The 7 Have Spoken: Let’s Dance! City of David Speaks, Hope in Gaza, Unashamed - Psalm 119, and Pintele Yid (Episode #211)

🎙️ Jew and Gentile Podcast Show Notes 🎧 The 7 Have Spoken: Let’s Dance! City of David Speaks, Hope in Gaza, Unashamed - Psalm 119, and Pintele Yid 

• The 7 have spoken! We asked if listeners liked us dancing to Havenu Shalom during the opening — and our seven loyal fans gave a resounding yes.
  • Chris: “The seven have spoken!” (cue David Bowie’s Let’s Dance)

🔥 Encouraging Update from Gaza

• Not all news from Gaza is negative.
  • Joel Rosenberg shares powerful stories of Gazians coming to faith in Jesus.
  • 📺 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX9ja8xKB5g

📚 Book Talk: When the Stones Speak

• Steve is reading When the Stones Speak — a deep archaeological and spiritual journey into the City of David.
• Key takeaways:
  • Proof of Jewish roots in the land long before Islam
  • Baron Rothschild's land ownership photo
  • Warren’s Shaft
  • Pilgrimage Road to the Temple Mount
  • Page 158: Prutah coins minted 66–70 AD – “an email from 2,000 years ago”
  • Drainage tunnel under the road
• Reinforces the Jewish claim to the land and silences revisionist narratives.
• Highlight from Jewish thought: Pintele Yid – the Jewish Spark (p. 147)

📖 Scripture Focus: Psalm 119 🔤 HEY (vv. 33–40)

• v.33 – Teach me Your way (What do you do when you find He is the way?)
• v.34 – Give me understanding to obey with my whole heart
• v.36 – Incline my heart to Your testimonies, not covetousness
• v.37 – Turn my eyes from worthless things
• v.37 – Revive me in Your way
• v.40 – Revive me in Your righteousness

✡️ VAV (vv. 41–48)

• v.41 – Salvation comes from Your Word
• v.42 – Why trust it? Because it's true
• v.43 – Don’t take the Word of truth out of my mouth
• v.45 – Walk in liberty – but how do we balance freedom and obedience?
• v.46 – I will speak of Your testimonies and not be ashamed
  • Romans 1:16 – “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel…”

🗞️ Headlines & Hot Takes

1. Jew-Hating Crowd Silenced by Truth About Hamas

• 📺 https://youtu.be/Dux85fas8Hs?si=KXqSLf1BwxOHx8X9

Christian Revival Among Young Adults in the UK

• Belief in God has tripled among 18–24-year-olds.
• 📖 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/08/19/christian-revival-belief-in-god-triples-among-18-24-year-old-britons/

500,000 Israelis Protest for Hostage Release

• 📰 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-864488?utm_source=jpost.app.apple&utm_medium=share

Gaza’s Food Prices Drop Despite War

• 📰 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-864495?utm_source=jpost.app.apple&utm_medium=share

🗣️ Yiddish Word of the Day

• Pintele Yid (פּינטעלע ייִד) – The Jewish Spark
  • This deeply meaningful Yiddish phrase refers to the tiny, indestructible spark of Jewish identity that exists in every Jewish soul, no matter how hidden.
  • Highlighted on page 147 of When the Stones Speak, it captures the resilience of Jewish faith and identity, especially in the Land of Israel.

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