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A Night of Prayer for Israel | Praise

June 24, 2025 | 59:5

Join Sheila Walsh, Greg Laurie and Robert Jeffress as they lift up Israel in prayer and discuss Israel’s role in Biblical prophecy.

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Praise | A Night of Prayer for Israel | Praise | June 24, 2025

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- [narrator] coming up tonight on "praise."
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- it's wednesday, june the 25th.
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As you know, the past few days
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We have seen such a tumultuous situation in the middle east
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With the war between iran and israel.
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At the moment, as we are on the air,
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It seems there is a provisional peace, a ceasefire in place.
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Tonight, would you join us for a night of prayer
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As we pray that that peace will endure?
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Welcome to this special edition of "praise."
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Tonight, we are dedicating this hour to prayer,
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To pray for those in israel,
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To pray for everyone in the middle east,
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To pray for our military, for our men and women,
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That they would be protected by god's right hand,
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But also to pray for you.
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These are not days to live in fear.
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When we understand
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That no matter what is going on in the world,
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Nothing is a surprise to the lord.
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God is still on the throne.
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God is in control.
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In fact, i was reading this, this morning,
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And i wanted to read it to you.
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It's one of my favorite psalms.
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Psalm 121 says this:
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"i look up to the mountains,
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Does my help come from there?
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My help comes from the lord who made heaven and earth!
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He will not let you stumble.
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The one who watches over you will not slumber.
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Indeed, he who watches over israel,
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Neither slumbers nor sleeps.
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The lord himself watches over you!
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The lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
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The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night.
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The lord keeps you from all harm
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And watches over your life.
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The lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
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Both now and forever."
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These are days...
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Remember in 1 peter where it says,
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"always be ready to give an explanation
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For the hope that is within you"?
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These are days to be, those who are living
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With very clear, unfiltered view of hope,
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So that people will want to know
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When everything else appears to be falling apart,
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You don't seem that way.
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So, exciting days to be alive.
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Tonight i'm going to be joined
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By pastors in the studio and also by zoom
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And also by some of our friends in israel,
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To give us an up-to-date,
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On-the-ground idea of what's going on.
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In fact, the first guest that i'm gonna talk to
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Is somebody that i met on my very first time in israel,
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And i have this beautiful picture of
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The two of us sitting on,
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The mountain where jesus gave the beatitudes.
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He was playing his guitar and we were worshiping together.
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Now he's in uniform and has been for over 600 days.
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His name chaim malespin.
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And i just wanna say welcome my friend.
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It is so good to see you.
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How are you doing?
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- well, like my uniform, i'm worn.
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All of us soldiers are worn, 626 days,
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But we hold onto that psalm you just read psalms 121,
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He does watch over us in every aspect of this battle,
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Which isn't just now with iran,
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But even against hezbollah, and even hamas,
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And i'm still okay and my injuries are.
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- ... for minor.
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And, but yes, god's watching over us.
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I have had to bury friends.
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But god is on the throne and he is watching over his land.
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- chaim, let me ask you, because you, as you say,
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You've been in this for so long, day after day,
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You are a man in charge of other men.
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What do you do when you get discouraged?
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- yeah, it's a very good question.
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I have a little secret weapon.
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I have inside my little, the zipper here of my uniform,
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I will put verses there just like the one-
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- wow. - ... and that you've read.
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And i'll read those if i have a minute out there on a tank
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And actually i do even these little videos
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From inside gaza, inside lebanon, my guys are in syria,
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They wanted to deploy us to iran
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If america hadn't stepped in. - wow.
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- to be able to go by foot
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And literally go into...
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So these were some things that were being considered.
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But i'll read those
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And i'll read them on camera at aliyah return center,
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It's our charity.
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And people watch these videos
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And i'm able to encourage my men and many others
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Around the world.
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- it was wonderful for me
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To learn a little bit more about aliyah return center.
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Tell people what you do through this work, it's phenomenal.
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- right, you know, it's not just the psalms 23 says,
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"your rod and your staff," in this case would be a glock 19
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And a m4 flattop.
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But the rod and the staff, they comfort me.
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We do have to be good shepherds.
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We do have to defend the flocks of the house of israel.
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We can't just feed them.
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We have to rescue them from the mouth of the wolf.
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And if they're pulled into the wolf's layer,
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In this case a hamas tunnel,
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We have to go in and rescue them.
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But yes, you're right.
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I'm also the chairman, executive director of a charity,
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A ministry called aliyah return center.
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And essentially we help arabic and hebrew-speaking people,
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The needy people, food, clothing, shelter.
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But especially we help aliyah
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Is those who have returned home,
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Jewish people who've made their immigration,
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Their aliyah fulfilling 700 scriptures, you know, 700 club.
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I think that god has a 700 club of scriptures,
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Which talk about he's gathering his jewish people back home.
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And so we give them that hebrew training,
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That the hebrew school job training.
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And now of course we've kicked into action
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To help these families who have their house bombed out.
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So we're able to give them all kinds of essentials
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That they need right now.
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And people around the world are helping us
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With this campaign.
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And, but i walked through the rubble in ramat gan,
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Walked through bat yam, the rubble of the blown up houses.
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And that's from one- - wow.
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- ... ballistic missile.
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And that, and you see them in the sky.
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I see them in the sky.
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I don't always have a bomb shelter being in the army.
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Right now, at this current moment,
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I'm near a bomb shelter.
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But when i'm out in the field, i don't have a bomb shelter.
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And so you see these missiles
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And imagine if it wasn't the 99, 98% that were taken out,
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What if it was 80%?
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What if it was 70%?
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You know, this country could be leveled, the buildings.
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And, but i remember in tel aviv downtown,
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I saw some massive destruction
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And i talked to the security guard there
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And i said, "how many people died in this one?"
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'cause it's total of what, 24 people i believe to-date.
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I said, "how many people died in this?"
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I'm talking buildings, just all the windows blown out
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And rubble everywhere.
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And he said, "not one."
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- wow. - i was like, "is that right?"
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- wow. - and he said, "every time
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It's like either we're in a bomb shelter and that was okay,
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Or we're in..."
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Just, they happened to empty out that floor of the hospital
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Or they just happen...
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It's so many coincidences that it's not a coincidence.
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- wow. - god is doing
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What you just quoted in psalms 1:21.
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- you know, here at tbn and all of us here in the states,
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We love you and we pray continually for israel.
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Chaim, tell us how can we pray for you in these days?
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- yeah, well, i would say definitely, you know,
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I was reading also just now in isaiah 5:20
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And you have this verse, you know,
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It's a warning, it's a warning.
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"woe to those who call evil, good, good evil,
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Who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
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Put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."
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I thought of that and i said, "man, you know, yeshua said,
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'do not be deceived.
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Do not be deceived.'"
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And i see attacks happening
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That aren't just ballistic missiles.
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That's what i'm seeing.
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And your friends, my friends are people
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Who understand the promises of god,
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Who can open up romans chapter 11 and who can read,
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"god has a plan for israel."
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No matter what the enemy wants to do,
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No matter what the enemy wants to deceive,
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We will not be deceived.
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But i see that there is a very concerted effort in this war
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To try to mess with and deceive even the young people,
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Even through tiktok and instagram.
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And so what i'd say is if you could really pray
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Not only for victory that we've...
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- find the rest of the 50 hostages.
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30 of them have already been deceased.
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30 are no longer living for, to what our understanding,
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And i'm an eod, explosive ordinance disposal.
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I'm a special operations engineering unit.
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So i'm in the tunnels all the time.
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- [reporter] wow. - and i'm going
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Actually in a few hours back.
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But my prayer's not just that we find the hostages,
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Not just that we have victory,
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But for a change of heart.
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That's number one.
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Change, victory,
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Change of heart of our enemies.
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Because military, you gotta be a good shepherd.
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You've gotta defend the flock,
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But they need to have a change of heart
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And say, "wait a minute, the way we're going is not good."
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And what i'm saying is number three,
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The battle over those who, yeah,
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The word zionist, that's someone who's standing
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On the word of god for israel to be here
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And from the jordan river to the mediterranean sea.
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- yes.
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- that the jewish people get to live here.
