Caption transcript for “A New Season of Ministry”

• 00:16 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
• 00:23 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
• 00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
• 00:44 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:46 I'M SANDRA AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
• 00:49 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SEASONS
• 00:51 AND HOW GOD USES US FOR A SEASON.
• 00:54 LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO MEET MYLES AND KATHARINE WEISS
• 00:57 AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RUTH.
• 00:59 RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY GOOD FRIEND DR. TOM MCCALL.
• 01:03 YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO THE MINISTRY.
• 01:05 AND RAHAB IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU AND ZOLA DID TOGETHER.
• 01:08 YES IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
• 01:10 TO BE BACK HERE
• 01:11 WITH YOU SANDRA
• 01:12 AND... YES,
• 01:13 RAHAB FEATURES VERY PROMINENTLY
• 01:15 IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERICHO
• 01:19 WHEN THE ISRAELITES FIRST TOOK OVER THE LAND BACK 1500 B.C.
• 01:26 THEREABOUTS.
• 01:27 AND HERE WE HAVE THE STATEMENT OF RAHAB...
• 01:31 SHE WAS A WOMAN OF FAITH;
• 01:33 SHE HAD GIVEN REFUGE
• 01:34 TO THE SPIES SENT OUT FROM JOSHUA.
• 01:37 BUT A GENTILE >>AND A GENTILE
• 01:39 THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING >>A JERICHO-ITE
• 01:41 YEAH... RUTH AND RAHAB...
• 01:42 GENTILE WOMEN...
• 01:43 WONDERFUL WOMEN OF FAITH.
• 01:45 BUT SHE HAD FAITH...
• 01:47 SHE HAD FAITH IN THE GOD OF ISRAEL.
• 01:48 SHE SAYS THAT "I KNOW THAT THE LORD, YAHWEH,"
• 01:51 "THE LORD HAS GIVEN THIS LAND TO YOU"
• 01:53 "AND THAT A GREAT FEAR OF YOU HAS FALLEN ON US"
• 01:57 "SO THAT ALL WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY ARE MELTING IN FEAR BECAUSE OF YOU."
• 02:02 "WE HAVE HEARD HOW THE LORD DRIED UP THE WATER OF THE RED SEA"...
• 02:07 AND SHE GOES ON AND ON RECOUNTING THE GREAT VICTORIES
• 02:10 THAT THE LORD HAD GIVEN ISRAEL
• 02:13 AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE HEADED FOR JERICHO.
• 02:16 BUT SHE BELIEVED THE LORD
• 02:18 AND THE LORD DID SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR HER
• 02:21 AND SPARED HER FAMILY WHEN THE WALLS OF JERICHO FELL
• 02:26 AND SHE MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY OF ISRAEL...
• 02:32 SALMON WAS HIS NAME
• 02:34 AND THEIR SON WAS BOAZ, IN THE BOOK OF RUTH.
• 02:40 BOAZ...WHICH TIES RIGHT IN WITH THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO DO ON RUTH.
• 02:43 AND BOAZ BECAME THE HUSBAND OF RUTH AND WHO WAS ALSO A GENTILE.
• 02:47 BUT KEEP GOING WITH THAT...
• 02:48 KEEP GOING WITH THE GENEALOGY.
• 02:50 WELL THEN FROM THERE
• 02:52 WE FIND THAT THE DESCENDENT OF BOAZ AND RUTH WAS NONE OTHER THAN DAVID.
• 03:00 THEN KING DAVID >>THE KING
• 03:01 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
• 03:04 IN FACT, THAT'S ALL GIVEN IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THE BOOK OF RUTH...
• 03:09 THAT'S WONDERFUL
• 03:10 THE GENEALOGY...
• 03:11 IT IS...IT REALLY IS
• 03:12 FROM PEREZ, THE SON OF JUDAH DOWN TO DAVID THE KING.
• 03:16 I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE OLD VIDEOS, THE OLD TAPES OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM NOW
• 03:22 OF YOU AND ZOLA OUT TEACHING ALL AROUND ISRAEL.
• 03:25 ONE OF THE PLACES WAS JERICHO.
• 03:27 YEAH THAT'S TRUE.
• 03:28 AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME WE WERE THERE.
• 03:31 THAT IS TRUE WE ARE AS WE SAY,
• 03:33 "FOR SUCH A SEASON AS THIS"
• 03:35 WE ALL HAVE OUR SEASONS
• 03:37 AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR KATHARINE AND MYLES
• 03:40 AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE MINISTRY.
• 03:43 GREAT...IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU SANDRA.
• 03:45 YEAH...LETS GO TO JERICHO AND SEE TOM.
