From the wilderness location of Wadi Kelt in the Judean Desert, Zola speaks on the great deliverer Moses. Inspired by hope in God’s promises, modern-day believers tell of endurance and strength supplied by the Perfecter of our faith.
60:10 WE CAN RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US.
60:54 ONE WHO WOULD GIVE HIS LAW, HIS TESTIMONY.
61:06 THE GOD OF ISRAEL, ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, I THANK YOU.
61:16 GOD WRITTEN IN STONE UPON BOTH SIDES.
61:26 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TOOK THE LAW TO THE PEOPLE.
61:48 MOSES LOOKED TOWARD THE FUTURE AND THE PROMISE OF THE REWARD THAT AWAITED HIM.
61:57 AND HE HAS LEFT TO ALL THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE ENDURING WORD OF THE LORD.
62:05 WELL, OUR TOPIC TODAY IS MOSES AND ENDURANCE.
62:10 WELCOME BACK TO OUR SERIES ON FAITH.
62:18 OF THEIR WALK WITH THE LORD.
62:20 YOU SAW MOSES WALKING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AFTER HE CONFRONTED GOD IN OUR DRAMA.
62:27 HIS STORY IS GIVEN IN BRIEF IN HEBREWS 11.
62:59 BUT PHAROAH'S DAUGHTER'S SON, IMAGINE THAT.
63:08 OF EGYPT WHICH AT THAT TIME VIRTUALLY RULED THE KNOWN WORLD.
63:13 INSTEAD HE WENT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.
63:16 WHAT A CHOICE, WENT WITH SLAVES.
63:27 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
63:28 DID MOSES KNOW CHRIST?
63:44 DONE THEIR OBEDIENCE, KEPT THEIR FAITH IN ORDER.
63:55 WHICH IS QUITE A STATEMENT.
64:06 UNTIL THE COMING OF MESSIAH.
64:08 MOSES HAD AN EYE FOR THE COMING OF MESSIAH AND THAT WAS INDEED A GOOD THING TO DO.
64:41 THINK OF CHRIST'S OBEDIENCE.
64:45 THINK OF HOW HE CONFRONTED SIN.
64:48 AND AS FAR AS ENDURANCE GOES, I THINK THE BIBLICAL CHAMPION REALLY MUST BE JOB.
64:58 WAITING FOR RESURRECTION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
65:01 I AM GOING TO JOB 14, VERSE 11.
65:24 EVERYTHING IN NATURE, MEN DIE AND FLOODS GO AWAY EVEN.
65:43 THIS WORD "SET TIME" IN HEBREW IS AN EXACT TIME.
65:50 TO ADDRESS THE LENGTH OF YOUR HITCH IN THE ARMY.
65:58 EVERY SOLDIER KNOWS IT AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
66:02 JOB IS SAYING ASSIGN ME AN APPOINTED TIME TO BE IN MY GRAVE.
66:07 WHY DOES HE SAY THAT?
66:17 AS THOUGH HE'S GOING TO CALL JOB FORTH FROM THE GRAVE.
66:20 I TELL YOU WHAT, HE IS.
66:44 HE SAYS "I WILL SEE HIM WITH THESE EYES, MY EYES,"
66:47 JOB'S EYES, NOT SOME OTHER -- HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT REINCARNATION, NO.
66:52 HE COMES BACK AS SOMETHING ELSE, NO, JOB, HE WILL LIVE.
67:02 HIS REDEEMER WITH HIS OWN EYES.
67:11 AND HE'S AWAITING THE FUTURE RESURRECTION.
67:16 THE ULTIMATE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS THE SAME AS JOB'S FAITH.
67:20 IT IS IN A RESURRECTION TO COME.
67:26 "THE PURE SHALL SEE GOD," THE LORD SAID.
67:32 "EYE HATH NOT SEEN NOR EAR HEARD NOR HEART PERCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR US."
67:38 WE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE GOD FACE TO FACE.
67:43 "ALL MUST APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST."
67:49 FACE TO FACE WITH THE MESSIAH, WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
67:54 SEEING THE LORD FACE TO FACE IS A SCRIPTURAL MATTER OF THE UTMOST GRAVITY.
68:09 WITH CHRIST IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT FACE TO FACE, REVIEWING OUR WORKS.
68:13 YOU KNOW, WHEN MOSES SAW GOD, HIS FACE KIND OF GLOWED.
69:04 AND STEALS THE BRIDE AWAY, HER FACE IS VEILED.
69:13 SHE WAS ALREADY SPOKEN FOR.
69:15 THAT'S THE WAY THEY MARKED ENGAGED GIRLS.
69:28 BECAUSE SHE WEARS THE VEIL.
69:33 THEN SHE REMOVES THE VEIL.
69:43 THEN THEY CAN SEE HER FACE.
69:44 WE ARE VEILED IN FRONT OF THE WORLD.
69:47 THE VEIL IS OUR FAITH.
70:00 BUT WHEN WE ARE WITH HIM, HE KNOWS OUR WORK WELL.
70:05 AND HE REVIEWS THOSE WITH US IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT.
70:16 WHEN HER BRIDEGROOM BRINGS HER.
70:18 ONLY HE SEES HER FACE IN THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
70:22 WELL, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL IMAGE.
70:32 WHERE THE LORD SPEAKS OF STRENGTHENING THE BRETHREN.
70:35 HE TALKING WITH PETER, HE SAYS, "SIMON --"
70:39 HE SAID, "KEEP YOUR FAITH AND STRENGTHEN THE BRETHREN."
70:45 THE LORD KNOWS WHAT ENDURANCE CHRISTIANITY TAKES.
70:55 WE COULD GO ON TO HEAVEN THE DAY WE WERE SAVED.
71:04 OTHER THAN IF WE WIN MORE SOULS, IF WE TESTIFY OF HIM.
71:13 TO SEE GOD AS WE ARE GOING TO SEE GOD FACE TO FACE.
71:16 AND THE IMAGES THAT WE MUST ENDURE A LONG TIME.
71:30 "I WILL ENDURE ANYTHING FOR YOU."
71:32 AND THE LORD WILL SAY, "WILL YOU?
71:33 "YOU WILL DENY ME THREE TIMES."
71:35 AND THAT DOES HAPPEN.
71:42 CAN LEAD TO AND HOW HARD IT IS TO REALLY KEEP THE PUREST FAITH.
71:53 THIS IS ABOUT THE SIGNS OF THE END.
71:57 THE DISCIPLES ASKED THE LORD WHAT WILL BE THE SIGNS OF THY COMING AND THE END OF THE AGE.
72:01 AND THE LORD LISTS OUT A BUNCH OF THEM.
72:03 WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR.
72:20 TRIBULATION PERIOD AND HE IS TALKING TO THE JEWS.
72:31 MOST EMPHATICALLY WE RECOGNIZE ISRAEL IN THERE.
72:37 I SUPPOSE, AND I SOMETIMES WONDER ABOUT US.
72:49 HOLDS SPECIAL MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT EVERY MOVE OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
73:04 AND SO ON, BUT CARING THAT THE ISRAELIS ARE BUILDING APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
73:09 HATRED OF ALL NATIONS, BETRAYAL, OFFENSE.
73:13 AND THERE'S AN INTERESTING PASSAGE TOWARD THE END OF THE CHAPTER, WELL, IN MATTHEW 24:13.
73:26 THIS IS WHY IT IS NOT ADDRESSED TO THE CHURCH.
73:28 THE CHURCH IS SAVED NOW AND DOESN'T HAVE TO ENDURE UNTIL THE END OF THE TRIBULATION.
73:31 I BELIEVE THE CHURCH IS GOING IN THE RAPTURE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
73:49 OF ALL OF THIS TRIBULATION AND THE START OF THE KINGDOM.
73:58 MOURN FOR HIM AS FOR AN ONLY SON AND SO IT IS FOR THE JEWS.
74:02 AND FOR THE CHURCH, IT IS UP TO US TO ENDURE TO THE RAPTURE.
74:31 RIDE TO THE SUMMIT OF MASADA.
74:35 FLOAT IN THE DEAD SEA.
74:38 FIND THE TREASURES OF PETRA.
74:43 EXPLORE THE HOLY LAND FOR YOURSELF.
74:46 JOIN ME ON OUR NEXT TOUR TO ISRAEL.
74:53 PAUL, THE CHAMPIONS OF FAITH.
74:57 TRAVEL THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE PROMISED LAND.
75:01 DISCOVER THE JEWISH ROOTS OF YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH.
75:05 FROM BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN RIVER TO COMMUNION AT THE GARDEN TOMB.
75:12 YOU'LL NEVER FORGET, COME, JOIN US.
75:17 TOUR THE HOLY LAND WITH ZOLA LEVITT.
75:24 WELL, OUR LOCATION WAS IN THE BEAUTIFUL JUDEAN WILDERNESS.
75:32 AND REMINDS US OF THE GREAT DAYS OF MOSES.
75:41 THAT COME RIGHT OUT OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS.
75:42 SAME LIVES OF FAITH.
75:49 YESHUA AS HIS LORD.
76:01 I AM JEWISH, I AM A JEW, I AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT, I AM PROUD ABOUT THAT.
76:10 I MET A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO TRAINED ME PROFESSIONALLY TO BECOME A MEDIUM.
76:15 IF YOU ASKED ME AT THAT TIME IF YOU ARE A JEW?
76:18 I WOULD SHRUG AND GO "OF COURSE."
76:19 I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT DEUTERONOMY 18.
76:21 IF I HAD I WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY.
76:24 IT IS JUST STUFF THAT I LEARNED ABOUT.
76:26 LATER ON I WENT TO ISRAEL.
76:30 AND I LIVED IN ISRAEL FOR A YEAR.
76:32 I LIVED AND STUDIED FOR A WHILE IN MEA SHEARIM.
76:46 "IT TAKE FOR US TO CREATE THIS ORANGE?
76:51 "AND NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT GOD."
76:53 AND I SAID, "WOW, YOU'RE RIGHT, OKAY."
77:02 AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS I HAD A VISION, AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL VISION.
77:10 OF GOD AND THE DISSOLVING OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE EARTH.
77:17 AT THE AGE OF 21 READING THE BOOK OF MATTHEW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
77:23 I HAD THIS VISION, THAT MY KNEE STILL BOTHERS ME FROM.
77:27 THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN THE VISION WHEN MY KNEE WAS HURT.
77:29 MY KNEE STILL BOTHERS ME FROM THAT.
77:37 JESUS IS YESHUA, IS GOD, IS LORD.
77:40 HOW HE DOES IT, I DON'T KNOW.
77:46 I THOUGHT I COULD UNDERSTAND IT.
77:47 DURING THIS TIME, I MET A JEWISH LADY.
77:53 COMFORT HER FROM TIME TO TIME, AND SAY, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS."
77:57 YOU KNOW, I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
77:59 OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN.
78:06 AND OUR RELATIONSHIP SOURED BEYOND RECONCILIATION.
78:17 AND I WAS FIRED FROM THIS JOB.
78:22 I AM GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
78:24 THAT MARRIAGE EVENTUALLY ENDED IN A DIVORCE.
78:27 I LOST, IN ESSENCE, CUSTODY OF MY DAUGHTER.
78:31 MY WIFE TRIED TO KEEP ME AWAY FROM HER.
78:33 SHE DIDN'T WANT THIS GIRL CORRUPTED BY THESE INSANE TEACHINGS OF MINE.
78:37 I AM JEWISH AND YET THIS STUFF ABOUT JESUS.
78:44 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE YOUR DAUGHTER AS CRAZY AS I BELIEVE YOU TO BE.
78:48 THEN SOMETHING OCCURRED IN HER LIFE.
78:58 "CAN I TRY AND UNDERSTAND SOMETHING NOW OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE?"
79:02 WE RECONCILED AND REMARRIED.
79:04 MY DAUGHTER THEN HAD A MESSIANIC UPBRINGING FROM THAT POINT.
79:08 MY ENDURANCE IS STILL MY ENDURANCE.
79:13 THANK GOD, IS STILL HIS, NOT MINE.
79:20 HAVE HAD TO WALK THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
79:23 SOME SAID THEIR NEWBORN BABY WOULD NEVER SURVIVE.
79:26 IT BEGAN WHEN WE CONCEIVED AND THERE WAS DIFFICULTY WITH THE PREGNANCY.
79:40 IS THIS THE END OF OUR TRIAL, THE END OF OUR TEST?
79:44 BUT WE JUST HAD TO KEEP ENDURING AND KEEP GOING.
79:52 LORD, IS THIS THE LAST LAP?
79:54 AND HE WOULD SAY, "NO, YOU NEED TO FINISH THE COURSE, KEEP GOING.
79:58 "I WILL LEAD YOU OUT WHEN IT'S TIME."
80:00 WE NEVER KNEW WHEN THE TIME OUT WAS GOING TO BE.
80:02 BUT WE WOULD SAY WE MADE IT THIS FAR, ANOTHER LAP.
80:06 WE CAN ENDURE ANOTHER ONE.
80:09 THERE WAS NOT MUCH CHOICE.
80:14 YOU ARE CONSUMED WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND YOU.
80:17 THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PRAY.
80:21 WITH GOD AND BUILD YOUR FAITH AT THAT TIME.
80:28 THAT AND THE PRAYERS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
80:38 AND NOT UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.
80:42 WE STILL NEED TO GET BACK TO HIM.
80:45 THE BABY WAS BORN TWO AND HALF MONTHS EARLY.
80:47 AND SO SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL TWO MONTHS BEFORE WE COULD BRING HER HOME.
80:55 BEFORE SHE GOT SICK AND HAD TO GO BACK IN.
80:58 WE THOUGHT SURELY, LORD, THIS IS THE END.
81:01 WE'LL HAVE OUR BABY HOME WITH US.
81:09 THINKING THAT THE CHILD WAS LOST.
81:30 THERE WAS SCAR TISSUE FORMED AND THEY HAD TO GO BACK IN.
81:39 THERE BLOCKING THE DOUBT AND DEPRESSION AND DISCOURAGEMENT THAT CAME IN.
81:50 INCUBATOR THAT SHE WAS IN.
81:52 WHEN SHE WAS BORN IN THE HOSPITAL.
82:05 AND WE HAD TO SURRENDER HER TO HIM.
82:11 BUT GIVE IT UP AND GIVE IT TO GOD.
82:13 SAY, "GOD, IT'S IN YOUR HANDS,"
82:15 SHE WAS YOUR CHILD BEFORE SHE WAS OUR CHILD.
82:23 AND SHE BLESSES US EVERY TIME WE SEE HER.
82:31 THROUGH NOW IS MINUSCULE COMPARED TO WHAT HE BROUGHT US THROUGH.
82:36 SHE'S A JOY TO HAVE IN OUR FAMILY NOW.
85:31 THEY TELL YOU THE CHEF'S SUGGESTION.
85:32 WELL, THAT SONG IS THE COMPOSER'S SUGGESTION ON THIS ALBUM.
85:40 THAT OVERLOOKED THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
85:53 AND IT IS A REALLY SPECIAL ONE.
85:56 SUZANNE DAVIS IS THE SINGER.
85:59 SHE MARRIED DANNY DAVIS.
86:00 THEY WERE IN "BELOVED THIEF" TOGETHER.
86:08 AND AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER, THEY DECIDED TO GET MARRIED.
86:10 AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN NOW AND THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO OR MAYBE MORE.
86:14 AND SUZANNE HAS COME BACK TO SING FOR US.
86:22 "MINE EYES HAVE SEEN."
86:25 NOW, THE BOOK OF HEBREWS COMMENDS MOSES' MINISTRY.
86:41 AND HE IS SPECIALLY COMMENDED IN THIS CHAPTER ON FAITH.
86:46 WELL, NEXT WEEK, WE'LL TAKE UP JOSHUA AND RAHAB.
86:49 A VERY EXCITING STORY.
86:54 AS A GENTILE IN THE LAND, NOT A JEW.
86:56 SHE SAID, "I KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH GIVEN YOU THE LAND,"
87:00 SHE SAID TO JOSHUA.
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