Caption transcript for “Prophecy Update,” Part 2

• 00:17 BRETHREN MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL
• 00:21 IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
• 00:24 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
• 00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
• 00:43 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU, JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
• 00:47 I'M GLAD YOU'RE THERE.
• 00:49 WE'RE WORKING WITH ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS PRESENTING THIS TIME A TAKE ON PROPHECY.
• 00:56 THE WORD "PROPHECY" COMES FROM THE HEBREW "NABI" WHICH MEANS "TO BUBBLE FORTH"
• 01:01 AND IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THERE CAN BE A WORD WITHIN AND ITS SPOKEN FORTH.
• 01:05 "RO'E" IS THE HEBREW FOR "SEER", "VISIONARY", "SEEING THINGS TO COME".
• 01:10 I'M INTERESTED IN THE PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE MOMENT AS WELL THINGS TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
• 01:16 AND TO HELP COME TO TERMS WITH THE MOMENT AND THE FUTURE, HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH ME TODAY.
• 01:22 JAMIE COWEN IS A RABBI...
• 01:26 A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM PENN STATE,
• 01:29 A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE, A LAWYER, FROM CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BUT HE'S NO CATHOLIC.
• 01:34 HE IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
• 01:41 THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE
• 01:44 AND WE AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
• 01:49 THIS GUY IS A LEADER AND WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE HIM.
• 01:53 JAMIE...THRILLED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
• 01:55 JEFF ITS GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK YOU.
• 01:57 SUCH A CREDIBLE PERSON WHERE YOU SIT;
• 02:01 THE LORD RAISED YOU UP,
• 02:03 YOU CAME TO KNOW THE LORD FROM A JEWISH FAMILY
• 02:05 AND HE CALLED YOU INTO THE MINISTRY.
• 02:06 YOU HAVE A SYNAGOGUE DON'T YA?
• 02:08 YES I DO.
• 02:09 IT'S IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
• 02:10 IT USED TO BE ACTUALLY AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE.
• 02:12 AND UH... >>THE BUILDING ITSELF?
• 02:13 THE BUILDING ITSELF
• 02:15 AND NOW IT'S A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS.
• 02:17 WHEN I THINK OF PROPHECY
• 02:18 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
• 02:21 ISRAEL'S RE-EMERGENCE AMONG MEN AS A NATION
• 02:25 IS A MIRACLE IN THE MODERN WORLD ISN'T IT?
• 02:27 OH, NO QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY
• 02:29 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT
• 02:30 THE ESCALATED RISE OF JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO FAITH,
• 02:34 THAT'S SIMILARLY A MIRACLE WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
• 02:36 ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
• 02:37 THEY BOTH ARE PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE.
• 02:39 YES AND I'VE READ REPORTS BY THE WAY
• 02:41 OF PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED
• 02:42 IN THE TUNES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS
• 02:46 FROM EXTRACT LIKE MYSELF OR YOURSELF
• 02:49 THAT HAVE COME TO FAITH
• 02:50 AND THAT ARE WORKING WITH WHAT IT IS TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA, JESUS.
• 02:54 THAT'S RIGHT.
• 02:56 IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE THERE'S A LEAST 300 MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
• 02:59 THERE'S 150 IN ISRAEL, OVER 100 IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION,
• 03:02 I MEAN THEY SPRUNG UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.
• 03:05 WHILE MANY JEWISH PEOPLE ARE COMING TO FAITH
• 03:07 AND BEING ABSORBED INTO A REGULAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE,
• 03:12 THERE ARE SOME STILL PART OF THE BODY OF COURSE
• 03:14 BUT WANT TO RETAIN A JEWISH LIFESTYLE AND VISION, CORRECT?
• 03:18 THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS PROVIDE.
• 03:21 AND YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.
• 03:23 YES I AM.
• 03:24 AND FORMERLY SO BY THE WAY
• 03:26 6 YEARS YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION.
• 03:29 THAT'S CORRECT.
• 03:30 AND WHAT'S THE WEBSITE?
• 03:32 IF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND THEY SAY,
• 03:33 "GEE I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND GO PARTICIPATE."
• 03:36 "I LIKE LISTENING TO YOU GUYS BUT SHOW ME."
• 03:38 WHERE CAN THEY GO TO FIND A CONGREGATION NEAR THEM?
• 03:42 WELL IF YOU GO TO:
• 03:46 YOU WILL FIND THE LIST,
• 03:48 OUR MAJOR NATIONAL WEBSITE,
• 03:49 AND THEN ALL THE CONGREGATIONS
• 03:50 ARE LISTED UNDERNEATH THAT.
• 03:52 SO PEOPLE CAN GO EXPLORE IN A HANDS ON WAY?
• 03:55 YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A VERY GOOD WEBSITE.
• 03:57 I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE PUT THEIR HANDS ON THEIR TELEVISION TO WANT TO COME AND SEE
• 04:01 BUT TO EXPERIENCE BY VIRTUE OF PARTICIPATION,
• 04:04 THAT TAKES IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
• 04:06 ITS RICH ISN'T IT?
• 04:07 YEAH IT REALLY IS.
• 04:08 I MEAN REALLY IF YOU ARE FROM A CHURCH BACKGROUND
• 04:10 AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A SYNAGOGUE OR EVEN A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE,
• 04:13 COMING INTO A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE IT'S DIFFERENT.
• 04:15 IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND MANY CHRISTIANS...
• 04:18 YOU KNOW EVEN IN OUR CONGREGATION IN RICHMOND
• 04:19 WE HAVE MANY CHRISTIANS WHO VISIT
• 04:21 AND THEY ALWAYS COME AWAY WITH THE FEELING LIKE
• 04:23 "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE"
• 04:25 "BUT IT ENRICHES MY FAITH."
• 04:27 NOW I BELIEVE THAT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE HAS A CALL OF GOD.
• 04:32 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A CALL OF GOD IN THEIR LIFE
• 04:36 THAT HELL HAS AN ASSIGNMENT AGAINST THEM. >>YES.
• 04:39 AND SO IT IS WHILE GOD'S WORKING TO RAISE SOMETHING UP
• 04:41 GOD'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WORKING. >>ABSOLUTELY
• 04:43 OUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL
• 04:45 PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION ACCORDING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
• 04:48 NOW IN ISRAEL PROPER...
• 04:50 YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF ISRAEL LIKE I AM...
• 04:51 YOU'D MENTIONED THERE ARE 150 OR SO MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS.
• 04:55 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
• 04:57 YES WELL REALLY ITS AMAZING EVEN IN THE LAST 10 TO MAYBE 15 YEARS
• 05:01 THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF JEWISH PEOPLE
• 05:04 COMING TO KNOW YESHUA, JESUS IN ISRAEL
• 05:07 AND OF COURSE THE PLACE WHERE THEY END UP COLLECTING
• 05:10 ARE IN MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS.
• 05:12 AND SO IT'S A PHENOMENON THAT WAS REALLY UNSEEN
• 05:16 SINCE THE FIRST AND MAYBE SECOND CENTURIES.
• 05:19 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A WAR UNSEEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.
• 05:23 YES THERE IS.
• 05:24 BOMBS ARE BURSTING IN AIR
• 05:26 AS THE JEWISH STATE IS MAKING ITS BID FOR SURVIVAL
• 05:31 IN THE GOD GIVEN ANCESTRAL HOMELAND.
• 05:33 THERE'S BOMBS BURSTING BUT THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE
• 05:36 AS THE PRINCE AND POWER OF THE AIR
• 05:38 IS INVESTING ENERGIES AT SNUFFING OUT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH MOVEMENT IN ISRAEL,
• 05:43 CORRECT? >>YES, ABSOLUTELY
• 05:44 AND FORTUNATELY AS MESSIANIC JUDAISM TAKES A GREATER HOLD IN THE LAND
• 05:49 MORE PEOPLE COME TO KNOW YESHUA, JESUS AS LORD.
• 05:52 PARTICULARLY THE ULTRA- ORTHODOX COMMUNITY REALLY REACTS AGAINST THAT
• 05:57 AND PERSECUTES THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY MERCILESSLY.
• 06:00 IT'S BEYOND BELIEF.
• 06:02 YEAH, NOW WE DON'T WANT TO CAST DISPERSIONS ON ISRAEL.
• 06:04 THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE DOING THAT IN THE WORLD. >>RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY
• 06:07 BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
• 06:09 IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE,
• 06:11 A SMALL SLIVER OF THE POPULATION IN ISRAEL
• 06:13 THAT'S GIVING MESSIANIC BELIEVERS HELL IN THE HOMELAND. >>YEAH IT'S TRUE.
• 06:16 THE PROBLEM UNFORTUNATELY IS THAT THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX
• 06:20 HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
• 06:22 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLITICAL PARTIES AND SO FORTH
• 06:24 AND SO THEY PUT THEM IN CERTAIN VERY NARROW AREAS
• 06:27 WHERE THEY HAVE INFLUENCE.
• 06:30 THEY BRING TO BEAR A LOT OF INFLUENCE,
• 06:31 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS, PERSECUTION OF MESSIANIC JEWS.
• 06:33 I REMEMBER BEING THERE NOT LONG AGO
• 06:35 AND A BOMB WAS DELIVERED TO A MESSIANIC PASTOR'S HOME
• 06:38 AND BLEW UP HIS TEENAGE SON.
• 06:39 YEAH IT WAS A TRAGEDY.
• 06:41 IN FACT OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION UMJC
• 06:43 WAS THERE THIS SUMMER FOR OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE
• 06:45 AND WE RAISED A GOOD BIT OF MONEY AND PROVIDED IT TO THE FAMILY.
• 06:48 UMJC.ORG IS THE GO TO PLACE ON THE WEBSITE. >>THAT'S IT.
• 06:52 NOW SPEAKING OF GOING TO AND SPEAKING OF TROUBLES,"TZOROS"
• 06:55 YOU HAVE TROUBLE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.
• 06:58 YOU WERE IN ISRAEL RECENTLY
• 07:00 AND I GUESS YOU JUST GOT OFF THE AIRPLANE AND WALKED RIGHT IN HUH?
• 07:03 WISH THAT WAS THE CASE.
• 07:05 BEEN TO ISRAEL MANY, MANY TIMES.
• 07:07 TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS LIVE THERE,
• 07:08 THEY IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AND SO FORTH
• 07:10 AND MY WIFE AND I ARE GOING TO VISIT THEM.
• 07:13 STARTED TO GO AS WE NORMALLY DO THROUGH PASSPORT CONTROL,
• 07:16 ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID "WAIT A MINUTE"
• 07:18 "YOU NEED TO GO WITH THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE".
• 07:21 AND WE HEARD IN HEBREW THE TERM "MIRAZHI TAPANIM"
• 07:25 WHICH MEANS "MINISTRY OF INTERIOR"
• 07:27 AND AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT I KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE.
• 07:29 NEXT THING WE KNEW
• 07:31 WE GOT TAKEN OVER TO THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICE IN THE AIRPORT
• 07:34 AND THEY STARTED INTERROGATING FIRST MY WIFE, THEN MYSELF.
• 07:38 AND THEY SAID "YOU ARE BARRED FROM COMING IN TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL"
• 07:41 "BY VIRTUE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR"
• 07:43 "BECAUSE YOU ARE CHARGED TO BEING WITH ILLEGAL MISSIONARIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL".
• 07:49 SO YOU GO TO ISRAEL AND YOU'RE "PERSONA NON GRATA" >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 07:54 YOU KNOW THE STIMULUS FOR ME WANTING TO INVITE YOU OUT IS
• 07:58 I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE JERUSALEM POST OF ALL PLACES
• 08:02 GIVING VOICE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WERE JACKED UP BY THE POLICE...
• 08:05 YOU WERE ARRESTED. >>YEAH
• 08:07 THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU IN THE COUNTRY
• 08:08 CAUSE YOUR NAME WAS FLAGGED BECAUSE YOU'RE A FOLLOWER OF YESHUA
• 08:12 AND THERE'S SOME RELIGIOUS ELITE
• 08:13 THAT HAVE IN-ROADS INTO THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME OUT.
• 08:17 WELL THE BIZARRE THING
• 08:19 IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S ACTUALLY ILLEGAL TO DO IN ISRAEL
• 08:22 WHEN IT COMES TO "MISSIONARY ACTIVITY" SO TO SPEAK,
• 08:23 PUT QUOTES AROUND THAT,
• 08:25 IS TO TRY TO CONVERT MINORS OR BRIBE PEOPLE INTO FAITH.
• 08:28 NOT ONLY HAVE WE NEVER DONE THAT AS OUR FAMILY,
• 08:30 BUT NEVER EVEN REALLY ATTEMPTED TO PROSELYTIZE
• 08:33 ANYBODY IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 08:35 WE'D USUALLY GO IN AND PROVIDE GREAT DEALS OF HUMANITARIAN AIDE,
• 08:38 WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT,
• 08:40 VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT
• 08:41 AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW WE'RE BEING INTERROGATED
• 08:43 AND THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE GONNA DEPORT US.
• 08:46 OF COURSE THE IRONY IS I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
• 08:48 SO I'M ALWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IN THE UNITED STATES
• 08:51 AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW WE'RE BEING TAKEN TO A VAN
• 08:54 TO WHAT THEY SAID WAS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD "WAIT" FOR THE PLANE TO BE TAKEN BACK.
• 08:58 IT TURNED OUT TO BE A JAIL
• 09:01 AND MY WIFE AND I ARE NOW IMPRISONED IN A JAIL WITH OTHER UNWANTED PEOPLE IN ISRAEL.
• 09:06 SO HERE'S RABBI JAMIE COHEN,
• 09:08 ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MESSIANIC JEWISH LEADERS IN THE WORLD,
• 09:13 YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE JEWISH WORLD.
• 09:15 YOU'RE JACKED UP BY THE POLICE THERE.
• 09:17 MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IS THAT
• 09:20 IN ISRAEL INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME AND YOU THAT ARE MESSIANIC JEWS
• 09:24 ARE NOT ONLY HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IN,
• 09:26 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN...
• 09:27 THERE ARE RELIGIOUS ELITE THAT ARE TRYING TO PUSH US OUT... >>YES THAT IS TRUE.
• 09:31 ...RESCIND CITIZENSHIP AND PUSH US TO THE BORDERS. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 09:34 THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEADERS, CURRENT LEADERS IN ISRAEL
• 09:38 WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN LETTERS
• 09:40 SEEKING TO REVOKE THEIR CITIZENSHIP BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.
• 09:43 NOW WITH THE WAR, THE BATTLE RAGING ON,
• 09:48 ARE YOU INCLINED TO BE HATEFUL TOWARD THESE INDIVIDUALS
• 09:51 THAT ARE MAKING YOUR LIFE MISERABLE?
• 09:52 OH NO, OF COURSE NOT!
• 09:54 WE AS MESSIANIC JEWS, AS CHRISTIANS,
• 09:56 WE HAVE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL;
• 09:58 ISRAEL DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY FRIENDS IN THE WORLD THAT CERTAINLY...
• 10:01 I MEAN THE SCRIPTURE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ISRAEL IS THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE.
• 10:03 WE HAVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE
• 10:05 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO STAND UP FOR RIGHTS AND JUSTICE AND FREEDOM.
• 10:08 AND ISRAEL IS A DEMOCRACY.
• 10:11 IT CLAIMS TO HAVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
• 10:13 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY,
• 10:15 "YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US."
• 10:17 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
• 10:18 LETS TALK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR A SECOND.
• 10:19 INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO HELP BRING AIDE
• 10:22 TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH MESSIANIC JEWISH MINISTRIES IN ISRAEL;
• 10:25 YOU HAVE A PROJECT FOR THAT.
• 10:27 HOW DO PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT?
• 10:28 THERE'S A CHALLENGE.
• 10:30 WE HAVE A CHALLENGE IN THE MESSIANIC JEWISH MINISTRY,
• 10:32 IS THAT CHRISTIANS RAISE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
• 10:35 THEY GIVE THEM INTO CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
• 10:37 THAT SEND MONEY TO ISRAEL
• 10:38 BUT MOST OF THE MONEY CIRCUMVENTS THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY.
• 10:41 WE FORMED OUR OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED "HOPE FOR ISRAEL".
• 10:44 YOU CAN FIND IT AT:
• 10:47 AND WE CHANNEL MONEY INTO
• 10:49 THE HANDS OF MESSIANIC JEWISH
• 10:51 MINISTRIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
• 10:52 THAT DO HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS.
• 10:54 IT'S A GREAT WAY OF EXALTING THE NAME OF JESUS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 10:57 RABBI COWEN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
• 10:59 THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
• 11:01 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
• 11:03 THANK YOU JEFF.
• 11:05 TALKING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
• 11:10 ON THE HEELS OF RABBI COWEN'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATION I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT
• 11:17 THAT IN A BAD NEWS WORLD THERE IS GOOD NEWS,
• 11:20 THAT IS TO SAY JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO FAITH
• 11:22 AND REMAINING AS JEWS AND LIGHTING A LAMP IN A DARKENED PLACE.
• 11:28 THERE ARE WINDS THAT ARE BLOWING TO SNUFF OUT THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE THAT'S LIT, HOWEVER,
• 11:33 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERFUL INTEREST IN MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
• 11:39 IF YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THIS SORT OF BUSINESS
• 11:41 YOU WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING TO THIS BUSINESS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WATCHING ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 11:47 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
• 11:51 TOGETHER STANDING WITH US TO MAKE YESHUA KNOWN IN THE WORLD
• 11:55 AND WITH US STANDING BEHIND LIKE MINDED MESSIANIC JEWISH WORKS
• 11:59 THAT WANT TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN IN A DECIDEDLY JEWISH CONTEXT.
• 12:03 GOD BLESS YA.
• 12:04 BACK IN A MOMENT.
• 12:07 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
• 12:10 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, "THE LEVITT LETTER".
• 12:14 WHEN YOU CALL BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOG
• 12:16 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
• 12:19 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES" INCLUDES
• 12:23 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDs AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 12:27 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
• 12:30 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
• 12:34 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 12:36 I'VE HAD A BLAST!
• 12:38 YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING THAT I REALLY HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I GOT MY MONEY'S WORTH ALREADY
• 12:41 AND WE'RE ABOUT HALF-WAY THROUGH THE TRIP.
• 12:43 IT'S JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WE'VE SEEN...
• 12:44 INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
• 12:47 EVERYWHERE WE GET YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE COMING
• 12:50 AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE SO WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
• 12:53 I'VE FELT SO SAFE HERE.
• 12:55 I FEEL SAFER HERE THAN I DO IN THE UNITED STATES.
• 12:57 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO COME HERE.
• 13:01 YOU'LL LOVE IT I PROMISE.
• 13:07 LIKE RABBI COWEN I LOVE ISRAEL
• 13:10 AND GO THERE FREQUENTLY
• 13:13 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GO WITH ME.
• 13:16 YOU SAW SOME BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE OF ISRAEL AND YOU HAD AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO.
• 13:21 WHY NOT? ONE TRIP TO ISRAEL IS BETTER THAN A YEAR OF SUNDAY SCHOOL.
• 13:26 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GIFT THE PASTOR IN YOUR CONGREGATION.
• 13:29 HE'S GOING TO BE INVIGORATED AND THE CONGREGATION'S GOING TO BE A LOT RICHER
• 13:33 BECAUSE YOU BLESSED HIM BY SENDING HIM TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA
• 13:38 AND TO SEE ISRAEL THROUGH JEWISH EYES...
• 13:41 HEY I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING WITH US.
• 13:44 BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO GO EVEN YOU'RE NOT GOING WITH US.
• 13:46 IF YOU GO WITH US IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO ME
• 13:48 BUT IF YOU GO ANYWAY IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.
• 13:51 IF YOU GO EITHER WAY I BELIEVE IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO THE LORD.
• 13:54 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE GOOD NEWS IN AND THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AT LARGE,
• 14:01 WE HAVE A MAGAZINE, IT'S FOR YOU, IT'S CALLED THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 14:05 WE SEND IT OUT MONTHLY AND IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
• 14:09 GO TO THE WEBSITE:
• 14:12 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT,
• 14:15 IT'S YOURS.
• 14:16 IT COMES REPLETE WITH RICH ARTICLES, SAGE INSIGHT
• 14:20 ON THE WORLD, THIS PRECARIOUS WORLD OF OURS,
• 14:23 INSIGHTS INTO THE BIBLICAL WORD AND IT'S BEARING ON THE WORLD AND MORE.
• 14:27 THESE AREN'T JUST ALL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY ME.
• 14:29 I HAVE A COLUMN OR TWO
• 14:31 BUT I COMB NEWS SOURCES WITH OTHERS ON OUR STAFF TO COMMEND WORTHY ARTICLES.
• 14:36 IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
• 14:38 WE HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS TOO THAT WE WRITE AND WE COMMEND BOOKS THAT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN.
• 14:42 YOU CAN GET OUR CATALOG THERE, OUR ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES CATALOG,
• 14:47 THERE'S MUSIC THAT ZOLA WROTE IFYOU LOVE MESSIANIC JEWISH MUSIC,
• 14:50 THE BOOKS, ITS ALL FOR YOU.
• 14:52 REMINDS ME THE OFFER ON THIS PROGRAM IS A BOOK BY THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT,
• 14:57 "THE TROUBLE WITH CHRISTIANS, THE TROUBLE JEWS".
• 15:02 IT'S INTERESTING HOW BOTH GROUPS READ THE SAME BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND IT DIFFERENTLY AND THE HEADS COLLIDE.
• 15:08 WELL I'M PLEASED TO OFFER ALL THAT TO YOU
• 15:11 AND SPEAKING OF OFFERING AND BASED ON THE DOCTRINE OF
• 15:14 "WHAT'S THE GOOD OF HAVING FRIENDS IF YOU CAN'T USE THEM",
• 15:16 ONCE AGAIN RABBI JAMIE COWEN
• 15:19 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STOPPING IN WITH US.
• 15:21 THANK YOU JEFF VERY MUCH.
• 15:22 NOW I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ALL THE LETTERS BEHIND YOUR NAME
• 15:25 AND ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE STUDIED.
• 15:27 I MENTIONED YOU'RE A LAWYER, A RABBI;
• 15:28 YOU ALSO HAVE SOME ACADEMIC WORK IN ECONOMICS, CORRECT?
• 15:32 THAT'S CORRECT, YES I DO.
• 15:34 WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TOTTERING ON THE EDGE OF DESPAIR
• 15:39 BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS, CORRECT? >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 15:41 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
• 15:43 LET ME POINT TWO THINGS OUT,
• 15:45 ASK YOU A QUESTION,
• 15:46 AND YOU LEAD US TO AND THROUGH IT. >>SURE
• 15:49 IN ISRAEL TODAY PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THE JEWS FOR ALL THE TROUBLES THERE.
• 15:54 PEOPLE ARE IMPOVERISHED IN THE GAZA AND ITS ALL THOSE DANG JEWS FAULT.
• 15:58 TODAY IN AMERICA PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
• 16:04 AND I'M STARTING TO HEAR SOME ECHOES, "IT'S THOSE JEWS FAULT".
• 16:07 IT REMINDS ME IN NAZI GERMANY
• 16:10 WHEN PEOPLE WERE DISCONCERTED "WELL IT'S THE JEWS FAULT".
• 16:14 IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, THE ECONOMIC TROUBLES,
• 16:17 DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO PIN THE TAIL ON THE JEWISH DONKEY?
• 16:22 THERE'S NO QUESTION
• 16:23 BECAUSE HISTORICALLY
• 16:25 THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
• 16:26 IN ALL THE HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM
• 16:28 THROUGHOUT THE MANY CENTURIES,
• 16:29 ECONOMICS ALWAYS PLAYED A ROLE.
• 16:30 THE JEWS WERE BLAMED IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
• 16:33 FOR STEALING THE MONEY OF CHRISTIANS AND SO ON...
• 16:35 WHICH WASN'T TRUE BUT THAT WAS...
• 16:36 THEY WERE ACCUSED OF IT,
• 16:38 ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL LIKE YOU DESCRIBED IT IN THE NAZI ERA
• 16:41 WHEN JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE FAILURE OF WORLD WAR I,
• 16:45 JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMY,
• 16:47 JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR STEALING ALL THE MONEY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
• 16:50 JEWS HAD A SUPPOSED CONSPIRACY
• 16:52 TO CONTROL THE BANKING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
• 16:56 AND NOW IT'S COME BACK AROUND AGAIN.
• 16:58 IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO THE JEWS.
• 17:00 WHAT'S YOUR READ ON IT?
• 17:02 DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO RAMP UP NOW WITH
• 17:04 "THOSE JEWS THEY JUST FLEECE US"
• 17:06 "WE GENTILES PAY THEIR RETAIL PRICES"
• 17:09 "AND GO TO THEIR LAW FIRMS AND MEDICAL PRACTICES"
• 17:12 "BUT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SQUEEZE IT OUT OF US."?
• 17:14 DO YOU THINK THAT ANTI-JEWISH INVECTIVE IS ON THE RISE
• 17:18 AS PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY STRESSED ABOUT THE WORLD?
• 17:21 YEAH, I THINK SO.
• 17:23 YOU HAVE THE COMBINATION THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
• 17:25 YOU HAVE THE WAR IN GAZA AND SO FORTH
• 17:27 AND NOW ITS GOTTEN ALL THE ARABS AND THE MUSLIM WORLD
• 17:30 UP IN ARMS AND SO FORTH WHICH IS ALREADY ANTI-SEMITIC.
• 17:33 AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION
• 17:35 AND PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT IT AS THE JEWS RESPONSIBLE.
• 17:39 UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S KIND OF THE SYMBOL OF THIS ERA
• 17:44 IS THIS GUY "MADOFF"
• 17:46 WHO IS A JEW, UNFORTUNATELY
• 17:48 AND HE SCAMMED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
• 17:50 MANY FROM JEWISH CHARITIES.
• 17:52 BUT REGARDLESS HE BECOMES THE EXAMPLE OF
• 17:55 "HERE WE GO AGAIN"
• 17:57 SO I THINK, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.
• 17:58 EVEN THOUGH THAT JEWS WERE VICTIMIZED BY HIM... >>YES THEY WERE.
• 18:03 ...NEVERTHELESS THAT THEY'LL USE HIM AS THE POSTER BOY FOR JEWISH AVARICE.
• 18:07 THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE EVEN THE "ELI BAZELL HOLOCAUST SOCIETY"
• 18:10 THERE...THE FAMOUS WRITER MADE THE HOLOCAUST KNOWN
• 18:14 TO THE WORLD AND SO FORTH...
• 18:16 THEY ALMOST COMPLETELY WERE BANKRUPTED BY MADOFF'S SCAMS.
• 18:20 IT'S SAD. >>HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE.
• 18:22 NOW I LOOK AT PERSONALLY AND YOU CAN WEIGH IN,
• 18:24 I MEAN THERE ARE PROBLEMS MATERIALLY, ARGUABLY. >>YES
• 18:29 BUT I TEND TO LOOK AT IT SPIRITUALLY.
• 18:31 AND I'M REMINDED, SPEAKING OF A PROPHECY UPDATE,
• 18:34 IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVELATION TEXT
• 18:37 THEREIN IN THE 12TH CHAPTER I BELIEVE
• 18:40 WE'RE TOLD THAT THIS SERPENT IS GIVEN TO DESTROYING THE CHRIST CHILD.
• 18:45 THE MESSIAH COMES, AND THERE'S THIS WOMAN
• 18:48 WHO BRINGS FORTH THE CHILD AND HE'S WAITING, THIS SERPENT,
• 18:52 THIS DRAGON, IS WAITING TO CONSUME THE CHILD, UNABLE TO DO SO.
• 18:56 THEN WE'RE TOLD IN REVELATION THAT THIS DRAGON,
• 19:00 THIS BEAST, THIS DEMONIC FIGURE
• 19:02 GOES AFTER THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT THE CHILD INTO THE WORLD.
• 19:06 AND I DON'T THINK ITS JUST A LEAP INTO NON-REALITY TO SAY
• 19:10 THAT WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE ANCIENT WORD
• 19:12 AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MODERN WORLD
• 19:14 WE SEE THAT THE DEVIL TRIED TO DESTROY THE CHRIST CHILD
• 19:17 AND THEN GOES AFTER THE PEOPLE THROUGH WHOM THE CHRIST CHILD CAME TO JEWISH PEOPLE
• 19:22 AND THIS IS WHAT, ACT 12, SCENE 3 IN AN ON-GOING SAGA, CORRECT?
• 19:26 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY,
• 19:28 AND AGAIN THERE'S BEEN MANY BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM
• 19:31 AND THE SOURCES AND ROOTS OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM
• 19:34 BUT I THINK HONESTLY IT COMES BACK TO A SPIRITUAL CAUSE.
• 19:37 THE DEVIL HATES THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 19:39 THE JEWISH PEOPLE BROUGHT THE MESSIAH INTO THE WORLD.
• 19:43 THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BRING THE MESSIAH BACK INTO THE WORLD
• 19:46 WHEN HE COMES TO JERUSALEM.
• 19:48 AND SO IF THE DEVIL IS SUCCESSFUL IN DESTROYING THE JEWISH PEOPLE
• 19:51 THEN JESUS CAN'T RETURN
• 19:52 BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO COME BACK FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 19:54 SO WHY NOT GO AFTER THEM?
• 19:56 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
• 19:58 AND GO AFTER THEM HE DOES.
• 20:01 THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT GOD IS WATCHING OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT
• 20:07 FOR JEWS AND FOR ALL OF "YOUS".
• 20:11 FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU,
• 20:13 WE CAN KNOW THAT NOTHING ON GOD'S EARTH CAN KEEP US FROM GOD'S GRACE
• 20:19 IF WE HAVE A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
• 20:24 "HE WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS" BUT THERE IS A BATTLE RAGING.
• 20:30 THOSE WHO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA,
• 20:34 THOSE IN THE SHEEP WHO WALK BEHIND THE SHEPHERD
• 20:37 CAN BE SIMILARLY MINDED OF THE FACT THAT THE ADVERSARY GROWLS AROUND AND PROWLS AROUND
• 20:44 SEEING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
• 20:47 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE SHEPHERD'S NOT ABOUT TO LET US BE CARRIED OFF AS HIS PREY
• 20:55 AS LONG AS WE PRAY, AS LONG WE STAY THERE WITH HIM, BEHIND HIM,
• 20:58 OWING TO HIS GOOD GRACES WE CAN TRUST THAT WE HAVE A GREAT AND GLORIOUS FUTURE.
• 21:03 PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU, ISRAEL ITSELF, WE ALL ARE PART OF GOD'S PROGRAM
• 21:09 AND SO IT IS IF GOD HAS HIS HAND IN OUR LIFE HELL MAY WELL HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AGAINST IT
• 21:15 BUT GOD IS GREATER THAN ALL.
• 21:18 AND SO IT'S A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT NOT JUST FOR ME, NOT JUST FOR JAMIE,
• 21:23 NOT JUST FOR JEWISH PEOPLE,
• 21:25 NOT JUST FOR THOSE FIGHTING IN ISRAEL MATERIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
• 21:28 BUT IT'S A GOOD WORD TO KNOW THAT COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
• 21:32 DIFFICULTIES IN THIS WORLD NOTWITHSTANDING,
• 21:34 GOD IS GOOD AND HE HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR OUR LIFE
• 21:38 IF WE PUT OUR HAND IN HIS AND LET HIM LEAD US THROUGH IT.
• 21:45 ♪IF YOU KNEW, IF YOU KNEW WHO IS SPEAKING TO YOU♪
• 21:49 ♪IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD♪
• 21:56 ♪FROM ABOVE, FROM ABOVE HE IS POURING OUT HIS LOVE♪
• 22:01 ♪NOW RECEIVE THE GIFT OF GOD.♪
• 22:08 ♪DO YOU KNOW?CAN YOU THINK? WHO IT IS THAT WOULD DRINK♪
• 22:12 ♪FROM THE WATER IN THIS WELL?♪
• 22:19 ♪AND AS IF ON HIS KNEES HE CRIES, "WOMAN, WOMAN PLEASE!♪
• 22:24 ♪GIVE ME WATER FROM YOUR WELL.♪
• 22:31 ♪LIVING WATER, LIVING WATER WOULD HE GLADLY GIVE TO YOU♪
• 22:43 ♪WHEN YOU DRINK OF LIVING WATER NEVER THIRST AGAIN SHALL YOU♪
• 22:55 ♪LIVING WATER, LIVING WATER TO THE WHOLE WORLD GO AND TELL♪
• 23:07 ♪"I DRANK DEEPLY OF THE WATER OF THE STRANGER BY THE WELL♪
• 23:17 ZOLA'S MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL IN FACT.
• 23:21 JAMIE COWEN HAS A REASONABLY PEACEFUL DISPOSITION I MIGHT ADD FOR A LAWYER
• 23:26 AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A RABBI TOO. >>YES I AM.
• 23:29 YOU LEAD A CONGREGATION,
• 23:30 YOU'RE THE FORMER LEADER OF AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF
• 23:34 MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
• 23:36 YOU'VE SPOKEN TO MANY;
• 23:37 SPEAK TO MILLIONS NOW AS YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE
• 23:40 AND THE WORD THAT YOU READ IN THE SCRIPTURE,
• 23:43 WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART?
• 23:44 THANK YOU JEFF.
• 23:46 I WOULD JUST SAY LOOK I REPRESENT TWO COMMUNITIES.
• 23:48 I REPRESENT OF COURSE THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD
• 23:52 BUT I ALSO REPRESENT THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
• 23:54 AND THERE'S ONLY 15 MILLION, MAX, JEWS IN THE WORLD.
• 23:58 A GOOD MANY OF THEM LIVE IN ISRAEL
• 23:59 BUT MANY OF THEM LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE.
• 24:02 THERE'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS
• 24:04 AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
• 24:09 CERTAINLY WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT LIKE IN ISRAEL THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
• 24:12 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING THAT ISRAEL DOES IS RIGHT
• 24:15 BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST NEEDS TO GET BEHIND GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
• 24:21 TO SUPPORT THEM, TO COME ALONG SIDE THEM.
• 24:23 AND BUT THEN ALSO TO COME ALONG SIDE THE REMNANT WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY,
• 24:27 THE MESSIANIC JEWISH WORLD,
• 24:29 THOSE WHO KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH BUT STILL LIVE AS JEWS
• 24:32 MANY OF WHOM LIVE IN ISRAEL,
• 24:33 MANY OF THEM WHO ARE FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN GAZA RIGHT NOW.
• 24:37 THERE'S GOOD FRIENDS OF MY CHILDREN,
• 24:39 ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE,
• 24:41 WHO ARE IN GAZA RIGHT NOW FIGHTING THEIR LIVES,
• 24:43 FIGHTING FOR THE NATION AND SO ON.
• 24:45 THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT BOTH PRAYER AND FINANCIAL AS WELL.
• 24:48 I WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER.
• 24:50 WE FORMED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED "THE HOPE FOR ISRAEL".
• 24:54 YOU CAN FIND THEM ON WWW.THEHOPEFORISRAEL.ORG
• 24:58 AND THE GOAL OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO RAISE MONEY FROM THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
• 25:02 AND TO CHANNEL IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL
• 25:06 TO SUPPORT THE ISRAELIS BOTH JEWISH AND ARAB,
• 25:11 TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS THROUGH HUMANITARIAN AIDE.
• 25:16 WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP,
• 25:18 LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD UP AND EXALT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD.
• 25:23 THANK YOU JEFF FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
• 25:25 OH I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE
• 25:27 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
• 25:28 COMING UP SOON IS A SERIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER,
• 25:33 "THE WARRIOR KING; DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP FOR GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES".
• 25:38 AND HERE'S A CLIP...
• 26:33 IT'S COMING NEXT WEEK, "THE WARRIOR KING".
• 26:35 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
• 26:37 IF YOU WATCH IT ONCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED BY IT.
• 26:40 I WAS BLESSED TO MAKE IT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME DO SO.
• 26:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
• 26:46 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
• 26:47 SHA 'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM,
• 26:50 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.