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

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