Caption transcript for “2019 — The Year Ahead”

• 00:01 David Hart: What's ahead for "Zola Levitt Presents" in 2019?
• 00:06 Find out right now. ♪♪♪
• 00:11 male announcer: "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God
• 00:14 for Israel is, that they might be saved.
• 00:18 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
• 00:21 for the same Lord over all is rich unto all
• 00:23 that call upon him."
• 00:26 "Zola Levitt Presents."
• 00:29 ♪♪♪
• 00:35 David: Thank you for joining us today
• 00:37 on "Zola Levitt Presents," I'm David Hart.
• 00:38 Kirsten Hart: I'm Kirsten Hart. Jeffrey Seif: Jeffrey Seif.
• 00:40 David: On today's program, we'd like to show you some
• 00:42 of the things we have planned for 2019.
• 00:46 I can't believe we're there already.
• 00:48 Kirsten: Right? Like, where are the flying cars?
• 00:50 I mean, it's unbelievable we're at this year.
• 00:52 And you look to-- you're a visionary.
• 00:55 What does the next year look like to you?
• 00:57 Jeffrey: Well, speak about flying cars,
• 00:58 time flies, doesn't it?
• 01:00 And I'll tell you, relative to the future, I think all
• 01:03 of us--all of us, that is me, you, we, our audience,
• 01:07 all of us should be concerned for the future,
• 01:09 professionally and personally, 'cause we're gonna all spend
• 01:11 the rest of our lives in the future.
• 01:14 And that future is predicated upon decisions
• 01:16 that we make right now, and "Zola Levitt Presents"
• 01:19 has made an executive decision
• 01:21 to present onward into the future.
• 01:23 Really good programming, great interviews too.
• 01:27 David: That's great.
• 01:28 One of the things we love to do is go to Israel
• 01:30 on a Zola Levitt tour.
• 01:32 We've met some amazing folks who live there
• 01:35 and we've had them actually on our program.
• 01:37 One of those people that live in Jerusalem is our son, Ryan Hart.
• 01:41 Let's take a look at some of those previews right now.
• 01:45 ♪♪♪
• 01:50 ♪ O Lord my God, ♪
• 01:53 ♪ when I in awesome wonder ♪
• 01:56 ♪ consider all the worlds thy hands have made. ♪
• 02:02 ♪ I see the stars. ♪
• 02:05 ♪ I hear the rolling thunder. ♪
• 02:09 ♪ Thy power throughout the universe displayed. ♪
• 02:14 David: So, you got a text a while back when you
• 02:17 were living in the USA, and this text said, "Hey, Ryan,
• 02:25 how would you like to live in Israel?"
• 02:28 I don't think that was by chance.
• 02:30 I think--tell us what your experience was,
• 02:32 if you felt God calling you here.
• 02:34 How did that come about?
• 02:36 Ryan Hart: So, when I got that text asking if I would
• 02:38 wanna come here, and live here, and work for two years,
• 02:42 I thought, "Why me?"
• 02:45 But it really has been God working through everything.
• 02:49 Like, I see that in just the opportunities
• 02:52 that I've been given.
• 02:54 I've gotten to travel all around Israel filming amazing projects
• 02:58 that ICEJ helps out with.
• 03:00 ICEJ is the organization that I'm with, the International
• 03:04 Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and I've just been able to make
• 03:07 so many connections with people here in the land and even
• 03:11 outside of it, just people who come here for tours, they're
• 03:15 here for a day, a week, a month, a year, even more.
• 03:20 And so that, along with the young adults group that I
• 03:23 attend, have just been a really solid way for me to connect
• 03:27 with people here in the land.
• 03:29 David: Another interesting person we met in Israel
• 03:31 is Messianic musician and YouTube artist Joshua Aaron.
• 03:35 Here he is now.
• 03:38 ♪ You are holy. ♪
• 03:42 David: You call yourself a YouTube artist.
• 03:44 [laughing]
• 03:45 Joshua Aaron: Yeah.
• 03:46 David: And I think you're more than that, but just tell us
• 03:48 how you got started, where you think you're going
• 03:49 with your music, and who you wanna reach.
• 03:51 Joshua: Well, I really feel like I think we're all called to
• 03:53 be a bridge in some way, so I feel like I'm called to be
• 03:56 a bridge between Judaism, Messianic Judaism,
• 03:59 and the church, bringing everybody together,
• 04:04 because I believe that's who Messiah's coming back
• 04:05 for, one bride.
• 04:07 So, music is the tool and, you know, when I write,
• 04:10 I kinda write with that in mind, to bring people together.
• 04:13 "How Great Is Our God" for instance.
• 04:15 I didn't write that song, a friend of mine, Ed Cash,
• 04:17 and Chris Tomlin wrote that song,
• 04:19 and I think another guy with them.
• 04:21 I heard the world version came out and they sang it
• 04:23 in several languages.
• 04:24 David: Loved it.
• 04:26 Joshua: And I loved it too, but when they finished, they got
• 04:28 to the last language, I'm like, "Uh!"
• 04:30 I'm waiting for Hebrew.
• 04:31 Because I mean, they didn't have to sing it in Hebrew,
• 04:33 but in my mind, we're in a prophetic day and age
• 04:36 where Israel shouldn't exist.
• 04:38 I mean, it's miraculous.
• 04:40 My great-grandparents were killed in the Holocaust.
• 04:41 My grandmother came here. My mom was born here.
• 04:45 And this never happened in the history of the world where
• 04:48 a nation would come back to life just like as the prophets would
• 04:52 say, especially after 2,000 years, and a language.
• 04:56 Kirsten: I have some insider scoop for you on Joshua Aaron.
• 05:00 Our son, Ryan Hart, who you just saw, was doing a filming with
• 05:04 Joshua Aaron up in the Galilee for one of Joshua's new videos
• 05:08 and Joshua Aaron loves polka music.
• 05:11 So, there's an insider scoops.
• 05:13 That's his favorite kind of music.
• 05:15 He plays it all the time when people are on set.
• 05:17 So, we love Joshua Aaron.
• 05:18 If you go on YouTube you can see all his videos,
• 05:20 download his CDs.
• 05:22 His music is fantastic.
• 05:24 And also, you got to see our boy.
• 05:26 We love him.
• 05:28 David: Another thing, we love the testimonies that we view
• 05:31 every week on "Zola Levitt Presents."
• 05:34 Things are happening in Israel even today.
• 05:36 The past 70 years, it's a lot stronger now.
• 05:39 Kirsten: It is, it's getting-- I like the strength.
• 05:41 I like that word.
• 05:42 David: We love the testimonies and the stories
• 05:44 of things going on in Israel.
• 05:45 Kirsten: Right, it's getting strong.
• 05:46 And speaking of strong, King David, one of
• 05:48 the most famous kings of Israel, was very strong.
• 05:50 He fought Goliath.
• 05:52 Jeffrey: Yes, he did.
• 05:54 Here's a new Hebrew word for you, "chazak."
• 05:57 Kirsten: Chazak, chazak.
• 05:58 Jeffrey: It means "be strong."
• 06:00 Let's now look at some excerpts from "The Warrior King."
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• 06:55 ♪♪♪
• 06:58 narrator: The city of David was a fitting place for a king,
• 07:01 but the crown jewel was missing.
• 07:04 David's desire was that the very presence be brought to his city,
• 07:08 and so it was that we were among those appointed to escort the
• 07:12 golden ark of the covenant to Jerusalem.
• 07:19 Our delight that day was in the Lord.
• 07:22 As David danced in the streets of Jerusalem,
• 07:24 our hearts leaped for joy.
• 07:27 Jerusalem had become a city of the Living God.
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• 07:54 Jeffrey: He didn't do a very good job of containing himself,
• 07:57 now did he?
• 07:58 He invoked the ire of his wife, who thought he was playing
• 08:01 the fool in front of the masses.
• 08:03 And why is that is because David was so very ecstatic
• 08:08 when the ark was brought into the city.
• 08:11 He was beside himself.
• 08:14 And the reason is is because he knew that it was the Lord
• 08:17 who placed him where he was.
• 08:19 He credited the Lord with his success.
• 08:25 narrator: Thus sayeth the Lord God unto them,
• 08:28 "Therefore when I save my flock,
• 08:31 then they shall no more be prey.
• 08:34 I will set up one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them,
• 08:38 even my servant David.
• 08:41 He shall feed them and he shall be their Shepherd,
• 08:45 and I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David
• 08:50 a prince among men.
• 08:52 I the Lord have spoken it."
• 08:58 Jeffrey: I'm coming to you from the Kidron Valley.
• 09:03 To my left, you can't see it, the ancient temple once stood,
• 09:08 and now there's Turkish walls round about it.
• 09:10 To my right, the Mount of Olives.
• 09:13 And here in a valley where shepherds used to frequent,
• 09:17 verdant lands, but that was yesteryear.
• 09:21 Behind me is a monument to a name that's not often
• 09:26 repeated here in Israel.
• 09:29 It's a monument to Absalom, and why he would be remembered
• 09:34 in a place like this is anybody's guess because,
• 09:37 truth be known, he himself is persona non grata.
• 09:42 And why is that?
• 09:44 Because Absalom was David's son who sought to kill him.
• 09:48 He drove David out of his own palace, made the king run
• 09:52 for his life in the later years of his life.
• 09:56 As Absalom, the name "Avi" means "my father,"
• 10:00 and "shalom" is "peace."
• 10:02 He has a name connected to peace, "My father is peace,"
• 10:06 but he gave his father tsuris, truth be known.
• 10:11 Kirsten: As we journey into 2019, I think it's appropriate
• 10:14 to bring you a series on strength
• 10:17 and the strength of King David.
• 10:20 You're bringing it to us.
• 10:21 Jeffrey: Yes, a warrior king. Fascinating, isn't it?
• 10:24 If you look at the Bible, a lot of those guys were warriors.
• 10:27 In fact, even Paul, when he wants to talk about
• 10:29 the Christian life, it's the helmet of salvation,
• 10:33 it's the breast plate, it's the shield of faith,
• 10:36 the sword of the spirit.
• 10:37 Warrior motifs, yes?
• 10:39 Kirsten: Why do we have to be so strong?
• 10:41 Isn't God fighting for us? Do we have to be strong?
• 10:43 Jeffrey: Well, yes, but he's fighting through us,
• 10:45 not just for us.
• 10:46 Now, listen, it's called "The Warrior King," but it's
• 10:49 subtitled, and hear me on this, "The Warrior King:
• 10:53 David-like Leadership for Goliath-like Times."
• 10:59 It's timeless, isn't it?
• 11:01 At the end of the day, there's a struggle.
• 11:02 The Bible talks about fighting the good fight of the faith.
• 11:06 We contend individually, collectively as a body
• 11:09 of believers and as a nation.
• 11:12 David-like leadership.
• 11:15 We need to be strong, chazak, and we're tapping into that
• 11:20 when we look at what the Bible says about leadership.
• 11:23 It's principles of leadership, success, growth, development,
• 11:28 forward momentum.
• 11:30 Stuff that we need as a culture, as a body of believers,
• 11:33 stuff that we need as individuals.
• 11:36 Now, I did this series a few years back
• 11:38 and we're bringing it to you afresh,
• 11:40 because the Bible's fresh in Hebrew.
• 11:43 "L'dor va'dor," there's another one,
• 11:46 from generation to generation.
• 11:50 It doesn't go old.
• 11:52 And the need--doesn't grow old, rather.
• 11:54 The need for David-like leadership is as true now
• 12:00 as it ever was.
• 12:02 Stay tuned, you're gonna love it.
• 12:04 David: And you're teaching on location
• 12:07 right where that happened.
• 12:09 There's gotta be something to that also.
• 12:10 Jeffrey: Yes, and Levitt Ministry partners not only paid
• 12:13 for me to teach, but for dramatic re-enactments
• 12:17 to really bring the Bible story alive.
• 12:21 David: That's right.
• 12:22 Kirsten: That's what Zola Levitt has been known for all
• 12:24 these years and we actually have a new series that we're gonna be
• 12:27 bringing you, showing and showcasing the dramas that we
• 12:31 have brought to you over the years "Zola Levitt Presents"
• 12:34 has been on the air, and also highlighting some of the actors
• 12:38 and actresses and their stories.
• 12:40 Let's take a sneak peek now.
• 12:44 narrator: And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said,
• 12:48 and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
• 12:51 For Sarah conceived and bear Abraham a son in his old age
• 12:56 at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
• 13:37 Jeffrey: There's a certain experience that the movie
• 13:41 captures, that gentle moment, that mother with child.
• 13:47 I think it's hard for a male to understand that, and it's easy
• 13:50 for a theologian just to dive into the text, and the contents,
• 13:53 and context, and word studies, and just miss the tenderness
• 13:57 of the moment entirely.
• 14:01 I don't want to apologize for who I am, I've gotta run with
• 14:04 it, but there's something about seeing it.
• 14:07 There's a kind of soulish beauty there.
• 14:11 ♪♪♪
• 14:16 [crying]
• 15:19 Jeffrey: When I look at the clip you just saw, I cry,
• 15:23 and I'm not a real crying kind of guy.
• 15:26 My wife wishes I would be more in touch with my feelings,
• 15:29 and I really am working at it, but I'm more of a type A.
• 15:33 I don't just emote all that often.
• 15:36 But not only do I honestly shed a tear when I see it,
• 15:39 whenever I read the story I get emotional.
• 15:44 announcer: "Zola Levitt Presents" is more
• 15:45 than just a television program.
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• 16:04 And don't forget to find everything
• 16:06 on our website, levitt.com.
• 16:08 We invite you to keep in touch and join us on social media.
• 16:14 female announcer: For many, a trip to the holy land
• 16:16 is the dream of a lifetime.
• 16:18 The Bible truly comes alive as you see the sights where so many
• 16:22 biblical events happened, where the teaching is always
• 16:26 from a Messianic perspective.
• 16:28 Come on a Zola tour in the spring to see Israel and Petra,
• 16:32 or in the fall to add a cruise to Greece and Ephesus.
• 16:36 See the land of the Bible for yourself.
• 16:39 Contact us to reserve your dream of a lifetime.
• 16:44 David: Springtime is one of our favorite times to get
• 16:48 on the bus and see Israel blooming.
• 16:51 It's prophetic, but it's also beautiful.
• 16:54 There's still room for you to join us on our spring tour.
• 16:57 Go to levitt.com for all of the information.
• 16:59 Kirsten: March 10 is the date that we head off to Israel,
• 17:02 so sign up.
• 17:04 If you've ever wanted to go, now is the time.
• 17:07 David: Join us.
• 17:08 Kirsten: And speaking of tours, our son Ryan who lives in
• 17:10 Jerusalem followed us around for a few days with his camera,
• 17:13 and we would like to show you what a Zola tour
• 17:16 looks like from Ryan Hart's camera.
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• 19:19 ♪ How great is our God. ♪
• 19:27 ♪ How great is our God. ♪
• 19:32 ♪ Sing with me, how great is our God. ♪
• 19:37 ♪ And all will see how great, ♪
• 19:44 ♪ how great is our God. ♪
• 19:48 David: We have some friends who recently went to Israel
• 19:50 on another tour with a different company,
• 19:53 and they told us that there was one thing missing.
• 19:56 They didn't have the Messianic teaching and the perspective
• 19:59 from our tour guides.
• 20:01 Kirsten: And that's what we have every tour.
• 20:03 You've got to go with us.
• 20:05 And speaking of Messianic perspective, Dov Schwarz,
• 20:07 Chaim Malespin, you've seen them on our program,
• 20:11 they're also on our YouTube page.
• 20:13 Click on levitt.com, find all their past videos, watch them.
• 20:17 They bring such life and such knowledge as you do
• 20:21 to our program from a Messianic perspective.
• 20:24 Jeffrey: Well, you're kind to say.
• 20:25 There's 168 hours in a week.
• 20:28 For 30 minutes, to look at the good news through the eyes
• 20:31 of the Jews, that's what Zola Levitt Ministries
• 20:33 is all about on television.
• 20:35 When people go to Israel with us, that's what they see.
• 20:39 When they read our articles, they get the good news
• 20:42 through the eyes of the Jews.
• 20:44 I think that's worth something.
• 20:46 And those of you that support us, and please, please, please,
• 20:49 we--as the old Beatles song goes,
• 20:51 "We can get by with a little help from some friends."
• 20:55 Please, if you find value added in looking at the good news
• 21:00 through the eyes of the Jews, please help hold up our hands.
• 21:05 Kirsten: That's good news, and thank you so much.
• 21:08 A friend of our ministry, Tommy Waller, is in Israel,
• 21:12 and he does something very special and unique.
• 21:15 He has thousands of Christian volunteers go to Israel
• 21:19 to help Israeli farmers.
• 21:21 It's something unique and it's making a difference in Israel.
• 21:25 Let's hear a little bit from Tommy now.
• 21:30 Tommy Waller: Christianity has developed
• 21:35 an understanding of the Bible with Israel extracted from it.
• 21:41 And then all of the sudden, we shockingly--we were awakened
• 21:48 in 1948 to a new reality, that the Bible's actually true.
• 21:56 We can actually touch it.
• 21:58 In Jewish thought, and I've heard this several times, that,
• 22:02 you know, the objective of the redemption is to return to Eden.
• 22:08 It's to--we started in this holy place where we're communing
• 22:13 with God freely, without a temple,
• 22:16 but communing with God freely.
• 22:18 And so, the process then after the fall is to get back.
• 22:23 We gotta get back there.
• 22:26 Jeffrey: Tommy Waller, great guy, and we have great guys
• 22:29 and gals coming your way.
• 22:31 In fact, one of which is a series that I did
• 22:33 some years ago on Esther.
• 22:36 That's not a guy, that's a gal.
• 22:38 And the reason why I did it is because I wanted
• 22:40 to celebrate women.
• 22:41 The reason why I wanted to do that is
• 22:43 because God celebrates women.
• 22:45 In fact, Esther was a game-changer.
• 22:47 There are women that help us behind the scenes
• 22:49 and it's a game-changer for "Zola Levitt Presents."
• 22:52 And there are women in biblical history that are game-changers
• 22:55 behind the scenes as well.
• 22:57 We'll look at some scenes from that, some more from the Psalms
• 23:00 that I did some years ago on the Psalms of Ascent,
• 23:03 always timeless, always good.
• 23:06 And then we'll hear from our good friend Dov Schwarz as well.
• 23:09 Lots of scenes, lots happening at "Zola Levitt Presents,"
• 23:12 lots that we wanna bring to you.
• 23:16 ♪♪♪
• 23:23 Jeffrey: Our story today is played out against the backdrop
• 23:27 of someone that has trouble sleeping.
• 23:29 You might recall the story in the 6th chapter
• 23:32 of the book of Esther.
• 23:34 Interestingly, providentially, Xerxes just couldn't get to bed.
• 23:39 And what he did is he called for someone to come and read
• 23:44 and help him to explore if there's any unfinished business.
• 23:47 And he was reminded of the fact that some time prior,
• 23:50 there was a plot against his life, and there was
• 23:53 a Jew named Mordecai who was given to helping him.
• 24:10 Jeffrey: She wanted to be a help.
• 24:13 She wanted to save her people.
• 24:15 And so, she arranges to visit her husband again and petition
• 24:19 on their behalf that Jews be allowed to make a spirited
• 24:22 defense, given the fact that a decree was enacted
• 24:26 for their destruction.
• 24:28 ♪♪♪
• 24:37 narrator: In Bible times, olive oil was used for cooking,
• 24:40 for light, for ointment, and perhaps most importantly,
• 24:44 for anointing.
• 24:47 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
• 24:50 to dwell together in unity.
• 24:53 It's like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon
• 24:57 the beard, even Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts
• 25:01 of his garment, like the dew that descended
• 25:05 upon the mountains of Zion."
• 25:08 ♪♪♪
• 25:15 Jeffrey: Psalm 133 is one of the better-known psalms,
• 25:18 in the Christian world and in the Jewish world.
• 25:21 Oh, in the Jewish world in America anyway, Jews grow up
• 25:24 singing, "Hineh ma tov uma na'im shevet achim gam yachad,"
• 25:28 from the first verse, "How good and pleasant it is
• 25:31 when brethren dwell together in unity."
• 25:35 ♪♪♪
• 25:44 Dov Schwarz: The next covenant I wanna share with you,
• 25:48 we get some hints about it in the gospels as Messiah Yeshua,
• 25:54 our Lord Jesus, is walking through the streets in Jerusalem
• 25:59 and a man cries out to him who was blind, Blind Bartimaeus.
• 26:04 And what does he cry out?
• 26:06 "O Son of David, have mercy on me."
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• 26:16 Chaim Malespin: Here we are in one of my favorite spots
• 26:18 in the land of Israel, Shiloh, ancient Shiloh,
• 26:21 as we say in Hebrew.
• 26:23 Yeah, we are in the heartland of Israel.
• 26:24 Some would call it the West Bank.
• 26:26 The Bible calls it Judea and Samaria.
• 26:31 Sarah Liberman: Shalom Haverim.
• 26:33 One of the more common words you're gonna hear in Israel and
• 26:36 use in Hebrew is the word "beseder," which means "okay."
• 26:42 David: There is so much more we'd like to show you,
• 26:44 but we are almost out of time.
• 26:46 Kirsten: 2019 is coming up. We're in it right now.
• 26:50 We have great things in store and it's because of you,
• 26:53 our viewers.
• 26:54 So, thank you for supporting this program.
• 26:57 Jeff Seif, any last words?
• 26:59 Jeffrey: Yes, how 'bout a foundational word, "faith."
• 27:03 Let me hear you say amen.
• 27:05 The Hebrew amein, I believe it.
• 27:08 You know, Scripture says that without faith it is impossible
• 27:11 to please God, for whoever would draw near to God must first
• 27:16 believe that he exists and that he is a rewarder
• 27:21 of those who seek him.
• 27:24 We're seeking him at "Zola Levitt Presents."
• 27:26 Thank you for seeking him with us.
• 27:29 Wise men still seek him, wise women do too.
• 27:33 Off we go over the horizon to a new and uncertain world.
• 27:38 We roll the dice against the future, but we know
• 27:41 who holds the key to the future.
• 27:43 Isn't it great to walk with God as we forge ahead?
• 27:46 Kirsten: Faith, faith, faith every day, every step.
• 27:49 Jeffrey: Yes, speaking of steps, as we take this next one
• 27:52 together, I wanna close the way I always do,
• 27:55 the way we always do, sha'alu shalom Yerushalayim.
• 28:00 David: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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• 28:25 male announcer: This has been a paid program brought to you
• 28:27 by Zola Levitt Ministries.