 Afternoon Pastor David. How you doing John? Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered Pastor wanted to change it up a little bit and and ask a question that actually came in through Instagram and It's somebody from our church miss Venegas, so if you're watching miss Venegas God bless you and this we're gonna use the question that you submitted But it's an interesting question, and I want to read what she Said to us Hello, my hello my family. I had been excuse me Hello, my family, and I have been attending your church services for over a year I noticed that the star of David is significant in your church It would be interesting to know why and how that came to pass Maybe this could be one of your interview questions for Pastor David to answer. Okay, so next time we'll answer that question Why is the star of David's Significant emblem in this fellowship. Well if you look closely at the star David it has a cross in it So it is not really only a star of David But it is a star of David with a cross, and I actually got my first I don't know what it's called an ornament for a necklace, you know in Israel in Probably 25 30 years ago at least and when I was in in I forget if it was in Jerusalem or I Think it was Jerusalem. I Saw it, and I like this symbol because it reminds me makes me aware of my Christian heritage that is Grounded in the Jewish The Jewish faith, you know, so Jesus himself obviously being Jewish and and all and so the star of David which is on the the Israeli flag has been the seal of or a symbol of of Of The Jewish Jewish state for quite some time I believe it's now I could be wrong on this, but it could be called the Magen David Also, the Magen would be the shield of the shield of David And there's a symbol of reminder for the house of David and the various things related to that And so Jesus is from the house of David from the tribe of Judah is the son of David and so I see the the symbolism of the Jewish faith and the Christian Outgrowth from the Old Testament as it was fulfilled in Jesus our Messiah who's the son of David and so I wear the cross and The star of David to remind myself and sometimes give opportunity to others to ask questions like this Why do you do that so that I can share that because it's a reminder that that my faith in Christ originates in the Old Testament the promises of Messiah and How Jesus fulfilled those promises and what's interesting when you go to Israel sometime and that's so much Because all you would normally see from the Jewish Don't always see religion that Jewish believes Judaism. It's typically just the star of David Yes, and then what the start with the cross in it is indicating a Christian faith as you mentioned and sometimes that may not be accepted in You know what I was in that's interesting that you'd say that I was in Germany and I was in a in the airport And I had my star of David cross and I have it. I you know, I usually wear it out and There was a German guy looking at me in a way that I thought it was actually It wasn't a curious gaze. It was more like a An anti-semitic gaze Sometimes people you can feel that you know sometimes you know that this is something that's not just curiosity There's a bit of hostility behind that and so yeah, it is a symbol that was used I think it's origin the real star of David origin isn't isn't in ancient antiquity. It's actually from something like the 16th or 17th century in in that area and originally was a symbol that That that you find in various other places we have seen the star of David Just the the star itself in India on Hindu temples Yeah, it's you can see it in various places in the world and it's you know There's the various reasons for the use of that and some some religious Pagan religious systems it is regarded as a good luck symbol You know represents a variety of things. There's quite a number of Interpretations of the of the star itself But I believe in in Czechoslovakia in the 16th or 17th century It became a symbol for the Jewish people and then from there it went on until it became accepted as the national symbol of Israel, but yeah, it's it's not an it's not a Symbol that is only from the nation of Israel though. I mean I I've been in China. I've seen it in China I've seen it in India And I and blew my mind when I first I said what is what is this? You know, but it was an ancient symbol and in I think and the cabal and those who have Jewish mysticism they like to attribute it to to a superstitious belief in in Protection, you know the shield of David protection in this and that But I don't see it that way at all I see it as a reminder of my my faith that is rooted deeply in and the Jewish our Jewish religion religions origins fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ and That's why we have it and so it's it's also as a way to To To let our church know of our our love and support for the nation of Israel now That doesn't mean that everything Israel does we agree with I'm simply saying that The Lord said I will bless those who bless you, you know, and and I I do believe that we should pray for the peace of Jerusalem and You know and be aware of where we come from and I do have a lot of love and support for The for the nation of Israel I see it in in God's prophetic timeline and variety of things that relate to that and so again as a reminder of the origin of My faith I wear Star and David with the cross And if you want to get your own star David, we have a we have we're going to Israel Yeah Yeah, it only cost you $4,300. He got a star David, you know But I'll tell you what, you know, there's just something about me We can carry that that article here in the in our books. So for sure. Yes, but Yeah, there's just something special about going to Israel and coming home with something like this Well, thank you pastor and miss Venegas. Thank you so much for your question church family We do want to remind you that we have our services at 830 and 1045 Pastor David's taken us to Mark chapter 11 By what authority under what authority and what authority and so that's gonna be a great study invite your friends and family to Come on out. We have our baptisms coming up July 3rd After 2nd service, we have some festivities. We have baptism some festivities of terms of Different varieties of foods out there. Our cafe will be open. They'll be silent sliders We'll have some worship music going on great time to if you've never been baptized come on out And as you even share about baptism right before we go out here And and then we have our July 10th after 2nd service We have our Israel informational meeting where a rep from Israel will come and Answer any questions? No need to sign up just show up in the sanctuary after 2nd service That's gonna be July 10th. And so we'll cut number of events going on Yeah, we do and look forward to seeing you guys out there pastor. Thank you so much for your time Thank you guys for tuning in and God bless you