Caption transcript for Ask The Professor: Insights on the Gospel of John — “The Good Shepherd” (3/4)

• 00:29 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:31 JEFFREY SEIF HERE PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN
• 00:34 TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS,
• 00:38 THIS TIME PRESENTING THE THIRD OF A FOUR PART TREATMENT
• 00:41 OF A SERIES THAT WE'RE CALLING "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
• 00:46 IT'S KIND OF NATURAL FOR ME.
• 00:47 IT'S NOT YOUR GARDEN VARIETY TV PROGRAM
• 00:49 BUT I'VE GOT 21 YEARS AS A BIBLE COLLEGE SEMINARY PROFESSOR UNDER MY BELT SO...
• 00:54 I'VE BEEN DOING THAT A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ON TELEVISION.
• 00:58 THE TITLE, "ASK THE PROFESSOR" CAN BE A TAD BIT MISLEADING
• 01:02 BECAUSE THIS TIME I'M DOING THE QUESTIONING.
• 01:06 AND I WANT TO PUT QUESTIONS TO YOU.
• 01:08 I WANT TO KNOW, "HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BIBLE?"
• 01:10 AND I WANT TO KNOW, "DO YOU KNOW IT FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE?"
• 01:13 AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
• 01:16 SEEMS TO ME A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE BIBLE CLEARLY.
• 01:21 AND IN THE CASE OF THE 9TH CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
• 01:23 THERE'S A STORY HERE OF A GUY THAT DID NOT SEE AT ALL
• 01:27 PROMPTING YESHUA'S TALMIDIM, HIS DISCIPLES TO INQUIRE,
• 01:38 WELL HE MIGHT HAVE BEGUN IN THAT SITUATION
• 01:41 BUT BEFORE ALL WAS SAID AND DONE
• 01:44 HE WAS EXTRICATED FROM HIS MISERIES
• 01:46 AND HE'S GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE LORD... SEEING.
• 01:51 AND THIS IS A TEMPLATE FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME,
• 01:54 THAT IS TO SAY, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT'S EYE-OPENING
• 01:59 WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR INTERACTING WITH YESHUA, WITH JESUS.
• 02:04 HEY, WHY NOT?
• 02:06 THE WORD JESUS COMES FROM A HEBREW VERB "YESHUA".
• 02:09 IT MEANS, "TO SAVE", "TO DELIVER", OR "TO REDEEM".
• 02:12 AND HE DOES IT IN SO MANY WAYS AND SO MANY DAYS.
• 02:15 NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE SENDS THE FELLOW TO A POOL AND SAYS "GO WASH."
• 02:22 I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION FOR YOU.
• 02:26 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE POOL?
• 02:30 YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE HERE OF AN ANCIENT POOL.
• 02:34 AND THOSE THAT GO WITH ME TO ISRAEL OR WATCH THE PROGRAM,
• 02:37 WE TAKE YOU TO ISRAEL.
• 02:39 WE WANT YOU TO SEE IT AND FEEL IT
• 02:41 WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING NOW.
• 02:43 AND IT HARKS TO THIS POOL HERE IN THE 9TH CHAPTER.
• 02:46 WHAT IS IT?
• 02:47 IS IT THE POOL OF BETHESDA?
• 02:49 IS IT THE POOL OF SILOAM?
• 02:51 THE POOL OF SILOAH?
• 02:54 THE POOL OF SAMARIA?
• 02:57 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE POOL?
• 02:59 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PLACE?
• 03:01 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 03:04 ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 9, VERSE 7, THE LORD SAYS,
• 03:07 "GO WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM."
• 03:12 THAT'S THE ANSWER.
• 03:14 HERE IN THE GOSPEL ACCOUNT YESHUA DIRECTED THEM TO A PLACE.
• 03:18 WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THE LORD IS DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THEIR KNEES.
• 03:24 IF YOU'RE BLINDED IN DIFFERENT WAYS
• 03:28 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BESET YOU,
• 03:32 THAT YOU SEE NO SOLUTIONS...
• 03:34 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD THAT CAN HELP YOU TO GET THE BETTER OF IT,
• 03:39 DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR LIFE ASIDE.
• 03:41 SPEAKING OF DIFFICULTIES,
• 03:43 SOMETIMES PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE LORD AND THEIR DIFFICULTIES JUST BEGIN.
• 03:50 I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE GOSPEL IS TYPICALLY PACKAGED AND MARKETED.
• 03:57 AND BY THAT I MEAN,
• 03:59 SO MUCH OF PREACHING CAN BE... "WPHOO"... BLOWING STARDUST IN PEOPLE'S FACE AND SAY,
• 04:04 "YOU JUST ASK JESUS IN YOUR HEART AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO TURN OUT JUST RIGHT".
• 04:10 I RAISE THE ISSUE HERE
• 04:11 BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE JOURNEY WITH THE LORD, THINGS TURN OUT ALL WRONG.
• 04:17 THE REASON WHY I SAY THIS HERE
• 04:19 IS THIS FELLOW, WHO EXPERIENCED THIS GREAT MIRACLE,
• 04:22 AND HE'S SO BLESSED BY THE LORD,
• 04:25 AND HE'S GOING TO WIND UP BEING CURSED BY SOME OF HIS OWN
• 04:27 WHO ARE GOING TO WANT TO THROW HIM UNDER THE BUS.
• 04:30 EXCOMMUNICATION WAS THE ISSUE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, THE 9TH CHAPTER.
• 04:36 THIS FELLOW THAT WAS BORN BLIND INVOKED THE IRE OF SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS ELITE WHO, WE'RE TOLD,
• 04:42 FINALLY IN VERSE 34,
• 04:44 THAT THEY CAST HIM OUT.
• 04:49 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS,
• 04:51 "EXCOMMUNICATION ITSELF...
• 04:54 IS THAT SIMPLY THROWING SOMEONE OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER PRAY,
• 04:59 OR IS IT NOT ONLY THAT
• 05:03 BUT THROWING THEM OUT OF JEWISH SOCIAL LIFE ENTIRELY
• 05:07 WITH THE NET RESULT OF THEY'RE ALONE AND COMPLETELY ALIENATED IN THE WORLD... WHICH IS IT?
• 05:13 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• 05:16 BEING THROWN OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE WASN'T SIMPLY BEING CAST OUT OF A PLACE FOR PRAYER.
• 05:21 IT'S BEING CAST OUT OF THE COMMUNITY WITH A NET RESULT IS THAT YOU CAN'T PRAY WITH THEM.
• 05:27 NOT ONLY THAT, THAT NO ONE IS GOING BUY YOUR CORN OR SELL TO YOU.
• 05:32 IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO LET THEIR CHILDREN BE MARRIED TO YOURS.
• 05:37 YOUR SONS WILL NOT FIND GIRLS
• 05:38 AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL NOT FIND GUYS.
• 05:40 YOU BECOME "PERSONA NON GRATA".
• 05:43 THERE'S NOT MUCH CONGREGATIONAL DISCIPLINE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD TODAY, BUT IF THERE WAS,
• 05:48 SOMEONE SAYS, "OH LOOK, I GOT THROWN OUT OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH...", WHATEVER,
• 05:52 "...THE PRESBYTERIANS WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE ME."
• 05:54 OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE JUST DUST IT OFF AND GET ON DOWN THE ROAD AND NO ONE KNOWS ANY DIFFERENT.
• 05:59 THEY JUST GET LOST IN THE BIG CITY.
• 06:01 WHEN SOMEONE WAS EXCOMMUNICATED HERE, HOWEVER, YOU DIDN'T JUST GET LOST IN THE CROWD, NO,
• 06:06 YOU WERE TAGGED AND IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE.
