Caption transcript for “A New Season of Ministry”

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