Caption transcript for Sons of Promise: “The Bridegroom and the Bride” (2/8)

• 00:26 AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ISAAC AND SAID,
• 00:29 "DWELL IN THIS LAND AND I WILL BE WITH YOU AND BLESS YOU."
• 00:35 "FOR TO YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS I GIVE ALL THESE LANDS"
• 00:40 "AND I WILL PERFORM THE OATH WHICH I SWORE TO YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM"
• 00:44 "AND I WILL MAKE YOUR DESCENDANTS MULTIPLY AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN"
• 00:49 "AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED."
• 01:04 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
• 01:06 I'M MYLES WEISS.
• 01:07 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS.
• 01:09 AND WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO OUR SERIES "THE SONS OF PROMISE".
• 01:12 YOU KNOW GOD REFERS TO HIMSELF IN THE SCRIPTURES SO MANY TIMES
• 01:15 "I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB".
• 01:18 HE'S THE GOD OF GENERATIONS.
• 01:20 HE'S THE GOD OF LEGACY
• 01:21 AND THE BIBLE IS FULL OF LEGACY
• 01:23 AND WE ARE PART OF THAT LEGACY THROUGH JESUS OUR MESSIAH.
• 01:27 WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU IN THESE UPCOMING SEGMENTS THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL
• 01:31 AND HOW GOD'S WORD IS CAUSING THE DESERT TO BLOOM
• 01:35 THROUGH THE BLESSING AND THE INGENUITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 01:39 IT'S SUCH A MULTIPLIED BLESSING.
• 01:41 NOT ONLY IS IT THE BLESSING OF YESHUA, OF JESUS COMING THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 01:45 GOD SAID SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS,
• 01:47 YESHUA SAID THAT IN JOHN 4:20.
• 01:49 THEN BEYOND THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO GENESIS 12
• 01:52 WHERE THAT ORIGINAL PROMISE COMES TO ABRAHAM
• 01:55 YOU WILL READ IN THE HEBREW
• 01:57 (SPEAKING HEBREW) "KOL MISHPACHOT HADAMAH..."
• 02:00 "ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED"
• 02:03 AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE THAT TODAY IN THIS SERIES.
• 02:06 WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE TECHNOLOGIES OF ISRAEL,
• 02:09 THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH ISRAEL ARE BLESSING YOUR LIFE TODAY.
• 02:13 SO LET'S BEGIN RIGHT AWAY WITH OUR DRAMA BACK IN ISRAEL.
• 02:21 THE MISSION TO HARAN HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
• 02:24 ABRAHAM'S SERVANT HAD FOUND A BEAUTIFUL WIFE FOR ISAAC NAMED REBEKAH.
• 02:30 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WERE LEAVING WITH THE BLESSING OF REBEKAH'S FAMILY.
• 02:34 "OUR SISTER" THEY SAID, "MAY YOU BECOME THE MOTHER OF THOUSANDS OF TEN THOUSANDS"
• 02:41 "AND MAY YOUR DESCENDANTS POSSESS THE GATES OF THEIR ENEMIES."
• 02:50 IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE STANDING HERE IN MODERN TEL AVIV
• 02:53 AND SEEING THIS AMAZING ARCHITECTURE BEHIND US
• 02:55 AND KNOW THAT WE'RE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE AND ARCHITECTURE,
• 03:01 EVERYTHING MODERN,
• 03:02 AND YET THE STORY BEGINS WAY BACK IN THE TIME OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
• 03:08 AND THIS BEGAN WITH A WEDDING.
• 03:10 WE'RE SEEING THAT THE SERVANT HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
• 03:12 HE'S BEEN SENT TO CHOOSE THE BRIDE FOR ISAAC
• 03:15 AND THE SERVANT BOWED DOWN.
• 03:17 HE WORSHIPPED BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO FULFILL THE WORD THAT HIS MASTER HAD GIVEN HIM
• 03:23 BECAUSE THE GOD OF ABRAHAM HAD SENT HIM OUT.
• 03:26 HE'S REALLY A PICTURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 03:27 GOING OUT AND ABOUT LOOKING FOR A BRIDE FOR JESUS, FOR YESHUA.
• 03:32 I LOVE HOW THE SERVANT WOULDN'T EVEN EAT OR DRINK
• 03:36 UNTIL HE GOT THE ANSWER THAT SHE WAS GOING TO COME WITH HIM,
• 03:39 THAT SHE WAS GOING TO FOLLOW
• 03:41 AND OF COURSE REBEKAH SAID YES
• 03:43 EVEN AFTER THE TEST THAT THE MOTHER SAID WON'T YOU STAY WITH ME TEN MORE DAYS.
• 03:47 WE KNOW TEN IS THE TIME OF TESTING, RIGHT?
• 03:50 IT'S KNOWN IN THE BIBLE AS TESTING.
• 03:52 AND REBEKAH CONTINUES TO PASS THE TEST AND TO FOLLOW AFTER WHAT GOD WAS ASKING HER TO DO
• 03:59 YOU KNOW RASHI, THE FAMOUS RABBI SAID THAT THE SHEKINAH GLORY LEFT WHEN SARAH DIED
• 04:05 BUT THEN RETURNED WHEN REBEKAH CAME TO ISAAC.
• 04:08 AND IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE LOVE BETWEEN ISAAC AND REBEKAH.
• 04:13 AND ISAAC'S NAME IS MENTIONED SEVEN TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH WELLS
• 04:17 BECAUSE THE STORY'S ABOUT WELLS AND LIVING WATER
• 04:21 AND GOD'S TRYING TO POINT US TO SOMETHING
• 04:23 REGARDING THE LIVING WATER THAT HE BRINGS TO US
• 04:27 WHEN WE SAY YES TO BRIDEGROOM OF HEAVEN, TO YESHUA.
• 04:31 AND WE SEE THAT IN MARRIAGES ALL THE TIME.
• 04:33 YOU KNOW MYLES ONE OF THE HATS THAT YOU WEAR IS AS A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELOR
• 04:38 AND YOU SEE HOW LIFE AND LOVE CAN BRING THINGS THAT WERE DEAD BACK TO LIFE.
• 04:43 YES THAT'S REALLY TRUE,
• 04:45 IN FACT ONE OF OUR HELPERS ON THIS TRIP HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT TO THE PRODUCER WHO LIVES IN THE DESERT
• 04:51 AND HE SHOWED US A PLANT THAT WHEN YOU TAKE ONE DROP OF WATER
• 04:55 AND PUT IT ON WHAT SEEMS TO BE A DEAD PART OF IT,
• 04:57 IT COMES TO LIFE AND PROVIDES SUSTENANCE FOR ANYONE WHO COMES UPON IT IN THE DESERT.
• 05:02 AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S HOW YOU ARE TO ME
• 05:04 AND THAT'S HOW LIFE IS IN MARRIAGE
• 05:06 THAT THE HELPER THAT GOD GIVES TO A MAN
• 05:09 IS DEPENDENT ON HIS CHARACTER IN THE SENSE THAT WHATEVER A MAN PUTS INTO A WIFE IS AMPLIFIED.
• 05:16 SO GENTLEMEN I SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING
• 05:19 TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WIFE.
• 05:20 IF SHE'S THRIVING THAT'S AN INDICATION OF HOW YOU ARE DOING BEFORE GOD.
• 05:24 AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE IS THAT REBEKAH IS ASKING WHO IS THIS MAN?
• 05:28 WHO IS ISAAC?
• 05:30 WHAT'S THE CHARACTER OF THIS GUY?
• 05:31 WHAT IS HE GOING TO BE LIKE?
• 05:34 BUT YET IN FAITH SHE SAYS YES.
• 05:36 AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT
• 05:38 ABOUT THE REDEMPTIVE PICTURE FOR US WITH THE LORD WHEN WE SAY YES TO HIM WE'RE BETROTHED
• 05:43 AND WE SPEND TIME WITH HIM HERE ON THIS EARTH
• 05:46 AND THEN WE WILL SPEND TIME WITH HIM FOREVER IN ETERNITY
• 05:49 BECAUSE OF THAT BETROTHAL BETWEEN THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE BRIDE.
• 05:52 WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS.
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• 06:42 THE DEATH OF ISAAC'S MOTHER SARAH HAD LEFT ITS MARK ON HER GRIEVING SON.
• 06:49 HE HAD MOVED TO THE NEGEV.
• 06:52 PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE THE GOD OF HIS FATHER ABRAHAM COULD FILL THE VOID IN HIS ACHING HEART.
• 07:35 THIS IS REALLY A STORY OF FRUITFULNESS ON SO MANY LEVELS.
• 07:38 THERE'S THE FRUITFULNESS OF THIS MARRIAGE BETWEEN ISAAC AND REBEKAH
• 07:42 AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT WHAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THAT IS THIS INCREDIBLE NATION.
• 07:46 THROUGH THE LINE OF JACOB WE'RE GOING TO SEE
• 07:49 WHAT WAS A SAND DUNE NOW BECOMING THIS THRIVING CITY
• 07:53 AND BLESSING GOING OUT FROM HERE TO ALL THE WORLD.
• 07:56 THEY FINALLY MEET AT THIS TIME AND SHE IS VEILED.
• 07:59 WELL THEY MEET AND WHAT REBEKAH DOES IMMEDIATELY
• 08:03 WHEN SHE SEES ISAAC SHE VEILS HERSELF.
• 08:06 HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IN A MARRIAGE CEREMONY WHY THE BRIDE WALKS DOWN WITH A VEIL?
• 08:11 WELL THIS IS THE INSTITUTION.
• 08:14 THIS IS THE POINTING TO THE VEILING OF THE BRIDE AS SHE COMES TO MEET HER BRIDEGROOM.
• 08:19 YOU KNOW GOD WANTS US TO BE MODEST BUT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE UNDER A SHROUD.
• 08:23 HE DOESN'T WANT US TO BE COVERED FROM HEAD TO TOE
• 08:25 SO THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A BREATH OR CAN'T EVEN KEEP PACE WITH OUR HUSBAND.
• 08:29 HE'S MADE US EQUAL.
• 08:31 HE'S MADE US TO BE ONE
• 08:33 AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES
• 08:36 THAT HE'S GIVEN US THROUGH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
• 08:39 THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
• 08:41 YOU KNOW THERE ARE 67 VERSES ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP IN THE BIBLE ABOUT ISAAC AND REBEKAH
• 08:45 REALLY GIVING US AN IDEA OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AS A NATURAL EVENT
• 08:49 AND ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE IT POINTS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LORD AND HIS BRIDE HERE ON EARTH.
• 08:56 THERE'RE SOME ELEMENTS HERE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD TO NOTE ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP...
• 09:02 A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP.
• 09:03 RIGHT...RIGHT
• 09:04 THEY HAD PARENTAL BLESSING,
• 09:06 THERE WAS MUTUAL CONSENT,
• 09:08 GOD IS AT THE CENTER OF IT,
• 09:10 AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
• 09:13 THEY GREW IN LOVE BEYOND THE ROMANCE.
• 09:15 IN FACT, THE WORD THAT'S USED HERE IS LOVE THAT'S OVERFLOWING
• 09:20 BUT HAS TO DO WITH COMMITMENT BEYOND THE INTIMACY AND THE ATTRACTION, THE CHEMISTRY.
• 09:24 THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS THAT'S ABOUT A LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP AND LOVE THAT CONTINUES...
• 09:30 A MATURING LOVE REALLY.
• 09:32 SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PICTURE FOR US OF HOW WE'RE TO BE IN OUR MARRIAGES
• 09:36 BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
• 09:41 YOU MAY BE SINGLE BUT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT, THINK ABOUT THIS,
• 09:44 THERE'S A PARENTAL BLESSING ON THIS RELATIONSHIP.
• 09:46 THE FATHER HAS SENT THE SON TO YOU.
• 09:50 THERE'S MUTUAL CONSENT.
• 09:51 IF YOU DIDN'T SAY YES TO GOD,
• 09:53 IF YOU DIDN'T SAY YES TO YESHUA THERE WOULD BE NO RELATIONSHIP.
• 09:57 HE'S AT THE CENTER OF THIS.
• 09:58 WE GROW IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HE IS
• 10:01 AND OUR LOVE WITH YESHUA NEEDS TO GROW BEYOND INFATUATION.
• 10:06 IT NEEDS TO GROW BEYOND JUST THE THRILL OF THE BEGINNING OF OUR WALK WITH HIM
• 10:11 INTO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE MATURE
• 10:13 WHERE WE REALLY LEARN HOW TO WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT
• 10:16 AND TO LEARN FROM OUR PATRIARCHS.
• 10:18 FOR EXAMPLE ABRAHAM IS A MAN OF ALTARS WHO CONTINUALLY CAME BACK TO GOD AT THE ALTARS.
• 10:24 AND ISAAC AS A MAN OF WELLS WHO BEGAN TO ALWAYS COME BACK TO AND DIG A DEEPER WELL
• 10:30 IN ORDER TO MEET WITH GOD AND FIND THAT LIVING WATER.
• 10:35 AND SO THIS IS A STORY ABOUT YOU FINDING THAT LIVING WATER.
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• 11:01 THAT SHARE THE GOSPEL HERE AND IN ISRAEL THROUGH OUR:
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• 11:14 AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL OUR MESSIAH RETURNS.
• 11:51 ISRAEL...
• 11:51 THE LAND OF GOD'S BIBLE...
• 11:53 THE LAND OF HIS WORD.
• 11:55 WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL WITH US
• 11:57 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY OF THE SITES THAT YOU'VE READ ABOUT,
• 12:00 THAT YOU KNOW ARE IN THE SCRIPTURE...
• 12:02 THE SEA OF GALILEE...
• 12:03 JERUSALEM...
• 12:05 OH MY GOSH, YOUR BREATH WILL BE TAKEN AWAY WHEN YOU COME
• 12:09 AND WHEN YOU SEE THE HOLY PLACE
• 12:11 THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED, HIS SON TO BE BORN, DIED AND HE WILL RETURN TO.
• 12:16 WE JUST INVITE YOU TO JOIN US ON OUR NEXT TOUR.
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• 12:40 AND REALLY GET INFORMED ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE DAYS AHEAD.
• 12:44 AND OUR RESOURCE THIS WEEK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE BOOKLETS, BECAUSE I WROTE IT,
• 12:48 IT'S CALLED "AN EPIC LOVE STORY, JEWS AND GENTILES IN MESSIAH".
• 12:52 AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE HEART OF GOD FOR BRINGING TOGETHER A BRIDE,
• 12:57 A BRIDAL COMPANY FOR HIS RETURN.
• 13:00 IT REALLY SPEAKS ABOUT THE REVELATION OF ROMANS 9 THROUGH 11
• 13:03 AND WHAT GOD IS SHOWING US IN THESE END TIMES.
• 13:06 WELL THE ENEMY HAD HIS 9-11 WITH THE DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK
• 13:10 BUT GOD HAS HIS 9-11
• 13:12 AND IT IS THE REDEMPTION AND THE RECONCILIATION OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
• 13:17 AND WORLD REVIVAL THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH THIS ONE NEW MAN.
• 13:20 EXACTLY TRUE
• 13:22 NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR STORY
• 13:24 WHERE ISAAC AND REBEKAH GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER IN A MORE INTIMATE WAY.
• 13:33 AND THE SERVANT TOLD ISAAC EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED,
• 13:37 HOW THIS GIRL HAD OFFERED HIM DRINK THEN GIVEN WATER TO HIS CAMELS
• 13:41 AND HOW IT ALL WAS A CLEAR ANSWER FROM THE LORD.
• 13:49 AND REBEKAH BECAME ISAAC'S WIFE.
• 15:00 IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE THAT NOT FAR FROM HERE
• 15:03 ISAAC WAS INCREASED A HUNDRED FOLD
• 15:06 AND NOW WE SEE CENTURIES LATER THE INCREASE HAS COME
• 15:10 THROUGH THE LINE OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB TO THE ENTIRE WORLD
• 15:14 AS THIS CITY BUILT ON A SAND BAR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO IS NOW THIS VIBRANT THRIVING CITY
• 15:21 THAT'S EXPORTING BLESSING ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
• 15:24 YES, TALK ABOUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD
• 15:26 THIS CITY IS LIFE...
• 15:28 LIFE...LIFE...LIFE...
• 15:29 LA CHAIM...LA CHAIM...LA CHAIM.
• 15:31 I MEAN I'M TALKING ABOUT CARS GOING BY,
• 15:33 BUILDINGS BEING BUILT,
• 15:34 PEOPLE BEING INDUSTRIOUS.
• 15:36 LIFE IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL
• 15:39 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING OF GOD.
• 15:41 IT'S BECAUSE WHEN HE BLESSES NO MAN CAN TAKE IT AWAY
• 15:46 FROM ALL OVER ISRAEL WE'RE SEEING THAT GOD IS INCREASING THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 15:50 AND THE BLESSING THAT COMES THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 15:53 IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL STORY.
• 15:54 MARK TWAIN CAME HERE, SAW NOTHING
• 15:56 AND NOW HERE WE ARE A FEW YEARS LATER AND GOD HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS.
• 16:01 IN FACT, NOW IT'S CALLED THE "START-UP NATION".
• 16:04 IT WAS FROM HERE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING EXPORTED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
• 16:08 MANY OF THE THINGS WE USE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE STARTED HERE IN ISRAEL.
• 16:12 GOD IS BLESSING THE ENTIRE PLANET THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND YET THERE'S SUCH OPPOSITION,
• 16:18 SUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS LITTLE NATION
• 16:20 AND YET YOU CAN SEE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY COMING FROM THIS PLACE.
• 16:25 IT'S JUST WONDERFUL!
• 16:26 IT IS WONDERFUL
• 16:28 AND I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NATIONS ARE COMING TO HEAR HOW WE CAN BE A NATION LIKE ISRAEL
• 16:34 BECAUSE THE FAVOR AND THE BLESSING IS SO STRONG ON THEM THAT THEY HAVE BRAZILIANS,
• 16:39 THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF NATIONS COMING JUST TO LEARN.
• 16:42 JUST LAST WEEK THE ITALIANS WERE HERE.
• 16:44 THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY WAS HERE.
• 16:46 THEY WANT TO KNOW THE SECRETS OF ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY
• 16:49 AND THAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD.
• 16:50 THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND AMERICA,
• 16:53 BETWEEN ISRAEL AND OTHER NATIONS
• 16:55 IN HOW TO TAKE THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT THAT'S HERE
• 16:59 AND BE A BLESSING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
• 17:02 SO, FROM TEL AVIV WE'RE JUST SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
• 17:06 THAT GOD IS ALIVE AND HE'S BLESSING ISRAEL, THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 17:11 AND WANTS TO BLESS YOU AS WELL.
• 17:19 YOU KNOW THAT STORY OF MARK TWAIN
• 17:21 AND HIS SEEING THE LAND AND WHAT THE LAND HAS BECOME NOW
• 17:24 IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE THAT IT'S JUST FULL OF LIFE NOW.
• 17:28 EVERYWHERE YOU GO THERE'S TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
• 17:31 AND JUST GOD IS BUSTING THROUGH IN EVERY HAND.
• 17:34 WELL HIS WORD IS COMING TO PASS
• 17:35 THAT ALL NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED BY THIS PEOPLE GROUP THAT HE'S SET APART
• 17:40 AND ORDAINED TO BRING FORTH THE MESSIAH AND THE MESSAGE OF HIS PLAN FOR THE EARTH.
• 17:45 HE DESIRES THAT ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED.
• 17:47 THAT'S EXACTLY SO.
• 17:48 WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MY INTERVIEW WITH SAUL SINGER
• 17:51 WHO'S ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS OF "START-UP NATION"
• 17:53 AND IT WAS SO GRACIOUS OF HIM TO MEET WITH US WHEN SHABBAT WAS COMING.
• 17:57 RIGHT I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HIS DAUGHTERS.
• 17:59 IT WAS REALLY A BLESSING.
• 18:01 YES AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL STORY TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HE'S SEEING
• 18:05 AND HOW THE NATIONS ARE COMING TO LEARN FROM ISRAEL
• 18:07 ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
• 18:11 SO LET'S GO TO MY INTERVIEW WITH SAUL SINGER ON LOCATION IN ISRAEL.
• 18:18 YES, WE TALK ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS OF THE BOOK.
• 18:21 ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS THAT ISRAEL ITSELF WE'RE CALLING A "START-UP",
• 18:25 THAT ISRAEL STARTED WITH AN IDEA
• 18:28 AND IT TOOK A LOT OF DRIVE AND DETERMINATION AND WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THIS FOR ISRAEL TO SURVIVE.
• 18:32 ANOTHER HUGE PART IS THE IDF WHERE ISRAELIS LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP, ABOUT TEAMWORK,
• 18:37 ABOUT SACRIFICE FOR SOMETHING LARGER THAN THEMSELVES
• 18:41 AND WHAT A MISSION IS.
• 18:42 AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
• 18:44 AND ANOTHER HUGE FACTOR IS THAT WE'RE A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS.
• 18:47 ALMOST EVERYBODY IS AN IMMIGRANT HERE OR THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR GRANDPARENTS.
• 18:51 AND IMMIGRANTS ARE EVERYWHERE.
• 18:53 YOU FIND THAT THEY ARE THE ENTREPRENEURS SO IT MAKES ISRAEL A LOT MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL.
• 18:57 I THINK THAT IT'S NOT JUST TRANSFERRABLE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE IDF
• 19:03 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE INTANGIBLES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED,
• 19:06 THE SENSE OF UNITY AND MISSION AND NECESSITY BEING THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
• 19:11 THAT ANY NATION CAN PICK UP.
• 19:13 HOW DO YOU SEE THAT COMING FORTH IN AMERICA?
• 19:15 RIGHT, WELL FOR ISRAEL THE STORY HAS BEEN ABOUT OVERCOMING ADVERSITY.
• 19:21 BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME LESSONS OUT OF ISRAEL
• 19:23 ABOUT HOW THE ARMY TEACHES PEOPLE TO BE MORE DRIVEN.
• 19:27 IT'S A SERVICE ASPECT.
• 19:29 WE TALK ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE.
• 19:31 WELL IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MILITARY SERVICE,
• 19:33 IT CAN BE SOME OTHER KIND OF SERVICE WHERE YOU LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, SACRIFICE
• 19:39 AND YOU BECOME MISSION ORIENTED.
• 19:41 THAT'S I THINK A MESSAGE
• 19:43 THAT COMES FROM ISRAELI EXAMPLE THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE U.S. AS WELL.
• 19:47 TELL OUR VIEWERS SOMETHING ABOUT THE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS THAT WE USE THAT WERE INVENTED HERE.
• 19:52 SURE, IN FACT, ONE OF THE BIG PARTNERSHIPS IS ACTUALLY...
• 19:56 WE TALK ABOUT START-UP NATION...
• 19:58 BUT IT'S VERY BIG COMPANIES LIKE INTEL, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE;
• 20:02 APPLE IT LOOKS LIKE WILL BE OPENING THEIR FIRST R & D CENTER OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES HERE IN ISRAEL.
• 20:09 INTEL...MOST OF THE CHIPS THAT YOU USE IN YOUR COMPUTERS LIKE THE PENTIUM, THE CENTRINO WERE DESIGNED IN OR BUILT IN ISRAEL;
• 20:17 SO THERE'S A LOT OF ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR CELL PHONE, IN YOUR COMPUTER,
• 20:22 IN THE INTERNET AND THE THINGS THAT RUN THE INTERNET,
• 20:25 ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE ON A DAILY BASIS;
• 20:28 MEDICAL DEVICES AND SO ON.
• 20:30 BUT A LOT OF THOSE INVENTIONS HAVE BEEN CENTRALLY SCALED UP BY BIG AMERICAN COMPANIES.
• 20:36 SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR THESE BIG AMERICAN COMPANIES,
• 20:42 IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM AND FOR ISRAEL.
• 20:46 WE WERE SO BLESSED TO SPEAK WITH SAUL SINGER.
• 20:48 YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME WE MET WITH HIM
• 20:50 MY SON WAS WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN ISRAEL AND THE CONNECTION WITH AMERICAN BUSINESS.
• 20:56 WOW, IT'S SUCH A BLESSING.
• 20:58 SO IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE NATIONS BEING CONNECTED TO ISRAEL THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.
• 21:02 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MARK LEVITT
• 21:05 AGAIN IS GOING TO BE INTERVIEW ONE OF OUR BENEVOLENT FUNDS WHICH IS THE TREE PLANTING.
• 21:09 IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN ISRAEL
• 21:12 IS TO REFOREST THIS LAND THOUGH PEOPLE COMING AND PLANTING TREES.
• 21:17 THERE WAS THIS ONE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN THAT CAME AND BROUGHT HER GRANDSON
• 21:22 AND SHE CAME FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE;
• 21:24 SHE HAD BEEN COMING FIVE TIMES TO ISRAEL WITH ZOLA LEVITT
• 21:27 AND SHE WANTED TO RETURN TO PLANT A TREE IN THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND WHO'S GONE ON TO HEAVEN
• 21:34 AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL JUST A POIGNANT TIME FOR HER.
• 21:38 IT REALLY WAS A TIME OF CLOSURE.
• 21:39 RIGHT
• 21:41 YOU KNOW I GREW UP SENDING FUNDS TO ISRAEL FOR PLANTING OF TREES;
• 21:44 ALL JEWISH KIDS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT
• 21:46 AND NOW WE AS BELIEVERS GET TO DO IT AS WELL.
• 21:49 I THINK THERE ARE ENTIRE FORESTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED THROUGH ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
• 21:52 AND IT'S NEEDED
• 21:54 IT IS...IT IS
• 21:55 WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK LEVITT AND ZE'EV KEDEEM.
• 21:59 HE'S THE RESOURCE DIRECTOR FOR THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND.
• 22:02 SO LET'S GO TO THAT INTERVIEW ON LOCATION IN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
• 22:08 WELL ISRAELIS ARE FAMOUS FOR AS THE BIBLE SAYS MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM
• 22:12 AND I UNDERSTAND IN THE NEGEV.IN THE DESERT YOU'RE PLANTING TREES WITH SO LITTLE RAINFALL.
• 22:17 HOW DO YOU DO THIS?
• 22:20 THIS IS ALMOST A MIRACLE BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TREES NOW THAN IN THE PAST
• 22:28 AND WE ARE ALSO PLANTING IN THE DESERT.
• 22:32 HOW DO WE DO IT?
• 22:33 WE TAKE AN ARID AREA AND WE KIND OF CREATE SMALL WALLS OF SOIL
• 22:39 SO THE MOMENT THERE IS A LITTLE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT GOES TO THE GROUND
• 22:44 IT KIND OF COLLECTS THE WATER
• 22:47 AND THE TREE THAT IS BEING PLANTED RIGHT AT THE CENTER
• 22:50 WILL GET MUCH MORE WATER THAN IT SHOULD GET FROM THE RAIN.
• 22:57 SO WE COLLECT THE WATER.
• 23:00 WE GATHER THE WATER AND THE TREES IN THE DESERT THAT WE ARE PLANTING CAN SURVIVE ONLY BECAUSE OF THIS SYSTEM.
• 23:06 WE COLLECT THE LITTLE AMOUNT OF RAIN INTO KIND OF SMALL DAMS AND POOLS
• 23:13 AND IT PROVIDES MUCH MORE AMOUNT OF WATER FOR THE TREES
• 23:17 AND WE SUCCEED TO GROW TREES IN AN AREA THAT IS AN ARID AREA
• 23:21 AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANOTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD
• 23:24 THAT THIS SYSTEM IS SO DEVELOPED AS IN ISRAEL.
• 23:28 WELL IT'S A SIGN OF YOUR PROGRESS,
• 23:30 THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND, THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR RESOURCES TO THE DESERT
• 23:36 BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOU CAUGHT UP WITH REPLANTING THE TREES
• 23:41 THAT WERE CUT BY THE TURKS WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE PROPERTY TAXES THEY PAID.
• 23:45 BUT ALSO YOU EXPLAINED THERE WERE A LOT OF TREES CUT TO FUEL STEAM ENGINES FOR LOCOMOTIVES.
• 23:51 YES
• 23:52 WHO DID THAT AND WHEN WAS THAT?
• 23:54 THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE 1ST WORLD WAR THAT WAS AROUND 1915.
• 23:59 THE TURKS NEEDED TO FUEL THEIR LOCOMOTIVES
• 24:03 AND THE ONLY FUEL THAT THEY HAD WAS THE TREES OF THE COUNTRY.
• 24:07 SO THEY WOULD PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO CUT THE TREES
• 24:10 AND TO BRING THEM TO CENTRAL PLACES WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THEM AND PUT THEM ON THE TRAINS AND FUEL THE LOCOMOTIVES.
• 24:19 AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE MAIN REASON FOR THE SITUATION
• 24:23 THAT THE COUNTRY ALMOST HAS NO NATURAL PLANTATION AND THEY'RE SHORT ON TREES.
• 24:29 MOST OF THE TREES AND ALL OF THE TREES THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN SEE AROUND US ARE IMPLANTED.
• 24:35 EACH OF THEM WAS PLANTED BY SOMEONE.
• 24:38 IT WAS A DONATION OF SOMEONE.
• 24:39 SO WHENEVER YOU GIVE A DONATION FOR TREES IN ISRAEL THIS IS THE RESULT
• 24:43 AND THE RESULT TODAY IS ALL OVER ISRAEL
• 24:46 AND AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE ALSO IN THE NEGEV IN THE DESERT OF ISRAEL.
• 24:52 I LOVE WATCHING THAT INTERVIEW BETWEEN MARK AND ZE'EV KEDEEM
• 24:55 BECAUSE YOU REALLY GET A SENSE
• 24:57 OF THE PROFUNDITY OF THE RE-FORESTING AND THE BRINGING BACK TO LIFE.
• 25:02 YOU KNOW REMEMBER THAT ISRAEL WAS A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
• 25:06 AND IT WAS ONLY OVER TIME THROUGH NEGLECT
• 25:08 AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 25:11 THAT IT BECAME THAT BARREN LAND THAT MARK TWAIN SPOKE OF IN THE 1860's
• 25:16 WITH THE TURKISH INVOLVEMENT THERE THROUGH THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
• 25:19 AND THE TAXES THAT THEY PUT ON THE TREES AND THE WAY IT WAS DE-FORESTED
• 25:23 AND NOW GOD'S BRINGING IT BACK IN FULFILLMENT OF HIS SCRIPTURE.
• 25:27 ISAIAH 35 SAYS THAT THE DESERT WILL BLOOM LIKE A ROSE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT.
• 25:31 IT'S BLOOMING.
• 25:33 IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE PART OF THAT
• 25:35 THAT OUR DONATIONS GO TO PLANTING TREES
• 25:38 AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE PLANTED TREES IN OUR SON'S NAMES
• 25:42 AND YOUR MOM'S NAME WHOSE GONE ON TO HEAVEN
• 25:45 AND IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO FOR ISRAEL.
• 25:49 THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL.
• 25:50 AND YOU REALLY SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FLOURISHING OF THE LAND
• 25:54 IS MIRRORED SPIRITUALLY IN THE SPIRITUAL FLOURISHING THAT'S BEGUN.
• 25:58 YOU KNOW GOD WASN'T WAITING FOR US TO COME BACK ALL TOGETHER SPIRITUALLY.
• 26:01 HE SAID FIRST HE WILL BRING US IN THE LAND
• 26:03 AND THEN HE'LL SPRINKLE PURE WATER ON US IN EZEKIEL
• 26:06 AND WE'RE SEEING THAT BEGIN TO HAPPEN WITH THE MESSIANIC REMNANT BEING COMING ALIVE
• 26:11 AND THE PREPARATION FOR HIS RETURN,
• 26:14 FOR THE COMING OF MESSIAH.
• 26:15 IT'S ALL CONNECTED TO WHAT BEGAN WITH ABRAHAM BEGAN IN THE HEART OF GOD
• 26:20 AND IS CONTINUING THROUGH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
• 26:23 THROUGH THE COVENANT LINE AND REALLY COMING INTO OUR DAY.
• 26:27 AND WE SEE IT WITH OUR OWN SONS.
• 26:28 WE SEE IT WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
• 26:30 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE UPCOMING PROGRAMS.
• 26:32 WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ISRAEL
• 26:35 AND WOW THEY'RE JUST WONDERFUL KIDS.
• 26:37 SO...UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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