• 03:49 SHE IS IN THE MOST WONDERFUL, GENEALOGICAL LINE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
• 03:54 WHAT A BLESSING GOD GAVE TO RAHAB.
• 03:57 AND THE PARALLELS THAT WE COULD DRAW ARE REALLY VERY OBVIOUS.
• 04:03 THERE NEED TO BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE RAHAB
• 04:06 AND WE SHOULD BELIEVE LIKE RAHAB DID
• 04:11 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THE LAND TO THEM
• 04:13 AND WE SHOULD DO
• 04:14 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM.
• 04:15 THIS PARADE OF PILGRIMS
• 04:17 ARRIVING IN THESE BUSES,
• 04:19 PULLING UP TO THESE
• 04:20 ANCIENT SITES ALL DAY LONG
• 04:23 SHOULD ALWAYS STAND BEHIND ISRAEL.
• 04:25 IT'S A SAD THING BECAUSE IN SOME QUARTERS TODAY,
• 04:28 EVEN IN SOME SEMINARIES
• 04:30 THERE ARE PEOPLE PULLING AWAY FROM THE IDEA OF ISRAEL BEING A FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
• 04:34 THAT'S SIMPLY NOT BIBLICAL
• 04:35 AND IT'S EASY WHEN YOU COME HERE TO SEE THAT.
• 05:01 IT IS INTERESTING HOW GOD USES US ALL, EVERY ONE OF US,
• 05:06 JEWS AND GENTILE TO FURTHER HIS KINGDOM.
• 05:09 IT ALWAYS GETS ME EXCITED WHEN I HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE KNOWING WHERE GOD WANTS THEM TO GO.
• 05:15 TOM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEASONS AND CHANGES
• 05:18 AND YOU KNOW ZOLA WAS FOR A SEASON
• 05:21 AND NOW MYLES AND KATHARINE ARE HERE.
• 05:22 THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RUTH.
• 05:24 WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS WITH THIS MINISTRY.
• 05:26 OH I KNOW THAT'S TRUE.
• 05:28 I LOOK BACK AT THE TIMES THAT ZOLA AND I HAVE SPENT
• 05:31 OVER IN ISRAEL AND THE PLACES THAT WE WENT...JERICHO...
• 05:36 AND JERUSALEM...
• 05:38 AND ALL OVER ISRAEL...
• 05:39 IN GALILEE WHICH HE LOVED SO MUCH...
• 05:42 CAESAREA...
• 05:44 EVERYTHING WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING WITH ZOLA ON ALL THOSE TRIPS.
• 05:49 AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
• 05:52 WE SEE THAT THE MINISTRY IS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON ISRAEL.
• 05:57 YEAH...THE VISION IS THE SAME ISN'T IT?
• 05:59 AND JEWISH ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY
• 06:00 AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THIS MINISTRY IS FAMOUS FOR.
• 06:02 AND NOW, HAVING MET MYLES AND KATHARINE
• 06:07 I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE LORD IS REALLY BLESSING THIS
• 06:12 AND IS GOING TO MOVE THE MINISTRY RIGHT ALONG
• 06:15 AND IT WILL BE A BLESSING TO THE PEOPLE.
• 06:20 JEWS AND GENTILES >>JEWS AND GENTILES
• 06:22 ISN'T IT GREAT?
• 06:23 HE IS JEWISH... MESSIANIC...
• 06:25 AND SHE IS GENTILE...
• 06:26 THE STORY OF RUTH RIGHT THERE IN A NUTSHELL.
• 06:27 IT'S A GREAT TEAM AND YES IT'S THEIR OWN STORY OF RUTH TOGETHER
• 06:32 AND HOW GOD BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
• 06:34 BUT THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
• 06:37 AND THE LORD'S WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE
• 06:40 RIGHT HERE IN THE ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRY.
• 06:42 I BELIEVE IN MY HEART...
• 06:44 EVERYONE HAS A SEASON
• 06:45 AND IT HAS A LENGTH
• 06:47 AND WE JUST NEED TO DO WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO WHEN HE WANTS US TO DO IT
• 06:50 AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF ALL THE REST.
• 06:51 ABSOLUTELY
• 06:53 BACK AFTER THIS.
• 06:58 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 07:02 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
• 07:04 "THE LEVITT LETTER".
• 07:05 WHEN YOU CALL BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE
• 07:08 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
• 07:12 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
• 07:13 "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES"
• 07:16 INCLUDES READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDS, AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 07:20 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
• 07:24 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 07:27 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 07:43 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
• 07:46 ♪SHA' A' LU, SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 07:50 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
• 07:57 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE...♪
• 08:00 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 08:11 ISRAEL IS ABOUT FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
• 08:15 YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW FAMILY,
• 08:17 WE'VE GOT NEW FAMILY WITH MYLES AND KATHARINE...
