WEBVTT - The iBible 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:12.700 It's the world's first visual and interactive Bible. IE Bible 0:00:12.700 --> 0:00:16.960 presents the entire biblical narrative from Genesis to Revelation as 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:20.980 one cohesive story. The goal to animate the Bible and 0:00:20.980 --> 0:00:24.610 deliver it for free to the global missions community. Amazingly, 0:00:24.730 --> 0:00:27.490 the Bible is already making a difference in the Middle East, 0:00:27.490 --> 0:00:30.940 where Bibles are often restricted. Get the whole story when 0:00:30.940 --> 0:00:33.820 you join us next for the land and the book. 0:00:33.820 --> 0:00:36.460 Thanks for connecting with us today. I'm John Gager and 0:00:36.460 --> 0:00:38.950 it's always an honor to hang out with our host, 0:00:38.950 --> 0:00:42.729 Middle East expert Doctor Charlie Dyer. Are you doing okay today? Charlie? John, I'm. 0:00:42.729 --> 0:00:44.770 Doing great, and it's always good to be with you. 0:00:44.770 --> 0:00:46.570 Well, you know, some people wonder, how do you share 0:00:46.570 --> 0:00:49.510 the gospel with a Jewish person because of a cultural, 0:00:49.510 --> 0:00:53.680 historical and religious difference that might pop up? It's sometimes 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:57.460 challenging to navigate a gospel conversation with someone from a 0:00:57.460 --> 0:01:01.090 Jewish background. You ever wondered, though, how the quote professionals 0:01:01.090 --> 0:01:01.630 do it. 0:01:01.630 --> 0:01:04.420 And answered this question? Our friends at Life in Messiah 0:01:04.420 --> 0:01:07.420 want to mail you samples of the tracks their staff 0:01:07.420 --> 0:01:10.300 use as they share the gospel. This will serve a 0:01:10.300 --> 0:01:12.790 dual purpose. 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All action packed, the first 0:01:43.870 --> 0:01:46.810 being a look at current events, topics, stories from the 0:01:46.810 --> 0:01:51.370 Middle East all unfolding this week. Conflicting reports continue to 0:01:51.370 --> 0:01:55.090 circulate over Israel's war with Hamas. Is an invasion of 0:01:55.090 --> 0:01:58.720 Rafah imminent, or is it being blocked by the United States? 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:02.050 Is a deal to release the hostages imminent, or is 0:02:02.050 --> 0:02:06.220 Hamas simply stalling for time? Where do things now stand? 0:02:06.220 --> 0:02:09.850 And finally, was a mass grave found outside a Gaza 0:02:09.850 --> 0:02:14.799 hospital following the withdrawal there of Israeli troops? Charlie. Your thoughts? Yeah. 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:16.480 John, let me start with that last one. The report 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:20.710 about the mass graves. Al Jazeera reported that Palestinian paramedics 0:02:20.710 --> 0:02:24.460 retrieved 300 bodies from a mass grave in the area 0:02:24.460 --> 0:02:28.239 of a hospital after Israeli forces departed, the UN rights 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.839 chief reported. He was horrified by the report. US officials 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.169 said they were deeply disturbed by the reports. The implication, 0:02:35.169 --> 0:02:37.330 of course, is that Israel had committed a war crime 0:02:37.330 --> 0:02:40.359 and then tried to hide it by burying these bodies, 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.869 all of which is not true. The truth which finally 0:02:43.870 --> 0:02:46.360 emerged is that the bodies were of people who had 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.480 died at the hospital during the fighting in Gaza. Some 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.780 were likely Hamas fighters, others were patients who had died. 0:02:52.900 --> 0:02:55.630 The bodies couldn't be taken out for normal burial because 0:02:55.630 --> 0:02:58.840 of all the fighting in the general area around the hospital. 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.410 Hospital staff then buried the bodies in the courtyard. A 0:03:02.410 --> 0:03:06.310 videos posted on social media showed the burials taking place 0:03:06.310 --> 0:03:10.090 before Israel ever arrived at the hospital. Now, in regard 0:03:10.090 --> 0:03:12.610 to those other issues, Israel has said the invasion of 0:03:12.610 --> 0:03:16.270 Rafah is imminent. They've apparently been constructing a tent city 0:03:16.270 --> 0:03:19.390 to house the civilians they plan on removing prior to 0:03:19.389 --> 0:03:23.080 their attack on Hamas. Now, unfortunately, it appears that the 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.960 US is threatening to restrict arms sales to Israel if 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.590 they do enter Rafah. Hamas knows the US's reluctance to 0:03:29.590 --> 0:03:32.440 allow Israel to move forward, and that's enabled them to 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:36.070 harden their position on the hostages. The original deal, which 0:03:36.070 --> 0:03:39.670 Hamas rejected, would have released 80 hostages for a six 0:03:39.670 --> 0:03:43.570 week ceasefire. A revised proposal lowered the hostage number to 0:03:43.570 --> 0:03:48.010 40 hostages. A Hamas rejected that the deal currently being 0:03:48.010 --> 0:03:51.100 offered would provide for the release of somewhere between 20 0:03:51.100 --> 0:03:55.270 and 33 hostages for a limited truce. That's the number 0:03:55.270 --> 0:03:58.870 of female, elderly and sick hostages that they still believe 0:03:58.870 --> 0:04:02.740 are alive. Out of a total of 133 being held. 0:04:02.860 --> 0:04:05.500 The fate of the remaining 100? Well, it isn't known, 0:04:05.500 --> 0:04:07.869 though many of them are thought to be dead now, 0:04:07.870 --> 0:04:10.840 at some point in the not too distant future, Israel 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.270 will need to decide whether to cave in to US 0:04:13.270 --> 0:04:16.810 pressure and look for an exit strategy from Gaza, or 0:04:16.810 --> 0:04:19.750 to move into Rafah to eliminate Hamas and then head 0:04:19.750 --> 0:04:21.279 north to face Hezbollah. 0:04:21.430 --> 0:04:28.060 Story number two anti-Israel Pro-hamas protests are sweeping many college campuses. 0:04:28.060 --> 0:04:31.480 Is this simply a relatively small group of college students 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:35.500 exercising their First Amendment right to assemble peaceably to protest? 0:04:35.500 --> 0:04:38.349 Or are there more troubling issues at play? And how 0:04:38.350 --> 0:04:40.029 should we respond as Christians? 0:04:40.029 --> 0:04:42.700 Yeah, well, it's still a relatively small group of students, 0:04:42.700 --> 0:04:45.430 but the number of schools where they're active is growing. 0:04:45.430 --> 0:04:48.940 And several disturbing reports suggest the protests are being funded 0:04:48.940 --> 0:04:53.740 by outside groups. Now, our Constitution does permit individuals and 0:04:53.740 --> 0:04:57.909 groups to peaceably assemble and protest. Our right to freedom 0:04:57.910 --> 0:05:00.609 of speech. And freedom of assembly is important. You know, 0:05:00.610 --> 0:05:03.100 a government that could take away the rights of these 0:05:03.100 --> 0:05:06.310 protesters is the same government that could take away your 0:05:06.310 --> 0:05:09.580 right to gather. In support of Israel or your freedom 0:05:09.580 --> 0:05:12.370 to gather and worship. So we need to be careful here. 0:05:12.370 --> 0:05:15.460 But having said that, there are troubling issues at play 0:05:15.460 --> 0:05:18.370 that do need to be addressed first. Many of these 0:05:18.370 --> 0:05:22.990 protests aren't peaceful demonstrations when protesters call for the elimination 0:05:22.990 --> 0:05:25.960 of the State of Israel and say Zionists don't deserve 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:30.280 to live, they're inciting violence. When Jewish students are harassed 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:34.839 or other anti-Semitic incidents take place that threaten individuals simply 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:39.159 because they're Jewish. That's not free speech, that's terrorism. This 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.520 parallels what happened in Germany in the 1920s and 30s 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:47.170 and that led to the Holocaust. So how should we respond? Well, first, 0:05:47.170 --> 0:05:51.190 we need to guard against becoming reactionary ourselves. Paul said 0:05:51.190 --> 0:05:55.240 in Romans 1221, do not be overcome by evil, but 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:59.080 overcome evil with good. Let your government leaders know you 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.800 support the right to peaceable assembly and free speech, but 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:06.700 that you do not support speech that promotes anti-Semitism, or 0:06:06.700 --> 0:06:10.539 that calls for the destruction of Israel. Schools should promote 0:06:10.540 --> 0:06:13.210 the free expression of ideas from all sides, but they 0:06:13.210 --> 0:06:18.700 must never tolerate harassment or intimidation. Students who cross that line, 0:06:18.700 --> 0:06:21.159 I think they should be expelled from school and lose 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.969 access to financial aid, and international students here on visas 0:06:24.970 --> 0:06:28.630 should be deported. And if a particular individual, group or 0:06:28.630 --> 0:06:32.500 even nation is funding it all, there should be consequences. 0:06:32.500 --> 0:06:34.930 And I believe that will solve the problem. 0:06:34.930 --> 0:06:37.599 From Moody Radio. This is the Land and the book 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.630 I'm John Jaeger on segment one, a look at current 0:06:40.630 --> 0:06:44.470 events from the Middle East. The Technion Israel Institute of 0:06:44.470 --> 0:06:49.990 Technology just published a booklet highlighting 33 world changing discoveries 0:06:49.990 --> 0:06:52.990 from that school over the past hundred years of its existence. 0:06:52.990 --> 0:06:54.970 What are some of the innovations that have come from 0:06:54.970 --> 0:06:57.160 the Technion over the past century? 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.590 Yeah, John, I got really fascinated by this. The booklets 0:06:59.589 --> 0:07:03.190 called the Booklet of Wonders, and it's actually a fundraising 0:07:03.190 --> 0:07:06.760 piece from the Technion as part of its 100 year anniversary. 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.979 And listeners can get a copy if they're willing to 0:07:08.980 --> 0:07:12.610 provide their name and email address to find the online link. 0:07:12.610 --> 0:07:16.690 All they need to do is Google Technion booklet of wonders, 0:07:16.690 --> 0:07:18.820 and they'll find a link to where they can get it. 0:07:18.940 --> 0:07:23.200 The booklet groups those 33 innovations into five major categories, 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:27.520 from combating Covid to transforming the future. The breadth of 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.850 discoveries really is amazing. We've covered some of them in 0:07:30.850 --> 0:07:34.210 the past in our amazing Israel segments, like the system 0:07:34.210 --> 0:07:36.670 that can produce water from the air even in dry 0:07:36.670 --> 0:07:41.710 desert regions, generating hydrogen on demand or fuel for rocket engines. 0:07:41.710 --> 0:07:45.730 That's safer and performs better than conventional fuels. But I 0:07:45.730 --> 0:07:49.300 found the medical innovations, which are over half the items listed, 0:07:49.300 --> 0:07:55.060 to be truly remarkable. A postcranial neurosurgery patch made of synthetic, 0:07:55.060 --> 0:08:00.880 biodegradable nanofibers that protects from infection, accelerates healing, and prevents 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:04.690 spinal fluid from leaking, or a device that holds heart 0:08:04.690 --> 0:08:08.680 valves at their original size while ensuring they close properly, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:14.260 or personalized antidepressants or 3D printed bionic hands for children 0:08:14.260 --> 0:08:18.220 who need a prosthetic hand, complete with their favorite superhero 0:08:18.220 --> 0:08:20.980 or cartoon character on it, so that it gives them 0:08:20.980 --> 0:08:24.310 some excitement about having to wear this prosthetic device. Uh, 0:08:24.310 --> 0:08:27.489 the list is extensive, and people can then Google the 0:08:27.490 --> 0:08:30.220 name of that device or invention to find out more 0:08:30.220 --> 0:08:34.270 information about it online. This booklet is actually an amazing 0:08:34.270 --> 0:08:36.730 Israel segment on steroids. 0:08:36.730 --> 0:08:39.640 Well, so many stories and so little time here on 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.099 the broadcast. So in the time remaining, could you maybe 0:08:42.100 --> 0:08:43.929 bring us up to date on some of the other 0:08:43.929 --> 0:08:45.460 stories that we've been following? 0:08:45.460 --> 0:08:47.620 Yeah, I'll see how many of these I can get in. 0:08:47.620 --> 0:08:51.520 You remember the legendary Old City cable car project? Oh, yeah. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:55.180 It's still around. Uh, custodians of of the Catholic sites 0:08:55.179 --> 0:08:57.460 in the Holy Land have gone to court now to 0:08:57.460 --> 0:09:00.580 try to get the project stopped, or at least rerouted. 0:09:00.580 --> 0:09:03.520 They're claiming the city broke its promise not to allow 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:07.690 the project to pass over the Franciscan cemetery on Mount Zion. Uh, 0:09:07.690 --> 0:09:10.450 for those who have been to Jerusalem, that's the cemetery 0:09:10.450 --> 0:09:15.340 where Oskar Schindler is buried. Next, during Passover, police detained 0:09:15.340 --> 0:09:19.120 13 people trying to smuggle goats onto the Temple Mount 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:22.420 to sacrifice the animals for Passover. Now, I don't think 0:09:22.420 --> 0:09:25.000 this will come as a surprise, but all the suspects 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:28.689 were between the ages of 13 and 21. Uh, one 0:09:28.690 --> 0:09:31.900 goat was hidden in a baby carriage. Another was inside 0:09:31.900 --> 0:09:34.839 a shopping bag. Still another story. You know, we've talked 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.080 about the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee continues 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.020 to rise, though, as the winter rains come to an end, 0:09:41.050 --> 0:09:44.710 the rise is slowing to just under two inches a week. 0:09:44.830 --> 0:09:48.490 The lake is now 19in below the upper red line, 0:09:48.490 --> 0:09:51.730 which is when it is absolutely filled. Now, currently it 0:09:51.730 --> 0:09:53.620 looks like the dam at the southern end of the 0:09:53.620 --> 0:09:56.950 lake won't need to be opened to release water, unless 0:09:56.950 --> 0:09:59.109 of course, a major storm were to dump a large 0:09:59.110 --> 0:10:03.070 amount of rain in northern Israel. Some rain is still possible, 0:10:03.070 --> 0:10:06.730 but probably not too likely, so the lake is almost. 0:10:07.290 --> 0:10:10.590 And right now the water is cold. So even if 0:10:10.590 --> 0:10:12.360 you were there, you would not want to be swimming. 0:10:12.450 --> 0:10:15.240 The temperature is in the low 60s. It's not a 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.790 good time to go swimming, right? And finally, on a 0:10:17.790 --> 0:10:22.890 totally different subject, Greece's national statistical agency reported that Greece 0:10:22.890 --> 0:10:26.730 is facing a significant population decline, with the possibility of 0:10:26.730 --> 0:10:28.890 becoming the first country in the world to experience, as 0:10:28.890 --> 0:10:33.150 they call it, population collapse. In 2022, the country reported 0:10:33.150 --> 0:10:36.780 one birth for every two deaths. Wow. The problem is 0:10:36.780 --> 0:10:39.180 not only impacting Greece, it's going to start impacting the 0:10:39.179 --> 0:10:41.850 EU as a whole. Low birth rates are definitely a 0:10:41.850 --> 0:10:43.110 problem in that area. 0:10:43.110 --> 0:10:45.600 And that's a look at current events. It's the world's 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.230 first visual and interactive Bible. We'll talk about the AI 0:10:49.230 --> 0:10:51.630 Bible next here on the land and the book from 0:10:51.630 --> 0:10:55.170 Moody Radio, our website, the land and the book org. 0:11:09.270 --> 0:11:14.880 Every day about 66,000 people die, many having had no 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.940 access to the gospel. But what if there was a 0:11:17.940 --> 0:11:21.450 visual presentation of the entire story of the Bible? And 0:11:21.450 --> 0:11:24.510 what if it was visually stunning and easy to translate 0:11:24.510 --> 0:11:27.540 into any known language? And what if it was available 0:11:27.540 --> 0:11:32.100 on devices people already own? That's the theory behind AI Bible, 0:11:32.100 --> 0:11:34.710 but not just a theory. It's the real deal. It's 0:11:34.710 --> 0:11:38.010 happening now in production. We'll talk about it next. Welcome 0:11:38.010 --> 0:11:41.160 to the land and the book segment two I'm John Gager. 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.679 Before we get into this conversation about the AI Bible, 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.770 what about a conversation maybe you might need to have 0:11:46.770 --> 0:11:50.250 with your Muslim friend or neighbor or coworker? Listen to this. 0:11:50.610 --> 0:11:54.030 You're walking down the street and a muslim woman coming 0:11:54.030 --> 0:11:56.160 the other way is going to pass right by you. 0:11:56.190 --> 0:11:58.170 Do you look her in the eye? Do you say 0:11:58.170 --> 0:12:01.620 good morning or should you not? Stephan. Affair is with 0:12:01.620 --> 0:12:03.960 call of Hope. What's the right thing to do here? 0:12:04.110 --> 0:12:09.270 Well, we are in America. And if an American comes 0:12:09.270 --> 0:12:12.270 and looks at me, I greet him. I would do 0:12:12.270 --> 0:12:15.240 the same thing with a muslim woman to here. I 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.610 would never try to shake her hands. I mean, that's 0:12:17.610 --> 0:12:22.110 an insult, but, uh, to greet her. Yes, that's a 0:12:22.110 --> 0:12:26.580 matter of respect. This is how we show respect in America, 0:12:26.580 --> 0:12:31.290 isn't it? And, um, I think they would even feel it. 0:12:31.290 --> 0:12:34.470 I mean, I wouldn't do that in Saudi Arabia. Get 0:12:34.470 --> 0:12:38.070 me right here. But here in Chicago, on the street, 0:12:38.070 --> 0:12:39.360 of course. Yes. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.730 Okay. But you said even in America you wouldn't shake 0:12:41.730 --> 0:12:42.660 her hand. Elaborate? 0:12:42.690 --> 0:12:47.220 No, no, because I don't know if she is really 0:12:47.220 --> 0:12:52.860 a religious woman. She would never touch another man than 0:12:52.860 --> 0:12:55.800 her family. So, no, I would never do that. That 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.220 could be a very strange thing to do. Sounds like 0:12:59.220 --> 0:12:59.550 we're going. 0:12:59.550 --> 0:13:02.160 Overboard to make sure we're extremely respectful. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:07.140 Exactly. Just show respect as you show respect as Jesus would. 0:13:07.140 --> 0:13:10.950 You are very right. And they know that your culture 0:13:10.950 --> 0:13:13.110 is not their culture. They are aware of it. 0:13:13.110 --> 0:13:16.830 Yeah, well great thoughts, very practical. Thank you Stefano Fair. 0:13:16.830 --> 0:13:19.860 And we urge you to check out call of Hope us. 0:13:21.250 --> 0:13:25.450 Andrea Wilson is vice president for Revelation Media, an organization 0:13:25.450 --> 0:13:29.200 that is creating a compelling case for I. Bible. It's 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.380 the world's first visual and interactive Bible for a visual 0:13:32.380 --> 0:13:36.460 and connected world. Andrea's history here has been in consultation 0:13:36.460 --> 0:13:40.240 with businesses. She's been in the Christian publishing industry right now, 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.690 has her hands full, producing an app, working on translations 0:13:43.690 --> 0:13:46.600 and a whole lot more for this thing called AI Bible. Andrea, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.900 for somebody who's new, what exactly is AI Bible? 0:13:50.020 --> 0:13:53.650 Well, I Bible started about seven years ago. Our founder, 0:13:53.650 --> 0:13:58.870 Steve Cleary, he had a dream which he jokes, He's Anglican. 0:13:58.870 --> 0:14:00.969 So I don't know that they're allowed to have dreams. 0:14:00.970 --> 0:14:05.200 But God really pressed on him. The need to bring 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.079 the whole story of the Bible to the whole world. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.720 And so in that had found this really was his 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.720 call to give the story of the Bible in chronological 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.520 order to the world. Well, it's. 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:18.370 One thing to have a dream, as this Anglican brother did, 0:14:18.370 --> 0:14:21.460 but quite another to see feet to that dream, to 0:14:21.460 --> 0:14:24.370 see it begin to take reality. What next? How did 0:14:24.370 --> 0:14:26.500 it happen, and where are we at right now? 0:14:26.500 --> 0:14:29.830 Well, we released The Pilgrim's Progress back in 2019, the 0:14:29.830 --> 0:14:33.280 animated film. So that was our first film. And then 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.770 we started asking the question, what would it look like 0:14:35.770 --> 0:14:38.500 to animate the whole Bible, the entire story of the Bible. 0:14:38.500 --> 0:14:40.810 I can tell you at that point in time, we 0:14:40.810 --> 0:14:44.140 were all looking at each other and saying, is this 0:14:44.140 --> 0:14:47.770 even possible? And as we looked at it, we all 0:14:47.770 --> 0:14:50.590 knew very, very quickly that it wasn't. And so day 0:14:50.590 --> 0:14:52.570 by day and step by step, we just started on 0:14:52.570 --> 0:14:56.320 the way. And God has blessed the project. It is 0:14:56.320 --> 0:15:03.070 funded by a whole bunch of individuals, moms, grandmothers, teachers 0:15:03.070 --> 0:15:06.880 that want to bring Scripture to a generation that here 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.600 in the Western world has essentially given up on reading. 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:14.170 While they all have access to Scripture, they choose not 0:15:14.170 --> 0:15:16.150 to read it. But that does not mean that our 0:15:16.150 --> 0:15:17.920 children don't need to be reached, and they don't need 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:19.180 the story of the Bible. 0:15:19.180 --> 0:15:21.790 Okay, so obviously here in the United States, it's having 0:15:21.790 --> 0:15:23.860 an impact. You're hearing stories. What kind of stories are 0:15:23.860 --> 0:15:24.520 you hearing? 0:15:24.940 --> 0:15:28.840 Oh, this is the best part is when grandmothers call 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.480 in and they tell us how how their kids love 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.540 AI Bible or they're actually reading AI Bible. But I 0:15:34.540 --> 0:15:37.150 can tell you myself, I have a 21 year old 0:15:37.150 --> 0:15:40.360 and an 18 year old. They fit into that lovely 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.810 millennial category that we all talk about trying to reach 0:15:43.810 --> 0:15:47.140 that feels so far from us, and they don't quite 0:15:47.140 --> 0:15:51.370 love all of the work that I do. But they, 0:15:51.370 --> 0:15:54.010 you know, cheesy is often the term that comes out 0:15:54.010 --> 0:15:58.270 of them, but they love AI Bible and they'll actually 0:15:58.270 --> 0:16:01.630 sit and watch the episodes and not just watch the episodes, 0:16:01.630 --> 0:16:05.650 but they're then asking questions. They're wondering, well, what is this? 0:16:05.650 --> 0:16:09.490 What does this mean? Why did God allow the serpent 0:16:09.490 --> 0:16:13.240 to even tempt Eve? They're coming with questions that show 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.150 that they're interested, that they want the stories of Scripture. 0:16:16.150 --> 0:16:19.150 Andrea Wilson is vice president for Revelation Media. We're talking 0:16:19.180 --> 0:16:22.660 today about AI Bible. You say this is a fascinating conversation. 0:16:22.660 --> 0:16:24.280 How do I get a hold of this AI Bible 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.590 for my kids? And then, John, why are we having 0:16:26.590 --> 0:16:28.540 the conversation here on the land in the book? We're 0:16:28.540 --> 0:16:29.650 going to get there. We're going to get to the 0:16:29.650 --> 0:16:33.190 Middle East. But for somebody who is interested right now, 0:16:33.190 --> 0:16:34.660 how do they access today? 0:16:34.660 --> 0:16:36.700 You can go look at AI Bible. All of our 0:16:36.700 --> 0:16:40.360 episodes are available on YouTube for free. Uh, this big 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:44.050 initiative is funded first in the Western world, and then 0:16:44.050 --> 0:16:47.500 it's given away free to everyone around the world. So 0:16:47.500 --> 0:16:52.450 you can go to ai.bible.com to see more information. There 0:16:52.450 --> 0:16:56.470 is an app coming that showcases all of the episodes 0:16:56.470 --> 0:17:00.880 that are released, in addition to a whole suite of 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.480 resources for families to talk. For small groups to talk, 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:08.260 there are quizzes to engage children. The purpose is to 0:17:08.260 --> 0:17:11.140 give people the tools to really dive into Scripture, not 0:17:11.140 --> 0:17:13.540 just to watch an episode and then move on, but 0:17:13.540 --> 0:17:16.090 to then take it in and grow closer to Christ 0:17:16.090 --> 0:17:16.900 through that. 0:17:16.900 --> 0:17:18.820 Well, I love the fact that this is not just 0:17:18.820 --> 0:17:22.480 for us in America. You guys clearly have a vision 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.600 that is world centered. God so loved the world. And 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.629 so there are translations in progress, many that have already 0:17:28.630 --> 0:17:30.250 been done talk about that aspect. 0:17:30.250 --> 0:17:35.380 Well, we knew very early on that our children here 0:17:35.380 --> 0:17:39.130 in the Western world and people around the world that 0:17:39.130 --> 0:17:42.370 need scripture really speak the same language. And today it's 0:17:42.369 --> 0:17:45.580 a language of pixels. So they'll watch content on their 0:17:45.580 --> 0:17:49.899 cell phones. I've been in India, in a village far 0:17:49.900 --> 0:17:54.250 from most things, and saw a sheep farmer that was 0:17:54.250 --> 0:17:57.310 out there in the middle of absolutely nowhere standing there. 0:17:57.310 --> 0:17:59.889 Should have been watching his sheep, I'm sure, uh, on 0:17:59.890 --> 0:18:03.220 his cell phone. Uh, so you can go in just 0:18:03.220 --> 0:18:07.570 about any place, and they have a smart device. And 0:18:07.570 --> 0:18:10.330 it just really became clear with the number of devices 0:18:10.330 --> 0:18:14.109 that are out there, we can deliver the entire story 0:18:14.109 --> 0:18:17.680 of the Bible to the entire world. So we've already 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:25.200 released in multiple languages. We have. English, Hindi, Spanish, Farsi, Bulgarian. 0:18:25.200 --> 0:18:29.640 We have 42 a ie languages that will also be 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:33.149 releasing at that time. And then we'll also be going 0:18:33.150 --> 0:18:36.900 back and releasing all of those once again with human translation. 0:18:36.900 --> 0:18:39.510 So we want to get the whole story of Scripture 0:18:39.510 --> 0:18:42.659 to the whole world as quickly as possible. But our 0:18:42.660 --> 0:18:46.710 scripts and everything about AI Bible first and foremost must 0:18:46.710 --> 0:18:50.400 be accurate to Scripture. I think the best compliment I've 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.770 heard from AI Bible as they read the scripts is 0:18:52.770 --> 0:18:56.280 it's just the Bible, and that is the point. We're 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.250 not starting with the New Testament. We started with Genesis. 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.250 It really is part of our mission to give the 0:19:02.250 --> 0:19:05.010 the whole world, the whole story of Scripture. 0:19:05.010 --> 0:19:07.350 I hold in my hand a small format book here 0:19:07.350 --> 0:19:10.530 called The Real Story of Jesus AI Bible. How does 0:19:10.530 --> 0:19:12.899 that connect with the nation of Iran and things that 0:19:12.900 --> 0:19:14.340 are happening there that you've heard about? 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:15.420 Yeah. 0:19:15.420 --> 0:19:19.260 So the real story of Jesus tells Jesus story from 0:19:19.260 --> 0:19:24.390 creation through his second coming. It is built with over 0:19:24.390 --> 0:19:29.460 300 Bible verses telling the entire story of Jesus. We 0:19:29.460 --> 0:19:31.800 printed a small format book. 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:32.280 About 100. 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:33.120 Pages. I see here. 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:37.710 About 100 pages. That's correct. Beautiful. Full color. It is. Book. 0:19:37.710 --> 0:19:42.030 What you're reading there is the story of salvation. So 0:19:42.030 --> 0:19:46.320 we printed those and delivered them to a partner that's 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:50.369 on the ground in Iran and Turkey. And they handed 0:19:50.369 --> 0:19:54.570 these kits out to families in Iran. And they had 0:19:54.570 --> 0:19:57.450 this book. They had a coloring book that matches, along 0:19:57.450 --> 0:20:02.130 with some coloring crayons, also a sticker that directs folks 0:20:02.130 --> 0:20:05.070 to those episodes of AI Bible, to this and to 0:20:05.070 --> 0:20:07.470 the ones that have been completed so that they can 0:20:07.470 --> 0:20:10.770 access the story of Scripture. And it was a bit 0:20:10.770 --> 0:20:14.130 of an underground initiative. We weren't able to talk and 0:20:14.130 --> 0:20:17.280 share about that. As you know, the persecution of Christians 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:19.650 and the risk of sharing the gospel in that country 0:20:19.650 --> 0:20:26.010 is it's incredibly high. And they absolutely loved this initiative. 0:20:26.010 --> 0:20:29.280 We had house churches throughout the country that were able 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:31.440 to share the story of Jesus at that time. 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:32.100 How cool is. 0:20:32.100 --> 0:20:33.360 That? Yeah. Wow. 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:36.750 Well, I'm intrigued because all of these languages that you've discussed, 0:20:36.750 --> 0:20:39.630 you also have a heart for Arabic speakers. And, oh, 0:20:39.630 --> 0:20:41.490 there's not just one Arabic language. 0:20:41.490 --> 0:20:45.689 That is true. There are many different languages within the 0:20:45.690 --> 0:20:49.770 Arab world and also many dialects within those languages. So 0:20:49.770 --> 0:20:51.960 it is our heart to reach all of those. There 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:56.640 are actually 7500. Is the estimate at least over 7000 0:20:56.640 --> 0:21:00.600 living languages in the world today? And one thing unique 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:04.080 about the Bible is that we are not only giving 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:06.630 it away free to the world, we really are trying 0:21:06.630 --> 0:21:09.629 to partner with others on the ground that are doing work. 0:21:09.630 --> 0:21:12.150 We have teams that are working with Wycliffe that are 0:21:12.150 --> 0:21:15.360 consulting and helping in different parts of the world. We 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:18.600 want to empower people to translate this and to get 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:20.129 it out into the world. 0:21:20.190 --> 0:21:22.680 Andrea Wilson is our guest today on The Land and 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:24.720 the book we're talking about, AI Bible. If you haven't 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:28.980 picked up on that, a remarkable, beautiful animated series. So 0:21:28.980 --> 0:21:31.860 of interest to our listeners, we are Middle East focused 0:21:31.859 --> 0:21:34.409 would be a story you might have based in Iran. 0:21:34.410 --> 0:21:35.280 Talk about that. 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.550 We do have a team on the ground in Iran currently, 0:21:38.550 --> 0:21:43.409 Turkey as well. And we started with an episode of 0:21:43.410 --> 0:21:47.130 AI Bible that we titled The Real Story of Jesus. 0:21:47.130 --> 0:21:50.310 And as we looked at that, we first began and said, okay, 0:21:50.310 --> 0:21:53.729 if we take all of the scriptures throughout the Bible 0:21:53.730 --> 0:21:56.730 that talk about Jesus, what are those? And came up 0:21:56.730 --> 0:22:00.390 with over 300 verses in the Bible that reference Jesus, 0:22:00.390 --> 0:22:03.300 starting with creation, of course. Then we go into the 0:22:03.300 --> 0:22:08.220 fall and then throughout Scripture. And as the team reviewed 0:22:08.220 --> 0:22:10.649 those and we started to look at them, we said, oh, 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:15.300 this is a script. This is the entire story of salvation. 0:22:15.300 --> 0:22:18.899 So we believe that the story of Jesus does not 0:22:18.900 --> 0:22:22.980 start with Christmas and end at Easter. It actually starts 0:22:22.980 --> 0:22:26.250 with creation. That's right. So we created an episode nine 0:22:26.250 --> 0:22:31.020 minutes long. And what came from that was absolutely beautiful. 0:22:31.020 --> 0:22:37.230 So we have 110 languages have been funded for the 0:22:37.230 --> 0:22:41.610 translation of that. They're currently underway right now. We've released 0:22:41.609 --> 0:22:44.760 the first eight. The Story of Jesus is also released 0:22:44.760 --> 0:22:47.250 in our app, so you can watch it there. It 0:22:47.250 --> 0:22:51.960 also includes a prayer that encourages people to turn from 0:22:51.960 --> 0:22:54.900 the life they walk now and turn towards Christ and 0:22:54.900 --> 0:22:58.590 live for him, and encourages them to pray and ask 0:22:58.590 --> 0:23:02.070 for forgiveness and salvation, and then continue on to walk 0:23:02.070 --> 0:23:06.180 with Christ. As part of that, we have a button 0:23:06.180 --> 0:23:09.389 on the page that says, I have prayed for salvation 0:23:09.390 --> 0:23:12.119 today just to help us see, is this making the 0:23:12.119 --> 0:23:15.090 impact that we want? Because ultimately the heart is to 0:23:15.090 --> 0:23:19.170 draw all people in closer relationship to Christ and within 0:23:19.170 --> 0:23:22.980 the first nine. 90 days of releasing that we have. 0:23:22.980 --> 0:23:28.260 Over 1.1 million people have visited that page, and over 0:23:28.260 --> 0:23:33.090 73,000 people had already raised their hand and said, I've 0:23:33.090 --> 0:23:38.070 prayed for salvation. We have using technology, of course, which 0:23:38.070 --> 0:23:40.139 is what we're trying to do is bring the Bible 0:23:40.140 --> 0:23:43.290 to the world. We have tracking pixels in place, and 0:23:43.290 --> 0:23:46.980 we're able to then retarget those individuals with AI Bible 0:23:46.980 --> 0:23:51.060 episodes and then begin to deliver to them the whole 0:23:51.060 --> 0:23:53.670 story of the Bible. So it starts with Jesus, but 0:23:53.670 --> 0:23:55.380 all people need the whole story. 0:23:55.380 --> 0:23:58.290 Now, Andrea, you mentioned that this is a multi year project. 0:23:58.290 --> 0:24:00.990 You guys are looking at a long curve here. Talk 0:24:00.990 --> 0:24:03.210 about the numbers that you're looking at here. 0:24:03.210 --> 0:24:04.080 Absolutely. 0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:07.050 So we've been at this for about seven years. Currently 0:24:07.050 --> 0:24:11.040 our path looks at to be seven more. So seven 0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:13.980 is a beautiful number. And and God is blessing us 0:24:13.980 --> 0:24:17.310 with that. And that is the goal to have all 0:24:17.310 --> 0:24:20.010 of the AI Bible episodes. There will be around 300 0:24:20.010 --> 0:24:23.910 episodes in total telling the entire story of Scripture. Our 0:24:23.910 --> 0:24:28.080 goal for completion is 2033, where followers of Christ around 0:24:28.080 --> 0:24:33.030 the world will recognize and celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of 0:24:33.030 --> 0:24:34.590 the resurrection of Jesus. 0:24:34.590 --> 0:24:35.219 That's exciting. 0:24:35.220 --> 0:24:36.900 How long are the individual episodes? 0:24:36.900 --> 0:24:40.710 Each episode ranges from 3 to 7 minutes long. So 0:24:40.710 --> 0:24:43.920 short format. As you know, we're in a culture that 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:45.570 likes to consume quickly. 0:24:45.570 --> 0:24:48.629 The would be missionary inside me says people travel on 0:24:48.630 --> 0:24:51.480 businesses and then they make friendships, and others have been 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:53.460 on missions trips. But this is the kind of thing 0:24:53.460 --> 0:24:55.260 that you could reach out in an email or on 0:24:55.260 --> 0:24:58.170 a WhatsApp text to anybody in the world and send 0:24:58.170 --> 0:24:58.890 them a link. 0:24:58.890 --> 0:25:01.679 I love that you're saying that because the reason that 0:25:01.680 --> 0:25:05.340 Revelation Media exists is to give content free to the 0:25:05.340 --> 0:25:09.449 mission field. So there are roughly 800 movies that are 0:25:09.450 --> 0:25:13.470 released every year in the United States, Christian movies. And 0:25:13.470 --> 0:25:16.860 they're very, very good Christian movies, uh, many of them 0:25:16.859 --> 0:25:21.420 about football teams. And the next, you know, hit song 0:25:21.420 --> 0:25:24.270 that has been here, that has touched Christians. Those don't 0:25:24.270 --> 0:25:28.560 always translate to the mission field. And our desire is 0:25:28.560 --> 0:25:32.250 to give missionaries around the world the tools to share 0:25:32.250 --> 0:25:34.830 Scripture and to tell the story of the Bible, and 0:25:34.830 --> 0:25:36.629 to make it in a way that they can actually 0:25:36.630 --> 0:25:39.060 get that for free to do what God has asked 0:25:39.060 --> 0:25:39.750 of them. 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:42.870 Andrea, we are excited for all that God is doing. 0:25:42.869 --> 0:25:45.689 Thank you for stopping by making yourself and your ministry 0:25:45.690 --> 0:25:47.730 available and we'll look forward to connecting again. 0:25:47.730 --> 0:25:48.629 Thank you so much, John. 0:25:48.630 --> 0:25:50.580 Coming up on the land of the book, Charlie Dyer 0:25:50.580 --> 0:25:53.400 is back. He's got a look at some questions. Stay 0:25:53.400 --> 0:26:07.160 with us here on the land and the book. Aren't 0:26:07.160 --> 0:26:10.119 you glad we've reached the month of May? I am 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:13.060 John Gager here. Welcome to segment three at the land 0:26:13.060 --> 0:26:16.240 of the book, where Charlie Dyer's Bible is open. And why, Charlie? 0:26:16.510 --> 0:26:18.790 Uh, because we got questions in and we've got answers 0:26:18.790 --> 0:26:19.300 for them. 0:26:19.300 --> 0:26:21.879 I'm looking forward to those. First, this question, how do 0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:26.020 you share the gospel with a Jewish person? Because of cultural, historical, 0:26:26.020 --> 0:26:30.190 and religious differences, it's sometimes challenging to navigate a gospel 0:26:30.190 --> 0:26:33.250 conversation with someone from a Jewish background. That's certainly been 0:26:33.250 --> 0:26:37.120 my experience. But have you ever wondered how the professionals 0:26:37.119 --> 0:26:37.719 do it? 0:26:37.720 --> 0:26:39.909 Well, to answer this question, our friends at Life in 0:26:39.910 --> 0:26:42.760 Messiah want to mail you samples of the tracks their 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:45.670 staff use as they share the gospel. This will serve 0:26:45.670 --> 0:26:47.920 a dual purpose. It will equip you with a method 0:26:47.920 --> 0:26:51.130 of presenting the gospel, and also supply you with tracks 0:26:51.130 --> 0:26:54.160 you can share with your Jewish friends and neighbors. Life 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:56.919 in Messiah's Prayer is that these tracks will help further 0:26:56.920 --> 0:26:59.950 the spread of the gospel among the Jewish people. To 0:26:59.950 --> 0:27:02.590 receive this helpful assortment of tracks, all you need to 0:27:02.590 --> 0:27:06.220 do is visit Life in Messiah org and click on 0:27:06.220 --> 0:27:11.800 the Moody Radio button for more information. That's Life in messiah.org. 0:27:11.830 --> 0:27:14.170 Don't miss out on this great opportunity. 0:27:14.170 --> 0:27:17.710 As always, no shortage of Bible questions. Let's start with Leah's. 0:27:17.710 --> 0:27:21.489 She's teaching a homeschool class, Charlie, about biblical archaeology, and 0:27:21.490 --> 0:27:25.659 she says our course gives a definitive site for biblical Gilgal, 0:27:25.660 --> 0:27:29.200 citing the shape of a foot slash sandal and the 0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:32.260 round altar as proof. However, on my trip to Israel, 0:27:32.260 --> 0:27:35.350 we didn't visit or talk about any site for Gilgal, 0:27:35.350 --> 0:27:38.200 and other research I found says the site is disputed. 0:27:38.200 --> 0:27:39.310 Any thoughts here? 0:27:39.310 --> 0:27:42.250 Yeah, I've seen the articles claiming to have discovered Gilgal, 0:27:42.250 --> 0:27:45.790 and my problem is the site usually suggested is too 0:27:45.790 --> 0:27:48.580 far north to have been the Gilgal to which Joshua 0:27:48.580 --> 0:27:52.420 brought the children of Israel. You know, Joshua 419 specifically 0:27:52.420 --> 0:27:55.750 says that Gilgal was near Jericho. In fact, it says, quote, 0:27:55.750 --> 0:27:58.689 on the eastern border of Jericho that would place it 0:27:58.690 --> 0:28:01.959 in the general area of Jericho, somewhere between the town 0:28:01.960 --> 0:28:04.960 and the Jordan River. And the site that's often suggested 0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:07.450 is way far north. Now, in the Bible, it does 0:28:07.450 --> 0:28:10.629 seem like there may have been several sites named Gilgal, uh, 0:28:10.630 --> 0:28:13.600 but certainly the one mentioned by Joshua is not the 0:28:13.600 --> 0:28:16.240 one that's often talked about in these articles. 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:19.270 Linnie writes in a recent Bible study, we discussed Mark 0:28:19.270 --> 0:28:22.629 four and five, where the demons entered the 2000 pigs 0:28:22.630 --> 0:28:26.020 and drowned. Uh, try to wrap your brain around 2000 0:28:26.020 --> 0:28:28.449 hogs drowning at once in the Sea of Galilee. That 0:28:28.450 --> 0:28:31.090 must have been a horrific sight to see and hear. 0:28:31.090 --> 0:28:34.660 But her question is, did the demons go to eternal destruction? 0:28:34.660 --> 0:28:37.690 Their spirits did not die. But were they then sent 0:28:37.690 --> 0:28:39.280 to their eternal destiny? 0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:43.420 Well, the pigs definitely died. The demons did not. Just 0:28:43.420 --> 0:28:45.220 as they left the man to go into the pigs. 0:28:45.220 --> 0:28:47.380 I think they left the pigs and went in search 0:28:47.380 --> 0:28:50.290 of others to indwell at that point. Now, two details 0:28:50.290 --> 0:28:53.620 lead me to that conclusion. The first is Mark 410, 0:28:53.620 --> 0:28:56.410 where the demons begged Jesus not to send them out 0:28:56.410 --> 0:28:59.560 of the area or country, depending on the translation. At 0:28:59.560 --> 0:29:01.900 first it sounds like they thought Jesus was going to 0:29:01.900 --> 0:29:04.630 send them to a different geographical area in the region, 0:29:04.630 --> 0:29:08.500 but Luke eight three provides a more detailed explanation. They 0:29:08.500 --> 0:29:11.350 were begging Jesus not to quote, command them to go 0:29:11.350 --> 0:29:14.680 away into the abyss. The abyss is apparently the equivalent 0:29:14.680 --> 0:29:18.520 of a supermax security prison for demons. It's mentioned in 0:29:18.520 --> 0:29:21.970 revelation nine, where demons are confined in the abyss until 0:29:21.970 --> 0:29:25.810 they're released during the tribulation period, and in revelation 20, 0:29:25.810 --> 0:29:28.300 Satan is seized and thrown into the abyss during the 0:29:28.300 --> 0:29:31.630 thousand year Millennial Kingdom. And though the term isn't used, 0:29:31.630 --> 0:29:34.719 I suspect Jude six is describing the same place when 0:29:34.720 --> 0:29:37.239 he talks about angels who didn't keep their position of 0:29:37.240 --> 0:29:41.200 authority but abandoned them, were put into eternal bonds under 0:29:41.200 --> 0:29:44.260 darkness for the judgment of the great day. Anyway, I 0:29:44.260 --> 0:29:46.510 think the angels went into the pigs, forced them to 0:29:46.510 --> 0:29:48.940 rush down the steep bank to their death, and then 0:29:48.940 --> 0:29:52.270 quickly left looking for other victims to possess and torment. 0:29:52.270 --> 0:29:54.580 And you're right about the event in Mark four. It 0:29:54.580 --> 0:29:57.160 must have been a horrific scene to see and hear 0:29:57.160 --> 0:30:00.310 and in fact, eventually to smell that took place right there. Wow. 0:30:00.310 --> 0:30:03.070 Never thought about the smell. You're right though, uh, Jim 0:30:03.070 --> 0:30:05.860 says as I read the book of acts and study it, 0:30:05.860 --> 0:30:08.920 I find that both Jews and Gentiles or Greeks were 0:30:08.920 --> 0:30:11.380 in the synagogue. I thought only Jews were allowed in 0:30:11.380 --> 0:30:14.350 the synagogue. Were Gentiles also allowed in? 0:30:14.350 --> 0:30:16.570 Yeah. And there are a number of passages that pictured 0:30:16.570 --> 0:30:20.470 Gentiles attending the synagogue services. I see two distinct groups 0:30:20.470 --> 0:30:23.560 of people. Some were God fearers, that is, Gentiles who 0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.570 believed in the God of Israel, and who might have 0:30:25.570 --> 0:30:27.820 been following some of the commands of the Mosaic Law 0:30:27.820 --> 0:30:31.270 as a result, others were proselytes, that is, Gentiles who 0:30:31.270 --> 0:30:34.960 were actually in the process of converting to Judaism. And 0:30:34.960 --> 0:30:37.540 I suspect the first group was by far the larger group, 0:30:37.540 --> 0:30:40.990 though apparently both were allowed to attend synagogue services. Uh, 0:30:40.990 --> 0:30:42.820 some of the places these are found, if you look 0:30:42.820 --> 0:30:46.540 from acts ten through acts 18, uh, they're mentioned Gentiles 0:30:46.540 --> 0:30:49.450 or Greeks in the synagogue at, at Pisidian, Antioch and 0:30:49.450 --> 0:30:53.860 Iconium and Philippi and Thessalonica and Berea and Corinth. So 0:30:53.860 --> 0:30:56.170 it does seem like it was a common practice for 0:30:56.170 --> 0:30:59.440 Gentiles attracted to the God of Israel, to be present 0:30:59.440 --> 0:31:02.469 in the synagogue services throughout the Roman world. 0:31:02.470 --> 0:31:04.720 This is the land in the book from Moody Radio. 0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:08.230 Our host, Doctor Charlie Dyer, is always open to your questions. Email. 0:31:08.330 --> 0:31:10.640 Mail them to us at the Land and the book 0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:15.920 at Moody. Edu. Todd asks, how was the Hebrew canon determined, 0:31:15.920 --> 0:31:17.930 and why do you think the Book of Enoch was 0:31:17.930 --> 0:31:19.160 excluded from it? 0:31:19.460 --> 0:31:22.100 I believe people recognized the unique nature of the Old 0:31:22.130 --> 0:31:24.650 Testament writings from the very moment I think they were written. 0:31:24.740 --> 0:31:27.860 The entire Old Testament canon was completed shortly after the 0:31:27.860 --> 0:31:30.410 writing of the Book of Malachi, probably no later than 0:31:30.410 --> 0:31:34.130 400 BC. The clearest record we have on the acceptance 0:31:34.130 --> 0:31:37.010 of the canon actually comes from Josephus. In a book 0:31:37.010 --> 0:31:39.979 called Contra Apion, he wrote Against Apion, he said, in 0:31:39.980 --> 0:31:42.350 how firmly we have given credit to those books of 0:31:42.350 --> 0:31:44.600 our own nation, is evident by what we do for 0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:47.540 during so many ages, as have already passed. No one 0:31:47.540 --> 0:31:49.730 has been so bold as either to add anything to 0:31:49.730 --> 0:31:52.970 them or take anything from them. Now he also identifies 0:31:52.970 --> 0:31:56.030 the books of Scripture, and they correspond to the 39 0:31:56.030 --> 0:31:58.550 books of the Bible in our current Old Testament. Now, 0:31:58.550 --> 0:32:01.790 even before Josephus, the New Testament seems to agree with 0:32:01.790 --> 0:32:04.730 that basis. In fact, Jesus talks about the law and 0:32:04.730 --> 0:32:08.240 the prophets and the writings, and that's the threefold division 0:32:08.240 --> 0:32:10.700 of the Old Testament. Now, in terms of why the 0:32:10.700 --> 0:32:13.850 Book of Enoch was excluded, I suspect it was because 0:32:13.850 --> 0:32:17.630 of two reasons. First, it was written in the Intertestamental period, 0:32:17.630 --> 0:32:20.780 after the recognized books of the Old Testament had already 0:32:20.780 --> 0:32:23.930 been collected. And second, and my memory is going back 0:32:23.930 --> 0:32:25.880 on this. 40 years ago, I wrote a paper on 0:32:25.880 --> 0:32:28.280 all these books for a doctoral studies class I had, 0:32:28.280 --> 0:32:30.710 but it appears that neither the compilers of the Old 0:32:30.740 --> 0:32:33.320 Testament or the compilers of the New Testament, or the 0:32:33.320 --> 0:32:36.350 early Church Fathers saw it rising to the level of 0:32:36.350 --> 0:32:38.960 authenticity that caused them to see it on the same 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:40.969 level as the other books of the canon. Now, that 0:32:40.970 --> 0:32:43.490 doesn't mean that the book doesn't contain some truth or 0:32:43.490 --> 0:32:46.130 some accuracy. You know, Jude appears to cite the Book 0:32:46.130 --> 0:32:48.650 of Enoch, and the book also contains a reference to 0:32:48.650 --> 0:32:51.770 the thousand year reign of the Messiah, which roughly parallels 0:32:51.770 --> 0:32:54.620 the message in revelation 20. But the books claim to 0:32:54.620 --> 0:32:56.690 be from the hands of Enoch, when it was actually 0:32:56.690 --> 0:33:00.770 written centuries later is likely the main reason it was rejected. 0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:05.000 Nancy points to numbers 34, where we find the borders 0:33:05.000 --> 0:33:07.010 of the Promised Land, as well as the leader of 0:33:07.010 --> 0:33:10.130 each tribe, who would determine their allotted land. And we 0:33:10.130 --> 0:33:12.890 also read of some men who were called chief. She 0:33:12.890 --> 0:33:15.950 wants to know, was this an elected popularity post or 0:33:15.950 --> 0:33:19.040 an appointed position? I guess the question is who chose 0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.890 the tribes chief and what was their job? Yeah, I. 0:33:21.890 --> 0:33:24.290 Believe the individuals were appointed, and I believe it was 0:33:24.290 --> 0:33:27.020 God who ultimately made that appointment. Now, I say that 0:33:27.020 --> 0:33:30.350 because in verses 16 to 19, God tells Moses the 0:33:30.350 --> 0:33:32.990 names of the two men who were to assign the land. 0:33:32.990 --> 0:33:35.960 He says, Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of nun. 0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:38.870 God then tells Moses to appoint one leader or chief 0:33:38.870 --> 0:33:42.200 from each tribe to help assign the land within each 0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:45.320 tribal allotment. And then in verse 16, God says about 0:33:45.320 --> 0:33:48.440 those tribal leaders, these are their names. Now, I take 0:33:48.440 --> 0:33:50.660 it from that phrase, that God's the one who's actually 0:33:50.660 --> 0:33:54.020 choosing the individuals to serve as these chiefs or leaders, 0:33:54.020 --> 0:33:56.300 and that their job was to help with the division 0:33:56.300 --> 0:34:00.110 of the larger tribal allotments among the individual families. The 0:34:00.110 --> 0:34:03.470 first individual in the list is Caleb. He, along with Joshua, 0:34:03.470 --> 0:34:05.990 were the two spies who stood against the whole nation 0:34:05.990 --> 0:34:08.930 many years earlier. And that also suggests to me that 0:34:08.930 --> 0:34:12.680 the individuals God then names had proven themselves as strong, 0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:15.740 godly leaders. Which is why then the people accepted their 0:34:15.739 --> 0:34:17.420 appointment from Lenny. 0:34:17.420 --> 0:34:20.960 This question Mark six details the miracle of the feeding 0:34:20.960 --> 0:34:23.210 of the 5000. And there's so much to this story, 0:34:23.210 --> 0:34:27.230 but I'm stuck on geography. After the feeding, Jesus tells 0:34:27.230 --> 0:34:29.089 the disciples to get into the boat and go to 0:34:29.090 --> 0:34:32.390 the other side, but to Bethsaida. And then we have 0:34:32.390 --> 0:34:34.520 the miracle of Jesus walking on the water when he 0:34:34.520 --> 0:34:37.700 notices the disciples are in a storm on Galilee, the 0:34:37.700 --> 0:34:42.530 disciples and Jesus land in Gennesaret, south of Bethsaida and Capernaum. 0:34:42.530 --> 0:34:44.720 So that's the end of Mark six. Can you please 0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:46.070 help me here? Yeah. 0:34:46.070 --> 0:34:48.050 We're told the story of the feeding of the 5000 0:34:48.050 --> 0:34:51.560 took place on a mountainside in a remote area, and 0:34:51.560 --> 0:34:54.710 the key to what happens geographically follows the feeding of 0:34:54.710 --> 0:34:57.770 the 5000. And that happens to be that mark 645, 0:34:57.770 --> 0:35:00.140 where it says, Jesus made the disciples get into the 0:35:00.140 --> 0:35:02.990 boat and go on ahead of them to the other side, 0:35:02.989 --> 0:35:05.720 to Bethsaida. Now, at first it sounds like they must 0:35:05.719 --> 0:35:08.180 be on the west side of the lake, and then 0:35:08.180 --> 0:35:10.250 go to the east side to Bethsaida. And that's why 0:35:10.280 --> 0:35:13.580 Christian tradition has placed the miracle on the west side 0:35:13.580 --> 0:35:16.880 at a place called Tabgha. But that spot isn't correct. 0:35:16.880 --> 0:35:20.390 And here's why. Mark uses two different Greek prepositions in 0:35:20.390 --> 0:35:24.049 verse 45. The first is to the other side. The 0:35:24.050 --> 0:35:27.650 preposition there is ice, which, when used with verbs of motion, 0:35:27.650 --> 0:35:31.460 indicates entrance into a place or direction toward a place. 0:35:31.460 --> 0:35:34.190 In essence, the first phrase is where Jesus is telling 0:35:34.190 --> 0:35:37.790 the disciples their ultimate destination. They're to head to the 0:35:37.790 --> 0:35:40.850 other side of the lake. Presumably, I think he's telling 0:35:40.850 --> 0:35:43.189 them to head back across the lake from the east 0:35:43.190 --> 0:35:47.300 side toward Capernaum. The second Greek phrase Mark uses is 0:35:47.300 --> 0:35:51.620 to Bethsaida. Here he uses a different preposition pross. This 0:35:51.620 --> 0:35:53.960 has the idea of toward or add, or up to. 0:35:53.960 --> 0:35:58.310 In this case, the phrase is denoting direction, not final destination. 0:35:58.310 --> 0:36:01.009 They're to head to the other side by way of 0:36:01.010 --> 0:36:04.460 or by heading in the direction of Bethsaida. In other words, 0:36:04.460 --> 0:36:08.180 Jesus is using his his divine GPS and telling them to. 0:36:08.310 --> 0:36:10.920 Hug the northern edge of the lake by rowing toward 0:36:10.920 --> 0:36:13.919 Bethsaida as they head to the western side, rather than 0:36:13.920 --> 0:36:16.500 trying to take a shortcut right across the lake, and 0:36:16.500 --> 0:36:19.440 the wisdom of his instructions becomes apparent when they get 0:36:19.440 --> 0:36:21.660 caught in a windstorm that took the boat into the 0:36:21.660 --> 0:36:23.850 middle of the lake. So the miracle happened on the 0:36:23.850 --> 0:36:26.550 eastern side of the lake on the Golan Heights area. 0:36:26.700 --> 0:36:28.350 The storm was as they were trying to go to 0:36:28.350 --> 0:36:30.300 the other side to Capernaum. 0:36:30.300 --> 0:36:33.330 Well, that's a great set of questions today, and I'm 0:36:33.330 --> 0:36:36.089 always challenged as I hear from listeners. Maybe you'd like 0:36:36.090 --> 0:36:37.920 to get a question to us. You can email us 0:36:37.920 --> 0:36:43.320 at the land and the book@moody.edu. Charlie's devotional is next, 0:36:43.320 --> 0:36:58.730 right here on the land and the book. You and 0:36:58.730 --> 0:37:01.310 I live in a world where holidays are celebrated, most 0:37:01.310 --> 0:37:05.330 of them joyous occasions, but in some instances not so much. 0:37:05.360 --> 0:37:09.230 In the Land of Israel, we're approaching Holocaust Remembrance Day. 0:37:09.260 --> 0:37:11.690 This is the land in the book. I'm Jon Jaeger. 0:37:11.690 --> 0:37:14.210 Our host, Doctor Charlie Dyer, is about to take us 0:37:14.210 --> 0:37:16.460 to a devotional based on the Book of Lamentations that 0:37:16.460 --> 0:37:20.240 has everything to do with Yom Hashoah. Charlie. I'm looking 0:37:20.239 --> 0:37:20.989 forward to that. 0:37:21.080 --> 0:37:22.040 Oh, thanks, Jon. 0:37:22.040 --> 0:37:23.810 And before we get to it, let me point us 0:37:23.810 --> 0:37:25.880 to this quick thought from somebody who has traveled to 0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:28.009 the Holy Land and wanted to share this with you 0:37:28.010 --> 0:37:28.640 and me. 0:37:32.820 --> 0:37:35.460 My family was very blessed to be able to travel 0:37:35.460 --> 0:37:39.150 to Israel. People often ask, what was your favorite part 0:37:39.150 --> 0:37:41.970 of Israel? What was your favorite place? I think that's 0:37:41.969 --> 0:37:45.660 almost an unanswerable question because I would say all of it. 0:37:45.660 --> 0:37:48.419 But the thing that probably stood out more than anything 0:37:48.450 --> 0:37:52.080 to me was the Jezreel Valley. I grew up on 0:37:52.080 --> 0:37:55.890 a multigenerational farm. We still live rurally, so it was 0:37:55.890 --> 0:37:59.130 such a blessing to see that beautiful farmland. It truly 0:37:59.130 --> 0:38:02.339 was a land flowing with milk and honey. We were 0:38:02.340 --> 0:38:05.880 there basically at the grain harvest and other crops were 0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:11.010 being planted, and it really made me realize that with water, 0:38:11.460 --> 0:38:15.690 the desert can bloom. And also, I liked that area 0:38:15.690 --> 0:38:19.350 because of all the history around it. On Mount Carmel 0:38:19.380 --> 0:38:24.270 on one side, Mount Tabor, Mount Gilboa, and of course, Megiddo. 0:38:24.480 --> 0:38:29.940 So it was very meaningful. Uh, after we've returned, I've 0:38:29.940 --> 0:38:33.660 thought about Israel almost every day. It seems like what 0:38:33.660 --> 0:38:37.620 I've realized is that it's not just the land that's 0:38:37.620 --> 0:38:41.580 so important. It's the person. It's Jesus. That's what made 0:38:41.580 --> 0:38:42.839 it so special. 0:38:44.370 --> 0:38:47.550 Holocaust Remembrance Day has to be a sobering thing to 0:38:47.550 --> 0:38:50.310 be over there at that time. I know you've been there, Charlie, 0:38:50.310 --> 0:38:52.469 when it unfolds, but what do you got for us 0:38:52.469 --> 0:38:54.450 today from the Book of Lamentations? 0:38:54.450 --> 0:38:57.780 Well, John, it is a sobering time, and today's devotional 0:38:57.780 --> 0:39:01.200 takes us to a community bordering the Gaza Strip. It's 0:39:01.200 --> 0:39:04.200 been seven months since the rampage against those who lived here, 0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:07.440 but scars from the horrors of October 7th still mar 0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:11.279 the landscape. The physical destruction. The houses, fences and other 0:39:11.280 --> 0:39:15.839 buildings are being repaired, but the emotional devastation won't go 0:39:15.840 --> 0:39:20.040 away so easily. Memories of loved ones brutally murdered, disturbing 0:39:20.040 --> 0:39:23.759 nightmares still haunting those who face such evil up close 0:39:23.760 --> 0:39:28.230 and personal. Such horrors can't simply be wished away. As 0:39:28.230 --> 0:39:31.410 we stand here, we feel so inadequate. What can we 0:39:31.410 --> 0:39:34.170 say or do to bring comfort, peace and hope to 0:39:34.170 --> 0:39:37.589 those who experienced such evil? And then we realize that 0:39:37.590 --> 0:39:40.230 this is but a small sample of the horror of 0:39:40.230 --> 0:39:44.070 the Holocaust, which took place just eight decades ago. Instead 0:39:44.070 --> 0:39:49.110 of 1200 people massacred, 6 million were slaughtered there. Crime, 0:39:49.110 --> 0:39:53.700 in both cases, simply being Jewish. This coming week is 0:39:53.700 --> 0:39:57.690 Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day, and it takes on special 0:39:57.690 --> 0:40:00.569 significance in light of the events of last fall. I 0:40:00.570 --> 0:40:02.759 need to be careful here. As we look at the 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:06.450 destroyed homes along Gaza's border, it's easy to highlight the 0:40:06.450 --> 0:40:10.320 recent tragedy in a way that minimizes the Holocaust itself. 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:13.200 And we must never do that. Yom Hashoah is a 0:40:13.200 --> 0:40:15.899 day to remember the horror inflicted on the Jewish people 0:40:15.900 --> 0:40:19.230 by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, but I do see 0:40:19.260 --> 0:40:24.390 two disturbing comparisons. First, the pure hatred and anti-Semitism displayed 0:40:24.390 --> 0:40:28.290 by Hitler is still around. The human heart isn't evolving 0:40:28.290 --> 0:40:31.560 in the progress of civilization. It's just as wicked and 0:40:31.560 --> 0:40:34.020 depraved as ever. We just try to do a better 0:40:34.020 --> 0:40:37.200 job of hiding it until events like we just experienced 0:40:37.200 --> 0:40:40.650 come along to remind us that, as Jeremiah wrote, the 0:40:40.650 --> 0:40:44.279 heart is more deceitful than all else and desperately sick. 0:40:44.310 --> 0:40:47.850 And second, I see a similar level of apathy. No, actually, 0:40:47.850 --> 0:40:51.360 animosity might be a better description between the rest of 0:40:51.360 --> 0:40:53.910 the world and the Jewish people, both during World War 0:40:53.910 --> 0:40:56.670 Two and today. The world could have acted to help 0:40:56.670 --> 0:40:59.609 save the Jewish people during the time of Hitler, but 0:40:59.610 --> 0:41:02.460 most simply chose not to do so. A thankfully, there 0:41:02.460 --> 0:41:06.540 were some noble exceptions, but the number was surprisingly small. 0:41:06.540 --> 0:41:09.509 And when Israel rose to defend itself following the October 0:41:09.510 --> 0:41:13.830 7th attack, the rise in anti-Semitism was shocking, and the 0:41:13.830 --> 0:41:17.880 number who rose to publicly demonstrate support was far less 0:41:17.880 --> 0:41:21.390 than we should have expected. Was it apathy or fear, 0:41:21.390 --> 0:41:26.130 or a quiet animosity that kept so many silent? I 0:41:26.130 --> 0:41:28.830 quoted earlier from Jeremiah 17, and I seem to be 0:41:28.830 --> 0:41:31.739 naturally drawn to this weeping prophet, as I think about 0:41:31.739 --> 0:41:35.160 Yom Hashoah and the recent events in Israel. In the 0:41:35.160 --> 0:41:38.310 Book of Lamentations, Jeremiah pours out his heart in sorrow 0:41:38.310 --> 0:41:42.060 over the destruction the people of Judah experienced in his day. 0:41:42.060 --> 0:41:45.930 Three times in Lamentations one, Jeremiah describes a city in 0:41:45.930 --> 0:41:49.739 turmoil with no one nearby to provide comfort. He finally 0:41:49.739 --> 0:41:52.710 says in verse 16, this is why I weep and 0:41:52.710 --> 0:41:56.220 my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to 0:41:56.219 --> 0:42:00.840 comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. One chapter later, 0:42:00.840 --> 0:42:06.029 Jeremiah again describes his overflowing sorrow. My eyes fail from weeping. 0:42:06.030 --> 0:42:09.029 I'm in torment within. My heart is poured out on 0:42:09.030 --> 0:42:12.570 the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and 0:42:12.570 --> 0:42:15.660 infants faint in the streets of the city. And then, 0:42:15.660 --> 0:42:19.680 he adds, as their lives ebb away in their mother's arms, 0:42:20.010 --> 0:42:22.799 Jeremiah wept when he thought of the children who died 0:42:22.800 --> 0:42:26.430 of starvation during the struggle in his day. Imagine how 0:42:26.430 --> 0:42:28.560 he would have felt had he been around during World 0:42:28.560 --> 0:42:31.649 War two, when one and a half. Million children were 0:42:31.650 --> 0:42:34.560 brutally murdered. How did you feel when you heard the 0:42:34.560 --> 0:42:39.450 reports of children beheaded, dismembered and burned almost beyond recognition 0:42:39.450 --> 0:42:42.330 just a few months ago? Pause for a second and 0:42:42.330 --> 0:42:45.959 look around. This agricultural area bordering the Gaza Strip seems 0:42:45.960 --> 0:42:49.050 so peaceful now. Listen carefully and you can hear birds 0:42:49.050 --> 0:42:52.170 chirping in the distance, competing with the thump thumping of 0:42:52.170 --> 0:42:55.590 a tractor ploughing in a nearby field. In fact, if 0:42:55.590 --> 0:42:58.200 we're not careful, we can almost forget the evil that 0:42:58.200 --> 0:43:01.680 flooded through this place just a few months ago. And 0:43:01.680 --> 0:43:03.390 that brings me back to the message I want us 0:43:03.390 --> 0:43:05.580 to focus on as we head home in time to 0:43:05.580 --> 0:43:09.660 remember Yom Hashoah. First, how do we keep the memory 0:43:09.660 --> 0:43:13.860 of what happened alive without allowing it to overwhelm us emotionally? 0:43:14.010 --> 0:43:16.920 And second, what can we do as a result to 0:43:16.920 --> 0:43:19.740 find a way to bring good out of such evil? 0:43:19.980 --> 0:43:22.170 I turn again to Jeremiah to find the answer to 0:43:22.170 --> 0:43:26.430 my first question and Lamentations three. Jeremiah begins by describing 0:43:26.430 --> 0:43:30.300 his affliction and bitterness. He feels helpless and hopeless and says, 0:43:30.300 --> 0:43:33.750 my soul is downcast within me. But then, in the 0:43:33.750 --> 0:43:37.140 midst of the darkness comes a shining beacon of brightness. 0:43:37.140 --> 0:43:40.410 Yet this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. 0:43:40.410 --> 0:43:43.260 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, 0:43:43.260 --> 0:43:46.860 for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning. 0:43:46.860 --> 0:43:52.140 Great is your faithfulness. Just like the manna in the wilderness, 0:43:52.140 --> 0:43:56.910 Jeremiah remembered that God's loyal love, his hesed, his compassion 0:43:56.910 --> 0:44:00.450 hadn't ceased. There was a fresh supply every morning, and 0:44:00.450 --> 0:44:03.240 that's when he blurts out the discovery that kept him going. 0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:08.100 Great is your faithfulness. The world around us and the 0:44:08.100 --> 0:44:11.219 people in it can prove to be horribly unfaithful. And 0:44:11.219 --> 0:44:13.230 to the extent we place our trust in them, we 0:44:13.230 --> 0:44:18.360 will experience heartache and disappointment. But God always remains faithful. 0:44:18.360 --> 0:44:21.570 It's a matter of where we choose to place our focus. 0:44:21.960 --> 0:44:24.390 And that leads to the second question what can we 0:44:24.390 --> 0:44:26.879 do to bring good out of such evil? Whether it's 0:44:26.880 --> 0:44:30.390 the Holocaust or the events of October 7th, or for 0:44:30.390 --> 0:44:32.400 that matter, what can we do to bring good out 0:44:32.400 --> 0:44:35.759 of evil when it surfaces in our own community? Let 0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:39.299 me end with four practical suggestions to take us up 0:44:39.300 --> 0:44:43.050 and out, from despondency to determination, to move us from 0:44:43.050 --> 0:44:47.310 words to deeds. First pray up. And by that I 0:44:47.310 --> 0:44:49.469 mean the first place to go when confronted by things 0:44:49.469 --> 0:44:53.010 that are disturbing and upsetting is to the Lord in prayer. 0:44:53.010 --> 0:44:56.460 When Nehemiah heard that Jerusalem's walls were still broken down 0:44:56.460 --> 0:44:59.400 and that its people were in great trouble and disgrace, 0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:02.310 his response is a good model for us to follow. 0:45:02.340 --> 0:45:05.580 I set down and wept. For some days. I mourned 0:45:05.580 --> 0:45:09.570 and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 0:45:09.570 --> 0:45:15.710 was emotionally distraught, but he remembered to pray. Second stand up. 0:45:15.710 --> 0:45:18.230 Going to God in prayer is the best first step, 0:45:18.230 --> 0:45:20.600 but sometimes it needs to be followed by taking a 0:45:20.600 --> 0:45:23.719 stand for what is right. When the king asked Nehemiah 0:45:23.719 --> 0:45:26.990 why he was troubled, Nehemiah's response is a good model 0:45:26.989 --> 0:45:30.169 for us. I was very much afraid. But I said 0:45:30.170 --> 0:45:33.110 to the king, and then what follows leads to his 0:45:33.110 --> 0:45:36.500 request to be allowed to go and rebuild Jerusalem's walls. 0:45:36.500 --> 0:45:39.620 There are times when doing what's right forces us out 0:45:39.620 --> 0:45:44.760 of our comfort zone. Don't be afraid to take a stand. Third, 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:48.180 speak out. Let your voice be heard. When it comes 0:45:48.180 --> 0:45:51.779 to the growing tide of anti-Semitism, raise your voice in 0:45:51.780 --> 0:45:54.870 support of Israel and the Jewish people in our country. 0:45:54.900 --> 0:45:58.170 We're blessed with the opportunity to write, call, or email 0:45:58.170 --> 0:46:02.010 our local, state, and national leaders to share our concerns. 0:46:02.010 --> 0:46:04.440 If you're afraid, first write out what you want to 0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:06.990 say and be sure to speak the truth in love, 0:46:06.989 --> 0:46:11.939 but with respect. Voice your feelings and concerns and finally, 0:46:11.940 --> 0:46:16.380 reach out. Do something practical to demonstrate your love, care 0:46:16.380 --> 0:46:20.160 and concern. Attend an event demonstrating your support for Israel 0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:24.630 and your opposition to anti-Semitism. Donate to an organization seeking 0:46:24.630 --> 0:46:27.629 to make a practical difference in the Middle East. No 0:46:27.630 --> 0:46:31.319 one can do everything, but everyone can do something. Just 0:46:31.320 --> 0:46:36.150 remember up and out, pray up, stand up, then speak 0:46:36.150 --> 0:46:40.469 out and reach out. Do your part to make a difference. 0:46:40.830 --> 0:46:43.200 Boy, what a great way to end today's program. Thank 0:46:43.200 --> 0:46:46.050 you Charlie, time is gone, but we thank you for 0:46:46.050 --> 0:46:48.509 staying with us and hope you'll be back next week 0:46:48.510 --> 0:46:50.969 for another edition of The Land and the book, a 0:46:50.969 --> 0:46:54.870 production of Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody Bible Institute.