Caption transcript for Shavuot—Pentecost: Part 3 (3/3)

• 00:09 IT IS WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPTURES THAT WE SHOULD JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM THREE TIMES A YEAR.
• 00:14 WE ARE GOING UP TO THE CITY OF GOD, TO JERUSALEM TO CELEBRATE.
• 00:24 THE LORD TOLD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO HONOR SEVEN HOLY CELEBRATIONS EACH YEAR
• 00:29 INVOLVING THREE JOURNEYS TO JERUSALEM.
• 00:32 EACH FESTIVAL WOULD BE UNIQUELY FULFILLED IN THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
• 00:53 THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, COUNT 50 DAYS TIL THE DAY AFTER THE 7TH SABBATH,
• 00:59 THEN YOU SHALL MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE LORD.
• 01:02 BRING FROM YOUR DWELLING TWO WAVE LOAVES.
• 01:05 THEY SHALL BE OF FINE FLOUR AND BAKED WITH LEAVEN.
• 01:09 ON THAT SAME DAY YOU ARE TO PROCLAIM A SACRED ASSEMBLY AND DO NO REGULAR WORK.
• 01:14 THIS IS TO BE A LASTING ORDINANCE FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
• 01:20 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 01:21 I'M SANDRA LEVITT.
• 01:23 WE'RE HERE WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF TALKING ABOUT PENTECOST.
• 01:26 NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR PEDIGREE,
• 01:29 ABOUT ALL YOUR DOCTORATES
• 01:30 AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAME TO THE LORD.
• 01:33 I REALLY WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
• 01:35 TELL ME, YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU HAVE CHILDREN.
• 01:37 I KNOW THAT WHEN ZOLA I ARE TRAVELING, PEOPLE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR FAMILY,
• 01:41 HOW MANY CHILDREN WE HAVE, HOW MANY GRANDCHILDREN DO WE HAVE.
• 01:44 I KNOW THEY WANT TO KNOW THE SAME ABOUT YOU.
• 01:45 PATTY AND I JUST CELEBRATED OUR 20TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
• 01:48 MAZAL TOV.
• 01:49 WE BOTH WAITED UNTIL WE WERE A LITTLE OLDER IN LIFE,
• 01:53 PARTLY BECAUSE I WAS SO MESSED UP EARLY ON,
• 01:56 I WAS INSECURE AND RATHER TIMID AND SHEEPISH ABOUT ASKING GIRLS OUT FOR FEAR THEY'D SAY NO.
• 02:00 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
• 02:01 I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER AND ALL THE REST.
• 02:03 SO, I WAS A LATE BLOOMER.
• 02:05 WE WERE BOTH A LITTLE BIT OVER 30 WHEN WE MARRIED AND WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE TOGETHER.
• 02:12 SHE'S MY "BUDDY".
• 02:13 PAT'S A COUNSELOR.
• 02:15 SHE WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WORKS IN THE TROUBLED KIDS AND GANGS.
• 02:18 SHE HAS A "PSYCH" DEGREE AND TH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION.
• 02:21 SEEMS LIKE BOTH OF US HAVE A MIND TO WANT TO TRY AND HELP PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY
• 02:25 AND WE FIND VALUE IN THAT.
• 02:27 WE HAVE THE COOLEST BOYS IN THE WORLD.
• 02:29 MY BOYS, JACOB AND ZACHARY ARE THE COOLEST GUYS THAT EVER POPPED OUT OF WOMAN'S WOMB.
• 02:35 THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE HEARING THAT, AREN'T THEY.
• 02:37 THEY HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, THEY REALLY ARE WONDERFUL.
• 02:39 I'M SUCH A HAPPY DAD.
• 02:41 NOW, WHEN JACOB WAS BORN, I WAS WORKING WITH ZOLA THEN AND JACOB WAS BORN REALLY SICK.
• 02:48 HE WAS DYING.
• 02:49 I THINK I REMEMBER ZOLA TELLING ME THIS.
• 02:51 I MEAN IT WAS A COVER STORY ONCE IN THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 02:54 I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT, YAH.
• 02:56 AND I PUT A PICTURE IN THERE, HE'S IN AN INCUBATOR, HE WEIGHS 2 LBS AND 14 OZ.
• 03:01 WE DIDN'T THINK HE'D MAKE IT.
• 03:03 TONIGHT, HERE WE ARE TAPING IN THE STUDIO, BUT JACOB IS OFF TO THE PROM IN MY SPORTS CAR.
• 03:10 OH, MY GOODNESS.
• 03:11 STRAPPING 6'2" GUY. HE'S GROWN UP.
• 03:14 BOTH OF MY BOYS ARE PRIDE AND JOYS.
• 03:16 JACOB WON A COMPETITION 2 YEARS AGO AND AT 15 HE WON A STATEWIDE COMPETITION IN SPEECH
• 03:23 AND RHETORIC DEFENDING ISRAEL AND THE AMERICAN NEED TO SUPPORT ISRAEL.
• 03:28 HE WENT TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ON A SUMMER'S YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM.
• 03:31 I KNOW THAT PROGRAM, YES.
• 03:32 AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF HIM.
• 03:34 ZACHARY IS PRIDE AND JOY, 14 1/2 EXCELLENT GUITARIST, SKATEBOARDER, SHARP AS A TACK.
• 03:42 IF HE'S GOING TO BE A LAWYER, AND HE EXPRESSES SOME INTEREST,
• 03:45 I PITY ANYBODY THAT HAS TO CONTEND WITH HIM.
• 03:47 HE IS A DETERMINED YOUNG GUY.
• 03:49 THAT'S JUST TERRIFIC, SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT FAMILY.
• 03:52 WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD FAMILY.
• 03:54 EVERYONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WANTS TO HAVE A GOOD MARRIAGE
• 03:56 AND WANTS TO HAVE GOOD KIDS AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING IN LIFE IS PERFECT,
• 04:00 BUT, IT'S GOOD TO WAIT AND DO IT GOD'S WAY.
• 04:03 ABSOLUTELY.
• 04:04 AND HAVE GOD BRING THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND TO HELP GUIDE US.
• 04:07 YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT,
• 04:09 OR WE WILL A LITTLE MORE, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, YOU AND I,
• 04:12 BUT, THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES US INTO THINGS.
• 04:15 ISN'T IT GREAT WHEN THE LORD GUIDES YOU INTO RELATIONSHIP AND THEN MAKES IT WELL.
• 04:19 WHAT IS IT WE SAY, WE DO IT OUR WAY AND THEN WE DO IT GOD'S WAY AND IT'S THE RIGHT WAY.
• 04:22 IT'S ALWAYS THE WAY IT IS.
• 04:24 PEOPLE DO IT WRONG.
• 04:25 YOU KNOW, THEY MARRY FOR AN IDEAL, THEY THINK THEY GOT A RAW DEAL,
• 04:28 AND THEN THEY GO SEARCHING FOR A NEW DEAL.
• 04:30 RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
• 04:31 BETTER IT IS TO WAIT ON GOD AND GET IT DONE RIGHT.
• 04:33 WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR CHILDREN AND I'M PROUD OF THE BOYS THAT WE HAVE.
• 04:36 THEY'RE JUST MEN OF GOD AND REALLY, THAT'S ALL I WANT OUT OF MY CHILDREN IS TO BE MEN OF GOD.
• 04:41 BACK AFTER THIS.
• 04:54 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY,
• 04:58 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
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• 05:07 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES INCLUDES
• 05:11 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CASSETTES AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 05:15 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL, GREECE
• 05:18 OR THE HOLY LAND EXPERIENCE THEME PARK IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
• 05:22 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 05:27 I SHALL STAND WITHIN THE WONDER OF YOUR WALLS, OH JERUSALEM.
• 05:33 I SHALL WALK WITHIN THE SPLENDOR OF YOUR GATES,
• 05:38 BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
• 05:44 SURELY THE LORD HAS BLESSED THEE AND MADE HIS FACE SHINE UPON THEE.
• 05:49 COME TO ZION WITH SONGS AND EVERLASTING JOY.
• 05:56 COME, WORSHIP IN THE SPLENDOR OF HIS HOLINESS.
• 06:01 IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO STAND HERE ON ONE OF THE MOST SACRED SPOTS ON EARTH.
• 06:09 YOU SEE BEHIND ME, THE CITY OF JERUSALEM.
• 06:13 YOU SEE THE WESTERN WALL, THE WAILING WALL BRISTLING WITH ACTIVITY.
• 06:19 THIS IS A SPOT WHERE THE BETTER PART OF 2000 YEARS AGO,
• 06:24 THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHED DOWN ON PLANET EARTH IN A VERY NEW SPECIAL WAY.
• 06:31 SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ERA,
• 06:34 JEWISH SAGES HAD ENVISIONED THAT ONE DAY THE BAT KOL WOULD BE RESTORED.
• 06:40 IT'S A HEBREW EXPRESSION, THE DAUGHTER OF THE VOICE,
• 06:43 THE VOICE OF PROPHECY.
• 06:46 IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT PROPHECY CEASED WITH THE CLOSING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON.
• 06:51 IT WAS BELIEVED, AS WELL, THAT IN THE MESSIANIC ERA
• 06:54 THERE WOULD BE A NEW DAWNING, A NEW OUTPOURING.
• 06:57 AND IT'S IN PROXIMITY TO THIS VERY PLACE SOME 2000 YEARS AGO
• 07:03 THAT A SPECIAL OUTPOURING TOOK PLACE, ONE THAT HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF OUR ATTENTION
• 07:09 IN THIS 3 PART SERIES WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT PENTECOST.
• 07:13 WE'VE LOOKED AT THE RUACH HAKODESH, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 07:16 WE NOTED HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ROOTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
• 07:21 AND THEN IN THE SECOND SERIES, WE SAW HOW HOLY SPIRIT HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT'S BOOTS
• 07:25 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AS A SPECIAL TOUCHDOWN, A SPECIAL COMING DOWN TO EARTH
• 07:31 TO DO A MARVELOUS AND NEW WORK THROUGH INDIVIDUALS.
• 07:34 WE CONSIDERED IN THE SECOND PROGRAM AND NOW IN THE THIRD,
• 07:38 TO BRING CONCLUSION TO THIS SERIES ON PENTECOST,
• 07:41 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS LOOK WITH YOU AT SOME BIBLICAL TEXT TO SEE,
• 07:45 NOT JUST WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DID THROUGH JEWS IN A BYGONE ERA,
• 07:50 BUT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO DO WITH YOU, WITH FOLK LIKE YOU AND I IN MODERNITY.
• 07:55 I'D LIKE TO BEGIN THE STORY TODAY BY LOOKING AT ONE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL'S LATER EPISTLES.
• 08:02 HE WROTE TO AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED TITUS AND HERE'S WHAT HE SAID IN THE 3RD CHAPTER
• 08:09 AND I'M LOOKING IN THE 5TH VERSE, FASCINATING TEXT HERE THAT'S WORTH SOME EXPLORATION.
• 08:15 HE SPEAKS HERE ABOUT WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE AND HE SAYS..
• 08:29 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, BUT FOR A MOMENT HE SAYS HERE THAT THROUGH GOD'S MERCY,
• 08:34 HE SAVED US THROUGH THE WASHING AND THROUGH THE REGENERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 08:42 THE WORD MERCY IS A VERY INTERESTING WORD.
• 08:45 IN HEBREW RACHMANU COMES FROM THE WORD FOR WOMB
• 08:50 AND IT HARKS TO THE SAME KIND OF COMPASSION THAT A WOMAN HAS FOR HER OFFSPRING,
• 08:55 FOR HER CHILDREN THAT COME FORTH FROM HER.
• 08:58 IN AS MUCH AS A MOM MAY BE DISCONCERTED WHEN THE BABY CRIES AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
• 09:03 AND SHE HAS TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
• 09:05 KNOWING SHE HAS TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING SOON, STILL THOUGH,
• 09:09 SHE MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT CHAGRINNED TO HAVE TO GET UP,
• 09:11 SOON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS HER LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR THE CHILD
• 09:15 IS GOING TO OVERRIDE HER OWN DISCONSTERNATION OVER LOSING SOME SLEEP.
• 09:20 WHY, BECAUSE SHE HAS MERCY.
• 09:22 THERE'S A FILIAL BOND THERE.
• 09:23 IN MUCH THE SAME WAY, WORTH NOTING,
• 09:26 IS GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PREDISPOSED TOWARD MERCY AND SO WE READ IN THE TEXT
• 09:32 THAT PAUL SAYS IN HIS MERCY HE SAVED US THROUGH THE WASHING,
• 09:38 THROUGH THE REGENERATION IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 09:43 WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSCORE WITH THE WORD SAVED IS THE FACT THAT THE GREEK WORD SAVED OR SOZO,
• 09:49 ISN'T SIMPLY HIM SAYING THAT HE SAVED OUR SOULS.
• 09:53 TRUE THOUGH THAT IS, WHAT GOD IS MINDED TO DO THROUGH THE REGENERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 09:59 ISN'T TO SAVE OUR SOULS AND SOULS ALONE, BUT TO SAVE OUR WHOLE LIVES.
• 10:04 THERE'S THIS WONDERFUL REBUILDING PROCESS WHERE OUR MIND IS RESTORED,
• 10:09 WHERE OUR MIND IS RENEWED, WHERE OUR BODY CAN EXPERIENCE REINVIGORATION
• 10:13 AND HEALTH AND HEALING.
• 10:15 I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SO MUCH INVOLVED IN THE PACKAGE.
• 10:18 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S LIFE AFTER DEATH,
• 10:21 BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THERE'S LIFE BEFORE DEATH.
• 10:25 THERE'S A NUMBER OF US THAT HAVE MADE SHIPWRECK OF OUR LIVES
• 10:28 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN EXPERIENCE GOD'S MERCY
• 10:32 THROUGH THE WASHING AND REGENERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 10:38 IN OUR THREE PART SERIES HERE, WHERE I WANT TO LOOK AT
• 10:41 HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO BE AT WORK IN US, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS BEGIN HERE IN TITUS
• 10:47 AND THEN I WANT TO SPEND THE BETTER PART OF MY SHORT TIME WITH YOU IN THE GALATIANS TEXT.
• 10:53 THIS IS INTERESTING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
• 10:55 TITUS ARGUABLY IS ONE OF THE LATTER EPISTLES THAT PAUL WROTE.
• 10:59 WHEREAS, BY CONTRAST, GALATIANS MAY WELL HAVE BEEN THE FIRST, IF NOT OF THE FIRST
• 11:05 AND THE WAY HE BRINGS THIS DOCUMENT TO A CLOSE
• 11:08 IS FASCINATING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
• 11:11 IT MAY WELL BE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE FIRST TIME, RATHER,
• 11:16 WHERE HE PUTS PEN TO PAPER TO WRITE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT'S WORKING THROUGH AN OFFER
• 11:21 TO COMMEND TO WRITTEN TEXT WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING AND DOING
• 11:25 AND HERE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 11:28 HERE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TALKED ABOUT IN CONTRAST WITH THE WORKS OF THE FLESH.
• 11:33 PAUL WILL TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE FLESH AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
• 11:38 AND HE HAS THESE IN TENSION WITH EACH OTHER IN THE FIRST CENTURY WORLD,
• 11:42 MUCH AS THAT'S THE CASE TODAY.
• 11:44 AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF ANTHROPOLOGY,
• 11:48 A DOCTRINE OF MAN AND WOMAN, WE ASK THE QUESTION "WHAT IS OUR CONDITION?"
• 11:53 ALL OF US ARE IN THIS TUG OF WAR BETWEEN VICE AND VIRTUE.
• 11:57 THOSE OF US THAT HAVE THE LORD WITHIN US, THERE'S THIS TENSION BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT,
• 12:02 WHICH ARE GOING TO SATISFY, PARTICULARLY?
• 12:05 WELL, HERE PAUL IS MINDED TO EXHORT THE BELIEVERS TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT
• 12:10 AND WHEN SOMEONE HAS RECEIVED THE SPIRIT, WHAT THEY MUST NEEDS DO IN THE WAKE OF SO DOING,
• 12:15 IS TO PRACTICE WALKING IN THE SPIRIT.
• 12:19 I'M REMINDED OF THE JOANINE PASSAGE, JOHN 1:12, WERE TOLD..
• 12:31 WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES THE LORD, THEY ARE THEN INVIGORATED ON THE INSIDE
• 12:36 WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE RUACH HAKODESH, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 12:40 IN THE WAKE OF THAT EXPERIENCE THEN, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON BELIEVERS
• 12:44 TO STAND UP AND TO BEGIN TO WALK OUT A NEW LIFE.
• 12:47 AND IF YOU'LL LOOK PLEASE IN THE 5TH CHAPTER, PICKING UP IN THE 22ND VERSE,
• 12:51 THERE'S A PASSAGE HERE THAT I THINK REALLY IS WORTHY OF SOME EXPLORATION.
• 12:56 SO I APPRECIATE, IN ADVANCE, YOU GIVING ME 5 MINUTES TO UNPACK THIS FOR YOU.
• 13:00 I HONESTLY THINK THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
• 13:26 PAUL WOULD SAY THAT FUNDAMENTALLY,
• 13:28 WHEN SOMEONE HAS THE S██RIT OF GOD RESIDENT WITHIN THEM,
• 13:31 THERE ARE CERTAIN FRUITS THAT MANIFEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AS WELL.
• 13:35 NOW, BY THE WAY, IN READING THIS I AM REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T PERFECTED THIS.
• 13:39 YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS.
• 13:41 MY WIFE AND I WILL FUSS AND USUALLY IT'S MY FAULT.
• 13:45 SO, I DON'T STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE EPITOME OF PERFECTION.
• 13:49 BUT, I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU AND I NEED TO REMIND MYSELF AND THAT IS,
• 13:52 IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO BEAR THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
• 13:56 YOU KNOW, IN AA MEETINGS ALL OVER THE COUNTY, IF NOT THE WORLD,
• 14:00 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WALKING THE WALK AND NOT JUST TALKING THE TALK.
• 14:03 TO USE BIBLICAL LANGUAGE, JESUS SAID, YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS,
• 14:07 NOT JUST THAT WE'LL KNOW THEM BY OUR TOOTS.
• 14:11 EVERYONE CAN TALK, BUT HERE'S WHAT THE WALK LOOKS LIKE,
• 14:14 THE MANUFACTURE, THE BEARING OF FRUIT.
• 14:16 HE SPEAKS HERE OF THE FRUIT OF LOVE.
• 14:18 IF YOU'LL PERMIT FOR A SECOND, A CRITIQUE.
• 14:22 ABRAHAM MALAMAT, A PROFESSOR AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM
• 14:26 ONCE WROTE THAT "FOR AS MUCH AS CHRISTIANS TALK ABOUT LOVE,
• 14:30 THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE WORD."
• 14:33 IS LOVE A FEELING, IS IT THIS, IS IT THAT?
• 14:36 WHAT HE HARKS BACK TO IS THE HEBREW WORD FOR LOVE, IT'S THE VERB AHAV MEANS TO LOVE.
• 14:41 BUT, IT'S NOT ABSTRACTED IN THE SENTIMENTALITY AS CAN BE THE CASE IN GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE.
• 14:47 WHEREAS LOVE IN HEBREW COMES FROM A VERY THAT MEANS TO DO GOOD ON BEHALF OF.
• 14:53 HENCE ELSEWHERE OUR NEW TESTAMENT WRITER SAYS..
• 14:59 IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S NOT JUST HAVE SENTIMENT,
• 15:01 BUT LET'S PUT SOME PRACTICAL FEET ON ALL OF THAT.
• 15:04 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, NUMBER ONE, IS INDIVIDUALS WILL BE MINDED TO LOVE OTHERS.
• 15:09 WHEN SOMEONE HAS THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THEM,
• 15:12 WE REALIZE THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD BEYOND THE BORDER OF OUR OWN NOSE
• 15:15 AND WE BEGIN TO REACH OUT TOTHE BROADER CULTURE, TO REACH OUT TO OTHERS AND TO PRACTICE LOVE.
• 15:21 OH, IF ONLY INDIVIDUALS KNEW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, IT'S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
• 15:26 THERE'S A JOY, THERE'S A PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING,
• 15:30 THERE'S THIS INTERNAL REGENERATION
• 15:33 THAT'S AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND WALK WITH GOD.
• 15:38 HE SPEAKS HERE OF JOY, OF PEACE, OF LONG SUFFERING OR PATIENCE.
• 15:42 HE TALKS ABOUT KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS.
• 15:47 I'M REMINDED THAT THERE IS THIS REGENERATION
• 15:50 THAT'S AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• 15:55 I'M BRINGING CLOSURE NOW TO A THREE PART TREATMENT OF PENTECOST.
• 15:59 PENTECOST IN THE HEBREW, SHAVUOT,
• 16:02 IT'S THIS FEAST OF OUTPOURING
• 16:04 WHEN ISRAELITES CELEBRATE GOD'S GOODNESS,
• 16:07 WHEN THEY CELEBRATE THE RAIN BEGIN POURED OUT AND THE BRINGING FORTH OF THE CROP.
• 16:12 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SOW ALL THE SEEDS IN THE WORLD,
• 16:14 BUT, IF THE RAINS DON'T COME DOWN AND WATER IT, IT'S ALL FOR NAUGHT.
• 16:17 WHEN THE WATER IS POURED OUT, THE EARTH COMES TO LIFE.
• 16:20 AS WE BRING THIS TO A CLOSE, I WANT TO REMIND YOU
• 16:23 THAT GOD HIMSELF WANTS TO POUR OUT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON YOU
• 16:28 AND CHANGE YOU AND REGENERATE YOU AND GIVE YOU A MARVELOUS LIFE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.
• 16:35 GOD BLESS YOU.
• 16:52 JEFF, THAT WAS TERRIFIC.
• 16:53 I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE ROOTS OF COURSE, AND THEN THE BOOTS, AND THEN THE FRUITS.
• 16:58 I LOVED THE FRUITS BEING LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS AND FAITH.
• 17:06 WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO ASPIRE TO.
• 17:08 IT'S WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS THEIR MAN TO POSSESS.
• 17:11 THAT'S RIGHT.
• 17:13 MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE, AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW,
• 17:16 ONCE AGAIN YOU HEAR THAT THE LAW, THERE IS NO LAW FOR THAT.
• 17:19 THAT'S GOD COMING INTO US.
• 17:22 WE HAVE BASE IMPULSES AND IT SEEMS THAT GOD WANTS TO TEMPER THOSE AND BEAR FRUIT WITHIN US.
• 17:29 AND WHAT FRUIT TO BEAR.
• 17:31 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WILL KING AGAIN AND HE'S GOING TO INTERVIEW A YOUNG MAN
• 17:35 BY THE NAME OF ARI YEHUDA, WHO IS ALSO WITH "THE LAND OF ISRAEL"
• 17:40 AND THIS YOUNG MAN LOVES THE LAND, ALSO, OF ISRAEL.
• 17:43 BACK AFTER THIS.
• 17:45 ARI, AS A FELLOW TEXAN, I KNOW HOW I GOT HERE.
• 17:48 TELL US HOW YOU GOT TO BE IN ISRAEL.
• 17:50 WELL, I WAS A 4TH GENERATION TEXAN.
• 17:53 WAY BACK, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST JEWISH COWBOYS
• 17:58 AND RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AS MY NAME IS ARI YEHUDA, IT MEANS IN HEBREW, THE LION OF JUDAH.
• 18:02 SO, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THAT SORT OF NAME,
• 18:05 EVEN MY GRANDMOTHER COULDN'T REALLY PRONOUNCE, SHE CALLED ME "AIRY"
• 18:08 AND I ALWAYS GREW UP FEELING, ALTHOUGH I LOVE TEXAS WITH ALL MY HEART, I FELT DIFFERENT,
• 18:12 I FELT LIKE IT WASN'T REALLY MY HOME AND I WAS ALWAYS DRAWN TO ISRAEL
• 18:16 AND RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I CAME TO ISRAEL, I LEARNED TORAH IN THE YESHIVA,
• 18:19 IN THE PLACE OF LEARNING IN JERUSALEM AND AFTERWARDS
• 18:23 I JUST DECIDED THIS IS WHERE I NEEDED TO STAY.
• 18:25 AFTER A LOT OF NEGOTIATION WITH MY PARENTS, I CAME BACK, I JOINED THE ARMY HERE.
• 18:31 I WAS IN THE GOLANI BRIGADES AND AS A MATTER OF FACT,
• 18:34 JEREMY GIMPEL IS MY COMMANDER NOW IN RESERVE DUTY.
• 18:38 DURING THE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, TELL US WHERE YOU WERE.
• 18:40 I WENT DOWN, I WAS IN GADID RIGHT OFF OF NAVE DEL CALIM.
• 18:45 I WAS ELECTED TO BE ONE OF THE SPOKESMEN FOR THE RESISTANCE IN GUSH KATIF.
• 18:51 I WAS INTERVIEWED ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STATIONS, ON ABC, CBS, CNN
• 18:56 WHEN THE WHOLE CITY WENT INTO LOCK DOWN,
• 18:59 I WAS THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE THERE ON THE ROOF OF THAT BUILDING WITH ALL OF THE MEDIA.
• 19:03 THE INTERVIEW THAT STICKS OUT THE MOST IN MY MIND WAS WITH THE BBC,
• 19:08 A STATION THAT I'M NOT SUCH A FAN OF, TO BE HONEST.
• 19:11 I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY THAT NOW.
• 19:12 IT'S NOT VERY POPULAR IN ISRAEL.
• 19:14 AND THE ANCHOR WOMAN SAID, "WHY ARE YOU STANDING AGAINST THE ISRAELI ARMY?"
• 19:19 I SAID, "STANDING AGAINST THE ISRAELI ARMY, GOD FORBID, I'M A SNIPER IN THE ISRAELI ARMY.
• 19:23 I'M IN THE ISRAELI RESERVES.
• 19:24 I'M STANDING HERE TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND."
• 19:26 AND AS I THOUGHT, SHE SAID, "THAT'S PREPOSTEROUS,
• 19:29 HOW COULD YOU THINK ABOUT DOING A THING LIKE THAT, DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND?"
• 19:32 I SAID, "THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOOTING KASSAMS AND ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL
• 19:36 AND BLOWING UP OUR BUSES ARE BLOWING UP YOUR SUBWAYS
• 19:39 AND WE'RE HERE TO DEFEND THE GLOBAL APPEASEMENT OF TERROR
• 19:44 AND TO DEFEND WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS GOOD.
• 19:46 AND SHE SAID, "BUT, COME ON, THERE'S 8000 JEWS.
• 19:49 THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY 1.5 MILLIONS ARABS.
• 19:51 ISN'T THAT JUST IMPRACTICAL?"
• 19:53 AND THAT'S A POINT THAT I REALLY THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND,
• 19:57 THAT ISRAEL, WE'RE 5 MILLION JEWS SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF ARABS
• 20:00 IN 22 DIFFERENT ARAB COUNTRIES.
• 20:02 WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS JUST AND WHAT IS GOOD,
• 20:06 NOT WHAT IS NECESSARILY PRACTICAL IN THE CONVENTIONAL SENSE.
• 20:10 AND TO DIG UP JEWS FROM THE..
• 20:12 THEY DUG UP JEWISH GRAVES BECAUSE THE CEMETERIES WOULD BE VANDALIZED.
• 20:16 THEY DESTROYED EVERYTHING.
• 20:17 WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS AN INJUSTICE, A TERRIBLE INJUSTICE
• 20:21 AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CRY OUT AGAINST WHAT HAPPENED THERE,
• 20:23 WHAT HAPPENED IN ARMONA AND, GOD FORBID, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY INTEND ON DOING NOW.
• 20:28 I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BALANCE THE REALITIES WE TALKED ABOUT,
• 20:34 THE 1.5 MILLION PALESTINIANS VERSUS OUR BIBLICAL BELIEFS?
• 20:37 WHEN IT COMES TO REALITY, THOSE WHO SAID WE NEED TO HAVE A JEWISH STATE
• 20:42 IN THE ANCIENT JEWISH LAND OF ISRAEL, THEY WERE LAUGHED AT.
• 20:45 WHEN IT COMES TO PRACTICALITY, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT WORD.
• 20:49 I BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE, A SPIRITUAL WAR
• 20:53 AND JUST AS THE GENERATION OF JEWS THAT WAS BORN AFTER THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT IN THE DESERT,
• 20:58 THEY GOT THEIR FOOD, MANNA, FROM HEAVEN.
• 21:00 BUT, THEY WERE BORN INTO THAT REALITY.
• 21:02 THEY DIDN'T SEE THE MIRACLE IN THAT.
• 21:03 THE JEWISH PEOPLE HERE IN ISRAEL, THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLE,
• 21:07 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM
• 21:09 AND ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE JEWISH CONNECTION TO HEBRON
• 21:12 IS THE SAME JEWISH CONNECTION TO TEL AVIV,
• 21:15 IT'S THAT GOD GAVE IT TO US, THAT IS THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS.
• 21:19 IT'S NOT CONVINCING THEM ON A STRATEGIC, PRACTICAL LEVEL,
• 21:22 IT'S TEACHING THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS,
• 21:26 THE INEXTRICABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 21:29 THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 21:32 SO THE JEWS BORN IN ISRAEL TODAY, DON'T EVEN REALIZE THE MIRACLE
• 21:35 THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE IN THE LAND AGAIN.
• 21:37 THAT'S CORRECT.
• 21:39 THEY DON'T SEE THE HAND OF GOD IN THIS BLATANT MIRACLE THAT I CAN'T..
• 21:43 IN WEST POINT, THEY DON'T EVEN STUDY THE SIX DAY WAR,
• 21:46 BECAUSE IT DEFIED ALL LOGIC.
• 21:48 GOD HAS HAD HIS HAND, JUST LIKE IN THE STORY OF PURIM IN THE MEGILLAH
• 21:52 WHEN GOD SAVED THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THE EVIL HAMAN.
• 21:55 GOD'S NAME ISN'T MENTIONED ONCE AND SO TOO,
• 21:57 WHEN I LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, GOD'S NAME,
• 22:00 HE'S NOT NO BLATANT SEA-SPLITTING,
• 22:03 BUT HOW CAN YOU NOT LOOK AT THESE BATTLES WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAD A SPITBALL GUN
• 22:08 AND A CANNON AGAINST THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD AND WE EMERGED VICTORIOUS.
• 22:12 I SEE THAT AND I SEE GOD IN THE WORLD WITHOUT A DOUBT.
• 22:15 NOW YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR FORMER COMMANDER.
• 22:18 YES, OUR GOAL IS, WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT GOALS, BUT THE MAIN GOALS ARE, AS WE SAID,
• 22:24 TO BRING THE TORAH, THE BIBLE BACK TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND TO TEACH ABOUT THE BEAUTY
• 22:30 AND THE DEPTH AND DIMENSION OF JUDAISM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
• 22:32 WE'VE GONE AND WE'VE SPOKEN IN CHURCHES AROUND AMERICA,
• 22:35 TEACHING ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND THE DEPTH OF JUDAISM AND THE TORAH
• 22:39 AND WE BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH OUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
• 22:43 BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUT OF FEAR THAT WE'RE JOINING TOGETHER,
• 22:46 BUT OUT OF COMMON VALUES THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE EMERGING FROM EASY TIMES
• 22:54 INTO A TIME OF WAR WHEN THESE MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD, THEY ARE SAYING,
• 22:57 "SATURDAY PEOPLE FIRST AND THE SUNDAY PEOPLE SECOND."
• 23:01 WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT TOGETHER.
• 23:03 ABSOLUTELY.
• 23:04 HAVE YOU FOUND CHRISTIAN AUDIENCES TO BE FAIRLY RECEPTIVE?
• 23:07 I BELIEVE SO.
• 23:08 CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN VERY CURIOUS.
• 23:11 A LOT OF THEM ARE TRYING TO RECONNECT TO THEIR JEWISH ROOTS, THEY EXPLAIN TO ME.
• 23:15 THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE TORAH AND THE BEAUTY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE.
• 23:18 WE ARE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW IN JERUSALEM, WHICH IN HEBREW, AS YOU KNOW,
• 23:22 IS YERUSHALAYIM, ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
• 23:25 IS EVERY LETTER HAS A MEANING, HAS AN IDENTITY AND AS YOU KNOW,
• 23:28 ONE HAND IN HEBREW IS A YAD, TWO IS YADIM.
• 23:31 ONE LEG IS A REGEL, TWO US REGELIM.
• 23:33 A WORD WHEN IT ENDS IN "IM" IT HAS AN EQUAL AND EXACT OPPOSITE.
• 23:36 AND YERUSHALAYIM HAS AN EQUAL AND EXACT OPPOSITE,
• 23:39 THERE'S JERUSALEM OF THIS WORLD, THE PHYSICAL, MATERIAL JERUSALEM,
• 23:42 YERUSHALAYIM SHALAMALA AND THE SPIRITUAL JERUSALEM.
• 23:45 THIS IS WHERE THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL COME TOGETHER.
• 23:48 WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE FLOCKING HERE ON THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES,
• 23:53 THERE ARE PROPHECIES THAT SAY THAT IS THE FEAST
• 23:56 FOR ALL THE NATIONS TO COME AND SACRIFICE AT OUR TEMPLE
• 23:59 AND SEEING THESE PROPHECIES COME TRUE IS DAZZLING.
• 24:03 HOW CAN ONE NOT SEE GOD EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
• 24:07 IN THESE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN?
• 24:09 YOU ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH JEREMY ON THE RADIO, AS WELL.
• 24:13 YES, WE HAVE A SHOW ON ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO.
• 24:16 ONCE UPON A TIME, ARUTZ SHEVA, WHICH IS ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO,
• 24:19 WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE NUMBER ONE RADIO STATION IN ISRAEL.
• 24:23 IT'S A RIGHT WING VOICE, WHICH I THINK IS RELATIVELY LOGICAL
• 24:27 WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NATIONS THAT WANT TO KILL YOU,
• 24:30 YOU SHOULD TRY TO DEFEND YOURSELF, BUT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS A LEFTIST REGIME
• 24:35 AND THEY DO NOT WANT THAT VOICE TO COME OUT
• 24:38 SO THEY MADE ARUTZ SHEVA AN ILLEGAL RADIO STATION.
• 24:41 SO, NOW IT'S BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL
• 24:46 OUT TO THE WORLD TO SAY WE ARE THE JEWISH PEOPLE, WE ARE NOT IN ISRAEL,
• 24:49 AS MANY ISRAELIS WOULD SAY, BECAUSE OF THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 425, WHATEVER IT IS.
• 24:55 WE ARE IN ISRAEL BECAUSE THE GOD OF ISRAEL HAS BROUGHT US BACK TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL
• 24:58 AND WE ARE HERE TO BE THAT LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
• 25:03 WHEN ISRAEL BOMBED THE OSIRAK REACTOR IN IRAQ, THE WHOLE WORLD CAME DOWN ON THEM.
• 25:07 20 YEARS LATER, THEY'RE ALL THANKING THEM.
• 25:10 WE NEED TO NOT TRY TO COW TIP AND TO APPEASE THE WORLD,
• 25:13 BUT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND THEY WILL THANK US FOR IT.
• 25:16 ARI, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
• 25:18 THANK YOU, WILL.
• 25:21 ♪ WE ARE BACK NOW IN OUR LAND ♪ WE'RE DELIVERED BY OUR GOD'S ♪ ALMIGHTY HAND
• 25:26 ♪ HE HAS CALLED US, ♪ CALLED US HOME
• 25:29 ♪ HE HAS SACTIFIED HIS PROMISE ♪ AND HE'S CALLED HIS CHILDREN ♪ HOME.
• 25:32 ♪ SHALOM, SHALOM, ♪ THE MIGHTY GOD OF ISRAEL'S ♪ BROUGHT US HOME
• 25:38 ♪ AM YISRAEL CHAI B'SHALOM ♪ FOR THE MIGHTY GOD OF ISRAEL ♪ IN HIS MERCY BROUGHT US HOME.
• 25:44 ♪ ♪
• 25:54 ♪ HE HAS SANCTIFIED HIS PROMISE ♪ AND HE'S CALLED HIS CHILDREN ♪ HOME.
• 25:56 ♪ ♪
• 25:59 ♪ SHALOM.
• 26:00 WE'RE BACK AGAIN WITH JEFF SEIF.
• 26:02 THANK YOU FOR THE TEACHING ON SHAVUOT, THE HEBREW SHAVUOT AND PENTECOST.
• 26:07 IT'S A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
• 26:10 WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME, HAVEN'T WE?
• 26:12 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ROOTS AND THE BOOTS AND THE FRUITS AND THE GREAT VISUAL.
• 26:15 I LOVE THE SET THAT WE'VE GOT IN HERE, THE BREAD AND THE FRUIT AND THE VEGETABLES AND GRAIN.
• 26:20 IT'S JUST A GREAT VISUAL.
• 26:22 AND FOR ME, IT'S LIKE OLD TIMES IN A SENSE.
• 26:24 MY ORBIT CROSSED PROFESSIONALLY WITH ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES YEARS AGO
• 26:27 AND TO KIND OF INTERACT HERE IS FOR ME, JUST REFRESHING AND EXCITING.
• 26:31 IT'S JUST GREAT.
• 26:32 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US JEFF.
• 26:33 I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING GREAT THINGS IN THE LORD WITH YOU.
• 26:36 I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.
• 26:37 YOU'RE GREAT TO WORK WITH.
• 26:38 I APPRECIATE IT.
• 26:39 STAY WITH US ALSO, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PROGRAMS COMING UP AND AS YOU DO,
• 26:43 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.