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Not that we all are gone,
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Dead or destroyed in a nuclear blast.
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So my prayer is for that number three,
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That those zionists,
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Those christian zionists,
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Those who stand for the word of god and the covenants,
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Yes, god has great blessings over every believer,
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But he also has a plan for this land, this people.
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- [reporter] yes. - and the destiny,
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Which is all gonna come together
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In a beautiful crescendo
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Of prophecy being fulfilled.
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Now, i just wanna say this is,
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I think that our ambassador academy.
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You know, the school we have that trains people
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Here in the land and online,
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We're trying to launch an online thing,
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That it's not a nice to have.
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It's like a must.
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- [reporter] hmm.
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- i mean, if people don't get god's heart for israel,
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They'll be, they'll be, they'll go through,
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They'll be almost,
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They could have, there's a chance
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That even the very elect could be deceived.
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- [reporter] mm, mm. - you know?
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So that's kind of what,
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And yeshua, jesus said, yeshua said,
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Do not be deceived in matthew, what was it, matthew 24?
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So that's my, those are my main prayer requests.
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And really, as i go back into gaza right now,
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Just that all of my team
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And all of the, all the soldiers that are a bit tired,
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A bit worn. - yeah.
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- i would say, you know,
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What i would say is this declaration almost,
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That lion rising, you know,
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Numbers chapter 23, verse 24 and 25.
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23, 24, 25, easy to remember.
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And lion rising, i'm telling you,
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The lion of judah. - amen.
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- is rising. - amen.
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- the lion of judah is roaring.
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And that's causing so many people
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To feel the sense of spirituality.
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This isn't just, you know, it doesn't make,
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Let me just say this, it doesn't make sense.
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If you have haman in persia, in iran.
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Haman, now haman could have said, you know,
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I don't like mordecai.
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I'm used to people bowing down to me.
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You know the story of esther, the book of esther?
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And i'm used to people bowing down to me.
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Mordecai didn't bow down to me.
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I'm gonna get him.
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You know, that would make sense.
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He's this big shot,
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And he wants people to bow him.
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But what doesn't make sense is what he did.
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He cast lots into this.
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You know, he looked into the spiritual realm.
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He sought to destroy every jewish person
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And persian empire is very big.
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That's a lot of work.
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What did a jewish person
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In the african part of the persian empire,
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In the european part of it,
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In all of, what did they do to you, haman?
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The same marching orders you see with hitler,
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With pharaoh, with herod,
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With this diabolical death to america,
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Death to israel in iran that we see.
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But that doesn't have to be their destiny.
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They can choose you this day.
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They can choose,
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Not haman, but cyrus.
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- yeah, yeah. - cyrus also was persian.
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So that's, that's my belief is they can choose
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And they will choose. - okay, chaim.
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We love you.
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We will continue to pray for you,
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To pray for god's protection over you.
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And thank you so much for joining us, my friend.
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We love you.
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- it's always good to see you.
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Say hi to barry for me.
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- i will. - i love that guy.
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- i will.
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- and so good seeing you as well.
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- thank you, chaim.
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So let me just ask those of you who are at home right now,
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You heard chaim saying, please pray.
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So let's just pause right here and right now.
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And i'm joined actually
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By one of, one of my favorite people on the planet.
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Barry and i adore greg, pastor greg lorrie.
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I'm so glad you're here.
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Your wisdom throughout the years is phenomenal.
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But listening to our brother there
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And what he shared, greg,
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I would love if you would pray for the things that.
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- yes. - that chaim
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Asked us to pray for.
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- well, first i have to determine
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If i can say his name properly.
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(reporter laughs) chaim?
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- [reporter] chaim.
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- little chaim, all right.
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Let's pray.
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Father, we thank you for chaim,
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And we thank you, lord,
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That he is a bright light in a very difficult situation.
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Literally defending lives,
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Yet at the same time,
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Wanting to save them and point them to yeshua.
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- yeah. - and we pray
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For your protection over him.
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We pray that you will open doors of opportunity for him.
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We pray that you'll use him for your glory.
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We pray for the other troops.
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- serving with them as well that you would watch over them.
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Yes, israel has the iron dome and that's great.
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But lord, we're praying for a supernatural hedge
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Of protection over them as well from your angels.
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So, we commit 'em to you and we thank you for him.
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In jesus' name we pray. amen.
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- it's just listening to haim
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And watching him there. - yeah.
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- and knowing, i can't imagine when that's like,
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600 and something days- - yep.
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- of constantly being there. - wow.
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- we often talk about in our culture
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Of where were you when such and such
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A thing happened? - yes.
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- i wanted to ask you, where were you when you heard
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What had happened on saturday night?
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When you know that president trump had responded?
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- yeah, i was actually watching a television program
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And i get a text, i get a call from matt crouch.
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And then, i called him back and he says,
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"are you watching the news right now?"
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I said, "no, i'm watching some show
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With conan o'brien of all things."
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And he says, "turn on the news."
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I turn on the news.
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I did believe that the president
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Was going to do this all along, but i just didn't know when.
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So, it wasn't surprising to me.
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But it was an amazing operation.
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They've been planning for some time as we all know now.
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Completely successful.
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We're thankful that, you know,
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'cause things could have gone wrong.
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- oh yeah. - we've seen things
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Go wrong in military operations.
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We can't, you know, things break down.
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Other unexpected things happen.
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But this worked so well.
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And what struck me was when the president
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Finally spoke to us and he thanked the military.
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He thanked the israelis who were cooperating.
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But then, and he thanked god, of course.
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But then he said, "we love you god."
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- i know. i know. - and i was struck by that.
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And he sort of choked up.
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And you know, i've had the privilege
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To be with the president in smaller settings.
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And i think god is really at work in his heart.
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And i've seen that he welcomes prayer.
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We've prayed for him many times in the oval office.
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Now, i don't think we can even begin to imagine, sheila,
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What it's like to sit behind
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That old resolute desk in the oval office
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With really the weight of the world on your shoulders.
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And i think he recognizes he needs god's help.
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And he's very quick to acknowledge that
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God spared his life
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From an assassin's bullet. - absolutely.
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- and so, and you know, these other,
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And he's surrounded with people of faith.
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Kathy and i have gotten to know
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Marco and jeanette rubio quite well.
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We met them 10 years ago at a couple's conference.
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And i believe marco
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Is so just perfect for this job right now,
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As is the secretary of defense,
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And our good friend mike huckabee
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Serving over there as our ambassador to israel.
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So many great people in the right positions.
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And as haim was saying, you know,
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How god raised up queen esther for such a time as this.
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I believe the lord has done the same thing in our government
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And in other strategic places to help with godly counsel
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As well as counsel on military affairs
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And other things that are involved in this.
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- i find myself, when i watch the news
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And try to keep abreast of everything that's happened,
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I feel like i almost want to take a step back
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To the bigger picture. - yeah. yeah.
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- of what god is doing-
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- yes. - in the world.
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Rather than just one nation against another nation
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Or one- - that's right.
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- political party against
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Another political party. - right.
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- the whole point of why jesus came.
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What do you sense in your spirit-
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- yes. - that god is doing?
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- well, i think of the story of jonah.
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You know, imagine god going to an israeli like haim,
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And saying, "go to iran and preach the gospel."
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- yeah. - that's what it
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Would've been like to be jonah.
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- yeah. - going and preaching
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To the people of nineveh.
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They were the enemies of israel.
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They were known for their cruelty.
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And yet jonah, he drug his feet at first.
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Basically to sum up the book of jonah,
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God said, "go." jonah said, "no."
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God said, "oh?"
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(sheila laughs)
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God will always have the last word.
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You might say jonah was the original
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Chicken of the sea, right?
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He didn't wanna do it.
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But he finally came around after some friendly persuasion
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From the lord that happened to involve
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A great fish or a whale.
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But when he finally did obey, and really the story of jonah
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Is not about a fish or a whale.
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Only a few verses deal with that.
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People sort of fixate on that aspect of the story.
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The story of jonah is a man who didn't wanna do something,
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Who finally did it,
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And the result was a spiritual awakening
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And a nation was saved.
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And we've heard of amazing things happening in iran.
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That god is at work despite the iron fist hold on the nation
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That the mullah seem to have.
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God is changing lives.
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People are coming to faith in jesus christ.
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And i think people need to know, when we talk about iran,
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We're not talking about the people of iran.
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- no. - the persian people.
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The wonderful people.
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And we've mentioned how they play key roles
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In scripture throughout our history.
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And god is at work in their hearts as well.
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- and so we just prayed
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That they do have a spiritual awakening in persia,
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It was called persia until 1935, in iran,
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And that many come to christ.
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And so this is the thing we wanna remember as christians,
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Is we want to love our enemies.
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Now we have to defend ourselves, and there's a place
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For national borders. - sure.
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- there's a place for self-defense.
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There's a place for us defending the innocent.
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And certainly when a nation says,
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"we want to enrich uranium to develop a nuclear weapon
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To destroy israel and wipe them off the face of the earth,
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And wipe off america as well,"
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We have to take that seriously and we have.
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But having said that, we wanna also look for opportunities
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To point people to christ
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And get the gospel in there as well.
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- 'cause i think these are days not to be cowering in fear.
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- no. - but days to step up.
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I wonder if you'd address that, the number of believers
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Who are just like, "oh gosh, what's gonna happen?
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The world is falling apart." - yes.
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- how do we live in these days?
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- yeah, well jesus said,
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"when you see these things begin to happen,
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Freak out because you're all going to die."
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(sheila laughing) no, he didn't say that,
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Did he? - no.
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- he said, "when you see these things begin to happen,
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Look up, for your redemption draws near."
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Jesus said in john 14, "let not your heart be troubled,
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Neither let it be afraid.
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Believe in god. you believe in god, believe also in me.
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In my father's house are many mansions,
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If it were not so, i would've told you.
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I will come again and receive you unto myself,
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That where i am, you may be also."
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So he actually addresses this.
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"i'm coming again," he's saying.
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We don't know when he'll come again,
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But his coming is close.
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It can happen at any moment, that's in god's hands.
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No one knows the day or the hour, so we want to be ready.
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But in the interim, as we're waiting, he does say,
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"let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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And in fact, i think this is a moment
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Where the christian can step into this situation
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And talk to people around us who are afraid.
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Because you read about armageddon is coming,
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World war iii is coming,
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All of these things are gonna happen.
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Well look, we don't know exactly what is coming,
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Except we know jesus is coming,
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And we know that he can bring into the human heart a peace
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That passes all human understanding.
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So i think this is a moment for us, as believers,
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To step into the gap and share the gospel with people.
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And shameless plug for something we're doing, sheila.
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- tell us about harvest.
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- yes, we're going to angel stadium on july 19th,
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And we've been proclaiming the gospel in this stadium
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For 35 years now. - wow.
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- and we're gonna do it again, and it will be live on,
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It will be on tv eventually, and it'll be live,
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You can watch it on our website, harvest.org.
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But we basically proclaim the gospel
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And we tell people how to come to christ.
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And over the years, we have seen well over 600,000 people
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Walk forward on the fields there at the stadium
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And make professions of faith.
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And i just feel like this is a moment for us as christians
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To focus on two things.
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Number one, pray. number two, preach.
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- yes. - these are what,
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We do these things better than anybody else.
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And so we should lean into our strengths.
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And so we need to pray,
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And that's what this program is about,
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And we wanna remember to pray.
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But then we wanna remember to preach the gospel.
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I think of these as two secret weapons
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That the church doesn't employ enough.
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- absolutely, in fact, i was reading this passage
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This morning in hebrews, hebrews chapter 12.
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- yeah, yeah. - i love this.
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Because i went through a little thing last year
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Where i thought i'd broken my neck.
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It looked for a little bit like life was gonna change.
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And i found myself asking the lord,
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When i'm in this big mri thing,
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"okay, i did not see this coming.
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You walked through so many things
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That were earth shattering, how did you do it?"
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- yes. - and then i come to this,
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"we keep our eyes on jesus,
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The champion who initiated and perfects our faith.
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Because of the joy awaiting him,
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He endured the cross, disregarding the shame.
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And now he's seated in the place of honor."
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It's like, keep your eyes on jesus,
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Who both began and finished this race that we are in.
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Study how he did it.
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I think these are exciting days to be alive.
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- i think they are.
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We're living in a time where we see spiritual leaders fall,
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And fail, and we say,
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"that's it, i'm not gonna be a christian anymore."
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And i remember the words of jesus to peter
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When he was having a discussion with the lord
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About john who was gonna live longer,
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And he was gonna die a death sooner than john.
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And so he said, "what about this man?"
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Jesus said, "what is that to you? follow me."
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Here's how i see it. - wow. yeah.
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- jesus has never failed me, sheila.
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- [sheila] me neither.
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- he's never been a hypocrite to me.
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Over 50 years ago, i signed up to follow him.
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He has kept his promises to me, he's done.
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- everything he said he would do for me.
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And let's not forget that jesus talked about
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An enemy sowing tares among the wheat.
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So sometimes we see it's hypocrisy
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When in reality it's possible that we can be in church
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Sitting next to people that appear to be believers,
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That are not believers.
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They sing the same songs,
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They given the same offering,
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They amen at the right moment in the sermon.
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But some are real believers and some are not.
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Time will reveal that.
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Our job is not to figure out who the tares are.
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Our job is to make sure we're not a tare.
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Make sure we're not a fake believer.
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Make sure we're following the lord.
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You're never gonna find a hypocrite free church.
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And if you do, don't join it 'cause you'll spoil it.
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- you'll ruin the whole thing. - yeah.
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So i'm not excusing hypocrisy.
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But what i'm saying is people are gonna let us down,
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But we need to pray for them
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That they would come back to christ,
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Or in some cases, come to christ for the first time,
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But focus on what god's called us to do.
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And you mentioned running that race for the joy.
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Paul says, lay aside the weight...
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Well, we don't know paul, whoever wrote hebrews so.
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- yeah. - he says,
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"lay aside the weight, and the sin that so easily beset you
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And run the race with endurance that is set before you,
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As you just read, looking unto jesus,
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The author and finisher of our faith."
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So god finishes what he starts.
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- and your salvation is firm in him.
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- amen. - and we should walk
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With that assurance, but keep our eyes on him
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And do it for god's glory.
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- yeah. i love that.
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We're gonna rejoin by one of my favorite people.
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We just, barry and i love pastor robert jeffress
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Of first baptist church in dallas.
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Such a godly man,
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Such a prophetic voice in this day and time.
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So dr. jeffress, i just wanna thank you
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So much for joining us.
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And i would love to hear your perspective
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Of what's gone on over the last few days.
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- well, sheila, it's great to be with you
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And our tbn family.
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You know, over the last few months
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There has been a debate going on in our country,
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A debate even within, among conservatives about
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What should be the relationship between america and israel
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And should we be supporting israel.
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And many of your viewers saw some clips of that debate
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Between tucker carlson and senator cruz.
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And tucker was ridiculing senator cruz
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For his support of israel and invoking the bible,
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And he said, "where does it say that in the bible,
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Christians are supposed to support israel?
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And what does it mean to support israel?"
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Well, let me take a few moments and help tucker out
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Because it's very clear what the bible says
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In genesis 12. and other passages.
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Look, to support israel,
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First of all means to support israel's right to even exist.
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- [sheila] yeah.
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- iran doesn't believe israel has the right to exist.
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They have as a stated goal
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To wipe israel off the face of the earth.
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The only problem with that is that isn't god's plan.
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God is the one who created israel.
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Israel is the only nation in the world that can say
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It was truly created by god.
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Only israel has the promise of endurance.
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There is no nation under heaven,
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Including the united states of america
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That will last forever.
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We know that in the tribulation time,
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America will cease to exist as we know it.
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It will be a part of a 10 nation confederacy
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That israel will endure forever.
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And secondly, to support israel means
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To support israel's right to exist
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In the land that god has given her.
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And greg made mention of that, and you've mentioned that.
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Look, the left is infiltrating our college campuses
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And propagating this lie
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That the land doesn't belong to israel,
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It's belonged to those poor palestinians for eons.
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And the nation of israel
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Only came into existence 50 years ago.
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And the israelite, the jewish people stole that land
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From the poor palestinians.
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That is a lie straight from the pit of hell.
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Israel didn't steal the land. israel was in the land.
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We know that not only because of what the bible tells us,
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But history and archeology has revealed
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That israel was in that land more than 3000 years ago.
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And so we are called on as christians to support israel,
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Her right to exist, her right to exist in the land
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That god has given her.
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And thank god, and i mean that literally,
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Thank god we have a president who understands that.
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And saturday night we saw him act in a decisive,
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Courageous way, in a way to support the nation of israel.
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We've never seen a president with this kind of courage
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And this clear understanding of israel.
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And i, thursday afternoon when the...
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- and it was getting bombarded,
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It seemed from so many different factions,
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Even in his own group of support, i texted the president,
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Just said, there are 70, there are millions of christians
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Who are praying for you fervently,
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And we trust you to make the right decision.
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Whatever that decision is, they're going to support you.
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Well, he made the right decision.
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And i think we ought to continue to pray
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For president trump's decision making
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And also pray for his protection.
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He is under real physical as well as spiritual threat,
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And i believe he's gonna be victorious in that.
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- yeah, that's really powerful.
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In fact, i would love us to pause here, pastor
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And i would love you to pray for our president
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And for those around him,
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For god's protection and wisdom and understanding.
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Would you do that?
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- father, we come before you
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Realizing that you are the great god.
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You are the one who establishes kings and removes kings.
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And we know and believe that you placed president trump
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Where he is for such a time as this.
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We thank you for the heart he has for you,
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The genuine respect for the lord that he has.
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And i just pray, father,
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That you would guide him in every crucial decision
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That he makes, that he would have the mind of jesus christ.
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And father, i pray that you would protect him from those
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Who would harm him.
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What happened in butler, pennsylvania
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Was a divine intervention on your part
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To preserve his life and use him.
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And father, i pray that we might emulate his example
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In giving you the glory for any success we experience.
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We never before have heard any us president,
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Republican, or democrat say publicly, "we love you, god."
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Thank you for this president.
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Pray your blessings upon him and his family
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In the days ahead.
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We pray also for prime minister, netanyahu.
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- [host] yes. - thank you for putting him
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In his place of leadership right now.
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We know he has a churchillian task
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Of keeping his people encouraged as they continue
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To suffer assault after assault and i pray
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That you would grant them victory in all that they do.
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And father, as our friend greg laurie said,
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I just pray that we would use this as an opportunity
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To present the gospel of christ.
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We know that the light shines brightest in the darkness
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And those of us who know christ as savior have no reason
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To be discouraged, but every reason to be encouraged
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As we see all of these things coming together
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As a preparation for the glorious return
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Of your son and our savior, jesus christ.
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It's in his powerful name that we pray. amen!
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- amen!
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Amen! dr. jeffress, let me ask you just one more question.
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One of the most influential books i read as a young believer
00:31:28.576 --> 00:31:32.013
Was francis schaeffer's book, "how should we then live?"
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What do you say to us as god's people on this planet
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During these days?
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How should we live?
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- well, first of all, we ought to live
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With a sense of holiness.
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You know, the bible never divorces bible prophecy
00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:49.697
From practical application.
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In 2 peter 3, peter goes into a description of the end times
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And the final destruction of the present heaven
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And the present earth
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And the coming of the new heaven and the new earth.
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And then he says, "therefore,
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What sort of people ought we to be
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In holy conduct and godliness
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Looking for in hastening the coming of the lord?"
00:32:10.518 --> 00:32:13.388
So, we ought to be motivated to holy living,
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Knowing that the lord is coming back soon.
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But not only should we be people of holiness,
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We should be people of hope.
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You know, you referenced the verse
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At the top of the program.
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We need to be ready to give an answer to anyone,
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Not for the depression that is within us,
00:32:29.604 --> 00:32:31.939
Or the fear that is within us,
00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:33.708
But the hope that is within us.
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And greg talked about using these times
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As opportunities to share the gospel.
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When people say, you know,
00:32:40.815 --> 00:32:42.350
"we don't know what's going to happen in the world.
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We don't know what's gonna happen",
00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:46.521
The world seems out of control.
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We can assure them that the world is under
00:32:48.189 --> 00:32:50.558
God's sovereignty, it's inhhis control,
00:32:50.558 --> 00:32:53.061
And the most important thing we can do is be ready
00:32:53.061 --> 00:32:55.763
To meet him when the end comes.
00:32:55.763 --> 00:32:58.499
I've told you before, sheila, i had a friend
00:32:58.499 --> 00:33:02.270
Who's now deceased who used to work at fox news.
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He was jewish,
00:33:05.173 --> 00:33:09.477
But he always gave me an opportunity to share the gospel.
00:33:09.477 --> 00:33:12.914
His name was alan colmes.
00:33:12.914 --> 00:33:14.515
And one time he said to me on his program, he said,
00:33:14.515 --> 00:33:17.785
"pastor, do you believe you're gonna be alive
00:33:17.785 --> 00:33:19.887
To see jesus come back again?"
00:33:19.887 --> 00:33:21.956
- wow. (chuckles) - i said, "well, i don't know.
00:33:21.956 --> 00:33:23.724
I don't know alan,
00:33:23.724 --> 00:33:25.059
But it really doesn't make any difference."
00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.761
He said, "what do you mean it doesn't make any difference?"
00:33:26.761 --> 00:33:29.063
I said, "well."
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- i'm 55 years old,
00:33:31.165 --> 00:33:32.366
And i know that in the next 30 years,
00:33:32.366 --> 00:33:34.569
One of two things is happening.
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Either he's coming or i'm going,
00:33:35.970 --> 00:33:38.439
But the end is close for me,
00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:40.108
And it's close for you as well.
00:33:40.108 --> 00:33:42.243
- wow. - which is why
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We all better get ready.
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- wow.
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Dr. jeffress, we love you.
00:33:45.346 --> 00:33:46.914
We thank you so much.
00:33:46.914 --> 00:33:48.483
I got to listen to your sermon yesterday at first baptist.
00:33:48.483 --> 00:33:49.917
It was fantastic.
00:33:49.917 --> 00:33:51.018
Thank you so much for joining us.
00:33:51.018 --> 00:33:52.787
- thank you.
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Thank you, great to see you.
00:33:53.921 --> 00:33:55.723
- oh.
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You know, it's so encouraging to me, greg,
00:33:56.991 --> 00:33:58.826
Because like, if you just read social media,
00:33:58.826 --> 00:34:02.296
Which i do not recommend.
00:34:02.296 --> 00:34:03.264
I mean, it has its place
00:34:03.264 --> 00:34:04.732
And it's good, but boy,
00:34:04.732 --> 00:34:06.000
You hear so many stories right now
00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.169
Of, and you touched on this,
00:34:08.169 --> 00:34:09.804
Of people falling away or. - yeah, yeah.
00:34:09.804 --> 00:34:12.039
- secret lives being exposed
00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.474
And it's easy to be so discouraged.
00:34:13.474 --> 00:34:16.911
- [greg] right.
00:34:16.911 --> 00:34:18.246
- but, but i think now when that is happening,
00:34:18.246 --> 00:34:21.616
You wanna shine your light brighter.
00:34:21.616 --> 00:34:23.784
- yeah. - don't you?
00:34:23.784 --> 00:34:24.986
You want to be somebody who live like,
00:34:24.986 --> 00:34:27.021
We actually believe what we see.
00:34:27.021 --> 00:34:29.190
We believe.
00:34:29.190 --> 00:34:30.658
- yeah, so robert jeffress, he's such a great guy.
00:34:30.658 --> 00:34:34.295
Last time i saw him was at the white house.
00:34:34.295 --> 00:34:36.230
We were there at the invitation of the president
00:34:36.230 --> 00:34:39.033
For a meeting and he's such a wonderful man of god.
00:34:39.033 --> 00:34:43.604
- [reporter] yeah.
00:34:43.604 --> 00:34:44.906
- and i was thinking of what he was saying
00:34:44.906 --> 00:34:46.440
About how the bible,
00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.708
When it talks about the coming of the lord,
00:34:47.708 --> 00:34:48.943
It tells us to live holy lives.
