
“Road to Bethlehem”
After suffering through ten years of famine, Naomi returns to Israel. Her faithful daughter-in-law declares, “Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God” (Ruth 1:16). Arie Bar David shows the route to Bethlehem.
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Caption transcript for Ruth: “Road to Bethlehem” (2/8)
- 00:06 IT WAS A JOURNEY NO ONE EXPECTED.
- 00:09 FAMINE IN JUDAH HAD BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER IN MOAB
- 00:14 AND NOW...
- 00:15 NOTHING COULD TEAR THEM APART.
- 00:19 FOR NAOMI THE RETURN TO BETHLEHEM WAS A BITTER ONE.
- 00:23 BEHIND HER LAY HER HUSBAND AND TWO SONS BURIED IN FOREIGN SOIL.
- 00:29 FOR RUTH...
- 00:31 A NEW LAND...
- 00:34 A NEW PEOPLE...
- 00:37 A REDEEMER...
- 00:39 AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF UNYIELDING DEVOTION.
- 00:43 A LOVE STORY FOR THE AGES.
- 00:56 SHALOM AND WELCOME
- 00:57 TO OUR SHOW.
- 00:58 I'M MYLES WEISS
- 00:59 AND WITH ME
- 00:59 IS MY CO-HOST
- 01:00 AND MY WIFE,
- 01:01 KATHARINE.
- 01:02 WE ARE IN THE STORY
- 01:04 OF "RUTH: YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE"
- 01:06 AND GOSH...THEY'RE IN AN INHOSPITABLE ATMOSPHERE...
- 01:09 A DESERT PLACE.
- 01:10 IT WAS TOUGH FOR US WITH MODERN CONVENIENCES.
- 01:13 WHAT ABOUT THEM BACK THEN?
- 01:14 NAOMI WAS WITHOUT SORTS...
- 01:16 I MEAN HERE SHE HAD NO HUSBAND,
- 01:18 SHE'D LOST HER TWO SONS
- 01:20 AND SHE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW TO CARE FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
- 01:25 EXACTLY AND IMAGINE HER LOOKING AT THE HILLS AND THINKING
- 01:27 "MOSES MAY BE BURIED SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE."
- 01:30 AND "AM I GOING TO MAKE IT INTO THE PROMISED LAND?"
- 01:33 "WILL I GET BACK TO MY LAND AND MY PEOPLE?"
- 01:35 IT'S A REALLY AN AMAZING STORY
- 01:37 BUT REDEMPTION COMES AT THE END.
- 01:38 SO WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY THIS NEXT PART OF THE SERIES...
- 01:41 "RUTH:YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE".
- 01:48 GRIEF STRICKEN BY THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND AND TWO SONS
- 01:51 NAOMI'S RETURN TO BETHLEHEM HAS NOT BEEN A PLEASANT ONE.
- 01:57 HER DAUGHTER'S-IN-LAW HAVE A ACCOMPANIED HER AND OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT
- 02:01 BUT IT ALL SEEMS SO HOPELESS.
- 03:11 I IMAGINE THAT THE ROAD FROM MOAB TO BETHLEHEM
- 03:13 WAS DIFFICULT LIKE THE ONE WE SEE HERE.
- 03:16 AND THESE WOULD BE THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS
- 03:17 THEY WOULD SEE ALONG THE WAY.
- 03:19 SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
- 03:20 THESE SMALL STONES,
- 03:21 THE ONLY BUILDING MATERIALS AVAILABLE...
- 03:23 THE DIRT TO MAKE MUD TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER...
- 03:25 ANY PLACE TO FIND A SHELTER.
- 03:28 IMAGINE HOW GRATEFUL
- 03:29 THEY WOULD BE FOR AN OASIS,
- 03:31 FOR PALM DATES,
- 03:32 FOR ANY KIND OF WATER
- 03:33 OR FOOD ALONG THE ROAD.
- 03:35 IT WAS A DIFFICULT PATH,
- 03:36 A DIFFICULT ROAD.
