Caption transcript for Ask The Professor: Insights on the Gospel of John — “Jesus and the Feasts” (2/4)

• 00:29 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:32 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 00:34 AND I AM THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU
• 00:36 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:38 THIS WEEK PRESENTING THE SECOND
• 00:40 OF A FOUR PART SERIES.
• 00:43 SOMETHING NEW FOR US
• 00:44 CALLED "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
• 00:47 IT'S NEW FOR US ON TELEVISION.
• 00:51 IT'S NOT NEW FOR ME PERSONALLY
• 00:53 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A BIBLE COLLEGE PROFESSOR, SEMINARY PROFESSOR FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS.
• 00:57 AND NOW I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
• 01:00 I WANT YOU TO GRAB A NOTEBOOK...
• 01:02 GRAB A BIBLE AND A PEN.
• 01:04 I WANT TO PITCH SOME QUESTIONS TO YOU
• 01:07 TO SEE HOW WELL YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE.
• 01:11 WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PARTICULARLY
• 01:14 AND I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE I WANT YOU TO GO.
• 01:18 IN THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN JESUS SPEAKS TO A FELLOW NAMED NICODEMUS.
• 01:25 NICODEMUS WAS A RELIGIOUS LEADER IDENTIFIED WITH A PARTICULAR JEWISH SECT.
• 01:33 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS,
• 01:35 WHAT SECT WAS NICODEMUS ASSOCIATED WITH?
• 01:39 WAS HE A PHARISEE?
• 01:42 WAS HE A SADDUCEE?
• 01:44 WAS HE AN ESSENE?
• 01:47 WAS HE A HERODIAN?
• 01:50 WHO WAS THIS GUY ASSOCIATED WITH?
• 01:52 A...B...C...OR...D?
• 01:55 WELL ACCORDING TO JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 1 WE'RE TOLD,
• 02:06 AND THEN WE'RE TOLD,
• 02:18 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PHARISEES.
• 02:22 HE SAID, "WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER COME FROM GOD."
• 02:26 NOW WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT HE SAID, "WE KNOW".
• 02:31 MOST PEOPLE THINK, WELL THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS SO JESUS REJECTED ALL THE JEWS.
• 02:36 WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, NICODEMUS NEVER GOT THE MEMO.
• 02:41 HE DIDN'T JUST SAY, "ANI YODAT", IN HEBREW, "I KNOW",
• 02:46 IT WAS "ANNO NU", IN HEBREW THAT IS "WE KNOW".
• 02:49 APPARENTLY THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE UPPER CIRCLE OF THE JEWISH ELITE
• 02:54 THAT WERE KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARD YESHUA.
• 02:58 WE KNOW THAT JESUS WAS VERY POPULAR WITH THE RANK AND FILE.
• 03:02 PEOPLE ARE TRIPPING OVER THEMSELVES TO EXPERIENCE JESUS IN THE JEWISH WORLD
• 03:06 BUT THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY.
• 03:09 WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER.
• 03:10 BUT I WANT TO GO ON RECORD REMINDING YOU WHAT JOHN REMINDS US,
• 03:14 THAT IS, THEY WERE PEOPLE FROM THE VERY HIGHEST ECHELONS OF THE JEWISH WORLD
• 03:18 WHO WERE IN FACT KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARDS JESUS.
• 03:23 BUT THEY WERE A LITTLE SHOCKED.
• 03:27 WHY DO I SAY THAT?
• 03:28 WELL IN THE BIBLE WE'RE TOLD THAT SOMEONE NEEDED TO BE BORN AGAIN.
• 03:40 NICODEMUS WAS RATHER SHOCKED BY THAT.
• 03:45 IN JOHN CHAPTER 3, VERSE 3, YESHUA CAME TO HIM...
• 03:49 CAME BACK TO HIM AS A RETORT AND SAID,
• 04:09 AND THIS OF COURSE THREW NICODEMUS ON HIS HEELS.
• 04:13 NOW HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU...
• 04:14 TRUE OR FALSE?
• 04:16 DID YOU KNOW THE TERM "BEING BORN AGAIN" IS NOT UNIQUELY CHRISTIAN
• 04:23 BUT HAS A JEWISH PRE-EMPLOYMENT?
• 04:28 IS THAT STATEMENT TRUE OR FALSE?
• 04:30 "BEING BORN AGAIN"...
• 04:31 IS THAT A UNIQUELY CHRISTIAN EXPRESSION?
• 04:33 OR IS IT A TERM BORROWED FROM THE ANCIENT JEWISH WORLD?
• 04:39 WELL I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE EXPRESSION "TO BE BORN AGAIN"
• 04:44 IS NOT UNIQUELY CHRISTIAN.
• 04:48 WE FIRST HEAR THE TERM HERE IN THE CONVERSATION WITH JESUS AND NICODEMUS.
• 04:55 SO BECAUSE WE HEAR IT FIRST
• 04:57 THE NATURAL TENDENCY IS TO ASSUME THAT IT MANIFESTED HERE FIRST.
• 05:03 THE TERM "TO BE BORN ANEW", HOWEVER, WAS PRE-EMPLOYED IN THE JEWISH WORLD IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
• 05:09 WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL FOR EXAMPLE OF NON-JEWISH EXTRACT CONVERTED TO JUDAISM
• 05:17 THEY WOULD GO THROUGH NEW MEMBERS CLASS IF YOU WILL,
• 05:20 TO KIND OF GET ENCULTURATED INTO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH.
• 05:24 AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE READY TO TAKE THAT FINAL PLUNGE
• 05:27 THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE MIKVAH, THE RITUAL BATH.
• 05:31 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT,
• 05:33 WE ALIGHTED UPON THAT IN OUR PREVIOUS PROGRAM, PROGRAM NUMBER 1,
• 05:37 BUT HERE IN PROGRAM NUMBER 2 WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
• 05:40 AND AS WE MOVE ALONG I WANT TO REMIND YOU
• 05:43 THAT INASMUCH AS BAPTISM WAS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CHRISTIAN ERA,
• 05:48 THE EXPRESSION "TO BE BORN ANEW" HAS A PRE-EMPLOYMENT IN THE JEWISH WORLD.
• 05:52 IN FACT, WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS NON JEWISH WENT TO THE BAPTISMAL
• 05:57 THEY WERE UNDERSTOOD, AS THEY WOULD GO INTO THE WATER, A GENTILE
• 06:01 AND THEY WOULD COME OUT OF THE WATER A JEW
• 06:05 AND THEY WERE IN EFFECT "BORN ANEW".
• 06:10 I REMEMBER PERSONALLY BEING CHALLENGED BY THE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN.
• 06:16 IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING A LUTHERAN OR A BAPTIST OR A METHODIST OR WHATEVER.
• 06:21 RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS ARE FINE
• 06:23 BUT INDIVIDUALS NEED TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW BIRTH.
• 06:26 I WANT TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THAT AS WE GO ON THE STORY THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
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• 07:17 WE'RE ALL ABOUT TAKING
• 07:18 A JEWISH LOOK AT THE NEW BOOK...
• 07:22 THE NEW TESTAMENT.
• 07:24 IF YOU CAN RECALL IN THE 5TH CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
• 07:29 JESUS IS ON RECORD IN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 39, SAYING TO THESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS,
• 07:46 HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU.
• 07:48 "WHAT SCRIPTURES ARE HE REFERRING TO?
• 07:54 ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 07:57 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MOSES?
• 08:01 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW?
• 08:04 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MARK?
• 08:08 IS HE TALKING ABOUT LUKE?
• 08:11 PRAY TELL, WHAT DOES JOHN HAVE IN MIND IN QUOTING JESUS ON RECORD SAYING,
• 08:18 "YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES..."?
• 08:23 HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE LAW OF MOSES.
• 08:27 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT,
• 08:29 IF YOU LOOK IN VERSE 46 AND THEN IN VERSE 47, THE LORD SAYS,
• 08:54 I THINK IT'S FASCINATING PERSONALLY HOW THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 08:59 TALKS ABOUT SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES
• 09:03 AND MANY THINK ITS REFERRING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, BUT IT ISN'T.
• 09:07 IN FACT, ELSEWHERE PAUL GOES ON RECORD IN II TIMOTHY CHAPTER 2, VERSE 15,
• 09:13 SPEAKING ABOUT RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF THE TRUTH,
• 09:17 WANTING TO ENCOURAGE TIMOTHY TO STUDY UP.
• 09:20 WHEN HE'S ENCOURAGING HIM TO STUDY THE SCRIPTURES,
• 09:23 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 09:25 BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN AND GATHERED TOGETHER YET.
• 09:28 HE'S ENCOURAGING HIM TO STUDY THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES.
• 09:32 AND MORE EXPLICITLY IN CHAPTER 3 VERSE 16 OF THE SAME BOOK,
• 09:36 II TIMOTHY THAT IS,
• 09:39 PAUL TALKS ABOUT,
• 09:43 AND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT OF COURSE IS THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 09:48 OH WHAT A SHAME THAT INDIVIDUALS NEGLECT IT...
• 09:53 BECAUSE JESUS SEEMS GAME OVER AND AGAIN ON REFERRING TO IT.
• 10:00 LET'S WORK A QUESTION NOW FROM THE 6TH CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
• 10:09 AND THIS IS GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU AS A TRUE OR A FALSE QUESTION.
• 10:14 IN THE 6TH CHAPTER OVER AND AGAIN YESHUA REFERS TO HIMSELF
• 10:20 AS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
• 10:23 ITS INTERESTING OF COURSE, HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
• 10:27 AND IF ONE UNDERSTANDS THAT
• 10:29 "BEIT" IN HEBREW MEANS "HOUSE"
• 10:32 AND "LECHEM" MEANS "BREAD"
• 10:36 ONE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW HE WHO WAS THE BREAD OF LIFE CAME FROM THE "HOUSE OF BREAD".
• 10:42 AND THEN HE FINISHES UP BY THE WAY IN THE 12TH CHAPTER OF THE JOHANNINE GOSPEL SAYING,
• 10:46 REGARDING HIS OWN DEATH,
• 10:52 AND THEN BY VIRTUE OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLING IN THE EARTH
• 10:54 IT PRODUCES A WHOLE NEW PLANT
• 10:56 AND IT JUST GOES ON MULTIPLYING FROM THERE.
• 10:59 IN ANY CASE...
• 11:01 HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU.
• 11:04 OVER AND AGAIN YESHUA SAID "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE".
• 11:08 IT'S OFT REPEATED IN THE 6TH CHAPTER.
• 11:11 TRUE OR FALSE?
• 11:13 COMMUNION'S BREAD OF LIFE STORY WHERE JESUS SAYS, "TAKE, EAT, THIS IS MY BODY"....
• 11:20 COMMUNION'S, THE EUCHARIST BREAD OF LIFE IS RELATED
• 11:25 TO JUDAISM'S NEW LEASE ON LIFE...THE PASSOVER.
• 11:29 WHEN JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE"
• 11:33 CAN HE POSSIBLY BE REFERRING BACK TO THE PASSOVER?
• 11:38 STATEMENT...
• 11:40 COMMUNION'S BREAD OF LIFE IS RELATED TO JUDAISM'S NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
• 11:44 TRUE OR FALSE?
• 11:46 THE ANSWER IS "TRUE".
• 11:51 DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS FIRST ARTICULATED AN AWARENESS OF HIS MINISTRY...
• 11:56 IT WAS PASSOVER TIME WHERE THE YOUNG JESUS IS BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE WITH HIS FAMILY.
• 12:02 AND OF COURSE MOM AND THE FAMILY GOES BACK AND...
• 12:05 "OH, WE'VE LOST JESUS."
• 12:06 "JESUS IS LOST IN THE BIG CITY JERUSALEM."
• 12:09 HE'S THERE FOR THE PASSOVER WHEN HE ARTICULATES, "I NEED TO BE ABOUT MY FATHER'S BUSINESS."
