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One For Israel - A Righteous Jealousy

January 2, 2026 | S26 E103 | 29:0

One For Israel - A Righteous Jealousy
Join Dr. Erez Soref in Why Israel?—a powerful journey through the greatest love story ever told: God’s covenant relationship with Israel and His invitation to the nations. This profound love still transforms lives today.
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| One For Israel - A Righteous Jealousy | January 2, 2026
  • Why them?
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  • Why not me?
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  • This is the cry of human jealousy.
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  • Envy and covetousness are as old as mankind.
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  • And when we refer to israel
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  • As a chosen people,
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  • Some people immediately recoil.
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  • Either they feel left out
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  • Or that those chosen ones think they're better
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  • Than everyone else.
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  • Today, we will see how sinful envy and pride
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  • Have destroyed our view of god
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  • And his word,
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  • But how god uses holy jealousy
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  • To turn hearts back to him
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  • As we continue to ask the question:
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  • Why israel?
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  • I am dr. erez soref.
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  • I was born and raised in the heart of israel,
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  • But i never heard the gospel message
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  • Until on a journey abroad,
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  • My eyes were opened to the jewish messiah.
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  • From that point,
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  • My life has been dedicated
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  • To bringing this gospel back to my people israel,
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  • Equipping them to reach israel
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  • And the world.
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  • Together, as jews and gentiles,
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  • We are one in messiah, one for israel.
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  • Early in his ministry,
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  • Yeshua spoke at a synagogue
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  • In nazareth, reading isaiah 61.
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  • As he spoke,
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  • People were amazed,
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  • But they also began to grumble.
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  • "isn't this joseph's son?"
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  • Yeshua zeroed in on their rejection of him.
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  • He compared it to the days of elijah and elisha,
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  • Which were not times of great revival,
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  • But dark ages of israel,
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  • Times when the vast majority rejected god and the prophets.
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  • In those days, god acted to draw the attention
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  • Of his people back to himself.
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  • How did he do it?
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  • By revealing himself in miraculous ways
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  • To gentiles from hostile enemy nations.
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  • Yeshua stated there were many widows in israel,
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  • But elijah was sent to the widow in zarephath,
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  • The esidonian,
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  • And elisha healed the leprosy of naaman.
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  • Not only was he a syrian, israel's sworn enemies,
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  • But a general in their army.
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  • Yeshua was pointing out that god worked among the gentiles
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  • To get the attention of israel.
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  • But this idea was an offense.
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  • Yeshua's audience responded
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  • By trying to throw him off a cliff.
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  • The apostle paul would face similar hostility
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  • When he suggested that god sent him among the gentiles.
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  • He faced a heartbreaking reality
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  • As a jewish believer in messiah.
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  • Even though this faith had started in jerusalem
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  • As a predominantly jewish movement
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  • With thousands of jews coming to faith,
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  • Towards the end of paul's life,
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  • Many synagogues were outlawing this movement.
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  • Earlier, we see the leaders of the synagogues
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  • Where paul first preached of the jewish messiah
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  • Start off with open ears,
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  • But then become envious of paul.
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  • Outraged when they heard about the massive response
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  • Of the gentiles to paul's teaching.
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  • As time progressed,
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  • Paul saw that the very people
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  • Through whom god brought salvation to the world
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  • Would largely reject that salvation.
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  • He wrote with a broken heart:
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  • "i have great sorrow
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  • "and unceasing anguish
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  • "in my heart.
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  • "for i could wish that i myself
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  • "were cursed and cut off
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  • "from messiah for the sake
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  • "of my people,
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  • "those of my own race,
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  • "the people of israel."
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  • This wasn't just theological confusion for paul.
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  • It was personal agony.
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  • These were his people, his family.
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  • As jewish believers,
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  • We feel the same pressure every day.
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  • And that's what fuels our ministry.
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  • Our heart's desire is just like paul's heart.
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  • We're broken for our family members
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  • And we're longing for our people
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  • To know the jewish messiah, yeshua.
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  • Paul in his epistle gives us hope.
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  • This isn't the end of the story.
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  • He declared with absolute certainty
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  • All israel will be saved.
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  • He saw an end time national revival
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  • Among my people.
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  • Something we at one for israel
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  • Believe is at our doorstep.
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  • But how will this miraculous reversal happen?
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  • How does my nation's "no"
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  • Turn to a "yes"?
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  • Paul gave us a surprising answer.
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  • Jealousy.
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  • This wasn't just one of paul's ideas.
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  • He was looking to the promise of the torah.
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  • Moses foresaw that israel, god's bride,
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  • Would eventually fall away to unfaithfulness.
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  • And he said at that time,
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  • God would make israel jealous.
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  • By those who are not a people,
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  • The gentiles,
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  • God would use jealousy to bring israel
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  • To repentance so that israel and gentiles
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  • Could rejoice together.
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  • "rejoice, you nations,
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  • "with his people...
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  • "he will take vengeance
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  • "on his enemies
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  • "and make atonement
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  • "for his land and people."
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  • But sadly,
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  • The church of the nations hasn't always
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  • Made my people jealous for god.
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  • Paul saw this prophetically in acts 20.
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  • He said:
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  • "i know that after i leave,
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  • "savage wolves will come in
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  • "among you and will not
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  • "spare the flock.
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  • "even from your own number,
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  • "men will arise and distort
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  • "the truth in order
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  • "to draw away disciples
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  • "after them.
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  • "so be on your guard!"
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  • God revealed that this new movement of faith
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  • Would be hit hard by insecure false teachers
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  • Who would attempt to corrupt god's plan.
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  • Church history has sometimes felt destitute
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  • Of the gospelite.
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  • There were times when satan's influence
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  • Exchanged genuine faith for politics and power.
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  • The pogroms and persecution that the jewish people
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  • Endured in the name of christ
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  • Pushed my people away from messiah
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  • Instead of drawing us closer.
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  • I'm sure true believers who lived in those times
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  • Felt like elijah did after running away from jezebel.
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  • He complained to god that all hope was lost
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  • And he was the only one left.
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  • But god's response was that 7,000 in israel
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  • Had remained faithful.
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  • Now, 7,000 in the scope of millions
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  • Was hardly a drop in the bucket.
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  • But god's message to us
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  • Is that even in the dark ages of history
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  • There has always been a faithful remnant.
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  • And today, many believers
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  • Are now waking up to the call
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  • To truly make israel jealous for her god.
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  • I want to make a distinction.
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  • Jealousy and envy aren't the same.
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  • Context is key.
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  • There is a sinful, insecure envy
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  • That covets and wants what others have.
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  • Like when king saul heard the praises of david,
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  • He envied the accolades and success.
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  • But there is also a righteous jealousy,
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  • A burning desire to protect my wife
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  • And my children.
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  • This is a jealousy for what's truly mine.
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  • And that's exactly the case with israel,
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  • As paul says in romans.
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  • "after all,
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  • "if you were cut out
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  • "of an olive tree
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  • "that is wild by nature,
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  • "and contrary to nature,
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  • "were grafted into
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  • "a cultivated olive tree,
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  • "how much more readily
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  • "will these,
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  • "the natural branches,
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  • "be grafted into
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  • "their own olive tree?"
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  • The calling of god to israel stands today.
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  • And god's strategy will be to use
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  • This kind of holy jealousy to awaken my people.
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  • This kind of holy jealousy to awaken my people.
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  • In scripture,
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  • God said that he would
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  • Use gentiles to drive israel
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  • To jealousy
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  • And awaken her
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  • To call on her god
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  • And recognize her messiah.
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  • A beautiful story that illustrates
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  • How he does this is found in samuel 2.
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  • David had become king of israel,
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  • Making jerusalem his capital city,
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  • And he wanted to bring the ark of the covenant,
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  • The seat of the presence of god on earth,
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  • To this holy city,
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  • So the tabernacle could be with him in jerusalem.
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  • Unfortunately, david didn't consult the torah's directions
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  • That demanded that the ark be carried
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  • On the shoulders of the levites.
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  • Instead, david, following an earlier example
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  • Of the philistines, used a new cart pulled by oxen.
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  • He began to wheel the ark to jerusalem
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  • The philistine way.
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  • When the ark began to tip,
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  • A man named uzzah tried to steady it with his hand,
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  • And he was struck down.
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  • Samuel 2 reads:
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  • "david was afraid of the lord
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  • "that day and said,
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  • "how can the ark of the lord
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  • "ever come to me?
  • 00:09:13.117 --> 00:09:14.485
  • "he was not willing
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  • "to take the ark of the lord
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  • "to be with him
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  • "in the city of david.
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  • "instead, he took it
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  • "to the house of obed edom
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  • "the gittite.
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  • "the ark of the lord remained
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  • "in the house of obed edom
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  • "the gittite for three months,
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  • "and the lord blessed him
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  • "and his entire household."
  • 00:09:29.133 --> 00:09:32.569
  • Now, obed edom was a gittite,
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  • A man from geth.
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  • Geth was the same city that goliath was from.
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  • Modern scholarship believes that obed edom
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  • Was in fact a philistine and a gentile.
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  • The presence of god on earth,
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  • Heaven's earthly throne,
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  • Came to dwell in the house of this gentile philistine
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  • For three months.
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  • And it wasn't like other times
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  • When philistines stole the ark,
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  • And there were outbreaks of tumors and rat infestations.
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  • God's blessing actually fell on obed edom's
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  • Whole household.
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  • But the ark wasn't at home in his house.
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  • It rightfully belonged in jerusalem,
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  • To the house of david, to the people of israel.
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  • After three months of david seeing blessing
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  • Poured out on obed edom,
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  • David became jealous
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  • For what truly belonged to him and his people,
  • 00:10:27.124 --> 00:10:29.927
  • The presence of god.
  • 00:10:29.927 --> 00:10:32.329
  • He had been afraid to accept this ark,
  • 00:10:32.329 --> 00:10:34.965
  • But he saw something that he was missing,
  • 00:10:34.965 --> 00:10:37.801
  • That obed edom had.
  • 00:10:37.801 --> 00:10:39.603
  • Jealousy for what was his overcame his fear.
  • 00:10:39.603 --> 00:10:43.340
  • He finally came with the levites
  • 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:45.576
  • And brought the ark to jerusalem,
  • 00:10:45.576 --> 00:10:47.845
  • Dancing with all his might.
  • 00:10:47.845 --> 00:10:52.182
  • We're talking with our friend,
  • 00:10:52.850 --> 00:10:54.384
  • Archaeologist danny herman,
  • 00:10:54.384 --> 00:10:56.820
  • About the history and archaeological evidence
  • 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:59.757
  • Of the ark of the covenant
  • 00:10:59.757 --> 00:11:01.692
  • And why it was so important to israel.
  • 00:11:01.692 --> 00:11:06.997
  • I always get excited coming back here.
  • 00:11:07.798 --> 00:11:13.737
  • So my name is danny,
  • 00:11:14.204 --> 00:11:15.305
  • But everyone calls me
  • 00:11:15.305 --> 00:11:16.206
  • Danny "the digger"
  • 00:11:16.206 --> 00:11:17.441
  • As i'm an archaeologist
  • 00:11:17.441 --> 00:11:18.609
  • By education.
  • 00:11:18.609 --> 00:11:19.376
  • And here we are
  • 00:11:19.376 --> 00:11:20.544
  • At tel bet shemesh,
  • 00:11:20.544 --> 00:11:21.812
  • Halfway between the coastal plain,
  • 00:11:21.812 --> 00:11:23.547
  • Philistine land in biblical times,
  • 00:11:23.547 --> 00:11:25.849
  • And the mountains of jerusalem,
  • 00:11:25.849 --> 00:11:27.518
  • Kiryat yaarim, jerusalem up there.
  • 00:11:27.518 --> 00:11:29.620
  • This is one of the greatest stories
  • 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:31.688
  • Of the book of samuel
  • 00:11:31.688 --> 00:11:33.757
  • Where the ark of the covenant,
  • 00:11:33.757 --> 00:11:35.459
  • That legendary box that contained
  • 00:11:35.459 --> 00:11:38.262
  • The ten commandments and made the water
  • 00:11:38.262 --> 00:11:40.531
  • Of the jordan river stop
  • 00:11:40.531 --> 00:11:41.865
  • So the israelites could enter the promised land,
  • 00:11:41.865 --> 00:11:43.767
  • Was later placed in a site called shiloh.
  • 00:11:43.767 --> 00:11:47.104
  • But at some point, nearly 400 years later,
  • 00:11:47.104 --> 00:11:49.606
  • It's taken to a battle as the israelites
  • 00:11:49.606 --> 00:11:51.742
  • Are defeated by the philistines,
  • 00:11:51.742 --> 00:11:53.377
  • And they are convinced if the ark will be sent there,
  • 00:11:53.377 --> 00:11:56.113
  • We will triumph.
  • 00:11:56.113 --> 00:11:57.548
  • But eli, the high priest,
  • 00:11:58.081 --> 00:12:00.217
  • Has two sons that are sinners,
  • 00:12:00.217 --> 00:12:01.919
  • And perhaps that is the reason why the ark
  • 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:03.887
  • Actually failed to perform.
  • 00:12:03.887 --> 00:12:05.989
  • The israelites again were defeated
  • 00:12:06.757 --> 00:12:08.625
  • Even when the ark was brought, and worse,
  • 00:12:08.625 --> 00:12:11.995
  • The ark was captured by the philistines,
  • 00:12:11.995 --> 00:12:13.797
  • And the ark was placed in ashdod, was placed in gath,
  • 00:12:13.797 --> 00:12:16.700
  • Was placed in ekron.
  • 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:18.101
  • First it causes the image of the god,
  • 00:12:18.101 --> 00:12:21.238
  • Dagon, the god of the philistines,
  • 00:12:21.238 --> 00:12:22.973
  • To fall aside and crack,
  • 00:12:22.973 --> 00:12:24.641
  • And in all of those places, it caused a plague,
  • 00:12:24.641 --> 00:12:28.111
  • To the degree that the philistines decided,
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  • Thanks but no thanks, here, you can have it back.
  • 00:12:30.848 --> 00:12:33.483
  • The bible tells us that from ekron,
  • 00:12:33.483 --> 00:12:35.419
  • Or from the fields of ekron,
  • 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:36.920
  • The philistines have prepared a cart,
  • 00:12:36.920 --> 00:12:39.156
  • And cows that drew it up
  • 00:12:39.156 --> 00:12:40.657
  • To the borders between philistine land
  • 00:12:40.657 --> 00:12:42.492
  • And israelites,
  • 00:12:42.492 --> 00:12:43.760
  • And then the cows continued along that path.
  • 00:12:43.760 --> 00:12:46.964
  • "messilah" is the biblical word,
  • 00:12:46.964 --> 00:12:49.099
  • And it's amazing to note that to this day,
  • 00:12:49.099 --> 00:12:51.034
  • In this valley, there is a "messilah",
  • 00:12:51.034 --> 00:12:53.370
  • A path that is even used by a train today.
  • 00:12:53.370 --> 00:12:56.139
  • In the fields of beth shemesh,
  • 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:57.574
  • When all of a sudden they see something coming
  • 00:12:57.574 --> 00:12:59.276
  • From the west, they raise their heads,
  • 00:12:59.276 --> 00:13:01.912
  • It's the ark!
  • 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:03.714
  • The ark is heading our way,
  • 00:13:03.714 --> 00:13:05.482
  • And they all get super excited,
  • 00:13:05.482 --> 00:13:07.184
  • They bring it into the city,
  • 00:13:07.184 --> 00:13:08.986
  • They put it on a big stone,
  • 00:13:08.986 --> 00:13:11.788
  • They sacrifice the cows, and they all rejoice.
  • 00:13:11.788 --> 00:13:15.225
  • This is so important,
  • 00:13:15.225 --> 00:13:16.293
  • Just two big flat stones.
  • 00:13:16.293 --> 00:13:18.428
  • This one even has a groove to clear
  • 00:13:18.428 --> 00:13:21.798
  • The liquids of something.
  • 00:13:21.798 --> 00:13:23.800
  • When this was found, i told the archaeologists,
  • 00:13:23.800 --> 00:13:26.203
  • Hey, maybe this can be related to the sacrifice
  • 00:13:26.203 --> 00:13:29.106
  • Of the cows who brought back the ark.
  • 00:13:29.106 --> 00:13:32.242
  • So all of this is one unit.
  • 00:13:32.242 --> 00:13:34.645
  • In the back of the two flat stones,
  • 00:13:34.645 --> 00:13:37.681
  • With the grooves,
  • 00:13:37.681 --> 00:13:39.182
  • We have here another big flat stone,
  • 00:13:39.182 --> 00:13:42.519
  • Except this one is rectangular.
  • 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.554
  • And it's not a column that fell,
  • 00:13:45.289 --> 00:13:46.757
  • It was deliberately placed like this,
  • 00:13:46.757 --> 00:13:48.392
  • Like a big table.
  • 00:13:48.392 --> 00:13:50.060
  • And the text tells us that the ark
  • 00:13:50.827 --> 00:13:52.462
  • Was placed on a big stone.
  • 00:13:52.462 --> 00:13:54.865
  • And the ark size is a cubit and a half,
  • 00:13:54.865 --> 00:13:57.367
  • And two cubits and a half.
  • 00:13:57.367 --> 00:13:58.669
  • This is a cubit, watch.
  • 00:13:58.669 --> 00:14:01.505
  • A cubit and a half, and one, two,
  • 00:14:01.505 --> 00:14:06.209
  • Almost three cubits,
  • 00:14:06.209 --> 00:14:07.511
  • Meaning it's a bit bigger
  • 00:14:07.511 --> 00:14:08.946
  • Than the dimensions of the ark.
  • 00:14:08.946 --> 00:14:11.315
  • One cannot rule out the possibility
  • 00:14:11.315 --> 00:14:14.084
  • The ark was placed here
  • 00:14:14.084 --> 00:14:15.319
  • And the cows that brought it
  • 00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:16.186
  • Were sacrificed there.
  • 00:14:16.186 --> 00:14:18.221
  • That is amazing!
  • 00:14:18.221 --> 00:14:19.823
  • However, these are simple people,
  • 00:14:19.823 --> 00:14:21.959
  • These are not priests,
  • 00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:23.093
  • Which may be the reason
  • 00:14:23.093 --> 00:14:24.261
  • Why it causes a plague,
  • 00:14:24.261 --> 00:14:25.429
  • Also among the people of bet shemesh.
  • 00:14:25.429 --> 00:14:28.265
  • So a delegation of priests comes
  • 00:14:28.265 --> 00:14:30.067
  • From their residence in kiryat ye'arim,
  • 00:14:30.067 --> 00:14:32.436
  • Up on those mountains, and takes it there to safety.
  • 00:14:32.436 --> 00:14:36.306
  • And when it's kept in kiryat ye'arim
  • 00:14:36.306 --> 00:14:37.975
  • For 20 years, it doesn't kill anyone.
  • 00:14:37.975 --> 00:14:40.177
  • And then when david is king,
  • 00:14:40.177 --> 00:14:41.778
  • He finally takes it to its last station,
  • 00:14:41.778 --> 00:14:44.915
  • Jerusalem.
  • 00:14:44.915 --> 00:14:45.949
  • The magic of biblical archaeology
  • 00:14:45.949 --> 00:14:47.884
  • Is the bible.
  • 00:14:47.884 --> 00:14:48.952
  • And if you read the bible,
  • 00:14:48.952 --> 00:14:50.253
  • You read so many amazing stories.
  • 00:14:50.253 --> 00:14:52.222
  • But what are the chances of finding the sites
  • 00:14:52.222 --> 00:14:54.624
  • And finding evidence that relate to those stories?
  • 00:14:54.624 --> 00:14:57.794
  • And this is one of those cases.
  • 00:14:57.794 --> 00:15:00.097
  • The old testament is a time frame
  • 00:15:00.097 --> 00:15:01.999
  • Of 3,000 to 2,600 years ago.
  • 00:15:01.999 --> 00:15:07.270
  • It's before the greeks, before the romans,
  • 00:15:07.270 --> 00:15:09.373
  • Before the middle ages, the crusaders.
  • 00:15:09.373 --> 00:15:11.775
  • What are the chances that we'll find anything
  • 00:15:11.775 --> 00:15:13.944
  • From those times?
  • 00:15:13.944 --> 00:15:16.013
  • And the more i studied,
  • 00:15:16.013 --> 00:15:17.147
  • The more i got excited.
  • 00:15:17.147 --> 00:15:18.315
  • There are actually significant finds
  • 00:15:18.315 --> 00:15:20.317
  • That are found in places like megiddo,
  • 00:15:20.317 --> 00:15:22.319
  • Hazor, jerusalem,
  • 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:24.354
  • That are at the very low level,
  • 00:15:24.354 --> 00:15:26.289
  • But they do connect to the old testament.
  • 00:15:26.289 --> 00:15:29.426
  • And i remember how already in 2012,
  • 00:15:29.426 --> 00:15:32.195
  • They started finding what looked like a cultic area.
  • 00:15:32.195 --> 00:15:35.766
  • But in 2019, just the last season before covid,
  • 00:15:35.766 --> 00:15:39.036
  • The last season of excavations here,
  • 00:15:39.036 --> 00:15:41.038
  • That's where they find this big,
  • 00:15:41.038 --> 00:15:43.006
  • Rectangular stone about the size of the ark.
  • 00:15:43.006 --> 00:15:48.011
  • In the time frame, in the 11th century
  • 00:15:48.011 --> 00:15:50.514
  • Layer of the site,
  • 00:15:50.514 --> 00:15:51.715
  • And you cannot rule out the possibility,
  • 00:15:51.715 --> 00:15:53.417
  • The ark of the covenant actually rested there.
  • 00:15:53.417 --> 00:15:56.553
  • The evidence is just overwhelming.
  • 00:15:56.553 --> 00:15:58.922
  • I think that the ark
  • 00:15:58.922 --> 00:16:00.657
  • Is a representation of god.
  • 00:16:00.657 --> 00:16:02.592
  • And if you want to be blessed by god,
  • 00:16:02.592 --> 00:16:04.594
  • You should handle the ark properly.
  • 00:16:04.594 --> 00:16:08.265
  • God's promises, the scripture, the messiah,
  • 00:16:09.166 --> 00:16:12.836
  • The good news, the presence of god resting on humans,
  • 00:16:12.836 --> 00:16:16.840
  • All these things natively belong to my people israel.
  • 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:20.610
  • But we are in a time where the ark
  • 00:16:20.610 --> 00:16:22.512
  • Is sitting in the house of the gentiles,
  • 00:16:22.512 --> 00:16:25.248
  • As was god's plan
  • 00:16:25.248 --> 00:16:26.883
  • To bring mercy and blessings
  • 00:16:26.883 --> 00:16:28.185
  • To all families of the earth.
  • 00:16:28.185 --> 00:16:30.587
  • But soon we will see god's blessing drive
  • 00:16:30.587 --> 00:16:33.423
  • My people to jealousy.
  • 00:16:33.423 --> 00:16:35.659
  • They will shake off the fear and reservation
  • 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:37.894
  • Like david did.
  • 00:16:37.894 --> 00:16:39.162
  • They will claim the messiah
  • 00:16:39.162 --> 00:16:40.864
  • That rightfully belongs to them.
  • 00:16:40.864 --> 00:16:42.966
  • Yeshua will sit down on the throne in jerusalem,
  • 00:16:42.966 --> 00:16:46.036
  • And as david danced,
  • 00:16:46.036 --> 00:16:47.838
  • "on that day, my people will rejoice
  • 00:16:47.838 --> 00:16:50.674
  • "with unspeakable joy."
  • 00:16:50.674 --> 00:16:56.005
  • "with unspeakable joy."
  • 00:16:56.005 --> 00:17:00.056
  • The body of believers in yeshua,
  • 00:17:00.790 --> 00:17:03.092
  • God's olive tree, his bride,
  • 00:17:03.092 --> 00:17:05.461
  • Is today comprised mainly of gentile believers.
  • 00:17:05.461 --> 00:17:09.232
  • My people israel, the jewish world,
  • 00:17:09.232 --> 00:17:12.001
  • For the most part, rejects yeshua.
  • 00:17:12.001 --> 00:17:15.438
  • Paul in his letter to the romans says
  • 00:17:15.438 --> 00:17:17.807
  • That they have cut themselves off,
  • 00:17:17.807 --> 00:17:20.176
  • But he asks the question, did they stumble,
  • 00:17:20.176 --> 00:17:23.980
  • That they might fall?
  • 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:25.615
  • In other words, was it god's plan
  • 00:17:25.615 --> 00:17:28.017
  • All along to eventually reject israel
  • 00:17:28.017 --> 00:17:31.187
  • And replace them with a church?
  • 00:17:31.187 --> 00:17:33.256
  • Did god just abandon david
  • 00:17:33.256 --> 00:17:35.491
  • And set up his temple with obed edom?
  • 00:17:35.491 --> 00:17:38.361
  • No!
  • 00:17:38.561 --> 00:17:39.529
  • Absolutely not!
  • 00:17:39.529 --> 00:17:41.164
  • God always knows what's going to happen,
  • 00:17:41.164 --> 00:17:43.933
  • Every outcome.
  • 00:17:43.933 --> 00:17:45.334
  • And knowing our nature and tendency towards unbelief,
  • 00:17:45.334 --> 00:17:49.105
  • He used this to make a plan
  • 00:17:49.105 --> 00:17:51.674
  • To bring a blessing to the nations
  • 00:17:51.674 --> 00:17:53.910
  • And all people.
  • 00:17:53.910 --> 00:17:55.344
  • Paul lays this out this way.
  • 00:17:55.344 --> 00:17:58.247
  • He says, rather, through their trespass,
  • 00:17:58.247 --> 00:18:02.018
  • Salvation has come to the gentiles,
  • 00:18:02.018 --> 00:18:04.921
  • So as to make israel jealous.
  • 00:18:04.921 --> 00:18:08.124
  • Did you catch that?
  • 00:18:08.124 --> 00:18:09.692
  • Israel's temporary rejection of the messiah
  • 00:18:09.692 --> 00:18:12.695
  • Wasn't the end of god's plan.
  • 00:18:12.695 --> 00:18:15.131
  • It was part of his plan
  • 00:18:15.131 --> 00:18:16.866
  • To bring salvation to the gentiles.
  • 00:18:16.866 --> 00:18:19.635
  • And in the same way,
  • 00:18:19.635 --> 00:18:21.204
  • The gentiles' salvation is part of his plan
  • 00:18:21.204 --> 00:18:24.807
  • To bring israel back.
  • 00:18:24.807 --> 00:18:27.076
  • This is the mystery paul spoke of.
  • 00:18:27.076 --> 00:18:29.378
  • "a partial hardening
  • 00:18:29.845 --> 00:18:31.747
  • "has come upon israel,
  • 00:18:31.747 --> 00:18:33.416
  • "until the fullness
  • 00:18:33.416 --> 00:18:34.550
  • "of the gentiles has come in.
  • 00:18:34.550 --> 00:18:37.220
  • "and in this way,
  • 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.654
  • "all israel will be saved."
  • 00:18:38.654 --> 00:18:42.024
  • Just like the fullness of the blessing
  • 00:18:42.858 --> 00:18:45.094
  • Fell on obed edom
  • 00:18:45.094 --> 00:18:46.996
  • And made david jealous for what was his,
  • 00:18:46.996 --> 00:18:50.199
  • The salvation of the gentiles
  • 00:18:50.199 --> 00:18:52.468
  • Will make israel jealous for what is natively jewish,
  • 00:18:52.468 --> 00:18:56.138
  • Yeshua.
  • 00:18:56.138 --> 00:18:57.440
  • And just like obed edom
  • 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.208
  • Continued to be included among the people of israel,
  • 00:18:59.208 --> 00:19:03.079
  • Continuing to take part in the blessing
  • 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:05.514
  • Of god's presence,
  • 00:19:05.514 --> 00:19:07.149
  • Gentile believers will always be included as one in messiah.
  • 00:19:07.149 --> 00:19:11.654
  • That was always god's plan,
  • 00:19:11.654 --> 00:19:14.023
  • To include jew and gentile as one new humanity,
  • 00:19:14.023 --> 00:19:18.361
  • The israel of god.
  • 00:19:18.361 --> 00:19:20.630
  • But think to yourself,
  • 00:19:20.630 --> 00:19:22.164
  • If gentile believers are supposed to make israel jealous,
  • 00:19:22.164 --> 00:19:26.002
  • Is your life making anyone jealous?
  • 00:19:26.002 --> 00:19:29.138
  • Do you have something that outsiders desire?
  • 00:19:29.138 --> 00:19:32.575
  • Peace? joy?
  • 00:19:32.575 --> 00:19:34.577
  • The evidence of the spirit?
  • 00:19:34.577 --> 00:19:36.078
  • What is it that will make israel jealous
  • 00:19:36.078 --> 00:19:38.948
  • For their messiah?
  • 00:19:38.948 --> 00:19:41.484
  • We're sitting with dr. dina aweida
  • 00:19:42.251 --> 00:19:44.553
  • To discuss just what gentiles can do
  • 00:19:44.553 --> 00:19:47.456
  • To make israel and the jewish people
  • 00:19:47.456 --> 00:19:49.525
  • Jealous for our messiah.
  • 00:19:49.525 --> 00:19:51.427
  • Hi dina,
  • 00:19:51.694 --> 00:19:52.461
  • Thank you for coming
  • 00:19:52.461 --> 00:19:53.229
  • To talk to me today.
  • 00:19:53.229 --> 00:19:54.196
  • It was wonderful to chat
  • 00:19:54.196 --> 00:19:56.299
  • In the previous episode.
  • 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:57.633
  • You know, your unique background
  • 00:19:57.633 --> 00:19:59.435
  • I think is a great encouragement.
  • 00:19:59.435 --> 00:20:01.170
  • So you shared that your dad is a pastor.
  • 00:20:01.170 --> 00:20:02.872
  • He's an israeli arab.
  • 00:20:02.872 --> 00:20:04.674
  • And your mom is norwegian.
  • 00:20:04.674 --> 00:20:06.108
  • And dad has been pastoring
  • 00:20:06.108 --> 00:20:08.377
  • One of the largest congregations in the country,
  • 00:20:08.377 --> 00:20:10.379
  • With jewish believers and arab believers.
  • 00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:12.882
  • What does it mean to cause
  • 00:20:12.882 --> 00:20:15.751
  • The jewish people to jealousy?
  • 00:20:15.751 --> 00:20:17.453
  • Mostly i grew up in schools
  • 00:20:17.453 --> 00:20:19.221
  • Where most people are jewish,
  • 00:20:19.221 --> 00:20:20.823
  • As they are in this country.
  • 00:20:20.823 --> 00:20:22.091
  • Hebrew speaking schools.
  • 00:20:22.091 --> 00:20:23.959
  • I went to university here.
  • 00:20:23.959 --> 00:20:26.595
  • So i've always been surrounded by jewish friends.
  • 00:20:26.595 --> 00:20:29.899
  • Israelis are very diverse with their backgrounds.
  • 00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:32.468
  • Some are religious, some are super secular.
  • 00:20:32.468 --> 00:20:35.237
  • I studied at the technion
  • 00:20:35.237 --> 00:20:37.039
  • Which is sort of like mit
  • 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.775
  • In the states. -right, the israeli mit.
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  • Yes. so people are very into
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  • Science and engineering.
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  • And you don't talk the same way
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  • With each person you meet.
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  • As all believers should be,
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  • I think we're an example in our actions,
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  • In how we speak, how we treat other people.
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  • I think people assume here that the religious jews,
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  • They know the bible.
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  • Which is not true, by the way.
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  • We need to talk about it. -exactly,
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  • It's not always true.
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  • So how do you,
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  • Who's not a religious jew,
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  • Why do you know bible verses?
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  • Why do you know the stories?
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  • Why do you talk about a messiah,
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  • About israel?
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  • I think i told you that i first heard the gospel,
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  • The first time i heard the gospel,
  • 00:21:19.315 --> 00:21:21.016
  • Was from gentiles.
  • 00:21:21.016 --> 00:21:22.485
  • And part of what really intrigued me,
  • 00:21:23.252 --> 00:21:26.756
  • I could not understand it, is that they knew,
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  • Particularly the hebrew bible, better than i did.
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  • And i did final examinations in high school.
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  • I knew the big stories kind of thing.
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  • And i was just shocked.
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  • I said, how come you know our bible?
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  • I mean, i understand you guys have a new testament,
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  • Whatever that may be, i've never seen it.
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  • But, you know,
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  • Isn't that what you're supposed to know?
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  • And the hebrew bible is ours?
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  • And i think many of our viewers
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  • That may have jewish friends or neighbors
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  • Or co-workers, and they want to share
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  • The hope they have in their heart with them,
  • 00:21:57.753 --> 00:21:59.155
  • They don't know how.
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  • As a christian,
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  • You know the hebrew bible.
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  • It's shocking to jewish people.
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  • It's absolutely shocking. -yes.
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  • And so, that's a positive jealousy, i think.
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  • Yes, and i think we also have a role
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  • In representing the faith in yeshua the right way,
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  • Because jewish people sometimes have
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  • A bit of a, maybe distorted view
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  • Of what the new testament says,
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  • Of who yeshua was.
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  • I've heard it before.
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  • Oh, yeshua was all about love.
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  • So, everything is okay.
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  • Everything is fine.
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  • But no, yeshua came to fulfill the torah.
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  • And our belief is based on...
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  • On scriptures, right. -it doesn't start in matthew.
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  • It starts before that.
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  • And god is the god of israel,
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  • So it's one full story.
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  • And i think it's important for us
  • 00:22:44.533 --> 00:22:46.268
  • To show that we know the whole story.
  • 00:22:46.268 --> 00:22:49.305
  • And there's a reason why yeshua came.
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  • Knowing the bible and also knowing
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  • The place of israel in the bible...
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  • Oh yeah, stands out. -yes.
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  • I've been talking to some friends
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  • Who live outside of israel, gentile christians.
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  • And they ask me:
  • 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:06.021
  • Well, how can we encourage
  • 00:23:06.021 --> 00:23:07.423
  • Our jewish friends?
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  • And i tell them: look, probably anytime,
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  • But especially these last two years,
  • 00:23:11.260 --> 00:23:13.996
  • Jewish people feel as a persecuted minority.
  • 00:23:13.996 --> 00:23:17.533
  • They feel that they are threatened,
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  • That they are...
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  • They need to conceal
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  • The fact that they're jewish
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  • Or something bad is going to happen to them.
  • 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.775
  • And as a christian, as a follower of jesus,
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  • This is a great time to go and encourage,
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  • Not to get anything,
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  • But really just to stand there.
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  • If you understand the place of israel
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  • In god's plan and in the bible,
  • 00:23:38.554 --> 00:23:40.356
  • Just stand with your jewish friends at this time.
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  • So, one example that a friend of mine told me,
  • 00:23:43.058 --> 00:23:46.095
  • He's a pastor of a christian church
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  • In a large city in the united states,
  • 00:23:48.030 --> 00:23:51.567
  • A city with a large jewish population as well.
  • 00:23:51.567 --> 00:23:54.169
  • You know, when anti-semitism and expressions,
  • 00:23:54.169 --> 00:23:57.506
  • Negative expressions towards jewish people
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  • Started to rise up in the united states,
  • 00:23:59.542 --> 00:24:01.710
  • He contacted some rabbi friends
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  • Of synagogues in his city.
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  • They discussed doing some sort of
  • 00:24:06.815 --> 00:24:08.284
  • A solidarity evening together.
  • 00:24:08.284 --> 00:24:10.452
  • They called up quite a few pastors
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  • And rabbis and some accepted, some didn't.
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  • At the end, the rabbi asked my friend,
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  • Well, thank you so much for doing this.
  • 00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.328
  • It's been very encouraging,
  • 00:24:19.328 --> 00:24:21.063
  • But why are you doing it?
  • 00:24:21.063 --> 00:24:22.665
  • Why did you do it?
  • 00:24:22.665 --> 00:24:24.066
  • He says: what do you mean?
  • 00:24:24.066 --> 00:24:25.367
  • I mean, we love you guys.
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  • We want to encourage you.
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  • We want to show our love to you,
  • 00:24:28.938 --> 00:24:30.306
  • Much as we show our love to everybody else as well.
  • 00:24:30.306 --> 00:24:33.976
  • My friend told him:
  • 00:24:34.443 --> 00:24:35.244
  • Well, surely
  • 00:24:35.244 --> 00:24:36.845
  • Other people come to you.
  • 00:24:36.845 --> 00:24:38.347
  • And he says: no, no.
  • 00:24:38.347 --> 00:24:39.582
  • Actually, you guys are the only ones
  • 00:24:39.582 --> 00:24:41.050
  • That came to stand with us.
  • 00:24:41.050 --> 00:24:43.085
  • As a follower of christ, just to encourage,
  • 00:24:43.085 --> 00:24:46.188
  • To pray for, to ask your friend,
  • 00:24:46.188 --> 00:24:48.424
  • How can i pray for you,
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  • Can go a long, long way.
  • 00:24:49.892 --> 00:24:51.226
  • And we can't love the god of israel
  • 00:24:51.226 --> 00:24:54.063
  • Without loving the people of israel
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  • That he chose.
  • 00:24:55.731 --> 00:24:57.032
  • I think that's a big statement
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  • That we should be holding on to as gentile believers.
  • 00:24:58.734 --> 00:25:02.638
  • And as you said, especially
  • 00:25:02.638 --> 00:25:03.572
  • In times like these
  • 00:25:03.572 --> 00:25:04.473
  • When jews feel persecuted
  • 00:25:04.473 --> 00:25:06.942
  • And we see the rise in antisemitism
  • 00:25:06.942 --> 00:25:10.012
  • Around the world.
  • 00:25:10.012 --> 00:25:11.480
  • Dina, thank you so much.
  • 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.681
  • It's been so encouraging
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  • And i really appreciate your time.
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  • Thank you.
  • 00:25:15.384 --> 00:25:16.619
  • Envy is poison,
  • 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.721
  • But there is also a righteous jealousy
  • 00:25:18.721 --> 00:25:20.823
  • That comes from god.
  • 00:25:20.823 --> 00:25:22.424
  • God himself is jealous for his bride.
  • 00:25:22.424 --> 00:25:25.227
  • He wants her to have no one else before him
  • 00:25:25.227 --> 00:25:27.830
  • And no others beside him.
  • 00:25:27.830 --> 00:25:30.232
  • He's jealous for mankind.
  • 00:25:30.232 --> 00:25:32.267
  • He wants his creation, his beloved,
  • 00:25:32.267 --> 00:25:35.270
  • Made in his image, to belong to no one else.
  • 00:25:35.270 --> 00:25:38.841
  • And as more and more of my people
  • 00:25:38.841 --> 00:25:40.943
  • See the light of the gospel
  • 00:25:40.943 --> 00:25:42.378
  • That's missing in their lives,
  • 00:25:42.378 --> 00:25:44.279
  • That holy jealousy will awaken in them.
  • 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:47.483
  • And as paul puts it,
  • 00:25:47.483 --> 00:25:49.118
  • They will be grafted back in to the place they belong.
  • 00:25:49.118 --> 00:25:52.755
  • My people will return home,
  • 00:25:53.355 --> 00:25:55.658
  • Not only physically, but spiritually.
  • 00:25:55.658 --> 00:25:58.394
  • Let's give my people something to be jealous about.
  • 00:25:58.394 --> 00:26:01.997
  • One way you can do your part
  • 00:26:01.997 --> 00:26:04.066
  • Is to pray strategically
  • 00:26:04.066 --> 00:26:05.668
  • Into what god is doing in israel.
  • 00:26:05.668 --> 00:26:07.803
  • We offer a 31-day prayer guide
  • 00:26:07.803 --> 00:26:10.839
  • That will help you pray
  • 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.675
  • Relevant prayers
  • 00:26:12.675 --> 00:26:13.976
  • And shake heaven
  • 00:26:13.976 --> 00:26:15.277
  • For what god is doing
  • 00:26:15.277 --> 00:26:16.545
  • On the earth.
  • 00:26:16.545 --> 00:26:17.680
  • Visit oneforisrael.org/pray
  • 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:21.617
  • To claim your free copy.
  • 00:26:21.617 --> 00:26:23.952
  • Throughout history,
  • 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:26.055
  • God has preserved israel
  • 00:26:26.055 --> 00:26:28.057
  • Through impossible circumstances.
  • 00:26:28.057 --> 00:26:30.592
  • Exile, persecution, attempts at total destruction.
  • 00:26:30.592 --> 00:26:34.730
  • Yet here we are, back in our land,
  • 00:26:34.730 --> 00:26:38.000
  • Speaking our ancient language,
  • 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.668
  • Fulfilling prophecies
  • 00:26:39.668 --> 00:26:41.070
  • Written thousands of years ago.
  • 00:26:41.070 --> 00:26:43.839
  • This preservation isn't just about survival.
  • 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:47.376
  • It's about preparation.
  • 00:26:47.376 --> 00:26:49.144
  • Preparation for the return of the king.
  • 00:26:49.144 --> 00:26:52.414
  • Next time, we'll explore the final chapter
  • 00:26:52.414 --> 00:26:55.350
  • Of this epic love story,
  • 00:26:55.350 --> 00:26:57.453
  • When the bridegroom comes back for his bride,
  • 00:26:57.453 --> 00:27:00.656
  • And every eye will see him,
  • 00:27:00.656 --> 00:27:02.257
  • Including those who pierced him.
  • 00:27:02.257 --> 00:27:04.960
  • Why israel?
  • 00:27:05.294 --> 00:27:06.628
  • Because through israel,
  • 00:27:06.628 --> 00:27:08.263
  • He's calling the whole world to a wedding.
  • 00:27:08.263 --> 00:27:11.233
  • And the invitation is still open.
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