Caption transcript for The Warrior King: “Wars” (4/8)

• 00:52 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 00:55 JEFFREY SEIF HERE PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU TO ANOTHER EDITION OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 01:02 TODAY WE'RE GOING BACK IN TIME TO THE WARS BETWEEN DAVID AND THE PHILISTINES.
• 01:07 AND GOODNESS, THIS TIME IS IT NOT LIKE A TIME OF OUR OWN?
• 01:12 WE'RE GOING TO JOURNEY BACK AND SEE WHEN DAVID SAID, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" AND ISRAEL WITH HIM
• 01:17 AND BEGAN TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE PREVAILING OPPRESSION.
• 01:24 IT WAS A SURPRISE ATTACK AND THE NIGHT BELONGED TO DAVID.
• 01:40 IN ALL THE LAND OF ISRAEL THERE WAS NO ONE WHO COULD STAND AGAINST GOD'S ANOINTED ONE.
• 01:44 NO SWORD OR WEAPON DEVISED BY MAN COULD DEFEAT US
• 01:51 AND THE PHILISTINES FLED INTO THE NIGHT.
• 02:03 NEWS CREWS DON'T COME HERE MUCH ANYMORE BUT I GOT NEWS FOR YOU...
• 02:06 YEARS AGO THIS PLACE WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN.
• 02:10 GOT TO BE CAREFUL AS I DRIVE HERE NOW BECAUSE WE'RE REASONABLY HIGH UP
• 02:13 AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST LOOK AT THE CAMERA, I NEED TO LOOK AT THE ROAD.
• 02:16 BEHIND ME IS THE VALLEY OF ELAH,
• 02:18 THE PLACE WHERE DAVID SPARKED A REVOLUTION IF YOU WILL, FOR THE LONGEST.
• 02:23 ISRAELITES WERE OPPRESSED, SUPPRESSED, REPRESSED, DEPRESSED AND IMPRESSED WITH THE NEED THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO CHANGE.
• 02:33 AND WHY WAS THAT?
• 02:34 BECAUSE THE PHILISTINES WERE WORKING HAVOC OVER HERE.
• 02:38 AND NOT JUST THE PHILISTINES HERE BUT DIFFERENT "STINES" AT DIFFERENT PLACES
• 02:42 AND PEOPLE WERE AFRAID.
• 02:44 THEY WERE READY FOR A CHANGE IF YOU WILL.
• 02:46 TALK ABOUT "WE NEED CHANGE".
• 02:48 WELL THEY REALLY WANTED IT, THEY NEEDED IT, AND THE TIME WAS RIGHT.
• 02:52 SOMEONE NEEDED TO STAND UP WITH SOME FAITH AND SOME BIBLICAL FAITH.
• 02:56 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD.
• 02:59 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 03:01 FINALLY SOMEONE STOOD UP WITH GOD'S IDEA AND I LOVE HIM FOR HIS SO DOING.
• 03:06 AND BY VIRTUE OF HIS SO DOING DAVID LEFT A MARK ON BIBLICAL LITERATURE,
• 03:11 NOT ONLY IN HIS OWN DAY BUT IT EXTENDED FOR A THOUSAND YEARS LATER.
• 03:15 IT ALL STARTED HERE.
• 03:17 WHAT A FITTING PLACE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE NEEDING TO CONTEND IN WAR IF YOU WILL FOR GOD'S SAKE.
• 03:23 FOR US FOR THE MOST PART THE IMPLICATIONS ARE SPIRITUAL MORE THAN MATERIAL.
• 03:28 BUT WE NEED TO RECOVER THAT RADICAL EDGE
• 03:30 AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT EDGE AS WE LOOK AT THE WARRIOR KING
• 03:34 AND WE CONSIDER THE NEED FOR DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP IN THESE GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES.
• 03:49 SPEAKING OF THE CUTTING EDGE WE'RE MINDED OF A VERSE,
• 03:55 A RATHER INTERESTING VERSE IN SCRIPTURE THAT MIGHT SEEM OFFENSIVE SOMEWHAT AT FACE VALUE
• 04:02 AND I SAMUEL, CHAPTER 17, VERSE 54 SAYS IN HEBREW,
• 04:06 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 04:13 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 04:18 IT GOES ON TO SAY THEN THAT HE TOOK GOLIATH'S ARMOR AND HE PUT IT IN HIS OWN TENT.
• 04:24 SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT THE WARRIOR KING....
• 04:27 WELL HE'S NOT A WARRIOR KING AT THIS JUNCTION,
• 04:29 HE'S A YOUNG MAN WHO OPTED TO JUMP INTO THE FRAY WHO LATER BECAME A KING
• 04:33 BECAUSE CULTURE WAS LOOKING FOR A MAN OF FAITH WHO WAS GOING TO STAND AND LEAD,
• 04:37 MAYBE RISK A LITTLE BIT IN THE PROCESS OF SO DOING.
• 04:40 WELL DAVID CERTAINLY JUMPED INTO THE FRAY, I'M SURE IT WAS UNEXPECTED
• 04:44 BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE JUST FOUND HIMSELF WHERE THE TROUBLES OF THE DAY
• 04:48 AFFORDED HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RISE AND BE WHAT GOD HAD CALLED HIM TO BE.
• 04:53 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IMAGERY THAT REALLY WORKS FOR ME.
• 04:58 WE LIVE IN A UNISEX WORLD WHERE GENDER BOUNDARIES ARE BLURRED.
• 05:03 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE BLURRED IN THIS UPSIDE DOWN WORLD OF OURS NOW
• 05:06 BUT I'M LOOKING HERE AT A MALE WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE GOD AND STAND UP AND BE COUNTED
• 05:12 AND HE WANTS TO BE HEROIC IF YOU WILL.
• 05:16 I BELIEVE THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE HEROISM IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND VERY SHORT SUPPLY.
• 05:21 AND WHEN I LOOK AT DAVID I'M NOT ONLY REMINDED OF AN IMAGE FROM HIS PHILISTINE WARS,
• 05:29 I'M NOT ONLY REMINDED OF AN IMAGE OF WHAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT
• 05:32 BUT I SEE HERE AN IMAGE OF WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE ALL ABOUT AS MEN PARTICULARLY
• 05:38 AND PEOPLE OF FAITH GENERALLY,
• 05:40 THAT IS, STAND UP, DON'T JUST ACCEPT THE TAUNTS OF THE ENEMY.
• 05:44 SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEATEN INTO SUBMISSION AND THEY DESPAIR AND THEY PRAY UP,
• 05:50 THEY SEND THEIR PRAYERS HEAVENWARD AND I'M ALL FOR THAT
• 05:53 AND I DO THAT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, BUT WHAT ABOUT STAND UP GUYS?
• 05:58 I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THIS DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP TODAY,
• 06:02 MEN TO STAND UP AND BE MEN AS MEN,
• 06:04 MEN TO STAND UP AND BE MEN AS HUSBANDS,
• 06:07 MEN TO STAND UP AND BE MEN AS FATHERS,
• 06:11 MEN TO STAND UP AND BE MEN AS PILLARS IN THEIR CONGREGATIONS, MEN TO BE MEN,
• 06:17 AND STAND UP FOR THEIR CITY, FOR THEIR COUNTY, FOR THEIR STATE AND FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
• 06:22 I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP THAT WANTS TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER
• 06:26 BY VIRTUE BY THEIR PARTICIPATING IN THE DRAMA.
• 06:29 DAVID AS A LEADER INVESTED HIS ENERGIES WITH THE NET RESULT THAT ISRAEL WAS BETTER
• 06:35 BECAUSE OF HIS APPLYING HIS SKILL SETS WITHIN THE CULTURE
• 06:39 AND WOULD THAT TODAY PEOPLE CAUGHT THAT VISION.
• 06:42 THEY WANTED TO LEAD.
• 06:43 THEY WANTED TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE,
• 06:45 THEIR FAMILY A BETTER PLACE,
• 06:46 THEIR CONGREGATIONS A BETTER PLACE AND CULTURE IN THE WHOLE.
• 06:50 WE NEED TO PRAY UP AND STAND UP NOW MORE THAN EVER.
• 06:53 AS WE LOOK AT THE WORLD LETS LOOK AT IT WITH BIBLICAL EYES
• 06:57 AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT
• 06:59 THAT WE NEED DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP FOR THESE GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES.
• 07:05 THE AMALEKITES HAD JUST ATTACKED SOUTHERN JUDAH AND DESTROYED ZIKLAG.
• 07:10 ALL THE WORSE, THEY HAD TAKEN KING DAVID'S WIVES
• 07:14 AS WELL AS THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO SERVED HIM FAITHFULLY.
• 07:18 ONLY GOD KNEW IF THEY WERE STILL ALIVE.
• 07:22 IT WAS A TROUBLING TIME FOR THE KING.
• 07:25 HIS MEN WERE ANGRY.
• 07:27 THEY WANTED REVENGE.
• 07:29 THEY WANTED THE DEATH OF THEIR KING.
• 07:33 YET DAVID'S STRENGTH REMAINED IN THE LORD.
• 07:43 THE KING SUMMONED ME ASKING FOR THE EPHOD.
• 07:47 (DAVID SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 07:51 THE EPHOD WAS A SACRED LINEN GARMENT THAT WAS WORN BY THE PRIESTS ON THE MOST HOLY OF OCCASIONS.
• 08:00 ON THIS TROUBLING DAY THE KING WOULD CALL UPON THE LORD HIMSELF
• 08:06 AND DIRECTLY APPEAL FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION.
• 08:11 HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD...
• 08:17 "SHALL I PURSUE THE MEN WHO ATTACKED?"
• 08:21 "SHALL I OVERTAKE THEM?"
• 08:24 (DAVID SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 08:28 AND THE LORD REPLIED...
• 08:30 "PURSUE THEM FOR THOU SHALT SURELY OVERTAKE THEM."
• 08:49 TOUR BUSES DON'T COME HERE.
• 08:51 CARS DON'T EVEN GET HERE.
• 08:53 IN FACT MY 4 BY 4, MY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE COULDN'T EVEN GET HERE.
• 08:59 AND WHERE IS THE HERE?
• 09:01 WE ARE AT A PLACE THAT I WASN'T PLANNING ON TAKING YOU TO.
• 09:05 I WASN'T PLANNING ON BEING HERE MYSELF.
• 09:07 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE A WEEK AGO.
• 09:10 CAME HERE TO ISRAEL TO SHOOT A SERIES CALLED "THE WARRIOR KING" ON DAVID.
• 09:14 LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ARRIVAL AND FILMING
• 09:19 WE WOULD HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST MODERN DISCOVERIES
• 09:23 IN THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY.
• 09:27 I KNOW IT SOUNDS OVERSTATED BUT IT ISN'T.
• 09:30 ARTICLES ARE APPEARING ON MAJOR ISRAELI PERIODICALS, ON THE INTERNET.
• 09:37 RIGHT HERE, THE NORTHEASTERN HILLS OF ELAH,
• 09:41 IN THE RUINS OF QEIYAFA WE HAVE A FORTRESS THAT DATES BACK 1000 B.C.
• 09:48 NOW WHAT MAKES THIS FIND STRIKING...AND I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE MIDDLE OF IT...
• 09:55 WHAT MAKES IT STRIKING IS THE FACT THAT RIGHT HERE
• 10:00 VERY RECENTLY UNEARTHED WERE THE OLDEST HEBREW SCRIPTS FOUND TO DATE
• 10:07 PRE-DATING THE DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS BY ALMOST A MILLENNIA.
• 10:14 AND THAT'S STRIKING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
• 10:17 AND WHY IS THAT?
• 10:18 BECAUSE THIS WAS A FORTRESS THAT DATES BACK TO THE ERA OF DAVID.
• 10:24 THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY
• 10:27 WHERE THERE ARE MANY REVISIONISTS SORTS THAT ARE TRYING TO RE-WRITE HISTORY JUST AS IN AMERICA.
• 10:34 "OH, WELL IT WASN'T REALLY A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY ORIGINALLY."
• 10:37 THEY WANT TO RE-WRITE HISTORY IN ORDER TO FOIST THEIR AGENDA ON MODERNITY.
• 10:43 SIMILARLY IN ISRAEL THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A DISCONNECT FROM BIBLICAL HERITAGE.
• 10:49 "WELL THERE NEVER WAS A KING DAVID" THEY SAY.
• 10:52 WELL IT WAS HARDER TO SAY IT WHEN UP NORTH SOME YEARS AGO
• 10:55 FOUND WAS AN INSCRIPTION TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID RIGHT THERE AT TEL DAN AT THE FAR NORTH
• 11:00 AND NOW HERE IN A FORTRESS THAT DATES BACK TO DAVID'S DAY WE FIND HEBREW SCRIPT.
• 11:08 AND THIS IS INTERESTING IN PART BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD BE A HEBREW FORT HERE...
• 11:12 IT'S AN EXTENSION FORT.
• 11:14 ARGUABLE THERE WAS THERE A STRONG KINGDOM IN JERUSALEM
• 11:17 AND THIS WAS AN OUTPOST HERE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE BIBLICAL STORY PLAYED OUT ONCE UPON A TIME
• 11:24 WHEN DAVID WENT AGAINST GOLIATH.
• 11:26 IT'S A GREAT STORY.
• 11:29 BIBLICAL HISTORY IS INTERESTING
• 11:31 AND WE FIND THAT MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY IN VARIOUS WAYS CORROBORATES THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
• 11:36 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT THIS SITE ARGUES TO THAT EFFECT.
• 11:41 BUT MY PURPOSE HERE ISN'T TO TALK ABOUT BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, FASCINATING AS IT IS,
• 11:46 I WANT TO RAISE THE STORY OF DAVID IN PART
• 11:49 BECAUSE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM HIM AND LEARN FROM HIM TODAY.
• 11:54 I'D LIKE YOU TO TURN IN YOUR BIBLES PLEASE TO I SAMUEL,
• 11:58 THERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY HERE WHEN THINGS WEREN'T GOING DAVID'S WAY.
• 12:03 IT JUST SO HAPPENS IN LIFE SOMETIMES CULTURE TURNS AGAINST US,
• 12:07 CIRCUMSTANCE TURNS AGAINST US AND WE FIND OURSELVES BEING PUSHED BACK.
• 12:12 DAVID WAS SO DISCONCERTED WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT HIS TOWN WAS OVERRUN,
• 12:18 HIS FAMILY WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE...EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN IN FACT.
• 12:22 AND PEOPLE WERE SO MAD AT HIM AS A LEADER THEY WERE READY TO STONE HIM.
• 12:26 WE'RE TOLD IN THE HEBREW BIBLE, CHAPTER 30, VERSE 6,
• 12:29 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 12:35 BECAUSE OF THE DEFEATS THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED JUST THEN.
• 12:38 AND PEOPLE WE'RE TOLD WERE READY TO STONE HIM.
• 12:41 LEADERSHIP IS VERY PRECARIOUS
• 12:43 JUST LIKE STANDING HERE IS PRECARIOUS TO TELL YOU THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH.
• 12:46 SOMETIMES THE WINDS BLOW FOR YOU SOMETIMES AGAINST YOU.
• 12:49 DAVID WAS ON THE DOWNSIDE OF IT ALL BUT WE'RE TOLD HERE IN THE TEXT,
• 12:53 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 13:01 FOR THOSE OF US THAT WANT TO BE GOOD LEADERS WE HAVE TO FALL BACK ON OUR KNEES SOMETIMES
• 13:06 BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
• 13:09 AND WHAT HAPPENED?
• 13:10 DAVID STRENGTHENED HIMSELF.
• 13:12 HE CALLED FOR THE PRIEST TO BRING GARMENTS.
• 13:15 HE WANTED TO CONSULT THE LORD ACTUALLY.
• 13:17 AND WE'RE TOLD JUST AS WE READ DOWN IN VERSE 8 WERE TOLD,
• 13:21 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 13:27 HE HAD QUESTIONS.
• 13:28 HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND.
• 13:30 AND YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE WE CAN BE BESET BY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE GOING OUR WAY.
• 13:36 WE NEED TO SEEK THE LORD AS WELL.
• 13:38 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IF WE DO, IF WE SEEK HIM WE'LL FIND HIM
• 13:42 AND WE'LL FIND ANSWERS FOR VEXING HUMAN DILEMMAS.
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• 14:17 I'VE HAD A BLAST!
• 14:19 YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING THAT I REALLY HAVE TO SAY
• 14:21 IS THAT I GOT MY MONEY'S WORTH ALREADY AND WE'RE ABOUT HALF-WAY THROUGH THE TRIP.
• 14:23 IT'S JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WE'VE SEEN...
• 14:25 INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
• 14:28 EVERYWHERE WE GET YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE COMING
• 14:31 AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
• 14:33 I'VE FELT SO SAFE HERE.
• 14:35 I FEEL SAFER HERE THAN I DO IN THE UNITED STATES.
• 14:38 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO COME HERE.
• 14:41 YOU'LL LOVE IT, I PROMISE.
• 14:48 IT IS A THRILL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BIBLE LANDS AND IT'S AN HONOR TO TAKE YOU WITH ME.
• 14:54 SOME OPT TO CONTACT US AND GO ON A TOUR
• 14:57 BUT JUST BY VIRTUE OF YOUR TURNING ON THE TELEVISION YOU ARE GOING ON A TOUR WITH ME.
• 15:02 WE TOGETHER, MILLIONS WALK IN PLACES WHERE MOST PEOPLE NEVER GO
• 15:06 AND SEE THINGS MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE.
• 15:09 THIS SERIES, "THE WARRIOR KING", TAKES US TO BIBLE LANDS AND CONSIDERS THE LIFE OF DAVID.
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• 15:19 IN EFFECT, A TRANSCRIPT, A LITTLE MORE OF THE PROGRAM.
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• 15:49 OUR LEVITT LETTER.
• 15:51 IT COMES MONTHLY AND IT CONTAINS A VARIETY OF ARTICLES
• 15:54 THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY HELPFUL.
• 15:56 I WRITE ONE OR TWO COLUMNS IN HERE
• 15:58 AND BEYOND THAT THEY'RE A VARIETY OF OTHERS.
• 16:01 AND WE'RE PLEASED TO GATHER GOOD INFORMATION
• 16:03 AND COMMEND IT TO YOU.
• 16:05 WELL SPEAKING OF GOOD INFORMATION,
• 16:06 THE BEST INFORMATION IS THE BIBLE ITSELF.
• 16:08 SO OFF WE GO TO THE BIBLICAL WORLD TO CONSIDER HOW DIFFICULTIES NOT WITHSTANDING
• 16:13 DAVID FOUGHT AND FINALLY GOT THE BETTER OF HIS ENEMIES.
• 16:24 THE KING WOULD BE GRACIOUS WE WERE TOLD.
• 16:27 HE WOULD HEAR OUR PLEA
• 16:31 AND SO IT WAS THAT WE WERE INTO HIS GOLDEN CHAMBER.
• 16:35 WE HAD MARCHED IN DEFIANCE AGAINST KING DAVID,
• 16:38 NOW HERE WE WERE FEARING FOR OUR LIVES...
• 16:42 THREE KINGS OF NEIGHBORING NATIONS BOWING BEFORE HIM.
• 16:46 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 16:52 WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS
• 16:55 BUT BETTER WE SHOULD APPEAL FOR PEACE AND SERVE HIM THEN DIE BEFORE HIS SWORD.
• 17:04 THE KING ACCEPTED OUR PLEA GIVING CREDIT TO HIS GOD.
• 17:08 (DAVID SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 17:13 HOW MIGHTY THIS GOD OF ISRAEL MUST BE!
• 17:19 LOTS OF HELICOPTERS AND JETS FLYING AROUND TODAY
• 17:22 AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CLOUT TO MAKE THEM STOP.
• 17:25 WE'RE 40 KILOMETERS FROM THE GAZA
• 17:28 AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOME REASON WHY THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
• 17:31 AND HERE WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, VISITING A FAMOUS SITE IN ANTIQUITY,
• 17:37 AN OUTPOST FOR DAVID'S FORCES RIGHT AT THE BORDER WITH THE PHILISTINES.
• 17:44 AND ITS INTERESTING BY THE WAY
• 17:46 THAT TODAY THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT USE THE NAME PALESTINIAN
• 17:51 AND SO IT IS THAT OVERHEAD INDIVIDUALS ARE MAINTAINING VIGILANT IN THE SKIES.
• 17:56 JUST THAT FROM WHERE I'M STANDING YEARS AGO INDIVIDUALS MAINTAINED VIGILANCE AS WELL
• 18:02 TO FIGHT OFF THEIR PREVAILING DARKNESS.
• 18:04 AND FIGHT WE MUST BY THE WAY AND I MEAN THAT IN THE TRUEST OF SENSES.
• 18:10 AND THAT IS THAT NOT ALL OF US BEAR ARMS IN DEFENSE OF HOME AND HEARTH
• 18:15 BUT ANYONE WHO NAMES THE NAME OF THE LORD IS CALLED TO ARM UP IF YOU WILL,
• 18:19 TO PUT ON A HELMET, A SHIELD, GET OUT THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT.
• 18:23 WE'RE VESTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTEND, TO STAND FOR PRINCIPLES.
• 18:28 AND IN THE COURSE OF FIGHTING WE SHOULD KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO OUR WAY.
• 18:32 SOMETIMES AS DAVID LEARNED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION,
• 18:35 WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OURSELVES IN THE LORD.
• 18:38 AND BY THE WAY I THINK THIS IS THAT SORT OF TIME.
• 18:42 I'M REMINDED BY THE WAY WHEN I READ II SAMUEL, CHAPTER 10,
• 18:47 DAVID WAS IN INVOLVED IN A BATTLE ROYAL.
• 18:50 THE END RESULT WAS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS CAME AND DID SUBSERVIENCE TO HIM.
• 18:55 HE GOT THE BETTER OF IT.
• 18:57 AND THE KINGS CAME AND BOWED DOWN AND PEACE AT LAST.
• 19:02 BUT BEFORE THAT HE HAD TO CONTEND AND IN CHAPTER 10, VERSE 12 WE HAVE,
• 19:09 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 19:14 NOW FRIENDS, THAT'S A WORD FOR TODAY.
• 19:16 HE SAYS,
• 19:17 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 19:23 (SPEAKING HEBREW)
• 19:29 AT 53 YEARS OF AGE NOW I REALIZE THAT I'VE LIVED A GOOD PART OF MY LIFE.
• 19:35 I'M NOT READY TO STICK MYSELF IN THE GRAVE
• 19:37 BUT I REALIZE THAT THE BETTER PART OF IT'S IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
• 19:40 I PLAN TO FINISH WELL.
• 19:42 I FEEL IN SO MANY WAYS I'M NOT JUST FIGHTING FOR MYSELF AS MUCH AS FOR MY KIDS, AS MUCH AS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
• 19:48 I BELIEVE THAT AS GOD'S PEOPLE TODAY WE NEED TO BE STRONG.
• 19:52 WE NEED TO BE SERIOUS.
• 19:54 WE NEED A REVIVAL.
• 19:55 WE NEED A RENEWAL OF ENERGIES AND ENTHUSIASMS TO DO THE LORD'S BIDDING.
• 20:01 IT FEELS LIKE THE BATTLE ISN'T GOING OUR WAY.
• 20:04 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 20:05 IN WAYS IT ISN'T.
• 20:08 BUT I'VE SEEN ENOUGH FOOTBALL GAMES TO REALIZE THAT THE WINNING TEAM IS IN A LOSS AT HALF-TIME
• 20:12 BUT IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL THE BELL RINGS AT THE END OF THE FORTH QUARTER.
• 20:15 I DON'T BELIEVE ITS OVER FOR AMERICA
• 20:17 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES NOW.
• 20:20 THAT SAID, WHEN I READ THE BIBLE I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT THESE GUYS ALWAYS HAD STRUGGLES
• 20:27 AND THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
• 20:28 THE GOOD NEWS IS AGAIN TO HARK BACK TO PAUL'S WORD,
• 20:35 I WOULD LIKE YOUR FAITH TO BE BUILT UP.
• 20:38 I KNOW MINE NEEDS BUILT UP AS WELL.
• 20:40 AND HERE COMING FROM A FORT, AN OUTPOST OF DAVID'S EMPIRE 3000 YEARS AGO,
• 20:48 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR FAITH.
• 20:51 I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP IN GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES.
• 20:57 WILL YOU STAND WITH ME AND BE THAT MAN OF GOD AND THAT WOMAN OF GOD
• 21:01 AND HELP OUR CULTURE RETURN TO ITS BIBLICAL MOORINGS.
• 21:06 (Jeff Speaking) WHAT BETTER WAY TO ENCOURAGE OUR FAITH THAN IN MUSIC?
• 21:10 PAUL WILBUR JOINS US ONCE AGAIN IN SONG
• 21:13 FROM THE BEAUTIFUL KING OF KINGS PAVILION IN DOWNTOWN JERUSALEM.
• 21:26 ♪THESE ARE THE DAYS OF ELIJAH♪
• 21:31 ♪DECLARING THE WORD OF THE LORD♪
• 21:36 ♪AND THESE ARE THE DAYS OF YOUR SERVANT MOSES♪
• 21:41 ♪RIGHTEOUSNESS BEING RESTORED♪
• 21:45 ♪AND THOUGH THESE ARE DAYS OF GREAT TRIALS♪
• 21:50 ♪OF FAMINE AND DARKNESS AND SWORD♪
• 21:55 ♪STILL WE ARE THE VOICE IN THE DESERT CRYING♪
• 22:00 ♪PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD♪
• 22:04 ♪BEHOLD HE COMES RIDING ON THE CLOUDS♪
• 22:09 ♪SHINING LIKE THE SUN AT THE TRUMPET CALL♪
• 22:14 ♪LIFT YOUR VOICE IT'S THE YEAR OF JUBILEE♪
• 22:19 ♪OUT OF ZION'S HILL SALVATION COMES♪
• 22:33 ♪AND THESE ARE THE DAYS OF EZEKIEL♪
• 22:37 ♪THE DRY BONES BECOMING AS FLESH♪
• 22:42 ♪AND THESE ARE THE DAYS OF YOUR SERVANT DAVID♪
• 22:47 ♪REBUILDING THE TEMPLE OF PRAISE♪
• 22:52 ♪AND THESE ARE THE DAYS OF THE HARVEST♪
• 22:57 ♪THE FIELDS ARE WHITE IN THE WORLD♪
• 23:02 ♪AND WE ARE THE LABORERS IN YOUR VINEYARD♪
• 23:07 ♪DECLARING THE WORD♪ OF THE LORD♪
• 23:11 ♪BEHOLD HE COMES RIDING ON THE CLOUDS♪
• 23:15 ♪SHINING LIKE THE SUN AT THE TRUMPET CALL♪
• 23:21 ♪LIFT YOUR VOICE IT'S THE YEAR OF JUBILEE♪
• 23:25 ♪OUT OF ZION'S HILL SALVATION COMES♪
• 23:31 ♪WHO WAS AND WHO IS♪
• 23:35 ♪AND WHO IS TO COME♪
• 23:41 ♪WHO WAS AND WHO IS♪
• 23:45 ♪AND WHO IS TO COME♪
• 23:50 ♪WHO WAS AND WHO IS♪
• 23:55 ♪AND WHO IS TO COME♪
• 24:00 ♪WHO WAS AND WHO IS♪
• 24:05 ♪AND WHO IS TO COME♪
• 24:10 ♪TO COME♪
• 24:26 PAUL WILBUR IS A GREAT GUY AND HE'S AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE.
• 24:30 I BELIEVE THAT ONE OLD FRIEND IS BETTER THAN 50 NEW ONES.
• 24:34 AND HE AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER
• 24:36 AND WE SPENT TIME IN JERUSALEM AND IT WAS A THRILL.
• 24:39 I KNOW YOU ARE THRILLED BY HIS MUSIC.
• 24:41 I KNOW YOU WERE THRILLED BY OUR MINISTRY'S FOUNDER ZOLA LEVITT.
• 24:45 AND NOW OFF WE GO TO HEAR HIM TEACH ABOUT DAVID,
• 24:47 A STRONG DAVID;
• 24:49 A DAVID WHO WAS TRANSFORMED FROM WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH.
• 24:52 YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT.
• 24:53 HERE WE GO...
• 24:55 NOW ISRAEL HAD A STRONG ARMY.
• 24:57 BORDER NATIONS PAID HEAVY TAXES.
• 25:00 IT WAS A WELL ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT,
• 25:02 A BEAUTIFUL CAPITOL CITY.
• 25:03 THEY HAD TRADE ALLIANCES EVERYWHERE,
• 25:06 IT WAS WEALTHY; IT WAS POWERFUL.
• 25:09 ITS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER ISRAEL TODAY
• 25:12 HAS EVEN RISEN TO THE LEVEL OF THE WAY IT WAS UNDER THE GREAT KING DAVID.
• 25:17 NOW, DAVID'S PERSONAL LIFE PARALLELED HIS TRANSFORMATION,
• 25:21 THAT OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISRAEL FROM A WEAK AND DIVIDED LAND
• 25:24 TO AN EMPIRE AS HE WENT FROM BEING A SHEPHERD TO A KING.
• 25:30 KING DAVID IS BETTER KNOWN THAN ANY OTHER BIBLICAL FIGURE.
• 25:37 WHEN I READ THE BIBLE I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT
• 25:39 THAT LIFE COMES REPLETE WITH MANY CHALLENGES.
• 25:42 DAVID FACED THEM HEAD ON.
• 25:45 AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
• 25:46 AT DAYS' END GOD GAVE HIM VICTORY.
• 25:49 THAT'S NOT ONLY GOOD NEWS FOR DAVID THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US.
• 25:54 I BELIEVE IN A GOD, TO USE PAUL'S WORD, "WHO LEADS US ON INTO VICTORY".
• 26:00 ZOLA REMINDED US OF THAT.
• 26:02 THE BIBLE REMINDS US OF THAT IN SO MANY PASSAGES.
• 26:06 DAVID STANDS OUT AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW FAITH CAN PREVAIL AT DAYS' EDN.
• 26:13 MINDFUL OF THAT LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
• 26:20 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A WINNER BY VIRTUE OF YOUR SO DOING.
• 26:24 GOD IS SO GOOD, HE SENT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD AND HE WANTS TO COME INTO YOUR WORLD.
• 26:29 AND BY VIRTUE OF HIS SO DOING
• 26:32 HE CAN TRANSFORM YOU FROM A VICTIM TO A VICTOR,
• 26:36 FROM WEAK TO STRONG.
• 26:39 WALK IN HIS WAYS AND YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT FOR YOURSELF.
• 26:43 SPEAKING OF WALKING, THANK YOU FOR WALKING WITH US
• 26:45 AND AS YOU GO,
• 26:47 SHA 'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM.
• 26:49 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.