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Caption transcript for Psalms of Ascent: “Psalms 124 & 125” (3/8)

• 00:09 ♪PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM♪
• 00:14 ♪JERUSALEM♪
• 00:17 ♪MAY THEY PROSPER WHO LOVE YOU♪
• 00:21 ♪JERUSALEM♪
• 00:24 ♪IT'S FOR THEM MY BRETHREN AND COMPANION'S SAKE♪
• 00:30 ♪I WILL PRAY FOR YOU♪
• 00:34 ♪JERUSALEM♪
• 00:47 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
• 00:49 I'M SANDRA AND WE'RE DOING THE STUDY OF THE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
• 00:54 MY GOOD FRIEND DR. JEFFREY SEIF WILL DO THE TEACHING ON LOCATION IN ISRAEL
• 00:58 AND MARTY GOETZ WILL JOIN US FOR SOME WONDERFUL INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC.
• 01:02 I HOPE YOU ALL ARE REALLY ENJOYING THESE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
• 01:06 THEY'RE SO ENCOURAGING, SO HOPEFUL.
• 01:08 AND OUR HOPE AND STRENGTH IS IN THE LORD.
• 01:11 JOIN US FOR THE PSALMS OF ASCENT.
• 01:18 "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE WHEN MEN ROSE UP AGAINST US"
• 01:23 "THEY WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED US UP QUICK WHEN THEIR WRATH WAS KINDLED AGAINST US."
• 01:30 "BLESSED BE THE LORD WHO HATH NOT GIVEN US PREY TO THEIR TEETH."
• 01:35 "OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH."
• 01:49 TO BE SURE
• 01:50 WAR IS UNPLEASANT BUSINESS.
• 01:54 WHETHER IT'S AN ANCIENT SOLDIER
• 01:57 DONNING A BREASTPLATE AND A SWORD
• 01:59 OR WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE STEPPING INTO A MODERN TANK,
• 02:02 STILL IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT GOES ON IN THE MINDS OF INDIVIDUALS
• 02:07 THAT ARE THROWN AGAINST THE PROSPECTS OF THEIR OWN ANNIHILATION.
• 02:11 ITS UNPLEASANT BUSINESS AS I'D SAID.
• 02:14 THE PSALMIST GIVES VOICE TO THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH BEARING ARMS
• 02:21 AND IF YOU'LL LOOK IN PSALM CHAPTER 124
• 02:24 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS A THROW BACK TO GOD'S PEOPLE IN A BYGONE ERA
• 02:30 BECAUSE AS YOU WOULD KNOW IN BYGONE ERAS IF YOU READ THE BIBLE
• 02:34 ISRAELITES HAD TO CONTEND.
• 02:36 IF YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER TODAY
• 02:38 YOU'LL LEARN THAT ISRAELITES STILL HAVE TO CONTEND.
• 02:41 I'LL GET TO THE TEXT IN A SECOND.
• 02:42 LET ME SPEAK TO THE TANK IN A MOMENT.
• 02:44 THIS T55 WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE ARAB ARMIES, A NUMBER OF THEM,
• 02:51 THE EGYPTIANS, THE SYRIANS...
• 02:52 THIS WAS THERE MAIN STAY.
• 02:54 IT WAS RUSSIAN MADE.
• 02:56 AND THIS WAS CONFISCATED IN WAR.
• 02:58 WELL AS I'D SAID WHETHER SOMEONE IS IN A TANK,
• 03:01 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A SOLDIER, YOU'RE AN INFANTRYMAN
• 03:07 AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMING TO YOU.
• 03:10 WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?
• 03:11 THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT IS TO SET UP THE PSALM
• 03:13 BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT HE'S THINKING.
• 03:16 BUT NOT JUST WHAT'S HE'S THINKING, WHAT HE'S FEELING.
• 03:18 LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU IN HEBREW FIRST.
• 03:20 AND THEN WE WILL EXPLORE IT IN ENGLISH.
• 03:22 HE SAYS,
• 03:31 AND THEN HE REPEATS BY SAYING,
• 03:36 ...AND THEN THE REPETITION.
• 04:05 THE PSALMIST ELSEWHERE SPEAKS OF "OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH".
• 04:13 HE SAYS IT IN SO MANY WAYS IN FACT IN THE LAST VERSE IN PSALM 124...
• 04:18 LET ME READ VERSE 8
• 04:19 AND THEN EXPLORE IT WITH YOU FIRST IN MY VERSION.
• 04:21 HE SAYS,
• 04:36 AS I'D SAID AT THE OUTSET
• 04:37 WAR TO BE SURE IS UNPLEASANT BUSINESS.
• 04:40 BUT IT SEEMS THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
• 04:43 MEN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DON ARMS IN DEFENSE OF HOME AND HEARTH.
• 04:49 HERE THE PSALMIST FINDS HIMSELF AT A PLACE WHERE HE'S COMPELLED TO DO THAT.
• 04:55 AND YOU CAN HEAR HOW HE FALLS BACK ON CONFIDENCE IN GOD.
• 05:00 THE WORD "CONFIDENCE"
• 05:02 COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD MEANING "CONFIDES"
• 05:05 AND "CON" MEANS "WITH"
• 05:06 AND "FIDES" MEANS "FAITH".
• 05:09 TO BE SURE ITS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE
• 05:13 WHETHER IT'S A BOY ON A BASEBALL TEAM THAT HAS TO HAVE CONFIDENCE
• 05:17 OR WHETHER IT'S A SOLDIER IN A TANK,
• 05:20 WHETHER SOMEONE STANDING UP IN FRONT A TELEVISION CAMERA
• 05:23 THERE NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN KIND OF CONFIDENCE.
• 05:25 WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TASKS BEFORE US WITH A CERTAIN KIND OF CONFIDENCE.
• 05:32 AND LET ME JUST SAY
• 05:33 THERE ARE FEW THINGS TO MY WAY OF THINKING
• 05:35 THAT ARE WORSE THAN A MAN WHO'S LOST HIS CONFIDENCE.
• 05:40 THAT SENSE OF BEING DEFLATED IS NO GOOD.
• 05:43 WHILE CONFIDENCE IS IMPORTANT
• 05:46 AT ISSUE IN THE TEXT HERE ISN'T JUST A NATURAL KIND OF HUMAN CONFIDENCE.
• 05:52 THAT IS TO SAY
• 05:53 THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS WRITER HAS SELF-CONFIDENCE I DON'T' KNOW.
• 05:57 THAT'S BETWEEN THE WRITER AND HIMSELF AND GOD.
• 06:00 BUT THE TEXT EXPRESSES HIM HAVING CONFIDENCE IN GOD AS A SOURCE.
• 06:07 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT.
• 06:10 HE SAYS,
• 06:12 "IF IT HAD NOT HAD BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE WHEN MEN CAME AGAINST US"
• 06:17 "WE WOULD HAVE PERISHED."
• 06:19 "THEY WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED US UP ALIVE."
• 06:21 AND HE GOES ON TO SAY,
• 06:23 "WE'VE ESCAPED WITH GOD'S HELP LIKE A BIRD ESCAPES FROM A SNARE."
• 06:28 WHO'S TO SAY WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE BEEN IN LIFE.
• 06:32 ONLY YOU KNOW...I DON'T.
• 06:34 I KNOW AS I'VE MADE MY JOURNEY I'VE HAD DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS
• 06:39 BE IT WITH UNEMPLOYMENT,
• 06:40 BE IT WITH HEALTH RELATED ISSUES,
• 06:43 BE IT IN LITIGATION WITH PEOPLE WHO REALLY WERE BENT AGAINST ME.
• 06:47 IN DIFFERENT WAYS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT THINGS.
• 06:51 LIKE THE PSALMIST, I CAN SAY,
• 06:54 "IF IT NOT HAD BEEN THE LORD"
• 06:56 "WHO WAS ON MY SIDE
• 06:58 "I WOULD HAVE PERISHED."
• 06:59 "MEN WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED ME UP ALIVE."
• 07:04 IT'S EASY TO THINK IN TERMS OF WARS LONG AGO IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
• 07:09 AS I'M READING A TEXT FROM ANCIENT ISRAEL, A WARRIOR TEXT,
• 07:12 AS I'M STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF A TANK THAT WAS CAPTURED IN WARS WITH MODERN ISRAEL.
• 07:18 BUT ON A PERSONAL NOTE THIS STORY NEEDS TO BECOME PERSONAL NOT JUST HISTORICAL.
• 07:23 AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT IF YOU WALK WITH GOD...
• 07:28 AND THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PSALM HERE BY THE WAY...
• 07:31 THAT IF YOU WALK WITH GOD THEN HE'LL WALK WITH YOU
• 07:34 AND HELP YOU TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES THAT BESET YOU.
• 07:39 ITS GOOD NEWS FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE...
• 07:42 ITS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
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• 08:26 LATRUN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VISUAL FOR WAR.
• 08:29 THERE ARE TANKS, ARMAMENTS...
• 08:31 IT'S JUST A VISION OF WAR.
• 08:33 AND AREN'T WE ALL IN SOME KIND OF WAR?
• 08:36 WHETHER IT'S ECONOMICS,
• 08:37 WHETHER ITS RELATIONSHIPS,
• 08:39 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEATHER...
• 08:41 WE'RE ALL IN SOME KIND OF WAR.
• 08:43 BUT THE BIBLE POINTS OUT...
• 08:45 AND JEFF WAS VERY RIGHT IN READING IT IN VERSE 2,
• 08:56 AND IF YOU CONTINUE IN VERSE 8 IT SAYS,
• 09:02 OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
• 09:05 WE GO NOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
• 09:11 "THEY THAT TRUST IN THE LORD SHALL BE AS MOUNT ZION"
• 09:15 "WHICH CANNOT BE REMOVED BUT ABIDETH FOREVER."
• 09:19 "AS THE MOUNTAINS ARE ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM"
• 09:22 "SO THE LORD IS ROUND ABOUT HIS PEOPLE"
• 09:25 "FROM HENCEFORTH EVEN FOREVER."
• 09:28 "DO GOOD O LORD UNTO THOSE THAT BE GOOD"
• 09:32 "AND TO THEM THAT ARE UPRIGHT IN THEIR HEARTS"
• 09:36 "PEACE BE UPON ISRAEL."
• 09:43 PERMANENCE, STABILITY...
• 09:47 THAT'S WHAT I THINK OF
• 09:48 WHEN I THINK OF MOUNTAINS...
• 09:50 IMMOVABLE OBJECTS...
• 09:53 FIXED PLACES IN NATURE.
• 09:57 I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IN THE SCRIPTURES
• 09:59 MOUNTAINS ARE LIKENED TO THAT WHICH JUST SIMPLY CANNOT BE MOVED.
• 10:03 JESUS, YOU CAN RECALL, SAID ONCE THAT IF YOU HAD FAITH YOU COULD MOVE MOUNTAINS.
• 10:07 CERTAINLY IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH TO INDICATE THAT BY FAITH IN GOD
• 10:11 WE CAN RE-ARRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE IMMOVABLE...
• 10:15 CAN'T BE CHANGED ANY OTHER WAY.
• 10:17 I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IN PSALM 125 HERE
• 10:20 THE PSALMIST LIKENS GOD'S PROTECTION TO MOUNTAINS ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM.
• 10:26 AND IT SPEAKS OF GOD'S ABIDING LOVE, HIS CARE, HIS PROTECTION AND SO FORTH.
• 10:32 WHAT I WANT TO DO IS EXPLORE THIS WITH YOU
• 10:34 AND UNPACK PSALM 125 FIRST IN MY VERSION,
• 10:58 I'M COMING TO YOU FROM OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM
• 11:00 AND YOU CAN SEE THIS VIEW BEHIND ME,
• 11:03 ITS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER.
• 11:04 ACTUALLY BREATHTAKING...
• 11:06 IT'S SO VERY STIMULATING TO SEE HOW JERUSALEM...
• 11:09 AND YOU MIGHT RECALL IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT JERUSALEM'S NESTLED THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
• 11:13 DAVID SAID "WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR A CAPITAL",
• 11:15 GUIDED AS HE WAS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MAKING THAT PARTICULAR CHOICE.
• 11:19 THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF JERUSALEM ITSELF
• 11:25 IT'S REALLY RATHER INTERESTING.
• 11:26 JERUSALEM CERTAINLY IS A HILL ON A MOUNTAIN THERE...
• 11:31 THE CAPITAL CITY WHERE THE TEMPLE STOOD.
• 11:33 BUT THERE'S THESE VALLEYS AROUND IT
• 11:35 AND IT FORMS
• 11:36 THE LETTER "SHIN" IN HEBREW.
• 11:38 AND "SHIN" IS...
• 11:40 THE LETTER RATHER
• 11:42 IS FOR THE NAME "SHIN"
• 11:44 WHICH MEANS "NAME"...
• 11:46 "HA SHIN", "THE NAME"...
• 11:47 IT IS A PRINCIPAL NAME OF GOD IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
• 11:50 HENCE EVEN THE TEMPLE ITSELF
• 11:52 IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF JERUSALEM ITSELF
• 11:56 IMPOSED INTO THE TOPOGRAPHY
• 11:58 IS THE WORD FOR "GOD" IN HEBREW.
• 12:01 RATHER FASCINATING.
• 12:03 IN ANY CASE HERE THE PSALMIST LIKENS GOD'S PROTECTION, HE SAYS,
• 12:07 "AS THE MOUNTAINS ARE ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM SO THE LORD IS ROUND ABOUT HIS PEOPLE"
• 12:14 TO PROVIDE PROTECTION IN AFFECT.
• 12:16 I WONDER SOMETIMES, HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY READ THEIR BIBLES?
• 12:21 YOU HAVE THESE REPLACEMENT THEOLOGIANS THAT SAY
• 12:23 THAT GOD IS DONE WITH THE JEWS; HE'S TAKEN AWAY HIS PROTECTION.
• 12:26 THEY ENVISION THAT THE ISRAELITE PRESENCE HERE IN THIS ERA
• 12:31 IS A FLUKE IN HISTORY, HAS NO PLACE WHATSOEVER
• 12:34 BECAUSE GOD HAS ABANDONED THE JEWS.
• 12:36 THAT'S NOT TRUE...
• 12:37 GOD SAYS HE NEVER WILL ABANDON THE JEWS...
• 12:39 THEY ABANDON THE JEWS.
• 12:40 JEWS MAY WELL HAVE BEEN ABANDONED IN A FEW CHRISTIAN PULPITS
• 12:44 BUT ACCORDING TO THE SACRED LITERATURE...NO...
• 12:47 GOD'S STEADFAST LOVE, HIS RESOLVE IS SO AMPLY NOTED.
• 12:52 I ONLY WISH IT WOULD MAKE ITS INDELIBLE MARK ON THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF PEOPLE
• 12:59 THAT CLAIM TO BE BIBLICAL THINKERS AND RELIGIOUS STORY TELLERS.
• 13:02 THEIR STORY IS ONE OF ABANDONMENT AND THROWING JEWISH PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS.
• 13:06 THAT'S NOT WHAT'S INDICATED HERE
• 13:08 WHERE GOD'S LOVE AGAIN IS LIKENED TO A MOUNTAIN RANGE AROUND JERUSALEM.
• 13:13 IT SPEAKS OF PROTECTIONS, PERMANENCE, STABILITY, LOVE AND AFFECTION.
• 13:16 OKAY, SO MUCH FOR THAT.
• 13:18 I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX NOW.
• 13:20 HE SAYS IN VERSE 4,
• 13:31 IT'S NOT ONLY THAT GOD IS MINDED TO DO GOOD AND PRESERVE JERUSALEM,
• 13:35 BUT THEN THERE'S THE PETITIONER HERE WHO IS SAYING,
• 13:39 "LORD...AND HOW ABOUT ME..."
• 13:41 "PLEASE LORD BE GRACIOUS UNTO ME..."
• 13:44 "PLEASE LORD BE GRACIOUS."
• 13:46 AND ISN'T THAT SO MUCH THE CRY OF OUR HEARTS.
• 13:49 YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE
• 13:52 WHERE YOU SEEM TO BE ASSAILED BY THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL
• 13:56 AND LESS THEN WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE FOR YOUR OWN LIFE
• 14:00 OR FOR THE LIVES OF LOVED ONES AROUND YOU.
• 14:03 AND YOUR HEART'S CRY AND YOUR PRAYER CAN BE
• 14:05 "LORD PLEASE DO GOOD... LORD PRESERVE...LORD HELP."
• 14:08 IF GOD CEASES HIS PROMISES TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 14:13 WHY WOULD YOU THINK HE WOULD ABIDE IN HIS PROMISES TO YOU FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT?
• 14:17 I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR APPROACH TO THE LITERATURE
• 14:20 AND AWARE OF THE FACT THAT GOD IS ABLE TO WATCH HIS PEOPLE AND PRESERVE HIS PEOPLE
• 14:26 AND ATTEND TO HIS PROMISES...
• 14:28 "DOR L' DOR"...
• 14:29 FROM "GENERATION TO GENERATION".
• 14:31 AND INASMUCH AS THE PSALMIST HERE GIVES VOICE TO GOD'S STEADFAST LOVE TO ISRAEL,
• 14:35 THEN THE PSALMIST PERSONALIZES AND SAYS,
• 14:37 "LORD, NOW ABOUT ME..."
• 14:39 OR " ABOUT WE... LORD PLEASE HELP US."
• 14:41 AND THEN THE PSALMIST CLOSES,
• 14:49 WE CLOSE OUR PROGRAMS WITH SAYING MUCH THE SAME,
• 14:52 AN EXHORTATION IN PSALMS TO PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.
• 14:55 IT SEEMS THAT ISRAEL'S STABILITY IS IMPORTANT IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT THAT GOD HAS A PEOPLE,
• 15:04 HE'S GIVEN THEM A LAND,
• 15:06 HE BRINGS THE PEOPLE TO THE LAND
• 15:08 AND IN THE LAND PEOPLE PRAY FOR GOD'S PRESERVATION OF THEM IN THAT LAND.
• 15:13 THAT'S NOT ONLY THE CASE WITH PEOPLE HERE IN ISRAEL
• 15:16 BUT YOU YOURSELF AS YOU'RE WALKING OUT YOUR OWN RELATIONS WITH THE LORD
• 15:19 YOU MAY WELL BE AT A PLACE WHERE YOU NEED TO TARRY AT THE ALTAR
• 15:23 AND SAY LORD PLEASE HELP AND PRESERVE,
• 15:25 WHETHER IT'S A BODY,
• 15:27 WHETHER IT'S A CIRCUMSTANCE,
• 15:28 WHETHER IT'S A SITUATION...
• 15:30 "LORD, PRESERVE...LORD HELP... PLEASE LORD DO GOOD...LET YOUR FACE TO SHINE UPON ME".
• 15:35 MUCH AS THE SUN IS SHINING UPON ME HERE IN AROUND JERUSALEM
• 15:40 SO IT IS YOU MIGHT ASK FOR GOD'S SUNSHINE TO SHINE UPON YOU.
• 15:43 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THOUGH GOD'S LOVE IS MANIFEST IN THIS PLACE
• 15:48 IT'S DISPLACED FROM THIS PLACE...
• 15:50 THOSE RAYS SHINE EVERYWHERE TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM.
• 15:53 SO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE LIKE THE PSALMIST WHO SAYS,
• 15:56 "DO GOOD O LORD TO THOSE WHO ARE GOOD."
• 15:59 CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD
• 16:01 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HE IS WELL PLEASED TO GIVE HIS BLESSINGS TO YOU.
• 16:20 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM♪
• 16:23 ♪SHA' A' LU, SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 16:27 ♪IN THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM♪
• 16:34 ♪WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE...♪
• 16:37 ♪SHA' A' LU SHALOM♪
• 16:47 HOW COMFORTING THAT THE LORD SURROUNDS HIS PEOPLE FOREVER.
• 16:52 VERSE 2 SAYS, "FOREVER".
• 16:55 TRACIE, I LOVE THAT WE COMFORT AND WE CARE FOR OUR PEOPLE GOING TO ISRAEL.
• 16:59 SANDRA WE REALLY DO
• 17:01 AND I THINK THE MARK
• 17:02 OF THIS JOB IS...
• 17:03 I DON'T THINK THAT MOST OF
• 17:05 OUR VIEWERS KNOW THIS
• 17:06 BUT OUR TOUR
• 17:07 IS THE ONLY TOUR THAT I'VE HEARD OF
• 17:08 THAT HAS A PASSENGER LIAISON ON EACH TOUR.
• 17:11 EACH BUS HAS TOUR PASTOR, A PASSENGER LIAISON,
• 17:14 WHEN A PASSENGER NEEDS A DOCTOR,
• 17:16 OR THEY NEED CARE OR THEY NEED COMFORT,
• 17:18 WHEN THEY NEED PRAYER,
• 17:20 WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR HOTEL WE'RE THERE.
• 17:22 THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOMEONE THEY CAN GO TO.
• 17:24 SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, LOGISTIC WISE,
• 17:27 WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ON THE TOUR.
• 17:29 WHAT A COMFORT TO KNOW THAT I'M TAKEN CARE OF
• 17:32 JUST AS GOD HAS SURROUNDED ME AND TAKES CARE OF ME.
• 17:35 IT'S SUCH A RELIEF NOT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE TOURS...
• 17:39 RIGHT? THANK YOU. >>AND WHAT'S SO NEAT SANDRA
• 17:41 IS I THINK ON EVERY TOUR I HAVE BEEN ON
• 17:43 THERE HAS BEEN A PASSENGER OR TWO THAT HAS NEEDED EXTRA CARE
• 17:45 AND I'M TELLING YOU OUR PASSENGERS STEP UP
• 17:49 WHEN I SEE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE
• 17:51 HELPING AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WALK DOWN TO THE SEA OF GALILEE
• 17:55 IT JUST TOUCHES MY HEART SO DEEPLY >>IT IS THE NORM
• 17:57 OUR PEOPLE LOVE THE LORD SO MUCH
• 18:00 AND THEY CARE FOR OTHERS ON OUR TOUR.
• 18:01 AND IT'S TERRIFIC.
• 18:03 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK
• 18:04 IS MARTY GOETZ' MUSIC.
• 18:06 IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO IT
• 18:07 AND ENJOYING IT
• 18:08 WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW LATER IN THE PROGRAM
• 18:11 HOW YOU CAN GET THIS OFFER.
• 18:12 IT IS TERRIFIC.
• 18:13 ALSO, I'VE SAID BEFORE IN THE OTHER PROGRAMS,
• 18:16 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR FRIENDS AND WE CARE FOR OUR FRIENDS.
• 18:19 AND WE CARE FOR FRIENDS.
• 18:21 EITAN REALLY CARES FOR THE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE LAND...
• 18:26 THE JEWS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE LAND.
• 18:29 HERE'S EITAN IN ISRAEL.
• 18:33 SHALOM, I'M EITAN SHISHKOFF
• 18:34 WITH "TENTS OF MERCY" IN ISRAEL.
• 18:37 ACTUALLY RIGHT NEAR THE HAIFA BAY
• 18:39 IN A TOWN CALLED KIRYAT YAM
• 18:41 WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AT THE MOMENT.
• 18:43 AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PHENOMENON
• 18:47 OF THE RETURN OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO ISRAEL
• 18:50 AND OF THE RESTORATION OF FAITH IN JESUS...FAITH IN YESHUA AS A JEWISH PHENOMENON.
• 18:57 IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 30,
• 18:59 WE SEE THAT GOD PROMISES...
• 19:02 AND THIS IS FOLLOWING MANY VERSES THAT DISCUSS THE RETURN OF THE EXILES TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 19:09 GOD PROMISES THAT HE WILL ESTABLISH...HE WILL CUT A NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL.
• 19:16 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROMISE BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE IS VERY CLEAR...
• 19:19 IT IS ACTUALLY RELATING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, NEW COVENANT, THE "B'RIT HADASHA" IN HEBREW.
• 19:25 AND HE SAYS THIS IS WHAT ITS GOING TO CONSIST OF...
• 19:37 THE INTIMACY OF THIS PROMISE REALLY CAPTURES ME
• 19:40 AND WHAT I SEE IS THAT GOD IS CALLING THOSE WHO FOLLOW JESUS TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THEIR JEWISH LIFE AND HERITAGE.
• 19:49 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MYSELF AND TO MY WIFE.
• 19:51 WE'VE BEEN RAISING OUR FAMILY NOW FOR SOME THIRTY YEARS IN THAT PROCESS.
• 19:56 AND THE CONGREGATIONS THAT GOD ALLOWED US TO PLANT IN ISRAEL FOLLOW IN THAT PATTERN AS WELL.
• 20:00 IN FACT, EVERY SHABBAT WE READ FROM THE TORAH SCROLL
• 20:05 JUST AS IS DONE IN SYNAGOGUES AROUND THE WORLD.
• 20:08 AND THIS IS PART OF OUR STATEMENT,
• 20:12 PART OF OUR LIFE WITNESS AND TESTIMONY TO OUR OWN PEOPLE.
• 20:16 WE HAVE NOT BECOME TRAITORS,
• 20:18 WE HAVE NOT CONVERTED TO ANOTHER RELIGION,
• 20:20 AND THAT THE ORIGINS OF FAITH IN YESHUA ARE INDEED RIGHT HERE IN ISRAEL.
• 20:24 THIS IS A PHENOMENON THAT HAS NOT EXISTED FOR SOME 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.
• 20:29 AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD EXCITE EVERY ONE OF US
• 20:34 NO MATTER WHAT OUR BACKGROUND OR NO MATTER WHERE WE'RE LIVING IN THE WORLD
• 20:37 THAT GOD KEEPS HIS WORD AND THAT SOMETIMES IT TAKES A FEW CENTURIES FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
• 20:43 BUT THE LORD DOES NOT FORGET AND HE IS RE-ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS IN YESHUA
• 20:50 JUST AS IT WAS WITH THE APOSTLES IN THE 1ST CENTURY RIGHT HERE IN ISRAEL IN OUR TIMES.
• 20:58 ♪LORD OF HOSTS IS WITH US♪
• 21:01 ♪THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR REFUGE♪
• 21:08 ♪WHEN THE NATIONS RAGE♪
• 21:10 ♪AND ALL THE KINGDOMS FALL♪
• 21:13 ♪HE SAYS I AM, I AM,♪
• 21:18 ♪I AM ALL♪
• 21:22 ♪AND THERE'S A RIVER♪
• 21:25 ♪WHO'S STREAMS MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD♪
• 21:33 ♪THEY FLOW TO HIS HOLY HABITATION♪
• 21:37 ♪THEY FLOW TO THE HOME OF THE MOST HIGH♪
• 21:42 ♪THE LORD OF HOSTS IS WITH US♪
• 21:46 ♪THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR REFUGE♪
• 21:51 ♪HE BREAKS THE BOW,♪
• 21:54 ♪AND HE SHATTERS THE SPEAR♪
• 21:58 ♪AND SAYS I AM, I AM,♪
• 22:02 ♪I AM HERE!♪
• 22:12 ♪SO WE WILL NOT FEAR♪
• 22:14 ♪THOUGH THIS WORLD SHOULD CHANGE♪
• 22:17 ♪THOUGH THE WATERS ROAR♪
• 22:18 ♪THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHAKE AND TREMBLE♪
• 22:21 ♪FOR HE'S A PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE,♪
• 22:30 ♪IN TROUBLE♪
• 22:40 ♪BE STILL♪
• 22:44 ♪AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD♪
• 22:51 ♪I AM EXALTED IN THE NATIONS♪
• 22:55 ♪I AM EXALTED IN THE EARTH♪
• 23:03 ♪THE LORD OF HOSTS IS WITH US♪
• 23:06 ♪THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR REFUGE♪
• 23:12 ♪TILL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH♪
• 23:15 ♪HE CAUSES WARS TO CEASE♪
• 23:19 ♪AND SAYS I AM, I AM,♪
• 23:23 ♪I AM PEACE♪
• 23:28 ♪HE SAYS I AM, I AM,♪
• 23:34 ♪I... AM...
• 23:38 ♪PEACE♪
• 23:54 IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC YOU'RE LISTENING TO MARY GOETZ
• 23:57 AND ITS BEEN A BLESSING TO HAVE HIM IN THE STUDIO HEARING HIS MUSIC.
• 24:01 THEY USED TO ASK ZOLA WHERE HE GOT HIS IDEAS
• 24:05 AND ZOLA WOULD SAY,
• 24:07 "I'M JUST A STENOGRAPHER FOR GOD."
• 24:09 WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS?
• 24:11 I WISH I HAD SOMETHING
• 24:12 THAT ORIGINAL TO SAY.
• 24:13 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY
• 24:15 I SANG IN THE CANTOR'S CLUB AT OUR TEMPLE.
• 24:18 OH MY GOODNESS THAT'S...
• 24:20 WE HAD AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CANTOR.
• 24:21 HE'S THE SINGER IN THE SYNAGOGUE,
• 24:23 FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW,
• 24:24 AND HE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS THAT FOR HIM
• 24:28 AND I WAS ONE OF THE KIDS WHO SANG
• 24:30 AND ONE OF THE LOWER SOLOISTS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE.
• 24:32 SO I LEARNED TO SING IN HEBREW.
• 24:34 AND IN HEBREW YOU WOULD SING FROM THE BOOK,
• 24:37 THE PRAYER BOOK, WHICH HAD A LOT OF SONGS IN IT
• 24:39 SO WHEN I BECAME A BELIEVER AND I OPENED THE PSALMS
• 24:42 I RECOGNIZED PSALM 23.
• 24:44 AND OF COURSE I RECOGNIZED THAT
• 24:46 BUT I ALSO VAGUELY COULD...
• 24:48 IN THE PRAYER BOOK THEY WOULD SAY SOME OTHER SONGS.
• 24:51 SO I JUST SAT AND BEGAN TO WRITE MUSIC TO THE SCRIPTURES.
• 24:56 AND I WOULD SAY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT CLEVER TO SAY ABOUT IT
• 25:00 BUT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD ABOUT THE SAME THING
• 25:02 THAT THE WORD OF GOD HAS MUSIC IN IT AND IT SPEAKS TO YOU.
• 25:06 AND IT DOES
• 25:07 AND MELODY COMES FROM THAT >>IT DOES
• 25:09 AND SOMEHOW IT JUST ALL WORKS, PRAISE THE LORD.
• 25:11 THANK GOODNESS. >>AMEN
• 25:12 HOW ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?
• 25:14 BUT THE PSALM 124 IS ONE OF THOSE...
• 25:17 "ANTIPHONAL"
• 25:18 ANTIPHONAL PSALMS...
• 25:20 SEE I'M FROM THE SOUTH...
• 25:21 I WANT TO SAY IT A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY >>ANTI-PHONAL
• 25:22 ANTI-PHONAL >>THAT'S RIGHT
• 25:23 I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY
• 25:24 BUT I'D LIKE TO READ THAT AGAIN...
• 25:25 ABSOLUTELY >>THERE'S ONLY 3 IN HERE...
• 25:27 121...124... AND PSALM 129.
• 25:29 AND I HAVE MY NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
• 25:30 YOU DO?
• 25:31 I JUST HAVE MY OLD KING JAMES >>OKAY
• 25:33 ALRIGHT, I'LL START >>ALRIGHT
• 25:35 "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE"
• 25:38 "NOW MAY ISRAEL SAY"
• 25:39 "IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE"
• 25:41 "WHEN MEN ROSE UP AGAINST US"
• 25:43 "THEN THEY WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED US UP ALIVE"
• 25:46 "WHEN THEIR WRATH WAS KINDLED AGAINST US."
• 25:49 "THEN THE WATERS HAD OVERWHELMED US,"
• 25:51 "THE STREAM HAD GONE OVER OUR SOUL."
• 25:53 "THEN THE SWOLLEN WATERS WOULD HAVE GONE OVER OUR SOUL."
• 25:57 "BLESSED BE THE LORD WHO HATH GIVEN US AS PREY TO THEIR TEETH."
• 26:01 "AND OUR SOUL HAS ESCAPED AS BIRD FROM THE SNARE OF THE FOWLERS."
• 26:06 "THE SNARE IS BROKEN AND WE HAVE ESCAPED" >>"AND WE HAVE ESCAPED"
• 26:09 "OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD"
• 26:11 "WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH"
• 26:13 AMEN
• 26:14 CAN'T YOU SEE PEOPLE SAYING THIS BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER?
• 26:16 I CAN...I CAN HEAR IT.
• 26:17 AND HOW ENCOURAGING AND HOW UPLIFTING THAT MUST BE.
• 26:22 WE SHOULD DO THAT THESE DAYS.
• 26:23 I LOVE IT >>THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO
• 26:25 I THINK WE SHOULD JUST FORM A LITTLE PARADE
• 26:26 AND JUST KIND OF DO OUR OWN PSALMS.
• 26:28 I THINK SO...
• 26:29 AN ANTIPHONAL PARADE
• 26:30 OH WELL OKAY THAT'S...
• 26:31 BUT WHATEVER THAT WORD IS... I LOVE IT
• 26:33 SO YOU'LL BE BACK WITH US... WE'LL HAVE MORE MUSIC. >>GREAT
• 26:34 IT WILL BE GREAT
• 26:35 JOIN US NEXT WEEK...
• 26:36 WE'LL BE IN PSALMS 126, 127.
• 26:39 GOD BLESS YOU,
• 26:40 AND SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
• 26:42 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM