Caption transcript for Ask The Professor: Insights on the Gospel of John — “John’s Gospel, A Jewish-Related Story” (1/4)

• 00:30 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:32 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 00:33 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU
• 00:34 ONCE AGAIN
• 00:36 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:38 THIS TIME WE'RE PRESENTING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
• 00:43 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAGAZINE...
• 00:46 AND I HOPE YOU ALL GET IT
• 00:47 AND YOU'LL SEE HOW LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM...
• 00:50 I HAVE COLUMN IN THERE CALLED "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
• 00:54 YOU KNOW I HAVE 21 YEARS AS A BIBLE COLLEGE SEMINARY PROFESSOR UNDER MY BELT
• 00:58 AND PEOPLE WRITE ME,
• 00:59 THEY EMAIL ME,
• 01:01 AND WE GET A LITTLE DIALOGUE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
• 01:04 WELL THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF A FOUR PART SERIES ON "ASK THE PROFESSOR"
• 01:10 BUT REALLY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PROFESSOR ASKING YOU.
• 01:14 WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW?
• 01:18 I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU KNOW HOW JEWISH THE CHRISTIAN STORY REALLY IS.
• 01:25 WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS GRAB YOUR BIBLE,
• 01:29 OPEN IT UP TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
• 01:31 GET A NOTEPAD IF YOU WANT,
• 01:33 GRAB A PEN...
• 01:35 I'M GOING TO BE PITCHING QUESTIONS YOUR WAY
• 01:38 AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE "HOW SMART DO YOU THINK YOU REALLY ARE?"
• 01:42 WHAT I WANT TO DO IS DEMONSTRATE HOW THE CHRISTIAN STORY IS SO VERY JEWISH.
• 01:48 AND THE REASON WHY I'M BEGINNING WITH JOHN IS BECAUSE AFTER I CAME TO FAITH IN YESHUA, THAT IS JESUS,
• 01:55 I WAS GIVEN A GOSPEL OF JOHN AND TOLD TO READ IT.
• 01:59 AND AS I'VE TALKED TO OTHERS I'VE BEEN INFORMED
• 02:02 THAT SIMILARLY OTHERS RIGHT AFTER COMING TO A FAITH IN YESHUA, JESUS
• 02:07 HAVE ALIGHTED UPON THE JOHANNINE GOSPEL
• 02:10 TO CUT THEIR TEETH ON THE ESSENCE AND SUBSTANCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN.
• 02:14 WELL WHAT I WANT TO DEMONSTRATE AGAIN HERE
• 02:17 IS HOW THE ESSENCE AND SUBSTANCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN ACCORDING TO JOHN
• 02:21 IS REALLY ROOTED IN THE JEWISH BIBLE.
• 02:25 OKAY... THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON THE MENU...
• 02:29 LET ME PITCH IT TO YOU...
• 02:31 A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS.
• 02:33 IN JOHN'S GOSPEL...
• 02:35 HERE, LET ME READ MY OWN QUESTIONS AND SEE IF YOU CAN WORK THROUGH THE ANSWERS.
• 02:39 WHEN JOHN BEGINS HIS FAMOUS GOSPEL
• 02:42 WHAT DOES HE IN MIND AND POSSIBLY IN HAND?
• 02:47 EHHH... THE QUESTION MY BE A LITTLE NEBULOUS...
• 02:50 LET ME JUST READ THE BEGINNING OF THE JOHANNINE GOSPEL.
• 02:53 THEREIN WE'RE TOLD,
• 03:07 MY QUESTION IS,
• 03:09 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE HAS IN MIND WHEN HE IS GIVING VOICE TO THIS KIND OF UNDERSTANDING?
• 03:14 WHEN HE HARKS TO WHAT HE HAS IN MIND AND IN HAND...
• 03:19 COULD IT BE THE GOSPEL OF MARK TO TELL THE JESUS STORY?...
• 03:23 I SUBSCRIBE TO THE MARK IN PRIORITY HYPOTHESIS...
• 03:26 THAT IS... MARK WROTE FIRST.
• 03:28 SO YOU HAVE MARK.
• 03:30 IS HE THINKING OF JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS?
• 03:33 THIRD, IS HE THINKING OF GENESIS CHAPTER ONE?
• 03:37 FOUR, IS HE SPEAKING OR HARKING TO
• 03:40 ISAIAH'S PROPHECIES OF A COMING DELIVERER?
• 03:45 WHAT SAY YE?
• 03:48 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SAY ME.
• 03:50 IN GENESIS CHAPTER ONE, VERSE ONE, IT'S STARTS OFF,
• 03:55 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 04:04 AND THEN WE'RE TOLD AS WE READ ON,
• 04:06 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 04:12 ...PARTICIPATING IN CREATION.
• 04:15 IN GENESIS CHAPTER ONE, VERSE TWENTY-SIX, IN HEBREW,
• 04:18 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 04:26 WHEN JOHN IN HIS PROLOGUE, IN HIS PRELUDE, HARKS TO,
• 04:31 "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD" ETC.,
• 04:35 I THINK HE HAS THE HEBREW BIBLE IN MIND...THE VERY FIRST BREATH,
• 04:40 SHOWING THAT THE JESUS STORY IS ROOTED IN THE GENESIS STORY,
• 04:45 THE VERY FIRST BREATH OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
• 04:49 SO MUCH FOR THAT.
• 04:52 IF ONE LOOKS AT THE VERY FIRST BREATH OF GOSPEL LITERATURE,
• 04:55 IN THE MARK GOSPEL PARTICULARLY,
• 04:58 AND EARLY ON ELSEWHERE,
• 05:00 WE'RE TOLD THAT JESUS' MINISTRY IS VALIDATED BY A FELLOW NAMED JOHN THE BAPTIST.
• 05:05 I'M TEMPTED TO ASK,
• 05:07 WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST A SOUTHERN BAPTIST
• 05:08 OR AN INDEPENDENT BAPTIST?
• 05:10 BUT I THINK YOU WOULDN'T TAKE KINDLY TO THAT
• 05:12 CAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE WASN'T.
• 05:14 WELL WHAT WAS HE THEN?
• 05:16 IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION.
• 05:17 IT'S ONE THAT'S ASKED.
• 05:19 PEOPLE INQUIRED OF JESUS, "WHO ARE YOU?"
• 05:23 THERE'S CERTAIN MEASURED CONFUSION THAT WE NEED TO SORT OUT.
• 05:27 IF YOU LOOK IN CHAPTER ONE, VERSE NINETEEN, WE'RE TOLD,
• 05:35 ...WE KNOW AS JOHN, BUT I LIKE THE HEBREW "JOHANNAN".
• 05:51 HERE JOHN IS ASKED TO WEIGH IN,
• 05:57 TO GIVE VOICE TO WHO HE WAS.
• 06:00 AND WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE TWENTY WHAT?
• 06:02 WHO IS THIS PERSON?
• 06:05 ...THIS JOHN WHO WAS BAPTIZING.
• 06:08 IT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION IT SEEMS TO ME.
• 06:10 BUT LET ME JUST SAY WE'LL WORK ON THAT QUESTION LATER.
• 06:13 WITH REGARD TO BAPTISM...
• 06:15 WAS BAPTISM ITSELF UNIQUE TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA?
• 06:20 THAT'S THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK.
• 06:22 YOU'LL SEE A PHOTO ON THE SCREEN
• 06:24 OF A MIKVAH, OF A RITUAL BATH,
• 06:26 DATED TO JESUS PERIOD.
• 06:27 WHAT WAS IT USED FOR?
• 06:29 A.BATHING
• 06:31 B.STORING GRAIN
• 06:34 RITUAL EMERSION IS THE THIRD,
• 06:37 OR WATER STORAGE.
• 06:40 THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS "RITUAL IMMERSION"
• 06:43 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS,
• 06:45 QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WHO THIS BAPTIST WAS ASIDE,
• 06:48 WORTH NOTING IS THE FACT THAT BAPTISM WAS AROUND,
• 06:51 THIS JOHN WAS BAPTIZING PEOPLE BEFORE JESUS BEGAN HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.
