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Episode: “Bonus interviews”
During this series, viewers have briefly heard from four Israelis who, like Peter, are followers of Yeshua. In this program, we learn more from our interviews with 1) Chaim Malespin, director of the Aliyah Return Center; 2) Daniel Carmel, captain of the “Jesus” boat on the Sea of Galilee; 3) Carolyn Hyde, who with her husband moved to Israel; and 4) Yuval Shlomovitch, the Israeli actor who portrays Peter in the series.
Series: “Much Like Peter”
On the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Yeshua began His ministry by calling disciples to follow Him. One of these was Peter — who often acted before thinking. Even so, the Messiah foresaw that this simple fisherman would become the leader of the Apostles and a powerful voice for the Gospel.

This series features teaching by Dr. Jeffrey Seif, reenactments by Israeli actors, David and Kirsten Hart singing songs by Zola on location in Israel, interviews with Israeli Believers, and modern life applications with the Harts. Each program reveals that many of us who follow the Lord are “much like Peter.”

Caption transcript for Much Like Peter: “Bonus interviews” (9/9)

  • 00:01 David Hart: Shalom.
  • 00:02 On today's program, we hear from four Israelis who are followers
  • 00:05 of Yeshua Jesus.
  • 00:07 Stay tuned for "Our Jewish Roots"
  • 00:08 with Bible teaching by Dr. Jeffrey Seif.
  • 00:11 ♪♪♪
  • 00:19 male narrator: Sunrise on the Galilee, Simon Peter prepares
  • 00:23 his nets for a day at sea.
  • 00:25 Much like the sea, Peter is unpredictable, calm,
  • 00:29 and steady and, then, in an instant, tempestuous.
  • 00:35 As we reflect upon the Lord's most intriguing disciple,
  • 00:38 we can see ourselves because we, too, have been broken
  • 00:42 and then restored.
  • 00:46 We, too, in so many ways, are much like Peter.
  • 00:50 ♪♪♪
  • 00:56 David: We're so glad you've joined us today.
  • 00:58 I'm David Hart.
  • 00:59 Kirsten Hart: I'm Kirsten Hart.
  • 01:00 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Jeffrey Seif.
  • 01:02 Kirsten: Last week, we ended our teaching segments for the
  • 01:04 series of Peter, and this week, we're bringing you some extra
  • 01:07 bonus, wonderful interviews with some incredible Israeli friends,
  • 01:12 and we get to, kind of, chit-chat a little bit about the
  • 01:15 whole series, and may I say, your teaching was fantastic,
  • 01:19 but your wardrobe was really great.
  • 01:22 David: Indiana Jones.
  • 01:23 Kirsten: Even better.
  • 01:25 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Well, we're on an adventure.
  • 01:26 You know, when you mentioned the believers in Israel, there's a
  • 01:28 movement there now of reviving the Jewish believing movement.
  • 01:32 That's what the first century followers were.
  • 01:34 They were all Jewish believers, and there's thousands
  • 01:37 and thousands in Israel today.
  • 01:39 We're just hearing from a few of the principals.
  • 01:42 There's thousands where they came from.
  • 01:44 David: And their worship is on fire.
  • 01:45 They're on fire for Yeshua. It's amazing.
  • 01:47 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Yeah, and I believe the emergence of the
  • 01:49 testimony is prophetic in its implications to see the Holy
  • 01:53 Spirit poured out in Israel amongst the Jewish people again
  • 01:57 as we haven't seen that for 2,000 years.
  • 02:00 Kirsten: We haven't seen that pouring after 2,000 years, but
  • 02:02 the incredible thing, I think, of where you were filming is
  • 02:06 that land looks the same as if you were back 2,000 years.
  • 02:10 I mean, the rough water, the rugged coastline.
  • 02:13 It looks as if the Lord himself could walk right on
  • 02:17 that beach with you.
  • 02:19 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: You know, pinch me.
  • 02:20 I can't believe I'm there.
  • 02:21 People ask me how many times I've been, and I say,
  • 02:23 "Over 50 times," and they're struck by it,
  • 02:26 and when I say it, I'm not struck by it,
  • 02:29 but when I go there, you know, I'm like,
  • 02:31 "Wow, I mean, I still can't believe I'm here."
  • 02:33 Thanks for sendin' me.
  • 02:35 Kirsten: Rough waters and all.
  • 02:37 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Rough waters and all, yeah.
  • 02:39 David: One of those guys who's on fire for Yeshua, who
  • 02:41 lives in the Galilee, he's been on our program many times.
  • 02:44 You probably know him, Chaim Malespin.
  • 02:47 I got to spend some time with him.
  • 02:48 Let's go there now.
  • 02:51 David: Kirsten and I have been overly blessed
  • 02:54 today to spend the day with you on the Jesus Boat
  • 02:57 in your hometown, Tiberias, Israel.
  • 03:00 So glad to have you at the seat today with me.
  • 03:03 You've been a very busy guy.
  • 03:06 Chaim Malespin: Mm-hmm.
  • 03:07 David: You've been in America recently.
  • 03:09 Chaim: True, yeah.
  • 03:10 David: And I think you just got back when we flew in.
  • 03:12 What have you been doing?
  • 03:13 Chaim: Well, I've seen that, as Israel opened her doors to
  • 03:18 these immigrants from Ukraine and that crisis has been
  • 03:21 something, just, shaking the world, and not only Israel, but
  • 03:25 other nations are saying, "We wanna be part of helping these
  • 03:29 Jewish immigrants and other refugees who come here.
  • 03:31 And we are, of course, a registered charity, Aliyah
  • 03:34 Return Center, both here and in the United States and also in
  • 03:37 England and also Singapore, so that's the thing is we're saying
  • 03:40 we're inviting the world to come and lend that Matthew 25, that,
  • 03:45 you know, "When have we seen you without a place to go, Lord?
  • 03:47 When have we seen you without food to eat or clothes to wear?"
  • 03:50 And so we're here to provide all that and are doing so in the
  • 03:54 form of food vouchers, these little supermarket cards.
  • 03:57 We'll give them--we'll do events.
  • 03:59 We have a Hebrew school we opened in town.
  • 04:01 Seventy, or so, could fit there.
  • 04:03 Night classes to get them integrated into their job.
  • 04:07 For example, there's two that are excellent
  • 04:09 award-winning surgeons, okay?
  • 04:11 And so these young people--one's like 38, one's like 39--and they
  • 04:16 can't do anything but sweep roads because they don't
  • 04:18 understand the language, and they can't--and so they need the
  • 04:21 language and get their business integrated, so we're able to
  • 04:23 help with that and a lot more.
  • 04:25 David: So you're talking about the Aliyah Return Center.
  • 04:27 Many of our viewers know a lot about your ministry,
  • 04:31 your vision from years ago.
  • 04:33 I can't believe that you're hosting Ukrainians
  • 04:36 that you're talking about.
  • 04:37 That's gotta be life-changing for you.
  • 04:39 Chaim: It really is, but I wanna just say thank you.
  • 04:42 Tell them for me and for all of the Galileans here, all the
  • 04:45 believers, thank you for those who have sowed in
  • 04:49 and really helped.
  • 04:50 It's grown, I mean, even through the corona time.
  • 04:52 You remember that time?
  • 04:54 And it just--we continue to grow and have more and more people to
  • 04:57 help and even more and more support, praise God.
  • 05:00 David: Yeah, so our viewers all over the world that watch
  • 05:02 this program, how can we help you right now?
  • 05:04 Chaim: Oh, praise the Lord.
  • 05:05 I mean, people, as they're reading the book of Jeremiah and
  • 05:07 they see this thing called Aliyah, a lot of people don't
  • 05:10 know this word "Aliyah."
  • 05:12 Some do, which means, it's "return."
  • 05:13 Just like I returned to the homeland, the Promised Land,
  • 05:16 just like Abraham was promised to make his Aliyah to Israel, in
  • 05:21 the same way, Jewish people, even as I was mentioning, from
  • 05:23 Ukraine, even from Russia too, are coming and making their
  • 05:27 Aliyah to Israel.
  • 05:29 And if you look at the book of Jeremiah chapter 23, I find it
  • 05:31 so amazing because you see there it says there's gonna be a
  • 05:34 Passover, an exodus, not like the one in Egypt.
  • 05:38 It's gonna be from the land of the north.
  • 05:39 You look on a map.
  • 05:41 What's straight north of Israel?
  • 05:43 Well, it's Ukraine and Russia.
  • 05:44 And so you say, "Is that happening now?
  • 05:46 Are we in that prophetic shift found in Jeremiah 23?"
  • 05:50 I think we are, and we're the hands and feet of the Master
  • 05:53 Galilean, Yeshua Jesus, so we gotta be about his business.
  • 05:57 David: I have a feeling that, in your vision, in your
  • 06:00 ministry, you've had some ups and downs?
  • 06:03 Chaim: Oh, yeah.
  • 06:04 David: How's it goin' right now?
  • 06:06 Chaim: Well, I say, in Hebrew, [speaking Hebrew]
  • 06:08 Aliyah, which means a "forever ascending" with the word Aliyah.
  • 06:12 But, no, you're right, it's ups and downs.
  • 06:14 We've had times where we had 83 volunteers.
  • 06:16 That was our height.
  • 06:18 And then a time where corona--COVID-19, that is, and
  • 06:22 no volunteers and just struggling to get
  • 06:24 to pay basic bills.
  • 06:26 We've had some persecution and some things, but we've come out
  • 06:30 the other side really, really stronger, and like the
  • 06:33 disciples, the Galileans of old, I call myself
  • 06:35 Chaim the Galilean.
  • 06:37 I identify with their faith.
  • 06:39 I identify with this journey and this call of God
  • 06:43 for the restoration of Israel as a blessing to
  • 06:46 all the families of the earth.
  • 06:48 ♪ The sick are healed, the mute can talk, ♪
  • 06:53 ♪ the blind can see, the lame can walk. ♪
  • 06:59 ♪ I was so shy, I was so shocked. ♪
  • 07:04 ♪ Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. ♪♪
  • 07:15 David: Chaim is a friend.
  • 07:16 He is a brother to us, and we're so thankful that
  • 07:20 he's a part of this ministry.
  • 07:21 He's on fire for Yeshua.
  • 07:23 Loves him with all of his heart.
  • 07:25 Kirsten: He makes us laugh a lot.
  • 07:26 David: He does.
  • 07:27 Kirsten: He's got energy.
  • 07:29 Another person who has a beautiful energy is our friend
  • 07:32 Daniel Carmel who drives faithfully the Faith Boat
  • 07:37 on the Sea of Galilee.
  • 07:38 If you've ever been on one of our tours, you know it's a
  • 07:41 highlight, and recently, you got to chat with him up in Galilee.
  • 07:46 Let's go there now.
  • 07:49 David: Right now, there are people all over the world who
  • 07:52 are a little envious right now that Kirsten and I are with our
  • 07:55 good friend Daniel Carmel.
  • 07:58 Daniel Carmel: Shalom.
  • 07:59 David: Shalom.
  • 08:01 So many people watching right now love you.
  • 08:02 They have been with you on your Faith Boat, and it's just
  • 08:06 wonderful to be back with you again today.
  • 08:07 Daniel: Hallelujah, thank you for coming.
  • 08:09 It's a blessing to have you here.
  • 08:11 David: How did God call you to the faithful?
  • 08:13 You have lots of titles.
  • 08:14 You're a captain of a boat.
  • 08:17 You're a worship leader.
  • 08:18 How in the world did you land up right here at this spot
  • 08:21 on the Sea of Galilee?
  • 08:23 Daniel: How did I land up?
  • 08:24 Hah-ha, it's a long story.
  • 08:26 I'll try to do in a few minutes.
  • 08:28 Well, I came over to Galilee to look for my birth mother.
  • 08:32 I met my birth mother for the first time at the age of 28.
  • 08:35 David: Wow.
  • 08:37 Daniel: And I was adopted, and I lived in Haifa before that
  • 08:39 with the best adopting parents on earth, hallelujah.
  • 08:42 I was so blessed, hallelujah.
  • 08:45 And when I opened the files of the adoption at the age of 28, I
  • 08:51 found my birth mother right here in Galilee, and also, I found
  • 08:55 four brothers and sister--and sisters.
  • 08:58 A year after I found them, I left Haifa, and I came to live
  • 09:01 in Kibbutz Ginosar.
  • 09:03 That's right on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, hallelujah,
  • 09:08 so, you know--
  • 09:10 David: It doesn't get old for you, does it?
  • 09:12 Daniel: No, no, heh-heh, and, by then,
  • 09:15 I was already a boat captain.
  • 09:17 I used to work in Haifa Port before that, and so I started
  • 09:20 looking for a job on the lake, and the only job I could find
  • 09:22 was on the wooden boat of the Sea of Galilee.
  • 09:25 And the wooden boat of the Sea of Galilee, actually, we are 99%
  • 09:32 of our work is with Christian believers, and from that,
  • 09:39 I started knowing Yeshua, you know?
  • 09:44 Groups are coming with pastors, teachers, preachers, so I was
  • 09:48 exposed to the Word of God, day by day by day, hallelujah, and
  • 09:53 many people told me about Yeshua.
  • 09:55 Many people prayed for me, and most of all, I could feel the
  • 09:58 presence.
  • 10:01 And then, five years after I came over here, I just woke up
  • 10:03 with great love to Yeshua, hallelujah.
  • 10:07 David: Can I share with you a story?
  • 10:09 One of our tours flew over from New York, landed at Tel Aviv,
  • 10:15 and a couple came to me, and they said, "Our daughter, we
  • 10:19 brought our adult daughter who does not know Yeshua.
  • 10:22 Please pray that, on this trip, she'll come to know Yeshua."
  • 10:26 So we went to Old City Jerusalem, the Western
  • 10:30 Wall--amazing there.
  • 10:33 After we were there, "Yes?"
  • 10:35 "Not yet."
  • 10:37 We went to the Garden Tomb.
  • 10:39 Life-changing for everyone.
  • 10:41 Worshiped there where, you know, Jesus rose from the dead,
  • 10:46 just, amazing place.
  • 10:48 "Anything happen yet?"
  • 10:50 "Not yet."
  • 10:51 Then we went to Bethlehem where we were in the cave where we
  • 10:56 sang about Jesus's birth.
  • 10:58 Nothing.
  • 11:00 Guess what?
  • 11:01 We got on your boat, worshiped with you,
  • 11:04 and I remember singing--
  • 11:05 ♪ Bless the Lord, O My Soul. ♪♪
  • 11:07 David: And watched our pilgrims worship, and we got off
  • 11:11 that boat, and I saw them running to me, and they said,
  • 11:14 "She did it on the boat.
  • 11:17 Because of Daniel, she came to know Yeshua."
  • 11:20 So you're changing lives all over the world, and we are
  • 11:23 so thankful for that.
  • 11:25 So if you ever wonder, "Am I making a difference?"
  • 11:29 Please know that you are.
  • 11:31 Daniel: Hallelujah.
  • 11:32 Wow.
  • 11:34 David: Yes.
  • 11:35 Daniel: By the way, I wanna tell you, David, that, from time
  • 11:37 to time, messianic congregations in Israel are bringing also
  • 11:40 nonbelievers to one-day tour for free in Galilee, and then they
  • 11:45 come to the boat, and I give my testimony there, and we sing
  • 11:49 together, and, you know, many people came to faith just from
  • 11:53 that, hallelujah, and that's--
  • 11:55 David: Don't give up.
  • 11:56 Daniel: No, never.
  • 11:58 ♪♪♪
  • 12:08 David: Our resource this week, the "Pray for the Peace of
  • 12:11 Jerusalem" bumper sticker.
  • 12:13 Proclaim Psalm 122, verse 6, just as we do at the end
  • 12:17 of every program.
  • 12:19 This vinyl sticker has a 3-D effect as the bold white letters
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  • 12:39 David: "Our Jewish Roots" is more than just
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  • 13:13 David: We hope you've enjoyed this series as much as we've
  • 13:15 enjoyed bringing it to you.
  • 13:17 Galilee is one of our favorite places that we go, and we're so
  • 13:22 thankful that you allowed us to go over there, sing songs,
  • 13:27 Dr. Seif's teaching, and also the interviews of people that
  • 13:30 we love that are part of this ministry that live in that area.
  • 13:34 Kirsten: One of those people, oh, my goodness, I had, just, an
  • 13:38 instant connection with her.
  • 13:39 She's been a longtime friend of our ministry.
  • 13:42 We've featured her on our program years
  • 13:45 ago--is Carolyn Hyde.
  • 13:48 She's an incredible musician, grew up in Chicago, has boys,
  • 13:52 and we have boys, and we talked about her boys for a while, and
  • 13:55 she and her family made Aliyah to Israel, and we had the
  • 14:00 opportunity--I think you were sitting in the same room, but I
  • 14:03 got to chat with this incredible woman and her journey and her
  • 14:08 story, which is just fantastic, up in the Galilee, and here's
  • 14:13 just--here's part of our incredible interview with
  • 14:16 Carolyn Hyde.
  • 14:18 Kirsten: Carolyn Hyde, thank you so much for joining us, and
  • 14:25 you're in the Galilee.
  • 14:26 You live here in the Galilee.
  • 14:29 Carolyn: Yes, I do, yes.
  • 14:30 Kirsten: What a blessing.
  • 14:31 And I know you have been on our program years ago.
  • 14:35 Carolyn: Yes, many years ago.
  • 14:37 I don't remember how many, but it was a privilege then,
  • 14:40 and it's a privilege now.
  • 14:41 Kirsten: And you sing, and you write,
  • 14:43 and you play guitar and--
  • 14:45 Carolyn: Not guitar anymore 'cause I got this thing on my
  • 14:49 hand, but I'm still on the keyboard.
  • 14:52 Carolyn: And I was just kind of looking up your life
  • 14:55 a little bit, and you were born in the states.
  • 14:57 Carolyn: Yes.
  • 14:59 Kirsten: And when did you make Aliyah?
  • 15:01 Carolyn: It's been 18 years, and it was just something
  • 15:05 I always knew I'd do.
  • 15:07 My dad and my mom were ardent Zionists.
  • 15:11 I grew up in an orthodox synagogue near Chicago,
  • 15:14 and I heard all my life, "Israel is our home, not America,"
  • 15:18 and so--I'm a dual citizen though.
  • 15:20 I love both places.
  • 15:22 Kirsten: And so did you--the reason that you made Aliyah is
  • 15:25 because you married into a family that lived here?
  • 15:29 Carolyn: No, my husband is actually a Christian.
  • 15:32 He's a cowboy from Texas.
  • 15:33 Kirsten: Okay.
  • 15:35 Carolyn: And so--and I'm Jewish, and so we are a
  • 15:37 prophetic picture of one new man.
  • 15:39 Kirsten: Oh, I love that.
  • 15:40 So he made Aliyah with you then.
  • 15:42 Carolyn: Yes, he got in and got full citizenship, benefits,
  • 15:44 everything because of me so--
  • 15:46 Kirsten: Oh, now, our series that we're in right now is all
  • 15:49 about Peter and the Galilee.
  • 15:52 So how did you come from the states to this spot in Israel?
  • 15:58 Carolyn: Well, first of all, it was the Lord 'cause we try
  • 16:01 not to do anything, especially a big move like that, just, on our
  • 16:06 own, you know, for fun or whatever, and so the Lord made
  • 16:09 it really clear.
  • 16:11 We initially settled in Haifa, and the Western Galilee, but
  • 16:15 then the Lord moved us here to the Eastern Galilee or what most
  • 16:20 people call just the Galilee, and it was during the war, and
  • 16:24 he made it so clear this is where we belong.
  • 16:27 Kirsten: And I'm grateful for you listening to the voice to
  • 16:31 call you here because how else will they know if they don't see
  • 16:34 the light?
  • 16:36 And, I guess, we should pray, believers--I was gonna say in
  • 16:39 the states but everywhere should pray that they would have the
  • 16:42 same vision that you had 'cause it's the miracle, right?
  • 16:46 It's the miracle vision.
  • 16:47 Carolyn: Oh, totally miracle.
  • 16:48 I mean, I was a hippie, New Age hippie living in Mexico and
  • 16:52 singing the blues in bars and cantinas, and one day, I saw
  • 16:56 Jesus, and it was like I remember something falling off
  • 17:02 my eyes, and I looked up, and I said, "Oh, it's Jesus, and he's
  • 17:04 the Lord."
  • 17:06 And then I thought, you know, I'm not allowed to say that.
  • 17:09 And so it just--I became a secret believer for four years--
  • 17:14 Kirsten: That's so sad that-- Carolyn: --so I understand
  • 17:15 that too.
  • 17:17 Kirsten: I was gonna say, I don't mean to jump in on your
  • 17:18 story.
  • 17:20 I understand how you were taught one thing, and if I was taught
  • 17:24 one thing, I would believe that too, but flying in the plane
  • 17:29 over here, I just kept hearing God say, "Welcome
  • 17:32 to the land of miracles.
  • 17:34 It's a land of miracles."
  • 17:36 And that happened to you, and it can happen to anyone, can't it?
  • 17:39 I mean, you didn't expect that.
  • 17:41 Carolyn: It's already happening.
  • 17:42 Kirsten: It gives me goose bumps. I love that.
  • 17:44 Carolyn: It's already happening.
  • 17:45 We meet people often, like, when we post those videos from our
  • 17:49 son's ministry and--we raise their support, so we're
  • 17:54 together, but when we post those videos online, first of all, the
  • 18:00 usual YouTube, Facebook, they've tried to take down our videos,
  • 18:05 and that's a whole nother story, but when we post those, you
  • 18:09 know, you can respond to them, and so we get death threats, we
  • 18:14 get all kinds of stuff, but we also get comments such as "Can I
  • 18:20 meet with you at a coffeehouse?"
  • 18:23 Or somebody else might call and say, "I had a dream about Jesus.
  • 18:27 Can I talk to you?"
  • 18:30 Just, these are the kinds of things we're hearing, so Joel
  • 18:33 2:28, is actively happening not only here in the Galilee but all
  • 18:38 over and--
  • 18:42 [speaking in Hebrew]
  • 18:45 "In the last days, I'll pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
  • 18:50 and your old men will dream dreams, your young men
  • 18:52 will have visions," and that is happening here.
  • 18:56 [singing in Hebrew]
  • 19:52 ♪♪♪
  • 20:02 ♪♪♪
  • 20:12 David: It's not very often--really, I don't know
  • 20:14 if it's ever happened where we've had the chance
  • 20:16 to meet the Israeli actors.
  • 20:19 Well, I got to meet one of them who played Peter, and I had an
  • 20:23 amazing time with him as he almost broke down about the part
  • 20:28 that he played as Peter.
  • 20:30 I love him.
  • 20:31 He's a brother.
  • 20:33 His name is Yuval.
  • 20:34 Let's go to that interview right now.
  • 20:37 David: I'm so happy to be sitting here with you today in
  • 20:39 one of my favorite places in the whole world, Tiberias,
  • 20:43 Israel, and I want our people to meet you.
  • 20:48 They've seen as Peter, which I know has been maybe a life
  • 20:52 change for you a little bit?
  • 20:54 Yuval Shlomovitch: Yeah, it was a very powerful experience
  • 20:57 for me to do this, to act as this amazing character.
  • 21:05 David: Yes, that's right, and you tell it so powerfully in
  • 21:08 this series, and I can't wait to even hear more and see more of
  • 21:12 what you will do in this series.
  • 21:14 You are a family man.
  • 21:15 You have a family.
  • 21:17 Yuval: Yeah, I have a wife and two sons.
  • 21:19 David: Tell us about your family, yes.
  • 21:21 Yuval: Yeah, my oldest--not oldest.
  • 21:23 My first son is Geffen.
  • 21:26 His name is Geffen.
  • 21:28 David: Okay.
  • 21:29 Yuval: And he's four and a half years old.
  • 21:31 My other son is Jordan, my smallest son.
  • 21:35 He's one and a half years old, and we called--the names were
  • 21:41 chosen because of Geffen is the grape, the grape thing.
  • 21:48 I don't know how you--
  • 21:49 David: Grapevine?
  • 21:51 Yuval: The vine.
  • 21:52 "Geffen" is "vine."
  • 21:53 So Jesus says, yeah, that he's the vine, right?
  • 21:57 David: Correct.
  • 21:58 Yuval: Yeah, so, and Jordan is one of the main reasons
  • 22:02 because Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, yeah, so those
  • 22:10 are the names that they have.
  • 22:14 David: Have you always been a believer in Yeshua,
  • 22:16 or how did that come about?
  • 22:18 Yuval: So, one day, a very, a very precious man, Gary, he's in
  • 22:26 a congregation in Haifa, took me to one of the congregations in
  • 22:29 Tel Aviv, and I heard one song about Yeshua, and my heart
  • 22:36 couldn't ignore the love.
  • 22:39 David: Couldn't deny it.
  • 22:41 Yuval: Couldn't deny it, yeah.
  • 22:42 Although I heard the song and it touched me,
  • 22:44 I still didn't believe.
  • 22:45 I asked myself, "How come God has a Son?
  • 22:49 It doesn't say--it doesn't say it in the Old Testament.
  • 22:52 How come he has a Son?"
  • 22:54 So one of the congregations--the people in the congregations,
  • 22:57 they just told me, "Pray for an answer.
  • 22:59 Pray for God.
  • 23:01 Tell him to give you a sign if he has a Son,
  • 23:04 and he will hear you.
  • 23:05 Just pray."
  • 23:07 And I did, and I prayed for God of [speaking in Hebrew]
  • 23:14 the God of Moses, Abraham, and Jacob.
  • 23:16 David: Uh-huh.
  • 23:18 Yuval: No, sorry--
  • 23:19 David: Isaac?
  • 23:20 Yuval: --it's Hakava, Isaac.
  • 23:23 It's [speaking in Hebrew]
  • 23:24 Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob 'cause this is the God I know,
  • 23:26 and I told him, "Please, if you have a Son, if Jesus is really
  • 23:28 your Son, give me a sign.
  • 23:30 Just let me know.
  • 23:31 I wanna be where you want me to be.
  • 23:33 You decide, but just tell me," and I opened the New Testament.
  • 23:38 In the same scene that today we shot with Ken, it was the scene
  • 23:43 when Peter went up to the mountain with Jesus, and Moshe
  • 23:48 and Eliyyahu Hanavi came, and then God said, "This is my only
  • 23:53 Son, my precious--my beloved Son.
  • 23:56 To him you should hear."
  • 23:59 And I was like, "Wow, more better answer
  • 24:04 than that I could not have."
  • 24:07 David: All of us in front of the camera
  • 24:09 and even behind the camera, we were moved by the interview
  • 24:14 and just hanging out with Yuval.
  • 24:16 We hope that it was captured and you saw how much he loves
  • 24:20 Yeshua.
  • 24:21 So many there are, just like we've said before, on fire for
  • 24:24 the Lord.
  • 24:26 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: You know, people love testimonies because
  • 24:30 it's great to hear the voice of satisfied customers, people who
  • 24:32 have seen, they've tasted and seen that the Lord is good and
  • 24:36 that it's coming from Jewish lips.
  • 24:38 It has a prophetic import associated with it.
  • 24:41 Kirsten: Well, from us to you, well done.
  • 24:43 I have to jump in real quick.
  • 24:45 The choppy waters that we got to film on--incredible.
  • 24:49 The sense of the wild--the scent and sense the wildflowers on
  • 24:52 Mount Arbel, the whole time is spectacular.
  • 24:56 David: We've been excited to get back to these chairs right
  • 24:59 here to be with you for this series.
  • 25:01 Time to go.
  • 25:02 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Yeah, it's a beautiful set.
  • 25:04 Thanks for payin' for it. Beautiful people.
  • 25:05 Thanks for bein' there as you go.
  • 25:06 See ya next week, but for now--
  • 25:08 Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim.
  • 25:10 David: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
  • 25:12 ♪♪♪
  • 25:15 ♪ You were listening while in Egypt to our cries ♪
  • 25:18 ♪ of mercy, pleading. ♪
  • 25:20 ♪ You were with us in the desert through the time ♪
  • 25:23 ♪ of wanting, needing. ♪
  • 25:24 ♪ You were making us your people, ♪
  • 25:26 ♪ ones who'd follow where you're leading. ♪
  • 25:28 ♪ You were teaching in the fire, ♪
  • 25:31 ♪ giving us our hearts desire. ♪
  • 25:33 ♪ All the people praise you, sing and dance before you, ♪
  • 25:37 ♪ make a joyful noise unto the Lord. ♪
  • 25:42 ♪ You have made us now your people, ♪
  • 25:44 ♪ brought us back from all the nations. ♪
  • 25:47 ♪ You were teaching us in exile ♪
  • 25:49 ♪ how to love you undefiled. ♪
  • 25:51 ♪ All the people praise you, sing and dance before you, ♪
  • 25:55 ♪ make a joyful noise unto the Lord. ♪
  • 26:00 ♪ King of all the kingdoms, Creator of creation, ♪
  • 26:05 ♪ author of salvation, on his throne in heaven. ♪
  • 26:10 ♪ We have come to be your people ♪
  • 26:12 ♪ for eternity your nation. ♪
  • 26:14 ♪ Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. ♪
  • 26:18 ♪♪♪
  • 26:28 ♪♪♪
  • 26:39 ♪ All the people praise you, sing and dance before you, ♪
  • 26:43 ♪ make a joyful noise unto the Lord. ♪
  • 26:48 ♪ King of all the kingdoms, Creator of creation, ♪
  • 26:52 ♪ author of salvation, on his throne in heaven. ♪
  • 26:57 ♪ We have come to be your people ♪
  • 26:59 ♪ for eternity your nation. ♪
  • 27:02 ♪ Make a joyful noise. Make a joyful noise. ♪
  • 27:06 ♪ Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. ♪
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Episodes in this series

  1. Foundation of Faith
  2. Faith Requires Boldness
  3. Who are You, Yeshua?
  4. Divine Apparently
  5. I Don’t Know Him
  6. Do You Love Me?
  7. Tongues of Fire
  8. Beyond Israel’s borders
  9. Bonus interviews

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