REBECCA LAMB WEISS: HEY GUYS, IN TODAY'S EPISODE
OF THEREBECCA WEISS PODCAST,
I SIT DOWN WITH MY FAMILY
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE MONTH OF ELUL.
THIS IS A 40-DAY PERIOD LEADING UP TO
THE HIGH HOLIDAYS OF ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR.
IT'S A TIME OF REPENTANCE AND TURNING BACK
TO OUR FIRST LOVE, YESHUA.
HEY GUYS, WELCOME TO THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST.
TODAY, I AM JOINED WITH MY FAMILY,
THE WEISS FAMILY IN FULL FORCE.
WE'VE GOT MYLES WEISS, KATHARINE WEISS,
JONATHAN WEISS.
THE OG WEISS FAM, WE LIKE TO CALL THEM.
AND, GUYS, I THINK AT THIS POINT
EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE BECOME A FAN FAVORITE
ON THE PODCAST.
SO TODAY, WE'RE GONNA JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELUL.
JONATHAN: ELUL.
THIS IS THE TIME PRECEDING THE HIGH HOLIDAYS
THAT HAPPENED IN THE FALL,
ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ELUL,
BUT, MYLES, YOU AND I, WE BOTH LOVE THIS TIME
AND WE LOVE ALL THE TEACHING THAT COMES WITH IT.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST PASS THE BATON TO YOU,
AND YOU CAN JUST START US OFF.
WELL, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ELUL,
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
IN GENESIS 114, WHEN GOD PUT LIGHTS IN THE SKY
FOR THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS,
WE THINK OF THAT WITH OUR WESTERN MIND.
AS YOU KNOW, SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, FALL.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S -
THAT WORD SEASONS MEANS MOADIM IN HEBREW,
AND IT'S AN APPOINTED TIME.
IT'S A TIME AND A SEASON, A TIME TO MEET WITH ME
IS WHAT HE'S SAYING IN THAT CREATION WORD.
IN GENESIS 1 HE'S SAYING,
I'M SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN TIMES TO MEET WITH ME.
AND SO THEN HE DOES THAT BY SETTING UP
THE SEVEN FEASTS OF THE LORD.
THEY'RE NOT THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS,
WHICH IS WHAT I WAS RAISED WITH,
THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
THEY'RE THE FEASTS OF THE LORD.
THEY'RE HIS BECAUSE HE'S CALLING HIS PEOPLE
TO MEET WITH HIM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW ELUL HAS
A BRIDAL MESSAGE TO IT THAT WE'LL GET INTO,
BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE HE'S SAYING,
I WANT TO - I WANT TO HAVE A DATE NIGHT.
I WANT TO HAVE A TIME AWAY.
I WANT YOU TO MEET WITH ME.
AND THE SEVEN FEASTS ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY GIVE US THE SENSE OF HOW THE GOSPEL
MOVES THROUGH THE EARTH.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEAST IS PASSOVER,
CRUCIFIXION.
AND THEN UNLEAVENED BREAD IS ONLY THE SINLESS ONE
WHO COULD GO INTO THE GRAVE AND RETURN,
COME OUT ON FIRSTFRUITS.
THOSE ARE THE FIRST THREE.
FIFTY DAYS LATER,
WHAT WE CALL IN THE CHURCH PENTECOST IS SHAVUOT,
OR THE FEAST OF WEEKS.
AND THEN AFTER THE SUMMER, ARE THE FALL FEASTS.
WE HAVE ROSH HASHANAH, WHICH IS THE DAY
OF BLOWING THE TRUMPETS.
AND TEN DAYS LATER,
WHICH YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, THE TEN DAYS OF AWE,
THE YOM KIPPUR, THE JUDGMENT.
REBECCA: YEAH.
AND THEN FINALLY FIVE DAYS AFTER THAT IS SUKKOT,
WHICH IS THE TABERNACLES,
OR A PICTURE REALLY OF WHEN GOD
WILL TABERNACLE WITH US.
AND THOSE THREE THAT YOU JUST LISTED,
THE LAST THREE, THOSE ARE THE ONES
THAT JESUS HASN'T FULFILLED.
MYLES: CORRECT.
WHICH IS SO COOL, RIGHT?
YEAH, YEAH.
IN HISTORY -
WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE
HE'S ALREADY DONE THE FIRST, RIGHT?
AND SO WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO THE NEXT THREE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THESE FEASTS
AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THEM,
BECAUSE HE'S COMING AGAIN.
IT SPEAKS TO HIS RETURN.
AND WHAT I LOVE IS I THINK SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT -
I FORGOT WHO IT WAS, BUT THEY SAID THAT IN THE HEBREW,
THAT WORD FOR THE APPOINTED TIMES,
IT ALSO CAN KIND OF MEAN LIKE A DRESS REHEARSAL.
IT'S A PRACTICE.
YES. MIQRA IS THE WORD.
- FOR WHAT'S TO COME.
YEAH.
SO SUPER QUICKLY,
HOW WILL HE FULFILL THOSE LAST THREE?
YEAH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE I HAVE
DEFINITIVE ANSWERS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION,
BUT BASED ON SCRIPTURE, IT SEEMS LIKE
BASED ON THE WAY HE HAS FULFILLED
THE FIRST FOUR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH PASSOVER,
THEN SHAVUOUT, POURING OUT HIS SPIRIT
TO START THE MESSIANIC COMMUNITY,
WHICH WE NOW CALL THE CHURCH.
AND THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES TOGETHER.
RIGHT.
AND SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE
THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET,
WHICH WE SEE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THESSALONIANS AND ELSEWHERE,
WHERE WE WILL SEE - WE WILL SEE HIM APPEAR.
SO HE SHOULD, ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN,
APPEAR ON ROSH HASHANAH.
AND THEN TEN DAYS LATER,
AFTER THAT TIME OF THE DAYS OF AWE
WILL JUDGE THE EARTH.
AND HE WILL SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF.
HE WILL SEPARATE THE SHEEP NATIONS FROM THE GOAT NATIONS.
AND THEN FIVE DAYS LATER WE'LL SEE
WHAT A DAY IS AT THE TIME,
BUT FIVE DAYS LATER,
SO THE FULFILLMENT WILL BE TABERNACLES,
SUKKOT, WHICH IS TENTS,
WHICH IS WHEN HE WILL TABERNACLE WITH MEN.
AND IT SAYS IN SCRIPTURE, TOO,
THAT ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME TO ISRAEL.
THAT'S THE POINT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ZECHARIAH PROMISES AND WARNS.
HE SAYS TO THE NATIONS,
YOU BETTER GET THIS RIGHT ABOUT ISRAEL,
BECAUSE GUESS WHAT?
WHEN HE SETS UP HIS KINGDOM,
ALL NATIONS WILL COME UP TO KEEP
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL NOT HAVE RAIN ON YOUR LAND.
IT'S A PRETTY STRONG WORD.
AND I PERSONALLY LOVE TABERNACLES
BECAUSE I'M A NATURIST AND I LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE.
IN TABERNACLES, WE CELEBRATED SUKKOT
BY LIKE BUILDING A SHELTER OUTSIDE,
A NONPERMANENT DWELLING SHELTER.
SO FOR ME, IT'S FUN TO THINK LIKE THAT'S THE ONE
THAT WE GET TO GO AND COMMUNE WITH JESUS IN ISRAEL.
AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS,
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE
IS REVELATIONS 22 AND IT SAYS,
BEHOLD, GOD HAS TABERNACLED WITH MAN.
EVENTUALLY WE WILL BE WITH GOD FOREVER IN PERFECTION.
AND EVERYTHING IS LEADING UP AND POINTING TO THAT DAY.
AND SO WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY GLORIOUS
TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
AND SO IT GIVES US A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT PREPARED, NOT READY,
THE TIME OF ELUL IS THE TIME TO TURN BACK.
THAT'S REALLY PERFECTLY SAID,
BECAUSE THIS MONTH OF ELUL PRECEDES ROSH HASHANAH,
PRECEDES THAT TRUMPET BLOWING,
AND IT IS A TIME FOR SELF-REFLECTION.
IT'S A TIME FOR REPENTANCE.
IT'S A TIME OF, WE SAY IN HEBREW, TESHUVAH,
OR RETURNING.
GOD SAYS OVER AND OVER IN THE SCRIPTURES,
HE SAYS TO ISRAEL,
RETURN TO ME, AND I WILL BLESS YOU.
RETURN TO ME.
AND HE'S BEEN SO FAITHFUL,
SO INCREDIBLY MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL,
THAT IN SPITE OF ALL THE WANDERINGS IN OUR HEARTS
AND IN OUR ACTIONS,
HE CONTINUALLY DRAWS US BACK TO HIM.
IN FACT, THE GREATEST SIGN OF THAT
IS THE REESTABLISHING OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL.
BEFORE THEY RETURN TO HIM.
BEFORE WE EVEN COME BACK TO HIM.
HE BROUGHT US BACK IN OUR UNSAVED CONDITION,
IN OUR UNHOLY CONDITION.
HE'S SO MERCIFUL.
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO PLANT YOU IN THE LAND,
NEVER TO BE UPROOTED AGAIN.
THAT'S AMOS 9:15.
AND HE SAID IN EZEKIEL 36 AND 37
THAT I'M GOING TO DO THIS BEFORE YOU'RE READY.
I'M GOING TO BRING YOU BACK.
AND WHAT A SIGN FOR BELIEVERS THAT ARE
WATCHING YOUR PODCAST TO REALIZE
THAT IF GOD CAN DO THAT WITH THIS NATION
THAT'S BEEN SCATTERED FOR 2,000 YEARS,
IF HE CAN DRAW US BACK,
THEN WHAT WORD OVER YOUR LIFE CAN HE NOT FULFILL?
HE FULFILLS THOSE BIG WORDS SO THAT
WE UNDERSTAND HE CAN FULFILL THE WORDS OVER OUR LIVES.
BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE THAT - I DON'T WANT TO SKIP OVER
THAT PART OF ELUL OF THE TURNING,
BECAUSE I'VE TOLD THIS TO REBECCA
EVEN BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED, LIKE WHEN WE WERE DATING.
IT'S LIKE EVER SINCE I CAME BACK TO THE LORD,
DURING THIS SEASON OF TIME,
GOD WILL HIGHLIGHT THINGS TO ME
THAT I EITHER NEED TO ADD TO MY LIFE,
OR CHANGE OR TWEAK OR REPENT FROM.
AND IT'S LIKE CLOCKWORK BECAUSE HE DOES SOMETHING
OR GIVES ME A FRESH WORD FOR THE YEAR, EVERY YEAR.
AND SO I GET SO EXCITED DURING THIS TIME,
BECAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM,
JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING,
IT'S AN APPOINTED TIME.
IT'S A VISITATION.
IT'S A DATE NIGHT WITH THE LORD.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS REVELATION
THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO MY LIFE,
AND THEREFORE OUR LIFE.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT IS THERE'S A
PERSONAL APPLICATION TO IT,
WHERE GOD IS CALLING US INDIVIDUALLY
TO TURN OUR HEARTS TO HIM.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A NATION APPLICATION,
BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ELUL,
THE TIME IS 40 DAYS.
WELL, THE TIMING OF ELUL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
GOES OFF OF WHEN MOSES GOES UP ON MOUNT SINAI
AND HE GETS THESE TABLETS,
THIS REVELATION FROM THE LORD, COMES DOWN,
AND HE COMES DOWN TO THE ISRAELITES
COMMITTING IDOLATRY WITH THE GOLDEN CALF.
NATIONAL SIN.
YEAH.
AND MOSES SMASHES THE TABLETS,
CONFRONTS THE ISRAELITES,
AND GOES BACK UP TO MOUNT SINAI AND REPENTS FOR THE NATION.
COMES BACK DOWN AND ON THE -
YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF THIS IS WRONG,
COMES BACK DOWN,
AND THEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF ELUL,
GOD CALLS MOSES BACK UP,
GIVES HIM THE REVELATION OF TORAH,
AND GIVES HIM A SECOND SET OF TABLETS, THE LAW.
AND THE 40 DAYS
FROM THE FIRST OF ELUL TO YOM KIPPUR,
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,
IS THE SAME 40 DAYS OF MOSES GOING UP AND COMING DOWN.
AND SO THERE'S THIS SWEET CONNECTION,
BUT IT'S REALLY BASED AROUND -
IT'S A LOVE STORY.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THE THINK ABOUT THE INVITATION
THAT GOD GIVES TO US, NOT ONLY NATIONALLY.
AND AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS WITH YOU GUYS,
I WAS THINKING, TALK ABOUT A TIME OF ELUL
FOR AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
WHEN I WAS PREPARING.
IT'S LIKE IF WE'VE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS
WHERE WE NEED TO HUMBLE OURSELVES AND BEG,
PRAY, ASK FOR MERCY, BECAUSE ELUL IS THE TIME -
IT'S CALLED SELICHOT,
WHICH IS BEGGING FOR MERCY,
ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS, BEING REALLY, REALLY,
GENUINE ABOUT, GOD, IF YOU DON'T,
IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE DONE.
WE CANNOT MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE 40 DAYS LEADING UP
TO THE HOLIDAYS,
AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO
WE HAVE THIS ELECTION AND WHERE WE ARE IN AMERICA
RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY PARALLELS
THIS NEED FOR US TO HUMBLE OURSELVES AND FIND
THE WILL OF GOD FOR THE FUTURE.
INTERCEDE FOR OUR NATION AND PRAY FOR OUR NATION
AND THE NEXT GENERATION.
IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU SAID THAT, JONATHAN,
BECAUSE YOU REALLY EMBRACED THE FEASTS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAME BACK TO THE LORD.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO JUST BECOME JEWISH.
WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU TO DO THESE THINGS
MYLES: YOU'RE JEWISH ALREADY.
TO BECOME JEWISH.
WE'RE TELLING YOU TO EMBRACE GOD'S TIMELINE
BECAUSE HE HAS A DIVINE APPOINTMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S FOR ALL BELIEVERS.
EXACTLY.
THE FEASTS ARE NOT AN OBLIGATION,
THEY'RE AN INVITATION.
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
IT'S NOT THAT WE KEEP THEM IN ORDER TO BE SAVED,
IT'S THAT WE GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM.
AND WE GET TO LEARN FROM THEM,
AND WE GET TO LEARN THESE REALLY COOL INSIGHTS
ABOUT HOW GOD IS WORKING WITH THE BELIEVERS
IN THE EARTH.
AND WHAT'S SO COOL TOO, IS IT MAKES IT SO THAT
YOU DON'T THINK OF LIKE GOD AS THIS OLD TESTAMENT GOD
THAT WAS DOING THOSE THINGS ONLY THEN.
BUT HE'S INTERACTING WITH US ALL THROUGH TIME
AND THEN NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CALENDAR
AND GOD'S APPOINTED TIMES.
LIKE I SAID A SECOND AGO, IT'S A FRESH WORD,
FRESH REVELATION THAT COMES EVERY YEAR IN THAT TIME,
OR IN THAT PORTAL TO HEAVEN THAT OPENS UP.
THAT'S GOOD.
AND EVEN THE WAY WE GREET EACH OTHER ON THE HOLIDAYS,
WE SAY, CHAG SAMEACH, HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
WELL, CHAG IS ALSO THE HEBREW WORD FOR CIRCLE.
AND SO GOD DID IT BACK THEN.
BUT GUESS WHAT?
HE'S DOING IT AGAIN, PERSONALLY,
INDIVIDUALLY AND NATIONALLY
WITH THE EARTH.
HE'S STILL REACHING.
HE'S STILL GIVING US THIS REHEARSAL
FOR OUR FUTURE TIME WITH HIM.
AND I LIKE THAT YOU SAID IT'S A LOVE LETTER
BECAUSE IT REALLY -
YOU CAN EXPLAIN, WHAT DOES ELUL STAND FOR?
ANI L'DODI V'DODI LI.
DO IT AGAIN.
SAY THAT AGAIN.
ANI L'DODI V'DODI LI.
MYLES: THAT'S GOOD.
REBECCA: WHICH TRANSLATES TO?
I AM MY BELOVED. MY BELOVED IS MINE.
YEAH.
YAY!
GOOD JOB.
THAT'S TRUE.
AND THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL FOR THE TWO OF YOU,
I KNOW, AND FOR US AS WELL.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HEBREW LETTERS,
ALEPH, LAMED, VAV, LAMED.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IT COMES FROM
THE SONG OF SOLOMON, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 3.
AND IT'S ABOUT THIS, WHAT I CALL, THE LONG LOVE STORY.
YOU SEE, THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR BELIEVERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COME FROM
AND THE ROOTS OF OUR FAITH,
IS BECAUSE JESUS HIMSELF SAID IN MATTHEW 13:52,
HE SAID, A TORAH SCHOLAR,
A BIBLE STUDENT, SCHOOLED BY HEAVEN,
BRINGS FORTH - IS LIKE A HOUSEHOLDER WHO BRINGS FORTH
TREASURES OLD AND NEW.
RIGHT.
AND THIS THING THAT HE'S DOING NOW
IS BRINGING TOGETHER THE JEWISH PEOPLE
AND THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE,
AS WHAT THE MUSLIMS CALL THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK,
WHICH IS WHAT WE BOTH ARE,
AND THAT HE'S SAYING TO BOTH GROUPS,
YOU'VE BEEN SEPARATED LONG ENOUGH.
YOU NEED TO REALIZE YOU HAVE 95% IN COMMON,
AND WE'LL FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO THE MESSIAH IS.
IT'S LIKE WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWING DAVID RUBIN
ON THE MOUNTS IN SHILOH IN ISRAEL ON TELEVISION,
HE SAID, HE'S AN ORTHODOX JEWISH MAN.
HE IS NOT A BELIEVER IN JESUS.
WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.
YOU'VE HAD HIM ON TV.
AND HE RUNS A THERAPY CENTER FOR CHILDREN,
VICTIMS OF TERROR.
AND HE SAID TO ME, MYLES, THEY SAID THIS ON TV,
MYLES, WE'LL BOTH BE ON THE MOUNTAIN LOOKING FOR MESSIAH.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT, I'LL BE LIKE THIS.
AND IF I'M RIGHT, YOU'LL BE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW.
IN OTHER WORDS, IS HE COMING FIRST TIME
OR IS HE COMING AGAIN?
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS.
THAT AN ORTHODOX JEWISH MAN AND A MESSIANIC BELIEVER
CAN HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW,
AND RECOGNIZE WE DON'T AGREE ON MESSIAH,
BUT IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
NOW, I KNOW I'M RIGHT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, HE WILL FIND THAT OUT.
DO YOU SEE?
IT'S LIKE GOD IS BRINGING US BACK TOGETHER
BECAUSE HIS PURPOSE IS JUST AS HE USED
GENTILES IN THE LINEAGE OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
YEAH. WELL, ALL FOUR WOMEN THAT ARE IN
THE LINEAGE OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS WERE GENTILES.
SO YOU SEE, THE BIRTHING OF THE CHURCH
WITH THE ONE NEW MAN
AND THE JEW AND THE GENTILE TOGETHER,
AND JUST LIKE RUTH AND NAOMI, YOU KNOW,
THE BIRTHING OF THAT, OF THAT PROMISE OF REDEMPTION
AND OF THE RESTORATION OF THE CHILD,
SO IS THE CHURCH, AND SO IS THE SECOND COMING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
TAMAR WAS A CANAANITE.
RUTH WAS A MOABITESS.
RAHAB LIVED IN JERICHO.
SHE JOINED ISRAEL AND -
KATHARINE: SMART GIRL. [ LAUGHTER ]
AND BATHSHEBA,
WE BELIEVE WAS WAS BORN JEWISH,
BUT SHE MARRIED URIAH THE HITTITE.
SHE MARRIED OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL.
SO ALL OF THOSE WOMEN ARE IN THE LINEAGE,
THE GENEALOGY OF YESHUA, OF JESUS.
AND HE'S SAYING TO US, IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ETHNICITY.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS ALLEGED DIVERSITY.
IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE ALL SINNERS
WHO NEED TO COME TO A HOLY GOD.
WE NEED TO REPENT AND RECEIVE HIM
AND THEN WE BECOME ONE.
BUT THAT HE HAS AN ORDER, RIGHT?
AND THAT HE HAD - SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS,
AND IT STARTED THERE.
AND THEN HE HE GRAFTED US IN AND HE BROUGHT US INTO
HIS DIVINE PLAN TO BIRTH THIS NEW ORDER,
THIS NEW KINGDOM OF GOD.
AND THAT THIS TIME, THAT WE'RE IN NOW,
HE'S BRINGING FORTH THE KINGDOM TO COME.
MYLES: YEAH.
THROUGH THE ONE NEW MAN.
YEAH.
AND THAT'S PERFECT, BECAUSE JUST AS THE LINEAGE
WAS MADE OF JEW AND GENTILE.
SO THIS NEW THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ONE NEW MAN
OF EPHESIANS 2, JEW AND GENTILE IN MESSIAH,
THAT'S SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE RETURN.
YEAH.
JUST AS HE WAS BIRTHED THIS WAY,
NOW HE'S RETURNING THIS WAY.
WE'RE SETTING UP THE RETURN OF THE KINGDOM.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ELUL,
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S A LOVE LETTER FROM GOD,
AND PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT THE TIME
OF MOUNT SINAI AND GO, HOW IS THAT A LOVE LETTER FROM GOD?
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCENARIO THERE.
GOD REDEEMS THESE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT.
HE'S SAVED THEM.
HE'S TAKEN CARE OF THEM.
HE'S GUIDING THEM THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
HE'S GIVING THEM HIS LAW.
AND AS MOSES SPENT 40 DAYS ON THE MOUNTAIN,
HERE THEY ARE COMING OFF OF ALL OF THIS
INCREDIBLE WORKS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM,
AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
THEY TURN FROM GOD, GO BACK TO THEIR OLD WAYS,
WORSHIPING PAGAN GODS, HAVING A GOLDEN CALF,
MOSES COMES DOWN, HE BREAKS THE TABLETS,
GOES UP AND REPENTS BECAUSE REALLY,
THEY DESERVE TO BE DESTROYED RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
MOSES COMES BACK DOWN AND IN THE LOVE LETTER,
GOD - THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF ELUL -
GOD BECKONS MOSES BACK UP A THIRD TIME
TO MOUNT SINAI, AND HE GIVES MOSES,
HE GIVES MOSES THE TABLETS A SECOND TIME.
AND THAT SHOWS THE MERCY AND THE REDEMPTION OF GOD,
WHERE HE COULD HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM THEM.
HE DIDN'T.
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
AND MOSES COMES BACK DOWN, AND ISRAEL HAS THEIR LAW.
KATHARINE: YEAH.
AND SO THIS JUST SHOWS THAT GOD,
EVEN WHEN NATIONAL SIN IS COMMITTED,
IT SHOWS THAT THE MERCY OF GOD AND THE HEART OF GOD
IS THAT IF WE HUMBLE OURSELVES AND WE REPENT
FROM OUR WAYS, WHICH IS WHAT ELUL IS ALL ABOUT,
HE IS MERCIFUL AND HE FORGIVES US.
AND THAT TIES BACK INTO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MYLES,
WHICH IS WHY IN AMERICA THIS IS A PIVOTAL TIME.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE DISCOURAGED.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP AND LOSE HOPE.
BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE WORD OF GOD,
IF WE HUMBLE OURSELVES AND WE PRAY LIKE IT SAYS
IN THAT SCRIPTURE, HE WILL HEAL THE LAND.
GOD IS MERCIFUL.
AND ONE OF THE VERSES I WANTED TO READ
WAS FROM MICAH 7 BECAUSE IT SAYS,
WHERE IS ANOTHER GOD LIKE YOU WHO PARDONS THE GUILT
OF THE REMNANT OVERLOOKING THE SINS OF A SPECIAL PEOPLE?
YOU WILL NOT STAY ANGRY WITH YOUR PEOPLE FOREVER
BECAUSE YOU DELIGHT IN SHOWING UNFAILING LOVE.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON US.
YOU WILL TRAMPLE OUR SINS UNDER YOUR FEET
AND THROW THEM INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN.
YOU WILL SHOW US YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND UNFAILING LOVE
AS YOU PROMISED TO OUR ANCESTORS,
ABRAHAM AND JACOB LONG AGO.
AND SO THE PROPHET MICAH IS SPEAKING ABOUT
THE MERCY OF GOD.
AND SO ELUL IS A TIME TO SHOW US THAT GOD'S HEART
IS TO GIVE US AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE HIS SECOND COMING.
FOR ALL OF US, JEW AND GENTILE,
TO TURN OUR HEARTS TO HIM,
BOTH PERSONALLY AND AS A NATION.
EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF MOSES, ONE MAN, COULD INTERCEDE
FOR THE ENTIRE NATION OF ISRAEL,
WHAT COULD A REMNANT IN AMERICA DO
IF WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY;
IF WE REALLY SPEND THIS TIME, THIS SEASON,
BETWEEN NOW AND THE DAY OF ATONEMENT,
AND I WOULD SAY BETWEEN NOW AND OUR ELECTION,
REALLY SEEKING HIM AND BEGGING AND ASKING
AND HUMBLING OURSELVES, WE CAN TURN THIS.
WE CAN SAVE THIS NATION FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
AND WHY?
WHY SAVE AMERICA?
BECAUSE AMERICA IS A GREAT EXPERIMENT
BASED IN JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES.
AND IT'S NOT -
IT'S NOT RIGHT OR LEFT.
IT'S NOT THE DONKEY
OR THE ELEPHANT.
IT'S THE SERPENT AND THE LION,
OR THE SERPENT AND THE LAMB.
THE BATTLE RIGHT NOW IS NOT BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT,
OR BLUE AND RED OR CONSERVATIVE
OR LIBERAL OR LEFTIST.
THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN THE SERPENT AND THE LAMB.
KATHARINE: AND THE LAMB.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN TIME, THAT WE ARE IN
A SPIRITUAL BATTLE.
WHAT'S REALLY COOL IS THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS
AND AS WE'RE TEACHING THESE THINGS
AND TALKING ABOUT THEM,
YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE AWAKENING.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN BELIEVERS,
AND THEY'RE AWAKENING TO THE INSANITY OF THE EVIL
THAT'S BEING PERPETRATED.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW YESHUA YET.
AND YET THEY'RE SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE,
SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE,
AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO WAKE UP.
I LIKE WHAT REBECCA WAS PULLING OUT ABOUT
GOING AFTER THE LORD.
AND WHAT HE DOES IS HE GIVES PEOPLE
A SECOND CHANCE ALWAYS.
EVEN WHEN WE BLOW IT TOTALLY.
THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE -
AND I LIKE TO THINK OF THE LAW AS NOT THE LAW,
BUT AS THE WRITINGS OR THE TEACHINGS,
THE INSPIRED FINGER OF GOD.
LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME HE WROTE IT WITH HIS FINGER
ON WHAT WOULD BRING PEOPLE IN DIVINE RELATIONSHIP
AND HELP THEM TO LIVE IN GODLINESS
WITH EACH OTHER.
THOSE TEACHINGS WERE TO GIVE US LIFE.
THEY WEREN'T TO BE A WEIGHT UPON US.
THEY WERE TO GIVE US LIFE AND BOUNDARIES,
AND BOUNDARIES THAT KEPT THE LIFE FLOW
AND THE LOVE FLOW IN A HEALTHY WAY.
AND SO WHEN THEY FAILED, I MEAN,
HE HAD TO GO CHISEL IT OUT.
AND SOMETIMES WE FAIL AND WE'VE GOT TO GO
CHISEL IT OUT.
BUT HE'S STILL MERCIFUL, RIGHT?
WELL, I LIKE THAT YOU SAY SECOND CHANCES.
SOME OF US HAVE HAD A THOUSAND CHANCES.
YEAH.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THE MERCY OF GOD.
RIGHT. RIGHT.
SO ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT,
BUT I GOT TO HIT ON THIS WITH THE LAW
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE AS THE WESTERNERS OR THE GENTILES
CAN KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH HOW WE VIEW THE LAW.
BUT JESUS DIDN'T COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW,
HE CAME TO FULFILL IT.
AMEN.
AND I REMEMBER JACK HAYFORD,
HE SAYS THE LAW IS BASICALLY TO SHOW US A BAR
AND SHOW THAT WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH,
BUT TO KNOW THAT THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST,
BEING THE PERFECT SACRIFICE BY HIS BLOOD,
THE CLEANSING OF HIS BLOOD, WE ARE SAVED.
KATHARINE: RIGHT.
AND THAT AND THAT ALONE IS WHAT SAVES US.
AND SO THE LAW SETS US UP FOR MESSIAH TO COME IN
AND BE THE PERFECT SACRIFICE WHO FULFILLS THE LAW,
AND THEN USHERS IN A GREATER COVENANT FOR US,
THAT THROUGH FAITH WE MAY BELIEVE.
AND SO I JUST LOVE THAT ABOUT GOD.
HE MAKES IT EASY FOR US.
AND LIKE WE SAID IN ELUL,
HE GIVES US TIME TO REPENT.
AND WHAT IT SAYS - I'VE GOTTA READ THIS VERSE IN ISAIAH.
IT SAYS, ISAIAH 55,
IT SAYS, SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND,
CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR.
LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY,
AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS.
LET HIM RETURN TO THE LORD,
THAT HE MAY HAVE COMPASSION ON HIM,
AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.
AND THAT'S WHERE - AND RIGHT AFTER THAT
IS THAT FAMOUS VERSE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS.
FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS,
NEITHER ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, DECLARES THE LORD.
FOR AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH,
SO MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOURS,
AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.
BUT GOD, PUTTING IN SCRIPTURE
COME BACK TO THE LORD WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
SO THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT SAVED.
MAYBE YOU -
MAYBE YOU HAVE BACKSLIDDEN.
MAYBE YOU'VE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD.
AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT GOD HAS PUT IN, IN THESE TIMES AND SEASON,
A TIME, SPECIFICALLY 40 DAYS,
FOR PEOPLE TO REPENT AND TO CHANGE
THE WAY THEY THINK, TO TURN THEIR HEARTS BACK TO GOD.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WHO ARE WATCHING,
MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW
AND YOU'RE FEELING THAT STIRRING AND UNCTIONING
IN YOUR HEART, AND THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND HE'S BECKONING YOU TO COME BACK TO GOD, TO TURN,
BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME, MORE THAN EVER,
FOR THE TIME AND SEASONS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN,
TO TURN YOUR HEART BACK TO GOD.
MYLES, COULD YOU LEAD PEOPLE IN A PRAYER
IF THEY AREN'T SAVED?
SURE. ABSOLUTELY.
HALLELUJAH.
KATHARINE: THANK YOU, LORD.
GOD, WE, THE FOUR OF US SITTING HERE,
WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU.
AND NOW WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE WITH YOU.
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.
AND, GOD, WE PRAY,
I PRAY FOR EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING THIS PODCAST.
WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY,
BECAUSE YOU ARE ON ONE, WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT.
WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY,
THAT TODAY, AS REBECCA SAID,
TODAY WOULD BE THE DAY OF SALVATION.
THAT TODAY YOU WOULD SAY,
JESUS, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE MESSIAH.
YOU ARE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
YOU'RE THE MESSIAH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
AND THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU DIED IN MY PLACE.
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR DEATH, I WOULD DIE.
BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE,
I CAN LIVE FOREVER WITH YOU.
SO TODAY I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
WOULD YOU FORGIVE MY SIN?
I RECOGNIZE I'M A SINNER.
WOULD YOU FORGIVE MY SIN?
AND WOULD YOU DRAW ME TO YOURSELF
AND HELP ME TO WALK WITH YOU?
HELP ME TO KNOW YOU AND HELP ME TO SEE YOU
UNTIL I SEE YOU FACE TO FACE.
I THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME, YESHUA'S NAME.
AMEN.
WELL, THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD PRAYER.
THANK YOU.
AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PRAYED THAT PRAYER,
WE WANT TO SEND YOU SOME FREE RESOURCES.
YOU CAN GO TO DAYSTAR.COM/REBECCA,
AND THERE IS A CONTACT US FORM.
IF YOU FILL THAT OUT AND SAY
I PRAYED THE SALVATION PRAYER,
I WANT THE BOOK OF JOHN,
I WANT THE BOOK,NOW WHAT?
WE WILL SEND THAT TO YOU.
YES, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TURN AS A NATION,
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S A NEAT TIME FOR US
THAT ARE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD
TO GET A FRESH REVELATION
FOR WHAT SEASON HE HAS US GOING INTO,
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS,
YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW,
IT'S PERILOUS AND IT LOOKS VERY DARK, RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT IS DARK, DARK TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.
BUT IN THAT ALL, GOD IS STILL THERE
AND HIS LIGHT TRIUMPHANT.
AND SO WE CAN TURN TO HIM IN ELUL AND RECEIVE
WHATEVER REVELATION IT IS.
AND HE WANTS TO GIVE US SOMETHING FOR US PERSONALLY
AND FOR OUR FAMILIES.
KATHARINE: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
JOINTLY.
WHATEVER SPHERE OF INFLUENCE YOU'RE IN,
HE HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, TAKE THIS TIME TO SEEK HIM,
EVEN IF IT'S JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY
IN HIS PRESENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME AT HOME.
BUT PLUGGING INTO THE SOURCE FOR A FEW MINUTES A DAY
AND JUST SAY, HEY, GOD,
I'M HERE ON THE APPOINTED TIME.
I SAW IT ON THE PODCAST, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME?
AND HE WILL SPEAK TO YOU.
AND WHEN HE SPEAKS TO YOU, TAKE NOTES.
BECAUSE THAT WORD OR WHATEVER THE PROMISE IS
OR THE DECLARATION HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU,
YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S SUCH A GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK, AS YOU WERE SPEAKING THAT,
FOR THOSE WHO DO THAT,
JUST KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO ME
WHILE JONATHAN WAS SPEAKING IS THAT
GOD IS A GOOD FATHER, AND HE LOVES YOU,
AND HE'S SO PROUD OF YOU.
AND WHEN YOU COME TO HIM, HE WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU.
AND HE LOVES PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING INTO THIS STUFF
AND GETTING IN ON HIS TIMING AND HIS CALENDAR.
BECAUSE, SEE, GOD IS WORKING THROUGH THE EARTH.
IT'S JUST FOR US TO GET INTO ALIGNMENT
WITH WHAT HE'S ALREADY DOING.
AND HE HAS SPECIAL STUFF FOR YOU.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP
BACK TO MY MIND THAT THE RABBIS TALK ABOUT THIS
BEING THE SEASON WHEN THE KING LEAVES HIS PALACE.
HE LEAVES HIS CASTLE, HE LEAVES HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE,
AND COMES INTO THE FIELD TO MEET WITH HIS BRIDE,
TO MEET WITH HIS PEOPLE.
EXACTLY, ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME, GOD,
WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO DEPLOY MY ENERGY?
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH MY LIFE?
WHAT'S THE DESTINY THAT'S IN FRONT OF ME?
AND IT'S A PERSONAL MEETING THAT IS
ACTUALLY PICTURED IN THE STORY OF ELUL,
AND THE WAY THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE CELEBRATED IT
ALL THESE CENTURIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT WORD,
BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN GET SO CAUGHT UP WITH
WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE NEED TO BE SOBER AND VIGILANT.
WE NEED TO DO OUR PART IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
BUT OUR HOPE IS IN GOD.
KATHARINE: THAT'S RIGHT.
HE IS OUR FOUNDATION.
HE IS OUR SOURCE.
AND THAT BIBLE VERSE THAT COMES TO ME IS JESUS SAYS,
LOOK UP, FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH.
WE NEED TO LOOK UP TO HIM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I READ IN A DEVO THE OTHER DAY
IS IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS,
YOU NEED TO LOOK UP AND MAGNIFY GOD.
AND WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOCUS OFF OF YOUR PROBLEMS
AND ONTO HIM, ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS
BECOME MUCH SMALLER.
AND YOU REALIZE GOD IS SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN ALL OF THIS,
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID THAT HE HAS
A PERSONAL WORD FOR US IN THIS SEASON.
AND THAT REALLY THE KEY TO THRIVE
IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES,
IS TO TUNE INTO HIM AND PUT
OUR HOPE AND TRUST IN HIM.
AND THAT WAY WE WON'T GROW WEARY,
WE WON'T GROW FAINT, WE WON'T GROW FAINT
WITH TERROR FROM WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD,
BUT, RATHER, WE'LL BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS,
AS IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
AND SO THAT'S A WORD FOR YOU,
TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS IN THESE TIMES,
TO NOT DO IT IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH,
BUT TO TURN TO HIM AND ALLOW HIM TO BE
YOUR SURE FOUNDATION.
THERE'S ONE MORE THING I'VE GOT TO READ,
BECAUSE THIS IS SO COOL, AND IT GOES WITH EXACTLY WHAT -
WHILE YOU PULL THAT UP, I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY -
I ALREADY HAVE IT PULLED UP, BUT YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
WHEN YOU HEAR FROM GOD DURING ELUL, THIS SEASON,
DROP A COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO.
REBECCA: YES.
TELL US WHAT YOU HEARD,
BECAUSE WE WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU
THAT GOD IS STILL SPEAKING.
KATHARINE: ABSOLUTELY.
GO AHEAD, READ YOUR WORD.
OKAY, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS STUDYING,
IS IT SAID THAT THE BOOK OF PSALMS
ARE READ DURING ELUL.
IS THIS CORRECT?
MYLES: YES.
OKAY. I HAD TO CHECK THAT WAS CORRECT.
JONATHAN: EVERYBODY SAYS AFFIRMATIVE.
IT SAYS PSALMS 27 IS ONE OF THE KEY PSALMS
THAT THEY WOULD READ.
AND IT SAYS IN PSALMS 27, VERSE 13, IT SAYS,
I WOULD HAVE LOST HEART UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED
THAT I WOULD SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
AND IT SAYS IN HEBREW THAT WORD,
UNLESS SPELLED BACKWARDS, IS ELUL.
AND BASICALLY IT'S SAYING REPENTANCE IS ONLY
REALLY POSSIBLE IF WE BELIEVE IN THE GOODNESS
AND LOVE OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
KATHARINE: THAT'S SO GOOD.
HOW POWERFUL IS THAT?
IT'S PERFECT BECAUSE THAT PSALM IS READ EVERY DAY
DURING THE MONTH OF ELUL.
PSALM 27.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS,
CHAG SAMEACH, YOU KNOW, HAPPY NEW HOLIDAYS AND STUFF.
THE ONLY REASON, THE ONLY PLACE WE SEE
THE WORD ELUL MENTIONED,
THE MONTH OF ELUL MENTIONED IS IN
THE BOOK OF HAGGAI, WHICH WE SAY HAGGAI.
IN THE BOOK OF HAGGAI, WHICH IS HOW WE SAY IT IN COWBOY
IS HAGGAI, AND IT'S THAT WORD CHAG.
IT'S THAT HOLIDAY,
AND IT'S CONNECTED TO THE WORD ELUL,
AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN HAGGAI,
HAGGAI, CHAPTER 1.
SO GOD IS FORETELLING THAT THIS SEASON
WOULD BE UPON ALL OF US.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I KNOW IT'S TIME
TO WRAP UP, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN ELUL
IS THE BLOWING OF THE SHOFAR
IN PREPARATION TO ROSH HASHANAH.
JONATHAN, CAN YOU?
JONATHAN: I'LL GIVE YOU MY BEST GO AT IT.
IT'S BLOWN EVERY DAY FOR THE 30 DAYS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY?
COULD YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME A BIGGER ONE, REBECCA?
[ BLOWING ]
MYLES: IT'LL COME.
KEEP GOING. YOU'LL GET IT.
REBECCA: IT'S LIKE A DYING RAM.
YOU GOT THIS, BABE.
KATHARINE: DRY YOUR LIPS.
[ BLOWING SHOFAR ]
WELL, THIS IS DEFINITELY MAKING THE BLOOPERS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
CAN SOMEONE GO GET THE BIGGER ONE?
[ BLOWING SHOFAR ]
REBECCA: OH!
THAT'S IT. CUT THAT ONE.
YEAH, IT'S A CALL, RIGHT?
IT'S A CALL BACK TO HIM.
MYLES: SO IT'S BLOWN EVERY DAY IN PREPARATION.
JEWISH INSTRUMENTS.
THAT'S A TINY ONE, RIGHT?
SO THOSE ONES ARE HARDER TO BLOW.
BUT THAT ONE IS COOL BECAUSE -
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'LL GO OUT ON.
IT'S BLOWN EVERY DAY.
WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE SHOFAR IS USED,
FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE HEARD THAT AND THIS IS CULTURAL.
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS.
THE DRUM IS THE SOUND OF EARTH TO HEAVEN.
BUT THE SHOFAR IS THE SOUND OF HEAVEN TO EARTH.
AND SO IT'S USED AS AN ALARM.
IT'S USED TO GATHER THE PEOPLE
AND IT'S USED TO ANNOUNCE THE COMING OF THE KING.
AND SO WHEN WE BLOW IT EVERY DAY,
THERE'S THAT PREPARATION THAT'S GOING.
THE ALARM IS SELF-REFLECTION,
REPENTANCE AND COMING TO GOD.
THE GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE IS, HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE IN THAT SEASON.
AND GUESS WHAT?
THE SEASON OF BLOWING AND ATONEMENT
AND SUKKOT IS COMING.
AND ALSO, THE KING IS COMING SOON.
SO, BEAUTIFUL.
THE SHOFAR IS -- THE SOUNDING OF THE SHOFAR
IS AN AWAKENING.
CORRECT.
IT'S AWAKENING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SLUMBER,
FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD,
AND FOR US WHO ARE IN CHRIST,
IT'S A PREPARATION FOR US.
BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXCITEMENT BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID,
IT'S A CALL FROM HEAVEN TO COME TO EARTH,
SO I LOVE THAT.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT WHEN I WAS
INTERCEDING FOR YOU, JONATHAN,
I WOULD BLOW THE SHOFAR.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING, TOO,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SCRIPTURALLY BACKED OR WHAT,
BUT IT'S LIKE A DECLARATIVE TOOL, TOO.
LIKE, YOU CAN USE IT TO BREAK
OR BRING THINGS INTO FRUITION.
AND IT SEEMED SO FOOLISH TO ME
TO BE STANDING IN YOUR ROOM,
BLOWING THE SHOFAR,
BUT DECLARING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
COME HOME TO THE LORD.
AND HE DID.
AND HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD,
AND THAT'S HOW HE CAME BACK.
A SUPERNATURAL WORK ENCOUNTER,
WHICH I BET YOU, IF WE GO BACK IN TIME
AND LOOK AT WHEN I HAD THAT ENCOUNTER,
IT WAS PROBABLY DURING ELUL.
REBECCA: PROBABLY.
YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT I THINK ABOUT
THE FEAST IS THAT IT HAS SO MUCH TO DO WITH
THE ORGANICNESS OF GOD WANTING TO BRING FAMILY TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY WERE TO KEEP THE FEASTS TOGETHER.
THEY WERE TO GO UP TOGETHER.
AND IT WAS INCONVENIENT TO KEEP THE FEASTS.
IT WAS - IT TOOK A LONG JOURNEY TO GO FROM
THE GALILEE UP TO JERUSALEM.
SO SOME OF THESE TIMES IT'S INCONVENIENT
FOR US TO DO THIS, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE TIME,
TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE, TO COME BEFORE THE ALTAR,
TO BRING OUR GIFT BEFORE THE KING.
AND THAT'S OUR - THAT'S OUR PRAYER, THAT'S OUR BODY,
THAT'S OUR LIVING SACRIFICE.
AND EVEN THE FRUIT THAT HE ASKS US TO, YOU KNOW,
HE BRINGS US INTO A FRUITFUL LAND.
MYLES: A FRUITFUL LAND.
BUT WE'RE NOT TO - BUT ANYWAYS,
THAT'S THE POINT, THAT IT TAKES, IT COSTS.
IT COSTS AND YOU JUST TOUCHED ON
WHAT OUR SACRIFICE IS, WHICH IS OURSELF.
YOU KNOW, WE BRING OURSELVES BEFORE HIM.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE SWEETEST GIFTS WE CAN GIVE GOD,
IS THAT SACRIFICE OF PRAISE.
KATHARINE: YEAH.
AND WHAT I LOVE IS YOU'RE RIGHT,
IT IS NOT CONVENIENT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SPACE AND TIME IN OUR LIVES
FOR THE LORD.
BECAUSE WE'RE ON HIS TIMING, NOT OURS.
WE'RE SAYING I'M SUBMITTING MY TIMING,
MY FAMILY, MY LIFE.
IT'S YOURS.
RIGHT.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SHOFAR,
YOU TALKING AS A MOM, IS THAT IT FEELS SILLY.
KATHARINE: IT WAS SO SILLY.
BUT YOU DID IT AS AN ACT OF FAITH,
KNOWING WHAT THE SHOFAR BLAST MEANT,
AND AS A MEANS OF INTERCESSION FOR YOUR SON,
AND LOOK HOW GOD IS FAITHFUL.
AND SO SOMETIMES GOD CALLS US TO DO THINGS
THAT MIGHT SEEM SILLY IN THE NATURAL,
BUT THERE'S A PURPOSE TO IT,
AND IF WE HAVE FAITH AND WE'RE OBEDIENT,
IT WILL PAY OFF BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL.
ABSOLUTELY.
FAITH, YEAH, YOU JUST DO IT BY FAITH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL MAKE THE CUT,
BUT YOU TWO...
ARE WALKING IN THE CALLING
THAT YOUR DAD DREAMED,
THAT I'VE DREAMED, WE'VE DREAMED FOR YOU,
IN BRINGING TOGETHER
JEW AND GENTILE.
AND UPHOLDING IS - HOLDING UP ISRAEL'S ARMS
IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND BEING -
FULFILLING THE SCRIPTURE IN ISAIAH
THAT SAYS, COMFORT, COMFORT MY PEOPLE.
AND FOR US AS THE OG'S,
IT'S A REAL BLESSING TO SEE THE TWO OF YOU
DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WELL, THANK YOU.
I LOVE THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
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WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
YES, ALL OF THAT IS TRUE.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
KATHARINE: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE HONOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WISDOM,
YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S A BLESSING TO JONATHAN AND I.
IT'S A BLESSING TO OUR CHILDREN,
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
AND I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THE PEOPLE WATCHING
MAYBE FEEL LIKE AN EXTENDED PART
WHO MAYBE ARE HUNGRY FOR FAMILY.
MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE FAMILY.
BECAUSE THESE TIMES ARE ABOUT FAMILY.
AND JUST KNOW YOU ARE NEVER ALONE,
THAT GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU
AND THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILY IN HIM.
AND SO I HOPE YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TODAY
HEARING ABOUT THE MONTH OF ELUL.
I HOPE THIS IS A TIME THAT YOU REPENT
AND YOU TURN TO HIM
AND ARE RENEWED IN THE FAITH,
OR YOU GET A FRESH WORD.
OR MAYBE YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
FROM EARLIER IN THE EPISODE.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY IS ALL WE HAVE TO SAY.
BUT WHATEVER, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT IN LIFE,
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'RE ENCOURAGED.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
THEREBECCA WEISS PODCAST .