• 06:11 IT'S AMAZING THE LORD GAVE GRACE TO ENDURE THE HAVING TO STAND ALONE.
• 06:17 AND OF COURSE BELIEVERS COMPACTED TOGETHER AND FORMED FELLOWSHIPS
• 06:20 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A HEDGE AGAINST THE ALIENATION IN PART.
• 06:24 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE EXPLORING THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
• 06:27 AS WE CONTINUE WITH "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
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• 07:19 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 07:25 THE PICTURE OF JESUS SHEPHERDING SHEEP
• 07:30 IS EMBLAZONED ON THE MEMORY OF AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM.
• 07:35 IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THE POPE CAN BE ENVISIONED
• 07:37 AS AN UNDER-SHEPHERD AND SOMETIMES FILLS THAT ROLE.
• 07:40 BUT PROTESTANTS PRINCIPALLY HAVE NO SUCH FRAME OF REFERENCE
• 07:45 AND THE PICTURE OF JESUS WITH HIS FLOWING BROWN HAIR LEADING THE SHEEP
• 07:49 IS JUST SO VERY POPULAR EMPLOYED BY ALL KINDS OF DENOMINATIONS.
• 07:54 IT'S A PICTURE THAT MAKES ITS WAY ON TO HOMES, LIVING ROOMS,
• 07:58 DINING ROOMS, BIBLES, AND HEARTS AND MINDS.
• 08:03 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS RATHER SIMPLE.
• 08:06 IN JOHN CHAPTER 10
• 08:08 JESUS WENT ON RECORD CLAIMING TO BE THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
• 08:15 TRUE OR FALSE?...
• 08:17 THE EMPLOYMENT OF THIS VISUAL IMAGE WAS UNIQUE TO JESUS.
• 08:26 FALSE
• 08:27 MOSES AS YOU MIGHT RECALL
• 08:29 IS CONSTRUED AS SHEPHERDING THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THROUGH A WILDERNESS.
• 08:34 AND IN FACT, HE WAS A SHEPHERD FOR SOME FORTY YEARS.
• 08:37 HE CUT HIS TEETH ON THE WILDERNESS.
• 08:39 THOUGH HE LED THE ISRAELITES THROUGH THE SINAI FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE'D BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
• 08:44 HE KNEW THE TREES, THE MOUNTAINS,
• 08:46 THE WATERING HOLES AND ALL THE REST.
• 08:48 HE CUT HIS TEETH ON IT.
• 08:49 BEYOND THAT, IN THE SCRIPTURE WE KNOW THAT DAVID WAS A SHEPHERD.
• 08:53 AND PSALM CHAPTER 23, "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD"
• 08:56 IS AS POPULAR AS THE PICTURE THAT I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER.
• 09:00 THE IMAGERY OF GOD SENDING SHEPHERDS TO LEAD PEOPLE IS OFT TOLD IN THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 09:08 SIMILARLY THERE'S CASTIGATION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE FOR BAD SHEPHERDS.
• 09:13 I WANT YOU TO LOOK WITH ME PLEASE IN EZEKIEL CHAPTER 34.
• 09:18 THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PROMISE HERE THAT GOES IN VERSE 23,
• 09:29 WHEN EZEKIEL SPEAKS... YOU KNOW DAVID'S BEEN DEAD FOR CENTURIES
• 09:34 BUT IT'S ENVISIONED THAT ONE LIKE UNTO DAVID IS GOING TO EMERGE.
• 09:38 AND I MENTION THAT BECAUSE IN THE PICTURE OF JESUS PRESENTING AS THE GOOD SHEPHERD
• 09:43 WHO LAYS HIS LIFE DOWN FOR THE SHEEP,
• 09:45 WHAT CAN BE OBSCURED OR AT LEAST NEGLECTED
• 09:49 IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FULFILLMENT OF HEBREW BIBLE PREDICTION.