• 12:15 AND NOT ONLY DOES PASSOVER REPRESENT A BEGINNING,
• 12:18 PASSOVER REPRESENTS THE END,
• 12:21 THE LAST SUPPER.
• 12:22 WE'LL LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE LATER.
• 12:24 JESUS IS GATHERED TOGETHER WITH HIS "TALMIDIM", WITH HIS DISCIPLES,
• 12:28 AND HE IS GOING TO TELL THEM, "TAKE, EAT, THIS IS MY BODY, THIS IS MY BLOOD."
• 12:34 AND HE'S RE-ENACTING THE JEWISH PASSOVER SADDER.
• 12:37 THIS IS VERY CLEAR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
• 12:40 LUKE TAKES UP THE STORY...
• 12:43 IN FACT; THEY ALL DO
• 12:45 WHEN THEY GIVE VOICE TO THAT LAST SUPPER BEING A PASSOVER EXPERIENCE.
• 12:50 TO ME WHAT HAS ME MIFFED
• 12:54 IS HOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE JEWISH PASSOVER
• 12:57 AND THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THE LAST SUPPER...
• 13:01 IT'S ALL BEEN FORGOTTEN.
• 13:04 IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM...
• 13:06 I GUESS YOU ARE WATCHING IT... (LAUGHING)
• 13:08 ITS A STUPID WAY TO BEGIN A POINT...
• 13:10 BUT YOU'RE THINKING "OH GOODNESS, I'M LEARNING SOMETHING NEW."
• 13:14 LET ME REASSURE YOU IN TRUTH.
• 13:16 I'M NOT TEACHING ANYTHING NEW.
• 13:19 I'M SIMPLY GIVING VOICE TO THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.
• 13:24 FORGOTTEN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE JESUS STORY.
• 13:30 PEOPLE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE MOVEMENT THAT FLOURISHED IN JUDEA.
• 13:36 AND THEY'VE ACCEPTED AN ANTI-SEMITIC NARRATIVE, THAT IS,
• 13:40 THAT IS THAT ALL THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS SO JESUS REJECTED ALL THE JEWS
• 13:43 AND THEY'VE GONE ON DOWN THE ROAD AND JUST CHUCKED EVERYTHING JEWISH.
• 13:47 THAT FRIENDS, IS VERY, VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE.
• 13:51 AND AS I'VE SAID, WHAT I'M GAME TO DO ISN'T CREATE SOMETHING NEW
• 13:55 BUT RATHER TEACH THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.
• 14:00 WE'LL EXPLORE SOME MORE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS SERIES CALLED "ASK THE PROFESSOR"
• 14:05 AND WE TAKE A JEWISH LOOK AT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
• 14:17 MY SUGGESTION...
• 14:18 COME TO ISRAEL...
• 14:19 YOU'LL ENJOY IT...
• 14:20 THIS NINE - TEN DAY TRIP HAS TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY I LOOK AT...
• 14:25 THE PROFOUND MEANING AND THE HISTORY BEHIND EVERYTHING AND...
• 14:28 WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS...
• 14:30 WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH...
• 14:32 WHAT CAN BE MORE SPECIAL THAN COMING TO GOD'S LAND WITH GOD'S PEOPLE?
• 14:35 IF YOU WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ISRAEL AND GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 14:40 I INVITE YOU TO COME...
• 14:41 YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
• 14:43 JOIN US IN ISRAEL FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
• 14:48 WELL THAT'S ISRAEL.
• 14:50 AND MANY, SAD TO SAY, WOULD PREFER THAT CHRISTIANS ABHOR ISRAEL.
• 14:57 WE, HOWEVER, WANT YOU TO ADORE ISRAEL
• 15:01 AND GO THERE WITH US
• 15:02 AND TRACE, YOU'RE THE ONE TO HELP US DO THAT.
• 15:06 THAT'S RIGHT.
• 15:07 IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
• 15:08 GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
• 15:09 GLAD YOU'RE WITH US
• 15:11 AND YOU'RE SO MUCH WITH EVERYONE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THAT WANTS TO GO TO ISRAEL...YES?
• 15:14 I AM...
• 15:15 I'VE ACTUALLY LOVED COMING IN HERE
• 15:16 BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK I GET FROM THE PASSENGERS,
• 15:18 "OH, I SAW YOU ON TV TRACIE,"
• 15:19 "I CANNOT WAIT TO GO TO ISRAEL WITH YOU."
• 15:20 AND I FEEL LIKE OUR TOURS ARE LIKE A FAMILY.
• 15:23 WE ACTUALLY ONLY ADVERTISE TO PEOPLE THAT WATCH OUR SHOW OR READ OUR NEWSLETTER
• 15:27 SO THERE'S THE SAME HEART,
• 15:29 THE SAME HEART OF THE PEOPLE,
• 15:31 THEY COME AND THEY JUST REALLY EXPERIENCE YESHUA.
• 15:34 THEY'VE WATCHED THE SHOW FOR YEARS
• 15:35 AND NOW TO SEEING THEM COME ALIVE IN THE LAND...
• 15:38 IT'S JUST UNSPEAKABLE.
• 15:40 JUST THE FEEDBACK I GET FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME...
• 15:42 THEY LOVE IT.
• 15:43 IT'S INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS...YOU KNOW,
• 15:46 PENTECOSTAL, NON-PENTECOSTAL,
• 15:49 DIFFERENT THEOLOGICAL PERSUASIONS
• 15:51 BUT UNITED IN AN INTEREST OF IN GOING AND WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS.
• 15:55 ABSOLUTELY.
• 15:57 SAD TO SAY, MANY CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS DON'T AFFORD INDIVIDUALS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO THERE
• 16:02 CAUSE MANY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ISRAEL.
• 16:04 THEY WANT TO GO "FROM" ISRAEL NOT "TO" IT.
• 16:07 THAT'S RIGHT.
• 16:08 AND AS YOU KNOW I'VE WORKED IN MINISTRY MANY YEARS
• 16:10 AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GOING TO ISRAEL
• 16:12 BUT ONCE YOU'RE THERE AND YOU GET BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER
• 16:15 AND YOU TOUCH THE WAILING WALL
• 16:16 AND YOU WALK WHERE CHRIST WALKED,
• 16:18 IT WILL JUST INCREASE YOUR INTIMACY WITH THE LORD SO MUCH.
• 16:23 AND WHAT WE DO, AS YOU WELL KNOW DR. SEIF,
• 16:24 IS WE ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF ALL THE DETAILS.
• 16:27 I'M IN THE OFFICE FULL TIME...
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• 16:57 ABSOLUTELY.
• 16:59 WE WANT YOU TO GO "TO" ISRAEL,
• 17:01 NOT TURN AWAY "FROM" ISRAEL
• 17:05 AS SEEMS SO MUCH THE CASE IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TODAY.
• 17:09 WELL YOU'RE NOT LIKE THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN PERSON IN THE WORLD
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• 17:45 WRITTEN BY THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT,
• 17:47 "JESUS, THE JEW'S JEW".
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• 18:13 AS WE MOVE ON NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ANOTHER BOOK,
• 18:17 NOT "JESUS THE JEW'S JEW",
• 18:19 BUT A BOOK WHERE JESUS IS LIVING AND FUNCTIONING AS A JEW,
• 18:23 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PARTICULARLY.
• 18:27 THE REASON WHY I SAY "LIVING AND FUNCTIONING AS A JEW"
• 18:30 IS BECAUSE JESUS KEPT JEWISH FEASTS.
• 18:36 PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID,
• 18:38 "WELL BROTHER SEIF HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A CONVERTED JEW?"
• 18:41 AND I LIKE TO TELL THEM,
• 18:43 "I'M NOT A CONVERTED JEW, I'M A CONVERTED SINNER."
• 18:45 IT'S NOT A SIN TO BE A JEW.
• 18:49 DID THEY COME UP TO JESUS AND SAY, "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A CONVERTED JEW?"
• 18:53 HE WOULD HAVE SAID, "EXCUSE ME?"