- 03:38 IT REMINDS ME
- 03:39 JUST AS NAOMI IS A PICTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
- 03:42 IT REMINDS ME OF THE ROAD THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
- 03:47 HOW DIFFICULT A ROAD IT HAS BEEN.
- 03:49 IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, IN HIS GRACIOUSNESS HE BROUGHT US BACK TO OUR LAND
- 03:54 AND ESTABLISHED US AS A STATE MAY 14, 1948.
- 03:58 BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY, POLITICIANS, MEDIA PEOPLE,
- 04:03 AND HEADS OF STATE EVEN... EVEN THE UNITED NATIONS
- 04:07 WHO WOULD TELL US THIS IS NOT OUR HISTORY, THIS IS NOT OUR LAND.
- 04:11 AND YOU KNOW THAT IS A LIE.
- 04:12 THEY'RE TRYING TO REVISE HISTORY.
- 04:14 BUT THE FACT IS THAT THIS IS THE LAND GIVEN TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
- 04:18 THIS IS THE LAND WHERE WE BELONG
- 04:20 AND I AM SO GRATEFUL...
- 04:22 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR VIEWERS LIKE YOU
- 04:25 WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT ONLY TO WED YOURSELF TO THE GOD OF THE BOOK,
- 04:30 TO THE GOD OF ABRAHAM,
- 04:31 BUT ALSO TO THE PEOPLE OF ABRAHAM.
- 04:34 THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM IS UPON YOU.
- 04:36 GENESIS 12:1-3 SAYS
- 04:45 AND YOU ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN LINE FOR BLESSING
- 04:48 AS YOU HAVE DETERMINED TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
- 04:52 YOU KNOW RUTH'S NAME MEANS "FRIENDSHIP".
- 04:56 WHAT A TYPE, WHAT A PICTURE,
- 04:58 WHAT A HEART THAT SHE HAD.
- 05:00 NAOMI WAS IN A TIME
- 05:01 OF REAL SUFFERING.
- 05:03 DON'T YOU JUST NEED A FRIEND
- 05:05 IN THAT KIND OF A TIME?
- 05:07 RUTH PICTURES THAT KIND OF A FRIEND COMING ALONG SIDE NAOMI.
- 05:10 HERE SHE'D LOST HER HUSBAND.
- 05:12 SHE'D LOST BOTH HER SONS.
- 05:15 IT'S ONE THING TO LOSE A HUSBAND;
- 05:17 IT'S ANOTHER THING TO LOSE BOTH SONS.
- 05:19 AND SHE IS ON THIS ARDUOUS JOURNEY BACK TO BETHLEHEM.
- 05:23 SHE HEARD THERE WAS BREAD BACK IN BETHLEHEM,
- 05:26 SO SHE BEGAN THE TREK.
- 05:28 AND HER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAWS BEGAN TO TAKE THIS TREK WITH HER.
- 05:32 THEY BEGAN TO JOURNEY ALONG THIS ROAD BACK TO BETHLEHEM.
- 05:35 RUTH HAD BEGUN TO SAY,
- 05:37 YOUR GOD IS OUR GOD
- 05:39 AND WE'RE GOING WITH YOU.
- 05:40 NAOMI WAS SO CONCERNED
- 05:43 FOR THEIR WELFARE,
- 05:44 FOR THEIR LIFE,
- 05:46 SHE BEGAN TO TELL THEM -
- 05:47 I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER SHOT GOING BACK TO MOAB.
- 05:51 BUT LITTLE DID SHE KNOW
- 05:53 THAT GOD HAD A BIGGER PLAN.
- 05:55 YES, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOU AND SAY -
- 05:58 WHAT IS THIS INTEREST IN ISRAEL THAT YOU HAVE?
- 06:01 WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
- 06:03 WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL?
- 06:05 WHY NOT GO BACK TO CHURCH AS YOU USED TO KNOW IT?
- 06:08 WHY WOULD YOU BE SO OBSESSED WITH AND CONCERNED WITH THIS THING?
- 06:11 BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU,
- 06:13 YOU ARE LOVING WHAT GOD LOVES,
- 06:14 AND YOU'RE BEING CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT.
- 06:17 AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SO GRATEFUL TODAY
- 06:19 TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE AND SAY
- 06:21 THAT YOU ARE THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO STAND
- 06:24 WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
- 06:26 YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
- 06:28 THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES
- 06:30 WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TURN BACK AND GO TO THE OLD WAYS,
- 06:33 TO GO TO THAT WHICH IS MORE COMFORTABLE,
- 06:35 THAT WHICH IS SIMPLER.
- 06:36 BUT THERE IS A TIME COMING WHEN YOUR REWARD WILL BE GREAT
- 06:39 BECAUSE YOU HAVE STOOD IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
- 06:42 AND STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
- 06:43 AND DETERMINED TO BE A TRUE FRIEND TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL
- 06:48 AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
- 06:49 AS YOU HAVE DETERMINED TO GIVE YOURSELVES TO THAT WHICH HE LOVES,
- 06:53 HE'S GOING TO GIVE HIMSELF TO THE REDEMPTION THAT HE'S PROMISED YOU.
- 06:57 YOU KNOW THERE ARE GREAT THINGS AHEAD FOR YOU IN THE NAME OF YESHUA.
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- 09:01 WE'RE COMING TO A SIGNIFICANT
- 09:03 POINT IN THE STORY
- 09:04 WHERE A PHRASE
- 09:06 THAT HAS COME DOWN
- 09:07 THROUGH TIME
- 09:08 AND ECHOES THROUGH
- 09:09 THE CENTURIES TO US
- 09:10 IS SPOKEN BY RUTH
- 09:12 WHERE SHE SAYS,
- 09:13 [SPEAKING HEBREW]
- 09:22 LISTEN TO THE WHOLE VERSE.
- 09:23 THIS IS RUTH 1:16.
- 09:40 WHAT A TESTIMONY THAT HAS COME TO US THROUGH THE CENTURIES TO SAY
- 09:45 THE CHALLENGE BEFORE YOU TO STAND WITH THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
- 09:50 AND THE PEOPLE OF ABRAHAM.
- 09:51 WHAT A PICTURE.
- 09:52 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING
- 09:54 TO SEE NAOMI HAVE SUCH STRENGTH COME FROM RUTH AT THIS TIME.
- 09:58 THE ROOT MEANING OF RUTH
- 10:00 IS "FRIENDSHIP".
- 10:01 AND SHE FOLLOWS
- 10:03 AFTER THAT ROOT MEANING
- 10:04 TO BE A FRIEND TO NAOMI IN THIS TIME OF SUFFERING...
- 10:08 GOES BEYOND THAT WHICH IS COMFORTABLE
- 10:10 AND GOES INTO A PLACE WHERE SHE LITERALLY CLINGS TO NAOMI
- 10:14 AND MAKES THE COMMITMENT TO BE A FRIEND.
- 10:18 WHERE ORPAH,
- 10:19 AS WE SEE IN SCRIPTURE,
- 10:21 SHE'LL KISS NAOMI.
- 10:23 AND THAT SCRIPTURE MEANS "TO LOVE LIGHTLY".
- 10:26 WHEREAS RUTH MEANS "TO CLEAVE".
- 10:30 SHE LITERALLY CLEAVED TO NAOMI IN THIS TIME
- 10:33 ON THE ROAD BACK TO BETHLEHEM.
- 10:36 YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING THAT RUTH DIDN'T KNOW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING.
- 10:39 SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THE ROAD AHEAD WAS.
- 10:42 SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD WIND UP IN BETHLEHEM,
- 10:45 IN THE HOUSE OF BREAD,
- 10:46 WITH ALL THE SUSTENANCE,
- 10:47 WITH THE KINSMAN REDEEMER,
- 10:48 ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WOULD BE UNFOLDING.
