Caption transcript for “Take Watch and Be Ready”

• 00:01 ♪♪♪
• 00:10 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Greetings, friends of "Our Jewish Roots."
• 00:13 And a special hello to friends Joshua and Caleb.
• 00:18 They're, indeed, friends of mine and I hope they
• 00:22 are becoming friends of yours.
• 00:24 Of course, they stepped in in my stead when I vacated the post at
• 00:29 "Our Jewish Roots" to spend more time here.
• 00:33 What is here?
• 00:35 Well, behind me is the Senate House at Cambridge University
• 00:39 and I plan to walk through that room again, that building I
• 00:44 should say, where degrees are conferred, this time to pick
• 00:47 up a PhD from Cambridge.
• 00:51 I'm busy studying and you're busy learning as well.
• 00:55 I trust that you're deriving great benefit from the wonderful
• 00:58 ministry that is "Our Jewish Roots," and I want you, like me,
• 01:03 to support my good friends, Joshua and Caleb.
• 01:08 God bless.
• 01:10 David Hart: Thank you so much for joining us today on
• 01:11 "Our Jewish Roots."
• 01:13 Always great to hear from Dr. Jeffrey Seif.
• 01:15 He's a busy man.
• 01:17 You'll hear more from him in this next year, actually.
• 01:19 Guys, always great to have you at this table also.
• 01:23 Joshua Colson: Yes, it is.
• 01:25 Caleb Colson: This is a new kind of program.
• 01:26 This is still "Our Jewish Roots," but Josh and I have an
• 01:29 alter ego, a different identity as the Bearded Bible Brothers,
• 01:32 if you've seen on our social media sites, and we've done
• 01:35 years of teaching that has never graced the television set.
• 01:39 So we're gonna be doing more of these kind of episodes where we
• 01:42 showcase some of our really important teachings that really
• 01:45 struck a nerve and hit people's hearts now for the television
• 01:49 audience for the very first time.
• 01:50 It's great. Kirsten Hart: No, we're excited
• 01:52 about that and we look to you.
• 01:54 You are our teachers and you're in a place of authority and we
• 01:58 respect that and we're thankful for the fact that you're sitting
• 02:02 in these chairs on this platform right now.
• 02:04 Josh: Well, we're very happy to be here.
• 02:06 Today, we don't always take Yeshua's words where he says
• 02:09 he's coming quickly in revelation, because it's
• 02:12 been 2000 years so there's a complacency
• 02:14 sometimes that creeps in.
• 02:16 But we're gonna talk about the importance of running the race
• 02:19 with honor.
• 02:21 The call that the Father has put on you isn't just for you.
• 02:23 It's not just about you.
• 02:25 You're placed here for a purpose and for a reason and, right now,
• 02:27 we are gonna learn more about that reason as we study the
• 02:30 Watchman on the Wall in Ezekiel.
• 02:35 Josh: Ha, ha, ha.
• 02:36 Well, hey, everybody, I'm Joshua.
• 02:38 Caleb: And I'm Caleb. Josh: We are brothers.
• 02:40 Caleb: Correct, Josh. No, today, we're gonna talk
• 02:42 about my favorite Bible character.
• 02:44 He's a prophet, my favorite not-God-in-flesh person,
• 02:48 you know. Ezekiel, he's an amazing guy.
• 02:51 Josh: Ezekiel? Caleb: Yeah, I love Ezekiel.
• 02:53 Josh: So not Moses, not Noah, not Jonah, nobody [inaudible].
• 02:56 You chose some crazy dude that laid on his arm for, like,
• 03:01 17 years and cooked on poop?
• 03:04 Caleb: I guess, if you wanna be that specific, yeah,
• 03:06 Ezekiel was awesome, man.
• 03:08 Josh: He was pretty cool. Caleb: Yeah?
• 03:10 Josh: He created the greatest bread in the history of mankind.
• 03:13 It's fantastic. It's nutriently perfect.
• 03:16 Caleb: Ezekiel bread? Josh!
• 03:18 Josh: It's also frozen. Caleb: That was frozen.
• 03:21 Okay, guys, Ezekiel. He was a prophet of the Lord.
• 03:23 He was called to do some crazy things but he never
• 03:25 flinched at the opportunity.
• 03:27 He was silent, actually, for a matter of years where God had
• 03:31 his tongue cling to the roof of his mouth.
• 03:33 He couldn't speak until he prophesied the Word of the Lord,
• 03:36 until also the temple in Jerusalem fell.
• 03:39 There's also during that moment, during those matter of years, he
• 03:41 had to lay on his side, as Josh mentioned, for 390 days, cooking
• 03:45 his special patented bread over animal poop and acting
• 03:50 out the siege of Jerusalem.
• 03:52 Then he had to flip on his other side for 40 days and act out the
• 03:55 siege on his other side.
• 03:57 Josh: So when you're sitting in elementary school and the
• 03:58 fireman came to your school and told them what he did for a
• 04:00 living and do you wanna do this when you grow up?
• 04:02 Don't be a prophet.
• 04:04 Caleb: There is a moment where the Lord took Ezekiel's
• 04:07 wife from him, the delight of his eyes, as a sign to the house
• 04:11 of Israel that he was going to take the temple from them.
• 04:14 They would not be able to weep or cry, just as Ezekiel was not
• 04:17 able to weep when his wife was taken from him.
• 04:20 Eventually, he died a martyr as is believed by tradition,
• 04:23 by the hands of his own people. It's really harsh.
• 04:25 Josh: Isn't that crazy?
• 04:26 Like, you commit your life to the truth and, for some reason,
• 04:29 it's not easy because you're doing what's right.
• 04:32 Caleb: Anyways, we wanna focus on Ezekiel today and his
• 04:35 call as a watchman to the house of Israel, how we can be one of
• 04:38 two kinds of watchmen today.
• 04:40 Ezekiel was taken in the second deportation
• 04:42 to Babylon in 597 BC.
• 04:44 The first deportation was the princes, royalty that
• 04:47 was taken, like Daniel.
• 04:49 He was a priest, a kohen,
• 04:50 that's when most of the Levites were taken.
• 04:52 He was settled in a city called Tel Aviv, south of Babylon, and
• 04:56 he was 25 years when he was taken, Josh.
• 04:59 That was the age he was supposed to begin
• 05:01 his training to be a priest.
• 05:03 Josh: It was, right?
• 05:04 Ezekiel 3:17 says: "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for
• 05:07 the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and
• 05:10 give them this warning for Me now."
• 05:12 Ezekiel, like you said, epitomizes that idea of
• 05:16 a watchman throughout his entire career here.
• 05:19 Caleb: You see, he was supposed to be a priest but he
• 05:22 didn't receive that word from the Lord that you just read
• 05:24 until he was at the age of 30, 5 years in captivity.
• 05:27 He was suffering until he became a prophet of the Lord.
• 05:32 He was called.
• 05:34 Now, we wanna read Ezekiel 33, Josh,
• 05:36 'cause that gives the full call with all the details of
• 05:39 what it is for Ezekiel to be a watchman.
• 05:41 Josh: All right, buckle up, guys.
• 05:43 Ezekiel 33:1 through 9: "Again the word of the Lord came to me,
• 05:45 saying, 'Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and
• 05:48 say to them: 'When I bring the sword upon a land, and the
• 05:51 people of the land take a man from their territory and make
• 05:54 him their watchman, when he sees the sword coming upon the land,
• 05:57 if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, then whoever
• 05:59 hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning,
• 06:02 if the sword comes and takes him away,
• 06:04 his blood shall be on his own head.
• 06:06 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but he did not take
• 06:08 warning; his blood shall be upon himself.
• 06:10 But he who takes warning will save his life.
• 06:12 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow
• 06:15 the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes
• 06:17 and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his
• 06:20 iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.'
• 06:24 So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of
• 06:28 Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth
• 06:31 and warn them for Me.
• 06:32 When I say to you wicked, 'O wicked man,
• 06:35 you shall surely die!'
• 06:37 and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way,
• 06:39 that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
• 06:41 but his blood I will require at your hand.
• 06:44 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way,
• 06:48 and he does not turn from his way, he
• 06:50 shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.'"
• 06:53 Caleb: That was a long Scripture, Josh.
• 06:55 And we like to read these long Scriptures and not take
• 06:57 Scripture out of context.
• 06:59 It excites us to hear the Word of God.
• 07:02 But a watchman, guys, was a sentry.
• 07:04 He stood upon the city walls, especially at nighttime.
• 07:07 He looked out to see if the enemy was coming while everybody
• 07:10 was asleep, warned them when danger was near, and he would
• 07:13 blow this trumpet, the shofar, when danger was near.
• 07:16 Josh, could you give us a--
• 07:17 Josh: When you were trying to warn somebody, they would take
• 07:19 the shofar to alert everybody.
• 07:25 Caleb: Josh, you're blowing at the wrong end.
• 07:26 Josh: I thought it was the brown note you couldn't hear but
• 07:28 you just felt it subsonically.
• 07:30 Caleb: No, it's not. Josh: Wait, do we have any
• 07:34 brass players out in Clayton, are you--
• 07:38 [shofar sounding]
• 07:43 Caleb: Okay, we had enough of that.
• 07:44 Josh: It's something like that.
• 07:46 Let's just say I'm a watchman second class.
• 07:47 Caleb: So in Mark 13:35, we get a designation of the
• 07:52 intervals of a watch of a night.
• 07:54 There was four intervals, separating into 3-hour periods.
• 07:58 The first was called Evening. That was from 6 to 9 p.m.
• 08:01 The second was called Midnight, from 9 to 12.
• 08:04 Third was called Cockcrowing, from 12 to 3 a.m.
• 08:07 Josh: That's my favorite.
• 08:09 Caleb: And the fourth was called Morning, from 3 to 6 a.m.
• 08:12 Now, in Ezekiel's case as a watchman, that Hebrew word
• 08:16 "watchman" was tzopheh or tsaphah and it's more like
• 08:19 he is looking into the future. He is a seer.
• 08:22 He's not looking at things at the present like a sentry on the
• 08:25 walls but he's looking at a foretelling of some doom
• 08:28 that is to come.
• 08:30 And we can be watchmen, just like Ezekiel, and there's four
• 08:33 different warnings that a watchman is required to give.
• 08:36 Josh: And guys, if you're gonna be watchmen, go ahead and
• 08:38 take notes right now.
• 08:39 Pull out your pen and paper, your iPad, your device.
• 08:41 Don't do anything Android, we don't like them.
• 08:43 Number one--he loves them.
• 08:45 To warn the wicked to stop sinning.
• 08:47 Number two, to warn the righteous to repent, that he
• 08:50 will not die in his sin, and his righteous acts be forgotten.
• 08:54 Number three, to warn the nations that the sword of
• 08:56 war coming, the destruction is coming.
• 08:58 And number four, to warn the house of Israel of all three.
• 09:02 This was the first and primary to Ezekiel.
• 09:05 Caleb: Yeah, so he was called to the house of Israel to warn
• 09:07 the people that danger was near.
• 09:09 We, as the Bearded Bible Brothers,
• 09:11 take that call very seriously.
• 09:13 We understand we are to look at prophecy, look in Scriptures,
• 09:16 look at the headlines, and if we see something occurring with
• 09:18 Israel, the fig tree, we are supposed to warn you
• 09:21 that danger is near.
• 09:22 Many years ago, this was back in the year 2020, January 28.
• 09:27 Josh: So long ago. Caleb: So long ago.
• 09:29 There was the signing of the Abraham Accords with President
• 09:32 Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
• 09:36 and on that night we got in our minivan
• 09:38 and we gave a little scriptural warning.
• 09:40 We said, "Guys, this is not a good thing.
• 09:42 All the other ministers and peoples that--Christians of
• 09:45 voice, they were getting on and declaring, 'This is amazing,
• 09:48 this is an amazing peace treaty.
• 09:50 We are dividing up the West Bank.
• 09:52 Look at this land that we get.'" But we said, "Wait, wait, wait.
• 09:54 Y'all guys once said it was dangerous to divide up the land
• 09:57 of Israel," and we took the Scriptures and we said,
• 09:59 "This is what the Lord says: When you divide his land that
• 10:02 doom and destruction will come on you."
• 10:05 We said, "This is--this is us getting out from under the hand
• 10:08 of protection of the Lord."
• 10:09 And sure enough, within a month and a half,
• 10:11 COVID hit our shores.
• 10:13 It overcame the world.
• 10:15 It hit Israel and we've been suffering
• 10:17 the devastating effects ever since.
• 10:19 Not that God brought that but we have suffered implications
• 10:22 of destruction and those two leaders
• 10:25 were removed from office.
• 10:26 Now we supported them when they were like--move the
• 10:29 American Embassy to Jerusalem, but we understand when it's time
• 10:32 to speak up and you have to follow God's Word, primarily.
• 10:35 Josh: So if you purchase that minivan at Carmax next week, we
• 10:38 apologize because you are definitely on a radar somewhere.
• 10:41 That wasn't the only kind of watchman
• 10:44 spoken about in Scripture.
• 10:45 In fact, Jeremiah 31:6 says: "For there shall be a day when
• 10:47 the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim,
• 10:50 'Arise, and let us go to Zion, to the Lord our God.'"
• 10:53 Caleb: Now this is a very interesting watchman.
• 10:55 The Hebrew word "notzrim" is used here.
• 10:59 And this is a watching to the present, you know, warning
• 11:03 Israel that danger is near and also warning Israel
• 11:06 of blessing to come.
• 11:08 This notzrim is used by the Israelis in Israel.
• 11:12 They call Christians "notzrim."
• 11:14 It comes from the root "natzar," nun, tzadei, and reish, where we
• 11:18 get the term "Nazareth" from, the same root for Nazareth.
• 11:21 We are followers of Yeshua of Nazareth.
• 11:23 We are the notzrim.
• 11:25 And natzar is also the same root where you get "branch."
• 11:29 That's prophetically spoken of in Scripture.
• 11:31 Josh: Isaiah 11:1 says: "There shall come forth a Rod
• 11:33 from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch," that word he said,
• 11:37 "Shall grow out of his roots."
• 11:39 Jeremiah 23:5: "'Behold, the days are coming,' says the Lord,
• 11:43 'That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness.'"
• 11:46 Caleb: That's right.
• 11:48 So we--we can be grafted in to that olive tree who are Gentiles
• 11:53 being accepted by the blood of Yeshua,
• 11:55 and it says so in Romans 11:17.
• 11:58 Josh: Says: "And if some of the branches were broken off,
• 12:00 and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among
• 12:02 them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness
• 12:06 of that olive tree."
• 12:08 Caleb: So, guys, as Christians, as Jews and
• 12:11 Gentiles, we are called to be one of these watchmen.
• 12:13 We are called to support Israel, to stand by her in the hard
• 12:16 times, in the good times, to pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
• 12:19 to do whatever we can to show them the love of Yeshua,
• 12:23 the love of Jesus.
• 12:24 We're also called to be that other kind of watchman, you
• 12:27 know, to prophetically warn of the things to come, that danger
• 12:31 is near, that Yeshua is coming soon.
• 12:34 And the last Scripture we'd like to read
• 12:35 is Isaiah 62:6 through 7.
• 12:37 Josh: "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They
• 12:40 shall never hold their peace a day or night.
• 12:43 You make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and till He
• 12:46 makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth."
• 12:48 Caleb: That's right.
• 12:49 That's prophecy, and one day that will happen.
• 12:51 And we will all go up to Mount Zion and worship the Lord
• 12:54 together, Jew and Gentile, and the Messiah will rule from that
• 12:58 temple, the Millennial Reign.
• 13:00 There will be peace on earth.
• 13:02 Josh: So just remember, guys, we lived in a flawed earth.
• 13:04 That means when you do what's right,
• 13:05 you're gonna have opposition.
• 13:06 You're gonna have things and people rise up against you.
• 13:09 It's not about being antagonistic and it's not about
• 13:10 saying things to hurt people's feelings.
• 13:12 It's about speaking the truth because the responsibility is
• 13:15 upon those who know it.
• 13:17 And so that's why we're here to share with you guys.
• 13:19 Caleb: And thank you for joining us.
• 13:20 Please watch us next time.
• 13:22 Josh: You realize we're not in the minivan and you just
• 13:24 redid that whole thing that we purposely said in the minivan so
• 13:26 they couldn't track us, right? Caleb: Dang.
• 13:30 Josh: Guys, we're coming to you from a basement.
• 13:31 Caleb: Underground bunker. Josh: In Georgia.
• 13:33 Thank you so much for tuning in. Caleb: Peach state.
• 13:36 Josh: Atlanta. Caleb: That's right.
• 13:38 Josh: If you're looking for a zip code, it's--
• 13:41 Kirsten: Dear Joshua. Yes, you.
• 13:44 I want you to know we are bonded in a very special way,
• 13:47 not just the fact that we're wearing yellow.
• 13:48 Josh: Beautiful shade.
• 13:50 Kirsten: I too, love Ezekiel bread.
• 13:52 I saw your piece of Ezekiel bread that you just say.
• 13:54 I watch the details.
• 13:56 Josh: Most people don't like the lack of moisture in that
• 13:58 bread, but I love all the nutrients, so.
• 14:01 Kirsten: Right, you've got the nutrients and you need to
• 14:02 try the English muffin version.
• 14:04 David: Very good. Kirsten: We have that at home.
• 14:05 Josh: The cinnamon raisin one is--
• 14:07 Kirsten: Oh, it's the best. Josh: So, so good.
• 14:08 Kirsten: And thank the Lord that they bake it in a
• 14:10 different way than Ezekiel.
• 14:12 Caleb: Ezekiel on the waste. You know, we don't do that.
• 14:15 Josh: I agree. Caleb: So that message, guys,
• 14:17 it's really pertinent for today's day and age.
• 14:20 Life as a believer isn't supposed to be a cakewalk, but
• 14:23 Messiah's promised that he would give us victory
• 14:26 over our foes, the enemy.
• 14:28 Now a lot of times when adversity comes against us, we
• 14:30 think, "Oh, well, I just gotta give up.
• 14:32 I did something wrong."
• 14:34 You know you're doing something right when Satan
• 14:35 is coming against you.
• 14:37 You know you are walking with the Lord
• 14:38 and you're making headway.
• 14:39 Don't give up. Keep on pressing forward.
• 14:42 We have that call to sound the alarm that the enemy is coming.
• 14:46 Josh: And with not giving up, it's not just in a personal
• 14:48 giving up, it's in telling others.
• 14:52 The church is just as viable as falling into deception and
• 14:55 falling into apostasy as an individual can.
• 14:58 And so we see this all the way back when Yeshua was here, the
• 15:02 Pharisees and the Sadducees, that religious spirit will try
• 15:04 to come in and will try to mess everything up.
• 15:08 So when that happens, we have to stand for truth, regardless.
• 15:11 We have to stand firm against the opposition
• 15:13 and know that this is what's right.
• 15:15 Caleb: That's right, and so we touched on this topic in the
• 15:17 next Bearded Bible Brothers episode you're about to view
• 15:20 called "Finishing the Course Well."
• 15:22 It's about living that life of holiness and righteousness
• 15:25 before the Lord and not compromising.
• 15:30 Josh: Oh, you're so fancy, Fidgie.
• 15:33 Josh: Hey, everybody, I'm Joshua.
• 15:34 Caleb: And I'm Caleb.
• 15:36 Josh: Guys, if you're a believer and you say to
• 15:39 yourself, "Look, I know that the Bible says that God is good."
• 15:42 Caleb: He is. Josh: Okay?
• 15:44 "And I know that he's just." Caleb: Yes, he's just.
• 15:46 Josh: "But when I look around the world,
• 15:48 all I see is evil winning.
• 15:49 And all I see is suffering.
• 15:52 Why is it that if God is good and he's just,
• 15:55 and if I do what's right, I'm still gonna be persecuted,
• 16:00 that I should still do what's right?
• 16:02 Why is it that I have to do what's right?"
• 16:04 Caleb: You know what, Josh?
• 16:06 The children of Israel asked this very same question.
• 16:08 Josh: Really? Caleb: Ezekiel chapter 18, guys.
• 16:10 This is a very important chapter,
• 16:13 a very important object lesson.
• 16:15 See, the Israelites, or the Judeans,
• 16:18 were taken captive into Babylon.
• 16:20 They sinned against the Lord.
• 16:21 They were in Tel Aviv, and Ezekiel the prophet was
• 16:24 prophesying unto them.
• 16:25 And they thought that since it was their parents that committed
• 16:30 all these great sins and atrocities, they denied the
• 16:33 prophets, they killed the prophets, they stoned the
• 16:34 prophets, they sawed the prophets in half, and now they
• 16:37 are suffering for the sins of their fathers.
• 16:39 They understood Deuteronomy 5:9 that says: "For I, the Lord your
• 16:43 God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon
• 16:46 the children to the third and fourth generation
• 16:49 of those who hate Me."
• 16:51 So they thought God was unjust.
• 16:52 They were saying, "We're here because of our parents.
• 16:54 We didn't do anything wrong. Why is God being mean to us?"
• 16:58 And God says, "Okay, I hear what they're saying.
• 17:02 You tell them this, Ezekiel," and he goes on to explain how
• 17:06 just and fair he truly is.
• 17:09 Josh: Verses 21 through 25 says: "'But if a wicked man
• 17:12 turns from all of his sins which he has committed, keeps all of
• 17:15 My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall
• 17:18 surely live; he shall not die.
• 17:20 None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be
• 17:23 remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he
• 17:25 has done, he shall live.
• 17:27 Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?'
• 17:30 says the Lord God, 'And not that he should
• 17:32 turn from his ways and live?'"
• 17:34 Caleb: Wow. Josh: Guys, that's mind-blowing
• 17:37 and even I know that.
• 17:38 Why? Because that was old covenant.
• 17:40 Caleb: That was God's grace. Josh: In the Old Testament.
• 17:42 Caleb: He was ready--the second someone repented,
• 17:45 he would wipe their slate clean. They would live.
• 17:50 That's amazing, guys, that even back then he said the sins
• 17:53 of the father would not pass on to the children
• 17:57 in all these chapters.
• 17:58 Josh: If they did what was right.
• 17:59 Caleb: If they did what was right.
• 18:01 Josh: Now in verse 24: "'But when a righteous man turns away
• 18:03 from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does
• 18:05 according to all the abominations that the wicked man
• 18:07 does, shall he live?
• 18:09 All the righteousness which he has done shall not be
• 18:11 remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which
• 18:13 he is guilty and the sin of which he committed,
• 18:16 because of them he shall die.
• 18:18 Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.'
• 18:20 Hear now, O house of Israel, it is not My way which is fair, and
• 18:24 your ways which are not fair?'" Caleb: That's scary, Josh.
• 18:28 That's saying that here you have someone who lives their whole
• 18:31 life for God, then at the end of the life, they mess up and then
• 18:34 that person is in--all the good stuff they did is forgotten?
• 18:38 Josh: So you're trying to say, wait, if a pastor or if
• 18:41 Mother Teresa or whoever had done all these good things, had
• 18:44 a really sweet résumé, but at the very end,
• 18:47 forgot all of it and did whatever they wanted, trashed
• 18:49 it, that the end mattered?
• 18:51 Caleb: I mean, we see a lot of that today with famous
• 18:53 pastors and people who did great things in their ministry and at
• 18:57 the end of their ministry, some scandal erupts, you know, about
• 19:01 money or women or something, and everybody forgets about
• 19:03 all the good they've done.
• 19:06 It's kind of sad that way.
• 19:08 I think what God is looking at is the current state of
• 19:11 someone's heart, that you are not--just as God forgave someone
• 19:15 for the sins of their past, he's not looking at the good things
• 19:18 of their past, even though that's great.
• 19:20 He's looking at where you are currently with him.
• 19:22 Josh: 1 Corinthians 15:58: "Therefore, my beloved brethren,
• 19:25 be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the
• 19:28 Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
• 19:31 Hebrews 3:14: "For we have become partakers of Christ
• 19:35 if we hold the beginnings of our confidence
• 19:37 steadfast to the end."
• 19:38 Galatians 6:9: "And let us not grow weary while doing good,
• 19:41 for it is in due season that we
• 19:43 shall reap if we do not lose heart."
• 19:45 Caleb: So this is about the harvest, guys.
• 19:46 This is about you're going out there, you're planting seeds,
• 19:50 you're cultivating them.
• 19:52 You are watering them to reap a harvest,
• 19:54 the souls of mankind, for our Lord.
• 19:56 But what would happen if you're a farmer, you plant the seeds,
• 20:00 you water them one day, then you left.
• 20:02 You come back 3 months later, "Where's my fruit?"
• 20:05 Josh: All your fruit's dead.
• 20:06 Caleb: I'm sorry, it's not there.
• 20:08 And Yeshua was trying to explain this to people.
• 20:12 We have another interesting story in Matthew 21 through 2,
• 20:16 a parable that goes deeper into this subject matter.
• 20:20 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out
• 20:22 early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
• 20:25 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day,"
• 20:29 this is the rate of pay, a denarius, a shiny little coin,
• 20:32 "He sent them into his vineyard."
• 20:34 If you know the story, guys, these guys are working all day
• 20:37 in the field and Yeshua, the landowner, he's going off in the
• 20:40 highways and byways, he finds people idle and says, "Hey,
• 20:42 follow me, and come harvest for me.
• 20:45 I am just and good.
• 20:46 I'm not gonna tell you what I'm gonna pay you, but I just want
• 20:49 you to work for me."
• 20:51 And the people are--they're so ecstatic, they're joyful.
• 20:52 "Someone hired me. Someone called me."
• 20:54 And at the end of the day, you know, Yeshua's hiring people
• 20:58 all throughout the day.
• 20:59 It's quitting time.
• 21:02 The full harvest had come and Yeshua's passing out the
• 21:05 rewards, the denarius a day.
• 21:07 Everybody gets the same rate of pay, a single denarius.
• 21:10 And there was complaining and grumbling from the people who
• 21:13 were working and laboring the entire day.
• 21:16 Josh: Verse 13 says: "But he answered one of them and said,
• 21:18 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
• 21:21 Did you not agree with me for this denarius?
• 21:23 Take what is yours and go your way.
• 21:25 I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
• 21:29 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things?
• 21:33 Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be
• 21:38 first, and the first will be last.
• 21:40 For many are called, but few are chosen."
• 21:43 Caleb: This is a call to end your life well, to be steadfast,
• 21:46 to finish the race, to complete that job that you're doing,
• 21:52 the calling. He called people.
• 21:54 And what would happen if we just bailed out early?
• 21:57 There's no reward. It's all lost.
• 22:00 We gotta finish the course well.
• 22:03 It's about the current state of your heart and--
• 22:05 Josh: Not about the treasure.
• 22:06 Caleb: Not about the treasure, not seeking the treasure.
• 22:07 You're not seeking the denarius like some of those guys who were
• 22:10 first called, they were just seeking the reward.
• 22:12 But those who were called in the middle, they were just joyful
• 22:14 that they were getting to reap a harvest.
• 22:16 Josh: 2 Timothy 4:7 through 8: "I have fought the good
• 22:18 fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• 22:21 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,
• 22:23 which is the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day,
• 22:27 and not to me only but also
• 22:29 to all who have loved His appearing."
• 22:31 Psalm 112:6 through 7: "Surely he will never be shaken;
• 22:33 the righteous will be everlasting remembrance.
• 22:38 He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast,
• 22:40 trusting the Lord." Caleb: That's right.
• 22:43 Josh: Hebrews 10:35 through 36: "Therefore do not cast away
• 22:44 your confidence, which has great reward.
• 22:47 For you will have need of endurance, so that after you
• 22:50 have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 'For
• 22:52 yet a little while, and He who is coming will come up
• 22:55 and will not tarry.
• 22:57 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back,
• 23:00 My soul has no pleasure in him.'"
• 23:02 Caleb: Wow, we gotta stay true to the end.
• 23:04 We can't bail out early.
• 23:06 We have to follow God fully to the end.
• 23:09 He said, "Just yet a little while, and he's coming.
• 23:11 He's not gonna tarry."
• 23:12 Yeshua could be coming tomorrow and we want to be faithful.
• 23:16 We wanna be faithful for when he comes he can say,
• 23:18 "Well done, good and faithful servant."
• 23:20 Josh: Little known fact. Caleb: Yeah?
• 23:22 Josh: Run faster than everybody else,
• 23:23 get up to the finish line.
• 23:25 If you don't cross it, you don't win.
• 23:26 Cross the line, bro.
• 23:29 Caleb: Join us next time or you're not gonna get that trophy
• 23:31 when you cross the finish line.
• 23:33 Josh: I'm a good guy at sports, that's what my trophy says.
• 23:35 I'm the best participator.
• 23:37 Caleb: I get the participation trophy.
• 23:39 Josh: I participated. Caleb: I like those.
• 23:45 David: "Our Jewish Roots" is more than
• 23:47 just a television program.
• 23:48 See what you are missing on our social media outlets.
• 23:52 Kirsten: On Facebook and Twitter, you'll find our daily
• 23:54 Name of God devotional, current news articles,
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• 24:01 David: On our YouTube channel you'll find faith foundations,
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• 24:10 Kirsten: Or find everything on our website, levitt.com.
• 24:13 David: We invite you to keep in touch and join us
• 24:15 on social media.
• 24:19 Josh: Now, that is a teaching that is already not very
• 24:22 popular, but--and not being popular, you're probably not
• 24:25 gonna hear it a lot of times from the pulpit at all because
• 24:27 we hear messages a lot of times that are geared towards what we
• 24:30 can get from us from God.
• 24:32 Ask God for this and that's how you receive.
• 24:34 But the message is what can we give to God?
• 24:37 What can we bring to God from ourself as an honor
• 24:39 and blessing to him?
• 24:40 Caleb: That's true. And God's really worked with me
• 24:42 over the past decade, in my old age, you know, about being ready
• 24:45 in season and out of season, you know?
• 24:48 I, you know, there are moments where I'm not my best self,
• 24:51 you know, or I'm in a grocery store, in a drive-thru', someone
• 24:54 messes something up and I'm just like,
• 24:56 "I'll give him the wrath of God."
• 24:58 No, we have to be ready to be that testimony of the love of
• 25:01 Yeshua, no matter where we go.
• 25:03 A good friend of ours, Israel Hanna, he's an evangelist.
• 25:06 You've seen him on this program before.
• 25:08 If you go anywhere with him, you'd better be ready to witness
• 25:10 about the gospel of Yeshua 'cause he will just like,
• 25:13 "Do you know Yeshua? Do you know Yeshua?
• 25:15 Let me tell you about Yeshua." He's always ready in season.
• 25:17 Josh: Yes, he is.
• 25:19 David: You guys are so spiritual,
• 25:20 but I have a non-spiritual question for you.
• 25:24 And I think some of our viewers may have the question too.
• 25:26 I wanna get it out of the way, so we can continue.
• 25:29 But the spinner, you don't have it with you today.
• 25:32 [inaudible] you feel lost?
• 25:33 Josh: Whoa, whoa, now first of all, "The"?
• 25:35 You don't talk about family that way.
• 25:37 His name is Fidgie, all right?
• 25:39 And one thing you learn about family is
• 25:40 you don't choose family. Family chooses you.
• 25:42 And that's how Fidgie came to be.
• 25:43 He came in our life. It's in every episode.
• 25:46 Fidgie started off as a reminder for us
• 25:48 that we do have time restrictions.
• 25:49 We can't just talk forever
• 25:50 because you may not wanna listen forever.
• 25:52 And now, Fidgie's just there as a nostalgic part of our family.
• 25:56 Guys, the episodes that you've seen up to this point
• 25:58 have been on the Internet.
• 26:00 We didn't have the same time limits as you do on television,
• 26:02 and you can still watch the full unedited versions of these by
• 26:05 going online to our social media platforms, by going to our
• 26:08 website, and see those uncut, instead of just the versions
• 26:12 you're seeing here today.
• 26:14 Caleb: And guys, this week if you give an offering to us,
• 26:16 a love gift, we're gonna give you this book in return,
• 26:19 "The Bible Jesus Read."
• 26:21 Do you know he read the Old Testament?
• 26:22 Jesus didn't have the New Testament books of the Bible.
• 26:24 This was written by Zola, even before the ministry was started,
• 26:29 and Dr. Tom McCall.
• 26:30 It really is the Cliff Notes to the Old Testament.
• 26:33 It's easy to understand, and you can see the Messianic line
• 26:36 of Yeshua all through the Old Testament.
• 26:38 I wanna give this to you.
• 26:40 Kirsten: That book is extremely timely for what we're
• 26:44 living--the days that we're living in right now.
• 26:46 And Joshua and Caleb are extremely timely in their voice.
• 26:51 We need their voice to go out, not for a month, for years.
• 26:56 We need your help to spread the Word, the good news,
• 27:02 to the world and you financially make that possible,
• 27:04 and we thank you in advance.
• 27:06 David: I know you have a lot of themes
• 27:08 that we'll hear about in 2024.
• 27:10 We can't do it right now. It's time to go, already.
• 27:13 I can't believe it. But so much more to come.
• 27:15 Josh: Yes, sir.
• 27:17 So as we say, "Shaalu shalom Yerushalayim."
• 27:19 David: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
• 27:22 male announcer: Our offer on this program, "The Bible Jesus
• 27:24 Read," is an entertaining and thorough tour of the Old
• 27:28 Testament, a readable study that is relevant to all who want to
• 27:31 understand the beginning of God's plan and the
• 27:34 roots of the church on earth.
• 27:36 The theology is understandable and treated with thoroughness.
• 27:39 "The Bible Jesus Read."
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