Transcript [00:01] The theme of God's passionate love for [00:03] his people is repeated [music] [00:05] throughout the whole Bible. [00:08] Even in our sin, his love pursues us. [00:13] You actually have to have a national [00:15] return of Israel primarily in unbelief [00:19] right before the Messiah returns. [00:22] Israel's [music] restoration in our days [00:24] is also part of God's plan to restore [00:27] all things to himself as he sets the [00:29] scene for Yeshua to return. [00:33] I am Dr. Eris Surorif. I was born and [00:36] raised in the heart of Israel. [music] [00:38] But I never heard the gospel message [00:40] until on a journey abroad my eyes were [00:44] opened to the Jewish Messiah. From that [00:47] point, [music] my life has been [00:48] dedicated to bringing this gospel back [00:51] to my people Israel, equipping them to [00:54] [music] reach Israel and the world. [00:56] Together as Jews and Gentiles, [music] [00:59] we are one in Messiah, one for Israel. [01:12] [music] [01:20] Last time we began to examine the modern [01:23] aliyah, the return of the Jewish people [01:25] back [music] to our ancestral homeland [01:28] in Israel. This pattern had happened [01:30] before. 7 years after the exile in the [01:34] 6th century BC, the Persian king Cyrus [01:37] gave our people the legal right to [01:40] return back to the land. [music] [01:42] People like Ezra and later Nehemiah led [01:45] the people returning from [music] exile. [01:48] But not all was smooth sailing from then [01:50] on out. When Nehemiah came to survey the [01:54] condition of his countrymen, he knew the [01:56] stakes were high. If the enemy knew what [01:59] he was about to do, his plans would fail [02:01] and his life would be in danger. For [02:03] there was an enemy at the gates. In the [02:07] last episode, we discovered amazing [02:09] parallels between the formation of the [02:12] state of Israel in our day and the [02:14] ancient aliyah of Ezra and Hmayiah. But [02:17] it goes much deeper. In Nehemiah chapter [02:20] 2, it says, [02:22] >> "When San Balat the Horonite and Tubia [02:24] the Ammonite official heard about this, [02:27] they were very much disturbed that [02:29] someone had come to promote the welfare [02:31] of the Israelites." [02:33] >> Just the idea of someone looking out for [02:36] the welfare of the Jewish people and [02:38] promoting their attempts to rebuild [02:40] enraged and embittered [music] [02:42] these guys. Nehemiah continued his [02:45] mission to survey the land. He went on a [02:48] covert operation to survey the walls and [02:50] conditions [music] of Jerusalem. [02:53] Under the cover of the night, he [02:54] assessed the damage and rallied the [02:56] leaders to rebuild the walls. But the [02:59] enemy was listening. [03:02] When Sambalite the Horonite, Tubia, the [03:05] Ammonite official, [music] and Gisham [03:07] the Arab heard about it, they mocked and [03:10] ridiculed us. What is this you're doing? [03:13] They asked, "Are you rebelling against [03:15] the king?" Nehemiah answered them by [03:19] saying, "The God of heaven will give us [03:22] success. We, his servants, will start [03:26] rebuilding. But as for you, you have no [03:29] share in Jerusalem or any claim of [03:32] historic right to it." When Sambalite, [03:35] Tubia, the Arabs, and the Ammonites, and [03:38] the people of Ashdod heard that the [03:40] repairs to Jerusalem walls had gone [03:42] ahead and that the gaps were being [03:44] closed, they were very angry. They all [03:47] plotted together to come and fight [03:50] against Jerusalem and stir up trouble [03:52] against it. But we pray to our God and [03:56] posted a guard day and night to meet the [04:00] threat. Just as there was great trouble [04:03] in opposition during Nehemiah's time, so [04:06] there has been in the 20th century. But [04:08] it's important to remember even as we [04:11] observe these parallels that this war is [04:14] not with flesh and blood, but fueled by [04:16] spiritual battle. And this spiritual [04:19] conflict is the root cause of [04:21] anti-semitism. [04:24] >> Anti-semitism makes no logical sense. [04:27] Philosophers around the world have tried [04:29] to tackle this, but without a biblical [04:31] understanding, there's no clear [04:33] explanation. [04:35] It's in the scriptures that we see the [04:37] origin of this hatred. It is a spiritual [04:39] war between God and Satan. [04:43] The Apostle John saw this battle in the [04:46] book of Revelation. He sees a woman [04:49] clothed with the sun, moon, and 12 [04:51] stars. She is pregnant with a child and [04:54] opposing her is a red dragon who seeks [04:57] by all mean possible to destroy her. The [05:00] imagery here is taken [music] from [05:01] Joseph's dream in Genesis 37. In that [05:05] dream, his father, mother, and 11 [05:07] brothers are presented as the sun, moon, [05:11] and 12 stars. The message given in [05:13] Revelation was about this spiritual war. [05:16] The dragon is identified as Satan and [05:19] the woman is Israel. She is pregnant [05:22] because she bursts God's redeeming [05:24] purpose into [music] the world. In [05:26] fulfilling this role, she has to endure [05:29] the wrath of the dragon who is symbolic [05:32] of Satan. [05:35] This is the root of anti-semitism. [05:37] Israel is God's main vessel to bring his [05:39] salvation and blessing to all nations. [05:42] And this is why Satan tries to destroy [05:44] Israel. We see this play out as God [05:46] divinely brings his people back to his [05:48] [music] promised land. Satan tries to [05:50] extinguish the remnant of Israel and [05:52] stop their plans. [05:54] God planned for the Messiah to come [05:55] through Israel. [music] [05:56] And if Satan could extinguish the seed [05:58] of Jacob or prevent his promise coming [06:00] to pass, he would have won. [06:06] But we know the rest of the story. The [06:08] victory belongs to God. There are [06:11] thousands of stories all over the world [06:13] of jihadists transformed by the gospel [06:16] of Yeshua. Immediately at the beginning [06:18] of their faith, they have a clear change [06:20] of heart [music] to love the Jewish [06:22] people they once hated. [06:25] Faith in our Messiah breaks that curse [06:28] of anti-semitism like nothing else. [06:31] Because anti-semitism [music] [06:32] roots are spiritually motivated. [06:37] Israel's restoration in our days is also [06:40] part of God's plan to restore all things [06:42] to himself as he sets the scene for [06:45] Yeshua to return. Naturally, this plan [06:48] will not go uncontested. [06:52] Back to Sanbalot and [music] his [06:54] friends. [06:56] As we read the story, we see that there [06:59] wasn't a massive invasion, but an [07:01] insurgency. [music] [07:03] Night and day, the Jewish people had to [07:05] station guards to protect Jerusalem. The [07:08] goal of Sambalat's guerrilla warfare was [07:10] to put fear in the hearts of the Jewish [07:13] people and stop the work. They sent [07:16] [music] constant threats and prideful [07:18] words as if the victory was already won. [07:21] These voices have their echo in our [07:23] conflict today as well. [07:26] Even more, the rebuilding of Jerusalem [07:29] and the aliyah of the Jews from Babylon [07:31] was commissioned legally by the [07:33] governing world leaders of the day, as [07:35] was the case when Israel accepted the UN [07:38] resolution of 1947 and adopted the [07:42] United Nations mandate. [07:44] Just as Stanbalat raged against the [07:46] ruling of the king and sent petitions [07:49] against the Jewish people, so we see the [07:53] same behavior in the United Nations week [07:56] after week. In the book of Ezra, the [07:59] Samaritans who were living in the land [08:01] try to stop the rebuilding of the temple [08:03] when Israelites returned. They sent [08:06] false accusations to the international [08:07] court of the time and their petition [08:09] went all the way up to the king himself [08:11] who temporarily halted the progress. But [08:14] later defying the order to stop [08:16] construction, they resumed the repairs [08:18] and once again the petition returned to [08:21] the king. When it was investigated the [08:23] second time, the king found the Jewish [08:25] people were in the right according to [08:27] Cyrus decree. [08:30] God's promises [music] were made to our [08:32] people so that his blessings would flow [08:35] to all nations. God made covenants with [08:38] Israel [music] that can never be broken. [08:40] And this truth is a message to the [08:43] world. As [music] God keeps his promises [08:46] to Israel, so he will to us. [08:50] Behold on the mountains the [music] feet [08:52] of him who brings good news, who [08:55] announces peace. Celebrate your feasts, [08:58] O Judah. Pay your vows for never again [09:01] will the wicked one pass through you. We [09:04] want to help you discover how the Jewish [09:07] holidays can deepen your relationship [09:09] with God. This enlightening book [09:12] uncovers the profound connection [music] [09:14] between each biblical feast or holy day [09:17] and God's grand plan of salvation [09:19] through our Messiah Yeshua. These sacred [09:22] appointed days not only commemorate past [09:25] events, they also unveil insights into [09:27] [music] future promises to come. It's a [09:30] double revelation, both immediate and [09:33] prophetic, [music] [09:34] waiting for you to explore. Get your [09:36] free book and discover Yeshua in the [09:39] biblical calendar. [09:46] God is faithful [music] to keep his [09:47] promises. He continues to keep his [09:50] promises to his people Israel. [music] [09:52] And because of this, you can be sure [09:55] that he will keep his promise to you as [09:58] well. The story between God and Israel [10:00] [music] is a love story. His dealings [10:03] with Israel are a picture of his love [10:05] for you. But just because he had [10:08] included the nations in [music] his [10:10] promise and love, it does not mean that [10:13] he has abandoned the promise and love [10:16] for his people Israel. My people still [10:19] hold a [music] purpose and a calling [10:21] that is being revealed in our day. [10:24] >> In Deuteronomy 7, Moses says to Israel, [10:28] "You are a people holy to the Lord your [10:30] God. The Lord your God has chosen you [10:32] [music] out of all the peoples on the [10:34] face of the earth to be his people, his [10:36] treasured possession. The Lord did [10:39] [music] not set his affection on you and [10:41] choose you because you were more [10:42] numerous than other peoples, for you [10:44] were the fewest of all peoples." But it [10:47] was because the Lord loved you and kept [10:49] the oath he swore to your ancestors that [10:52] he brought [music] you out with a mighty [10:53] hand and redeemed you from the land of [10:56] slavery from the power of Pharaoh, king [10:58] of [music] Egypt. [11:01] >> The theme of God's passionate love for [11:03] his people is [music] repeated [11:05] throughout the whole Bible. And his love [11:08] transcended our actions. [music] [11:10] Even in our sin, his love pursues us. He [11:14] refers to Israel [music] as his skull, [11:17] special treasure, and batav, apple of [11:20] his eye, among other tender and [11:23] affectionate [music] [11:24] designations. His anger and fury is [11:27] aroused if they are hurt, and their [11:29] unfaithfulness [snorts and music] [11:30] pains him greatly. In Matthew 24, Jesus [11:34] said that part of God's judgment towards [11:38] humanity would be by the way the nations [11:41] treated Israel. [11:44] By [music] observing the twists and [11:46] turns of the love story between God and [11:49] Israel, we can learn the patient, loving [11:52] character of the God that we're [11:54] following. If Israel [music] ceases to [11:56] exist, then God's word has failed [11:59] because he promised to preserve our [12:01] people forever. Put another way, [12:04] Israel's story is not about Israel. It's [12:06] about the God of Israel. Finally, there [12:09] was a lot writing on the many promises [12:11] he made about the Messiah, where he [12:14] would be born, how he would die, and how [12:17] he would return. A rebuilt [music] [12:19] Jewish Jerusalem was necessary for God's [12:22] word regarding the Messiah's first [12:24] coming. And it all happened [music] [12:26] exactly as was foretold by Daniel and [12:28] the prophets. We see God's [music] [12:30] distinct calling for Israel right to the [12:33] end of days. Because as Paul says in the [12:35] letter to the Romans, [music] his [12:37] calling and gifts are irrevocable. [12:40] >> The Bible cannot be understood without [12:42] appreciating the place of Israel in [12:44] God's grand scheme from beginning to [12:47] end. Indeed, looking through the lands [12:50] of his dealing with Israel is like a key [12:53] that unlocks the scriptures. However, a [12:56] cursory glance backward through history [13:00] shows how time and time again, while the [13:03] people of Israel may be the object of [13:05] God's faithfulness and love, our nation [13:08] is also targeted for special hatred. The [13:11] unquenchable satanic drive to annihilate [13:14] the Jewish people continues throughout [13:17] all generations. It is enough to make [13:19] [music] anyone envious of the chosen [13:21] people retreat from that position with [13:24] gratitude. Despite the persistence of [13:27] anti-semitism, we see something new [13:30] happening in this second return from [13:33] exile. [13:34] In our day, as Israel is rebuilding, [13:37] [music] we witness many Christians from [13:39] all over the world partner to bless our [13:42] people, working the land, building [13:44] schools, and donating their time and [13:46] treasure because of their love for [13:48] Israel, provoked by their love for [13:51] [music] Yeshua. [13:53] But as we look at the narrative of [13:55] Nehemiah's [music] [13:56] era, we see that it was a broken time [13:58] with only a glimmer of hope. As you [14:00] reach the end of the book, despite [14:02] Nehemiah's [music] good efforts, things [14:04] are spiraling out of control. The author [14:07] wanted to make it crystal clear that [14:09] this was not the final redemption. Our [14:11] Messiah was yet [music] to come. [14:14] >> And even today, we haven't arrived at [14:17] the full redemption God has planned. [14:19] Unlike the time of Ezra and Hmayiah, we [14:22] are seeing [music] glimpses of peace and [14:24] restoration between Arab and Israeli [14:26] people. The situation is more complex [14:29] this time around. But many of our Arab [14:32] brothers and sisters [music] [14:33] now have great love towards the Jewish [14:36] people because of their love for our [14:38] Messiah Yeshua. Many ArabIsraelis and [14:41] Palestinians who formerly hated the [14:44] Jewish people [music] have had their [14:46] hearts transformed and prejudice broken [14:49] through the power of the gospel. And the [14:51] same goes for embittered [music] Jewish [14:54] Israelis who have come to love and [14:56] embrace their Arab brothers. [14:59] God has mighty power to [music] restore [15:02] and change the hardest of hearts. There [15:04] is great hope for us today and we're [15:07] expecting far more to come [music] in [15:09] the way of peace between our peoples. We [15:12] hear countless stories across the [15:14] jihadist strongholds in the Middle East [15:16] [music] and even in Iran of sworn [15:19] enemies turned into Israel's greatest [15:21] supporters by faith in the Jewish [15:23] Messiah. And the best is yet to come. [15:28] Behold, on the mountains the feet of him [15:31] who brings good news, who announces [15:33] peace. Celebrate your feasts, O Judah. [15:37] Pay your vows for never again will the [15:39] wicked one pass through you. We want to [15:42] help you discover how the Jewish [15:44] holidays can deepen your relationship [15:47] with God. This enlightening book [15:49] uncovers the profound connection between [15:52] each biblical feast or holy day and [15:55] God's grand plan of salvation through [15:57] our Messiah Yeshua. These sacred [music] [16:00] appointed days not only commemorate past [16:02] events, they also unveil insights into [16:05] future promises to come. It's a double [16:08] revelation, both immediate and [16:10] prophetic, waiting for you to explore. [16:13] Get your free book and discover Yeshua [16:16] in [music] the biblical calendar. [16:23] God's plan is unfolding. History is [16:27] speeding [music] towards final [16:28] fulfillment. As we've said before, it's [16:31] not about Israel, but about the God of [16:35] Israel. The reality is that God loves [16:39] his people dearly, like a father loves a [16:42] son, even if occasionally the son [16:45] disobys. The modern state of Israel is [16:49] not an accident. The aliyah is not a [16:52] coincidence of geopolitical events. This [16:55] has all the markings of a prophetic [16:58] destiny. [17:00] We are also [music] witnessing things on [17:01] the spiritual level that gives evidence [17:04] of this shift. Now more than any other [17:07] time in history, Jewish people in and [17:10] out of Israel are hungry for the truth. [17:14] Our ministry receives hundreds of [17:16] requests for the New Testament in Hebrew [17:19] every month. Our Hebrew language YouTube [17:22] channel has more than 1 million [17:25] subscribers in the land of Israel alone. [17:28] The return of Jews in Ezra and [17:30] Ahmayiah's time was a preparation for [17:33] Messiah's first coming. In the same way, [17:36] the modern aliyah is a setup for [17:38] Messiah's return. We live in a day in an [17:41] age that there's more Jewish people [17:44] residing in Israel than the rest of the [17:45] world combined. I mean, no one would [17:48] have imagined this uh 200 years ago, [17:50] even 100 years ago. There's a lot of [17:52] talk also in the Christian world. Is [17:54] that part of God's plan? Is that part of [17:57] what scripture says or is that just a [17:59] human movement, you know, a Jewish [18:02] conspiracy and and all those kind of [18:04] things? [18:04] >> I can address this on two levels. [18:06] There's the irony on one level that [18:09] there are Christians that believe in the [18:11] sovereignty of God and yet look at this [18:13] the reestablishment of the state of [18:15] Israel. some kind of a political mistake [18:17] which to me just baffles the mind. But I [18:21] also think that there's a there's a [18:22] biblical response that I think believers [18:24] need to understand and it's really [18:26] important. You know, within when we're [18:30] looking at the Hebrew Bible, it's [18:32] interesting that you have the what's [18:34] known as the minor prophets. Okay, the [18:36] minor prophets, there are 12, okay? And [18:40] scholars today, actually, many scholars [18:42] today will argue that you have 12 [18:45] separate prophets, but that they're also [18:47] a unity. In other words, in Jewish [18:49] tradition, it's the book of the 12. [18:51] >> It's a story. [18:52] >> Correct? They they belong together. But [18:54] here's what I find to be quite baffling. [18:57] Okay? [18:58] Christians around the world will argue [19:01] that one of uh the Micah which is part [19:04] of the book of the 12 makes a prophecy [19:07] that's a literal prophecy a literal [19:09] prophecy that the Messiah would be born [19:11] in Bethlehem. Okay, [19:14] >> don't argue about that whatsoever. [19:16] >> There wouldn't be a there wouldn't be a [19:18] celebration of Christmas, right? You [19:19] know, they wouldn't be celebrating [19:20] Christmas were not for the fact that [19:23] Jesus was born in Bethlehem. And so so [19:26] here we have Micah chapter 5 which is [19:29] which is understood in the New Testament [19:30] to be literal. [19:32] >> Okay. [19:32] >> But when it comes to the book of [19:35] Zechariah and the return of the Messiah [19:38] to the mount of olives to Jerusalem [19:41] suddenly the hermeneutics [19:43] becomes allegorical. [19:45] >> It's be it becomes allegorical. So my [19:47] question to Christians that would argue [19:49] that Israel no longer has any [19:51] significance in the plan of God is why [19:53] is it that the birth of Messiah and [19:55] Micah is literal but the return of the [19:58] Messiah to a specific place is [20:00] allegorical. Now let me ask let me add [20:02] something else which is really important [20:06] based on just sound hermeneutics. If we [20:08] apply what we apply to Micah chapter 5 [20:10] to Zechariah chapter 12, Zechariah [20:12] chapter 14, then what's really [20:15] interesting is that we realize that the [20:18] Jewish people only recognize the Messiah [20:22] when he returns. In other words, the [20:25] great repentance of the Jewish people, [20:27] looking upon him whom they've pierced, [20:29] the redemption of the Jewish people, the [20:31] understanding, ah this is the one that [20:34] we rejected [20:36] only happens when Yeshua returns, which [20:40] means that there needs to be some kind [20:43] of a return to the land of Israel [20:46] preceding the return of the of the [20:48] Jewish Messiah. And so in this sense, [20:52] you actually have to have a national [20:54] return of Israel [20:57] primarily in unbelief, [21:00] >> right? [21:00] >> Right before the Messiah returns. And so [21:04] again, I find it so odd that believers [21:07] don't catch the kind of the the [21:09] >> discrepancy, [21:10] >> the discrepancy or the the fallacy of [21:12] logic that takes Micah 5 literally but [21:16] refuses to take Zechariah chapter 12 and [21:19] 14 literally. [21:20] >> Yeah, I agree. kind of a little bit [21:22] similar to that. Another very sensitive [21:24] point in our day and age. You know, [21:26] there's a lot of talk about the fact [21:28] that, you know, when when the Jewish [21:31] people returned to Israel, it was a a [21:33] colonizing effort and we just took over, [21:37] you know, we killed the locals. We took [21:39] over their homes and their land and [21:41] their vineyards and their, you know, [21:42] olive trees and all that. And um and [21:45] it's just a, you know, a western [21:46] colonization conspiracy thing. Uh the [21:50] first person in our family to immigrate [21:53] was actually my mom's first cousin. So [21:55] just a little bit of a backstory is that [21:57] my family on my mom's side is from [21:59] Warsaw, Poland. [22:01] >> Mhm. [22:01] >> And back in 1932, my mom had a first [22:04] cousin who was a a professional boxer, a [22:08] very good boxer, featherweight, and he [22:10] came in 1932 to box in the first Jewish [22:13] Olympics. [22:14] >> No kidding. Wow. He went back to Poland [22:17] and then in 1936 came for the second [22:19] Jewish Olympics, boxed again and then he [22:23] decided he became so enamored with [22:26] building up uh the beach fronts and Tel [22:28] Aviv and Batyam and so he basically [22:31] immigrated to Israel and so he was here [22:35] and his mother who was my grandfather's [22:38] sister and the rest of the family that [22:41] had stayed in Poland begged him to come [22:43] back to Poland. you've gone crazy. Why [22:46] are you there? And by 1939, [22:51] they were already begging him to get [22:54] them out. It was because he stayed here [22:57] that our entire family wasn't wiped out [22:59] in Poland. [23:00] >> So he him and his nuclear family [23:02] survived. [23:03] >> Correct. And so my mom's my mom's aunts [23:06] and uncles and cousins that were in [23:07] Poland, they were all murdered, [23:09] >> of course. [23:09] >> Right. So in this sense it was the land [23:12] of Israel that literally saved uh [23:15] members in our family. And so since then [23:17] I have cousins and second cousins and [23:19] third cousins uh that were saved because [23:23] of a first cousin of my mom who was very [23:25] brave and he came here and built up the [23:29] lands the the land with his own hands. [23:32] they came he came with nothing and he [23:34] literally built from the sands of Tel [23:37] Aviv a city where there was nobody that [23:39] lived there before. And I think that a [23:41] really important point that needs to be [23:43] made. Um had my cousin, my mom's first [23:49] cousin not come to Israel in the 1930s, [23:53] he would have been destroyed. [23:55] >> Right? And it's I'm sad to say and if we [23:59] think about it, you know, today as well. [24:01] Okay. So if you know you look at the the [24:04] rise of anti-semitism in the world. [24:07] Okay. [24:09] Where where else do we go? [24:11] >> Where should we go? [24:12] >> Where where would you like us to go? I [24:14] mean [24:16] it's it's we're at a place right now [24:19] where you can't you know we're [24:20] encouraged to kind of hide the Jewish [24:22] stars when you walk around the major [24:24] cities. You're not allowed to be openly [24:26] Jewish anywhere in the world because [24:28] they hate us. Okay. And so where are we [24:31] supposed to go to be Jewish? You is [24:34] there another land that you want us to [24:36] go? And so in a very real way, the fact [24:38] that, you know, we're here, the fact [24:40] that my children are here, I think it's [24:41] it's a necessary situation and that we [24:44] have nowhere else to go. [24:46] >> You know, we live here, we raise our [24:47] kids, uh we speak Hebrew, which is [24:49] another miracle in and of itself. [24:51] >> You know, uh in Romans 11, Paul talks [24:54] about through Israel's rejection of the [24:56] Messiah, the Gentiles are blessed. Okay? [24:58] And so how much more in when Israel [25:01] accepts the Messiah, will the Gentiles [25:02] be blessed? Whenever he does something [25:04] good for the Jewish people, whenever he [25:05] fulfills his promises to the Jewish [25:07] people, all the peoples around benefit. [25:09] And so [25:10] >> it doesn't take away, it's it it brings [25:12] more. [25:12] >> So here's what's interesting is that, [25:14] you know, people want to say that, you [25:16] know, the Jewish return to Israel has [25:18] been bad for the Arabs, but I think [25:20] that's a very narrowsighted, [25:21] short-sighted way to look at it. Because [25:23] what's interesting is that the first [25:26] Protestant church started when the Jews, [25:28] you know, the Jews were back in the in [25:30] the early 1800s, you know, were also [25:32] continuing to come. They were coming [25:34] back and and so, you know, the Anglicans [25:37] sent a Jewish missionary, a Jewish [25:40] missionary to the Jewish people, okay? [25:44] To start to proclaim the gospel to the [25:46] Jewish people living in the old city of [25:48] Jerusalem. Well, what ends up happening [25:50] is that in the efforts to reach the [25:52] Jewish people that are here, you have [25:55] Protestant missions that start to happen [25:57] to the Arabs. And if you look at all of [26:00] the Middle East, you know, where else in [26:02] the Middle East is there freedom of [26:04] religion? Where else in the Middle East [26:06] can you openly share the gospel with [26:08] Muslims? I mean, look at One for Israel [26:10] and look at all the stories of all the [26:11] Arabs that are coming to faith uh [26:13] because of the fact that we can openly [26:17] reach the Arabs. So in this sense, [26:20] Israel in becoming a state has actually [26:23] provided a safe haven for Arab missions. [26:26] You see Arabs coming to faith, Muslims [26:28] coming to faith in many numbers because [26:31] of is of the land of Israel. [26:32] >> Well, Seth, thank you so much. Uh it's [26:34] been great to uh chat about this this [26:36] important issue of aliyah, Jewish [26:38] immigration back to Israel. Thank you. [26:40] >> Thank you. [26:42] But what does the biblical feast of [26:43] tabernacles and the fall festivals have [26:46] to do with the return of Yeshua? In the [26:49] next episode, we'll dive into how deeply [26:52] connected the biblical appointed days [26:54] are to our Messiah's first and second [26:57] coming. Journey with us to discover [26:59] [music] these biblical feasts full of [27:02] rich prophecies foretelling of our [27:04] Messiah's work as the suffering servant [27:07] and his return as the conquering king.