- 10:51 BUT IT'S NOT SO FOR YOU AND FOR ME,
- 10:52 BECAUSE WE'VE READ THE REST OF THE BOOK.
- 10:54 WE KNOW THAT IF WE CLING TO THAT
- 10:56 WHICH GOD WANTS US TO CLING TO
- 10:58 THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE A GOOD END FOR US.
- 11:01 THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING US INTO OUR DESTINY.
- 11:03 HE'S GOING TO BRING US INTO THE FUTURE THAT HE HAS FOR US.
- 11:07 BUT RUTH DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
- 11:08 SHE DID IT JUST BASED ON LOVE.
- 11:09 IT WAS AN INTUITIVE GRASPING TO NAOMI.
- 11:12 YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AROUND HERE
- 11:13 AND YOU CAN SEE WHY MARK TWAIN IN 1862
- 11:16 SAID THAT THIS WAS JUST A BARREN, ROCKY PLACE.
- 11:19 HE CAME BACK TO AMERICA
- 11:20 AFTER HAVING VISITED
- 11:22 WHAT WAS CALLED PALESTINE THEN.
- 11:23 YOU KNOW PALESTINE WAS NAMED BY THE ROMANS.
- 11:26 IT IS NOT A PEOPLE-GROUP THAT CAME IN 1964 OR 1967.
- 11:29 THE ROMANS NAMED ISRAEL "PALESTINA" IN ORDER TO WIPE OUT ANY JEWISH REMEMBRANCE HERE.
- 11:35 MARK TWAIN CAME BACK TO AMERICA
- 11:37 AND SAID IT'S JUST ROCKS AND DIRT.
- 11:39 THERE'S NOTHING THERE, HE WROTE IN "INNOCENCE ABROAD".
- 11:42 BUT THEN GOD IN HIS SOVEREIGNTY
- 11:44 BROUGHT THE RUTHS AND THE NAOMIS TOGETHER
- 11:46 AND BROUGHT US INTO THE LAND,
- 11:48 INTO BETHLEHEM, THE HOUSE OF BREAD,
- 11:50 INTO A PLACE THAT WOULD BECOME LAVISH - FULL OF FRUIT,
- 11:54 FULL OF GOODNESS,
- 11:55 FULL OF A FUTURE.
- 11:56 THAT'S WHAT WE SEE TODAY...
- 11:57 THAT AS WE WILL GO WHERE GOD GOES
- 12:00 AND AS WE WILL CLING TO THAT WHICH HE CLINGS TO,
- 12:02 HE BRINGS US INTO AN EXPECTED END.
- 12:05 SO ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT SEE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING,
- 12:08 BY FAITH WE CAN WALK WITH HIM
- 12:10 AND WE CAN KNOW THAT HE IS GOOD
- 12:12 AND THAT HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
- 12:14 IT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
- 12:15 HERE IN THE MIDST OF THE DESERT,
- 12:17 ON THE WAY INTO BETHLEHEM,
- 12:20 WE SEE THAT THIS IS THE UNFOLDING OF THIS INCREDIBLE STORY.
- 12:24 "YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE,"
- 12:26 "AND YOUR GOD MY GOD."
- 12:28 WHAT A TESTIMONY THROUGHOUT TIME.
- 12:36 ♪WHEN WE'RE THERE, WHEN WE'RE THERE,♪
- 12:37 ♪IN THE LAND OF ZION♪
- 12:39 ♪NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM♪
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- 13:14 GOING TO ISRAEL IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE.
- 13:16 EVERY TIME I GO I GET A GREATER REVELATION IN THE WORD
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- 14:15 IT IS A GREAT UP TO THE MINUTE
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- 14:22 AND OUR OFFER THIS WEEK IS
- 14:25 A STORY THAT I'VE WRITTEN CALLED
- 14:26 "AN EPIC LOVE STORY, JEWS AND GENTILES TOGETHER IN MESSIAH"
- 14:31 IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL THING THAT GOD IS DOING IN THESE END TIMES.
- 14:35 THIS IS A WORK THAT GOES THROUGH THE ROMANS 9 THROUGH 11 AND THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH,
- 14:41 THE DIVISION BETWEEN JEWS AND GENTILES
- 14:43 AND HOW GOD MEANT FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME FOR US TO WORSHIP HIM TOGETHER.
- 14:47 SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO CALL IN AND GET THAT BOOKLET AS WELL.
- 14:51 NOW...LET'S GET BACK TO OUR STORY OF RUTH AS THEY ARE ON THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM.
- 14:58 AND THEY CAME TO BETHLEHEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BARLEY SEASON.
- 15:04 10 YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE NAOMI HAD LEFT BETHLEHEM BECAUSE OF FAMINE IN THE LAND.
- 15:11 REPORTS WERE THAT THE LORD HAD VISITED HIS PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN
- 15:15 AND NOW THERE WAS BREAD UPON THE TABLES OF BETHLEHEM.
- 15:19 FOR RUTH IT WAS ALL VERY NEW.
- 15:23 WOULD AN ENTRANCE THROUGH THE CITY GATE BRING WITH IT A NEW LIFE?
- 15:29 FOR NAOMI IT ALL REKINDLED A TRAGIC STORY.
- 15:34 BEHIND HER IN A FOREIGN LAND SHE HAD LAID TO REST HER LOVING HUSBAND AND HER ONLY TWO SONS.
- 16:00 NAOMI IS IN
- 16:01 THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION.
- 16:02 SHE IS SUFFERING WITH THE LOSS
- 16:04 OF HER HUSBAND AND HER TWO SONS.
- 16:06 THE DRAMA IS PLAYING OUT BETWEEN
- 16:08 HER AND HER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW.
- 16:10 THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME INTO
- 16:11 AN AMAZING PROVISION,
- 16:12 BUT AT FIRST SHE CAN'T SEE IT.
- 16:14 SHE CAN'T SEE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AS I'VE SAID.
- 16:16 SO SHE IS EVEN TELLING PEOPLE AROUND HER - DON'T CALL ME NAOMI ANYMORE.
- 16:20 CALL ME MARA, WHICH MEANS "BITTER",
- 16:23 BECAUSE THE LORD HAS DEALT DIFFICULTY WITH ME.
- 16:25 HE HAS TREATED ME HARSHLY.
- 16:27 SHE IS NOT SEEING THE PROVISION THAT IS ABOUT TO BE UNVEILED FOR HER.
- 16:32 AS YOU LOOK BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE THIS INCREDIBLE FIELD.
- 16:35 THE FRUITFULNESS OF WHAT GOD HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
- 16:39 AND YOU KNOW HE IS SUCH A GOOD GOD THAT HE MADE A PROVISION FOR PEOPLE LIKE RUTH AND NAOMI.
- 16:45 HE MADE A PROVISION IN THE WORD FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT,
- 16:48 FOR THOSE WHO ARE POOR,
- 16:49 FOR THE FOREIGNER,
- 16:50 FOR THE VISITOR,
- 16:52 FOR THE ONES WHO MAY NOT HAVE A FIELD THAT THEY CAN GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.
- 16:55 LISTEN TO THIS FROM THE WORD.
- 16:57 THIS IS FROM DEUTERONOMY IN CHAPTER 23, VERSE 25:
- 17:12 IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THERE WAS A WEALTHY PERSON
- 17:14 WHO HAD A FIELD OF SAY THIS DIMENSION,
- 17:16 THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE WORD OF GOD TO TAKE WHAT THEY NEEDED,
- 17:20 BUT TO ALWAYS LEAVE A CORNER OF THE FIELD FOR THOSE AROUND THEM.
- 17:26 THERE'S AN INTERESTING LESSON IN THAT FOR ALL OF US AND THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
- 17:30 YOU KNOW YESHUA HIMSELF TOOK USE OF THAT SCRIPTURE.
