Caption transcript for Dateline Jerusalem: “Next Place of Worship” (5/10)

• 00:08 ♪♪♪ male announcer: God could have chosen anywhere on earth,
• 00:10 but he chose Israel.
• 00:13 He could have revealed his redemption anywhere;
• 00:15 he chose Jerusalem.
• 00:18 The house of the Lord might have been any place on earth;
• 00:21 he chose Mount Moriah.
• 00:24 Past, present, and future, the mountain of the Lord
• 00:27 has been a beacon of hope and remains a strategic site
• 00:31 for the next temple of God.
• 00:36 "Dateline Jerusalem: The Coming Temple."
• 00:42 David Hart: We're so glad you've joined us today.
• 00:43 We are halfway through our series,
• 00:45 "Dateline Jerusalem."
• 00:47 Guys, glad to have you here today.
• 00:48 What's going on today?
• 00:50 Caleb Colson: This is the episode I think
• 00:51 everybody has been waiting for.
• 00:53 All those, you know, red cow junkies and
• 00:55 third temple shippers, we're talking about the third temple.
• 00:58 It's coming and there's details surrounding it.
• 01:01 It's not the joyous happy occasion everybody thinks it is.
• 01:04 It's kind of foreboding doom to come but,
• 01:07 hey, that's what's gonna bring people to see it, right,
• 01:09 you know?
• 01:10 Joshua Colson: You seem way too excited
• 01:12 about the foreboding nature of this.
• 01:13 Caleb: Abominations, you know, things happen.
• 01:14 Kirsten Hart: Right, heavy stuff.
• 01:16 We're glad that you guys are in these seats.
• 01:17 We're also glad that Dr. Jeffrey Seif
• 01:19 is in Jerusalem, right?
• 01:21 David: Right, we take you right there
• 01:23 where he is on location.
• 01:24 Let's go there now.
• 01:27 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: I'm coming to you from just off the beaten
• 01:30 path in the Jewish quarter in the city of Jerusalem.
• 01:35 I'm standing in front of an institute.
• 01:38 Many people are walking by.
• 01:40 They don't really know what it is, but some people do.
• 01:45 And it is Special with a capital "S."
• 01:48 The Temple Institute is funded by religious Jews,
• 01:53 principally, but not exclusively;
• 01:56 by evangelicals, too, who are supportive of their bid
• 02:01 to rebuild the temple complex in Jerusalem.
• 02:07 Jewish people see this as a necessary ingredient
• 02:10 to restore Hebrew worship.
• 02:13 And it participates in their mind's eye
• 02:15 with the messianic era that dawns.
• 02:18 Christian people see the remanufacture of the temple
• 02:23 as having eschatological significance
• 02:26 that it's significant for the Coming of the Lord
• 02:31 for reasons that are unpacked in our program.
• 02:34 But here I am, coming to you from the place.
• 02:36 Actually, this story began when they came to us,
• 02:39 to Texas, and the reason is because the Temple Institute
• 02:43 folk had learned that, in Texas, there were red heifers
• 02:48 without spot or blemish and they need it for the manufacture
• 02:53 of the purification elements for the third temple.
• 02:58 It just has to be and, according to Maimonides who is
• 03:02 the principal Jewish sage of antiquity,
• 03:04 the next red heifer will be the one that comes in advance
• 03:09 of the messianic era.
• 03:10 So there's excitement, there's a kind of messianic fervor,
• 03:14 associated with it, and there's this rebuilding the furnishings.
• 03:18 Inside this building, they've already built
• 03:20 the incense altar for use in the temple; the table of shewbread;
• 03:26 the menorah, the candelabra, is on display.
• 03:32 They built it.
• 03:33 You can see behind me on the sign,
• 03:35 this is the Aron Kodesh, the ark of the covenant.
• 03:38 The belief is, is that's going to be found before the dawn
• 03:42 of the messianic era, that it was spirited away in the days
• 03:44 of Jeremiah before the destruction of the temple.
• 03:48 But the point is, we're at a place where individuals
• 03:52 are laboring to participate in the Coming of the Lord
• 03:55 and the rebuilding of the temple,
• 03:57 and this is a story we're so pleased
• 03:59 to bring to you as we look at "Dateline Jerusalem."
• 04:05 David: In addition to the many temple vessels
• 04:06 and artifacts inside the Temple Institute,
• 04:09 there's another very important one,
• 04:11 strategically placed outside, nearby,
• 04:13 in the heart of the Jewish quarter.
• 04:18 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: It's an enduring symbol,
• 04:21 and it's a popular attraction.
• 04:23 I mention that because round about me are many people
• 04:26 looking to get a shot of this menorah, this candelabra,
• 04:31 that sits proudly in a square in the Jewish quarter
• 04:35 of the city of Jerusalem.
• 04:38 It was manufactured by religious Jews from the Temple Institute
• 04:44 who are retooling furnishings for the temple,
• 04:51 according to the specifications of Judaism's rabbis,
• 04:56 and so the menorah, the candelabra,
• 04:58 you may well be familiar with it.
• 05:00 It's one of the central articles in the Holy Place.
• 05:04 You go back to the book Shemot, Exodus.
• 05:06 Therein, Moshe Rabbenu, Moses, is commanded
• 05:09 to tool a candelabra and the light was to burn in perpetuity.
• 05:16 Of course, the light was snuffed out, historically.
• 05:19 One of the more famous depictions using
• 05:21 the menorah is that after the destruction of Jerusalem
• 05:25 in 70 AD when the Romans returned to the capital city
• 05:30 with their spoils, there's what's called
• 05:33 the arch of triumph there, right outside of the Coliseum.
• 05:36 It still stands, and it's a picture of the menorah
• 05:41 that stood in the Beit Hamikdash,
• 05:42 that stood in the temple,
• 05:44 being taken off, and there's a sense in which
• 05:46 with the taking off, taking away, of the candelabra,
• 05:51 the menorah, it's like taking away the light,
• 05:53 the life of the people of Israel.
• 05:56 Well, it's all coming back to life now, isn't it?
• 05:58 Not only is the city surrounded round about by visitors,
• 06:03 Jews and Christians alike here, we're in the Jewish quarter,
• 06:05 there's a famous synagogue behind me,
• 06:07 and in front of it is this piece of sacred paraphernalia
• 06:11 that is built in anticipation of it's being re-employed
• 06:15 in a rebuilt temple, if you can imagine that.
• 06:18 It's a fascinating story.
• 06:20 You know, in the Newer Testament,
• 06:21 the story is picked up on, but it's personalized.
• 06:25 Actually, the personalizing of the light itself goes back
• 06:28 to 2 Samuel chapter 21 where David is referred to
• 06:32 as the lamp of Israel.
• 06:34 David, his enthusiasm,
• 06:36 his verve is what gave vision for the future.
• 06:40 Jesus picks up on that theme.
• 06:42 You might recall in the Johannine Gospel,
• 06:44 the 8th chapter, Jesus, Yeshua said,
• 06:48 "I am the light of the world.
• 06:50 And those who follow Me will not walk in darkness,
• 06:52 but will have the light of life."
• 06:54 Well, the theme of choshek, darkness, and ohr, light,
• 06:57 goes back to early Genesis,
• 06:59 dispelling the darkness, bringing forth new light.
• 07:03 It's a symbol in the Jewish world for what comes forth
• 07:07 from the Jewish world, that is Jewish literature,
• 07:10 biblical literature.
• 07:12 And in biblical literature, we hear the story
• 07:14 of the tabernacle.
• 07:15 In the tabernacle, the story of the menorah is central,
• 07:17 and it's become a symbol of Israel.
• 07:19 You can find various kinds of insignia with the menorah,
• 07:22 you know, their flags fly with it, et cetera.
• 07:26 In fact, there was discussion about the menorah itself being,
• 07:30 if I recall correctly, part of the flag
• 07:32 of the nation state of Israel.
• 07:34 Instead, the nation opted for a star,
• 07:36 the Magen David, the Star of David.
• 07:38 But here, I want you to see this because you're looking at one
• 07:40 of the more popular pieces of furniture that's been recreated,
• 07:46 according to the specifications per the understanding of the way
• 07:49 Jews reckoned the various temple accoutrements were designed
• 07:54 in Jesus's day.
• 07:56 And it's an exact replica of it to those very,
• 08:00 very specifications.
• 08:01 And it wasn't built for tourists.
• 08:03 It's now drawing tourists.
• 08:04 It was built for use in a rebuilt temple.
• 08:08 Now, this series, "Dateline Jerusalem,"
• 08:11 takes a look at the book.
• 08:12 We look at the Bible on one hand,
• 08:14 we look at what's happening in Israel today.
• 08:16 We consider what's happening on the Temple Mount,
• 08:18 we consider what's happening around it,
• 08:20 and it's all about getting you in touch with prophecy
• 08:24 that is being fulfilled in our day.
• 08:30 Caleb: In Matthew 24 we read about the Lord's reference
• 08:33 to the temple while he's on the Temple Mount,
• 08:35 and then, we're told, he sits down
• 08:37 upon the adjacent Mount of Olives with his disciples.
• 08:40 In a quandary about the signs of his return,
• 08:43 the disciples ask the Lord about the end times.
• 08:46 Two thousand years later, questions are still being
• 08:48 asked upon the Mount of Olives regarding the end times
• 08:51 and about preparations being made for the next temple.
• 08:54 Isaac Mamo speaks further about the menorah
• 08:57 and the subject of the red heifer.
• 09:01 Isaac Mamo: But now everybody know,
• 09:03 everybody want to see.
• 09:04 It was easy to put it outside, to put a glass--
• 09:06 you don't have to explain what is exactly, how it's done.
• 09:10 It's simple.
• 09:12 And I think that there is a secret answer:
• 09:18 The menorah is the symbol of the temple.
• 09:23 Even in Rome, when you're going under the ark,
• 09:26 you can see everybody talk about the menorah.
• 09:30 And why that?
• 09:31 Because the menorah is a light.
• 09:36 The menorah, as you know, we have--we celebrate Hanukkah
• 09:39 every year and, actually, we have all the temples destroy
• 09:44 and built again, and the Maccabees,
• 09:46 and the Greek, and everything is fine.
• 09:48 At the end of the day, how we mention the temple in Hanukkah,
• 09:55 my hanukkiah.
• 09:57 Hanukkiah is like the menorah.
• 09:58 Because the menorah is a tower of light.
• 10:01 And maybe, maybe this is the reason that the menorah
• 10:05 going outside by God.
• 10:09 When I was a kid, we just read about the temple.
• 10:16 Today, my grandson, he bring me a book with a picture
• 10:22 of the temple and ask me, "What is this?
• 10:24 What is this?"
• 10:25 I think that the way that the Temple Institute started
• 10:29 publish book with the pictures and to make it reality,
• 10:33 more people can talk about it.
• 10:37 I can give you a good example: the red heifer.
• 10:41 I think that 5 years ago, nobody even thought about it,
• 10:45 and today, thank God, in less than a year,
• 10:48 millions of people connect us and want to know
• 10:52 about the red heifer.
• 10:53 When you do something, when you talk about something,
• 10:55 when you research about something,
• 10:58 at the beginning you are, like, crazy.
• 11:01 It takes time.
• 11:02 And then, people connect you.
• 11:06 David: Dr. Seif was teaching at the golden menorah
• 11:09 and it's a place that we take you on tour.
• 11:11 We've been there many times.
• 11:12 It's very impressive and to think that that's part
• 11:15 of what's coming in the third temple, yes?
• 11:18 Kirsten: And that's the actual one.
• 11:19 It's sitting there.
• 11:21 We can see. We think, little menorah.
• 11:23 It's ginormous.
• 11:24 Caleb: You know, they plan on putting it
• 11:26 in the third temple and the interesting thing about that,
• 11:27 as Jeff has taught many times,
• 11:29 is that represents the tree of life.
• 11:31 You see the branches, you know, the seven branches of menorah.
• 11:33 And all the temple itself was supposed to be that mirror of
• 11:36 Eden with, you know, engraved on the golden walls are palm trees.
• 11:40 You see the pomegranates.
• 11:41 The Holy of Holies being the garden that's guarded
• 11:43 by the cherubim that's engraved into that veil.
• 11:46 It was supposed to remind man that they could return
• 11:49 to Eden one day, even though they were cast out
• 11:51 during the interim.
• 11:53 Joshua: What was so interesting to me was
• 11:55 that this third temple that we're talking about,
• 11:57 it's not even gonna house the Shekinah,
• 11:59 the manifest presence of God, but yet Satan is such a jerk
• 12:03 that he's decided that he's gonna go ahead
• 12:05 and desecrate it anyway.
• 12:06 Caleb: It's true.
• 12:08 We read in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 that he is going to abominate
• 12:12 that temple.
• 12:14 He is going to set up this idol to himself,
• 12:16 the image of the beast, and he's going to sit down upon the
• 12:18 kez harachamim, the mercy seat, and declare himself to be God,
• 12:22 which means that the ark of the covenant most likely
• 12:25 will return in that third temple.
• 12:27 But it's very interesting, and many people ask me
• 12:30 why I believe that the third temple
• 12:34 will not begin construction until the peace treaty
• 12:37 is aligned with the beast in Israel,
• 12:39 is because in Daniel 8:14 we get a very specific timeline given,
• 12:42 and it's the beginning of daily sacrifices to the ceasing
• 12:47 of this abomination, when it's finally restored,
• 12:50 which we know is the Second Coming of Yeshua.
• 12:53 Twenty-three hundred days, it says.
• 12:54 Well, you look at the 7-year Tribulation,
• 12:56 360 days of a Jewish year, that's 2520 days.
• 13:00 Subtract that 2300 days, we're doing a lot of math here,
• 13:03 Einstein stuff, you get Day 220 is the day that sacrifices
• 13:07 begin, the actual inauguration of a third temple.
• 13:10 Which tells you that it's less than a year that it's gonna take
• 13:13 for them to build the temple, which is the exact timeline
• 13:16 that some of these rabbis are giving us.
• 13:17 They say, "A year to build that temple."
• 13:19 Joshua: I had no idea that prophecy required a calculator,
• 13:22 but Caleb just proved that it's very important.
• 13:25 Kirsten: But when you spell it out for me,
• 13:26 I can follow that.
• 13:27 Thank you. Caleb: Yes.
• 13:29 Joshua: But again, you see because this is such
• 13:30 a important thing in the enemy's plans to cause this problem,
• 13:34 he goes to such great lengths to desecrate this.
• 13:37 It's so important that we know his schemes and that
• 13:39 we don't fall for his plans, by knowing what God's plans are.
• 13:42 David: Yeah, that's good.
• 13:43 Right now, we take you to the Southern Steps
• 13:45 with Dr. Seif's teaching.
• 13:47 Let's go there right now.
• 13:50 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Jesus spoke about the stones crying out
• 13:52 and he surely was right.
• 13:53 These stones are talking.
• 13:55 They're telling us by the border here that these stones come
• 13:57 by way of King Herod from that era.
• 14:00 So this is actually the rocks, the stones,
• 14:03 that were here in the temple in Jesus's day,
• 14:05 the Herodian temple, so called.
• 14:07 And not only are you here at the Southern Wall,
• 14:10 but we'll get to the entrance in a second.
• 14:13 People are more familiar with the Western Wall
• 14:15 of the Jerusalem temple where people deposit prayer requests,
• 14:18 but there's prayer requests deposited here
• 14:20 'cause it's sacred to Jewish people.
• 14:23 But the spot is sacred to people that are interested
• 14:27 in Jesus's story because he would have gone
• 14:29 through these very gates.
• 14:31 You can see these arches above me.
• 14:32 The Huldah Gates from Jesus's day.
• 14:35 He would have walked right through here.
• 14:41 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Jesus walked this way.
• 14:43 He's not the only personality with an interest in making
• 14:47 his way through these gates.
• 14:51 I mention that because the apostle Paul,
• 14:53 in his Thessalonikan correspondence,
• 14:57 gives voice to the fact that one day,
• 15:00 future from his own day, the devil himself will enter
• 15:04 these sacred environs and defile them.
• 15:10 This will come in advance of the Second Coming of Christ.
• 15:14 It's part of what we call the eschaton,
• 15:17 the last days' events.
• 15:19 Rabbi Paul was very clear that the temple factors
• 15:23 into the last days because in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2
• 15:28 he's explicit.
• 15:30 He says that "the rebellion," that is the ultimate,
• 15:33 you know, war against things divine,
• 15:37 "comes first when the lawless man is revealed,
• 15:41 the one destined to be destroyed."
• 15:44 And it's in verse 4 where we have the temple reference.
• 15:49 It says: "He opposes and exalts himself against every so-called
• 15:53 god or object of worship, so that he sits in the Temple
• 15:58 of God, and proclaims himself that he is God."
• 16:03 And thus I say that, according to this author,
• 16:07 at some point out in time, there's going to be
• 16:11 a reconstituted temple within which the devil himself
• 16:16 will walk, referred to on a few occasions
• 16:18 in the Thessalonikan correspondence
• 16:21 as the man of lawlessness.
• 16:25 And it's mindful of the fact that there is going to be
• 16:29 a temple complex at the ragged edge of time.
• 16:31 Those who take the Bible literally and seriously see that
• 16:35 because, in order for this to happen,
• 16:37 what Paul describes, there has to be a temple
• 16:40 for it to happen in.
• 16:42 When Jews look at biblical literature,
• 16:45 they envision a reconstituted temple,
• 16:48 a reconstructed temple.
• 16:50 And we're here in Israel, exploring how,
• 16:54 amongst the religious Jews, there's a revival of interest
• 16:57 and there's this gathering together of accoutrements
• 17:00 necessary in order to dedicate the space,
• 17:03 space that will be dedicated here, at this site,
• 17:07 at some point in the future.
• 17:10 Caleb: On previous programs we've considered
• 17:12 how the tabernacle is a picture and pattern of worship
• 17:14 in temples past and in the coming temple.
• 17:17 We've seen how the altar of burnt offerings,
• 17:19 the menorah, and the altar of incense will all have a place
• 17:22 in the temple and, more importantly,
• 17:24 picture the plan of salvation for Yeshua.
• 17:27 Ariel Simms is an Israeli believer in Yeshua and a guide
• 17:30 for the tabernacle facsimile located in Southern Israel.
• 17:35 We asked him when he thought the third temple would be built.
• 17:38 Ariel Simms: I know that the Bible talks
• 17:40 about a third temple being built.
• 17:41 It will be built, but it's not necessarily
• 17:43 gonna be a good thing.
• 17:47 We know that the temple will be built,
• 17:49 but the Israelis think a lot about, you know,
• 17:52 when the third temple is built, then the Messiah will come,
• 17:55 which they're kind of partially correct.
• 17:57 When the temple is built, the-- a Messiah will come
• 18:00 but not the Messiah, not Yeshua the Messiah.
• 18:02 It will bring the Antichrist and he's gonna come
• 18:04 and defile the temple.
• 18:06 So it's not gonna be necessarily a good thing, unfortunately.
• 18:09 But it is gonna be a step closer to those end times and,
• 18:13 when Yeshua returns and he reigns for 1000 years,
• 18:16 he's gonna reign from the third temple
• 18:18 and that will be his throne here.
• 18:20 It's a little bit of time before that happens, before--
• 18:22 until it actually comes, but we don't know exactly
• 18:24 when it's gonna happen.
• 18:26 Yeshua specifically says in Matthew 24,
• 18:28 no one knows when's it gonna happen,
• 18:30 but we can see the signs that are--that it's coming closer.
• 18:35 Yeshua says you can look at the almond flower and know,
• 18:40 like, you know, when the almond flower blossoms,
• 18:42 that's when you know that spring is here--spring is coming,
• 18:45 but spring is not quite there yet.
• 18:47 So he compares that to, let's say, the end times.
• 18:50 He gives us signs of wars and rumors of wars and disasters,
• 18:55 natural disasters, and all sorts of things that are happening,
• 18:58 that will happen, before the end times come.
• 19:00 And we see that happening today.
• 19:03 All around us, all around the world,
• 19:05 tragic, devastating events that I would say are
• 19:09 the almond flowers showing us
• 19:11 that the end times are coming close.
• 19:13 We see the war in Ukraine right now.
• 19:15 We see Afghanistan.
• 19:18 We see the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and it's just--
• 19:25 It's sad to see, but Yeshua warned us that it's gonna happen
• 19:31 and this is what's coming up.
• 19:34 Also, but also the Bible also talks about the entire world
• 19:37 turning against Israel, eventually,
• 19:39 and we also see that.
• 19:41 I mean, obviously, there have always been some people,
• 19:43 many nations, that have risen up against Israel,
• 19:46 especially our immediate neighbors that border us.
• 19:49 But we see it more and more, increasingly around the world,
• 19:52 more and more--more and more, let's say,
• 19:56 Europeans are turning against Israel.
• 19:58 Unfortunately, no one is-- not many people are talking
• 20:00 about anti-Semitism coming back in Europe,
• 20:05 and even in America, no one-- the media is not talking
• 20:08 at all about anti-Semitism in America, even though we have,
• 20:11 obviously, an official peace treaty with America,
• 20:14 I would say, America's our international relations
• 20:20 best friend.
• 20:21 But, eventually, America's gonna turn against us as well,
• 20:25 which will be a very sad day.
• 20:28 Caleb: I wanna make something very clear.
• 20:30 The spirit of anti-Semitism is truly the spirit
• 20:34 of [speaking in Hebrew] Hamashiach, Antichrist.
• 20:37 Satan is always trying to stick it to God by annihilating
• 20:41 his chosen people.
• 20:42 That's the only way he can get to God's heart.
• 20:44 And although many people have seen this third temple
• 20:47 as a great opportunity to support Israel,
• 20:50 to support these sacrifices, I've always seen it for what it
• 20:53 is, a impending sign of the doom to come where Satan
• 20:57 will utilize that to instigate the time of Jacob's trouble
• 21:00 in which he will annihilate the Jewish people.
• 21:03 I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Hitchcock
• 21:05 and ask him when these things might come to pass.
• 21:10 Caleb: We're back again with Mark Hitchcock.
• 21:13 Thank you for being with us.
• 21:14 Mark Hitchcock: Thank you for having me.
• 21:15 Glad to be with you.
• 21:17 Caleb: There's a lot of talk today amongst believers,
• 21:18 amongst Jews, about rebuilding the temple.
• 21:20 A lot of interest going on.
• 21:22 Some people think there's not gonna be another temple.
• 21:24 Some people think the next temple's Messiah's temple.
• 21:27 When are we gonna see this new temple show up?
• 21:30 Mark: Well, the Bible doesn't tell us exactly
• 21:32 when it'll show up but we do know it has to be in place
• 21:35 before the middle of the Tribulation period.
• 21:37 Because at the middle of the Tribulation period in
• 21:40 Daniel 9:27, it says that "the sacrifices are gonna be ended."
• 21:44 Well, for them to be ended, they have to be happening.
• 21:46 So, they have to have been going on for some period of time.
• 21:49 Now, we don't know how long
• 21:51 before that they've been going on.
• 21:53 So the third Jewish temple could be built there
• 21:55 on the Temple Mount, that 36-acre Temple Mount.
• 21:58 Could be built before the Rapture takes place.
• 22:00 It doesn't have to be, but it could be.
• 22:02 It can also be built after the Rapture takes place.
• 22:05 There's gonna probably be a gap of time between the Rapture
• 22:07 and the beginning of the Tribulation,
• 22:09 so it can be built then.
• 22:10 And people don't realize, too, the temple's not a big building.
• 22:13 It's 2700 square feet inside, so it's not some,
• 22:15 you know, huge structure to be built and it doesn't have to be
• 22:18 built with all the opulence and extravagance
• 22:20 of Solomon's temple.
• 22:21 It'd just be a very simple structure.
• 22:23 Now, part of the big problem is that the Dome of the Rock
• 22:26 is there, and the Al-Aqsa mosque, and so,
• 22:29 yeah, what's gonna happen-- and a lot of people say,
• 22:31 "Well, how could they ever build a temple there?"
• 22:32 Well, you know, 100 years ago people said,
• 22:34 "How can the Jews ever come back to their land?"
• 22:36 But they're there today, because of God's sovereignty, his will.
• 22:40 And people say, "How can there ever be a temple there
• 22:42 on the Temple Mount?"
• 22:43 Well, God will bring it to pass.
• 22:44 I don't know how, but he'll bring it to pass in his time,
• 22:47 and we know it'll have to be sometime
• 22:48 during that first part of the Tribulation,
• 22:50 first half of the Tribulation period,
• 22:53 and a lot of movement is afoot in Israel today
• 22:55 to bring that to pass.
• 22:57 So, if it happens before the Rapture,
• 22:59 I always tell people, you know, "Lift up your heads,
• 23:02 at your redemption drawing near."
• 23:04 Caleb: Check your watches, guys. Mark: Get ready.
• 23:07 Caleb: Well, thank you, Mark. That's great insight.
• 23:09 Mark: Thank you.
• 23:11 Caleb: Mark Hitchcock has provided a wealth of information
• 23:14 concerning prophecy and, if you need more of that information,
• 23:16 we have his book, "The End."
• 23:18 It's a concise encyclopedia of all things prophetic,
• 23:21 written in a manner that you can simply understand.
• 23:23 We're giving this to you as a gift when you give us
• 23:26 an offering, and also this bookmark
• 23:28 which has prophetic Scriptures that Josh and I picked out.
• 23:31 It'll be an encouragement to you as well.
• 23:33 Kirsten: We hope that you find great value
• 23:36 in this whole series.
• 23:38 And in our program, "Our Jewish Roots,"
• 23:41 we go to all ends to bring you the best of the best
• 23:46 who are speaking prophetic words over this world.
• 23:50 And Mark Hitchcock is one of the best out there.
• 23:52 And we just hope that you know that you are keeping this
• 23:57 program alive, you're keeping it going out to the complete world,
• 24:02 and the prophecies and the wisdom that we bring to you
• 24:05 is only because of your donations.
• 24:08 So, in Hebrew, toda raba, thank you so, so much,
• 24:12 for keeping the Word going out to the world.
• 24:14 David: Also, I had a thought, an Ah-hah moment,
• 24:17 a while back, actually, Sunday night.
• 24:18 Kirsten and I had a concert and, as we were getting ready
• 24:21 to sing, we watched this lady run up to the platform
• 24:25 and she said, "I am so excited.
• 24:27 I am all caught up on 'Our Jewish Roots.'"
• 24:30 And I thought what a great story that she told us that.
• 24:34 So if you're maybe wanting to catch up
• 24:37 on some of our past programs, it's very easy to do.
• 24:40 You go to levitt.com.
• 24:41 Bearded Bible Brothers, you can find them on there,
• 24:44 our programs from the past.
• 24:46 Kirsten: Yeah, on our website,
• 24:47 but also on social media.
• 24:49 Whatever social media platform you are on,
• 24:52 Joshua and Caleb have other secret identities.
• 24:55 They're known as the Bearded Bible Brothers.
• 24:57 And they have pretty much a weekly program.
• 25:00 Get caught up on those also.
• 25:02 So you kind of know who they are and know their heart
• 25:04 and you are sitting in big seats right now
• 25:07 and you're bringing forth your own prophetic words
• 25:09 about what's coming up, and we appreciate that.
• 25:12 Caleb: Well, this whole episode has been
• 25:14 about kind of the abomination, this desire of Satan,
• 25:17 ever since--Isaiah 14, ever since he was cast out of heaven,
• 25:20 to place his throne above El Elyon,
• 25:23 the Most High God.
• 25:24 And as Yeshua warned in Matthew 24:15,
• 25:27 it hasn't happened yet, this abomination.
• 25:29 Even though Antiochus Epiphanes IV
• 25:31 was an elaborate dress rehearsal,
• 25:33 Daniel 9:27 is still to be fulfilled.
• 25:35 Joshua: We can get caught up in the idea that because
• 25:38 it's prophetic, that means there's nothing we can do
• 25:39 to change the outcome.
• 25:42 For instance, what's gonna happen here in the Tribulation,
• 25:46 the Bible says it's gonna claim two-thirds of the lives
• 25:48 of the remaining Jewish people.
• 25:50 We don't want that to be a big number.
• 25:53 You say, "Two-thirds? We can't change that.
• 25:55 That's in the Word."
• 25:57 But two-thirds of 8 million versus two-thirds
• 26:00 of a smaller number is a completely different story.
• 26:03 How do we get that number down?
• 26:06 We get that number down by sharing the good news
• 26:08 of Yeshua with the Jewish people.
• 26:11 You have an opportunity, if you know him personally,
• 26:14 to share him with others and that's your responsibility.
• 26:17 If you're watching today and you've been raised
• 26:19 to believe the Messiah hasn't come,
• 26:21 I'm here with the great news of telling you he has come.
• 26:24 Yeshua came and died for you.
• 26:25 He rose again on the third day.
• 26:27 He sits by the Father, and he's preparing a place for you,
• 26:30 and today's the day you make the choice to commit your life
• 26:33 to him for an eternity because he's committed his to you.
• 26:37 Kirsten: I think that's a great idea because,
• 26:38 honestly, before you just said that,
• 26:41 I've never thought about that, 'cause I think we kind
• 26:43 of figure, "Okay, how many people are in Israel right now?
• 26:46 How many millions? Whoo, two-thirds of that."
• 26:48 But what a great incentive that we know that number,
• 26:52 right, or the percentage, but we have power over that darkness.
• 26:58 We can overcome that number.
• 27:00 Oh, that's good.
• 27:02 David: I feel like I've been in Sunday school today, guys.
• 27:03 Thank you for your insight.
• 27:05 I can't believe it's time to go.
• 27:06 Joshua: As we always say: "Shaalu shalom Yerushalayim."
• 27:08 Kirsten: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
• 27:12 David: Our resource this week,
• 27:14 "The End," written by Mark Hitchcock.
• 27:16 This 500-page hardcover book is made available to you
• 27:19 for your generous donation to Zola Levitt Ministries.
• 27:23 The accompanying bookmark by Joshua and Caleb
• 27:25 provides important Scripture from God's Word
• 27:27 concerning the end.
• 27:29 Please remember we depend on your generous gifts
• 27:31 which allow us to bring timely updates
• 27:33 regarding Bible prophecy and the end of days.
• 27:37 Thank you so much for your continuous support
• 27:39 of this ministry.
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