• 08:19 THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY.
• 08:20 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW FRIENDS AND NEW FAMILIES IN ISRAEL.
• 08:23 WE ARE
• 08:24 AND I'M JUST SO DELIGHTED
• 08:25 TO HAVE MYLES AND KATHARINE.
• 08:26 THEIR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE,
• 08:27 JUST THROUGH THEIR MARRIAGE...
• 08:29 THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED 25 YEARS...THEY HAVE CO-LABORED IN MINISTRY
• 08:32 DOING COUNSELING, LED MANY TOURS TO ISRAEL IN THE PAST.
• 08:35 PASTOR TOURS...LOVE IT >>YES ABSOLUTELY
• 08:38 THEY HAVE BEEN GUIDES, THEY HAVE BEEN PASTORS,
• 08:41 THEY REALLY KNOW THE HEART OF ISRAEL
• 08:43 AND TO HAVE THEM ON TOUR IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE.
• 08:45 IT IS A WONDERFUL BLESSING.
• 08:46 AND WE DO BECOME FAMILY ON THE TOURS...
• 08:49 WE LOOK OUT AFTER EACH OTHER...
• 08:51 WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER...
• 08:52 WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
• 08:55 WE DO AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO ISRAEL.
• 09:00 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU COME WITH US TO ISRAEL
• 09:02 YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
• 09:05 AND TO BE ON A TOUR WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE
• 09:08 WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE BROADCAST WITH YOU...
• 09:10 SANDRA JUST THE PRIVILEGE OF THIS BROADCAST BEING ON 30 PLUS YEARS...
• 09:13 BUT ON TOUR WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WATCH THE SHOW,
• 09:16 THAT READ THE NEWSLETTER,
• 09:18 AND WE TRULY DO GEL TOGETHER.
• 09:20 WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WAILING WALL,
• 09:21 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE JORDAN RIVER,
• 09:23 WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE...
• 09:25 WE WANT YOU TO COME WITH US FRIEND.
• 09:26 GO TO LEVITT.COM
• 09:28 CLICK ON TOURS
• 09:30 I DO ENCOURAGE YOU
• 09:31 TO REGISTER EARLY
• 09:32 CAUSE WE DO SELL OUT ABOUT
• 09:33 3 OR 4 MONTHS IN ADVANCE
• 09:34 SO CALL MEIN THE OFFICE
• 09:36 1-800-WONDERS
• 09:37 AND I WOULD LOVE TO
• 09:38 TALK WITH YOU PERSONALLY.
• 09:39 WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE SERIES ON RUTH. >>YES
• 09:41 HOW AMAZING...RUTH WENT BACK TO ISRAEL...
• 09:44 WAS NOT FROM ISRAEL...
• 09:46 AND WENT TO ISRAEL...
• 09:48 THE LAND THAT SHE NOW SAID, "YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD".
• 09:51 THAT'S RIGHT
• 09:52 I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING.
• 09:54 IT IS ENCOURAGING AND PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT...
• 09:56 THEY'LL FEEL THAT SPIRIT OVER THERE
• 09:58 AND WE WANT YOU TO COME WITH US.
• 09:59 ABSOLUTELY, YOU NEED TO COME NOW...
• 10:01 IT'S A WONDERFUL TRIP!
• 10:03 I ALSO WANT YOU TO GET
• 10:04 THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 10:05 THIS IS FULL OF INFORMATION
• 10:06 ABOUT ISRAEL...
• 10:07 IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION
• 10:08 ABOUT THE TOUR...
• 10:10 GREAT ARTICLES...GREAT ARTICLES
• 10:12 I GET IT IN THE MAIL
• 10:14 AND I THINK
• 10:15 "I'M JUST GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF PAGES"
• 10:17 AND I SIT DOWN
• 10:18 AND I READ THE WHOLE THING.
• 10:19 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT.
• 10:20 YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS
• 10:21 "PSALMS OF ASCENT"
• 10:22 AND EVERYONE HAS COMMENTED
• 10:24 HOW WONDERFUL MARTY GOETZ IS.
• 10:26 WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MARTY GOETZ' MUSIC.
