EVEN BEFORE DAVID.
• 24:24 I CAN REMEMBER LISTENING TO LECTURES
• 24:26 AND PEOPLE SPEAKING 2, 3, 4 YEARS AGO
• 24:29 COMING IN AND SAYING IN THE TIME OF DAVID OR BEFORE THAT,
• 24:31 THE CITY OF DAVID WAS A SMALL, BACK-WATERED TOWN,
• 24:35 IT DIDN'T EXIST.
• 24:36 AND IN FACT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
• 24:37 LOOKING... WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF A CITY
• 24:40 THAT WILL REFLECT THE GRANDEUR THAT WE READ ABOUT IN THE SCRIPTURES?
• 24:43 ON THE OTHER HAND THE RECENT EXCAVATIONS BY
• 24:46 ELI SHUKRON AND RONNIE REICH
• 24:49 WHO'VE BEEN EXCAVATING DOWN
• 24:50 AND TOTALLY BY THE WAY, BY MISTAKE. >>YEAH.
• 24:52 THEY WERE EXCAVATING AN AREA
• 24:53 THAT WAS GOING TO BE A VISITORS CENTER.
• 24:55 IT WAS A SALVAGE DIG.
• 24:56 THEY WERE GOING TO PUT A VISITOR CENTER UP
• 24:57 IN THE CITY OF DAVID
• 24:59 AND AS THINGS TURN OUT MANY TIMES IN JERUSALEM
• 25:01 ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE AREA OF THE SPRING,
• 25:03 OF THE GIHON,
• 25:04 THEY DISCOVERED 2 HUGE TOWERS
• 25:08 AND THESE TOWERS ARE FROM THE TIME OF ABRAHAM.
• 25:11 THEY WERE MIDDLE BRONZE TOWERS.
• 25:12 WOW! >>NOW AGAIN...
• 25:14 THAT'S 4,000 YEARS AGO.
• 25:15 YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MATERIAL.
• 25:17 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SPEAK MANY TIMES AND SAY,
• 25:18 "WOW, THE RIGHTEOUS KING MELCHIZEDEK"
• 25:20 WELL DID ABRAHAM MEET SUCH A KING?
• 25:22 THAT'S A LEAP OF FAITH.
• 25:24 WAS THERE A CITY THERE IN THE TIME OF ABRAHAM?
• 25:26 ABSOLUTELY
• 25:27 AND THE SIZE OF THE STONES
• 25:29 ARE NEVER REPLICATED AGAIN
• 25:31 UNTIL WE GET TO THE TIME OF HEROD.
• 25:32 THEY'RE ENORMOUS. >>OH, BOY.
• 25:35 I THINK IT'S FASCINATING HOW MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLICAL TESTIMONY
• 25:40 CAN MEET, KISS, AND HUG EACH OTHER.
• 25:43 THEY SERVE EACH OTHERS INTERESTS
• 25:45 AND HERE DR. STERN HELPS US TO SEE HOW THE BIBLE STORY REALLY CAN BE CORROBORATED.
• 25:51 ONE WAY TO PROVE UP THE BIBLE STORY IS TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS IN OUR OWN LIVES AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
• 25:58 WHEN I LOOK AT THE BIBLICAL STORY IT'S NOT A STORY ABOUT BACK THEN,
• 26:02 IT'S A STORY ABOUT NOW.
• 26:04 AND IT'S NOT A STORY ABOUT THEM;
• 26:06 IT'S A STORY ABOUT YOU AND ME, WE, US TOGETHER.
• 26:09 GOD WHO SO LOVED THE WORLD, DIDN'T JUST LOVE THE WORLD BACK THEN,
• 26:13 HE DIDN'T JUST COME INTO THE WORLD IN ANCIENT ISRAEL,
• 26:16 HE WANTS TO COME INTO THE WORLD IN MAIN STREET AMERICA,
• 26:19 INTO YOU YOUR HOME AND HE CAN RADICALLY TRANSFORM IT.
• 26:22 THE GOD WHO CAN BUILD UP A KINGDOM AROUND DAVID CAN DO SOMETHING FOR YOU AS WELL.
• 26:27 BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WE NEED TO REPENT OF OUR SINS,
• 26:31 GET RIGHT WITH HIM, AND WALK WITH HIM.
• 26:33 AND IF WE DO AND WE LEARN TO WORSHIP HIM AND GO WITH HIM INTO THE FUTURE
• 26:37 AMAZING WILL BE THE WAY THAT FUTURE WILL UNFOLD.
• 26:40 THANKS FOR GOING WITH US ON THE JOURNEY, BY THE WAY.
• 26:42 AND AS YOU GO,
• 26:43 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:45 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.