
Beloved Thief, Part 3
The ancient Israeli wedding customs, as they parallel the great moment of the coming of the heavenly Bridegroom, are portrayed in exciting Israeli music and drama. A fully staged musical show with fine actors and singers in period costumes of first-century Israel. A really enchanting and inspiring hour, worthy of many repeated viewings.
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Caption transcript for Beloved Thief: Part 3 (3/3)
- 00:01 [ music playing ]
- 00:33 [ music playing ]
- 00:50 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
- 00:52 WELL, THIS PROGRAM IS THE THIRD
- 00:54 OF A SET OF THREE.
- 00:55 ACTUALLY THE THIRD ACT
- 00:56 OF OUR MUSICAL PLAY,
- 00:58 "BELOVED THIEF."
- 01:00 AND AT THIS POINT, DVORAH,
- 01:01 THE BRIDE-TO-BE IN OUR PLAY
- 01:04 WEARS A VEIL WHEN SHE GOES OUT.
- 01:06 SHE DRANK THE CUP
- 01:07 AND SHE'S PROMISED
- 01:09 AND SHE WEARS A VEIL SO
- 01:10 THAT OTHER MEN WON'T BE ABLE TO
- 01:12 SEE HER FACE DURING HER
- 01:13 ENGAGEMENT PERIOD.
- 01:14 AND, YOU KNOW, THE VEIL
- 01:16 IS A SYMBOL OF THE FAITH.
- 01:18 THE WORLD CAN'T VERY WELL
- 01:19 DESCRIBE THE BELIEVERS
- 01:20 BECAUSE THEY HAVE VEILS OF
- 01:23 FAITH, THEY HAVE
- 01:24 A CONTRACT BEHIND THE SCENES
- 01:25 WITH THE BRIDEGROOM
- 01:26 AND THEY'RE WAITING
- 01:27 FOR HIM TO COME.
- 01:28 AND SO THEY ACT DIFFERENT
- 01:29 THAN THE WORLD.
- 01:30 THE WORLD DOESN'T
- 01:31 RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE
- 01:31 OF THEIR VEILS.
- 01:33 ONCE YOU'RE PROMISED,
- 01:34 YOU GO AROUND WITH A VEIL.
- 01:36 WELL, THE SONGS OF OUR MUSICAL
- 01:37 ARE ON THE ALBUM,
- 01:38 "BELOVED THIEF."
- 01:39 14 SONGS -- ALL ON THE ALBUM.
- 01:41 OR WE HAVE THE CASSETTE.
- 01:43 I'LL TELL YOU LATER
- 01:44 HOW YOU CAN GET THESE.
- 01:45 THIS TIME WE'RE GOING
- 01:46 TO HAVE A VIDEOTAPE AS WELL.
- 01:48 ALL THREE PROGRAMS
- 01:49 WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
- 01:51 THE PLAY WILL RETURN
- 01:52 FROM BEGINNING TO END
- 01:54 WITHOUT THE BREAKS.
- 01:55 SO YOU CAN GET THE VIDEOTAPE,
- 01:56 VHS OR BETA, AND I'LL TELL YOU
- 01:58 LATER HOW TO GET THAT.
- 02:00 IN ORDER TO BRING YOU
- 02:01 UP TO DATE WITH THE STORY,
- 02:03 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MOMENTS
- 02:04 FROM THE FIRST TWO PROGRAMS
- 02:06 SHOWING THE ACTION OF THE PLAY.
- 02:08 THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN
- 02:09 LOVE STORY.
- 02:10 THE THING WE'VE TAUGHT
- 02:11 BEFORE AND PEOPLE HAVE LOVED
- 02:12 IT SO MUCH, WE'VE SET IT TO
- 02:14 DRAMA AND TO MUSIC.
- 02:16 NOW, LET'S LOOK AT THIS
- 02:17 RECAP OF EACH.
- 02:19 ♪ HOW CAN I SAY
- 02:21 ♪ I SAW HIM TODAY.
- 02:26 ♪ I JUST SAW A STRANGER TODAY.
- 02:34 ♪ YET SOMEHOW I KNEW
- 02:38 ♪ JUST WHAT HE WOULD DO.
