Caption transcript for Zion Forever: “The Place” (1/9)

• 00:01 Today on Zola Levitt Presents...
• 00:04 Have you wondered why there's such contention over this real estate?
• 00:08 This is "Ground Zero"
• 00:09 This is the epicenter.
• 00:10 This is the place that God Himself will rule from.
• 00:41 For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace
• 00:44 And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest
• 00:48 until her righteousness goes forth as brightness
• 00:52 and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
• 01:05 Shalom...
• 01:06 We're coming to you
• 01:07 from the Mount of Olives.
• 01:09 Behind us is "Ha Makom" - "The Place"
• 01:12 It's been said in all the world there is a country...Israel.
• 01:16 In all the country Israel there is a city, Jerusalem.
• 01:19 And in all Jerusalem there is a mountain...Mount Moriah.
• 01:23 And on Mount Moriah is Ha Makom
• 01:26 the foundation stone, the place, the Holy of Holies.
• 01:30 Yes, absolutely
• 01:31 Jerusalem it says in Haggai
• 01:34 is the desire of all nations.
• 01:36 God has chosen it to be the beginning and the end of His love story.
• 01:41 He has a story and you're part of that story.
• 01:45 We are woven in to the testimony of what Abraham saw
• 01:49 where the cloud of glory was over Mount Moriah.
• 01:52 You don't see a mountain today.
• 01:53 You see a foundation that Herod built.
• 01:56 But behind us is the foundation stone on the Temple Mount.
• 02:00 I want to read you a scripture in Exodus 15:17.
• 02:04 It's what God said to Moses when he brought the people out of Egypt.
• 02:09 He said to them...
• 02:24 This place is the sanctuary for God Himself.
• 02:28 That's right.
• 02:29 And right there is where creation began
• 02:32 according to the sages, the rabbis believe that is
• 02:35 the place of " Even Ha-shetiya " the "Foundation Stone"
• 02:38 Listen to Isaiah in chapter 28:16...
• 02:55 Looking forward to the sacrifice of Yeshua HaMashiach.
• 02:58 But before that could happen
• 03:00 God wanted to set up a picture of that
• 03:02 by having Abraham see the glory cloud over Mount Moriah
• 03:05 and come up here; in Genesis 22
• 03:08 for the "Akeidah Yitzcak" the "Binding of Isaac".
• 03:11 Wow, you know just as the body has a navel
• 03:15 so Jerusalem is the navel of the world.
• 03:20 God Himself birthed His own Son
• 03:23 and He Himself will return here with you.
• 03:27 Even the name "Yerushalayim",
• 03:29 "Yerah"..."Shalom",
• 03:30 "teach peace".
• 03:32 There's only one way there will be peace in this country
• 03:35 and peace in this world;
• 03:36 and that is when Sar Shalom comes back to rule this place.
• 03:40 Meshiach - Yeshuah HaMashiach
• 03:42 The Prince of Peace.
• 03:44 When He comes back there will be peace in this land.
• 03:46 And we'll see this millennial reign
• 03:48 that will take place from this place.
• 03:50 And He will rule from the throne
• 03:52 that is going to be exactly at Ha Makom (Mount Moriah).
• 03:56 Have you wondered why there's such contention over this real estate?
• 03:59 This is "Ground Zero".
• 04:01 This is the epicenter.
• 04:02 This is the place that God Himself will rule from.
• 04:06 And that's why there's such contention over it.
• 04:08 But we would say to you today...
• 04:09 Location...location...location.
• 04:11 God's real estate is sure.
• 04:14 He's going to come back here.
• 04:15 He's going to rule from this place.
• 04:17 And we're going to rule and reign with him in the years to come.
• 04:20 What a story.
• 04:21 Its always been a love story.
• 04:23 It was always because the Seed of Life would be birthed here.
• 04:28 The Seed of Life would come here.
• 04:30 And the Seed of Life would come back here.
• 04:33 Because God so love the world
• 04:34 that He gave His only begotten Son
• 04:37 that whoever believes in Him shall not perish
• 04:39 but have everlasting life.
• 04:52 It is so important
• 04:54 that we make that surrender
• 04:55 to the love of God
• 04:56 because its the love of God
• 04:58 that will take us through
• 04:59 to the very end.
• 05:00 He is that solid foundation.
• 05:02 It's really true.
• 05:03 Yeshua is the one that made it all the way through.
• 05:06 We are so excited that we are able to bring you this series on Mount Zion.
