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<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>

<b>[THUNDERING SOUND]</b>

<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>

<b>[THUNDERING SOUND]</b>

<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>

For more infomation >> How Christianity Went from Jewish to Pagan | Howard Morgan - Duration: 26:30.

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Day in the Life of Junior Talent in Bournemouth | Our People | J.P. Morgan - Duration: 4:22.

As an apprentice at J.P. Morgan my job role is in Global Technology Infrastructure,

which means I manage all the people and companies that provide J.P. Morgan with a service.

J.P. Morgan Bournemouth is a very vibrant and diverse atmosphere,

it doesn't conform to the normal stereotype of a bank,

they have provided numerous networking experiences for their apprentices and grads

allowing us to meet multiple people throughout the business as they really want their young talent to achieve.

I came to be onto the graduate scheme because I was originally a summer intern.

which was a 10 week internship between 2nd and 3rd year of uni.

How it works is you're put into a team here at J.P. Morgan,

fully immersed in the team doing normal work for 10 weeks.

I was lucky enough to be offered the graduate job at the end of the 10 weeks

and I started when I graduated the following year.

I joined J.P. Morgan straight from sixth form. I did my A-Levels, managed to get my grades

I looked for a house and moved down to Bournemouth.

All my friends were going to uni but I found the move fine.

I work in anti-money laundering which is in the compliance department.

Compliance acts a backbone to the company,

making sure the firm stays within the laws and regulations of the banking industry.

I help out with the Young Enterprise scheme.

This involves local students who come on-site every Monday evening

and we help them out and mentor them in setting up a small business and learning more about business skills.

I've always been into sport from a young age

and thankfully J.P. Morgan have a lot of sports activities and sporting clubs.

I play football every tuesday with some work colleagues and I play badminton with some team members.

I've also recently taken up skiing with some work friends which I never thought I'd do.

We are off to Rock Reef which is a giant rock climbing centre at the end of Bournemouth pier.

This has been hired out for us so we can socialize within our cohort,

building up support networks, friendships and letting us just have fun.

I love living in the flat with the two other apprentices,

it's like living the uni life, we will go out and socialize at the weekend

but we're also there working 5 days a week,

giving each other support, cooking meals together. It's like having another family.

J.P. Morgan always have volunteering events on that can help out the local community

One thing that I've actually done recently is I went to Christmas present sorting.

We've been sorting Christmas presents for the vulnerable and disadvantaged children

throughout Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight,

this is just one of the numerous things that J.P. Morgan do throughout the year.

I've been lucky enough to help out with the running of Diversity week in Bournemouth

which is part of a global event,

it's been really exciting working with all the Business Resource Groups

and raising the awareness of diversity across the campus.

I will admit I never thought I'd work in an investment bank,

but joining here and being here about 3 months, everyone has been so willing to help me

and teach me more about the bank and what I do in this company.

There isn't a right mould for someone to come and work at an organization like this,

we want people to be individuals, to be themselves.

Everybody has the ability to set their own attitude.

If you bring the right attitude here I think that's a major starting point for anybody's career.

I work in the Risk Office of Legal Obligations in the Corporate sector and every day I analyze the risks.

At Bournemouth we have many facilities;

we have the High Performance Office Space where people can sit where they like,

it's very friendly and you can get to know someone,

downstairs, we have the Atrium which is a communal eating place with kitchens and Starbucks.

We also have access to a gym, there's tennis courts and a manor house where we can study.

Thank you and we hope to see you soon.

For more infomation >> Day in the Life of Junior Talent in Bournemouth | Our People | J.P. Morgan - Duration: 4:22.

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