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Episode: “The Future”
Israel’s Independence Day has finally arrived, and the Bearded Bible Brothers head to the beach in Tel Aviv to explain the future prophetic events that lead to Israel’s redemption. Although there are many biblical conflicts to come, from Psalm 83 to Armageddon, God will uphold His Word and covenant to complete the restoration of Israel.
Series: “Rebuilding the Ruined Cities”
In this series, Joshua and Caleb visit war-torn areas in the Holy Land where they discuss hope and blessing amidst ruin and pain. God will faithfully fulfill His promise to heal, restore, and rebuild Israel once again: “‘They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them … never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,’ says the Lord your God” (Amos 9:14–15).
Transcript
Caption transcript for Rebuilding the Ruined Cities: “The Future” (12/12)
- 00:09 ♪♪♪ Joshua Colson: Those who are students of God's Word know with
- 00:11 assuredness that the future of the Jewish people is secure when
- 00:15 all Israel shall be saved.
- 00:17 ♪♪♪
- 00:22 ♪♪♪
- 00:31 Caleb Colson: Unfortunately, there's a lot of tumultuous
- 00:33 moments that come between now and then.
- 00:36 We'll go through a rundown of what to expect for the future of
- 00:39 the state of Israel and what we can do to help the Jewish
- 00:42 people succeed.
- 00:44 Hosea 3:4 through 5, "For the children of Israel shall abide
- 00:48 many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or
- 00:51 sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
- 00:54 Afterwards the children of Israel shall return and seek the
- 00:57 Lord their God and David their king.
- 01:00 They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days."
- 01:05 Caleb: It's been a very difficult year for Israel
- 01:07 starting back on October 7, 2023 with the massacre of Hamas.
- 01:12 You saw not just the death and murder and rape of the Jewish
- 01:16 people, but in less than two weeks, the entire world turned
- 01:20 against them, called them the perpetrators for the heinous
- 01:23 crimes and for their having to retaliate against
- 01:26 these terrorists.
- 01:27 And it seemed to culminate to a point back on April 14, 2024
- 01:32 when Iran directly attacked Israel.
- 01:34 This was unprecedented with over 300 drones and cruise missiles
- 01:39 and ballistic missiles, and they're finally coming to grips
- 01:42 with understanding that this is going to be a longer war than
- 01:45 they originally fought.
- 01:46 The threat of Iran isn't over yet.
- 01:48 Joshua: Now we are here celebrating Israel's
- 01:51 Independence Day.
- 01:52 I'm so excited about this.
- 01:54 We are celebrating everything that God has brought Israel
- 01:58 through, but more than that, everything that he has promised
- 02:01 still to do.
- 02:02 God has done all these amazing things that we've shown you in
- 02:05 this series throughout all of this history.
- 02:08 He's used Israel to bless mankind.
- 02:11 He's used Abraham to bring blessing to the world and he's
- 02:14 also using his Son, Yeshua the Messiah, Moshiach, to bring
- 02:19 salvation to everyone who will accept him.
- 02:23 That is what we're here in this series celebrating today.
- 02:26 Caleb: Amen, let's celebrate.
- 02:28 Joshua: Woo, Independence Day.
- 02:31 I'm at the beach.
- 02:33 Amos 9:11 through 12, "'In that day I will restore David's
- 02:37 fallen shelter.
- 02:38 I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins and will
- 02:42 rebuild it as it used to be, so that they may possess the
- 02:45 remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name,
- 02:49 declares the Lord.'
- 02:50 Who will do these things?"
- 02:52 Joshua: We are at Latrun Tank Museum, a very pivotal museum
- 02:56 discussed in Bible prophecy for so many things coming up.
- 03:00 Caleb: Josh, this isn't talked about in Bible prophecy.
- 03:02 Joshua: Oh, well, then if you like massive weapons of warfare
- 03:05 from Israel's past, welcome.
- 03:08 Caleb: I mean, they have vehicles here from the
- 03:10 Arab-Israeli War for Independence, the Six Day War,
- 03:13 the Yom Kippur War, even tanks that they captured from the
- 03:16 enemy, such as Russian tanks.
- 03:18 You guys are gonna want to see this, join us.
- 03:20 Joshua: Man, this is like sir-tanks-a-lot.
- 03:22 So many tanks.
- 03:26 For all of you who want to know all the gory details of the
- 03:28 future conflicts that are gonna happen on this earth between now
- 03:31 and the fulfillment of Yeshua sitting on the throne of David,
- 03:34 then check out our previous series, "Road Map
- 03:36 to Armageddon."
- 03:38 If you already have, you have bonus points.
- 03:39 If you haven't, we still love you, but Caleb's going to recite
- 03:42 all ten episodes in ten seconds.
- 03:44 Caleb: Not that fast.
- 03:45 Well, the Psalm 83 war is a conflict in which the nations
- 03:50 immediately surrounding Israel join together in a coalition to
- 03:53 try to wipe her off the face of the earth.
- 03:55 This could be an outlier war, some people interpret it in
- 03:57 different ways.
- 03:59 It could be a singular conflict that happens all at once or
- 04:02 spread out in a number of years.
- 04:04 Psalm 83 verse 3 through 4 says, "They have taken crafty counsel
- 04:08 against Your people.
- 04:09 And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
- 04:12 They have said, 'Come, let us cut them off from being
- 04:14 a nation.
- 04:16 That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.'"
- 04:19 Now, the nations that are included in this wicked
- 04:21 coalition are none other than Jordan, Lebanon, even part
- 04:26 of Syria.
- 04:27 You have Egypt, Saudi Arabia, northern Iraq, Gaza, West Bank
- 04:33 Palestinians, and even an outlier known as the Amalekites.
- 04:36 But the conclusion of this war is God empowers the IDF to
- 04:40 defeat her enemies round about her, and Israel enters into a
- 04:44 relatively peaceful moment in their history, so much so that
- 04:48 God blesses them with supernatural resources and it
- 04:51 draws the ire of one Prince Gog of the land of Magog.
- 04:55 Joshua: Ezekiel 39:1 and 4, And you, son of man, prophesy
- 05:00 against Gog, and say, 'Thus says the Lord God, 'Behold, I am
- 05:04 against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.
- 05:08 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all
- 05:11 your troops and the peoples who are with you.
- 05:13 I will give you to the birds of prey of every sort and to the
- 05:16 beasts of the field to be devoured.'"
- 05:20 Joshua: Ha, ha, ha, oh, brother, you are so going down.
- 05:23 I moved my tank to C4.
- 05:27 Caleb: Josh, that's Battleship, these are tanks.
- 05:29 Joshua: What?
- 05:31 Caleb: We're not even in the ocean.
- 05:33 All right, guys, back to the story of Gog and Magog.
- 05:36 Prince Gog forms a coalition of Israel's enemies to come
- 05:40 against her.
- 05:41 These are the nations that immediately surround the Psalm
- 05:43 83 nations that were subdued.
- 05:45 We get nations such as Iran, Russia, Turkey, Libya, Morocco,
- 05:51 Sudan, all the stans like Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
- 05:54 All these guys come against Israel to defeat her, but God
- 05:59 supernaturally intervenes on the mountains of Israel with amazing
- 06:02 fiery hailstones and brimstones and flooding rain and
- 06:06 earthquakes, and every man's sword is turned against
- 06:09 each other.
- 06:10 They end up killing each other off, it's amazing.
- 06:12 Joshua: It's pretty cool at the conclusion of Gog and Magog.
- 06:15 Every single Jew, atheist, or Orthodox comes to believe in the
- 06:19 God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 06:21 It is an incredible moment in history.
- 06:23 Then a peace treaty is ratified between Israel and her enemies.
- 06:27 A third temple is built, three-and-a-half years of peace
- 06:30 now for the house of Israel as they worship God.
- 06:33 Caleb: But there's a problem, guys, in the middle of this
- 06:35 seven-year peace treaty, the beast, the Antichrist breaks it.