• 09:53 I NEED TO UNDERSCORE THAT I THINK
• 09:55 BECAUSE MANY HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE JEWISH MOORINGS OF THE STORY.
• 09:59 AND SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT JESUS IS SAYING AND DOING...
• 10:02 IT JUST GETS AWASH IN POPULAR PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC ENVISIONING
• 10:07 AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THESE WERE PROMISES MADE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 10:11 AND THAT JESUS CAME IN FULFILLMENT OF THOSE PROMISES.
• 10:16 I THINK THAT'S A VERY COOL STORY.
• 10:19 LAZARUS IS A FAMOUS INDIVIDUAL IN THE BIBLE.
• 10:25 WHILE THE JOHN CHAPTER 10 STORY
• 10:28 HARKS TO JESUS CALMLY LEADING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE CALM ALL THE TIME.
• 10:34 THE 11TH CHAPTER IS PLAYED OUT
• 10:36 AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF VEXED WOMEN CHAGRINED BECAUSE THEIR BROTHER HAS DIED.
• 10:42 WE KNOW HIM AS LAZARUS.
• 10:45 DID YOU KNOW THAT HIS REAL NAME IS ELIEZER?
• 10:48 ...A VERY, VERY, VERY HEBREW NAME.
• 10:50 WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS HE IS ENTOMBED AS YOU KNOW.
• 10:54 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MAP NOW
• 10:55 AND WE ARE REMINDED IN THE BIBLE
• 11:00 THAT MARTHA, MARY AND ELIEZER WERE FROM A PLACE CALLED BETHANY.
• 11:07 DO YOU KNOW WHERE BETHANY IS ON THIS MAP?
• 11:15 PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF THE JEWISH STORY
• 11:20 AND SOMETIMES THE GEOGRAPHY GETS OBSCURED AS WELL.
• 11:24 IN FACT, I HEARD RECENTLY
• 11:25 THAT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE'S A HEFTY PERCENTAGE IN AMERICA,
• 11:30 THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE AMERICA IS ON THE WORLD MAP
• 11:32 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT.
• 11:34 I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE PASSING... HIGH SCHOOL THAT IS.
• 11:37 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE REASONABLY WELL VERSED IN THE SCRIPTURES
• 11:42 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A KIND A SENSE OF BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY.
• 11:47 WHAT I WANT TO ALIGHT UPON IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE THERE
• 11:51 IN PROXIMITY TO THE CITY OF JERUSALEM, GOD'S CAPITAL CITY
• 11:56 VOUCHED SAFE TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PERPETUITY IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS...
• 12:01 THEIR LAND... OUR LAND...
• 12:03 THE BIBLICAL HOMELAND.
• 12:05 AND I WANT TO KNOW WHILE YOU'RE THINKING OF JESUS
• 12:07 MOVING ABOUT AND WORKING WITH JEWISH PEOPLE IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM;
• 12:11 I WANT TO KNOW WHY IS IT THAT TODAY INDIVIDUALS NEGLECT JERUSALEM ENTIRELY,
• 12:16 THEY'RE INDIFFERENT TOWARD IT.
• 12:18 AND IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES TODAY WE'RE EVEN TOLD
• 12:20 THAT THE LORD DOESN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT LAND.
• 12:28 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT GEOGRAPHY.
• 12:30 I'M GOING TO COME BACK A LITTLE BIT IN THE PROGRAM
• 12:32 AND REALLY EXPLORE THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED THERE.
• 12:36 BUT IF YOU'LL PERMIT,
• 12:37 INASMUCH AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE FAITH;
• 12:41 SIMILARLY, LET ME UNDERSCORE THAT SOME HAVE LOST SIGHT
• 12:44 OF THE HISTORICAL COMPONENTS TO THE FAITH AND WITH IT GEOGRAPHY AND ALL THE REST.
• 12:49 WHAT'S ENVISIONED IS THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT IS SOME PIE IN THE SKY STORY.
• 12:54 AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT GOD IS WORKING,
• 12:57 NOT JUST EXCLUSIVELY WITH, BUT HE'S FOCUSING ON JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 13:00 HE'S BROUGHT JEWISH PEOPLE TO A LAND, HE'S GIVEN IT TO THEM
• 13:03 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIBLE STORY, THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT,
• 13:06 ITS PLAYED OUT AGAINST THAT BACKDROP.
• 13:10 WHAT'S A BACKDROP IN THE BIBLE DRAMA
• 13:16 HAS JUST FALLEN OFF THE PAGES OF MODERN CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESS
• 13:22 HENCE THE NEED, I BELIEVE, FOR A MINISTRY LIKE ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 13:27 WHERE WE'RE ALL ABOUT PRESENTING THE BIBLE FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
• 13:32 THANK YOU FOR GOING WITH US ON THE JOURNEY.
• 13:36 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO ISRAEL AND BRING YOU BACK
• 13:39 AS WE CONTINUE IN THIS SERIES CALLED "ASK THE PROFESSOR".
• 13:52 MY SUGGESTION...
• 13:52 COME TO ISRAEL...
• 13:53 YOU'LL ENJOY IT...
• 13:55 THIS NINE - TEN DAY TRIP HAS TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY I LOOK AT...
• 14:00 THE PROFOUND MEANING AND THE HISTORY BEHIND EVERYTHING AND...
• 14:03 WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS...
• 14:05 WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH...
• 14:07 WHAT CAN BE MORE SPECIAL THAN COMING TO GOD'S LAND WITH GOD'S PEOPLE?
• 14:10 IF YOU WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ISRAEL AND GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 14:14 I INVITE YOU TO COME...
• 14:16 YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
• 14:18 JOIN US IN ISRAEL FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
• 14:22 ISRAEL IS A GREAT PLACE
• 14:25 AND THOSE THAT GO THERE
• 14:26 SEE THE BIBLE COME ALIVE.
• 14:29 AND IN SO MANY WAYS,
• 14:30 THOSE THAT GO THERE
• 14:32 COME ALIVE THEMSELVES
• 14:33 DON'T THEY TRACIE?
• 14:35 THEY DO...
• 14:35 THEY SPIRITUALLY COME ALIVE.
• 14:36 YOU KNOW EVEN AS YOU WERE TALKING
• 14:38 I WAS THINKING HOW MANY THINGS IN LIFE EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
• 14:41 AND I'M TELLING YOU FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
• 14:44 AND FROM WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAY,
• 14:45 GOING TO ISRAEL HAS EXCEEDED EVERY EXPECTATION THEY'VE HAD.
• 14:49 THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN A WORLD WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED BY PURCHASES.
• 14:53 GOD DOESN'T DISAPPOINT. NO
• 14:55 AND WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS YOU'RE GUARANTEED FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME.
• 14:59 YOU ARE AND I THINK WHAT SO NEAT IS EVERYBODY ON OUR TRIP
• 15:01 IS EITHER A VIEWER OF THE PROGRAM OR THEY GET OUR INFORMATION IN THE MAIL.
• 15:05 IT'S LIKE A FAMILY TRIP.
• 15:06 AND PEOPLE ARE BLOWN AWAY,
• 15:08 THEY JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
• 15:10 THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THE PRESENCE OF YESHUA IS SO STRONG IN THE HOLY LAND.
• 15:13 AND IT IS.
• 15:14 AND TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOU...
• 15:15 YOU KNOW DR. SEIF IS ON EACH TRIP
• 15:17 AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN A TREMENDOUS BLESSING.
• 15:19 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT WORK AROUND THE CLOCK,
• 15:23 I DO, TO PLAN THE TRIPS,
• 15:24 WE HAVE ABOUT 7 OR 8 FULL TIME STAFF OVER IN ISRAEL
• 15:27 TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE DETAILS DURING THE TRIP.
