Caption transcript for The Miracle of Passover (2012): Part 2 (2/2)

• 00:20 PASSOVER...
• 00:22 THE CROWN JEWEL OF BIBLICAL FEASTS,
• 00:24 SACRED TO JEWS AND CHRISTIANS ALIKE.
• 00:27 TAUGHT SINCE THE EXODUS 35 CENTURIES AGO
• 00:31 AND REVERED IN THE LORD'S SUPPER,
• 00:33 COMMUNION, THE EUCHARIST
• 00:35 AND BY ALL PEOPLES WHO RESPECT THE FREEDOM OF NATIONS.
• 00:39 HERE IS PASSOVER IN ALL ITS GLORY.
• 00:48 SHALOM AND WELCOME
• 00:49 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 00:51 I'M MYLES
• 00:51 THIS IS KATHARINE
• 00:53 AND WE'RE CONTINUING TODAY
• 00:54 WITH THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER.
• 00:56 THIS IS ACTUALLY PART 2.
• 00:57 OUR FOUNDER ZOLA LEVITT WILL BE TEACHING
• 00:59 EVEN THOUGH HE'S GRADUATED AND GONE TO HEAVEN.
• 01:01 WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOOTAGE OF HIM DOING A PASSOVER YEARS AGO.
• 01:04 AND REALLY WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE CUPS OF THE LORD.
• 01:08 THERE ARE FOUR CUPS USED DURING THE PASSOVER SERVICE
• 01:12 AND WE'RE COMING UP TO THE CUP OF REDEMPTION,
• 01:14 THE PASSOVER CUP THAT HAS TO DO WITH REDEEMING US.
• 01:16 AND IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNION.
• 01:18 AND I HAD NO IDEA BEING RAISED A CHRISTIAN OR A CATHOLIC
• 01:22 THAT COMMUNION WAS SO TIED TO PASSOVER.
• 01:24 IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE PASSOVER SERVICE.
• 01:26 WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE COMMUNION
• 01:28 COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE PASSOVER SERVICE.
• 01:30 SO LET'S JOIN ZOLA
• 01:32 AS HE CONTINUES WITH THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER.
• 01:37 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN
• 01:38 WELL, I'M DRESSED FOR PASSOVER
• 01:40 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
• 01:41 GOING TO DO TONIGHT
• 01:42 THE SECOND HALF OF OUR PASSOVER
• 01:44 TEACHING WE STARTED LAST WEEK.
• 01:46 PASSOVER IS JUST THAT LONG AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT MUCH SHORTER
• 01:49 AND SO WE'LL FINISH IT UP TONIGHT.
• 01:51 WE HAVE A STUDIO AUDIENCE AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL OFFER YOU TEACHING MATERIALS.
• 01:57 DON'T TRY TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING I'M SAYING...REALLY I'D RATHER YOU WATCH.
• 02:00 WE HAVE A BOOK AND A CASSETTE AND VIDEOS AND SO ON...ALL OF THIS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
• 02:04 SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE STUDIO AND PASSOVER IN ALL ITS GLORY.
• 02:10 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 02:12 WELL WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PASSOVER.
• 02:14 LAST WEEK I EXPLAINED HOW THIS 3500 HUNDRED YEAR OLD FEAST,
• 02:17 THE WORLD'S OLDEST FEAST BY A LONG SHOT,
• 02:21 WAS STILL BEING SET UP IN JEWISH HOMES
• 02:24 AND I EXPLAINED THAT IN THE EXODUS THERE WERE 400 YEARS OF SILENCE
• 02:30 BEFORE THAT BLOOD SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB THAT GOT THEM OUT OF EGYPT
• 02:33 COMPARABLE TO THE 400 YEARS OF SILENCE FROM THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT TO WHEN JESUS CAME,
• 02:40 THE BLOOD SACRIFICE THAT TAKES US ALL OUT OF SLAVERY.
• 02:43 AND THEN WE WENT ON TO COMPARE THE LAMB AND JESUS,
• 02:49 THE LAMB OF EGYPT AND THE LAMB OF GOD...PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING IN GOD'S VIEW.
• 02:54 AND THEN I EXPLAINED HOW WE HAVE A DAY OF PREPARATION TO SET UP...THIS TABLE CHANGE OVER,
• 03:00 THE DISHES, GET THE LEAVEN OUT OF THE HOUSE,
• 03:02 FATHER DONS THE KITTEL,
• 03:03 WE COME TO THE TABLE, WE LIGHT THE CANDLES,
• 03:05 WE HAD THEM LIT BY A FEMALE BECAUSE A FEMALE BROUGHT US THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AFTER ALL
• 03:11 AND THEN WE DRANK THE FIRST CUP OF WINE, WE HID THE AFIKOMAN,
• 03:17 WE BROKE A PIECE OF BREAD THAT WAS THE MIDDLE OF A STACK OF THREE,
• 03:22 WE WRAPPED IT AND HID IT AWAY AND WE'LL COME TO IT LATER.
• 03:26 WE HAD A YOUNG CHILD ASK THE FOUR QUESTIONS AND WE STARTED THE STORY OF THE EXODUS,
• 03:33 ESPECIALLY THE FOODS ON THIS PLATE.
• 03:35 THERE'S BITTER OF HERBS
• 03:39 AND CHAROSES, A MIXTURE OF APPLES AND NUTS AND CINNAMON THAT REPRESENTS BRICK MORTAR
• 03:43 AND THEN THE PARSLEY WHICH WE DIPPED IN SALT WATER.
• 03:49 WE POINTED OUT ABOUT THE DIPPING IN THE GOSPEL, "THE ONE WHO DIPS AFTER ME".
• 03:52 AND WE CAME THROUGH THESE FOODS,
• 03:55 THE SECOND CUP WE POUR IT OUT SO IT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD FOR THE PLAGUES
• 04:01 AND WE HAD COME UP TO THIS EGG.
• 04:04 THERE'S AN EGG ON THIS PLATE.
• 04:06 THERE'S AN EGG IN WHAT WE CALL EASTER TOO,
• 04:09 BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS REALLY IS NOT A VALID BIBLICAL SYMBOL.
• 04:13 IT'S NOT CALLED FOR IN THE SCRIPTURE.
• 04:15 THE EGG IS USED AS A SYMBOL OF FERTILITY.
• 04:19 NOW FERTILITY AND RESURRECTION ARE QUITE DIFFERENT THINGS.
• 04:23 YOU NOW, EVERY PLANT, EVERY BUG IS FERTILE.
• 04:27 WE GET RESURRECTION ONLY FROM JESUS CHRIST.
• 04:30 THE EGG SEEMS TO HAVE CREPT ON TO THE JEWISH FROM THE BABYLONIAN TIMES,
• 04:36 FROM NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
• 04:37 IT SEEMS TO HAVE CREPT INTO RESURRECTION SUNDAY THE SAME WAY.
• 04:42 IN OTHER WORDS, THAT SUNDAY IN THE BIBLE IS CALLED "FIRST FRUITS".
• 04:47 WHEN WE SAY "EASTER"
• 04:49 WE ARE PRONOUNCING THE NAME OF A BABYLONIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY, "ISHTAR".
• 04:54 THIS LEAKS OVER FROM A PAGAN RITE AND THE BABYLONIANS HAD A FERTILITY RITE EVERY SPRING.
• 05:02 THEY HAD A VERITABLE ORGY,
• 05:03 THEY HAD TO GET AHEAD OF THE PLAGUES THAT WERE KILLING THEM ALL THE TIME
• 05:07 BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE LAW OF GOD AND DID NOT LIVE IN A CONTINENT WAY
• 05:11 AND THEY HAD WHAT THE LORD CALLED "THE DISEASES OF EGYPT"
• 05:14 AND THEY WERE DECIMATED ALL THE TIME,
• 05:16 SO IN THE SPRING THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE A LOT OF FERTILITY AND HAVE THE FERTILITY GODDESS.
• 05:21 THEY WORSHIPPED THE THINGS IN NATURE OF FERTILITY,
• 05:24 THE TREES WERE PUTTING ON NEW CLOTHES,
• 05:26 SO THEY BOUGHT NEW OUTFITS,
• 05:28 THE RABBIT WHO WAS SO HEROICALLY FERTILE,
• 05:30 WE STILL HAVE THIS EASTER BUNNY.
• 05:32 YES, AND WE PLAY WITH EGGS TOO, THE PRIME SYMBOL OF FERTILITY.
• 05:38 WE COLOR THEM, WE HIDE THEM.
• 05:39 NOW LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU A TRUTH,
• 05:42 AN EGG HUNT IS AN ATTEMPT AT PREGNANCY, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
• 05:47 WELL, THINK ABOUT THAT.
• 05:49 AND IT'S ALMOST FUNNY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
• 05:52 AND WE'RE DOING THIS BABYLONIAN RITE EVERY SPRING
• 05:55 AND CONFUSING IT WITH RESURRECTION SUNDAY, "FIRSTFRUITS".
• 05:58 IF WE WOULD ONLY CALL IT "FIRST FRUITS" BY ITS BIBLICAL NAME, A MUCH GREATER TRUTH EMERGES.
• 06:04 IF THERE'S A FIRST, THERE'S A SECOND, A THIRD.
• 06:07 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESURRECTION HERE.
• 06:10 IN I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15, VERSE 22 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
• 06:27 JESUS IS CALLED BY THE NAME OF A FESTIVAL.
• 06:30 HE HAS A NUMBER IN THIS RESURRECTION.
• 06:33 HE'S THE FIRST MAN PERMANENTLY RESURRECTED AND HIS NUMBER IS 1.
• 06:37 AND WE ALL HAVE A NUMBER.
• 06:39 EVIDENTLY, YOU GO INTO ONE OF THOSE CROWDED STORES WHERE THEY GIVE YOU A NUMBER,
• 06:42 YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE SERVED AND YOU WILL BE SERVED.
• 06:45 WELL, IN THIS RESURRECTION IT SAYS THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.
• 06:50 WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE LOWER NUMBERS. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
• 06:53 WE GO IN ACTUAL RANKS IN THIS RESURRECTION.
• 06:56 IT'S THAT ORGANIZED.
• 06:57 YOU HAVE A NUMBER, AND I HAVE A NUMBER,
• 06:59 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED.
• 07:02 SOME OF YOU HAVE HIGHER NUMBERS THAN I DO. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
• 07:06 BUT REALLY THE EGG IS A FERTILITY SYMBOL
• 07:11 AND FERTILITY AND RESURRECTION ARE REALLY QUITE DIFFERENT.
• 07:13 IT'S A LITTLE CRUSADE OF MY OWN.
• 07:15 I WISH WE COULD CALL THE FESTIVAL "FIRST FRUITS".
• 07:18 I REMEMBER A CHURCH WHERE THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON "FIRST FRUITS".
• 07:22 A PASTOR CALLED AND SAID, "COULD YOU SPEAK TO US ON FIRST FRUITS?"
• 07:26 I WAS SO HONORED THAT FINALLY I HEAR SOMEBODY USE THE RIGHT NAME...THE BIBLICAL NAME FOR THE FESTIVAL.
• 07:33 I SAID, "I'LL BE GLAD TO COME".
• 07:34 I CAME TO THE CHURCH,
• 07:36 ON THE WAY IN I BROKE A BRANCH OFF A YOUNG TREE TO WAVE OVER THE CONGREGATION,
• 07:39 CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO ON FIRST FRUITS,
• 07:41 A THANK OFFERING FOR THE LORD MAKETH THE LAND FERTILE AGAIN AFTER THE EXODUS.
• 07:45 A DEACON TOLD ME, "BROTHER LEVITT, WE JUST PLANTED THOSE TREES."
• 07:49 I SAID, "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A SACRIFICE!" (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
• 07:53 I REMEMBER THAT MORNING I SAT ON THE PODIUM,
• 07:57 THE PASTOR WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT
• 07:59 AND HE SAID TO ME, "HOW DO I INTRODUCE YOU BROTHER LEVITT?"
• 08:01 "DO I CALL YOU A MESSIANIC JEW OR A COMPLETED JEW"
• 08:05 "OR A HEBREW CHRISTIAN, A JEWISH CHRISTIAN, WHAT ARE YOU?"
• 08:08 AND I THOUGHT A MINUTE AND I SAID,
• 08:10 "YOU KNOW WHEN MY PEOPLE WERE SAVED IN THE FIRST CENTURY THEY CALLED US CHRISTIANS."
• 08:15 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
• 08:16 THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO THAT.
• 08:18 WELL, THAT IS THE PLATE INCLUDING THE EGG AND THIS IS HOW IT IS SET UP.
• 08:24 WHEN FATHER IS TELLING THE STORY
• 08:27 WE'VE PARTAKEN OF EACH OF THE FOODS AS HE COMES TO THAT ISSUE IN THE STORY.
• 08:31 SO WE DIPPED FOR THE RED SEA AND SO ON.
• 08:34 BUT THIS WHOLE PLATE IS A STORY OF SALVATION.
• 08:37 IT REALLY TELLS OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE...
• 08:39 THE BITTER HERBS BEFORE YOU WERE SAVED...
• 08:42 THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB...
• 08:44 YOUR COMING TO CHRIST...
• 08:46 THE RED SEA...
• 08:49 YOU KNOW WATER KILLS BUT THE HEBREW NATION WENT IN THERE AND CAME OUT SAFELY...
• 08:54 WELL YOU WENT INTO YOUR BAPTISM AND WENT OUT SAFELY,
• 08:56 YOU COULD DROWN IN THERE BUT YOU CAME OUT SAFELY LIKE THEY DID.
• 08:59 AND NOW YOU'RE IN THE WILDERNESS
• 09:01 WALKING ALONG IN THIS TOUGH AREA OF SO MUCH LAW WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO GET FOOD AND WATER
• 09:07 BUT WE'RE EVER HEADING TOWARD HEAVEN, JERICHO.
• 09:11 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN JERICHO?
• 09:13 A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE
• 09:15 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE...FLOWERS AND GRAPEFRUITS AND ORANGES HANGING OFF THE TREES
• 09:20 AND COLD WATER RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE GUTTERS.
• 09:22 THIS IS WHERE GOD CHOSE TO SHOW HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE THEIR PROMISED LAND.
• 09:27 JERICHO IS A SYMBOL OF PARADISE,
• 09:30 OF HEAVEN, OF THE END OF THE EXODUS JOURNEY, OF THE END OF OUR JOURNEYS IN THIS LIFE.
• 09:36 THE CLINCHER IS THE NAME OF THE LEADER.
• 09:38 YOU RECALL WHEN THE CHOSENPEOPLE WENT INTO THE PROMISED LAND AT JERICHO
• 09:42 IT WAS WITH SHOUTS AND TRUMPETS AND THE WALLS FELL DOWN.
• 09:45 AND THE NAME OF THE LEADER WAS JOSHUA, GENERAL JOSHUA.
• 09:49 WELL, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE OUT THE CHURCH?
• 09:52 WE CALL HIM JESUS BUT HIS NAME IN HEBREW IS "YESHUA".
• 09:55 IF YOU TRANSLATE THAT DIRECTLY TO ENGLISH WITHOUT THE GREEK TRANSLITERATION OF JESUS,
• 10:00 "YESHUA" MEANS "JOSHUA".
• 10:03 WE LOSE A BIBLE TYPE, A SYMBOL THAT'S WONDERFUL HERE.
• 10:07 THE FACT IS ONCE AGAIN JOSHUA IS GOING TO TAKE HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE TO THE PROMISED LAND
• 10:13 AT THE SOUND OF THE SHOUTS OF THE TRUMPETS.
• 10:25 SO IT'S A REPEAT PERFORMANCE,
• 10:27 THE RESURRECTION OR THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS LIKE THE ENTRY INTO JERICHO AFTER THE EXODUS.
• 10:34 WELL, AFTER ALL THOSE FOODS WE THEN HAVE THE REAL MEAL.
• 10:39 THESE ARE JUST APPETIZER FOODS OBVIOUSLY
• 10:41 AND NOW WE SERVE THE BEST MEAL OF THE YEAR
• 10:43 AND IT IS NOT LAMB THOUGH.
• 10:47 THEY USUALLY OMIT LAMB BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOU LAMB TO THE TEMPLE,
• 10:51 OFFER IT TO GOD, HE HAD A PORTION...THE PRIEST TOOK A PORTION.
• 10:56 GOD LIKES LAMB EVIDENTLY.
• 10:58 THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE EATING IN FRONT OF HIM
• 11:00 AND SO THEY HAVE CHICKEN OR BEEF OR SOME OTHER KOSHER MEAT AND THEY EAT A WONDERFUL FEAST.
• 11:05 AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS FEAST FATHER GETS UP AGAIN, THE SERVICE GOES ON,
• 11:12 I MEAN WE'VE EATEN FOR TWO HOURS NOW,
• 11:14 PICTURE, THIS IS A LONG EVENING, I CAN TELL YOU.
• 11:17 AND AT THE END OF THIS MEAL THE LAST THING EATEN IS THAT HIDDEN AFIKOMAN.
• 11:23 YOU REMEMBER THE PIECE OF BREAD WE BROKE LAST WEEK.
• 11:26 WE TOOK THE MIDDLE PIECE OUT OF THIS BAG,
• 11:28 BROKE IT, WRAPPED IT UP IN A WHITE CLOTH...HID IT AWAY.
• 11:32 FATHER NOW BRINGS IT FORTH AGAIN, GETS IT OUT OF ITS HIDING PLACE.
• 11:41 AND THIS PIECE OF BREAD AND THE THIRD CUP OF WINE, THE CUP OF REDEMPTION,
• 11:47 IS THE LORD'S SUPPER.
• 11:50 IT'S NOT LIKE IT, IT IS IT.
• 11:52 IT'S THE ORIGINAL.
• 11:53 IT'S THE COMMUNION, THE EUCHARIST, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
• 11:58 THIS RED AND THIS PARTICULAR WINE...YOU SEE I TOLD YOU...
• 12:02 YOU COULD SEE THE WHOLE SERVICE YOU'LL APPRECIATE IT BETTER.
• 12:06 SO THIS IS HOW IT COMES OUT OF THE SERVICE.
• 12:09 AND LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE BREAD AND THE WINE.
• 12:13 WE CAN PICK UP JESUS DOING THIS IN THE GOSPEL.
• 12:16 MATTHEW CHAPTER 26, VERSE 26, IT SAYS,
• 12:27 NOW WHAT DID HE SAY IN THAT BLESSING?
• 12:28 WELL THE BLESSING OVER BREAD HAD BEEN THE SAME FOR 1500 YEARS.
• 12:32 "BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI ELOHEINU, MELECH HA-OLAM, HA-MOTZI LECHEM MIN HA-ARETZ."
• 12:37 "BLESSED ART THOU, O LORD OUR GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE,"
• 12:40 "WHO BRINGEST FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH"
• 12:42 AND SO THERE WAS A PROPHECY IN THAT BLESSING.
• 12:46 MEN DON'T WORRY IF THEY TRY TO PUT MY BODY IN THE EARTH THIS WEEK.
• 12:50 THIS BREAD IS MY BODY BUT GOD BRINGS FORTH BREAD FROM THE EARTH.
• 12:55 YOU CAN'T BURY A KERNEL OF WHEAT.
• 12:57 SOMETHING COMES UP AGAIN.
• 12:59 WHEN HE SAID THIS BREAD IS MY BODY IT'S NOT JUST A METAPHOR, THE BREAD IS UNLEAVENED.
• 13:04 IT'S PURE LIKE HIS BODY.
• 13:07 IT HAS STRIPES.
• 13:09 YOU HAVE TO GRILL IT.
• 13:11 BY HIS STRIPES ARE WE HEALED.
• 13:13 AND IT'S PIERCED WITH HOLES LIKE A PIE CRUST IS PIERCED,
• 13:16 YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH IT.
• 13:18 HE SAID, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE".
• 13:22 HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM, "BEIT LEHEM"..."HOUSE OF BREAD".
• 13:26 HE WAS BURIED ON THE FESTIVAL CALLED "UNLEAVENED BREAD".
• 13:29 THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE WE HAVE OF OUR LORD
• 13:32 AND WE GET OUR SALVATION SIMPLY LIKE THIS.
• 13:38 HIS BODY IS BROKEN FOR US.
• 13:41 WE PARTAKE OF IT AND WE INGEST THAT QUALITY OF RISING FORTH FROM THE EARTH.
• 13:47 THAT'S THE WONDERFUL PIECE OF BREAD THAT WE HID AWAY.
• 13:51 IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE THREE.
• 13:53 IF IT'S THE TRINITY, THEN THAT WHOLE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED WITH THE BODY OF THE SON.
• 14:17 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
• 14:21 ♪SHA'A'LU, SHA'A'LU SHALOM♪
• 14:25 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
• 14:32 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE♪
• 14:34 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM♪
• 14:44 WOW...WE'RE COMING UP
• 14:45 ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
• 14:47 PARTS OF THE PASSOVER SEDER,
• 14:49 OR CEREMONY,
• 14:50 WHERE THE CUP OF REDEMPTION
• 14:51 SHOWS US THAT THERE'S A PICTURE OF A BRIDAL CEREMONY IN THE PASSOVER.