- 02:42 ♪ SOMEHOW I KNEW
- 02:44 ♪ HIS VERY HEART.
- 02:49 ♪ TODAY HE'LL COME TO ME
- 02:52 ♪ TO POUR A CUP TO SEE.
- 02:55 ♪ IF I WILL DRINK THAT CUP,
- 02:58 ♪ THAT MEANS...
- 03:00 ♪ I'M HIS BRIDE-TO-BE. ♪♪
- 03:08 Narrator: THAT WAS OUR BRIDE.
- 03:10 AND HERE'S OUR BRIDEGROOM
- 03:12 COME TO VISIT WITH HER FAMILY
- 03:14 AND BRING HIS WEDDING CONTRACT
- 03:16 WITH THE PRICE FOR THE BRIDE.
- 03:20 AND HE'S GOING TO PROPOSE
- 03:21 MARRIAGE TO HER BY POURING
- 03:22 HER A CUP.
- 03:25 IF SHE DRINKS IT, IT'S YES.
- 03:27 IF SHE ISN'T READY,
- 03:29 SHE CAN JUST LEAVE
- 03:30 IT SITTING THERE.
- 03:35 [ music playing softly ]
- 03:53 I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
- 04:00 HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ALL DAY?
- 04:02 Narrator: NOW, HE'S OFF
- 04:04 TO BUILD HER A LITTLE MANSION,
- 04:05 A BRIDAL CHAMBER
- 04:06 FOR THEIR HONEYMOON.
- 04:08 HE'LL WORK ON THIS THING
- 04:09 CONSTANTLY AND WHEN IT'S
- 04:11 FINISHED, HIS FATHER
- 04:12 WILL APPROVE IT AND HE'LL COME
- 04:13 OVER TO HER HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT
- 04:15 AND STEAL HER AWAY LIKE
- 04:17 A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
- 04:18 WHEN WILL THE WEDDING BE?
- 04:23 ONLY MY FATHER KNOWS.
- 04:29 [ music playing softly ]
- 04:30 ♪ OH, WAIT FOR ME
- 04:33 ♪ AND I WILL COME FOR THEE.
- 04:37 ♪ A TIME ALONE
- 04:41 ♪ AND THEN YOU'LL BE MY OWN.
- 04:45 ♪ FOR ON THE NIGHT
- 04:46 ♪ WHEN ALL IS FINISHED HERE
- 04:49 ♪ AND WHEN MY FATHER
- 04:51 ♪ SAYS IT'S DONE,
- 04:52 ♪ ON THAT NIGHT
- 04:54 ♪ I'LL CALL TO YOU,
- 04:56 ♪ YOUR BRIDEGROOM COMES. ♪♪
- 05:03 Narrator: THIS WAS FOLLOWED
- 05:04 BY A GATHERING OF JEWISH
- 05:06 BELIEVERS IN THE MESSIAH.
- 05:07 THE MAN BORN BLIND HAS JUST
- 05:09 GIVEN HIS TESTIMONY.
- 05:12 OUR BRIDE-TO-BE HAS OVERHEARD
- 05:13 HIS REMARKABLE STORY.
- 05:21 Martha: DVORAH, WE SHOULD NOT
- 05:22 HAVE COME.
- 05:25 [ music playing softly ]
- 05:36 Narrator: AT THE BACK
- 05:37 OF THE CROWD, WE CAN SEE
- 05:38 THE BRIDE FROM THE WEDDING AT
- 05:39 CANAN.
- 05:43 AND SO DVORAH,
- 05:44 OUR BRIDE-TO-BE,
- 05:45 IS LEFT STANDING IN THE DOORWAY
- 05:47 AFTER THE HEBREW
- 05:48 CHRISTIAN SERVICE.
- 05:49 LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
- 05:51 NOW, BACK TO OUR PLAY.
- 05:55 [ music playing softly ]
- 06:12 ♪ ALONE WITH YOU, LORD,
- 06:16 ♪ ALONE WITH YOU.
- 06:20 ♪ THOSE TIMES WHEN
- 06:22 ♪ I'M ALONE WITH YOU.