- 06:41 He goes into Jerusalem and conquers it.
- 06:43 He steps into that temple, that third temple, and he
- 06:46 abominates it.
- 06:48 From that point on, the Jews are persecuted for
- 06:51 three-and-a-half years.
- 06:52 He seeks to annihilate them, and in fact, only one-third of the
- 06:55 Jewish people survive by the end of the Battle of Armageddon, the
- 06:58 end of a seven-year tribulation, to finally look upon their
- 07:01 Messiah who comes to save him at the Second Coming.
- 07:04 This is the Second Coming of Yeshua.
- 07:06 The whole house of Israel is saved, as is described by Paul
- 07:10 in Romans.
- 07:11 Joshua: Ha, ha, ha, I'm winning, brother.
- 07:13 It's your move now.
- 07:16 Caleb: Romans 11:26 through 27, "And so all Israel will be
- 07:21 saved, as it is written, 'The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
- 07:25 and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
- 07:28 For this is My covenant with him, when I take away
- 07:31 their sins.'"
- 07:32 Joshua: I'm back here with this Jordanian tank.
- 07:34 Now, technically in this battle scenario, it's been defeated and
- 07:38 this Israeli Jeep is bringing him to justice, but Caleb didn't
- 07:41 win this one, I just don't fit in the Jeep.
- 07:44 Caleb: That scripture we read in Romans, the prophecy of the
- 07:46 whole house of Israel being saved, is actually referencing a
- 07:50 much earlier prophecy in Isaiah 59:20.
- 07:52 You know, this is when the Messiah, the anointed one,
- 07:55 Moshiach, rules and reigns from the temple, the throne of David
- 07:59 for a thousand years in Jerusalem.
- 08:02 Christians may know this as the Millennial Reign, but the Jewish
- 08:05 people have been waiting for this prophecy to be fulfilled
- 08:08 much longer than they have.
- 08:09 In fact, that's why they didn't recognize Yeshua at his first
- 08:12 coming, they were looking for this conquering king, this man
- 08:17 to destroy the Romans, that he was gonna come and he was gonna
- 08:21 defeat their enemies and win all the battles.
- 08:23 That was the line of the tribe of Judah, that's the Second
- 08:25 Coming actually.
- 08:27 They failed to see the first coming prophecies, that Yeshua
- 08:30 would come as a sacrificial Lamb to save the world from
- 08:34 their sins.
- 08:35 Well, if we read in Romans 8:20 through 21, it says, "For the
- 08:39 creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but
- 08:43 because of Him who subjected it in hope, because the creation
- 08:47 itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption
- 08:50 into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
- 08:54 Joshua: At this point, Yeshua has to renew the earth.
- 08:57 You see, after Armageddon, after a Tribulation, the planet is
- 09:01 virtually uninhabitable, so when he renews this earth, it comes
- 09:04 back to its Eden-like state.
- 09:06 It has rivers of life flowing through it.
- 09:08 It has trees of life.
- 09:10 Man gets to tabernacle again with God, communicating face to
- 09:13 face as they did in the garden.
- 09:14 Caleb: That's right, guys, the Jewish people will finally take
- 09:17 up that mantle that we've all been waiting for as being a
- 09:20 light unto the nations, a light unto the Gentiles, and those who
- 09:24 faithfully chose Yeshua before the end of the First Age will
- 09:27 get to rule and reign from him in that oligarchy system as
- 09:32 kings, as priests, as governors with Messiah in this kingdom,
- 09:36 and Yeshua will actually build this temple that is described in
- 09:40 Zechariah 6:12 to 13.
- 09:43 This fourth temple is also given the exact parameters of how big
- 09:47 and large it is in Ezekiel 40 through 47.
- 09:50 He can do this because he is the prophesied branch.
- 09:53 Joshua: An oligarchy is the eight-sided one, right, brother?
- 09:56 Caleb: No, Josh.
- 09:58 Joshua: Oh, that's an octagon, sorry.
- 10:01 Micah 4:6 through 8, "'In that day,' says the Lord, 'I will
- 10:05 assemble the lame.
- 10:06 I will gather the outcast and all those I have afflicted.
- 10:10 I will make the lame a remnant, and the outcast a strong nation.
- 10:14 So the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from now on, even
- 10:17 forever, and you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the
- 10:21 daughter of Zion, to you shall it come.
- 10:23 Even the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the
- 10:27 daughter of Jerusalem.'"
- 10:30 Caleb: The promise for those who live on the earth is complete
- 10:33 peace brought to you by none other than Sar-Shalom, the
- 10:36 Prince of Peace.
- 10:37 There will be no more death, destruction, and decay, nature
- 10:41 is rejuvenated, however man is still going to be in that fallen
- 10:45 Adam state, the first Adam.
- 10:47 However, Yeshua will take care of that and make sure everything
- 10:51 functions as it should.
- 10:52 Joshua: This utopia man has tried to recreate for centuries,
- 10:56 but he's been unable to do so.
- 10:57 He hasn't been able to do it because of this sin nature, but
- 11:00 Yeshua has no sin, so not only will he be able to recreate it,
- 11:04 but he will be able to rule over it justly.
- 11:07 Caleb: Isaiah 11:9 through 10, "They will neither harm nor
- 11:10 destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled
- 11:14 with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
- 11:16 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for
- 11:19 the peoples.
- 11:21 The nations will rally to him, and his resting place will
- 11:24 be glorious."
- 11:26 Joshua: This is the ultimate hope that Christians have to
- 11:29 look forward to, and to the Jewish people that survive.
- 11:32 It is a time in history where the prophecies that are
- 11:35 happening are just incredible, but we can apply the blood of
- 11:39 Yeshua's sacrifice to our lives today.
- 11:40 We don't have to wait till then.
- 11:42 Caleb: And we can have all the fruits of the Spirit activated
- 11:45 in our lives, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
- 11:49 faithfulness, meekness, self-control, against such there
- 11:52 is no law, and Yeshua can remove the heartache, he can remove the
- 11:57 trauma, he can remove the pain that you have in your lives, and
- 12:01 he can replace it with his unfailing love.
- 12:05 This is the goodness that you have at your disposal when you
- 12:08 accept Yeshua as being your method of restoration
- 12:11 and healing.
- 12:13 Joshua: Joel 2:25 through 26, "I shall restore you the years that
- 12:17 the locust, the swarming locust, the cankerworm and the
- 12:20 caterpillars have eaten.
- 12:21 My great army that I sent among you.
- 12:24 You will surely eat and be satisfied, and praise the name
- 12:27 of Adonai your God, who has dealt wondrously with you.
- 12:31 Never again will my people be shamed."
- 12:35 Caleb: I don't see the point of this, Josh.
- 12:37 Joshua: You don't see the point of this?
- 12:38 We are literally here in Israel, we're trying to blend in and get
- 12:41 everybody to like us.
- 12:42 We're at Muscle Beach, you gotta work out the entire time we
- 12:44 do this, don't make us look dumb.
- 12:45 Caleb: If it's for the show. Joshua: It's Independence Week.
- 12:48 Joshua: All right, here's the deal, the week leading up
- 12:51 to May 14th, Independence, it's a crazy week.
- 12:53 There's so much celebration, everyone is excited about what's
- 12:55 happening and going on, why is that?
- 12:58 Because it's Independence Day.
- 13:00 Now, in America it's hard for us to understand, because we got
- 13:03 our independence in 1776.
- 13:05 We were under tyranny from a king that was trying to suppress
- 13:08 us from choosing our own religion, that was trying to
- 13:11 keep us from having provision in our homes.
- 13:13 We had to escape, so we don't quite understand the same
- 13:15 concept that they have.
- 13:16 Caleb: Israel remembers quite vividly the persecution they
- 13:19 suffered when they were scattered across the nations.
- 13:22 Even since May 14, 1948, there's been wars that every single
- 13:26 Israeli can remember, at least their parents or grandparents,
- 13:28 that they've suffered through.
- 13:30 There's even Holocaust survivors that are alive today, so it's
- 13:33 still fresh in their minds, it's a very young nation.
- 13:36 But that persecution they suffered, I would say it's
- 13:38 similar in effect to the persecution that Christians have
- 13:41 suffered over a 2,000-year period, just in a different way.
- 13:45 Joshua: Are you still going, brother?
- 13:46 Caleb: I'm going.
- 13:48 Joshua: You stopped when you talked, didn't you?
- 13:49 Oh, he failed us.
- 13:53 Caleb: John 15:18 through 19, "If the world hates you, you
- 13:56 know that it hated Me before it hated you.
- 13:59 If you are of the world, the world will love its own, yet
- 14:02 because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the
- 14:05 world, therefore the world hates you."
- 14:12 Soon it may be that Christians in the west will suffer
- 14:15 persecution like Christians in the east in some countries like
- 14:19 China and Iran, but right now at this time in the United States,
- 14:23 we have the gift of freedom of religion.
- 14:26 You have the voice of freedom of speech, therefore it is
- 14:29 incumbent on each and every one of us to stand up and proclaim
- 14:32 the truth pertaining to Israel, to stand by her side, even in
- 14:37 the hard times.
- 14:38 Joshua: There's no greater moment in history.
- 14:40 We are reaching a fever pitch in Antisemitism, one like we
- 14:44 haven't seen up until the beginning of World War II.
- 14:47 The enemy is out for an ethnic cleansing of God's chosen
- 14:51 people, but those of you who believe in Yeshua, don't think
- 14:53 you're safe just because you believe in him.
- 14:56 He wants to take you out as well.
- 14:58 Caleb: The point of this whole series, it's time to show your
- 15:01 love to the Jewish people in practical ways, in
- 15:05 tangible ways.
- 15:06 We've talked about rebuilding the ruined cities, these are
- 15:09 prophetic moments that we're not seeing right now in Israel.
- 15:12 There's still war, there's still destruction, but we have that
- 15:16 opportunity to preach the truth of the gospel to every creature
- 15:21 and to go out and to do the work of Yeshua just as he called us.
- 15:25 The Great Commission is still in effect, but it's only for a
- 15:29 short time.
- 15:30 Utilize this time, don't waste a single moment.
- 15:33 Do your part in rebuilding the ruined cities.
- 15:38 Joshua: Deuteronomy 4:29 through 31, "But from there you will
- 15:42 seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for
- 15:45 Him with all of your heart and all of your soul.
- 15:48 When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you,
- 15:51 in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and
- 15:54 listen to His voice.
- 15:55 For the Lord your God is a compassionate God.
- 15:59 He will not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the
- 16:02 covenant with your fathers which he swore to them."
- 16:07 It's beautiful, most of us spend our lives working for the
- 16:11 majority of time so that we can spend small pockets of time in
- 16:14 places like this, a place where you don't have to work and relax
- 16:17 and the cares of the world just disappear.
- 16:20 Have you ever wondered why that's the balance of our life?
- 16:23 Why instead of life being about living, about fulfilling the
- 16:27 destiny and plan you have for your Father, it's
- 16:29 about surviving.
- 16:31 Well, I would suggest that's probably because instead of
- 16:34 committing our lives to him and submitting to him to fulfill
- 16:37 that destiny, we try to do it on our own, through our own wisdom,
- 16:41 through our own strength.
- 16:42 This is literally evidence that goes all the way back to the
- 16:45 garden, where literally Adam and Eve were given an opulent
- 16:49 paradise of perfection taken care of in every way with only
- 16:53 one rule, and yet when Satan came in as that Lucifer and
- 16:57 spoke to Eve, they said, you know what?
- 16:59 All of this isn't good enough, I need to do this under my
- 17:02 own power.
- 17:03 And from that one moment, all of mankind has been bound by the
- 17:09 decision of man to say, God, I don't need you, I can do it on
- 17:12 my own.
- 17:14 This entire series has explored the history of God's chosen
- 17:17 people, from the beginning of them and the promises that he
- 17:22 gave to Abram, all the way to present day where we're at now
- 17:26 as this people still fight against the fact that Yeshua is
- 17:30 their Messiah.
- 17:32 Why is it that as a people we are so stubborn to resist
- 17:35 the truth?
- 17:36 Because our flesh wants to be in control over everything, but
- 17:38 your flesh was never meant to be in control, your flesh was meant
- 17:42 to be in unity with the Father, to tabernacle with the Father,
- 17:46 just like in the garden.
- 17:47 He created paradise to be you and him, coexisting, speaking
- 17:51 face to face.
- 17:53 So many people will go and they'll cry out to the heavens,
- 17:55 and say, God, are you real?
- 17:57 How come as I pray I hear nothing?
- 17:59 They don't like the system of today, the system that's caught
- 18:02 them separated, but that system of separation has been because
- 18:05 of their sin.
- 18:06 And yet, even within man giving away his rights, God is such a
- 18:11 good Father that he made a way and he sent his Son Yeshua to
- 18:14 live a perfect life, to fulfill the law, to be sacrificed for
- 18:18 our sins, to rise again on the third day so that we could then
- 18:21 make the choice to accept that free gift and submit our lives
- 18:24 back to him.
- 18:26 So, what's holding you up?
- 18:27 Maybe you've accepted that free gift.
- 18:29 maybe you are gonna spend an eternity with the Father, but is
- 18:32 your life in daily submission to him?
- 18:34 Is every decision you make seeking him out first?
- 18:36 Do you live cohabitating with the Father like in the garden?
- 18:40 Maybe you don't know him, maybe you don't believe him, maybe
- 18:43 faith is your hard thing.
- 18:44 Have you ever thought to give up your mind's control over things?
- 18:49 Today is the day for everyone to submit.
- 18:51 Today is the day to give up what you think is your independence,
- 18:56 but what you're truly giving up is your dependence on sin and on
- 18:59 flesh and on yourself, and when you're willing to submit to the
- 19:02 Father and give him your dependence, put it on him, and
- 19:07 he will give you an independence like you've never experienced
- 19:09 before, one that a holiday like May 14th could never truly
- 19:12 show you.
- 19:14 It will be a freedom of destiny and fulfillment, of love that he
- 19:18 meant from the beginning of time.
- 19:21 Israel Hanna: So, I have been to Israel 25 times.
- 19:24 I started coming in 1995, fell in love with the country, and
- 19:27 I've been back ever since almost every year.
- 19:30 When we walk through the nation, the country at this point in
- 19:35 time, I believe in my heart that the mood has somewhat changed.
- 19:39 They seem very much more receptive to the fact that we're
- 19:43 Christians coming to pray for them and bless them, and we are
- 19:48 welcomed practically everywhere we go with open arms, which
- 19:51 is nice.
- 19:53 I believe that this war is bringing the country actually
- 19:55 together, not dividing them.
- 19:57 At the same time all this is happening, almost 70% to 80% of
- 20:01 the people in Israel are suffering from some type of PTSD
- 20:06 as a result of the trauma they've been through.
- 20:08 Either they've lost someone or they've experienced trauma
- 20:12 themselves, or it's what's going to happen today type thing.
- 20:15 Very intense time to be here, but Israel needs to hear the
- 20:20 word God loves you, you are his children, you are his people,
- 20:26 this is your nation and he loves you, my friend.
- 20:29 He loves your country and we love you also.
- 20:32 We pray for you.
- 20:33 We pray for the peace of Jerusalem as we are commanded to
- 20:36 do, because as goes Israel, so goes the world.
- 20:42 Joshua: Now we head to Jerusalem to meet with Pastor Meno of
- 20:45 Jerusalem Assembly.
- 20:46 Pastor Meno is also a part of Friends of Israel Gospel
- 20:49 Ministry, an organization that works to share God's love to
- 20:52 those in need around Israel.
- 20:54 Join us to learn more of his efforts to help those affected
- 20:57 by the war.
- 20:59 Caleb: I'm here at the Jerusalem Assembly House of Redemption in
- 21:04 Jerusalem itself with Pastor Meno.
- 21:06 Thank you for joining us today.
- 21:07 Pastor Meno: It's a joy, thank you.
- 21:09 Caleb: The joy is on your face, and we were just talking
- 21:12 beforehand, you're an amazing person, have an amazing heart
- 21:15 for Yeshua and for leading others to him, but one of the
- 21:19 greatest ways to show love is by acts of kindness and love and
- 21:23 service, and your congregation does a lot with that.
- 21:26 Can you tell us how you reach out to people and help those
- 21:28 in need?
- 21:29 Pastor Meno: Well, it's a privilege to share it, but I
- 21:31 want to say it straightforward I think that every church in
- 21:35 Israel did their part in it.
- 21:39 It's not one church or one person's job, 35 people from our
- 21:44 church entered into the war, my son included.
- 21:47 Yes, he's a father of five.
- 21:49 The standing army is 150,000 people.
- 21:52 In two days, the army recruited 350,000 reservists.
- 21:58 Now, logistic-wise, do you think they have everything?
- 22:00 Okay, everyone got the weapon, okay, now what about the rest?
- 22:04 I called another pastor in the north, Israel Iluz, a
- 22:07 dear brother.
- 22:08 His church on the 7th of October were dedicated simply to help,
- 22:12 to cook as mom cooked for all the soldiers that were in
- 22:16 the area.
- 22:17 And I told him, Israel, my son is going to call you, give you
- 22:20 a list.
- 22:21 Don't ask questions, go and buy.
- 22:22 I'll give you--send me the receipt, I'll give you.
- 22:25 We paid a few times more because we know how much they needed to
- 22:28 buy food in order to prepare food for the soldiers around.
- 22:32 The missiles came to Jerusalem.
- 22:33 You have one minute to find a shelter.
- 22:36 Do you think you're going to go to a supermarket with kids?
- 22:39 Dream on it, okay, so what do you do?
- 22:42 So, the church did like this.
- 22:44 We called all the families and told them whoever has a parent
- 22:47 in the army and something is broken at home, you call us.
- 22:52 Don't call Papa and let him worry about washing machine,
- 22:56 refrigerator, whatever.
- 22:57 Until 12 o'clock at night, you'll get a new one, whatever
- 23:00 it may be, no question asked.
- 23:02 Whatever you need.
- 23:03 Shopping, give us a list, we will go to shop, bring it to
- 23:06 your home, just like that.
- 23:10 Really, you know what?
- 23:11 It gave freedom to the people in the church.
- 23:13 It shows that it's not like preaching from the pulpit, but
- 23:16 really it's one family.
- 23:17 Donations came through organization in the states like
- 23:21 Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry.
- 23:23 I mean, I know them, I work with them, so we divided what we got
- 23:29 and we collected some churches.
- 23:31 I know Arabs and Jewish, no partiality.
- 23:35 And we told them, listen, we got donations.
- 23:37 Here is food stamps.
- 23:38 Which chain of food stamps is closer to you?
- 23:42 And we will buy these special cards for this specific chain so
- 23:47 you don't need to go to another city, but in your neighborhood,
- 23:50 those cards are fit for your area, and that's what we did.
- 23:54 We called them and said, listen, we have 5,000, 12, 10,000
- 23:57 or whatever, come collect it.
- 24:01 I cannot explain how joyful it is to give.
- 24:05 I'll tell you a secret.
- 24:07 The more we gave, the more we had.
- 24:11 During the Corona, we broke a record economically as a church.
- 24:16 During the war, we broke a record economically as a church.
- 24:20 It's like God is God, God is faithful.
- 24:26 Caleb: Pastor Meno, how can people in America or whoever is
- 24:29 watching this broadcast give to your ministry?
- 24:32 Pastor Meno: The way for an American citizen, also for the
- 24:35 benefit of the tax deductibilities and so on and
- 24:38 quietness of the heart that all comes to where they decided, my
- 24:43 recommendation, and I know they are also good--others which are
- 24:46 good, but I know of personally Friends of Israel Gospel
- 24:49 Ministry, FOI.org.
- 24:52 And I know that whatever comes, an American receive the
- 24:55 tax-deductibility receipt, and I know for sure.
- 24:58 Listen, I walk with godly people.
- 25:01 I'm here sitting here, but believe me, behind me there is a
- 25:03 bus of ministers, of partners, of colleagues who are better
- 25:08 than me.
- 25:10 Next to them, I seem less, because of them, I look nicer,
- 25:13 and I praise God for them.
- 25:16 And if I will have a twisted idea, there is another ten
- 25:20 people to slash me, to bring me back to the right place, so I'm
- 25:23 happy with what God put here, and together God gets the glory.
- 25:30 Caleb: I have to say, Josh, this was probably the very first time
- 25:34 anyone from Zola Levitt Ministries decided to preach the
- 25:36 gospel in a swimsuit.
- 25:39 We know how to roll, I'm just saying.
- 25:41 You know, the future for Israel is filled with wars, Antichrist,
- 25:44 abominations and desolations, but the end of the tunnel is
- 25:47 Yeshua's arrival on planet earth, his Second Coming in
- 25:51 which he restores all things.
- 25:53 You know, Acts 3:19 through 21 says, "Repent, then, and turn to
- 25:57 God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of
- 26:00 refreshing may come from the Lord, and that He may send the
- 26:03 Messiah, who has been appointed for you, even Jesus.
- 26:06 Heaven must receive Him until the time comes for God to
- 26:09 restore everything, as He promised long ago through His
- 26:13 holy prophets."
- 26:14 Joshua: Today we have so many twisted views of what it takes
- 26:17 to get to salvation, and today's belief is that your own truth is
- 26:22 the only thing that matters, and yet there is no such thing as
- 26:25 your own truth, the only truth is the truth of the Father.
- 26:29 It is a free gift.
- 26:30 You can't put any conditions whatsoever.
- 26:32 It cannot be earned.
- 26:34 He died as a free gift so that every person would be at an even
- 26:38 playing field.
- 26:39 Every single one of us, no matter how many sins that we've
- 26:41 committed, no matter if we tried to be Mother Teresa our entire
- 26:44 life, we have to do one thing and one thing only, that's
- 26:46 submit our heart to him, accept his free gift, believe in him,
- 26:51 and we're saved, and that is what makes the gospel
- 26:54 so perfect.
- 26:55 Caleb: You know, Josh, I'm really excited not just about
- 26:57 our future that is prophesied, but the future of this ministry,
- 27:01 your ministry, guys.
- 27:02 We thank you for commissioning us,
- 27:04 for sending us out, and for
- 27:06 obeying the words of the Lord, for praying for us.
- 27:09 It really does protect us when we go out into these dangerous
- 27:12 places, so we want you to continue to watch us and
- 27:15 continue to spread the word of Yeshua to all your friends, and
- 27:18 even send the show to your friends so that they can know
- 27:21 the gospel of Yeshua.
- 27:22 And as you go, please remember to [speaking in Hebrew].
- 27:27 Joshua: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
- 27:30 Joshua: We hope you've been blessed by this
- 27:32 week's broadcast.
- 27:34 To learn more about Zola Levitt Ministries and how to donate,
- 27:37 please visit Levitt.com.
- 27:39 You'll find all our past television programs, our monthly
- 27:42 newsletter, "The Levitt Letter," where we focus on current events
- 27:45 in Israel, and check out Zola Tours to learn about our study
- 27:49 tours to the Holy Land.
- 27:50 Follow our social media sites at Our Jewish Roots for even more
- 27:54 relevant and inspirational content concerning Yeshua and
- 27:57 his chosen people.
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- The Return
- The Covenant, Part 1
- The Covenant, Part 2
- The Conquest
- The Exile
- The Rebuilding
- The Bridge
- The Diaspora
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- The Re-Birth
- The Nations Rage
- The Future
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