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

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