00:34:48.943 --> 00:34:50.344
In first john three, it says he there, or not three.
00:34:50.344 --> 00:34:53.114
First john, maybe it is three.
00:34:53.114 --> 00:34:54.982
I have to check.
00:34:54.982 --> 00:34:56.050
I should know.
00:34:56.050 --> 00:34:56.884
I'm a preacher.
00:34:56.884 --> 00:34:58.186
Anyway, he then has this whole purifies himself
00:34:58.186 --> 00:35:01.055
Even as he is pure.
00:35:01.055 --> 00:35:02.590
So if i really understand the imminent return of christ,
00:35:02.590 --> 00:35:06.227
It should have a purifying effect on my life.
00:35:06.227 --> 00:35:08.563
Example, let's say you were a little kid,
00:35:08.563 --> 00:35:10.932
And you were misbehaving.
00:35:10.932 --> 00:35:12.466
Your mother would threaten you with the ominous words.
00:35:12.466 --> 00:35:14.068
You just wait until
00:35:14.068 --> 00:35:15.403
Your father gets home. - [reporter] your father
00:35:15.403 --> 00:35:16.103
Gets home.
00:35:16.103 --> 00:35:17.071
- so you dreaded dad's arrival.
00:35:17.071 --> 00:35:18.439
But let's say you're a good boy or girl.
00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:20.174
You couldn't wait until daddy got home, right?
00:35:20.174 --> 00:35:22.944
So i think if we're walking with god
00:35:22.944 --> 00:35:24.478
And we hear, oh, jesus is coming,
00:35:24.478 --> 00:35:26.247
You know, our heart jumps a little bit
00:35:26.247 --> 00:35:28.583
And like the apostle john, we say, even so come, lord jesus.
00:35:28.583 --> 00:35:33.287
But if we're not walking with the lord,
00:35:33.287 --> 00:35:35.590
As jesus told the parable.
00:35:35.590 --> 00:35:37.191
That servant says, my master delays us coming
00:35:37.191 --> 00:35:40.027
And begins to beat a sermon,
00:35:40.027 --> 00:35:41.529
Something's really wrong there.
00:35:41.529 --> 00:35:43.130
So it should affect us.
00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:44.532
And this is why i believe, sheila,
00:35:44.532 --> 00:35:46.500
It's so important that we understand end times events
00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.737
And you know, it's fallen out of favor,
00:35:49.737 --> 00:35:52.940
This so-called dispensational kind of teaching.
00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:55.743
And it's been, something that's taken its place
00:35:55.743 --> 00:35:58.813
Called replacement theology.
00:35:58.813 --> 00:36:01.649
And i know that robert and i,
00:36:01.649 --> 00:36:03.584
And dr. jeremiah and so many others,
00:36:03.584 --> 00:36:06.187
We believe that the lord could come back at any moment.
00:36:06.187 --> 00:36:09.890
We believe god chose the jewish people.
00:36:09.890 --> 00:36:12.426
We don't think he has rescinded his promise.
00:36:12.426 --> 00:36:14.595
We believe he's put them in the land.
00:36:14.595 --> 00:36:17.164
And, but there are some that would say
00:36:17.164 --> 00:36:19.700
No, god's promise to israel is null and void.
00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:23.070
And the church has taken the place of israel.
00:36:23.070 --> 00:36:26.073
And this is a dangerous teaching.
00:36:26.073 --> 00:36:28.376
And i think it's something that we need to go back
00:36:28.376 --> 00:36:31.012
And reread our bibles again.
00:36:31.012 --> 00:36:32.546
Some would say, well, this idea of dispensational teaching,
00:36:32.546 --> 00:36:35.149
It was popularized, popularized fairly recently.
00:36:35.149 --> 00:36:38.953
As i see it, it's about 2000 years old.
00:36:38.953 --> 00:36:41.722
And before, of course, if you go to the old testament.
00:36:41.722 --> 00:36:44.091
The apostle paul, certainly he was the one
00:36:44.091 --> 00:36:47.261
Who gave us first thessalonians 4:17.
00:36:47.261 --> 00:36:50.197
And people will get hung up on the word rapture.
00:36:50.197 --> 00:36:53.534
The word rapture isn't in the bible.
00:36:53.534 --> 00:36:55.336
Well to the point the word bible isn't in the bible,
00:36:55.336 --> 00:36:58.506
Nor is the word trinity in the bible.
00:36:58.506 --> 00:37:00.675
But the word harpazo is in the bible.
00:37:00.675 --> 00:37:03.377
And that's a greek word translated rapture.
00:37:03.377 --> 00:37:06.447
The word harpazo, to be caught up,
00:37:06.447 --> 00:37:08.949
Is used many times in the bible,
00:37:08.949 --> 00:37:11.786
Including first thessalonians four,
00:37:11.786 --> 00:37:13.587
The lord will descend from heaven
00:37:13.587 --> 00:37:15.156
With the voice of the archangel,
00:37:15.156 --> 00:37:16.590
And we will be caught up harpazo
00:37:16.590 --> 00:37:19.527
To meet the lord in the air.
00:37:19.527 --> 00:37:21.696
So, you know, why do we care about israel?
00:37:21.696 --> 00:37:24.165
Coming back to what robert was saying,
00:37:24.165 --> 00:37:26.901
God has placed him in the land,
00:37:26.901 --> 00:37:29.103
And he has given a promise in genesis 12,
00:37:29.103 --> 00:37:31.739
Of bless those that bless you.
00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:33.574
That applies to the jewish people.
00:37:33.574 --> 00:37:36.077
Let's not forget,
00:37:36.077 --> 00:37:36.977
Israel came into existence
00:37:36.977 --> 00:37:38.779
On the heels of the holocaust, where 6 million people,
00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:44.051
Jewish people in particular,
00:37:44.652 --> 00:37:46.187
Died and others as well.
00:37:46.187 --> 00:37:47.455
They returned to their homeland
00:37:47.455 --> 00:37:49.423
In fulfillment of bible prophecy.
00:37:49.423 --> 00:37:51.592
This is the jewish homeland.
00:37:51.592 --> 00:37:54.595
And so when we see this promise
00:37:54.595 --> 00:37:57.465
Given by god to abraham and his descendants,
00:37:57.465 --> 00:38:00.067
It applies to jewish people in general,
00:38:00.067 --> 00:38:03.437
And it applies to the jewish homeland as well.
00:38:03.437 --> 00:38:06.741
That doesn't mean that everything,
00:38:06.741 --> 00:38:08.142
The modern state of israel
00:38:08.142 --> 00:38:09.510
Does on every occasion is always the right thing.
00:38:09.510 --> 00:38:12.780
But we are to pray for them,
00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.648
We are to bless them,
00:38:14.648 --> 00:38:15.850
We're to pray for their leadership.
00:38:15.850 --> 00:38:17.385
And this is something
00:38:17.385 --> 00:38:18.819
That, you know, is very important to me.
00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:21.655
I had a jewish lady come up to me recently.
00:38:21.655 --> 00:38:24.158
She was walking her dog in front of my house,
00:38:24.158 --> 00:38:26.727
And she said, "i want to just thank you for what you've."
00:38:26.727 --> 00:38:29.897
- said on behalf of the jewish people, she is,
00:38:30.798 --> 00:38:32.099
I have a, my daughter is going to university,
00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:34.168
And with the rise of antisemitism, i'm very concerned.
00:38:34.168 --> 00:38:37.838
And i thought she was a christian.
00:38:37.838 --> 00:38:39.440
And i said, "well, are you christian?"
00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.542
Goes, "no, i'm jewish, but thank you for what you've done
00:38:41.542 --> 00:38:44.044
For our people." - yeah.
00:38:44.044 --> 00:38:45.279
- and recently, sheila, we were in israel,
00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:48.582
And we actually left right before this attack
00:38:48.582 --> 00:38:52.386
In iran took place, which was a response
00:38:52.386 --> 00:38:54.789
To their attack in israel.
00:38:54.789 --> 00:38:56.056
Just wanted to mention that.
00:38:56.056 --> 00:38:57.792
But we presented the state of israel, an armored ambulance,
00:38:57.792 --> 00:39:03.164
Effectively a hospital on wheels,
00:39:03.931 --> 00:39:06.367
At the request of the president of israel
00:39:06.367 --> 00:39:08.702
To franklin graham.
00:39:08.702 --> 00:39:10.237
So i called franklin after october 7th,
00:39:10.237 --> 00:39:12.506
When the israelis were attacked by hamas.
00:39:12.506 --> 00:39:15.109
I said, "what can we do?"
00:39:15.109 --> 00:39:16.544
He said, "well, the president of israel asked us
00:39:16.544 --> 00:39:18.746
To give some armored ambulances, and we're gonna give them,
00:39:18.746 --> 00:39:21.248
Present them a number of them."
00:39:21.248 --> 00:39:22.750
I said, "we're in for one."
00:39:22.750 --> 00:39:24.285
So, we presented it to them, and it was a tangible way
00:39:24.285 --> 00:39:27.455
To say to the jewish people, "yeah, we're praying for you.
00:39:27.455 --> 00:39:30.057
We care about you, but this will save lives,
00:39:30.057 --> 00:39:33.093
Both israeli and arab," so-
00:39:33.093 --> 00:39:36.263
- [sheila] wow.
00:39:36.263 --> 00:39:37.565
- that was a tangible gesture we wanted to do.
00:39:37.565 --> 00:39:39.533
And i did it in the name of jesus christ.
00:39:39.533 --> 00:39:42.169
And even when i presented it to them, i told them,
00:39:42.169 --> 00:39:45.239
"the reason i do this is because jesus christ
00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:47.808
Changed my life at the age of 17.
00:39:47.808 --> 00:39:50.478
And as i began to read the bible,
00:39:50.478 --> 00:39:52.913
I began to learn about your people.
00:39:52.913 --> 00:39:54.615
And this is why we care about you and love you."
00:39:54.615 --> 00:39:56.383
- wow, i think that's beautiful.
00:39:56.383 --> 00:39:58.352
I'm gonna be joined by joel rosenberg,
00:39:58.352 --> 00:40:01.489
Brilliant, brilliant author.
00:40:01.489 --> 00:40:03.190
- [greg] another one of my friends.
00:40:03.190 --> 00:40:04.091
- yeah, another one, yes.
00:40:04.091 --> 00:40:06.126
And joel, i just wanna say welcome.
00:40:06.126 --> 00:40:08.128
It's so great to have you with us here tonight.
00:40:08.128 --> 00:40:10.030
And i wanted to ask you, i mean,
00:40:10.030 --> 00:40:11.932
You've lived in israel for many years.
00:40:11.932 --> 00:40:14.001
Have you ever experienced a time like this before?
00:40:14.001 --> 00:40:18.172
- sheila, it's great to be with you and even with greg,
00:40:19.273 --> 00:40:22.009
So it's lovely to be with you guys,
00:40:22.009 --> 00:40:24.645
And robert and your whole group, haim.
00:40:24.645 --> 00:40:28.048
Yeah, and greetings and shalom from jerusalem.
00:40:28.048 --> 00:40:31.151
No, i first came to israel to study as an undergraduate
00:40:31.151 --> 00:40:36.156
At tel aviv university.
00:40:36.156 --> 00:40:37.558
That was 1987, and i've been coming back and forth,
00:40:37.558 --> 00:40:40.828
And of course we've lived here, lynn and i and the boys,
00:40:40.828 --> 00:40:44.598
For 11 years as dual us-israeli citizens.
00:40:44.598 --> 00:40:49.303
One of my sons is married and lives in the states,
00:40:49.303 --> 00:40:52.306
But the other three boys,
00:40:52.306 --> 00:40:54.208
Boys, they're men now, live here.
00:40:54.208 --> 00:40:56.210
All of them have served in the army,
00:40:56.210 --> 00:40:57.978
One of them in special forces.
00:40:57.978 --> 00:40:59.747
The youngest just was drafted
00:40:59.747 --> 00:41:01.582
Into the israeli defense forces on may 4th.
00:41:01.582 --> 00:41:05.586
We told him, "may the fourth be with you."
00:41:05.586 --> 00:41:07.821
Yeah, but we're all in.
00:41:07.821 --> 00:41:09.490
You know, we're jewish on my dad's side.
00:41:09.490 --> 00:41:12.293
He was orthodox jewish, but we are followers of jesus.
00:41:12.293 --> 00:41:15.496
We're followers of yeshua, and i gotta tell you,
00:41:15.496 --> 00:41:17.831
In the 40-some years that i've been coming here,
00:41:17.831 --> 00:41:22.436
Or now living here, all in, there's never been a moment,
00:41:22.436 --> 00:41:26.874
There's never been a moment in the modern history of israel
00:41:26.874 --> 00:41:29.443
Except the war of independence itself-
00:41:29.443 --> 00:41:31.579
- [sheila] yeah.
00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.713
- in which the seven arab nations
00:41:32.713 --> 00:41:34.148
Tried to abort the baby israel, you know, in the womb,
00:41:34.148 --> 00:41:37.785
Or let's say, in the crib or in the hospital,
00:41:37.785 --> 00:41:39.720
However you wanna use the analogy.
00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:41.488
This is the darkest hour in israel's modern history.
00:41:41.488 --> 00:41:45.593
It's the longest war that we ever had.
00:41:45.593 --> 00:41:48.195
And it just keeps getting worse.
00:41:48.195 --> 00:41:50.431
We are on offense, we are gonna win.
00:41:50.431 --> 00:41:53.000
And i'm deeply grateful both to prime minister netanyahu
00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:56.337
And to president trump for having the courage
00:41:56.337 --> 00:41:59.239
To do what even many of their own advisors
00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:01.508
And even their own supporters told them not to do,
00:42:01.508 --> 00:42:05.245
Particularly president trump.
00:42:05.245 --> 00:42:06.947
They had the courage to do it, but we are experiencing,
00:42:06.947 --> 00:42:11.018
You know, the blow-back right now, as you and i speak.
00:42:11.018 --> 00:42:15.923
There's been just thousands and thousands and thousands
00:42:15.923 --> 00:42:18.192
Of missiles over the last 22 months, but just over the last,
00:42:18.192 --> 00:42:21.895
You know, week and a half, the missiles are much larger,
00:42:21.895 --> 00:42:27.267
They're much more destructive, and yet,
00:42:28.135 --> 00:42:30.404
One miracle after another, there's,
00:42:30.404 --> 00:42:32.840
I don't wanna say only 24 dead.
00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:35.776
There's thousands that are homeless, like 10,000 people
00:42:35.776 --> 00:42:38.779
That are homeless now,
00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:40.180
'cause their apartments are completely obliterated,
00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:42.282
And there are thousands that are wounded,
00:42:42.282 --> 00:42:44.785
But 24 dead with missiles,
00:42:44.785 --> 00:42:48.622
Ballistic missiles raining down on us.
00:42:48.622 --> 00:42:50.958
It's exhausting, but we're doing it, and we're enduring it,
00:42:50.958 --> 00:42:56.263
But no, i've never seen anything like this.
00:42:57.164 --> 00:42:59.767
- i was reading a couple of articles last night
00:42:59.767 --> 00:43:01.669
That you've written, and i wrote down something you said
00:43:01.669 --> 00:43:03.837
That i thought was phenomenal.
00:43:03.837 --> 00:43:05.572
You talked about, "we don't want to just destroy
00:43:05.572 --> 00:43:08.342
Or neutralize the iranians' threat.
00:43:08.342 --> 00:43:10.711
I want to see this wicked, demonic regime fall."
00:43:10.711 --> 00:43:15.215
Talk to us about that.
00:43:15.215 --> 00:43:16.917
- yeah, well, you know, i use that language advisedly,
00:43:17.985 --> 00:43:22.923
Like, this is not, you know, i'm not some late-night pundit
00:43:22.923 --> 00:43:27.728
Just taking a shot at somebody i don't.
00:43:27.728 --> 00:43:30.464
- this is studying this regime and looking at the trauma,
00:43:31.598 --> 00:43:37.237
The tyranny, the terror,
00:43:37.738 --> 00:43:40.107
That the iranian regime,
00:43:40.107 --> 00:43:42.209
And there's only been two of them
00:43:42.209 --> 00:43:43.377
In the last almost 50 years.
