Caption transcript for She Shall Be Called Woman: “Mothers / Hannah” (2/8)

• 00:04 WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF AND SANDRA LEVITT
• 00:09 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN
• 00:14 I CAME FORTH FROM A MAN...
• 00:14 BUT I FOUND FAVOR WITH HIM...
• 00:16 AND TRUE SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN WEALTH AND POWER BUT IN THE ESTATE IN ONE'S HEART...
• 00:22 I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER AND MORE FULFILLED...
• 00:28 I RAISED HIM UP STRICTLY IN THE FAITH AND THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS...
• 00:30 AND NOW I WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK...
• 00:32 I BELIEVE ELOHIM MEANT IT TO BE THIS WAY...
• 00:34 SHE'S STILL A CORNERSTONE OF WISDOM TO THE FAMILY...
• 00:37 BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART...
• 00:56 MY SON,
• 00:58 I KNOW WE WERE TOGETHER ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME
• 01:02 BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.
• 01:05 I THINK OF YOU DAILY.
• 01:10 AND YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND NOW,
• 01:13 BUT I MADE A VOW TO YAHWEH
• 01:16 THAT IF HE WOULD TURN MY AFFLICTION
• 01:20 AND GIVE ME A SON
• 01:23 I WOULD GIVE THE CHILD BACK ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE.
• 01:31 THAT IS WHY YOU LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF ELOHIM AND SERVE THE PRIESTS.
• 01:37 LISTEN CAREFULLY AND OBEY THEM
• 01:40 FOR IT IS THEIR CHARGE TO TEACH YOU THE WAYS OF YAHWEH.
• 01:46 SAMUEL, I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR MOTHER AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY SON.
• 01:52 WEAR THIS TO KEEP YOU WARM
• 01:55 AND DO REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU ARE LONELY.
• 02:04 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 02:06 JEFFREY SEIF WITH MY FRIEND SANDRA LEVITT.
• 02:08 SHALOM, WELCOME BACK.
• 02:09 WE'RE DOING WOMEN,
• 02:10 THE SERIES ABOUT WOMEN,
• 02:12 "THOU SHALT BE CALLED WOMAN".
• 02:13 WONDERFUL.
• 02:14 IT'S A GREAT STORY.
• 02:16 AND THIS STORY IS TOUCHING TODAY
• 02:18 AS WE LOOK AT HANNAH,
• 02:20 A WOMAN WHO WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY MEN,
• 02:24 A WOMAN THAT WAS BETRAYED BY CIRCUMSTANCES
• 02:27 EVIDENCED BY HER BEING UNABLE TO BEAR A CHILD.
• 02:29 SO MUCH FOR THE BAD NEWS,
• 02:31 THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD LOVED HER AND REDEEMED HER.
• 02:33 DIDN'T HE?
• 02:34 GOD GAVE HER MORE THAN WHAT SHE ASKED FOR.
• 02:36 SHE ASKED FOR JUST A SON.
• 02:38 HE GAVE HER SAMUEL, THE LAST JUDGE OF ISRAEL.
• 02:41 HE GAVE HER SAMUEL, MUCH MORE THAN WHAT SHE ASKED FOR.
• 02:44 THERE'S A JEWISH EXPRESSION THAT GOES,
• 02:46 "THAT EVEN WHEN THE GATES OF HEAVEN ARE CLOSED TO PRAYERS THEY'RE OPEN TO TEARS."
• 02:51 AND HERE'S A WOMAN WHO JUST PRIVATELY WAS SO CHAGRINED BY HER CIRCUMSTANCE
• 02:55 AND GOD MOVED INTO HER WORLD SO WONDERFULLY.
• 02:57 AND TOOK ALL HER CARES AWAY.
• 03:00 WE'RE GONNA SEE JEFF IN ISRAEL TEACHING ABOUT HANNAH.
• 03:05 AS THE BOOK OF 1ST SAMUEL, OR
• 03:06 "Shmuel" BEGINS,
• 03:08 "Yerushalayim", JERUSALEM,
• 03:10 IS IN THE HANDS OF THE "Yevusi",
• 03:11 THE JEBUSITES.
• 03:13 DAVID IS SOON TO COME BUT HE DOESN'T APPEAR IN THE NARRATIVE YET.
• 03:16 IN FACT, THERE IS NO KING IN ISRAEL.
• 03:18 THE JEWISH PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CENTRAL LEADER.
• 03:20 THERE IS NO CAPITOL CITY.
• 03:22 WHAT YOU HAVE ARE INDIVIDUALS LIVING OUT IN VARIOUS FARMING COMMUNITIES.
• 03:26 THEY LIVE IN VILLAGES; THEY LIVE IN HUMBLE HOMES, JUST LIKE ELKANAH HERE.
• 03:31 THE BIBLE ISN'T WELL STUDIED.
• 03:33 SOME, LIKE THIS FELLOW, ARE GIVEN TO THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE,
• 03:36 BUT BY AND LARGE IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS.
• 03:38 BUT STILL THERE ARE RIGHTEOUS SOULS TRYING TO EEK OUT AN EXISTENCE
• 03:42 AND FIND SOME SECURITY IN A RATHER INSECURE WORLD.
• 03:47 HERE IN EPHRAYIM THERE WAS A MAN ELKANAH WHO HAD A WIFE, PENINNAH, AND A WIFE, HANNAH.
• 03:53 HANNAH IS PARTICULARLY NOTED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, A SINCERE, DEVOTED WOMAN
• 03:58 BUT SHE'S JUST GIVEN OVER TO TROUBLE.
• 04:01 SHE LIVED A RATHER RURAL EXISTENCE.
• 04:04 THEY FARMED, THEY LEARNED TO DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AND USE IT.
• 04:10 THEY GATHERED THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH.
• 04:12 IN EFFECT, THEY LIVE A PEASANT LIFE.
• 04:14 THEY DIDN'T EXPECT MUCH BUT A WOMAN STILL EXPECTS LOVE.
• 04:20 AND IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO FIND LOVE FROM A MAN.
• 04:23 AND IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR CHILDREN.
• 04:26 OH, HANNAH WAS A BROKEN WOMAN.
• 04:28 WE LEARN THIS STORY IN FIRST SAMUEL HOW SHE'S SO VERY VEXED.
• 04:32 NOT ONLY IS SHE UNABLE TO BEAR A CHILD,
• 04:35 SHE'S REALLY UNABLE TO BEAR THE ANGST GENERATED
• 04:38 BECAUSE HER RIVAL, THE OTHER WOMAN IN THE HOUSE IS GIVEN TO CHILD BEARING
• 04:43 AND IS FOREVER PUTTING A THORN IN THE SIDE OF HANNAH.
• 04:47 WHY IS THAT?BECAUSE HER HUSBAND LOVED HER SO VERY MUCH.
• 04:52 HE LOVES HER EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T HAVE A CHILD
• 04:54 AND HE EVEN SAYS TO HER AT ONE POINT,
• 04:57 "DEAR", HE SAYS, "AM I NOT WORTH MORE TO YOU THAN 10 CHILDREN?"
• 05:01 AT ONE HAND I CAN APPRECIATE HIS SENTIMENTS.
• 05:04 BUT THE ANSWER IN TRUTH IS "NO, YOU'RE NOT."WHY IS THAT?
• 05:08 BECAUSE SHE WAS DRIVEN SO MUCH FOR A DESIRE TO BEAR.
• 05:13 AND WHAT DOES SHE DO?
• 05:14 I'M SURE CAN RECALL THE STORY.
• 05:16 SHE GOES TO THE TABERNACLE, THE MISHKAN,
• 05:23 THIS WORSHIP CENTER THAT WAS SET UP AND LONG SINCE NEGLECTED.
• 05:26 AND THERE SHE PRAYS, "GOD, PLEASE, I BEG YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE ME A CHILD."
• 05:31 "AND IF YOU DO THAT I WILL DEDICATE THAT CHILD TO YOU."
• 05:35 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, SHE DOES JUST THAT AND GOD DOES JUST THAT.
• 05:40 SHE'S GOING TO CONCEIVE A CHILD.
• 05:42 OH, MARVELOUS IS THIS WOMAN!
• 05:45 AND THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT UNFOLDS HERE OF A WOMAN'S LOVE FOR A CHILD.
• 05:51 AND THIS OUR BEGINNING POINT AS WE CONSIDER MOTHERHOOD.
• 05:54 THIS SACRED ACT OF BRINGING LIFE INTO THE WORLD
• 05:58 AND WE'LL CONSIDER THIS AS WE STUDY THE TORAH ON MOTHERHOOD.
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• 06:35 WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY?
• 06:37 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 06:39 THIS IS QUOTING HANNAH
• 06:42 WHO'S THERE BESEECHING GOD AT THE MISHKAN SAYING...
• 06:52 THIS IS IN THE "Shmuel" TEXT
• 06:54 IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT WE FIND IN THE MATHEAN GOSPEL
• 06:58 WHERE YESHUA, WHERE JESUS IS ON RECORD SAYING,
• 07:00 "IF YOU'D SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM, I'LL GIVE EVERYTHING ELSE TO YOU."
• 07:03 THIS WOMAN IS SAYING, "GOD I WANT TO PUT YOU FIRST."
• 07:06 AND SHE SAYS THAT BELIEVING THAT, GOD IS GOING TO IN FACT ACT ON HER BEHALF.
• 07:11 I THINK ITS VERY INTERESTING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS,
• 07:14 ONE OF WHICH IS HERE YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
• 07:16 AND DISCOVERING A WOMAN WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE A VOW.
• 07:21 THIS TO ME IS REFLECTIVE OF A NUMBER OF THINGS,
• 07:23 ONE OF WHICH IS THE FACT THAT SHE ISN'T CONSTRUED AS SIMPLY
• 07:26 THE LOVE SLAVE OF THE MALE IN HER LIFE
• 07:30 NOR IS SHE SIMPLY DOMESTIC HELP TO WORK AROUND A HOME
• 07:33 AND SERVE THE FAMILY'S VARIOUS MATERIAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS.
• 07:36 TO BE SURE SHE DOES BEAR CHILDREN AND YES SHE HELPS AROUND THE HOUSE.
• 07:40 BUT THIS IS A WOMAN THAT'S EMPOWERED; SHE'S AUTHORIZED IN VARIOUS WAYS.
• 07:45 THIS IS EVIDENCED IN FACT,
• 07:47 BECAUSE LATER ON WHEN IT COMES TIME TO FULFILL THE VOW HER HUSBAND ELKANAH SAYS,
• 07:50 "WELL, SHALL WE NOW GIVE THIS CHILD OVER TO THE LORD AS PER YOUR VOW"?
• 07:54 AND SHE SAYS, "TIS NOT THE TIME".
• 07:57 AND SHE IN EFFECT WAS TOLD BY HIM,
• 07:58 "LISTEN, DO WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS, DO WHAT SEEMS BEST".
• 08:01 HERE AGAIN IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE A WOMAN HAS SOCIAL POWER AND THIS IS STRIKING.
• 08:07 TODAY I'VE DISCOVERED IN A PAST CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER MANY EXAMPLES OF MEN
• 08:12 WHO NEGLECT AND ABUSE WOMEN, WHO TREAT THEM AS PROPERTY TO PUSH THEM AROUND.
• 08:17 AND I OBSERVE IN THE WORLD TODAY AS WELL THAT SOME RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS SEEM TO SANCTION
• 08:21 A VISION OF A WOMAN AS JUST THE PROPERTY OF A MALE, A LOVE SLAVE,
• 08:26 SOMEONE TO DO HIS MATERIAL BIDDING.
• 08:28 THE HEBREW BIBLE, HOWEVER, CASTS A VISION FOR A WOMAN OF WORTH, A WOMAN OF VALUE.
• 08:35 THIS IS EVIDENCED IN CREATION IN FACT WHERE WE DISCOVER THAT SHE IS MADE FROM ADAM
• 08:40 AND IN SOME SENSE THEN IS HER EQUAL, NOT JUST HIS PROPERTY.
• 08:45 I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE YOU TO THE TIME
• 08:49 WHEN MOSES STOOD UP AND DELIVERED THE "Logos",
• 08:52 THE COMMANDMENTS.
• 08:54 YOU MIGHT RECALL HE GOES TO MT. SINAI
• 08:57 AND HE COMES DOWN WITH THE "Logos",
• 09:00 WITH THE COMMANDMENTS, WITH THE TABLE OF TEN.
• 09:03 PRINCIPAL IN THAT TABLE IS A MANDATE.
• 09:07 IT'S OBSERVED IN THE BOOK "Shemot",
• 09:09 IN EXODUS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 12.
• 09:12 THEREIN THE ISRAELITES WERE TOLD TO HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.
• 09:18 IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR MEN TO HONOR THEIR WIVES,
• 09:25 BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN TO HONOR THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER.
• 09:28 AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO UNDERSCORE "MOTHER" HERE FOR THE YOUNG
• 09:33 IS BECAUSE LATER ON WHEN THIS IS REPEATED IN "Vayikra",
• 09:37 IN LEVITICUS THERE IN THE 19TH CHAPTER, THE ORDER IS REVERSED.
• 09:41 MOSES THERE REITERATES AND SAYS THIS TIME,
• 09:44 "HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER" HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUING A MOTHER.
• 09:50 IN AS MUCH AS WE SEE WOMEN SO VESTED IN THE CARE OF THEIR YOUNG
• 09:56 SO IT IS IMPERATIVE UPON THE MALES OF THE SPECIES TO VALUE THE MOTHER
• 10:01 AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE SPECIES TO VALUE THE MOTHER.
• 10:04 THIS IS UNDERSCORED IN THE HEBREW BIBLE WITH THE NOTATION
• 10:09 THAT ONE MUST NEEDS DO SO IN ORDER FOR THEIR DAYS TO BE PROLONGED UPON THE EARTH.
• 10:15 THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW OF THE 613 EXAMPLES WHERE THERE'S INSTRUCTION
• 10:20 AND THEN IT SAYS "DO THIS IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE".
• 10:25 THIS POINT IS UNDERSCORED BEAUTIFULLY IT SEEMS TO ME IN THE HEBREW BIBLE IN THE BOOK "Devarim".
• 10:31 DEVARIM IN HEBREW MEANS "THE WORDS",
• 10:34 ITS KNOWN AS "Deuteronomos" FROM THE GREEK MEANING "SECOND LAW".
• 10:40 THEREIN IN THE 22ND CHAPTER THERE'S WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN INSIGNIFICANT STORY.
• 10:46 HERE "Moshe Rabanu", MOSES IS ON RECORD SAYING
• 10:49 THAT IF YOU WALK ALONG THE PATH AND STUMBLE UPON A NEST,
• 10:53 OR IF NOT ON THE PATH, IF YOU SEE A NEST THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE UPON THE GROUND,
• 10:58 ONE THAT FELL FROM A TREE BRANCH AND AS THIS ONE HERE HAS FALLEN AND EGGS HAVE FALLEN OUT,
• 11:03 HERE THE INSTRUCTION IS THAT IF A PERSON IS WALKING ALONG THE PATH OR DISCOVERS A NEST
• 11:10 AND THAT PERSON SAYS, "I WANT TO EAT THE YOUNG",
• 11:15 THE PERSON IS TOLD THAT IF THE MOTHER BIRD IS AROUND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE EGGS.
• 11:21 THE INSTRUCTION IN CHAPTER 22, VERSE 6 AND 7 IS THAT ONE MUST NEEDS SHOO AWAY THE MOTHER
• 11:27 AND AFTER DOING SO THEN THE PERSON CAN TAKE THE EGGS.
• 11:32 AND AFTER THIS LAW, ONE OF THE 613 IT SAYS,
• 11:36 "DO THIS IN ORDER THAT YOUR DAYS MIGHT BE PROLONGED UPON THE EARTH.
• 11:40 HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEW EXAMPLES, SPARTAN TEXTS
• 11:44 WHERE THERE'S A COMMANDMENT TO DO THIS IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY PROSPER.
• 11:47 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 11:49 SO SACRED IS THE BOND BETWEEN A CHILD AND A PARENT THAT IT EXTENDS NOT JUST TO HUMANS
• 11:56 BUT TO SMALLEST OF CREATURES, THE BIRDS.
• 12:00 THE HEBREW CHILD IS INSTRUCTED THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MOTHER AND A CHILD IS SACRED.
• 12:05 AND SO IT IS THAT THE CHILDREN MUST NEEDS HONOR, RESPECT AND HELP THE MOTHER.
• 12:10 IF THIS BOY LEARNS THIS AT A YOUNG AGE YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
• 12:14 IN AS MUCH AS HE'S LEARNED TO HONOR HIS MOTHER HE'S GOING TO GROW UP.
• 12:18 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 12:19 HE'S GOING TO HONOR HIS WIFE.
• 12:22 WOULD WE NOT DO WELL TO OPEN UP THE HEBREW BIBLE AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE OBLIGATIONS
• 12:27 TO HONOR THE WOMEN IN OUR WORLD, OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR MOTHERS, OUR WIVES?
• 12:44 HANNAH WAS A LOVING MOTHER WASN'T SHE?
• 12:46 AND THAT REMINDS ME THAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO IN TURN LOVE OUR MOTHERS,
• 12:50 TO RETURN THAT FAVOR.
• 12:51 THIS IS UNDERSCORED IN DEUTERONOMY AND ELSEWHERE
• 12:54 WHERE WE SEE THE IMPERATIVE THAT CHILDREN RESPECT THEIR MOTHERS AND THEIR FATHERS.
• 13:01 AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT DOING, CORRECT?
• 13:03 GOD THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
• 13:05 OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE PUT IT AS ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
• 13:07 TRUE.
• 13:08 AND WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO REAFFIRM THAT VALUE.
• 13:13 I SEE DISRESPECT, ITS UBIQUITOUS, ITS EVERYWHERE.
• 13:16 IT COMES OUT IN FAMILY SYSTEMS AND IT COMES OUT IN PASSING TOO.
• 13:20 I SEE WHEN A PARENT PASSES SOMETIMES THE KIDS ARE LIKE
• 13:24 HUNGRY SHARKS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF INHERITANCE THERE IS AND WHAT "I CAN GET".
• 13:28 THERE'S A FEEDING FRENZY.
• 13:30 WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE FAMILY NOW
• 13:32 AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS
• 13:34 OF RESPECTING EACH OTHER.
• 13:35 AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO RESPECTING EACH OTHER AGAIN.
• 13:38 AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE GOING BACK TO THE BIBLE.
• 13:40 THERE'S THE OLD EXPRESSION,
• 13:41 "KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID"
• 13:42 AND THE BIBLE TAKES US BACK >>RIGHT. RIGHT.
• 13:44 AND HELPS US TO GET ORIENTED
• 13:46 TO SEE HOW WE SHOULD BE AS HUSBANDS AND WIVES,
• 13:48 MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND CHILDREN. >>AND CHILDREN.
• 13:50 IT'S ALL GOOD.
• 13:51 WHAT IS OUR MORAL COMPASS?
• 13:54 THE BIBLE IS OUR MORAL COMPASS.
• 13:55 AND WE HAVE LOST IT SOMETIMES.
• 13:57 AND THIS IS GOOD TO GET BACK TO DO THIS.
• 13:59 YES, AND IT HELPS US TO FALL IN LOVE WITH OUR MOTHERS AFRESH
• 14:02 WHEN WE CONSIDER HOW BEAUTIFUL MOTHERHOOD IS.
• 14:04 RIGHT.
• 14:05 I TALKED TO SHARON SANDERS IN ISRAEL.
• 14:06 QUITE A MOTHER THERE.
• 14:07 SHE REALLY WAS.
• 14:09 I ASKED HER HOW LONG THEY HAD LIVED IN ISRAEL,
• 14:10 HOW LONG THEY HAD BEEN THERE
• 14:12 AND THEY ARE WITH THE CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL.
• 14:14 AND IT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS THEY ARE.
• 14:17 THEY ARE CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL
• 14:19 AND THEY TOO DO RECONSTRUCTION.
• 14:21 THEY ALSO FURNISH FOOD,
• 14:23 THEY GO OUT AND THEY TALK TO PEOPLE.
• 14:25 THEY REALLY LITERALLY OPEN THEIR ARMS TO ALL THE JEWS.
• 14:28 SHE'S JUST WONDERFUL!
• 14:30 YOU KNOW I HAD HER DAUGHTER AS A STUDENT >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 14:33 BEING A COLLEGE PROFESSOR PREPARING FOR MINISTRY.
• 14:35 SHE AND HER SON-IN-LAW.
• 14:37 SHE'S DOING A GREAT WORK THERE.
• 14:38 THEY REALLY ARE AND I ASKED HER,
• 14:39 "REALLY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN ISRAEL?"
• 14:41 AND THIS IS HER STORY.
• 14:42 HERE'S SHARON SANDERS.
• 14:45 WELL, SANDRA WE'VE
• 14:46 BEEN HERE 22 YEARS.
• 14:47 MY HUSBAND AND I
• 14:49 CAME FROM THE MIDWEST
• 14:50 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• 14:52 AND I COULD SAY THAT
• 14:53 THE LAST 22 YEARS
• 14:55 HAVE BEEN THE BEST
• 14:56 YEARS OF OUR LIFE.
• 14:57 THEY'VE BEEN HARD,
• 14:58 THEY'VE BEEN DIFFICULT, >>YES..YES
• 14:59 BUT THEY'VE BEEN GOOD.
• 15:00 AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE HAS TO HAVE DETERMINATION TO LIVE HERE,
• 15:05 ONE HAS TO BE DEVOTED TO LIVE HERE
• 15:08 AND YOU GOT BE A LITTLE BIT COURAGEOUS.
• 15:10 I AGREE WITH THAT. (Sandra Laughing)
• 15:12 I THINK ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A WOMAN OF FAITH IN THE LORD
• 15:19 DEVOTION OF COURSE TO GOD IS THE WHOLE THING.
• 15:21 IF YOU HAVE A CALL FROM GOD,
• 15:23 CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'LL KEEP YOU HERE.
• 15:25 AND I THINK DETERMINATION IN WHATEVER GOD'S CALLING YOU TO DO
• 15:31 IF YOU'VE SEEN A NEED YOU GO AND MEET IT.
• 15:35 THAT'S WHAT I CALL A WOMAN OF FAITH
• 15:37 AND BEING A BELIEVER HERE IN ISRAEL.
• 15:38 THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS IN THIS COUNTRY.
• 15:42 WE'RE SEEING NEEDS EVERYDAY OF OUR LIFE
• 15:44 OF JEWISH PEOPLE FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE
• 15:47 AND EVEN A LOT OF NON-JEWISH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN THE LAND.
• 15:50 BUT I BELIEVE THAT COURAGE ALSO..
• 15:54 WE HAVE A LOT OF PARADIGMS IN THE BIBLE.
• 15:55 RIGHT, WOMEN OF COURAGE. >>RIGHT
• 15:58 RUTH, THEY ALL HAD THEIR WONDERFUL ASPECTS
• 16:04 AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BEING COURAGEOUS AND DOING SOMETHING.
• 16:08 I THINK OF THE WORDS OF...
• 16:10 DO YOU REMEMBER ERMA BOMBECK?
• 16:11 OH, YES.SHE WAS SO FUNNY.
• 16:14 SHE WAS A HUMOROUS WRITER.
• 16:15 SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WOMEN, ABOUT HOME LIFE.
• 16:18 BUT SHE SAID ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.
• 16:21 SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE,
• 16:23 "WHEN I COME TO THE END OF MY LIFE AND I STAND BEFORE GOD"
• 16:29 "I WANT TO HAVE USED UP EVERY BIT OF TALENT"
• 16:35 "AND ABILITY THAT I HAD WITHIN ME."
• 16:38 "AND WHEN I SAY TO HIM, 'I USED IT ALL. I USED EVERY BIT'."
• 16:41 ...THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY."
• 16:43 OH, AMEN!
• 16:45 WHATEVER IS WITHIN ME, I WANT TO USE IT FOR THE KINGDOM.
• 16:47 CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT US,
• 16:49 IT'S ABOUT HIM AND OTHERS.
• 16:52 AND, YEAH, I THINK LIVING HERE HAS TAUGHT ME HUMILITY FOR ONE THING.
• 16:59 I SEE SO MANY NEEDS, AND THE LORD TOLD ME ONCE,
• 17:03 "TO GO HIGH WITH ME YOU NEED TO GO LOWER, SHARON."
• 17:06 AND I ASKED WHAT THAT MEANT AND HE SAID,
• 17:09 "WHAT DID MY SON DO?"
• 17:10 "WHEN HE WASHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES."
• 17:12 "THAT WAS ME, GOD, WITH A TOWEL IN MY HAND."
• 17:15 AND SO I'VE LEARNED IN MY YEARS HERE
• 17:18 TO GO TO PLACES WHERE NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO,
• 17:22 TO SIT AT THE FEET OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND HEAR THEM,
• 17:25 HEAR THEIR STORIES, LISTEN TO THEM, THEIR PAIN, THEIR SUFFERING.
• 17:30 AND I WILL TO SAY THAT PROBABLY OUR FEET HAVE GONE PLACES WHERE FEW OTHER FEET HAVE GONE.
• 17:36 WE SOMETIMES THINK THAT
• 17:38 WE DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
• 17:40 LITTLE THE LITTLE THINGS WE DO.
• 17:41 BUT THE HOSPITALITY THAT WE DO,
• 17:43 THE KIND WORDS THAT WE DO, THE LISTENING TO PEOPLE, MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
• 17:47 THE LISTENING - IMPORTANT.
• 17:49 WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO A LOT OF TALKING.
• 17:51 BUT I'VE LEARNED TO LISTEN IN ISRAEL.
• 17:53 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED TO DO
• 17:54 BECAUSE THE ISRAELIS', THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY.
• 17:57 RIGHT
• 17:58 WHETHER THEY'RE YOUNG,
• 18:00 MAYBE THEY'VE SUFFERED TERRORIST ATTACKS,
• 18:02 WHICH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN AN OLDER PERSON WHO SUFFERED MANY YEARS DURING THE WAR.
• 18:07 BUT THEY'VE ALL GOT A STORY AND SO I'VE LEARNED TO LISTEN.
• 18:10 FOR ME LIFE HERE AND THE WORK THAT WE DO,
• 18:13 IT'S SIMPLY TAKING THE LOVE OF THE LORD BACK TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT IT TO US IN THE BEGINNING.
• 18:20 RIGHT
• 18:21 AND HELPING TO UNDO SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE PAST.
• 18:26 WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MINISTRY GOING?
• 18:29 WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES, WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS?
• 18:31 WELL, 22 YEARS AGO, THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHEN WE ARRIVED
• 18:34 IT WAS LIKE, "KEEP YOUR DISTANCE".
• 18:36 WE REMEMBER WORLD WAR II.
• 18:38 WE REMEMBER WHAT CHRISTIANS DID.
• 18:40 RIGHT RIGHT
• 18:42 AND SO IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.
• 18:43 WE HAD TO ROLL UP THOSE SLEEVES AND GO TO WORK.
• 18:45 AND EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US
• 18:48 WE JUST HAD TO KEEP GIVING LOVE, THE LOVE OF THE LORD.
• 18:51 RIGHT
• 18:52 LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING.
• 18:54 THERE WAS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR,
• 18:55 HER NAME WAS SEMA.
• 18:56 SHE WAS A BERGEN-BELSEN SURVIVOR.
• 18:58 I WANTED TO HUG HER BECAUSE I WAS A CHRISTIAN.
• 19:03 SHE SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOUR HUG."
• 19:05 "I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU"
• 19:07 "BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR PEOPLE DID TO MY PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR II."
• 19:11 "YOU CLOSED YOUR DOORS,"
• 19:12 "YOU PULLED DOWN THE SHADES,"
• 19:14 "WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE IN THE STREET."
• 19:17 AND YET I WANTED TO MEET SURVIVORS SO SEMA TOOK ME AND WE BEGAN TO GO.
• 19:23 AND ONE DAY 2 YEARS LATER SHE THREW HER ARMS AROUND ME
• 19:28 AND SAID, "I LOVE YOU."
• 19:30 SHE SAID, "YOU ARE THE FIRST CHRISTIAN THAT EVER CAME TO MY PEOPLE"
• 19:35 "AND I HAVE WATCHED YOU FOR 2 YEARS OR MORE."
• 19:39 "YOU REALLY DO LOVE MY PEOPLE."
• 19:41 "YOU DO LOVE THEM." >>ABSOLUTELY
• 19:45 SHE SAID, "I'VE WATCHED YOU AND I'VE SEEN YOU."
• 19:46 AND SO THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED.
• 19:49 22 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, OTHERS LIKE OURSELVES,
• 19:52 JUST GIVING THE LOVE OF GOD.
• 19:54 WHO WOULD HAVE DREAMT THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD SIT IN KNESSET TODAY
• 19:59 IN A KNESSET CHRISTIAN ALLIES CAUCUS FORUM?
• 20:03 WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THERE'D BE A WOMEN'S COUNCIL? >>THAT'S RIGHT
• 20:07 WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THESE THINGS?
• 20:09 AND IT'S GOD.
• 20:11 GOD IS OPENING THE DOORS.
• 20:13 IT'S GOD BRINGING US TOGETHER. >>HE'S OPENING THE DOORS AND THAT IS A BLESSING.
• 20:15 BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE WORK. >>RIGHT
• 20:16 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.
• 20:20 I'VE KNOWN SHARON SANDERS
• 20:21 AND HER HUSBAND RAY FOR YEARS.
• 20:24 TOGETHER THEY HAVE BEEN LABORING TO ADVANCE CHRIST'S KINGDOM IN ISRAEL
• 20:28 AND BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN JEWS AND NON-JEWS.
• 20:33 I'VE SEEN AS WELL HOW SHARON ROLLS UP HER SLEEVES
• 20:35 TO MINISTER TO THE POOR,
• 20:37 TO HELP DISPLACED, DISPOSSESSED IMMIGRANTS WHO COME TO ISRAEL
• 20:41 WITH LITTLE MORE THAN THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK.
• 20:43 AND THERE SHE IS MOTHERING, LOVING, AND CARING AND SHARING.
• 20:47 GREAT WOMAN, GREAT CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY!
• 20:49 IT WAS WONDERFUL.
• 20:51 WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING HER SHE WAS MAKING SURE ALL THE CREW HAD SOMETHING TO DRINK,
• 20:55 MAKING SURE WE WERE OKAY, JUST A NATURAL TENDENCY TO MOTHER PEOPLE.
• 20:59 SHE REACHES OUT, HER MINISTRY REACHES OUT, TOUCHES LIVES, HUGS PEOPLE.
• 21:05 HOW MANY MINISTERS DO YOU KNOW THAT JUST GO OUT AND HUG PEOPLE?
• 21:08 WHY DO WE EXCLUDE WOMEN FROM MINISTRY?
• 21:12 WHEN YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF ROLLING UP SLEEVES
• 21:14 AND LOVING AND SHARING AND CARING,
• 21:17 WHY IS THERE NOT ROOM FOR THAT IN THE LORD'S WORK TODAY?
• 21:19 BUT I THINK THERE IS JEFF. >>SO DO I
• 21:21 I THINK WE'RE SEEING IT.
• 21:23 I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PROGRAM
• 21:25 IS SHOWING THAT WOMEN DO HAVE A PLACE
• 21:28 AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
• 21:29 GOD USES EVERYTHING FOR WOMEN.
• 21:31 NOW SPEAKING OF PLACE,
• 21:33 WE HAD A WONDERFUL INTERVIEW WITH A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER
• 21:36 IN A PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE DIDN'T WE?
• 21:38 IT WAS AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
• 21:40 I KNEW THESE PEOPLE.
• 21:42 THEY HAD BEEN ON THE TOUR A COUPLE OF TIMES.
• 21:44 AND THEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM
• 21:46 AND A WHOLE OTHER STORY COMES OUT
• 21:48 ABOUT HOW THIS MOTHER HAD THIS CHILD
• 21:51 AND HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT.
• 21:53 WONDERFUL INTERVIEW.
• 21:54 AND THE BABY WAS BORN IN ISRAEL, CORRECT?
• 21:55 THE BABY WAS CONCEIVED IN ISRAEL. >>CONCEIVED IN ISRAEL.
• 21:58 THEY WERE ON A TOUR IN ISRAEL
• 21:59 AND NOW I'M SPOILING THE WHOLE SCENE
• 22:02 BUT REALLY, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.
• 22:04 I'M STANDING AND INTERVIEWING
• 22:05 AND SHE'S STARTING TO TELL ME THIS AND I'M LIKE,
• 22:07 "OH MY GOODNESS I DIDN'T KNOW THIS."
• 22:08 AND I'VE KNOWN THESE PEOPLE FOR YEARS.
• 22:10 SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL,
• 22:11 INTERESTING STORY SIDELINE TO BE IN ISRAEL.
• 22:14 GREAT MOTHER- DAUGHTER STORY. >>GREAT MOTHER- DAUGHTER...
• 22:16 I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT.
• 22:19 ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS
• 22:20 IS TO SEE PARENTS BRING
• 22:22 THEIR CHILDREN TO ISRAEL.
• 22:24 BETSY BROUGHT HER DAUGHTER MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AS YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL WHEN YOU CAME.
• 22:28 AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY LOVE ISRAEL.
• 22:31 AND I LOVE TO SEE THAT LOOK AND THAT SPARK IN YOU ALLS EYES.
• 22:35 HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU AS A WOMAN TO LOVE ISRAEL, TO KNOW ISRAEL, TO COME TO ISRAEL?
• 22:40 HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR FAITH? HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR WITNESS?
• 22:45 THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE WITH ELIZABETH I BECAME PREGNANT.
• 22:51 SO SHE IS MY LITTLE BABY FROM ISRAEL. >>OH HOW WONDERFUL.
• 22:53 IT IS SUCH A BLESSING.
• 22:55 AND WHEN I COME HERE I SEE THROUGH GOD'S EYES IN A WAY I CAN'T SEE AT HOME.
• 23:00 I SEE THE FLOWERS, I SEE WHERE HE WALKED,
• 23:04 I SEE THE THINGS HE DID. WHAT HIS HEART BEAT WAS.
• 23:07 AND I CAN RELATE TO THE CULTURE SO MUCH BETTER.
• 23:09 AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY THROUGH JEWISH EYES
• 23:14 THAT I DON'T SEE WHEN I'M IN AN AMERICAN CULTURE PERHAPS.
• 23:18 I REALLY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE SO MUCH BETTER AND I LOVE IT.
• 23:21 IT PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER.
• 23:23 IT'S NOT AN OLD TESTAMENT,
• 23:24 ITS NOT A NEW TESTAMENT,
• 23:26 ITS ONE BOOK OF THE BIBLE.
• 23:28 RIGHT
• 23:28 AND YOU ARE SO YOUNG
• 23:29 AND YET YOU LOVE ISRAEL SO MUCH
• 23:31 I DO.ISRAEL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
• 23:34 I CAME HERE WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG
• 23:35 AND I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN RIVER
• 23:38 AND EVERY TIME I COME BACK YOU ALWAYS GET SOMETHING NEW
• 23:42 AND IT STRENGTHENS MY FAITH.
• 23:45 IT HELPS ME GROW A LOT IN THE WORD
• 23:48 AND I TRY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT COME
• 23:50 JUST HOW THEY NEED TO COME FIRST HAND AND JUST SEE THE SIGHTS
• 23:53 BECAUSE YOU GET TO WALK WHERE JESUS WALKED AND YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE IT,
• 23:58 JUST SEEING HIS PRESENCE WHERE HE WAS.
• 24:03 AND ON THE WAY UP HERE TO JERUSALEM
• 24:06 WHEN WE READ THE PSALMS
• 24:08 AND YOU OPEN UP YOUR BIBLE AND YOU JUST SEE...
• 24:11 IT JUST POPS OFF THE PAGE...
• 24:14 JUST SEEING THE CONTEXT FIRST HAND.
• 24:18 PSALM CHAPTER 122, VERSE 6 WHERE HE SAYS
• 24:22 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
• 24:23 IT MAKES SENSE DOESN'T IT?
• 24:25 AS YOU'RE DRIVING UP YOU'RE COMING UP
• 24:27 MAKING "ALIA" TO ISRAEL, TO JERUSALEM,
• 24:29 IT REALLY DOES MAKE SENSE.
• 24:31 DOES IT STRENGTHEN YOU AS WOMEN TO BE HERE?
• 24:33 YES, ABSOLUTELY.
• 24:34 IN WHAT WAY?
• 24:35 IT JUST MAKES ME REALIZE
• 24:37 THAT I NEED TO TAKE.. YOU KNOW, GO OUT WITH MY FAITH
• 24:40 AND THAT GOD CAN USE THAT IN SO MANY WAYS
• 24:44 AND THAT WE CAN JUST GO OUT AND BE LIGHTS AND SHINE THE TRUTH.
• 24:49 AND IT MAKES YOU AFTER YOU COME HERE
• 24:52 JUST REALLY WANT TO GO OUT AND JUST SPREAD THE WORD.
• 24:55 SO IS THIS YOUR LAST TRIP?
• 24:57 NEVER >>NEVER
• 24:58 AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO
• 25:00 BRING SOMEONE BACK WITH US.
• 25:01 YES
• 25:01 GOD BLESS YOU.
• 25:03 THANK YOU SO MUCH! >>THANK YOU >>THANK YOU
• 25:11 (Zola playing recorder)
• 26:12 SACRED IS THE BOND BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD TIS THE MORAL OF THE STORY TODAY.
• 26:17 IT IS.
• 26:19 AND YOU KNOW THE BOND OF MAN AND WIFE.
• 26:20 WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO A COUNSELOR NEXT WEEK.
• 26:22 WHO'S THAT?
• 26:23 BUT A SPECIAL COUNSELOR,
• 26:24 MRS. PATTY SEIF, YOUR WIFE IS GOING TO BE WITH US NEXT WEEK.
• 26:27 SO THAT'S EXCITING.
• 26:28 I'VE ENJOYED HANNAH, I'VE ENJOYED EVE
• 26:32 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO PATTY SEIF, THE COUNSELOR.
• 26:34 JOIN US NEXT WEEK AND AS YOU GO,
• 26:36 "SHA' ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"
• 26:38 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.