• 05:10 Zion is the same as saying Jerusalem.
• 05:13 They're synonymous.
• 05:15 And David longed for a resting place for God
• 05:19 He longed so much that...
• 05:21 It was such a longing of love.
• 05:23 Just the Lord loves and longs for us.
• 05:26 Yes it's really true.
• 05:27 And David is a picture of David's greater son
• 05:29 Yeshua, the King of Kings.
• 05:31 The first time we hear of this "Zion", this word "Zion"
• 05:35 is in II Samuel 5:7
• 05:38 where the scripture says,
• 05:38 (speaking Hebrew)
• 05:49 This place has been a Jewish place for over 3,000 years.
• 05:53 And it is really...
• 05:55 that is what is being contended right now in the natural world
• 05:58 is the contention regarding
• 06:00 have there ever been Jews here?
• 06:02 Has the Temple Mount really been the place of the Temple?
• 06:04 Was David a real person?
• 06:05 In this series we're going to establish all of that.
• 06:08 In fact our first guest is Eli Shukron.
• 06:11 He is the guide, the man,
• 06:12 the archaeologist who found the Pool of Siloam
• 06:16 and has been very involved
• 06:18 with the unearthing of the archeological truth
• 06:22 that verifies the Word of God...
• 06:25 substantiates the Word of God.
• 06:26 So let's go to Eli right now in Jerusalem.
• 06:31 We're in the City of David
• 06:32 in the east slope
• 06:34 of the City of David.
• 06:35 We are on top of the east slope in the City of David.
• 06:38 This is the area that is called "Area G".
• 06:40 It has been excavated by Professor Yigal Shilo,
• 06:43 by Kathleen Kenyon Kenyan,
• 06:45 by Macalister and Duncan.
• 06:47 A lot of our colleagues did excavations here.
• 06:49 Also Eliat Mazar...
• 06:52 Dr. Eliat Mazar dug excavations
• 06:55 here on the top of that area.
• 06:57 And what we can understand from what we have here
• 07:00 we understand that on that slope they built the city as steps,
• 07:05 this means a terrace wall...house
• 07:08 terrace wall...house
• 07:08 all the way down to the Gihon Spring
• 07:12 ...all the way down to the Gihon Spring.
• 07:13 And this gives us a little bit of understanding
• 07:15 of the topography of the area in the time of King David
• 07:19 or in the time of the 1st Temple period
• 07:23 of how they built the slope in that time.
• 07:26 And when we start to compare it a little bit to the Bible
• 07:30 just the topography of the area
• 07:32 we can understand that when King David was in his palace
• 07:36 and he looked to the roof to see Bathsheba
• 07:40 it can be because if we are on the top of the area
• 07:44 and you look down below to the roof of the houses
• 07:48 as we know they built it on the slope as steps
• 07:52 they can see each other.
• 07:54 So this is the position that was at that time.
• 07:57 And I think the writer that wrote that in the Bible
• 08:01 he's right that this is the right position to see each other
• 08:05 when someone is in the palace and some other is on the roof.
• 08:09 Here what we can see as to us as the builder
• 08:12 in that time in the 1st Temple period
• 08:15 the people were living in that house.
• 08:17 We are in this one room of that house.
• 08:19 You can see the courtyard in the house with a pillar.
• 08:23 Behind me you can see the pillar in the house.
• 08:26 In the pillar that is where you tied the animals
• 08:31 on the top of that pillar on the second floor
• 08:34 And on the second floor there was a living room
• 08:37 or a place where they are sleeping or things like that.
• 08:42 And below that second floor with the open area
• 08:51 that the animals were there
• 08:53 and all the women or all the work that you are doing at home
• 08:58 they are doing in that place.
• 09:00 Of course if you look down below we can see another terrace wall
• 09:03 another house below all that is here in this site.
• 09:09 But this given with the understanding
• 09:11 that what the Bible says about the location is the right location.
• 09:27 What lies ahead for Jerusalem?
• 09:29 This City so precious to God
• 09:32 has been at the center of Bible history
• 09:34 for more than 4,000 years.
• 09:36 And its future?
• 09:38 Zola Levitt reveals the answer
• 09:40 in this week's resource
• 09:42 a booklet entitled
• 09:43 "Jerusalem Forever"
• 09:45 Zola writes about
• 09:47 the history of this great City
• 09:49 and its future for believers.
• 09:51 Call 1-800-WONDERS
• 09:54 or go to levitt.com
• 09:57 You know, telling the truth about
• 09:58 Israel and the Jewish people
• 10:00 is just one of our passions
• 10:01 here at Zola Levitt Ministries.
• 10:03 We're finding replacement theology
• 10:05 that robs the church of its true heritance
• 10:08 regarding the land and the people of Israel.
• 10:11 And our work depends on your support.
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• 10:25 Thank you
• 10:28 Well if you've been watching our program for any time
• 10:29 you've seen my guest reminding you that
• 10:32 we exist by your gifts of funds,
• 10:34 that we are able to bring you these programs because of your participation.
• 10:37 Wayne Fornier thank you for being with us today.
• 10:39 It's my pleasure.
• 10:40 I can't tell you
• 10:41 how happy I am to be here
• 10:43 and to become more involved
• 10:44 with Zola Levitt Ministries.
• 10:46 I've been watching
• 10:47 for many years now.
• 10:48 And I can tell you all about that.
• 10:51 There's so many stories to tell
• 10:52 watching at home and thinking about things to myself.
• 10:56 But now I have a chance to be here
• 10:58 and to speak to our audience.
• 10:59 And I'm happy to do that.
• 11:00 You know, your heart for Israel
• 11:02 for the Jewish people
• 11:03 for the ministry
• 11:04 Comes through when you speak to the viewers.
• 11:06 And I'm reminded that
• 11:08 Zola, one of the characteristics of his ministry
• 11:10 was his authenticity especially around funds.
• 11:13 He many have been the only one in the history of Christian television to say
• 11:16 "Right now we don't need any money.
• 11:17 I remember.
• 11:18 I'm looking forward to that day
• 11:20 I'd like to say it as well.
• 11:21 But you do a great job of connecting the dots for people.
• 11:23 Something's stirred within you.
• 11:25 It's because of the love when I realized
• 11:28 the Bible, the Jewish roots of our faith.
• 11:32 And that's how I began watching Zola.
• 11:34 My Dad had just passed away
• 11:36 and I was searching for answers
• 11:38 and I had been a Christian for many years
• 11:40 but my Dad in his Jewish background
• 11:42 and even mine to some extent.
• 11:44 And I've learned so much through the
• 11:46 "Institute of Jewish- Christian Studies"
• 11:49 The Bible has been out of place
• 11:52 in the Old Testament for so long
• 11:54 and recently I asked my Rabbi, I said,
• 11:57 Rabbi why did the Gentiles >>still keep the Old Testament
• 12:01 in the same order that they have for centuries?
• 12:04 And he says, Because they can.
• 12:06 It's like non-recognition of things Jewish.
• 12:10 And it's something that I'd like to see corrected.
• 12:12 Well that comes through >>when you address our viewers
• 12:14 and I really appreciate your participation with us.
• 12:17 Thank you.
• 12:18 Like I said, it's my pleasure
• 12:19 and I hope to help
• 12:20 and hope to be able to extend that to the viewers
• 12:24 so that they will help more.
• 12:26 Well you do quite well.
• 12:27 Thank you... thank you.
• 12:28 Well now we're going to go to the City of David
• 12:30 and hear from one of the premier tour guides in Israel
• 12:33 Hannah Ben Haim
• 12:34 She's going to be speaking to us.
• 12:35 She's a citizen of Israel.
• 12:37 She reads the Bible in Hebrew.
• 12:38 And you're going to be blessed by her ministry.
• 12:40 Let's go to her.
• 12:43 This is the city
• 12:45 named after David himself.
• 12:46 But we first hear about this city
• 12:49 in the book of Samuel
• 12:51 as the fortress of Zion.
• 12:53 There's where we are first introduced to this city.
• 12:56 So first and foremost this is Zion.
• 12:59 When you talk about Jerusalem you're talking about Zion.
• 13:02 Now "Zion" becomes synonymous for the whole country later on
• 13:06 but Zion originally starts here
• 13:08 and it is the fortress of Zion that David conquers
• 13:12 when he comes here approximately the year 1,000.
• 13:15 what we're looking at behind us is the destruction era of 586
• 13:20 when of course all of Israel goes to Babylon.
• 13:24 But when we talk about Zion and the heart of David
• 13:27 we can imagine it right here
• 13:29 because David's palace was somewhere above us.
• 13:32 And these were sort of the upper echelon houses
• 13:36 that existed at that time.