00:43:43.377 --> 00:43:46.113
The khomeini regime that came in in 1979,
00:43:46.113 --> 00:43:49.717
The ayatollah ruhollah khomeini,
00:43:49.717 --> 00:43:52.586
And then after khomeini died in 1989,
00:43:52.586 --> 00:43:56.056
Then it's supreme leader ali hamaney.
00:43:56.056 --> 00:43:59.159
There's only been these two, and they have terrorized.
00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.228
Yeah, they've terrorized israel.
00:44:01.228 --> 00:44:02.730
Yeah, they've terrorized the arab world
00:44:02.730 --> 00:44:05.265
And america and our allies.
00:44:05.265 --> 00:44:07.034
But they've just traumatized their own people.
00:44:07.034 --> 00:44:11.638
- [host] yeah.
00:44:11.638 --> 00:44:13.073
- and there's 85 million people that are living in hell.
00:44:13.073 --> 00:44:17.911
Ironically, ironically is not even the right word.
00:44:18.946 --> 00:44:22.649
By god's mercy,
00:44:22.649 --> 00:44:24.485
God has created this horrible pressure cooker of evil
00:44:24.485 --> 00:44:28.555
And satanism at the top
00:44:28.555 --> 00:44:31.191
And locking everybody in pretty much.
00:44:31.191 --> 00:44:34.161
But what it's doing is it's revealing to the muslim,
00:44:34.161 --> 00:44:39.032
The shia muslim people of iran,
00:44:39.032 --> 00:44:41.101
That they don't wanna be part of shia islam.
00:44:41.101 --> 00:44:45.005
And, but they're very religious people.
00:44:45.005 --> 00:44:47.674
And so they are scanning the dial, as it were.
00:44:47.674 --> 00:44:50.544
It's like they're driving across the united states
00:44:50.544 --> 00:44:52.646
On route 66 and they're hitting scan,
00:44:52.646 --> 00:44:55.282
And let's say they've never heard country music,
00:44:55.282 --> 00:44:57.584
Or they've never heard, you know, whatever.
00:44:57.584 --> 00:44:59.520
They've never heard gospel, but they found gospel.
00:44:59.520 --> 00:45:02.489
They're finding it in satellite television,
00:45:02.489 --> 00:45:04.057
They're finding it on the internet,
00:45:04.057 --> 00:45:05.425
They're finding it in all kinds of different ways.
00:45:05.425 --> 00:45:07.261
But what's happening is they're like that, that's the truth.
00:45:07.261 --> 00:45:10.697
That's the god we wanted to know, but we didn't.
00:45:10.697 --> 00:45:13.767
And they are, by the millions,
00:45:13.767 --> 00:45:15.969
Converting away from radical, apocalyptic, genocidal,
00:45:15.969 --> 00:45:21.275
You know, hamaney-esque radical islam, apocalyptic islam,
00:45:22.409 --> 00:45:25.746
And they're turning to faith in jesus christ.
00:45:25.746 --> 00:45:27.981
And what's ironic about this, i will say ironic,
00:45:27.981 --> 00:45:30.484
But, you know, it is still god's mercy,
00:45:30.484 --> 00:45:32.519
As a jew, i'm insanely jealous
00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:34.955
Of what god is doing in my worst enemy, right?
00:45:34.955 --> 00:45:39.126
Like god is, there's only two great,
00:45:39.126 --> 00:45:41.962
Well, there's three great spiritual awakenings
00:45:41.962 --> 00:45:43.897
Going on in the world right now.
00:45:43.897 --> 00:45:45.098
One is in communist china,
00:45:45.098 --> 00:45:46.934
Where the communist chinese government
00:45:46.934 --> 00:45:48.502
Has tried to crush the church,
00:45:48.502 --> 00:45:50.537
And the church has grown from maybe 250,000
00:45:50.537 --> 00:45:54.808
30 or 40 years ago
00:45:54.808 --> 00:45:56.276
To 100 million today. - [host] wow.
00:45:56.276 --> 00:45:58.679
- that's extraordinary, right?
00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:00.948
Iran is the second place, where there were only a handful,
00:46:00.948 --> 00:46:05.352
Maybe 500 known muslim converts to christ in 1979.
00:46:05.352 --> 00:46:10.290
Today, we don't know,
00:46:10.290 --> 00:46:11.892
We don't have an exact census or anything,
00:46:11.892 --> 00:46:13.293
But 3 million, 4 million, 5 million, we can't say,
00:46:13.293 --> 00:46:15.762
But millions and millions.
00:46:15.762 --> 00:46:17.397
Brazil, which was a catholic,
00:46:17.397 --> 00:46:20.701
Quote, unquote, "christian country,"
00:46:20.701 --> 00:46:22.169
But not a spirit-filled, spirit-led born again nation,
00:46:22.169 --> 00:46:26.707
We're seeing, you know, tens of millions of brazilians
00:46:26.707 --> 00:46:28.842
Have come to faith in jesus christ.
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So it's very interesting that what's going on in like,
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You know, in the tel aviv to tehran corridor
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Is the most dangerous place on earth right now,
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Unless you live in ukraine, okay?
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But, and what's happening is at one end of the corridor,
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The enemy, god's spirit is pouring out.
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Like if greg could go preach in the stadiums,
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That the response would be huge.
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But what has to happen
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Is the gospel is being preached over the heads mullahs
00:46:58.171 --> 00:47:01.074
And the government in,
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You know, via satellite, television, short wave radio,
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Internet and so forth.
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But in israel, yeah, people are coming to faith,
00:47:06.513 --> 00:47:09.716
And people are listening more to the gospel
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Than ever before.
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But you're not seeing, you know, millions of people
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Coming to faith in israel.
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So i'm grateful for what god's doing in iran.
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I'm jealous for it as paul told me i would be.
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Gentiles are coming to faith in jesus,
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And i want my people to come to faith in jesus
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In much larger numbers.
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- joel, i'm just gonna pause here for a moment,
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And i'm gonna ask greg
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To pray for the people of iran (soft piano music)
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'cause jesus is showing up in dreams to people.
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People are asking who is this man in white?
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So let's, as god's family, let's pray
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For god's will to be done.
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God is not done with iran. - amen.
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- would you pray for them?
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- yes, father, your word says,
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When the enemy comes in like a flood,
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You'll raise up a standard against them.
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And lord, we have seen this apocalyptic false religion
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Mislead these people,
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And now we're hearing of a breakthrough,
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A work of your holy spirit
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Reaching so many iranian, persian people,
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And we pray this will continue
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And that more and more will come to know you
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As their savior and their lord.
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And we think of joel, lord, talking about his own people,
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And the scripture says,
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"blindness in part has happened to israel
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Until the full gathering of the gentiles become in."
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And we're seeing that full gathering happen
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In places like iran and other places around the.
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- the world, but lord open the eyes
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Of our jewish friends as well,
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And that they would see that yeshua is hamashiach.
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That you are the one who can save them.
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You are the one who put them in the land
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And have preserved them.
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And you are the one that they should be looking to now.
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So we thank you lord for placing joel in israel right now,
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Protect him and his wife, lynn, and his family,
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And our other friends over there.
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And that nation, put your hedge of protection over them.
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And we are thankful, lord.
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And will you tell us to pray for the peace of jerusalem?
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We pray that this conflict will come to an end.
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We pray that the missiles will stop flying
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And that they'll have some kinda peace agreement
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And that more will come to know you, the prince of peace.
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And we ask this in jesus' name, amen.
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- amen. thank you.
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Thank you, joel. - amen.
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- thank you so much for joining us.
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Just know that we continue to pray for you.
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We pray for god's hedge of protection, as greg said,
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Around you and your family.
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And we love you so much.
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- thank you, sheila.
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Thank you, greg.
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God bless you, guys.
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I'm so grateful.
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- yeah.
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You know, we tend to think of iran.
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That's the bad guy, but not the people.
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The people there are coming to a place where they're like,
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There has to be more than this to life.
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- yes, that's right.
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And you know, god often does his greatest work
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In times of chaos when we can't trust in military solutions
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Or political solutions and we have to look up.
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You read that verse earlier
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About looking to the lord from whence comes my help.
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When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock
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That is higher than i.
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And this is a time in the history
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Of our friends over in the middle east
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That they need to be doing that,
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But we need to be doing that in america as well.
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- [sheila] yeah.
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- looking to the lord.
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He is the one that has the answers.
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You know, years ago, my wife was putting a puzzle together
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And she had it all done, but she'd lost the final piece.
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- [sheila] oh. - and said, "greg, help me."
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And we searched and found it.
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And i feel like god is holding that piece we're looking for,
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And he's just waiting for us to look up
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- [sheila] wow. - and say, "lord, help us."
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- wow. beautiful.
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We are now gonna be joined by one of my dear friends
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Who actually was gonna be in the studio with us,
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But he's actually in europe at the moment.
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But rabbi jason sobel was kind enough
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To spend a few minutes with us.
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Rabbi, thank you for joining us.
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- shalom, sheila, it's always great to be with you.
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We are living in biblical times,
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Absolutely incredible what is happening with israel
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And iran and the us involvement
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Of bombing the nuclear facilities.
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These are really prophetic times.
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And it's so interesting.
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There is this idea in jewish thought that we need to learn
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To live with the times and the seasons.
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And what's interesting is that
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As we entered into this new biblical year,
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This past fall, which on the hebrew calendar
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Is the year 5785.
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It is the year of the hey according
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To a jewish hebraic understanding.
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And what's interesting is that 85 is a numerical value
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Of the hebrew word, bitachon, which means trust or security.
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I said, this is going to be a year
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Where israel finds itself with a greater degree of security
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Than it's ever experienced in its history.
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And what's interesting is that the word bitachon,
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We read about it in psalm 112, it says,
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"his heart trusts in the lord.
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He shall not be afraid.
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Blessed is he who trusts in the lord.
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And the lord shall be his trust," jeremiah 17:7.
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Security is based upon whom you put your trust in.
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Right? some put their trust in chariots,
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But we put our trust in the name of the lord.
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And what's so interesting about that
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Is what we read in the book of ezekiel.
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In the book of ezekiel,
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We know there is this famous war
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Called the war of gog and magog.
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And in that ezekiel 38 passage, it talks about,
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Uses that same word
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That israel (speaks in foreign language),
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Israel will dwell securely in their land
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That are unwalled, meaning without defenses.
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Only then can the war of gog and magog
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And all of these end time's events
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Actually unfold and occur.
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And so i think that is so significant
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Because one of the reasons why i said israel
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Was gonna have to dwell securely in the season is
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Because the clock, the prophetic clock, counting down
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To the return of the messiah is accelerating. (chuckles)
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But israel has never dwelt securely in its.
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- and you know, think about it,
00:53:31.264 --> 00:53:32.465
They've always needed this defenses.
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And the greatest existential threat to israel has been iran.
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And so i really felt that based upon the meaning
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Of the year, based upon what i prayed into,
00:53:43.143 --> 00:53:45.679
That god was gonna have to bring this security,
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Which is the number 85, the year that we're in to israel
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Because there has to be a time of peace for israel.
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And i believe this is gonna lead to the expansion
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Of the abraham accords, a time of peace.
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But it's only gonna last for a season.
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And then it's gonna get even worse than before.
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But we'll take it for now.
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And i think what is true for israel is true for us.
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This is a time to possess our promise,
00:54:13.139 --> 00:54:16.376
To put our faith in god.
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Not to live in fear, but to live by trust in him.
00:54:18.044 --> 00:54:23.350
And so i think i just want to take,
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I just wanna take a moment and pray for israel.
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Abba father, i just say (speaks in foreign language)
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You are our king, helper, savior, shield.
00:54:33.593 --> 00:54:35.762
This could not have been done without you.
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(speaks in foreign language) god, you are mighty to save.
00:54:39.065 --> 00:54:45.438
Your power is beyond our understanding.
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We pray god for a time of peace and prosperity for israel,
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For the iranians, for the palestinians.
00:54:54.581 --> 00:54:57.717
We pray that you would show yourself strong and mighty,
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We pray against any retaliation against iran,
00:55:01.187 --> 00:55:05.425
From iran to israel, from iran to the united states,
00:55:05.425 --> 00:55:09.596
Protection over america, protection over israel,
00:55:09.596 --> 00:55:12.999
Protection over the middle east, yeshua, jesus,
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You are sar shalom, you are the prince of peace.
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Shalom is more than the absence of conflict,
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It's nothing missing, nothing broken.
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And so we say, (speaks in foreign language)
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May you bless and keep israel.
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May you bless and keep america.
00:55:34.788 --> 00:55:36.623
May you cause your face to shine on us.
00:55:36.623 --> 00:55:38.191
May you protect us and may you give us shalom.
00:55:38.191 --> 00:55:41.361
In the name of the prince of peace, jesus our messiah.
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Nothing missing, nothing broken.
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It's in his name we pray, amen.
00:55:47.200 --> 00:55:51.171
- amen. amen. thank you so much my friend.
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You know, greg, we've only got about a minute left,
00:55:54.073 --> 00:55:56.109
But i would love for you to pray
00:55:56.109 --> 00:55:57.243
For protection over our military,
00:55:57.243 --> 00:55:58.578
Over our men and women
00:55:58.578 --> 00:55:59.712
Who are serving faithfully that god
00:55:59.712 --> 00:56:01.214
Would watch over them. - let's pray.
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Father, we pray for the courageous men and women
00:56:03.149 --> 00:56:06.453
That serve us in the united states military.
00:56:06.453 --> 00:56:09.489
And we think of those that serve
00:56:09.489 --> 00:56:10.790
In the israeli military as well.
00:56:10.790 --> 00:56:12.792
Would you protect them? would you watch over them?
00:56:12.792 --> 00:56:15.128
Would you guide them, lord?
00:56:15.128 --> 00:56:16.930
You actually tell us in scripture
00:56:16.930 --> 00:56:18.465
That they don't bear the sword in vain.
00:56:18.465 --> 00:56:20.767
And so we do pray that you will help them do the job
00:56:20.767 --> 00:56:23.903
That they need to do, and protect our homeland,
00:56:23.903 --> 00:56:27.173
Protect the nation of israel, and watch over all of us.
00:56:27.173 --> 00:56:31.578
And we pray, lord, that many people will turn
00:56:31.578 --> 00:56:34.647
To you right now in this time of chaos,
00:56:34.647 --> 00:56:37.584
Which may appear chaos, but you're ultimately in control.
00:56:37.584 --> 00:56:41.287
Help us to look to you, the almighty god,
00:56:41.287 --> 00:56:44.123
The one who loves us so much.
00:56:44.123 --> 00:56:45.492
You sent your only son, jesus christ,
00:56:45.492 --> 00:56:48.461
To die on the cross for our sin
00:56:48.461 --> 00:56:50.497
And to rise again from the dead.
00:56:50.497 --> 00:56:52.131
And if we will call upon the name of the lord,
00:56:52.131 --> 00:56:55.001
We will be saved.
00:56:55.001 --> 00:56:56.002
Help many to do that now.
00:56:56.002 --> 00:56:58.037
And we ask it all in jesus' name. amen.
00:56:58.037 --> 00:57:01.207
- amen, greg, thank you so much
00:57:01.207 --> 00:57:02.809
For being with me. - my pleasure.
00:57:02.809 --> 00:57:04.444
- just awesome to have you here.
00:57:04.444 --> 00:57:06.012
And for those of you at home, let's become, in these days,
00:57:06.012 --> 00:57:08.848
People of prayer.
00:57:08.848 --> 00:57:10.383
So often we think it's the last thing we can do,
00:57:10.383 --> 00:57:12.151
No, it's the first thing we can do.
00:57:12.151 --> 00:57:13.686
Let's become people of prayer, people of the word of god,
00:57:13.686 --> 00:57:16.456
And people sharing the hope
00:57:16.456 --> 00:57:18.124
That is within us. - amen.
00:57:18.124 --> 00:57:20.159
- from all of us here at tbn, we love you
00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.362
And we'll see you next time.
00:57:22.362 --> 00:57:24.297
(gentle music)
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A Night of Prayer for Israel | Praise

June 24, 2025 | 59:5

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