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Announcer: THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PROGRAM BY ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
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Narrator: BRETHREN,
MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER
TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT
THEY MIGHT BE SAVED,
FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL
IS RICH UNTO ALL
THAT CALL UPON HIM.
Myles: SHALOM AND WELCOME TO
ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
I'M MYLES WEISS.
Katharine: AND I'M
KATHARINE WEISS AND WE'RE
SO BLESSED TO BRING YOU
THESE YEAR-END PROGRAMS.
Myles: WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO ISRAEL
SEVERAL TIMES AND GO TO GREECE
AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SUCH BAD PRESS ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN ISRAEL.
WELL, WE ALWAYS FIND IT TO BE
THE CENTER OF GOD'S HEART
AND A PEACEFUL,
WONDERFUL PLACE TO VISIT.
Katharine: IT'S THE APPLE
OF GOD'S EYE; IT'S THE DESIRE
OF ALL NATIONS AND WE LOVE
TO BRING YOU THESE PROGRAMS
FROM THE SCRIPTURES,
FROM THE BIBLE IN THE HOLY LAND
RIGHT TO YOUR OWN ROOMS,
OWN BEDROOMS, OWN HOMES,
AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT
BY YOUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT
WHETHER BIG OR SMALL.
WHATEVER IT IS, WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS.
WE THANK YOU FOR STANDING
WITH US, WE THANK YOU
FOR PRAYING FOR THE PEACE
OF JERUSALEM AND WE THANK YOU
FOR HAVING A HEART
FOR GOD'S HEART FOR THIS PLACE,
THIS LAND, HIS HOLY LAND.
Myles: NOW THIS FIRST SEGMENT
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU IS WHEN
WE LANDED IN GREECE LAST YEAR
AMAZINGLY, EXACTLY WHEN THERE
WAS RIOTING AND UNREST THERE.
ISRAEL WAS AT PEACE, BUT GREECE
WAS FALLING ECONOMICALLY
AND WE WERE THERE
EXACTLY AS IT HAPPENED.
SO WE MADE A PROGRAM ON SITE
CALLED "THE KINGS OF THE EARTH
LOOK UP."
SO LET'S GO TO OUR CAMERA CREW
ON SITE IN GREECE.
( Crowd Chanting Angrily )
>> IF WE ARE GATHERED
ALL TOGETHER.
...TO RESIST AGAIN...
>> WE NEED
MORE RADICAL GOVERNMENT,
RADICAL MEASURE SHOULD BE TAKEN.
>> WE WANT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING,
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM HERE.
>> PEOPLE WITH DREAMS
ARE MISSING HERE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
HERE THE ONLY THING IS MONEY
THAT COUNTS.
FIRST OF ALL, VISIONARIES.
Myles: WE'RE HERE IN ATHENS,
GREECE, WHERE THE HEADLINES
ARE CATCHING UP TO THE BIBLE.
EVERYTHING THAT'S WRITTEN
IN THIS BOOK IS GOING TO COME
TO PASS; THE PROPHETIC WORD
WILL BE FULFILLED AND RIGHT NOW
THERE'S A WAR BETWEEN THE WORLDS
TAKING PLACE.
THERE IS A WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES
BEHIND THE SCENES;
A WAR BETWEEN THE SONS OF LIGHT
AND THE SONS OF DARKNESS.
THERE IS A WAR THAT GOD
HAS PROPHESIED WOULD HAPPEN
IN ZECHARIAH 9, THAT THE SONS
OF ZION AND THE SONS OF GREECE
WOULD BE AT WAR TOGETHER.
IT IS NOT A WAR OF FLESH
AND BLOOD, AND YET IT IS A WAR
OF IDEAS AND HEARTFELT SINCERITY
WITH WHERE PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO PUT THEIR LOVE.
WILL THEY LOVE GOD OR WILL THEY
LOVE THE "ISMS" OF THE WORLD?
AND RIGHT NOW THE "ISMS,"
THE FACTIONS OF THE WORLD,
THE PERPLEXITY OF NATIONS,
IS COMING TO PASS
BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS,
AND THE SITUATION IS VERY BAD.
...EVERY DAY.
...FROM SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE.
OKAY, AND HE CAN FIX THIS,
IT'S OKAY.
Myles: SUPERMAN?
>> YES, WE NEED A SUPERMAN.
Myles: IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF AN ANTICHRIST,
OF A MAN OF SIN,
A MAN OF LAWLESSNESS BEING ABLE
TO STEP ONTO THE WORLD STAGE,
LOOK BEHIND ME AND YOU'LL KNOW
THAT IN THE TUMULT AND CONFUSION
OF THIS WORLD WE ARE WAITING FOR
AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
A WORLD-WIDE PROBLEM SOLVER.
I'LL NEVER FORGET BEING
IN ATHENS DURING THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS CHILLING
TO HEAR A LADY ON THE STREET
ACTUALLY ASK FOR A SUPERMAN TO
COME AND SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS;
REALLY ASKING FOR THE ANTICHRIST
TO APPEAR ON THE SCENE.
Katharine: YEAH WE'RE IN A TIME
OF SHAKING AND WE'RE IN A TIME
OF UNREST, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE
BELIEVERS, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT
OUR TRUST IN THIS REALM, BUT WE
LOOK TO AND WE RELY ON GOD
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE PUT
OUR MONEY WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE
COUNTED FOR AS A PLACE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT'S NOT
ONLY IN THE KINGDOM, BUT IT'S
ALSO IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
SO WHEN YOU SOW A SEED AND WHEN
YOU GIVE A GIFT, WE'RE STANDING
WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
WE'RE STANDING WITH
THE LONE SOLDIER PROGRAM,
WE'RE STANDING WITH
BENEVOLENT FUNDS HERE IN ISRAEL,
THAT NOT ONLY SUPPORT
THE SUPERNATURAL SUPPLY
THAT GOD HAS FOR THESE PEOPLE,
BUT THE PRACTICAL WAYS
THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS
OF LONE SOLDIERS, LIKE SOCKS,
AND A BREAK
EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE.
Myles: THE NEEDS OF THESE KIDS
THAT ARE SERVING IN THE IDF
THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE A MOM
OR A DAD ON THE SCENE
AND THEY'VE COME TO SERVE
THIS LAND, AND WE,
THROUGH OUR BENEVOLENCE FUNDS,
ARE ABLE TO STAND WITH THEM.
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, ZOLA LEVITT
MADE A GREAT PROGRAM, A SERIES
ON THE HOLY DAYS OF OUR LORD.
IT WAS SO GOOD,
SO MEANINGFUL, WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US
TO REMIX IT AND BRING IT TO YOU
IN AN UPDATED FASHION.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT SERIES RIGHT NOW.
>> IT IS WRITTEN
IN THE SCRIPTURES
THAT WE SHOULD JOURNEY
TO JERUSALEM THREE TIMES A YEAR.
WE ARE GOING UP
TO THE CITY OF GOD,
TO JERUSALEM, TO CELEBRATE.
Zola: THE LORD TOLD
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO
HONOR SEVEN HOLY CELEBRATIONS
EACH YEAR, INVOLVING
THREE JOURNEYS TO JERUSALEM.
EACH FESTIVAL WOULD BE
UNIQUELY FULFILLED
IN THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
...SHADOWS OF THINGS TO COME.
SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
WE'RE IN THE KIDRON VALLEY
IN JERUSALEM, JUST DOWN THE HILL
FROM THE TEMPLE SITE.
BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE THE WALL
HERE ON THE EASTERN SIDE
AND, OF COURSE, THE EAST GATE
WHERE IN THE SECOND COMING,
ALL OF US WILL GO THROUGH
THE GATE WITH THE COMING KING,
THE LORD JESUS, WHEN HE RETURNS.
NOW, THE PEOPLE WENT
THROUGH THIS GATE
FOR MANY, MANY CENTURIES,
AND OUT IN THE WILDERNESS,
THEY WENT THROUGH A GATE ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE TABERNACLE,
ALWAYS ON THE EAST, TO KEEP
THEIR BACK TO THE SUN WHICH
IS OUT THIS WAY, OF COURSE,
WE'RE HERE IN THE MORNING.
AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO COPY
THE EGYPTIAN SUN WORSHIP,
SO THEY TURNED THEIR BACKS
TO THE SUN AND WENT IN
TO DEAL WITH GOD.
AND IN DEALING WITH GOD,
THEY CELEBRATED FEASTS
AND THESE FEASTS ARE THE WORLD'S
OLDEST FEASTS BY A LONG SHOT;
3500 YEARS AGO, GOD GAVE MOSES
ON MOUNT SINAI THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THESE OBSERVANCES.
THERE'S NO OTHER SOCIETY
THAT'S ANY COMPETITION
WITH THE AGE OF THESE FEASTS.
THE OLDEST I CAN THINK OF
OFFHAND THAT ARE STILL KEEPING
THE SAME FEASTS THAT THEY
STARTED AT THE BEGINNING
OR THE SAME WORSHIP STYLE,
THE SAME GOD, THE SAME LANGUAGE,
ARE THE MUSLIMS
AND THAT'S ONLY 13 CENTURIES.
SO, REALLY, WE HAVE--
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHAT WE CALL "ANCIENT ROME"
IS HALFWAY BACK
TO THE FIRST PASSOVER,
SO THESE ARE OLD INDEED.
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WELL, THIS IS THE FAMOUS VIEW
OF JERUSALEM.
WE'RE VERY NEAR THE SUMMIT
OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
THE ROAD THE LORD
RODE THE DONKEY ON
IS JUST TEN YARDS TO MY LEFT,
AND IN THE SECOND COMING,
HE WILL TRAVEL PRESUMABLY
THE SAME ROAD.
THIS IS THE ANCIENT ROAD
DOWN THE MOUNT.
IT'S BEEN REDONE
AND WALLS PUT UP AND SO ON,
BUT, BASICALLY, THAT'S THE WAY,
FROM THE SUMMIT
OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
TO THE EASTERN GATE BEHIND ME.
YOU CAN SEE THE GOLD DOME
OF THE ROCK, THE MUSLIM SHRINE,
AND THE EAST GATE IN THE WALL
WHERE WE WILL ENTER IN
THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK HERE
ABOUT THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST LAWS
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
IT WAS THE DAY THE HIGH PRIEST
ENTERED THE HOLY OF HOLIES
TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIMSELF
AND FOR THE SINS
OF ALL NATIONAL ISRAEL.
WE FIND IT IN LEVITICUS 23:27:
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HOW IRONIC IT IS THAT THE ARABS,
THE MUSLIMS, ENEMIES OF ISRAEL,
NO QUESTION,
HAVE BUILT A SHRINE,
THE GOLDEN DOME BEHIND ME,
AND PUT IT ON THE SITE
OF THE JEWISH TEMPLE
TO KEEP THE JEWISH TEMPLE
FROM EVER BEING REBUILT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE IDEA.
AND THEY END UP CALLING IT
THE DOME OF THE ROCK
AND INSIDE IS A BIG ROCK,
FOR ALL I KNOW,
THE SAME FOUNDATION STONE.
BUT ANYWAY IT'S AROUND A STONE
AS IF GOD WOULD NOT GIVE UP
THE IDEA OF THAT STONE
ON THAT SITE,
NO MATTER WHO BUILT THE TEMPLE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DID.
ROMANS BUILT A TEMPLE.
CRUSADERS STUCK A CROSS
ON THE TEMPLE.
AS I OFTEN POINT OUT, THERE
WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WAS
A CHRISTIAN CROSS
ON A MUSLIM DOME
ON ROMAN PILLARS ON JEWISH LAND,
ALL ON THAT SITE
WHERE YOU SEE THE DOME.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A ROCK
THERE, THAT FOUNDATION STONE.
FINALLY, PAUL POINTS OUT
IN ROMANS 9:33:
AS IN OUR TIME, EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE HERE ARE NOT BASICALLY
BELIEVING IN THE LORD,
HE IS THERE AND THEY STUMBLE
OVER HIM ALL THE TIME.
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"EITAN SHISHKOFF, OUR MAN IN HAIFA,"
AND "THE GOOD NEWS FUND."
WE WELCOME YOUR DONATIONS TO ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES
AS WE SERVE TOGETHER UNTIL OUR MESSIAH RETURNS.
Myles: YOU KNOW, WE BRING TOURS
TO ISRAEL AND WE BRING YOU THESE
PROGRAMS FROM ISRAEL AND GREECE
AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT
WHEN WE TAKE PEOPLE TO ISRAEL,
I ALWAYS REMIND THEM
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE
THE ANCIENT ROCKS,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO MEET
THE LIVING STONES.
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
THE BODY OF MESSIAH,
THE BELIEVERS IN THE LAND
THAT ARE PREACHING THE GOSPEL
AND SHARING THEIR FAITH
AND REACHING FORTH,
BRINGING THE GOOD NEWS
TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT CONVERTING FROM JUDAISM
BUT IT'S FINDING THE MESSIAH
WHO IS THE MESSIAH OF ISRAEL,
AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT
WITH THOSE PEOPLE; IN FACT,
WE DID ONE SERIES THIS YEAR
CALLED "ACTS, THEN AND NOW,
THE STORY CONTINUES."
Katharine: IT'S SO EXCITING
TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE
SOME OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS
IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL LIVING OUT
THE FAITH OF THEIR FATHER,
THE FATHER OF FAITH, ABRAHAM.
YOU KNOW,
THE "ACTS, THEN AND NOW"
IS TELLING THE STORY THAT GOD
IS CONTINUALLY ON THE MOVE.
THERE ARE MORE JEWS
COMING TO FAITH TODAY
THAN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE EMPHASIZE
IN THIS SERIES.
AND WE'RE SO HAPPY
TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM TO YOU.
MYLES, IT WAS A JOY FOR US.
Myles: IT REALLY WAS
BECAUSE WE'VE LABORED ALONGSIDE
THESE FOLKS FOR SO MANY YEARS,
AND ONE OF THE GREAT ASPECTS
OF IT WAS REALLY SHOWING
THE REALITY OF THE "ONE NEW MAN"
OF EPHESIANS 2:14 AND FOLLOWING,
BY WHICH I MEAN
THAT WE'VE SHOWCASED
NOT ONLY THE JEWISH BELIEVERS,
BUT ALSO THE ARAB BELIEVERS.
WE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER
AND IN THAT SERIES
WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW YOU
SOME OF THE ARAB CHRISTIANS
THAT ARE STANDING FOR GOD
IN SOME PLACES
WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT,
AS WELL AS THE JEWISH BELIEVERS
STANDING FOR GOD,
AND SHOWING YOU THEM TOGETHER,
SO YOU CAN RECOGNIZE
THAT GOD HAS BROKEN DOWN
THE MIDDLE WALL OF PARTITION
AND MADE THE TWO ONE.
IT'S REALLY
ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SERIES.
SO LET'S SHOW YOU
A SEGMENT OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: "GO YE THEREFORE,
AND TEACH ALL NATIONS,
BAPTIZING THEM
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
AND OF THE SON,
AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE
ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER
I HAVE COMMANDED YOU:
AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,
EVEN UNTO THE END
OF THE WORLD."
Asher Intrater: WELL,
IT'S INTERESTING,
AS A YOUNG JEWISH MAN,
GREW UP IN A SYNAGOGUE
AND DID WELL IN MY STUDIES,
WAS ACCEPTED TO HARVARD.
AND WHEN I GOT THERE,
LIKE AS MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DID,
I BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR TRUTH
AND BEGAN TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY,
ANCIENT LITERATURES,
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS
AT HARVARD, AND I NEVER FELT
THAT I FOUND SOMETHING.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS STANDING
THERE, READY TO GET MY DEGREE
AFTER FOUR YEARS,
VERY FORMAL CEREMONY,
MY PARENTS IN THE AUDIENCE,
WITH THE CAP AND GOWN ON,
AND I WAS STANDING IN LINE AND
I HAD THIS MOMENT OF REPENTANCE.
I THOUGHT, "WHAT DID I DO
WITH ALL THIS TIME
AND ALL THIS MONEY?"
AND I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE IN
GOD AT THAT TIME, BUT I SORT OF
LOOKED UP IN THE AIR AND SAID,
"GOD, IF YOU'RE THERE,
I JUST REPENT THAT I SPENT
ALL MY PARENT'S MONEY
AND SPENT ALL THIS TIME.
AND I ONLY LEARNED ONE THING:
THAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
I'LL NEVER THINK JUST BECAUSE
SOMEONE IS A PROFESSOR
OR A DOCTOR OR HAS SOME TITLE,
THAT HE REALLY KNOWS ANYTHING
ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE."
Myles: GOOD.
Asher: AND WHEN I SAID THAT,
IT WAS FUNNY,
I HEARD A VOICE ON THE INSIDE.
IT SAID TO ME, "FOR THE PLAN
THAT I HAVE FOR YOUR LIFE,
ALL THAT TIME AND ALL THAT MONEY
WAS WORTH IT FOR YOU TO LEARN
JUST THAT ONE THING."
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WAS.
I STILL DIDN'T KNOW.
SEVERAL YEARS LATER,
WHEN I CAME TO THE LORD
AND I RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE,
I SAID, "AH,
THAT WAS YOU THAT TALKED TO ME."
AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS
THE FIRST TIME THAT THE LORD
TOUCHED ME AND BEGAN TO CALL ME
FOR HIS KINGDOM.
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Myles: YERUSHALAYIM, JERUSALEM,
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH,
THE PLACE WHERE HISTORY
TAKES PLACE AND WHERE HISTORY
WILL BE UNFOLDING IN THE FUTURE.
I'M ON THE SOUTHERN STEPS
OF THE TEMPLE,
THE SECOND TEMPLE
AT THE TIME OF YESHUA, AND IT
WAS THE WONDER OF THE WORLD.
THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE IT.
AND HERE, ON THE SOUTHERN STEPS,
WAS WHERE THE PILGRIMS
WOULD ENTER AND EXIT
THREE TIMES A YEAR,
AS MANDATED BY LEVITICUS 23.
BEHIND ME
IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES,
YESHUA'S JERUSALEM HOME BASE AND
WHERE HE WILL BE RETURNING TO.
Yuval Shemesh: THE CAVE WE SEE
RIGHT BEHIND ME WAS THE DOORWAY,
ONE OF THE DOORWAYS THAT LED
TO HADES, TO THE UNDERWORLD.
THE GREEK PEOPLE, THEY BELIEVED
THAT ALL MEN, ALL PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO ONE PLACE,
THEY ARE GOING TO THE UNDERWORLD
AFTER THEIR DEATH.
SO WHEN THEY BURY THEIR DEAD,
THEY USED TO PUT COINS
ON THEIR EYES AND IN THEIR MOUTH
AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE FEE THAT THEY HAD TO PAY
FOR THE FERRYMAN
WHO WOULD TAKE THEM WITH A BOAT
ACROSS THE RIVER STYX
TO THE UNDERWORLD.
SO ONLY THEIR GODS
OR THEIR IDOLS HAD ETERNAL LIFE,
NOT THE PEOPLE,
ALL PEOPLE WENT TO ONE PLACE,
TO HADES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING IN A WAY
AT THE DOORWAYS OR THE GATES,
ONE OF THE DOORWAYS
THAT LEAD TO HELL, TO HADES.
AND IN THEIR MINDSET,
THE HIGH MOUNTAIN NEARBY,
WE'RE NOW AT THE BASE
OF MT. HERMON,
THE HIGH MOUNTAIN WAS THE PLACE
WHERE THEIR GODS WERE LIVING,
AS IT WAS IN GREECE
AND THE OLYMPUS.
AND THE GODS HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,
THEY LIVE UPON HIGH MOUNTAINS,
BUT THE PEOPLE, THEY ALL GO
TO ONE PLACE, TO HADES.
SO JESUS CAME HERE TO SHOW
AND TO ASK THE QUESTION
"WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM?"
IN THIS PAGAN CENTER,
WORSHIP CENTER,
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
IT IS PROBABLY ALSO THE REASON
WHY HE ALSO TOOK PETER, JAMES
AND JOHN TO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN,
ACTUALLY, IT MEANS FROM
MT. HERMON, AND WAS TRANSFIGURED
BEFORE THEIR EYES TO SHOW
THAT HE WAS THE TRUE WAY,
THE TRUE GOD,
AND ALL THOSE FALSE IDOLS
THAT PEOPLE BACK THEN
USED TO WORSHIP RIGHT HERE.
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Myles: "ACTS, THEN AND NOW,
THE STORY CONTINUES"
IT REALLY DOES SHOW WHAT GOD
IS DOING IN THE LAND TODAY.
WE TELL OUR TOUR GOERS,
WHEN YOU GET HOME,
GET THIS SERIES AND REVIEW
ALL THE PLACES YOU'VE SEEN,
AND LET GOD REMIND YOU
OF HOW THE SCRIPTURE'S
COMING ALIVE TODAY.
Katharine: YEAH, WE OVERCOME
THE ENEMY THROUGH THE BLOOD
OF THE LAMB, THE WORD
OF OUR TESTIMONY AND LOVING NOT
OUR LIFE UNTO DEATH, AND THAT'S
WHAT WE SEE IN THIS ACTS SERIES.
WE ALSO ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE
TO BRING YOU HIGHLIGHTS
FROM RICK WIENECKE'S PROGRAM
ON "THE FOUNTAIN OF TEARS."
Myles: RICK IS A SCULPTOR IN
THE DESERT SOUTH OF JERUSALEM,
AND HE'S PUT TOGETHER
TWO OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PARTS
OF LIFE ON PLANET EARTH AND
ESPECIALLY TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE:
THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE,
AND THE CRUCIFIXION OF YESHUA.
AND IN THIS SCULPTURE THAT HE'S
MADE, "THE FOUNTAIN OF TEARS,"
WE REALLY SEE THE HEART OF GOD
REACHING FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
SO LET'S GO TO OUR PROGRAM
WITH RICK WIENECKE,
"THE FOUNTAIN OF TEARS,
BEAUTY FROM ASHES."
Rick Wienecke: THIS FINAL PIECE,
WE CALL IT "A RESURRECTION
OF RELATIONSHIP."
IT'S THE TWO PARTS
OF THE FOUNTAIN,
THE TWO PARTS OF THIS DIALOGUE
OF SUFFERING, COMING TOGETHER
WITHIN AN EMBRACE.
BOTH OF THE FIGURES ARE COMING
OUT OF THE STONES THAT REPRESENT
THE PERISHED AND COMING INTO
A PLACE WHERE THEY FINALLY
RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.
BOTH OF THEM WITHIN THIS STANCE,
OVER THEM IS RAISED
THE CUP OF SUFFERING.
THE CUP OF SUFFERING
IS NOW EMPTY.
IT'S BEEN DRUNK.
BOTH OF THEM CAN IDENTIFY
TO THIS PLACE OF SUFFERING,
AND SOMEHOW, WITHIN THIS WOUND,
BOTH OF THEM RECOGNIZE
EACH OTHER.
THERE'S THE SEVEN
CRUCIFIXION PANELS,
EACH ONE OF THEM BEING
ONE OF THE SEVEN LAST WORDS.
BUT A DIVIDER
BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THE PANELS
IS SIX PILLARS OF STONE.
THE SIX PILLARS OF STONE
REPRESENT A MEMORIAL
TO THE 6 MILLION.
WHAT YOU SEE
OVER THE SURFACE OF THE STONES
IS WATER GOING OVER THE SURFACE
REALLY SLOWLY BECAUSE WE WANTED
THE SENSE OF TEARS WITHIN THIS.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN WORDS
THAT WE GOT IN THE BEGINNING
WAS OUT OF JEREMIAH,
WHERE HE'S CRYING OUT
AND HE'S SAYING:
THE SENSE WITHIN THE TEARS
THEN GOES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE PILLARS.
THE WATER IS DRAINED
AND IS CARRIED UNDERGROUND
JUST OUTSIDE OF THE COURTYARD
THAT REPRESENTS THE TEARS
GOING OUT,
THIS WHOLE EXPRESSION.
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS
WE PLANTED SIX OLIVE TREES
ON THE OUTSIDE THAT REPRESENT
THE PLACE OF REDEMPTION,
THE PLACE OF GOD
WANTING TO PAY BACK
WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THEM.
Katharine: WE CAN'T
LET THE WORLD FORGET ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOLOCAUST,
NOR SHOULD WE FORGET
WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY,
AND NOR SHOULD WE NEGLECT TO SEE
THAT AHMADINEJAD IS THREATENING
TO WIPE THE JEWS OFF THE PLANET.
THIS IS A VERY REAL THREAT
TODAY, MYLES.
Myles: YEAH, IT REALLY IS
AND WE'RE SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE
TO BRING YOU THESE PROGRAMS.
BECAUSE OF YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS,
WE CAN BRING YOU THESE PROGRAMS
THAT REALLY TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD,
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN ISRAEL,
THE INCREDIBLE BLESSING
THAT ISRAEL IS TO THE WORLD.
IT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO SEE
THE DISINFORMATION AND THE
DEMONIZATION THAT COMES AGAINST
THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ISRAEL,
AND WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY,
BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP,
TO BRING YOU THE TRUTH; AND
WE NEED TO DO IT IN THESE DAYS,
BECAUSE AHMADINEJAD
STANDS ON THE WORLD STAGE
AND SAYS HE WANTS TO WIPE US
OFF THE MAP.
Katharine: IT'S SO IMPORTANT
THAT AS CHRISTIANS
AND AS BELIEVERS,
WE STAND ON THE BIBLE
AND WE STAND ON GOD'S WORD
AND WHAT HIS PLAN IS
FOR THESE LAST DAYS
THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.
WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME
OF SHAKING, BUT WE CAN
STAND TRUE AND STAND FIRM
UPON THE WORD OF GOD,
AND GIVE TO THOSE THINGS
THAT PROMOTE THE KINGDOM,
PROMOTE LIFE AND SPEAK LIFE
TO THE WORLD.
Myles: IT'S A TIME
OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
THERE'S WARFARE
IN THE HEAVENLIES
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS
AND IT'S PLAYING OUT
THROUGH RELIGION AND POLITICS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND I LIKE SAYING
THAT THE HEADLINES
ARE CATCHING UP TO THE BIBLE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE BRING YOU
IS BIBLICALLY SOUND.
AND WE DO THAT WITH PURPOSE,
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD IS
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE BIBLE,
THROUGH THE LENS OF SCRIPTURE.
NOW WHAT'S UPCOMING
IS THE SERIES ON ABRAHAM
THAT YOU'VE MAYBE SEEN,
THE SERIES ON ABRAHAM,
WHICH REALLY GOES BACK TO THE
BEGINNING OF OUR WALK OF FAITH.
AND UPCOMING WILL BE
"THE SONS OF PROMISE",
ISAAC AND JACOB,
AND WE'RE REALLY SHOWING
HOW GOODNESS HAS COME
THROUGH THIS LINE
TO BLESS THE WHOLE WORLD,
NOT ONLY WITH MESSIAH
BUT ALSO WITH TECHNOLOGY
AND MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
AND LITERATURE AND THE ARTS,
ALL COMING THROUGH THE SONS
OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
Katharine: SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR GIFTS OF FUNDS
TO HELP THIS MESSAGE CONTINUE
AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
TO SHED THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL
OF THE ONE NEW MAN,
JEW AND GENTILE
BEING MADE ONE IN MESSIAH.
WE LOVE YOU, WE BLESS YOU
FROM THIS HOLY LAND.
Myles: AND SO, UNTIL WE SEE YOU
AGAIN, REMEMBER,
SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
Katharine: PRAY FOR THE PEACE
OF JERUSALEM.
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