- 06:27 ♪ THOSE ARE THE MOMENTS,
- 06:31 ♪ THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS,
- 06:34 ♪ THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS
- 06:38 ♪ WHEN I AM TRUE TO YOU.
- 06:48 ♪ TO TALK WITH YOU, LORD,
- 06:51 ♪ TO TALK WITH YOU.
- 06:54 ♪ CLOSED EYES, I TRY
- 06:58 ♪ TO TALK WITH YOU.
- 07:02 ♪ THOSE ARE THE PRAYERS, LORD,
- 07:05 ♪ THOSE SPECIAL PRAYERS, LORD,
- 07:09 ♪ THOSE PRECIOUS PRAYERS, LORD,
- 07:12 ♪ WHEN I AM TRUE TO YOU.
- 07:16 ♪ HOW I LONG FOR THE DAY,
- 07:17 ♪ IT SEEMS SO FAR, FAR AWAY,
- 07:19 ♪ WHEN WE'LL MEET THERE
- 07:20 ♪ IN HEAVEN FACE TO FACE.
- 07:22 ♪ FOR IT IS YOU,
- 07:24 ♪ YOU ALONE WHO KNOWS
- 07:25 ♪ MY HEART LIKE YOUR OWN
- 07:26 ♪ AND HOW I'VE FAILED,
- 07:28 ♪ AND WHEN I'VE FAILED
- 07:31 ♪ HOW YOUR LOVE HAS PREVAILED.
- 07:37 ♪ ALONE WITH YOU, LORD,
- 07:40 ♪ ALONE WITH YOU,
- 07:44 ♪ THAT TIME WHEN
- 07:46 ♪ I'M ALONE WITH YOU.
- 07:52 ♪ THAT GOLD AND SILVER,
- 07:55 ♪ THOSE PRECIOUS STONES,
- 07:59 ♪ BUT BEST OF ALL, LORD,
- 08:02 ♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ALONE.
- 08:07 ♪ THAT GOLD AND SILVER,
- 08:11 ♪ THOSE PRECIOUS STONES,
- 08:15 ♪ BUT BEST OF ALL, LORD,
- 08:18 ♪ I'LL BE WITH YOU ALONE. ♪♪
- 08:40 Dvorah: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- 08:42 GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES,
- 08:45 WHAT DO THESE THINGS MEAN?
- 08:48 I DIDN'T MEAN TO OVERHEAR,
- 08:50 BUT I STAYED TO TALK WITH YOU.
- 08:52 Woman: OH, I'M HAPPY
- 08:53 TO TALK WITH YOU.
- 08:55 Dvorah: I WANTED TO
- 08:56 ASK YOU ABOUT --
- 08:58 WELL, SEEING THE BLIND MAN
- 08:59 TODAY, AND THEN,
- 09:01 HEARING YOUR STORY,
- 09:03 I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
- 09:04 Woman: I UNDERSTAND WHY
- 09:05 YOU ARE CONFUSED.
- 09:08 I BECAME A BELIEVER
- 09:09 IN MESSIAH MY WEDDING DAY
- 09:12 AFTER I MET HIM
- 09:14 AND SAW THE MIRACLE.
- 09:18 Dvorah: I UNDERSTAND
- 09:19 THAT YOUR LEADER, ISHMAEL,
- 09:20 SPEAKS OF A NEW COVENANT?
- 09:22 Woman: YES.
- 09:23 I HAVE A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
- 09:25 WITH THE MESSIAH.
- 09:27 JUST AS YOU ARE DAVID'S BRIDE,
- 09:29 THE BELIEVERS ARE THE
- 09:30 BRIDE OF THE LORD.
- 09:32 WE DRANK THE CUP WITH HIM
- 09:34 AND HE HAS PAID
- 09:35 THE PRICE FOR US.
- 09:38 Dvorah: HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE?
- 09:43 [ music playing ]
- 09:44 ♪ ON A HILL BY THE SEA,
- 09:47 ♪ MY BRIDEGROOM SPOKE TO ME.
- 09:50 ♪ HE SAID, "BLESSED,
- 09:51 ♪ BLESSED ARE THEE,
- 09:54 ♪ MY LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE."
- 09:57 ♪ HE TAUGHT ME ALL THOSE THINGS
- 10:00 ♪ I LOVE OF GOD AND OF HIS SON.
- 10:04 ♪ AND SOMEDAY THERE IN HEAVEN
- 10:06 ♪ ABOVE WE'LL ALL BE ONE.
- 10:16 ♪ ON THAT HILL BY THE SEA,
- 10:20 ♪ THERE IN PEACEFUL GALILEE,
- 10:23 ♪ THE THINGS HE SAID
- 10:25 ♪ I'VE COME TO SEE,
- 10:27 ♪ HAVE BLESSED MY HEART
- 10:28 ♪ AND SET ME FREE.
- 10:31 ♪ HE'S LEFT ME TO PREPARE
- 10:33 ♪ A PLACE.
- 10:35 ♪ HE'LL COME TO TAKE ME HOME.
- 10:38 ♪ AND ON THAT NIGHT I'LL SEE
- 10:40 ♪ HIS FACE AT LAST ALONE.
- 10:51 ♪ ON A TREE,
- 10:53 ♪ ON A TREE,
- 10:55 ♪ ON THAT HILL OF CALVARY,
- 10:59 ♪ MY LOVED BRIDEGROOM
- 11:01 ♪ SET ME FREE.
- 11:02 ♪ HE GAVE HIS LIFE
- 11:04 ♪ FOR LOVE OF ME.
- 11:07 ♪ ONE DAY THAT WOUNDED HAND
- 11:09 ♪ I'LL KISS, I'LL TELL HIM,
- 11:12 ♪ "IT IS DONE."
- 11:14 ♪ WHAT GREATER LOVE HAS GOD
- 11:16 ♪ THAN THIS TO SEND HIS SON?
- 11:32 Dvorah: HE MUST LOVE YOU VERY
- 11:33 MUCH TO PAY SUCH A HIGH PRICE.
- 11:38 Woman: DVORAH, THIS PRICE
- 11:39 WAS ALSO PAID FOR YOU,
- 11:42 FOR ALL ISRAEL,
- 11:44 FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
- 11:46 HE IS OUR BRIDEGROOM
- 11:48 AND HE IS PREPARING A PLACE
- 11:50 FOR ALL OF US THAT WHERE
- 11:52 HE IS WE MAY GO ALSO.
- 11:55 THIS NEW COVENANT IS WRITTEN
- 11:57 IN OUR HEART.
- 11:59 Dvorah: I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
- 12:00 THIS NEW COVENANT.
- 12:06 Woman: DIVORA --
- 12:24 Dvorah: HOW DO I FIND
- 12:24 THE MESSIAH?
- 12:29 [ music playing ]
- 12:33 ♪ FOLLOW ME TO GALILEE,
- 12:40 ♪ FOLLOW ME HOME.
- 12:47 ♪ WHEN WE SEE GALILEE,
- 12:54 ♪ THEN YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE HOME.
- 13:02 ♪ COME WITH ME TO GALILEE,
- 13:08 ♪ COME WITH ME HOME.
- 13:15 ♪ IF YOU SEE GALILEE,
- 13:22 ♪ YOU WILL SEE YOUR HOME.
- 13:31 ♪ YESHUA LOVED GALILEE,
- 13:34 ♪ HER FLOWERS, HER TREES.
- 13:38 ♪ A PART OF HIS HEART MUST BE
- 13:41 ♪ BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE.
- 13:47 ♪ FROM HEAVEN MY LORD
- 13:49 ♪ LOOKS DOWN,
- 13:51 ♪ HIS KINGDOM TO SEE.
- 13:55 ♪ AND WHAT IN THE WORLD COULD
- 13:57 ♪ BE AS LOVELY AS THE GALILEE?
- 14:05 ♪ WHERE ARE YOU WANDERING?
- 14:09 ♪ WHY DO YOU ROAM?
- 14:13 ♪ FOLLOW ME TO GALILEE,
- 14:17 ♪ FOLLOW ME, COME HOME.
- 14:31 ♪ FOLLOW ME, COME HOME. ♪♪
- 15:00 Woman: ARE YOU COMING, DVORAH?
- 15:03 Dvorah: I CANNOT COME WITH YOU.
- 15:16 HOW CAN I FOLLOW YOU?
- 15:20 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
- 15:24 SOME SAY YOU WERE A THIEF
- 15:25 WHO DIED ON THE CROSS.
- 15:30 BUT THE BLIND MAN SAYS
- 15:32 THAT YOU GAVE HIM HIS SIGHT.
- 15:35 SOME SAY YOU WERE JUST
- 15:37 A CARPENTER FROM GALILEE.
- 15:41 BUT ESTHER SAYS THAT YOU
- 15:42 CAME TO HER WEDDING
- 15:44 AND CHANGED HER LIFE.
- 15:48 HOW COULD YOU LOVE ME ENOUGH
- 15:50 TO DIE AND I DIDN'T EVEN
- 15:54 KNOW WHO YOU WERE?
- 15:59 [ music playing ]
- 16:01 ♪ I SEE YOUR HEAVEN,
- 16:04 ♪ VAST AND BLUE.
- 16:06 ♪ I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK
- 16:10 ♪ OF YOU.
- 16:12 ♪ ABOVE THE SKY
- 16:14 ♪ WHERE ANGELS SING,
- 16:17 ♪ I WONDER IF YOU THINK OF ME.
- 16:25 ♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME
- 16:28 ♪ WHEN I WHISPER?
- 16:31 ♪ LORD, JUST LOVE ME,
- 16:33 ♪ LORD, JUST CARE.
- 16:36 ♪ IN YOUR HEAVEN VAST AND BLUE,
- 16:42 ♪ IS THERE A PLACE
- 16:44 ♪ FOR ME UP THERE?
- 16:51 ♪ WILL YOU REALLY COME
- 16:53 ♪ AND TAKE ME HOME?
- 16:55 ♪ DID YOU REALLY DIE FOR ME?
- 17:01 ♪ ON THAT DAY WHEN
- 17:03 ♪ YOU AROSE FROM THE DEAD,
- 17:06 ♪ DID YOU THINK OF ME?
- 17:12 ♪ LORD, I'M ONLY
- 17:14 ♪ LIKE THAT THIEF
- 17:15 ♪ ON THE CROSS.
- 17:17 ♪ AND I DESERVE THE SAME AS HE.
- 17:22 ♪ I ASK FOR ONLY WHAT
- 17:24 ♪ HE ASKED ON THE CROSS,
- 17:29 [ music playing softly ]
- 17:30 ♪ "LORD, REMEMBER ME."
- 17:56 ♪ SOMEDAY IN HEAVEN
- 18:01 ♪ VAST AND BLUE,
- 18:04 ♪ I'LL WORSHIP FACE TO FACE
- 18:08 ♪ WITH YOU.
- 18:11 ♪ ABOVE THE SKY
- 18:14 ♪ WHERE ANGELS SING,
- 18:18 ♪ I'LL KNOW THAT YOU
- 18:22 ♪ REMEMBERED ME.
- 18:38 EVEN AS I QUESTION YOU,
- 18:41 I FEEL THE PRESENCE
- 18:43 OF YOUR LOVE.
- 18:46 A LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO.
- 18:50 OH, FORGIVE MY UNBELIEF.
- 19:04 I, TOO, WAS BLIND,
- 19:07 BUT NOW I SEE.
- 19:21 [ Speaking Hebrew ]
- 19:32 HE QUOTES THE VERY WORDS
- 19:34 OF MESSIAH AT THE
- 19:35 PASSOVER TABLE.
- 19:36 THE ANCIENT HEBREW BLESSING:
- 19:38 BLESSED ART THOU,
- 19:39 O LORD OUR GOD,
- 19:40 KING OF THE UNIVERSE,
- 19:41 CREATOR OF THE FRUIT
- 19:42 OF THE VINES.
- 19:44 THE BLIND MAN CAN
- 19:45 REALLY SEE NOW.
- 19:47 HE SEES THAT THE LORD
- 19:48 IS THE TRUE VINE.
- 19:49 THE DISCIPLES ARE THE BRANCHES
- 19:51 AND THESE GREAT WORKS
- 19:53 OF SALVATIONS ARE THE FRUITS.
- 19:56 AND THAT'S ABOUT
- 19:57 AS FAR AS OUR STORY GOES.
- 19:58 WHAT ABOUT THE ENDING,
- 19:59 YOU MAY ASK?
- 20:01 DID THE BOY GET THE GIRL?
- 20:02 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,
- 20:03 ALL THE YOUNG MEN CAME BACK
- 20:05 FOR THEIR BRIDES.
- 20:06 THE BRIDE WOULD BE ASLEEP
- 20:07 WITH HER LAMP AND HER VEIL
- 20:09 BY HER BED.
- 20:10 AND SHE WOULD HEAR THAT SHOUT.
- 20:13 AND SO IT SAYS IN OUR BOOK,
- 20:16 THE LORD HIMSELF WILL DESCEND
- 20:17 FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT.
- 20:19 IT WAS MIDNIGHT
- 20:20 AND A CRY WAS MADE.
- 20:22 REMEMBER THE 10 VIRGINS
- 20:23 THAT WERE WAITING FOR
- 20:24 THE BRIDEGROOM?
- 20:25 FIVE HAD OIL IN THEIR LAMPS
- 20:26 AND FIVE DID NOT.
- 20:29 THE OIL MEANT THEY WERE
- 20:30 REALLY READY TO GO IN THE DARK.
- 20:32 BUT THE FIVE VIRGINS WITH NO OIL
- 20:34 DIDN'T THINK HE WAS REALLY
- 20:35 COMING THAT NIGHT.
- 20:37 DO YOU THINK
- 20:38 HE MIGHT COME TONIGHT?
- 20:40 THAT WEDDING CONTRACT
- 20:41 SAID THE BRIDE HAD
- 20:42 TO BE WAITING EVERY NIGHT.
- 20:44 ARE YOU FILLED WITH OIL?
- 20:45 THE OIL IN THE BIBLE IS THE
- 20:46 HOLY SPIRIT AND IF WE'RE FILLED
- 20:48 WE'RE READY TO GO WHEN HE COMES.
- 20:51 WELL, WE CAN'T FINISH THE
- 20:53 WEDDING STORY ON THE STAGE
- 20:55 BECAUSE THE BIG WEDDING
- 20:55 WE'RE IN IS NOT OVER YET.
- 20:57 WE WAIT LIKE DVORAH
- 20:58 FOR OUR BRIDEGROOM.
- 21:00 WE DRINK THE CUP
- 21:01 AND WE WAIT.
- 21:02 REMEMBER THAT IT ALL STARTED
- 21:03 WITH THAT CUP.
- 21:05 WE ALL DRINK IT AND IT'S
- 21:06 THE PASSOVER CUP,
- 21:07 THE COMMUNION,
- 21:09 THE CUP OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
- 21:11 YOU KNOW, YOU LADIES TURN DOWN
- 21:12 SOME CUPS IN YOUR LIFETIME.
- 21:14 AND WHEN THOSE ANCIENT
- 21:17 PROSPECTIVE BRIDES DIDN'T LIFT
- 21:18 THE CUP, WHY, THAT YOUNG MAN
- 21:20 DIDN'T COME BACK.
- 21:21 BUT WHEN THEY DRANK
- 21:22 THAT ONE CUP,
- 21:24 THAT ONE ALWAYS CAME BACK.
- 21:26 WHEN THEY SERVE YOU THE LORD'S
- 21:27 CUP, DRINK IT.
- 21:28 AND WHEN HE COMES HE'LL STOP
- 21:30 AT YOUR HOUSE.
- 21:32 IF YOU'RE REALLY WAITING,
- 21:33 HE'LL COME FOR YOU.
- 21:35 IF YOU'RE HAD LOVE WITH THAT
- 21:36 BELOVED THIEF,
- 21:37 HE'LL COME AND STEAL YOU AWAY.
- 21:39 WE'LL END OUR STORY FOR NOW,
- 21:41 BUT LET'S KEEP LISTENING
- 21:43 FOR THAT SHOUT.
- 21:45 [ music playing ]
- 21:52 ♪ MY BRIDEGROOM'S COMING,
- 21:54 ♪ WE'VE MADE OUR VOWS.
- 21:56 ♪ AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
- 21:57 ♪ HIS FATHER'S HOUSE.