• 06:56 AND TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS JEWS WERE BEING BAPTIZED BEFORE JESUS CAME FORTH
• 07:01 AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF BEING BAPTIZED IN JESUS' NAME.
• 07:05 OH THIS STORY IS JEWISH TO THE CORE IN MY ESTIMATION
• 07:09 BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT,
• 07:11 COME WITH ME ON THE JOURNEY
• 07:13 AND LET'S EXPLORE HOW JEWISH THE GOSPEL OF JOHN REALLY IS.
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• 08:13 MOVING RIGHT ALONG...
• 08:15 AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD BY GOING BACKWARDS.
• 08:18 MOMENT AGO I INFORMED THAT BAPTISM WAS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA.
• 08:24 THAT CAN BE SHOCKING TO SOME
• 08:25 BUT BAPTISM PRE-DATES JEWS BAPTIZED, CONVERTS INTO JUDAISM,
• 08:31 AND JEWISH PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY PART OF THE COMMUNITY
• 08:34 WERE BAPTIZED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
• 08:37 BUT THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY BAPTIZING
• 08:39 CALLED JOHN THE BAPTIST.
• 08:41 LET ME PITCH A QUESTION TO YOU RELATIVE TO HIM.
• 08:45 SEE HOW SHARP YOU ARE.
• 08:46 HERE WE GO...
• 08:48 WHEN THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES ASKED JOHN WHETHER HE WAS THE PROPHET...
• 08:54 HERE'S THIS GUY BAPTIZING BUT HE WAS UNIQUE
• 08:57 AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW, "ARE YOU THE PROPHET?"
• 09:00 QUESTION... WHICH PROPHET DID THEY HAVE IN MIND ACCORDING TO THE JOHANNINE INTRODUCTION?
• 09:08 WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
• 09:10 IS HE THE RE-INCARNATION OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL WHO PRESAGED THE MESSIANIC ERA?
• 09:19 IS HE JEREMIAH, FAMOUS PROPHET IN THE HEBREW BIBLE?
• 09:25 IS HE ISAIAH?
• 09:27 WHEN THEY SAY, "ARE YOU THE PROPHET?"
• 09:29 WHO ARE WE REFERRING TO?
• 09:31 OR FOUR, IS IT UNCERTAIN?
• 09:35 WELL LET'S LOOK AT THE BIBLICAL TEXT IN VERSE TWENTY-ONE
• 09:38 AND THEY ASKED HIM,
• 09:47 BY THE WAY, THAT'S AN INTERESTING RESPONSE
• 09:48 BUT I WON'T UNPACK IT HERE.
• 09:56 ARE WE THINKING OF HIM BEING A RE-INCARNATED PROPHET?
• 10:02 COULD WE BE REFERRING HERE TO THE PROMISED ONE TO COME?
• 10:07 ISAIAH AND THE OTHERS SPOKE OF THE MESSIAH
• 10:10 BUT MOSES IS EXPLICIT IN SAYING,
• 10:12 "THAT THERE WOULD COME A PROPHET LIKE UNTO ME, HEED HIM."
• 10:16 THERE'S A GOOD ARGUMENT,
• 10:18 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO HERE
• 10:19 BUT THE TEXT DOESN'T SAY EXPLICITLY
• 10:21 SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS AN OPEN QUESTION.
• 10:24 BUT WE'LL GET TO MOSES IN A MOMENT.
• 10:28 MOVING RIGHT ALONG RELATIVE TO THE QUESTION IS,
• 10:32 "ARE YOU THE ONE SPOKEN BY THE PROPHETS?"
• 10:37 IT'S NOT NOTED EXPLICITLY
• 10:40 BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION,
• 10:41 LATER ON THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ENGAGEMENTS WITH YESHUA, WITH JESUS,
• 10:46 AND THE VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS THAT HE'S CALLING UNTO HIMSELF.
• 10:50 IT SEEMS THAT YESHUA, JESUS IS TAPPING INTO A NETWORK OF AFFILIATES WITH THIS FELLOW JOHN WHO WAS BAPTIZING.
• 11:00 AND THEY IN TURN ARE TELLING THEIR FRIENDS
• 11:02 AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEIR WEBS OF RELATIONSHIPS.
• 11:05 WELL WHEN THIS FELLOW PHILIP FINDS THE GUY NATHANAEL IN THE JOHANNINE,
• 11:12 THE BEGINNING STORY...
• 11:14 AND HE TELLS HIM HE FOUND YESHUA, JESUS, THE MASHIACH, THE MESSIAH...
• 11:19 HE MENTIONED A HEBREW SOURCE THAT SPOKE OF THE COMING MESSIAH.
• 11:25 QUESTION...
• 11:26 WHAT WAS THAT SOURCE?
• 11:29 LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER...
• 11:31 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MOSHE RABANU, MOSES?
• 11:36 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW?
• 11:39 BECAUSE MATTHEW IS ALL ABOUT CONNECTING JESUS TO THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 11:43 IS HE TALKING ABOUT HEROD?
• 11:46 OR IS HE TALKING ABOUT PETER?
• 11:49 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 11:52 WELL LET'S GO ON THE JOURNEY IN JOHN CHAPTER ONE, VERSE FORTY-FIVE WE'RE TOLD,
• 12:01 AND "NATHAN" IN HEBREW IS "GIFT"
• 12:03 AND THE SUFFIX "EL", "GIFT OF GOD".
• 12:06 HE FOUND THIS "GIFT OF GOD" AND SAID,
• 12:22 SEEMS TO ME THEN THAT "MOSES"
• 12:25 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
• 12:28 NOW WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
• 12:29 JUST TO SUMMARIZE AND THEN MOVE ON.
• 12:33 WHAT I FIND STRIKING IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
• 12:36 BEYOND THE FACT THAT IT HARKS TO THE GENESIS NARRATIVE ORIGINALLY
• 12:40 AND THUS ROOTS IT BACK IN THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 12:43 AND BEYOND THE FACT THAT THE PRINCIPAL ADVOCATE,
• 12:47 THIS HARBINGER OF THIS NEW ERA,
• 12:49 JOHN THE BAPTIST,
• 12:50 BAPTISM ITSELF AS WE BRIEFLY ALIGHTED UPON,
• 12:54 HAS A TRADITION IN THE JEWISH WORLD WHERE PEOPLE BAPTIZED
• 12:58 FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND VARIOUS SEASONS IN THEIR LIFE.
• 13:02 NOT ONLY THAT, WE SEE INTERPLAY WITH THE HEBREW PROPHETS
• 13:06 AND THIS ULTIMATE LAW GIVER PROPHET,
• 13:10 MOSES HIMSELF.
• 13:12 AND IF I UNDERSTAND THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE CORRECTLY,
• 13:16 WHAT IS IT THAT I SHOULD UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE?
• 13:19 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE JESUS STORY IS ROOTED IN THE JEWISH STORY.
• 13:27 AND I THINK THIS IS THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
• 13:30 BUT IT'S SIMILARLY THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD.
• 13:33 WHEN YOU CHUCK THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 13:35 WHEN YOU CHUCK THE JEWISH ROOTAGE OF IT ALL,
• 13:37 THE STORY JUST LOSES ITS INITIAL MOORINGS.
• 13:42 AND IT SEEMS TO ME IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
• 13:45 THAT JOHN WANTS IT MOORED IN JEWISH CULTURE AND TRADITION.
• 13:50 I WANT YOU TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT OF COURSE
• 13:54 AND ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES EXISTS TO DO THAT...
• 13:57 TO SHOW THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE FAITH IN ORDER TO TEACH
• 14:00 NOT JUST ABOUT THINGS PAST
• 14:03 BUT THINGS TO COME
• 14:04 AS WE LOOK AT BIBLE PROPHECY RELATIVE TO JESUS' SECOND COMING.
• 14:08 BUT HERE WE'RE INTRODUCING THE FIRST COMING AND EXPLORING IT...
• 14:12 THE JEWISH CONNECTION TO IT ALL.
• 14:14 AND WE'LL ATTEND TO THAT
• 14:15 AS WE CONTINUE WITH "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
• 14:27 MY SUGGESTION...
• 14:28 COME TO ISRAEL...
• 14:29 YOU'LL ENJOY IT...
• 14:30 THIS NINE - TEN DAY TRIP HAS TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY I LOOK AT...
• 14:35 THE PROFOUND MEANING AND THE HISTORY BEHIND EVERYTHING AND...
• 14:38 WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS...
• 14:40 WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH...
• 14:42 WHAT CAN BE MORE SPECIAL THAN COMING TO GOD'S LAND WITH GOD'S PEOPLE?
• 14:45 IF YOU WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ISRAEL AND GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE I INVITE YOU TO COME...
• 14:51 YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
• 14:53 JOIN US IN ISRAEL FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
• 14:58 "TACHLIS"
• 14:59 IT'S A JEWISH WORD FOR "BOTTOM LINE"
• 15:02 AND HERE IT IS...
• 15:03 I WANT YOU TO JOIN ME IN ISRAEL.
• 15:09 AND YOU NEED TO MEET TRACIE
• 15:11 WHO'S GOING TO HELP YOU GET THERE.
• 15:12 GOOD TO SEE YOU TRACE.
• 15:13 GREAT TO SEE YOU.
• 15:14 TRAVEL MANAGER...
• 15:16 YOU'RE ALL ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE GET TO THE HOLY LAND...YES?
• 15:18 I AM...
• 15:19 WE ARE GOING IN JUST A COUPLE MONTHS
• 15:20 WITH OUR LARGEST TOUR
• 15:22 AND IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH THE TRAVELERS.
• 15:25 AND I THINK WHAT THEY FIND IN ME
• 15:27 IS JUST SOMEONE THEY CAN DEPEND ON,
• 15:28 THEY CAN CALL.
• 15:29 I HANDLE EVERY DETAIL.
• 15:31 WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS IN ISRAEL
• 15:33 THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF LOGISTICS DURING THE TRIP.
• 15:36 I HANDLE EVERYTHING BEFORE THE TRIP.
• 15:38 AND SO IT'S JUST A REAL JOY TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE.
• 15:41 I GET ANXIOUS SOMETIMES WITH DETAILS.
• 15:44 WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO ON LINE FOR SOMETHING I JUST KIND OF BLUR.
• 15:48 I WONDER IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO TO ISRAEL BUT THEY'RE JUST...
• 15:51 "OH WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO... PACKING AND GETTING READY..."
• 15:53 I THINK WHAT WE OFFER, DR. SEIF, IS MOST TOURS DON'T HAVE SOMEONE, OF COURSE, LIKE YOU.
• 15:57 YOU ARE THE MAIN DRAW.
• 15:59 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DR. SEIF IS ON EVERY TOUR.
• 16:01 AND IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO HAVE YOU DR. SEIF.
• 16:04 AND THEN WHAT I DO IS, I HANDLE ALL THE DETAILS.
• 16:06 AND SO WHEN A TRAVELER GOES OVER TO ISRAEL
• 16:09 THEY NEED TO BE CONCERNED
• 16:10 ABOUT DEEPENING THEIR
• 16:11 INTIMACY WITH YESHUA
• 16:13 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
• 16:15 AND WE HANDLE EVERYTHING LIKE I SAID,
• 16:16 WE'VE GOT OVER ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FORTY PEOPLE FOR THIS TOUR.
• 16:19 IT'S JUST A JOY.
• 16:20 AND I THINK WHAT MY PASSENGERS SAY
• 16:22 IS THAT THEY DON'T EXPECT TO REALLY BOND SO MUCH WITH THE OTHER TRAVELERS.
• 16:26 THEY GO...
• 16:27 THEY MEET THE LORD...
• 16:28 THEY HAVE A FABULOUS TIME.
• 16:30 WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN GOING TO ISRAEL FOR 28 YEARS AS YOU WELL KNOW.
• 16:33 I NEVER CANCELLED ONE TRIP.
• 16:35 WE'RE A GUARANTEED DEPARTURE TOUR.
• 16:37 ALL THE DETAILS ARE HANDLED.
• 16:38 YOU COME WITH US...
• 16:39 YOU WILL MEET THE LORD...
• 16:41 YOU WILL HEAR DR. SEIF IN PERSON...
• 16:42 AND I THINK ITS JUST GOING TO BE A JOY.
• 16:44 WELL THERE YOU GO.
• 16:46 AND YOU HEARD WHAT THE LADY SAID.
• 16:48 ONE MORE POINT.
• 16:50 NOT ONLY ARE YOU ENGAGED IN HELPING PEOPLE TO GET THERE
• 16:53 BUT WHEN THEY ARE THERE IN A STRANGE COUNTRY...
• 16:55 NOT THAT ITS SUPER STRANGE...
• 16:56 BUT ITS NEW...
• 16:58 YOU'RE LIKE A TRAVELING CONCIERGE TO HELP EVERYONE SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE LAND.
• 17:03 ABSOLUTELY, EVERY BUS HAS ITS OWN TRAVEL LIAISON AS YOU SAID.
• 17:09 ITS OWN GUIDE...
• 17:10 YOU'RE ON THE BUS...
• 17:11 IT IS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE
• 17:14 BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THEIR HEAD ABOUT ONE DETAIL.
• 17:17 THEY'RE PAYING TO COME ON THIS TRIP
• 17:19 AND WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
• 17:20 THERE YOU GO.
• 17:22 AND LIKE I SAID...
• 17:23 YOU HEARD WHAT THE LADY SAID.
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• 17:43 WHEREIN WHICH WE HAVE THE "ASK THE PROFESSOR" COLUMN.
• 17:46 IF YOU WANT TO PENETRATE INTO BIBLICAL LITERATURE,
• 17:50 IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT WITH A JEWISH SET OF EYES,
• 17:53 COME WITH US ON THE JOURNEY.
• 17:55 THE OFFERS FOR THE PROGRAM WILL BE APPEARING LATER.
• 17:58 IT'S A BOOK THAT I WROTE...
• 18:00 "IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RABBI FROM TARSUS".
• 18:04 SOME CALL HIM "ST. PAUL",
• 18:06 OTHERS, "BROTHER PAUL",
• 18:07 "REVEREND PAUL"...
• 18:08 I LIKE "RABBI PAUL"
• 18:10 BECAUSE PAUL WAS A JEWISH RABBI.
• 18:13 I WROTE THIS BOOK TO GO ALONG WITH THE TELEVISION SERIES THAT I DID... TWELVE PARTS...
• 18:17 WHERE I FOLLOWED PAUL TRAVELING ALL AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 18:20 IN MODERN TURKEY, GREECE, ITALY... WE FOLLOWED HIS STEPS.
• 18:26 IF YOU WANT TO GET IT;
• 18:27 THE BOOK IS AN OFFER,
• 18:28 THE DVD SERIES...
• 18:30 IT'S ALL COMING TO YOU.
• 18:31 YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THAT MORE.
• 18:33 SPEAKING ABOUT LEARNING MORE, HOWEVER,
• 18:35 LET'S OPEN UP THE BIBLE NOW
• 18:37 AND LOOK AT SOME ISSUES THAT RESOLVE WHEN WE CONSIDER JOHN.
• 18:44 WHAT DO I HAVE IN MIND?
• 18:47 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT NOT ONLY WAS PAUL A RABBI,
• 18:53 BUT YESHUA, JESUS, WAS REFERRED TO AS RABBI.
• 19:00 IT'S A WORD MEANING "TEACHER".
• 19:05 NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 19:07 WHO SAID "RABBI...'", TO YESHUA, JESUS,
• 19:11 "YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, THE KING OF ISRAEL."
• 19:17 WOW THAT'S QUITE AN AFFIRMATION.
• 19:20 WHO SAID IT IN THE BIBLE?
• 19:22 WAS IT PETER IN THE JOHANNINE GOSPEL INITIALLY?
• 19:26 WAS IT NATHANAEL?
• 19:29 WAS IT JOHN THE BAPTIST?
• 19:33 OR WAS IT THE VIRGIN MARY?
• 19:37 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 19:41 WELL LET'S LOOK IN JOHN CHAPTER ONE, VERSE FORTY-NINE.
• 19:45 NATHANAEL SAID TO HIM, AND I QUOTE,
• 19:58 THE ONE ORDAINED, SPOKEN OF BY THE PROPHETS TO SUPERINTEND THE AFFAIRS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 20:05 OH GOODNESS, THAT WAS NATHANAEL OF COURSE
• 20:08 AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE THAT LAID SIEGE TO THAT CLAIM.
• 20:10 BUT TO ME IT'S PROFOUND AGAIN,
• 20:13 AS I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE PROGRAM,
• 20:14 IT UNDERSCORES HOW THE JESUS STORY
• 20:18 IS ROOTED IN THE JEWISH STORY.
• 20:21 I WANT TO MOVE ON BEYOND THE FIRST CHAPTER TO THE SECOND AND WORK WITH SOME OTHER ISSUES.
• 20:29 IN THE BIBLE WE DISCOVER JESUS MAKING HIS ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM
• 20:34 AND PEOPLE ARE SELLING SHEEP AND OXEN
• 20:36 AND HE'S NOT A HAPPY CAMPER.
• 20:38 IN JOHN CHAPTER TWO, VERSES THIRTEEN THROUGH TWENTY-FIVE,
• 20:43 WE READ ABOUT THIS
• 20:45 AND HE TAKES A WHIP OF CORDS AND DRIVES THEM OUT.
• 20:47 NOT HAPPY IN THE LEAST, SAYING,
• 20:53 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 20:55 IS SELLING LIVESTOCK IN THE TEMPLE ENVIRONS AND CHANGING MONEY,
• 21:00 DOES THAT IN OF ITSELF BETRAY ANY BIBLICAL MOORINGS?
• 21:05 IS IT A SIN TO SELL LIVESTOCK IN JERUSALEM FOR TEMPLE PURPOSES?
• 21:08 YES OR NO?
• 21:10 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 21:13 AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
• 21:15 THAT THE ANSWER IS "NO".
• 21:17 THAT IS TO SAY,
• 21:19 THE ISSUE ISN'T THAT IT WAS PROBLEMATIC TO SELL LIVESTOCK.
• 21:21 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS JEWS ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ORDER TO SACRIFICE
• 21:26 AND THEY HAD TO HAVE UNBLEMISHED LIVESTOCK
• 21:29 AND SO IF THEY CAME FROM FAR AWAY AND THEY WRAPPED UP BAMBI, FLUFFY, OR WHATEVER...
• 21:33 A NICE LITTLE LAMB...
• 21:35 IT WOULD BE BRUISED BY THE JOURNEY, BOUNCING AROUND IN THE CART THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE JOURNEY.
• 21:39 NO, THEY HAD TO PURCHASE GOOD LIVESTOCK WHEN THEY WERE THERE.
• 21:42 AND AS IN ANY INTERNATIONAL CITY
• 21:45 PEOPLE EXCHANGE MONEY TO PUT IT IN THE COMMON CURRENCY SO EVERYONE CAN BUY AND SELL,
• 21:49 THERE'S A STANDARD AND MONEY'S CHANGED AND TRANSACTED JUST AS LIVESTOCK HAS TO BE ACQUIRED.
• 21:55 THE ISSUE IT SEEMS TO ME ISN'T ABOUT THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LIVESTOCK
• 22:01 OR EVEN CHANGING MONEY.
• 22:03 NO, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE WERE EXORBITANT RATES ATTACHED TO THAT.
• 22:07 IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH AN AIRPORT
• 22:10 AND YOU'RE HUNGRY OR YOU'RE THIRSTY, YOU'LL STOP IN A SHOP
• 22:13 AND THE PRICES ARE BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT OFTEN TIMES
• 22:15 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 22:16 BECAUSE THEY GOT YA!
• 22:18 YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE AIRPORT.
• 22:19 AND IT COULD BE SAID,
• 22:21 "WE GOT YA!"
• 22:22 THAT IS TO SAY,
• 22:23 PEOPLE WERE IN JERUSALEM,
• 22:24 IT'S A TRIP OF A LIFETIME,
• 22:25 THEY NEED TO ACQUIRE THE LIVESTOCK,
• 22:27 THEY NEED TO PURCHASE THE MONEY.
• 22:29 IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THERE WERE SOME IN THE RELIGIOUS ELITE THAT BUMPED THE PRICES UP.
• 22:34 IN FACT, THAT'S THE RECORD AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
• 22:37 THE THING THAT I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WITH YOU
• 22:39 IS THAT IT'S NOT PROBLEMATIC IN AND OF ITSELF IN ORDER TO PURCHASE LIVESTOCK
• 22:43 CAUSE EVERYONE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO DO THAT.
• 22:46 WELL WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WITH THAT POINT AS WITH THE OTHERS MADE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM?
• 22:51 AGAIN, AT THE RISK OF BEING REDUNDANT,
• 22:54 IN THIS "ASK THE PROFESSOR SERIES"
• 22:56 AND THIS IS BUT THE ONE OF FOUR,
• 22:58 WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS EXPLORE THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
• 23:02 BUT I'M PARTICULARLY GAME TO EXPLORE IT,
• 23:05 I WANT TO LOOK AT THE GOOD NEWS WITH JEWISH VIEWS
• 23:09 AND I WANT IT COLORED WITH JEWISH "YOUS".
• 23:13 WHAT DO WE SEE IN THE PROCESS OF SO DOING?
• 23:15 WELL WE GET A WHOLE OTHER IMAGE,
• 23:18 A VISION OF JESUS AMONGST JEWS, FOR JEWS, WITH JEWS...
• 23:24 I THINK ITS GREAT TO ENGAGE THE JESUS STORY WITH A MIND TO REDISCOVER THE JEWISH STORY...
• 23:31 A MIND TO GET RID OF ANTI-SEMITIC TENDENCIES
• 23:34 WHICH SEEM SO UBIQUITOUS IN THE CHURCH...
• 23:36 EVERYWHERE TO BE FOUND...
• 23:38 JADED, PREJUDICES AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 23:41 LET'S LOOK AT IT FRESH.
• 23:43 LET'S LOOK AT THE BIBLE FRESH.
• 23:45 LET'S DISCOVER JESUS AMONGST JEWS, FOR JEWS,
• 23:48 THE KING OF THE JEWS,
• 23:50 THE LOVER OF JEWS,
• 23:51 AND LET'S BE BLESSED AND ENRICHED.
• 23:54 THIS AGAIN AS I'D SAID IS THE FIRST OF A FOUR PART INSTALLMENT OF "ASK THE PROFESSOR"
• 23:59 WHERE WE'RE GOING ON A JOURNEY INTO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
• 24:03 AND HAVING TALKED,
• 24:05 LET'S NOW SING A LITTLE AS WE CONSIDER ZOLA LEVITT, A MUSICIAN IN HIS OWN RIGHT,
• 24:10 WHO HELPS US EXPLORE THE JESUS STORY WITH JEWISH MELODY.
• 24:14 OFF WE GO TO ZOLA.
• 26:10 WELL THERE YOU HAVE MY PREDECESSOR,
• 26:12 THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT,
• 26:14 WITH SOME INSPIRATION.
• 26:16 NOW YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME WITH SOME INFORMATION WITH THIS "ASK THE PROFESSOR" SERIES.
• 26:22 I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING A SENSE OF IT AND I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY IT.
• 26:26 IF YOU'RE ALL ABOUT IT
• 26:28 YOU CAN CHECK US OUT AT
• 26:29 WWW.LEVITT.COM
• 26:31 WE WANT TO GET SOME INFORMATION TO YOU...
• 26:34 YOU CAN FIND US ON FACEBOOK...
• 26:36 HOWEVER YOU GET TO US...
• 26:37 I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
• 26:38 THANK YOU FOR GOING ON THE JOURNEY WITH US.
• 26:41 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:43 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:46 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM