Dr. John Tweedie - Stumbling Block to the Nations

July 5, 2025 | 28:39

Jerusalem today is seen as the ultimate prize in a tug of war between nations. Dr. John Tweedie connects Jerusalem’s troubling past and present with ancient prophecies and current signs in the world that may point to the soon coming of the Jewish Messiah to Jerusalem.

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Israel: The Prophetic Connection | Dr. John Tweedie - Stumbling Block to the Nations | July 5, 2025

According to tradition, the tomb you see behind me
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Is that of zechariah,
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A hebrew prophet who lived more than 2400 years ago.
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But who wrote about future battles over jerusalem
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That haven't even happened as i stand here this morning.
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Next on israel, the prophetic connection.
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Soft music
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This morning i'm in the valley of kid.
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Run the mount of olives behind me.
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And the old city of jerusalem behind the camera.
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Jesus criss crossed this valley numerous times,
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Going from the old city of jerusalem
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As we know it, to the garden of gethsemane,
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Which is on this side of the valley.
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But behind me is zacharias tomb.
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Zachariah, a hebrew prophet,
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Was prophesying more than 2400 years ago.
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But he prophesied events that haven't even happened yet.
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As i stand here in the valley of kidron this morning
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In chapter 12, he talks about jerusalem
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Becoming a stumbling block
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To the nation, and it seems as though
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Jerusalem has become the focus of the nation.
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What are they going to do about jerusalem?
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And how can this holy city be properly shared among
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Different peoples?
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That's the debate going on today.
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But beyond that, in chapter 14, zechariah describes
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The coming of the messiah,
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Whose feet will touch the mount of olives behind me.
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And i'm actually standing
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At the lower end of the mount of olives.
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And the mount will move toward the north and toward the south,
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Which suggests an earthquake will occur on an east-west axis.
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Zechariah saw all of this more than 2400 years ago,
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And we are on the edge of the fulfillment
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Of these incredible biblical events.
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The prophet
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Zechariah lived more than 2400 years ago.
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It is incredible to think
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That he could peer into the prophetic future
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And see that day when jerusalem would be
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At the very epicenter of world events.
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A time when this holiest of cities
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Would become a stumbling block to the nations.
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Could we be living in that day?
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Zacharias prophecy that israel will be
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A stumbling block to the nations?
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Certainly, we're beginning to see the foreshadowing
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And the outline of this truth today.
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Wherever i travel in the world, people are struggling
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With the issue of israel and are struggling
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With the political issues, the historical issues,
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As well as the biblical and spiritual issues,
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Not only among the believers, but of course, in the
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Non-believing world to a great extent.
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Increasingly, israel is being isolated, standing alone.
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Even america that they could count on as a friend,
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Is having second thoughts about their relationship
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With israel, i see that.
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And in zechariah, it's prophesied that the nations
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Will come against jerusalem.
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It will be a cup of trembling.
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It will be a stumbling block to the nations.
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And already i see some of that unfolding in jerusalem,
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Ultimately, is going to be that crucible for the nations.
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Does this also mean that when all political attempts
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To divide jerusalem fail because of israeli resistance,
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This will become a turning point for the nations
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In that, collectively speaking,
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The nations will see no way to impose their will
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On the jewish state other than by the use of military force.
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In the book of joel, it tells us that if the nations divide
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The land, divide jerusalem, the entire world will be judged.
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And here we have a people that is calling to divide jerusalem.
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They're calling
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To divide it, only to then wage war against the jews here.
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It's quite clear from what happened in gaza,
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What happened in lebanon.
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When we see land, it's only used as a platform
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For terror against us.
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And so it will bring judgment not only upon the nation
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Of israel
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Within the land, but judgment will happen across the world.
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And we see now that it's is not a movement of one people,
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But it is a worldwide religious, fanatical movement,
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And it will bring judgment to the entire world.
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Israel is just the front lines.
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So what happens in
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Israel will ultimately happen to the rest of the world.
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When viewed against the backdrop of biblical prophecy
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And god's promises to the jewish people,
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All attempts by the nations to increase political pressure
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On israel to get her to agree to a divided
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Jerusalem will inevitably place these nations on a collision
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Course with the god of israel.
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The nations right now
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Are demanding israel to compromise on jerusalem.
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The palestinians want their own state,
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And they want jerusalem to be their capital.
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Now they say west jerusalem can be jewish.
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We want east jerusalem.
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What most christians don't realize that east jerusalem
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Includes the entire city of jerusalem.
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Of jesus day of david's, day of solomon's day.
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The whole temple mount is part of east jerusalem,
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And yet that is the holiest place.
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That's where the temple stood.
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This is where is the most holy site piece of real estate
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In judaism.
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The jewish
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People are not going to easily give up that piece of land.
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And so we're coming to an impasse.
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There's really no compromise here.
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And from the muslim point of view,
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They can't compromise either.
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They believe that muhammad, in a night vision,
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Came to jerusalem, to the western wall,
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Tied up his horse there.
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And simply because
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Muhammad visited here in a dream or a vision that's become
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The third holiest place in islam.
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Israel will be a stumbling block to the nations, i think.
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And now the great giant that we're facing,
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Of course, is the giant of militant islam.
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But i foresee a day
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When that giant spiritually will be shattered.
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I foresee a day when muslims everywhere
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Will the spirit of fear
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And intimidation
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Will be broken over them, and they'll have the
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Freedom to choose what god they will serve
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And what book they will believe.
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On the day when muslim people everywhere really are free
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To make that choice.
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Tens of millions of them
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Will push their way into the kingdom of god.
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We know
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That already because of the television broadcasts
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That are going out and where they can,
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Where muslim people can watch the gospel
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In the privacy of their own homes.
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Millions and millions are tuning in to the internet,
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Satellite radio, satellite television.
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And, and so i see that one day this giant of islam will fall.
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But when that happens, look for israel to really become
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The stumbling block for all the nations.
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It is precisely because jerusalem has significance
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For the three primary monotheistic
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Religions of islam, judaism and christianity
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That it has been, and remains to this day,
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A cauldron of religious conflict.
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It is also why compromise solutions
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Are as elusive as ever.
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There can be no lasting solution as long as competing entities
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Continue to claim primary
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And sovereign rights to the same religious sites.
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The real problem is the center
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Is the old city and the sacred the holy places.
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This cannot be divided.
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Some, some
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Solution, some formula.
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It has to be found for that.
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But it tends to be divided.
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There are some,
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Peripheral quarters of jerusalem
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Which are mainly arab,
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Who may be given the if there is one day
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In a palestinian state, this protest
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May be,
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Given back to that palestinian state
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That has no, no signification, no, no sacred value.
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And as the holy sites in jerusalem,
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But the holy sites themselves cannot be divided, the
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You cannot separate you, you you cannot separate,
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The temple mount from, from the western wall,
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Which is an integrated part of the temple mount.
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And you cannot take away the mount of olives,
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Which is the most ancient and the sacred.
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The jewish cemetery in its name.
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It's a false idea.
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From from the start.
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Could israel's refusal to compromise
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On her religious sites,
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Specifically her sovereign claim to the temple mount,
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Be the very thing that will
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Cause most, if not all, nations to unite against her?
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Jerusalem represents the specifics of god's plan.
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I think most unbelievers
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Are okay with god, as long as he's far away
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And undefined and not meddling in human affairs.
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But the bible describes a god who not only reigns from heaven,
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But he rules and manages his creation.
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The bible describes a god who gets up close
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And personal, particularly with the people that he loves.
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And, it's a completely different picture.
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And jerusalem
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Is really a major symbol of the specifics of god
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Getting involved in human history.
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God choosing a city.
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God putting a person in power and giving that person
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Authority.
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A person that he loved, king david,
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And making a promise to him
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That that god's presence would be in that city forever.
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I think that's
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What makes jerusalem a stumbling block
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For the unbelieving nations of the world,
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Seen from this perspective.
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The battle over
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Jerusalem will be a defining moment for each and all nations.
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Will they be
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For the god of israel, or will they unite against him?
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Now we're in this period of wars and rumors of wars
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That jesus spoke about in matthew chapter 24.
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He said, don't be frightened by these things.
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It's it's not at the end.
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This is only the beginning of birth pangs.
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And so we're moving into this
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Period of one crisis after another that will increase
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In frequency and intensity as we get closer to his return.
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And as these birth pangs of the end times continue,
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I believe israel will more and more be in a singular,
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Some might say, isolated position,
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So as to be clear by the end that israel really, truly
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Only exists because of the hand of god.
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And i believe that we
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We will see the nations turn against israel.
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The political powers of the earth turn against year round.
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Only the people who have the spirit of god
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And are walking in faith will really be able
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To recognize what god is doing in those days.
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The hebrew
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Prophets have already declared that the destiny of jerusalem
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Will be determined not by military might,
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But by the power of the god who watches over israel.
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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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Across the valley of kidron.
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Behind me the arab village.
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So one.
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And higher up above the arab village, the mount of olives.
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Today jerusalem seems quite tranquil.
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I'm actually standing in the shadow of the city of david
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And an ancient wall that
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Has been here for at least 3000 years.
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Defenses of the stronghold of zion
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That david was able to breach,
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Capture this city, and then call it the city of david.
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Or, if you like, jerusalem.
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So it's all right around here.
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I'm standing in biblical and prophetic history,
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But take a look at the mount of olives behind me on this day.
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All seems tranquil.
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Tourists are milling around.
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There are tour busses over there.
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But the prophet zechariah lays out
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A prophetic scenario of a day that hasn't happened yet.
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And let me tell it to you in his words, as they're found in
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Chapter 14 of zechariah.
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It's called the day of the lord.
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Behold, the day of the lord is coming,
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And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
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And i will gather
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All the nations to battle against jerusalem.
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Earlier in chapter 12 and verse two, zechariah prophesies
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That jerusalem will become a stumbling block
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To the nations,
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And the nations are going to come against jerusalem.
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But when they do so, because it's the city of god,
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The city of the great king,
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Those who try to change its status do something
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To change what jerusalem is in the sight of almighty god.
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They, those nations, will injure themselves.
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That's what zechariah says in chapter 12.
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And then we read these words,
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For i will gather all nations to battle against jerusalem.
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The city shall be taken,
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The houses rifled, and the women ravished.
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Unfortunately, that's what happens in when war breaks out.
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And then this half of the city shall go into captivity.
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But the remnant of the people
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Shall not be cut off from the city.
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Bear in mind, zechariah is writing more than 2400
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Years ago, but he's describing events that haven't happened.
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As i stand here today with all of this
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Biblical history around me here and of course,
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The mount of olives that he speaks
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About specifically over my shoulders.
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Here's what he says.
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When jerusalem is under attack, the lord goes forth to fight.
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Verse three.
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Then the lord will go forth and fight against those nations
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As he fights in the day of battle.
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Now listen to these words.
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And in that day his feet will stand on the mount of olives.
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That's what you can see in the distance.
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You can see the summit of the mount of olives,
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Which faces jerusalem on the east.
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And the mount of olives shall split in two from east to west.
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Somehow, across this
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Valley of kidron, there the earthquake will occur,
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And there will be another valley created, if you like.
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It will be the shape of a cross,
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A north-south valley that is kidron, and an east
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West valley created by god in the shape of a cross.
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Half of the mountain
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Shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south.
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Meaning south.
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This direction.
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North that direction.
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Then you shall flee through my mountain valley.
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God is going to provide an escape route
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For the rest of the inhabitants of jerusalem.
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When he intervenes on this day.
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For the mountain valley shall reach to hazael.
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Yes. you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake
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In the days of josiah, king of judah.
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And of course,
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Just the other side of silwan we have the village,
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The villages of bethany, over there.
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But the desert is just over these ridges.
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And so the valley will allow
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The people to escape into the wilderness of judea
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And down toward the jordan valley.
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And if you like the dead sea, then it says thus, the lord
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My god will come, and all the saints with you.
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It's interesting that zechariah uses the word saints, which
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We normally use to refer to christians
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Who believe in the lord jesus christ.
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And it shall come to pass in tha
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Low lying.
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The lights will diminish. it will.
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It shall be one day which is known to the lord.
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So we don't know exactly when this will be fulfilled.
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But god knows that day, neither day or night.
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But at evening time it will happen, that
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It will be light.
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And in that day it shall be
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That living waters shall flow from jerusalem,
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Half of them toward the eastern sea, meaning the dead sea,
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And half of them toward the western sea.
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In both summer and winter.
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It shall occur, and the lord shall be king over
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All the earth in that day it shall be.
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The lord is one, and his name one.
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Now zechariah tells us about this river, but
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He's not the only prophet who speaks of it.
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Ezekiel also speaks of the river and the ezekiel prophesies
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The building of a third temple, in jerusalem.
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And now today there is no temple.
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But ezekiel says we can expect that one shall be built.
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But there's more to say than that.
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He also, like zechariah,
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Mentions the waters that are going to flow from jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 47, verse one.
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Then he brought me back to the door of the temple,
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And there was water
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Flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east,
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For the front of the temple faced east.
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The water was flowing from under the right side
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Of the temple south of the altar.
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He brought me out by way of the north gate,
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And led me around on the outside to the outer gateway
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That faces east, and we look toward the mount of olives.
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We're facing east,
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And there was water running out on the right side.
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And when the man went out to the east
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With a line in his hand, he measured 1000 cubits.
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Now i cubit was usually the measure from a man's elbow
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To the tip of his index finger.
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We would say approximately 18in.
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So this was a thousand cubits.
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So more like 1500 feet.
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Again he measured 1000 and brought me through the waters.
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The water came up to my knees again.
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He measured 1000 and brought me through.
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The water came up to my waist again.
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He measured 1000, and it was a river that i could not cross,
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For the water was too deep water in which one must swim.
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A river that could not be crossed.
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He said to me, son of man, have you seen this?
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Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.
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And when i returned there, along the bank of the river
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Were very many trees on one side and the other.
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Then he said to me, this water flows toward the eastern region,
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Goes down into the valley,
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And enters the sea, meeting the dead sea.
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When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.
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So the dead sea then becomes a living sea.
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And this shall be that everyone, every living thing that moves
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Wherever the rivers go will live.
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There will be a very great multitude of fish,
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Because these waters go there, for they will be healed,
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And everything will live wherever the river goes.
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So wonderful picture of restoration.
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But this river runs
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From underneath the temple on the temple mount.
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That isn't there today.
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But presumably one day we'll stand there again
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And we'll run through, perhaps even out through this valley
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That we read about in zechariah chapter 14
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And in verse 12 along the bank of the river on this side.
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And that will grow all kinds of trees used for food.
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Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail.
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They will bear fruit every month
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Because their water flows from the sanctuary, from the temple,
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Their fruit will be for food and their
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Leaves for medication. now
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When we
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Turn to the book of revelation,
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Lo and behold, on the lips of the apostle john,
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Who was also given grand visions of the future,
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But by none other than the risen christ jesus of nazareth.
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And we call john's book the last book of the bible,
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The book of the revelation of jesus christ.
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And john sees a river as well.
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And in chapter 22 we read these words,
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And he presumably meaning christ,
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Showed me a pure river of water of life,
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Clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of god
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And of the lamb,
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And the lamb is a synonym for jesus of nazareth.
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In the middle of a street and on either side of the river
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Was the tree of life, which bore 12 fruits,
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Each tree yielding its fruit every month.
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The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations,
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And how we long for an end of war,
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And the healing of the nations, and all of the things that
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Plague our society today.
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Pestilences and famines and earthquakes.
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But in this day, in these prophetic days,
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When the messiah reigns from jerusalem and water, living
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Water rushes out from underneath the temple, and everywhere
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It goes, it brings life and the trees along its banks
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And the leaves of the trees for the healing of the nations.
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And it says this
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Verse three, and there shall be no more curse,
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But the throne of god and of the lamb shall be in it.
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This, presumably, is the new jerusalem,
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And his servants shall serve him.
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They shall see his face,
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And his name shall be on their foreheads.
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There shall be no night there.
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They need no lamp, nor light of the sun.
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For the lord god gives them light,
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And they shall reign forever
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And ever.
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Zechariah ends in chapter 14 with a description
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Of the coming of the messiah and a battle over jerusalem.
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Behind me, zechariah is to tomb on the lower slopes
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Of the mount of olives, and i'm actually standing
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In the valley of kidron, with all jerusalem
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And its walls in that direction behind the camera.
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And after this incredible battle, when the messiah comes
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And comes against those who in fact come against jerusalem,
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We read that
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All the nations will be summoned to worship the king,
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Who in that day will be ruling and reigning from jerusalem.
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Zechariah 14 verse 16.
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And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left
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Of all the nations which came against jerusalem.
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So go up from year to year to worship the king,
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The lord of hosts,
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And to keep the feast of tabernacles,
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One of the ancient feasts of the lord.
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But the lord actually gave israel and commanded her
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To keep in the annual rhythm of her feasts.
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And this one mentions specifically
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The feast of tabernacles, the last feast of the year,
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The ingathering of the final harvest, if you like,
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And those that survive this great battle in the end
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Times, they're going to be summoned
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From all the nations
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To come up year after year
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And to worship the lord in jerusalem.
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And then this in verse 17.
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And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth
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Do not come up to jerusalem to worship the king,
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The lord of hosts on them there will be no rain.
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If the family of egypt
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Will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain.
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They shall receive the plague
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With which the lord strikes the nations who do not come up
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To the feast to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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This shall be the punishment of egypt,
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And the punishment of all nations
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That do not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles,
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And as if to emphasize the holiness of jerusalem
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Under that kingdom.
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Reign of messiah in verse 20.
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In that day holiness to the lord shall be engraved
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On the bells of the horses pots.
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And the lord's house shall be like bowls before the altar.
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Yes, every pot in jerusalem
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And judah shall be holiness to the lord of hosts.
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Everyone who sacrifices shall come
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And take and cook in them, and that day
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They shall be no longer be a canaanite.
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And the house of the lord of hosts.
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Which is to say, there is no room for pagans
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In the kingdom reign of the messiah,
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But only room for those who will worship him
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As he deserves as the lord of hosts.
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The prophetic clock is ticking, counting,
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Ticking, counting down to that glorious time.
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And zechariah,
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The prophet, saw it all more than 25 400 years ago.
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He saw this unfolding of this last battle
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And the worship that then follows that
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Time is running out.
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We invite you to stand with us
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And stand with israel as the clock counts down.
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Stand with us.
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Help us.
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Help israel in this final chapter
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Before the messiah comes.
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Go to the phone.
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Make the call and show your support
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For god's word and for the nation of israel.
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Dr. John Tweedie - Stumbling Block to the Nations

July 5, 2025 | 28:39

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