1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: And slowly, slowly, something in my heart stark king, something 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: in my mind stalk you turn and stop to think 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: about this Messiah which. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: You shoe on. 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 3: What would it be like to be the pastor of 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 3: an Israeli congregation in the middle of a massive missile war, 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 3: when you live right on the front lines and most 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 3: of your city has been evacuated, when the enemy has 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: fired more than eight thousand missiles at your country in 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: just the last few months, and when one of those 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 3: missiles landed on the street of your church and damaged 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 3: your building and destroyed the building next door. How would 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 3: you and your family and your team be holding up? 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 3: How would you shepherd your flock? How would you keep 15 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: cooking for and caring for and being a servant of Jesus, 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 3: lovingly serving the brave and yet exhausted soldiers who are 17 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: relentlessly fighting to keep you safe. Hi, this is Lynn Rosenberg. 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 3: Welcome to Inside the Epicenter with Joel and Lynn Rosenberg. 19 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: This is the podcast of the Joshua Fund, and we 20 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: are a ministry that is dedicated to blessing Israel and 21 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 3: her neighbors in the name of Jesus. We're continuing this 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 3: series of podcasts marking the twentieth anniversary of the Joshua Fund. 23 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: We've been talking about why the Lord helped us create 24 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 3: this ministry. We've been rejoicing about all the things that 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: He's done over the years, and today we want to 26 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 3: share about one of the partners that we have been 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 3: walking with for many years, a Jewish congregation, of Messianic 28 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 3: Jewish congregation, a ministry here in Israel that we love 29 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 3: so much and that we seek to invest in and 30 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: to pray for and to encourage. We're going to listen 31 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: in on a conversation a visit that Joel had as 32 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: he went up to the northern border of Israel to 33 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: the city of Kiryat Shmona. It is the largest Israeli 34 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: city up on the northern border of Lebanon, and in 35 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: that city there's only one Messianic congregation. The pastor is 36 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 3: Israel Eluse and they have really been on the front 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 3: lines in Israel's war with Iran and Hezbolah. Now we've 38 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 3: had Pastor Israel on the podcast before, but Joel wanted 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: to head back up north and just see how they're doing, 40 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: how they're holding up after nearly three years of war. 41 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: To see what God is doing in the middle of 42 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: that place. And we know that the Joshua Fund is 43 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: not just about investing resources into Israeli and Arab and 44 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 3: Iranian believers, but also we've really saw it. We've worked 45 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: hard over the last twenty years to build real, true 46 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: relationships friendships with our ministry partners. We consider them dear friends, 47 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 3: visiting them, praying for them, finding ways to refresh them 48 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 3: and encourage them. So Pastor Eluse and his wife Marty 49 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: have become very dear to us, and we're excited to 50 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 3: share with you Joel's visit to Kiriyatshimona. So let's listen in. 51 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 4: Imagine being an Israeli pastor trying to shepherd a congregation, 52 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 4: preach the word and shepherd the flock in a congregation 53 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 4: that's under intense missile fire. This is Pastor Israel Illuds. 54 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 4: This is a congregation that has seen twenty thousand missiles 55 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 4: fired from Hesbola in Lebanon at the communities in northern 56 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 4: Israel since October seventh, and more than eight thousand some 57 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: estermens are. Up to ten thousand missiles and suicide drones 58 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 4: have been fired by Rasbolah at northern Israel. Just since 59 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 4: Operation Epic Theory began on February twenty eighth, How in 60 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 4: the world would you navigate in terms of being a 61 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 4: minister of the Gospel and of comfort to your people 62 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 4: in such times. We want to continue our series on 63 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 4: discover right. We're discovering all kinds of different ministries in 64 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: Israel and the air world, in the Iranian world, to 65 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 4: try to understand what God is doing in these wonderful ministries. 66 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: Some of them you've heard of, some of them you 67 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: have not. 68 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: And tonight I want you to discover the only Messianic 69 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 4: congregation in Israel's largest northern city, that's the city of 70 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 4: Kiryat Shmona. Before October seventh, there were twenty six thousand 71 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 4: Israelis living in the city and it is way north 72 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 4: right on the Labanon border. But since the last two 73 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: and a half plus years of war were coming up 74 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 4: on three years, there are only about ten thousand people 75 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 4: left in Kiryat Shmona, and there's a real question whether 76 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 4: people are going to move back the rest of them. 77 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 4: But in the midst of all that, there is a pastor, 78 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 4: an Israeli native born Israeli pastor who loves Jesus, and 79 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 4: he loves God's word, and he loves. 80 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 2: The people of his community. 81 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 4: And he and his family and their congregation are trying 82 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 4: to be ministers of the love and compassion of Jesus 83 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: as well as the gospel of Jesus Christ. Yeshohamashiak to 84 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 4: the people of northern Israel, and tonight I want you 85 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 4: to discover them. While missiles were still flying, I actually 86 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 4: took a TB and crew up there to talk to 87 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 4: Israel and lose and to hear his story and to 88 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 4: hear what God is doing in their midst. Let's go 89 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: to carry out Shmona Israel. 90 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 2: It's great to see you. 91 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 4: You guys have been under eight thousand different rocket and 92 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 4: missile attacks just since February twenty eighth. I'm grateful to 93 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: come back up and see you and see you guys 94 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 4: alive and smiling. 95 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: How are you guys doing? 96 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: By God's grace, he cooked for soldiers and police officers 97 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 4: and emergency responders that were up here the whole everyone 98 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 4: else was evacuated except older people elderly shut in. 99 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: So we only cook and we do barbecue and meals 100 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: for soldiers that are in Lebanon. Okay, so they're come 101 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: in to be refreshed and so on. So we do 102 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: for them food and you know. 103 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: Got you not on the chef, your son is an 104 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 2: amazing chef. We as we told the story through the. 105 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 4: Joshua Fund and the Rosenberg Report and all Aral news, Uh, 106 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 4: it meant it touched people. Your you, your wife, your kids. Uh, 107 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 4: they were all involved. And Yoni is an amazing chef. 108 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 4: And it wasn't just peanut butter and jelly and nutella 109 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 4: or whatever it was. 110 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 2: Uh. 111 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: And by the Wayne just came to visit just before 112 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: the war. 113 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: God brought him. So yeah, by the way, that is 114 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: an important story. 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 4: You had volunteers from different parts of the world who 116 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: came to serve at their own expense, not paid, like 117 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 4: you didn't have any extra money. 118 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: Josh fun was helping on the food. 119 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 4: But Yoni actually fell in love and vice versa with 120 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 4: one of those volunteers. 121 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: Right, they got married and got married. 122 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: And there is another secret. They've got the baby, oh 123 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: my goodness, in five months old baby in the stomach. 124 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 4: This facility, uh was almost completely destroyed by a Hesbaba 125 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 4: missile that landed in the street right out front. We 126 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 4: covered that previously, But you guys have done an amazing 127 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 4: job completely renovating this. It looks beautiful, the colors, the design. 128 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 4: God's been very merciful. 129 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 2: To you guys. 130 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: Marty wanted to bring Africa into the church, and so 131 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: she brought Africa in the So yeah, no, praise God 132 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: the Lord is supplied and make us come and join 133 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: together and meet here. You know, we haven't been a 134 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: meeting in the church here for almost a year and 135 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: a half, so coming back to the congregation after being 136 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: repaired and so on, it's been a great pleasure. But again, 137 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: we pray here, we have meals and fellowship here, and 138 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: this is. 139 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 2: What are you teaching from the scriptures? 140 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: Actually, now we are fruit. It's amazing we are I 141 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: tell you, it's almost a reality. We are in the 142 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: Book of Revelation. This is the first time I'm teaching 143 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: the Book of Revelation. We are in chapter thirteen now 144 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: and it's just kind of I'm telling the congregation. Look, 145 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,239 Speaker 1: and you know, we had a siren through the time 146 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: that it happened. We had even a guy I want 147 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: to share with your story. We had a guy here, 148 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: a religious man that came on one Friday that he 149 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: came while I'm teaching about prosecution. He I'm teaching them 150 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: prosecution from them, people from Israel, from the real and 151 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: this guy interw with his phone and while I'm teaching 152 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: from here and shouting no Christianity and curious one I 153 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: in Hebrew, of course, no Christianity and curious. And it 154 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: went viral through the Facebook and he advertisements. But you 155 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: know what, when people saw his posts and this is 156 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: how God is great. Through all the meal from all 157 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: the servant that we have done here, most of people 158 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: the respond shame on you, Shame on you. You know those 159 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: people the time where you've been a vacuate in a 160 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: hotel in Tel Aviv or a lot those people who 161 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: were serving here during the rocket the year now feeding 162 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: the people of Curious Muna and the soldiers. We took 163 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: him to the court later when you realize, so we 164 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: went to the court. He apologized to us. 165 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 2: Wow, he the religious guy pursuading you. He apologized to 166 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: you guys. 167 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: He apologized, and even when we went to the court, 168 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: he apologized before that judge. 169 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: He apologized to us. 170 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: So seeing even the deputy and many people deputy or 171 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: other people that we serve that told him, Listen, you 172 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: don't understand who are those people. Those people were here 173 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 1: serving the people of Israel, the people of Curious Muna, 174 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: and those people you persecute. 175 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 2: Really right out of the teachings of Jesus. 176 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 4: Uh, you know, let your light shine before men, do 177 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 4: your good works so that you, guys, get praised, but 178 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 4: so that people turn to God and they say, wow, 179 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 4: God is really doing something special. Obviously, most people in 180 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 4: this area don't agree with you guys theologically. 181 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 2: They're not followers of Jesus. Not yet. 182 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 4: What they see your guys commitment. They see you're not 183 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: just as Raeli's and committed, but. 184 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: You're you're serving, You're caring for people. 185 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 3: The verse from today comes from Matthew five, verse sixteen. 186 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 3: Let your light so shine before men in such a 187 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 3: way that they may see your good works and glorify 188 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 3: your Father, who is in heaven. Will you join us 189 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 3: in praying for Pastor Israeli LUs and his family and 190 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 3: the Messianic congregation they're in Kiryachmona. Ask the Lord to 191 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 3: protect them as they continue living and ministering near Israel's 192 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: northern border with Lebanon, and to give them courage, strength, 193 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:51,239 Speaker 3: and wisdom to continue faithfully shepherding and serving their community. 194 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 3: Pray for the people of Northern Israel who've endured war, displacement, fear, 195 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: and tremendous uncertainty, and ask the Lord to use this 196 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 3: season of hardship to turn hearts sincerely asking. 197 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 4: Who are you? 198 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 2: Lord? 199 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: Where are you that people would seek the truth about 200 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 3: Yeshua Jesus the Messiah? And finally, pray that this congregation 201 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 3: will be a bright light for Jesus in Kia Shmona. 202 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 3: Ask the Lord to use their service to soldiers, Holocaust survivors, 203 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 3: elderly residents and others to keep demonstrating God's goodness, God's 204 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 3: love and opening the door for the Gospel. 205 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: You were not raised in a family that believed that 206 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 4: Jesus Yeshua is the Messiah. 207 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 2: Definitely not. 208 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 4: You were raised a very religious Orthodox Jewish religious home. 209 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 4: Do you share a little bit for maybe people who 210 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 4: haven't seen our conversations in the past, tell us a 211 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 4: little bit of how you came to faith in Isshua 212 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 4: and why you end up becoming a pastor, Because I 213 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 4: don't think your family and maybe some of your friends 214 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 4: growing up even still understand that much less appreciated. No, No, 215 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 4: it's because you seem like such a bold, faithful you know, shepherd, pastor, 216 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 4: and people might think, oh, of course this is this 217 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 4: guy has always been this way. 218 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 2: That wasn't always you, brother, I. 219 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: Despise christian and Christianity before. I mean, you know, all 220 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: our life we've been part two thousand years of history 221 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: from persecution of so called Christians. But when our hope 222 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: always in the Messiah. You know, when you read the 223 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: book of prayer book, the Sidor, when you read it 224 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: Sidur is the Jewish prayer book that they pray always 225 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: in the synagogue. There is so many mentioned there, so 226 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: many times they mentioned the Messiah, the Kingdom, the king 227 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: that will come one day. So you have to understand, 228 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: while we were looking forward to the Messiah every time 229 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: in war and persecution and more wars, we still praying 230 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: for the Messiah. And so yeah, I did grow up 231 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: and obviously my father is a rabbi, grew up in 232 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: a religious I went to religious school, so that's filling. 233 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: And they pray every morning, every everynon we. 234 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: Praying for in the synagogue. 235 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: And you know what, one day when I went after 236 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: the army, I served in Lebanon for three years from 237 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: eighty two till eighty five. And after that I went 238 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: to travel in South Africa. And it was supposed to 239 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: be a trip for one month two months maximum, but 240 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: the Lord have a different purpose. He kept me there 241 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: for twenty five years in South Africa. Twenty five years. 242 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: And this is actually it's exciting and amazing story. When 243 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: I came to look and to buy a second hand car, 244 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: this was how can that can happen? I'm flying ten, 245 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, eight thousand kilometers from Israel to South Africa. 246 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: The first week I'm looking to buy a second hand car. 247 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: The owner comes out to me, can I help you? 248 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,719 Speaker 1: And I said yes, I'm looking for about thousand dollars. 249 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm finding out that his grandfather and my grandfather and brothers. 250 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,479 Speaker 2: It's crazy, now, that's crazy. 251 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: But he kept me there in South Africa for longer. 252 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: But later on my wife get me for longer, and then. 253 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 4: It was but it was there outside the country you 254 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: began to consider, maybe I should read the New Testament. 255 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 4: Maybe I ought to consider is Jesus who he said 256 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 4: he is? How did you come to the act conclusion? 257 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: Somebody gave me a new Testament and told me and 258 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: challenged me, is try, how can you judge something that 259 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: you know nothing about? Fair enough? I want you to 260 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: do some business with him. So I said, I'll take 261 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: it to be parlife. Okay, I took it. It stayed 262 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: in my home under the shelf and the table for 263 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: six months. And one day, while I was sed i 264 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: at home, I took the Bible and I said, I 265 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: wonder why so many Christians hate the Jews, And it's 266 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: probably unswer is in this book? 267 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 4: Amazing people think that the New Testament must be an 268 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 4: anti Semitic handbook. 269 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: This is how you do it. This is how you 270 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 2: hate the Jews, the emotion. Jews have never actually read it, 271 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: so they know, you know, the difference. 272 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: I was interested to know why, why, where is those 273 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: hatreds come from? 274 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 4: So what I found reading sort of an ancient mind camp. 275 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 4: You know what I'm going to do. This must be 276 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 4: the way the Christians. 277 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: Are doing, you know, like killed the Jews something like this. 278 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: That's kind of what I was looking for. And then 279 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: I found the Jewish book. It's a Jewish book. My 280 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: name Hebrew name places Taberia Cof. 281 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 4: I grew up this I started in matterw one with 282 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 4: a Jewish genealogy exactly with Abraham Isaac. 283 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: So that's kind of raised many questions. And that's the 284 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: beginning of it. Was ninety four, nineteen ninety four when 285 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: the beginning of this seed that started to be planted 286 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: in Mahat to ask questions. And I tell you it 287 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: was in some of the time that i'm I met 288 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: with some rabbi. I met with the Ashkenazi rabe, I 289 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: met with the Sparada Krabba. One of the Sparadi rabbi, 290 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: I took the Bible and I brought only the Old 291 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: Testament to meet with them. He threw the book on 292 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: the table. He said, is trial. I don't even myself 293 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: don't understand this book. You I went to the Ashkenazi 294 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: in Rebbi. It looks a library behind them, full of books. 295 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: He tells me. It's right. I look behind me. You 296 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: know all the mind, the greatest mind of the Jewish 297 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: minds out there. They didn't believe you believe, you know. 298 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: And I was in the beginning of my journey. So 299 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: I would argue with the rabbis, but more and more 300 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: realize while reading, while searching, while and I got involved 301 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: later with christian Is Jewish people that came to Fait, 302 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: and I realized something like this. After two years of 303 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: reading and praying. I tell you, I've been kneel on 304 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: my knees before God. It was so intense to say, God, 305 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: if it is shown me. And I tell you when 306 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: I read and I realized if the Old Testament, because 307 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: I read the prophecies speaking about certain men, certain areas, 308 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 1: certain people, certain events, and I'm realizing, if what the 309 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: Old Testament says, it's not what it says, If what 310 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: is so clear, it's not what it is. And the 311 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: more and more I see pointing. 312 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 4: The prophecies are I think you've described it as like 313 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 4: a roadmap that leads us to one person, exactly right 314 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 4: to Jesus. 315 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: So I was amazed to find out that the Old Testament. 316 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: I thought very first when I read the quotation from 317 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: the Old Testament and the New Testiment of for this 318 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: is probably the twist. So I went to check on 319 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: Mount Bun word to word, and then I start slowly, 320 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: slowly connection and then I realized, but something that happened, 321 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, I think the hypocrisy and that I felt, 322 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, going in Young Kipur and beating my chest 323 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: and asking for but I know that. 324 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to see it again. 325 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you beat you just to forgive God, forgive 326 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: me for this, forgive me. But you know that in 327 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: the after young people are going to do the same thing. 328 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: It's kind of but Jesus put the finger on the 329 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: question that I had and I never got an answer. 330 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 2: Question. 331 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: That a hypocrisy that I felt. And I know not 332 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: only me, but around us, rabbis and people friends. He 333 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: put the finger of the questions that I had. I 334 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: never had an answer, and slowly, slowly, something in my 335 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: heart start to turn, something in my mind start to turn, 336 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: and start to think about this Messiah that's your sue. 337 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 1: It might be the Messiah. 338 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 4: And that's a crazy thought when you're trying to process 339 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 4: it and it goes against all of your family and 340 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 4: all of your friends, and you feel and your society 341 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 4: and you think, man, I'm really getting going out there. 342 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: But it changed your life. 343 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 4: I mean, that's what's so amazing to me is how 344 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 4: I think of you as somebody. It's hard to imagine 345 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 4: you being against Jesus and against the flowers of Jesus 346 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 4: because your heart and so it was so much love 347 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 4: and sorres and sacrifice and your whole family is a way. 348 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: You know, one of the stumbling blocks, Joe, that look 349 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: at my family, what my family will say. I knew 350 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: that it's going to be painful to my family. My 351 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: mother was still alive, then it will it will kill 352 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: her to come. But that truth was so rooted within 353 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: that understanding that you're sure as the Messiah. I said, 354 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: whatever it costs, you know, I was so bold, man, 355 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: I was so bold in South Africa while I came 356 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,959 Speaker 1: to faith. I was so excited because I knew that 357 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: whatever it will cost me to believe in Jesus, I said, 358 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: I'm willing to say. I'm willing to pay because this 359 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: is after search and pray and realize. I was so confident, 360 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: being convinced with all my mind and my heart that 361 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: you're sure is the Messiah. This is no other way. 362 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: Otherwise there is confusion and all the Old Testament point 363 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: in it can be coincidence. When I put my trust 364 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: and faith in your shoe, Almachia, my life just turn around, 365 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: turn around, Peace, joy, hope rests. Finally came to me. 366 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 2: Amen, How can people be praying for you guys at 367 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 2: this time? 368 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: You know what I always said to the congregation. The 369 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: best thing to deal with pressure, with whatever depression, it's 370 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: to serve. And people of this congregation serve, and the 371 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: serving to still make the food, serving, to do the 372 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: barbecue for the soldiers they're serving. You know what, when 373 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: you serve, and this is what our Lord taught us 374 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: to serve, to give excisive. 375 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: I think it's the only time in the New Testament 376 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 4: where or in the Gospels where Jesus says scif he's 377 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,479 Speaker 4: setting an example. Obviously everything he did was an example, 378 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 4: but he said specifically, right, I'm gonna wash the feet 379 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 4: of my disciples. I'm going to do this as an 380 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 4: example to you. Do you serve other people to that's 381 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 4: what you guys are doing. So what is the best 382 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 4: way to be praying for you guys? Obviously for safety, 383 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 4: but what else? 384 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: I pray that all this as I know the people 385 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: of Israel always, when the time of trouble, the turn 386 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: to God. Always. It was always the case for the 387 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: Old Testament, and it's still the case of individuals. When 388 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: we are pressed, we turn to God, and even people 389 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: of Israel turn to God. Pray that this turning will 390 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: be something of sincere, from sincere heart, to turn to 391 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: the God of Israel, to seek him in this hour, 392 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: in this time. Pray of course for our safety, for 393 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: our families and so on. But we are in the 394 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: hand of God. We are really safe in God. We 395 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: serve in our life. As I said to the congregation 396 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: and those who are serving with us, our life is 397 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: not in the hand of his bala or iran. A 398 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: life is in God's hand. He's holding us, and we're standing. 399 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: We are here. Otherwise we would have been running away 400 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: from here. Brother, But we are here because God promises 401 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: to us that no one can touch us besides his will, 402 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: beside his purposes. So we are here to serve, and 403 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: we will stand here to serve until it will be 404 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: no need to serve. But we serve in in the meantime, 405 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 1: and we give matrices to the shelters. 406 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: We give food. 407 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: There is a lot of packages of food that we 408 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: give to the Holocaust. 409 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 2: We give again survivors. 410 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, yes, you had elderly shut into didn't feel 411 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 4: like they wanted to leave and evacuate last time. 412 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, but you know there is It's a 413 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: city of twenty six thousand people. There is less than 414 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: ten thousand people left in Curio tomorrow. So people who 415 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: can evacuate evacuate, but there is a lot of people 416 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: that staysy and they've got needs, and we're try to 417 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: do what we can from us side to help those 418 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: people and to be an example, to reflect what we 419 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: That's what we called. Isn't it to be ambassador for 420 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: our Lord, to reflect his life, to reflect his goodness 421 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: his love to the people around us. So that's what 422 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: we're trying to do, and it's praise God for this. Amen. 423 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 4: Well, I'm so grateful to Pastor Israel Lou's, his wife Marty, 424 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 4: their team and the whole congregation. They have shown such 425 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,199 Speaker 4: courage under fire and such compassion and such boldness to 426 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 4: be a witness of the light of Jesus. You show 427 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 4: a Hamashiah Jesus the Messiah in the midst of the 428 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 4: tremendous darkness imposed on this region by the wicked Iranian 429 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 4: regime and husbandand Hamas and the others. 430 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 2: So I hope that was helpful. I hope you were encouraged. 431 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been dark, it's been hard for Israeli followers 432 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 4: of Jesus, but this little congregation has endured and they're 433 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 4: continuing to serve the Lord faithfully as the only congress, 434 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 4: the only Messianic congregation in Israel's northernmost city of kiri 435 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 4: At Shmonau. I hope that was encouraging. Please be praying 436 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 4: for Israel and lose his family, his team, the whole congregation, 437 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: and that more people in the north who've been hearing 438 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 4: the gospel would start to process it and ask questions 439 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 4: and maybe even say yes to your shure. Well that's 440 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 4: our show for tonight. Thank you so much for watching. 441 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for praying. I want to encourage 442 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 4: you to keep walking with Isshua, with Jesus this week 443 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 4: in the power of spolways spirit, spending time in His word, 444 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 4: spending time in prayer, spending time in worship and in 445 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 4: fellowship with other. 446 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 2: Believers, continuing to pray. 447 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: Please for victory over our enemies and for the light 448 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 4: of the Lord to spread throughout Israel and her neighbors. 449 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 4: Thank you, have a great week with you and your family. 450 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 4: We're willing I'll see you next week right here. 451 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,959 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for listening to this episode of 452 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 3: Inside the Epicenter with Joel and Lynn Rosenberg. We're so 453 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 3: grateful that you've joined us, and we're so grateful for 454 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 3: your supports. Pray that you will consider continuing to give 455 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 3: to the Joshua Fund, or starting to give if you're 456 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 3: not already joining in in what God is doing in 457 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 3: our midst We pray that this has been an encouragement 458 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 3: to you, to your own faith to keep on enduring 459 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 3: whatever the Lord has you in the midst of We 460 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 3: know that life is not easy, and so we pray 461 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 3: this has been an example of how to endure, how 462 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: to persevere and even thrive to see what God wants 463 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 3: to do through you where you are. Thank you so 464 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 3: much for listening. We pray you'll join us next time 465 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 3: on inside the epicenter, but for now, shalam from Jerusalem.