- 17:33 LATER ON WE SEE IN LUKE,
- 17:35 IN THE BRIT HADASHAH, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
- 17:37 WE SEE IN LUKE, CHAPTER 6 WHERE JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES WERE OUT AND ABOUT ON A SABBATH DAY
- 17:46 AND THEY CAME UPON A FIELD MUCH LIKE THIS
- 17:48 AND DID EXACTLY WHAT IS TALKED ABOUT IN THIS SCRIPTURE.
- 17:59 SO GOD MADE PROVISION FOR YESHUA AND THE DISCIPLES,
- 18:03 FOR YOU AND ME,
- 18:03 FOR THE STRANGER,
- 18:04 FOR THE FOREIGNER, FOR THE POOR,
- 18:06 FOR THE WIDOWS, FOR THE ORPHANS,
- 18:08 THAT THE GRAIN WOULD EITHER BE STANDING IN THE CORNER
- 18:10 OR IF IT HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND
- 18:12 IT COULD BE PICKED UP AND TAKEN AWAY AS WELL.
- 18:14 IT WAS THE MANDATE FOR THE WEALTHY PERSON WHO OWNED THE FIELD
- 18:18 TO LEAVE THAT FOR THOSE AROUND THEM.
- 18:21 IT'S INTERESTING, ISN'T IT, THAT THIS VERY LAND IS SO FRUITFUL,
- 18:25 IT'S SO BOUNTIFUL,
- 18:27 IT'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION THAT GOD HAS DONE OVER THIS LAST CENTURY.
- 18:32 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO IN YOUR BACKYARD IN THE WEST
- 18:34 AND YOU TURN ON YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM,
- 18:37 YOU CAN THANK THE ISRAELIS FOR THAT.
- 18:39 BECAUSE THEY WERE IN NEED OF EVERY DROP OF WATER TO GROW THE LAND HERE
- 18:43 AND SO THEY INVENTED DRIP IRRIGATION FOR THIS LAND
- 18:47 AND YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THAT.
- 18:49 AND I THINK ABOUT HOW GOD WOULD SO LIKE THE SURROUNDING NATIONS
- 18:54 TO ENJOY THE SAME BENEFIT OF THE CORNERS OF THE FIELD.
- 18:58 IMAGINE, IF THE NATIONS SURROUNDING ISRAEL
- 19:01 COULD TAKE THAT SAME MANDATE
- 19:03 AND ALLOW THE INCREDIBLE GENIUS AND THE HARD WORK
- 19:06 AND THE GRACE OF GOD THAT'S COME THROUGH THIS LAND TO GROW THESE INCREDIBLE CROPS
- 19:12 AND IF THE SURROUNDING NATIONS WOULD ALLOW THE ISRAELI'S TO HELP THEM TO GROW
- 19:17 AND TO BUILD AND TO CULTIVATE IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT'S DONE HERE.
- 19:21 WOULDN'T THAT BE A DIFFERENT STORY THAN WHAT WE SEE IN THE HEADLINES?
- 19:24 I THINK THIS IS A REAL PICTURE OF THE HEART OF GOD
- 19:26 THAT HE CREATES THIS INCREDIBLE BOUNTY
- 19:29 AND THEN HE DETERMINES THAT IF YOU ARE THE INITIAL RECIPIENT OF THAT BOUNTY
- 19:36 THAT IT IS UPON YOU...
- 19:38 HE EXPECTS YOU TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE THAT WITH THOSE AROUND YOU.
- 19:42 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY
- 19:44 THAT WHATEVER GLORY, GRACE OR GOODNESS THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IN YOUR LIFE
- 19:49 THAT THAT'S NOT JUST FOR YOU.
- 19:51 THAT'S LIKE THE CORNERS OF THE FIELD.
- 19:53 IT'S TO BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE AROUND YOU.
- 19:55 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE MARRIAGE CHUPPAH.
- 19:58 THE SIDES ARE OPEN BECAUSE THE GLORY OF GOD IS TO BE ON US
- 20:02 AND IT'S TO BE SPREAD OUT TO TOUCH EVERYONE AROUND OUR LIVES.
- 20:06 SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY TO ALLOW GOD TO COME THROUGH YOU AND BLESS EVERYONE AROUND YOU.
- 20:17 ♪PTACH ET SHA'AREI HASHAMAYIM♪
- 20:25 ♪TZROF ET LIBENU♪
- 20:35 ♪IM LEHAVOT CHAYIM♪ ♪LE NOCHECHUTCHA ANACHNU♪
- 20:38 ♪KOL KOCH ZKUKIM♪
- 20:44 ♪BIGVURATCHA TZLACH ALEYNU♪
- 20:54 ♪KACH ET CHAYEINU ET NOFSHENU♪
- 21:03 ♪V'ET SHIMCHA♪
- 21:05 ♪CHATOM AL LIBENU♪
- 21:13 ♪LEHIT 'ARERUT ANACHNU♪
- 21:17 ♪KAN BOCHIM♪
- 21:23 ♪HATBEL OTANU BA'ESH UVMAYIM♪
- 21:31 ♪TAVO MALCHUT'CHA♪
- 21:35 ♪YE'ASEH RETZONCHA♪
- 21:41 ♪KAN AL PNEI HA'ARETZ♪
- 21:45 ♪KFI SHEBASHAMAYIM♪
- 21:50 ♪TAVO MALCHUT'CHA♪
- 21:54 ♪YE'ASEH RETZONCHA♪
- 22:00 ♪KAN AL PNEI HA'ARETZ♪
- 22:05 ♪KFI SHEBASHAMAYIM♪
- 22:09 ♪AM..E...N♪
- 22:16 ♪AMEN♪
- 22:24 ♪AM..E...N♪
- 22:26 THAT WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FROM SASHA AND ANYA,
- 22:29 OUR RUSSIAN BELIEVERS IN ISRAEL
- 22:31 AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM THEM THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.
- 22:33 AND NOW WE'LL GO TO ARIE BAR-DAVID,
- 22:36 OUR MESSIANIC BELIEVER AND TOUR GUIDE IN ISRAEL
- 22:39 WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU
- 22:41 ABOUT THE ROUTE THAT RUTH AND NAOMI MIGHT HAVE TAKEN FROM MOAB TO BETHLEHEM.
- 22:46 SO LET'S LISTEN TO HIM.
- 22:50 LAST WEEK
- 22:51 WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAND WHICH
- 22:54 THE STORY OF RUTH TOOK PLACE
- 22:56 AND THIS IS THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
- 22:58 LET US GO MORE EXACT NOW TO THE SITES THEMSELVES.
- 23:02 BETHLEHEM AND THE FIELDS OF MOAB.
- 23:05 ONE IS WEST OF THE DEAD SEA,
- 23:08 THE OTHER IS EAST OF THE DEAD SEA.
- 23:11 LET US REMEMBER YOU HAVE AN EYE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
- 23:15 WHAT WOULD BE THE OPTIONAL WAY FOR NAOMI TO GO TO MOAB?
- 23:21 NO DOUBT...FIRST TO JERUSALEM.
- 23:24 FROM JERUSALEM GOING DOWN TO WHAT WE CALL THE VALLEY OF NAHAL PRAT...
- 23:30 TO JERICHO...RELAX THERE...
- 23:33 CROSS THE JORDON TO BETHABARA
- 23:35 AND FROM THERE CLIMB ALL THE WAY UP TO THE MOUNTAINS.
- 23:40 THIS WOULD TAKE FOUR DAYS.
- 23:42 I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY CAME BACK...NAOMI AND RUTH...
- 23:47 THEY CHOSE THE SAME WAY.
- 23:50 THEY WOULD REMEMBER THAT EVEN THESE ROADS WHICH WILL TAKE FOUR DAYS...
- 23:54 YOU ARE NOT DOING IT ALONE.
- 23:56 YOU JUST TAKE A CARAVAN THAT IS CROSSING THE WAY
- 24:02 AND THEN YOU JOIN THE CARAVAN...
- 24:04 THEY WOULD PROTECT YOU...
- 24:06 THEY WILL CHARGE YOU FOR THE HOTELS, OF COURSE, AT NIGHT.
- 24:09 BUT WITHOUT THEM IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO MAKE THIS ROUTE.
- 24:14 AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
- 24:18 THE STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN HAPPENED HERE
- 24:21 IN THIS DANGEROUS ROAD BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND JERICHO.
- 24:27 WHAT A STORY OF REDEMPTION
- 24:29 AND YET IT'S SUCH A DARK TIME NOW
- 24:30 AS THEIR STRUGGLING TO GET TO THE PROMISED LAND.
- 24:34 AND I THINK ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT RUTH MADE TO NAOMI
- 24:38 AND THE VERY WAY THAT SHE SAYS,
- 24:41 "YOUR GOD WILL BE MY GOD AND YOUR PEOPLE MY PEOPLE"...
- 24:44 NOT JUST THE ONE BUT BOTH.
- 24:46 AND I THINK FOR US AS BELIEVERS TODAY
- 24:48 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND
- 24:51 THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE RECEIVING THE JEWISH MESSIAH
- 24:54 BUT WE'RE ALSO KNITTING OURSELVES TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
- 24:58 SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THEY SAY,
- 25:00 "OH YES" TO THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
- 25:03 BUT "I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE".
- 25:06 BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE.
- 25:07 I THINK OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE MAKE TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS ALSO TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
- 25:12 AND RUTH REALLY EXEMPLIFIES THAT.
- 25:15 RIGHT...NOT ONLY DOES SHE SAY "YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, YOUR GOD MY GOD",
- 25:19 BUT SHE SAID "WHERE YOU GO I WILL GO".
- 25:21 SHE GAVE NAOMI SOMETHING THAT FAITH CAN ONLY GIVE
- 25:26 AND IT'S COURAGE.
- 25:28 SHE GAVE HER COURAGE TO GO BACK AND EVEN TO FACE HER SHAME OF LOSING SO MUCH.
- 25:34 THAT WORD "GO" IN THE HEBREW MYLES...
- 25:36 THAT MEANS "SOJOURN".
- 25:38 SO IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A SURE THING WHAT RUTH KNEW WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO.
- 25:42 SHE KNEW THAT SHE WOULD SOJOURN WITH NAOMI IN THE LAND OF PROMISE.
- 25:47 WHEREVER IT TOOK THEM
- 25:48 WHEREVER IT TOOK THEM
- 25:49 IT'S A REAL COMMITMENT
- 25:50 AND THE WORD FOR "HOPE" IN HEBREW IS "TIKVAH"
- 25:53 AND IT FIRST APPEARS IN THE BOOK OF RUTH
- 25:55 WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN THE 1940'S
- 25:59 THAT THERE WOULD EVER BE A HOPE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE AGAIN
- 26:01 AS WE WERE BEING DESTROYED IN THE HOLOCAUST.
- 26:04 AND YET IN 1948 HOPE AROSE
- 26:07 AND GOD IN HIS SOVEREIGNTY COMMANDED THAT A NATION WOULD BE BORN IN A DAY
- 26:12 AND SO IT WAS MAY 14, 1948 THATHOPE, "TIKVAH", CAME TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE
- 26:17 SO MUCH SO
- 26:18 THAT THE JEWISH NATIONAL ANTHEM
- 26:21 IS CALLED "HATIKVAH"
- 26:23 AND FOR US AS JEWISH PEOPLE
- 26:25 IT'S THE EXPRESSION OF OUR BELIEF THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF US,
- 26:29 THAT HE IS OUR HOPE
- 26:30 AND FOR US WHO BELIEVE IN MESSIAH
- 26:31 WE KNOW THAT YESHUA IS HATIKVAH.
- 26:35 HE IS THE HOPE.
- 26:36 SO...
- 26:37 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
- 26:39 AND FOR TODAY WE SAY,
- 26:41 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
- 26:43 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM