Caption transcript for Esther: “Called to be Courageous” (3/8)

• 00:22 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
• 00:25 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
• 00:30 ♪AND A NATION WILL BE FORMED OUT OF HIM♪
• 00:35 ♪YEAH...AND A PEOPLE WILL BE BORN OUT OF HIM♪
• 00:40 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
• 00:44 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
• 00:55 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:57 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 00:58 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 01:02 THIS TIME PRESENTING THE 2ND OF AN 8 PART SERIES ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
• 01:06 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 01:08 DID YOU EVER HAVE THE BOTTOM DROP OUT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU IN YOUR LIFE?
• 01:12 WELL MORDECAI DID.
• 01:14 THE WORLD WENT BAD AND TO THAT STORY WE'LL NOW GO.
• 01:24 HAMAN, CHIEF OF ALL THE PRINCES IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
• 01:28 HAS JUST ISSUED A DECREE...
• 01:30 ALL JEWS...EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD SHALL DIE
• 01:35 AND THEIR POSSESSIONS TAKEN.
• 01:38 GRIEF STRICKEN AND IN MOURNING MORDECAI SITS AT THE KING'S GATE
• 01:43 IMPLORING AN ENTRUSTED SERVANT TO INFORM ESTHER OF HAMAN'S WICKED PLAN.
• 02:04 MORDECAI WAS MORTIFIED
• 02:08 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 02:09 BECAUSE HE KNEW
• 02:11 THAT ANNIHILATION WOULD BE SOON COMING
• 02:14 AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
• 02:16 THE PEOPLE WHO DUG THIS TRENCH HAD THE VERY SAME FEELING
• 02:20 SOME YEARS AGO WHEN ISRAEL WAS ENGAGED IN A BATTLE ROYAL FOR HER VERY SURVIVAL.
• 02:27 SHE WAS BUT AN INFANT IN 1948
• 02:30 JUST COMING INTO HER OWN WHEN THE SYRIANS WERE BENT ON WIPING OUT THE FLEDGLING JEWISH STATE
• 02:37 AND HERE AT THE DEGANIA KIBBUTZ IN THE GALILEE,
• 02:44 A KIBBUTZ THAT'S KNOWN AS THE "MOTHER OF ALL KIBBUTZ'"
• 02:47 WHERE ISRAELITE PIONEERS LABORED TOGETHER TO TURN THE LAND FROM A DESERT INTO A GARDEN
• 02:55 TO MAKE THAT WHICH HAD BEEN NEGLECTED PRODUCTIVE.
• 02:58 THEY ON THE ONE HAND
• 02:59 FOUGHT TO CULTIVATE THE EARTH
• 03:01 AND THE OTHER HAND
• 03:03 THEY FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN
• 03:04 THEIR STATION ON THE EARTH
• 03:06 AS FORCES WERE BENT ON THEIR UTTER DESTRUCTION.
• 03:08 AND HERE AT DEGANIA THEY GOT WORD THAT THE SYRIANS WERE COMING
• 03:13 AND IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON THEM TO MOUNT A SPIRITED DEFENSE.
• 03:17 BUT WHAT DO WE DO?
• 03:18 WHAT DID THEY HAVE?
• 03:21 THEY HAD NEXT TO NOTHING
• 03:23 BUT THEY HAD SOME SMALL HAND WEAPONS...
• 03:25 MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAD DINT OF DETERMINATION...
• 03:28 MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAD GOD.
• 03:31 THEY BUILT A TRENCH.
• 03:33 THE TRENCH STOPPED THE ADVANCE OF A TANK COLUMN.
• 03:37 HELPED BY A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
• 03:39 SOWED SOME FEAR INTO THE CAMP
• 03:41 AND THEY WERE TREATED.
• 03:42 BUT SPEAKING OF FEAR IN THE CAMP,
• 03:47 WHEN WE LOOK IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER AT CHAPTER 4
• 03:51 THERE WAS FEAR IN THE CAMP ALRIGHT.
• 03:53 MORDECAI WAS PERPLEXED.
• 03:57 WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE 1,
• 04:17 A SYMBOL OF GRIEF...OF MOURNING
• 04:20 BECAUSE HE'S GOTTEN WORD OF THE DECREE FROM THAT WICKED HAMAN TO ANNIHILATE THE JEWS.
• 04:27 WE'RE TOLD,
• 04:36 HE WAS IN THE MOURNING MOOD
• 04:38 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT DEATH WAS EMINENT NOT JUST FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR HIS PEOPLE.
• 04:45 AND WE'RE TOLD,
• 04:52 AND WHAT DID HE DO TO THERE?
• 04:54 WE READ ON...
• 04:55 HE CRIES, HE MOURNS, HE WAS WORKING WITH THE QUESTION...
• 04:59 WELL FIRST OF ALL HE'S JUST PERMEATED BY SHOCK AND MISERY...
• 05:04 THERE'S THAT MOMENT AFTER...
• 05:06 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
• 05:08 YOU'VE HEARD THE BAD NEWS AND THE QUESTION IS...
• 05:12 AFTER REELING WITH DESPAIR AND MISERY...PEOPLE SEEK THE LORD,
• 05:18 THEY COME TO THEIR WITS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AND THEY DECIDE HOW TO REBUILD FROM THERE.
• 05:24 WELL RIGHT HERE...
• 05:26 RIGHT HERE...
• 05:28 YEARS AGO SIMILARLY A BAD REPORT WAS DISPATCHED AND INDIVIDUALS WERE CALLED UPON TO STAND UP
• 05:35 AND MOUNT AS SPIRITED A DEFENSE AS THEY COULD.
• 05:38 THE GOOD NEWS APPARENTLY IS THAT GOD WAS WITH
• 05:41 AND THE NET RESULT IS THIS LAND IS SECURELY IN ISRAELI HANDS RIGHT NOW
• 05:46 AND PEOPLE ARE THRIVING, LIVING AND LOVING ALL AROUND.
• 05:50 WHY IS THAT?
• 05:51 BECAUSE THEY STOOD THEIR GROUND.
• 05:53 WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER HOW MORDECAI DID THAT AS OUR STORY CONTINUES.
• 06:02 MORDECAI'S MESSAGE OF HAMAN'S WICKED PLAN IS CONVEYED TO QUEEN ESTHER...
• 06:07 SHE'S LEFT IN A QUANDARY.
• 06:37 "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, DO SOMETHING"...
• 06:41 YOU EVER HEARD THAT EXPRESSION BEFORE?
• 06:44 I MENTION THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE JUST OVERWHELMED BY CIRCUMSTANCE
• 06:48 YOU CAN FEEL SO LITTLE AND THE PROBLEMS CAN BE SO BIG
• 06:52 YOU WONDER "WHAT ON GOD'S EARTH AM I GOING TO DO?"
• 06:56 I MENTION THAT BECAUSE TO BE SURE ESTHER FELT THAT.
• 07:00 WE KNOW IN ESTHER CHAPTER 4, VERSES 10 THROUGH 12 SHE SAYS IN RESPONSE TO THE TROUBLES OF THE DAY
• 07:06 SHE SAYS, "WHO AM I?...WHAT AM I?"
• 07:09 "I HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE KING"
• 07:12 "I CAN'T GET TO XERXES"
• 07:14 "I CAN'T FIX THIS."
• 07:15 "I'M REAL LITTLE, THE PROBLEM'S REAL BIG."
• 07:18 HER IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS TO COWER IN THE FACE OF THE OBSTACLE.
• 07:23 HAPPILY, HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET HER EQUILIBRIUM...
• 07:26 MORDECAI IS GOING TO COME BACK AND ENCOURAGE HER
• 07:29 AND OFF SHE'S GOING TO GO AND FIND HER FUTURE.
• 07:32 THE PEOPLE HERE FELT THE SAME TO BE SURE.
• 07:36 A FLEDGLING LITTLE NATION STATE...
• 07:38 PEOPLE THAT ARE ILL EQUIPPED
• 07:41 AND WERE AT A TIME WHEN THE SYRIANS HAVE BIG GUNS AND THEY HAD VERY LITTLE GUNS
• 07:46 BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO JUMP INTO THE FRAY AND DO SOMETHING
• 07:51 AND THAT'S THE STORY OF THE DAY.
• 07:53 THAT'S THE STORY HERE...
• 07:55 ...THAT'S THE STORY HERE.
• 07:57 AND I THINK THAT'S THE STORY FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND LIKE YOU.
• 08:02 WE LIVE IN THE WORLD TODAY WHERE EVIL IS HAVING ITS DAY.
• 08:08 AND WE DO WELL TO PRAYERFULLY SEEK THE LORD...
• 08:11 "LORD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO?"
• 08:14 "WHERE DO I HAVE INFLUENCE?"
• 08:16 "WHAT DO I HAVE THAT I CAN THROW INTO THE WAR EFFORT?"
• 08:20 IT CAN MEAN INFLUENCE IN A CERTAIN CAPACITY,
• 08:23 IT CAN MEAN REVENUE;
• 08:24 TAKING A STAND DIFFERENT WAYS ON DIFFERENT DAYS
• 08:27 FOR THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS PUT ON YOUR HEART THAT YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE.
• 08:33 MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THIS FROM HERE
• 08:37 IS TO PRAYERFULLY AND CAREFULLY SEEK THE LORD
• 08:41 HOW WOULD HE HAVE YOU ADVOCATE FOR HIM IN THIS WORLD
• 08:45 WHERE THERE'S PLENTY OF HAMANS AROUND.
• 08:47 THE BIG HAMAN OF COURSE IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF
• 08:50 WHO INCARNATES IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND WORKS THROUGH DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE
• 08:55 TO PROVIDE TROUBLE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE, FOR HIS PLAN, HIS WILL AND HIS WAYS.
• 09:01 I HOPE YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN STANDING UP.
• 09:04 HERE PARTICULARLY
• 09:06 I'M MINDED OF THE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR CHRISTIANS TO STAND BEHIND THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 09:11 AS JEWISH PEOPLE TODAY AS YESTERDAY
• 09:14 AS WE FIND OURSELVES IN A BATTLE ROYAL
• 09:17 IN A WORLD WHERE FORCES MARSHALED IN PERSIA OF ANTIQUITY, IRAN IN MODERNITY,
• 09:24 ARE BENT ON COMING AND DOING WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO DROVE THIS TANK TRIED TO DO...
• 09:30 THEY WANTED TO DESTROY ISRAEL...
• 09:32 THEY FAILED.
• 09:34 MAY GOD GIVE GOOD SUCCESS TODAY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STAND UP
• 09:37 AND HOLD BACK THE PREVAILING ANARCHY.
• 09:54 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 09:59 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
• 10:01 "THE LEVITT LETTER".
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• 10:05 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
• 10:09 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
• 10:10 "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES"
• 10:12 INCLUDES READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDS, AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 10:17 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
• 10:20 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 10:24 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 11:05 I'M VERY ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO GO TO ISRAEL
• 11:07 AND I'M ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO GO FOR YOU AND FOR ISRAEL.
• 11:11 EVEN IF YOU DON'T GO WITH ME
• 11:13 GO AND BE A BLESSING.
• 11:15 AND IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH ME
• 11:17 WE LEAVE A FEW TIMES A YEAR.
• 11:19 CALL 1-800-WONDERS
• 11:21 YOU'RE GOING TO MEET TRACIE,
• 11:23 YOU'LL GET INFORMATION TO GET THE BALL ROLLING,
• 11:25 IT WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO PRAY ABOUT.
• 11:27 ISRAEL MAY VERY WELL BE A PLACE FOR YOU NEXT STOP ON YOUR TRAIN.
• 11:32 WELL IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN STUDYING A LITTLE MORE
• 11:35 OUR MINISTRY PRODUCES AN EXTENSION STUDIES PROGRAM,
• 11:38 A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
• 11:39 WHICH I DEVELOPED YEARS AGO WITH THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT.
• 11:42 IT'S CALLED "THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN STUDIES".
• 11:45 THERE ARE A VARIETY OF COURSES
• 11:46 ALL ABOUT THE JEWISH ROOTS OF JESUS AND WHAT HAVE YOU
• 11:48 AND PEOPLE WILL GET NOTEBOOKS,
• 11:50 THEY'LL OPEN THEM,
• 11:51 THERE ARE CDS THERE,
• 11:52 THERE'S INFORMATION,
• 11:53 THERE'S NOTES,
• 11:55 THERE'S TESTS TO GET SENT IN AND GRADED.
• 11:56 YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
• 11:58 WE HAVE STUFF FOR YOU THAT'S A LITTLE MORE INFORMATIVE.
• 12:00 IF YOU WANT SOMETHING FUN
• 12:02 YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET ONE OF THESE "STAND WITH ISRAEL" PINS.
• 12:06 ITS ALL FOR YOU TO WEAR AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOUR FAITH.
• 12:08 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE FAITH
• 12:11 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND THE WORD
• 12:13 YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
• 12:15 CALLED "THE LEVITT LETTER".
• 12:16 IT'S CHOCK FULL OF GREAT STORIES
• 12:18 THAT ARE VERY INSPIRATIONAL AND WORTHY WE BELIEVE.
• 12:22 YOU GO AHEAD AND VISIT US ON-LINE AT WWW.LEVITT.COM
• 12:25 OR CALL US AT 1-800-WONDERS
• 12:28 AND WE'LL JUST GIVE IT TO YOU FOR ASKING.
• 12:30 SPEAKING OF ASKING...
• 12:31 MORDECAI HAD A REQUEST FOR ESTHER...
• 12:33 "DEAR, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE... WE LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES."
• 12:37 LET'S LOOK AT HER RESPONSE.
• 13:44 "IF I PERISH, I PERISH"
• 13:46 ITS MORE THAN JUST A LINE IN LITERATURE...
• 13:49 SOME DO PERISH IN THE COURSE OF MAKING A SPIRITED DEFENSE
• 13:54 FOR THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND FOR THE PEOPLE.
• 13:57 THIS FELLOW'S NAME WAS AVRAHAM SHMUEL...
• 14:01 DIED HERE AGED 17.
• 14:05 THIS FELLOW HERE,YEHUDA LEIV,
• 14:09 19 YEARS OF AGE...A SOLDIER.
• 14:13 THIS FELLOW HERE, MICHAEL...
• 14:16 MICHAEL WAS A WARRING ANGEL IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL...
• 14:21 AGE 24...DIED HERE AT DEGANIA.
• 14:26 RAFAEL...IN JEWISH PERCEPTION THE NAME OF ANOTHER ANGEL...
• 14:32 HE DIED HERE...AGE 20.
• 14:35 AND NOT FAR FROM HERE TO BRING OUR STORY HOME A LITTLE BIT,
• 14:39 THERE'S A FELLOW, HIS NAME WAS MORDECAI, AGE 31...
• 14:46 GAVE UP HIS LIFE IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.
• 14:48 I MENTION THIS BECAUSE THE HOUR WAS DESPERATE AND MORDECAI...
• 14:55 NOT THIS MORDECAI...
• 14:57 BUT THE ONE FOR WHOM HE'S NAMED,
• 15:01 WAS AT A PLACE WHERE HE'S LEANING ON ESTHER AND HE SAYS,
• 15:04 "HONEY, PLEASE LISTEN... YOU...WHO KNOWS..."
• 15:08 "WHETHER YOU HAVE NOT COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?"
• 15:17 IN HEBREW,
• 15:30 "ESTHER I NEED TO LEAN ON YOU TO TAKE A STAND."
• 15:35 WELL SHE CONSIDERED THE MATTER AND KNEW IN HER HEART OF HEARTS
• 15:41 THAT SHE NEEDED HERSELF TO THROW THE DICE OF HER OWN LIFE AGAINST AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
• 15:47 SHE HAD RECKONED THAT PROVIDENCE,
• 15:49 GOD HAD GUIDED HER AFFAIRS TO GIVE HER PLACE OF INFLUENCE,
• 15:54 TO GIVE HER RESOURCE,
• 15:56 TO GIVE HER UTILITY THAT SHE COULD THROW AGAINST TROUBLES OF THE DAY.
• 16:01 SHE PROCESSES IT ALL FINALLY AND EVEN REALIZING THE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH HER UNANNOUNCED,
• 16:09 UNINVITED GOING AND PETITIONING THE KING.
• 16:12 SHE REALIZES THIS DANGER BUT WHAT DOES SHE SAY?
• 16:15 SHE SAYS,
• 16:20 SHE SAYS, "LISTEN, IF I PERISH - I PERISH".
• 16:24 SOME DO PERISH...SOME DON'T.
• 16:29 BUT ALL OF US WITH BIBLICAL VIRTUE IN OUR HEARTS ARE CALLED UPON...
• 16:35 THE RUACH HACHODESH...
• 16:37 THE HOLY SPIRIT...
• 16:38 BECKONS US TO TAKE STANDS FOR BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES.
• 16:43 FRIENDS THE HOUR IS LATE,
• 16:48 THE DARKNESS PREVAILS
• 16:51 AND MY PRAYER IS THAT SOME OF YOU WILL BE MOVED TO STAND UP FOR GOD'S PEOPLE,
• 16:56 MOVED TO INVEST ENERGIES, RESOURCES, INFLUENCES.
• 17:02 IF IT COSTS...IT COSTS.
• 17:05 BUT REMEMBER ESTHER, THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VIRTUOUS,
• 17:10 WHO SAYS "LISTEN, IF I PERISH - I PERISH -"
• 17:14 "BUT I'M GOING TO USE MY INFLUENCE AT A TIME LIKE THIS."
• 17:29 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 17:31 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 17:33 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 17:37 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 17:39 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 17:42 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 17:46 ♪LOOK HERE COMES THAT PHARAOH♪
• 17:48 ♪MARCHING WITH HIS ARMY♪
• 17:51 ♪WHERE DO WE GO?...OH, YEAH♪
• 17:54 ♪WE GET THROUGH THE RED SEA♪
• 17:57 ♪TURN AROUND NO ARMY♪
• 17:58 ♪WHERE'D THEY GO?♪
• 18:01 ♪OH, OH, OH, YEAH♪
• 18:03 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 18:05 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 18:07 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 18:12 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 18:14 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 18:16 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 18:20 ♪THOSE THREE HEBREW CHILDREN♪
• 18:22 ♪THROWN INTO THE FIRE♪
• 18:24 ♪OH NO♪
• 18:28 ♪THEY THREW IN THREE BUT FOUR I SEE♪
• 18:31 ♪OH COME ON NOW♪
• 18:32 ♪WHO COULD THAT BE?♪
• 18:35 ♪OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, YEAH!♪
• 18:42 ♪WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME,♪
• 18:44 ♪I WILL LIFT YOU UP♪
• 18:46 ♪I AM FAITHFUL AND I AM TRUE♪
• 18:50 ♪REJOICE BE GLAD♪
• 18:52 ♪FOR I HAVE HEARD YOU♪
• 18:53 ♪I'LL DELIVER YOU...
• 18:55 ♪I'LL DELIVER YOU!♪
• 19:05 ♪I'LL DELIVER YOU...♪
• 19:07 ♪YEAH...YEAH!♪
• 19:09 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 19:12 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 19:14 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 19:18 ♪SEE THOSE PERSIAN ARMIES♪
• 19:20 ♪MOCK THE GOD OF ABRAHAM...♪
• 19:24 ♪OH, OH♪
• 19:26 ♪THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA PROVE HIM WRONG♪
• 19:28 ♪BUT YOU JUST WATCH♪
• 19:30 ♪CAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND♪
• 19:33 ♪CAUSE I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 19:35 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 19:39 ♪WHEN YOU CALL MY NAME♪
• 19:42 ♪I WILL LIFT YOU UP♪
• 19:44 ♪I AM FAITHFUL♪
• 19:46 ♪I AM TRUE♪
• 19:48 ♪REJOICE BE GLAD♪
• 19:49 ♪FOR I HAVE HEARD YOU♪
• 19:51 ♪I'LL DELIVER YOU...♪
• 19:53 ♪I'LL DELIVER YOU!♪
• 19:56 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU...♪
• 19:59 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 20:02 ♪OHHHH..YEAH!♪
• 20:05 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 20:08 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 20:10 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 20:15 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 20:17 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 20:19 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU♪
• 20:23 ♪I WILL NEVER...♪
• 20:25 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE♪
• 20:27 ♪I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU ...YEAH!♪
• 20:31 ♪I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU♪
• 20:34 ♪NO I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU♪
• 20:36 ♪I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH...YOU♪
• 20:44 SHARON'S A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY
• 20:46 AND SHE SINGS "I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU".
• 20:48 THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE LEAVE US BUT GOD DOESN'T.
• 20:51 HAVE YOU FOUND THAT TO BE THE CASE DR. MALLIN IN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE
• 20:54 WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISAPPOINT?
• 20:56 OH YES...OH YES
• 20:57 BUT ISN'T IT GOOD
• 20:58 TO HAVE A LOVING GOD?
• 21:00 YEAH GOD DOESN'T LEAVE US.
• 21:01 SOME PEOPLE WONDER WHETHER GOD HAS LEFT THE JEWS,
• 21:03 THUS THE PROBLEMS WE EXPERIENCE IN LIFE...
• 21:05 ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE LIKE.
• 21:07 WHAT SAYS PROFESSOR MALLIN?
• 21:09 GOD LOVES THE JEW.
• 21:11 HE LOVES HIS PEOPLE.
• 21:12 AND WE CAN SOMETIMES BE QUICK TO FIND FAULT
• 21:15 AND BLAME HIM FOR THINGS THAT HE NEVER CHOSE
• 21:18 BECAUSE HE'S A GOD OF LOVE AND NOT ONE OF EVIL.
• 21:21 AND AS WE'VE SEEN IN SEPTEMBER 11TH
• 21:25 AND OTHER TRAGEDIES...
• 21:27 WE SEE EVEN WITH THE HOLOCAUST.
• 21:31 PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES QUICK TO BLAME GOD
• 21:34 BUT IT'S A LINE DRAWING FALLACY
• 21:36 IN THAT THESE POINTS DO NOT...
• 21:39 IT'S A FALLACY TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THIS - GOD DID IT,
• 21:43 WHEN IN TRUTH...
• 21:44 AND WE KNOW FROM THE WORD...
• 21:46 THAT EVIL COMES FROM THE EVIL ONE.
• 21:48 AND I THINKING "BLAMING" ITSELF IS PROBLEMATIC.
• 21:50 MY POSITION IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BLAME.
• 21:53 THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BLAME REALLY ARE CHILDREN AND GOD...
• 21:56 CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER...
• 21:58 GOD BECAUSE HE KNOWS ALL THE FACTS.
• 22:00 BUT THOSE OF US SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
• 22:02 SHOULDN'T BE SO QUICK TO TRY AND ASSIGN FAULT AND REASON AND BLAME
• 22:05 BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
• 22:07 AMEN
• 22:08 THAT'S WHY I LOVE IN GENESIS 12 WHERE IT SAYS,
• 22:10 "IF YOU BLESS ISRAEL YOU WILL BE BLESSED'
• 22:12 "AND CURSINGS TO THOSE WHO CURSE ISRAEL."
• 22:15 AND HAVEN'T WE SEEN THAT?
• 22:17 YES AND ITS AMAZING TO ME THAT WE SEE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH HISTORY...
• 22:21 THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE GOD OF ISRAEL...
• 22:24 THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T
• 22:26 AND THAT JUST MAKES ITS JOURNEY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION..
• 22:28 THAT PEOPLE LOVED US SO MUCH
• 22:31 TO SHARE MESSIAH WITH US.
• 22:33 THAT COUNTS SO MUCH AS WELL.
• 22:35 YES AND THAT'S THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO FOR ANYONE.
• 22:38 HMMM...AMEN!
• 22:40 HEY IT'S SO GOOD HAVING YOU ON THE PROGRAM AGAIN BY THE WAY.
• 22:42 TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY.
• 22:43 DR. BARRI MALLIN WE LOVE YOU IN THE LORD.
• 22:45 NOW ZOLA LEVITT'S GOING TO COME,
• 22:47 THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT
• 22:48 AND SHARE SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE QUESTION OF...
• 22:50 "IS IT OUR FAULT..."
• 22:51 "ARE JEWS TO BE BLAMED FOR THE TROUBLES THAT WE EXPERIENCE?"
• 22:55 I THINK HE GIVES AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE
• 22:57 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BENEFIT BY VIRTUE OF YOUR EXPOSURE TO IT.
• 23:02 SOMETIMES THIS IS MISUNDERSTOOD
• 23:04 BUT PAUL IS VERY CLEAR,
• 23:05 ROMANS, CHAPTER 11, VERSE 26,
• 23:07 "ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED..."
• 23:09 "WHEN THE DELIVERER SHALL COME OUT OF ZION."
• 23:11 ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER 12, VERSE 10
• 23:14 IS AN EXCELLENT CROSS REFERENCE,
• 23:15 I QUOTE IT,
• 23:44 THE WHOLE WORLD WILL COME TO JERUSALEM,
• 23:46 ALL THE GENTILE NATIONS THAT WERE SAVED,
• 23:48 THEY WILL COME TO JERUSALEM AND WORSHIP THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• 23:51 ALL THIS ANTI-SEMITISM NOW AND THEN A KINGDOM IN WHICH ISRAEL IS THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
• 23:56 AND ITS KING IS THE KING OF ALL.
• 24:00 ZOLA ENVISIONED A WORLD WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE RECONCILED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
• 24:05 COMING AND WORSHIPPING THE LORD IN JERUSALEM
• 24:08 AND HE ENVISIONED THAT OUT OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT.
• 24:10 DO YOU SEE IT THERE TOO DR. MALLIN?
• 24:12 ALL THE TIME WHEN WE READ.
• 24:14 IT'S AMAZING.
• 24:15 ZECHARIAH ENVISIONED A DAY DID HE NOT?
• 24:19 YES
• 24:20 WHEN ALL THE NATIONS WOULD BE GATHERED TO ISRAEL FINALLY AND FULLY RECONCILED.
• 24:25 NOW YOU HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH THAT DIDN'T YOU?
• 24:28 A NICE JEWISH GIRL LIKE YOU COMES TO KNOW THE LORD
• 24:30 AND YOU BUMP INTO OUR MINISTRY CONSULTANT, DR. TOM MCCALL.
• 24:34 WHAT'S THAT STORY ALL ABOUT?
• 24:35 WELL BACK IN JANUARY OF 1980
• 24:38 MY COUSINS HAD A DELI HERE IN DALLAS
• 24:41 WHERE TWO BUSINESS MEN TOOK ME TO LUNCH,
• 24:44 SHARED MESSIAH OVER LUNCH,
• 24:45 SHARED ISAIAH CHAPTER 53,
• 24:47 AND PSALM CHAPTER 22
• 24:49 AND GOD SAVED ME...
• 24:51 OPENED UP MY HEART TO RECEIVE YESHUA.
• 24:53 AND I GOT IN MY CAR,
• 24:54 PRAYED...
• 24:56 I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
• 24:57 BUT I KNEW OF THIS MINISTRY
• 24:59 BECAUSE OF THE STAR OF DAVID
• 25:00 AND THE CROSS EMBLEM
• 25:02 ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE.
• 25:04 I HAD PASSED BY IT NUMEROUS TIMES,
• 25:05 IT'S IN A VERY VISIBLE LOCATION.
• 25:07 I WALK IN...
• 25:08 GOT TO MEET TOM MCCALL
• 25:10 WHO SHARED WITH ME ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER 12, VERSE 10 WHICH IS,
• 25:24 AND THAT STRUCK MY HEART THAT THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE,
• 25:27 THIS IS ME,
• 25:28 THIS IS IN MY BOOK
• 25:29 THAT ZECHARIAH IS SPEAKING OF OUR MESSIAH.
• 25:33 IT'S AMAZING HOW INDIVIDUALS OPEN UP THE BIBLE
• 25:36 AND THE LORD WORKS THROUGH THAT TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO HIS WORLD.
• 25:40 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN GLOBALLY ONE DAY...
• 25:42 NOT JUST INDIVIDUALLY CORRECT?
• 25:44 ITS SO EXCITING HOW HE'S DOING IT MORE AND MORE IN OUR LIVES
• 25:47 AS WE SEE ALL OVER THE WORLD NOW
• 25:49 MORE AND MORE OF OUR PEOPLE
• 25:51 COMING TO FAITH IN MESSIAH.
• 25:52 THERE IS A WONDERFUL REVIVAL
• 25:54 AND IN THE NOT TOO DISTANCE FUTURE
• 25:55 WE'RE GOING TO DO A SERIES ON THAT.
• 25:57 ISN'T IT GREAT THE WAY THE LORD REVIVED YOU...
• 25:58 CAME INTO YOUR HEART?
• 25:59 TO HIM BE ALL THE GLORY.
• 26:01 YES AND HE'S GAME TO DO THAT TO ANYONE
• 26:05 FOR EVERYONE WHO CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED AMEN?
• 26:07 AMEN
• 26:08 DR. MALLIN JUST THRILLED TO BE WITH YOU
• 26:10 AND I MEAN THAT SINCERELY.
• 26:12 AND AREN'T WE THRILLED TO HEAR STORIES OF THE LORD
• 26:15 ENTERING INTO PEOPLE'S WORLD AND TRANSFORMING THEM.
• 26:19 WE WANT OUR MINISTRY TO BE AN AGENT TO TRANSFORMATION.
• 26:22 CERTAINLY THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH TELEVISION, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK...
• 26:26 YOU CAN GO TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES...
• 26:29 AND DO IF YOU WILL PLEASE
• 26:31 AND BE IN TOUCH WITH THE BIBLICAL STORY.
• 26:33 WE LIKE TO TEACH IT AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE BLESSED THROUGH IT.
• 26:35 COMING UP NEXT WEEK WE'LL LEARN HOW ESTHER IS USED TO THWART A WICKED HAMAN'S PLANS
• 26:43 BUT THAT'S NEXT WEEK'S STORY.
• 26:44 HAVE A GREAT WEEK PLEASE
• 26:45 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:47 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:48 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM