Caption transcript for “Behind the Scenes”

• 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
• 00:44 TO A SPECIAL EDITION
• 00:45 OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:47 I'M MYLES WEISS
• 00:48 AND WITH ME TODAY
• 00:48 IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
• 00:50 MARK LEVITT. HELLO
• 00:51 AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MARK WITH US.
• 00:53 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A "BEHIND THE SCENES" LOOK AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
• 00:55 SO TELL US ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS WITH ZOLA.
• 00:59 WELL ZOLA BECAME A BELIEVER IN 1971
• 01:01 THROUGH CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST.
• 01:04 HE THEN BEGAN ATTENDING
• 01:05 A MESSIANIC CONGREGATION
• 01:07 TEACHING PASSOVER,
• 01:08 WENT ON TO LIVE RADIO,
• 01:09 PUBLISHED SOME BOOKS
• 01:11 AND IN 1978 FOUND HIMSELF ON TELEVISION.
• 01:12 SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZ RIGHT NOW IN ISRAELI MINISTRY
• 01:15 BUT WE WERE REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST.
• 01:17 THAT'S RIGHT, ESPECIALLY BRINGING BACK LOCATION FOOTAGE FROM THE HOLY LAND.
• 01:21 RIGHT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE,
• 01:23 PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS AND THINK THAT THEY ARE HOLLYWOOD LEVEL PRODUCTIONS
• 01:26 BUT EVERY MINISTRY DOLLAR IS REALLY PUT TO WORK.
• 01:29 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER
• 01:30 WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP US IN ISRAEL DURING THE DRAMATIZATIONS.
• 01:34 WE BORROW STUDIO SPACE HERE IN AMERICA SOMETIMES
• 01:37 AND HAVE A VERY HUMBLE STUDIO HERE ACTUALLY.
• 01:39 AND WE DON'T ONLY MINISTER IN ISRAEL TO BRING ISRAEL TO THE VIEWER
• 01:43 BUT WE ALSO MINISTER TO ISRAEL.
• 01:45 THAT'S RIGHT,WE HAVE THREE "TO THE JEW FIRST" MISSION TRIPS.
• 01:48 TODD BAKER, OUR THEOLOGIAN, GOES WITH A PARTNER...
• 01:51 WITNESSES DIRECTLY TO THE ISRAELIES AND WRITES ABOUT IT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS.
• 01:55 WE ALSO SUPPORT EITAN SHISHKOFF UP IN THE NORTH.
• 01:58 "THE TENTS OF MERCY"
• 01:59 AND THEN HE HAS AN ARTICLE HE WRITES FROM HAIFFA EACH MONTH.
• 02:02 RIGHT, HE'S IN OUR NEWSLETTER
• 02:03 AND WE HAVE THIS NEWSLETTER EVERY MONTH.
• 02:05 IT'S FREE TO YOU.
• 02:06 IT'S WONDERFUL.
• 02:08 KATHARINE AND I HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO WRITE FOR THE LETTER
• 02:09 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY MORE THAN A LETTER...
• 02:11 IT'S AN ENTIRE MAGAZINE THAT DOES THE WORK OF GATHERING THE TRUTH
• 02:14 FOR OUR VIEWERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.
• 02:16 EXACTLY RIGHT, AND THERE'S A HEBREW LESSON IN THERE,
• 02:19 OTHER BIBLE LESSONS,
• 02:20 KATHARINE WRITES AN ARTICLE IN THERE EACH MONTH,
• 02:22 WE HAVE A CLASSIC ZOLA ARTICLE,
• 02:24 THERE ARE TEACHING MATERIALS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED EACH MONTH.
• 02:27 IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL MAGAZINE.
• 02:29 IT'S A GREAT GIFT TO YOU
• 02:30 IF YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH US
• 02:32 AT LEVITT.COM
• 02:33 OR 1-800-WONDERS.
• 02:34 WE'D BE GLAD TO SEND THAT TO YOU.
• 02:36 TELL ME ALSO,
• 02:37 THERE'S A NEW GIFT PROGRAM
• 02:39 THAT TAKES THE WORRY OUT OF GIVING OR MAKES IT EASIER FOR FOLKS DOESN'T IT?
• 02:42 YES, IT'S A MONTHLY GIFT PROGRAM.
• 02:45 PEOPLE ENROLL WITH EITHER THEIR
• 02:47 CREDIT CARD OR CHECKING ACCOUNT
• 02:48 $8 - $12 - $16 PER MONTH
• 02:51 AND THEN THAT'S
• 02:52 VERY EFFICIENT FOR US
• 02:53 BECAUSE THERE'S NO POSTAGE,
• 02:54 VERY LITTLE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME
• 02:56 AND THEN TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION
• 02:57 WE LET THEM CHOOSE ANY OF OUR BOOKS FOR FREE.
• 02:59 THAT'S WONDERFUL.
• 03:00 THERE'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LIBRARY AND SUCH A LEGACY THAT ZOLA LEFT FOR US.
• 03:05 HE WAS REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE MINISTRY CONTINUE IN HIS ABSENCE.
• 03:09 WE KNOW HE'S IN HEAVEN,
• 03:11 HE'S WITH THE LORD.
• 03:12 BUT WE'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO SEE THE MINISTRY GO ON
• 03:14 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN THE HEARTBEAT OF WHAT YOU'VE WANTED
• 03:17 AND WHAT ZOLA WANTED,
• 03:18 WAS FOR THIS WORK NOT TO CEASE BUT RATHER TO EXPAND.
• 03:21 THAT'S RIGHT
• 03:22 AND IF YOU LOOK ON LINE
• 03:23 AT LEVITT.COM
• 03:24 YOU'LL SEE OUR MISSION STATEMENT
• 03:26 HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT
• 03:27 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
• 03:28 IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE LORD. EXACTLY
• 03:29 I WANT TO THANK YOU
• 03:30 FOR COMING AND FOR
• 03:32 REALLY GETTING OUR VIEWERS
• 03:33 TO SEE BEHIND THE SCENES
• 03:34 HERE AT ZOLA LEVITT.
• 03:35 MY PLEASURE
• 03:36 AND THEN I UNDERSTAND
• 03:37 YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW THEM
• 03:38 A LITTLE TOUR
• 03:39 OF THE OFFICE HERE SHORTLY.
• 03:40 THAT'S RIGHT,
• 03:41 LATER ON WE'LL SEE YOU
• 03:41 SHOWING OUR EXTRAVAGANT...
• 03:42 I SAY THAT
• 03:43 WITH TONGUE IN CHEEK...
• 03:44 OFFICE SPACE HERE
• 03:45 AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
• 03:47 YES, IT'S A BASEMENT OFFICE
• 03:48 AND IF YOU GET TO SEE OUT THE WINDOW YOU MIGHT SEE SOME CAR BUMPERS.
• 03:50 WONDERFUL...
• 03:51 THANK YOU SO MUCH MARK..
• 03:53 YOU KNOW WE OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BRING YOU
• 03:56 SOME OF THE GREATEST MESSIANIC MUSIC THAT'S BEING MADE TODAY.
• 03:59 RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE MUSICIANS,
• 04:02 MARTY GOETZ.
• 04:03 SO LET'S GO TO MARTY RIGHT NOW.
• 04:19 ♪AND NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO♪
• 04:28 ♪TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE♪
• 04:35 ♪ALL WE CAN ASK,♪
• 04:40 ♪ALL WE CAN THINK♪
• 04:44 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY BE TO YOU...♪
• 04:55 ♪WHO ARE ABLE TO DO♪
• 05:01 ♪TO DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE♪
• 05:08 ♪ALL WE CAN HOPE,♪
• 05:13 ♪ALL WE CAN DREAM♪
• 05:17 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY♪
• 05:23 ♪BE TO YOU♪
• 05:40 ♪ALL WE CAN ASK,♪
• 05:45 ♪ALL WE CAN THINK♪
• 05:48 ♪ALL WE CAN HOPE OR DREAM♪
• 05:54 ♪ALL GLORY BE TO YOU...♪
• 06:05 ♪ALL OF THE GLORY♪
• 06:12 ♪BE TO YOU♪
• 06:31 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 06:35 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
• 06:37 "THE LEVITT LETTER".
• 06:39 WHEN YOU CALL BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE
• 06:41 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
• 06:45 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
• 06:46 "THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES"
• 06:49 INCLUDES READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDS, AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 06:53 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
• 06:57 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 07:00 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 07:06 WELCOME BACK
• 07:07 I'M JOINED BY MY WIFE KATHERINE.
• 07:09 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
• 07:10 WHAT A THRILL FOR US TO BE MINISTERING TO AND FOR ISRAEL AGAIN.
• 07:13 WELL ISRAEL IS IN OUR HEART AND IT'S IN GOD'S HEART
• 07:16 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN THE LAND
• 07:19 AND THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD GOES FORTH FROM JERUSALEM.
• 07:22 YOU KNOW, JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
• 07:25 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LORD
• 07:27 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT A MINISTRY THAT SUPPORTS ISRAEL
• 07:31 AND SUPPORTS THE TRUTH COMING FROM HIS WORD.
• 07:34 REALLY, THAT IS CASE.
• 07:36 THERE'S SUCH DIS-INFORMATION COMING THROUGH THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
• 07:39 SO MANY LIES...
• 07:40 HOLOCAUST DENIAL...
• 07:41 SO FRUSTRATING FOR ME AS A JEWISH PERSON
• 07:44 TO HEAR THESE LIES GOING FORTH THAT NEVER HAPPEN.
• 07:47 I GREW UP WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD THE TATOOS ON THEIR ARM FROM BEING IN THE HOLOCAUST
• 07:52 AND I'M JUST OUTRAGED THAT HOLOCAUST DENIAL IS GOING FORTH IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
• 07:58 AND WE GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
• 08:01 WE GET A CHANCE TO BRING THE TRUTH OF THE GOOD NEWS THAT'S COMING FROM ISRAEL.
• 08:04 I ALSO THINK THERE IS AN AWAKENING HAPPENING IN THE BODY
• 08:07 OF HOW DOES THIS ISRAEL FIT IN WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE?
• 08:12 AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WITH US HERE AT ZLM
• 08:17 BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A PROVEN MINISTRY
• 08:20 OF TELLING THE PEOPLE OF WHAT EXACTLY GOD IS DOING
• 08:23 THROUGH HIS WORD FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
• 08:25 IT'S A COMPLETE BOOK...
• 08:27 THE OLD AND THE NEW.
• 08:28 EXACTLY...A SEAMLESS CONNECTION BETWEEN HEBREW SCRIPTURES,
• 08:31 THE OLD TESTAMENT, TANAKH, AND THE B'RIT HADASHAH... THE NEW TESTAMENT...
• 08:34 ITS ONE STORY.
• 08:36 AND AT THE HEART OF THE STORY IS THIS CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 08:39 AND THE MESSIAH WHO COMES THROUGH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 08:42 AND THE GIFT OF THE LAND TO THE CHOSEN PEOPLE,
• 08:45 AND THEN GOD'S PREPARING THOSE PEOPLE FOR THE RETURN...
• 08:48 FOR YESHUA COMING BACK.
• 08:50 WE'RE REALLY IN THAT SEASON.
• 08:52 AND I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE
• 08:53 THAT HAVE GIVEN TO THIS MINISTRY
• 08:54 BECAUSE I'VE HEARD
• 08:55 TESTIMONIES THAT THEY HAD
• 08:57 A REVELATION FROM GOD
• 08:58 ABOUT THE HEART OF ISRAEL
• 09:00 THAT'S IN GOD'S HEART
• 09:01 AND THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED
• 09:03 A CALL NOW TO CARRY THIS
• 09:05 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
• 09:07 FROM WATCHING THIS VERY SHOW.
• 09:08 SO WE WANT THAT LEGACY TO
• 09:10 CONTINUE TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 09:12 EXACTLY...YOU KNOW VIEWERS,
• 09:13 OUR PARTNERS, ARE "NATSARIM".
• 09:15 IN HEBREW NATSARIM ARE
• 09:17 THE SHOOTS THAT GROW UP
• 09:19 OUT OF THE OLD OLIVE TREE,
• 09:20 ISRAEL...THE CHRISTIANS.
• 09:21 BUT IT ALSO MEANS "WATCHMEN"
• 09:23 AND OUR VIEWERS,
• 09:24 YOU ARE THE "NATSARIM",
• 09:26 YOU ARE THE "WATCHMEN" WHO ARE
• 09:27 KEEPING THE WORD OF THE LORD
• 09:29 IN THE DAYS IN WHICH WE LIVE
• 09:30 BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
• 09:32 THAT WE'RE PUSHING BACK AGAINST
• 09:33 WHERE DIS-INFORMATION AND LIES
• 09:35 ARE BEING TOLD ABOUT GOD'S WORD
• 09:38 AND ABOUT GOD'S PEOPLE.
• 09:39 AND YOU BY STANDING WITH US ARE
• 09:41 ABLE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT
• 09:42 AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL
• 09:44 THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
• 09:45 IN THAT WAY.
• 09:46 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING YOU
• 09:49 SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSIC
• 09:50 THAT'S BEING MADE IN OUR ERA
• 09:52 AND RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GO
• 09:53 TO ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS,
• 09:54 A FRIEND OF THE MINISTRY,
• 09:55 A PERSONAL FRIEND OF OURS.
