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Levitt Letter, January 2020 Dear Reader, January 2020 First, apologies for last month’s scrumptious-looking Hanukkah jelly doughnuts that appeared so near the “Fat Cells and Melanoma” report (pp. 27, 30). Sorry. January 6 marks Epiphany, the public opening of God’s gift to mankind, when the Magi arrived to acknowledge Yeshua’s birth. Read about the holiday’s revival ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES on p. 29. P.O. BOX 12268 DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 Thumbing through this issue will dispel any doubt that God is active in today’s world. Zola despaired of Russian mendacity 40 years ago but recognized a key OFFICE: actor in the End Times (p. 4). Reading with the clarity of hindsight shows 214-696-8844 God’s plan is advancing. [email protected] God at work: Be encouraged by our report on increasing religious freedom in the 24-HOUR Middle East (8), learn from Sarah about second-generation Messianics in Israel (7), Purchases & Donations and admire the courage of a Japanese bureaucrat (10) who saw a need and saved 800-966-3377 thousands! A modern-day Esther positioned by God. TOURS: Our To the Jew First team reports on God’s speedy response time (13), and the 214-696-9760 Hebrew Lesson (16) points to God’s active interest in our lives. History continues [email protected] to inform us. This month we discover details about Yeshua’s life (32) and judicial proceedings of the Nuremberg trials (34). WEBSITE: www.levitt.com Kirsten (6) and Mark (14) shed more light on the new name of ZLM’s weekly television program — Our Jewish Roots — and several readers weigh in as well SECURE ONLINE DONATIONS: (22–25). Please share this issue. https://www.levitt.com/donate (one time or recurring) Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Ps. 122:6) Margot, Editor Zola Levitt Ministries P.S . Your support spreads valuable teaching, like theologian Enhancing Trust Todd Baker’s explanations that the Bible’s flawlessness reveals God’s nature (12) and Jews and Christians needn’t act like one another to be saved (12). Thank you for helping us feed Yeshua’s sheep with the milk and meat of the Word. PLEASE DETACH Yes, Margot, I want to be a part of what God is doing through Zola Levitt Ministries. AND SEND THIS Enclosed is my contribution of: Or securely donate using contacts above left. BOTTOM PORTION o $25 o $50 o $100 o $250 o $1,000 o Other $________________ WITH YOUR GIFT Please charge my contribution to my credit card: MC Visa Discover Thank You o o o Card #:_________________________________________________ Card code:_________ Please make address corrections if needed. Gifts Signature____________________________________________ Card exp. date:____ /____ to ZLM are tax-deductible Printed Name: ________________________________ __ Donor #_____________________ as allowed by law. (See number above your name on mailing label) Address: ____________________________________________ Date signed ___________ o Please contact me with Estate Planning City ___________________________________________ State_____ ZIP: ______________ information. Email (optional): ________________________________ Phone ______________________ JANUARY 2020 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that Levitt they might be saved. LETTER — ROMANS 10:1 inside: Russiap.4 in Prophecy , painting (1847) by Émile Signol (1804–1892), Palace of Versailles, France , painting (1847) by Émile Signol (1804–1892), Palace of Versailles, July 1099 How the th Church of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15 Taking Detail of Failed the To Jewish People Index By Susan Michael ICEJ USA Director, IsraelAnswers.com Behind the Scenes It is in humans’ fallen nature to look for a of Joshua scapegoat, someone else to blame for their By Clayton Herring problems. It’s easier to hold grudges than to Berg Productions forgive and demonstrate the very compassion In the middle of a we preach. modern town not This is also true of the Church and its posture far from the Dead toward the Jewish people. Soon after its Sea lies a non descript, inception, the Church fell prey to Satan’s undeveloped area that lure and embraced the idea that the Jewish holds within its excavations people were cursed by God and deserving of the story of defeat. Behold: the maltreatment for the crucifixion of Jesus. ruins of ancient Jericho. While it is difficult to see evidence of the credit: Ken Berg, Berg Productions Theological Seeds Sown original walls in the archaeological The differences between church and digs, it is obvious that little remains synagogue showed early in the life of the of the defeated Canaanite city. No Church. By the end of the Bar Kokhba Revolt series on Joshua would be complete (A.D. 132–135), Jewish leaders saw Jewish without visiting this site and telling Christians not as Jews with different views the story recorded in the Book of about the Messiah but as “Christians.” Jewish Joshua, chapters 5 and 6. Filming Christianity began to fade, while gentile our new series that’s coming to you Christianity gained preeminence. this month, “Joshua: More Than a (continued p.2) Conqueror,” found us at these ruins REMEMBER: on a cloudy day in March 2019. Epiphany is Monday, January 6 (continued p.3) How the Church Failed the Jewish People continued from cover Anti-Jewish thought permeated the Hitler also used theology of early Christian leaders medieval Catholic such as Justin Martyr (A.D. 185–254) anti-Jewish legisla- and Tertullian (160–225). Saint John tion as a model for Chrysostom (349–407), one of the his own. Eventually, most eloquent this anti- Jewish preachers of truth sentiment manifested and love, said of in the Holocaust. the Jewish people, And the Church was Adolf Hitler “God hates you.” silent — neither Centuries of anti- the Catholics nor the Protestants Jewish rhetoric in withstood him. Secular rulers expelled Church doctrine Jews from their lands as if to say, “You have no right to live among us.” gave Christians John Chrysostom reason to hate the Then Hitler later decreed: “You have no Jews, whose children they kidnapped right to live.” and baptized to save them from Hell. They beat Jews at Easter as murder- The Need for Humility ers of the Lord. Ironically, the Christian religion — Anti-Jewish theology led to laws an offshoot of Judaism founded by against the Jews in the Middle Ages, the Jewish Messiah and built on forcing them into walled ghettos or teachings of forgiveness and love — expelling them from was the devil’s tool to bring hatred, their countries. persecution, and murder to the Jews. This in spite of Apostle Paul instructing The Protestant Believers to honor the Jewish people Reformation pro- (Romans 11:28–29), and Jesus teaching duced more of the that salvation comes from the Jews same. Martin Luther To (John 4:22). Index began the Protestant Reformation’s return Christianity did not cause the Holocaust. to the Bible as the But Christian anti-Judaism, which led Martin Luther source of religious to anti-Semitism — history’s oldest authority. Unfortunately, in his later hatred — made the Holocaust possible. years, Luther turned bitter toward the The lesson for us is to be careful of Jews, outlining ways to persecute them the seeds we plant. As Christians, we and pleading for some “solution” to should walk in the compassion and them. Four hundred years later, Hitler forgiveness of our Lord. If the Church reprinted Luther’s anti-Semitic writings had walked in the humility that Jesus and leaned heavily on Luther’s work modeled and taught, the Holocaust to create his own might never have happened. “solution.” No matter what brand of Christian we Christian leaders are, we must guard against the human known for love and tendency to blame someone else. charity called the May we instead learn to walk in the Jews “monstrous compassion and humility of our Lord. animals.” It was not Hitler who thought Kirsten and I grew up in Evangelical up the yellow-star churches, and it saddens us to learn Pope Innocent III badge for Jews to about the Church’s historically cruel wear, but 13th-century Pope Innocent, relationship with Jewish people. May who called for Jews to be identified ours be the generation that breaks by distinctive clothing pieces. that narrative. — David 2 JANUARY 2020 CONTENTS LevittLETTER Classic Zola Parsons: Hebrew Lesson 4 Russia in Prophecy 16 Fearing the LORD Studio Co-host 21 Hypocrisy of Hanukkah 6 New Journeys 4 16 22 Letters to ZLM On the Ground in Israel 7 The Next Generation of 25 Crossword Puzzle Messianic Israelis Science 6 26 8 Religious Freedom in Israel Using Tech to Replicate and the Arab World (part 2) the Pancreas Medicine 10 Japanese Man 28 A.I. and Breast Cancer Saved 6,000 Jews 10 29 Protestants Opening Ask the Chaplain 12 Salvation of Gentiles, to Epiphany and Biblical Inerrancy 30 Select Briefs TJF Report 12 Archaeology 13 When God Answers Prayer 32 Mosaic Points to Where Immediately Jesus Fed 5,000 Anti-Semitism Focus A Note from Mark 14 Behind the Scenes at ZLM 14 34 Recordings of Nuremberg Trials 15 ZLM Bulletin Board 35 Jewish Humor Behind the Scenes … continued from cover sidebar Our camera crew set up here to record Dr. Jeffrey Seif’s teaching about the conquest of this Canaanite stronghold. The Hebrew people, who had been wander ing the desert for 40 years, followed the instructions they were given by the commander of the LORD’s army, Joshua. They marched around Jericho’s walls and blew their shofars. The walls tumbled down. We hope the strongholds and opposition that come against each of you readers will fall under the control of the God of Israel.
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