• 14:56 IT'S THE TIME WHEN THE LORD OFFERS THE BRIDE THE CUP
• 14:59 AND WE GET TO DRINK THE CUP OR NOT DRINK THE CUP.
• 15:02 IT'S A CHOICE THAT WE ALL HAVE.
• 15:04 WE GET TO SAY "YES" TO THE LORD
• 15:06 IT'S REALLY PICTURED HERE.
• 15:07 LET'S JOIN ZOLA AS HE CONTINUES
• 15:09 WITH THE CUPS OF THE LORD IN "THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER".
• 15:14 WELL, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE BREAD AND HOW IT SPEAKS TO RESURRECTION.
• 15:18 WHEN WE INGEST THAT BREAD
• 15:20 WE INGEST THAT QUALITY OF COMING FORTH FROM THE EARTH OURSELVES.
• 15:24 WHEN HE HAD SAID THAT BLESSING
• 15:26 THEY'D SAID IT FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL,
• 15:27 BUT HE REALLY GAVE IT A NEW MEANING.
• 15:29 NOW, THE CUP...HE SAID,
• 15:31 "BARUCH HATA ADONAI ELOHENU MELLECH HA'OLAM, BORAY PERI HAGAFEN".
• 15:35 BLESSED ART THOU, OH LORD OUR GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE,
• 15:38 CREATOR OF THE FRUIT OF THE VINE.
• 15:40 WELL HE'D ALREADY SAID "I'M THE TRUE VINE".
• 15:42 THE DISCIPLES ARE THE BRANCHES.
• 15:44 IT'S US, THE CHURCH THAT IS THE FRUIT OF THE VINE OR THE FRUITS OF THE VINE.
• 15:49 AND WE'RE BRANCHES TOO,
• 15:50 AND WE BEAR FRUITS, BUT HE IS DRINKING A TOAST TO US.
• 15:54 AND WHY?
• 15:56 BECAUSE A CUP OF WINE WAS THE WAY THAT A BRIDEGROOM PROPOSED MARRIAGE.
• 16:00 HE DRANK A TOAST TO THE BRIDE.
• 16:02 HE SET IT BEFORE HER.
• 16:03 IT WORKED LIKE THIS.
• 16:05 SEE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE DATING AND COURTSHIP IN ISRAEL.
• 16:08 THE LAW WAS TOO STRICT FOR THAT.
• 16:09 THEY JUST PROPOSED ON THE FIRST DATE.
• 16:12 MY FATHER PROPOSED TO MY MOTHER ON THEIR FIRST DATE.
• 16:15 YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF MARRYING STRANGERS.
• 16:18 IN FIDDLER ON THE ROOF THERE'S A SONG, "THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU WAS ON OUR WEDDING DAY".
• 16:22 THEY SAID NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU KNEW EACH OTHER YOU STILL ALWAYS MARRY A STRANGER.(LAUGHTER)
• 16:29 SOME PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING. (MORE LAUGHTER)
• 16:35 (ZOLA LAUGHS)
• 16:38 YOU KNOW REBEKAH MARRIED A STRANGER WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
• 16:41 REMEMBER REBEKAH...SHE'S LIKE AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE CHURCH.
• 16:44 SHE'S IN HER PLACE IN HARAN
• 16:46 AND HERE COMES A SERVANT SENT BY ABRAHAM.
• 16:48 ELIEZER COMES TO HER AND SHE WATERS HIS CAMELS
• 16:51 AND HE SHOWS HER BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT A PERSPECTIVE BRIDEGROOM HAS SENT.
• 16:56 SHE SEES THESE THINGS AND SHE'S WOOED AND WON AND WILLING TO GO OFF AND MARRY HIM.
• 17:00 THAT'S OUR POSITION.
• 17:01 WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN JESUS CHRIST,
• 17:03 BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE GIFTS BROUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 17:06 AND WE'RE WOOED AND WON WILLING TO GO OFF AND MARRY THIS JEWISH PRINCE WE KNOW NOT WHERE.
• 17:11 SO REBEKAH IS REALLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE CHURCH.
• 17:14 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
• 17:16 A PERFECT STRANGER COULD SPOT ANY LADY IN THE MARKET THAT DIDN'T HAVE A VEIL ON
• 17:20 AND FOLLOW HER HOME AND LEARN WHERE SHE LIVED AND COME TO HOUSE WITH A MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
• 17:26 HE WOULD ALSO BRING SOME MONEY.
• 17:28 THEY HAD A BRIDE PRICE.
• 17:30 HER FATHER WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A PRICE FOR EACH DAUGHTER.
• 17:33 IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IF YOU RAISED SONS YOU HAD DEFENDERS AND WORKERS ON YOUR PLACE...
• 17:38 NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
• 17:40 BUT THE MEN THAT RAISED DAUGHTERS HAD NOTHING BUT LIABILITIES.
• 17:42 SOME OF YOU MEN MAY SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT. (LAUGHTER)
• 17:46 WHEN THEIR GIRLS GOT BIG ENOUGH...
• 17:47 THE BOYS WANTED TO MARRY THEM...
• 17:49 YOU COULD KIND OF CONSOLIDATE YOUR LOSSES. (LAUGHTER)
• 17:52 WELL, THE YOUNG MAN WOULD COME IN.
• 17:54 NOW IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A STRANGER.
• 17:56 IT COULD BE THE KID FROM THE NEXT FARM.
• 17:58 IT COULD BE A FELLOW AT WHO'S FEET YOU DROPPED A MAP TO YOUR HOUSE IN THE MARKET PLACE.
• 18:01 (LAUGHTER)
• 18:03 BUT ANYWAY, WHOEVER IT WAS,
• 18:05 HE WOULD COME IN AND SET DOWN THIS OBVIOUS ENVELOPE WITH A CONTRACT
• 18:08 WITH A BUNCH OF CASH IN THERE
• 18:10 AND SET A CUP OF WINE BEFORE YOU.
• 18:15 THERE YOU ARE LADIES;
• 18:16 TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED.
• 18:18 TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES... (LAUGHTER)
• 18:21 READ THE CONTRACT,
• 18:23 COUNT THE MONEY. (LAUGHTER)
• 18:26 BUT EITHER LIFT UP THAT CUP AND DRINK IT...
• 18:28 OR IF YOUR INTUITION TELLS YOU SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT
• 18:32 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRINK IT, JUST WITHDRAW.
• 18:34 THAT GUY WILL PICK UP HIS STUFF AND LEAVE AND HE WON'T BE BACK.
• 18:39 OKAY...THAT'S HOW IT WORKED.
• 18:41 LET'S SAY IN OUR STORY THE GAL PICKS UP THE CUP AND SIPS FROM IT.
• 18:46 WELL, THEN THE YOUNG MAN WOULD JUMP UP AND SAY,
• 18:48 "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU".
• 18:49 THEN HE'D GO BACK TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE
• 18:51 AND BUILD HER A LITTLE MANSION -
• 18:53 A BRIDAL CHAMBER FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
• 18:56 NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE GOSPEL.
• 18:59 THE LORD CAME FROM HIS FATHER'S HOUSE TO OUR HOUSE...
• 19:02 HE BROUGHT THE CONTRACT...
• 19:04 "B'RIT HADASHAH", THE NEW CONTRACT...
• 19:06 NEW TESTAMENT WE CALL IT.
• 19:08 DON'T LOSE YOUR NEW TESTAMENT...
• 19:09 THAT'S YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE.
• 19:11 AND HE POURED THE CUP HERE AT THE PASSOVER TABLE,
• 19:16 SET IT BEFORE US.
• 19:18 THEY DRANK IT THAT NIGHT, THE CHURCH.
• 19:20 AND IT'S SET BEFORE YOU OFTEN.
• 19:23 AND HE PAID THE PRICE,
• 19:24 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICE...
• 19:26 THE VERY LIFE OF AN INNOCENT MAN.
• 19:28 YOU CAN'T PAY MORE THAN THAT.
• 19:31 AND HE MADE THAT SPEECH,"I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU"
• 19:34 AND HE WENT BACK TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
• 19:36 AND HE SAID, "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS".
• 19:39 I'S ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH THERE...WONDERFUL.
• 19:42 AND RIGHT NOW HE'S BUILDING A BRIDAL CHAMBER.
• 19:45 WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING.
• 19:47 IT COULD BE TONIGHT.
• 19:48 NO REASON WHY NOT TONIGHT.
• 19:50 MORE LIKELY TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT.
• 19:52 HE DIDN'T COME LAST NIGHT.
• 19:54 SO THERE WILL BE A NIGHT HE COMES.
• 19:57 A MAN DOESN'T PAY A PRICE LIKE THAT FOR A BRIDE AND NOT GO AND GET HER.
• 20:00 BELIEVE ME, THE YOUNG MAN WHOSE CUP SHE DRANK ALWAYS CAME BACK FOR HER, NO QUESTION.
• 20:06 WELL, SHE WENT ABOUT HER BUSINESS WEARING A VEIL IN THE TOWN.
• 20:10 THE VEIL IS HER FAITH...
• 20:12 THAT'S WHAT COVERS HER AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE HER, BUT THEY KNOW SHE'S ENGAGED.
• 20:15 THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THE WORLD FROM RECOGNIZING US REALLY,
• 20:19 OUR CONTRACT BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE ONE WE LOVE AND ARE WAITING FOR.
• 20:24 THE CONTRACT SAID SHE HAD TO BE WAITING EVERY NIGHT.
• 20:26 SHE TRIMMED AN OIL LAMP.
• 20:28 THEY LIKED TO COME AT MIDNIGHT.
• 20:30 THEY LIKED TO COME LIKE THIEVES IN THE NIGHT.
• 20:32 SHE WAS CALLED CONSECRATED, SET APART, BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.
• 20:36 SHE'S NOT HER OWN.
• 20:37 THAT'S HOW PAUL DESCRIBES THE CHURCH.
• 20:39 HE SAID, "I WOULD PRESENT YOU A VIRGIN BRIDE TO MY LORD".
• 20:43 THAT'S THE STORY.
• 20:44 AND WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS FINALLY DONE
• 20:46 IT WAS UP TO THE FATHER OF THE GROOM WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS PROPERLY FINISHED.
• 20:50 YOU COULD SEE THE LOGIC THERE.
• 20:52 IF IT WERE UP TO THE YOUNG MAN HE WOULD THROW UP SOME KIND OF LEAN-TO AND GO GET THE GIRL.
• 20:55 (LAUGHTER)
• 20:57 HIS FATHER TOLD HIM WHEN IT WAS DONE.
