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20 SEPTEMBER 2010
DR. JEFFREY SEIF OF ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES REVEALS THE BIBLE’S ADMONITIONS TO RESPECT GOD’S REGARD FOR THE ARAB PEOPLES, ON THE 20 - 24 SEPT 2010 “FUTURE QUAKE” RADIO PROGRAMS
Nashville, TN – Dr. Jeffrey Seif, chief spokesman of Zola Levitt Ministries (www.levitt.com) and author of the new book “Making Our Peace With the Warriors of the Sand”, explains God’s commands from Scripture to hold the Arab peoples in high regard, with host “Doctor Future” and co-host Tom Bionic, airing daily during the week of 20 September on the “Future Quake” program, broadcast on the Christian talk radio station WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN (and archived at http://www.futurequake.com). Dr. Seif is the successor of Zola Levitt (widely considered the pre-eminent evangelical, Messianic Jewish teacher and scholar of his time) at the teaching helm of Zola Levitt Ministries, and is the ministry’s principal spokesperson. He teaches on their television broadcast, authoring publications and speaking in churches across America. He was born into a German Jewish family, to a Jewess smuggled out of Nazi Germany. His coming to a saving faith in Christ was spurred by an encounter with a missionary with “Jews for Jesus”, which led to a subsequent “calling” into ministry. He undertook Jewish Studies at Moody Bible Institute, and then completed degrees from the theological seminary at Southern Methodist University (including a doctorate), as well as working with the American Board of Missions to the Jews. For the last twenty one years he has served as a Bible college professor in Dallas, where he chairs a Jewish Studies Department, and has also been a pastor with at least four churches spanning over twenty years. In this notably frank and honest interview (even for “Future Quake” standards), Dr. Seif eloquently expresses his thesis by pointing out God’s high regard for the Arab peoples, directly from Scripture, extending all the way back to their origins in Hagar and Ishmael, with promises of land, prosperity and other blessings, including those cited by the host as directed by the Lord in Scripture to the Syrian and Egyptian peoples in the Last Days to become “His peoples”. Furthermore, he illustrates from the Old Testament examples that the Arab and Hebrew peoples routinely assisted and blessed each other, and even intermarried, eventually resulting in some Arab lineage in the bloodline of Christ. This cooperation even extended into the incorporation of Arab writings and wisdom in the Judeo-Christian Bible, in Arabic proverbs included within the books of Psalms and Proverbs. The discussion takes a more complex turn when addressing Dr. Seif’s concerns regarding the advent of Islam in the Middle East in the seventh century, and its fundamental foundation built upon violence and conquest, and the need (if any) to balance these concerns with a fair admission of the “skeletons in the closet” within the history of Judaism and Christianity as cited by the hosts, but closing with a consensus to focus on the evangelization of the Arabic peoples in a spirit of love.
“Future Quake”, hosted by “Doctor Future”, is a daily Christian interview and news review radio program, focusing on issues and events that will soon impact our collective futures. It features interviews with international experts on the topics covered (such as recent guests Alvin Toffler, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Alex Jones, Joseph Farah, Chuck Baldwin and Dr. Jerome Corsi), with constructive, intellectual discussions intended to better inform the public and provide useful information to prepare for the days ahead. It airs each weekday at 4 PM on WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN, the most popular Christian talk station in Middle Tennessee, and extending into much of the Mid-South. For those that miss the live broadcast, prior shows are archived in .mp3 format for listening on demand at http://www.futurequake.com, or available as a podcast (under “future quake”) at I-Tunes (www.itunes.com).
CONTACT: “Dr. Future”, Host, “Future Quake” Radio Show ()