• 10:29 HERE'S MARTY AND THE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
• 10:31 HERE IS HIS MUSIC
• 10:37 ♪MY SOUL WAIT THOUGH ONLY,♪
• 10:42 ♪ONLY UPON GOD♪
• 10:45 ♪FOR FROM HIM IS MY EXPECTATION♪
• 10:52 ♪MY SOUL WAIT THOUGH ONLY,♪
• 10:56 ♪ONLY UPON GOD♪
• 10:59 ♪FOR FROM HIM IS MY EXPECTATION♪
• 11:12 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 11:14 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 11:19 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 11:21 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 11:26 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 11:28 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 11:32 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 11:34 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 11:44 ♪MY MESSIAH ONLY,♪
• 11:47 ♪HE ONLY IS MY ROCK♪
• 11:50 ♪HE'S THE HORN OF MY SALVATION♪
• 11:58 ♪MY LORD YESHUA ONLY♪
• 12:01 ♪HE ONLY IS MY ROCK♪
• 12:04 ♪HE IS THE HORN OF MY SALVATION♪
• 12:17 ♪OH... HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 12:19 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 12:23 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 12:26 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 12:30 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 12:33 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 12:37 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 12:39 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 12:49 ♪SH'MA YISRAEL ADONAI ELOHENU♪
• 12:57 ♪ADONAI, ADONAI ECHAD♪
• 13:07 ♪BARUCH SHEM K'VOD MALCHUTO♪
• 13:14 ♪L'OLAM OLAM VAED♪
• 13:27 ♪HE... IS... MY DEFENSE♪
• 13:31 ♪AND I SHALL NOT...BE...MOVED♪
• 13:36 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 13:38 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 13:45 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 13:47 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 13:51 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 13:53 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 13:56 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 14:00 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 14:04 ♪HE IS MY DEFENSE♪
• 14:06 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 14:09 ♪I SHALL NOT BE MOVED♪
• 14:12 ♪NO... I SHALL NOT...♪
• 14:15 ♪BE... MOVED♪
• 14:31 WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME MAKING THE "PSALMS OF ASCENT".
• 14:34 THAT WAS MARTY GOETZ AND HIS MUSIC AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
• 14:37 WE'RE NOW GETTING READY TO DO THE RUTH SERIES WITH MYLES AND KATHARINE WEISS.
• 14:42 WELCOME...I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
• 14:44 I LOVE THE RUTH STORY.
• 14:45 IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE STORY
• 14:47 AND YET IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED IF YOU REALLY START STUDYING IT.
• 14:51 IT'S REALLY TRUE.
• 14:52 IT'S AN AMAZING STORY
• 14:53 THAT STANDS ALONE AS
• 14:54 A WORK OF LITERATURE.
• 14:56 BUT IT IS AN AMAZING LOVE STORY ON SO MANY LEVELS.
• 14:59 SO GIVE ME A LEVEL.
• 15:00 OKAY... THE FIRST LEVEL IS THE STORY OF RUTH AND NAOMI,
• 15:04 THE LOVE STORY OF A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND A MOTHER-IN-LAW.
• 15:08 THAT HAS A LOT OF PERSONAL MEANING FOR US
• 15:10 BECAUSE MY MOM BECAME A BELIEVER.
• 15:12 MY JEWISH MOTHER BECAME A BELIEVER BEFORE SHE WENT TO HEAVEN
• 15:15 AND THE END OF HER LIFE THE FACE THAT SHE RECOGNIZED WAS MY WIFE.
• 15:19 OH HOW TOUCHING.
• 15:20 HER GENTILE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
• 15:22 SO WE HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THIS.
• 15:23 BUT IT WASN'T AS TOUCHING
• 15:26 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
• 15:27 BECAUSE AT FIRST
• 15:28 I WAS AN ASSAULT BEING A GENTILE
• 15:30 AND SO I HAD TO DRAW ON GOD'S LOVE
• 15:33 JUST LIKE RUTH DID
• 15:35 TO BRING NAOMI BACK INTO THE HOUSE OF BREAD
• 15:37 AND BRING HER BACK OUT OF HER BITTERNESS AND DRAW HER OUT.
• 15:41 SO WITH HANNAH I HAD TO DRAW ON THE LOVE OF GOD.
• 15:44 OH AND HANNAH IS SUCH A WONDERFUL NAME... I LOVE THE NAME.
• 15:47 AND I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THAT IT REALLY TAKES PLACE IN BETHLEHEM, HOUSE OF BREAD,
• 15:52 THEY'RE IN A FAMINE,
• 15:53 THEY LEAVE AND EVERYTHING GOES WRONG THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. >>YES
• 15:57 AND YET THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN SAYS,
• 15:59 "I'M GOING BACK WITH YOU".
• 16:01 RIGHT... "I WANT TO BE WITH YOU."
• 16:03 AND IT'S A REAL PICTURE FOR TODAY.
• 16:04 THE OTHER LEVELS OF THE LOVE STORY...
• 16:06 ONE OF COURSE IS THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN RUTH AND BOAZ
• 16:08 WHICH IS FULL OF PROPHETIC MESSIANIC UNFOLDING
• 16:12 BECAUSE RUTH THEN IS GRAFTED IN TO THE LINE OF JESUS.
