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Episode: “Prophecy Update,” Part 2

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00:17 BRETHREN MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL
00:21 IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:24 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:43 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU, JEFFREY SEIF HERE.
00:47 I'M GLAD YOU'RE THERE.
00:49 WE'RE WORKING WITH ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS PRESENTING THIS TIME A TAKE ON PROPHECY.
00:56 THE WORD "PROPHECY" COMES FROM THE HEBREW "NABI" WHICH MEANS "TO BUBBLE FORTH"
01:01 AND IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THERE CAN BE A WORD WITHIN AND ITS SPOKEN FORTH.
01:05 "RO'E" IS THE HEBREW FOR "SEER", "VISIONARY", "SEEING THINGS TO COME".
01:10 I'M INTERESTED IN THE PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE MOMENT AS WELL THINGS TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
01:16 AND TO HELP COME TO TERMS WITH THE MOMENT AND THE FUTURE, HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH ME TODAY.
01:22 JAMIE COWEN IS A RABBI...
01:26 A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM PENN STATE,
01:29 A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE, A LAWYER, FROM CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BUT HE'S NO CATHOLIC.
01:34 HE IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
01:41 THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE
01:44 AND WE AT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
01:49 THIS GUY IS A LEADER AND WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE HIM.
01:53 JAMIE...THRILLED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
01:55 JEFF ITS GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK YOU.
01:57 SUCH A CREDIBLE PERSON WHERE YOU SIT;
02:01 THE LORD RAISED YOU UP,
02:03 YOU CAME TO KNOW THE LORD FROM A JEWISH FAMILY
02:05 AND HE CALLED YOU INTO THE MINISTRY.
02:06 YOU HAVE A SYNAGOGUE DON'T YA?
02:08 YES I DO.
02:09 IT'S IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
02:10 IT USED TO BE ACTUALLY AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE.
02:12 AND UH... >>THE BUILDING ITSELF?
02:13 THE BUILDING ITSELF
02:15 AND NOW IT'S A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS.
02:17 WHEN I THINK OF PROPHECY
02:18 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
02:21 ISRAEL'S RE-EMERGENCE AMONG MEN AS A NATION
02:25 IS A MIRACLE IN THE MODERN WORLD ISN'T IT?
02:27 OH, NO QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY
02:29 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT
02:30 THE ESCALATED RISE OF JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO FAITH,
02:34 THAT'S SIMILARLY A MIRACLE WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
02:36 ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
02:37 THEY BOTH ARE PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE.
02:39 YES AND I'VE READ REPORTS BY THE WAY
02:41 OF PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED
02:42 IN THE TUNES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS
02:46 FROM EXTRACT LIKE MYSELF OR YOURSELF
02:49 THAT HAVE COME TO FAITH
02:50 AND THAT ARE WORKING WITH WHAT IT IS TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA, JESUS.
02:54 THAT'S RIGHT.
02:56 IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE THERE'S A LEAST 300 MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
02:59 THERE'S 150 IN ISRAEL, OVER 100 IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION,
03:02 I MEAN THEY SPRUNG UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.
03:05 WHILE MANY JEWISH PEOPLE ARE COMING TO FAITH
03:07 AND BEING ABSORBED INTO A REGULAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE,
03:12 THERE ARE SOME STILL PART OF THE BODY OF COURSE
03:14 BUT WANT TO RETAIN A JEWISH LIFESTYLE AND VISION, CORRECT?
03:18 THAT'S RIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS PROVIDE.
03:21 AND YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.
03:23 YES I AM.
03:24 AND FORMERLY SO BY THE WAY
03:26 6 YEARS YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION.
03:29 THAT'S CORRECT.
03:30 AND WHAT'S THE WEBSITE?
03:32 IF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND THEY SAY,
03:33 "GEE I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND GO PARTICIPATE."
03:36 "I LIKE LISTENING TO YOU GUYS BUT SHOW ME."
03:38 WHERE CAN THEY GO TO FIND A CONGREGATION NEAR THEM?
03:42 WELL IF YOU GO TO:
03:46 YOU WILL FIND THE LIST,
03:48 OUR MAJOR NATIONAL WEBSITE,
03:49 AND THEN ALL THE CONGREGATIONS
03:50 ARE LISTED UNDERNEATH THAT.
03:52 SO PEOPLE CAN GO EXPLORE IN A HANDS ON WAY?
03:55 YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A VERY GOOD WEBSITE.
03:57 I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE PUT THEIR HANDS ON THEIR TELEVISION TO WANT TO COME AND SEE
04:01 BUT TO EXPERIENCE BY VIRTUE OF PARTICIPATION,
04:04 THAT TAKES IT TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
04:06 ITS RICH ISN'T IT?
04:07 YEAH IT REALLY IS.
04:08 I MEAN REALLY IF YOU ARE FROM A CHURCH BACKGROUND
04:10 AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A SYNAGOGUE OR EVEN A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE,
04:13 COMING INTO A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE IT'S DIFFERENT.
04:15 IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND MANY CHRISTIANS...
04:18 YOU KNOW EVEN IN OUR CONGREGATION IN RICHMOND
04:19 WE HAVE MANY CHRISTIANS WHO VISIT
04:21 AND THEY ALWAYS COME AWAY WITH THE FEELING LIKE
04:23 "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE"
04:25 "BUT IT ENRICHES MY FAITH."
04:27 NOW I BELIEVE THAT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE HAS A CALL OF GOD.
04:32 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A CALL OF GOD IN THEIR LIFE
04:36 THAT HELL HAS AN ASSIGNMENT AGAINST THEM. >>YES.
04:39 AND SO IT IS WHILE GOD'S WORKING TO RAISE SOMETHING UP
04:41 GOD'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WORKING. >>ABSOLUTELY
04:43 OUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL
04:45 PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION ACCORDING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
04:48 NOW IN ISRAEL PROPER...
04:50 YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF ISRAEL LIKE I AM...
04:51 YOU'D MENTIONED THERE ARE 150 OR SO MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS.
04:55 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
04:57 YES WELL REALLY ITS AMAZING EVEN IN THE LAST 10 TO MAYBE 15 YEARS
05:01 THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF JEWISH PEOPLE
05:04 COMING TO KNOW YESHUA, JESUS IN ISRAEL
05:07 AND OF COURSE THE PLACE WHERE THEY END UP COLLECTING
05:10 ARE IN MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS.
05:12 AND SO IT'S A PHENOMENON THAT WAS REALLY UNSEEN
05:16 SINCE THE FIRST AND MAYBE SECOND CENTURIES.
05:19 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A WAR UNSEEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.
05:23 YES THERE IS.
05:24 BOMBS ARE BURSTING IN AIR
05:26 AS THE JEWISH STATE IS MAKING ITS BID FOR SURVIVAL
05:31 IN THE GOD GIVEN ANCESTRAL HOMELAND.
05:33 THERE'S BOMBS BURSTING BUT THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE
05:36 AS THE PRINCE AND POWER OF THE AIR
05:38 IS INVESTING ENERGIES AT SNUFFING OUT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH MOVEMENT IN ISRAEL,
05:43 CORRECT? >>YES, ABSOLUTELY
05:44 AND FORTUNATELY AS MESSIANIC JUDAISM TAKES A GREATER HOLD IN THE LAND
05:49 MORE PEOPLE COME TO KNOW YESHUA, JESUS AS LORD.
05:52 PARTICULARLY THE ULTRA- ORTHODOX COMMUNITY REALLY REACTS AGAINST THAT
05:57 AND PERSECUTES THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY MERCILESSLY.
06:00 IT'S BEYOND BELIEF.
06:02 YEAH, NOW WE DON'T WANT TO CAST DISPERSIONS ON ISRAEL.
06:04 THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE DOING THAT IN THE WORLD. >>RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY
06:07 BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
06:09 IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE,
06:11 A SMALL SLIVER OF THE POPULATION IN ISRAEL
06:13 THAT'S GIVING MESSIANIC BELIEVERS HELL IN THE HOMELAND. >>YEAH IT'S TRUE.
06:16 THE PROBLEM UNFORTUNATELY IS THAT THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX
06:20 HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT.
06:22 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLITICAL PARTIES AND SO FORTH
06:24 AND SO THEY PUT THEM IN CERTAIN VERY NARROW AREAS
06:27 WHERE THEY HAVE INFLUENCE.
06:30 THEY BRING TO BEAR A LOT OF INFLUENCE,
06:31 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS, PERSECUTION OF MESSIANIC JEWS.
06:33 I REMEMBER BEING THERE NOT LONG AGO
06:35 AND A BOMB WAS DELIVERED TO A MESSIANIC PASTOR'S HOME
06:38 AND BLEW UP HIS TEENAGE SON.
06:39 YEAH IT WAS A TRAGEDY.
06:41 IN FACT OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION UMJC
06:43 WAS THERE THIS SUMMER FOR OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE
06:45 AND WE RAISED A GOOD BIT OF MONEY AND PROVIDED IT TO THE FAMILY.
06:48 UMJC.ORG IS THE GO TO PLACE ON THE WEBSITE. >>THAT'S IT.
06:52 NOW SPEAKING OF GOING TO AND SPEAKING OF TROUBLES,"TZOROS"
06:55 YOU HAVE TROUBLE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.
06:58 YOU WERE IN ISRAEL RECENTLY
07:00 AND I GUESS YOU JUST GOT OFF THE AIRPLANE AND WALKED RIGHT IN HUH?
07:03 WISH THAT WAS THE CASE.
07:05 BEEN TO ISRAEL MANY, MANY TIMES.
07:07 TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS LIVE THERE,
07:08 THEY IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL AND SO FORTH
07:10 AND MY WIFE AND I ARE GOING TO VISIT THEM.
07:13 STARTED TO GO AS WE NORMALLY DO THROUGH PASSPORT CONTROL,
07:16 ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID "WAIT A MINUTE"
07:18 "YOU NEED TO GO WITH THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE".
07:21 AND WE HEARD IN HEBREW THE TERM "MIRAZHI TAPANIM"
07:25 WHICH MEANS "MINISTRY OF INTERIOR"
07:27 AND AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT I KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE.
07:29 NEXT THING WE KNEW
07:31 WE GOT TAKEN OVER TO THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICE IN THE AIRPORT
07:34 AND THEY STARTED INTERROGATING FIRST MY WIFE, THEN MYSELF.
07:38 AND THEY SAID "YOU ARE BARRED FROM COMING IN TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL"
07:41 "BY VIRTUE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR"
07:43 "BECAUSE YOU ARE CHARGED TO BEING WITH ILLEGAL MISSIONARIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL".
07:49 SO YOU GO TO ISRAEL AND YOU'RE "PERSONA NON GRATA" >>THAT'S RIGHT.
07:54 YOU KNOW THE STIMULUS FOR ME WANTING TO INVITE YOU OUT IS
07:58 I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE JERUSALEM POST OF ALL PLACES
08:02 GIVING VOICE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WERE JACKED UP BY THE POLICE...
08:05 YOU WERE ARRESTED. >>YEAH
08:07 THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU IN THE COUNTRY
08:08 CAUSE YOUR NAME WAS FLAGGED BECAUSE YOU'RE A FOLLOWER OF YESHUA
08:12 AND THERE'S SOME RELIGIOUS ELITE
08:13 THAT HAVE IN-ROADS INTO THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME OUT.
08:17 WELL THE BIZARRE THING
08:19 IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S ACTUALLY ILLEGAL TO DO IN ISRAEL
08:22 WHEN IT COMES TO "MISSIONARY ACTIVITY" SO TO SPEAK,
08:23 PUT QUOTES AROUND THAT,
08:25 IS TO TRY TO CONVERT MINORS OR BRIBE PEOPLE INTO FAITH.
08:28 NOT ONLY HAVE WE NEVER DONE THAT AS OUR FAMILY,
08:30 BUT NEVER EVEN REALLY ATTEMPTED TO PROSELYTIZE
08:33 ANYBODY IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
08:35 WE'D USUALLY GO IN AND PROVIDE GREAT DEALS OF HUMANITARIAN AIDE,
08:38 WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT,
08:40 VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT
08:41 AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW WE'RE BEING INTERROGATED
08:43 AND THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE GONNA DEPORT US.
08:46 OF COURSE THE IRONY IS I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
08:48 SO I'M ALWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IN THE UNITED STATES
08:51 AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW WE'RE BEING TAKEN TO A VAN
08:54 TO WHAT THEY SAID WAS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD "WAIT" FOR THE PLANE TO BE TAKEN BACK.
08:58 IT TURNED OUT TO BE A JAIL
09:01 AND MY WIFE AND I ARE NOW IMPRISONED IN A JAIL WITH OTHER UNWANTED PEOPLE IN ISRAEL.
09:06 SO HERE'S RABBI JAMIE COHEN,
09:08 ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN MESSIANIC JEWISH LEADERS IN THE WORLD,
09:13 YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE JEWISH WORLD.
09:15 YOU'RE JACKED UP BY THE POLICE THERE.
09:17 MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IS THAT
09:20 IN ISRAEL INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME AND YOU THAT ARE MESSIANIC JEWS
09:24 ARE NOT ONLY HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IN,
09:26 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN...
09:27 THERE ARE RELIGIOUS ELITE THAT ARE TRYING TO PUSH US OUT... >>YES THAT IS TRUE.
09:31 ...RESCIND CITIZENSHIP AND PUSH US TO THE BORDERS. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
09:34 THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEADERS, CURRENT LEADERS IN ISRAEL
09:38 WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN LETTERS
09:40 SEEKING TO REVOKE THEIR CITIZENSHIP BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.
09:43 NOW WITH THE WAR, THE BATTLE RAGING ON,
09:48 ARE YOU INCLINED TO BE HATEFUL TOWARD THESE INDIVIDUALS
09:51 THAT ARE MAKING YOUR LIFE MISERABLE?
09:52 OH NO, OF COURSE NOT!
09:54 WE AS MESSIANIC JEWS, AS CHRISTIANS,
09:56 WE HAVE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL;
09:58 ISRAEL DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY FRIENDS IN THE WORLD THAT CERTAINLY...
10:01 I MEAN THE SCRIPTURE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ISRAEL IS THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE.
10:03 WE HAVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE
10:05 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO STAND UP FOR RIGHTS AND JUSTICE AND FREEDOM.
10:08 AND ISRAEL IS A DEMOCRACY.
10:11 IT CLAIMS TO HAVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
10:13 WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY,
10:15 "YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US."
10:17 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
10:18 LETS TALK ABOUT SUPPORT FOR A SECOND.
10:19 INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO HELP BRING AIDE
10:22 TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH MESSIANIC JEWISH MINISTRIES IN ISRAEL;
10:25 YOU HAVE A PROJECT FOR THAT.
10:27 HOW DO PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH THAT?
10:28 THERE'S A CHALLENGE.
10:30 WE HAVE A CHALLENGE IN THE MESSIANIC JEWISH MINISTRY,
10:32 IS THAT CHRISTIANS RAISE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
10:35 THEY GIVE THEM INTO CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS
10:37 THAT SEND MONEY TO ISRAEL
10:38 BUT MOST OF THE MONEY CIRCUMVENTS THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY.
10:41 WE FORMED OUR OWN ORGANIZATION CALLED "HOPE FOR ISRAEL".
10:44 YOU CAN FIND IT AT:
10:47 AND WE CHANNEL MONEY INTO
10:49 THE HANDS OF MESSIANIC JEWISH
10:51 MINISTRIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
10:52 THAT DO HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS.
10:54 IT'S A GREAT WAY OF EXALTING THE NAME OF JESUS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
10:57 RABBI COWEN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
10:59 THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
11:01 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
11:03 THANK YOU JEFF.
11:05 TALKING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
11:10 ON THE HEELS OF RABBI COWEN'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPLANATION I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT
11:17 THAT IN A BAD NEWS WORLD THERE IS GOOD NEWS,
11:20 THAT IS TO SAY JEWISH PEOPLE COMING TO FAITH
11:22 AND REMAINING AS JEWS AND LIGHTING A LAMP IN A DARKENED PLACE.
11:28 THERE ARE WINDS THAT ARE BLOWING TO SNUFF OUT THE LIGHT OF THE CANDLE THAT'S LIT, HOWEVER,
11:33 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERFUL INTEREST IN MESSIANIC JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
11:39 IF YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THIS SORT OF BUSINESS
11:41 YOU WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING TO THIS BUSINESS IN YOUR LIVING ROOM WATCHING ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
11:47 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS
11:51 TOGETHER STANDING WITH US TO MAKE YESHUA KNOWN IN THE WORLD
11:55 AND WITH US STANDING BEHIND LIKE MINDED MESSIANIC JEWISH WORKS
11:59 THAT WANT TO MAKE JESUS KNOWN IN A DECIDEDLY JEWISH CONTEXT.
12:03 GOD BLESS YA.
12:04 BACK IN A MOMENT.
12:07 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
12:10 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, "THE LEVITT LETTER".
12:14 WHEN YOU CALL BE SURE TO ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOG
12:16 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
12:19 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES" INCLUDES
12:23 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CDs AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
12:27 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
12:30 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
12:34 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
12:36 I'VE HAD A BLAST!
12:38 YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST THING THAT I REALLY HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I GOT MY MONEY'S WORTH ALREADY
12:41 AND WE'RE ABOUT HALF-WAY THROUGH THE TRIP.
12:43 IT'S JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WE'VE SEEN...
12:44 INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
12:47 EVERYWHERE WE GET YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE COMING
12:50 AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE SO WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
12:53 I'VE FELT SO SAFE HERE.
12:55 I FEEL SAFER HERE THAN I DO IN THE UNITED STATES.
12:57 LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO COME HERE.
13:01 YOU'LL LOVE IT I PROMISE.
13:07 LIKE RABBI COWEN I LOVE ISRAEL
13:10 AND GO THERE FREQUENTLY
13:13 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GO WITH ME.
13:16 YOU SAW SOME BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE OF ISRAEL AND YOU HAD AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO.
13:21 WHY NOT? ONE TRIP TO ISRAEL IS BETTER THAN A YEAR OF SUNDAY SCHOOL.
13:26 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GIFT THE PASTOR IN YOUR CONGREGATION.
13:29 HE'S GOING TO BE INVIGORATED AND THE CONGREGATION'S GOING TO BE A LOT RICHER
13:33 BECAUSE YOU BLESSED HIM BY SENDING HIM TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA
13:38 AND TO SEE ISRAEL THROUGH JEWISH EYES...
13:41 HEY I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING WITH US.
13:44 BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO GO EVEN YOU'RE NOT GOING WITH US.
13:46 IF YOU GO WITH US IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO ME
13:48 BUT IF YOU GO ANYWAY IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.
13:51 IF YOU GO EITHER WAY I BELIEVE IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO THE LORD.
13:54 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE GOOD NEWS IN AND THROUGH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AT LARGE,
14:01 WE HAVE A MAGAZINE, IT'S FOR YOU, IT'S CALLED THE LEVITT LETTER.
14:05 WE SEND IT OUT MONTHLY AND IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
14:09 GO TO THE WEBSITE:
14:12 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT,
14:15 IT'S YOURS.
14:16 IT COMES REPLETE WITH RICH ARTICLES, SAGE INSIGHT
14:20 ON THE WORLD, THIS PRECARIOUS WORLD OF OURS,
14:23 INSIGHTS INTO THE BIBLICAL WORD AND IT'S BEARING ON THE WORLD AND MORE.
14:27 THESE AREN'T JUST ALL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY ME.
14:29 I HAVE A COLUMN OR TWO
14:31 BUT I COMB NEWS SOURCES WITH OTHERS ON OUR STAFF TO COMMEND WORTHY ARTICLES.
14:36 IT'S YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
14:38 WE HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS TOO THAT WE WRITE AND WE COMMEND BOOKS THAT I HAVEN'T WRITTEN.
14:42 YOU CAN GET OUR CATALOG THERE, OUR ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES CATALOG,
14:47 THERE'S MUSIC THAT ZOLA WROTE IFYOU LOVE MESSIANIC JEWISH MUSIC,
14:50 THE BOOKS, ITS ALL FOR YOU.
14:52 REMINDS ME THE OFFER ON THIS PROGRAM IS A BOOK BY THE LATE ZOLA LEVITT,
14:57 "THE TROUBLE WITH CHRISTIANS, THE TROUBLE JEWS".
15:02 IT'S INTERESTING HOW BOTH GROUPS READ THE SAME BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND IT DIFFERENTLY AND THE HEADS COLLIDE.
15:08 WELL I'M PLEASED TO OFFER ALL THAT TO YOU
15:11 AND SPEAKING OF OFFERING AND BASED ON THE DOCTRINE OF
15:14 "WHAT'S THE GOOD OF HAVING FRIENDS IF YOU CAN'T USE THEM",
15:16 ONCE AGAIN RABBI JAMIE COWEN
15:19 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STOPPING IN WITH US.
15:21 THANK YOU JEFF VERY MUCH.
15:22 NOW I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ALL THE LETTERS BEHIND YOUR NAME
15:25 AND ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE STUDIED.
15:27 I MENTIONED YOU'RE A LAWYER, A RABBI;
15:28 YOU ALSO HAVE SOME ACADEMIC WORK IN ECONOMICS, CORRECT?
15:32 THAT'S CORRECT, YES I DO.
15:34 WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TOTTERING ON THE EDGE OF DESPAIR
15:39 BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS, CORRECT? >>THAT'S RIGHT.
15:41 LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
15:43 LET ME POINT TWO THINGS OUT,
15:45 ASK YOU A QUESTION,
15:46 AND YOU LEAD US TO AND THROUGH IT. >>SURE
15:49 IN ISRAEL TODAY PEOPLE ARE BLAMING THE JEWS FOR ALL THE TROUBLES THERE.
15:54 PEOPLE ARE IMPOVERISHED IN THE GAZA AND ITS ALL THOSE DANG JEWS FAULT.
15:58 TODAY IN AMERICA PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
16:04 AND I'M STARTING TO HEAR SOME ECHOES, "IT'S THOSE JEWS FAULT".
16:07 IT REMINDS ME IN NAZI GERMANY
16:10 WHEN PEOPLE WERE DISCONCERTED "WELL IT'S THE JEWS FAULT".
16:14 IN THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, THE ECONOMIC TROUBLES,
16:17 DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO PIN THE TAIL ON THE JEWISH DONKEY?
16:22 THERE'S NO QUESTION
16:23 BECAUSE HISTORICALLY
16:25 THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
16:26 IN ALL THE HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM
16:28 THROUGHOUT THE MANY CENTURIES,
16:29 ECONOMICS ALWAYS PLAYED A ROLE.
16:30 THE JEWS WERE BLAMED IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
16:33 FOR STEALING THE MONEY OF CHRISTIANS AND SO ON...
16:35 WHICH WASN'T TRUE BUT THAT WAS...
16:36 THEY WERE ACCUSED OF IT,
16:38 ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL LIKE YOU DESCRIBED IT IN THE NAZI ERA
16:41 WHEN JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE FAILURE OF WORLD WAR I,
16:45 JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMY,
16:47 JEWS WERE BLAMED FOR STEALING ALL THE MONEY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
16:50 JEWS HAD A SUPPOSED CONSPIRACY
16:52 TO CONTROL THE BANKING SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
16:56 AND NOW IT'S COME BACK AROUND AGAIN.
16:58 IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO THE JEWS.
17:00 WHAT'S YOUR READ ON IT?
17:02 DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO RAMP UP NOW WITH
17:04 "THOSE JEWS THEY JUST FLEECE US"
17:06 "WE GENTILES PAY THEIR RETAIL PRICES"
17:09 "AND GO TO THEIR LAW FIRMS AND MEDICAL PRACTICES"
17:12 "BUT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SQUEEZE IT OUT OF US."?
17:14 DO YOU THINK THAT ANTI-JEWISH INVECTIVE IS ON THE RISE
17:18 AS PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY STRESSED ABOUT THE WORLD?
17:21 YEAH, I THINK SO.
17:23 YOU HAVE THE COMBINATION THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
17:25 YOU HAVE THE WAR IN GAZA AND SO FORTH
17:27 AND NOW ITS GOTTEN ALL THE ARABS AND THE MUSLIM WORLD
17:30 UP IN ARMS AND SO FORTH WHICH IS ALREADY ANTI-SEMITIC.
17:33 AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION
17:35 AND PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT IT AS THE JEWS RESPONSIBLE.
17:39 UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO'S KIND OF THE SYMBOL OF THIS ERA
17:44 IS THIS GUY "MADOFF"
17:46 WHO IS A JEW, UNFORTUNATELY
17:48 AND HE SCAMMED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
17:50 MANY FROM JEWISH CHARITIES.
17:52 BUT REGARDLESS HE BECOMES THE EXAMPLE OF
17:55 "HERE WE GO AGAIN"
17:57 SO I THINK, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.
17:58 EVEN THOUGH THAT JEWS WERE VICTIMIZED BY HIM... >>YES THEY WERE.
18:03 ...NEVERTHELESS THAT THEY'LL USE HIM AS THE POSTER BOY FOR JEWISH AVARICE.
18:07 THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE EVEN THE "ELI BAZELL HOLOCAUST SOCIETY"
18:10 THERE...THE FAMOUS WRITER MADE THE HOLOCAUST KNOWN
18:14 TO THE WORLD AND SO FORTH...
18:16 THEY ALMOST COMPLETELY WERE BANKRUPTED BY MADOFF'S SCAMS.
18:20 IT'S SAD. >>HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE.
18:22 NOW I LOOK AT PERSONALLY AND YOU CAN WEIGH IN,
18:24 I MEAN THERE ARE PROBLEMS MATERIALLY, ARGUABLY. >>YES
18:29 BUT I TEND TO LOOK AT IT SPIRITUALLY.
18:31 AND I'M REMINDED, SPEAKING OF A PROPHECY UPDATE,
18:34 IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVELATION TEXT
18:37 THEREIN IN THE 12TH CHAPTER I BELIEVE
18:40 WE'RE TOLD THAT THIS SERPENT IS GIVEN TO DESTROYING THE CHRIST CHILD.
18:45 THE MESSIAH COMES, AND THERE'S THIS WOMAN
18:48 WHO BRINGS FORTH THE CHILD AND HE'S WAITING, THIS SERPENT,
18:52 THIS DRAGON, IS WAITING TO CONSUME THE CHILD, UNABLE TO DO SO.
18:56 THEN WE'RE TOLD IN REVELATION THAT THIS DRAGON,
19:00 THIS BEAST, THIS DEMONIC FIGURE
19:02 GOES AFTER THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT THE CHILD INTO THE WORLD.
19:06 AND I DON'T THINK ITS JUST A LEAP INTO NON-REALITY TO SAY
19:10 THAT WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE ANCIENT WORD
19:12 AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MODERN WORLD
19:14 WE SEE THAT THE DEVIL TRIED TO DESTROY THE CHRIST CHILD
19:17 AND THEN GOES AFTER THE PEOPLE THROUGH WHOM THE CHRIST CHILD CAME TO JEWISH PEOPLE
19:22 AND THIS IS WHAT, ACT 12, SCENE 3 IN AN ON-GOING SAGA, CORRECT?
19:26 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY,
19:28 AND AGAIN THERE'S BEEN MANY BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM
19:31 AND THE SOURCES AND ROOTS OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM
19:34 BUT I THINK HONESTLY IT COMES BACK TO A SPIRITUAL CAUSE.
19:37 THE DEVIL HATES THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
19:39 THE JEWISH PEOPLE BROUGHT THE MESSIAH INTO THE WORLD.
19:43 THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BRING THE MESSIAH BACK INTO THE WORLD
19:46 WHEN HE COMES TO JERUSALEM.
19:48 AND SO IF THE DEVIL IS SUCCESSFUL IN DESTROYING THE JEWISH PEOPLE
19:51 THEN JESUS CAN'T RETURN
19:52 BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO COME BACK FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
19:54 SO WHY NOT GO AFTER THEM?
19:56 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
19:58 AND GO AFTER THEM HE DOES.
20:01 THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT GOD IS WATCHING OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT
20:07 FOR JEWS AND FOR ALL OF "YOUS".
20:11 FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU,
20:13 WE CAN KNOW THAT NOTHING ON GOD'S EARTH CAN KEEP US FROM GOD'S GRACE
20:19 IF WE HAVE A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
20:24 "HE WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS" BUT THERE IS A BATTLE RAGING.
20:30 THOSE WHO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YESHUA,
20:34 THOSE IN THE SHEEP WHO WALK BEHIND THE SHEPHERD
20:37 CAN BE SIMILARLY MINDED OF THE FACT THAT THE ADVERSARY GROWLS AROUND AND PROWLS AROUND
20:44 SEEING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
20:47 BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE SHEPHERD'S NOT ABOUT TO LET US BE CARRIED OFF AS HIS PREY
20:55 AS LONG AS WE PRAY, AS LONG WE STAY THERE WITH HIM, BEHIND HIM,
20:58 OWING TO HIS GOOD GRACES WE CAN TRUST THAT WE HAVE A GREAT AND GLORIOUS FUTURE.
21:03 PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU, ISRAEL ITSELF, WE ALL ARE PART OF GOD'S PROGRAM
21:09 AND SO IT IS IF GOD HAS HIS HAND IN OUR LIFE HELL MAY WELL HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT AGAINST IT
21:15 BUT GOD IS GREATER THAN ALL.
21:18 AND SO IT'S A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT NOT JUST FOR ME, NOT JUST FOR JAMIE,
21:23 NOT JUST FOR JEWISH PEOPLE,
21:25 NOT JUST FOR THOSE FIGHTING IN ISRAEL MATERIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
21:28 BUT IT'S A GOOD WORD TO KNOW THAT COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
21:32 DIFFICULTIES IN THIS WORLD NOTWITHSTANDING,
21:34 GOD IS GOOD AND HE HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR OUR LIFE
21:38 IF WE PUT OUR HAND IN HIS AND LET HIM LEAD US THROUGH IT.
21:45 ♪IF YOU KNEW, IF YOU KNEW WHO IS SPEAKING TO YOU♪
21:49 ♪IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD♪
21:56 ♪FROM ABOVE, FROM ABOVE HE IS POURING OUT HIS LOVE♪
22:01 ♪NOW RECEIVE THE GIFT OF GOD.♪
22:08 ♪DO YOU KNOW?CAN YOU THINK? WHO IT IS THAT WOULD DRINK♪
22:12 ♪FROM THE WATER IN THIS WELL?♪
22:19 ♪AND AS IF ON HIS KNEES HE CRIES, "WOMAN, WOMAN PLEASE!♪
22:24 ♪GIVE ME WATER FROM YOUR WELL.♪
22:31 ♪LIVING WATER, LIVING WATER WOULD HE GLADLY GIVE TO YOU♪
22:43 ♪WHEN YOU DRINK OF LIVING WATER NEVER THIRST AGAIN SHALL YOU♪
22:55 ♪LIVING WATER, LIVING WATER TO THE WHOLE WORLD GO AND TELL♪
23:07 ♪"I DRANK DEEPLY OF THE WATER OF THE STRANGER BY THE WELL♪
23:17 ZOLA'S MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL IN FACT.
23:21 JAMIE COWEN HAS A REASONABLY PEACEFUL DISPOSITION I MIGHT ADD FOR A LAWYER
23:26 AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A RABBI TOO. >>YES I AM.
23:29 YOU LEAD A CONGREGATION,
23:30 YOU'RE THE FORMER LEADER OF AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF
23:34 MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS,
23:36 YOU'VE SPOKEN TO MANY;
23:37 SPEAK TO MILLIONS NOW AS YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE
23:40 AND THE WORD THAT YOU READ IN THE SCRIPTURE,
23:43 WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART?
23:44 THANK YOU JEFF.
23:46 I WOULD JUST SAY LOOK I REPRESENT TWO COMMUNITIES.
23:48 I REPRESENT OF COURSE THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD
23:52 BUT I ALSO REPRESENT THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
23:54 AND THERE'S ONLY 15 MILLION, MAX, JEWS IN THE WORLD.
23:58 A GOOD MANY OF THEM LIVE IN ISRAEL
23:59 BUT MANY OF THEM LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE.
24:02 THERE'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, BILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS
24:04 AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
24:09 CERTAINLY WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT LIKE IN ISRAEL THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
24:12 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING THAT ISRAEL DOES IS RIGHT
24:15 BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST NEEDS TO GET BEHIND GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
24:21 TO SUPPORT THEM, TO COME ALONG SIDE THEM.
24:23 AND BUT THEN ALSO TO COME ALONG SIDE THE REMNANT WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY,
24:27 THE MESSIANIC JEWISH WORLD,
24:29 THOSE WHO KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH BUT STILL LIVE AS JEWS
24:32 MANY OF WHOM LIVE IN ISRAEL,
24:33 MANY OF THEM WHO ARE FIGHTING ON THE FRONT LINES IN GAZA RIGHT NOW.
24:37 THERE'S GOOD FRIENDS OF MY CHILDREN,
24:39 ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE,
24:41 WHO ARE IN GAZA RIGHT NOW FIGHTING THEIR LIVES,
24:43 FIGHTING FOR THE NATION AND SO ON.
24:45 THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT BOTH PRAYER AND FINANCIAL AS WELL.
24:48 I WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID EARLIER.
24:50 WE FORMED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED "THE HOPE FOR ISRAEL".
24:54 YOU CAN FIND THEM ON WWW.THEHOPEFORISRAEL.ORG
24:58 AND THE GOAL OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO RAISE MONEY FROM THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
25:02 AND TO CHANNEL IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL
25:06 TO SUPPORT THE ISRAELIS BOTH JEWISH AND ARAB,
25:11 TO SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS THROUGH HUMANITARIAN AIDE.
25:16 WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP,
25:18 LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD UP AND EXALT THE MESSIANIC JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD.
25:23 THANK YOU JEFF FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
25:25 OH I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE
25:27 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
25:28 COMING UP SOON IS A SERIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER,
25:33 "THE WARRIOR KING; DAVID-LIKE LEADERSHIP FOR GOLIATH-LIKE TIMES".
25:38 AND HERE'S A CLIP...
26:33 IT'S COMING NEXT WEEK, "THE WARRIOR KING".
26:35 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
26:37 IF YOU WATCH IT ONCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED BY IT.
26:40 I WAS BLESSED TO MAKE IT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME DO SO.
26:43 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
26:46 AND AS YOU GO NOW,
26:47 SHA 'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM,
26:50 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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