Jerusalem has been attacked, conquered and occupied numerous times during her long and painful history. But why has Jerusalem suffered so much and are there any hopeful, prophetic signs that point to a better future for the holy city?
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Israel: The Prophetic Connection | Dr. John Tweedie - The Rise of Antichrist | July 3, 2025
- The bible declares that in the last days, immediately
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- Before the second coming of jesus christ,
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- There will be one man who will have tremendous influence.
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- All over the world,
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- But he will be the embodiment
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- Of evil if you like satan's instrument on earth.
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- But who is this man?
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- More importantly, could he be in the world today?
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- Next, on the prophetic connection.
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- A although the antichrist figure will be worshiped as god.
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- He is not god.
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- He is anti-god.
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- He is antichrist.
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- Anti jesus christ
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- And his coming has been foretold by the prophets.
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- In fact, daniel the prophet saw him in a vision
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- Hundreds of years, 2500 years ago.
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- Daniel had a vision of this man,
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- And daniel couldn't understand this particular vision.
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- So we read in daniel in chapter eight, verse 15,
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- Then it happened when i, daniel,
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- Had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning,
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- But suddenly there stood before me,
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- Wasn't having the appearance of a man who this was?
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- We're not told, but this mysterious, mysterious
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- Figure, perhaps an angel or a figure from heaven came.
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- And he explained the vision to daniel of this antichrist
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- That was to come.
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- He didn't use that word, but he described his character.
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- In verse 23 we read
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- And in the latter time of their kingdom,
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- When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
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- Almost like the lawless kingdoms of the world that are to come.
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- And daniel saw them in succession.
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- He saw the rise of the greek empire,
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- Replaced by the roman empire, and he saw
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- Future empires that would rule the world.
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- But then he says, after all of this,
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- A king shall arise, a ruler, if you like, having fierce
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- Features, who understands sinister schemes?
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- This will be his modus operandi, the way he
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- Operates, his methods, if you like,
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- His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. why?
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- Because he's empowered by satan.
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- By the devil.
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- He shall destroy fearfully.
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- And shall prosper and thrive.
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- He shall destroy the mighty and also the holy people.
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- This is an illusion.
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- If you like, a clue to the fact
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- That he will come against
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- The jewish nation israel,
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- But he will also come against the christians
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- Who are the followers of jesus christ, the holy people.
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- And then again, his nature is described through his cunning.
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- He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule,
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- So there will be prosperity, but it will be by deceit,
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- By lying and hypocrisy.
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- And he shall exalt himself in his heart.
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- He shall destroy many in their prosperity.
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- He shall even rise against the prince of princes.
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- And that has to be none other
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- Than jesus of nazareth, the prince of peace.
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- But he shall be broken without human means.
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- Meaning this will be god's work.
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- His undoing will be the work of god
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- At a place called armageddon.
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- He will find out that there is an authority,
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- A power stronger than anything that satan has given him.
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- Armageddon is widely known as
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- The final battle mentioned in the book of revelation.
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- This battle is to take place between the forces of god
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- And the evil kings of the earth, led by the beast.
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- What many don't realize is that
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- Armageddon is not just a name for this epic battle,
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- But is actually a real physical place
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- That has existed since biblical times
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- And has seen many battles over the centuries.
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- This valley of armageddon is actually named
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- Hama guido in hebrew.
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- Megiddo was an ancient city mentioned a number of times
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- In the old testament,
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- And was an important city guarding the vma's trade route
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- That stretched from egypt to syria and mesopotamia.
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- But it is the prophesied future of this location
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- And the characters from the book of revelation
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- That will wage war against god there
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- That it is most famous for.
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- When i
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- Think of armageddon, i actually wasn't israeli soldier
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- For many years, both full time and in the combat reserves,
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- And my base was in the valley of megiddo.
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- And i always thought about, gee, i wonder if i'll
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- Still be in the israeli army
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- When the last battle in armageddon takes place?
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- Because of course, when i reported to my unit,
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- I had to go there first to my base
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- In the valley of megiddo,
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- And you look all around and it's a quite a vast,
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- Beautiful area in the north of israel.
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- So what does armageddon mean?
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- Armageddon
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- Really means to me that there's going to be a great bloodbath,
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- And this vast valley of beauty will be turned in
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- To a vast battleground in the end times.
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- And it's easy to see because of its terrain.
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- The vastness where helicopters can land
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- And planes can take off and swoop in, and whole armies
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- Can land there.
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- This is going to be
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- A very fearful time in human history.
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- I've often stood up on the overlook
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- And looking down at where
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- The battle of armageddon will
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- Be in the valley of megiddo, and that's where elijah ran
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- In front of ahab.
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- And that's where we'll
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- All kinds of wars have happened, and armies have come and gone.
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- And you see this
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- Gigantic plateau of where this could actually happen.
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- And when nations come against israel, his final battle,
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- There is going to be so intense, so horrific, so
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- And maybe even nuclear that the lord's going to intervene.
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- And i think we're getting closer and closer and closer.
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- If you want to put gog and magog together
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- In this whole equation, as some scholars do,
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- Well, they're coming from the north.
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- But what's happening with russia,
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- Like what's happening with iran?
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- And so i think we're getting really, really close.
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- Among the many
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- Prophecies in the bible that describe the end of days,
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- The times immediately preceding the return of christ.
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- There are those that
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- Refer to a human being known as the antichrist.
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- The holy scriptures describe this individual
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- As someone who will serve satan's interests on earth.
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- In fact, satan will enable and empower this evil man
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- To do miracles by which he may deceive many people.
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- The apostle paul describes him this way
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- The coming of the lawless one
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- Is according to the working of satan,
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- With all power and signs and lying wonders,
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- And with all unrighteous deception
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- Among those who perish, because they did not receive
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- The love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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- Well, my understanding of the antichrist, relates
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- First to the words of paul,
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- And when he was writing to the thessalonians,
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- He said he had a characterized the antichrist as the man
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- Of lawlessness.
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- And, you know, i always thought that that was really
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- Kind of interesting.
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- He didn't characterize the antichrist
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- As a man of brutality, man, of domination,
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- But a man who had rejected the lawful rulership of god.
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- And then he says to the thessalonians,
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- This spirit is already at work in the world.
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- Paul claimed that the spirit of the antichrist
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- Was already at work in his world 2000 years ago.
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- The apostle john, one of jesus's first disciples
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- And a contemporary of paul,
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- Also prophesied of a coming antichrist figure.
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- But he also said many lesser antichrist were evident
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- In his day.
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- Individuals who readily deny jesus was who he claimed to be
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- The son of god, and savior of the world.
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- And we also read about a spirit of antichrist,
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- And we hear about many who were claimed to be christ
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- Or the messiah, which means the same thing.
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- So we have both an individual that i believe will come
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- And deceive the world, and we have a spirit of antichrist.
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- I think we can already sense in the world today
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- A spirit coming across the world.
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- I think some of it's humanism
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- That the whole focus is on me,
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- Myself, i,
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- And not a focus on god, on the creator.
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- We're more interested in the creation
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- Than we are of the creator.
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- We care more
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- About our dogs and our cats sometimes than we care about him
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- And the people that he has called to serve him.
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- And so there's a spirit of antichrist
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- Coming over the globe.
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- I think that's a sign of the end times as well.
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- The question is, does this turning away from god
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- Toward self-centeredness, coupled with increasing signs
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- Of global lawlessness,
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- Mean that the antichrist is already here today?
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- If not openly, then working behind the scenes
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- To exert his evil influence upon men and nations.
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- I have no idea if the antichrist is already in the world today,
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- And i do believe that there will be an individual like that.
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- However, as we see a world spiraling down, as we see
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- A breaking apart of the family structure, as we see the nuclear
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- Threat in the world today, there's a lot of chaos,
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- And especially here in the middle east as we see this arab
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- Spring that i think is becoming arab winter.
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- It's chaotic.
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- Nobody knows what's going to come.
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- And it seems to me that god will intervene
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- Before everything is destroyed, before we self destruct.
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- And because i'm seeing this kind of spiral down,
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- I sense that we're really close, first of all,
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- To the lord's coming, which is our hope
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- And also the reality of the early christ
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- That will come preceding his return.
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- I believe the platform is being prepared for him
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- With a whole, global movement of religions coming together
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- And ecumenical, false ecumenical and ecumenical movement
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- And all kinds of of false gospels and false things
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- Being preached, allowing islam to use churches and,
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- And just bringing all these things together.
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- He's going to show up.
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- And the more
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- This stuff continues and the more it accelerates,
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- The closer he's going to be here.
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- I have the sense he's lurking around.
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- How are we to understand the breakdown of social order
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- And the all too apparent increase
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- Of lawlessness in the world?
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- Are we at the end of days,
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- Meaning christ's return is imminent?
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- I believe we're going to see the advent
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- Of the antichrist in this lawless spirit.
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- And this is this is the delusion.
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- This is the the deception
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- That jesus warns christians to guard against.
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- He said he said, be aware, you know.
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- See that you are not deceived.
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- And i believe this lawlessness in the guise of freedom
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- Is actually the spirit of antichrist, drawing us away
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- From the lawful rulership
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- Of god, which really is the kingdom of god.
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- And so i see this spirit already in the world.
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- Whether this person is alive or not,
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- I, i really couldn't say, but i believe that
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- The spirit is growing and, and it will be manifest.
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- While there is no consensus as to whether the antichrist
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- Is alive and actively influencing our world affairs.
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- There is clear evidence that our world is in the firm
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- Grip of spirits, of lawlessness.
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- More than 2500 years ago,
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- The prophet daniel alluded to the antichrist when he said,
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- A king shall arise having fierce features,
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- Who understands sinister schemes?
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- His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power.
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- Through his cunning
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- He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule.
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- If the antichrist is not already here,
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- Then according to the hebrew prophets and christian apostles,
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- Satan's evil agenda will accelerate.
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- When this individual finally does appear on the world
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- Stage.
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- Don't go away.
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- When we return, doctor john tweedie continues his teaching.
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- This past year has been
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- Incredibly challenging, from the attacks on israel
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- To the ongoing struggles faced by the jewish people worldwide.
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- We've seen heartache, loss and resilience like never before.
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- Yet in the midst of these trials, c4i
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- Has been a source of hope
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- Jesus disciples asked him about his second coming,
- 00:14:33.101 --> 00:14:36.805
- He said his coming would be preceded by signs in the earth.
- 00:14:36.805 --> 00:14:40.442
- And he was very specific
- 00:14:40.442 --> 00:14:42.110
- And the signs, of course, are recorded in matthew 24.
- 00:14:42.110 --> 00:14:45.180
- And in luke chapter 21.
- 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:47.582
- There would be famines, earthquakes, pestilences,
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- There would be false prophets.
- 00:14:51.553 --> 00:14:52.888
- These were all signs that his coming was drawing near.
- 00:14:52.888 --> 00:14:57.192
- But then he said something else that's very, very interesting.
- 00:14:57.192 --> 00:15:00.929
- Another sign.
- 00:15:00.929 --> 00:15:02.130
- And he explained it this way in matthew 24, in verse 15,
- 00:15:02.130 --> 00:15:06.234
- Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation
- 00:15:07.302 --> 00:15:10.639
- Spoken of by daniel the prophet standing in the holy place.
- 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:14.643
- Now daniel had lived 500 years earlier than jesus
- 00:15:14.643 --> 00:15:18.413
- When jesus is speaking, in other words, 2500 years ago.
- 00:15:18.413 --> 00:15:21.850
- But jesus is saying daniel prophesied
- 00:15:21.850 --> 00:15:24.786
- Something that has to do with my second coming.
- 00:15:24.786 --> 00:15:28.657
- And when you see this abomination of desolation,
- 00:15:29.624 --> 00:15:31.893
- This is something that desecrate the house of god,
- 00:15:31.893 --> 00:15:35.397
- If you like, standing in the holy place.
- 00:15:35.397 --> 00:15:37.532
- And that's how we know that.
- 00:15:37.532 --> 00:15:39.167
- Whoever reads, let him understand,
- 00:15:39.167 --> 00:15:41.670
- Because many will not understand.
- 00:15:41.670 --> 00:15:43.238
- If you don't understand the bible's message.
- 00:15:43.238 --> 00:15:45.340
- You will not understand this.
- 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.975
- But if you read what
- 00:15:46.975 --> 00:15:48.176
- The bible teaches and what the prophets have said,
- 00:15:48.176 --> 00:15:50.579
- Then you can have at least a clearer understanding.
- 00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:54.249
- Verse 16.
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- Then let those who are in judea, meaning the area
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- Surrounding jerusalem, flee to the mountains.
- 00:15:59.321 --> 00:16:02.424
- Let him him
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- Who is on the housetop not go down to take
- 00:16:03.692 --> 00:16:05.761
- Anything out of his house,
- 00:16:05.761 --> 00:16:07.462
- And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
- 00:16:07.462 --> 00:16:11.400
- There's a sense of urgency that jesus is stressing here,
- 00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:15.070
- But what are those who are pregnant?
- 00:16:15.871 --> 00:16:18.140
- And to those who are nursing babies in those days,
- 00:16:18.140 --> 00:16:21.476
- For obvious reasons?
- 00:16:21.476 --> 00:16:23.078
- A a mother, that's a woman that's pregnant,
- 00:16:23.078 --> 00:16:26.281
- Our mother nursing a child can't move very quickly,
- 00:16:26.281 --> 00:16:29.651
- And there's the need to move as quickly as possible
- 00:16:29.651 --> 00:16:32.521
- Because of the events
- 00:16:32.521 --> 00:16:33.655
- That are taking place around, in and around jerusalem.
- 00:16:33.655 --> 00:16:37.459
- And then of course,
- 00:16:37.926 --> 00:16:38.927
- This in verse 20, and pray that your flight
- 00:16:38.927 --> 00:16:40.896
- May not be in winter or on the sabbath,
- 00:16:40.896 --> 00:16:43.899
- Because once again, there are hindrances in israel.
- 00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:47.269
- Jewish people do not have transportation
- 00:16:47.269 --> 00:16:49.438
- On the jewish sabbath.
- 00:16:49.438 --> 00:16:51.673
- Their airplanes don't fly and most of them will park
- 00:16:51.673 --> 00:16:55.577
- Their cars. trains don't run. busses are parked.
- 00:16:55.577 --> 00:16:58.447
- So it's very difficult to move around on the sabbath.
- 00:16:58.447 --> 00:17:02.284
- So jesus, pray that this doesn't happen on a sabbath day.
- 00:17:02.284 --> 00:17:07.355
- And then he says this in verse 21, for then there will be great
- 00:17:07.355 --> 00:17:10.992
- Tribulation, incredible trouble, such as has not
- 00:17:10.992 --> 00:17:16.298
- Been since the beginning of the world until this time.
- 00:17:16.298 --> 00:17:19.534
- No, nor ever shall be.
- 00:17:19.534 --> 00:17:22.204
- Now we would have thought that the wars of the 20th century
- 00:17:22.204 --> 00:17:25.907
- Were bad enough, or even the european holocaust
- 00:17:25.907 --> 00:17:29.478
- That claimed 6 million
- 00:17:29.478 --> 00:17:31.713
- Jewish lives in what was supposed to be christian europe.
- 00:17:31.713 --> 00:17:35.383
- But jesus is saying this time of trouble has no precedent.
- 00:17:35.383 --> 00:17:40.122
- There's nothing like it that has come before us.
- 00:17:40.122 --> 00:17:42.591
- This is the worst of all times of trouble,
- 00:17:42.591 --> 00:17:46.394
- And in fact it is so bad, he says.
- 00:17:46.394 --> 00:17:48.163
- It's recorded in verse 22,
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- And unless those days were shortened,
- 00:17:49.965 --> 00:17:52.367
- No flesh would be saved.
- 00:17:52.367 --> 00:17:54.769
- But for the sake those days will be shortened.
- 00:17:54.769 --> 00:17:58.573
- Who are the elect?
- 00:17:58.573 --> 00:17:59.841
- Are they simply the jewish elect,
- 00:17:59.841 --> 00:18:01.776
- Or are they the christians?
- 00:18:01.776 --> 00:18:03.145
- Or does this mean both?
- 00:18:03.145 --> 00:18:05.347
- But certainly it's those that are chosen of god,
- 00:18:05.347 --> 00:18:08.283
- Those that are living in relationship with god.
- 00:18:08.283 --> 00:18:10.886
- Surely they have to be among
- 00:18:10.886 --> 00:18:12.554
- Those elect and it's for their sake.
- 00:18:12.554 --> 00:18:14.856
- Because if god does not intervene, no flesh can survive
- 00:18:14.856 --> 00:18:19.127
- This terrible, terrible time of trouble.
- 00:18:19.127 --> 00:18:22.964
- That is to come.
- 00:18:22.964 --> 00:18:25.600
- Now, daniel had many visions, and some he understood,
- 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:29.538
- And some had to be interpreted for him, by others by figures
- 00:18:29.538 --> 00:18:33.542
- That came from heaven,
- 00:18:33.542 --> 00:18:34.809
- Whether the angel gabriel or someone else.
- 00:18:34.809 --> 00:18:39.014
- Then he has an allusion to the antichrist.
- 00:18:39.014 --> 00:18:41.950
- We find it in daniel chapter 11, in verse 36,
- 00:18:41.950 --> 00:18:46.621
- Daniel saw the rise of a man
- 00:18:47.222 --> 00:18:50.192
- With worldwide influence who would do satan's bidding.
- 00:18:50.192 --> 00:18:54.296
- And here's what he says of him.
- 00:18:54.296 --> 00:18:56.398
- Then the king, this ruler so do according to his own will.
- 00:18:56.398 --> 00:19:00.669
- He shall exalt and magnify himself
- 00:19:00.669 --> 00:19:02.671
- Above every god,
- 00:19:02.671 --> 00:19:03.872
- And shall speak blasphemies against the god of gods.
- 00:19:03.872 --> 00:19:07.275
- If you like the one true god,
- 00:19:07.275 --> 00:19:10.478
- And shall
- 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.713
- Prosper till the wrath has been accomplished,
- 00:19:11.713 --> 00:19:14.482
- For what has been determined shall be done, meaning
- 00:19:14.482 --> 00:19:17.419
- God will allow him a free hand
- 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:20.956
- For a time, a limited time.
- 00:19:20.956 --> 00:19:24.459
- Verse 37 he shall regard neither the god of his fathers,
- 00:19:24.459 --> 00:19:28.496
- Nor the desire of women, nor regard any god,
- 00:19:28.496 --> 00:19:32.567
- For he shall exalt himself above them all.
- 00:19:32.567 --> 00:19:36.471
- People have tried to interpret what this means.
- 00:19:36.471 --> 00:19:38.773
- Some suggest he's
- 00:19:38.773 --> 00:19:39.941
- Even a jewish figure, but that's open to interpretation.
- 00:19:39.941 --> 00:19:43.612
- But we have to leave that as one of the mysteries
- 00:19:43.612 --> 00:19:46.181
- Found in the bible.
- 00:19:46.181 --> 00:19:48.283
- But here's what it says of his character in verse 38.
- 00:19:48.283 --> 00:19:51.553
- But in their place he shall honor
- 00:19:51.553 --> 00:19:53.888
- A god of fortresses and a god which his fathers did not know.
- 00:19:53.888 --> 00:19:57.759
- He shall honor with gold and silver,
- 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.694
- With precious stones, unpleasant things.
- 00:19:59.694 --> 00:20:03.465
- Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses
- 00:20:03.465 --> 00:20:06.668
- With a foreign god,
- 00:20:06.668 --> 00:20:08.103
- Which he shall acknowledge and advance his glory.
- 00:20:08.103 --> 00:20:11.206
- And he shall cause them
- 00:20:11.206 --> 00:20:12.641
- To rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
- 00:20:12.641 --> 00:20:16.578
- So we have to interpret
- 00:20:16.578 --> 00:20:18.780
- What he's saying here, but it can possibly mean
- 00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:21.650
- That once again, he is of another religion
- 00:20:21.650 --> 00:20:25.787
- Than the religion into which he was born.
- 00:20:25.787 --> 00:20:28.523
- He subscribes to another religion instead.
- 00:20:28.523 --> 00:20:32.294
- But what we need to see
- 00:20:32.294 --> 00:20:33.561
- And can better understand is this anti-god,
- 00:20:33.561 --> 00:20:37.265
- Antichrist figure is what daniel saw,
- 00:20:37.265 --> 00:20:40.235
- One that is to rise up
- 00:20:40.235 --> 00:20:42.270
- In the world in this time of great tribulation.
- 00:20:42.270 --> 00:20:45.974
- Now, when we go to the writings of the apostle paul
- 00:20:45.974 --> 00:20:49.311
- In the new testament,
- 00:20:49.311 --> 00:20:51.446
- We have other
- 00:20:51.813 --> 00:20:52.814
- Clues as to the character of this individual,
- 00:20:52.814 --> 00:20:55.984
- Because paul seems to have understood about him as well.
- 00:20:55.984 --> 00:21:00.722
- In second thessalonians in chapter two, here's what paul
- 00:21:00.722 --> 00:21:04.459
- Says of this man the coming of the lawless one.
- 00:21:04.459 --> 00:21:08.830
- He is a man of lawlessness.
- 00:21:08.830 --> 00:21:11.433
- Is according to the working of satan.
- 00:21:11.433 --> 00:21:13.635
- Many is empowered by satan
- 00:21:13.635 --> 00:21:15.570
- With all power signs and lying wonders.
- 00:21:15.570 --> 00:21:19.607
- So he's able to do wonders.
- 00:21:19.607 --> 00:21:21.443
- But he is a man of liars.
- 00:21:21.443 --> 00:21:22.977
- Jesus said at one point, that satan is the father of lies,
- 00:21:22.977 --> 00:21:28.950
- And so those who lie readily lie can be.
- 00:21:28.950 --> 00:21:32.887
- And if you like
- 00:21:32.887 --> 00:21:34.155
- The sons of satan instead of the sons of almighty god,
- 00:21:34.155 --> 00:21:37.759
- Who is all about what is true and speaking the truth,
- 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:42.063
- And verse ten, and with all unrighteousness
- 00:21:42.063 --> 00:21:44.899
- Unrighteous deception among those who perish,
- 00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:48.436
- Because they did not receive the love of the truth,
- 00:21:48.436 --> 00:21:51.072
- That they might be saved.
- 00:21:51.072 --> 00:21:54.042
- This is the truth that we're proclaiming
- 00:21:54.843 --> 00:21:56.611
- Through the word of god.
- 00:21:56.611 --> 00:21:58.012
- But not everyone embraces the truth of god.
- 00:21:58.012 --> 00:22:00.749
- And this has been true down through history.
- 00:22:00.749 --> 00:22:04.052
- And when we refuse to embrace god's truth
- 00:22:04.052 --> 00:22:06.955
- As revealed in holy scripture and the lips of prophets,
- 00:22:06.955 --> 00:22:10.291
- Jesus and his apostles,
- 00:22:10.291 --> 00:22:12.994
- We open ourselves to other influences,
- 00:22:12.994 --> 00:22:15.630
- Even if evil influences,
- 00:22:15.630 --> 00:22:17.665
- And we run the risk of being deceived by lies,
- 00:22:17.665 --> 00:22:22.203
- And especially this man of lawlessness,
- 00:22:22.203 --> 00:22:24.939
- Who will be the embodiment of all that is not
- 00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:28.443
- True.
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- Stay tuned for more from doctor
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- 00:23:34.309 --> 00:23:47.021
- The nazis
- 00:23:47.322 --> 00:23:48.523
- Were masters at robbing jewish people of their identities.
- 00:23:48.523 --> 00:23:51.793
- During the holocaust, they put tattoos on their arms,
- 00:23:51.793 --> 00:23:55.196
- Even on the arms of children.
- 00:23:55.196 --> 00:23:56.998
- So people then.
- 00:23:56.998 --> 00:23:58.233
- Well, they weren't people.
- 00:23:58.233 --> 00:23:59.734
- They were simply a number with no having no name.
- 00:23:59.734 --> 00:24:04.472
- And this is part of the attempts by those
- 00:24:04.472 --> 00:24:08.042
- Who hate israel to obliterate her from memory.
- 00:24:08.042 --> 00:24:12.313
- To rob the identification
- 00:24:12.313 --> 00:24:13.948
- Of the jewish people and of the land itself.
- 00:24:13.948 --> 00:24:16.684
- In the year a.d.
- 00:24:16.684 --> 00:24:17.919
- 135, the roman emperor hadrian changed the name of this land
- 00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:23.258
- And the name of this holy city behind me.
- 00:24:23.258 --> 00:24:25.860
- He changed jerusalem to a ilia capital, lina,
- 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:29.597
- Which was after his family and also the roman god jupiter.
- 00:24:29.597 --> 00:24:33.968
- He changed the land of israel and started calling it well.
- 00:24:33.968 --> 00:24:37.338
- It became known as palestine
- 00:24:37.338 --> 00:24:39.340
- And this lasted for nearly 2000 years.
- 00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:42.510
- Today it's israel again, but it was known as palestine
- 00:24:42.510 --> 00:24:45.947
- Up until 1948 with the rebirth of israel.
- 00:24:45.947 --> 00:24:50.251
- Now, in the 21st century, there are forces again
- 00:24:50.251 --> 00:24:53.621
- Trying to rob this land of its identity
- 00:24:53.621 --> 00:24:56.891
- And of the people who live here, of their identity as well.
- 00:24:56.891 --> 00:25:00.595
- Listen to the words of the psalmist
- 00:25:00.595 --> 00:25:02.497
- Giving a prophecy about the distant future in psalm 83.
- 00:25:02.497 --> 00:25:07.802
- It's an appeal to god.
- 00:25:07.802 --> 00:25:09.537
- Do not keep silent, o god.
- 00:25:09.537 --> 00:25:11.072
- Do not hold your peace, and do not be still, o god.
- 00:25:11.072 --> 00:25:14.375
- For behold, your enemies make a tumult,
- 00:25:14.375 --> 00:25:16.611
- And those who hate you have lifted up their head.
- 00:25:16.611 --> 00:25:19.981
- They have taken crafty counsel against your people
- 00:25:19.981 --> 00:25:23.084
- And consulted together against your sheltered ones.
- 00:25:23.084 --> 00:25:26.054
- They have said,
- 00:25:26.054 --> 00:25:27.288
- Come and let us cut them off from being a nation.
- 00:25:27.288 --> 00:25:31.359
- Obliterate.
- 00:25:31.693 --> 00:25:32.660
- Wipe israel off the map.
- 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:35.396
- As numerous conquerors have tried to do down
- 00:25:35.396 --> 00:25:38.633
- Through the centuries.
- 00:25:38.633 --> 00:25:39.801
- But notice
- 00:25:39.801 --> 00:25:40.969
- This that the name of israel may be remembered no more.
- 00:25:40.969 --> 00:25:45.573
- What is it about this name?
- 00:25:45.573 --> 00:25:47.342
- Israel was the name that god gave jacob.
- 00:25:47.342 --> 00:25:50.378
- It means prince with god.
- 00:25:50.378 --> 00:25:52.614
- So israel is a god given name
- 00:25:52.614 --> 00:25:55.683
- For the people that live here and for the land itself.
- 00:25:55.683 --> 00:25:59.487
- So behind all of this strife is none other than satan,
- 00:25:59.487 --> 00:26:02.523
- The devil who hates god and everything about god.
- 00:26:02.523 --> 00:26:06.027
- And because of that, he hates this land as well.
- 00:26:06.027 --> 00:26:09.230
- And he's been trying for millennia
- 00:26:09.230 --> 00:26:11.899
- To destroy the holy people and he has been trying
- 00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:15.837
- To wipe israel off the map.
- 00:26:15.837 --> 00:26:17.705
- And those that do his bidding.
- 00:26:17.705 --> 00:26:19.474
- That's what they're trying to do as well.
- 00:26:19.474 --> 00:26:22.744
- Here's what it says in verse five of psalm 83.
- 00:26:22.744 --> 00:26:25.346
- For they have consulted together with one consent.
- 00:26:25.346 --> 00:26:28.216
- They form a confederacy against you.
- 00:26:28.216 --> 00:26:31.052
- And then he mentions ancient names like he doom
- 00:26:31.052 --> 00:26:33.988
- Ishmaelites, more moab, and hydrides and all of this.
- 00:26:33.988 --> 00:26:39.193
- Today we can use modern names.
- 00:26:39.193 --> 00:26:41.295
- The nations that consult together
- 00:26:41.295 --> 00:26:44.832
- And want to come against israel and change the status quo.
- 00:26:44.832 --> 00:26:48.970
- Change the nature of this land and god's perfect
- 00:26:48.970 --> 00:26:52.106
- Will for this land and for this people.
- 00:26:52.106 --> 00:26:55.143
- We need to engage in this struggle ourselves,
- 00:26:55.143 --> 00:26:57.845
- But we need to stand on the lord's side.
- 00:26:57.845 --> 00:27:00.615
- Joshua.
- 00:27:00.615 --> 00:27:02.350
- As i said,
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- In fact, as for me, in my house, we will serve the lord.
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- So this is our opportunity.
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- This is our day to stand with israel.
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- Stand in support of us as we stand for israel and god's
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- Will and purposes for the people of this glorious land.
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