Israel 17 part three

It says, uh, Jesus went out as usual to the mountain all alone to be quiet and solitary. But reaching the place, he said to him, pray that you will not fall into temptation.

He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down, and prayed, Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.

An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his spirit was troubled.

And when he had prayed, His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Some say that that was actually a medical condition that he had because of such deep anguish. But one of the most important principles that we can see from this scripture before we pray together is that Jesus prayed before an important transition in his life.

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Hey guys and ladies, let's share for just a few minutes.

I hadn't really prepared. I don't know what Katherine's going to share.

I had prepared a little bit of history on the Dead Sea Scrolls. I would not dare do that now.

I mean, the information is there, you know.

So this is, you know, this has been deemed one of the most fascinating archaeological discoveries in the 20th century. The Dead Sea Scrolls have a fragment of all the Old Testament scriptures except And it also had the complete book of Isaiah.

So, I mean, it was a huge, huge find. And of course, if we know scripture, it was just a confirmation factor. We know scripture says not thy name shall ever be mentioned in vain. So we knew that the Dead Sea Scrolls was just an overstatement. It's amazing how the world sees that and says, you know, it's, uh, there's some correlation here. I mean, we don't have to know that. We know what's really going on. We don't have to be convinced through their scripture. Well, you know, I think First of all, I want to say this is—I didn't know what to say. I don't think I've ever met a Canadian before. This has been such a blessing, and you know, it just confirms to me when I've met people I've had the privilege to go to different parts of the world before I've been born. But it just confirms to me that we are all brothers, and it doesn't take just a few minutes to. We love each other as brothers and sisters and just feel that bond.

Kathryn, I am so blessed to have met her as I know you have.

Yes.

I pray for the Messianic Jews every day. I never knew one. I knew that they were here.

I knew the struggle that they must have and how challenging it must be to live here. Of course, they wouldn't live anywhere else.

But I prayed for him. There's an author in the United States, Amir Moshe, by the name of. Wasn't really his name, but Joel. I read all of his books, and when he was mentioning, I wasn't. Yes, that's right. I knew his book. Yeah, isn't that awesome? Yeah. He was so excited about being able to take his family and move to Israel. I read a couple of his blogs, and he just couldn't wait for his family to come to Israel. So I knew about making that decision, but the captain now, right in my face there, and I know. She is a stellar guy. We just pray for her, her family, and for all the other victims that we've seen. Uh, we have friends that have been through a little challenge as well, so I'm just so thankful that God placed her in our life. Y'all look at the bottom corner.

Yep.

That's one right there.

That's right.

That's one. God, I said— I asked Joel, I said, man, how did you find her? And he told me The story is though, that's just a guideline. I want to draw a contrast. I'm not going to take long, but I want to draw a contrast. The fact that these scrolls were found in the dry land, again, it's just surreal because you think you're going to stand in the Queen of Mount Carmel and so forth. I'm really sad now. Well, they were found in the area of the Salt Sea of the Dead. You know, that's the— when you stood on that shore, that's the lowest place in the place. Maybe even more than that unless you know what you're eating. And I think this is 350 feet deep or so as far as I know. So I think, you know, we're dealing with a very, very large— most part of the earth is pretty damn close to being— Why is the Dead Sea called the Dead Sea? Well, it's dead. It has no outlet, right? So I want you to think about where we came from. We started in the Hell's Angels where we saw that tree.

Remember when we saw the tree?

There were trout in that creek. I live in North Georgia.

There's trout everywhere, but that stream has to be cold and it has to be pure. So that's probably some of the purest water that you could ever see coming out of, of Tel Dan. And I understand that there are other tributaries that come from the Jordan, and then it goes down, flows into the Sea of Galilee, flows out of the Sea of Galilee. The Jordan comes on down and then empties into the Dead Sea. And of course, because there is no outlet, that's why That's what happens here. There's no, there's no way for the water to flow out, and it's like millions of gallons that are evaporated out of there, and that's why the saline solution is so thick there, 10 times what we would find in the ocean. So it's, it's a, it's a Dead Sea. But isn't it— don't you find it interesting that the Word of God, which is not dead, matter of fact, it's living.

Mm-hmm.

You remember Hebrews 4:12?

Hebrews 4:12.

It says, the word of God is living, is powerful, is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and of marrow, and is the discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. These scrolls were found, the living word of God, copies of the living word of God were found here Right on the shores of the Dead Sea, but it's a living word. Look at the context.

It's good. It's good.

Think about the fact that that water is so pure when it starts that journey, but as it gets farther away from its source, it begins to be diluted. And then when it gets to the sea, it's uninhabitable.

And how much we appreciate this opportunity to be here today. We thank you that these things have been preserved as proof and a revelation really to the world of so many things. And so you say in your word that we're to acknowledge you, and we just pause for a moment before we go in and acknowledge you, Lord, as our Savior, as our, our group, you know, We want to tell you that we love your people. We love your Jewish people. And so we ask that you would go with us as we walk through this museum, that your presence would go before us, that you would give us wisdom in how deep we choose to go, and that you would also at the same time be touched with the sorrow and the fear and the pain that we feel. Thank you, Lord. Experience that we need to have here, and that we would fully embrace the purpose of this, and that we would not miss a thing, and that we would be changed by it. I pray that we would be changed by it. So we give you permission, Holy Spirit, to lead us through this ministry, to be with us and do everything that you want to do.

You cannot understand resurrection unless you've tasted the smell of death. When something is hopeless, when something is sealed up, it's done, it's over, and you think that, you know, there's no hope. I think that's the greatest miracle of all. And that's exactly what Ezekiel 37 was about Israel. And, you know, there's some people who thought it's over, this nation is done. And I felt real strongly that what Kathryn was giving was even for our own lives. There are some things where you think it's over.

Mm-hmm.

I lost my job, I lost my finances, I lost this. It's irretrievable. I had this happen, and we almost want to shut a door on it because, you know, in, in our North American language, we say we cut our losses and move on.

I have my doubts about you, young man. That was good. Let's see what's under that hat. God with us.

Emmanuel. Not just because the place of the skull really does look like a place of the skull, and not even just the.

Amen. Amen.

So you have in your hand the wafer, the calling of the broken body of our Lord Jesus Christ. So grateful. So thankful.

Words cannot express how thankful we are, Jesus. Let's eat this in remembrance of you.

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, Jesus. You have in your hand a cup, what is either wine or juice.

Whatever it is, it's symbolic of the blood, shed blood This is the blood that heals us, that cleanses us from all sin. This is where the power is. The power of his shed blood.

Let's drink this in remembrance of him.

Amen.

Just take a few moments and believe.

Thank you.

Receive what he has for you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus.

Amen. Amen.