• 15:30 WE WANT YOU TO COME WITH US
• 15:34 TO HAVE YOUR INTIMACY DEEPEN WITH THE LORD, WITH YESHUA,
• 15:37 AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT'S AMAZING.
• 15:39 YOU KNOW HERE...
• 15:40 THINK OF THIS FOR A SECOND...
• 15:42 IF I WAS VISITING ROME I WOULDN'T WANT A MESSIANIC JEWISH GUY...
• 15:45 AND I MIGHT AS WELL GET A PRIEST OR SOMEONE
• 15:47 THAT REALLY KNOW THE VATICAN AND ALL THAT IF THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
• 15:51 IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO VISIT ISRAEL,
• 15:54 WHY NOT LOOK AT IT THROUGH JEWISH EYES...
• 15:56 OUR GUIDES, EVERYONE THAT WORKS WITH US IS A MESSIANIC JEWISH...
• 15:59 PEOPLE GO SEE MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS...
• 16:02 I JUST THINK IT'S THE BEST THING AROUND.
• 16:05 IF PEOPLE DON'T GO WITH US
• 16:06 I SAY AT LEAST GO WITH SOMETHING MESSIANIC JEWISH
• 16:09 TO GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
• 16:10 ABSOLUTELY...
• 16:11 I WAS TELLING A LITTLE ANECDOTAL STORY ABOUT
• 16:13 HOW A PASSENGER FROM OUR TOUR LAST YEAR
• 16:16 WROTE A POEM TO OUR GUIDE ZVI
• 16:17 WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR 25 YEARS.
• 16:19 PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
• 16:21 HE IS INGRAINED IN THE CULTURE,
• 16:23 HE WAS IN THE WAR,
• 16:24 HE TELLS THE MOST FABULOUS STORIES.
• 16:26 HE KNOWS THE HISTORY BACKWARD AND FORWARD...
• 16:28 THE BIBLE BACKWARD AND FORWARD.
• 16:30 HE SUPPORTS EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
• 16:31 AND THEN OF COURSE
• 16:32 DR. SEIF IS GOING TO
• 16:33 BRING YOU DEVOTIONS
• 16:34 AT THE KEY HISTORICAL SITES.
• 16:36 THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING.
• 16:37 DO DEVOTIONS IN THE EVENINGS.
• 16:38 WE HAVE EVENING ACTIVITIES EVERY NIGHT.
• 16:41 WE MAKE THIS THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
• 16:43 AND I INVITE YOU TO COME WITH US.
• 16:45 YES, AND TRACIE YOU'RE THE BEST.
• 16:48 YOU'LL GET TO MEET TRACIE;
• 16:50 MY WIFE ACCOMPANIES ME, PATTY, ON TRIPS TOO.
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• 17:46 IN HEBREW HERE IT SAYS,
• 17:47 "OHR V'EMET",
• 17:49 "LIGHT AND TRUTH".
• 17:51 WE WANT TO ENLIGHTEN YOU
• 17:53 AND OPEN YOU TO THE TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE.
• 17:57 WE HAVE VARIOUS COURSES.
• 17:58 IT'S THE OFFER ON THE PROGRAM TODAY.
• 18:00 THIS ONE IS CALLED
• 18:01 "OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY".
• 18:02 THERE'S CD'S...
• 18:04 THERE'S TESTS...
• 18:05 THERE'S NOTES.
• 18:06 IT'S OUR CORRESPONDENCE PROGRAM.
• 18:09 WE HAVE ONE HERE ON THE OLD TESTAMENT...
• 18:11 THE HEBREW BIBLE.
• 18:13 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE NEW TESTAMENT
• 18:15 LOOKING AT JESUS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.
• 18:18 AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE ON CHURCH HISTORY.
• 18:21 ACTUALLY THERE'S TWELVE COURSES COMBINED.
• 18:24 EXCUSE ME, JEWISH HISTORY.
• 18:26 THERE'S TWELVE COURSES COMBINED.
• 18:28 YOU CAN GET IT IN THIS PROGRAM
• 18:30 EITHER ONE PROGRAM
• 18:31 OR THREE OF THEM TOGETHER.
• 18:33 WE WANT TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
• 18:35 I THINK THE LORD WANTS TO GET SOME INFORMATION TO US.
• 18:38 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE BIBLE.
• 18:40 WHETHER YOU GET THIS OR NOT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO ME
• 18:44 AND SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT TO YOU
• 18:46 BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS.
• 18:49 WHAT ARE WE GETTING?
• 18:51 IN THE 11TH CHAPTER,
• 18:53 I WANT TO PICK UP HERE AND SPEND SOME TIME,
• 18:55 THERE'S A FELLOW, ELIEZER, WHO DIED.
• 18:59 WE'RE TOLD IN THE GOSPEL, THE 11TH CHAPTER,
• 19:05 THAT HE WAS DEAD FOR A SEASON AND THE LORD CAME TO HIM.
• 19:10 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS RATHER SIMPLE.
• 19:13 HOW LONG WAS HE IN THE TOMB?
• 19:18 HOW LONG WAS HE DEAD?
• 19:20 ONE DAY?
• 19:22 TWO DAY... THREE... OR FOUR?
• 19:26 HOW MANY DAYS?
• 19:28 I RAISE THE QUESTION HERE.
• 19:31 IF YOU'LL IN VERSES 5 AND 6,
• 19:34 WHEN THE LORD HEARS THAT ELIEZER IS SICK, WE'RE TOLD:
• 19:44 SO WHEN HE HEARD THAT HE WAS SICK HE STAYED TWO MORE DAYS IN THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS.
• 19:48 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?
• 19:50 "OH... I HEARD SO AND SO WAS SICK. I LOVE EM. OKAY, I'LL JUST STAY HERE FOR AWHILE."
• 19:54 DO YOU EVER GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE YOU ARE IN TROUBLE
• 19:57 AND THE LORD DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE'S IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY TO DO A RESCUE MISSION?
• 20:02 IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE LORD LETS THIS STORY PLAY OUT.
• 20:07 WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE 17,
• 20:17 NOW IT BEGS THE QUESTION,
• 20:19 WHY DID THE LORD WAIT FOUR DAYS?
• 20:23 AND I'LL TELL YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
• 20:26 ANCIENT JEWS BELIEVED THAT AFTER A PERSON DIED
• 20:29 THE SPIRIT HOVERED AROUND FOR THREE DAYS AND ON THE FOURTH DAY LEFT.
• 20:36 WERE THE LORD TO HAVE RESURRECTED HIM A DAY EARLIER
• 20:40 IT COULD HAVE BEEN CONSTRUED BY JEWS AS A RESUSCITATION OF A SORT.
• 20:46 THAT IS TO SAY HE WAS KNOCKED OUT AND THE LORD REVIVED HIM.
• 20:50 BUT IT WAS CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE PREVAILING NORMS OF THE DAY
• 20:54 THAT THERE ON THE FOURTH DAY THE PERSON, IS GOING, GOING AND GONE.
• 21:00 I MENTION THIS BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS,
• 21:05 THE LORD WANTING TO COMMUNICATE THE MIRACLE OF THE RESURRECTION POWER
• 21:10 INHERENT IN HIS OWN PERSONA TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 21:14 AND THAT LITTLE TIDBIT IS SOMETHING THAT'S LOST IN MODERNITY
• 21:18 WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE JEWISH CUSTOMS AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE GOSPEL STORY.
• 21:23 WELL, RETURNING TO THE RESURRECTION STORY,
• 21:28 AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, LAZARUS CREATED QUITE A STIR.
• 21:33 AND HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU.
• 21:36 THOUGH LAZARUS' RESURRECTION RAISED EYEBROWS,
• 21:40 JEWS ALREADY BELIEVED IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
• 21:44 TRUE OR FALSE?
• 21:46 EVEN BEFORE ELIEZER WAS RESURRECTED
• 21:51 JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
• 21:55 TRUE OR FALSE?
• 21:56 BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE FIRST HEAR ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
• 22:01 WITH LORD SPEAKING HERE IN CHAPTER 11 SAYING,
• 22:10 BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS FIRST HEAR THE LORD SPEAKING OF THE RESURRECTION HERE,
• 22:15 THE TENDENCY IS TO BELIEVE THAT THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION IN EFFECT BEGINS HERE.
• 22:21 THAT'S NOT TRUE.
• 22:22 BEFORE THE LORD WENT ON RECORD SAYING, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE",
• 22:27 A WOMAN COMES TO HIM AND SAYS,
• 22:33 THIS REFLECTS A PARTICULAR JEWISH UNDERSTANDING THAT'S NOT JUST PRONOUNCED IN ANTIQUITY
• 22:39 BUT IS SIMILARLY ANNOUNCED IN MODERNITY.
• 22:43 RAMBAN, OR MAIMONIDES,
• 22:45 IS A FAMOUS JEWISH SAGE,
• 22:47 CONDENSED JEWISH UNDERSTANDING DOWN TO 13 BASIC PRINCIPLES
• 22:52 THAT JEWS HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO IN ORDER TO BE CONSTRUED AS AUTHENTICALLY ORTHODOX JEWS,
• 22:58 ONE OF WHICH IS AN AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS,
• 23:02 "I BELIEVE WITH PERFECT FAITH IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD",
• 23:10 "TEHIYYAT HA-METIM" IN HEBREW...
• 23:12 THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
• 23:15 JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A RESURRECTION.
• 23:18 IN FACT, YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE BEHIND ME OF A TOMB.
• 23:22 IN THIS CASE THERE'S JEWISH BURIAL CHAMBERS THAT ARE STILL UNEARTHED IN ISRAEL
• 23:29 AND TRACIE AND I WITH THE VARIOUS BUSES TAKE PEOPLE TO SEE THAT.
• 23:34 BEYOND THAT WE VISIT THE GARDEN TOMB
• 23:36 WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A SITE WHERE THE LORD MAY HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM.
• 23:40 SIMILARLY WE VISIT THE CHURCH OF THE SEPULCHRE.
• 23:43 THERE'S SO MUCH TO KNOW...
• 23:46 SO MUCH TO SEE
• 23:48 AND I'M THRILLED THAT YOU GO ON THE JOURNEY WITH ME.
• 26:02 LIFE'S A JOURNEY IN SO MANY WAYS
• 26:04 AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US GO WITH YOU ON IT EVEN FOR A MOMENT.
• 26:09 WE... AND I DON'T MEAN "ME",
• 26:12 I MEAN "WE"
• 26:13 BECAUSE IT TAKES A NUMBER OF US TO PUT THIS ON FOR YOU
• 26:16 AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT YOUR LIFE'S GOING TO BE RICHER
• 26:19 BY VIRTUE OF YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE LORD WITH THIS PARTICULAR SLANT.
• 26:24 WE THINK A JEWISH JESUS IS THE BEST WAY TO CONSTRUE HIM
• 26:28 AND I KNOW YOU AGREE OR YOU WOULD HAVE GONE "CLICK" LONG BEFORE NOW
• 26:32 CAUSE THAT'S WHY GOD CREATED REMOTE CONTROLS
• 26:35 TO GET RID OF STUFF THAT YOU THINK'S WORTHLESS.
• 26:37 THANK YOU FOR THINKING US WORTHWHILE.
• 26:39 AND WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK AND FINISH THIS FOUR PART SERIES.
• 26:42 AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:43 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:46 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM