“Birth Pains”

1804     28:30     First aired 2018-01-31     [CC]
Episode 2 of 8 in the series “Watch Therefore and Be Ready”

In Isaiah 66 we see the Last Days labor pains of Israel that bring the Jewish people as a nation to “new birth.” In the birthing room, Yeshua — the Great Physician — attends Israel, whose labor pains shake the entire Earth.

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Caption transcript for Watch Therefore and Be Ready: “Birth Pains” (2/8)

  • 00:05 Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved,
  • 00:11 for there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
  • 00:14 for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.
  • 00:38 Shalom Friends, I'm David Hart.
  • 00:40 Welcome to Zola Levitt Presents.
  • 00:41 And I'm Kirsten Hart.
  • 00:43 Welcome back to our new series, "Watch Therefore"
  • 00:47 We're encouraging this generation
  • 00:49 to be aware of prophetic fulfillment,
  • 00:52 to live expectantly,
  • 00:54 and to be ready for Messiah's return.
  • 00:56 Dov Schwarz will be teaching on location,
  • 00:59 as well as Chaim Malespin.
  • 01:01 We will have our weekly Hebrew Lesson,
  • 01:03 and Dr. Mark Hitchcock is our Guest Analyst.
  • 01:06 Today we will be looking at
  • 01:08 the birth pangs that precede Yeshua's return.
  • 01:11 Let's go now to Dov Schwarz in Israel.
  • 01:20 The Bible teaches that Israel will blossom like a rose,
  • 01:25 and fill the world with fruit.
  • 01:28 And at that time the earth will shake under the weight of the birth pangs.
  • 01:36 In Isaiah 66 beginning in verse 8,
  • 01:40 some of the most powerful prophetic
  • 01:43 Scriptures in the Word of God.
  • 02:10 What does this mean?
  • 02:12 Through the earth laboring to physically
  • 02:16 from the ashes of the Holocaust
  • 02:19 bring to life in one day the Nation of Israel.
  • 02:26 " Am Yisrael Chai! " they say in Hebrew,
  • 02:29 "The Children of Israel Live!"
  • 02:34 And what the Lord is saying here,
  • 02:36 Though that labor took place
  • 02:39 and the earth is shaking to physically bring them to life,
  • 02:43 there needs to be a Spiritual Birth for the Land and People of Israel.
  • 02:48 And when He says,
  • 02:55 What He's saying is, shall I bring them to the time of physical birth
  • 02:59 and not bring them to the time of Spiritual birth?
  • 03:02 In Ezekiel 36 the Lord says this,
  • 03:13 and they will be born again.
  • 03:16 Israel will live not only physically
  • 03:20 but Spiritually also.
  • 03:22 Yet it's coming through the shaking of the birth pangs.
  • 03:27 Messiah Yeshua, "Doctor Jesus", is in the maternity room with Israel
  • 03:32 and the Baby will be born.
  • 03:35 " Am Yisrael Chai! "
  • 03:37 "The Children of Israel will Live!"
  • 03:47 Not everybody in Israel is an unbeliever today.
  • 03:50 A great many of them are atheist and agnostic,
  • 03:54 and that is lined up with the Word,
  • 03:56 because one of these days
  • 03:58 they are going to look on Him
  • 03:59 whom they have pierced, and
  • 04:00 they will mourn for Him as one
  • 04:02 mourns for an only son.
  • 04:03 There has to be believers there to do that,
  • 04:06 and so they're being primed,
  • 04:08 they're gathering in that Land as unbelievers,
  • 04:11 and He's going to show Himself,
  • 04:13 and they're going to accept Him,
  • 04:15 and when they do
  • 04:17 the greatest blessing on the earth is going to break out.
  • 04:21 God said in Zechariah 14,
  • 04:23 as soon as the Jewish people accept the Messiah,
  • 04:26 and say " Baruch haba B'shem Adonai ",
  • 04:29 all the cursing in the earth will turn to blessing.
  • 04:37 Thank you Gary for that insight.
  • 04:39 The goal here on Zola Levitt Ministries is
  • 04:41 that all of Israel will be saved,
  • 04:43 and we look forward to that time.
  • 04:45 And we need to do all we can
  • 04:47 as we see the birth pangs
  • 04:50 happening in Israel.
  • 04:52 Speaking of Israel,
  • 04:53 Let's go to Chaim Malespin
  • 04:55 on location there.
  • 05:02 We can see the helmet of the Nazi soldier here
  • 05:06 in this moving piece of art.
  • 05:08 The elderly weeping
  • 05:11 as they're on their way to their death.
  • 05:13 Whether it's the children,
  • 05:15 we know 1.5 million children were killed first.
  • 05:18 Whether it's the elderly,
  • 05:20 This appears to be the Rabbi of a community
  • 05:22 with a Torah Scroll being taken, trying to
  • 05:25 bring hope where really there's no hope.
  • 05:28 Even pregnant ladies all were
  • 05:31 brought to the concentration camp together.
  • 05:33 Reminds you of this song
  • 05:35 written by two Jewish people.
  • 05:37 Hochberg and Arluck,
  • 05:39 people who fled from this,
  • 05:41 they wrote a song called,
  • 05:42 "Somewhere over the Rainbow".
  • 05:44 And for these Jewish people,
  • 05:46 they couldn't fly away,
  • 05:47 they couldn't escape to a Land
  • 05:50 that they heard of once in a lullaby, once in a prophecy,
  • 05:52 the Promised Land of Israel,
  • 05:54 but this moving song which was voted the
  • 05:56 number one song in the 20th century,
  • 05:58 really is the heart and soul of
  • 06:01 the Jewish people to return,
  • 06:02 and how amazing is it that there is a
  • 06:04 generation today that is returning
  • 06:08 to the Land of our forefathers.
  • 06:23 Our Resource this week,
  • 06:25 the "Grafted In Necklace.
  • 06:27 Wearing this lovely sterling silver rendition
  • 06:30 of a classic Messianic symbol
  • 06:32 shows you recognize the Jewish roots of your Christian faith,
  • 06:37 and stirs curiosities and witness opportunities
  • 06:40 with this tribute to
  • 06:42 Light, the Lord, and abundant Love.
  • 06:46 For this Resource and more
  • 06:48 call 1-800- WONDERS
  • 06:50 or visit us at Levitt.com
  • 06:54 We'll return to the program in just a moment
  • 06:56 but first, I wanted to ask
  • 06:58 if you've ever thought about
  • 06:59 what it takes to put this program together.
  • 07:02 I can assure it's a lot more than just lights, camera, action.
  • 07:06 There's a lot of prayer and planning.
  • 07:09 Our family is a lot like yours
  • 07:11 We pray and we plan,
  • 07:13 and we hope that you'll be praying for us
  • 07:16 and planning to help support us too.
  • 07:25 This ministry has a heart for Israel.
  • 07:28 If you do too please consider
  • 07:31 supporting us financially.
  • 07:33 We see that times of the end are
  • 07:35 happening all around us even today.
  • 07:37 Right now, let's go back to Dov Schwarz on location.
  • 07:46 I just finished sharing how Israel
  • 07:50 will be birthed physically.
  • 07:52 Israel's birth pangs.
  • 07:55 Could Israel's birth pangs also be the nations of the world's birth pangs?
  • 08:02 Messiah Jesus is speaking in Matthew Chapter 24.
  • 08:06 He's answering the questions of His disciples,
  • 08:09 What will be the sign of your coming,
  • 08:10 and the "End of the Age, the "Messianic Age?
  • 08:13 When will that be?
  • 08:14 What will the signs of that be?
  • 08:16 And the Lord talks to them about things like
  • 08:18 "wars and rumors of wars",
  • 08:19 things that will happen down through the ages
  • 08:21 that don't necessarily
  • 08:22 have anything to do with the birth pangs
  • 08:24 leading up to the birth of Israel
  • 08:26 and the return of Messiah Jesus.
  • 08:28 But then there's a shift.
  • 08:30 There's a shift in Matthew 24 beginning in Verse 7,
  • 08:36 You know, really in Greek that says " Ethnos "
  • 08:39 "Ethnic" Group will rise up against "Ethnic" Group,
  • 08:51 These 4 birth pangs will work in concert together
  • 08:56 and be bouncing in the red zone, off the charts,
  • 08:59 compared to how they've ever been in history.
  • 09:02 And that's what's happening today.
  • 09:04 Ethnic Group against Ethnic Group from World War I World, War II and
  • 09:08 the Genocides that are taking place all around the earth today.
  • 09:12 Right over there, over the Golan Heights in Syria
  • 09:16 400,000 Syrians have been killed in civil war
  • 09:21 and it's still raging all around the world.
  • 09:24 The world is at the edge of World War III today.
  • 09:29 Famine - There's more hungry people on this planet than have ever
  • 09:32 been in the history of the World.
  • 09:35 Diseases - Pestilences that often come from animals,
  • 09:38 bird flu, pig flu, HIV, Aides,
  • 09:42 Tuberculosis, Malaria and much much more.
  • 09:46 The Zika Virus that we're hearing so much about today.
  • 09:48 Now the pestilences are like never before.
  • 09:51 And Earthquakes.
  • 09:52 There's a thing called "The Ring of Fire".
  • 09:56 It's an area that starts all the way down in the
  • 09:59 South Eastern Asian Islands.
  • 10:01 It goes up towards Russia over to Alaska
  • 10:04 down the West Coast of the Americas through South America.
  • 10:08 And it's shaking the earth today
  • 10:10 with such intense earthquakes that it even causes Tsunamis.
  • 10:15 Now these are the "Times of the Birth Pangs"
  • 10:19 And we know...
  • 10:21 we know that this ties in perfectly
  • 10:24 with the Earth giving birth naturally to Israel
  • 10:30 which will lead to Israel's Spiritual birth.
  • 10:32 Oh, like birth pangs it's going to get more
  • 10:36 intense and more frequent until the Baby is born.
  • 10:47 My wife and I, we travel a lot for our ministry.
  • 10:49 Our whole family goes together,
  • 10:50 and we were in New York City this Spring,
  • 10:53 and we had the chance while we were there to
  • 10:55 go to a play.
  • 10:57 I has grown up in that region,
  • 10:59 my Dad had worked in Manhattan,
  • 11:00 so we had been to Broadway before,
  • 11:02 but this was the first time in a long time,
  • 11:04 and my wife is unbelievable at getting good deals,
  • 11:06 so she found this unbelievable deal, front row,
  • 11:09 Literally if I put my feet up we would be on the stage,
  • 11:11 but we were so close, while we were sitting there, I could see the
  • 11:13 gap under the curtain,
  • 11:15 and I could see things being moved around,
  • 11:17 I could hear furniture being slid,
  • 11:18 I could see shadows.
  • 11:20 And we knew the stage was being set,
  • 11:22 but we didn't know when the curtain was going to rise.
  • 11:24 And I feel like that's the way Bible prophecy is in our day and age,
  • 11:27 is that as we see geopolitical events unfolding all around us,
  • 11:31 there's no question you could say,
  • 11:32 Boy, I could sure see how that's setting the stage for what
  • 11:35 God's Word says is going to happen in the end times.
  • 11:39 It's like God is moving major
  • 11:41 chess pieces on His chess board.
  • 11:43 He's bringing the nations into place, into position
  • 11:47 for the end times.
  • 11:48 One of the greatest miracles that I like,
  • 11:50 and I gotta say this,
  • 11:52 is the regathering of the Nation of Israel.
  • 11:54 The reason why I say that is because
  • 11:56 as God scattered Israel, He also prophesied in the latter days
  • 11:59 that He would bring them back
  • 12:01 from the 4 corners of the world
  • 12:02 Now the Scriptures say that would be such an
  • 12:04 amazing prophecy, the regathering of the Jews,
  • 12:08 that it would be greater
  • 12:09 than when He parted the Red Sea.
  • 12:12 But I believe that He's bringing them back in
  • 12:14 preparation for the end times.
  • 12:17 And for me, as I see that formation of these nations and
  • 12:22 people coming back,
  • 12:24 I see that time is at hand.
  • 12:26 As an Evangelist, I challenge Christians to reach a dying world.
  • 12:32 Time is winding up.
  • 12:34 The day is at hand.
  • 12:35 The night is coming close,
  • 12:37 and we need to be about God's business reaching a lost world.
  • 12:49 Our Resource this week,
  • 12:50 the "Grafted In Necklace.
  • 12:53 Wearing this lovely sterling silver rendition
  • 12:55 of a classic Messianic symbol
  • 12:58 shows you recognize the Jewish roots of your Christian faith,
  • 13:02 and stirs curiosities and witness opportunities
  • 13:06 with this tribute to
  • 13:07 Light, the Lord, and abundant Love.
  • 13:11 For this Resource and more
  • 13:13 call 1-800- WONDERS
  • 13:15 or visit us at Levitt.com
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  • 14:28 Shalom Havarim
  • 14:30 We're here in the City of Jerusalem.
  • 14:32 Now one of the more common words you're
  • 14:34 going to hear, here in Israel,
  • 14:36 is the word Bevakasha
  • 14:38 which means "Please".
  • 14:39 So if you're asking for something like,
  • 14:41 "Could I have a glass of water, Bevakasha ?
  • 14:44 means, "Could I have a glass of water, "please".
  • 14:47 But you can also use the word
  • 14:49 when you give somebody something.
  • 14:51 So let's say you serve them a plate of food,
  • 14:53 and you can say Bevakasha ,
  • 14:55 which is like, "here you are", or "You're welcome.
  • 14:58 Now the word actually means "In Request" Bevakasha .
  • 15:03 So when somebody says, May I have something
  • 15:06 in request, please,
  • 15:08 it's like a word of respect.
  • 15:10 So this week,
  • 15:11 when you're asking for something,
  • 15:13 or when you're offering something to someone
  • 15:15 you can say, "Here you go" Bevakasha
  • 15:19 Our son Ryan who lives in Jerusalem,
  • 15:21 I have a feeling he's learned
  • 15:22 about a hand full of Hebrew words,
  • 15:24 and I have a feeling this is one of them.
  • 15:26 Let's say it together.
  • 15:28 Bevakasha
  • 15:30 "Please"
  • 15:31 It's a good word.
  • 15:32 You should always learn
  • 15:34 "Please and "Thank you"
  • 15:34 Right?
  • 15:35 So Bevakasha
  • 15:36 Could you hand me your mug Bevakasha ?
  • 15:38 Oh, Todah .
  • 15:39 Todah Rabah
  • 15:40 Bevakasha , our Hebrew word of the day.
  • 15:43 Now let's go back to Dove Schwarz in Israel.
  • 15:56 Our Messiah Yeshua repeats these things,
  • 16:00 The birth pangs and events that lead up to His coming.
  • 16:04 There is coming a time of trouble that will
  • 16:06 shake the Earth like never before.
  • 16:08 The skies will open and Messiah Yeshua will return.
  • 16:13 We will have gone up in the Rapture.
  • 16:15 We will have glorified bodies
  • 16:17 and we will return to rule and to
  • 16:19 reign with our Great King Yeshua.
  • 16:23 And He warns us to be ready.
  • 16:26 He warns us to watch.
  • 16:28 And there's a passage in Luke 21 that's so important
  • 16:32 and significant to my life.
  • 16:33 And I pray it is for you also.
  • 16:36 Beginning in Verse 34 He says,
  • 16:50 Now, we see this today,
  • 16:53 the great temptations of this life that are deceiving so many,
  • 16:58 even who profess the Name of Messiah Jesus.
  • 17:02 And instead of watching and being ready
  • 17:05 they're weighed down with the cares of this life
  • 17:09 and even drunkenness and carousing.
  • 17:13 And this warning is so serious.
  • 17:16 In Verse 35 He says,
  • 17:38 These birth pangs, these signs,
  • 17:40 the physical birth of Israel in 1 day,
  • 17:45 of the Earth shaking under the 4 birth pangs,
  • 17:48 Ethnic Group rising up against Ethnic Group,
  • 17:52 all the genocides and the wars and the
  • 17:55 trouble that's all around the world today
  • 17:58 as Ethnic Group against Ethnic Group is the order of this hour.
  • 18:04 And the Famine, and the Pestilences,
  • 18:07 the Diseases and the Earthquakes.
  • 18:09 When I see earthquakes on the news like I'm seeing today,
  • 18:12 I'm reminded, I'm "Watching, I'm "Ready,
  • 18:16 I'm "Not letting the cares of this life deceive me
  • 18:18 and getting weighed down with those things.
  • 18:21 I want to live a life in preparation to see this Messiah Yeshua come.
  • 18:26 I'm praying for the Jewish people to be saved.
  • 18:29 I'm getting the Gospel out in the Nations.
  • 18:31 This should be our life.
  • 18:33 A life of being a witness during this time of the birth pangs
  • 18:38 King Yeshua is coming...
  • 18:40 King Yeshua is coming ...
  • 18:42 King Yeshua is coming,
  • 18:44 and I need to "watch therefore".
  • 18:46 You need to "watch therefore".
  • 18:48 and be ready!
  • 18:56 When Israel comes to fulfill its
  • 18:58 destiny when Messiah comes,
  • 19:00 He will reign from Jerusalem on a throne
  • 19:03 which is connected with the Temple Mount.
  • 19:05 We see this in Isaiah Chapter 2, Verses 2-4
  • 19:08 That's the culmination of all the great promises,
  • 19:11 just as Moses went to Mount Sinai to receive the Law,
  • 19:16 and said Israel is to be a Light to the nations,
  • 19:18 ultimately to get the revelation to them,
  • 19:20 one day Messiah will come on Mount Zion bringing the Law
  • 19:24 through Israel to the Gentile nations,
  • 19:27 and reigning in that place as well,
  • 19:30 so all of these comes full circle with the
  • 19:32 prophecies in the Old Testament.
  • 19:35 Scripture says, God's says, "I'm God"
  • 19:37 "and there's no other God like me"
  • 19:38 "I'm God who declares the end at the beginning."
  • 19:42 And what I love so much about the Word of God and the end times
  • 19:45 is that God has so beautifully given us the end of the story.
  • 19:49 I mean, all the way to the end.
  • 19:51 I can tell you dogmatically what the end's going to look like,
  • 19:53 and I'm not some Psychic,
  • 19:57 but I can tell you, based on the Word of God
  • 19:59 what the end is going to look like based on Scripture,
  • 20:01 God has so beautifully given us the end of the story.
  • 20:06 And I challenge people, you need to understand what God is doing.
  • 20:09 As you see the news headlines,
  • 20:12 you know, many Christians, sad to say, they are
  • 20:14 afraid of the times in which we're living in.
  • 20:16 Now I will grant we are living in some tough times,
  • 20:20 but I'm not moved by the times and the reason why is because
  • 20:23 I understand the end of the story.
  • 20:33 Dr. Mark Hitchock is our Guest Analyst in this Series.
  • 20:37 We are so glad to have you at this table today.
  • 20:40 Thank you, good to be here with you.
  • 20:42 It's going to be an exciting Series
  • 20:43 with so much insight that you're bringing,
  • 20:46 and you have written, I can't believe this,
  • 20:48 30 books on Prophecy.
  • 20:51 Why Prophecy?
  • 20:53 Well I think it's important for people
  • 20:55 to study prophesy for a lot of reasons.
  • 20:57 One thing I have always found interesting is
  • 20:59 when Paul visited the Church at Thessalonica.
  • 21:03 He was just there a few weeks,
  • 21:05 and then he left those believers.
  • 21:07 When he wrote back to them,
  • 21:08 he wrote back to them as if
  • 21:10 they already understood a lot about prophecy.
  • 21:12 And he talks about the anti-Christ, the Rapture,
  • 21:15 the Day of the Lord,
  • 21:16 the removal of the Restrainer.
  • 21:18 So you think about that,
  • 21:19 Paul was there a few weeks.
  • 21:20 These people came out of Paganism
  • 21:22 to Jesus Christ, the Messiah,
  • 21:24 and yet, he taught them prophecy.
  • 21:26 We would say today, whatever you do,
  • 21:27 don't tell a new believer about prophecy,
  • 21:29 don't burden them with all of that,
  • 21:31 teach them about other stuff first,
  • 21:32 but that was part of what Paul taught them right up front.
  • 21:35 I always found that fascinating.
  • 21:37 You can go to most churches today and
  • 21:39 be there for years and never hear those things taught.
  • 21:42 So I think we have a biblical example of why it's important.
  • 21:46 Paul wanted these believers to understand
  • 21:48 what was going on in their times.
  • 21:49 There's something called the "Law of Proportion" in the Bible.
  • 21:53 Just the amount of material that's dedicated to prophecy
  • 21:59 demands that we study it.
  • 22:01 Almost 30 per cent of the Bible is prophecy at the time it was written,
  • 22:03 so the Law of Proportions,
  • 22:05 just the sheer volume of information in the Scriptures about Prophecy,
  • 22:09 would say this is something you need to study.
  • 22:11 I think another really important reason for me
  • 22:13 is it really shows us that God is in control,
  • 22:16 that God has written about what's going to happen,
  • 22:18 the nations, and kingdoms,
  • 22:20 and of course many of those prophecies have already been fulfilled.
  • 22:23 But it's always a comfort to me,
  • 22:25 if God is going to tell what's going to happen to entire
  • 22:27 nations, and kingdoms, and civilizations,
  • 22:29 surely He can handle my life and the daily problems that I have.
  • 22:33 So it just shows us that God is in
  • 22:34 control of everything that's happening.
  • 22:37 I think that's very important for us.
  • 22:39 And it proves the Bible is true.
  • 22:41 And I think the greatest proof that we have an apologetic
  • 22:44 that the Bible is the Word of God, is prophecy,
  • 22:47 the fulfilled prophecies
  • 22:49 that were fulfilled 100 per cent accurately,
  • 22:51 100 percent of the time,
  • 22:52 500 of them.
  • 22:54 But there were 500 prophecies that haven't been fulfilled yet.
  • 22:57 So we can know that the ones that haven't been fulfilled...
  • 23:00 500!
  • 23:01 Yeah, 500 fulfilled, 500 unfulfilled.
  • 23:03 But the Bible has a proven track record.
  • 23:06 Right!
  • 23:07 We don't have to take this face value.
  • 23:08 People say, well just take it by faith.
  • 23:10 There are hundreds of prophesies that have been fulfilled.
  • 23:12 In fact there were 33 prophesies fulfilled
  • 23:15 in the last 24 hours of Jesus' life on earth.
  • 23:18 And I think its interesting why some pastors back off of
  • 23:22 teaching the prophetic is because
  • 23:24 there have been so many that have called out
  • 23:26 and said, well I believe it's going to happen now.
  • 23:29 How do we filter that out?
  • 23:33 I think there have been a lot of people
  • 23:35 that have said a lot of things
  • 23:36 that are incorrect about other areas of Bible doctrine,
  • 23:38 and we don't say, well I'm never going to talk about that.
  • 23:41 We just simply say, look, that's wrong and that's not what we do.
  • 23:44 But then we teach people what's correct.
  • 23:46 When Paul wrote to the Thessalonians back in II Thessalonians,
  • 23:50 people were saying the "Day of the Lord" had already come,
  • 23:52 that they were already in the tribulation,
  • 23:54 and Paul wrote to correct that.
  • 23:56 So he didn't say, there's a lot of people out there saying crazy things,
  • 23:58 let's just not talk about it,
  • 23:59 he corrected that.
  • 24:01 So correct the wrong things,
  • 24:02 and try to instruct on the right things.
  • 24:04 And our title of our Series is called "Watch Therefore"
  • 24:10 So we are instructed by Yeshua, Jesus Himself, to watch.
  • 24:16 I think that's important isn't it?
  • 24:17 Well, it is.
  • 24:18 A lot of Christians, people who know the Lord,
  • 24:21 they're waiting for Jesus to come.
  • 24:22 There's a difference I think between waiting and watching.
  • 24:25 Everyone's waiting, but are we really watching?
  • 24:27 I think when you're watching it means that you think about it.
  • 24:30 If you're watching for someone to come,
  • 24:33 a relative to arrive,
  • 24:34 you're thinking about that and you're anticipating it.
  • 24:37 And so I think if we're really watching for the Lord's coming
  • 24:40 we're going to think about it often,
  • 24:42 and we're going to be anticipating it.
  • 24:43 And we're going to be welcoming it,
  • 24:45 and desiring for Him to come,
  • 24:46 and praying as the Apostle John did at the end of Revelation,
  • 24:49 "Even so, come Lord Jesus."
  • 24:51 That's a good word.
  • 24:52 Love your insight today, thank you so much.
  • 24:54 Thank you.
  • 24:55 Right now, let's go to a Zola song.
  • 25:07 ♪ Father, Father take this sheep ♪
  • 25:11 ♪ take one more unworthy sheep ♪
  • 25:15 ♪ In my heart Thy Word I keep ♪
  • 25:20 ♪ Father take this sheep ♪
  • 25:24 ♪[Instrumental interlude]♪
  • 25:37 ♪ For I long to see the Kingdom come,♪
  • 25:41 ♪ And in praise and prayers I sing ♪
  • 25:46 ♪ And my life is yours till the end of time ♪
  • 25:50 ♪ For the service of the King! ♪
  • 25:56 ♪[Instrumental interlude]♪
  • 26:06 ♪ Father, Father take this sheep ♪
  • 26:10 ♪ take one more unworthy sheep ♪
  • 26:14 ♪ In my heart Thy Word I keep ♪
  • 26:19 ♪ Father take this sheep ♪
  • 26:23 ♪ Father ♪
  • 26:27 ♪ take this sheep ♪♪
  • 26:50 We've been discussing the birth pangs in this earth.
  • 26:54 Everything that is happening prophetically
  • 26:57 towards the end time.
  • 26:59 And Yeshua Himself told us, watch therefore.
  • 27:03 We need to be observant of what is happening in our world prophetically.
  • 27:07 That's right.
  • 27:08 You will not want to miss any of this series on prophecy.
  • 27:11 We always love to close this program
  • 27:13 with this reminder,
  • 27:14 Sha'lu Shalom Yerushalayim .
  • 27:16 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.
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Episodes in this series

  1. Covenant and Prophecy
  2. Birth Pains
  3. Days of Noah
  4. Fig Tree Generation
  5. Curse-for-Curse Principle
  6. The Jewish Wedding
  7. Refuge in Tribulation
  8. Faithful and Wicked Servants

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