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Episode: “Messianic Voices”

From the Future Congress 2 prophecy conference, four Messianic leaders give personal testimonies: Robin Rose through the Jesus generation in the 1970s, Geoff Cohen growing up Orthodox in South Africa, Aharon Mendez being prayed for by believing parents, and Todd Baker moving from atheism to search for truth.

Series: “Future Congress 2”

Katharine and Myles joined a gathering in Dallas comprising Hal Lindsey, the late Jack Kinsella, Bill Koenig, and other key teachers on prophecy. Experience amazing testimonies, teachings, interviews, and roundtables with Messianic leaders.

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Caption transcript for Future Congress 2: “Messianic Voices” (6/7)

00:02 (Voice of Dr.Todd Baker)
00:04 THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAITH IS NOT AFRAID OF INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS WITH THE CRITICAL MIND. IT'S NOT.
00:10 SO IF THEY'RE OPEN TO THE EVIDENCE
00:12 THEY WILL SEE IT AS TRUE AND THEY'LL COME TO FAITH JUST LIKE MANY SKEPTICS.
00:16 I MEAN I WAS A FORMER ATHEIST WHEN I CAME TO FAITH.
00:19 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SEEKING TRUTH GOD'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK.I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
00:25 HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH
00:27 AND THE TRUTH IS THE ONE WHO SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."
01:12 SHALOM AND WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.I'M MYLES WEISS.
01:14 AND I'M KATHARINE WEISS
01:16 AND WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR PROGRAM TODAY.
01:18 WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SEVERAL MESSIANICS
01:21 ABOUT HOW THEY CAME TO SAVING FAITH.
01:23 YES.EXACTLY.
01:25 IT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK ALL THE TIME.
01:27 ON THE ONE HAND IF JEWISH PEOPLE GAVE US THE BIBLE HOW COME MORE OF THEM DON'T SEE JESUS?
01:31 ON THE OTHER HAND, DO THEY BECOME GENTILES WHEN THEY BECOME BELIEVERS IN YESHUA
01:36 AND THAT'S THE QUESTION WE ASK AS JEWS.
01:38 I THINK BACK TO ACTS 15, ONE OF THE FIRST DOCTRINAL ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE SETTLED
01:42 WAS CAN THE GENTILES COME INTO FAITH OF YESHUA
01:45 BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A JEWISH THING.
01:48 IT WAS CONSIDERED A SECT OF JUDAISM.
01:50 AND YET THEY SETTLED THAT ISSUE THAT GENTILES COULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE FAITH
01:55 BUT NOW AT THE END OF THE AGE IT'S THE OPPOSITE ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH
01:59 WHICH IS CAN JEWS COME TO FAITH IN JESUS.
02:02 CAN THAT HAPPEN AND THEY STILL RETAIN THEIR JEWISH IDENTITIES.
02:05 AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING OF THIS PROGRAM.
02:08 YES
02:10 VERY CLEARLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE FOR MANY YEARS THAT, YES,
02:13 JEWS CAN COME TO SAVING FAITH AND REMAIN AS A JEW.
02:17 YES
02:18 THEY DON'T BECOME A GENTILE.
02:20 EXACTLY.
02:21 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU SAID IT WAS THE MOST JEWISH THING YOU EVER DID.
02:24 THAT'S EXACTLY TRUE.
02:25 AND SO IF YOU'LL JOIN US NOW AT THE FUTURE CONGRESS
02:27 WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THESE MESSIANIC LEADERS
02:30 AND HEAR FROM THEM REGARDING THEIR WALK OF FAITH.
02:33 SO LET'S GO TO THEM RIGHT NOW.
02:36 I'VE BEEN A JEWISH BELIEVER NOW FOR GOING ON 41 YEARS.
02:40 I BECAME A BELIEVER ON NEW YEARS EVE 1972 AS A MATTER OF FACT.
02:44 COMING DOWN FROM A SOMEWHAT DRUG RELATED EXPERIENCE.
02:48 AT THAT POINT THE LORD JUST TOUCHED MY HEART AND SAID THAT JESUS WAS THE DOOR TO THE TRUTH
02:55 AND I COULD FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT MY OWN BACKGROUND AND HERITAGE.
03:01 WELL I WALKED AWAY THAT NIGHT JUST STUNNED AS A JEW BECAUSE I HAD REJECTED JESUS ALL MY LIFE.
03:06 AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME I STARTED JUST GOING TO THESE CRAZY BIBLE STUDIES THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE HAVING.
03:13 A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WERE GETTING SAVED BACK THEN.
03:15 IT WAS DURING THE JESUS GENERATION.
03:18 I STARTED BECOMING INVOLVED AND DISCOVERED, WOW, THIS JESUS WAS JEWISH
03:24 AND NOT ONLY THAT HE'S THE JEWISH MESSIAH.
03:28 THE LONG AWAITED JEWISH MESSIAH THAT WE'VE WAITED FOR ALL THESE YEARS FOR.
03:32 I CAN HAVE A LIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH HIM.
03:37 AT THAT POINT ON IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S MINISTRY.
03:42 WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO JEWISH PEOPLE AT THAT TIME.
03:46 WE JUST REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY AND THOUGHT THE LORD WAS JUST GOING TO RETURN AT ANY MOMENT.
03:50 WE WERE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING.
03:54 FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN REACHING OUT TO MY PEOPLE.
03:58 WE WERE ALWAYS INVOLVED IN LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRY.
04:01 ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THE JEWISH ROOTS OF OUR FAITH.
04:04 WE DID PASSOVERS AND THINGS TO OUR LOCAL ASSEMBLY AND FELLOWSHIP THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN.
04:09 BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME WHEN A DOOR OPENED UP
04:13 AND I THOUGHT THAT IF I WAS GOING TO GO INTO PASTORAL MINISTRY,
04:16 BECOMING A PART OF A MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATION WOULD BE THE DOOR TO GO OR THE WAY TO GO.
04:23 SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 14 YEARS AT ADAT SHALOM HERE IN DALLAS.
04:26 WE'RE A MISSION CONGREGATION OF FIRST BAPTIST DOWNTOWN.
04:30 DR. CRISWELL HAD A REAL HEART FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND SEEMED TO WANT TO OPEN THIS DOOR
04:37 AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A PATH OF FAITHFULLY TRYING TO BE A PART OF THIS OUTREACH.
04:46 OFTEN WE'LL SAY TO THEM, LOOK, DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR WHAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT YESHUA.
04:51 READ THE BOOK FOR YOURSELF.
04:54 READ IT FOR YOURSELF.
04:56 BECAUSE THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAITH IS NOT AFRAID OF INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS WITH THE CRITICAL MIND.IT'S NOT.
05:05 SO IF THEY'RE OPEN TO THE EVIDENCE THEY WILL SEE THAT IT IS TRUE AND THEY'LL COME TO FAITH JUST LIKE MANY SKEPTICS.
05:11 I MEAN I WAS A FORMER ATHEIST WHEN I CAME TO FAITH.
05:14 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SEEKING TRUTH, GOD'S NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU IN THE DARK.
05:19 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
05:21 HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH
05:22 AND THE TRUTH IS THE ONE WHO SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."
05:27 BUT I WAS RAISED IN THE ORTHODOX TRADITIONS OF JUDAISM INSIDE AFRICA.
05:32 I WENT TO PRIVATE JEWISH SCHOOLS FOR ALL MY SCHOOLING LIFE.
05:36 WE'D [FILE IN] EVERY MORNING AND SAY ALL THE PRAYERS.
05:40 REALLY I HAD VERY FEW NON-JEWISH FRIENDS.
05:43 I DIDN'T KNOW NON-JEWS BECAUSE WE LIVED IN A VERY CLOSE AND CLOSED JEWISH COMMUNITY.
05:49 SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS
05:52 I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE ONE, TRUE GOD, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB.
05:57 IT WAS NEVER EVER A QUESTION,
05:58 BUT JESUS WAS NEVER AN OPTION.
06:01 THERE WAS A GREEK-CHRISTIAN,
06:04 ACTUALLY HE WAS A QUASI-CHRISTIAN,
06:06 ACTUALLY HE WAS IN A CULT. [LAUGHTER]
06:09 I'M JUST DOWNGRADING HIM, BUT HE DID KNOW THE BIBLE.
06:13 HE DID KNOW THE BIBLE, BUT HE WAS KIND OF WEIRD.
06:16 I DIDN'T WANT TO BECOME WEIRD LIKE HIM, BUT HE KNEW THE BIBLE
06:20 AND HE KEPT ON TELLING ME ABOUT JESUS.
06:22 FINALLY I SAID, LOOK, I'M A JEW AND JEWS DON'T BELIEVE IN JESUS.
06:26 SO I REALLY JUST SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT JESUS ANYMORE.
06:31 HE OPENED UP HIS BIBLE.
06:33 I GUESS IT WAS THE NIV.
06:35 IT WAS SOME KIND OF EASY TO READ ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND HE OPENED IT UP TO PSALM 22.
06:39 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT,
06:41 IT STARTS OFF SAYING, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
06:44 THEN IT GOES DOWN IN VERSES 16 - 18 SAYING,
06:47 "THEY PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET. THEY CAST LOTS FOR MY GARMENTS..."
06:51 AS I'M READING THAT I'M LIKE, I DON'T READ THE NEW TESTAMENT.
06:55 JEWS DON'T BELIEVE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
06:57 SO I GAVE IT BACK TO HIM NOT REALIZING THAT GOD HAD TRICKED ME. [LAUGHTER]
07:01 IN A GOOD WAY OBVIOUSLY. [AMEN]
07:03 AND I WAS READING THE OLD TESTAMENT
07:05 AND I HAD NO CLUE HOW KING DAVID COULD HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT JESUS.
07:09 SO FROM THAT TIME ON THERE WAS A SEED IN MY HEART
07:12 BUT THE CONCLUSION I CAME TO TO TRY AND OVERCOME THIS OBSTACLE,
07:16 WHAT I SAW AS AN OBSTACLE TO THIS JESUS QUESTION
07:19 WAS I THOUGHT, LET ME GO AND READ THE ORIGINAL HEBREW.
07:22 SO WHEN I WAS ON LEAVE I WENT TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AND READ HER TENACH IN THE HEBREW.
07:26 I JUST THOUGHT WELL IT'S A BAD TRANSLATION
07:29 SO THE CHRISTIANS TRY TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S JESUS.
07:32 SO I READ IT AND I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW SIMILAR IT WAS TO THE NIV
07:35 NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT SIMILAR.
07:37 SO I HAD THIS JESUS QUESTION IN MY HEART THAT WAS UNANSWERED.
07:42 THEN TO KIND OF MAKE A VERY LONG STORY VERY SHORT,
07:45 WHEN I FINISHED THE ARMY I WENT TO ISRAEL AND LIVED THERE FOR A SEASON IN THE SHEFAYIM KIBBUTZ,
07:53 THEN I WENT TO NEW YORK TO STUDY AS A STUDENT.
07:56 I WENT BACK TO ISRAEL IN THE SUMMER OF 1984,
07:59 IT WAS ACTUALLY JULY OF 1984,
08:01 AND I WAS STAYING ON SHEFAYIM KIBBUTZ AGAIN
08:03 AND I HAD A VISION OF JESUS IN JERUSALEM THREE TIMES.
08:06 AND HE APPEARED TO ME.
08:08 IT'S TOO LONG TO SUMMARIZE IN SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF TIME,
08:13 BUT ESSENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY FOR THE FIRST TIME I KNEW HE WAS A JEW.
08:18 I THOUGHT, WOW, HE LOOKS SO JEWISH.I WAS SHOCKED.
08:20 I WAS LITERALLY SHOCKED, TAKEN ABACK.
08:22 HE APPEARED TO ME IN THE OLD CITY.
08:24 THE SECOND THING I KNEW IMMEDIATELY IS THIS IS MORE THAN A MAN.
08:29 THE THIRD THING THAT I KNEW IMMEDIATELY
08:31 IS THAT HE KNEW EVERYTHING I'D DONE AND EVERY SIN I'D EVER COMMITTED
08:34 AND YET HE LOVED ME WITH A PERFECT AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. [AMEN]
08:37 MY PARENTS BECAME BELIEVERS BEFORE I DID AND PRAYED ME INTO THE KINGDOM.
08:43 I WAS LOST IN THE OCCULT.
08:45 I WAS LOST IN JEWISH MYSTICISM, IN KABBALAH,
08:48 IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
08:50 ROCK AND ROLL, THE GOTH MOVEMENT,
08:53 THE UNDERGROUND SCENE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
08:57 TO THE TESTIMONY OF GOD PRESERVING THE JEWISH PEOPLE I CAN SAY THAT GOD PRESERVED ME.
09:04 NEVER INVOLVED IN DRUGS, NEVER INVOLVED IN ALCOHOL, PARTYING, ALWAYS KIND OF A LONER,
09:11 ALWAYS HAD THAT DISTINCT CALL OF SEPARATION AND I KNEW IT.
09:16 MY PARENTS REALLY PRAYED ME IN AND I ACTUALLY CAME TO FAITH IN A MEETING IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
09:25 A JEWISH WOMAN HAD A SHOFAR AND A TALID AND JUST ASKED TO PRAY FOR ME
09:30 AND THAT PRAYER LED TO ME FULLY RECEIVING YESHUA
09:34 AND REALLY RECEIVING THAT CALL BACK TO OUR PEOPLE
09:39 AND CONNECTING BACK WITH THAT HERITAGE.
09:41 [AMEN]
09:42 WHEN YOU BECAME A BELIEVER
09:44 AND YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT OF AT LEAST BEING
09:47 IN A JEWISH HOME AND FAMILIAR WITH JUDAISM.
09:51 MY JEWISHNESS GOES BACK TO MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER
09:54 WHO WAS ORTHODOX.
09:56 WHEN YOU PUT YESHUA THE MESSIAH
09:59 IN HIS BIBLICAL JEWISH CONTEXT AND EVERYTHING
10:03 NOT ONLY WAS IT REVELATIONAL
10:06 BUT WAS IT REVOLUTIONARY FOR YOU?
10:08 IT WAS.
10:10 I GREW UP SECULAR, SO MY HOUSE WASN'T AS TRADITIONAL.
10:12 WE KEPT CERTAIN THINGS.
10:14 THERE WAS ALWAYS DISTINCT MARKS OF BEING A JEW THAT MY MOTHER REMINDED ME OF.
10:21 I HAVE AN UNCLE WHO'S ORTHODOX
10:23 WHO'S PART OF THE ORTHODOX UNION IN NEW YORK CITY.
10:26 IN TERMS OF THAT I GREW UP REALLY WITH A SENSE OF WHY DO THE PEOPLES TREAT US THE WAY THAT THEY DO?
10:36 I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ANTI-SEMITISM.
10:39 IT WAS WHEN I REALLY BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE
10:42 AND BEGIN TO SEE GOD'S CALL OVER US
10:46 AND HOW WE TREATED MESSIAH AS THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE
10:52 THAT I REALLY BEGAN TO HAVE THINGS OPEN UP TO ME.
10:55 IT REVOLUTIONIZED ME WHEN I BEGAN TO RESTUDY THE SCRIPTURES IN HEBREW,
11:03 WHEN I BEGAN TO RESTUDY THOSE THINGS IN THE ORIGINAL CONTEXT,
11:07 THEN IT REALLY KIND OF OPENED THINGS UP
11:09 THAT CHRISTIAN MENTORS AND WHEN I WOULD VISIT IN CHURCHES COULDN'T REALLY ANSWER ME WITH.
11:19 IT'S OUR JOY TO BRING YOU THESE TESTIMONIES OF JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO SAVING FAITH.
11:24 THEY CAME FROM SO MANY VAST BACKGROUNDS.
11:27 ONE WAS AGNOSTIC.
11:28 ONE WAS A DRUG ADDICT.
11:30 CONSERVATIVE.
11:31 AND YOU YOURSELF, MYLES, THE FIRST TIME YOU CAME TO FAITH,
11:34 DIDN'T YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE THE ONLY JEW THAT HAD EVER?
11:37 I BELIEVE THAT'S A TYPICAL EXPERIENCE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE.
11:40 YOU TOLD ME THAT JESUS WAS YOUR MESSIAH.
11:43 I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CUTEST THING I HAD EVER HEARD, BUT NOT FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M JEWISH.
11:47 BUT THAT STARTED THIS INVESTIGATION ON MY PART.
11:50 YOU SAID, WELL, YOU'RE NOT REALLY AN HONEST SEEKER.
11:52 YOU CHALLENGED ME...
11:54 BECAUSE IF YOU WERE YOU'D AT LEAST LOOK IN YOUR OWN BOOK,
11:56 WHICH I HADN'T DONE SINCE MY BAR MITZVAH.
11:58 SO KATHARINE CHALLENGED ME AND THEN GOD OPENED UP THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN ON MY BEHALF.
12:02 HE WAS SO GRACIOUS THAT HE SENT SUPERNATURAL ENCOUNTERS LIKE THE DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE OF PAUL
12:08 AND ALSO SENT ME ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES.
12:11 THE BEREAN ROAD OF STUDY.
12:13 REALLY WHEN I ASKED THE SIMPLE QUESTION, IS JESUS THE MESSIAH OF THE JEWS,
12:17 GOD BEGAN TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
12:20 HE ANSWERED IT OUT OF THE WORD
12:21 AND HE ANSWERED IT BY ENCOUNTERS WITH HIMSELF IN VARIOUS SETTINGS.
12:25 I THINK THAT'S TRUE FOR ANY OF US AS JEWS.
12:27 WE DON'T WANT LEAVE OUR JEWISHNESS.
12:30 THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING.
12:31 RIGHT.
12:32 BUT IT'S HARD FOR US TO REALIZE THAT IN FACT
12:35 BECOMING A BELIEVER IN YESHUA, IN JESUS, IS THE MOST JEWISH THING WE CAN DO.
12:39 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
12:40 I LIKE TO SAY THAT GOD WAS GREATER THAN I WAS
12:45 AND HE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME MY DOUBTS AND MY WRESTLING AND REALLY WAS JUST AWESOME.
12:51 I WOUND UP CALLING THE ORGANIZATION CALLED THE JEWS FOR JESUS
12:54 AND I SAID, I THINK I MIGHT PERHAPS, POSSIBLY, MAYBE,
12:58 I DON'T KNOW BE BECOMING A...
13:00 HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYBODY ELSE?
13:02 THEY LAUGHED.
13:03 THEY SAID, YES, A FEW OF US.
13:05 WHY DON'T YOU CALL BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.
13:08 SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I WAS ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY
13:11 AND I SAW THE BUILDING FOR THE JEWS FOR JESUS.
13:15 IT SAID, JEWS FOR JESUS, ESTABLISHED 32 AD, GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR.
13:20 I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TESTIMONY OF THE WAY THIS ALL STARTED.
13:24 WHAT YOU ALSO SAID TO ME WHEN YOU WERE STUDYING THE BOOK THAT YOU SAW HOW ABSOLUTELY JEWISH IT WAS.
13:29 IT WAS MIND-BOGGLING TO ME.
13:31 I ACTUALLY WONDERED WHY HADN'T MY RABBI TOLD ME THESE THINGS?
13:34 I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON EXPERIENCE
13:36 IS THAT WE SEE THAT THIS TAKES PLACE,
13:38 ALL THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE BRIT HADASHAH TAKES PLACE IN THE JEWISH CONTEXT.
13:42 THE JEWISH CULTURE AND ALL OF THE CUSTOMS AND THE LANGUAGE AND EVERYTHING IS SO RELATED
13:48 TO THE HISTORY OF MY PEOPLE THAT WE JUST ARE OVERWHELMED BY THIS HOMECOMING FEELING
13:54 THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN WE COME TO FAITH.
13:57 I THINK THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING THIS.
14:00 FOR OUR JEWISH VIEWERS AND ALSO FOR OUR GENTILE VIEWERS,
14:03 YOU CAN COME HOME TO FAITH.
14:05 STAY TUNED FOR MORE.
14:18 (Voice of Zola Levitt)
14:21 YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS IN OUR BOOK, THE SEVEN FEASTS OF ISRAEL AND COMPANION BOOKLETS SINCE PASSOVER IS SO IMPORTANT.
14:26 THE COMPANION BOOK IS THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER
14:28 AND THEN THE THIRD IN THAT SMALL SERIES, THE CHRISTIAN LOVE STORY,
14:32 AMPLIFIES THE JEWISH WEDDING APPOINTED PASSOVER AND HAVING TO DO WITH THE KINGDOM TO COME.
14:37 THOSE THREE TOGETHER I'M SURE ARE THE BEST THREE ITEMS OUR MINISTRY EVER OFFERED.
14:42 WE'VE JUST SENT OUT I SUPPOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM.
14:46 THEY'RE WELL WORTH OWNING. SO GET THAT.
14:49 LET'S CALL IT THE FEAST PACKAGE, THE THREE BOOKLETS.
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14:57 OUR WEEKLY TELEVISION SERIES,
14:59 OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
15:00 AND OUR WEBSITE.
15:02 BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW
15:04 YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS ALSO SUPPORT OTHER MINISTRIES THAT SHARE THE GOSPEL HERE AND IN ISRAEL
15:08 THROUGH OUR....
15:09 TO THE JEW FIRST FUND...
15:11 EITAN SHISHKOFF, OUR MAN IN HAFFA...
15:13 AND THE GOOD NEWS FUND.
15:15 WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
15:18 AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL OUR MESSIAH RETURNS.
15:55 ISRAEL.
15:57 YOU KNOW THE SONGS OF ASCENT SAYS THAT THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL.
16:02 I KNOW WATCHING THOSE SCENES OF THE BELOVED ISRAEL
16:05 THAT IT'S IN YOUR HEART TO GO
16:07 AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR YOU AND HOST YOU.
16:11 YOU CAN COME WITH US OR ANYONE ELSE, JUST COME TO ISRAEL.
16:15 IF IT'S IN YOUR HEART, GOD'S PUT IT THERE.
16:17 SO JUST RECEIVE THAT BLESSING THAT COMES WHEN YOU MAKE PILGRIMAGE.
16:21 THERE'S A SPECIAL BLESSING, MYLES.
16:23 RIGHT.IT'S REALLY TRUE.
16:25 TO HEAR ABOUT OUR TOURS,
16:26 TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
16:27 AND TO GET SOME GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT ISRAEL,
16:30 THE MIDDLE EAST, POLITICS, ETC., SPIRITUAL INFORMATION, RIGHT HERE, THE LEVITT LETTER.
16:35 IT'S FREE TO YOU.
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16:40 AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
16:42 YOU KNOW WE CAN'T DO THESE PROGRAMS WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE.
16:45 WITHOUT THE GIFT OF FUNDS THAT YOU SEND US WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO.
16:49 THE GREAT ABILITY WE HAVE TO PRODUCE DRAMAS FROM THE BIBLE IN ISRAEL
16:54 AND ALSO TO BRING YOU GREAT INTERVIEWS AND JUST PICTURES FROM THE LAND
16:58 A REAL SENSE OF THE CONNECTION THAT WE WANT YOU TO HAVE WITH THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE.
17:02 WE NEED YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS TO DO THAT.
17:04 WOULD YOU CONSIDER SENDING SOMETHING THIS WEEK
17:07 SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THESE GREAT PROGRAMS?
17:10 NOW LET'S CONTINUE WITH OUT FOUR MESSIANIC LEADERS
17:14 AND HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT REACHING OUT IN FAITH.
17:19 IT'S A JOY TO BE ABLE TO COME
17:21 AND WHEN WE DO LESSONS TO HAVE THAT JEWISH MINDSET AND JEWISH CONTEXT FROM WHICH WE CAN TEACH
17:26 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY TO LEARN SCRIPTURE.
17:29 THAT'S THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS, I THINK, AS GOD HAD INTENDED IT,
17:36 WHICH IS TO HAVE A CONTINUITY.
17:38 I BELIEVE THERE'S A CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OLD COVENANT, THE TENACH,
17:42 AND THE BRIT HADASHAH, THE NEW TESTAMENT.
17:44 I BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES THEY TELL ONE COMPLETE STORY FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.
17:49 TO ME IT JUST...EVEN AS I SOMETIMES SHARE WITH REGARD TO MY TESTIMONY.
17:56 AS A JEW ALL THE PIECES BEGAN TO FIT TOGETHER.
18:00 THE PIECES OF WHAT ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE?
18:03 WHY ARE THEY CALLED?
18:04 WHY ARE THEY CALLED THE CHOSEN PEOPLE?
18:06 WELL THEY'RE CHOSEN FOR A PARTICULAR REASON AND A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
18:09 THEY WERE CHOSEN TO BRING ABOUT REDEMPTION.
18:11 THEY WERE CHOSEN, OF COURSE, TO BRING ABOUT GOD'S GLORY.
18:15 BUT THERE'S A REASON TO IT.
18:18 THERE'S A PARTICULAR CONTEXT TO EVERYTHING.
18:23 I REALLY BELIEVE AND I'VE BELIEVED THIS FOR YEARS,
18:25 ROMANS 11:15, SPEAKING OF ISRAEL.
18:27 IT SAYS...
18:29 IF THEIR FALLING AWAY IS THE RIGHT RECONCILING OF THE WORLD,
18:31 WHAT WOULD THEIR ACCEPTANCE BE BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD?
18:34 I REALLY BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART IF THE MESSIANIC MOVEMENT, THE MODERN MESSIANIC MOVEMENT,
18:38 IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO THE 1ST CENTURY MESSIANIC MOVEMENT
18:42 THAT IS AS JEWISH BELIEVERS AND THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE MESSIANIC MOVEMENT
18:46 WHETHER JEW OF GENTILE, WE NEED TO HAVE A HEART FOR THE NATIONS.
18:49 LIKE PAUL THE APOSTLE, HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ROME, A NATION THAT HATED ISRAEL,
18:54 THAT HATED THE JEWS, A NATION RULED BY CAESAR.
18:58 HE GAVE, HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR THAT NATION, FOR A GENTILE NATION.
19:01 I BELIEVE UNTIL WE START HAVING THE LOVE OF GOD, GOD'S HEART FOR THE GENTILE NATIONS,
19:07 WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME TO THE PLACE THAT GOD WANTS US TO BE AT AS A NATION.
19:11 I JUST FEEL THAT THERE'S, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PASSION FOR MY PEOPLE
19:15 AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE'RE SEEING MANY JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO THE LORD THROUGH OUR MINISTRY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
19:20 BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED WITH IT'S NOT TO THE JEW ONLY, IT'S TO THE JEW FIRST.
19:25 IT'S THE GREAT COMMISSION, NOT THE GREAT OMISSION.
19:28 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THAT FLAME, THAT SPARK, THAT FIRE FOR THE NATIONS.
19:34 CAN YOU IMAGINE JEWISH BELIEVERS WINNING THE NATIONS TO YESHUA
19:40 THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE NATIONS?
19:43 WE CAN HAVE ALL THE STOP ANTI-SEMITISM CAMPAIGNS IN THE WORLD.
19:48 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO A THING
19:49 UNLESS IT'S A MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
19:52 WHEN IT'S JEWISH BELIEVERS THAT ARE LEADING THE NATIONS TO GOD, GUESS WHAT?
19:56 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOVE US.
19:57 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THEM FROM LOVING ISRAEL.
20:00 BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW,
20:02 HEY, IT WAS A JEWISH BROTHER OR A JEWISH SISTER THAT LEAD ME TO MY MESSIAH
20:06 AND THAT LEAD ME INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD.
20:09 ZECHARIAH 8:23 SPEAKS ABOUT A TIME COMING
20:12 WHEN IT SAYS THAT 10 PEOPLE FROM EVERY TRIBE OF THE NATION
20:16 IS GOING TO GRAB THE SLEEVE OF ONE JEWISH MAN AND SAY,
20:19 WE'VE HEARD THAT YOU KNOW GOD AND THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.
20:22 WE WANT TO COME WITH YOU.
20:24 HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE GO TO THE NATIONS FIRST
20:28 AND UNLESS WE HAVE A HEART FOR THE NATIONS.
20:30 WHEN YOU'VE GOT A HEART FOR THE NATIONS, WHEN YOU LOVE PEOPLE, PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
20:36 MOST OF OUR MINISTRY'S INVOLVED IN SOWING.
20:38 WE DON'T REAP AS MUCH BUT THAT IS COMING.
20:41 AGAIN, SOWING AND REAPING ARE THE SAME.
20:44 YOU'RE NOT BETTER IF YOU REAP AND ANOTHER ONE JUST SOWS.
20:46 THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED AND THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIAL TO THE EVANGELISTIC PROCESS.
20:51 IN ORDER TO REAP IN ISRAEL YOU'VE FIRST GOT TO PATIENTLY AND I MEAN PATIENTLY SOW THE SEED AMONG THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
20:58 WHERE OUR APPROACH IS VERY PERSONAL AND CONVERSATIONAL
21:04 AND WE'RE ABLE TO DEAL WITH OBJECTIONS THAT ARE TYPICALLY RAISED AGAINST YESHUA
21:12 AND WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE I THINK SATISFACTORILY.
21:15 EACH TIME WE GO THE OPENNESS GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS.
21:20 I'VE SAID THIS IN PRINT AND ARTICLES FOR THE LEVITT LETTER,
21:23 ARTICLES IN MY OWN NEWSLETTER, SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES,
21:26 THAT THE INCREASING UNIVERSAL RECEPTIVITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE OVER THERE TO THE GOSPEL
21:30 AND TO YESHUA IS A CLEAR SIGN OF WHAT'S TO OCCUR WHEN HE RETURNS.
21:36 THAT'S WHEN THE BLINDERS WILL BE REMOVED.
21:39 THE PARTIAL BLINDNESS THAT PAUL TALKS ABOUT IN ROMANS 11:25 I BELIEVE...
21:44 THAT THAT WILL BE REMOVED AND THEY WILL RECEIVE HIM
21:47 AS A NATION.
21:48 THEY WILL RECEIVE JESUS AS THE MESSIAH.
21:50 THE FACT THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS NOW
21:51 AND WE'RE SEEING IT PROGRESSIVELY AND INCREASINGLY LIFTED
21:55 AGAIN TELLS ME THAT JESUS IS COMING VERY, VERY SOON.
22:01 THAT'S EXCITING.
22:03 I REMEMBER WHEN ZOLA WAS ALIVE AND WE STARTED DOING THESE GOSPEL OUTREACHES TO ISRAEL.
22:09 HE WAS AMAZED AT THEIR OPENNESS EVERYWHERE.
22:14 HE SAID, YOU COULDN'T DO THIS 10 OR 20 YEARS AGO IN ISRAEL.
22:16 HE SAID THAT TO ME AROUND 2000.
22:19 HE SAID YOU COULDN'T SEE THIS, YOU WOULDN'T SEE THIS 10 OR 20 YEARS AGO.
22:23 HE EVEN SAW THE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT.
22:29 MY SISTER HAS A BIBLE HERE THAT'S CALLED THE ONE NEW MAN BIBLE.
22:31 IT JUST JUMPED OUT AT ME.
22:33 THERE REALLY IS ONE NEW MAN.
22:35 ONE NEW MAN IS MADE UP OF JEWS AND GENTILES.
22:39 NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN JEWS BECOMING GENTILES OR GENTILES BECOMING JEWS.
22:43 WE ALL ARE OURSELVES, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE AT GATEWAY
22:48 IS THAT THEY EXPECT JEWS TO BE JEWS, BUT FULFILLED JEWS.
22:51 I EXPECT CHRISTIANS TO BE CHRISTIANS AND DO THINGS THAT CHRISTIANS DO.
22:56 AS IN NON-JEWISH CHRISTIANS, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE EACH OTHER.
23:00 BELIEVING THE UNITY OF THE FAITH IS NOT UNIFORMITY.
23:05 UNIFORMITY, THAT'S CALLED A CULT.
23:07 THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PLETHORA AND DIVERSITY IN THE LORD
23:14 BUT IT'S ALLOWING EACH OTHER AND ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER TO FLOURISH IN WHO WE ARE.
23:18 IF YOU'RE A JEW, BE THE BEST JEW YOU CAN BE.
23:21 IF YOU'RE A GENTILE, BE THE BEST GENTILE YOU CAN BE.
23:24 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO IT.
23:28 SO BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE'RE SEEING MANY JEWISH PEOPLE
23:32 ON A REGULAR BASIS COME TO FAITH, AND GENTILES.
23:35 THERE'S OTHER PLACES LIKE IN THE NAPA VALLEY THROUGH THE FATHER'S HOUSE IN VACAVILLE.
23:42 THEY'VE STARTED A MESSIANIC MINISTRY THE SAME AS OURS.
23:46 UNDER MYLES IN FACT, WHICH IS REALLY FLOURISHING.
23:49 THEY'VE ONLY BEEN GOING A FEW MONTHS
23:51 AND I THINK THEY HAVE AROUND 300 IN ATTENDANCE ALREADY.
23:53 I GOT TO MINISTER THERE AT THE SECOND SERVICE.
23:56 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MAN MADE UP.
23:59 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH NEED TO BE WIDE OPEN TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE
24:07 BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU TO BECOME CHRISTIANS.
24:11 I KNOW SOME THAT ARE CONFUSED WITH SOME CHRISTIANS.
24:15 WE'RE TELLING YOU TO BECOME FULFILLED OR COMPLETED JEWS.
24:18 AS A JEW COME TO YOUR MESSIAH IN YESHUA.
24:21 BECAUSE THE TERM CHRISTIAN IMPLIES I'VE LEFT MY JEWISH ROOTS.
24:25 WHEN A JEWISH PERSON COMES TO FAITH IN YESHUA, IN JESUS,
24:28 NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
24:30 WE ARE COMPLETELY COMING BACK TO OUR JEWISH ROOTS.
24:33 BECAUSE JESUS IS A JEW.
24:36 HIS NAME IS YESHUA, HIS HEBREW NAME.
24:38 THE DISCIPLES WERE JEWS.
24:40 THE APOSTLES WERE JEWS.
24:42 THE SCRIPTURES WERE WRITTEN BY JEWS.
24:45 IT IS OUR JOY AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES TO BRING YOU THESE PROGRAMS.
24:49 CHRISTIANITY THROUGH JEWISH EYES.
24:51 YOU'RE HEARING FROM JEWISH BELIEVERS WHO HAVE COME TO SAVING FAITH AND NOT ONLY THAT
24:56 BUT THEY'RE ESTABLISHING THAT THIS WAS A JEWISH THING TO BEGIN WITH.
24:59 AND GOD IS TURNING THE WHOLE THING AROUND FROM BEING ONLY FOCUSED ON THE GENTILES
25:04 BUT HE'S SAVING THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN MASSES...
25:08 YES.YES.
25:09 IN MY OPINION.
25:11 WELL THERE'S NOT MANY OF US SO WE SEE REALLY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF JEWISH PEOPLE
25:15 COMING TO FAITH IN THESE DAYS AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE AGE.
25:19 RIGHT.RIGHT.
25:20 AND I WANT TO THANK OUR VIEWERS.
25:22 BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT
25:23 AND BECAUSE OF YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THESE PROGRAMS.
25:26 WE'RE ABLE TO EDUCATE.
25:28 WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO THE NATIONS.
25:31 GOD IS DOING A RESTORATION UNLIKE ANYTHING BEFORE.
25:37 HE'S RESTORING HIMSELF IN OUR EYES AND IN THE GENTILE EYES AS A JEWISH JESUS.
25:43 THAT'S REALLY TRUE.
25:45 WE'VE HEARD THAT ISRAEL IS THE TIME CLOCK OF THE NATIONS AND OF THE PROPHETIC AGES.
25:48 WE REALLY SEE THAT.
25:49 THAT WITH THE ESTABLISHING OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL
25:52 BEGAN THIS TICKING CLOCK LEADING UP TO HIS COMING
25:54 INCLUDING THIS CONTINUED RESTORATION - THE LAND,
25:58 THE PEOPLE, AND NOW THE SPIRIT COMING ALIVE THROUGH YESHUA.
26:02 IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR THESE TESTIMONIES OF THESE PEOPLE
26:06 THAT ARE SERVING THROUGH JEWISH MINISTRY WITH A HEART FOR THE NATIONS AS WELL.
26:10 AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT SIGNATURE SCRIPTURE OF THE ONE NEW MAN.
26:14 THAT GOD IS MAKING THE TWO ONE, JEWS AND GENTILES.
26:18 HE'S BREAKING DOWN THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION
26:20 THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN HIS HEART THAT WE WOULD WORSHIP HIM TOGETHER.
26:23 RIGHT.AND WE'RE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE,
26:26 JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN COMING TO SAVING FAITH.
26:30 THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS.
26:32 THEY HELP US TO BRING THESE MESSAGES, SHARE THESE MESSAGES,
26:36 AND EDUCATE THE CHRISTIAN WORLD AROUND US
26:38 THAT THERE IS AN IDENTITY THAT JESUS WANTS US TO KNOW ABOUT
26:42 AND IT'S HIM AS OUR JEWISH MESSIAH.
26:44 THAT'S GREAT.
26:46 WELL, UNTIL WE SEE YOU AGAIN,
26:47 WE WANT TO REMIND YOU AS ALWAYS,
26:49 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
26:51 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
26:55 (Voice of Zola Levitt)
26:57 YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS IN OUR BOOK,
26:59 THE SEVEN FEASTS OF ISRAEL AND COMPANION BOOKLETS SINCE PASSOVER IS SO IMPORTANT.
27:04 THE COMPANION BOOK IS THE MIRACLE OF PASSOVER
27:06 AND THEN THE THIRD IN THAT SMALL SERIES, THE CHRISTIAN LOVE STORY,
27:10 AMPLIFIES THE JEWISH WEDDING APPOINTED PASSOVER AND HAVING TO DO WITH THE KINGDOM TO COME.
27:15 THOSE THREE TOGETHER I'M SURE ARE THE BEST THREE ITEMS OUR MINISTRY EVER OFFERED.
27:20 WE'VE JUST SENT OUT I SUPPOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM.
27:24 THEY'RE WELL WORTH OWNING.
27:26 SO GET THAT.
27:27 LET'S CALL IT THE FEAST PACKAGE, THE THREE BOOKLETS.