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Episode: “Our Jewish Roots: The Next Generation”

We are thankful how the Lord has guided our ministry in 2023. David and Kirsten Hart along with Joshua and Caleb, recap the series: Ezekiel, Sar Shalom, The God of Miracles, She Shall Be Called Woman, Joshua: More than a Conqueror, and Dateline Jerusalem: The Coming Temple. Plus we peek at the exciting things coming your way in 2024!

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Caption transcript for “Our Jewish Roots: The Next Generation”

00:06 ♪♪♪ David Hart: We welcome you to "Our Jewish Roots."
00:09 I can't believe that 2023 is coming to an end.
00:13 We wanna continue to bring you Christianity
00:16 through Jewish eyes.
00:18 You guys kind of have those Jewish eyes.
00:20 Caleb Colson: We do.
00:21 We are Jewish and, man, what a year.
00:24 Things have changed from us being behind that camera
00:27 to now being in front of the camera.
00:29 Joshua Colson: Right, a lot of changes, man.
00:30 It's a lot brighter over here.
00:32 Kirsten Hart: Well, it has seemed very natural.
00:33 You've been with the ministry for years.
00:34 Caleb: Seventeen years.
00:36 Kirsten: We'd introduce you but some people are like,
00:37 "Okay, once more, let us know who these guys are."
00:39 Who are you?
00:41 Joshua: Well, I'm Joshua and this is Caleb and we are Jewish
00:43 believers in Yeshua and we have been blessed for the past 5
00:47 years to host "The Bearded Bible Brothers" on our social media
00:51 platforms where we get to talk about relevant topics today and
00:54 how the Bible looks at them and explain details in prophecy as
00:59 well, so this ministry provides so much for so many different
01:02 groups of people to understand the Word and to be able to be
01:05 equipped as believers to go out and reach the world for Yeshua.
01:09 David: Right now, we wanna show you some things
01:10 that we've done in 2023.
01:12 We wanna show you an excerpt from Ezekiel.
01:14 Let's go there now.
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01:22 male: We moved on.
01:25 narrator: "The Lord said unto Ezekiel: 'Son of man,
01:28 can these bones live?'"
01:32 male: [inaudible]
01:37 narrator: "Prophesy upon these bones and say unto them,
01:40 'O ye dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord.'"
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02:12 male announcer: "Ezekiel and the MidEast Piece Process."
02:18 narrator: In 593 BC, Ezekiel was among the exiles at the
02:23 River Chebar in Babylonia, and the heavens were opened
02:27 and he saw visions of God.
02:32 A whirlwind came out of the North and a brightness
02:35 was about him.
02:41 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: His name means "God strengthens," and
02:45 Ezekiel was going to use all the strength he could muster.
02:50 And why is that?
02:52 Because this man lived at the ragged edge of time.
02:59 narrator: A once dry, desolate land now restored,
03:03 welcomes new life.
03:06 "Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall shoot forth your branches
03:10 and yield your fruit to my people of Israel.
03:14 Or behold I am for you and I will multiply upon you
03:18 man and beast.
03:20 And they shall increase and bring fruit and ye shall know
03:24 that I am the Lord."
03:31 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: It's called a shuk, a marketplace,
03:34 and what a marketplace it is here in Jerusalem.
03:37 The atmosphere just bristles with life and activity.
03:41 It's teeming with people coming to get some of the good fruits
03:45 of the earth, fruits that were produced, the Eretz Yisrael,
03:50 in the land of Israel.
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05:09 narrator: For untold generations it had all seemed
05:12 so natural: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
05:18 But now the Lord was saying quite the opposite.
05:21 Go the second mile, regardless of the circumstance.
05:26 Give to him who ask you, and then give him more.
05:45 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: The Latin expression, lex talionis,
05:48 harks to a term for the law of retaliation.
05:52 You can--you can't take that from people.
05:56 There's the biblical expression, "An eye for an eye,
05:59 and a tooth for a tooth."
06:01 Kirsten: Our founder, Zola Levitt, started this program
06:05 45 years ago on television and then, since then, this wonderful
06:10 thing called the Internet, as my dad says: "www dot," came on
06:16 and that opened up a whole new world for us and that's where
06:20 you guys started, as The Bearded Bible Brothers on www dot.
06:26 Joshua: Well, I know Caleb wanted to be part of the
06:28 ministry 45 years ago but he wasn't born, so--when we came.
06:32 Caleb: It's an amazing evangelistic tool, the Internet.
06:35 I know people didn't originally see it as that, you know,
06:37 different ministries, but how many eyes and ears can we reach
06:40 around the world that we normally couldn't with
06:43 television, with the gospel of Yeshua and that's why
06:46 we wanna be innovative and reach different audiences,
06:49 even different age groups, that normally
06:50 wouldn't watch television.
06:52 That's really been our heart, how we got started.
06:54 Kirsten: As you have been, very successfully,
06:56 and we're thankful for that.
06:58 That's part of our story as--on this program and how you came
07:02 to us and we're just--I mean, you've been part of
07:04 the ministry, but your vision, your heartbeat,
07:06 and we're thankful for that.
07:08 David: So thankful.
07:09 Right now, the "God of Miracles" series is one of my favorites.
07:12 We wanna show you some highlights from that right now.
07:16 narrator: To believe in the Bible is to believe in miracles.
07:20 From Genesis to Revelation, the impossible became possible.
07:25 As God's hand moved across space and time, land and the seas
07:30 were created, graves opened, water turned to wine,
07:34 the sick and lame healed.
07:37 The land of Israel completely restored.
07:40 Past, present, and future, he's the Alpha and Omega.
07:46 He is the God of Miracles.
07:54 Caleb: And speaking of miracles, certainly downtown
07:58 Jerusalem is just that.
08:00 Amazingly, during its long history, Jerusalem has been
08:03 attacked 52 times, captured 44 times, besieged 23 times,
08:09 and destroyed twice.
08:12 And yet, to witness its downtown streets is to witness a miracle.
08:16 The capital of Israel has risen miraculously from the ashes and
08:20 become a thriving municipality with wonderful shops,
08:24 restaurants, and a light-rail system
08:27 that can take you virtually anywhere you need to go.
08:31 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: My wife is always saying, "Drink, drink."
08:35 She's always looking out for me, God bless her.
08:38 I love her.
08:39 I love pomegranate juice too.
08:41 I'm glad I don't have to make it.
08:42 They squeeze it and make it for me here on Ben-Yehuda Street.
08:48 Fascinating place, just up from Zion Square here in Jerusalem.
08:53 It's fascinating in part because of the person
08:56 that the street is named after.
09:00 I say that because Ben-Yehuda himself participated
09:05 in the modern miracle.
09:07 I say that because Hebrew had been a dead language.
09:10 Ben-Yehuda is the one responsible for the modern
09:14 language to the modern states.
09:17 Jill Odieny: All of my muscles are in a constant state
09:20 of contraction from the waist down.
09:23 So I'm fighting my hips, my legs, my knees, my ankle,
09:29 and that makes my walking gait really unsteady, extremely
09:34 awkward, very inefficient, and my balance is extremely poor.
09:40 So I do walk with a walker now, which is normal for a
09:45 40-year-old living with cerebral palsy, but it should be said
09:49 that all of the things that the doctor said
09:52 I would never be able to do, I do all of those things.
09:56 Caleb: You do it all, that's right.
09:57 Jill: None of them perfectly, but I do all of those things.
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10:11 Eve: I came forth from a man.
10:13 female: But I found favor with him.
10:15 Eunice: And true success is not measured in wealth
10:18 and power, but in the estate of one's heart.
10:20 female: I've never been happier and more fulfilled.
10:23 female: I raised him up strictly in the faith,
10:26 and the law, and the prophets.
10:28 female: And now I want to give something back.
10:30 female: I believe Elohim meant it to be this way.
10:33 female: She's still a cornerstone of wisdom
10:34 to the family.
10:36 female: But you are always in my heart.
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10:56 female: The trading has become profitable,
10:58 and the harvest has yield a good crop.
11:01 All of this will surely benefit my family.
11:05 I wouldn't have been able to take on these extra tasks
11:08 without the love and support of my husband.
11:11 He has given me everything I've needed and more,
11:14 and now I want to give something back.
11:16 It feels so good to be needed, to know my contributions matter.
11:22 As busy as I am, I've never been happier and more fulfilled.
11:26 My workers have done well and are worth their hire and more.
11:30 As I have been blessed with increase,
11:32 so I would like to bless them as well.
11:37 Kirsten: "She Shall be Called Woman."
11:40 That's what you just saw some excerpts from.
11:42 This isn't obvious.
11:44 I am a woman and I'm thankful for a series that focused on
11:50 who we are and I have partnered with you, as a woman, for--
11:55 we're in our 34th year.
11:58 Congratulations, 34.
12:00 We've partnered together because we decided that what we saw
12:04 in each other was important to invest in each other's lives.
12:09 And we hope that you, as our viewer, see the importance of
12:14 investing in this ministry.
12:17 We need to continue on for our children
12:21 and our children's children and our great-grandchildren
12:24 also, and yours.
12:25 So, partner with us. How do you do that?
12:27 You pray for us, you support us.
12:29 You pass along our shows to those that don't
12:32 know about us yet.
12:33 But also, you help us financially.
12:36 David: Thank you. Joshua: Mm, amen.
12:38 Caleb: I think a lot of people get a incorrect
12:40 perception about how ministry works and functions.
12:42 Everyone is called according to the Great Commission.
12:45 We are all a part of a ministry, and Josh and I,
12:48 in front of the camera, are no more important than those
12:51 who are behind the camera, 'cause it's God's ministry.
12:53 It wasn't even Zola's ministry.
12:55 It may have been called Zola Levitt Ministries but he knew it
12:57 was God's ministry, his words that he was proclaiming forth.
13:01 David: You called him "Josh," but you're also Joshua.
13:03 You were Joshua in our series, "Joshua,"
13:07 that was in 2023, right?
13:09 Joshua: What an amazing thing to be typecast as.
13:11 Joshua was an incredible man in the Bible and I had a great time
13:14 being able to try to live up to my namesake, for sure.
13:17 David: So we're gonna show you some excerpts from
13:18 that series and also the rebuilding of the third temple.
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14:00 narrator: The ram's horn, different shapes, different
14:04 sizes, all reminders of Adonai's sacrificial provision
14:08 of a ram in place of Isaac.
14:11 When we hear its sound, we recall the miracle
14:14 on Mount Moriah.
14:16 And now, as we face the imposing forces at Jericho, the blast
14:20 from the priest's horn will summon yet another miracle.
14:23 But, first, the soldiers under my command must be readied.
14:34 Joshua: Needs sharpening.
14:36 This one, replace it.
14:39 This is a poor sampling.
14:42 You can do better than this.
14:44 See to it that your men are armed well for tomorrow.
14:48 They'll precede the priests and the Ark of the Covenant
14:51 and see to it that the priests have their shofar as well.
14:54 Can this be done by day's end?
14:57 male: I think so.
14:58 Joshua: That's not enough.
15:00 We circle the city at sunrise.
15:03 I need to know that this can be done.
15:07 male: Yes, sir.
15:14 Joshua: I encountered an angel yesterday.
15:17 male: Sir?
15:19 Joshua: An angel.
15:20 He had a sword in his hands and said he was the captain
15:24 of the hosts of the Lord, of Adonai.
15:32 I've used this in many a battle, but I shudder to think
15:37 how quickly he could have overcome me.
15:41 male: What did you do?
15:43 Joshua: He told me to loosen my sandals,
15:46 I was standing on holy ground.
15:50 And I made haste to do just that.
15:53 male: Sir, I'll gather my men and prepare as you've requested.
15:57 Tomorrow we take Jericho.
15:58 Joshua: No, no.
16:00 It won't be tomorrow.
16:03 The Lord told me we would march around the walls
16:07 once a day for 6 days.
16:10 On the 7th day we will encircle the walls 7 times.
16:13 Then, and only then, will the entire company shout
16:19 and the shofar shall blow.
16:21 male: I'll prepare the ropes as well so we can scale the walls.
16:24 Joshua: That won't be necessary.
16:25 male: Then how do take the city?
16:27 Joshua: The walls will fall on their own.
16:29 male: On their own? Joshua: Yes.
16:32 One stone upon another until the walls are no more.
16:38 And then our armed men will enter
16:41 and utterly destroy this city.
16:46 If every man does what the Lord has commanded,
16:48 Jericho will soon be ours.
16:53 Go.
17:03 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: And the walls came a-tumbling down.
17:06 Joshua called it some 3400 years ago and it happened
17:10 just as he foretold, right here in Jericho.
17:18 announcer: God could have chosen anywhere on earth,
17:21 but he chose Israel.
17:23 He could have revealed his redemption anywhere;
17:26 he chose Jerusalem.
17:29 The house of the Lord might have been any place on earth;
17:32 he chose Mount Moriah.
17:35 Past, present, and future, the mountain of the Lord has been
17:38 a beacon of hope and remains a strategic site
17:42 for the next temple of God.
17:46 "Dateline Jerusalem: The Coming Temple."
17:52 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: "This is the place of my throne."
17:56 And so he envisions a rebuilt temple complex in Jerusalem.
18:02 Behind me is going to be that place somewhere, sometime,
18:07 soon coming.
18:08 And he says: "I will dwell in the midst
18:11 of the children of Israel.
18:13 [speaking in Hebrew] for ever."
18:20 Again, he sees a kind of permanence here which is why,
18:24 when you read Ezekiel, you have to look over
18:26 the horizon into the future.
18:29 Caleb: Not gonna lie, prophecy is my thing.
18:32 I loved that series, and if you wanna see the place
18:34 where prophecy is going to unfold, Israel is that place.
18:38 And you can go with us on tour, guys.
18:39 Joshua: You can go with us on tour, and here's the deal.
18:42 Reading is cool, but I'm a visual guy, all right.
18:46 I don't wanna read "Star Wars"; I wanna go see the movie
18:48 in the theater because it's so much more impactful.
18:50 The first time I went to Israel, every story I had ever read
18:54 in the Bible just jumped out in front of my face.
18:57 It was like a topographical map of, like,
18:59 everything I had ever learned.
19:01 This spring, there are still a few seats left.
19:04 You need to be on this tour with us together as we see
19:08 all these experiences, as we get to talk about the stories,
19:11 we get to teach.
19:12 Caleb's got prophecies.
19:14 He's gonna say, "Look, this is right where Joshua's gonna
19:15 put the mark on the red heifer so that we're safe."
19:18 These are the kind of things you wanna experience.
19:20 You need to get on this tour.
19:21 Kirsten: And we're going--we're going too.
19:23 Woo, four of us.
19:25 But it's gonna be so full of God's Word, so full of God's
19:30 sites, so full of God's food.
19:32 Come with us.
19:35 David: Yes, can't wait.
19:36 The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem
19:38 has been a part of our ministry for a very long time.
19:41 David Parsons is the vice-president
19:43 and we spoke with him.
19:45 Let's go there now.
19:47 David Parsons: Look, Jesus said, "Blessed are those
19:49 who have never seen and still believe,"
19:52 and we encourage everyone, "Come and see the land.
19:55 Come and see the place where he was laid.
19:58 Come see his home town, his birth town, all the land
20:01 where all the patriarchs, the prophets, the kings,
20:06 and all the New Testament figures in this land.
20:09 The Bible becomes a pop-up book, and even if you can't make it,
20:13 bless you for your faith and from where you are,
20:17 pray for Israel, pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
20:20 That word "peace," shalom in Hebrew,
20:24 it means complete or whole.
20:27 In the New Testament, when Paul talks about "may you be in
20:32 perfect peace," it's just shalom shalom, like a double prayer,
20:37 double imperative, meaning complete peace.
20:39 May you have complete peace and nothing troubling you.
20:43 And when you pray for the peace of Jerusalem, you're praying
20:46 for the wholeness, the unity, of this city, and I think that's
20:49 very important that there are--God is raising up
20:53 Christians around the world to really lift this city,
20:57 this people, this nation, up in prayer because they're going to
21:01 face things ahead and they've already faced wars and such but
21:08 there are things ahead that it's really for the sake of the whole
21:12 world, that time of peace that we all long
21:15 for when there'll beat their swords into plowshare.
21:18 Well, it's coming but, before we get there, God uses Israel.
21:22 He draws the nations up to a rebuilt Israel and a rebuilt
21:28 Zion in order to judge them and it may mean peril for the nation
21:32 but I don't think it'll mean another Holocaust,
21:35 another destruction.
21:37 But you know, they've returned for our sake.
21:41 We have to realize this and what they're--their journey is almost
21:45 over and what they're going to go through here helps usher us
21:51 into--it helps birth us into the messianic age but, as with
21:55 every birthing, there's birth pangs and suffering, and Jesus
22:00 talks about these so we need Christians around the world,
22:03 especially at these times of troubles and birth pangs, to
22:07 help the nation through and one day we'll all enter together
22:12 that glorious age of the Son of David reigning from Jerusalem.
22:18 Kirsten: David Parsons is right.
22:20 It is all about Jerusalem.
22:23 There's only one city in this world where everything comes,
22:27 should I say, to a head.
22:29 It is the prophetic from the end to the future.
22:31 Thank you, David Parsons.
22:33 And thank you to all our viewers.
22:35 Do you know what you all just did?
22:36 You all, through your giving and your generous giving, sent
22:41 Joshua and Caleb to Jerusalem to do two brand-new series
22:47 for our program.
22:48 In Hebrew, it's called "Toda."
22:50 So toda, thank you very much.
22:51 You did it. Joshua: Yes, yes.
22:53 David: We've loved having Dr. Seif around this table,
22:56 but we're so excited about 2024 with you guys.
22:59 Lots coming up.
23:00 Caleb: We're very excited because God has given us
23:03 messages that are time-sensitive, that we wanna
23:05 give to you that are impending that are for your lost friends
23:09 or family members or neighbors, and you're gonna see an entire
23:12 new year of 2024 of new messages, boots on the ground
23:16 in Israel, and it's God's Word going forth.
23:18 Joshua: These messages and the things that God has for you
23:21 isn't about learning, like you were in school.
23:23 It's about making you the person that he's called you to be.
23:26 This is the equipping that is going to take your life from
23:29 where you've been in, the cries that you've made to the Father,
23:32 how you want to be and live in the fulfillment
23:34 that he has for you.
23:35 This is how that happens, through that education
23:38 and through learning the things that he has for us.
23:41 And that's why we're so excited about 2024 and all these things.
23:43 You're about to be equipped like never before.
23:45 Caleb: That's right.
23:47 Kirsten: Ooh, I'm ready for 2024.
23:48 I'm ready. Let's go.
23:50 David: Here are some highlights from these guys
23:52 who were in Israel.
23:53 Let's go there now.
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24:03 Caleb: Here's our friend-- the weedeater.
24:06 He traveled all the way from DFW, Dallas-Fort Worth,
24:09 to visit us and he knows right when we say "Action,"
24:12 to turn on and start weeding, man.
24:15 Joshua: Well, I stayed back here, behind-the-scene shots,
24:17 and everybody left me.
24:18 I got bees right here, I got Demon Mountains over here.
24:23 But all my peoples are gone.
24:25 Joshua: That behind me, that looks a little curious.
24:27 Caleb: A cave.
24:29 Joshua: What's that little cave right there?
24:30 Caleb: That's the gates of hell, like, right there.
24:31 Pan's Grotto. Joshua: Are you kidding me?
24:34 Caleb: You don't wanna go there.
24:35 You might end up someplace you don't wanna be.
24:37 Joshua: Telling me that out of everything we could have
24:38 possibly--we found hell, right there?
24:39 Caleb: Hell's right there, yeah.
24:41 Joshua: Lebanon. Israel.
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24:53 Caleb: That little horn represents the beast that comes
24:55 out of that ten-horn kingdom.
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25:03 Caleb: But he knows God's calendar timing at the end of
25:07 the Tribulation in, say, 2520 when Yeshua will come for him,
25:10 and he will take him and throw him into the bottomless pit.
25:13 Dr. Jeffrey Seif: Take us to the site of Nazareth.
25:15 Joshua: That's where Yeshua began and what a fitting place
25:18 to look at his beginning, when we consider his end.
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25:56 Kirsten: Whether you practice Hannukah or Christmas in your
26:01 home, it is a season of giving.
26:04 Dave and I are both parents and we're grandparents.
26:07 We love giving gifts to our kids and to our grandchildren.
26:12 It brings us much joy.
26:15 We hope that the gifts that you give us financially to keep our
26:19 program on the air bring you joy also.
26:25 Caleb: I know this is a time that Yeshua really wasn't born.
26:28 It was probably September, October, when he came, but it's
26:31 the time that the whole world focuses on him, even the lost
26:34 recognize that Yeshua was born around this time.
26:36 We have Hannukah, the festival of lights, is a reminder to us
26:40 Jewish people that God saved us from annihilation.
26:42 There was an abomination. There is one to come.
26:45 But he will always deliver us from the hand of the enemy
26:47 that seeks to annihilate us.
26:49 So that's why I always remember this time of year:
26:51 the ultimate gift, the ultimate sacrifice of love.
26:53 Joshua: Remember that the sacrifice and the deliverance
26:57 that the Father brings, isn't for you to sit in complacency.
26:59 It isn't for you to just be a baby and drink the milk.
27:02 It's for you to raise up and be trained and to become the men
27:06 and women of God that you were designed to be.
27:08 That's why this show exists.
27:10 These programs, the commitment of time and finances and
27:13 everything that goes into this, is so that you can fulfill
27:16 the call on your life to reach out and literally grab people
27:19 out of the clutches of hell and bring them in
27:22 with the Father for eternity.
27:24 Kirsten: I've gotta say, that's the greatest gift of all.
27:26 I love a present, but that's the greatest gift of all
27:30 and that's what we wanna give to our viewers
27:32 and those that support us.
27:34 David: And I just wanna say, as I sit here and hear you guys,
27:36 I think Zola Levitt, our founder, would be so proud
27:38 to hear and see that you guys are here.
27:41 I don't think you ever met him, correct?
27:43 Caleb: Never in person.
27:45 We came on just like a month before he died.
27:47 He wasn't well, but we prayed for him and we went through
27:51 that whole transition and it's really a legacy that we've seen
27:55 and we're so proud to be a part of it.
27:56 Kirsten: You prayed for him, now will you pray for the peace
27:58 of Jerusalem in Hebrew?
27:59 Joshua: It would be my honor.
28:02 "Shaalu shalom Yerushalayim."
28:04 David: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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