• 18:55 JESUS LIVED AND FUNCTIONED AS A JEW
• 18:58 AND AS HE DIED HE HAD A SIGN OVER HIM,
• 19:00 "THE KING OF THE JEWS",
• 19:02 THE BEST KITTY IN THE LITTER, IF YOU WILL,
• 19:04 IS THE WAY THEY POSITIONED HIM.
• 19:07 NOW, IN THE 7TH CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, JESUS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN KEEPING A FEAST.
• 19:15 MY QUESTION IS,
• 19:16 "WHAT OLD TESTAMENT FEAST?"
• 19:20 PASSOVER?
• 19:23 UNLEAVENED BREAD?
• 19:26 FIRST FRUITS?
• 19:28 OR, TABERNACLES?
• 19:32 ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 19:35 WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
• 19:37 IF YOU LOOK IN JOHN CHAPTER 7,
• 19:39 IF YOU'LL LOOK AT VERSE 2, WE'RE TOLD,
• 19:48 AND THIS WAS THE BACKDROP WITHIN WHICH JESUS OPERATED
• 19:52 AS HE MADE HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM TO KEEP THE FEAST.
• 19:58 JESUS WAS TORAH COMPLIANT.
• 20:01 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
• 20:03 AND AS I MENTION FEASTS...
• 20:05 PASSOVER, UNLEAVENED BREAD,
• 20:08 FIRST FRUITS,
• 20:09 AND THEN TABERNACLES,
• 20:11 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 20:12 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE FEASTS ARE ALL ABOUT?
• 20:16 IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU
• 20:18 BECAUSE WHEN CHRISTIANS THINK OF FEASTS WE THINK OF CHRISTMAS, AND EASTER.
• 20:23 AND I'M NOT ALL ABOUT DISRESPECTING CHRISTMAS AND EASTER
• 20:26 BUT I DO WANT TO INFORM
• 20:27 THAT NO WHERE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 20:30 ARE WE ASKED TO GATHER TOGETHER AROUND THOSE EVENTS AND CELEBRATE THEM.
• 20:34 IN THE HEBREW BIBLE, HOWEVER,
• 20:36 JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO CELEBRATE CERTAIN FEASTS.
• 20:39 AND JESUS AS A JEW WHO'S LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN THE JEWISH MILIEU,
• 20:44 HE DOES JUST THAT.
• 20:49 IN JOHN CHAPTER 7, VERSE 38,
• 20:54 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TABERNACLE CELEBRATION
• 20:58 JESUS SAYS, AND I QUOTE,
• 21:13 THIS IN PART IS BEST CONSTRUED
• 21:16 WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE JEWISH CELEBRATION OF TABERNACLES.
• 21:20 THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST,
• 21:22 THE LAST DAY,
• 21:23 IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE "KOHEN GADOL",
• 21:26 THE "HIGH PRIEST" GOING DOWN TO THE KIDRON GETTING WATER
• 21:30 AND TAKING IT AND POURING IT OUT ON THE ALTAR.
• 21:33 THIS FANTASTIC PROCESSIONAL DURING TABERNACLES,
• 21:37 AGAIN AT THE VERY END,
• 21:39 WHERE THE HIGH PRIEST LEADS THE PARADE TO GO POUR OUT THE WATER...
• 21:42 AND I CAN JUST HEAR YESHUA IN THE CROWD AS ITS ALL BEING TRANSACTED SAYING,
• 21:47 "HEY, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATER?"
• 21:50 "COME AND TALK TO ME."
• 21:53 MY QUESTION IS WHEN HE SAYS,
• 21:56 "HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID,"
• 22:01 "OUT OF HIS HEART WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER...
• 22:04 WHAT SCRIPTURE IS HE REFERRING TO?
• 22:07 IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE TORAH?
• 22:10 WHAT WE CALL THE PENTATEUCH, OR THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES.
• 22:14 IS HE TALKING ABOUT ISAIAH?
• 22:17 IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE PSALMS?
• 22:21 WE FOLLOW HERE WITH A REFERENCE TO DAVID
• 22:24 SO WE MIGHT THINK WHEN HE SAYS TO ME, "HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME AS THE SCRIPTURES SAY..."
• 22:30 IS HE TALKING ABOUT MOSAIC LITERATURE?
• 22:33 DAVIDIC LITERATURE?
• 22:36 IS HE INTERESTED IN ISAIAH?
• 22:37 COULD IT BE ALL OF THE ABOVE?
• 22:40 PERSONALLY I WEIGH IN WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE.
• 22:46 AND THE REASON WHY I DO IS THE HEBREW BIBLE IS JUST SO RICH IN POINTING TO THE COMING MESSIAH
• 22:54 WITH THE PROMISE OF A PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO IN FACT COME.
• 23:01 I'VE SAID THAT TO SAY THIS NOW,
• 23:03 HOW ABOUT YOU?
• 23:05 I LIKE TEACHING.
• 23:07 I HOPE IT'S INFORMATIVE.
• 23:09 BUT WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE TRANSFORMATION ON TOP?
• 23:13 HIS SAYING, "HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME AS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, OUT OF HIS HEART WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER"
• 23:21 IS NOT JUST A PROMISE,
• 23:23 IT'S A PROFOUND STATEMENT
• 23:26 AND OH, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY IT.
• 23:32 WHY NOT OPEN UP THE BIBLE?
• 23:34 WHY NOT OPEN UP THE HEART?
• 23:36 WHY NOT MAKE THE DECISION TO ASK THE PROMISED ONE IN THE BIBLE INTO YOUR HEART?
• 23:41 AND SEE HOW IT'LL BE THAT YOU YOURSELF WILL BE TRANSFORMED
• 23:45 AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE WILL COME THIS WONDERFUL NEW BEGINNING.
• 23:52 ♪PROMISED BY JEHOVAH♪
• 23:56 ♪THROUGH HIS PROPHETS♪
• 23:59 ♪HOW THEY WEPT FOR YOU♪
• 24:02 ♪MY ISRAEL♪
• 24:05 ♪ISRAEL♪
• 24:08 ...ISRAEL♪
• 24:14 ♪IN THAT DAY♪
• 24:15 ♪THE LORD WILL COME♪
• 24:16 ♪AND ALL WILL BOW♪
• 24:19 ♪BEFORE THE THRONE♪
• 24:21 ♪OF HE WHO IS THE KING.♪
• 24:27 ♪ISRAEL THE PROMISED LAND♪
• 24:30 ♪WILL SEE HIS KINGDOM COME.♪
• 24:38 ♪(ORCHESTRA PLAYING)♪
• 25:17 ♪IN THAT DAY♪
• 25:18 ♪THE LORD WILL COME♪
• 25:20 ♪AND ALL WILL BOW♪
• 25:22 ♪BEFORE THE THRONE♪
• 25:25 ♪OF HE WHO IS THE KING.♪
• 25:30 ♪ISRAEL THE PROMISED LAND♪
• 25:33 ♪WILL SEE HIS KINGDOM...
• 25:37 ♪COME !♪
• 25:56 BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 21 YEARS.
• 26:00 IN THE PROCESS OF BEING A BIBLE COLLEGE PROF'
• 26:02 I CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE STUDENTS.
• 26:05 OF COURSE I CAN'T SEE YOU.
• 26:08 THE REASON WHY I KNOW YOU'RE THERE
• 26:09 IS BECAUSE YOU WRITE ME AND TELL ME
• 26:12 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
• 26:15 YOU SHOW YOU'RE THERE AS WELL THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL GIFTS TO THE MINISTRY
• 26:19 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
• 26:20 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS MY WAY AS WELL.
• 26:25 YOU CAN GET TO ME THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
• 26:27 YOU CAN WRITE A LETTER.
• 26:28 ALL THAT INFORMATION'S COMING.
• 26:30 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT ALL THIS
• 26:32 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T.
• 26:35 I'M SO MUCH ABOUT WANTING PEOPLE TO SEE THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE FAITH
• 26:38 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERNS IN THAT REGARD.
• 26:41 AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:42 TILL NEXT WEEK,
• 26:44 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:46 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM