<b>SID: IT TOOK SUPERNATURAL</b> <b>INTERVENTION</b>
<b>TO CHANGE THE JEWISH</b> <b>CULTURE OF CHRISTIANITY</b>
<b>[♪ MUSIC ] TO A</b> <b>PAGANIZED GREEK CULTURE,</b>
<b>ON THIS EDITION OF</b> <b>"IT'S SUPERNATURAL!"</b>
<b>CENTURIES HAVE COME</b> <b>AND GONE, OFFERING</b>
<b>WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING</b> <b>THROUGHOUT THE AGES.</b>
<b>TODAY THERE SHOULD BE</b> <b>NOTHING BEYOND</b>
<b>ONE'S POWER</b> <b>TO DISCOVER.</b>
<b>AND YET, THE STRANGE,</b> <b>UNUSUAL AND MYSTERIOUS</b>
<b>WORLD OF THE SUPERNATURAL</b> <b>DEFIES UNDERSTANDING.</b>
<b>STAY TUNED FOR A UNIQUE</b> <b>AND POWERFUL INVESTIGATION</b>
<b>INTO A CURIOUS,</b> <b>UNDISCOVERED UNIVERSE,</b>
<b>ONLY ON </b> <b>"IT'S SUPERNATURAL!"</b>
<b>SID: HELLO, I'M SID ROTH,</b> <b>YOUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.</b>
<b>I'M HERE WITH</b> <b>DR. HOWARD MORGAN,</b>
<b>ANOTHER JEWISH MAN</b> <b>THAT SAYS (CHUCKLES)</b>
<b>YOU'RE COMING FROM</b> <b>AN ORTHODOX,</b>
<b>TRADITIONAL-TYPE OF</b> <b>JEWISH BACKGROUND</b>
<b>THAT BOLDLY SAYS THAT</b> <b>JESUS IS HIS MESSIAH.</b>
<b>HOW COME, HOWARD?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WHEN I WAS A</b> <b>COLLEGE STUDENT -</b>
<b>I WAS 21-YEARS OLD -</b> <b>I WAS ASKED A QUESTION,</b>
<b>AND THE QUESTION</b> <b>HAD TO DO WITH,</b>
<b>"WHO IS JESUS?. AND TWO</b> <b>STUDENTS AND I WERE TALKING</b>
<b>ABOUT THIS, AND AS WE</b> <b>BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THIS,</b>
<b>SOME SUPERNATURAL THINGS</b> <b>BEGAN TO HAPPEN TO ME.</b>
<b>IT WAS IN A CROWDED</b> <b>CAFETERIA AT HUNTER COLLEGE.</b>
<b>THEY APPROACHED</b> <b>ME AND SAID,</b>
<b>"WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU."</b> <b>I SAID,</b>
<b>"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO</b> <b>TALK ABOUT?"</b>
<b>THEY SAID, "WE'D LIKE</b> <b>TO TALK ABOUT JESUS."</b>
<b>I SAID, "GO AHEAD." BEING AN</b> <b>INTELLECTUAL IN THOSE DAYS,</b>
<b>COLLEGE STUDENTS</b> <b>WERE OPEN TO EVERYTHING,</b>
<b>BUT I WAS NOT PREPARED</b> <b>FOR WHAT KIND OF</b>
<b>SUPERNATURAL THINGS</b> <b>WOULD BEGIN TO UNFOLD</b>
<b>IN THIS</b> <b>CROWDED CAFETERIA.</b>
<b>AS THEY BEGAN TO</b> <b>DISCUSS THIS WITH ME,</b>
<b>I FELT WHAT I COULD</b> <b>ONLY DESCRIBE AS</b>
<b>A PRESENCE KIND OF</b> <b>COME AROUND US.</b>
<b>SID: SO HOW DO YOU KNOW</b> <b>THIS WASN'T DRUGS?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, BECAUSE WHEN</b> <b>YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH DRUGS,</b>
<b>THINGS TEND TO</b> <b>FALL APART INWARDLY.</b>
<b>THINGS ARE NOT</b> <b>KNIT TOGETHER,</b>
<b>AND AS THEY WERE SPEAKING</b> <b>TO ME I COULD FEEL,</b>
<b>LIKE A WHOLENESS</b> <b>COME INSIDE OF ME;</b>
<b>A PEACE, LIKE</b> <b>THIS IS RIGHT.</b>
<b>SID: HAVE YOU EVER</b> <b>FELT THIS BEFORE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: NOT REALLY.</b>
<b>I KNEW THAT GOD EXISTED,</b> <b>BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS</b>
<b>BEING PERSONALLY</b> <b>ENCOUNTERED,</b>
<b>AND THEN THE NEXT THING</b> <b>THAT HAPPENED IS</b>
<b>THAT A VISION OPENED</b> <b>UP INSIDE OF ME.</b>
<b>I SAW MYSELF, SID, AS A</b> <b>MAN DROWNING IN A SEA</b>
<b>AND A HUGE OCEAN LINER</b> <b>WAS COMING BY</b>
<b>AND I SAW THE</b> <b>CAPTAIN OF THE BOAT</b>
<b>STANDING AS THE OCEAN</b> <b>LINER WAS PASSING BY;</b>
<b>AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF</b> <b>GOD, AND I KNEW IT WAS GOD.</b>
<b>IT WAS SO CLEAR AND</b> <b>POWERFUL INTO MY SPIRIT,</b>
<b>AND I HEARD THESE WORDS:</b> <b>"HOWIE,</b>
<b>I WILL THROW YOU A LIFE</b> <b>PRESERVER AND SAVE YOU,</b>
<b>BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT,</b> <b>I WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY</b>
<b>FOR WHAT WILL</b> <b>HAPPEN TO YOU NEXT."</b>
<b>AT THAT INSTANCE</b> <b>THERE FLASHED IN MY MIND</b>
<b>INCIDENTS IN CAR ACCIDENTS</b> <b>- 3 DISTINCT CAR ACCIDENTS -</b>
<b>WHEN MY LIFE WAS SPARED;</b> <b>AND ALSO WHERE I WAS</b>
<b>READY TO BE ARRESTED FOR</b> <b>POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS,</b>
<b>BUT THE POLICE OFFICER'S</b> <b>HAND WAS STOPPED</b>
<b>LIKE 1-INCH AWAY FROM</b> <b>FINDING THE CONTRABAND,</b>
<b>AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS</b> <b>CLEARLY SHOWING ME I WAS</b>
<b>TAKING RESPONSIBILITY; "THAT'S</b> <b>WHY YOU DIDN'T GET ARRESTED,</b>
<b>AND YOU DIDN'T DIE IN</b> <b>THOSE CAR ACCIDENTS.</b>
<b>BUT NOW YOU'RE LIKE A</b> <b>MAN DROWNING IN THE SEA,</b>
<b>AND I WON'T TAKE</b> <b>RESPONSIBILITY</b>
<b>FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN</b> <b>TO YOU NEXT."</b>
<b>I KNEW HE HAD BEEN</b> <b>WATCHING OVER MY LIFE,</b>
<b>BUT THAT WAS</b> <b>ABOUT TO CHANGE.</b>
<b>SID: WELL, WHAT</b> <b>HAPPENED NEXT?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, THESE</b> <b>COLLEGE STUDENTS AND I,</b>
<b>WE WERE DISCUSSING</b> <b>WHAT IT MEANS</b>
<b>TO REALLY BE A BELIEVER,</b> <b>AND THEY ASKED ME</b>
<b>IF I WANTED TO PRAY AND</b> <b>ASK JESUS INTO MY LIFE.</b>
<b>BUT I REALLY - AT THAT</b> <b>PARTICULAR MOMENT,</b>
<b>WASN'T REALLY READY</b> <b>TO DO THAT.</b>
<b>SO I GOT ON THE SUBWAY</b> <b>TO GO HOME.</b>
<b>IT WAS IN MANHATTAN.</b>
<b>I WAS LIVING IN BROOKLYN</b> <b>AT THE TIME.</b>
<b>I'M SITTING ON A CROWDED</b> <b>SUBWAY TRAIN DECEMBER 1971,</b>
<b>SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW,</b> <b>MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS,</b>
<b>AND SID, I HEARD IN MY</b> <b>RIGHT EAR A CLEAR VOICE</b>
<b>BEGIN TO SPEAK TO ME</b> <b>AND SAY THESE WORDS:</b>
<b>"HOWIE, READ THE PRAYER.</b> <b>READ THE PRAYER NOW."</b>
<b>SID: WHAT PRAYER?</b>
<b>MORGAN: THEY HAD</b> <b>GIVEN ME A LITTLE BOOKLET</b>
<b>THAT HAD EXPLAINED</b> <b>THE GOSPEL,</b>
<b>AND THERE WAS A</b> <b>LITTLE PRAYER IN IT.</b>
<b>AND THE VOICE WAS VERY</b> <b>INSISTENT AND VERY PERSISTENT;</b>
<b>"HOWIE, READ THE PRAYER.</b> <b>READ THE PRAYER NOW.</b>
<b>HOWIE, READ THE PRAYER.</b> <b>READ THE PRAYER NOW."</b>
<b>SO I SAID UNDER MY BREATH,</b> <b>"ALL RIGHT ALREADY!</b>
<b>I'LL READ THE PRAYER." SO I</b> <b>WENT TO MY BACK POCKET -</b>
<b>LITERALLY, THIS IS</b> <b>EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED -</b>
<b>I GOT THE LITTLE BOOKLET OUT</b> <b>OF MY BACK POCKET</b>
<b>AND THERE WAS</b> <b>A LITTLE PRAYER</b>
<b>ASKING JESUS TO</b> <b>COME INTO MY LIFE.</b>
<b>I READ THE PRAYER.</b>
<b>THE INSTANT I FINISHED</b> <b>READING THE PRAYER,</b>
<b>A BRIGHT BOLD LIGHT LITERALLY</b> <b>EXPLODED INSIDE OF ME.</b>
<b>I FELT AND SAW DARK FORCES</b> <b>LEAVE MY BODY.</b>
<b>I STOOD UP BECAUSE THIS</b> <b>POWER HAD JUST</b>
<b>GOT TURNED ON</b> <b>INSIDE OF ME -</b>
<b>SID: WHAT KIND OF</b> <b>"DARK FORCES"?</b>
<b>MORGAN: I - I CAN'T - I</b> <b>DON'T - IN THOSE DAYS I -</b>
<b>SID: HOW'D YOU KNOW</b> <b>IT WAS A DARK FORCE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: I SAW IT!</b> <b>IT WAS BLACK! IT LEFT ME!</b>
<b>BLACK SHADOWS LEFT</b> <b>MY BODY WHEN THIS LIGHT</b>
<b>EXPLODED INSIDE OF</b> <b>ME. AT THAT MOMENT,</b>
<b>I KNEW THAT GOD WAS REAL,</b> <b>THAT JESUS WAS ALIVE.</b>
<b>MY WHOLE LIFE, IN THAT</b> <b>SECOND, TURNED AROUND.</b>
<b>I WENT HOME.</b>
<b>I WAS DATING A JEWISH GIRL</b> <b>AT THE TIME,</b>
<b>TOLD HER EVERYTHING</b> <b>THAT HAPPENED.</b>
<b>SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,</b> <b>"YOU SOUND DIFFERENT</b>
<b>AND YOU HAVE A FUNNY LOOK</b> <b>IN YOUR EYE."</b>
<b>I WENT OUTSIDE -</b> <b>SID: WAIT A SECOND.</b>
<b>WHAT WAS GOING ON</b> <b>INSIDE OF YOU?</b>
<b>MORGAN: OH, A TREMENDOUS</b> <b>SENSE OF PEACE AND JOY</b>
<b>AND WELL-BEING,</b> <b>AND THIS - IT REALLY WAS</b>
<b>AN INCREDIBLE SENSE</b> <b>OF JOY AND PEACE. I MEAN,</b>
<b>THOSE WORDS SOMETIMES</b> <b>DON'T CARRY THE MEANING -</b>
<b>SID: BUT YOU'RE JEWISH!</b> <b>MORGAN: THAT'S RIGHT.</b>
<b>SID: YOU'RE JEWISH!</b> <b>DIDN'T IT BOTHER YOU?</b>
<b>I MEAN, RAISED IN</b> <b>A TRADITIONAL FAMILY</b>
<b>IN BROOKLYN -</b> <b>MORGAN: NO,</b>
<b>BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT</b> <b>THIS WAS ALL ABOUT?</b>
<b>IT WAS ABOUT</b> <b>MEETING GOD,</b>
<b>WHICH IS WHAT I LEARNED</b> <b>IN THE SYNAGOGUE</b>
<b>AND WHAT I LEARNED</b> <b>IN HEBREW SCHOOL,</b>
<b>AND PUTTING ON</b> <b>TO FILL IN;</b>
<b>THAT ABRAHAM, ISAAC,</b> <b>AND JACOB -</b>
<b>THESE PEOPLE ALL HAD</b> <b>AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.</b>
<b>THIS WASN'T</b> <b>ABOUT RELIGION.</b>
<b>THIS WAS ABOUT A</b> <b>PERSONAL ENCOUNTER</b>
<b>WITH THE LIVING GOD,</b> <b>AND I JUST HAD ONE!</b>
<b>AND I WENT OUTSIDE AND</b> <b>I LOOKED UP IN THE SKY,</b>
<b>AND I SAW THREE ANGELS</b> <b>DANCING WITH TAMBOURINES,</b>
<b>AND MY THOUGHT WAS,</b> <b>"WOW!</b>
<b>THERE'S A PARTY</b> <b>GOING ON UP THERE!"</b>
<b>SID: WHY WERE THEY</b> <b>HAVING A PARTY?</b>
<b>MORGAN: BECAUSE THE BIBLE</b> <b>SAYS WHEN A SINNER REPENTS,</b>
<b>THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN</b> <b>REJOICE, AND I HAD REPENTED.</b>
<b>WENT HOME, THREW AWAY</b> <b>ALL MY DRUG PARAPHERNALIA,</b>
<b>STARTED TO READ THE BIBLE,</b> <b>HAD THIS DESIRE TO PRAY,</b>
<b>AND JUST TALK ABOUT JESUS</b> <b>TO EVERYBODY THAT I MET.</b>
<b>(CHUCKLES) THEY, OF COURSE,</b> <b>WENT CRAZY,</b>
<b>BUT GOD STARTED DOING</b> <b>WONDERFUL THINGS.</b>
<b>AND THE MOST AMAZING THING</b> <b>WAS THIS OVERWHELMING</b>
<b>SENSE OF PEACE AND JOY</b> <b>AND WELL-BEING.</b>
<b>SID: WELL WAIT. I'VE NEVER</b> <b>TAKEN DRUGS, BUT I'M TOLD</b>
<b>YOU HAVE A PEACE AND</b> <b>A EUPHORIC-TYPE FEELING</b>
<b>WHEN YOU TAKE DRUGS.</b> <b>WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: YEAH, BUT</b> <b>IT'S ALWAYS SHORT-LIVED,</b>
<b>AND WHEN IT'S OVER YOU'RE</b> <b>FEELING TERRIBLY DEPRESSED</b>
<b>AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK</b> <b>FOR MORE DRUGS</b>
<b>OR STRONGER DRUGS BECAUSE</b> <b>THE PREVIOUS DIDN'T WORK.</b>
<b>BUT THIS WAS</b> <b>NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.</b>
<b>I THREW ALL MY DRUGS AWAY,</b> <b>AND THERE WAS</b>
<b>A SPIRITUAL SENSE RISING</b> <b>FROM DEEP WITHIN ME -</b>
<b>THIS PRESENCE,</b> <b>IF YOU WILL -</b>
<b>OF POWER, OF EMPOWERMENT,</b> <b>OF JOY AND OF PEACE</b>
<b>THAT WAS ALL DAY LONG.</b> <b>I MEAN, I WALKED AROUND,</b>
<b>I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL</b> <b>AFTER THE VACATION -</b>
<b>SID: HOW MANY</b> <b>YEARS AGO?</b>
<b>MORGAN: THIS WAS 1971,</b> <b>SO THIS IS -</b>
<b>SID: TODAY - TODAY -</b> <b>TIME'S GOING BY;</b>
<b>WHAT'S GOING ON</b> <b>INSIDE OF YOU?</b>
<b>MORGAN: SAME PEACE</b> <b>AND JOY.</b>
<b>THIS IS THE</b> <b>REMARKABLE TESTIMONY,</b>
<b>THAT ALL THROUGH</b> <b>THE DIFFICULTIES,</b>
<b>BATTLES OF LIFE</b> <b>THAT EVERYBODY HAS,</b>
<b>UPS AND DOWNS</b> <b>AND WHATEVER,</b>
<b>THERE WAS THIS ROCK-BOTTOM</b> <b>PEACE THAT I HAVE HAD</b>
<b>IN MY LIFE, THIS JOY</b> <b>THAT IS A BUOYANCY. IT IS -</b>
<b>[♪ MUSIC ] </b> <b>SID: HOWARD BECAME A PHD,</b>
<b>AND HE HAS STUDIED SOMETHING</b> <b>THAT IS SO AMAZING.</b>
<b>IT'S LITERALLY</b> <b>SUPERNATURAL</b>
<b>OF HOW SOMETHING</b> <b>THAT STARTED - YOU HAD</b>
<b>TO BE JEWISH TO BELIEVE</b> <b>IN JESUS 2,000 YEARS AGO.</b>
<b>EVERYTHING WAS JEWISH.</b>
<b>THE AUTHORS OF</b> <b>THE NEW COVENANT -</b>
<b>OUTSIDE OF DR. LUKE -</b> <b>AND, OF COURSE,</b>
<b>HOW MANY NON-JEWISH</b> <b>DOCTORS DO YOU KNOW?</b>
<b>JUST KIDDING!</b>
<b>WHEN WE COME BACK</b> <b>WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT</b>
<b>HOW SOMETHING SO JEWISH</b> <b>GOT TO BE THOUGHT OF</b>
<b>AS THE OPPOSITE</b> <b>OF JUDAISM.</b>
<b>DON'T GO AWAY.</b>
<b>"IT'S SUPERNATURAL!'</b> <b>WILL RETURN RIGHT AFTER THIS.</b>
<b>[♪ MUSIC ]</b>
<b>SID: HELLO, SID ROTH,</b> <b>YOUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.</b>
<b>I'M HERE WITH</b> <b>DR. HOWARD MORGAN.</b>
<b>SO, HOW DID CHRISTIANITY,</b> <b>WHICH STARTED SO JEWISH,</b>
<b>BECOME TODAY THE</b> <b>OPPOSITE OF JUDAISM</b>
<b>TO MOST JEWISH PEOPLE?</b> <b>DR. HOWARD MORGAN.</b>
<b>MORGAN: THAT'S A REALLY</b> <b>IMPORTANT AND FASCINATING</b>
<b>QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU SEE</b> <b>THE HISTORY OF MAN,</b>
<b>KIND OF WRAPPED UP IN THIS</b> <b>DYNAMIC OF WHAT HAPPENED.</b>
<b>WE SEE THE JEWISH PEOPLE</b> <b>REJECTING JESUS</b>
<b>AS THE MESSIAH. WE</b> <b>SEE THE GENTILE CHURCH</b>
<b>REJECTING HER JEWISH</b> <b>CONNECTION TO THE</b>
<b>JEWISH PEOPLE. THE APOSTLE</b> <b>PAUL TOLD THE CHURCH -</b>
<b>SID: SO YOU CAN SAY</b> <b>WE HUMANS</b>
<b>ARE JUST PLAIN "REJECTED</b> <b>PEOPLE"! (LAUGHS)</b>
<b>MORGAN: YEAH, WE ARE,</b> <b>AND WE OPERATE -</b>
<b>THIS IS AN IMPORTANT</b> <b>POINT, SID.</b>
<b>WE OPERATE OUT OF THAT</b> <b>REJECTION BECAUSE</b>
<b>WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET</b> <b>SOMEBODY EITHER TO LOVE US,</b>
<b>WE'RE TRYING TO GET</b> <b>THEM TO APPROVE OF US,</b>
<b>AND WE'RE TRYING TO CONTROL</b> <b>THEM SO THAT WE CAN BE</b>
<b>IN A POSITION OF CONTROL</b> <b>AND GETTING THAT LOVE,</b>
<b>AND THAT'S A</b> <b>FASCINATING INSIGHT,</b>
<b>BECAUSE YOU CAN</b> <b>LOOK AT THIS -</b>
<b>SID: WE'RE OPERATING</b> <b>OUT OF HURT.</b>
<b>MORGAN: ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE</b> <b>REACTING TO OUR SITUATIONS</b>
<b>RATHER THAN RESPONDING</b> <b>TO GOD, AND YOU SEE THAT</b>
<b>IN THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS.</b> <b>RATHER THAN BEING -</b>
<b>EMBRACING THEIR OWN</b> <b>SPIRITUAL CULTURE,</b>
<b>THE JEWISH PEOPLE,</b> <b>THEY GOT AFRAID</b>
<b>THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE,</b> <b>BECAUSE THEY REJECTED JESUS,</b>
<b>WERE GOING TO TAKE THEIR</b> <b>"CONVERTS" AWAY FROM THEM;</b>
<b>AND BECAUSE THEY</b> <b>REJECTED THE BIBLE,</b>
<b>AND THE APOSTLE PAUL'S</b> <b>ADMONITION,</b>
<b>"DON'T BE ARROGANT</b> <b>AGAINST THE BRANCHES;</b>
<b>THE ROOTS SUPPORT YOU...",</b> <b>SID: YOU'RE SAYING</b>
<b>THE GENTILE</b> <b>CHURCH REJECTED THE BIBLE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: ABSOLUTELY.</b> <b>THEY REJECTED</b>
<b>THE AUTHORITY</b> <b>OF THE SCRIPTURES,</b>
<b>BECAUSE IF THEY HAD</b> <b>OBEYED THE SCRIPTURES,</b>
<b>WE'D HAVE A VERY</b> <b>DIFFERENT WORLD TODAY.</b>
<b>SO WHAT THEY DID WAS BEGIN</b> <b>TO PICK AND CHOOSE</b>
<b>WHAT THEY WANTED, AND</b> <b>THE REASON THEY DID THAT IS</b>
<b>BECAUSE THEY WENT INTO</b> <b>A NON-JEWISH CULTURE.</b>
<b>BY REJECTING THEIR JEWISH</b> <b>ROOTS THEY WENT INTO THIS</b>
<b>PAGANIZED GRECO-ROMAN</b> <b>WORLDVIEW THAT WAS</b>
<b>VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE</b> <b>JEWISH VIEW OF THE WORLD.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT'S THE</b> <b>DIFFERENCE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, I'M</b> <b>GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT.</b>
<b>THE ROMANS HAD - THE</b> <b>GREEKS HAD WHAT WE CALL</b>
<b>A "DUALISTIC VIEW".</b> <b>THAT IS,</b>
<b>THEY SEPARATED THE MATERIAL</b> <b>AND THE SPIRITUAL.</b>
<b>THE HEBREW CULTURE</b> <b>THAT PRODUCED THE BIBLE</b>
<b>HAD NO SUCH SEPARATION.</b> <b>EVERYTHING WAS SPIRITUAL.</b>
<b>THAT'S WHY NOW IN</b> <b>MODERN-DAY CHRISTIANITY</b>
<b>PEOPLE CAN GO TO CHURCH</b> <b>AND THINK,</b>
<b>"OH, MY SPIRITUAL LIFE</b> <b>IS DONE!",</b>
<b>AND THEY GO AND DO</b> <b>WHATEVER THEY WANT.</b>
<b>SID: IN EFFECT, WE CAN</b> <b>SEGMENT THINGS.</b>
<b>MORGAN: EXACTLY.</b>
<b>SID: IT'S SUNDAY</b> <b>OR SATURDAY;</b>
<b>I DO MY THING</b> <b>WITH GOD.</b>
<b>THE REST OF THE WEEK,</b> <b>I DO MY THING, FOR ME.</b>
<b>MORGAN: RIGHT.</b> <b>THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.</b>
<b>AND THAT ALL CAME OUT OF</b> <b>THE GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE,</b>
<b>THE WORLDVIEW THAT THEY</b> <b>HAD THAT ALLOWED THEM -</b>
<b>SEE, BECAUSE THEIR VIEW</b> <b>OF GOD IS,</b>
<b>OH, YOU THROW A LITTLE</b> <b>INCENSE ON A BURNER,</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, YOU DID</b> <b>YOUR THING WITH GOD -</b>
<b>THAT GOD WASN'T</b> <b>REALLY INTERESTED</b>
<b>IN YOUR MORALITY</b> <b>OR YOUR CHARACTER -</b>
<b>AND YOU DID</b> <b>WHATEVER YOU WANTED</b>
<b>BECAUSE YOU DID</b> <b>YOUR "RELIGIOUS THING".</b>
<b>BUT THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES</b> <b>AND THE REVELATION</b>
<b>OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL IN THE</b> <b>SCRIPTURES WERE SAYING,</b>
<b>NO, GOD IS CONCERNED</b> <b>WITH OUR MORALITY.</b>
<b>HE'S CONCERNED</b> <b>WITH OUR LIFESTYLE,</b>
<b>HE'S CONCERNED</b> <b>WITH OUR CHARACTER,</b>
<b>AND HE HAS GIVEN US</b> <b>INSTRUCTION -</b>
<b>COMMANDMENTS - </b> <b>ON HOW TO LIVE."</b>
<b>WHEN THE CHURCH</b> <b>REJECTED HER JEWISH ROOTS,</b>
<b>THAT WAS PUT ASIDE, AND</b> <b>WHAT BEGAN TO DEVELOP</b>
<b>SLOWLY OVER THE</b> <b>FIRST FEW CENTURIES</b>
<b>OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA,</b> <b>AND WHAT HAPPENED IS</b>
<b>WE SEE A</b> <b>NON-JEWISH FAITH EMERGE.</b>
<b>SID: BUT WHY DID WE</b> <b>REJECT IT?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, WE</b> <b>REJECTED IT, I THINK,</b>
<b>FOR A NUMBER OF</b> <b>REASONS;</b>
<b>AND WHEN I SAY "WE",</b> <b>I'M NOT MEANING "WE".</b>
<b>I SAY "THEY" DID.</b> <b>ONE IS</b>
<b>THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEY</b> <b>WERE GOING TO LOSE CONVERTS.</b>
<b>TWO IS, THEY WANTED TO</b> <b>MAKE THIS RELIGION PALATABLE</b>
<b>TO THE INTELLECTUALS</b> <b>OF THE WESTERN WORLD</b>
<b>THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO</b> <b>BRING THE GOSPEL TO.</b>
<b>SID: ARE YOU TELLING ME</b> <b>THEY HAD WHAT WE CALL TODAY</b>
<b>A "SEEKER-FRIENDLY CHURCH"</b> <b>SO IT WOULD BLEND IN?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, IN SOME WAYS</b> <b>THEY WERE, BUT WHAT THEY -</b>
<b>THEY MADE THE MISTAKE</b> <b>OF BEING -</b>
<b>HERE'S A FANCY WORD -</b>
<b>THEY MADE THE MISTAKE</b> <b>OF BEING "SYNCHRISTIC".</b>
<b>THAT IS, THEY TRIED TO</b> <b>BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER</b>
<b>TO PLEASE EVERYBODY, RATHER</b> <b>THAN PREACHING THE GOSPEL</b>
<b>THAT BROUGHT THE FAITH</b> <b>TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE</b>
<b>IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE</b> <b>WHEN THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES,</b>
<b>THE JEWISH APOSTLES AND</b> <b>PROPHETS WENT PREACHING,</b>
<b>THERE WAS POWER AND SIGNS</b> <b>AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES,</b>
<b>BECAUSE PEOPLE THEN,</b> <b>LIKE THEY ARE TODAY,</b>
<b>IN OUR VIEW, IS THEY'RE </b> <b>HUNGRY FOR REALITY,</b>
<b>AND THEY WERE COMING</b> <b>INTO REALITY.</b>
<b>LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED.</b>
<b>PEOPLE ARE BEING HEALED.</b>
<b>PEOPLE ARE BEING SET FREE</b> <b>FROM THEIR INSECURITIES,</b>
<b>FROM THEIR FEARS.</b>
<b>MARRIAGES AND FAMILIES</b> <b>WERE BEING PUT TOGETHER</b>
<b>BECAUSE THE</b> <b>POWER OF GOD</b>
<b>WAS BEING MADE</b> <b>AVAILABLE TO THEM.</b>
<b>SID: ARE YOU TELLING ME</b> <b>THERE IS A CONNECTION</b>
<b>BETWEEN THE LOSS OF THE</b> <b>POWER OF GOD,</b>
<b>AND REJECTION OF OUR</b> <b>BIBLICAL JEWISH HERITAGE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: ABSOLUTELY.</b> <b>AND WE CAN FOLLOW</b>
<b>THAT PARALLEL</b> <b>RIGHT THROUGH HISTORY,</b>
<b>AS THE CHURCH REJECTED</b> <b>THE BIBLE.</b>
<b>IT CALLS THEM</b> <b>"ANOINTED ROOTS";</b>
<b>THAT IS, THEY HAD THE</b> <b>POWER OF GOD FLOW,</b>
<b>THE REALITY OF GOD</b> <b>FLOWING,</b>
<b>AND THE MESSAGE OF</b> <b>THE KINGDOM OF GOD,</b>
<b>THE REALITY OF GOD</b> <b>IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE,</b>
<b>WAS BEING PROCLAIMED.</b>
<b>WHEN THE CHURCH</b> <b>TURNED AWAY FROM THAT,</b>
<b>THINGS STARTED</b> <b>HAPPENING.</b>
<b>THE CHURCH BECAME POLITICAL.</b> <b>IT BECAME MILITARY.</b>
<b>INSTEAD OF PEOPLE WANTING</b> <b>TO SEE OTHERS RAISED UP</b>
<b>AS DISCIPLES, THEY</b> <b>WANTED TO MANIPULATE</b>
<b>AND CONTROL THEM BECAUSE</b> <b>AN ORGANIZATION DEVELOPED</b>
<b>THAT HAD TO NOW</b> <b>PROTECT ITSELF!</b>
<b>IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITSELF,</b> <b>IT HAD TO CUT OUT</b>
<b>ANYTHING THAT WOULD</b> <b>THREATEN IT.</b>
<b>JEWISH BELIEVERS</b> <b>THREATENED IT BECAUSE</b>
<b>JEWISH BELIEVERS IN THE</b> <b>CHURCH CAME AND SAID,</b>
<b>"NO!" THAT'S NOT THE WAY</b> <b>THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE!</b>
<b>WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO</b> <b>HAVE THIS KIND OF A</b>
<b>HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM</b> <b>IN WHICH CLERGY</b>
<b>MANIPULATES</b> <b>AND CONTROLS LAITY.</b>
<b>THIS IS A RELATIONAL THING</b> <b>THAT WE ALL HAVE WITH GOD;</b>
<b>THAT WE ALL HAVE</b> <b>WITH EACH OTHER,</b>
<b>BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED</b> <b>TO GROW AND NOURISH</b>
<b>EACH OTHER IN THE FAITH.</b> <b>THAT WAS LOST,</b>
<b>BUT GOD IS RESTORING IT IN</b> <b>MANY CONGREGATIONS TODAY.</b>
<b>WE'RE SEEING A RENEWAL</b> <b>OF THIS JEWISH ROOTS</b>
<b>INTEREST IN CHURCHES -</b>
<b>SID: ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME</b> <b>SOME SPECIFICS.</b>
<b>THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS -</b> <b>PASSOVER, YOM KIPPUR,</b>
<b>RASH HASHANAH;</b> <b>ALL THEY - WHY IS</b>
<b>THE CHURCH NOT FOLLOWING</b> <b>THESE BIBLICAL DIRECTIVES?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, BASICALLY</b> <b>IN THE THIRD CENTURY,</b>
<b>CONSTANTINE</b> <b>"HAD A CONVERSION",</b>
<b>AND HE BEGAN TO</b> <b>MAKE LAWS.</b>
<b>HE CALLED ALL THE BISHOPS</b> <b>TO HIM.</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, THE EMPEROR SAID</b> <b>COME,</b>
<b>BECAUSE THESE WERE PEOPLE</b> <b>WHO WERE PERSECUTED</b>
<b>BY THE ROMAN</b> <b>EMPERORS.</b>
<b>NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN</b> <b>THE EMPEROR'S SAYING,</b>
<b>"HEY, GUYS,</b> <b>I'M ON YOUR SIDE!</b>
<b>I WANT TO ESTABLISH YOU AS</b> <b>THE RELIGION OF THE STATE."</b>
<b>SID: SO WHAT LOOKS FOR GOOD</b> <b>WAS ACTUALLY USED FOR BAD.</b>
<b>MORGAN: SURE, BECAUSE</b> <b>HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO</b>
<b>CONTROL THE EMPIRE AND</b> <b>HE WANTED TO CONTROL THE</b>
<b>MILITARY AND RELIGIOUSLY,</b> <b>SO HE SET UP A RELIGION,</b>
<b>BUT HE HAD DEEP ROOTS</b> <b>OF ANTI-SEMITISM,</b>
<b>AND THE CHURCH HAD ALREADY</b> <b>BEEN INFECTED BY THAT</b>
<b>BECAUSE SHE HAD REJECTED</b> <b>WHAT PAUL SAID;</b>
<b>"DON'T BE</b> <b>ARROGANT."YOU KNOW,</b>
<b>THEY TURNED THEIR BACK</b> <b>ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE.</b>
<b>THE SPIRITUAL FORCES THAT</b> <b>BEGAN TO COME INTO PLAY</b>
<b>SAID TO THE CHURCH, "LISTEN,</b> <b>THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS,</b>
<b>THE MESSIAH,</b> <b>THEIR OWN MESSIAH;</b>
<b>THEREFORE GOD HAS</b> <b>REJECTED THEM.</b>
<b>THEY'RE NOTHING</b> <b>ANYMORE.</b>
<b>NOW THE GENTILES - THE</b> <b>CHURCH - IS THE NEW ISRAEL.</b>
<b>GOD'S DONE</b> <b>WITH THE JEWS.</b>
<b>WE'VE REPLACED THE JEWS,</b> <b>AND WE ARE THE NEW ISRAEL."</b>
<b>WITH THAT ONE LIE, A WHOLE</b> <b>WORLD OF NEGATIVE INFLUENCES</b>
<b>WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CHURCH</b> <b>BECAUSE NOW THERE WAS</b>
<b>NO CONNECTION TO THE</b> <b>JEWISH PEOPLE,</b>
<b>AND NOW THEY WERE OPEN TO</b> <b>ANY INFLUENCE THAT WOULD</b>
<b>COME FROM THIS PAGAN WORLD</b> <b>THAT WAS AROUND THEM.</b>
<b>SID: HOLD THAT THOUGHT.</b> <b>[♪ MUSIC ]</b>
<b>AND THE INFLUENCES CAME,</b> <b>AS YOU'RE AWARE OF.</b>
<b>WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK</b> <b>AFTER THIS.</b>
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<b>SID: YOU THINK YOU</b> <b>HAVE A PROBLEM?</b>
<b>YOU SHOULD SEE</b> <b>2 MESSIANIC JEWS</b>
<b>BY THE NAME OF</b> <b>PAUL AND SILAS.</b>
<b>THEY COULD NOT KEEP QUIET</b> <b>OF THE FACT THAT YESHUA -</b>
<b>THAT'S HEBREW FOR JESUS -</b> <b>IS THE JEWISH MESSIAH,</b>
<b>SO THEY WERE PUT IN PRISON.</b> <b>AND THERE WAS</b>
<b>SUCH A WARNING GIVEN,</b> <b>THEY WERE PUT INTO</b>
<b>THE DEPTH OF THE PRISON.</b> <b>THERE WAS NO HEATING,</b>
<b>OR AIR CONDITIONING;</b> <b>IT WAS RAT-INFESTED.</b>
<b>THEY WERE PUT IN STOCKS;</b> <b>THEY COULDN'T EVEN MOVE.</b>
<b>THEY WERE BEATEN.</b> <b>THEY WERE BLOODY.</b>
<b>THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY.</b> <b>THERE WAS NO LIGHT.</b>
<b>IT WAS MIDNIGHT, AND</b> <b>YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID?</b>
<b>THE LAST THING MOST PEOPLE</b> <b>WOULD DO IN THOSE KIND OF</b>
<b>CIRCUMSTANCES: THEY</b> <b>BEGAN WORSHIPPING</b>
<b>AND PRAISING GOD FOR</b> <b>ALL THEY WERE WORTH.</b>
<b>THEY BEGAN SINGING SONGS</b> <b>TO GOD,</b>
<b>AND SUDDENLY GOD</b> <b>CAME ON THE SCENE.</b>
<b>HE SHOWED UP, AND IT SAYS</b> <b>IT WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE,</b>
<b>AND THE PRISON DOORS</b> <b>OPENED UP.</b>
<b>YOU SHOULD TRY SINGING</b> <b>AND PRAISING GOD</b>
<b>WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH</b> <b>BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT READY</b>
<b>TO HAVE YOUR</b> <b>"EARTHQUAKE".</b>
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<b>SID: HELLO. SID ROTH,</b> <b>YOUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER</b>
<b>HERE WITH </b> <b>DR. HOWARD MORGAN.</b>
<b>AND THE QUESTION THAT I</b> <b>HAVE FOR DR. MORGAN -</b>
<b>AND I BELIEVE</b> <b>YOU HAVE IT, TOO -</b>
<b>IS, HOW DOES WHAT IS KNOWN</b> <b>AS THE CHURCH TODAY</b>
<b>DIFFER FROM THE VERY FIRST</b> <b>FOLLOWERS OF JESUS,</b>
<b>WHO WERE ALL JEWISH,</b> <b>AND HAD THE POWER.</b>
<b>THEY HAD, AS THE COMMERCIAL</b> <b>SAID, "THEY HAD THE BEEF?"</b>
<b>MORGAN: RIGHT.</b> <b>SID: HOW DID IT DIFFER?</b>
<b>WHAT WERE THEY DOING THAT</b> <b>WE'RE NOT DOING TODAY?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, THEY</b> <b>UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF</b>
<b>REVELATION AND THE NATURE</b> <b>OF SPIRITUAL REALITY,</b>
<b>AND THEY WERE SEEKING</b> <b>GOD FOR REVELATION</b>
<b>RATHER THAN A RATIONALISTIC</b> <b>UNDERSTANDING.</b>
<b>THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT</b> <b>GOD WAS INVITING THEM</b>
<b>INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH</b> <b>HIMSELF AND A RELATIONSHIP</b>
<b>IN EACH OTHER</b> <b>THAT HAD A PURPOSE.</b>
<b>THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD</b> <b>WAS TO CHANGE US,</b>
<b>AND THEN OUR RELATIONSHIP</b> <b>WITH EACH OTHER WAS TO</b>
<b>HELP EACH OTHER GROW IN</b> <b>THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.</b>
<b>NOW, TODAY, WE HAVE</b> <b>PEOPLE GOING TO A BUILDING</b>
<b>TO OBSERVE A RITUAL THAT</b> <b>DOESN'T CHANGE THEM</b>
<b>BECAUSE THEY'RE</b> <b>DISENGAGED FROM IT</b>
<b>IN TERMS OF</b> <b>REVELATION.</b>
<b>THEY JUST KIND OF GO</b> <b>THROUGH THE RITUALS,</b>
<b>AND ALL THE CHURCHES</b> <b>ARE DOING THAT,</b>
<b>SO WE BASICALLY HAVE A</b> <b>THEATER THAT GOES ON.</b>
<b>PEOPLE GO TO A BUILDING TO</b> <b>OBSERVE THE SHOW</b>
<b>AND THEN THEY LEAVE,</b> <b>LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES</b>
<b>BECAUSE THE POWER</b> <b>ISN'T BEING EXCHANGED,</b>
<b>AND THAT REALLY, SID, IS</b> <b>THE HEART OF THE DIFFERENCE,</b>
<b>THE POWER OF GOD</b> <b>NOW NOT BEING MANIFEST</b>
<b>IN THE MINISTRY.</b>
<b>YOU GO TO CHURCHES</b> <b>AND PEOPLE PREACH.</b>
<b>YOU KNOW, THERE'S</b> <b>THE PREACHER,</b>
<b>AND PEOPLE</b> <b>HEAR SOMETHING.</b>
<b>BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT</b> <b>ENGAGED WITH GOD PERSONALLY,</b>
<b>THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO</b> <b>RECEIVE THE ANOINTING,</b>
<b>THE POWER OF GOD</b> <b>OPERATING IN THEIR LIFE,</b>
<b>AND THEN THE PEOPLE -</b> <b>THE COMMUNITY -</b>
<b>SEE, IF WE SAY "CHURCH"</b> <b>TO MOST PEOPLE, THEY THINK,</b>
<b>"A BUILDING YOU GO TO</b> <b>OBSERVE A RELIGIOUS RITUAL".</b>
<b>BUT THE "KEHILLATH", IN</b> <b>HEBREW, WHAT JESUS SAID,</b>
<b>THE CONGREGATION</b> <b>WAS A RELATIONAL THING.</b>
<b>IT'S EVERYBODY</b> <b>HELPING EACH OTHER,</b>
<b>SUPPORTING EACH OTHER,</b> <b>LOOKING AFTER EACH OTHER,</b>
<b>STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES</b> <b>TOGETHER; A FLOW OF LIFE.</b>
<b>SID: HOW DIFFERENT</b> <b>WAS THE CULTURE</b>
<b>BETWEEN THE</b> <b>FIRST JEWISH BELIEVERS</b>
<b>AND THE MESSIAH THAN</b> <b>WHAT WE HAVE TODAY?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL,</b> <b>THE CULTURE WAS, AGAIN,</b>
<b>THIS DYNAMIC OF</b> <b>UNDERSTANDING THAT</b>
<b>WE'RE A TRIBE TOGETHER, THAT</b> <b>WE'RE A FAMILY TOGETHER.</b>
<b>MOST PEOPLE WHO</b> <b>GO TO CHURCH TODAY</b>
<b>DON'T EVEN TALK</b> <b>TO ONE ANOTHER.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT I MEANT WAS</b> <b>THINGS LIKE,</b>
<b>DID THEY OBSERVE</b> <b>PASSOVER, YOM KIPPUR -</b>
<b>MORGAN: OH, YES, THEY</b> <b>OBSERVED ALL THE FEASTS</b>
<b>OF THE LORD BECAUSE</b> <b>THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT</b>
<b>THOSE FEASTS WERE TIMES</b> <b>OF MEETING WITH GOD</b>
<b>FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES:</b> <b>A TIME TO REMEMBER</b>
<b>WHAT GOD HAD PROMISED,</b> <b>AND VERY IMPORTANTLY,</b>
<b>TO CALL TO MIND</b> <b>WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO.</b>
<b>THIS IS WHAT MAKES</b> <b>THE JEWISH RELIGION</b>
<b>AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE</b> <b>SO DISTINCTIVE,</b>
<b>BECAUSE THEY ARE</b> <b>A PROPHETIC PEOPLE;</b>
<b>THAT GOD CALLED THIS NATION</b> <b>FOR A PROPHETIC PURPOSE,</b>
<b>TO BRING TO PASS HIS</b> <b>REDEMPTIVE PURPOSES</b>
<b>IN THE WORLD. THAT'S WHY THE</b> <b>JEWISH PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT</b>
<b>THAN THE FRENCH PEOPLE,</b> <b>OR THE ASIAN PEOPLE.</b>
<b>GOD LOVES EVERYBODY,</b> <b>BUT HE HAS</b>
<b>PUT A PROPHETIC CALL</b> <b>UPON THEM.</b>
<b>THIS IS ANOTHER</b> <b>REASON WHY -</b>
<b>SID: WHAT IS THE "PROPHETIC</b> <b>CALL ON THE JEWS"?</b>
<b>MORGAN: THE PROPHETIC CALL</b> <b>IS TO BE A LIGHT TO THE NATION</b>
<b>AND TO PREPARE THE WORLD FOR</b> <b>THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH;</b>
<b>THAT THE</b> <b>JEWISH PEOPLE,</b>
<b>GIVING BIRTH TO THE</b> <b>JEWISH MESSIAH,</b>
<b>TAKING THIS GOSPEL -</b> <b>THIS GOOD NEWS -</b>
<b>TO ALL THE WORLD THAT -</b> <b>SID: WAIT A SECOND.</b>
<b>THE RABBIS SAY WE JEWS</b> <b>DON'T PROSELYTIZE.</b>
<b>MORGAN: WELL, THEY'RE WRONG,</b> <b>AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.</b>
<b>SID: WHY?</b> <b>MORGAN: BECAUSE</b>
<b>WE WERE CALLED TO BE</b> <b>A LIGHT TO THE WORLD.</b>
<b>INTERESTINGLY, RASHI,</b> <b>ONE OF THE GREAT</b>
<b>JEWISH COMMENTATORS</b> <b>ABOUT THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM,</b>
<b>HE SAID THAT ABRAHAM</b> <b>WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY,</b>
<b>THAT HE WENT TO BRING THE</b> <b>KNOWLEDGE OF GOD TO THE</b>
<b>NATIONS OF THE WORLD, AND</b> <b>ALL THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES</b>
<b>WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING</b> <b>ABOUT HOW HE WANTS TO</b>
<b>BRING ALL THE NATIONS TO</b> <b>THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIMSELF -</b>
<b>SID: WHAT IS</b> <b>GOING TO HAPPEN</b>
<b>WHEN THE GENTILE CHURCH</b> <b>EMBRACES THE JEWISH PEOPLE</b>
<b>AND WE BECOME</b> <b>ONE WITH CREATION?</b>
<b>WHAT'S GOING</b> <b>TO HAPPEN?</b>
<b>MORGAN: WE'RE GOING TO</b> <b>FULFILL WHAT PAUL WROTE</b>
<b>IN ROMANS CHAPTER 11</b> <b>IN THE BIBLE;</b>
<b>THAT THE CHURCH IS GOING</b> <b>TO BE ABLE THEN,</b>
<b>"TO PROVOKE ISRAEL</b> <b>TO JEALOUSY".</b>
<b>THE CHURCH IS GOING TO</b> <b>BE ABLE TO HAVE SUCH A</b>
<b>LIFE-GIVING TESTIMONY</b> <b>TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.</b>
<b>IT SAYS, 'YOUR MESSIAH</b> <b>CHANGED OUR LIVES</b>
<b>IN THESE</b> <b>PROFOUND WAYS.</b>
<b>IT'S YOUR MESSIAH.</b> <b>IT'S NOT OUR MESSIAH.</b>
<b>THE GENTILE NATIONS</b> <b>HAD NO SUCH PROMISE</b>
<b>OF A MESSIAH COMING</b> <b>TO THEM. THE MESSIAH</b>
<b>WAS ONLY PROMISED</b> <b>TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE;</b>
<b>AND THAT MESSIAH, CHANGING</b> <b>THE LIVES OF THE CHURCH,</b>
<b>AND THE CHURCH BEING</b> <b>RECONCILED TO HER</b>
<b>JEWISH ROOTS AND RECONCILED</b> <b>TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE,</b>
<b>SO THAT A LIFE-GIVING</b> <b>TESTIMONY CAN GO FORTH;</b>
<b>THEN THE END OF THE AGE</b> <b>IS GOING TO HAPPEN.</b>
<b>THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE</b> <b>GOING TO RECOGNIZE</b>
<b>THAT JESUS REALLY IS</b> <b>THE MESSIAH</b>
<b>AND CALL HIM BACK</b> <b>FROM HEAVEN.</b>
<b>I THINK THIS WILL HAPPEN</b> <b>WHEN THERE'S A</b>
<b>TIME OF GREAT CRISIS</b> <b>UPON THE JEWISH PEOPLE,</b>
<b>WHEN THEIR DESTRUCTION</b> <b>LOOKS IMMINENT.</b>
<b>THEN THEY WILL CALL</b> <b>UPON JESUS. THEY'LL SAY,</b>
<b>"BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES</b> <b>IN THE NAME OF THE LORD",</b>
<b>AND JESUS WILL COME.</b>
<b>I BELIEVE HE IS WAITING TO</b> <b>HEAR THIS DIVINE INVITATION;</b>
<b>"COME BACK, MASHIACH;</b> <b>COME BACK, MESSIAH."</b>
<b>SID: WHAT KIND OF POWER</b> <b>CAN WE EXPECT</b>
<b>WHEN THE CHURCH EMBRACES</b> <b>THE JEWISH PEOPLE?</b>
<b>MORGAN: I THINK WE'RE</b> <b>GOING TO BEGIN TO SEE</b>
<b>THE CHURCH COMING</b> <b>INTO UNITY.</b>
<b>PASTORS NO LONGER AT ODDS</b> <b>WITH ONE ANOTHER</b>
<b>OVER PETTY, ARTIFICIAL,</b> <b>THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS,</b>
<b>BUT REALLY EMBRACING ONE</b> <b>ANOTHER, LOVING ONE ANOTHER.</b>
<b>THEN CHURCHES COMING</b> <b>TOGETHER TO FULFILL</b>
<b>THE CALL OF GOD</b> <b>THAT'S ON THEIR LIFE;</b>
<b>LIFE FLOWING BACK AND</b> <b>FORTH SO THAT WE'RE</b>
<b>GOING TO SEE REAL AUTHENTIC</b> <b>SIGNS AND WONDERS</b>
<b>AND MIRACLES HAPPENING</b> <b>ON A COMMON LEVEL</b>
<b>IN PEOPLE'S HOMES, IN</b> <b>HOSPITALS, EVERYWHERE,</b>
<b>BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY</b> <b>GETTING CONNECTED</b>
<b>BACK TO THE</b> <b>POWER OF GOD.</b>
<b>SID: WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE</b> <b>SEEING IN HOSPITALS?</b>
<b>MORGAN: I THINK WE'RE</b> <b>GOING TO SEE</b>
<b>ALL KINDS OF</b> <b>SIGNS AND WONDERS.</b>
<b>WE'LL SEE DEAD PEOPLE</b> <b>BEING RAISED,</b>
<b>CANCERS BEING HEALED -</b> <b>THE POWER OF GOD -</b>
<b>BECAUSE THE CHURCH FINALLY</b> <b>IS BEING CONNECTED</b>
<b>TO THAT AUTHENTIC</b> <b>SOURCE,</b>
<b>AND THE AUTHENTIC PURPOSES</b> <b>OF GOD, BECAUSE GOD</b>
<b>ISN'T GIVING MIRACLES</b> <b>JUST TO ENTERTAIN US.</b>
<b>IT'S A SIGN, IN HEBREW;</b> <b>IT POINTS A WAY.</b>
<b>IT'S A MESSAGE TO US,</b> <b>TO REPENT.</b>
<b>IT'S A MESSAGE TO US,</b> <b>TO GET OUR LIFE RIGHT.</b>
<b>IT'S A MESSAGE TO US</b> <b>TO BEGIN TO GO BACK</b>
<b>TO THE BIBLE AND STUDY</b> <b>THE BIBLE FOR OURSELVES.</b>
<b>I WANT OUR VIEWERS TO</b> <b>THINK FOR THEMSELVES;</b>
<b>GET A BIBLE</b> <b>FOR YOURSELF.</b>
<b>ASK GOD, "IS THIS</b> <b>REALLY THE TRUTH?"</b>
<b>AND LET THE HOLY SPIRIT -</b> <b>THE REALITY OF GOD -</b>
<b>BEGIN TO BE MANIFESTED</b> <b>IN THEIR LIVES.</b>
<b>OTHERWISE OUR DISCUSSION</b> <b>TODAY IS A NICE, YOU KNOW,</b>
<b>THEOLOGICAL INTELLECTUAL</b> <b>DISCUSSION ABOUT HISTORY,</b>
<b>AND OUR VIEWERS WILL</b> <b>MISS THE POINT</b>
<b>THAT GOD HAS AN</b> <b>INVITATION FOR THEM,</b>
<b>AND HE WANTS THEM</b> <b>TO READ HIS WORD</b>
<b>FOR THEMSELVES AND</b> <b>STUDY FOR THEMSELVES!</b>
<b>SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THE</b> <b>THINGS THAT THE CHURCH LOST!</b>
<b>THEY LOST THIS VERY JEWISH</b> <b>THING ABOUT STUDYING!</b>
<b>SO YOU JUST WATCH THE</b> <b>CHURCH, AND THE CHURCH</b>
<b>FORBADE PEOPLE FROM</b> <b>READING THE BIBLE!</b>
<b>IT WAS A</b> <b>CAPITAL CRIME!</b>
<b>SID: THERE SEEMS TO BE</b> <b>A TREND IN MANY CHURCHES</b>
<b>THROUGHOUT THE WORLD</b> <b>TO GO BACK TO</b>
<b>THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS AND</b> <b>TO LOVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE.</b>
<b>WHY IS THIS</b> <b>HAPPENING NOW?</b>
<b>MORGAN: THIS IS A MOVE OF</b> <b>THE HOLY SPIRIT</b>
<b>BECAUSE IT'S GOD'S TIME</b> <b>TO FAVOR ZION.</b>
<b>ISRAEL IS BEING</b> <b>REGATHERED.</b>
<b>JERUSALEM IS</b> <b>UNDER THE HANDS -</b>
<b>CONTROL - OF THE</b> <b>JEWISH PEOPLE.</b>
<b>JESUS SAID THIS WOULD BE A</b> <b>MAJOR SIGN OF HIS COMING,</b>
<b>THAT "... JERUSALEM</b> <b>[WOULD] BE TRODDEN DOWN</b>
<b>[UNDER THE FEET] OF</b> <b>THE GENTILES, UNTIL",</b>
<b>A POWERFUL WORD</b> <b>IN THE BIBLE,</b>
<b>"UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE</b> <b>GENTILES BE FULFILLED."</b>
<b>1967, THE 6-DAY WAR,</b> <b>THAT JERUSALEM</b>
<b>IS BACK UNDER JEWISH</b> <b>AUTHORITY AND CONTROL,</b>
<b>AND WE'RE WATCHING,</b> <b>SINCE THAT TIME TO THIS,</b>
<b>THERE HAVE BEEN</b> <b>MORE JEWISH PEOPLE</b>
<b>THAT HAVE</b> <b>COME TO FAITH IN JESUS.</b>
<b>NOW THERE ARE</b> <b>MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS</b>
<b>ALL OVER THE WORLD AND</b> <b>INDIGENOUS HEBREW-SPEAKING</b>
<b>MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS</b> <b>IN ISRAEL.</b>
<b>SID, THIS HASN'T BEEN TRUE</b> <b>IN 1,800 YEARS OF HISTORY,</b>
<b>BUT IT'S TRUE TODAY</b> <b>BECAUSE</b>
<b>WE'RE APPROACHING THE TIME.</b> <b>GOD IS BRINGING -</b>
<b>STIRRING PEOPLE'S HEARTS,</b> <b>MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH -</b>
<b>BELIEVERS, REAL CHRISTIANS -</b> <b>STIRRING THEIR HEART</b>
<b>TO SEE SOMETHING'S</b> <b>WRONG IN THE CHURCH.</b>
<b>WHAT IS IT? AND THEY'RE</b> <b>COMING TO THE CONCLUSION,</b>
<b>"YOU KNOW WHAT?</b> <b>WE'RE NOT PRACTICING</b>
<b>THE JEWISH FAITH</b> <b>ANYMORE."</b>
<b>WE'VE BEEN SO INFLUENCED</b> <b>BY A GRECO-ROMAN WORLDVIEW</b>
<b>THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK</b> <b>TO THE FESTIVALS</b>
<b>AND LEARN</b> <b>FROM THEM.</b>
<b>WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO</b> <b>GOD'S CALENDAR AND STUDY,</b>
<b>BECAUSE THESE FESTIVALS,</b> <b>THE BIBLE SAYS,</b>
<b>WERE ALL REHEARSALS OF AN</b> <b>ULTIMATE SPIRITUAL REALITY</b>
<b>THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE,</b> <b>AND GOD IS CAUSING</b>
<b>THE CHURCH TO REHEARSE</b> <b>AGAIN THE COMING OF THE LORD</b>
<b>AND THE PURPOSES</b> <b>OF GOD.</b>
<b>SID: IS THAT WHY GOD</b> <b>SAYS TO OBSERVE</b>
<b>THESE FESTIVALS FOREVER?</b> <b>MORGAN: YES.</b>
<b>SID: BECAUSE THERE ARE - YOU</b> <b>USED THE WORD "REHEARSAL"?</b>
<b>MORGAN: RIGHT.</b> <b>THAT'S EXACTLY -</b>
<b>SID: REHEARSAL OF WHAT?</b>
<b>MORGAN: EACH OF THESE</b> <b>FESTIVALS HAS A LESSON</b>
<b>FOR US, AND THE HEBREW</b> <b>WORD FOR "CONVOCATION",</b>
<b>THESE </b> <b>HOLY CONVOCATIONS,</b>
<b>LITERALLY MEANS</b> <b>"A HOLY REHEARSAL".</b>
<b>WE'RE REHEARSING HISTORY</b> <b>BEFORE IT HAPPENS.</b>
<b>WE'RE PROCLAIMING TO GOD</b> <b>AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE</b>
<b>THAT THESE THINGS</b> <b>ARE GOING TO HAPPEN,</b>
<b>AND AS WE STUDY</b> <b>THE FESTIVALS</b>
<b>WE'LL SEE THAT</b> <b>THEY ALL LEAD TO THE</b>
<b>PERSONAL RETURN OF THE</b> <b>MESSIAH, TO RULE AS KING.</b>
<b>IN HEBREW, "MALIK MASHIACH".</b> <b>[♪ MUSIC ]</b>
<b>SID: THE PERSONAL</b> <b>RETURN OF THE MESSIAH.</b>
<b>IS HE COMING FOR YOU</b> <b>PERSONALLY?</b>
<b>HE IS COMING, BUT IS HE</b> <b>COMING FOR YOU PERSONALLY?</b>
<b>SOMEONE HAS</b> <b>JUST BEEN HEALED</b>
<b>THAT HAS A PAIN</b> <b>IN THEIR NECK,</b>
<b>AND SOMEONE HAS A</b> <b>PAIN IN THEIR HEAD.</b>
<b>GOD'S GIVING YOU A</b> <b>SUPERNATURAL SIGN RIGHT NOW.</b>
<b>YOU ARE HEALED, IN YESHUA -</b> <b>THAT'S HEBREW FOR JESUS -</b>
<b>IN YESHUA'S NAME.</b>
<b>AND SOMEONE'S BACK IS</b> <b>BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW,</b>
<b>AND SOMEONE'S HIP,</b>
<b>BUT THE HEAD,</b> <b>IT'S VERY STRONG.</b>
<b>PEOPLE ARE BEING HEALED</b> <b>RIGHT NOW.</b>
<b>RECOGNIZE THAT'S GOD</b> <b>GIVING YOU A SIGN</b>
<b>BECAUSE</b> <b>HE LOVES YOU.</b>
<b>AND SOME OF YOU ARE</b> <b>NOT GETTING A SIGN,</b>
<b>BUT RECOGNIZE BY HIS SPIRIT,</b> <b>HE LOVES YOU.</b>
<b>YOU SEE, IF YOU BELIEVE</b> <b>WITHOUT SEEING,</b>
<b>WELL, </b> <b>BLESSED ARE YOU!</b>
<b>YOU'RE JUST PLAIN</b> <b>BLESSED!</b>
<b>GOD REALLY DOES HAVE</b> <b>A DESTINY FOR YOU.</b>
<b>THERE IS A PURPOSE</b> <b>FOR YOUR LIFE.</b>
<b>THERE REALLY IS.</b>