Erick Stakelbeck: Special Report: Conflict in the Middle East | Stakelbeck Tonight

March 3, 2026 | S E | 81:53

Erick Stakelbeck hosts TBN's Special Report on the conflict in the Middle East.

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| Erick Stakelbeck: Special Report: Conflict in the Middle East | Stakelbeck Tonight | March 3, 2026

Come to you.
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Welcome to a stackelbeck tonight. special
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Report. i'm eric stackelbeck coming to you live once again
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From washington, dc, as we bring you breaking coverage of
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Operation epic fury. it is day four of the joint us israeli
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Operation against iran's regime. and we're getting a better
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Picture now of the imminent threat iran posed and why this
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Operation was so necessary. during a meeting with german
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Chancellor friedrich merz earlier today, president trump
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Said he did not need any prodding from israel to make
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His decision. watch.
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>> mr. president, israel forced your hand to launch these
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Strikes against iran, did not pull the united states into
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This war.
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>> i might have forced their hand. you see, we were having
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Negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion
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That they were going to attack first. they were going to
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Attack. if we didn't do it, they were going to attack first.
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I felt strongly about that. and we have great negotiators,
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Great people, people that do this very successfully and have
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Done it all their lives, very successful. and based on the
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Way the negotiation was going, i think they were going to
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Attack first. and i didn't want that to happen. so if anything,
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I might have forced israel's hand.
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>> no, no, on one hand, the president had to be concerned
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About iran's ballistic missiles. on the other, iran was still
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Trying to develop nuclear weapons as well, even after the
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United states destroyed iran's nuclear sites back in june,
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Iran's mad mullahs continued to enrich uranium. and according
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To white house negotiator steve witkoff, they even boasted
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About it. take a look.
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>> percent materials. sean can be brought to 90%. that's
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Weapon grade weapons grade in roughly one week, maybe ten
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Days. at the outside, the 20% can be brought to weapons grade
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Inside of 3 to 4 weeks. and let me say this because i forgot
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This small little detail in that first meeting. the both
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The iranian negotiators said to us directly with no, no, no
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Shame that they controlled 460kg of 60%. and they're aware
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That that could make 11 nuclear bombs. and that was the
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Beginning of their negotiating stance. so that's that's they
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Were they were proud of it. they were proud that they had
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Evaded all sorts of oversight protocols to get to a place
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Where they could deliver 11 nuclear bombs.
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>> 11 nuclear bombs, by the way, it turns out that wasn't just
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Empty bluster from the iranians. the israeli air force says that
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Earlier today, it destroyed a secret iranian nuclear site
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Near tehran, where a group of nuclear scientists was working
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To develop capabilities required for, you guessed it,
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Nuclear weapons. as us and israeli forces attempt to
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Neutralize iran's nuclear program once and for all,
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They've also had major success on other fronts. iran's navy,
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Air force and radar systems have all been destroyed, and
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Now us and israeli fighter jets are hunting down iran's
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Ballistic missile launchers. the regime continues to fire
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Missiles and drones not only at israel, where warning sirens
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Are wailing, but also at surrounding arab nations like
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Saudi arabia and the uae. earlier today, an iranian drone
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Struck near the us consulate in dubai. as the situation
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Escalates, the state department is urging all americans to
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Leave the middle east at once. and there are reports that the
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Saudis and other arab nations are now strongly considering
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Joining the fight against iran. europe, however, has been
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Another story. president trump vowed today to cut all trade
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With spain's socialist government after it denied the
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Us access to its military bases. he also called out the uk's
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Leftist leadership for its lack of support. watch.
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>> and i'm not, by the way, i'm not happy with the uk either.
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That island that you read about the least. okay, you made it.
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For whatever reason, he made a lease of the island. somebody
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Came and took it away from him and it's taken 3 or 4 days for
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Us to work out where we can land. there would have been
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Much more convenient landing there as opposed to flying many
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Extra hours. so we are very surprised this is not winston
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Churchill that we're dealing with now.
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>> the president has no such concerns about israel. today.
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The israeli air force took out not only an iranian leadership
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Compound in tehran, but also a gathering of iran's so-called
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Assembly of experts as they were preparing to select a new
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Supreme leader following the demise of ayatollah khomeini on
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Saturday. with most of the regime's top leaders now dead,
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It's unclear who exactly is calling the shots in iran right
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Now. so what comes next? tbn israel correspondent yair pinto
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Joins us from jerusalem with the inside story, and it all
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Starts now.
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Joining us now from jerusalem is our tbn israel
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Correspondent yair pinto, host of boots on the ground, seen
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Right here on tbn every thursday night at 8:30 p.m.
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Eastern time. now you're number one. it is early in the morning,
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Late at night in israel. thank you so much for joining us once
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Again and staying up with us. and secondly, look, i know you
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And your family have been in and out of bomb shelters
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Throughout the day. i know sirens have been wailing in in
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Israel, including jerusalem, where you are based, but you
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Mentioned off camera before we started that it's a little less
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Perhaps than yesterday. and do we see is that a sign that
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Iran's ballistic missile capabilities are being
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Neutralized gradually? and it seems now they may be turning
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To drones as their new method of attack. tell us more about
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That.
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>> yes, it seems like that the iranians are less focused, less
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Controlled. so there is still rocket attacks into israel a
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Few times a day, but it seems like they are not concentrated.
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They have no command structure. this is the feeling that we get
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Here in israel. and now the iranians are turning to their
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Biggest proxy in the area, which is the hezbollah
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Terrorist organization on israel's northern border with
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Lebanon. and they decided a few months ago, when they started
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To rehabilitate their capabilities after israel ended
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A very strong blow against them to shift the tactic, moving
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Away from rockets and missiles and mortars into suicide drones.
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And the difference here is that suicide drones is a lot harder
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To detect and to intercept, and they create a longer threat,
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Meaning one drone can stay in the skies above israel at a low
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Altitude and cause panic in the entire nation with sirens,
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Alarms for millions of people until it is shut down. so this
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Is the new method that at least the hezbollah terrorist
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Organization and other iranian militias from syria are using
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Against israel. and i think this is a good sign, because it
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Means that the ability of the iranians to launch rockets and
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To command their armies is shrinking. and it seems like
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The beginning of the end of their military power. what i
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See from this is panic, because they are basically firing in
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Discrepancy against multiple nations. if it's the gulf
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States in every place in this region. and of course, again,
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They have targets in israel. so i look at it as a good sign and
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We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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>> yeah, it seems like they're trying to go out, in their view,
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In a blaze of glory as the regime teeters on the brink.
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The big question here, and i don't think we know who exactly
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Is calling the shots in iran right now. most of their top
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Leaders have been eliminated over the past few days. is it
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The islamic revolutionary guards corps hardliners there?
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Do we have any sense of who's calling the shots and giving
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Orders there right now?
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>> well, i seem that it seems like there is no one leader
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That is calling the shots. and the iranians and the
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Revolutionary guards are operating on orders that were
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Received in advance. so basically, every cell commander
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Or base commander across iran, which is a very, very big
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Country, is operating based on the previous orders that his
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Unit received. so they are just operating based on orders that
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Are not up to date. that's the feeling that i'm getting from
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The ground. and this again, is pointing to a success in the
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Quality intelligence that the cia, together with the israeli
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Mossad, was able to collect in order to know the exact
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Location of all the leadership of iran. and every time they're
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Trying to meet and to appoint the next leader of the
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Revolutionary guards, they are targeted immediately with an
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Air force strike. and again, they are without any head to
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Lead them. so this is good news again. and i believe that the
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More time passes, the harder it will be for the iranian regime
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To control what it does next. but the scary part in this
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Situation is that when a terror regime is feeling cornered, it
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Usually is aggressive against its own people trying to
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Survive. so we will need to see some response or some military
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Force on the ground in order to protect the iranian people, for
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Them to take back their country.
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>> yeah, yeah. your great breakdown as always, my friend.
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And as you mentioned, israeli intelligence combined with us
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Intelligence. incredible. pinpointing these iranian
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Leaders again and again and eliminating them. hey my friend,
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It's cold. it's the middle of the night in jerusalem. go in
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With your family. get warm. stay safe. we're praying for
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You, my friend. god bless you. we'll see you again soon. and
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Coming up after the break, more from a top former trump
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Administration official on the state of play in iran. that's
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Next. stick around.
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Next. stick around.
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Welcome back to stackelbeck tonight.
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The united states has dubbed it operation epic fury. israel is
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Calling it operation roaring lion. it is an historic joint
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Operation between the us and israel to hopefully topple the
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World's number one state sponsor of terrorism, the
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Iranian regime. and joining us now to break it down further is
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Our good friend, ellen carr, ceo of the israeli american
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Council. ellen, always great to see you. you and i have been
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Talking about this for a long time. of course, you served in
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The first trump administration. your initial thoughts here. day
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For operation epic fury. it looks like a new middle east
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May very soon be upon us.
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>> well, i have to tell you, eric, first of all, it's great
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To be with you. as always, what we are witnessing is a military
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Operation, perhaps unprecedented in not only its
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Scope, but in its efficacy, in incredibly intense i mean,
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Thousands of strike sorties over iran, between the two
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Countries, many thousands of munitions dropped. just to give
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You a sense, israel has today exceeded in these few days the
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Number of munitions dropped in the entire rising lion 12 day
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War against iran. so we're talking about breathtaking
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Intensity and unprecedented coordination. and i'll tell you,
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It couldn't have come at a better time, as this regime has
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Not only acted to reconstitute its ballistic missile
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Capability and careen toward nuclear breakout. now we are
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Seeing these two great powers working together seamlessly in
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Unprecedented military cooperation to to take out the
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Enormous threat that this regime posed. and we have to
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Remember also, this is not theoretical. look, i served in
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Iraq, eric, and when i was in iraq, the irgc killed americans.
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They introduced armor piercing munitions into iraq
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Specifically to kill americans. and hundreds and hundreds of
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American soldiers were killed. this is a long time coming. we
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Had ample reason to take military action against this
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Regime decades ago, and for one reason or another, it was put
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Off and put off and put off. and now, thankfully, under
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President trump's leadership and president netanyahu and
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Prime minister netanyahu's leadership, we are seeing a
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Remarkable level of commitment to to, once and for all, rid
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The world of the threat that this regime poses.
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>> no doubt, ellen, look, they've been compared to reagan
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And thatcher bringing down the soviet empire. now they're
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Bringing down the iranian terror empire. i've compared
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Them to a pair of churchill's in the modern day. sadly, in a
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Sea of chamberlain's, president trump today criticized keir
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Starmer, the u.k. prime minister, for not doing more to
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Help out in the effort. but he has no such problems with
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Israel. you know, the relationship between the united
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States and israel very, very well. can you talk more? look,
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We've got the incredible intelligence sharing, the
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Military partnership here. can you talk more about how this
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Operation just shows that unbreakable bond between the
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United states and the world's one and only jewish state?
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>> well, that's right, eric. and, you know, lately we've
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Been hearing these these naysayers, including on the
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Right, i mean, on the left, we've heard them for a long
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Time saying, well, you know, what do we get? we you know,
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Israel, we're, you know, we we support israel. and let me tell
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You, there is no question that of all the ways the united
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States spends money in foreign policy, there is nothing we do
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With a better roi than supporting the state of israel.
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Nothing. what we get in terms of r&d, in terms of the
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Alliance, in terms of the the breathtaking intelligence that
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Israel has and that israel shares with us the economic
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Cooperation, the values, the judeo-christian values in that
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Part of the world, that basically this is israel is an
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Outpost of america. you go to israel and it's it's the most
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Pro-american country in the world. and it it exudes our
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Western values at a time when those western values are under
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Attack. and so israel, for for decades and decades, has been a
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Remarkable ally to the united states, not only gaining by
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America's friendship, but giving more than it receives.
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But now we see this exhibit a, i mean, this is the the level
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Of efficacy, the military prowess of the idf, the
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Intelligence of the of the israeli intelligence and
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Security services, coupled with, of course, the remarkable,
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Extraordinary history changing power of the united states of
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America. this is a combination like no other. and i'll tell
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You, there is no other country in the world that we could be
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Doing this with than israel. no other country could bring this
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Kind of efficacy and talent and power to the game, to the
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Battlefield, as israel is with the united states. and that's
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Why we should be so happy and proud as americans that for the
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First time, our country is working seamlessly with israel.
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I mean, we've been we've been allied with israel for years,
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And operation midnight hammer was sort of a taste of of what
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Could come. but this is the first time that a joint
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Campaign, this coordinated and this intense has been launched
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By our two countries. and i'll tell you, we see the results,
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And the world is a better place for what we're doing. and
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That's the bottom line. we're making the world a better place,
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Thank god.
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>> yeah. no doubt ellen. well said. israel, look, the first
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Line of defense for the west, the united states, the last
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Line of defense for judeo-christian western
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Civilization working together. hey, only about 15 seconds left
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And we got to go. can we see an arab coalition coming together
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Here also to act against iran in the coming days, perhaps?
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>> well, i think we could. i see we're already seeing taste
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Of it. we're seeing some gulf states respond to the attacks
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On them. what's going to be very interesting is when this
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Is all over and god willing, there is no more mullahs in
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Iran. the regime is down. are we going to see an expansion of
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The abraham accords? i think there's a good chance of it,
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Ellen.
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>> well said. great breakdown. we'll leave it right there.
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Ellen carr, follow him on x across social media. god bless
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My friend. we'll see you again soon. ellen. coming up after
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The break, is there biblical significance to the iran
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Campaign? rabbi jason sobel will break that down next.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stackelbeck tonight. this is a
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Geo political event. of course, the joint israeli us operation
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Against iran's regime. but folks, there's also deep
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Spiritual significance. joining us now to break that down is
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Our good friend, rabbi jason sobel, host of transformed by
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The messiah right here on tbn, author of the book of the same
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Name, jason, always great to see you. and look, it has not
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Escaped my attention or yours that purim. we're in the midst
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Of purim right now. the ancient biblical holiday break down the
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Spiritual significance of the events we've seen over the past
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Four days unfolding in iran.
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>> yeah, the timing of everything that's going on is
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Spiritually and prophetically weighty and significant. it
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Cannot be ignored. and i think part of that is today jewish
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People are celebrating purim, the deliverance of the jewish
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People from haman that we read about in the book of esther.
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But this began on saturday on the jewish sabbath, the shabbat,
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And the day that the supreme leader of iran died was a day
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That jewish people were reading a special reading in the
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Synagogue where it says, remember amalek, what he did to
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You when he came out of egypt? why is that important? because
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Haman is a descendant of amalek, and the jewish people read the
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Supreme leader's name as ha may nee in relationship to haman.
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And so the modern day haman was taken out on the day that
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Jewish people are reading and blotting out the name of haman
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Spiritually in the synagogue. that is no coincidence. and on
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Top of that, the day that he actually died is significant
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Because on the islamic calendar, it was the 11th day of the
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Ninth month. it was 911 on the islamic calendar, and it was
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Iran that provided the military and logistics support for hamas.
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That made israel's 911 october 7th possible. purim is about a
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Turnaround. what haman meant for evil was turned around and
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He was hung on his own gallows and was. what was meant to
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Destroy the jewish people has led to greater security for
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Them.
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>> jason, this is amazing. i'm trying to wrap my head around
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It. amazing insights. and again, as you said, no coincidences. i
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Feel like this is divine justice. and you said haman was
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Hung on the very gallows that he meant for mordechai. this
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Seems like god's hand and god protecting his land and his
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People. and look, the iranian regime had had many chances to
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Repent. needless to say, over the decades they refused. they
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Went even deeper into evil. this seems like justice from
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Above.
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>> absolutely. because think about it. the irony here.
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President trump offered them a peace deal. he said, give up
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Your nuclear ambitions and your ballistic missile programs. and
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They chose not to. and so the supreme leader who wanted to
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Create a nuclear bomb to destroy israel, was himself
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Destroyed by a bomb from israel. i mean, again, this is a
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Complete turnaround. again, hung on his own gallows. they
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Tried to destroy israel, but actually what they did is they
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Set the dominoes in effect with october 7th for the destruction
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Of all of the major enemies of israel are being systematically
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Taken out. it's prophetically significant. why? because it's
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Setting up for the war of gog and magog. ezekiel 38. it says
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Israel has to be dwelling securely in their land, and
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There'll be a surprise attack when they think everything is
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Good. it's what's first thessalonians five three says
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While they're saying peace and safety, sudden destruction
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Comes. this security and peace that's coming is actually a
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Temporary peace because it is political and not spiritual.
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And it's a set up for the gog magog war, i believe.
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>> wow, the chess pieces are moving. hey, a little over a
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Minute left. big picture. in the short term, we could see
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Some amazing things in the region. we could see perhaps
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Revival in iran and maybe even the gospel go out from that
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Nation. about a minute left. jason, could you break down how
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Iran is a bible land and god is not done with that nation by a
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Long shot. that's ancient persia, modern day iran.
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>> ancient persia. babylon brought the jewish people into
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Exile. persia allowed them to go back to the land. there's a
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Prophecy in the book of jeremiah 4935 to 39 that talks
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About god would restore elam. and there's a great move of god.
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This is part of that. they're mentioned in the revival acts
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Chapter two. that was the beginning. we're seeing god do
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A work in iran, one of the fastest growing churches in the
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World. but i think the moral of the story is this god's name is
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Not mentioned in the book of esther. it's teaching us a
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Lesson when you can't see the hand of god, trust the heart of
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God. his fingerprints are all over everything that's
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Happening in the world today.
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>> amazing rabbi jason sobel great breakdown folks. you
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Really won't hear anywhere else those deep biblical and
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Prophetic insights by our good friend rabbi jason sobel. but
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You can see it right here on transformed by messiah, right
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Here on tbn, hosted by the one and only rabbi jason sobel.
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Also the book transformed by the messiah. jason, thank you
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So much, my friend. happy purim, god bless you. we'll see you
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Again soon. yes my friend, god bless you. and coming up after
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The break, my final thoughts on what's unfolding right now in
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The middle east and how it affects you. don't move.
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The middle east and how it affects you. don't move.
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Welcome back to stackelbeck tonight, folks. as we wrap up
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Here, rabbi jason sobel just reminded us that this is purim,
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The ancient biblical holiday described in the book of esther.
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The events are described there. so we gotta close out here from
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The book of esther, chapter four, verse 14. for if you
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Remain silent at this time, mordecai said to esther, relief
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And deliverance for the jews will arise from another place,
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But you and your father's family will perish. and who
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Knows but that you have come to your royal position, esther,
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For such a time as this. folks, these are the times we're
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Living in bible times right now. you see it unfolding in ancient
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Persia, modern day iran, and president trump and prime
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Minister netanyahu. i believe, like esther, they answered the
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Call. they did not remain silent in the face of evil and
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Wicked demonic regime, developing nuclear weapons,
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Ballistic missiles to reach not only israel, but the united
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States sponsoring terror like hamas and hezbollah and
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Slaughtering their own people. at least 32,000 murdered by
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This regime. 32,000 brave iranians in the month of
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January alone. this was a barbaric regime. we pray it's
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About to be relegated to the ash heap of history where it
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Belongs. but for such a time as this, folks, fasten your seat
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Belt. i believe a new day is coming in the middle east. a
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New day for iran. i truly believe we can see revival in
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Persia, modern day iran, and that the gospel can go out from
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That land. now our good friend pastor reza has been beaming
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The gospel into iran for years, and he'll be joining us next,
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Folks, continuing coverage on the war in iran. coming up next
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With pastor reza. welcome to a tbn special report. i'm eric
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Stakelbeck coming to you live from washington, d.c. it is day
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Four of operation epic fury, the joint us-israeli operation,
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To accomplish a few things. number one, completely
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Dismantle iran's nuclear program. number two, dismantle
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Iran's ballistic missile program. number three, end
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Iran's support of terror groups in the middle east like hamas,
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Hezbollah, the houthis, and number four for the iranian
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People, who have been the main victims for 47 years. think
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About that, folks. nearly half a century, the iranian people
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Have lived under the jackboot of these tyrants in tehran, the
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Iranian regime, islamic fanatics have oppressed their
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Own people in horrific ways. and that may be about to end.
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We could see a new era in iran, and no one knows that better
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Than our good friend, pastor reza safir. he's a director,
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Founder of tbn, and what he does is very important. i
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Cannot understand it. for decades, pastor reza has beamed
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The gospel into iran. that's right. and because of his brave
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Efforts, it's a major, perhaps the main reason that iran. yes,
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The world's number one state sponsor of terrorism. i know
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It's also home at the same time to the world's fastest growing
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Church, largely underground and largely listening to messages
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From our friend pastor reza of tbn. reza, you and i have been
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Talking about this a long time, my friend. first of all, it is
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Great to see you. secondly, man with god, all things are
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Possible and you can't stop the gospel. but sometimes it seemed
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Like this day would never come. tell us how you're feeling as
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You watch these initial days. khamenei eliminated. of course,
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Iran's wicked leadership eliminated, and the iranian
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People perhaps on the verge of securing their freedom for the
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First time in nearly half a century.
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>> it's a joy to be with you again, eric, and thank you for
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Doing these programs and bringing light to what is
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Happening in the middle east. you know, for 47, a nation has
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Been oppressed by a by a tyranny, by a repressive regime,
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Islamic regime. and i believe god allowed this force, this
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Regime to come to power. in 1979, in order to show the
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Reality of the evilness of this religion that has bound 1.8
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Billion people on planet earth. and this past 45 years, we have
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Seen how this regime has spread death and destruction and
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Curses on the middle east and throughout the world,
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Sponsoring all of these radical islamic groups in syria, in
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Lebanon, in yemen, in iraq, and causing hundreds of thousands
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Of deaths on this planet. so it's their time for their
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Judgment. and so and meanwhile, god is bringing a tremendous
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Harvest of souls out of that nation to his kingdom.
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>> yeah. and they are driven past by an islamic end times
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Apocalyptic theology. and they're going out, in their
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View, it seems, in a blaze of glory. look, they're in their
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Death throes, and yet they're firing rockets, missiles,
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Drones at not only israel and us bases in the region, but
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Surrounding arab and muslim nations also coming under fire
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From the iranian regime. is this inevitable outcome for
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Them? pastor reza, just so people know, they're not going
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To go quietly, they have that apocalyptic mindset and we can,
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Sadly, probably expect more of this from them in the days to
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Come as again, their backs are against the wall.
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>> you know, with what they have done these past 47 years
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Causing so many death and destruction. i said to the lord
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One day in my prayer, i said, lord, if these people die a
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Natural death, people in iran and in the middle east will
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Call you unjust. you have to judge these people for what
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They have accomplished. as a matter of fact, last sunday in
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Our bible study group, as i was teaching our persian group
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Small group in southern california, it came out of my
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Heart, my spirit, and i said that khamenei, the ayatollah
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Khamenei will die soon, will be killed soon. wow. and a week
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Later, i forgot about it. in one of our church member he
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Said, do you remember when that happened? he said, do you
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Remember what you said last sunday? so it is time for god
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To show justice, and also at the same time, his mercy and
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His grace upon an incredible group of people that have been
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Resilient and hopeful and fighting for their freedom for
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The past 47 years.
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>> yeah. i want to ask you more about that. look, you've got
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Great contacts, obviously, on the ground inside iran. what
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Are you hearing right now from the iranian people, the iranian
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Church? we've seen the footage, jubilation in the streets,
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Especially after the announcement that khamenei was
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Killed. what are you hearing on the ground? are the iranian
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People ready? president trump and prime minister netanyahu
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Are saying, look, we are setting the stage for you now.
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Go out and grab it. take your freedom. do you get the sense
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Of the iranian people are ready to do that?
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>> you know, a situation that two weeks ago looked almost
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Hopeless and despair and almost like a spirit of depression was
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Coming upon the people because they saw that they cannot
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Overcome by their own forces. and they were begging president
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Trump to do something about it. all of a sudden, a hope arises
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In the hearts of millions of people that there is a
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Possibility that a change will happen and this regime will
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Will fall. and so a joy, that unspeakable joy that i've seen
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In the hearts of many people, iranians as well as the church
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People, i heard a minister said, the bible says, do not rejoice
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In the death of the wicked. but i have to say i'm rejoicing.
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And so because people are craving for freedom and they
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See president trump and israel, all you have to see all these
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Posts that i see about iranian loving on israelis and thanking
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All their military forces for what they're doing, the craving
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For their freedom. it's just unspeakable.
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>> yeah. and look, israel and iran have always had it before.
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This regime at least had a great relationship prior to
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1979. and of course, the biblical stories today is purim.
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Not coincidental timing. i don't think the great biblical
00:32:26.410 --> 00:32:29.213
Story, the book of esther, the downfall of haman in persia.
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Now we have the downfall of khomeini 2500 years later on
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Purim, roughly, but also king cyrus the great persian king
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Who released the jewish people back to israel from captivity,
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Allowed them to rebuild the temple in jerusalem. some have
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Talked about it. cyrus accord between a new iranian
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Government and israel, kind of similar to the abraham accords.
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So exciting things there, for sure. kind of a natural
00:32:53.070 --> 00:32:56.173
Affinity. and reza, you teach this so well. other than israel,
00:32:56.173 --> 00:32:58.909
I believe persia is mentioned more than any other nation in
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The bible, israel than persia. iran, absolutely.
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>> if you look back, read the old testament, most of the book
00:33:05.583 --> 00:33:09.687
Of esther, the book of ezra, nehemiah, and part of daniel
00:33:09.687 --> 00:33:14.759
Took place in iran. as a matter of fact, we have daniel, the
00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:19.397
Great prophet of god, that i desire so bad to see him. one
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Day he is buried in iran. esther is buried in iran.
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Haggai is buried in iran. so iran has always been in the
00:33:26.904 --> 00:33:31.142
Plan of god. and you can see throughout the history and look
00:33:31.142 --> 00:33:34.345
At it this way out of the 50 islamic nations, why would god
00:33:34.345 --> 00:33:39.250
Pour his spirit in abundance for the past 20 years in iran?
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Why would iranian be the first fruit of the islamic land?
00:33:45.022 --> 00:33:48.526
Islamic nations out of the 50 nations? it means that god has
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A plan, just like he did in the time of cyrus. as a matter of
00:33:52.630 --> 00:33:56.634
Fact, god spoke cyrus name 200 years in the book of isaiah,
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200 years before the man was born, and called him my
00:34:02.273 --> 00:34:06.243
Anointed, the first king outside of the people of god,
00:34:06.243 --> 00:34:09.780
Outside of the jewish people that god calls anointed. so god
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Has a tremendous plan for the islamic world. and it is a
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Starting with the iranian or the persian people.
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>> it's amazing to watch. he absolutely has a plan for iran.
00:34:21.625 --> 00:34:25.229
Reza, look, i think of jeremiah 49. many have referenced that
00:34:25.229 --> 00:34:28.599
Over the past few days. god says he'll set his throne in
00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.802
Elam, which was a part of ancient persia, kind of the
00:34:31.802 --> 00:34:34.705
Southwestern part of iran. so amazing things unfolding right
00:34:34.705 --> 00:34:37.842
Now. hey, big picture, what does what's happening right now?
00:34:37.842 --> 00:34:41.745
And god willing, the fall of this demonic i don't say that
00:34:41.745 --> 00:34:44.748
Word lightly. demonic nazi death cult regime. what does
00:34:44.748 --> 00:34:48.719
That mean for the church in iran and for your ministry at
00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:52.623
Tbn?
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>> well, if if it is time for for the change of the regime, i
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Can promise you one thing. first off, we will have the
00:35:00.197 --> 00:35:03.667
Largest christian crusade in the city of tehran, filled the
00:35:03.667 --> 00:35:08.072
Iranian tehran stadium, over 100,000 people from all over
00:35:08.072 --> 00:35:12.476
The country will come there for a celebration of the
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Manifestation of god in a muslim land. did you know that
00:35:16.981 --> 00:35:21.452
Out of 75,000 mosques in iran, 50,000 mosques have closed down
00:35:21.452 --> 00:35:28.659
Their doors? people in iran today are saying we are not
00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:32.930
Muslims any longer. we are persians, those who are not
00:35:32.930 --> 00:35:37.234
Believers, and of course those who are believers. they confess
00:35:37.234 --> 00:35:39.270
Their faith. did you know that iranian believers already are
00:35:39.270 --> 00:35:43.007
Evangelizing in afghanistan, in iraq, in dubai, we have so many
00:35:43.007 --> 00:35:48.379
Groups in turkey, so many believers that are there. so
00:35:48.379 --> 00:35:51.682
God is setting up the stage for a tremendous revivals in the
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Days to come. and it's going to blow out of iran reaching out
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To the other muslim. they are muslims. they know what that
00:36:01.058 --> 00:36:04.261
Means. they used to be muslims and now they they are able to
00:36:04.261 --> 00:36:08.232
Reach out with the power of the gospel in, in the neighboring
00:36:08.232 --> 00:36:12.202
Country. so it is exciting days ahead of us.
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>> it is it's so encouraging. and folks, by the way, this is
00:36:15.806 --> 00:36:19.109
Why we do what we do at tbn. what pastor reza just shared
00:36:19.109 --> 00:36:22.313
That encouraging news about the gospel spreading in iran of all
00:36:22.313 --> 00:36:26.283
Places. you're really not going to find that anywhere else or
00:36:26.283 --> 00:36:29.119
Hear that message anywhere else. by the way, if you are just
00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:32.156
Joining us, this is a tbn special report on the conflict
00:36:32.156 --> 00:36:35.459
In iran, the middle east conflict raging right now. but
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We hope the gospel is raging in iran very soon, raging in a
00:36:38.862 --> 00:36:42.766
Gentle way, a peaceful way, of course. and pastor reza, look,
00:36:42.766 --> 00:36:45.769
My dream. i'm listening to you. i'm smiling as you're talking.
00:36:45.769 --> 00:36:48.906
My dream is to walk shoulder to shoulder with you. god willing,
00:36:48.906 --> 00:36:52.476
One day soon in iran. can you imagine that revival? you
00:36:52.476 --> 00:36:56.814
Mentioned a great stadium in tehran. i would love it. and do
00:36:56.814 --> 00:37:00.784
You think? and we talk about jeremiah 49 and god setting his
00:37:00.784 --> 00:37:05.122
Throne in elam, that that's part of iran, part of persia.
00:37:05.122 --> 00:37:09.126
Can iran be a launching pad? it's one thing to have revival
00:37:09.126 --> 00:37:12.096
In iran. amazing. do you think iran can be a launching pad to
00:37:12.096 --> 00:37:17.301
Spread the gospel throughout the region, throughout the
00:37:17.301 --> 00:37:21.038
Muslim world? and a second little question there. one more
00:37:21.038 --> 00:37:24.108
Talk, more. i got to ask you, every time i see you, i ask you
00:37:24.108 --> 00:37:27.645
About this, the dreams and visions that muslims are having
00:37:27.645 --> 00:37:30.748
Right now of jesus in the middle east.
00:37:30.748 --> 00:37:33.884
>> you know, 90% of all those thousands upon thousands that
00:37:33.884 --> 00:37:37.888
Have come to christ through our network have seen jesus either
00:37:37.888 --> 00:37:41.258
In a dream, in a vision, or in person. i mean, we have
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Hundreds of testimonies of tremendous miracles that god
00:37:47.598 --> 00:37:51.869
Has poured over this land, his grace upon this land, that
00:37:51.869 --> 00:37:56.240
People remember what jesus said in john chapter four. he said
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To the man with the sick son, sick daughter, he said, you
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People, unless you see signs and wonders, by no other means
00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:06.950
You will believe. and so this is talking jesus, talking about
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The muslim people. muslim people have to see in order to
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Believe, because they have no other evidence before them that
00:38:14.591 --> 00:38:18.862
Jesus is the son of god, because islam preaches so hard
00:38:18.862 --> 00:38:22.066
Against that message. and so i believe it has already started.
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Eric, the the launching pad in among iranians. listen, i know
00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:30.841
Some of the most radical people who've come to christ and now
00:38:30.841 --> 00:38:34.411
Are preaching in, in, in turkey, in iraq, in abu dhabi, in dubai,
00:38:34.411 --> 00:38:41.185
The word of god. god is using this land again to pour out his
00:38:41.185 --> 00:38:46.690
Spirit and to get the gospel out to the arab nations all
00:38:46.690 --> 00:38:50.561
Around them. and so, like i said, it is it is tremendous.
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And it is the most exciting time for mankind to be alive
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For for the church to be alive, because the bible talks about
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The precious fruit of the earth. james talks about that. so it's
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The greatest harvest that man has seen since jesus rose from
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The dead. and so i'm i'm excited. i'm excited.
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>> i know. and hey, you're at the middle. you're in the
00:39:16.854 --> 00:39:19.890
Middle, i should say, of that great harvest. and folks, we
00:39:19.890 --> 00:39:22.292
Can all be a part of it. support tbn, support the great
00:39:22.292 --> 00:39:25.696
Work of pastor reza at tbn. and what you're saying just rings
00:39:25.696 --> 00:39:30.200
True in that no one, i mean, no one, not even a muslim in iran
00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:34.271
Or elsewhere, is beyond god's reach. that includes you,
00:39:34.271 --> 00:39:38.909
Pastor reza. of course you lead tbn right now. you're a great
00:39:38.909 --> 00:39:43.280
Evangelist in iran and around the muslim world, but you were
00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.450
Raised in iran. reminder for our viewers, if they don't know,
00:39:46.450 --> 00:39:49.686
You were raised in iran, a devout muslim, and you
00:39:49.686 --> 00:39:53.590
Eventually found jesus, some may know your story, some just
00:39:53.590 --> 00:39:57.494
Joining us tonight may not know your story. can you give us the
00:39:57.494 --> 00:40:00.831
Short version of how you became the director of tbn, and how
00:40:00.831 --> 00:40:05.903
You came to embrace jesus as your lord and savior? and you
00:40:05.903 --> 00:40:10.107
Bravely left islam, which could carry a death sentence.
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>> before i say that, you know that baptizing pool we had
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That's in turkey, istanbul, and the ice was frozen, the water
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Was frozen, we broke the ice, and i walked in there. by the
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Time i don't know how many people i baptized that day, my
00:40:26.690 --> 00:40:29.660
Knees were numb. my feet were numb. people were running all
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Over the place to bring some hot water to pour over my i
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Mean, people did not care about what temperature that water was.
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They want to be baptized in jesus name. and we have
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Baptized so many people all around the world. so god is
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Working. listen, eric, i was a radical muslim. i loved god
00:40:46.076 --> 00:40:50.380
With all my heart ever since i was a kid. but i didn't know
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Him. you know muslims, they have a zeal for god. they have
00:40:53.951 --> 00:40:57.888
A tremendous zeal for god, especially the radical ones.
00:40:57.888 --> 00:41:01.558
But they don't know him, as paul said, that they have a
00:41:01.558 --> 00:41:04.728
Zeal for god, but they don't know who he is. the gospel,
00:41:04.728 --> 00:41:08.632
What the gospel does, it goes penetrate in the hearts of
00:41:08.632 --> 00:41:12.236
These muslims, and it shows that they are not worshiping
00:41:12.236 --> 00:41:16.240
The true god. and that zeal, when they become a convert,
00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:20.978
That zeal translates into loving jesus. when i became a
00:41:20.978 --> 00:41:25.916
Christian, i lost my entire family. everybody asked me,
00:41:25.916 --> 00:41:29.987
How's your family doing in iran? i said, i have no contact with
00:41:29.987 --> 00:41:32.823
Them because my father disowned me. my brothers and sisters,
00:41:32.823 --> 00:41:36.126
Eight of them, they disowned me. my entire family, my nieces, my
00:41:36.126 --> 00:41:39.696
Nephews, hundreds of them. i've got a huge family. they
00:41:39.696 --> 00:41:43.667
Disowned me. i have nobody, i cannot call anybody. and listen,
00:41:43.667 --> 00:41:48.272
I am willing to lay down my life for jesus and so are every
00:41:48.272 --> 00:41:53.010
Muslim convert. this is precious in the sight of god.
00:41:53.010 --> 00:41:57.014
You know, the bible says god seeks throughout the world
00:41:57.014 --> 00:42:00.217
Seeking those hearts whose whose hearts are one with god.
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And so god is responding to the call of these thousands upon
00:42:04.254 --> 00:42:09.126
Thousands, upon millions of muslims, that every day, five
00:42:09.126 --> 00:42:12.863
Times they bow their knees and pray to allah in an unknown
00:42:12.863 --> 00:42:16.767
Language, arabic. but they don't know him. and so that's
00:42:16.767 --> 00:42:19.970
Why the gospel is so precious. that's why the church has to
00:42:19.970 --> 00:42:25.008
Preach this gospel instead of being caught up with political
00:42:25.008 --> 00:42:28.245
Stuff. oh, israel, this, america, this, this, this.
00:42:28.245 --> 00:42:31.815
Listen, this is all about souls of men. this is about the souls
00:42:31.815 --> 00:42:35.786
Of men. this for, you know, the first complaint i had to jesus
00:42:35.786 --> 00:42:39.790
When i got saved, i said, why didn't you reach me for 20
00:42:39.790 --> 00:42:44.494
Years when i was seeking you day and night? why didn't you
00:42:44.494 --> 00:42:48.765
Send somebody to tell me about you? and that's the cry of
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Every muslim. and the church must rise up to this challenge
00:42:53.470 --> 00:42:57.874
Of the hour. it's not about politics. it's not about trump.
00:42:57.874 --> 00:43:01.044
It's not about bibi netanyahu. it's not about our soldiers.
00:43:01.044 --> 00:43:04.281
It's about the gospel. that's all there is. it's about jesus.
00:43:04.281 --> 00:43:10.387
It's it's all about jesus. it's not about the land of israel.
00:43:10.387 --> 00:43:13.890
It's not about the jews. it's not about christians. it's
00:43:13.890 --> 00:43:16.860
About jesus. and jesus is about the souls of man. god so loved
00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:22.332
The world. forgive me for becoming a preacher here, but
00:43:22.332 --> 00:43:27.938
It's.
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>> that's what we do here. preach on, my friend. that's
00:43:29.106 --> 00:43:30.941
What we do. that's why we.
00:43:30.941 --> 00:43:32.075
>> have jesus. it's all about.
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>> and you're very good at it. amen. hey, as you're spreading
00:43:33.977 --> 00:43:37.347
That powerful message that you just shared with us, what's the
00:43:37.347 --> 00:43:41.385
Reaction by iranians, in particular, young iranians,
00:43:41.385 --> 00:43:44.921
Reza, who may not know anything we were mentioning a few
00:43:44.921 --> 00:43:47.791
Minutes ago that, look, iran, that's ancient persia. it's a
00:43:47.791 --> 00:43:51.728
Bible land mentioned frequently in the bible. you've got cyrus
00:43:51.728 --> 00:43:54.698
And so much more. when young iranians, new believers learn
00:43:54.698 --> 00:43:59.369
About that, the great biblical history that they have, the
00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:03.306
Persian people have, do their eyes light up? does that
00:44:03.306 --> 00:44:06.510
Register with them? what kind of reaction do you get when you
00:44:06.510 --> 00:44:09.413
Share that proud biblical history with them?
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>> you know, it's interesting. i did a whole series. i have an
00:44:11.348 --> 00:44:15.152
Hour on our broadcast in persian. i did a whole series
00:44:15.152 --> 00:44:18.422
On abraham and the faith of abraham and the jewish people,
00:44:18.422 --> 00:44:22.059
And went through the old testament and talked about how
00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:26.430
Important the jewish people are. as a matter of fact, i just
00:44:26.430 --> 00:44:29.433
Finished a book, how why israel matters. i believe this book is
00:44:29.433 --> 00:44:33.804
Very important for the islamic world to realize. here is an
00:44:33.804 --> 00:44:37.541
Ex-muslim talking about the importance of the jewish people
00:44:37.541 --> 00:44:41.845
For the light of the world. if it wasn't because of the jews,
00:44:41.845 --> 00:44:45.315
We would be in absolute darkness. all of us owe our
00:44:45.315 --> 00:44:49.853
Lives and our faith to the jewish people and and the
00:44:49.853 --> 00:44:54.057
Iranian that went through these lessons. the believers, they
00:44:54.057 --> 00:44:57.294
Say to me, pastor reza, we love israel. we pray for israel. we
00:44:57.294 --> 00:45:00.897
Pray for the peace of jerusalem. and especially this what is
00:45:00.897 --> 00:45:04.468
Happening today because of the israeli forces has brought the
00:45:04.468 --> 00:45:08.839
Iranian, the muslim, iranian, even muslims closer to the
00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:12.476
Jewish people, something that god had in plan and is taking
00:45:12.476 --> 00:45:16.379
Place. so it is incredible. it is incredible. i just thank god
00:45:16.379 --> 00:45:21.751
On a daily basis, nonstop for what god is doing with the
00:45:21.751 --> 00:45:25.388
Iranian people and the jewish people.
00:45:25.388 --> 00:45:28.358
>> hey, fasten your seat belt, by the way. you're going to be
00:45:28.358 --> 00:45:31.628
A very busy man, my friend, and i know you wouldn't have it any
00:45:31.628 --> 00:45:35.499
Other way, because the harvest is opening up like never before
00:45:35.499 --> 00:45:38.668
In iran. and it's interesting. you and i were discussing cyrus
00:45:38.668 --> 00:45:41.938
Earlier, and cyrus released really freed the jewish people
00:45:41.938 --> 00:45:44.641
From captivity. and they rebuilt the temple in jerusalem.
00:45:44.641 --> 00:45:47.911
Of course, now it's kind of a reverse. 2500 years later, the
00:45:47.911 --> 00:45:50.914
Jewish people, god, using the israeli military as a vessel to
00:45:50.914 --> 00:45:57.053
Topple this regime in iran and free the people of iran. so
00:45:57.053 --> 00:46:00.390
It's an amazing historic relationship, as you said. and
00:46:00.390 --> 00:46:03.160
Along those lines, reza, look, it seems like a big obstacle.
00:46:03.160 --> 00:46:07.330
And we know ultimately the only middle east peace that will
00:46:07.330 --> 00:46:11.101
Really last, that will stick, will be when jesus returns. but
00:46:11.101 --> 00:46:14.671
In the meantime, could we see maybe, perhaps a brief period
00:46:14.671 --> 00:46:19.009
Of peace? in the very least, i hope it's a very long period of
00:46:19.009 --> 00:46:22.145
Peace in the region. could we see iran and other arab and
00:46:22.145 --> 00:46:26.449
Muslim nations? look, we've got the abraham accords. we've
00:46:26.449 --> 00:46:29.419
Featured them some great programs right here on tbn and
00:46:29.419 --> 00:46:32.022
How that all came together. but could we see that deepen now
00:46:32.022 --> 00:46:35.525
With the regime hopefully out of the way soon? and with hamas
00:46:35.525 --> 00:46:39.896
And hezbollah and all iran's proxies weakened, could we see
00:46:39.896 --> 00:46:43.600
A real pathway here in a possibility for some historic
00:46:43.600 --> 00:46:47.771
New peace agreements, normalization of relations
00:46:47.771 --> 00:46:52.075
Between israel and maybe a whole host of arab and muslim
00:46:52.075 --> 00:46:55.412
Nations?
00:46:55.412 --> 00:46:56.513
>> i believe so, i believe that's part of the prophecy of
00:46:56.613 --> 00:46:59.316
Of the bible. and i believe that god, through these
00:46:59.316 --> 00:47:04.087
Ex-muslim, will raise a jealousy in the heart of the
00:47:04.087 --> 00:47:07.624
Jewish people. i really believe that god will use persians to
00:47:07.624 --> 00:47:11.194
Bring many jews to christ. and so i believe these last days we
00:47:11.194 --> 00:47:16.066
Will see tremendous move of god. i believe the next move will be
00:47:16.066 --> 00:47:19.135
In afghanistan. they are tasting the reality of
00:47:19.135 --> 00:47:22.706
Taliban's sharia law, and i believe egypt is next. so it's
00:47:22.706 --> 00:47:27.410
Just one after one. like i said last night in the praise
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Program, islam is dead in iran and it will be soon dead in the
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Middle east. so these are exciting days, and the church
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Needs to rise up to the challenge that god is setting
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Before all of us.
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>> hey, from your lips to god's ears, my friend, number one and
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Number two. okay, we could see revival blossoming in the
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Middle east, which makes a lot of sense. it's the cradle of
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Christianity, the birthplace of the faith, but another region
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Of the world where the faith look, the gospel went out for
00:47:57.674 --> 00:48:00.910
Centuries. is europe right now in europe, serious problems
00:48:00.910 --> 00:48:04.881
With islam, which we're talking about right now, they've let it
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In. it's cultural suicide, really, when you think about it.
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And there's been mass muslim migration to europe, even here
00:48:11.321 --> 00:48:14.691
In the united states. you mentioned sharia law. we've got
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Calls for sharia here and some radicalized islamists here
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Praising the ayatollah khomeini, mourning khomeini, a mosque in
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Manassas, virginia, of all places right outside washington,
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D.c. was mourning the death of khomeini. dearborn, michigan,
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As well. we've got some problems in the west now with
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Islamists really digging in and setting up roots here. what
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Should the west know? every american watching, every
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Westerner in general. what should they know about islamism
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And this ideology that the iranian regime really
00:48:50.927 --> 00:48:54.164
Personified it. but now it's here. it's on our shores,
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Mainly the sunni variety, but it's here.
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>> you know, this is very sad. the land of charles wesley, a
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Land that brought the gospel to many places. today. if i preach
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Against islam, i will be arrested in great britain, 21
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Cities out of great britain have muslim governors, muslim
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Mayors. so they have sharia law, sharia court in great britain,
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In action in and here in america, here in texas, we have
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Over 2000 mosques and religious centers, islamic religious
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Centers. we were in tulsa together. you and i, just last
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Or two weeks ago, where they're trying to bring that big mosque
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In in tulsa, oklahoma. i believe this is what i believe,
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And i hope i'm wrong in this. i believe islam is a rod in the
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Hand of god, just like in the old testament. all those
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Heights were wrought in the hand of god. when israel
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Strayed away from god, god used them to bring him back. i
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Believe islam is rising in the west, dying in the east, dying
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In the middle east, but rising in the west because of the
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Mockery of the western humanism against the gospel of our lord
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Jesus christ. so it for for the church needs to again to rise
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Up to the challenge that is ahead of us, or we will lose
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This land. just just like in england and great britain,
00:50:20.984 --> 00:50:25.255
France, they have such a political power now in those
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Countries, in belgium, in, in many places, because their
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Number has increased tremendously. so it is time, it
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Is time for us to rise up to the challenge of the islam,
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Which i believe is the last frontier, and and to do the
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Will of god in jesus precious name.
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>> reza. so well said. and it grieves me what's happening in
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Europe. this was the cradle of judeo-christian western
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Civilization, obviously, for for centuries. and now look to
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Whom much is given, much is required. jesus said, and the
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West has been blessed more than any civilization in world
00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:06.329
History. but as you so correctly said, reza, we've
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Lost our way. the west writ large, has lost its way. and
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Honor god, and he will honor you. right? well, the west has
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Largely forgotten about that. and now the gospel is going to
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Spread in the east. we're praying for revival, by the way.
00:51:20.076 --> 00:51:23.012
Not only revival here in the west, in america in particular,
00:51:23.012 --> 00:51:25.882
But awakening. and really, i think the united states right
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Now, reza, is sort of the last line of defense, i believe, for
00:51:29.185 --> 00:51:33.690
Biblical values and that traditional judeo-christian
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Western civilization, where we can have programs like this and
00:51:36.526 --> 00:51:40.597
Speak freely, we can't do this in great britain, as you said,
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I'm sad to say, but we can do it here, folks. that's why
00:51:43.533 --> 00:51:47.203
We're doing this tbn special report. if you are just joining
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Us, we are with our good friend, pastor reza safar, director
00:51:50.640 --> 00:51:54.511
Founder of tbn nejat. and we're talking about the conflict in
00:51:54.511 --> 00:51:57.580
The middle east, everything unfolding in iran right now,
00:51:57.580 --> 00:52:00.383
The joint us-israeli operation day for the us is calling it
00:52:00.383 --> 00:52:05.688
Operation epic fury. israel is calling it operation roaring
00:52:05.688 --> 00:52:09.259
Lion. together, the us and israel are looking to topple
00:52:09.259 --> 00:52:13.263
The world's number one state sponsor of terrorism, the
00:52:13.263 --> 00:52:16.466
Iranian regime, once and for all. here's the good news.
00:52:16.466 --> 00:52:20.403
There's many good things about that. but maybe the best news
00:52:20.403 --> 00:52:23.373
Is it's going to open a window. we're praying and we're
00:52:23.373 --> 00:52:26.209
Believing for the gospel in iran. imagine that, for it's
00:52:26.209 --> 00:52:30.513
Already the world's fastest growing church, by the way. and
00:52:30.513 --> 00:52:33.583
Now it could become a launching pad, not for ballistic missiles
00:52:33.583 --> 00:52:36.920
Or drones or nuclear weapons, but for the gospel of jesus
00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:40.657
Christ to spread across the arab and muslim world. imagine
00:52:40.657 --> 00:52:44.360
That our good friend reza safa is at the forefront of that
00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:48.531
Movement. okay, looking ahead, short term potential successors
00:52:48.531 --> 00:52:55.538
To this regime. very tough to say. i know we have another
00:52:55.538 --> 00:52:58.808
Reza reza pahlavi, the son of the shah. he's based in america
00:52:58.808 --> 00:53:02.045
Right now. a lot of people are talking about him as perhaps a
00:53:02.045 --> 00:53:05.815
Bridge. maybe reza pahlavi is kind of a leads a caretaker
00:53:05.815 --> 00:53:10.486
Government before iran has god willing, free and fair
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Elections. eventually when and we hope it's soon when the dust
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Settles. reza, what do you expect in the immediate
00:53:18.795 --> 00:53:21.698
Aftermath of this operation?
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>> this is a very tough question, eric, because it is,
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You know, iran has 30 plus different groups, people groups.
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We have kurdish people, we have baluchi, we have lori, we have
00:53:32.842 --> 00:53:36.412
Azeri, and some of these groups won their own independence,
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Like kurdish people have been fighting for centuries for
00:53:40.316 --> 00:53:43.686
Their independence. so iran needs a strong leader, a
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Democratic leader, that can unify these forces. and people
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Are angry. and that anger, if you don't respond to it quickly,
00:53:54.063 --> 00:53:59.168
It can turn into a hate and division. i saw that in the
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Beginning of revolution, when i when i went back to america
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After 1979 revolution, i saw that division and khomeini
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Through force, united everything. it killed every
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Opposition force. so this is going to take place after this
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Regime falls because people are angry. people have been
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Oppressed for so long. it's like a bird kept in a cage.
00:54:22.759 --> 00:54:26.362
When you release that bird harshly, it's going to fly all
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Over the place trying to find its own direction. so the
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Transition, i'm praying that it's going to be a peaceful and
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Easy transition, but in reality, it's going to take time. and so
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We have to pray because majority of people are voting
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For reza pahlavi, because there there has not been a a leader
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Raised within that within the country. so he has been outside.
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He came out of the country just the same time as i came. and so
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We have to pray for this transition. that is going to be
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Right. transition. and iran is not going to be fragmented into
00:55:03.299 --> 00:55:06.769
100 pieces. so it is it is a very sensitive time.
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>> yeah. we do need to pray. and i can't think of a better
00:55:12.608 --> 00:55:15.812
Way to end our time together, reza, than having you take us
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Out in prayer. we'll have more come, folks. much more to come
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After pastor reza. but can you take us out right now? our
00:55:21.818 --> 00:55:24.787
Segment together, reza, with a quick prayer. we've only got
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About 15 seconds, but can you give us a quick prayer for the
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People of iran?
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>> father, we thank you for this time in which you have
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Called us. thank you for tbn. that has been a tremendous tool
00:55:34.564 --> 00:55:38.835
To get the gospel to the middle east. we pray for the iranian
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People, those who are mourning today because they lost their
00:55:43.940 --> 00:55:46.409
Sons and daughters. we pray for wisdom for our president, for
00:55:46.409 --> 00:55:50.680
Israeli forces, for the leaders of iran, the coming leaders.
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Father god, in your holy name, in jesus precious name, that
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Your will be done. amen, amen.
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>> amen, amen. hey, my friend, i told you, get ready. get some
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Sleep, man, because you're going to be very busy with that
00:56:07.196 --> 00:56:10.032
Great harvest that we're about to see unfold in iran. reza, we
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Love you. god bless. you too brother. always great to see
00:56:13.936 --> 00:56:18.007
You. we will do it again soon. reza. talk to you soon. god
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Bless my friend. hey, we've got tv beaming the gospel into iran
00:56:21.110 --> 00:56:25.314
And throughout the muslim world. really? we've also got tbn
00:56:25.314 --> 00:56:29.152
Israel, an amazing, amazing team on the ground in god's
00:56:29.152 --> 00:56:33.589
Land. and a big part of that is our good friend marty shoshani,
00:56:33.589 --> 00:56:37.593
Co-host of boots on the ground, seen right here on tbn every
00:56:37.593 --> 00:56:40.830
Thursday night. now, about a day or two ago, he filed this
00:56:40.830 --> 00:56:44.333
Very important report. how did israel get khamenei the supreme
00:56:44.333 --> 00:56:49.305
Leader? here's more with marty. great breakdown. take a look.
00:56:49.305 --> 00:56:54.110
>> the targets were in place within a window of seconds.
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Intelligence knows that the irgc regime's senior figures in
00:56:59.081 --> 00:57:03.052
Tehran are gathering after the ramadan meal, together with no
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Other than the supreme leader, ali khamenei. and then, without
00:57:07.723 --> 00:57:12.862
A single warning, everything lands on them all at once and
00:57:12.862 --> 00:57:18.100
Intense, simultaneous strike at several points in the heart of
00:57:18.100 --> 00:57:22.572
The capital of iran, israel and the united states eliminated
00:57:22.572 --> 00:57:27.810
The supreme leader, ali khamenei, and at the same time
00:57:27.810 --> 00:57:32.548
Struck the closest command circle. and in those same hours
00:57:32.548 --> 00:57:37.186
In israel, they are already talking about what would have
00:57:37.186 --> 00:57:40.389
Been impossible to imagine just a week ago. this is not just
00:57:40.389 --> 00:57:45.194
Another campaign. this is an attempt to dismantle a regime
00:57:45.194 --> 00:57:49.065
While it is still looking for the keys to the command room.
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Now, to understand how we got to this moment, we go back for
00:57:53.836 --> 00:57:57.540
A second. khamenei ruled the islamic republic with an iron
00:57:57.540 --> 00:58:01.777
Hand. for 35 years he held the security apparatus. he
00:58:01.777 --> 00:58:06.349
Suppressed protests and built around iran the axis of
00:58:06.349 --> 00:58:10.353
Resistance. that's why he became the central target. not
00:58:10.353 --> 00:58:14.757
As a symbol, as the engine that keeps everything in place. now,
00:58:14.757 --> 00:58:19.729
Alongside him stood the people who were the pillars of the
00:58:19.729 --> 00:58:22.932
System. his senior advisor, ali khamenei, the commander of the
00:58:22.932 --> 00:58:27.904
Revolutionary guards, muhammad paypal, the defense minister
00:58:27.904 --> 00:58:31.941
Aziz nasser, and the chief of staff abdolrahim mousavi, names
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That came up again and again in threats, again and again in
00:58:37.380 --> 00:58:42.051
Situation assessments, and now come up again on the
00:58:42.051 --> 00:58:45.988
Elimination list. this didn't explode by accident. this was a
00:58:45.988 --> 00:58:51.027
Scenario waiting for one precise moment, the moment the
00:58:51.027 --> 00:58:55.298
Indication arrived about the gathering, the decision was won.
00:58:55.298 --> 00:58:59.235
Don't drag time. do not improve conditions. don't wait for the
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Next night. strike now before the iranian system does the one
00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:09.045
Thing it knows how to do very well to disperse, to dig in and
00:59:09.045 --> 00:59:13.783
To preserve the chain of command. this is a hit to the
00:59:13.783 --> 00:59:18.154
Chain of command, to the leadership, and to the ability
00:59:18.154 --> 00:59:21.023
Of a system to make decisions under fire. the only question
00:59:21.023 --> 00:59:25.962
Is who regains composure first and who breaks first?
00:59:25.962 --> 00:59:32.101
>> great breakdown from marty shoshani folks. as you can see,
00:59:32.101 --> 00:59:34.971
All is quiet right now. it's the middle of the night in tel
00:59:34.971 --> 00:59:38.240
Aviv, israel, and we pray it stays that way. and we pray
00:59:38.240 --> 00:59:41.277
That, of course, for our good friend yair pinto, who's
00:59:41.277 --> 00:59:43.646
Joining us now. he's marty's co-host on our tbn show, boots
00:59:43.646 --> 00:59:47.350
On the ground, right here every thursday night, 8:30 p.m.
00:59:47.350 --> 00:59:50.119
Eastern time. yeah, a great breakdown there from your
00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:53.322
Colleague and co-host, marty. hey, we're hearing coming over
00:59:53.322 --> 00:59:55.891
The wires now. we're live, folks. by the way, just a
00:59:55.891 --> 00:59:58.828
Reminder, if you are just joining us, it's a special
00:59:58.828 --> 01:00:00.963
Report on the middle east conflict. is joining us live
01:00:00.963 --> 01:00:03.799
From jerusalem. middle of the night there. but yeah, we are
01:00:03.799 --> 01:00:06.702
Hearing that iran has nominated a new supreme leader. now, the
01:00:06.702 --> 01:00:11.741
Ayatollah khamenei met his demise over the weekend, of
01:00:11.741 --> 01:00:14.343
Course, but now his son apparently has been nominated
01:00:14.343 --> 01:00:17.880
As the new supreme leader. i don't know how long his shelf
01:00:17.880 --> 01:00:20.950
Life will be, but do we know anything about him or this
01:00:20.950 --> 01:00:23.886
Process there?
01:00:23.886 --> 01:00:26.389
>> well, at the moment we only have reports that he was
01:00:26.389 --> 01:00:29.692
Actually being appointed as the next supreme leader of iran,
01:00:29.692 --> 01:00:35.464
And he's been grooming for this job for quite a long time. i
01:00:35.464 --> 01:00:39.001
Would say that already a month ago, the ayatollah, supreme
01:00:39.001 --> 01:00:43.706
Leader ali khamenei, when he was still alive, he was already
01:00:43.706 --> 01:00:47.276
Grooming and positioning his son to take his place instead
01:00:47.276 --> 01:00:50.646
Of him in case of an assassination on his life. and
01:00:50.646 --> 01:00:55.251
This is what we're seeing. we're seeing that the ayatollah
01:00:55.251 --> 01:00:58.120
Regime is now preserving its power. but the big question,
01:00:58.120 --> 01:01:02.425
And this is what i think that the irgc is doing here, is
01:01:02.425 --> 01:01:06.462
Placing him as a puppet leader while the military commanders
01:01:06.462 --> 01:01:11.634
Of the irgc are actually the ones taking all the shots. so
01:01:11.634 --> 01:01:16.439
This was one of the scenarios that israel and the security
01:01:16.439 --> 01:01:20.443
Establishment in the state of israel was fearing that the
01:01:20.443 --> 01:01:24.480
Ayatollah regime and the irgc will place a puppet leader in
01:01:24.480 --> 01:01:28.717
The head of iran, and then the radical military leaders will
01:01:28.717 --> 01:01:34.090
Be the ones that are actually taking all the shots.
01:01:34.090 --> 01:01:38.394
>> yeah, two things here. number one, the apple does not
01:01:38.394 --> 01:01:41.330
Fall far from the tree when it comes to khamenei's son. and
01:01:41.330 --> 01:01:44.233
Number two, yeah, you mentioned the irgc for people who may not
01:01:44.233 --> 01:01:48.003
Know watching. that's the islamic revolutionary guards
01:01:48.003 --> 01:01:51.373
Corps. now, i've compared them to the nazi ss, that loyal
01:01:51.373 --> 01:01:56.412
Vanguard that was loyal to hitler, the biggest fanatics in
01:01:56.412 --> 01:01:59.648
The nazi regime. i'd argue the irgc in iran is even more
01:01:59.648 --> 01:02:03.953
Powerful. they've got their hand in everything the nuclear
01:02:03.953 --> 01:02:06.388
Program, the missile program, the economy. can you break down
01:02:06.388 --> 01:02:09.692
A little bit more what they're all about the irgc and why they
01:02:09.692 --> 01:02:12.695
Are now really kind of the pivotal player as things are
01:02:12.695 --> 01:02:15.898
Unfolding in iran.
01:02:15.898 --> 01:02:18.334
>> so like in any dictatorial regime, the leadership wants to
01:02:18.334 --> 01:02:24.340
Consolidate all the power within the people that they
01:02:24.340 --> 01:02:27.610
Trust. the close people around them. in the ayatollah regime,
01:02:27.610 --> 01:02:30.546
It's the irgc, the iranian revolutionary guards corps, and
01:02:30.546 --> 01:02:34.517
Their job is, first of all, to make sure that the revolution
01:02:34.517 --> 01:02:38.921
Stays strong and the leadership in iran stays strong. so for 35
01:02:38.921 --> 01:02:44.560
Years, and even more than that, they have been taking all the
01:02:44.560 --> 01:02:48.531
Government funding from the military of iran. and that's
01:02:48.531 --> 01:02:52.601
Why you see that the military elements in iran are very old
01:02:52.601 --> 01:02:56.105
And weak. and consolidating all this money within the irgc,
01:02:56.105 --> 01:03:00.342
Making sure that they have the best quality personnel and
01:03:00.342 --> 01:03:04.713
Equipment. the second role, which is very important, is to
01:03:04.713 --> 01:03:08.717
Export the revolution of iran to other places in the middle
01:03:08.717 --> 01:03:12.288
East and around the world. so they are the ones who actually
01:03:12.288 --> 01:03:15.191
Have been training hezbollah terrorists in the northern
01:03:15.191 --> 01:03:19.461
Border between israel and lebanon. they are the ones who
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Have been paying and training hamas terrorists in the gaza
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Strip, as well as houthi terrorists in yemen and also
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Other militias in iraq and in syria. so they're not just
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Taking control of the iranian people. they're also making
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Sure that iran keeps destabilizing the entire world.
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And they are the ones who are also making or used to make the
01:03:42.251 --> 01:03:46.422
Connections and the business ties with venezuela. so they're
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Controlling the money, the trade, the know how, the
01:03:50.426 --> 01:03:55.097
Military power, and making sure that the people of iran do not
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Stand up against this regime with brutal ways, executions in
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The streets, arresting people for no reason, and trials
01:04:02.605 --> 01:04:07.476
Within one day without any kind of defense or normal process.
01:04:07.476 --> 01:04:12.047
So they are the really big guys. and i think that ss is a good
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Comparison to who they are.
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>> yeah, you're well said. and look, they're trying to go out
01:04:18.954 --> 01:04:21.957
Here in a blaze of glory in their view at least, and take
01:04:21.957 --> 01:04:25.060
Down not only all of iran with them, but all of their
01:04:25.060 --> 01:04:28.063
Neighbors. they're firing drones and missiles at their
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Arab and muslim neighbors. some of them were former allies of
01:04:30.065 --> 01:04:33.002
Iran and of course, at israel. let me let me just reiterate,
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We are so thankful to you to join us in the middle of the
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Night. you've had sirens going off all day in israel. you and
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Your children, your wife, have been in bomb shelters
01:04:42.111 --> 01:04:44.780
Throughout the past four days, in and out of the bomb shelter
01:04:44.780 --> 01:04:47.616
Outside of jerusalem. so, my friend, we appreciate you
01:04:47.616 --> 01:04:49.952
Joining us so much and we're praying for you. hey big
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Question. speaking about answers to prayer. okay. before
01:04:54.223 --> 01:04:57.293
This current regime came to power in 1979, in iran, iran
01:04:57.293 --> 01:05:01.330
And israel had a strong friendship. take it back to
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Bible times. we were talking with pastor reza a few minutes
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Ago. the persian king, persia, that's modern day iran. cyrus
01:05:08.237 --> 01:05:13.275
Released the jewish people from captivity, allowed them to
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Return to jerusalem and rebuild the temple. as this all unfolds.
01:05:15.744 --> 01:05:19.715
And when the dust settles soon, god willing, do you see a day,
01:05:19.715 --> 01:05:23.719
Perhaps in the near future, that the people of iran and the
01:05:23.719 --> 01:05:26.789
People of israel have a friendship once again?
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>> well, i will start by saying that the people of iran and the
01:05:30.626 --> 01:05:34.163
Jewish people already have a friendship. today, many
01:05:34.163 --> 01:05:37.800
Iranians are texting me every single day saying that the
01:05:37.800 --> 01:05:41.337
People of iran are standing behind the people of israel and
01:05:41.337 --> 01:05:45.240
Are rooting for the idf to continue striking the regime
01:05:45.240 --> 01:05:49.611
Bases and military presence in their own country. where do you
01:05:49.611 --> 01:05:53.048
See something like this happening ever that a nation
01:05:53.048 --> 01:05:56.552
And the people that are under attack are rooting for the
01:05:56.552 --> 01:05:59.054
People that are attacking them, and that's how bad they had it
01:05:59.054 --> 01:06:02.491
Because of this regime. so i believe that immediately when
01:06:02.491 --> 01:06:06.161
There will be a regime change in iran, the relationship
01:06:06.161 --> 01:06:09.598
Between the iranian people and the jewish people, the people
01:06:09.598 --> 01:06:12.401
Of israel will be strong as ever, and they will be like the
01:06:12.401 --> 01:06:16.905
Number one allies of israel in this region, like we used to be
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Before this revolution took place. so i believe good things
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Are coming. i believe that god is acting now in this region,
01:06:24.880 --> 01:06:29.918
Mighty. and i believe that he's showing the world again and
01:06:29.918 --> 01:06:33.155
Again that he is faithful to his promises. and he is
01:06:33.155 --> 01:06:37.493
Performing biblical level miracles in modern days. so
01:06:37.493 --> 01:06:41.463
Just open your eyes, look at what's happening now, and be
01:06:41.463 --> 01:06:44.700
Encouraged that all of us are serving a mighty god that is
01:06:44.700 --> 01:06:49.738
Alive in modern days today.
01:06:49.738 --> 01:06:51.874
>> he yeah, he neither slumbers nor sleeps, especially on purim.
01:06:51.874 --> 01:06:55.511
Happy purim to you, my friend. colleague. same to you and
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Everyone in israel. yeah. get some sleep, my friend. stay
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Safe. god bless. we'll be calling on you throughout this
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Week. take care. yeah, we'll see you again soon. and joining
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Us now is israel's top diplomat in the united states, israel's
01:07:06.655 --> 01:07:11.026
Ambassador to the united states jackie leiter is back with us.
01:07:11.026 --> 01:07:14.530
Ambassador. always great to see you. hey a smashing success so
01:07:14.530 --> 01:07:18.167
Far. needless to say, the first four days of this joint us
01:07:18.167 --> 01:07:22.104
Israeli operation from an israeli perspective, what have
01:07:22.104 --> 01:07:26.008
You seen thus far? are you satisfied? is israel satisfied
01:07:26.008 --> 01:07:29.511
With the results on the ground in this offensive against the
01:07:29.511 --> 01:07:32.948
World's number one state sponsor of terrorism, the
01:07:32.948 --> 01:07:35.184
Iranian regime?
01:07:35.184 --> 01:07:37.619
>> well, eric, first of all, good evening. it's always good
01:07:37.619 --> 01:07:39.888
To be with you. and particularly now during this
01:07:39.888 --> 01:07:44.059
Time when something unprecedented is happening.
01:07:44.059 --> 01:07:47.663
We've always been dear friends, other partners. we're a junior
01:07:47.663 --> 01:07:53.101
Partner, the united states, the senior partner. but we've never
01:07:53.101 --> 01:07:57.072
Been at this level of collaboration. and the two most
01:07:57.072 --> 01:08:00.709
Powerful air forces in the world are now collaborating and
01:08:00.709 --> 01:08:04.646
Taking out what is nothing short of pure evil, an evil
01:08:04.646 --> 01:08:07.883
Regime that has spread mayhem, murder, death and destruction
01:08:07.883 --> 01:08:12.020
Around the world. and it's not just the friendship, the
01:08:12.020 --> 01:08:16.458
Personal friendship that goes back to the mid 80s between our
01:08:16.458 --> 01:08:19.761
Prime minister and the president. but it's the
01:08:19.761 --> 01:08:21.930
Friendship between our two nations, and it's the biblical
01:08:21.930 --> 01:08:24.333
Roots of our two nations that unite israel and the united
01:08:24.333 --> 01:08:29.738
States together to protect judeo-christian civilization.
01:08:29.738 --> 01:08:32.941
That's the key here. the iranian mullahs, these
01:08:32.941 --> 01:08:38.480
Fanatical ayatollahs, set out to destroy the abraham accords
01:08:38.480 --> 01:08:43.752
That brought moderate islam together with israel in an
01:08:43.752 --> 01:08:48.924
Accommodation of western civilization, of
01:08:48.924 --> 01:08:51.426
Judeo-christian civilization. they set out to destroy it, and
01:08:51.426 --> 01:08:54.196
They set out to destroy it by building a ballistic missile
01:08:54.196 --> 01:08:58.200
Arsenal and by pursuing nuclear weapons. look what's happening
01:08:58.200 --> 01:09:01.837
Right now in our neighborhood, eric. it's just it's
01:09:01.837 --> 01:09:05.841
Unbelievable. if anybody needed proof of how correct we were in
01:09:05.841 --> 01:09:08.944
Our assessment that iran wouldn't hesitate to use their
01:09:08.944 --> 01:09:11.914
Missiles and look, look, look at saudi arabia today, hitting
01:09:11.914 --> 01:09:15.684
The us embassy in riyadh, hitting shopping malls in dubai,
01:09:15.684 --> 01:09:20.556
The airport, qatar, kuwait, jordan and europe. i mean,
01:09:20.556 --> 01:09:25.961
Prime minister netanyahu warned for years that they would not
01:09:25.961 --> 01:09:29.264
Hesitate to attack europe. and sure enough, they hit cyprus
01:09:29.264 --> 01:09:32.000
With a ballistic missile and they could reach germany as
01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:35.003
Well. so we have come together to terminate this nuclear
01:09:35.003 --> 01:09:40.509
Weapons program, this ballistic missile program, and the
01:09:40.509 --> 01:09:44.046
Support for proxies throughout the middle east that have shown
01:09:44.046 --> 01:09:47.149
Such destruction, such despair, such terrorism. we're working
01:09:47.149 --> 01:09:52.220
Together. we're flying together. and the results since we began
01:09:52.220 --> 01:09:56.291
Friday night are quite, quite good. they're almost, almost
01:09:56.291 --> 01:10:00.128
Miraculous. i would say in the first 40 minutes we took out 40
01:10:00.128 --> 01:10:03.865
Of the main leaders, and that's causing a breakdown in the
01:10:03.865 --> 01:10:07.035
Chain of command. so we're seeing the the skies over iran
01:10:07.035 --> 01:10:12.407
Being under our control. we're flying, flying freely to
01:10:12.407 --> 01:10:16.645
Destroy missile bases, production sites, command
01:10:16.645 --> 01:10:21.016
Centers. and the work will pursue and persevere until we
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Have completed the job.
01:10:24.653 --> 01:10:27.422
>> yeah, ambassador. great breakdown. and, man, as you're
01:10:27.422 --> 01:10:30.392
Talking, folks, imagine this regime, this blood soaked
01:10:30.392 --> 01:10:33.895
Regime that the ambassador just described with nuclear weapons,
01:10:33.895 --> 01:10:37.866
The world's deadliest weapons. no thanks. and what we see
01:10:37.866 --> 01:10:41.136
Right now is israel, the first line of defense for western
01:10:41.136 --> 01:10:44.473
Civilization, for judeo-christian civilization,
01:10:44.473 --> 01:10:47.309
Teaming with the united states, which is really now the last
01:10:47.309 --> 01:10:49.778
Line of defense for the west. ambassador, you're in the
01:10:49.778 --> 01:10:52.714
Meetings. you're in all the top level meetings with the
01:10:52.714 --> 01:10:55.250
President and the prime minister. can you talk a bit
01:10:55.250 --> 01:10:57.753
More about their historic partnership? look, people have
01:10:57.753 --> 01:11:00.589
Compared them to reagan and thatcher bringing down the
01:11:00.589 --> 01:11:02.858
Soviet empire. now they're working together to bring down
01:11:02.858 --> 01:11:05.794
The iranian terror empire. tell us more about their partnership
01:11:05.794 --> 01:11:09.064
And why it's so important and historic.
01:11:09.064 --> 01:11:12.901
>> well, look, it's historic because, you know, just like
01:11:12.901 --> 01:11:16.438
Churchill and roosevelt came together to protect the world,
01:11:16.438 --> 01:11:19.307
Save the world from nazism, prime minister netanyahu and
01:11:19.307 --> 01:11:23.679
And president trump are coming together to save the world from
01:11:23.679 --> 01:11:26.882
Islamism that has global ambitions and does not hesitate
01:11:26.882 --> 01:11:31.319
To use the worst kind of terror and violence to pursue that
01:11:31.319 --> 01:11:34.423
Goal. you know, those missiles that are falling on cities in
01:11:34.423 --> 01:11:38.293
The middle east right now? imagine that they would have
01:11:38.293 --> 01:11:41.229
Been outfitted with nuclear warheads. it's just
01:11:41.229 --> 01:11:47.836
Unimaginable. and they were on the route to becoming a nuclear
01:11:47.836 --> 01:11:53.875
Power with an impenetrable fortress of these nuclear
01:11:53.875 --> 01:11:57.813
Missiles underground, with even b-2s would not be able to
01:11:57.813 --> 01:12:01.917
Penetrate, you know, a normal people that wasn't, you know,
01:12:01.917 --> 01:12:04.686
Crazy and lunatic apocalyptic would have taken from the
01:12:04.686 --> 01:12:09.024
Rising lion midnight hammer operations. the lesson that
01:12:09.024 --> 01:12:12.027
They better stop, they better cease and desist. and the
01:12:12.027 --> 01:12:14.463
President warned them, you better stop now. but they
01:12:14.463 --> 01:12:17.599
Persisted. and not only did they persist, they began to
01:12:17.599 --> 01:12:22.037
Plan for an underground facility that would be so
01:12:22.037 --> 01:12:25.540
Deep that the midnight hammer b-2s wouldn't be able to
01:12:25.540 --> 01:12:29.177
Penetrate if we would have waited much longer. you know,
01:12:29.177 --> 01:12:31.913
People ask about why now? i don't, frankly, i don't quite
01:12:31.913 --> 01:12:35.684
Understand the question because. do you wait until the missiles
01:12:35.684 --> 01:12:38.587
Are in the air? i mean, what do you mean, right now? as soon as
01:12:38.587 --> 01:12:42.023
You have the opportunity to take down this kind of evil,
01:12:42.023 --> 01:12:44.926
You've got to do it. and they were preparing this underground
01:12:44.926 --> 01:12:50.732
Bunker like manufacturing and holding center that would have
01:12:50.732 --> 01:12:55.937
Been impenetrable even to the b-2s. this had to be stopped
01:12:55.937 --> 01:12:59.541
Before we reached that level.
01:12:59.541 --> 01:13:01.676
>> no doubt, ambassador. thank god it was stopped. and more to
01:13:01.676 --> 01:13:05.313
Come in the days to come. hey, we know you are a very busy man
01:13:05.313 --> 01:13:08.950
Right now, ambassador. you later. thank you so much for
01:13:08.950 --> 01:13:11.787
Joining us. we will see you again soon. god bless. and
01:13:11.787 --> 01:13:14.256
Joining us now is our good friend, senior pastor of
01:13:14.256 --> 01:13:17.459
Harvest christian fellowship, host of of course, harvest with
01:13:17.459 --> 01:13:20.695
Greg laurie right here on tbn. pastor greg laurie joins us.
01:13:20.695 --> 01:13:23.899
Hey pastor greg, great to see you. and man, you've been
01:13:23.899 --> 01:13:27.102
Tweeting the past few days. i've been seeing on instagram
01:13:27.102 --> 01:13:29.871
As well. essentially, we're living in bible times, no doubt.
01:13:29.871 --> 01:13:33.108
Yeah. and look, the operations ongoing right now. but are you
01:13:33.108 --> 01:13:36.578
Encouraged, pastor greg, by the potential, the aftermath of
01:13:36.578 --> 01:13:40.515
This and what could happen in iran? we've been talking
01:13:40.515 --> 01:13:42.984
Throughout this special program, the gospel spreading in iran,
01:13:42.984 --> 01:13:46.254
Perhaps throughout the middle east. do you see some great
01:13:46.254 --> 01:13:49.491
Potential after effects out of this joint us-israeli operation?
01:13:49.491 --> 01:13:53.762
>> yeah, i think so. eric. i know that it's been mentioned
01:13:53.762 --> 01:13:57.098
Multiple times that there's an underground church in iran. i
01:13:57.098 --> 01:14:01.036
Don't know what the number is. i've heard it as high as 1
01:14:01.036 --> 01:14:04.005
Million people. for years now. we've been hearing stories of
01:14:04.005 --> 01:14:07.876
People there in iran having visions of jesus appearing to
01:14:07.876 --> 01:14:13.114
Them. and and it's an underground church. but
01:14:13.114 --> 01:14:16.484
Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if that could break out
01:14:16.484 --> 01:14:19.821
That, you know, we're talking about a political revolution?
01:14:19.821 --> 01:14:22.591
Who's going to fill that vacuum, that void in leadership? but
01:14:22.591 --> 01:14:27.295
Wouldn't it be great if we could have a spiritual
01:14:27.295 --> 01:14:30.131
Revolution in that nation, and that we would see millions of
01:14:30.131 --> 01:14:34.369
Iranians turning to christ, and we're already seeing it start
01:14:34.369 --> 01:14:39.107
And we think and it's i know we're in the time of purim
01:14:39.107 --> 01:14:42.611
Right now, and we're remembering the story of queen
01:14:42.611 --> 01:14:45.614
Esther and her courage and standing up for her people. and
01:14:45.614 --> 01:14:49.517
And that was an ancient persia. and it's just such a parallel
01:14:49.517 --> 01:14:52.387
To what we're seeing right now. and i would not only pray that,
01:14:52.387 --> 01:14:56.191
Eric, for iran, i would pray for israel, too, that the i
01:14:56.191 --> 01:15:00.362
Mean, this is where the gospel came from. it came from the
01:15:00.362 --> 01:15:03.632
Middle east. our bible stories, you know, involve persia more
01:15:03.632 --> 01:15:07.502
Than one occasion. king cyrus and and as i mentioned, esther
01:15:07.502 --> 01:15:11.373
And of course, the entire bible effectively comes from israel.
01:15:11.373 --> 01:15:15.911
And it's so wrapped around that holy land. and we know that
01:15:15.911 --> 01:15:19.547
There's going to be a spiritual awakening and among the jewish
01:15:19.547 --> 01:15:22.717
People. and so what if this sparked it? that would be
01:15:22.717 --> 01:15:26.254
Exciting. we'll see what the lord does.
01:15:26.254 --> 01:15:29.124
>> amazing. as you said, pastor greg, it's all coming full
01:15:29.124 --> 01:15:31.393
Circle right now. the place where it all began, the middle
01:15:31.393 --> 01:15:34.362
East at the center of things once again. hey, speaking of
01:15:34.362 --> 01:15:37.198
Which, we talk about scripture and israel. i think of genesis
01:15:37.198 --> 01:15:40.135
12 three god says to abraham, i will bless those who bless you
01:15:40.135 --> 01:15:43.638
And your descendants, the jewish people. and on the flip
01:15:43.638 --> 01:15:46.441
Side, i will curse those who curse you. i think the
01:15:46.441 --> 01:15:49.744
Ayatollahs in iran are feeling the cursing right now, but the
01:15:49.744 --> 01:15:52.881
United states and israel side by side in this, that's got to
01:15:52.881 --> 01:15:57.018
Be a good thing, i would think, in god's economy to have the us
01:15:57.018 --> 01:16:01.222
Standing strong when the whole world seems to be turning
01:16:01.222 --> 01:16:04.025
Against israel and the jewish people. america, under
01:16:04.025 --> 01:16:06.161
President trump in particular, is standing strong with them.
01:16:06.161 --> 01:16:10.932
>> yes. i'm happy to say that america was the first nation to
01:16:10.932 --> 01:16:14.836
Acknowledge that israel was now a nation. in 1948. president
01:16:14.836 --> 01:16:18.506
Truman was in office at that time. and we've stood by her.
01:16:18.506 --> 01:16:22.177
There have been times there's been lapses in certain
01:16:22.177 --> 01:16:26.548
Administration, and it's not been as strong as others. but i
01:16:26.548 --> 01:16:28.917
Think israel's probably never had a better friend in the
01:16:28.917 --> 01:16:31.786
White house than president trump. and and it and it helps
01:16:31.786 --> 01:16:36.825
Us, you know, that israel helps us. and the blessing of god
01:16:36.825 --> 01:16:40.895
Coming upon our nation. just look back historically, start
01:16:40.895 --> 01:16:44.199
With the bible. any nation that raised their hand to destroy
01:16:44.199 --> 01:16:48.436
The jewish people, look at what happened. they end up on the
01:16:48.436 --> 01:16:52.340
Ash heap of history. and then you go into even more modern
01:16:52.340 --> 01:16:56.344
Times, nations like germany, others that have sought to
01:16:56.344 --> 01:17:00.015
Eradicate and destroy them. none of them are the powerful
01:17:00.015 --> 01:17:02.851
Nations they once were. the israel is the homeland of the
01:17:02.851 --> 01:17:06.721
Jewish people. it's ridiculous to try to distinguish between
01:17:06.721 --> 01:17:11.593
Jews and israel. the reason there isn't israel is because
01:17:11.593 --> 01:17:15.030
There was something called the holocaust. and in that
01:17:15.030 --> 01:17:18.700
Holocaust, over 6 million jewish people were murdered and
01:17:18.700 --> 01:17:23.004
Slaughtered by the nazis as part of hitler's so-called
01:17:23.004 --> 01:17:26.274
Final solution. so is up on as if on cue. and indeed they were
01:17:26.274 --> 01:17:30.378
On cue. they returned to their homeland, and on may 14th, 1948,
01:17:30.378 --> 01:17:35.150
When israel became a nation, that prophetic time clock began
01:17:35.150 --> 01:17:39.921
To tick. and i think what we're seeing now is all connected to
01:17:39.921 --> 01:17:44.192
That. jesus said, when you see these things begin to happen,
01:17:44.192 --> 01:17:48.196
Look up for your redemption is drawing near. we need to be
01:17:48.196 --> 01:17:51.566
Looking up right now, eric. and and we need to be right with
01:17:51.566 --> 01:17:54.669
God. because in my opinion, the next event on the prophetic
01:17:54.669 --> 01:17:58.540
Calendar would be the rapture of the church where the lord
01:17:58.540 --> 01:18:01.776
Calls us to meet him in the air and be reunited with our loved
01:18:01.776 --> 01:18:06.514
Ones who have preceded us. and and i think that can happen at
01:18:06.514 --> 01:18:10.685
Any moment. so jesus says, watch and be ready.
01:18:10.685 --> 01:18:14.522
>> yeah. pastor greg, we've got about 90s left real quick. you
01:18:14.522 --> 01:18:17.692
Just mentioned here in america i know short segment, but a
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Great segment to close out the show here in america as we
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Watch this unfold in the middle east. i guess, as you said,
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Look upwards, turn your head. and i think this is a time
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Where when events like this happen in the middle east in
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Particular, it seems like it's a way, really, it's a
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Witnessing tool in a sense, to draw people to jesus, knowing
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The signs and the times.
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>> yeah, that's right. you know, the bible tells us, as i
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Mentioned, watch and be ready because you don't know what
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Hour your lord is coming. he's he describes himself as a thief
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In the night. and so we don't know when it is. i'm not into
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Date setting. i just want to be ready. it can happen at any
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Moment. i say live every day as though your life. live every
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Day as though it were your last day. because one day it will be.
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And if you're a christian, you're going to get to heaven.
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It could be by death. it could be by rapture. it's like, am i
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Going to go by taxi or uber? i don't care, i know i'm going to
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Heaven. and that's where my focus is. we need to be ready
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To meet the lord.
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>> well said my friend, as always. 30s, can you take us
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Out with a quick prayer here?
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>> yes, lord, we pray right now for a conclusion to this war as
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Quickly as possible. we pray for an end to this wicked
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Regime that is suppressed its people and funded terrorism
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Around the world. we pray for a new freedom, a new day for the
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People of iran where they would have the freedom to find out
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Who you are and follow you like never before. we pray, lord,
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That for the peace of jerusalem as you command us to, we pray
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For your protection on all of our troops out there, that you
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Would get them back safely. and we pray for wisdom for our
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President, president trump and his cabinet. secretary of state
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Marco rubio, secretary of war pete hegseth, and all the
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Others. lord, guide them and direct them. we put it all in
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Your hands. in jesus name we pray. amen.
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>> amen. pastor greg laurie, my friend, thank you so much as
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Always. god bless. we will see you again soon. exciting times
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In the middle east and beyond. god bless, pastor greg. yes!
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Hey folks, a few years ago there was a great film about
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Pastor greg laurie's life and testimony. it's called jesus
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Revolution. you can check it out now on amazon. wherever you
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Get your movies, wherever you're streaming. but wouldn't
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It be great as we've been talking all night to see a
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Jesus revolution in iran? now, there was a revolution in iran
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Back in 1979. it didn't end too well. a radical islamic regime
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Came to power in that revolution. are we about to see
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A counter-revolution? can we see a jesus revolution in iran
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Today? i believe we can. pastor greg laurie shared it. pastor,
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What a great breakdown earlier, right? founder of tbn, where
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Our team at tbn is beaming the gospel into iran. we've been
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Doing it for decades, by the way, and having great results.
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The church is growing by leaps and bounds there. so that's my
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Closing thought tonight. and really my closing prayer for
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All of you, our prayer warriors here at tbn, pray for revival
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In iran, for the people of iran, of course, pray for our us
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Soldiers, our brave soldiers in the line of fire, the soldiers
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From israel. hey, the arab and muslim nations that are under
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Attack. iran's neighbors pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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Where our good friend jair pinto came to us from. tonight.
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This is the time. pray without ceasing. great things are about
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To happen in the place it all started, the middle east.
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Thanks so much for joining us. god bless you and we'll see you
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Soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: Special Report: Conflict in the Middle East | Stakelbeck Tonight

March 3, 2026 | S E | 81:53

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