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| Dr. Erez Soref: What Is Your Opportunity? | One For Israel | January 24, 2026
- Opportunity comes
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- With opposition,
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- But our job is to focus on god and his vision.
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- Timing is everything
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- In so many aspects in life.
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- You eventually have to believe in something
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- Because there are things that even modern science today
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- Cannot really explain.
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- When we take on his vision,
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- We will begin to care for the things god cares for.
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- I am dr. erez soref.
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- I was born and raised in the heart of israel,
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- But i never heard the gospel message
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- Until on a journey abroad,
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- My eyes were opened to the jewish messiah.
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- From that point,
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- My life has been dedicated
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- To bringing this gospel back to my people israel,
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- Equipping them to reach israel
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- And the world.
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- Together, as jews and gentiles,
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- We are one in messiah, one for israel.
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- The walls of the old city of jerusalem.
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- They give this feeling that the city is special,
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- Set apart from the rest
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- Of the world.
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- A city on a hill,
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- Like a crown
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- Set upon the head of the earth.
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- This city is set apart for a special purpose.
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- And for every purpose god sets,
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- Whether for this city or for you,
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- He always opens a door of opportunity
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- To pursue that purpose.
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- We have been following the steps of nehemiah.
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- And today we will see that god also set him apart
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- For a special purpose,
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- Just as he sets you apart.
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- And when god defines his purpose,
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- He provides us the opportunity
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- To jump into that purpose.
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- Our question today is:
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- What is your opportunity?
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- As we walk the walls with nehemiah.
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- Nehemiah lived in shushan,
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- The capital city of the persian empire,
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- A thousand miles from jerusalem.
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- He had heard a report about jewish captives
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- That returned to rebuild the holy city.
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- The walls were broken down.
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- Surrounding enemies were attacking.
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- Temple worship was interrupted.
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- And hearing this report, nehemiah was burdened.
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- He spent four months mourning with god,
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- Having the imprint of god's heart
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- Pressed upon his heart,
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- Receiving vision and praying into that vision.
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- Nehemiah was the high official
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- In the persian court, the cupbearer.
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- All the wine that was brought to the king,
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- Nehemiah would taste.
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- First to make sure it was acceptable,
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- And then to ensure it was not poisoned.
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- The king may have had many enemies
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- From without and within,
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- Many with motivation to assassinate the king.
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- So the position of cupbearer was very important,
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- Coming with a high responsibility
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- And deep trust from the king.
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- Nehemiah would have known every detail of the court,
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- The winery staff,
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- The approved cups and servants.
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- A keen sense of awareness
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- If anything or anyone seemed off.
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- In turn, the king would also notice
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- If anything about his cupbearer wasn't quite right.
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- Nehemiah's position came with special favor
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- In the court.
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- He had personal access
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- To the king.
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- He heard conversations
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- That no one else did.
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- It was almost a friendship, a confidant,
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- Which gave the opportunity for influence.
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- So after four months of mourning
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- And praying for jerusalem,
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- Nehemiah came to work not looking his cheerful self,
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- And the king noticed.
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- He asked him:
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- Why is your face sad
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- Seeing you are not sick?
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- A piercing question.
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- Was the king suspicious of nehemiah?
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- He could have had him killed
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- With one snap of his finger
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- For any and every reason.
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- It was dangerous to enter the court with a bad demeanor.
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- Scripture writes that nehemiah was afraid,
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- Yet he spoke the truth.
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- What a bold response
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- To the king of the known world.
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- This wasn't just an off-the-cuff emotional answer.
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- Nehemiah had been shaped by a burden
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- And soaked in prayer.
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- He knew what he was saying.
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- The king didn't recoil at nehemiah's audacity.
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- Instead, he answered:
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- What are you requesting?
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- This was the critical moment.
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- Nehemiah had been praying for this opening with the king.
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- He had incredible favor.
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- In esther's story, we see that no one could appear
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- Before the persian king unless they were summoned.
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- Not even the queen.
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- Yet there was nehemiah with special access.
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- And here was the king asking nehemiah
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- What he could do for him.
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- Nehemiah could have used this favor
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- For practically anything he desired.
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- But he had been captivated by a vision.
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- He had been conditioned in god's presence.
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- And this was the opportunity he had prayed for.
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- What is your opportunity?
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- Leonard ravenhill said:
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- It's one thing to have a burden,
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- But it's another thing to be ready
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- When the opportunity comes.
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- Favor is wasted if you're not prepared
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- When the door opens.
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- Nehemiah stood before the king with an opportunity.
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- A moment of favor to ask him any request.
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- After praying a quick, solemn prayer,
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- He boldly asked the king for seven practical things.
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- First, that he would be sent to jerusalem.
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- Second, he asked permission to rebuild the city.
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- Third, he requested time off to oversee the building.
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- Next, he requested the king write official letters
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- Allowing him safe passage for travel.
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- And another letter to grant him timber
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- For jerusalem's gates.
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- Then he requested all the supplies needed
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- To rebuild the walls of jerusalem.
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- And lastly, supplies to build a house for himself.
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- What if you found yourself standing
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- Before someone that had the ability
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- To make your vision come true?
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- Would you be able to articulate that need?
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- Nehemiah had spent time having this vision formed in him.
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- He wasn't caught off guard by the moment.
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- He knew exactly what was needed practically
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- To fulfill this vision.
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- He was prepared.
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- But even more important than practical preparation,
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- Nehemiah had spent time with god.
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- He was not shaken by intimidation
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- When he stood before the king.
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- He had spent time before the king of kings.
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- And as he had quickly and silently prayed in the moment,
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- He was inviting the presence of that king
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- Into the throne room.
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- Nehemiah writes that the king of persia
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- Granted his entire request list
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- Because the hand of his god was upon him.
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- He had been seeking the things
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- That were on god's heart.
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- He had taken on god's passion in a personal way.
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- He cared about what mattered to god.
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- And because nehemiah worked to fulfill god's will,
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- He received god's blessing.
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- Notice that the divine help was not just spiritual.
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- It was material.
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- We often separate the spiritual from the material world,
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- But god does not.
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- Nehemiah and the israelites would work with stone,
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- Cement, and tools of iron
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- To accomplish god's purposes.
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- They would partner with god
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- To accomplish a very physical task
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- With very supernatural help.
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- That's why nehemiah needed to ask
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- For his specific physical needs.
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- It demonstrated faith that god
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- Would really accomplish his vision.
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- Opportunity is favor.
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- Taking the opportunity is a step of faith.
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- It's not something you have to try to make happen.
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- The moment will come.
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- Will you be prepared?
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- Are you taking the time in the secret place
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- Receiving god's heart?
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- Are you preparing practically in faith?
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- Be prepared for your moment.
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- Stand in faith that god will be with you.
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- That he will provide everything to make his vision
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- Come to pass.
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- Come to pass.
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- Nehemiah had his opportunity.
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- The king allowed him
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- To go to jerusalem
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- To accomplish his mission.
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- He even made him
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- The new governor over judea.
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- So nehemiah made a long journey
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- From persia to jerusalem.
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- The risky part, asking the king favor,
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- Was over.
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- But the hard part was just beginning.
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- When he arrived in jerusalem,
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- He didn't start announcing his plan right away
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- And flowing around his new authority.
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- Opportunity requires us to work with prudence.
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- Prudence is acting with the right timing,
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- Even when things seem urgent.
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- Shalom, sagiv. thank you so much
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- For taking the time to come to the studio
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- And chat with me today.
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- And you are a former commander
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- And field operator
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- In the israeli security services.
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- And so i wanted to chat with you about nehemiah,
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- And specifically the time that nehemiah
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- Began his mission to build the walls of jerusalem,
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- To defend jerusalem.
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- And he started with undercover
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- Night reconnaissance.
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- Why is it so important to gather all this information
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- In the defense world
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- Before you actually do something?
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- Yeah, i think that nehemiah
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- Was a highly, highly
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- Strategically person that plans everything
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- Way, way, way before.
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- Even to take it from the time
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- That he was sitting
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- In persia with the king. -in persia.
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- Think about it. he was, first of all,
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- He was in a very, very comfortable place.
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- He created a situation that the king himself
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- Will send them to israel,
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- Will send them to jerusalem.
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- I mean, that's, the way that i see that,
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- That's not a coincidence.
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- I mean, he planned that.
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- So this period, the initial period of planning,
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- Thinking, getting the information, moving slowly,
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- Not rushing, is something that is very, very important.
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- Everything is about that.
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- It's to understand, first of all,
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- To understand what do you want to achieve?
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- What is the end game?
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- And then you're starting to deal with the how to do that.
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- He didn't go directly and started to...
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- You know, the king sent him.
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- He can come and he can say, okay,
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- This is what we will do.
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- Yeah, he's the new governor.
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- He can give orders.
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- But he didn't do it.
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- He proved his leadership by actually going
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- With his people,
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- Or first of all, alone,
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- To smell and to understand the area,
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- Creating for himself a full picture
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- Of what is the situation and then to act.
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- Now we see that nehemiah didn't act right away.
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- That seems very contrary because, you know,
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- God tells you something, you just go and do it,
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- And you do it right away.
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- Why is timing so critical in leadership?
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- The actual timing, choosing the right timing?
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- Timing is everything, not just...
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- In so many aspects in life,
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- Patience and understanding when to act is,
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- I think, in a way, will determine the resolution,
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- The end game.
- 00:12:28.533 --> 00:12:29.634
- In those kind of defense missions,
- 00:12:29.634 --> 00:12:32.671
- Again, i'm thinking about nehemiah.
- 00:12:32.671 --> 00:12:34.372
- I mean, he's trying to collect the information,
- 00:12:34.372 --> 00:12:36.474
- To analyze the mood of the people,
- 00:12:36.474 --> 00:12:38.510
- To see where jerusalem is.
- 00:12:38.510 --> 00:12:39.778
- I mean, he's already there, you know,
- 00:12:39.778 --> 00:12:41.112
- The king has already sent him.
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- From your experience,
- 00:12:42.747 --> 00:12:43.748
- What can happen if you have
- 00:12:43.748 --> 00:12:45.417
- The wrong information
- 00:12:45.417 --> 00:12:46.751
- Or you don't have all the information that you need?
- 00:12:46.751 --> 00:12:49.921
- Information, right information is everything.
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- Think about it.
- 00:12:53.592 --> 00:12:54.326
- It's like to go
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- To a mission
- 00:12:57.529 --> 00:12:58.563
- With your eyes closed,
- 00:12:58.563 --> 00:13:00.365
- If you don't have the right information.
- 00:13:00.365 --> 00:13:02.467
- We can see that nehemiah understood that
- 00:13:02.467 --> 00:13:06.571
- A long time ago.
- 00:13:06.571 --> 00:13:07.672
- He acted like that and he gathered
- 00:13:07.672 --> 00:13:09.708
- A lot of information before even approaching
- 00:13:09.708 --> 00:13:13.378
- Anyone in israel or even in persia.
- 00:13:13.378 --> 00:13:18.617
- We read, we hear so much now,
- 00:13:18.617 --> 00:13:22.387
- And even in christian evangelical circles
- 00:13:22.387 --> 00:13:26.291
- Around the world, even in the united states,
- 00:13:26.291 --> 00:13:28.526
- We hear about voices that are very, very, very anti-israel,
- 00:13:28.526 --> 00:13:33.732
- Anti-semitic.
- 00:13:33.732 --> 00:13:35.533
- How can we, and especially our viewers,
- 00:13:35.533 --> 00:13:38.370
- As christians and people that are believers
- 00:13:38.370 --> 00:13:40.705
- In the bible,
- 00:13:40.705 --> 00:13:41.873
- How can we prepare for what's ahead?
- 00:13:41.873 --> 00:13:44.376
- I don't think that someone saw that coming
- 00:13:44.376 --> 00:13:47.679
- In this scale.
- 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.614
- It brings us to another front.
- 00:13:49.614 --> 00:13:51.983
- Israel was fighting seven fronts,
- 00:13:52.751 --> 00:13:55.186
- But there is another front, the eighth front,
- 00:13:55.186 --> 00:13:58.023
- The front of pr, of communication,
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- Of controlling the narrative,
- 00:14:03.128 --> 00:14:05.196
- And we see the outcome.
- 00:14:05.697 --> 00:14:07.299
- We didn't even define that as a front,
- 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:11.002
- But this front is not just against israel.
- 00:14:11.002 --> 00:14:14.906
- Absolutely. -this front is not,
- 00:14:14.906 --> 00:14:16.641
- It's not the question of fighting anti-semitism.
- 00:14:16.641 --> 00:14:19.344
- This is a well-organized attack
- 00:14:19.344 --> 00:14:23.915
- Against the western civilization,
- 00:14:23.915 --> 00:14:27.085
- Against judeo-christian values.
- 00:14:27.085 --> 00:14:30.488
- Amazing how, you know,
- 00:14:30.488 --> 00:14:32.357
- Woke progressive movement
- 00:14:32.357 --> 00:14:33.758
- Together with new communism strategists
- 00:14:33.758 --> 00:14:37.629
- And the radical islam coming together to one camp,
- 00:14:37.629 --> 00:14:40.899
- Using social media,
- 00:14:41.366 --> 00:14:43.268
- And the outcome,
- 00:14:43.268 --> 00:14:44.569
- The results is what we are seeing right now.
- 00:14:44.569 --> 00:14:47.172
- And i think for something like that,
- 00:14:47.172 --> 00:14:48.606
- By the way, the only way to confront that
- 00:14:48.606 --> 00:14:53.712
- Is a strong alliance between jews and christians.
- 00:14:53.712 --> 00:14:58.016
- And i think we are in a stage
- 00:14:58.016 --> 00:15:00.218
- Of still analyzing the problem
- 00:15:00.218 --> 00:15:03.655
- And just gathering the forces
- 00:15:03.655 --> 00:15:05.991
- And understanding that this is a front,
- 00:15:05.991 --> 00:15:08.660
- But we need to act fast over that.
- 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:10.929
- Sagiv, i want to thank you for coming today.
- 00:15:10.929 --> 00:15:12.764
- It's been absolutely fascinating,
- 00:15:12.764 --> 00:15:14.699
- And we see the importance of strategically thinking,
- 00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:18.937
- Planning, taking the time
- 00:15:18.937 --> 00:15:20.972
- In prayer to do what god is calling us.
- 00:15:20.972 --> 00:15:24.409
- So thank you so much. -thank you very much.
- 00:15:24.409 --> 00:15:26.845
- Very happy to be here.
- 00:15:26.845 --> 00:15:28.480
- Nehemiah arrived to jerusalem discreetly.
- 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.616
- He made careful observations
- 00:15:31.616 --> 00:15:33.818
- Before he tried to start
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- Leading the people in the vision.
- 00:15:35.153 --> 00:15:37.489
- He writes that he got up late at night,
- 00:15:37.489 --> 00:15:40.325
- In secret, with a few men
- 00:15:40.325 --> 00:15:42.460
- Going around to the different gates of the city.
- 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:45.497
- Before he told anyone about the vision,
- 00:15:45.497 --> 00:15:48.166
- He gathered details and logistics
- 00:15:48.166 --> 00:15:50.168
- Of what needed to be done.
- 00:15:50.168 --> 00:15:52.070
- He inspected all the gates and walls
- 00:15:52.070 --> 00:15:54.739
- And meticulously recorded the problems.
- 00:15:54.739 --> 00:15:57.308
- His care for the city reminds us
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- Of the psalms about jerusalem:
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- This is the same prophetic pattern
- 00:16:18.563 --> 00:16:20.665
- That ezekiel acted out when god told him
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- To measure the gates and walls of jerusalem.
- 00:16:23.568 --> 00:16:26.171
- The command to inspect the city
- 00:16:26.171 --> 00:16:28.206
- Is echoed again to john in the book of revelation,
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- The new jerusalem.
- 00:16:31.409 --> 00:16:33.111
- There's something holy about this place.
- 00:16:33.111 --> 00:16:35.580
- Yes, to be here is awe-inspiring.
- 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:39.150
- But the holiness and awe we see
- 00:16:39.150 --> 00:16:40.885
- Proclaimed in the psalms and prophets
- 00:16:40.885 --> 00:16:43.354
- Truly centers on the one who dwells in her midst.
- 00:16:43.354 --> 00:16:47.592
- Likewise, what god is building in you is holy
- 00:16:47.592 --> 00:16:51.362
- Because he is at the center of that work.
- 00:16:51.362 --> 00:16:54.099
- When we get the opportunity
- 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:55.567
- To start walking out god's vision,
- 00:16:55.567 --> 00:16:58.103
- It's critical not to shrink back in fear
- 00:16:58.103 --> 00:17:00.905
- When the opportunity comes.
- 00:17:00.905 --> 00:17:02.674
- But it's just as important not to jump in without thinking.
- 00:17:02.674 --> 00:17:06.911
- Nehemiah was thorough, meticulous.
- 00:17:06.911 --> 00:17:09.681
- He cared for the details.
- 00:17:09.681 --> 00:17:11.583
- And those details reflect nehemiah's faith.
- 00:17:11.583 --> 00:17:14.919
- You don't make specific plans
- 00:17:14.919 --> 00:17:17.088
- For something you don't plan to do.
- 00:17:17.088 --> 00:17:19.290
- These plans, birth and prayer,
- 00:17:19.290 --> 00:17:21.993
- Invite the author of creation to write in the details.
- 00:17:21.993 --> 00:17:25.897
- The god who knows how many hairs
- 00:17:25.897 --> 00:17:28.133
- Are on our head,
- 00:17:28.133 --> 00:17:29.400
- He cares for every little thing.
- 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.103
- And when we take on his vision,
- 00:17:32.103 --> 00:17:34.706
- We will begin to care for the things god cares for.
- 00:17:34.706 --> 00:17:39.811
- Discover how you can
- 00:17:40.278 --> 00:17:42.113
- Pick up bricks
- 00:17:42.113 --> 00:17:43.181
- And build with god.
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- Order our new book today,
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- "walking the walls with nehemiah"
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- And awaken god's vision in your life.
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- Audible and kindle.
- 00:18:01.001 --> 00:18:06.173
- After three days
- 00:18:06.540 --> 00:18:07.574
- Surveying the city in secrecy,
- 00:18:07.574 --> 00:18:09.709
- Nehemiah finally called up
- 00:18:09.709 --> 00:18:11.244
- The leaders in jerusalem
- 00:18:11.244 --> 00:18:12.712
- To announce his vision.
- 00:18:12.712 --> 00:18:14.314
- He said:
- 00:18:14.581 --> 00:18:43.009
- The time for action had finally come
- 00:18:43.777 --> 00:18:46.546
- And the people jumped on board the vision.
- 00:18:46.546 --> 00:18:49.049
- This is a thrilling moment
- 00:18:49.049 --> 00:18:50.984
- When people recognize the call of god
- 00:18:50.984 --> 00:18:53.286
- And rally to join in the work.
- 00:18:53.286 --> 00:18:55.622
- And while it's appropriate to rejoice and press on
- 00:18:55.622 --> 00:18:58.725
- With this momentum,
- 00:18:58.725 --> 00:19:00.160
- We need to remember that the enemy will also
- 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.330
- Take this opportunity to attack.
- 00:19:03.330 --> 00:19:05.932
- With nehemiah,
- 00:19:05.932 --> 00:19:07.300
- Just as people began to rally to the vision,
- 00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:10.136
- Two men rose up to oppose the work of god,
- 00:19:10.136 --> 00:19:13.173
- Sanbalat and tobiah.
- 00:19:13.173 --> 00:19:15.175
- Whenever god's people march on with god's plan,
- 00:19:15.175 --> 00:19:18.545
- The representatives of god's enemy
- 00:19:18.545 --> 00:19:20.680
- Attempt to block, choke, and stop that movement.
- 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:25.051
- Not surprisingly,
- 00:19:25.485 --> 00:19:27.220
- This story is a picture of what's happening today
- 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:30.423
- With god's people, israel.
- 00:19:30.423 --> 00:19:32.559
- We saw the miracle of our nation born in a day.
- 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:35.862
- We see the land and economy flourishing
- 00:19:35.862 --> 00:19:38.298
- For the first time in centuries.
- 00:19:38.298 --> 00:19:40.300
- Over the past hundred years,
- 00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:42.035
- Millions of jewish people have returned home.
- 00:19:42.035 --> 00:19:45.538
- Yet we have faced constant opposition
- 00:19:45.538 --> 00:19:48.475
- From our neighbors and the world.
- 00:19:48.475 --> 00:19:50.944
- There is more scrutiny and criticism of israel
- 00:19:50.944 --> 00:19:53.813
- Than any other nation on earth.
- 00:19:53.813 --> 00:19:56.049
- In today's climate, as we see antisemitism
- 00:19:56.049 --> 00:19:59.319
- Rise again throughout the world,
- 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:01.521
- We must recognize
- 00:20:01.521 --> 00:20:03.356
- The closer we come to the fulfillment
- 00:20:03.356 --> 00:20:05.659
- Of god's ultimate plan,
- 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:07.327
- The more we will see the opposition of the enemy
- 00:20:07.327 --> 00:20:10.397
- Working against god's people.
- 00:20:10.397 --> 00:20:14.334
- Today we're talking with jonathan conricus,
- 00:20:15.235 --> 00:20:18.071
- A former spokesperson for israel
- 00:20:18.071 --> 00:20:20.974
- During the beginning of the october 7th war.
- 00:20:20.974 --> 00:20:24.344
- He can give us a unique look
- 00:20:24.344 --> 00:20:26.880
- Onto how anti-israel and anti-semitism
- 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.517
- Has clouded the world's judgment,
- 00:20:30.517 --> 00:20:33.019
- Even weeks after the worst attack on our soil.
- 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:37.123
- Jonathan, what a pleasure to have you here.
- 00:20:38.058 --> 00:20:40.393
- And... -shalom. -shalom, shalom.
- 00:20:40.393 --> 00:20:42.362
- Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
- 00:20:42.362 --> 00:20:45.065
- So i'm happy to be here
- 00:20:45.065 --> 00:20:46.800
- And thank you
- 00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:47.634
- For the opportunity.
- 00:20:47.634 --> 00:20:49.235
- I am a private citizen today.
- 00:20:49.235 --> 00:20:51.971
- I work at an american think tank called fdd.
- 00:20:51.971 --> 00:20:55.175
- But in a bigger scale, i see myself
- 00:20:55.175 --> 00:20:57.711
- Who is fighting on behalf of the jewish people,
- 00:20:57.711 --> 00:21:01.614
- Trying to bring different parts
- 00:21:01.614 --> 00:21:03.383
- Of the jewish people together
- 00:21:03.383 --> 00:21:05.418
- And also trying to bring people who want to support
- 00:21:05.418 --> 00:21:09.522
- The jewish people, the state of israel,
- 00:21:09.522 --> 00:21:11.691
- Provide them with information
- 00:21:11.691 --> 00:21:13.159
- And access to what's going on
- 00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:16.062
- In israel these days.
- 00:21:16.062 --> 00:21:17.597
- One of the biggest challenges we face today,
- 00:21:17.597 --> 00:21:19.999
- Beyond being surrounded by lots of enemies
- 00:21:19.999 --> 00:21:22.736
- And people who want to kill us
- 00:21:22.736 --> 00:21:25.038
- In the real world,
- 00:21:25.038 --> 00:21:26.339
- Is hatred and fake news
- 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:29.542
- And a lot of vitriol.
- 00:21:29.542 --> 00:21:31.745
- And i feel very fortunate to have the opportunity
- 00:21:31.745 --> 00:21:34.614
- To interact with people through international media,
- 00:21:34.614 --> 00:21:37.317
- Mainstream media,
- 00:21:37.317 --> 00:21:38.718
- Podcasts or obviously social networks,
- 00:21:38.718 --> 00:21:42.155
- And to give that israeli perspective,
- 00:21:42.155 --> 00:21:44.290
- Which many times people don't get
- 00:21:44.290 --> 00:21:47.293
- If they consume through mainstream media
- 00:21:47.293 --> 00:21:50.864
- And sometimes even social media.
- 00:21:50.864 --> 00:21:53.199
- Now a question some in our audience may have,
- 00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:56.369
- They may be asking,
- 00:21:56.369 --> 00:21:57.937
- Why has israel needed to fight this war
- 00:21:57.937 --> 00:22:02.041
- Instead of making peace long time ago?
- 00:22:02.041 --> 00:22:04.611
- I think that's a fair question
- 00:22:05.245 --> 00:22:06.780
- And i understand a lot of people
- 00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:08.515
- Who grow up with ideals
- 00:22:08.515 --> 00:22:10.717
- And who yearn for a utopian world
- 00:22:10.717 --> 00:22:14.254
- Where there's peace, no borders,
- 00:22:14.254 --> 00:22:16.756
- Love and mutual respect between all of god's children.
- 00:22:16.756 --> 00:22:21.361
- I wish that would be the case,
- 00:22:21.361 --> 00:22:23.163
- But i'm old enough and experienced enough
- 00:22:23.163 --> 00:22:25.165
- To understand that there are certain people in the world
- 00:22:25.165 --> 00:22:28.034
- Who don't share that vision.
- 00:22:28.034 --> 00:22:29.636
- But after october 7,
- 00:22:29.636 --> 00:22:31.504
- I think a lot of people have woken up
- 00:22:31.504 --> 00:22:33.106
- And they understand that the other side,
- 00:22:33.106 --> 00:22:36.576
- Specifically palestinians,
- 00:22:36.576 --> 00:22:38.411
- They, from a mental and spiritual point of view,
- 00:22:38.411 --> 00:22:42.649
- They are not there yet.
- 00:22:42.649 --> 00:22:44.050
- They are not in a place where they say,
- 00:22:44.050 --> 00:22:46.453
- You know what, we have come to terms
- 00:22:46.453 --> 00:22:48.755
- And we accept the fact that the jews live in this land
- 00:22:48.755 --> 00:22:52.392
- And that it is their homeland.
- 00:22:52.392 --> 00:22:54.093
- And that goes back to a very dark and deep
- 00:22:54.093 --> 00:22:57.230
- Hatred of jews and of the modern state of israel.
- 00:22:57.230 --> 00:23:01.434
- When they'll accept it,
- 00:23:01.434 --> 00:23:02.769
- I think that they'll find a willing partner
- 00:23:02.769 --> 00:23:05.205
- In the jews, in israel, to make peace.
- 00:23:05.205 --> 00:23:07.841
- Hopefully it will happen in the future,
- 00:23:07.841 --> 00:23:09.676
- Maybe my children or my grandchildren.
- 00:23:09.676 --> 00:23:11.578
- Until then, i assess that we will have to continue
- 00:23:11.578 --> 00:23:14.414
- To be vigilant and fight.
- 00:23:14.414 --> 00:23:16.082
- I will say this,
- 00:23:16.082 --> 00:23:16.783
- I think for
- 00:23:16.783 --> 00:23:18.284
- Perhaps many of our viewers
- 00:23:18.284 --> 00:23:20.520
- Who are bible-believing people... -yeah.
- 00:23:20.520 --> 00:23:24.023
- They would say that they would recognize
- 00:23:24.023 --> 00:23:26.159
- This unexplainable hatred, as you say.
- 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:29.195
- Yeah. -because sometimes it's this,
- 00:23:29.195 --> 00:23:30.296
- Sometimes it's that,
- 00:23:30.296 --> 00:23:31.631
- That the source may be spiritual,
- 00:23:31.631 --> 00:23:34.400
- That israel is hated
- 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:37.904
- Not really because of who israel is,
- 00:23:37.904 --> 00:23:39.873
- But because of the god of israel. -yeah.
- 00:23:39.873 --> 00:23:42.208
- That's what i mean by spiritual.
- 00:23:42.208 --> 00:23:43.743
- And i would agree.
- 00:23:43.743 --> 00:23:45.111
- And i think that, you know,
- 00:23:45.111 --> 00:23:46.980
- Many times in scientific studies
- 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:49.315
- Where science ends, we many times find faith.
- 00:23:49.315 --> 00:23:53.186
- You eventually have to believe in something
- 00:23:53.186 --> 00:23:55.822
- Because there are things that even modern science today
- 00:23:55.822 --> 00:23:58.558
- Cannot really explain, right?
- 00:23:58.558 --> 00:24:00.059
- And i think,
- 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.227
- I'm not entirely sure that
- 00:24:01.227 --> 00:24:02.428
- Anti-semitism is that,
- 00:24:02.428 --> 00:24:03.663
- But i think there's a very strong ground
- 00:24:03.663 --> 00:24:05.265
- To believe that
- 00:24:05.265 --> 00:24:06.466
- Because it defies a lot of logic.
- 00:24:06.466 --> 00:24:08.735
- It isn't logical.
- 00:24:08.735 --> 00:24:10.603
- Like when you look at the amount of attention
- 00:24:10.603 --> 00:24:13.273
- That israel gets, it is abnormal.
- 00:24:13.273 --> 00:24:15.942
- We're people fighting for our independence
- 00:24:15.942 --> 00:24:18.478
- In our ancient homeland.
- 00:24:18.478 --> 00:24:19.979
- Why do people care so much?
- 00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:22.315
- And i think you're actually right.
- 00:24:22.315 --> 00:24:24.150
- There's reason and logic,
- 00:24:24.150 --> 00:24:26.386
- But then that ends and eventually it's belief.
- 00:24:26.386 --> 00:24:28.755
- And i think a lot of the hatred against israel
- 00:24:28.755 --> 00:24:31.424
- Must be motivated by other things as well.
- 00:24:31.424 --> 00:24:34.861
- What word of advice would you have
- 00:24:35.628 --> 00:24:38.631
- For our audience to combat misinformation at home?
- 00:24:38.631 --> 00:24:43.670
- That's a big challenge.
- 00:24:44.170 --> 00:24:45.872
- And i go by the line
- 00:24:45.872 --> 00:24:48.808
- That "i shall bless those who bless israel
- 00:24:48.808 --> 00:24:52.178
- "and i should curse those who curse israel."
- 00:24:52.178 --> 00:24:54.781
- I think history lends a lot of examples
- 00:24:54.781 --> 00:24:57.617
- To what eventually happens,
- 00:24:57.617 --> 00:24:59.919
- What was the fate of many very powerful empires
- 00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:03.756
- That sought to kill the jews,
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- Undermine the jews, expel them from their country.
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- And eventually they're not around,
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- Not the romans, not nebuchadnezzar,
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- Not titus and many others.
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- They're in the history books,
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- But the jews are alive and well in their homeland.
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- There's something maybe spiritual,
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- Maybe something else,
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- That has protected the jewish people over the ages.
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- That's one.
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- Second one is that i think
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- The enemies of israel
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- Are the enemies of the west.
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- Our issue is just that we're located
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- In a rough neighborhood.
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- To americans, i can say that we're
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- The off-broadway show.
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- The show eventually comes to broadway.
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- It eventually comes knocking on christian doors
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- And just looking at what israel is facing
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- And understanding that eventually
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- That'll come to attack them as well.
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- Jonathan, i want to thank you so much
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- For sharing with us.
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- I really appreciate
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- Your time and your wisdom. -thank you.
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- And our viewers, we are praying for you.
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- And it was a great reminder
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- Of what god said to abraham in genesis 12
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- And verse 3.
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- "those that bless you, i will bless.
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- "and those that curse you, i will curse."
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- I want to thank you for standing with israel
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- On god's word.
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- And we pray that god will richly bless you
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- And your families.
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- Opportunity comes with opposition.
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- But our job is to focus on god and his vision.
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- Putting one foot in front of the other
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- To walk out that vision.
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- Paul often speaks of opposition
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- To the preaching of the gospel
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- From gentiles, from his jewish brothers,
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- And sometimes even people that call themselves believers.
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- He frames it as a coordinated attack,
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- Not by people,
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- But by the spiritual powers behind them.
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- We don't wrestle against flesh and blood.
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- How do we wrestle?
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- Paul spent his energy in prayer, the scriptures,
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- Preaching and building up the brothers.
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- In other words, paul wrestled by walking out
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- The vision god gave him.
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- As we'll see,
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- The next step for nehemiah's vision
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- Was to bring the people of jerusalem together in unity
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- To accomplish god's work of rebuilding.
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- So we will ask the question,
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- Who is on your team?
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- Next time, as we walk the walls with nehemiah.
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