John Tweedie - The Strategic Golan Heights

October 21, 2025 | 28:43

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Israel: The Prophetic Connection | John Tweedie - The Strategic Golan Heights | October 21, 2025

This morning.
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I'm standing
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On the golan heights, high above the sea of galilee.
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But why are the golan heights so strategically
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Important to israel today?
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The answer next on the prophetic connection
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Soft music
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In times of war,
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High ground is always important.
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It's easier to defend.
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It's much harder to attack.
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And so these golan heights that overlook the sea of galilee,
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Are important to israel for that reason.
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But also the golan heights in the modern context,
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Also form a buffer zone between syria
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And jordan to the east of israel,
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Because that's the direction that enemies would come from
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When they would attack israel,
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Whose back is to the mediterranean sea.
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So actually, israel is surrounded on all sides.
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North, south.
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And east. and that sense.
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And also from the west, in terms of navies
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That could come along the mediterranean coast.
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So the golan heights today, because of the enemies
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That are across the border with syria, hezbollah
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And iranian red guards and others
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Who are building bases over there.
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And in fact,
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Taking advantage of the vacuum created by the syrian civil war.
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So the golan heights are strategically important
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To israel.
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Most people have heard about the golan heights
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Through newspaper headlines or television reports.
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But how many know the biblical
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Origins of this region, also known as the land of bashan?
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It has been said that
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Israel is only one serious military defeat from extinction.
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And yet,
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The god of israel has promised that the jews,
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Having been summoned by him back to their ancient and biblical
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Homeland, would never again be displaced or sent into exile.
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More than 200 million arabs in nations around israel disagree.
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In other words, the stage is set for the mother of all battles.
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Armageddon.
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The only question is what time is it on the prophetic clock?
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Jesus, the jew who divided history, said no one knew
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The hour of his return,
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Much less the time of the end of the age.
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Armageddon.
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The golan heights was called bouchon, and it was considered
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An integral part of the land of israel.
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Yes, israel does have a biblical right
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To claim the golan heights.
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If israel has biblical and historical claims
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To the golan heights,
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Is there any archeological evidence to support such claims?
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Ancient archeology history.
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This is part of biblical israel as part of the.
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Logically, when the british and the french
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Were creating the modern middle east,
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That was supposed to be part of the territory.
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But in the negotiations between the british
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And the french, the golan heights ended up
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As part of, what is syria of today?
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So in terms of the modern all the history of the past
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Aside, in terms of the modern boundaries of the middle east is
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The golan heights was originally part of syrian territory.
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But and if you know your geography and again,
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Most people yelling about the golan
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Heights have no idea where it is.
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The golan heights sits it way above israel and was used
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From 48 to 67 to basically shoot down on the upper galilee.
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So in the various wars that israel has been involved
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In, primarily in 1967 and 1973,
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And this is how it works anywhere in the world.
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Another country declares war on you
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With the goal of destroying you.
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They lose that war, and israel gains that strategic heights,
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Which are, by the way,
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Less than 3% of syria,
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But strategically are in a position
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To terrorize the whole northern part of israel.
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Israel wins that territory in a war.
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It didn't start and has kept that territory since.
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In 1973, the syrians tried to get it back again.
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They were unsuccessful.
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Initially they were a little successful,
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But it's been in israel's hands ever since.
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So the notion that and israel is the only country in the world
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That is treated
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That fights wars, that it didn't start against
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People who want to kill it wins the wars
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And then is treated as if it's the belligerent side
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That started the wars and lost them and has to give territory
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Back to the people who tried to kill it.
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So it's unprecedented.
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The reality is, by the way, the syrians,
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If you know about the golan heights, put nothing up there.
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It's a tiny percentage of syria.
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There was only a giant army base with barbed wire
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And minefields,
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And was used
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As a launching point for attacks against israel, israel.
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And there's some a few druze living up there.
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Israel settled people in there
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And has made much better use of the territory.
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So again,
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This israel have a right, i think, in terms
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Of all precedents in warfare.
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The british are still sitting in gibraltar,
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As many other countries that are occupying territory
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They won in wars that are far older,
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That have far less strategic value to them.
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Okay, gibraltar sits in the mediterranean,
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But the golan heights is absolutely critical
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To israel's survival, especially now that iran
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Is trying to open up a corridor
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And they want to sit up there and turn the golan heights
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Into a little version of the gaza strip.
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Being able to just launch missiles directly
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Into israel with no warning and little or no protection.
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So, absolutely, it seems, on a strategic level.
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Israel must keep control of the golan heights,
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Given the strategic importance of the golan heights,
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Where israel's eastern and northern flanks are concerned.
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How dangerous would it be for israel to give up its claims
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To this region in exchange for peace?
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One thing we've learned from history in general,
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And specifically the 20th century,
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Is making peace with dictators isn't worth the paper
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It's written on.
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If you don't believe me, ask neville chamberlain,
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The prime minister of england in 1938.
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When he goes to make
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He holds that piece of paper
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I hold in my hands the piece of paper
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That guarantees peace in our lifetime.
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And within a few months
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All of europe is at war and 50 million people will die.
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So that's number one rule.
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So i would say if
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The middle east
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Were a normal, stable, liberal democratic place,
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Then yes, there's something to talk about. there,
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But that's not the case.
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Now, if
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Syria were a functioning country that was truly autonomous,
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Which is the state it was in before 2012,
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Before the arab spring, and everything took off,
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Even then, i might consider such an arrangement for a
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A sort of, neutral, not non militarized area.
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But the problem is who would who would guarantee that?
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Like a buffer zone where no weapons were allowed in
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Because israel cannot allow a hostile
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State to be sitting 1200 feet above it over the hula valley,
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Being able to shoot at will
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Down into a people that hate and want to destroy.
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But that's all in the past.
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We know that syria is a dysfunctional state
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Being propped up by iran and by russia today,
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The current state where iran, our arch enemy, is literally
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Trying to make inroads to lebanon in syria and create a
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Right on israel's border.
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It's like having the nazis move into your neighborhood
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And be worried about the safety of your synagogue.
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Under the current situation
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Of today, of syria being a dysfunctional state,
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That only exists because it's being propped up
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By other powers, there's no way that any normal person
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Looking at the geopolitical, strategic
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Realities of the golan heights would say that israel
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Should in any way, ever agree to return that territory
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To to syria or anyone else who threatens it.
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I don't believe that israel should ever give up the golan
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In an attempt to achieve peace with our neighbors.
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What has been proven in recent years
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Is that the equation of land for peace will not work
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Unless there is a partner on the other side
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Of great integrity and great power,
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And a partner that can be trusted
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To keep the promises of the other nation.
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Today we see no such partners
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In the countries that surround us,
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And so the equation or the solution of land for peace
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Simply won't work.
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It's not a good idea to even try to give up the golan
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In exchange for some kind of peace agreement.
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The collapse of syria and the ongoing struggle
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Between various entities vying for control has led to
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A much more precarious situation in syria today.
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Israel now faces numerous enemies at her eastern
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And northern gates.
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This means that israeli control over the golan
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Is more important than ever before.
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In other words,
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The deterioration of events on the ground in syria
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Means that keeping control of the golan is israel's
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Best hope of keeping your enemies at bay.
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If, just beyond her long border with syria.
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Don't go away after this short break, doctor
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John tweedie returns with his teaching.
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Our media today is filled with
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Traveling reports and disturbing news everywhere you look.
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It seems that the world is falling apart.
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This could not be more true for the people of israel,
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Facing threats of destruction from the neighboring countries,
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And calls for sanctions against or around the world.
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Israel must deal with the challenges
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Few other countries will ever face,
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Making it even more difficult to provide for her
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A quick glance at any map of the middle east
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Is enough to show the importance of the location of the golan
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Heights, where israel's security is concerned,
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Because they run, across galilee from north to south.
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And so in the northern part of the country
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And to the east of the sea of galilee,
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Which in fact, you can see behind me are the heights form
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A buffer zone between israel and the enemies to the east.
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But through the camera lens you also get the perspective
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Of height.
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And so we are high above the sea of galilee.
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And this area was held by the syrians from 1948,
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With the rebirth of israel until 1967,
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When israel could capture the heights at the end,
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The last couple of days of that surprisingly short six-day war.
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But i want to talk about the
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Golan heights for other reasons, because it's the original name
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Of this region was, bashar.
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And we find that in the scriptures
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And specifically in the book of deuteronomy.
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And as moses and the armies of israel
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Were moving up through not through the holy land
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Itself, but to the east, of the river jordan
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And fighting one king and kingdom after another.
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They finally came to the region of possession.
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And we read in deuteronomy chapter three, in verse one,
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Then we, meaning the armies of israel, turned
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And went up the road to bashan, meaning they were moving north.
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And og king of the, came out against us.
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He and all his people to battle at and dry.
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And the lord said to me, god, speaking to moses,
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Do not fear him, for i have delivered him,
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And all his people and his land into your hand.
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You shall do to him as you did to sihon,
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King of the amorites, who dwelt at hash barn.
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So that's a battle was already fought and won by israel.
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But now the northern part of the promised land is his next.
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And so we read in verse three.
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So the lord our god also delivered into our hands
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Og king of possession with all his people.
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And we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining.
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And we took all his cities.
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At that time
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There was not a city which we did not take from them.
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60 cities, all the region of our god,
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The kingdom of og in bashan.
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All these cities were fortified with high walls,
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Gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.
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So there were 60 major cities,
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But they captured everything that came in front of them.
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And we really destroyed them
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As we did to cihan, king of husband, orally
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Destroying the men, women and children of every city.
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Now, i won't take too much time to explain why israel
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Would not have shown mercy to the women and children.
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I think the context is we're dealing with spiritual things,
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And within these people are thoroughly pagan.
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There were, i would say, demonic entities,
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And so they would be passed down through the generation,
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From one generation to the next.
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And we're not talking about just people with a bad intentions.
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We're talking about evil, dwelling within these people.
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And so i think that's probably the easiest explanation,
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Because israel as a nation shows mercy to her enemies.
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But i think this was a very different context.
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And that's why the children were destroyed as well.
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Verse seven.
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But all the livestock
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In the spoil of the cities, we took as booty for ourselves.
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And at that time
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We took the land
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From the hand
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Of the two kings of the amorites,
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Who were on this side of the jordan.
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So let me emphasize, these battles are taking place
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On the east of the jordan,
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Because moses was forbidden by god from entering
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The promised land.
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So he could lead them in battle here.
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But we read later in the book of deuteronomy
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That he could not cross
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Into the promised land, but god would let him see it
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From the pinnacle of mount nebo.
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Verse nine.
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The sudanese call hermon syrian and the amorites
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Call it senior.
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And that's mount hermon that's being referenced here,
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Which is in the north north from where i'm actually standing.
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And all the cities of the plain, all gilead and all bashan
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As far as south, and the dry cities
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Of the kingdom of og in bashan.
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Now there's a very
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Interesting reference here to the king of this region,
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The king of bashan, whose name was og.
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It's found in verse 11 of deuteronomy three.
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For only og king a portion remained
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Of the remnant of the giants.
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And then this incredible reference,
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Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead.
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It had to be to support, obviously, his weight.
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Is it not?
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In rabbah of the people of amon and amun of today
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Is the capital of jordan.
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So we're being told that it was in the region of edam,
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Or rather amon.
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We have a kingdom of jordan is made up of a man,
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Amon, moab, and a dome in the south.
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So amon is the northern part of what today is
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The kingdom of jordan.
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And this iron bedstead was was there
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When moses was writing this account.
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And then were given the dimensions of the bedstead.
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Nine cubits is its length,
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And four cubits its width according to the standard cubit.
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Now what was a standard cubit?
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And opinions vary.
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But by rule of thumb, approximately
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18in, perhaps, to two feet.
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My commentary suggests that the bedstead was
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At least 18ft long and eight feet wide,
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Designed to hold a very large man,
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In this case a king,
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King og of the region of bashan,
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And this land which we possess at that time from aurora,
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Which is by the river arnon, and half the mountains of gilead
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In its cities.
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I gave to the reuben knights and the god ites.
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So now, with the conquest of this part of the middle
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East, moses is assigning the land conquered
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To the various tribes of israel.
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And so we've mentioned here the tribe of reuben,
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The first tribe of israel, the tribe of god.
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And then it says in verse 13, the rest of gilead and all
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Bashan, the kingdom of og i gave to the half tribe
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Of manasa all the region of our god, with all.
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Bashan was called the land of the giants.
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Now we see in deuteronomy chapter
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Three references to bashan while i'm standing today
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Called the golan heights as the land of the giants,
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We're bound to wonder how that could possibly be.
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So i need to go all the way back to the book of genesis.
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Genesis to chapter six, and something that god said to
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Noah, and it's found in genesis six, verse four.
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There were giants on the earth in those days,
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And also afterward, afterward, meaning after the flood
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That occurred in noah's day, when the sons of god
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Came into the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.
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I'll explain that very simply.
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This way.
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Angels.
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Fallen angels who had illicit sexual relationships
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With women, human beings on earth.
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And from those illicit relationships
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Came a race of giants.
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And of course, we know from the story of david and goliath.
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Goliath was the philistine champion
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Who confronted the armies of israel, and no soldier
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Of israel was brave enough to take him on
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Because he was a giant, a huge man.
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But david, the shepherd boy of israel,
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Stepped through the ranks of the israelites.
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And without armor, just a slingshot
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Brought down the philistine warrior champion.
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So presumably he too was a descendant.
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But the interesting reference in genesis six is
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There were giants both before and after the flood.
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So when we read about king og, a position,
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He presumably he traces his roots
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All the way back to those earlier giants
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That were in the world
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And in the 21st century, we have some trouble
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Comprehending man of this giant stature.
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But the bible is telling us the origins of these
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These individuals and the fact that they were still there
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When moses was conquering, these lands.
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And in fact, we find that in, joshua
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And caleb who assume control of the armies of israel.
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When caleb was asked about his inheritance,
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He said he wanted the city in the region of hebron.
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And in hebron today, they have found,
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Remnants of giant doorways.
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Giant, stairways.
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Archeologists have proven the existence of giants
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In the time of certainly of moses and joshua and caleb.
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Now, i want to move to the modern context
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And speak about the strategic importance of the golan heights
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In our times.
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In 1967,
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Israel captured the golan heights from the syrians.
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They'd been here since 1948, when israel
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Was reborn as a nation until 1967.
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So that's 19 years.
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And they had several lines of defenses up here,
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And they could
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Shell down at the farmers or the even the fishermen
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On the sea of galilee,
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Because across the sea of galilee is is israel.
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And that was israel from 1948 to 1967.
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And syria controlled this side of the sea of galilee.
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Well, there's a story of a very brave israeli.
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His name is elie cohen.
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And he became
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An operative of the mossad, the intelligence services.
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His father had been born in aleppo in syria.
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I he had a photographic memory.
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He could speak, learned numerous languages,
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Was fluent in arabic and so forth.
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So israel built a cover for him as an agent with the intention
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Of placing him in syria to gather information.
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He was very, very successful.
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And he, in fact, as a civilian, perhaps the only civilian,
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He was able to go along the top
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Of the golan heights, see all of the emplacements,
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Where the armaments were, the bunkers,
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What kind of artillery and guns the syrians had?
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He rose up through the ranks.
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I was covered, was made for him.
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He spent time in argentina
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With the syrian diplomats and other figures there,
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And with letters of reference from them.
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Eventually got to syria.
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He was in syria from 1962 to 65 until he was caught
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Transmitting, signals to israel.
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He was hanged in the public square in damascus
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Before an estimated 10,000 people.
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It was televised around the world.
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But this man saw what was up here
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Prior to the six-day war in 1967,
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And with his photographic memory and with his communication
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With israel, transmitted it all back.
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So when israel finally attacked the golan heights in the latter
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Part of the six day war in june of 1967,
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The information that alicorn had provided enable israel
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To take what is considered to be impregnable.
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I mean to try to capture
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The golan heights with the army, syrian army up
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Here, three lines of defense, which was something else.
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Like horn discovered not one line of defense, but three.
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And so it was so, so well fortified.
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But he also identified
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Where the bunkers were because he suggested to the,
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Syrian commanders, you know, your soldiers are in the sun
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All day long, the blistering heat.
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Why don't you plant eucalyptus trees
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Where the bunkers are to give them shade
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And they go very, very quickly?
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Well, they they did it.
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They fell for it and they did it.
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And so in israel, the israeli air force attacked.
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They just aimed for the trees.
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And it shortened the war.
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And, in a matter of 2 to 3 days,
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Israel captured the golan heights.
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It's an incredible story.
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And it's been made popular today by a new series
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About our man in damascus, as he was called
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El pawn, super spy for israel.
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Well,
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I've something else to share about the status of
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The golan heights.
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But i'll do it after this short break.
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If you're not already a christian, you can become one.
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The bible says,
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If you confess with your mouth the lord jesus christ
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And believe in your heart that god raised him
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From the dead, you will be saved.
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C4i, that simply means we are christians
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Who care about israel,
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And somebody needs to care for the people of israel today
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Because they are suffering so much.
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First of all, with a massacre that occurred on october
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7th, 2023, and then rocket barrages from the gaza strip
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And more recently, ballistic missiles from iran.
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We're here to help the less fortunate,
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The hungry, the homeless, children at risk,
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Special children that need 24 seven care.
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But we can't do it alone.
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We need your help. please.
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You'll see the numbers on the screen.
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You'll see the websites that we have.
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Please go to the phone or go to the website.
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Make a donation.
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Stand with us to stand with israel's less fortunate people.
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Thank you. on.
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As we conclude this
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Episode on the strategic nature of the golan heights in israel,
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We do so in a very windswept place.
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But a place that has a new and very significant development
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Honoring president donald trump.
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The message is in the sign behind me.
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On december 6th, 2017, donald trump
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Announced that he would move the united states embassy
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From tel aviv to jerusalem and in doing so,
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Giving recognition to jerusalem as the capital city of israel.
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On may 14th, the next year,
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The embassy was opened in jerusalem, officially speaking.
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But then in march 25th of 2019,
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Donald trump made another astounding announcement.
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He announced that the united states henceforth
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Would recognize the golan heights
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As properly belonging to the state of israel,
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Because it was in the distant past, in biblical times,
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Part of israel.
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But it has become part of israel again.
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Starting in 1967, at the conclusion of the six day war.
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So the message in the sign is to say that
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The nation of israel honors her friends,
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Because this president boldly
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Has recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel
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And the golan heights, as part of biblical
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And modern israel, israel honors him.
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The name in hebrew means ramat trump,
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But translated trump heights.
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It's a place called qila alon on the golan heights,
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And it will become, as time goes by,
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A town called trump.
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In the next
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Episode, the non negotiable
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Temple mount.
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We're so glad you joined us today
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In the prophetic connection with the.
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John Tweedie - The Strategic Golan Heights

October 21, 2025 | 28:43

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