- 22:00 ♪ MY VEIL IS READY,
- 22:02 ♪ MY LAMP I'LL LIGHT.
- 22:03 ♪ HE SAID HE'LL COME
- 22:05 ♪ LIKE "A THIEF IN THE NIGHT."
- 22:10 ♪ I WAIT IN DARKNESS
- 22:12 ♪ TO HEAR HIS CRY.
- 22:14 ♪ THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT,
- 22:16 ♪ THE TIME IS NIGH.
- 22:18 ♪ MY HEART IS EMPTY,
- 22:20 ♪ ALONE WITHIN.
- 22:22 ♪ IS THIS THE MOMENT
- 22:24 ♪ THE THIEF BREAKS IN?
- 22:29 ♪ BELOVED THIEF,
- 22:34 ♪ CLAIM YOUR BRIDE.
- 22:36 ♪ COME, MY PRINCE, TO MY SIDE.
- 22:42 ♪ SO LONG I'VE WAITED,
- 22:45 ♪ SO LONG MY LOVE.
- 22:48 ♪ COME AND STEAL ME FROM ABOVE.
- 22:57 [ music playing ]
- 23:14 ♪ THE ANGELS GATHER
- 23:16 ♪ TO SEE ME WED.
- 23:18 ♪ THE CHAMBER'S READY,
- 23:20 ♪ MY BRIDEGROOM SAID.
- 23:22 ♪ PREPARED THE WAITING
- 23:24 ♪ ARE ROBES OF WHITE
- 23:26 ♪ TO GRACE THE BRIDE
- 23:28 ♪ OF THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
- 23:32 ♪ BELOVED THIEF,
- 23:37 ♪ CLAIM YOUR BRIDE.
- 23:40 ♪ COME, MY PRINCE,
- 23:43 ♪ TO MY SIDE.
- 23:45 ♪ SO LONG I'VE WAITED,
- 23:48 ♪ SO LONG, MY LOVE.
- 23:52 ♪ COME AND STEAL ME FROM ABOVE.
- 23:58 ♪ OH, HOW I LONG FOR THE DAY.
- 24:01 ♪ IT SEEMS SO FAR, FAR AWAY
- 24:04 ♪ WHEN WE'LL MEET THERE
- 24:06 ♪ IN HEAVEN FACE TO FACE.
- 24:10 ♪ FOR IT IS YOU,
- 24:12 ♪ YOU ALONE WHO KNOWS
- 24:14 ♪ MY HEART LIKE YOUR OWN.
- 24:17 ♪ COME AND STEAL ME
- 24:20 ♪ FROM ABOVE. ♪♪
- 24:35 Narrator: BEHOLD,
- 24:36 THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH.
- 24:38 GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM.
- 24:45 WELL, IF YOU'RE CONVINCED
- 24:46 THAT THERE REALLY IS A
- 24:47 BRIDEGROOM AND THAT
- 24:49 HE'S REALLY COMING,
- 24:49 FRANKLY, I DON'T BLAME YOU.
- 24:52 THE STORY WE JUST TOLD IN
- 24:54 OUR PLAY IS A TRUE STORY.
- 24:55 IT'S A REAL BIBLICAL STORY.
- 24:57 IT'S THE WAY PEOPLE DID THINGS
- 24:59 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THE
- 25:01 WAY THE GOSPEL GOES.
- 25:03 THE LORD IS REAL.
- 25:05 HE REALLY CAME.
- 25:06 HE REALLY DRANK THE CUP WITH US.
- 25:08 HE REALLY PAID THE PRICE
- 25:09 AND WENT BACK TO HIS FATHER'S
- 25:11 HOUSE AND HE'S REALLY
- 25:12 BUILDING US A MANSION,
- 25:14 A BRIDAL CHAMBER
- 25:15 FOR OUR TIME THERE WITH HIM.
- 25:17 AND IF THAT'S NOT TRUE,
- 25:19 THEN NOTHING IN THE BIBLE IS
- 25:21 TRUE.
- 25:23 IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT,
- 25:24 THE MOST VITAL MESSAGE.
- 25:27 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DRINK HIS CUP.
- 25:28 I DRANK IT
- 25:29 AND I'M WAITING FOR HIM
- 25:30 AND IT'S A VERY GOOD FEELING.
- 25:31 I WISH YOU WOULD THINK
- 25:32 ABOUT THIS.
- 25:33 THIS IS OUR REAL MESSAGE.
- 25:35 IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION
- 25:36 POSSIBLE IN THIS LIFE,
- 25:39 WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
- 25:40 ABOUT THIS CUP THAT'S OFFERED.
- 25:42 WELL, OUR MUSIC IS ON AN ALBUM.
- 25:44 I'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE IT.
- 25:45 I'D LIKE YOU TO LISTEN
- 25:47 TO IT.
- 25:48 THE ALBUM, "BELOVED THIEF,"
- 25:49 IS 14 SONGS.
- 25:50 WE ALSO HAVE IT IN CASSETTE.
- 25:52 IT SAYS ON THE COVER,
- 25:54 BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE APPRECIATE
- 25:59 THE STIRRING IMAGE OF THE
- 26:00 SCRIPTURE, THE BRIDEGROOM IS
- 26:02 COMING.
- 26:03 GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM.
- 26:05 AND THE FACT THAT THE LORD WILL
- 26:06 COME AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
- 26:09 IT'S THE WHOLE CHURCH IS IN THE
- 26:12 POSITION OF OUR BRIDE IN THE
- 26:13 PLAY.
- 26:15 WE'VE BEEN PROPOSED TO.
- 26:16 WE'VE ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL.
- 26:18 AND THE ISRAELI BRIDE
- 26:19 DIDN'T JUST PRINT WEDDING
- 26:22 INVITATIONS AND PICK A DATE.
- 26:23 SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE DAY
- 26:24 OF HER WEDDING.
- 26:25 THE BELIEVERS DON'T KNOW
- 26:26 THE DAY OF HIS COMING.
- 26:27 WE'VE TRIED TO CELEBRATE THAT
- 26:28 IN VARIOUS SONGS ON THE ALBUM.
- 26:32 "THROUGH THE NIGHT."
- 26:33 "WAIT FOR ME."
- 26:34 "IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE."
- 26:35 AND, OF COURSE, "BELOVED THIEF,"
- 26:38 WHICH IS THE TITLE SONG.
- 26:40 I HOPE YOU'LL GET THIS ALBUM.
- 26:41 I WOULD LIKE YOU
- 26:42 TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
- 26:43 I WROTE THE MUSIC AND THE
- 26:44 WORDS MYSELF AND I KNOW WHERE
- 26:46 THEY CAME FROM
- 26:47 AND WHAT THE QUALITY IS
- 26:48 AND WHAT THE MESSAGE IS.
- 26:49 I HOPE YOU'LL GET IT.
- 26:50 WE'LL ASK FOR A GIFT OF $10
- 26:52 OR MORE FOR THE ALBUM, PLEASE.
- 26:55 AND OF COURSE,
- 26:55 WHEN I SAY 10 OR MORE,
- 26:57 I DON'T MEAN TO HAVE YOU PAY
- 26:59 MORE THAN IT'S WORTH.
- 27:00 BUT IT HELPS US IF YOU PAY $10
- 27:03 OR MORE,
- 27:04 AND WE'LL SEND YOU THE RECORD.
- 27:05 AND WE HAVE A VIDEOTAPE,
- 27:06 "BELOVED THIEF,"
- 27:07 WITH THE WHOLE MUSICAL,
- 27:08 NO BREAKS.
- 27:09 ALL THE MUSIC AND ALL THE ACTING
- 27:11 AND ALL THE LESSONS.
- 27:13 WE CAN SUPPLY THIS
- 27:14 IN VHS OR BETA.
- 27:16 A GIFT OF $29 OR MORE, PLEASE.
- 27:18 $29 FOR THE VIDEOTAPE.
- 27:21 SEND IT TO THE POST OFFICE BOX
- 27:22 SHA'LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
- 27:25 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
- 27:28 Captions provided by:
- 27:29 CAPTION 2000+
- 27:30 DALLAS, TEXAS
Episodes in this series
- Beloved Thief, Part 1
- Beloved Thief, Part 2
- Beloved Thief, Part 3