• 20:59 SO IF YOU SAW A YOUNG MAN BUILDING A CHAMBER YOU MIGHT SAY TO HIM, WHEN IS THE BIG DAY?
• 21:04 BUT HE WOULD SAY, "I DON'T KNOW. ONLY MY FATHER KNOWS".
• 21:07 WHICH THE LORD SAID IN THE GOSPEL YOU SEE.
• 21:10 WELL, THE BIG NIGHT WOULD FINALLY COME.
• 21:12 THEY'D SLIP UP TO HER HOUSE IN THE DARK
• 21:15 MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS ASLEEP.
• 21:17 NOW THE RULES WERE THEY COULDN'T JUST RUSH IN AND GRAB YOU OUT OF YOUR BED.
• 21:20 I MEAN THIS IS YOUR WEDDING NIGHT.
• 21:22 YOU MIGHT HAVE COLD CREAM ON YOUR FACE.
• 21:23 THE RULES WERE THAT WHEN THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE HEARD
• 21:27 SOMEONE IN THE WEDDING PARTY HAD TO SHOUT.
• 21:30 WHEN SHE HEARD THAT SHOUT SHE KNEW HE'D BE IN THERE IN A MOMENT.
• 21:34 SO THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
• 21:36 IT SAYS IT WAS MIDNIGHT AND A CRY WAS MADE.
• 21:39 OR THE GREAT RAPTURE SCRIPTURE,
• 21:40 I THESSALONIANS 4:16,
• 21:46 AND THEY'D RUSH IN AND GRAB THE BRIDE AND ALL THE GIRLS
• 21:49 AND RUN THEM OUT OF THE TOWN AND THROUGH TOWN INTO THE BRIDAL CHAMBER AT THIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
• 21:55 NOW I TELL THAT STORY TO ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CUP.
• 21:58 THIS CUP IS THE LORD'S PROPOSAL TO YOU.
• 22:00 IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT AND GO WITH HIM WHEN HE COMES,
• 22:04 THEN WHEN THEY SERVE YOU THIS CUP, DRINK IT.
• 22:07 NOW YOU LADIES HAVE HAD MORE CUPS POURED FOR YOU THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY LIFT.
• 22:12 THAT'S NORMAL.
• 22:13 IDEALLY YOU PICK UP ONE GOOD ONE.
• 22:16 BUT YOU KNOW THE CUP YOU DON'T DRINK,
• 22:19 THAT FELLOW WOULD TAKE HIS STUFF AND GO.
• 22:22 HE'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN.
• 22:24 THE ONE CUP YOU LIFT AND DRINK,
• 22:26 THAT YOUNG MAN WILL ALWAYS COME BACK.
• 22:28 SO WHEN THEY SERVE YOU JESUS' CUP, DRINK IT
• 22:30 AND WHEN HE COMES, HE'LL STOP AT YOUR HOUSE.
• 22:33 NOW THAT IS COMMUNION.
• 22:35 THAT'S THE BREAD.
• 22:36 THAT'S THE WINE.
• 22:38 I BROKE UP THE PIECE OF BREAD
• 22:39 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR SALVATION.
• 22:42 THAT'S SIMPLY IT...
• 22:43 HIS BODY BROKEN FOR US...
• 22:45 THAT CUP.
• 22:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SIN WE RENEW OUR VOWS SO TO SPEAK... WE DRINK IT OFTEN.
• 22:52 THE LORD PUT DOWN HIS CUP AND SAID,
• 22:54 "I'LL NOT DRINK THIS WINE UNTIL I DRINK IT NEW WITH YOU IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM."
• 22:57 HE DOESN'T SIN, BUT HE'S WAITING TO DRINK ANOTHER CUP WITH US.
• 23:01 THE LAST CUP HE HAD WITH THE CHURCH WAS THEN ON PASSOVER NIGHT...
• 23:04 IMAGINE...HE MUST BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
• 23:07 THAT'S THE THIRD CUP.
• 23:08 AND THE FOURTH CUP IS FOR ELIJAH.
• 23:11 ELIJAH HAS A CUP OF WINE IN FRONT OF AN EMPTY CHAIR
• 23:14 AND WE'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO COME AND ANNOUNCE THE MESSIAH.
• 23:17 MALACHI SAYS,
• 23:23 WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE THE SECOND COMING.
• 23:25 BUT THE JEWS HAVE NOT RECEIVED JESUS AND ARE STILL WAITING FOR ELIJAH.
• 23:29 THEY SEND THE YOUNG CHILD TO THE DOOR, OPEN IT...
• 23:32 LOOK OUT INTO THE STREET, SEE IF ELIJAH'S THERE.
• 23:34 IN MY TURN I WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE CORNER.
• 23:36 THERE WERE GENTILES LIVING BETWEEN US AND THE CORNER.
• 23:38 I THOUGHT MAYBE ELIJAH WOULD PASS BY AND NOT STOP AT OUR HOUSE.
• 23:42 WE HAD A TABLE SET.
• 23:44 I MEAN DISHES, SILVERWARE, COFFEE...EVERYTHING FOR ELIJAH IN CASE HE CAME.
• 23:49 HE NEVER DID COME
• 23:50 AND WE DON'T EXPECT HIM UNTIL THE SECOND COMING.
• 23:53 HE MAY BE ONE OF THE TWO WITNESSES.
• 23:55 AND THAT'S WHERE WE GO INTO THE HYMNS.
• 23:58 IT SAYS IN THE GOSPEL THEY SANG A HYMN AND WENT OUT TO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
• 24:02 I WANT TO TEACH YOU A HEBREW HYMN.
• 24:04 IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO LEARN.
• 24:05 IT ONLY HAS ONE WORD - "DAYENU".
• 24:08 SAY THAT...
• 24:09 (AUDIENCE: "DAYENU".)
• 24:10 DAYENU MEANS "ENOUGH".
• 24:12 AND IT'S AT THE END OF THIS LONG SERVICE.
• 24:14 BUT IT REALLY REFERS TO WHAT GOD DID FOR US IN THE EXODUS.
• 24:18 THE SONG IS LIKE...
• 24:20 THE FATHER SAYS SOMETHING LIKE,
• 24:22 "IF HE'D ONLY BROUGHT US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!"
• 24:26 AND YOU SING, "ENOUGH, ENOUGH, ENOUGH" TO THIS TUNE.
• 24:29 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
• 24:32 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
• 24:35 AND TWICE LIKE A FIGHT SONG...ALRIGHT?
• 24:38 AND THEN HE SAYS ANOTHER QUEUE
• 24:40 AND YOU SING ANOTHER VERSE
• 24:42 AND IT GOES ON AND ON.
• 24:43 SO LET'S TRY IT...READY?
• 24:44 IF HE HAD ONLY GIVEN US THE LAW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!
• 24:47 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
• 24:50 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU! DAYENU!♪
• 24:54 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
• 24:57 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
• 25:00 COME ON, WANT YOU TO SING LIKE JEWS THAT HAVE HAD FOUR CUPS OF WINE!(LAUGHTER)
• 25:05 IF HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN US THROUGH THE WILDERNESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!
• 25:09 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU,♪
• 25:13 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU! DAYENU!♪
• 25:15 ♪DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU, DAY-DAYENU, DAYENU, DAYENU!♪
• 25:22 (APPLAUSE)
• 25:29 AND THAT BRINGS PASSOVER TO A CLOSE.
• 25:34 THEY SING THAT HYMN
• 25:35 AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAME HYMN.
• 25:37 THAT'S AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE.
• 25:39 THAT'S BEEN SUNG IN EVERY CULTURE IN EVERY GENERATION.
• 25:42 PASSOVER ENDS ON AN UPBEAT NOTE.
• 25:44 OH, THERE'S MORE HYMNS THAN THAT IN THE PASSOVER BOOK.
• 25:48 WE SANG A TON OF THEM.
• 25:49 YOU WOULD BE AT THE TABLE FROM SUNDOWN UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON A REAL PASSOVER.
• 25:54 YOU WOULD HEAR HOURS OF TEACHING.
• 25:56 YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE THE EXODUS ALL OVER AGAIN AS IF YOU WERE THERE.
• 26:00 IT WAS A THRILL.
• 26:02 IT WAS A WONDERFUL FAMILY HOLIDAY.
• 26:04 IT ENDS WHEN FATHER PRONOUNCES THIS GREAT BLESSING,
• 26:07 "L'SHANAH HABA'AH B'YERUSHALAYIM"...
• 26:10 "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM".
• 26:13 AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 2,000 YEARS...
• 26:16 I REMEMBER INTERVIEWING THE MAYOR OF JERUSALEM.
• 26:18 WE SAW THE FOOTAGE.
• 26:20 AND HE SAID, "IS THAT POLITICS...2,000 YEARS OF YEARNING LIKE THAT?"
• 26:25 HE'D BEEN ACCUSED OF "IT'S PURE POLITICS THAT THE JEWS WANT ISRAEL" AND SO ON.
• 26:29 NO, THEY HAVE PRAYED,
• 26:30 THEY HAVE CRIED,
• 26:30 THEY HAVE WEPT.
• 26:32 AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE JERUSALEM AND CAN GO THERE FOR PASSOVER,
• 26:35 THE PRAYER HAS BEEN SAID SO LONG THAT IT CONTINUES BY MOMENTUM.
• 26:39 IT'S STILL IN THE HAGGADAH.
• 26:40 SO THEY SAY EACH TIME, "L'SHANAH HABA'AH B'YERUSHALAYIM"...
• 26:45 "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM".
• 26:47 WE WONDER IF THEY'RE NOT SAYING,
• 26:49 "NEXT YEAR IN THE NEW JERUSALEM".
• 26:51 AND I ALWAYS SAY,
• 26:52 "SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"...
• 26:54 "PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM".
• 27:05 PASSOVER REALLY IS
• 27:06 THE CROWN JEWEL
• 27:08 OF THE FEASTS OF THE LORD.
• 27:09 WE'VE DONE SO MANY OF THESE,
• 27:10 KATHARINE AND MYSELF,
• 27:12 AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE COME TO FAITH DURING THE PASSOVER SERVICE, HAVEN'T THEY?
• 27:16 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.
• 27:17 IT'S A WEDDING CEREMONY.
• 27:19 IT'S A TIME WHERE THE LORD IS INVITING US TO HIS WEDDING IN THE SKY.
• 27:23 EXACTLY...
• 27:24 AND SO TODAY YOU CAN SAY "YES" TO THE LORD AS WELL.
• 27:26 YESHUA IS CALLING YOU.
• 27:27 THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB IS A FREE OFFER TO YOU.
• 27:29 WE WANT YOU TO SAY "YES" AS WELL.
• 27:31 AND AS WE GO TODAY REMEMBER...
• 27:34 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM...
• 27:36 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.