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Episode: “God Rewards the Righteous”
God enjoys using irony to give the wicked and the righteous their just deserts. While they are in progress, God’s ways are often mysterious to us, but we see the eventual triumph of the righteous—then as now.
Series: “Esther”
For Such A Time As This
The Book of Esther is one of the Jewish people’s favorites. In this eight-program television series, Dr. Jeffrey Seif explains its details, and points out that, like Esther herself, we Believers may be alive for such a time as this.

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Caption transcript for Esther: “God Rewards the Righteous” (5/8)

  • 00:22 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
  • 00:26 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
  • 00:31 ♪AND A NATION WILL BE FORMED OUT OF HIM♪
  • 00:35 ♪YEAH AND A PEOPLE WILL BE BORN OUT OF HIM♪
  • 00:40 ♪OUT OF ZION...ZION♪
  • 00:44 ♪COMES YOUR SALVATION♪
  • 00:55 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
  • 00:57 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
  • 00:58 PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN
  • 00:59 TO ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS,
  • 01:01 PRESENTING THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
  • 01:03 WHAT A STORY!
  • 01:05 WHAT A QUEEN!
  • 01:06 WE'LL LOOK AT ESTHER,
  • 01:07 WE'LL CONSIDER MORDECAI
  • 01:09 WHO PROMPTED HER TO GO ON THE QUEST TO WIN A PAGENT AND WIN A KING'S HEART.
  • 01:14 WE'LL LOOK AT THAT KING XERXES AND THE EVIL, EVIL HAMAN.
  • 01:19 OFF WE GO TO A FASCINATING STORY.
  • 01:22 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS...
  • 01:24 IT'S A GOOD ONE.
  • 02:17 THE NAZIS WHO MANNED
  • 02:19 THE "STURMGESCHUTZ"
  • 02:20 CONSIDERED THEMSELVES
  • 02:22 TO BE QUITE FORTUNATE
  • 02:23 AS DID THOSE THAT MANNED
  • 02:25 THE "PANZERS" BEHIND ME
  • 02:26 AND THE REASON WHY
  • 02:28 IS BECAUSE THIS TANK ALONE,
  • 02:29 5,000 OF WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED BY THE NAZIS,
  • 02:32 THIS TANK KNOCKED OUT 20,000 VEHICLES IN THE EASTERN FRONT ALONE.
  • 02:36 SO DISCONCERTED WAS STALIN THAT HE CALLED IN HIS GENERAL AND HAD HIM EXECUTED
  • 02:41 BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS.
  • 02:43 I CAN ASSURE YOU THOSE THAT WERE INSIDE;
  • 02:46 THEY SLEPT COMFORTABLY KNOWING THEY WERE IN A WINNER.
  • 02:50 AND THOSE THAT WERE STARING DOWN THIS NOZZLE,
  • 02:53 THEY KNEW THEY WERE IN TROUBLE AND DIDN'T SLEEP WELL AT ALL.
  • 02:56 AND SPEAKING OF SLEEP,
  • 02:58 OUR STORY TODAY IS PLAYED OUT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SOMEONE THAT HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING.
  • 03:04 YOU MIGHT RECALL THE STORY IN THE 6TH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
  • 03:09 INTERESTINGLY, PROVIDENTIALLY, XERXES JUST COULDN'T GET TO BED
  • 03:14 AND WHAT HE DID IS HE CALLED FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND READ
  • 03:18 AND HELP HIM TO EXPLORE IF THERE IS ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  • 03:22 AND HE WAS REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT SOMETIME PRIOR THERE WAS A PLOT AGAINST HIS LIFE
  • 03:27 AND THERE WAS A JEW NAMED MORDECAI WHO WAS GIVEN TO HELPING HIM.
  • 03:31 XERXES ASKED A REASONABLY GOOD QUESTION THAT I WANT TO EXPLORE WITH YOU
  • 03:35 AS WE LOOK FIRST AT THE BIBLICAL TEXT IN MY VERSION WHICH IS A HEBREW VERSION,
  • 03:38 WE READ,
  • 04:00 "FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THIS?"
  • 04:02 "FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME?"
  • 04:03 IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE JUST AS YESTERDAY
  • 04:05 THERE ARE FORCES UNLEASHED FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
  • 04:10 AND INDEED IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
  • 04:12 THAT WAS WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT OF WAR RIGHT HERE.
  • 04:16 IN A WORLD TODAY AS YESTERDAY PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE QUESTION
  • 04:20 "HOW CAN WE DESTROY THE JEWS?"
  • 04:22 ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT SOMEONE IS ALIGHTING UPON THE QUESTION
  • 04:26 "WHAT CAN I DO TO BLESS A JEW?"
  • 04:30 AND LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
  • 04:31 IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE JEWS HAVE MADE SO MANY CONTRIBUTIONS JUST LIKE MORDECAI YESTERDAY...
  • 04:38 TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS XERXES OWED HIS LIFE TO MORDECAI...
  • 04:42 AND IN SO MANY WAYS I BELIEVE THERE'S SUCH A DEBT THAT'S OWED THE JEWISH PEOPLE TODAY...
  • 04:47 MEDICINE, ECONOMICS,
  • 04:50 VARIOUS KINDS OF DEVICES THAT ARE MANUFACTURED IN MODERNITY,
  • 04:56 PHARMACEUTICALS...
  • 04:59 NEVER MIND THE FACT THAT BIBLICAL LITERATURE,
  • 05:01 VALUE, VISION, VIRTUE,
  • 05:03 COMES THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS DOES THE MESSIAH HIMSELF.
  • 05:07 THERE'S SO MUCH THERE THAT'S COMING THROUGH FOR YOU,
  • 05:10 LET ME ASK YOU THE QUESTION,
  • 05:11 IS THERE SOME BUSINESS THAT'S OUTSTANDING?
  • 05:14 MIGHT YOU YOURSELF CONSIDER WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BLESS THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
  • 05:20 I'VE BEEN COMING TO YOU FROM ISRAEL RIGHT NOW
  • 05:23 AND INDEED ISRAEL NEEDS YOUR HELP.
  • 05:26 THOSE OF US ENGAGED IN TRYING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JEW,
  • 05:29 TRYING TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL,
  • 05:31 TRYING TO SHOW THE BIBLE FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE...
  • 05:34 WE NEED HELP TOO.
  • 05:36 PLEASE CAREFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY BE LIKE WE FIND IN THE TEXT HERE
  • 05:40 WHERE SOMEONE IS ASKING THE QUESTION
  • 05:41 "HOW CAN I BLESS THOSE PEOPLE?"
  • 05:43 I HOPE YOU'LL PRAY ABOUT IT
  • 05:45 AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED IN RETURN FOR SO DOING.
  • 06:32 EVERY MAN WANTS TO BE HONORED.
  • 06:36 BUT NOT EVERY MAN DESERVES IT.
  • 06:40 TO BE SURE, THOSE WHO FOUGHT UNDER THE BANNER OF THAT FLAG BEHIND ME TO THE MAN DESERVED IT
  • 06:47 AND WHY IS THAT?
  • 06:49 BECAUSE THAT FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF THOSE WHO REFUSED TO BEND,
  • 06:54 TO THE MAN THEY FOUGHT AND HELD OFF EGYPTIAN ENCROACHMENT.
  • 06:59 AND GOODNESS, TODAY AS YESTERDAY
  • 07:01 THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AMINDED TO ENCROACH UPON JEWISH REAL ESTATE
  • 07:06 AND TO LOOK TO SLIT THE THROATS OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
  • 07:11 AND SIMILARLY TODAY AS YESTERDAY, GOD RAISES UP DELIVERANCE.
  • 07:16 THAT FLAG BEHIND ME IS THE SYMBOL OF DELIVERANCE.
  • 07:20 AND ISN'T IT INTERESTING WE HAVE A STAR ON THE ONE HAND
  • 07:23 AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLUE STRIPES AND THE WHITE ON THE OTHER?
  • 07:27 WHEN I THINK OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER, THERE'S "ESTHER", WHICH IS A WORD MEANING "STAR"
  • 07:31 AND WHEN MORDECAI WAS HONORED LATER ON IN THE 8TH CHAPTER, VERSE 15,
  • 07:35 HE'S ADORNED IN BLUE AND WHITE.
  • 07:39 AND HERE WE HAVE THE STAR AND THE ADORNMENT IN BLUE AND WHITE
  • 07:43 TO REMIND US OF SALVATION FOR A PEOPLE TODAY.
  • 07:48 YESTERDAY, AND I'M LOOKING NOW IN THE 6TH CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER,
  • 07:53 YOU CAN RECALL HOW THERE'S A KING XERXES WHO CAN'T SLEEP AND HE BECKONS FOR RECORDS
  • 07:59 AND DISCOVERS THERE WAS A JEW NAMED MORDECAI WHO HAD SAVED HIS LIFE.
  • 08:04 HAMAN WAS IN PROXIMITY TO HIM SO HE INQUIRED OF HAMAN WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE TO THE MAN,
  • 08:09 IN RESPONSE TO WHICH HAMAN THINKING IT WAS HIM SAID,
  • 08:12 "WELL, DECK HIM OUT IN ROYAL REGALIA AND PARADE HIM ABOUT"
  • 08:15 "AND LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT MAN IS TO BE HONORED."
  • 08:19 "GOOD IDEA" SAYS XERXES,
  • 08:21 "YOU DRIVE HIM AROUND".
  • 08:25 GOODNESS WE'RE TOLD,
  • 08:26 AND I'M LOOKING HERE IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 11,
  • 08:34 HAMAN TAKES MORDECAI,
  • 08:36 PUTS HIM ON THE HORSE,
  • 08:37 DECKS HIM OUT
  • 08:39 AND HE LEADS THE HORSE AROUND THROUGH THE CITY.
  • 08:41 WE'RE TOLD HERE,
  • 09:03 LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING PROPHETIC IN THAT
  • 09:06 AND THAT IS THAT GOD HAS A WAY OF ELEVATING
  • 09:09 EVEN IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING TO DESTROY.
  • 09:15 WITH ALL THE FORCES OF HELL UNLEASHED AGAINST MORDECAI,
  • 09:19 UNLEASHED AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
  • 09:21 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE HAND WAS STAYED.
  • 09:25 IT'S FASCINATING PRINCIPALLY
  • 09:26 BECAUSE ESTHER IS GOING TO STAND UP AND BE THE HEROINE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THAT
  • 09:31 AND GOD'S GOING TO USE HER.
  • 09:32 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION,
  • 09:35 "COULD YOU YOURSELF THINK OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN TAKE A STAND FOR GOD'S WILL, HIS WAYS, HIS PURPOSES AND HIS PEOPLE?"
  • 09:42 IF YOU'RE MINDED TO DO THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU TODAY
  • 09:46 LIKE MORDECAI YESTERDAY WILL HAVE YOUR REWARD.
  • 09:52 WE'RE TOLD IN THE BOOK "BERESHEET"... "GENESIS" CHAPTER 12
  • 10:01 BE A BLESSING TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND COUNT YOURSELF THEN AMONG THOSE WHOM THE LORD IS DESTINED TO HONOR.
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  • 11:03 IT'S BEEN A GOOD SEASON.
  • 11:05 PLENTIFUL RAIN
  • 11:06 AND NOW THE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH THE WARMTH OF THE SUN.
  • 11:10 SOON WE WILL SEE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
  • 11:14 I AM JOSHUA AND THIS IS MY LAND.
  • 11:18 IT IS RICH AND FERTILE,
  • 11:20 BLESSED BY HASHEM.
  • 11:22 MANY YEARS AGO ABRAHAM JOURNEYED ACROSS THE ROADS THAT ENCOMPASSED THESE VERY FIELDS
  • 11:28 AND GOD PROMISED HIM THAT ONE DAY HIS SEED WOULD INHERIT THIS VERY LAND.
  • 11:37 COME SEE FOR YOURSELF THIS MIRACLE OF LIFE.
  • 11:41 WALK THE LAND OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
  • 11:45 WITNESS WITH ME THIS MAGNIFICENT LAND OF PROMISE.
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  • 12:05 I AM SO HAPPY THAT THE WHOLE OF THE ISRAELI TOUR INDUSTRY IS COMING TO LIFE.
  • 12:11 IF YOU COME WITH US TO ISRAEL
  • 12:13 YOU'LL COME TO LIFE ALONG WITH IT.
  • 12:16 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING.
  • 12:19 HOW ABOUT YOU?
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  • 12:24 IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT IT
  • 12:25 AND LET'S GET THE BALL ROLLING.
  • 12:28 NOT EVERYONE CAN GO TO ISRAEL.
  • 12:30 WE LOVE BRINGING IT TO YOU.
  • 12:32 THE OFFER IN THIS PROGRAM WILL BE COMING UP LATER...
  • 12:35 "AN ISRAELI LOVE STORY"
  • 12:37 WRITTEN BY MY PREDECESSOR,
  • 12:39 THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT.
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  • 13:01 YOU CAN SHARE YOUR FAITH,
  • 13:03 TELL THE STORY.
  • 13:04 HERE I HAVE MY FLAG OF ISRAEL.
  • 13:06 WE HAVE OTHER BUTTONS AS WELL...
  • 13:08 A GOOD ONE "PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM"...
  • 13:11 LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
  • 13:13 "CHAI" IN HEBREW MEANS "TO LIFE"...
  • 13:15 SIMILARLY SHALOM...
  • 13:17 YOU'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
  • 13:20 WELL YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS BEFORE RELATED TO THE BIBLE.
  • 13:22 DO YOU KNOW THAT ONCE UPON A TIME WICKED HAMAN WAS ASKED THE QUESTION BY THE KING,
  • 13:27 "WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO THE ONE THAT THE KING WISHES TO HONOR?"
  • 13:30 HE THOUGHT IT WAS HIM
  • 13:32 BUT GOODNESS WAS HE SURPRISED.
  • 14:41 WORKS FOR ME...
  • 14:43 LET'S GET THIS RIGHT...
  • 14:44 HAMAN'S COUNSELORS AND WIFE
  • 14:47 TELL HIM,
  • 14:48 "HEY LISTEN HAMAN"
  • 14:50 "IF THAT GUY'S A JEW"
  • 14:53 "THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE BETTER OF HIM".
  • 14:58 WELL I LIKE THAT.
  • 15:00 THAT'S "CHAKIM"...
  • 15:01 THAT'S SMARTS...
  • 15:03 AND THAT BY THE WAY IS SO VERY TRUE.
  • 15:07 I'M COMING TO YOU
  • 15:07 FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES HERE
  • 15:09 AND THESE HILLS HAVE SEEN MANY ARMIES.
  • 15:14 THIS GRASS, THESE FLOWERS ROUND ABOUT ME
  • 15:18 HAVE FELT THE TRAMPLING OF BOOTS OF MANY EMPIRES
  • 15:24 THAT MADE THEIR WAY INTO THIS PART OF THE WORLD
  • 15:26 ONLY TO EVENTUALLY BE SENT BACK IN RETREAT.
  • 15:32 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL LIVE.
  • 15:35 IN THE LIVING WORD, IN THE SCRIPTURE,
  • 15:38 WE'RE TOLD IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 13,
  • 16:00 ...WAS THE PROPHETIC WORD.
  • 16:03 WHAT'S TRUE HERE
  • 16:06 IS TRUE HERE
  • 16:08 AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE SCRIPTURE
  • 16:11 BUT ELSEWHERE AS WELL.
  • 16:13 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
  • 16:15 "NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU"
  • 16:17 "SHALL PROSPER" IN ISAIAH.
  • 16:20 IN GENESIS THE WORD IS "I WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS YOU AND I WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE YOU."
  • 16:26 SEEMS TO ME THAT HAMAN'S ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE EQUATION WHICH REMINDS ME...
  • 16:35 I THINK THAT WE DO WELL TO PLACE OURSELVES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOD'S LOGIC
  • 16:43 AS OPPOSED TO BEING ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE LEDGER...
  • 16:46 IT WILL ONLY TURN AGAINST US.
  • 16:50 WELL HAMAN WAS JUST FIT TO BE TIED...
  • 16:53 HE WAS BRATTY, SPOILED; DISCONCERTED, MOODY THAT MORDECAI SHOULD FARE WELL.
  • 17:00 THERE ARE MANY IN THE WORLD TODAY SIMILARLY
  • 17:03 WHO JUST DON'T LIKE TO SEE JEWS HAVE SUCCESS
  • 17:07 AND ARE JUST ENRAGED AGAINST THEM TRYING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
  • 17:12 SO MUCH FOR THE BAD NEWS
  • 17:14 AS I'VE SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT,
  • 17:18 GOD HAS PROMISED THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM HAVE DESTINY WRITTEN ALL OVER THEM
  • 17:24 AND SO IT IS THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO DESTROY THEM
  • 17:28 WILL THEMSELVES COME TO AN INGLORIOUS END.
  • 17:38 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH♪
  • 17:41 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH♪
  • 17:46 ♪WHOAHH...WHOAHH..YEAHHH♪
  • 17:51 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN DOIN'?♪
  • 17:54 ♪DID YA KNOW THAT THROUGH YOU I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS?♪
  • 17:59 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
  • 18:02 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THROUGH YOU I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS?♪
  • 18:08 ♪OH I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS♪
  • 18:13 ♪YES, I WILL BLESS MY PEOPLE♪
  • 18:16 ♪OH I WILL BLESS THE NATIONS♪
  • 18:21 ♪YES I.....♪
  • 18:24 ♪YES I.....♪
  • 18:27 ♪.....HEY!♪
  • 18:30 ♪WHOAA...WHOAA♪
  • 18:32 ♪WHOAAAA...♪
  • 18:34 ♪WHOAA...WHOAA♪
  • 18:38 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
  • 18:41 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I...♪
  • 18:43 ♪HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
  • 18:45 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WHATCHA BEEN THINKING?♪
  • 18:49 ♪DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I...♪
  • 18:51 ♪HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
  • 18:53 ♪AND THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN ME♪
  • 18:57 ♪OH I WILL BRING YOU THROUGH IT♪
  • 19:01 ♪SO OTHERS WILL SEE ME♪
  • 19:05 ♪WILL SEE AND KNOW ME♪
  • 19:09 ♪WILL SEE AND...♪
  • 19:12 ♪KNOW ME♪
  • 19:15 ♪THOUGH ALL I REQUIRE IS ONE WHO WILL LISTEN♪
  • 19:19 ♪A HEART THAT IS TRUSTED IN MY HANDS♪
  • 19:23 ♪SOMEONE TO ACT UPON MY CALL♪
  • 19:28 ♪WHOAAA...♪
  • 19:30 ♪AND ALL I DESIRE IS ONE WHO WILL LEAD THEM♪
  • 19:35 ♪LEAD THEM HOME....♪
  • 19:38 ♪WHO WILL ANSWER ME?♪
  • 19:42 ♪HEY THERE...WHOAAA...WHOAAA♪
  • 19:45 ♪OHH...OHHHHH...OH...OH...OH♪
  • 19:49 ♪WHO WILL ANSWER...YEAHHH♪
  • 19:54 ♪WHO WILL LISTEN...♪
  • 19:55 ♪LISTEN TO MY CALL♪
  • 19:59 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS WATCHA BEEN DOIN?♪
  • 20:02 ♪CAN'T YOU SEE THAT IT'S ME♪
  • 20:04 ♪WHO'S MOVING YOUR HEART♪
  • 20:07 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS OH WHATCHA BEEN DOIN'?♪
  • 20:10 ♪CAN'T YOU SEE THAT IT'S ME WHO'S MOVING YOUR HEART?♪
  • 20:14 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
  • 20:17 ♪WHOAAA♪
  • 20:19 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
  • 20:21 ♪WHOAAA♪
  • 20:23 ♪HEY THERE, CYRUS♪
  • 20:25 ♪I'VE CALLED YOU BY NAME♪
  • 20:26 ♪YEAH...YEAH...♪
  • 20:29 ♪CAN YOU HEAR THE CALL?♪
  • 20:31 ♪CAN YOU HEAR ME CALL YOU BY NAME? ♪
  • 20:37 WHAT A YOUNG LADY THAT SHARON WILBUR.
  • 20:40 AND GUESS WHAT?
  • 20:42 WE HAVE HER HERE!
  • 20:43 SHARON, HELLO... HELLO...HELLO >>HEY...
  • 20:45 GOOD TO BE HERE.
  • 20:46 FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
  • 20:47 AND KNOWING YOU FOR THE LONGEST... >>YES
  • 20:49 JUST LOVE YOUR MINISTRY. >>THANK YOU
  • 20:51 YOU WROTE THAT SONG DIDN'T YOU? >>HMMHMM
  • 20:53 "HEY THERE, CYRUS" >>"HEY THERE, CYRUS"
  • 20:54 WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
  • 20:55 YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
  • 20:56 JUST A CATCHY PHRASE
  • 20:58 SOME PEOPLE HEAR THAT
  • 20:59 AND THEY WONDER,
  • 20:59 "WHAT IS THIS SONG ABOUT?"
  • 21:01 AND WHEN I CAME UPON THE STORY OF CYRUS IN THE SCRIPTURES
  • 21:03 I WAS SO TAKEN BACK BY IT FOR MANY REASONS.
  • 21:06 YOU KNOW ITS NOT ONE YOU GENERALLY HEAR GROWING UP...
  • 21:08 KING DAVID OR STORIES LIKE QUEEN ESTHER...
  • 21:10 BUT WHAT I WAS SO MOVED BY
  • 21:12 WAS THE FACT THAT GOD CHOSE THIS PERSIAN KING
  • 21:15 TO REBUILD HIS TEMPLE FOR THE JEWS.
  • 21:17 YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME
  • 21:18 THEY WERE DISPERSED ALL OVER THE REGION.
  • 21:20 THEY WERE LIVING IN THE DIASPORA
  • 21:22 AND GOD DECIDED "I WANT MY TEMPLE REBUILT"
  • 21:25 AND HE CHOSE THIS PERSIAN KING...
  • 21:26 IT WAS AMAZING.
  • 21:27 AND I LIKE THAT SONG NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ABOUT PERSIA
  • 21:30 AND SEEING THAT THE LORD DOESN'T JUST WORK THROUGH PREACHERS AND RABBIS, WHATEVER,
  • 21:34 HE'S WORKING THROUGH MONARCHS
  • 21:36 AND THROUGH A WOMAN THAT YOU REMIND ME OF...
  • 21:39 ESTHER...CAUSE YOU'RE A PRINCESS... >>OH THANK YOU...THANK YOU
  • 21:41 LOOK AT YOU... >>YOU'RE SO SWEET
  • 21:42 GOD'S USING REGULAR PEOPLE...
  • 21:44 RAISING THEM UP FOR DIFFERENT STUFF.
  • 21:46 HOW DOES THAT HIT YOU?
  • 21:47 IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING
  • 21:49 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GOD MAYBE PUTS A BURDEN ON YOUR HEART
  • 21:52 FOR A CERTAIN PEOPLE GROUP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
  • 21:55 A LOT OF TIMES YOU FEEL UNDERQUALIFIED
  • 21:57 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
  • 21:59 GOD DOESN'T CALL THE ONES WHO MAY BE IN OUR MINDS THE MOST QUALIFIED...
  • 22:02 YOU KNOW HE CALLS THE ONES THAT HE CAN USE
  • 22:04 THAT HAVE A HEART AFTER HIS HEART.
  • 22:05 AND THAT'S WHAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE...THE STORY OF KING CYRUS.
  • 22:09 KING CYRUS WASN'T EVEN FOLLOWING GOD
  • 22:11 BUT GOD CHOSE HIM
  • 22:12 AND HE SAW THAT HIS HEART WAS MOLDABLE AND WAS OBEDIENT
  • 22:17 AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
  • 22:18 AND THE LORD JUST RAISED HIM UP
  • 22:19 EXACTLY
  • 22:20 NOW THE LORD RAISES UP PEOPLE...
  • 22:21 DID YOU EVER THINK...
  • 22:22 NOW WHEN I THINK OF YOUR BACKGROUND...
  • 22:24 YOU WERE THERE... A SEMI-FINALIST WITH AMERICAN IDOL.
  • 22:28 YOU'RE ALL ABOUT MUSIC
  • 22:32 DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE THE LORD IS RAISING YOU UP A LITTLE BIT?
  • 22:34 YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S PREPARING ME FOR...
  • 22:36 I KNOW IT'S FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
  • 22:38 BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING,
  • 22:41 WHERE HE'S TAKING ME,
  • 22:43 BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO REMAIN FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE
  • 22:45 AND JUST FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
  • 22:46 WHICH REMINDS ME,
  • 22:48 WHEN WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS TELEVISION SERIES
  • 22:51 "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"
  • 22:53 I SAID LET ME GET SHARON WILBUR.
  • 22:55 WELL THANK YOU...
  • 22:56 I'M HONORED.
  • 22:57 YEAH AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE FROM YOU.
  • 22:59 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ZOLA LEVITT WHO REMINDS US
  • 23:02 THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARD THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
  • 23:07 NOT EVERYBODY IS.
  • 23:09 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LORD AND I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU.
  • 23:13 LET'S HEAR HOW ZOLA LEVITT WEIGHS IN.
  • 23:19 WHY NOT?
  • 23:20 GOD CHOSE THEM AT THE BEGINNING
  • 23:21 WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT
  • 23:22 OR WHETHER THE NAZIS LIKE THEM OR NOT,
  • 23:24 DOES NOT AFFECT GOD'S CHOICE.
  • 23:26 IN FACT, I RATHER THINK THE NAZIS PICKED THEM OUT AS INFERIOR,
  • 23:30 WHICH OF COURSE THEY WERE NOT,
  • 23:31 BECAUSE OF SATAN,
  • 23:33 BECAUSE OF GOD'S ENEMY.
  • 23:35 IN AFFECT, WHEN GOD CHOOSES A PEOPLE THE DEVIL SAYS, "I CHOOSE THEM TOO".
  • 23:38 THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOB HAS THIS DIALOGUE
  • 23:41 BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN
  • 23:42 OVER THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JOB.
  • 23:45 SATAN DOUBTS IT...
  • 23:46 GOD SAYS,
  • 23:47 "IF YOU THINK HE'LL CURSE ME YOU DON'T KNOW JOB".
  • 23:49 AND THEY HAVE AT JOB
  • 23:51 AND JOB GETS PUNISHED
  • 23:52 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
  • 23:54 THEY LIVED THAT STORY OF JOB,
  • 23:56 IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH STORY TO...
  • 23:59 I WOULDN'T LIKE TO ACT IN THAT PLAY
  • 24:01 AND I WASN'T IN THE HOLOCAUST
  • 24:03 BUT I'M A JEW AND I GET THREATS
  • 24:05 AND I GET ANTI-SEMITISM ON ALL SIDES.
  • 24:09 WELL THOSE ARE SOME SOBER THOUGHTS FROM ZOLA.
  • 24:12 SHARON WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM,
  • 24:16 PEOPLE HATE JEWS,
  • 24:18 AND THEN THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT LOVE JEWS.
  • 24:20 HOW DO YOU CONSTRUE ALL OF THAT?
  • 24:22 I THINK THROUGHOUT HISTORY IT SEEMS
  • 24:25 THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS
  • 24:26 WHERE THE HATRED OF THE JEWS AND THE ANTI-SEMITISM
  • 24:28 HAS JUST GROWN TO A HEIGHTENED LEVEL
  • 24:31 AND I'M ALWAYS SO ENCOURAGED
  • 24:33 WHEN I MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HEART FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE
  • 24:35 BECAUSE ITS NOT ABOUT HAVING A PASSION
  • 24:37 OR A BURDEN FOR A PEOPLE GROUP
  • 24:41 BUT ITS REALLY HAVING A BURDEN FOR GOD'S HEART.
  • 24:43 THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
  • 24:44 THEY'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
  • 24:45 AND SO WHEN THERE'S PEOPLE
  • 24:47 THAT COME AROUND US
  • 24:48 AND SUPPORT US IT JUST...
  • 24:49 THERE'S A CERTAIN UNITY THAT COMES WITH THAT
  • 24:51 IN A STRENGTH
  • 24:52 AND ITS REALLY ENCOURAGING.
  • 24:55 SOME PEOPLE SAY... AND WITH GOOD REASON
  • 24:58 THAT SOMETIMES JEWISH PEOPLE CAN READ THE BIBLE
  • 25:00 AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE SEEING JESUS.
  • 25:02 OKAY...JESUS PEOPLE READ THE BIBLE
  • 25:05 AND THEY HAVE TROUBLE SEEING JEWS
  • 25:07 AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S THE MANDATE TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH PEOPLE
  • 25:11 IS JUST SO EVERYWHERE IN THE LITERATURE...
  • 25:13 THERE'S GOT TO BE A BLINDNESS THERE.
  • 25:15 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
  • 25:16 I AGREE WITH YOU.
  • 25:17 I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE PAST AND TRIED TO SHOW THEM THIS...
  • 25:20 YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO JUST...
  • 25:22 "I DON'T KNOW WHY I SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE...
  • 25:23 "WE'RE THE NEW JEWS AND GOD HAS FINISHED WITH THEM" AND ALL THAT.
  • 25:27 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN READ PASSAGES
  • 25:30 JUST OF THE PROPHECIES OF GOD'S BLESSING...
  • 25:33 YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT JEREMIAH AND THE BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS...
  • 25:36 GOD IS DECREEING THESE BLESSINGS AND THESE PROMISES
  • 25:40 TO THESE PEOPLE FOREVER AND EVER
  • 25:42 FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
  • 25:44 IT DOESN'T SAY,
  • 25:45 "UNTIL THE NEXT GROUP TAKES OVER AS THE NEW CHOSEN PEOPLE".
  • 25:48 SO I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING
  • 25:51 HOW PEOPLE CANNOT SEE THAT.
  • 25:54 SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
  • 25:55 THINKING THAT AMERICA IS STEPPING BACK FROM STANDING BEHIND ISRAEL
  • 25:58 AND WE'RE CONCERNED
  • 26:00 THAT OUR CULTURE MIGHT ABSORB SOME CONSEQUENCES.
  • 26:02 IT'S A SCAREY THING
  • 26:04 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN,
  • 26:06 I DON'T KNOW WHAT...
  • 26:08 ITS HARD TO KNOW...
  • 26:10 HOW HISTORY HAS GONE...
  • 26:11 THINGS THAT CAN TURN IN A BLINK OF AN EYE
  • 26:14 AND WE JUST HAVE TO PRAY THAT OUR COUNTRY STANDS BEHIND ISRAEL...
  • 26:16 CONTINUES TO DO THAT.
  • 26:17 AND THE WICKED ARE GOING TO GET THEIR JUST DESERVE TOO.
  • 26:20 THAT'S TRUE...
  • 26:21 JUDGMENT WILL COME
  • 26:23 YEAH...WE KNOW THE ENDING
  • 26:24 SO WE CAN REST ASSURED.
  • 26:26 SPEAKING OF ENDING...
  • 26:27 BEFORE WE END NOW...
  • 26:29 NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WICKED HAMAN GETS HIS JUST DESERVE.
  • 26:35 DON'T WAIT TIL NEXT WEEK TO CHECK US OUT.
  • 26:37 IF YOU WILL...
  • 26:38 WE'RE THERE ON YOUTUBE,
  • 26:39 FACEBOOK,
  • 26:40 YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE SCREEN...
  • 26:42 GO WITH US ON THE JOURNEY PLEASE.
  • 26:43 THANK YOU,
  • 26:44 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
  • 26:45 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
  • 26:47 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

Episodes in this series

  1. Beautiful Inside and Out
  2. Chosen for a Purpose
  3. Called to be Courageous
  4. Undone by a Woman
  5. God Rewards the Righteous
  6. Justice at Last!
  7. Fight We Must!
  8. The Triumph of God in Human History

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