• 13:37 We know that David looked from his palace
• 13:41 and sinned with Bathsheba.
• 13:44 We know that his longing was from above.
• 13:47 And that's really the heart of God.
• 13:49 God longs for Zion
• 13:51 just the way it says here in the book of Psalms
• 13:54 I'm reading from Psalms 132...
• 14:12 When we hear these words
• 14:14 it's almost the picture of a young man
• 14:17 yearning for his bride.
• 14:19 even the word that is used there - "desired"
• 14:22 Is almost a seductive kind of longing,
• 14:26 a leaning out of the window
• 14:28 "Where is she? ... where is she?
• 14:30 And that word "it" at the end is actually "her" in Hebrew.
• 14:34 He has desired "her".
• 14:36 This is the place of his meeting his bride.
• 14:39 After all, the entire Word of God
• 14:41 is summed up in Exodus 25, right?
• 14:44 Tell them to build me a Sanctuary
• 14:46 that I might dwell in them.
• 14:48 This is the heart of God.
• 14:50 And this was the heart of David
• 14:51 that he would build a Sanctuary
• 14:53 a place for the dwelling of God.
• 14:56 And everything that he did in his reign was for that purpose.
• 15:00 This is why the throne will always have a seat of David on it
• 15:05 because his heart was after the same heart that God has for this place.
• 15:21 Behind us... Mount Moriah.
• 15:24 You know "Moriah" comes from the word "raha", "to see".
• 15:27 And it was here that God established that he would provide for our needs.
• 15:32 "Adonai Yirah", "The LORD sees our need"
• 15:36 And he saw our need here.
• 15:38 In John 1:29 "Yochanan HaMatbil", John the Immerser
• 15:43 John the Baptist we call him.
• 15:45 He said...
• 15:49 It was the fulfillment
• 15:51 of something that God had set up
• 15:53 years before, centuries before
• 15:55 with the story of Abraham and Isaac.
• 15:56 Absolutely.
• 15:58 You know behind us you won't see that hill.
• 16:00 You see a platform.
• 16:02 Herod the Great built it.
• 16:04 He wasn't a great man.
• 16:05 He was actually a very cruel man.
• 16:07 But he was a great builder.
• 16:09 And we must say,
• 16:10 I mean it's pretty amazing what he built.
• 16:13 But on that platform is where the first temple was.
• 16:17 It's even where Jesus came as a baby and was dedicated.
• 16:21 History of our Lord and Savior is in this area.
• 16:24 They knew that they needed to come to the temple because there needed to be a sacrifice.
• 16:29 They needed to keep the "Aliyah".
• 16:31 They needed to go and make feast with the LORD.
• 16:34 They needed to keep a feast with the LORD.
• 16:35 So Jesus came with his mother and his father.
• 16:39 And Jesus also came when he was with his disciples.
• 16:43 And his disciples said,
• 16:45 well what do you think about this amazing temple?
• 16:47 And he said, you know what?
• 16:49 Not one stone will remain.
• 16:51 In 70 AD not one stone would remain.
• 16:54 And after that time
• 16:56 there has not been a Jewish Sanctuary there ...a Jewish Temple.
• 17:01 It has been awaiting his return.
• 17:04 Yes
• 17:05 And so the closest the Jewish people can come
• 17:07 to celebrate the LORD and to worship and to pray
• 17:10 is the Western Wall,
• 17:11 the outer retaining wall
• 17:13 sometimes called "The Wailing Wall"
• 17:14 because it is where the Jewish people have come
• 17:16 and prayed to God and mourned the loss of the Temple.
• 17:19 But there is coming a day when God will establish his throne
• 17:23 as he promised David.
• 17:24 He promised David he would establish His throne in this place forever.
• 17:28 You know the Ark of the Covenant was here
• 17:31 because first it rested in Shiloh
• 17:33 for 369 years...a long time
• 17:36 that that was not called Ha Makom, "The Place"
• 17:40 Behind us is the place.
• 17:43 And this is the place that God will establish His millennium kingdom.
• 17:47 You know it's always been a love story.
• 17:49 The first use of the word love, "ahava" is in Genesis 22
• 17:53 when Abraham and Isaac went up to worship the LORD.
• 17:56 That was an act of love.
• 17:58 The sacrifice of Isaac an act of love.
• 18:00 Now many, many centuries later
• 18:03 the Muslims have laid claim to this land, to this place, to this mountain.
• 18:07 But it is not their place.
• 18:09 It belongs to the Lord God Himself.
• 18:11 And there's going to be a reckoning.
• 18:13 There will be a time when God will once again establish that this is His place.
• 18:17 In fact, do we even hear of it in the Koran?
• 18:20 No, its not mentioned one time in the Koran.
• 18:23 It's said that it is their 3rd holiest site
• 18:26 but its not mentioned once in the Koran.
• 18:28 And it's sadly to be said also
• 18:31 is that in the Byzantine era they didn't value this place,
• 18:34 this Ha Makom.
• 18:36 Nothing...it was just desolate
• 18:37 so the Muslims knew that this was a very special place.
• 18:41 And that's where they built their first mosque
• 18:43 and the Dome of the Rock which is behind us.
• 18:45 That's really good.
• 18:47 In fact, if you were here with us, at the time of the Crusaders
• 18:50 you would see a Christian cross on a Moslem Dome on Roman pillars on Jewish land.
• 18:58 Because this place is precious to three but its promised to one.
• 19:13 (Orchestrated Music)
• 19:32 (Katharine speaking) Israel is a Land full of promises.
• 19:35 You'll never be the same.
• 19:36 So we invite you to come.
• 19:38 Its a trip of a lifetime.
• 19:40 We'd love you to join us.
• 19:44 Psalm 125 tells us that...
• 19:49 And that's a picture of something that's immovable.
• 19:51 That's what this whole series is about.
• 19:53 We would like to take you to Mount Zion
• 19:55 to take you to the Land
• 19:57 to introduce you to Israel
• 19:58 and introduce Israel to you.
• 20:00 It is a life changing experience.
• 20:01 Everyone that we bring says
• 20:03 the Word comes alive,
• 20:05 their spiritual life is enhanced
• 20:06 and we want to share that with you.
• 20:08 So call 1-800 WONDERS
• 20:10 or look for us online
• 20:11 at levitt.com
• 20:13 Come to Israel.
• 20:14 You'll never be the same.
• 20:15 WOW, its true.
• 20:17 We are going to share some amazing teaching from Eitan Shishkoff.
• 20:20 He is our man in Haifa.
• 20:23 And he also writes for the Levitt Letter
• 20:25 So let's go now to Eitan.
• 20:30 Shalom, we're sitting here on
• 20:32 the coast of the Haifa Bay
• 20:34 just to the north of Haifa.
• 20:36 And I would like to read a scripture to you from the book of Genesis
• 20:39 regarding the sand of the seashore.
• 20:42 This comes from Genesis 22:17 and following
• 20:47 where God says...
• 20:52 He's speaking to Abraham...
• 20:58 and then in the next verse
• 21:00 He says...
• 21:06 Now I don't know about you
• 21:08 but I've tried to imagine
• 21:09 just how many grains of sand are there in the world.
• 21:13 I can't even come close to the number of the grains of sand on this beach
• 21:17 let alone all the beaches in the world.
• 21:19 So I don't think that God was saying to Abraham a literal number.
• 21:23 But I think that what He was saying was, Abraham this is beyond your capacity to imagine
• 21:28 what I'm going to do through your seed,
• 21:31 through your people.
• 21:32 And of course we know from the New Testament that
• 21:35 when God referred to Abraham's seed singular
• 21:39 he was referring to the Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus.
• 21:42 And this is in fact what the entire world has now come to know as the story of the Gospel
• 21:50 the Good News.
• 21:52 And so is the sand of the seashore representative of the number of people
• 21:57 who have come and will come into the kingdom of God?
• 22:01 I think that's really a good way to look at it.
• 22:03 However, I also want to draw our attention to the literal fulfillment
• 22:07 which is that there have been Jewish people, the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
• 22:13 who have come back to this Land in a way that is marvelous.
• 22:17 It's amazing.
• 22:18 In fact, I myself and my family are the fruit of this promise
• 22:22 that God would give this Land to Abraham and to his descendants
• 22:27 in perpetuity - forever.
• 22:31 So we came over 21 years ago
• 22:34 and unloaded our possessions
• 22:37 and have been here in the Haifa Bay area ever since.
• 22:39 So these waters which really represent the connection
• 22:44 with all the nations of the world
• 22:46 also to me speak of the fact that I arrived here on these shores more than 2 decades ago
• 22:52 And this is become my home.
• 22:53 In fact, where we're sitting right now is where
• 22:56 I ride my bicycle here several times a week for some exercise.
• 23:01 I love coming to the sea.
• 23:03 It's just an inspiring place.
• 23:05 So I hope that you can appreciate the relationship
• 23:09 of the Word of God to Israel today,
• 23:12 the landscaper, the seascape
• 23:14 and the people who are around us.
• 23:17 Todah...thank you.
• 23:20 ♪ Sha'lu Shalom Yerushalayim ♪
• 23:26 ♪ Sha'lu Sha'lu Shalom ♪
• 23:34 ♪ Sha'lu Shalom Yerushalayim ♪
• 23:41 ♪ Sha'lu Sha'lu Shalom ♪
• 23:48 ♪ We will pray for the peace of Jerusalem
• 23:52 ♪ We will pray for the peace of all men ♪
• 23:56 ♪ As we fight for the right to Jerusalem ♪
• 24:00 ♪ We will say to the whole world Amen ♪
• 24:05 ♪ For we know we belong in Jerusalem ♪
• 24:09 ♪ And we know that our God has brought us home ♪
• 24:13 ♪ In the day when He gave us Jerusalem ♪
• 24:17 ♪ He said pray for the peace of My home ♪
• 24:26 ♪ And the whole world knows that the God of Israel ♪
• 24:32 ♪ Moved His mighty arm ♪
• 24:34 ♪ and He brought us back from Egypt ♪
• 24:36 ♪ And the whole world knows ♪
• 24:38 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
• 24:40 ♪ And we pray for peace ♪
• 24:43 ♪ Yes, we pray Sha'a lu Shalom ♪
• 24:44 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 24:46 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 24:48 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 24:50 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 24:52 ♪ Yes, the whole world knows ♪
• 24:54 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
• 24:56 ♪ And we pray for peace yes we pray Sha'alu Shalom ♪
• 25:03 ♪ All the world will ascend to Jerusalem ♪
• 25:07 ♪ They will sing Hallelujah Amen ♪
• 25:11 ♪ They'll give thanks for the peace of Jerusalem ♪
• 25:14 ♪ Peace on earth and good will to all men ♪
• 25:22 ♪ And...the... whole world knows ♪
• 25:26 ♪ that the God of Israel moved His mighty arm ♪
• 25:30 ♪ And He brought us back from everywhere ♪
• 25:32 ♪ The whole world knows ♪
• 25:34 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
• 25:36 ♪ And we pray for peace ♪
• 25:38 ♪ Yes, we pray Sha'a lu Shalom ♪
• 25:40 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 25:41 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 25:43 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 25:45 ♪ Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai Lai ♪
• 25:47 ♪ Yes, the whole world knows ♪
• 25:49 ♪ that our God has brought us home ♪
• 25:51 ♪ And we pray for peace yes we pray Sha'alu Shalom ♪♪
• 25:55 We enjoy Zola's music.
• 25:57 This is some of his best songs.
• 25:59 You know, we pray.
• 26:01 And that's what we need to do.
• 26:02 God continually reminds us
• 26:03 to keep looking up.
• 26:06 Don't look at the headlines
• 26:07 but look at Him who writes the beginning and the end.
• 26:11 You know, in Psalms it says in Chapter 84, verse 7...
• 26:20 It's such a privilege for us
• 26:21 to clarify the truth of Zion.
• 26:24 It was a wonderful, special word at the end of the 19th century
• 26:28 and it beats through the 20th century.
• 26:30 Now its almost become a curse word for some in the media
• 26:33 and some in the world.
• 26:34 But it is a word that is close to God's heart.
• 26:36 It's something about Zion.
• 26:38 It's something about His place
• 26:41 and our relationship to that.
• 26:42 So its a real honor for us to be doing this.
• 26:45 You know, God is preparing you our viewers
• 26:47 by bringing you this series.
• 26:49 We're hoping that you are being prepared as the Bride of Messiah
• 26:52 those of you who are being called to be part of the bride as well.
• 26:56 And I remember the words from Esther.
• 26:58 My name is Mordecai named after my grandfather.
• 27:00 And Mordecai said to Esther,
• 27:02 Who knows that perhaps you have been brought to the kingdom
• 27:06 for such a time as this.
• 27:08 So we want you to join with us as we believe for God's best
• 27:11 for Zion and for the body of Messiah worldwide.
• 27:14 And until we see you again
• 27:16 we always like to end our program by reminding you
• 27:19 Sha'lu Shalom Yerushalayim.
• 27:21 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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