• 09:57 SO LET'S GO HEAR FROM TED PEARCE AT THIS TIME.
• 10:01 ♪OPEN TO ME...OPEN TO ME♪
• 10:06 ♪OPEN TO ME... THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS LORD
• 10:11 ♪OPEN TO ME...OPEN TO ME♪
• 10:16 ♪OPEN TO ME THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND♪
• 10:21 ♪I WILL GO TO HIM♪
• 10:26 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 10:31 ♪I WILL GO TO HIM♪
• 10:36 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 10:40 ♪OPEN TO ME...OPEN TO ME♪
• 10:44 ♪OPEN TO ME... THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OH♪
• 10:49 ♪OPEN TO ME...OPEN TO ME♪
• 10:54 ♪OPEN TO ME... THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS♪
• 11:08 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 11:09 ♪(OPEN UP)♪
• 11:10 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 11:11 ♪(OPEN UP)♪
• 11:13 ♪OPEN UP♪
• 11:41 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THE GATES♪
• 11:45 ♪THE GATES RIGHTEOUSNESS♪
• 11:51 ♪I'M GOIN THROUGH THE GATES NOW♪
• 11:57 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 12:02 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 12:06 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 12:12 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 12:16 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 12:21 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD♪
• 12:26 ♪I WILL GO THROUGH THEM♪
• 12:30 ♪I WILL PRAISE THE LORD...♪
• 12:35 ♪OPEN TO ME....♪
• 12:48 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
• 12:52 SHA'A'LU, SHA'A'LU SHALOM
• 12:56 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
• 13:03 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE♪
• 13:06 ♪SHA'A'LU SHALOM♪
• 13:17 WE LOVE ISRAEL.
• 13:18 WE WOULD LOVE TO
• 13:19 HOST YOU IN ISRAEL.
• 13:20 IT NEVER GETS OLD FOR US.
• 13:21 WHEN YOU COME WITH US
• 13:22 YOU'LL SEE THE ANCIENT ROCKS
• 13:24 AND MEET THE LIVING STONE.
• 13:25 I MEAN YOU'LL SEE THE SITES
• 13:27 THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE
• 13:28 AND YOU'LL ALSO MEET THOSE THAT
• 13:30 ARE MINISTERING IN THE LAND.
• 13:31 AND IT REALLY WILL
• 13:32 OPEN UP THE WORD AND PUSH BACK
• 13:34 AGAINST THE DIS-INFORMATION
• 13:35 THAT'S IN THE WORLD TODAY.
• 13:37 UNTIL YOU COME WITH US
• 13:38 WE'LL BRING ISRAEL TO YOU
• 13:40 BY OUR NEWSLETTER,
• 13:41 BY COMING TO LEVITT.COM
• 13:43 WE NEED TO REALLY REACH THE NEXT GENERATION DON'T WE?
• 13:45 IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO REACH THE NEXT GENERATION
• 13:47 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
• 13:48 YOU KNOW GOD HAS PUT THROUGH US
• 13:52 A HEART FOR ISRAEL TO OUR BOYS.
• 13:53 AND THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL BEING IN COLLEGE NOW THEY SAY,
• 13:57 "MOM AND DAD IT'S NOT BEING TAUGHT IN COLLEGE."
• 13:59 AND MATTER OF FACT THEY'RE OPPOSITE.
• 14:02 RIGHT, ANTI-SEMITISM IS BEING TAUGHT.
• 14:06 AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE
• 14:07 THE SAUDI-ARABIANS ARE BUYING UP PROFESSORIAL CHAIRS IN OUR UNIVERSITIES
• 14:11 SO THEY CAN CONTROL THE CURRICULUM
• 14:14 AND GET THE WAHHABISM OF ISLAM INTO OUR UNIVERSITIES
• 14:19 INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH, AND A BALANCED TRUTH,
• 14:21 ABOUT ISRAEL AND ISLAM.
• 14:23 AND ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST.
• 14:25 THAT AFTER THE HOLOCAUST THE LORD SAID HE WAS GOING RESTORE THEM BACK.
• 14:30 HE HAS RESTORED THEM BACK.
• 14:31 THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.N.
• 14:33 AND THEY'RE CONTINUALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE LORD
• 14:36 BECAUSE HIS WORD IS ETERNAL.
• 14:37 AND HE WOULD SAY HE WOULD NO LONGER PLUCK THEM OUT OF THEIR LAND.
• 14:40 IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE NEXT GENERATION KNOW THESE TRUTHS
• 14:43 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA, DOING FACEBOOK,
• 14:46 AND WE ARE REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION.
• 14:49 AND I THANK YOU
• 14:50 FOR STANDING WITH US
• 14:52 AND PARTNERING WITH US
• 14:53 SO THAT WE CAN SEE ISRAEL SAVED
• 14:56 AND WE CAN SEE THIS
• 14:58 NEXT GENERATION HAVE THE REALITY
• 15:00 OF THE TRUTH OF HIS WORD.
• 15:01 YES, IT'S SO INCREDIBLE THAT
• 15:02 LIKE YOU SAY, OUR BOYS...
• 15:04 THEY'RE STUNNED AT HOW
• 15:06 LITTLE IS BEING SHOWN THEM
• 15:08 OF THESE TRUTHS
• 15:10 AND WE HAVE AN
• 15:11 OPPORTUNITY NOW TO EXPAND.
• 15:12 WE'VE GONE INTO SOCIAL MEDIA,
• 15:14 WE'RE ON FACEBOOK,
• 15:15 WE'RE ON TWITTER,
• 15:16 YOU CAN SEE US ON YOUTUBE.
• 15:17 LEVITT.COM IS THE WAY THAT
• 15:19 YOU CAN CONNECT WITH
• 15:20 ALL THESE OTHER OUTREACHES
• 15:22 AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
• 15:23 YOU CAN GET THEM
• 15:24 FOR FREE ON-LINE.
• 15:26 THESE PROGRAMS ARE
• 15:27 FREE FOR YOU ON-LINE
• 15:28 SO WE REALLY ARE
• 15:29 EXPANDING THIS MINISTRY
• 15:31 AND WE WANT TO SEE IT
• 15:32 GO EVEN FURTHER.
• 15:33 WE WANT THE ENTIRE BODY
• 15:34 TO AWAKEN
• 15:35 BECAUSE REALLY
• 15:36 THE BODY OF MESSIAH IN AMERICA
• 15:38 IS AT A CRUCIAL TURNING POINT.
• 15:40 ARE WE GOING TO STAND FOR
• 15:41 THE NEXT GREAT AWAKENING
• 15:43 WHICH HAS ISRAEL
• 15:44 AND THE ONE NEW MAN
• 15:45 AND THE JEWISHNESS OF THE GOSPEL
• 15:47 AT IT'S HEART,
• 15:48 OR WILL WE CONTINUE
• 15:50 TO ALLOW SOMETHING ELSE,
• 15:53 SOMETHING FROM BELOW,
• 15:54 SOMETHING DEMONIC OR NEGATIVE
• 15:56 MANDATE HOW WE LIVE OUR CHRISTIANITY?
• 15:59 AND REALLY WE'RE IN THAT TIPPING POINT RIGHT NOW
• 16:01 THAT WE'RE BEING WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES.
• 16:04 SO AS WE GO FORWARD HERE
• 16:06 WE WANT TO GO SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR STEWARDSHIP,
• 16:09 THE WAY WE STEWARD YOUR FUNDS.
• 16:11 MARK'S GOING TO GIVE US A TOUR OF THE ZOLA LEVITT OFFICES
• 16:15 AND YOU'LL GET AN IDEA OF HOW WE MANAGE OUR FUNDS HERE AT THE MINISTRY.
• 16:20 HI, MY NAME IS MARK LEVITT.
• 16:22 I'M ZOLA'S OLDER SON
• 16:23 AND WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY A TOUR OF OUR OFFICE TODAY.
• 16:27 WE'RE HERE ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY,
• 16:29 THERE'S...UP THE STREET, A LIQUOR STORE,
• 16:32 IT'S NOT A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE GET A BARGAIN RATE ON OUR BASEMENT SUITE HERE.
• 16:36 LET'S GO INSIDE.
• 16:41 IT'S A WELL KEPT SECRET THAT WE WELCOME PEOPLE TO VISIT THE OFFICE
• 16:45 AND IF YOU'RE HERE IN OUR RECEPTION AREA
• 16:48 YOU CAN SEE IN PERSON FOR YOURSELF A NICE ARRAY OF ALL THAT WE OFFER...
• 16:52 STUDY BOOKLETS...
• 16:54 MUSIC CDS...
• 16:55 STUDY CDS...
• 16:57 LARGER BOOKS...
• 16:59 ZOLA'S INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW...
• 17:00 YOU KNOW ONE TIME HE ASKED ME,
• 17:02 "HOW DID JOHN PARSONS (WHO REALLY AUTHORED THIS)...
• 17:04 HOW DID HE BECOME SO ADAPT AT HEBREW?"
• 17:06 HE WAS ENVIOUS.
• 17:09 OUR NEWEST EDITION TO OUR RECEPTION AREA
• 17:11 IS THIS CERTIFICATE FROM THE EVANGELICAL COUNSEL FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
• 17:15 THEY WENT THROUGH AND THROUGH
• 17:17 OUR INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED FINANCIALS AND OUR TEACHING MATERIALS AND OUR WEBSITE.
• 17:21 THEY INTERVIEWED ME...
• 17:22 THEY INTERVIEWED OUR AUDITOR
• 17:24 AND THEY CONCLUDED WE'RE ON THE UP AND UP.
• 17:26 SOME OF YOU WILL RECALL FROM OUR DECEMBER LEVITT LETTER
• 17:29 THESE PIE CHARTS SHOWING OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENSES.
• 17:33 YOU KNOW HALF OF ALL OUR EXPENSES ARE AIRTIME.
• 17:36 7 PER CENT GO TO THE EMPLOYEES.
• 17:39 5 PER CENT TO OVERHEAD.
• 17:41 WELL WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING ONLY 5 PER CENT ON OVERHEAD
• 17:44 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FANCY OFFICE
• 17:46 BUT I STILL THINK YOU'LL LIKE THE TOUR.
• 17:50 CYNTHIA HERE, OUR BOOKKEEPER, HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 16 YEARS.
• 17:54 SHE'S THE ONE WHO DOES ALL OF OUR PAYABLES.
• 17:56 SHE'S THE ONE WHO INTERACTS WITH THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.
• 17:59 IN HERE WE OPEN THE PURCHASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS YOU SEND US.
• 18:05 AND IT'S CLOSE QUARTERS IN HERE.
• 18:08 MARTY'S BUSY AT HER POST AS YOU CAN TELL.
• 18:11 NEXT I'LL SHOW YOU MY OFFICE.
• 18:13 IT'S DOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT AS WE GO DOWN THE HALLWAY.
• 18:16 AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1999.
• 18:19 WHEN WE MOVED FROM OUR PRIOR SPACE WE DOWNSIZED BY 2,000 SQUARE FEET
• 18:24 BECAUSE IT BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE IN DALLAS.
• 18:27 THIS BROWN CHAIR OVER HERE WAS ZOLA'S DESK CHAIR FOR 30 YEARS.
• 18:32 IN IT YOU'LL SEE MY BRIEFCASE.
• 18:34 NOW LET'S SEE WHAT TRACIE'S DOING.
• 18:37 MANY TIMES SHE'S ON THE PHONE.
• 18:39 IT LOOKS LIKE NOW SHE'S DOING SOME COMPUTER WORK.
• 18:42 HI TRACIE, HOW ARE TOURS DOING THIS YEAR?
• 18:44 HEY MARK, THE TOURS ARE DOING GREAT.
• 18:45 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
• 18:47 WE'VE GOT 3 TOURS A YEAR,
• 18:48 OUR LARGEST ONE COMING UP IN OCTOBER
• 18:51 BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SEATS FOR YOU.
• 18:52 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
• 18:53 TRACIE ADMINISTERS
• 18:55 ALL 3 OF OUR TOURS...
• 18:56 MARCH...JUNE...AND OCTOBER.
• 18:57 OUR SUMMER TOUR IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OF THE 3
• 19:01 AND THEN THE FALL TOUR IS THE BUSIEST.
• 19:03 HERE ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE OUR BREAK ROOM.
• 19:06 WE HAVE FREE COFFEE...
• 19:09 A LITTLE DINETTE...
• 19:10 MICROWAVE...USUAL THINGS.
• 19:12 AND THEN OUR WORK AREA IS HERE WITH OUR 10 YEAR OLD COPIER.
• 19:15 WE HAVE AN ASSEMBLY PROJECT UNDERWAY.
• 19:18 WE'RE NOW ON OUR WAY BACK TO OUR SHIPPING DEPARTMENT.
• 19:22 WATCH YOUR STEP THERE.
• 19:26 YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK DOWN THESE AISLES
• 19:29 YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF INVENTORY.
• 19:32 THIS IS REALLY THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF OUR OFFICE HERE FRANKLY.
• 19:35 CDS...DVDS...BOOKS...BOOKLETS...
• 19:38 OVER HERE YOU'LL SEE ASSEMBLED COURSES FOR OUR INSTITUTE OF JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES.
• 19:44 THIS IS A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
• 19:46 AND YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THESE COURSES EACH MONTH.
• 19:49 EACH COURSE HAS A COUPLE OF TEACHING CDS, A READING PACKET, A MAIL-IN TEST...
• 19:54 IN ONE YEAR YOU CAN EARN A DIPLOMA WITH YOUR NAME IN CALLIGRAPHY.
• 19:58 YOU SEE OVER HERE, DEBBIE, OUR SHIPPING MANAGER, IS BUSY FULFILLING ORDERS.
• 20:04 AND IT'S A FULL TIME JOB I TELL YOU WHAT.
• 20:05 NEXT I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR COMPUTER ROOM.
• 20:09 WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE NETWORKS.
• 20:11 ONE IS A DATABASE THAT CAN USE SOME UPDATING.
• 20:15 WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING A VOLUNTEER WILL CALL IN AND SAY
• 20:17 "LET ME HELP YOU UPDATE YOUR DATABASE."
• 20:18 WE COULD USE SOME HELP ON THAT.
• 20:20 AND YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE IS OUR VINTAGE 1983 TOSHIBA DOT MATRIX PRINTER.
• 20:28 IT HAS YET TO FAIL US SO WE'RE NOT REPLACING IT.
• 20:33 OUR MAIL PROCESSING SUPERVISOR, JANE, HAS BEEN WITH THE MINISTRY FOR 22 YEARS.
• 20:37 SHE SUPERVISES THE 4 LADIES WHO WORK IN THESE CUBICLES HERE.
• 20:43 AND IF YOU CALL OUR NUMBER,
• 20:46 OUR OFFICE NUMBER, 214-696-8844,
• 20:50 CHANCES ARE
• 20:51 YOU'LL GET TO SPEAK WITH AUDREY
• 20:53 WHO PROCESSES OUR CREDIT CARDS,
• 20:55 OUR TRANSACTIONS
• 20:56 AND SHE KNOWS MUCH MORE
• 20:58 ABOUT OUR TEACHING MATERIALS
• 21:00 AND PROCESSING DONATIONS
• 21:01 THEN OUR 1-800 OPERATORS DO.
• 21:03 LAST OF ALL
• 21:05 I WANT TO SHOW YOU OUR PRAYER BOARD.
• 21:07 WHEN YOU WRITE INTO THIS MINISTRY WITH A BIBLE QUESTION,
• 21:11 PRAYER REQUEST,
• 21:13 WE REALLY PAY ATTENTION.
• 21:14 SOME BIBLE QUESTIONS
• 21:15 GET ANSWERED IN OUR FREE LEVITT LETTER.
• 21:17 ON WEDNESDAYS WE PRAY OVER THESE PRAYER REQUESTS.
• 21:21 NOW YOU CAN SEE THE TOUR IS COMPLETE.
• 21:24 IT'S NOT A BIG OFFICE...
• 21:25 IT'S NOT A FANCY OFFICE...
• 21:27 BUT AS YOU CAN TELL...
• 21:28 WHEN THE RAPTURE COMES WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE MUCH BEHIND
• 21:30 SAVE A LOT OF GOOD TEACHING MATERIALS.
• 21:42 ♪LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 21:46 ♪OF ISAAC AND ISRAEL♪
• 21:51 ♪LET IT BE KNOWN TODAY THAT YOU ARE GOD.♪
• 21:56 (YES LORD AND IN THIS HOUSE)
• 22:00 ♪WE OFFER UP OUR LIVES♪
• 22:04 ♪AS A LIVING SACRIFICE♪
• 22:08 ♪COME PURIFY US WITH YOUR HOLY FIRE♪
• 22:14 ♪HOLY FIRE♪
• 22:17 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 22:21 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 22:25 ♪WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP AT YOUR HOLY HILL♪
• 22:33 ♪OH LORD♪
• 22:34 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 22:39 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 22:43 ♪AND WE SURRENDER TO YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL♪
• 22:50 ♪OH, LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 22:57 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS GOD♪
• 23:01 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS OUR GOD♪
• 23:06 ♪AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVERMORE...EVERMORE...
• 23:14 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS GOD♪
• 23:18 ♪FOR THE LORD, HE IS OUR GOD♪
• 23:23 ♪AND HE SHALL REIGN FOREVERMORE...EVERMORE...
• 23:32 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 23:36 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 23:40 ♪WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP AT YOUR HOLY HILL♪
• 23:49 ♪YOU ARE THE HOLY ONE,♪
• 23:54 ♪HIGHLY EXALTED ONE♪
• 23:58 ♪AND WE SURRENDER TO YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL♪
• 24:05 ♪OH, LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM♪
• 24:28 I LOVE PAUL WILBUR'S MUSIC AMONG THE GREAT MESSIANIC MUSICIANS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY
• 24:34 AND WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO BRING HIM TO YOU ON THIS PROGRAM.
• 24:37 I OFTEN TELL MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN
• 24:39 THAT IN THE YEARS TO COME
• 24:40 WE ONLY REGRET THAT WE DIDN'T PRAY MORE...GIVE MORE...GO MORE AND DO MORE
• 24:45 TO SEE THIS REVELATION OF THE CENTRALITY OF ISRAEL
• 24:48 AND THE HEBREW ROOTS OF THE FAITH BROUGHT TO THE BODY AND TO THE WORLD.
• 24:52 BUT YOU NOT ONLY TOLD US THAT
• 24:54 BUT WE'VE LIVED IT MYLES,
• 24:55 WE'VE GIVEN OUT OF OUR OWN HEARTS
• 24:58 AND OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET BOOKS
• 24:59 TO SEE THE MESSAGE OF ISRAEL BE SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
• 25:04 TO HEAR...TO GO...TO SHARE...
• 25:06 IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS TO SAY.
• 25:09 IT REALLY IS.
• 25:10 I THINK IT'S THE CENTRAL PART
• 25:11 AND UPCOMING AWAKENING.
• 25:13 IT'S GOT TO INCLUDE THE OVERCOMING OF 17 HUNDRED PLUS YEARS OF REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY
• 25:19 AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF THAT AND THE ENTRANCE OF A HEBREW ROOTS UNDERSTANDING.
• 25:26 WE HAVE FRIENDS FOR WHOM THIS IS TOTALLY NEW
• 25:28 THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THESE THINGS BEFORE.
• 25:31 AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE PART OF IT.
• 25:32 YOU KNOW I THINK ABOUT THE WAY THESE SHOWS COME OUT...
• 25:35 THE WAY THESE PROGRAMS COME FORWARD.
• 25:37 WE PAY FOR THE AIRTIME.
• 25:39 WE HAVE TO PAY TO SEE THEM ON THE AIR.
• 25:41 RIGHT AND WE THANK YOU SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
• 25:45 WE KNOW MONEY CAN BE TIGHT RIGHT NOW
• 25:48 BUT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING.
• 25:51 EVERY GIFT HELPS
• 25:52 GENESIS 12 SAYS THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED WHEN YOU BLESS ISRAEL
• 25:56 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
• 25:57 WE'RE BRINGING INFORMATION THAT BRINGS UNDERSTANDING
• 26:00 THAT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO A RIGHT ALIGNMENT WITH GOD
• 26:03 SO THAT THEY'RE BLESSED IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE ONE TO COME.
• 26:07 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
• 26:08 I THINK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING SERIES...
• 26:10 "ACTS THEN AND NOW... THE STORY CONTINUES".
• 26:13 WHEN YOU SEE THESE PROGRAMS
• 26:15 YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENESIS OF THE GOSPEL IN ACTS
• 26:20 AND THE WAY IT'S GONE AROUND THE WORLD TO THE WEST
• 26:23 AND IS ARISING WITH STRENGTH IN THE EAST
• 26:25 AND IS ON ITS WAY BACK INTO JERUSALEM
• 26:28 WHERE THE BODY IS WAVING A FLAG AT THE FINISH LINE
• 26:31 WELCOMING THE GOSPEL BACK INTO JERUSALEM.
• 26:34 AND THERE'S A VIBRANT, LIVING BODY RIGHT NOW IN ISRAEL.
• 26:38 AND THAT'S NOT NEWS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ON CNN...
• 26:41 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
• 26:44 ONE OF ZOLA'S SIGNATURE STYLES
• 26:47 WAS TO REALLY DOWNPLAY THE NEED FOR FUNDS.
• 26:49 HE REALLY KEPT IT TO A SENTENCE OR TWO,
• 26:51 JUST A SHOW A YEAR TO DESCRIBE THE NEEDS
• 26:55 BUT HE REALLY PLAYED IT DOWN
• 26:57 AND I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ASK
• 27:00 THAT WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER WITH OUR VIEWERS.
• 27:03 AND SO AS WE GO TODAY WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US.
• 27:08 WE BELIEVE THAT YOU LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES
• 27:11 AND TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
• 27:14 BY BRINGING THE MESSAGE OF YESHUA AND THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL OVER THESE AIRWAVES.
• 27:19 SO TODAY AS WE GO REMEMBER,
• 27:21 SHAL'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
• 27:24 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.