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

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