• 16:15 AND IT'S AN AMAZING STORY OF HOW GOD OVERLOOKS THE CURSE ON THE MOABITES
• 16:20 AND GRAFTS IN A MOABITE WOMAN.
• 16:22 I'LL TEACH ABOUT THAT.
• 16:24 WELL THAT'S INTERESTING... THAT'S EXCITING.
• 16:25 AND THE OTHER PART THAT'S INCREDIBLE
• 16:27 IS THE STORY OF THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN GOD AND HIS JEWISH PEOPLE...
• 16:30 HOW HE PROMISED US THAT WE WOULD FIND THE HOUSE OF BREAD.
• 16:34 HE PROMISED US THE LAND,
• 16:35 HE PROMISED US THAT HE WOULD ME US IN THE LAND
• 16:38 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT UNFOLD TODAY.
• 16:39 AND HE FEEDS US.
• 16:41 I MEAN THE SYMBOLISMS AND THE INS AND THE OUTS.
• 16:45 IT DOESN'T GET A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THAT.
• 16:47 AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THE BOOK OF RUTH IS TRADITIONALLY READ AT SHAVUOT...
• 16:50 WHAT THE CHRISTIANS CALL "PENTECOST".
• 16:52 THAT'S RIGHT...THAT'S RIGHT
• 16:54 IT'S THE TRADITIONAL BOOK THAT'S READ IN ORDER TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HARVEST AND THE FIRST FRUITS
• 16:57 AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN PROVIDING FOR US
• 17:00 AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN HIS PROMISES
• 17:02 AND THE FACT THAT HE'S A PROMISE KEEPER.
• 17:04 AND THE HARVEST... THE HARVEST TIME
• 17:05 THE HARVEST
• 17:07 GOD USES EVERYTHING...
• 17:08 THE SEASONS...
• 17:09 HE USES TOOLS...
• 17:10 HE USES EVERYTHING TO TEACH ABOUT HIS GOODNESS. IT DOES EXCITE ME.
• 17:15 RIGHT AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER TEACHINGS IN THERE
• 17:18 ABOUT THE THRESHING FLOOR AND WHAT THE MEANING OF THAT IS.
• 17:21 I BELIEVE OUR GUIDE ARIE BAR DAVID IS GOING TO TEACH ABOUT
• 17:24 THE TOOLS OF THE TIMES OF THE BIBLE
• 17:26 AND HE'S GOING TO TEACH ABOUT THE THRESHING FLOOR
• 17:29 AND THE TOOLS THAT ARE THERE.
• 17:31 AND THEN I'M GOING TO ADD IN SOMETHING ABOUT THE THRESHING OF THE NATIONS.
• 17:33 OH...INTERESTING >>AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.
• 17:35 THRESHING OF THE NATIONS >>YES
• 17:37 SEE MY MIND'S ALREADY GOING...IT'S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT.
• 17:40 WELL WE'RE IN THAT SEASON RIGHT NOW
• 17:42 WHERE THE NATIONS ARE BEING WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
• 17:44 AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL.
• 17:46 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING THE NATIONS THAT HAVE CURSED ISRAEL NO LONGER EXIST...
• 17:51 THEY DISAPPEARED
• 17:52 IT'S A REAL TELL FOR US TO BUTTON DOWN OUR HATCHES AND GET THINGS GOING.
• 17:58 ALRIGHT SO WHAT DOES RUTH MEAN TO YOU?
• 18:01 RUTH MEANS TO ME ABOUT COVENANT LOVE
• 18:04 COVENANT LOVE
• 18:05 COVENANT LOVE...
• 18:06 GENTILE AND JEW WALKING TOGETHER IN COVENANT LOVE.
• 18:09 AND IT ALSO MEANS TO ME THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL
• 18:12 WHEN YOU FACE SOME OF THE MOST ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
• 18:15 I MEAN HERE NAOMI, SHE FACED LOSING HER HUSBAND, LOSING HER TWO BOYS...
• 18:19 LOSING HER SONS, I WOULD JUST...
• 18:21 AND BEING IN A FOREIGN LAND
• 18:23 AND THEN KNOWING THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TWO WOMEN...
• 18:27 SO SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
• 18:28 AT FIRST SHE SAID "COME WITH ME"
• 18:30 BUT THEN HALF WAY HOME SHE'S LIKE
• 18:31 "I HAVE NOTHING FOR YOU",
• 18:35 "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO... HAVE ANOTHER CHILD?"
• 18:37 SO RIGHT THERE WAS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN...
• 18:39 AND ORPAH CHOSE TO GO BACK
• 18:42 BUT RUTH SAW SOMETHING IN NAOMI
• 18:44 AND SOMETHING IN NAOMI'S LIFE WAS COMMUNICATED FOR HER TO SAY
• 18:48 "NO...WHERE YOU GO I WILL GO..."
• 18:50 "WHERE YOU LODGE I WILL LODGE"
• 18:51 "YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE".
• 18:53 THE MOST FAMOUS WORDS
• 18:55 I THINK IN THE WHOLE
• 18:56 OLD TESTAMENT.
• 18:57 EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
• 18:59 I LOVE IT
• 19:00 BUT SHE WAS LAYING HOLD OF THAT COVENANT FOR HERSELF.
• 19:03 AND IN THAT LOVE I THINK SOMETHING...
• 19:06 I KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENED FOR NAOMI.
• 19:08 SO IT MEANS TO ME COVENANT LOVE...
• 19:10 WALKING TOGETHER...
• 19:11 GOOD TIMES OR BAD TIMES...
• 19:13 BEING FAITHFUL TO GOD. YEAH...YEAH
• 19:15 AND HE WILL WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
• 19:16 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING HOW SHE "SAW" IN NAOMI.
• 19:20 YES >>I LOVE THAT POINT.
• 19:21 THEY NEED TO SEE SOMETHING IN US.
• 19:23 PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THAT WE'RE BELIEVERS.
• 19:26 WE NEED TO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN HEATHENS.
• 19:28 WE REALLY DO.
• 19:29 YES WE DO.
• 19:30 AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS
• 19:32 THAT RUTH WAS WILLING TO SEE IN NAOMI SOMETHING
• 19:34 THAT NOW TODAY THE CHURCH IS FINALLY SEEING IN THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 19:38 THAT WE HAVE A COVENANT TOGETHER,
• 19:41 THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS INTENDED US TO SHARE A DESTINY.
• 19:44 AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT EVEN TODAY
• 19:47 WHEN WE BRING BELIEVERS TO ISRAEL.
• 19:48 WHEN THE GENTILE BELIEVERS WALK DOWN THE STREET
• 19:51 THE JEWISH PEOPLE LINE UP THE STREETS...
• 19:52 "THE 'NATSARIM" ARE HERE"
• 19:54 "THE SHOOTS ARE HERE."
• 19:55 THOSE THAT HAVE GROWN UP FROM AROUND THE OLIVE TREE
• 19:58 WHICH IS ALSO THE WORD JEREMIAH USES
• 19:59 FOR "THE WATCHMEN ON THE WALLS".
• 20:01 THE WATCHMEN ARE HERE,
• 20:03 THOSE THAT GOD INTENDED TO STAND WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE HERE.
• 20:06 AND YOU CAN TELL WHOSTANDS FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. >>YES
• 20:09 I MEAN YOU REALLY CAN WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETS IN ISRAEL
• 20:11 YOU KNOW WHO'S FOR ISRAEL.
• 20:13 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEELING, ITS AND INCREDIBLE...
• 20:17 I'M SO PROUD OF BELIEVERS WHEN THEY GO TO ISRAEL AND THEIR LITTLE EYES OPEN
• 20:21 AND THEY'RE LIKE "OH THIS IS GREAT!"
• 20:23 "THIS IS MY JEWISH ROOTS"
• 20:25 AND "DO YOU MEAN THAT THE SYNAGOGUE COMES FROM HERE AND THE TEACHINGS?" >>EXACTLY
• 20:28 AND THEN HERE'S RUTH...
• 20:30 THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF SO MANY LEVELS OF US.
• 20:34 WHAT A PICTURE OF RESTORATION TOO.
• 20:36 RUTH AS A MOABITESS,
• 20:37 SHE WAS A DESCENDANT OF LOT. >>RIGHT
• 20:39 THERE WAS A TURNING AWAY AND THERE WAS A CURSE AND THERE WAS DIFFICULTY
• 20:43 AND SHE OVERCAME THAT.
• 20:44 GOD CHOSE HER TO OVERCOME THAT TURNING AWAY
• 20:47 TO TURN HER BACK AND GRAFT HER IN TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL
• 20:51 LIKE EPHESIANS SPEAKS OF.
• 20:52 RIGHT AND TOOK THE WORST OF THE WORST...
• 20:54 THE WORST MOABITES...
• 20:56 THEY HATED EACH OTHER
• 20:58 AND YET THIS GENTLE WOMAN...
• 20:59 THE LINEAGE OF KING DAVID...RAAAHHH!
• 21:02 GOD IS SO GOOD...
• 21:04 HE IS SO GOOD.
• 21:06 AND YOU KNOW ALSO IN GENESIS CHAPTER 12 IT TALKS ABOUT
• 21:08 "IF YOU BLESS MY PEOPLE I WILL BLESS YOU."
• 21:10 AND I REALLY SEE THIS IN THE LIFE OF RUTH
• 21:12 THAT SHE WAS BLESSING GOD'S PEOPLE AND GOD BLESSED HER.
• 21:16 YOU KNOW HE TOOK HER FROM POVERTY TO BLESSING.
• 21:19 AND HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT AS WE STAND WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 21:23 WE WILL BE BLESSED NOT ONLY HERE ON THIS EARTH BUT IN HEAVEN.
• 21:26 BLESSED...BLESSED
• 21:27 BUT YOU ARE BLESSED.
• 21:28 I CAN REMEMBER REALLY FINDING OUT ABOUT ISRAEL AND THINGS
• 21:30 AND SOMEHOW MY LIFE WAS JUST MUCH RICHER...
• 21:33 JUST MUCH, MUCH, MUCH RICHER.
• 21:35 IT'S A BLESSING... RUTH IS GOOD.
• 21:38 AND THEN NAOMI TOLD HER... SHE TAUGHT HER
• 21:40 HOW TO APPROACH CERTAIN CUSTOMS AND CERTAIN WAYS OF THE TORAH
• 21:44 TO GO HIDE AND LAY HOLD OF HER INHERITANCE.
• 21:47 AND RUTH DID NOT QUESTION HER. >>RIGHT
• 21:49 DID NOT QUESTION HER
• 21:50 SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT HER MOTHER-IN-LAW TOLD HER TO DO.
• 21:53 I KNOW THERE ARE JOKES IN THERE THAT TO ME HAS BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS.
• 21:56 BUT WHAT A PICTURE OF LOVING YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW AND LISTENING AND OBEYING.
• 22:02 I THOUGHT... IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
• 22:04 IT REALLY IS A PICTURE OF OVERCOMING LOVE... THE POWER OF LOVE.
• 22:08 AND WE'RE JUST THRILLED THAT WE GET TO TEACH IT IN THE LAND
• 22:11 IN THE LAND...OH YEAH
• 22:13 AND SHARE WITH THE PARTNERS OF ZOLA'S MINISTRY
• 22:15 WELL I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VISIONS.
• 22:19 ZOLA BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW THOSE JEWISH ROOTS,
• 22:21 NOT JUST THE SEVEN FEASTS,
• 22:23 THIS IS GOOD...THIS IS OLD TESTAMENT THAT CAN REALLY SEGWAY INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
• 22:27 EXACTLY
• 22:28 SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT MINISTRY FOR ALL OF US
• 22:30 TO LOOK AT THE SEASONS AS WE'RE SO LOVINGLY SAYING.
• 22:33 BUT IT'S TRUE... THERE ARE SEASONS.
• 22:35 AND HERE'S THIS SEASON OF HARVEST,
• 22:37 HERE'S THE SEASON OF REAPING,
• 22:39 HERE'S THE SEASON OF PLANTING...
• 22:40 AND YOU SEE IT ALL IN THIS WHAT?... FOUR CHAPTERS.
• 22:43 EXACTLY
• 22:44 FOUR CHAPTERS
• 22:45 IT'S INCREDIBLE
• 22:47 IT IS AN AMAZING BOOK.
• 22:48 IT'S SO FULL AND TO SEE IT TAUGHT IN THE LAND,
• 22:52 TO SEE IT CONNECTED TO THE LAND,
• 22:54 TO THE IMPLEMENTS, THE AGRICULTURE,
• 22:55 THE SEASONS, THE PEOPLE...
• 22:57 IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A RICH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR VIEWERS,
• 23:00 IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY FUN.
• 23:01 IT IS...I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER DONE RUTH...
• 23:04 I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY HAVE TOUCHED ON IT
• 23:06 BUT TO REALLY GO INTO THE DEPTH OF RUTH
• 23:08 I THINK EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
• 23:11 AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION
• 23:13 WHEN WE WERE CALLED TO DO THIS WITH YOU
• 23:15 IS THAT IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE
• 23:17 WE HAPPEN TO BE SHOWING UP BY GOD'S PROVIDENCE
• 23:21 EXACTLY WHEN THE BOOK OF RUTH IS BEING TAUGHT.
• 23:23 AND JUST AS RUTH "HAPPENED ON THE FIELD"...
• 23:25 "HAPPENED ON THE FIELD" THAT BOAZ WAS. >>YEAH
• 23:29 NO COINCIDENCE
• 23:30 THAT THING IS HAPPENING.
• 23:32 I LOVE GOD, HE IS JUST AMAZING.
• 23:33 YOU MENTIONED ARIE BAR DAVID,
• 23:36 HE IS GOING TO DO SOME COMMENTARY ON THE THRESHING FLOORS,
• 23:40 AND THE CUSTOMS THEN DURING BIBLE TIMES.
• 23:43 HERE IS ARIE BAR DAVID.
• 23:47 HOW BEAUTIFUL IS TO SIT AROUND THE TABLE IN A WALLED CITY
• 23:52 IN A STONE HOUSE
• 23:53 WHERE YOU HAVE THE PITA BREAD,
• 23:55 YOU HAVE THE OLIVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
• 23:57 WE'RE NOW IN A PARTICULAR HOUSE OF BETHLEHEM...
• 24:01 BETHLEHEM THE CENTER OF FOOD.
• 24:05 IN HEBREW "LECHEM" IS BREAD.
• 24:07 IN ARABIC"LEHEM" IS MEAT.
• 24:10 IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A CENTRAL MARKET WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND FIND FOOD.
• 24:16 LIVING INSIDE A HOME LIKE THIS...
• 24:18 LOOK THIS WALLS MADE OF STONES. THIS IS LIMESTONE.
• 24:24 IT IS THE MAIN ROCK HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
• 24:26 IT'S ROOFED WITH LOGS AND SOME PLASTERING ON THE WALLS
• 24:31 TO PROTECT FROM THE SUN, FROM THE RAIN.
• 24:34 WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE GROUND
• 24:37 JUST YOU PUT A MAT ON THE GROUND AND YOU SLEEP.
• 24:41 LOOK...A PLACE FOR BEDS.
• 24:45 WHAT A DIFFERENCE OF LIVING HERE IN HOME LIKE THIS AND BEING OUTSIDE IN THE FIELDS.
• 24:54 LET'S REMEMBER... RUTH...SHE WAS OUTSIDE ON THE FIELDS OF BETHLEHEM.
• 25:00 IT'S CALLED A (FRATA).
• 25:02 BUT AT THE SAME TIME NAOMI WAS IN HOUSE LIKE THIS IN A HOME ALL DAY THINKING ABOUT RUTH.
• 25:11 AND THEN IN THE EVENING TIME RUTH LEFT THE FIELD
• 25:15 AND SHE BROUGHT SOME OF THE GLEANINGS MATERIAL WITH HER TO THE ROOM.
• 25:20 AND WHAT A JOYFUL MEETING IT WAS AROUND THE BED
• 25:24 WHEN NAOMI COULD TAKE THE GRAINS AND MAKE OUT OF THIS FLOUR
• 25:28 AND THEN BAKE PITA BREAD FOR BOTH OF THEM.
• 25:35 I LOVE SEEING THE CULTURE OF THE DAY
• 25:37 AND I REALLY THANK ARIE FOR SHARING WITH US THE CULTURE.
• 25:40 IT MAKES THE BIBLE COME ALIVE.
• 25:42 AND I THINK RUTH AS MUCH
• 25:43 AS ANY BOOK OF THE BIBLE
• 25:44 REALLY DOES THAT FOR US.
• 25:46 SO IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE
• 25:47 TO SEE THESE TEACHINGS
• 25:48 COMING OUT OF THE LAND FROM THE PEOPLE,
• 25:50 FROM THE WAY THE SCRIPTURES COME ALIVE THROUGH THE BOOK OF RUTH IS AWESOME.
• 25:54 RUTH IS AWESOME.
• 25:55 YOU WERE EVEN MENTIONING
• 25:56 HOW TODAY THEY EVEN
• 25:57 LEAVE THE PART OF THE LAND
• 26:00 FOR THE GLEANERS TO COME.
• 26:02 THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER THEY STILL LEAVE THE CORNERS OF THE FIELD
• 26:06 SO THAT POOR PEOPLE WALKING ALONG CAN STILL HAVE FOOD.
• 26:11 I FIND THAT INCREDIBLE.
• 26:12 IT'S A REAL PICTURE OF GOD'S HEART FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT.
• 26:15 YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A HAND OUT
• 26:17 BECAUSE GOD HAD A GREAT IDEA AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S...
• 26:20 YEAH...HE'S THE GOOD IDEA MAKER
• 26:23 THE IDEA MAN
• 26:24 THAT IT WASN'T A HAND OUT
• 26:26 BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING FROM A PLACE OF POVERTY...
• 26:29 THEY COULD HAVE SOMETHING...
• 26:31 DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
• 26:32 BUT FORTUNATELY BOAZ LEFT RUTH WITH BUNDLES...
• 26:35 SO HE WAS GIVING HER A BLESSING.
• 26:38 ISN'T THAT A BLESSING?
• 26:39 GOD DOES BLESS US AND LEAVES US WITH BUNDLES OF LOVE.
• 26:42 NEXT WEEK...RUTH...
• 26:44 YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT...
• 26:46 YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
• 26:47 STAY WITH US.
• 26:48 GOD BLESS YOU
• 26:49 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:51 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM