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

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