June 1999 Volume 21, Number 6

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for is that they might be saved.” – Romans 10:1

I can’t help being disappointed in the results of the I NSIDE I TEMS Israeli election. But if I’m going to preach that Israeli ■ Cover Article...... p. 1 affairs are guided by God, then I’ll accept the new ■ Decoding the Priesthood...... p. 3 Prime Minister as resulting from His will. ■ A Note from Zola...... p. 5 ZOLA LEVITT ■ Has Joseph’s Tomb Been Found In the meanwhile, our in Egypt Part One...... p. 7 media are gloating. ■ Letters to Zola...... p. 8 Changing of They imagine that ■ Exporting Kosovo...... p. 9 Netanyahu was the only ■ Hebrew Lesson...... p. 10 problem holding up what they called the peace process, and now process just to get the substances the Guard they can see a new Palestinian we need. nation on the horizon. Our news Ehud Barak is a very good man, a reporters can make or break a coun- The Bible says, “the love of decorated soldier and a field mar- try, and they are breaking a small money is the root of all evil,” shal of unquestioned integrity. He and brave democracy into pieces. and that truth can be seen helped plan the dramatic rescue at around the world. Milosevic, Entebbe, and he fought the Palestin- Why do our media behave this according to a recent Post ians in Beirut. What I fear about him way? Well, other than the standard article, wants Kosovo not for any is that he will be too eager to reverse aversion to Jews and their country, religious or geographical reasons, the policies of Netanyahu, especially I think the root of the problem is but because of its mineral wealth. as regards the land and Palestinian money. Why on earth any democra- It’s a matter again of cash for the reciprocity for it. The cy, including perpetrator. former Prime Minister ours, would From Georgie insisted on the Arabs favor a ...they are breaking Anne Geyer of keeping their word, Palestinian The Washington fighting terrorism, and “state”— in a small and brave Times, “In addi- dealing fairly with Israel. reality, a dicta- tion to manipu- I am a little afraid that torship — to democracy into lating passions Barak, trying to please be formed in over the holy his various constituen- the midst of pieces. places, what cies, will want to give a very small really gets back the Golan Heights democracy is inexplicable Slobodan Milosevic’s blood pulsing and will remove the army from except as it affects the cash income is that other Kosovo. This is the one south Lebanon where it guarantees of the perpetrators. Pleasing the that has been historically called the peace of . more powerful Arabs, such as those ‘Queen of minerals and mines.’” Bill The Israeli settlers are nervous in Saudi Arabia with their hands on Clinton sells our nuclear secrets and about these things as well, and the oil spigot, leads to more com- access to our government to the they have undertaken building pro- fortable transactions in rooms Chinese for cash. Some Christian grams to create what former P.M. behind the scenes. We have served seminaries couldn’t care less what Begin called “facts on the ground.” Arab interests since the boycotts of doctrines they are teaching or what the 1970s because we’re afraid, as a textbooks they are using because they I don’t think that Barak will deal so country who obtains 56% of its oil are totally distracted by their pur- closely with the Orthodox in Israel, offshore, that we’ll be cut off again. suit of cash. Some of our TV net- and we should see a settling down Like drug addicts we work for our works, Christian and otherwise, of religious conflicts. pushers, committing crimes in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

June 1999 P.O. Box 12268 • Dallas, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • www.levitt.com 1 CHANGING OF THE GUARD CONT. FROM PG. 1 sell us awfully poor times at high And as a democracy ourselves, we tion, and that is that Israel not give prices because they save their better should appreciate the fact that while away any more land to the Arabs, times for those that will give them some 40% of Americans care to vote their sworn enemies. It was a small even more cash. And two of what in presidential elections, more than relief that Barak didn’t win enough were the finest Christian publishers 80% of Israelis voted in this election! support in the Knesset to form a sin- in my days as an author, Zondervan As James Carville, who managed the gle-party government. Therefore, he and Moody Press, have disappointed campaign of Barak, observed, Israel will have to negotiate, as Netanyahu me in the same year, primarily on is “a unique and wonderful country, did, with various interests in the matters of cash. a heck of a place.” And he called the Knesset to establish his policies. election campaign “intense.” I am a sinful man, but I do not This is a tense time for Israel. have a cash addiction, and that I hope the United States doesn’t “help has done our ministry well. We To me, there out” much more. The new Prime have never asked for money when was only one Minister is already being treated as we didn’t need it, and we have never some kind of American surrogate wasted any of it. I broadcast what- issue in this within our power to control. As a ever the Lord would lead me to Dallas Morning News editorial sagely broadcast, and write whatever He election, and stated on May 18, “The United States leads me to write. Occasionally, it is should strive to insure that [Barak] gently suggested to me that we that is that Israel not remains focused.” Tricky words like might “do a little better” if I weren’t “focused” mean he should keep on such a “hard-liner” on Israel or on give away any more giving away land to the Arabs until pointing out the errors of certain there is no more Israel, I presume. denominations or on criticizing cer- land to the Arabs, their tain seminaries, professional people, sworn enemies. If it weren’t for the will of God, the etc. Well, insofar as I am listening to United States on its own could finish the Lord and am guided by Him, you off modern Israel. I hope need to talk to Him, not to me. At As to the issues of the election, The we just leave it alone. 1 the beginning I was warned that Washington Post brilliantly observed, television ministry was hard, a “Many religious Jews believe the Jewish person could not very likely West Bank is Biblical and promised DON’T FAULT GUNS succeed in it, it was hopeless to pay to Jewish people by God.” They don’t BY: TOM the bills out of one's own pocket and realize, of course, that all of the prom- HOPE hope the donations would make it ises made by God to the patriarchs up, and so on. Well, following the about ownership of the land were Columbine is a Enough with Lord and doing His will as I best made in what they call the West Bank problem with our the rigged perceive it has given the lie to all ( and Sumeria). I often relate culture, not the debates on those warnings. He has guided us that the only time I personally carried National Rifle Association. gun control. through thick and thin, and in May a gun to make a TV program was at Thirty years ago, we celebrated the 20th year of Zola Bethel, deep in the West Bank, the anyone could buy a gun any time. We had a Levitt Ministries, a very happy time. exact site where God renewed His much lower crime rate and no high school promises to Jacob about the Jews massacres. Quit blaming guns. owning the land. Shechem (now Back then, we were raised by our parents, But back to the Israel election: not by the entertainment industry. Our parents The major factor is that there was called Nablus by the Arabs) was the taught that the highest goals of life were to a change of governments. Don’t site on which God assured Abraham please God and to improve the lives of those expect the Palestinian dictatorship that the Jews would own the land around us. By the time we were 5, we knew to end until Arafat dies or is assassi- forever. right from wrong. nated. Don’t expect any Arab lead- But today, good and bad are treated as ership to ever change other than It is the Knesset, Israel’s Parlia- irrelevant to the public debate. Life's noblest with a palace coup or the like. As ment, which will decide thorny goal has become personal pleasure in whatever Please Tear Off and Send Entire Page you choose. We rarely set limits for children, columnist William Safire asked, issues like settlements in the West Bank and the possible divi- and we pretend there are no consequences to “Where does this happen but in a the choices they make. sion of Israel. genuinely quarrelsome democracy? Of course, I pray When we make real values part of our cul- Where in the Middle East but in that the status quo remains. To me, ture again, these problems will fade away. Israel?” there was only one issue in this elec- Until then, they will get worse. ●

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A startling article which will interest a large logical and ethnographic evidence — as to whether portion of our audience appeared recently in there’s any basis to claims by groups that they are an Israeli magazine. I have quoted liberally descendants of the Hebrews or have some form of Jewish ancestry. . . . below from the article and made a few com- ments of my own in bold type. . . . “It looks like this chromosomal type was a con- stituent of the ancestral Hebrew population,” says David Goldstein, an expert in the field of evolutionary “Decoding the Priesthood” genetics at Oxford University. “If this inference holds by Peter Hirschberg, printed in The Jerusalem Report, up, it means we can test the origins of particular groups May 10, 1999 that seem to have a potential connection to an ances- tral Jewish population.” . . .

ew genetic research shows the vast majority of . . . “At first I was worried that it was a sampling artifact kohanim, the Jewish priestly class, to be descend- (a chance result of the group chosen) because of the ed from a single ancestor—scientific confirma- high frequency,” says [researcher] Hammer . . . “It tion of an oral tradition passed down was incredibly exciting to find something that could through 3,000 years . . . be tracing paternally-inherited traits over 40 to 50 generations, three or four thousand years of his- . . .The samples being collected are part tory. This is the first time ever we have been of a worldwide project using cutting- able to make a correlation with the ethnograph- edge genetic technology to study the ancient ic record over this time scale. Some people Nlineage of the Jewish priesthood. If tradition keep records that go back three, maybe four is accurate, all the men reciting the priestly generations. But 50 generations!” . . . blessing and their counterparts across the Jewish world are direct descendants of Aaron, Clearly, Biblical veracity has been tested here anointed the first high priest by his brother and found excellent. And the Jews, at least of Moses at least 3,000 years ago. the high priestly sect of Levites called kohanim, have been very good about not intermarrying Now, using the cells these men have scraped or having extramarital relations. Obviously, from the inside of their cheeks, along with those adultery causing pregnancies would dilute the of kohanim in the U.S. and Britain, scientists are gene pool, but evidently this has not happened able to peer into their chromosomes. What they to any significant degree. are seeing is staggering: At least 70 percent of kohanim, themselves about a twentieth of . . . “This is powerful,” [Rabbi Ya’akov Jewish men, have a common set of markers on Kleiman] says. “It shows the lineage of their Y chromosome, the chromosome every the kohanim is true. The end is the male receives almost unchanged from his father redemption and part of it is a functioning —and, in effect, from his father, and father’s father Temple. We see now that the exile is ending. before him. We’re not messianists and we’re not pushing the train, but it’s going. This gene shows that God keeps His The researchers’ conclusion: The tradition of the promises. That we wouldn’t remain scattered.” Jewish priesthood, or kehunah, has a genetic basis that does point to a single ancestor — possibly Aaron. “It also shows that we’ve kept our promise to Him,” What’s more, this priestly genetic marker may also be a chimes in Moshe Tenner, a Manhattan dentist studying signature of the ancient Hebrew population, preserved at the yeshivah. “The creator of this tool, of the gene in the kehunah because it is a closed club: You can con- marker, is God. This probably will go back to Shem vert to Judaism, but you can’t convert into the priest- [according to Genesis, Noah’s eldest son and the prog- hood. The gene trail, in other words, may lead past enitor of the Semitic peoples]. This is a tool that He’s Aaron to his great-great-grandfather, Jacob, a.k.a. built in for us to unravel. It's no coincidence.” . . . Israel. . . . Truly, Daniel 12:4 is working out: “But thou, O Daniel, . . . no other non-Jewish group has been found with more shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time than a five percent incidence of the chromosome. And of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge so, they say, it could provide clues—alongside anthropo- shall be increased.”

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For credit card orders or donations, you may call 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377) 4 issue of Jewish property in Arab lands insisted on Biblical truth. He argued has arisen. After all, untold numbers that there’s room for everyone with of Jews fled in 1948 from various Arab God. And I informed him that, the A Note countries, leaving furnished homes way is narrow, and so we had no with silverware in the kitchen draw- meeting of the minds. But then if ers. They were hounded out of the you see the letter on page 8 from Arab countries after Israel’s War of my dear Jewish friends I witnessed From Independence, and they could only to 19 years ago, you will see that take what they could carry, rather those seeds ultimately bore fruit. like the refugees from Kosovo. The Zola ethnic cleansing by the Arabs is the I am still troubled by letters most complete and exacting in the from various denominational Dear Friends, entire world. (Saudi Arabia objected churches, each defending their to American Jewish soldiers defend- particular congregation. It is the gave my news of the election ing it against Iraq in the Persian Gulf policies of the central offices of such in the cover article, but let me I War, because if one were killed and churches that I criticize, especially I just add this: the problem has buried in Saudi Arabia, it would when they are anti-Israel, a position never been on the Israeli side in this contaminate unimaginable for any real Christian. “peace process.” It is not Netanyahu their very I do understand, as I said in the last making it hard, nor earth!) issue, that there are fine individual was it Peres and Rabin Arafat and churches in every denomination. making it easy, that company That was not my point. If your affected this bizarre would like hierarchy holds an unbiblical posi- dancing between the tion, my advice would be to change parties. The problem to get the churches or simply change the name with the peace process Jews out of the church and get out of that is that Arafat and of Israel denomination. What could be sim- company would like pler? After all, Scripture points out to get the Jews out of and have that we should not have denomi- Israel and have all the all the nations at all. Paul warned the land, and that’s all land... Corinthians, there is to that. Now I beseech you, brethren, by Ask yourself what would hap- the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, pen if Arafat had the weapons But there are other issues to speak that ye all speak the same thing, Israel has and the Israelis were of this month. The Reform Jews are and that there be no divisions clinging to the coast as things talking about returning to keeping among you; but that ye be perfect- would be if the Palestinians cre- Sabbath laws and eating kosher. ly joined together in the same ated a nation in the West Bank. The Reform rabbis feel that this will mind and in the same judgment. Arafat’s constant reneging on agree- inspire For it hath been declared ments and non-cooperation policies better unto me of you, my remind one of Hitler promising peace Judaism ...it’s that famous brethren . . . that there are before World War II. Clinton and in their contentions among you. company play the role of Neville failing phenomenon of “less Now this I say, that every Chamberlain who, believing the Nazi communi- one of you saith, I am of dictator, stated, “Peace in our time,” ties. In faith/more law.” Paul; and I of Apollos; and in 1938. There are three reasons why reality, it’s I of Cephas; and I of Christ. we can’t even get a start toward that famous phenomenon of “less Is Christ divided? (I COR. 10-13) peace, and those are that you can’t faith/more law.” When people seem With the media, NBC aired a make agreements with dictators, to be losing their beliefs, then give ridiculous “Noah’s Ark” which you can’t make agreements with them more rules and regulations to competed with The Prince of dictators, and you can’t make agree- keep (see Catholicism, the stricter Egypt for the Biblical Inaccu- ments with dictators. Protestant denominations, or Islam). racy Prize of 1999. Why these I was witnessing to a Reform Jew stories which have been beloved in While the Palestinians are scream- just last week, and in the end he human literature for more than ing for land in Israel, the interesting called me “intolerant” because I CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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CONTINUED FROM PG. 5 This article might be of great interest to those who are looking into their own backgrounds to find a Jewish descendency. It is not clear whether DNA 3,000 years have to be changed, I will from other tribes can be found very accurately, since those tribes have never understand. intermarried and mixed together for so long. But the kohanim are special and have kept their gene pool very exclusive. In any case, it’s certainly food In a mark of true democracy in for thought. What a great God we have, indeed! ▼ the Holy Land, the new “Miss Israel” is a Palestinian Arab! (Source: “The Crown of the Kohen: “From Aaron Onward” A Concise Guide for Kohanim,” I can’t tell you how important it Center for Kohanim, Jerusalem.) might be that you come to The first kohen, or priest, according to the Bible, was Aaron, the brother Israel on our September tour. of Moses of the tribe of Levi, who lived some 3,300 years ago. This may literally be the last tour of Israel in this life for believers! If the • The 12 tribes of Israel are the descendants of the 12 sons of Jacob. Rapture comes September 10, the Levi was Jacob’s third son; Aaron was Levi’s great-grandson. Aaron’s Feast of Trumpets, then Israel is the descendants became the priestly caste; the rest of the Levites gained a place to be. In any case, a tour of secondary role in Temple rites; all other Jews form the third and largest Israel, as I’ve often said, is worth class, the Israelites. ten years of Sunday school. • Kohen status is passed from father to son. • Kohanim often have last names indicating their status, such as Cohen, Kahn, Kaplan, Rapaport, Katz, Azoulay and Harunoff. But such a name is not necessarily proof that someone is a kohen. • Today, since there is no Temple, the privileges of the kohen are limited. He no longer receives trumah — a share of produce raised in the — and since sacrificial service can no longer be performed, he doesn't get a share of the offerings. Remaining privileges include being the first called for an to the Torah in synagogue services; being given the option to lead the birkat hamazon bless- ing after meals; performing pidyon haben, the redemption of the firstborn son. On our September 4-15 Deluxe Tour we will visit the Sea of Galilee, • Another remaining function is the birkat kohanim, in which the descendants of the priestly the Mount of the Sermon, the Upper class bless the people. When the Temple was still standing, the blessing was performed at Room, the Garden Tomb, the Mount the conclusion of the morning service. Today, in most parts of Israel, the blessing is recited at services every morning. Outside Israel, Sephardic communities generally perform the of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, ritual daily, while Ashkenazi kohanim recite the blessing only during the musaf service of the and many other Biblical sites. You major holidays. can opt for the extension (Grand Tour, September 1-15) to Petra and • Kohanim may not marry divorcees or converts, and must have no physical contact with a five-star resort on the Dead Sea. the dead. If a kohen marries a convert or divorcee, his children, halalim, lose the privileges We will tour the Desert and and duties afforded them by their kohen status. visit En Gedi, Eilat, Beersheba, and other beautiful locations. ISRAEL: BY DIVINE RIGHT! Our prophecy special is on Music Tape track for a September national This time the Lord sent scriptural lyrics to make the telecast. Thank you for all your point that the Promised Land is His creation, given wonderful support for this important to the Chosen People by Divine Right! Beautifully program. Our regular airtimes are orchestrated. Please see page 11 to order. very expensive, and this program will be even more so due to the cost of prime time television. Any help ISRAEL’S RIGHT you can give us will make a mean- TO THE LAND ingful difference. Just as its title implies, this precious, mighty booklet answers head-on the question “What rights does Israel have to its land?” Featuring an introduction And please remember by Zola, Israel’s Right to the Land pulls abundant evidence from the Scriptures to pray for the peace and addresses directly the twelve key issues that resolve this topic once and for of Jerusalem! all! Let’s spread the Word on who owns the land (from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates) by divine right! See page 11 to order.

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s it possible that the tomb of the ancient patriarch Joseph tory of Israel was parceled out to the tribes, Joseph’s bones has been found in Egypt? The Biblical account is that Joseph were ultimately buried in their final resting place by his I was elevated to being the right-hand man of Pharaoh, the descendants in the town of Shechem: vizier of Egypt, because God enabled him to interpret Pharaoh’s And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought troubling dream. Joseph then structured the agriculture up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of and taxation procedures of Egypt so that great storehouses ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of grain were utilized over the seven good years, with the of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became result that there would be an abundance of food during the the inheritance of the children of Joseph (Joshua 24:32). seven bad years. When the bad years came, there was a famine in Canaan, and Joseph’s estranged brothers and his Thus the story of the bones of Joseph father Jacob made their way to is faithfully recorded by Moses and bountiful Egypt, where they discov- Joshua, to make sure that posterity ered to their great surprise that the Has Joseph’s Tomb knew that the oath Joseph made his despised brother was not only still fellow Israelites swear had been fulfill- alive, but both able and willing to ed to the letter. Joseph's body did not save them and provide for them. Been Found in remain in Egypt, but went with his people and abode with them in the Through Joseph’s good offices, Egypt? Land of Israel. Joseph is a magnificent Pharaoh allowed the Hebrew cattle- illustration of the Messiah, the reject- men from Canaan to settle in the Part One By Thomas S. McCall, Th.D. ed Kinsman Redeemer who will ultimate- Land of Goshen, in the eastern sector of ly be reconciled with His Jewish brethren the Nile delta. This land was relatively flat in the Land of Israel. and well watered from the flow of the delta. For several hundred years, from Joseph to Moses, the Hebrew people flourished and THE IDENTIFICATION OF multiplied in the Land of Goshen, even JOSEPH’S TOMB after a Pharaoh arose “who knew not But we return to Joseph’s coffin in Egypt, Joseph,” and all he had done for Egypt. where his bones lay for hundreds of years. It must have been well marked and iden- THE OATH ABOUT THE BONES tified all that time, in order for Moses to OF JOSEPH have selected it out of all the Hebrew tombs Joseph believed the word of God, and knew in the Land of Goshen. Most likely, the that the Hebrew people would not stay in Egypt forever. He coffin of Joseph would have been laid in a clearly identified knew that one day the Lord would bring them out of Egypt tomb, befitting the office of the man who had served most of back to the Land of Abraham, to the Land of Promise. his life as the vizier of all Egypt. Furthermore, Joseph would Joseph knew that he would not see that day, but he made his have wanted his tomb to be in the Land of Goshen, close to kinsmen swear that, when that day came, they would carry his people, where his remains would be readily available when his remains with them out of Egypt to the Promised Land: the people of Israel left Egypt. Also, we would not expect Joseph, as a Hebrew, to be buried in the Upper Nile Valley, And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God known as the Valley of the Kings. This is where the Pharaohs will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. and some of their chief servants were buried. It was probably So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they by mutual agreement that Joseph, although the vizier of Egypt, embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt would be buried close to his people in the Land of Goshen. (Genesis 50:25-26). Such is the Biblical account of the burial of Joseph. Does Hundreds of years passed. Joseph’s body lay in the coffin, archaeology confirm any of this? Up until recently, it has not. and his tomb must have been well identified, because when The Egyptian archaeologists, using the conventional chrono- the Exodus occurred, and Moses led the people of Israel out logy, have not been able to find any evidence of the Hebrew of Egypt, he was able to locate Joseph’s coffin and take it people in the Land of Goshen as indicated in the Scriptures. with them to the Promised Land: They do find various groups of Semitic people occupying Goshen at various periods of time, but they do not see any And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had mass Semitic occupation at the time the Exodus was supposed straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely to occur. In their chronology, if the Exodus event occurred at visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with all, it would have had to have been about 1300 BC. Only traces you (Exodus 13:19). of Semitic occupation are found at that time period. This has led the archaeologists to conclude that the Exodus never hap- Not only were the bones of Joseph taken out of Egypt, but pened. They think that Moses and his phenomenal struggles they were carefully guarded all during the wilderness jour- with Pharaoh are all mythological and unhistorical, and only ney for forty years, the transition from Moses to Joshua, a “fundamentalist conservative” could possibly believe in the and the turbulent conquest of Canaan. As the Book of historicity of these ancient Biblical accounts. Joshua closes, after the Land was conquered, and the terri- (PART TWO CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE)

June 1999 P.O. Box 12268 • Dallas, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • www.levitt.com 7 Dear Mr. Levitt, ettersettersetters Zola, I’m an ex-Catholic who I hope that I am wrong, absolutely agrees with your LLL but until I am proven wrong assessment. I was in the Cath- tototo this is the way I truly feel. The olic Church (now a cult in my way I see it, the defeat of Bibi opinion) for 20 years. I had years [Netanyahu] means that the of Sunday school as a kid and people of Israel have chosen the went to a Catholic grade school path of slow national suicide through 8th grade. In all that time they NEVER taught from and national cowardliness and disgrace. Zola, these the Bible. Instead they taught from Catholic textbooks. are a people I can’t stand with or in any way support. At the age of 25, God opened my eyes, and after study- Now, I will not stand with them nor will I stand by a ing the Bible for a few months, I realized that the Catholic nation of suicidal cowards. — R.M. Church taught a large amount of ungodly garbage. They basically have made up their own parallel gospel of: Dear R.M., faith, penance, with sacramental practices being essential Well, we don’t have that option. You cannot stand for further forgiving of sins, wor- against Israel, because that would be standing against God. ship of a goddess called Mary “It shocked me He has not given up on them, nor shall He ever. After all, (see The Marian Movement He has seen that nation through the most awful periods Doctrine), and many ungodly to learn how and the most terrible leadership and has always loved rules and regulations. ignorant I was them to this day. So should we all. You were right when you and how far from — Zola stated that the church claims that to be saved a person must be GOD the Catholic a member of the Roman Catholic Church was!” Our ministry recently received a communication from Church. This is actually in their old friends. I remember the writers below as people to church law. (They justify this by saying the Roman Catholic whom it was difficult to witness. As musicians, they acted Church is the only body of Christ on the earth.) sophisticated and worldly. They listened in a detached I think you were actually kind in your statements. manner, seeming almost bored. I talked to them until 2 The Catholic Church did indeed preserve the writings a.m. For some reason I just couldn’t stop testifying. of the faith and then murdered those who translated There were no discernible results at that time, but the Scriptures into the language of the common man. others sowed seeds — and look at the results! Always testify. We never know what an eternal I’m a born-again believer by the grace of God, and I’m difference we could possibly make. absolutely disgusted with the Catholic and the miscella- neous Protestant churches who refuse to stand up for Shalom Zola, God’s truth and have sold out to the politically correct It was about 19 years ago that we first met you on a movement and allow sin to fester uncorrected among cruise ship where we were entertainers. Both of us are from their membership. Jewish backgrounds, Lenny from England and Varda from Thank you, Zola Levitt, for the wonderful truths you Israel. You were the first Jewish person who shared with us have declared. You have opened my eyes over the years. the belief of Jesus being the Jewish Messiah. Your tour group Please keep it up! Someone has to declare the truth, no spent 10 days with us on that cruise and sowed a seed that matter how hard it steps on people’s toes. That’s what all changed our lives for all eternity. We have never been the true Christians are supposed to do. They are supposed same since, having accepted and followed our Messiah for to be points of bright spiritual light in this dark world. the last 13 years. The Lord has turned our lives upside down Sadly, it appears many have become “dim bulbs.” as entertainers. Four years ago He transformed our God given talent for His glory alone. It really is the Scripturally ignorant who cry the loud- We look back to meeting you with great appreciation est when God’s truth is declared! What’s that saying about and since you have played a major role in our salvation throwing a stone into a crowd. . . the one who yells the experience we wanted you to be one of the first to hear our loudest is the one who got hit. new music. . . All our love and blessing “cruise” your way. God bless you, E.K. B’Shem Yeshua [in the name of Jesus], Brother in Yeshua L. and V. H.

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uoyed by their role in helping turn a Balkan civil war Why do the Europeans commit this act of public into shivering, desolate crowds of refugees, a politi- grave-robbing now? One— ’s mercantile policy B cal booby trap for America unmatched since Vietnam, toward the Arabs; oil and weapons contracts in feudal a perversion of NATO purpose and a planning debacle, Arab countries are put far above profits to be made with the 15 nations of the European Union are now trying to high-tech Israel. Centuries of warfare among European export their collective political wisdom to shape the tribes have dulled their brains. Two—they don’t, well, Mideast, which may God in Heaven forfend. care for Israel very much. Of course, the European Union did have great assis- In Israel, Likud and Labor told , current tance in the Kosovo tragedy—the abominable thug who president of the E.U., to stuff the proposals. But Palestin- is Serbia’s dictator, and a Kosovo Liberation Army with a ians are already using them as a pressure point against yearning itself for ethnic expulsions, of Serbs. Israel. If they go on too long, they will kill negotiations permanently and invite war. Kosovo will seem a merry Particularly important has been little place. President Clinton. He was elected nude of experience in or feeling for The Europeans have no “plan” foreign and military matters. But in Exporting for Mideast agreement. Neither six years in office he has reached new do they, NATO or Washington have heights of ineptitude, exhibiting the one in Kosovo. attachment to truth and candor that Bernard Trainor, retired Marine became his trademark at home. Kosovo lieutenant general, put it best on Still the E.U. came up with ideas MSNBC; all they have in Kosovo is a guaranteed to bear fruit— of tragedy. script. So, when the Serbs did not fol- Europe’s mind-set about the Mideast A.M. Rosenthal low the script by surrendering and is pretty much the same that brought Syndicated Columnist instead drove more Albanians out of the fall into the pit of Balkan war. They Kosovo, NATO spokesmen looked all are telling Israel that all of Jerusalem, sad and hurt. not merely what the Palestinians Where were the supplies for the claim as their capital for the while, is a refugees that should have been stock- corpus separatum, separate interna- piled? Coming; show check in mail. tional entity, not an inch of it legally The script treats the Serbs as under Israeli con- inferiors who would docilely give up “...nobody trol. They are under bombing —which neither they, telling Israelis and nor the British nor the Russians did in has the Palestinians that World War II. nobody has the Will the world be upset about right to right to try and stop the establish- Germans bombing children and grandchildren of ment of a Palestinian state. the million Serbs the Nazis killed? Drop bombs, cut try and Palestinian independence and upset shot. stop the Jerusalem are supposed to be decided during the final series of Israel- If Serbs lose Kosovo they will return to com- establish- Palestinian talks. So there is not bat soon. They may prefer to fight on somebody else’s much reason to go ahead with it, is land for a change —like neighboring . Now it is a ment of a there? Just let the two sides fight it NATO member entitled to full NATO protection — “full” out to the death, while the European meaning including nuclear. Palestinian Union thinks up more great ideas. What to show? Nothing; cut from script. What about state.” from our minds? Shut up. Bill Clinton, no golfing today, Don’t be surprised at these says carry on. proposals — the European nations are simply selecting Write new scene. Bring in troops, persuade some a time that could do most damage to disinter their old refugees to return, guard them. But for how long, chief? vicious gambit that the U.N. partition resolution of 1947 Could we show us helping others to attain liberty— still stands. Iraqis, Kurds, Tibetans, Sudanese? And please, please, The Jews agreed to partition and an internationalized could we show a policy? Then we could have an honest Jerusalem in desperate pursuit of acceptance of their plan. But what does a policy look like? I forget. Shut up homeland by the Arabs. The Arabs rejected the resolution and get on the team. and fell on the Jews then and throughout the next half a century. Israel declared the resolution nullified. 1

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Dear Zola: me deeply, sobbing continually, crying out for her, why didn’t I listen to her when she was here with me and I am writing this letter to you directly, personally, in gone ahead to do what she wanted through her guidance hopes that you will acknowledge it with your response and direction, as this would have made her life complete, which I’d appreciate having so very much at this time, happiness beyond expression, a beautiful smile that as am desperate for direction, guidance, advice, thoughts, would not have quit, strengthened her love for me that concern, consideration, care, prayers, and for love that much more, and now feel deeply with anguish, hurting, is so badly needed at this time in my life. Zola, my dear, regretting with deep heartache, that I let her down by sweet, loving, adorable, kind, considerate, uncomplain- not taking this step when she was with me. Zola, please ing, praying, Christian wife Dorothy, went to be with Lord, let me know if I will see my dearest wife Dorothy again Jesus, just a couple of weeks ago, and the grieving process, in heaven, and will she be waiting for me, as I am look- mourning devastation, the pain, hurt, the anger, frustra- ing forward to it with great anticipation? Please help, as tion, the loneliness, the emptiness, the yearning for her I need your immediate acknowledgment, am afraid and presence and closeness is overwhelming, after being alone.etters Love, together for 57 years, as I am lost, afraid of being alone, the fear is setting in deeply, for a beautiful, outstanding,LA.M. forgiving, always concerned about others, her smile was to overpowering, which was also expressed in her eyes, an Dear A.M. adorable praying Wife, Mother, Friend, Lady, Woman, that was truly one of God’s Warriors. Zola, when my Not only your dear wife but also Abraham, Isaac, Jacob dearest wife left me to be with the Lord, and the prophets await in heaven for all of us who Jesus, she was in my arms and said that “...we never believe. We will see them and all believers of all ages she did not want to leave me, and I said know from eventually in Heaven or the Kingdom to come. that I was not ready to give her up, but followed through by saying that she was day to day You indicate that you procrastinated about accepting tired, but that She Would Be Safe In The Jesus Christ. This is not a major undertaking. God knows Arms Of Jesus, and she was gone, pre- when the your heart; just speak to Him about this. The Lord is sume that it was her spirit and soul. My “not willing that any should perish” (IIPeter 3:9). wife Dorothy has repeatedly spoken to end is me about the vital importance of accept- All of us who believe rest in the sure knowledge that we ing the Lord, Jesus, and I very foolishly coming.” will be together with our loved ones in the life to come. procrastinated, thinking like many of us that there is Compassion like yours is rare in anyone. I look forward plenty of time for this later, not realizing that we never to seeing you there, too. know from day to day when the end is coming. My deepest regret at this time, which is painful and hurting — Zola 1

Hebraic Insight The second of the ten mitzvot HEBREW LESSON (commandments) is, “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” Why does Adonai command us not to have other gods before Him? Well, first because He is a “jealous God” (see Ex. 34:14; Deut. 4:24), which suggests that He watches us loving- ly and closely, like a faithful and passion- ate bridegroom watches over his betrothed. He loves us and has given Himself to us passionately; He is entirely committed to our relationship with Him.

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June 1999 P.O. Box 12268 • Dallas, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • www.levitt.com 11 The Regathering. What is Zionism and why should Christians support Israel? ISRAEL: BY DIVINE RIGHT! Where should Palestinians live, if not on the West Bank? We speak to these questions from a West Bank settlement. Twelve half-hour TV programs reviewing God’s dealings with Israel and sharing insight into what is happening there, right Jesus . . . “The Palestinian Prophet.” The editor and publisher of The now. Please order the TV series, transcript and music tape Jerusalem Post voice their concern over growing Arab-Muslim influence in the from page 11. Israeli Christian church matters. The Reverend Speaks. Retired Christian “To Your People, Forever.” From Mt. Gerizim, Zola and Dr. Embassy Director Pastor Jan van der Hoeven McCall discuss Abraham and God’s everlasting covenant. holds forth on God’s gift of Israel to the Jewish people and the injustices presently Isaac, A Favorite Son. Who are the Arabs... the Palestinians? happening in the Promised Land. This segment was filmed inside a tent near the Dead Sea. The Reverend Speaks (cont.). “Jacob Have I Loved.” From Bethel, this program recounts Jacob’s encounter with the angel as recorded in Genesis 28:11-22 and 35:9-14. Ambassador Moshe Erell discusses Israel’s historic “right to the land.” ISRAEL: BY Exodus: Then and Now. From a Jerusalem rooftop, DIVINE Dr. McCall and Zola review Passover and God’s reminder of the Land Covenant. You’ll see the ship, “Exodus III,” arrive in Haifa harbor from Odessa, Russia. RIGHT!

The Battle For Jericho. Filmed in Jericho, we revisit the time when the Transcript Children of Israel entered the Promised Land—Deut. 1:8, 3:27-28, and 9:3-5. This is the word-for-word transcription of the 12- “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem.” From the Mount of Olives and the Temple mount, program TV series by the we review Scriptures that show Jerusalem’s crucial importance to the Lord. same title. A Nation: Born In A Day. Israel’s history is presented showing how God has intervened. We interview Benjamin Begin of the Likud party and Avraham Burg of the Labor Party.

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