Welcome to Israel Answers

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Welcome to Out of Zion with Susan Michael, an exploration of the Bible and the land of

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Israel.

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From ancient biblical sites to the story behind the stories, join Susan on a journey through

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the most exciting book on the planet.

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Hit the subscribe button for future episodes which will deepen your faith and bring the

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Bible to life.

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And now here's our host, Susan Michael.

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Well, hey there and welcome to the Out of Zion podcast and to our new teaching series,

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Israel Answers.

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I'm Susan Michael, the U.S. Director for the International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem,

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and your host.

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Most importantly, I am a fellow questioner.

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Anyone who knows me will tell you, I ask a lot of questions and I keep digging until

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I get to the bottom of things and it clicks for me.

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You know, my colleagues and family are probably laughing right now because they have had to

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put up with this in me all these years.

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But my love for finding answers is what led to the creation of our Israel Answers website

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and the beginning of today's series under the same name.

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We all have questions and it seems like with the changes in the world today we have more

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questions than ever before.

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And that here at Israel Answers, we want to help you find the answers.

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Now why are we calling it Israel Answers?

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Why is Israel so central?

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Because we want to connect Israel, the Bible, and you today.

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That's when the light bulbs go off.

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That's when it begins to click.

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God's purposes in the earth today and what's going on in our crazy world.

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After the earlier series, our walk through the Bible, you should understand by now the

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biblical significance of Israel and the Jewish people and therefore begin to understand the

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significance of their modern day return to their homeland, what is called the modern state

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of Israel.

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Once you understand the biblical significance of the Jewish people and you understand the

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significance of Israel, you also begin to understand this evil hatred of them called

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anti-Semitism and why we as Christians are called to pray for them, to bless them, and

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to stand in solidarity with them.

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Once it clicks for you, it will change your life.

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I know what I'm talking about.

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That's exactly what happened for me and we've seen it happen for so many people.

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And that's just the beginning for you as you seek to understand more about Israel,

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ancient and modern.

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Maybe you can even travel with me one day to Israel and see it for yourself and experience

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this and hear their stories and let your Bible come alive and your faith be ignited.

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But in the meantime, join me here each week for a new episode as we discuss these issues.

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We answer your questions.

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We make these connections for you.

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So please subscribe today to this channel so that every week you'll be notified when

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we put up a new Israel Answers episode.

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You can listen wherever you go to listen and learn, whether it's Apple Podcast or cpnshows.com

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or YouTube.

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We're there and we want to see you there.

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So bring your questions together.

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We're going to find the answers.

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So I'll see you back here next week for our first episode of Israel Answers.

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God bless.

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We hope you have enjoyed this episode of Out of Zion with Susan Michael.

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